Forbidden Timeline
Prologue: Faith
By: Hope


"Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec. So the mothers foresaw it, so the fathers forewarned it. In this night I call upon the elements to combine their power and change our world. I command thee by the name of Adel, first divine sorceress of her time. I command thee by the name Edea, peaceful founder of SeeD, and I call to you by the name Rinoa." The woman began summoning all of the magic within her as she said these words. She had been working on this spell for months and there was no way that she would let it fail now. There wouldn't be another opportunity to perform the ritual for another 70 years. It wasn't exactly every night when the planets aligned and the white moon glowed red. "I call upon the names of the sorceresses before me in hopes that their power will guide me to the key that has changed my world. Guide me to the key…" Gold energy began flowing around her and she opened her eyes, seeing a whole new world.

"Congratulations Quistis, Irvine. We are both very pleased and by far impressed with the work that you have done in defeating Ultemicia." Faith looked ahead, afraid to blink, not knowing if that would disrupt this fragile glimpse into another world. It was a party of some sort, she had heard that this was what the parties were like before…Irvine walked towards her, right through her actually and over to Selphie, grabbing the video recorder from her hands and giving her his hat.

Selphie and Quistis smiled into the camera, waving. Human interaction and socialization… "pathetic…" Faith found herself beginning to say, before realizing that the simplest sound could disrupt this. She continued to watch until she found herself watching a girl on the balcony. This was no ordinary girl, and Faith herself should know the face of this girl much better than almost any other. This was Sorceress Rinoa. Faith had studied her and learned all that she could about the time that she lived in but didn't know that she lived in the time with the key…Her view changed and she saw him, she saw the key smiling and walking over to Rinoa, embracing her in a kiss.

She could tell it was him by the color of the aura that surrounded him. But she knew who he was by legend. Squall Leonhart, leader of the SeeDs that defeated Ultemicia. So he was the key? Faith smiled. "End." Her vision of the balcony darkened and ended as she stood up and walked into her bedroom.

She went to her bookcase and carefully selected the book that she wanted and took it out, bringing it back to her spell room where moments ago she had just cast the spell to find the key. Faith had been working her whole life to find the key, to find a way out of this world and to somehow fix it and she could hardly believe that the time to correct the broken timeline was soon upon her.

She opened the book and smiled. "Soon we can all be free…."