The Fire of Our Love ~ Another Reunion
This one is probably the last chapter - I won't be writing any more of this story. Or maybe I will.
Squall, Zell, Irvine, Selphie and Quistis entered the magnificent chambers of the Castle of Timber (I made it up). It was a huge highrise building with gleaming glass walls. Of course, they were opaque so no one could see through them.
Upon entering the castle, three pages arrived and ushered the guests into a huge Dining Chamber. It had a glass dome that you could see the Crystal from FFIX Alexandria Castle.
'The Queen will be with you shortly,' the waiter said thickly. 'But may I take your order?'
'Yeah, hotdogs?' Zell said at once. The waiter glared.
'I am sorry to say that we do not supply hot - '
'Don't worry about it,' said a voice.
Squall looked up to see a beautiful woman of no older than twenty-five on the staircase. Her shoes didn't make a sound; the floor was carpeted. Her long tresses of hair fell in bunch along her back, and she looked quite sad. And then -
'SQUALL!'
Queen Rinoa ran down the last few meters of stair and then, she through herself into Squall's waiting arms. For the first time in five years, Quistis saw that look of deep love in his eyes again. He was no longer lone wolf.
The steward and waiter blinked. 'Your - Your Majesty!' the steward spluttered. 'Sir - Sir Joyce!'
Rinoa looked abashed and she quickly led Squall up the stairs. Her face looked so tired, and her eyes were red from crying. 'I have a confession to make,' she said finally. 'I - I did it with Sir Joyce.'
Squall couldn't believe his ears. 'W-w-what?'
'Oh Squall!'
Rinoa had once again flung herself onto Squall's shoulders. 'I know I shouldn't have...but I was confused! And Sir Joyce was the only one there...he promised me that he'd always be there, and so I trusted him...I - I...' Rinoa broke down completely, and she wiped her eyes with a huge Timber flag. 'My father approved,' she said finally, 'he thought it'd be great for me to marry Sir Joyce...we were going to be married since I thought I'd never see you again. But I broke off the marriage at the last minute. It's because I thought of you.'
Squall listened intently with mixed feelings of hatred, denial, and love. And then, he tipped her head forward and whispered, 'I love you.'
'I love you too, Squall. And what did they do to you?'
Squall was taken aback. He had never intended to hurt Rinoa by telling her what trouble she was. 'Don't worry,' he said finally, 'it was actually quite fun...I thought you knew what the punishment was? You were there?'
'Yes,' Rinoa admitted, 'but I've totally forgotten.'
At that moment, just as Squall and Rinoa were leaning together at once, ready to share a short kiss, the steward arrived and announced, 'Your Majesty! The SeeDs have to go right now!' And he bowed low.
'I guess,' Rinoa said softly to herself, clinging to Squall's arm. 'Well, I guess this is goodbye again.'
'Only for a short while, Rin,' said Squall soothingly, as he saw tears welling up in her already red eyes from crying about her mother's death. 'No, no, I'm not going to leave you now...not when you're already going through more than you can handle. Steward, please tell my colleagues that I'm staying in Timber for a month and - '
'No Squall.'
Squall looked up in amazement at Rinoa, who had just finished wiping her tears away with her long, white sleeve of her gown. 'It's your life, and I don't want to ruin it. I've found out something, Squall,' she said slowly. 'To live without misery is to live without nobody, and if something were to happen to you...'
Rinoa closed her eyes and fought away all the darkness. Squall held her close, tears coming to his eyes to. But he didn't cry. If he were to leave this girl of his dreams, he'd be old lone wolf again, so he didn't cry. But watching her cry broke his heart all the same.
'Rinoa, don't cry,' he muttered in an undertone, half afraid she'd hear his voice shaking, 'I'll be back, I promise, and I'll bring back my fortune from Balamb Garden so that we'll be able to settle down and have children...'
Rinoa straightened up. 'You mean it?' she inquired.
'Of course I do,' Squall smiled. 'But I'm only leaving you for a very, very short time, until you get over your mother's death. Then, I'll be back for you and we'll have children and we can live in a mansion...you want that, don't you?'
'Yes,' Rinoa muttered.
'Then what are we crying for?'
Rinoa smiled her first true smile and wiped the tears from her eyes. 'You'd better go now,' she said. Squall had forgotten all about that. Now he had regrets about ever saying he'd be going back to Balamb Garden, but he knew it was for the best. 'Goodbye,' he said simply as they reached the landing.
'Rinoa, oh, Rinoa!' Selphie exclaimed, clinging onto Rinoa's shoulder. Rinoa started to sob again, as did Selphie. Quistos also came. 'I'm sorry I ever been horrible to you at Balamb!' she cried as well. And in a many-armed hug, the three girls sank to the ground.
Rinoa ushered her guests to the door. 'Don't forget your promise, Squall,' Rinoa smiled, and Squall did so as well.
'What promise?' Zell was asking twenty minutes later, but Squall wouldn't reveal a single thing.
'Don't worry, you'll find out,' he said. It was sort of sad to see Rinoa standing alone in the doorway of the huge castle, but Squall knew he would return to her someday.
YES! I'm done Chapter 2! Only one more to go and I'm done this sick story!
