DARKNESS...
Quistis clutched her head as she awoke to blackness. Where am I?!? OW!!! A sharp pain shot through her leg as she tried to stand up. She fell swiftly back to the stone cold floor. What happened?!? Quistis tried desperately to recall how she came to be here... Squall... Rinoa... Zell, cafeteria... Selphie and Irvine... The woods... The WOODS!!" That was it! She winced as she remembered falling through the ground... A hole!
Her mind began to grow hazy and the pain throbbed more in her leg.
"Help me! Anyone? Squall?" She mustered up enough strength to shout out but it was no use. The chilling wind muffled her cries and no-one would ever guess that she was stuck in this hole.
Quistis' eyes began to adjust to the darkness. She could now make out a small cavern, lined with a rocky floor. There was a slightly horrible smell of rotting vegetation and dampness. Quistis attempted to clamber to the cave walls. She felt around for an exit but there wasn't one.
The pain was now growing worse and she was starting to feel nauseous. She hugged her knees to try and get warmer. Will anyone find me AND most importantly, will I survive the night...? A tear rolled down her pale cheek and splashed onto the icy floor.
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MIDDLE OF NOWHERE...
"Irvine... Irvine..." Selphie shook her sleeping friend gently. Irvine's eyes flew open.
"What is it? Are you okay?" He worried.
"I don't feel too good," Selphie coughed.
Irvine sat up and got out of the car. A huge blast of piercing cold air hit him. He circled to the back of the car and got in the back seat, next to Selphie. He felt her forehead.
"What's wrong exactly?"
"I'm freezing cold," Selphie's teeth chattered. Her lips were blue and her eyes were half-shut.
"I told you to bring warmer clothing!" Irvine searched in the back trunk for his blue sweater and handed it to Selphie. Gratefully she pulled it over her yellow dress.
"Is that better?" He asked, still concerned. Selphie nodded slightly and coughed again.
"I'm just so, SO tired... But it's so, SO cold..." Tears formed in her green eyes.
"It's okay, Sef... Sssh," Irvine reached over and drew her to him in a hug. Selphie instinctively pulled away.
"W-what are you trying to do?" She said weakly.
"Trying to do?" Irvine asked puzzled, "nothing... I'm not trying to take advantage of you if that's what you mean."
Selphie began a fit of coughing and spluttering. She broke down, crying. She leaned against Irvine and then hugged him apologetically.
"So... tired..." She whispered.
"I know, I know..." He held her as she sobbed on his chest.
MISSING PERSONS...
"Um, Rinoa. Do you get the feelin' that we've forgotten something?" Zell frowned, puzzled.
"Yes, it's strange but I think it's just our imagination. Where are the others anyway? They should have been here ages ago."
Zell glanced around the entrance to Trabia Garden.
"Well anyway Zell, it's getting dark now. We should go inside. They'll be here soon. Irvine and Selphie probably just stopped off somewhere and - ... Oh my god!"
"What?!?" Zell watched as Rinoa slapped her forehead.
"I know what we've forgotten!!! Remember, we said that seeing as Squall wasn't coming to Trabia that we'd take Quistis in our car and let Selphie and Irvine had some 'quality time' together!!"
"Oh shit, yeah!" Zell looked worried, "d'ya think Selphie and Irvine remembered her? She's gonna be so mad..."
"I'd better go and contact Squall. Looks like we could be going back to Balamb," Rinoa headed into Trabia Garden. Zell groaned and glanced at the oncoming snow. Signs showed that a blizzard was heading their way.
"Geez... I wouldn't like to be out there in this weather..." He mumbled and followed Rinoa into the Garden.
Quistis clutched her head as she awoke to blackness. Where am I?!? OW!!! A sharp pain shot through her leg as she tried to stand up. She fell swiftly back to the stone cold floor. What happened?!? Quistis tried desperately to recall how she came to be here... Squall... Rinoa... Zell, cafeteria... Selphie and Irvine... The woods... The WOODS!!" That was it! She winced as she remembered falling through the ground... A hole!
Her mind began to grow hazy and the pain throbbed more in her leg.
"Help me! Anyone? Squall?" She mustered up enough strength to shout out but it was no use. The chilling wind muffled her cries and no-one would ever guess that she was stuck in this hole.
Quistis' eyes began to adjust to the darkness. She could now make out a small cavern, lined with a rocky floor. There was a slightly horrible smell of rotting vegetation and dampness. Quistis attempted to clamber to the cave walls. She felt around for an exit but there wasn't one.
The pain was now growing worse and she was starting to feel nauseous. She hugged her knees to try and get warmer. Will anyone find me AND most importantly, will I survive the night...? A tear rolled down her pale cheek and splashed onto the icy floor.
* * * * * * *
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE...
"Irvine... Irvine..." Selphie shook her sleeping friend gently. Irvine's eyes flew open.
"What is it? Are you okay?" He worried.
"I don't feel too good," Selphie coughed.
Irvine sat up and got out of the car. A huge blast of piercing cold air hit him. He circled to the back of the car and got in the back seat, next to Selphie. He felt her forehead.
"What's wrong exactly?"
"I'm freezing cold," Selphie's teeth chattered. Her lips were blue and her eyes were half-shut.
"I told you to bring warmer clothing!" Irvine searched in the back trunk for his blue sweater and handed it to Selphie. Gratefully she pulled it over her yellow dress.
"Is that better?" He asked, still concerned. Selphie nodded slightly and coughed again.
"I'm just so, SO tired... But it's so, SO cold..." Tears formed in her green eyes.
"It's okay, Sef... Sssh," Irvine reached over and drew her to him in a hug. Selphie instinctively pulled away.
"W-what are you trying to do?" She said weakly.
"Trying to do?" Irvine asked puzzled, "nothing... I'm not trying to take advantage of you if that's what you mean."
Selphie began a fit of coughing and spluttering. She broke down, crying. She leaned against Irvine and then hugged him apologetically.
"So... tired..." She whispered.
"I know, I know..." He held her as she sobbed on his chest.
MISSING PERSONS...
"Um, Rinoa. Do you get the feelin' that we've forgotten something?" Zell frowned, puzzled.
"Yes, it's strange but I think it's just our imagination. Where are the others anyway? They should have been here ages ago."
Zell glanced around the entrance to Trabia Garden.
"Well anyway Zell, it's getting dark now. We should go inside. They'll be here soon. Irvine and Selphie probably just stopped off somewhere and - ... Oh my god!"
"What?!?" Zell watched as Rinoa slapped her forehead.
"I know what we've forgotten!!! Remember, we said that seeing as Squall wasn't coming to Trabia that we'd take Quistis in our car and let Selphie and Irvine had some 'quality time' together!!"
"Oh shit, yeah!" Zell looked worried, "d'ya think Selphie and Irvine remembered her? She's gonna be so mad..."
"I'd better go and contact Squall. Looks like we could be going back to Balamb," Rinoa headed into Trabia Garden. Zell groaned and glanced at the oncoming snow. Signs showed that a blizzard was heading their way.
"Geez... I wouldn't like to be out there in this weather..." He mumbled and followed Rinoa into the Garden.