A.N.: Sorry I took so long to post this chapter. I hope it was worth the waiting. I'm not going to continue this story from Quistis POV. I tried but it was just too hard and I'm not much of a writer.
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Quistis wakes up covered in sweat, breathing fast.
'What a weird dream. It seamed so
real, still so bizarre and blurry. Seifer crying for me to stay? Why? How?… I'm
so cold.'
She looks at the clock on her nightstand.
"7 o'clock. :sigh: I better get ready."
She walks up to the bathroom, brushes her teeth, takes a quick shower and dries her long, golden hair. She dresses her Seed uniform, locks her hair in its usual fashion, picks up the papers she had been grading till late that night and leaves her dorm.
'Could that dream be another memory locked up because of the GF's? I haven't used them in a month already. Maybe my memories are coming back.' She thought while waiting for the elevator to come down.
Finally reaching the classroom and
entering, she can notice the sudden change of attitudes from her students as
soon as they notice her presence. 'They stop talking and go to their
respective seats without making a noise. They respect me and look up to me. I
guess that's as close as I'll get to be loved in my life… Stop it Quisty, don't
you dare getting depressed in the middle of a class, girl! … 'Quisty', I guess
I'm the only one who remembers how they all used to call me.'
She woke up from her reverie and walked to her desk.
"Good morning class. Let's start with today's schedule…" she felt dizzy and her legs grew weaker. She fell unconscious on the floor. The students ran up to her with concern.
A female Trepie took the lead of the situation "You, go warn the Commander! You two help me carry her to the infirmary!
Squall and Rinoa were at the bridge. He was taking a break from looking at Garden's paperwork and contracts. They were about to kiss when a girl rushed inside.
"COMMANDER! Instructor Trepe fainted during class and has been taken to the infirmary." Said the girl while trying to catch her breath.
"WHAT?" Squall and Rinoa said in chorus.
'Where am I? This is definitely not
the Garden! I can't move. Am I dead? No. This is like when Ellone sent us to
Laguna's past. Ellone? Is this her doing? But why? What could she want me to
see? And why me?"
Quistis looked at her surroundings, she knew this beach. She was at the orphanage. There was a 8 year old blond boy sitting in the stairs.
'Seifer? Yes, that's him. Why is he so
sad?'
She could ear his thoughts. 'Matron
sent him instead of me. Why? I'm the older, and it was my dream to become a
Seed, mine and Quisty's. It was OUR dream, we shared it.'
'If I can listen to his thoughts… that
means… I'm looking into past through Seifer's eyes. Why, Ellone? Tell me why.'
Matron approached the blond boy. "Seifer, please don't be mad at me." She said sitting next to him "Squall needed to go this year. He kept running away to look for sis. I needed to send him away, but, I promise, I'll send you to Garden next year."
"It's ok Matron, I don't need any favours." Seifer said still mad, his lip curled.
"It's not a favour, Seifer. I'm sending you because you are the best." She said smiling at him.
The boy returned the smile. Quistis didn't remember seeing him smile. "I'm not mad at you Matron. I promise I'll make a great Seed, the best ever in Garden. After that, I'll come back and be your knight. I'll never let anyone harm you."
"You must understand, Seifer, that if I ever do something wrong, people might need to hurt me to stop me. Maybe even kill me."
"I won't let them. No matter what, I'm your knight, and you'll always be my Matron, my mother." The boy said embracing her.
Her face had a concerned, sad frown. "Poor child. Don't let that sweet heart of yours blind your mind." She whispered as if knowing his fate.
Squall and Rinoa rushed to the infirmary to find the entrance blocked by Trepies and other concerned students waiting on news about the instructor's condition.
"Let me through!" commanded Squall. They stepped away from the door letting him and Rinoa pass through.
Squall and Rinoa entered the infirmary. Rinoa went to see her friend lying on the bed while Squall talked to Dr. Kadowaki.
"What's wrong with her, Dr.?"
"I have no idea, Squall. She just passed out. She's alive and seems to be asleep but won't wake up no matter what."
"SQUALL! She's opening her eyes!" Rinoa screamed from the next room.
To be continued…
A .N.: I won't take so long with the next chapter, Ok? Please review.