~*Mermaids Lagoon*~

Chapter 2..........

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Rinoa layed on her back as she gazed up to the ceiling. She looked to her left and found that it was 1 A.M., she had been up for hours just staring at the ceiling. Squall turned to his side as slept. She smiled. He was her protector, now and forever. He groaned loudly. Rinoa's smile only grew wider. She felt her eye lids finally start to get heavy. 'Thank you.' she thanked happily as she felt her eye lids slam shut.

"Rinoa?" a husky voice asked. Rinoa just mumbled some nonsense and rolled to her side. She felt hands place onto her stomach and began to shake her violently. Rinoa quickly rose up straight in a flurry. She looked to her right, where the pushing was coming from. It was non other than Squall. "Finally you're up!" he said happily.

"Did any come and get me?" Rinoa asked obviously remembering yesterdays little over hearing.

"Nope." Squall informed her. "Are you hungry?" Squall asked trying to get he mind off of that particular subject.

"Sure." Rinoa said as if she was drugged.

"Are you ok?" Squall asked as he looked at her quizically.

"Yeah sure I'm fine." Rinoa insisted as she got up from her bed. She stood and collapsed to the floor.

"Rinoa?" Squall called to her as he knelt over her body. "Rinoa!?!?" he called for her once more, but far more urgent this time. Rinoa fluttered her eyes open, then darkness clouded her vision..........

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"Do we have her?" the man asked gruffly.

"Yes, sir." the Cid told him. They were both in a pitch black room, but they seemed to be able to see each other fine.

"Where am I?" Rinoa asked in a groggy.

"My dear, we have entered your head and we are talking to you this way." the man told her. Rinoa's eyes grew wide.

"What do you want from me?" Rinoa asked in a scared tone.

"We want you to confirm something." he said. Rinoa didn't move, she just looked at him. He snapped his fingers and with it came a scroll of paper. "This is your signature no?" he asked as he moved the document to her face. Rinoa looked down, the signature read 'Rinoa Heartily' in her exact signature style.

"I'm not saying until you say what this is for." Rinoa demanded.

"Head strong arn't we?" he joked as he snapped the scroll away. "Let me show you." he said as he clapped his hands and with it a picture came up. "Now watch he commanded." as he turned to the picture.

"Sign it you witch!" the man on screen demanded to the Rinoa look alike.

"We will not sign this, that's ridicoulous!" the Rinoa on screen protested as she pushed the parchment away from her face.

"Then you must face more deaths from your people." the man on screen told her. The Rinoa on screen bit her lip, took a quil, closed her eys, turned her head away from the paper, pressed the quil to the parchment and signed. With that the short film ended.

"What does that have to do with anything!?" Rinoa asked.

"YOU have just signed an agreement that turns all sorceresses into Mermaids, banned forever from the land, and imprisoned to a small lake lagoon just outside of Esthar." he told her, severaly emphasizing on the word you.

"That is not me!" Rinoa protested. "I never remember that event!" Rinoa told the man.

"Well, we are projecting this straight from your memories." the man told her. Rinoa's eyes grew wide with surprise and her mouth dropped.

"What happens if I do agree?" Rinoa asked almost afraid to even wonder.

"We turn all your pathetic witch souls back into mermaids!" the man laughed deviously.

"Well how did we turn back into people if we were condemmed to living our lives out as mermaids?" Rinoa asked quizically.

"Your powers of course, but we have fixed that problem." the man told her. Rinoa looked down hesitently.

"And what will you do if I refuse?" she asked acting bold.

"We kill everyone you ever knew." the man told her confidently with a smirk on his face. Rinoa's eyes became blurred by water.

"It was my siganture!" she told yelled. Her eyes closed and she felt wind rush beneath her as the man laughed in a demonic way.

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"I think she is waking up!" A cheary voice called out. She heard foot steps come towards her. Rinoa opened her eys and found everyone around her. "Thank Hyne you are ok!" Selphie cried. She looked to Squall he was smiling brightly, as with everyone else she looked at. She sat up.Rinoa began to rub her until the memorys of what had just happened reflected them self upon her. Her eyes widened and she sprang up from her resting postion and ran for the infirmarary door..........

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A/N: I hope this chapter was good.........Where is Rinoa running? Find out in the next chapter.....

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