Blue Magic: Chapter 1- What Dreams Brought

Blue Magic: Chapter 1- What Dreams Brought

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Read 'Only the Lonely' before reading this, then the Prelude. Other then that- enjoy!
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Quistis was standing in the 'Secret Area' of Balamb Garden early in the morning as she always did. Before the sun would come up, she would come out here and watch the sea. As the waves would gentle roll and out, Miss Trepe would truly smile as the Garden floated above the city near Balamb. It brought the stressed teacher peace and some sort of freedom. Freedom from the emotional war that raged within her lithe shell.
The cool fading night breeze danced over her pale skin, sending a sweet chill racing through her body, and awaking something within her. Almost if it was a forgotten memory or feeling. Trying to place an identify on it unconsciously as she everyday since the dreams started, her cobalt blue eyes darkened.
'I should know this!' Quistis thought absently, as she ran a finger over the chilly guardrail. 'I know there is something about the sea at this time of day that is important to me... Something I need to remember, yet don't want too.'
Sighing, Quistis rubbed her slightly numbed arms, and turned away from the guardrail for a moment, moving closer to the door. Agitated that she couldn't remember the teacher slammed a delicate fist into the side of the school, and let out a soft hiss between her lips.
'All because of those damn dreams, I've been wondering about the simplest things', the teacher raged silently to herself. Raising her eyes to the sky, she saw the first rays of light pierce the darkness. 'Things that shouldn't matter to me because they are no longer of importance!'
'Are you sure?' Another part of Quistis murmured in return; it was the Dream Voice. 'Are you sure they no longer play a part in Present or the Future? You seem to forget about Ultimeca...'
Pacing slowly across the balcony in the Secret Area, thoughts and inner-turmoil ragged within the SeeD teacher. Yes, Ultimeca did come from the Future, but she was no longer a threat, right? Why would she worry about that? But there always room for another battle like that since History tends to repeat itself. Though it was highly even possible that Squall and his friends would need the teacher to help them if it did.
'Riona is always a threat... as is Edea since she is still a Sorceress...' the Dream Voice murmured softly, causing to Quistis to stop and look to the sky, as if she was searching for the source of the voice.
'I love Matron as my mother and she loves me like a daughter she can never have. She trusted me with the secret that she still carries Ultimecia's powers, but passed on her first set of powers onto Riona...' Bringing a slender hand to her head, Quistis rubbed her left temple softly. 'The only Sorceress like person we should worry about is Adel since she did manage to allude the Esthar Forces- Riona is too weak and too pure hearted, while Edea is the very reason SeeD exists today.'
'Adel... now that's name that brings back memories,' the Dream Voice whispered sorrowfully and causing an unnatural wave of emotion to race through Quistis' body. A set of emotions full of regret, fear, sadness, and anger that didn't come from the Card King, but someone else. The someone else in her dreams...
'Adel... why does it bring back emotions?' the young teacher inquire of Dream Voice, curiosity ringing clear in her voice for the first time of what the Dream Voice had to offer.
Silence rang clear within the mind of the teacher. For the first time in a week, Miss Trepe felt the presence of the Dream Voice leave her completely. Almost as if it was running or hiding something it didn't want to share just yet; but it didn't make sense it didn't leave it's usual clue to why.
"MORNING," a strong breezy voice announced as a small silver hair woman stepped from the shadow of the doorway suddenly.
Turning to see the Mistress of the Wind, the Blue Magician smiled warmly, "morning, Fuu-chan. It's a lovely day, is it not?"
A crimson eye met the sapphire ones for a moment, before turning to the sky to see Light once more triumph over the darkness in their daily battle of control. Nodding slowly, the oldest member of Seifer's posse walked over to the guardrail and looked to sea to see why her newest friend came out here to stare at it. There was nothing special far as she could see... but why did she listen to the wind, then, when others didn't?
"WATCHING SEA?" Fuujin inquired, looking directly at the teacher again.
"Yes... it brings me peace," Quistis admitted softly. Pulling a penny from her pocket, she kissed it and tossed it into the sea, whispering, "Sea of Desire... bring me what I crave that sets my soul on fire."
Two silvery brows drew together in puzzlement as Fuujin watched the strange ritual for the first time. It was an interesting saying, none the less. Gesturing to the area in which her friend threw the penny, Fuujin inquired, "WHAT THAT?"
Chuckling softly, Quistis responded, "a saying someone taught me long ago. What brings you out here?"
Frowning slightly, the eye patched woman stated, "CONCERNED."
It was Quistis' turn to bring her brows in puzzlement and confusion. Shaking her head slightly, the teacher asked, "about what?"
"YOU."
"Huh?"
Sighing, Fuujin took Quistis' hands in her smaller one. Looking deep within the teacher's eyes, she knew she saw something that her, Seifer, and Raijin felt- seclusion. As if they belonged to different part of human race since they all master a different element in extremities that made people whisper about them. Seifer of Fire, Raijin of Lightning, her of the Wind... and Quistis of Water... Quistis's powers reflected the water- taking on a shape or properties of another... Water to Ice, Water to Steam, water taking the shape of container it was in...
"Quistis, I know what you are going through," Fuujin began, talking in her normal voice again. "Being a person of an Element can be hard at times, causing you to have strange dreams and hearing or seeing stuff others can... But you're not alone. Seifer, Raijin and I are like that, too."
Blinking in surprise, Quistis was speechless for a moment. Fuujin knew what she was going through? But part of her wasn't. Fuujin always did control the wind with an unnatural ability, as she did by learning attacks the Monster's had. But the dreams... those dreams had a reason? Did Fuujin know? Looking to silver hair girl, Quistis blurted out, "why do the dreams haunt me? Why do they keep me awake at night?"
"Quistis, those dreams lead you on a Quest to find yourself and to become one with your magic," Fuujin explained, softly in an uncharacteristically manner. Hell, everything she was doing was very unlike her... but this was reaching out to another Elemental who needed her...
"To become one with my magic? I don't understand. Why us? How come you're telling me this all of sudden? How do you know?" Quistis raced on, softly. Why was she acting so weak and Fuujin so nice? Was something more to being Posse and friends at work here?
"YES. NO MORE," Fuujin said, breaking the spell that seem to be weaving between them. Shaking her head, she gestured to the door, "TO CAFETERIA."
Blinking at the sudden change and disspellment of the emotions in the air, Quistis nodded her head, "yeah, let's go get something to eat. I think Seifer said he meet me in there after I watch the sun raise..."
"GOOD. HUNGRY," the silvery woman grumbled, walking through the door with Quistis on her heels. The wind was right, once more. The 'awakening' of another one of their 'kind' was happening. She, however, wished her friend luck on whatever her dreams brought her. Her own dreams brought the Wind to her, but at the cost of her eye...

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::points at herself and laughs:: I'm kind of going through Writer's block, so this Chapter sucks, but I wanna to get it done. Arugh, I pissed because I wrote Quistis and Fuujin so out of character at the last bit, but at least I fixed it... ::kicks writers block::
Sorry for the spelling and sentence errors in it. I plan to have a better version of it up, but this is for the people who wait patiently for Chapter 1. No flamers, but reviewers are welcomed!
~Akira