This one is probably the last chapter - I won't be writing any more of this story. Or maybe I will.
Squall, Zell, Irvine, Selphie and Quistis entered the magnificent chambers of the Castle of Timber (I made it up). It was a huge highrise building with gleaming glass walls. Of course, they were opaque so no one could see through them.
Upon entering the castle, three pages arrived and ushered the guests into a huge Dining Chamber. It had a glass dome that you could see the Crystal from FFIX Alexandria Castle.
'The Queen will be with you shortly,' the waiter said thickly. 'But may I take your order?'
'Yeah, hotdogs?' Zell said at once. The waiter glared.
'I am sorry to say that we do not supply hot - '
'Don't worry about it,' said a voice.
Squall looked up to see a beautiful woman of no older than twenty-five on the staircase. Her shoes didn't make a sound; the floor was carpeted. Her long tresses of hair fell in bunch along her back, and she looked quite sad. And then -
'SQUALL!'
Queen Rinoa ran down the last few meters of stair and then, she through herself into Squall's waiting arms. For the first time in five years, Quistis saw that look of deep love in his eyes again. He was no longer lone wolf.
The steward and waiter blinked. 'Your - Your Majesty!' the steward spluttered. 'Sir - Sir Joyce!'
Rinoa looked abashed and she quickly led Squall up the stairs. Her face looked so tired, and her eyes were red from crying. 'I have a confession to make,' she said finally. 'I - I did it with Sir Joyce.'
Squall couldn't believe his ears. 'W-w-what?'
'Oh Squall!'
Rinoa had once again flung herself onto Squall's shoulders. 'I know I shouldn't have...but I was confused! And Sir Joyce was the only one there...he promised me that he'd always be there, and so I trusted him...I - I...' Rinoa broke down completely, and she wiped her eyes with a huge Timber flag. 'My father approved,' she said finally, 'he thought it'd be great for me to marry Sir Joyce...we were going to be married since I thought I'd never see you again. But I broke off the marriage at the last minute. It's because I thought of you.'
Squall listened intently with mixed feelings of hatred, denial, and love. And then, he tipped her head forward and whispered, 'I love you.'
'I love you too, Squall. And what did they do to you?'
Squall was taken aback. He had never intended to hurt Rinoa by telling her what trouble she was. 'Don't worry,' he said finally, 'it was actually quite fun...I thought you knew what the punishment was? You were there?'
'Yes,' Rinoa admitted, 'but I've totally forgotten.'
At that moment, just as Squall and Rinoa were leaning together at once, ready to share a short kiss, the steward arrived and announced, 'Your Majesty! The SeeDs have to go right now!' And he bowed low.
'I guess,' Rinoa said softly to herself, clinging to Squall's arm. 'Well, I guess this is goodbye again.'
'Only for a short while, Rin,' said Squall soothingly, as he saw tears welling up in her already red eyes from crying about her mother's death. 'No, no, I'm not going to leave you now...not when you're already going through more than you can handle. Steward, please tell my colleagues that I'm staying in Timber for a month and - '
'No Squall.'
Squall looked up in amazement at Rinoa, who had just finished wiping her tears away with her long, white sleeve of her gown. 'It's your life, and I don't want to ruin it. I've found out something, Squall,' she said slowly. 'To live without misery is to live without nobody, and if something were to happen to you...'
Rinoa closed her eyes and fought away all the darkness. Squall held her close, tears coming to his eyes to. But he didn't cry. If he were to leave this girl of his dreams, he'd be old lone wolf again, so he didn't cry. But watching her cry broke his heart all the same.
'Rinoa, don't cry,' he muttered in an undertone, half afraid she'd hear his voice shaking, 'I'll be back, I promise, and I'll bring back my fortune from Balamb Garden so that we'll be able to settle down and have children...'
Rinoa straightened up. 'You mean it?' she inquired.
'Of course I do,' Squall smiled. 'But I'm only leaving you for a very, very short time, until you get over your mother's death. Then, I'll be back for you and we'll have children and we can live in a mansion...you want that, don't you?'
'Yes,' Rinoa muttered.
'Then what are we crying for?'
Rinoa smiled her first true smile and wiped the tears from her eyes. 'You'd better go now,' she said. Squall had forgotten all about that. Now he had regrets about ever saying he'd be going back to Balamb Garden, but he knew it was for the best. 'Goodbye,' he said simply as they reached the landing.
'Rinoa, oh, Rinoa!' Selphie exclaimed, clinging onto Rinoa's shoulder. Rinoa started to sob again, as did Selphie. Quistos also came. 'I'm sorry I ever been horrible to you at Balamb!' she cried as well. And in a many-armed hug, the three girls sank to the ground.
Rinoa ushered her guests to the door. 'Don't forget your promise, Squall,' Rinoa smiled, and Squall did so as well.
'What promise?' Zell was asking twenty minutes later, but Squall wouldn't reveal a single thing.
'Don't worry, you'll find out,' he said. It was sort of sad to see Rinoa standing alone in the doorway of the huge castle, but Squall knew he would return to her someday.
YES! I'm done Chapter 2! Only one more to go and I'm done this sick story!