Chapter three, finally, with the events on Tuesday morning my mind has been pre occupied from writing which I can imagine is the same with many authors here. But anyways squaresoft owns ffviii not me, even though I am the nicest person in the world I still don't own it. Read and review, but more importantly enjoy! Thannnnxxx
Chapter3: Changes and Awakenings
Quistis was confused, what had just happened? Was she really in Seifer's mind moments ago or was it just one screwed up dream? She didn't understand, she just didn't understand.
"Welcome back Miss Trepe, now zat proved to be quite interesting," Doctor Odine's happy, yet eccentric face.
"What happened?" she asked groggily as she sat up, rubbing her temple.
"You did it!" the assistant jumped in quite excited. "We don't know exactly how, but you did it! As soon as you woke up so did he! Of course a few minutes later he passed out from exhaustion, but that's perfectly normal!"
"How long was I out for?" it seemed like she was trapped in that dark and dank place.
"Zat is ze unusual thing, not even a minute," Doctor Odine looked puzzled and frustrated but still looking quite smug with his accomplishment.
"What?! No, I was there for a lot longer than that," she thought for a second trying to make sense of this event. "So I suppose that this means that the human mind is accelerated under insanity."
"Interesting, very interesting..." Doctor Odine had a very odd look on his face, the same look he had when he saw Rinoa in her coma like state. "Vell I suppose zat you two should be going...I'll be in contact with you to make sure everything iz okay."
"Yes..." Quistis suddenly became very suspicious of the good doctor. Why was he kicking them out so fast? Wouldn't he want to run some tests on Seifer? Something wasn't right, ugh Quistis couldn't think about that now.
They made they're way to the Ragnorok, Seifer being assisted by a few assistants considering he was still asleep. After the whole hassle of boarding and checking Seifer out of the hospital.
As Quistis put the Ragnorok in auto pilot she sighed, didn't she get a break from life at any time? She was happy to be an instructor again but she still had no time to herself or for anybody else for that matter. Maybe things would get better, after all a guy would be living with her...Of course he was an emotionally unbalanced, but hey it might give her a little insight on guys.
She sighed again and rose from her seat in the cockpit and went to the first floor, where Seifer was sleeping. He was so complex, more so than she would have though before anyway. What a difference something can make on somebody, it could completely crush them.
For some reason she felt sympathy for him, that made a smile dance upon her lips. Anybody who knew Seifer knew he was Mr. Tough, but in sleep he looked so innocent, so helpless. Quistis put her hand on his cheek gently, but it must have been unconsciously because as soon as she realized what she was doing she pulled her hand back.
"Don't stay like this to long I might just fall for you," she whispered not really meaning it, just trying to joke with...Herself she guessed. She stood up again and made her way back to the cockpit considering they would land soon, people didn't realize how fast the Ragnorok really was.
As she set the plane down near Balm Garden she saw a few figures, two she recognized as the Headmaster and the other was Squall. Oh boy this would be a lot of fun. Quistis stepped out of the large aircraft and greeted the two.
"Hello," she bowed as she always does and watched the people with them go into the Ragnorok.
"Miss Trepe," Cid bowed his head while Squall just gave a look. "Those men are just going to get Mr. Almasy and escort him to your new dorm, its a double like Edea requested."
"Thank you," what else was she supposed to say, how was she supposed to re act to something she already knew? Cid smiled and left when the two men came out. Squall and her were left alone.
"So what happened?" he asked in his normal cool, yet cold way.
"Nothing really, I just assisted in Seifer's condition," she really didn't want to discuss it, the things that had happened were just to personal...Well in a way. But of course Squall being Squall wouldn't take that as an answer, he was to smart for that.
"No, really what happened," he took a step closer, Quistis took a step backwards. For some reason she felt uncomfortable with Squall, something had changed. The weirder thing is that she did still have a crush on him when she left, but now something was definitely different with him.
"Its none of your business, its confidential information anyway," she tried to sound as nice as possible but she really wanted to get the hell out of there.
"Confidential huh? Well this is personal, plus I am the commander and command you to tell me," he had crossed a line, Quistis hated it when people used the position as power. Besides she had been a SeeD longer and didn't have to put up with that crap of his.
"I'm not you dog, you cant 'command' me to do anything!" she shouted at him and began to walk away but swiftly turned around. "By the way as a SeeD I out rank you any day!" then she stalked off.
Quistis walked into her new dorm, she couldn't believe the audacity of Squall! Thinking that she was his bitch to order around!
