Blue Magic: Chapter 7- Beginning of a War
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Read 'Only the Lonely' before reading this, then the Prelude. Other then that- beware strong language and enjoy!
"Perfect. Ready the Tetraforce Beast to
get rid of SeeD once and for all!"
"Yes my lady. Where shall we release
it?" Aries inquired, looking up at his Queen.
"Apparently Trabia is the weakest point of
their defenses since it's just got on its feet a few months ago. Talking to Rydia about
this have you? No? I think you should, for she will be personally in charge of Tetraforce
Mission." The witch smirked
"Rydia?" The pose of the General
spoke of disdain though his voice did not.
"Yes, she is the one who helped me come up
with creating Tetraforce even. As for you Aries, you will accompany me when we retrieve
that bitch!"
"As you command, my lady." The
general bowed, his mood lightning since he was personally escorting his lady on an
important mission. Meeting her eyes without fear he asked, "and what about the Team
who developed it?"
"FOOLS!" The lady spat, thinking of
the traitors of the Esthar Government she had hired to assist her for a short time.
"We need to have them destroyed, so have it done."
"Is that all Lady Adel?"
"Yes... let my game begin."
As the General left, Adel pointed a black
clawed hand at a dark wine colour jewel as she hissed, "Come to me, my servant,
Rydia! Tetraforce shall be awakened, so your mission will soon begin."
Two iridescent goldish eyes opened from within
the fist size orb, as a low, raspy voice escaped from the jewel that filled the tent
slowly, "bring me my vessel, my Queen, and I will... but you know the price."
Adel smirked, walking over to a young teenage
girl who was chained in the corner of the tent and unconscious. Running a finger down the
unhealthily pale cheek and cooed, "wake my child. Your mother needs you..."
"M-mother?" A girl opened her
half-blind eyes to the witch, seeing her, but not physically. Blinking, she inquired,
"what do you need me for?"
Helping the girl stand for a moment, Adel
unchained the girl and brought her over before the jewel. Standing behind her, the witch
placed her hands tightly on the girl's upper arms.
"Place your palms upon that orb,
girl!" The former Sorceress hissed.
Wild eyed, the girl cried out when she realized
what was going to happen, "please, mother, not me! Please use someone else! I don't
want to!"
"Foolish child," Adel replied
cruelly, "don't you realize your nothing more then a mere shell of a person? Besides,
this is the last time we ever use you. You will be free!"
The girl Grey eyes filled with tears when the
blow of the words finally hit her. Sniffling, she asked in a small voice,
"free?"
"Yesssss," Crackled the red hair
witch, grabbing the girl's wrists so tightly that child thought they were going to break.
Bring her painted lips behind the girl's ear, she added, "yes. We found a replacement
for you... now do it this last time!"
Doing it on her own, with the Witch guiding
her, the girl placed her hands upon the now Ebony Crystal. Feeling the darkness that
radiated from it, the child attempted to remove her hands, only to have her
"mother" stop her.
Black exploded into purple as the girl felt her
very existence scream in every cell of her body. The darkness within screamed in joy as
the very Essence of the child was soon drowned and the scream cut off as the purple faded
back into the bleak darkness.
Nothing of the child remained within the shall
now. Only a cruel intelligence that turned Grey eyes into gold streaked with silver. A
sadistic smile played on the female shell as the being crackled through the human lips,
"Is the Tetraforce completely ready for your objective?"
Releasing her grip on the shell of the former
girl, Adel stepped back and answered, "of course, Rydia. Come, let us properly dress
my greatest General."
Two pairs of malicious eyes met and General
Rydia laughed, "but of course, my Queen. I owe my very re-existence to you and I tend
to pay you back..."
"I hope the Reveal and Seal Evil spell
works that I gave Rinoa," Edea Kramer spoke softly, hanging up the phone. Smiling
softly, she continued, "she never performed that spell and now her life might depend
on that spell."
