Dreams Into Reality
Chapter Two: Stolen
Selphie went back to her dorm and looked out the window. "Maybe he's changed..." she whispered.
~The more you want something, the more you have to let it go...If it misses you, it'll eventually come back by itself
eventually.~ Irvine's voice echoed in her head. ~This butterfly reminds me of you.~ She smiled slightly.
Her thoughts were interrupted by heavy pounding on her door. "Selphie!!! Selphie! Are you in there?"
It was Zell. She shut her eyes and tried to ignore it. *Why can't he just leave me alone? Irvine's right. He never
understands me...he never has...* She covered her ears.
"Selphie!!!"
She sighed heavily and wrenched open the door.
"So you were in here after all...I--"
"I want to be alone."
"What did Irvine do?"
"Nothing."
"I don't believe you! Where did he take you?"
"It's none of your business. Just leave me alone!"
"I'll kill him...I'll kill him!"
Selphie slammed the door and bolted it. *What a jerk.* It was bright in her room, and very dark outside,
but she could see a dark shadow flash quickly past her window. She rushed to it and looked outside. There was no
one. She looked around her room. Her nunchakus was gone.
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"Where's Selphie?" Quistis wondered out loud. "She was supposed to wait for me here..." She looked
around the quad for any sign of a person. No one was there. She sighed. "Fine...I'll just wait until she comes or
something." She waited around in the Quad for an hour. Still no one. *Guess she's not coming...* She left and went
back to her dorm.
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Selphie ran out onto the beach. She glared dangerously at the figure standing by the ocean. He was
holding her whip.
"Give me back my nunchakus!" She yelled angrily.
"You thought of me when you saw that your whip was gone. Could it be that the person you dream of...
is also me?" he answered teasingly.
"Give. It. Back." She whispered menacingly. She walked over to him and grabbed at it. He held it out of
her reach.
"Why should I?"
"It's mine!"
"I'll give it back...but be careful. Zell's planning something. I don't want anything to happen to you."
Selphie glanced at him suspiciously. "You stole my whip to tell me that?"
"Yes. Just be careful, ok?"
*Why is he acting so different? Is this some kind of trap?* she wondered.
"Selphie! There you are! Why did you slam the door on me?"
She bit back a scream of annoyance. *Stay calm...stay calm...stay calm...* "Oh...there was a gust of
wind...it blew the door shut. My window was open."
"Ok." he nodded and suddenly seemed to notice that someone else was there. He narrowed his eyes
when he saw Irvine. "You?! What are you doing with Selphie?"
Irvine laughed. "If you want to know what happened between me and Selphie, why don't you ask her?"
He walked away, leaving Zell seething in fury.