"That'll be the day," she said as she put her Save The Queen down on the tabled. Seifer was in the left room so Quistis presumed she was in the right. All of her things had been transferred there. Figures, the garden faculty are always going through peoples private things
without permission.
"Oh man," she heard Seifer's groggy voice from the other room. Quistis went over to see him sitting up and pushing back his hair. He flung his legs over the side of the bed and looked at his surroundings, it looked like his old dorm only it wasn't. That's when he saw Quistis.
"Morning sunshine," she said with a smirk. After wondering what the hell Quistis was doing in his dorm a flood of memories came back to him. Something entering his body at the communications tower, betraying the world for the sorceress...All the death caused by his blade.
"Hyne...What have I done?" he was in some stage of shock, everything hitting him like a title wave. Quistis knew what was going through his mind, she didn't know how exactly but she knew what was upsetting him. It was an odd connection.
"It wasn't your fault, you couldn't help it," she tried to console him, but Seifer being the stubborn person he was didn't want to believe it.
"That is such a bunch of crap! I could have stopped that fucking monster! I'm strong enough, why the hell didn't I fight it?!!" he seemed to have no sense of what really happened in his mind or else he would have known that he fought as much as he could.
"You did fight! You fought with all your heart, but you weren't strong enough then," she went over and sat next to him on the bed, his eyes were watering a little bit, but Seifer wasn't the type to cry so he just choked them back.
"I'm never strong enough! I wasn't strong enough to pass the SeeD exam, I wasn't strong enough from being possessed, and I wasn't strong enough for my paren-" he cut himself off obviously revealing to much. Quistis knew that she shouldn't encourage him to relive that part of his life.
"Your right...You weren't strong enough, but you could have been," she looked pleadingly into his eyes, why was she being so sensitive? Maybe a little piece of him left with her when she was in his mind. "And you can be again."
"No," he shook his head. "I cant do it I just cant."
"You can, you just need time to put yourself back together again, away from things, away from people, not quite alone but still mostly alone," his eyes looked angry and frustrated like she had seen them many times before.
"Why the hell are you even here?"
"Edea thought it would be best if you roomed with somebody to make sure you don't do anything you'll regret," he gets cold with her she gets cold with him.
"That's just perfect. Ugh whatever...Can I just be alone for a while?" she thought he would have made a bigger fuss.
"As long as you need," she stood up and left, closing the door behind. This could take a while.
To Be Continued....
Chapter3: Changes and Awakenings
Quistis was confused, what had just happened? Was she really in Seifer's mind moments ago or was it just one screwed up dream? She didn't understand, she just didn't understand.
"Welcome back Miss Trepe, now zat proved to be quite interesting," Doctor Odine's happy, yet eccentric face.
"What happened?" she asked groggily as she sat up, rubbing her temple.
"You did it!" the assistant jumped in quite excited. "We don't know exactly how, but you did it! As soon as you woke up so did he! Of course a few minutes later he passed out from exhaustion, but that's perfectly normal!"
"How long was I out for?" it seemed like she was trapped in that dark and dank place.
"Zat is ze unusual thing, not even a minute," Doctor Odine looked puzzled and frustrated but still looking quite smug with his accomplishment.
"What?! No, I was there for a lot longer than that," she thought for a second trying to make sense of this event. "So I suppose that this means that the human mind is accelerated under insanity."
"Interesting, very interesting..." Doctor Odine had a very odd look on his face, the same look he had when he saw Rinoa in her coma like state. "Vell I suppose zat you two should be going...I'll be in contact with you to make sure everything iz okay."
"Yes..." Quistis suddenly became very suspicious of the good doctor. Why was he kicking them out so fast? Wouldn't he want to run some tests on Seifer? Something wasn't right, ugh Quistis couldn't think about that now.
They made they're way to the Ragnorok, Seifer being assisted by a few assistants considering he was still asleep. After the whole hassle of boarding and checking Seifer out of the hospital.
As Quistis put the Ragnorok in auto pilot she sighed, didn't she get a break from life at any time? She was happy to be an instructor again but she still had no time to herself or for anybody else for that matter. Maybe things would get better, after all a guy would be living with her...Of course he was an emotionally unbalanced, but hey it might give her a little insight on guys.
She sighed again and rose from her seat in the cockpit and went to the first floor, where Seifer was sleeping. He was so complex, more so than she would have though before anyway. What a difference something can make on somebody, it could completely crush them.