Quistis opened her eyes lazily as she rested
her head in her Seifer's lap. A frown twisted upon her peach petal lips as she inquired,
"what do you mean?"
Edea looked over at the young couple who were
on the couch in the main office. Her motherly violet eyes softening, she replied,
"well, it reveals what the person truly looks like if they are attempting to conceal
themselves and traps whatever malicious intent and magic within themselves."
Meeting his Matron's eyes, Seifer stated,
"so basically, if Adel comes near Riona and Rinny casts this spell, it shows the
He-bitch in her true form so that Pub- er, Squall can kill her ass?"
Arching a dainty, ebony eyebrow at Seifer's
statement, Edea replied, "in not so vulgar terms, my son, but yes. I truly hope that
Squall is ready to face whatever Adel throws at him."
Quistis rubbed her temples slightly as she sat
up, "Adel is up to something, most likely making her move soon. I'm just praying to
Hyne that the Garden's can handle it."
With her boyfriend looking at her with a
perplex look on his features, Seifer pulled her close and kissed her on the forehead.
Grinning, he added, "well, all the Gardens- even the new Esthar one- should be ready
thanks to President Loire. Those new transports, mech suits, and 3 jets that he gave to us
for cleaning up the Lunar Cry should let us handle anything."
Before Quistis or Matron could respond, Nida
rushed in, his face flushed. His brown eyes looking chaotic, he blurred out, "we have
a situation in Trabia! Reports are coming in that something is attacking small village of
Icicle and is headed for Neo-Trabia!"
Quistis flew to her feet, "Seifer- go fetch Selphie, Xu, and the
Posse! Have them meet me in Ramuh."
Nida moved swiftly out of Quistis as she headed
to make an announcement to the rest of Garden. Sweat deepening his brow, he added hastily,
"They even requested aid from the other two Gardens if it tells you how bad
everything seems from them."
Silencing him with a cold gaze, the Commander
grabbed the microphone to the PA, pressing the button and hissed, "Attention all
Garden Personal! We have an emergency situation! Trabia Neo-Garden is going to be under
attack soon. All SeeDs with ID numbers ending in odd numbers- to the transports with your
weapons, magic, and Guardian Forces!"
Clearing her throat and slowing down a bit, she
continued, "All SeeD ending in an even- prepare for standby. I want this Garden to be
ready for surprise just in case, so all junior classmen will report to the reconstructed
Basement. Edea, Nida, and myself will remain here. That is all for now."
Grabbing the clipboard from Nida's shaking
hands, Quistis turned to her Matron, "I'm going to brief the Leaders of this Mission,
but I'll be back. Keep things in order..."
Meeting the fierce warrior woman's eyes that
she raised proudly, the 39 year old woman nodded. "I will. Get going, this seems very
important."
Without another word, Quistis clad in jade
green pants and matching shirt marched out to the ship like a Queen with Goddess' Tempest
on her hip.
Seifer leaned against the metallic wall and
looked every inch knight as he watched his lady walk onto the deck and look at the men and
women assembled with a grim look upon her elvish features.
"Xu is in charge of this mission, with
Selphie and Fuujin as her seconds because they know Trabia Neo-Garden the best. Seifer,
you'll remain on the ship and work the small missiles that are being loaded." Quistis
looked down at her clip board.
"Apparently this threat is described as
looking similar to Eden, so be careful. I don't want to lose any of you," meeting the
different spectrum of colour eyes, the fill-in Commander gave an encouraging smile.
"DON'T WORRY," Fuujin announced,
walking over and placing a hand on her friend's shoulder. Squeezing it tightly for a
moment, she added, "NO MERCY!"
The towering Raijin added, "yeah, ya know!
We won't give'm any chance! We'll show your the best Commander, ya know!"
Seifer tossed his head arrogantly as he noticed
Xu smile faintly at that, "and a knight never fails his lady and true love. So go
back to Garden and leave us in ridding this evil for you."
Xu rolled her eyes, "whatever, lover boy.
