I see him ahead. I decide to take another corridor.
"Hey, Squall!" Too late. Damn. He comes bounding up to me.
"…"
"I heard you have a new gunblade. Can I see it? Can I? Pleeeeeaaassssse?" He pleads. He may be pathetic, but he's still my friend. I guess.
"…Whatever." Translation: Okay. I prefer not to grow emotional attachments. People leave and change.
"Yes!" He says, pumping a fist into the air.
He follows me back into my room. I pull out 'The Shard'.
"Is that it? It looks like a normal gunbl…whoa!" He exclaims as it begins glowing. I swing it around twice before putting it back.
"Don't tell anybody." I say. "How'd you find out?"
"Quistie told me." He replies. Of course she did. She was on the same mission as me.
The Shard is so great! It was able to take down most monsters in the training center with one swing. It's so powerful! And it fills me with such a strange energy…with it, I feel energized! And apparently I've been acting differently since getting it. I haven't noticed it. My eyes have somehow changed colors. They're now a strange electric blue. I'm wearing sunglasses, hoping none of the others will notice.
"Yeah, man! Another ex-Icell/I-ent shot by Squall Leonhart!" Zell exclaims. "And the crowd goes wild!" He says, giving me a pat on the back.
"Yeah, man." I reply. "How could a shot by me be anything but excellent? Listen, Zell. I've gotta go. See ya round!" I say, exiting the training grounds.
"Man, he's changed."
"Squallie!" I hear as I get into the cafeteria. I turn around and see Rinoa.
"Hey Rin." I say, leaning in to kiss her.
"Next please." The lunch lady says. "Ahem! Next please!" She repeats. I realize she means me, and I pull off the kiss.
I take my lunch and join Quistis, Zell, Selphie and Irvine at a table with Rinoa. She reaches in to kill me again, and before making contact pulls off my sunglasses. She looks at me in shock, stopping short millimeters from my mouth. She stares into my new eyes.
"Squall…? What happened to your eyes?" She says, in shock.
"Nothing!" I grab my shades and tear out of there. After reaching my room my stomach growls audibly. "Damn!"
I spend about three days tactfully avoiding my friends. Then-"Squall!" I hear Zell yell out. "Squall! Over here!" He yells, waving to me. I walk over to him. "I didn't know that you were a natural blonde!" He exclaims, pointing to my unkempt hair.
"What the hell are you talking about, Zell?" I say, wondering.
"Duh, man! Your hair! The blonde roots are showing, dude!"
I rush into my quarters, him close behind me. I stare into the mirror, then I notice what he's talking about.
"See?"
"How? I've never had a blonde strand in my life!"
I see Doctor Kadokiwa about it. "I know of no natural reason why it should do such a sudden change. Aside from a Glamora stone, of course."
Everybody knows about Glamora stones. Very powerful magical stones. When holding one you can change your appearance.
"Of course! That would explain the blue eyes!" Zell exclaims next to me.
"I've never even Iseen/I a Glamora stone, let alone used one! It's impossible!"
They finally agree, and It's accepted. My hair Became full blonde the next day. It shimmers in the light. And the dark. I've tried to dye it, but the color washes off like water when it touches the very air. It's rather irritating. Then the dreams began.
Nothingness.
A shimmering white wing appears next to me.
I am clad in full white.
The wing speaks to me.
IYou are mine, Squall. Now and forever. /I
I who are you? WHAT are you?/I I scream into the air.
II am you. I am everything./I The voice says. IAnd to show it to you, another glamour gift./I
Searing pain.
A scream.
My scream.
My room.
My head!
"How did that happen?" Zell says, pulling up a cafeteria seat next to my table.
"I don't know. I had some sort of dream and then…then it was gone!" I say, referring to my scar.
"What was the dream?"
"I…don't remember." I say, lying.
"Good. You look cuter now." He says. "I mean…forget it! I didn't say that!" He yells, panicking and rushing out leaving a hot dog (and a confused me) behind.
"O…kay, then."
Zell wouldn't make eye contact with me till the next day at practice.
"Hey, Zell."
"Hello Squall. Listen. Yesterday I was talking from a neutral standpoint. Kay? I didn't mean, as if you were amazingly attractive to me. Alright?" He said, obviously panicking.
"Don't worry. For some reason, everybody seems to be thinking that I'm irresistible to them. It must be part of the metamorphosis." I pull out The Shard, Preparing for whatever monster I was about to take on. Suddenly it glows to new strengths of light. It becomes unbearable. Then I feel distant, and a voice which is not my voice comes out of my mouth as it settles down.
"Wow. What was that all about?"
"I dunno. It's your gunblade!" He says to me.
*The change is complete. I am free.* The same voice says in my head.
My legs move, and I have no control over my body. Damn.