For some reason she felt sympathy for him, that made a smile dance upon her lips. Anybody who knew Seifer knew he was Mr. Tough, but in sleep he looked so innocent, so helpless. Quistis put her hand on his cheek gently, but it must have been unconsciously because as soon as she realized what she was doing she pulled her hand back.
"Don't stay like this to long I might just fall for you," she whispered not really meaning it, just trying to joke with...Herself she guessed. She stood up again and made her way back to the cockpit considering they would land soon, people didn't realize how fast the Ragnorok really was.
As she set the plane down near Balm Garden she saw a few figures, two she recognized as the Headmaster and the other was Squall. Oh boy this would be a lot of fun. Quistis stepped out of the large aircraft and greeted the two.
"Hello," she bowed as she always does and watched the people with them go into the Ragnorok.
"Miss Trepe," Cid bowed his head while Squall just gave a look. "Those men are just going to get Mr. Almasy and escort him to your new dorm, its a double like Edea requested."
"Thank you," what else was she supposed to say, how was she supposed to re act to something she already knew? Cid smiled and left when the two men came out. Squall and her were left alone.
"So what happened?" he asked in his normal cool, yet cold way.
"Nothing really, I just assisted in Seifer's condition," she really didn't want to discuss it, the things that had happened were just to personal...Well in a way. But of course Squall being Squall wouldn't take that as an answer, he was to smart for that.
"No, really what happened," he took a step closer, Quistis took a step backwards. For some reason she felt uncomfortable with Squall, something had changed. The weirder thing is that she did still have a crush on him when she left, but now something was definitely different with him.
"Its none of your business, its confidential information anyway," she tried to sound as nice as possible but she really wanted to get the hell out of there.
"Confidential huh? Well this is personal, plus I am the commander and command you to tell me," he had crossed a line, Quistis hated it when people used the position as power. Besides she had been a SeeD longer and didn't have to put up with that crap of his.
"I'm not you dog, you cant 'command' me to do anything!" she shouted at him and began to walk away but swiftly turned around. "By the way as a SeeD I out rank you any day!" then she stalked off.
Quistis walked into her new dorm, she couldn't believe the audacity of Squall! Thinking that she was his bitch to order around!
"That'll be the day," she said as she put her Save The Queen down on the tabled. Seifer was in the left room so Quistis presumed she was in the right. All of her things had been transferred there. Figures, the garden faculty are always going through peoples private things
without permission.
"Oh man," she heard Seifer's groggy voice from the other room. Quistis went over to see him sitting up and pushing back his hair. He flung his legs over the side of the bed and looked at his surroundings, it looked like his old dorm only it wasn't. That's when he saw Quistis.
"Morning sunshine," she said with a smirk. After wondering what the hell Quistis was doing in his dorm a flood of memories came back to him. Something entering his body at the communications tower, betraying the world for the sorceress...All the death caused by his blade.
"Hyne...What have I done?" he was in some stage of shock, everything hitting him like a title wave. Quistis knew what was going through his mind, she didn't know how exactly but she knew what was upsetting him. It was an odd connection.
"It wasn't your fault, you couldn't help it," she tried to console him, but Seifer being the stubborn person he was didn't want to believe it.
"That is such a bunch of crap! I could have stopped that fucking monster! I'm strong enough, why the hell didn't I fight it?!!" he seemed to have no sense of what really happened in his mind or else he would have known that he fought as much as he could.
"You did fight! You fought with all your heart, but you weren't strong enough then," she went over and sat next to him on the bed, his eyes were watering a little bit, but Seifer wasn't the type to cry so he just choked them back.
"I'm never strong enough! I wasn't strong enough to pass the SeeD exam, I wasn't strong enough from being possessed, and I wasn't strong enough for my paren-" he cut himself off obviously revealing to much. Quistis knew that she shouldn't encourage him to relive that part of his life.
"Your right...You weren't strong enough, but you could have been," she looked pleadingly into his eyes, why was she being so sensitive? Maybe a little piece of him left with her when she was in his mind. "And you can be again."
"No," he shook his head. "I cant do it I just cant."
"You can, you just need time to put yourself back together again, away from things, away from people, not quite alone but still mostly alone," his eyes looked angry and frustrated like she had seen them many times before.
"Why the hell are you even here?"
"Edea thought it would be best if you roomed with somebody to make sure you don't do anything you'll regret," he gets cold with her she gets cold with him.
"That's just perfect. Ugh whatever...Can I just be alone for a while?" she thought he would have made a bigger fuss.
"As long as you need," she stood up and left, closing the door behind. This could take a while.
To Be Continued....