Quistis, get going. We need to leave if we're going to head this guy off!"
Saluting her fellow SeeD members, Quistis Trepe
left the ship and stood back as she watched it lift off. With tears forming in her eyes
from the gust of winds that whipped around her, the Commander begged Hyne to keep her
friends safe.
Rinoa laid her head against the chest of her
husband and listened to the heartbeats that came from his breast. Tears in her eyes and
her head throbbing in pain, the Sorceress felt utterly useless. One of the friends of the
most powerful Sorceresses to ever lived, that saved Time itself had died...
Gently hands wiped away her tears from her
amber eyes as felt butterfly kisses cover her eyes and lips. Another hand ran through her
hair as a soft voice entered her tragic thoughts, "it's not your fault, if anything
its Adel's fault. She's the one planned this."
Angel Wing brushed the surface of Rinoa's eyes
making the hatred of the crimson hair woman apparent. Clinging to her husband, lover, and
knight, the woman sobbed softly, "I wasn't there for him! What good is all this magic
and power if you can't even save your own friend's lives?"
Catching one of the Sorceress' hands, Squall
kissed her finger tips and replied, "Avenging them or protecting the ones you can.
Don't spurn your gift of magic, Rinoa, because of one mistake."
"Squall, you foolish knight of mine, why
did you have to make so much sense?" Rinoa added somberly, her tears slowing as she
met the stormy eyes of her Soulmate.
"Because you are a wonderful person and I
care about you. Because I hate seeing you sad and upset," Squall whispered, his lips
brushing her ear. "Because I love you, Rinoa."
Before both could realize it, they fell into a
passionate embrace, clinging to one another and letting the emotional turmoil that they
felt be thrown into the wind.
The sickening smell of freshly desecrated flesh
mixed with the bitter smell of coppery blood hung in the air as the 5 o'clock sun hung
over head in the village of Icicle. Lifeless sounds of scavengers beginning to feed seemed
against the other wise silent air that use to be filled with busy sounds of villagers.
Dead eyes of a innocent teen sparkled flatly
with the cruel sunlight. His body covering his sister who was barely alive. They were
twins, 13 years old, and now the sister had to cling to life as Tetraforce moved on after
the slaughter of her village.
Two figure stood near the middle of carnage and
near the girl. Their lithe bodies mingled in the light as their hair danced around their
hauntingly beautiful faces.
"Most of them were seniors and
children," the male figure spoke up. His voice was full of scorn and hatred.
"Should I care?" Chimed an icy,
almost demonic female voice. Her wine colour eyes drinking in the glorious site with
pride.
Turning angrily to the who lead the mission,
the black hair male hissed, "Yes! Queen Adel would NEVER want this!"
Meeting his eyes, the woman replied,
"wouldn't she? I think I would know my Lady's orders, Lord Aries. After all, this is
MY mission. You merely tagged along before you start yours."
With conscious knowledge that his hand was
resting on his Gunblade, General Aries snarled, "how dare you! Our Lady is no monster!
Rydia, you merely use her-"
"Just as she uses me," cut off Rydia,
eyes flashing crimson. Gripping her scythe tightly, her black wings flaring slightly.
"I'm a demon, I'm merely serving my purpose, as should you Aries. I know about your
dirty little secret of being a demon, too..."
Hissing slightly, Aries snapped, "silence
yourself! I'm not surprise that Hades sent someone to keep an eyes on me, but you forget
your place Rydia! Now, if I was you, I'd catch up with Tetraforce because within several
minutes it should be passing over the Shumi Village."
Narrowing her eyes, Rydia leapt into the air.
Looking down at the figure below her, the female demon, "you just keep in line and
don't be so human! I'll be seeing you soon!"
As the demon of sadism glared flew off, the
demon posing as a human noticed the wounded girl underneath the body of her brother.
Walking over, the demon reached down and the girl screamed...
Author Notes: Yes, I'm in the artistic zone so expect another chapter soon!
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~Akira