"Hey, Squall!" Too late. Damn. He comes bounding up to me.
"…"
"I heard you have a new gunblade. Can I see it? Can I? Pleeeeeaaassssse?" He pleads. He may be pathetic, but he's still my friend. I guess.
"…Whatever." Translation: Okay. I prefer not to grow emotional attachments. People leave and change.
"Yes!" He says, pumping a fist into the air.
He follows me back into my room. I pull out 'The Shard'.
"Is that it? It looks like a normal gunbl…whoa!" He exclaims as it begins glowing. I swing it around twice before putting it back.
"Don't tell anybody." I say. "How'd you find out?"
"Quistie told me." He replies. Of course she did. She was on the same mission as me.
The Shard is so great! It was able to take down most monsters in the training center with one swing. It's so powerful! And it fills me with such a strange energy…with it, I feel energized! And apparently I've been acting differently since getting it. I haven't noticed it. My eyes have somehow changed colors. They're now a strange electric blue. I'm wearing sunglasses, hoping none of the others will notice.
"Yeah, man! Another ex-Icell/I-ent shot by Squall Leonhart!" Zell exclaims. "And the crowd goes wild!" He says, giving me a pat on the back.
"Yeah, man." I reply. "How could a shot by me be anything but excellent? Listen, Zell. I've gotta go. See ya round!" I say, exiting the training grounds.
"Man, he's changed."
"Squallie!" I hear as I get into the cafeteria. I turn around and see Rinoa.
"Hey Rin." I say, leaning in to kiss her.
"Next please." The lunch lady says. "Ahem! Next please!" She repeats. I realize she means me, and I pull off the kiss.
I take my lunch and join Quistis, Zell, Selphie and Irvine at a table with Rinoa. She reaches in to kill me again, and before making contact pulls off my sunglasses. She looks at me in shock, stopping short millimeters from my mouth. She stares into my new eyes.
"Squall…? What happened to your eyes?" She says, in shock.
"Nothing!" I grab my shades and tear out of there. After reaching my room my stomach growls audibly. "Damn!"
I spend about three days tactfully avoiding my friends. Then-"Squall!" I hear Zell yell out. "Squall! Over here!" He yells, waving to me. I walk over to him. "I didn't know that you were a natural blonde!" He exclaims, pointing to my unkempt hair.
"What the hell are you talking about, Zell?" I say, wondering.
"Duh, man! Your hair! The blonde roots are showing, dude!"
I rush into my quarters, him close behind me. I stare into the mirror, then I notice what he's talking about.
"See?"
"How? I've never had a blonde strand in my life!"
I see Doctor Kadokiwa about it. "I know of no natural reason why it should do such a sudden change. Aside from a Glamora stone, of course."
Everybody knows about Glamora stones. Very powerful magical stones. When holding one you can change your appearance.
"Of course! That would explain the blue eyes!" Zell exclaims next to me.
"I've never even Iseen/I a Glamora stone, let alone used one! It's impossible!"
They finally agree, and It's accepted. My hair Became full blonde the next day. It shimmers in the light. And the dark. I've tried to dye it, but the color washes off like water when it touches the very air. It's rather irritating. Then the dreams began.
Nothingness.
A shimmering white wing appears next to me.
I am clad in full white.
The wing speaks to me.
IYou are mine, Squall. Now and forever. /I
I who are you? WHAT are you?/I I scream into the air.
II am you. I am everything./I The voice says. IAnd to show it to you, another glamour gift./I
Searing pain.
A scream.
My scream.
My room.
My head!
"How did that happen?" Zell says, pulling up a cafeteria seat next to my table.
"I don't know. I had some sort of dream and then…then it was gone!" I say, referring to my scar.
"What was the dream?"
"I…don't remember." I say, lying.
"Good. You look cuter now." He says. "I mean…forget it! I didn't say that!" He yells, panicking and rushing out leaving a hot dog (and a confused me) behind.
"O…kay, then."
Zell wouldn't make eye contact with me till the next day at practice.
"Hey, Zell."
"Hello Squall. Listen. Yesterday I was talking from a neutral standpoint. Kay? I didn't mean, as if you were amazingly attractive to me. Alright?" He said, obviously panicking.
"Don't worry. For some reason, everybody seems to be thinking that I'm irresistible to them. It must be part of the metamorphosis." I pull out The Shard, Preparing for whatever monster I was about to take on. Suddenly it glows to new strengths of light. It becomes unbearable. Then I feel distant, and a voice which is not my voice comes out of my mouth as it settles down.
"Wow. What was that all about?"
"I dunno. It's your gunblade!" He says to me.
*The change is complete. I am free.* The same voice says in my head.
My legs move, and I have no control over my body. Damn.
