Chapter 3:
(1 month later)
"Elisa, I know that I don't want to let you go yet...but
you seemed to be all healed. My husband said that we can't keep you
anymore, and you should go and try to find your family members."
Elisa nodded. She had adopted the name because the
women didn't know what to call her. So now she was known as Elisa, no last
name, and no past.
"Thank you for taking care of me... I'll go now."
The women smiled at her warmly. "I washed your blue
duster for you and sewed up the rips so it's good as new! Your black shorts
and tank top are just on your bed."
"Thank you," Elisa went to her room and found on
her bed her clothes that she expected, and something else. It caught the
light of the sun through the open window. It was a necklace, on a silver
chian with a ring on it. She held it in her hand, and
looked at it. "What's this?"
"That was on you when we found you at the bottom
of the cliff," the women came into the room.
Elisa put it around her neck, and packed up her
clothes. The women held her hand and put 500 Gil onto it.
"A young lass like you would need some money to
survive."
Elisa hugged the women. "Thank you so much. I'll
never forget how well you cared for me and all."
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Squall. Where was he now? When Rinoa was still there,
he had begun to open up, smiled more often, and even talked more
freely. Now, he was silent as ever, and colder. He didn't even talk
much to his friends. The friends that helped him through so
much. Now he just kicked them aside.
Knock knock
"What?!" He cried.
"...I...It's me," Quistis said from the outside
of his room.
Squall ignored her and continued to stare at the
ceiling, his hair was not as neat as it use to be a month ago. Quistis
turned
the knob to his room, which opened easilly. He hadn't locked it.
"Squall, we all want you to be happy."
Squall sat up from his bed and glared over at Quistis.
"Why do you care? You...your the person that got me into this mess!"
Quistis stood there shocked. "...Squall..."
He continued, "You were the one that said it was
your fault in the first place! You were the one that brought over the damn
wine! And...and you're the stupid idiot that...that let me drink even though
you knew you were an instructor and everything!"
He screamed in her face.
Quistis started sobbing, "It wasn't all my fault!
Squall Leonhart! I thought you could change! I guess I thought wrongly
of you!" She stormed out of the room.
"Whatever," He muttered.
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Elisa walked down the streets of a town. She looked
around her. Somehow, this place seemed vaguely familiar. Have I been here?
When I remembered who I am... She walked up to a tiny store by a train
station. The women there smiled at her.
"Sorry, if you want Owl's Tears, we've sold out."
Elisa walked away and just stood in the middle of
the sidewalk. "Owl's Tears? Why does that sound so familiar...this
place...this..."
"Come on! Let's go to the pub!" Elisa watched as
two boys walked the other direction. She decided to follow when she saw
a hotel. She shrugged, "Might as well get a room."
The lady there seemed overjoyed to see her for some
reason. "Rinoa! It's you! I haven't seen you in ages!"
Elisa looked at her oddly. "Um...sorry, but I'm
not sure who you're talking about..."
"Aw, stop joking around with me Rinny!"
"I am not...who you call Rinoa...hey...isn't Rinoa
the leader of the Forest Owls?" Elisa asked.
The lady laughed, "Nice game Rinny! You seem like
you're talking about yourself as if you don't know that it's you!" She
continued to laugh.
Elisa stared at her. "I'm serious. I am not Rinoa,
or Rinny, or whatever you just called me!"
The lady stopped laughing. "Rinoa? What's wrong
with you?"
"Nothing in fact. Just to tell you, my name is not
Rinoa, it's Elisa!" And she walked out of the hotel.
Who is this Rinoa? How come...the name sounds
to familiar and a person thinks I'm her... Elisa shrugged and continued
on her way.
"Oh my god! RINOA!" Elisa heard a man call, but
she ignored it because it wasn't addressing her, was it?
A man caught up to her. "Oh my god! Rinoa! So you
were in Timber all the time?! Why didn't you come to Zone and I?!"
Elisa crossed her arms. "Why is everyone calling
me Rinoa!?"
Watts scratched his head. "They call you Rinoa because
you are Rinoa!"
Everyone is calling me Rinoa...is it possible
that I am her? Elisa looked at the man standing in front of her. "...Do
I know you?"
Watts starred at her unbelievingly. "Of course you
do! We're like best buds! Remember, Zone, you, and I were going to liberate
Timber together no matter what!"
"I'm sorry. I'm not Rinoa...although many people
say I am. Do I look her?"
"Look like her?! You are her!" Watts was starting
to get confused.
Elisa fingered the necklace she had on. Maybe I
am this Rinoa person... hmmm... "Do you know this?" She held the ring in
front of him.
"Of course! It's your mother's silly!"
"My mothers? It was?"
Watts stepped back a bit. "You don't sound like
you're faking all this..."
"Of course I'm not... I'm Elisa, not Rinoa..."
Watts shocked his head in disbelief. "Princess!
You don't remember a thing?!"
Elisa sighed, "To tell you the truth... a month
ago..."
"Come, I'll bring you to where I live with Zone
and you can explain everything!"
Elisa sat down on a seat. Zone was still confused
of what Watts had told him about Rinoa losing her memory. But they all
sat down and stayed silent to listen to Elisa/Rinoa's story.
"So, this women, who she says is the leader of the
Forest Birds, found me at the bottom of a cliff. After that, I couldn't
remember anything. She told me that I had some damage to my head, and I
also had some severe broken bones and cuts..."
Zone nodded, "I get it now...Rinoa! You must have
jumped off the cliff after you saw Squall and...Quistis..."
"Who's Squall?" Elisa asked plainly.
Author's note: Ok, this chapter was boring. But I needed to stick in
some details so this story wouldn't be...confusing.