**usual disclaimers apply**
legend:
"...." their words (you should know this by now)
thoughts (though it won't be much use now)
*....* specific action while speaking
=== another place, dimension, time, group of people...etc.
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A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Rhys Icewind
~Chapter 9~
"Thanks for the treat!" Zell said as he and Sakura walked about the canteen.
She had just bought him the last piece of hotdog.
"No. Problem! It's the least I can do....after hitting you at the knee."
They both laughed.
It was already two days after Zell woke up and he had been showing Sakura the
Garden's secret. ALL it's secrets.
"Hey! you two!" it was Selphie. "call from Esthar!!"
"sounds important." Sakura commented.
"it IS important. Anything from Esthar is important." Zell answered as they
ran after Selphie.
"OH? how is that?"
"You'll see."
===
"Esthar is sooo out of this world!" Rinoa said.
Selune thought.
Rinoa and Selune walked through the large, natural park that was recently
built. The park was well decorated on this day, because the president was
going to make (much to the group's surprise) a speech. Zell and Selune was
supposed to be Laguna's bodyguards - as hired by Kiros - and Selune was
supposed to be Squall but since he was the commander, he was stuck at work
and there was no one available but Selune. But due to certain events, Zell
was also unable to go and Rinoa offered to be his sub.
"Rinoa, Selune! nice to see you again!" Laguna shook hands with the both
of them.
"hello Sir Laguna!" Rinoa said happily.
Laguna smiled brightly. "don't you mean father-in-law?"
Rinoa blushed furiously.
Selune looked behind her, sensing someone spying on them.
"What's wrong?" Laguna asked.
Selune looked back at him with a smile. "nothing sir, just that the place
really awes me a lot."
"Why, thank you Selune! I headed the decorations dept." Ellone arrived,
smiling.
"Laguna, It's time" Kiros suddenly butted in. "Where's your gown?"
"b-but KIROS! I HATE THAT GOWN!" hi whined.
"AWWW! come on uncle Laguna! It'd look goo on you!" Ellone said, dragging
him away.
"don't worry sir! we'll make sure that we'll protect you from the press!!!"
Selune joked in.
"KIROS!!!" Laguna whined again.
Everyone laughed.
===
"Isn't Esthar amazing?" Zell whispered in Sakuras ear.
Sakura, in reply, just nodded. Lost for words.
"Okay. Now, we'll be seing Laguna's speech. Quiet everyone!"
Squall thought, running his hands through his brown
hair.
===
"This will be one easy shot..."
===
"I really don't fell good about this Rinoa. Something's not right." Selune
whispered in her ear.
"Are you kidding?!" she laughed "what's more perfect than this?"
Selune still followed her instincts and kept on guard.
she thought.
Meanwhile, the ceremony bagan...
"people of Esthar, let me present to you... President Laguna!!!!" the announcer
said. People of all races who were at the park and those watching at their TVs
cheered. For Laguna was the president. The person whose plans led to the defeat
of two evil sorceresses: Adel and Ultimecia.
Laguna stepped up the stage with Ward, Kiros and Ellone silently cheered him
from behind. As he stepped on the podium, he produced a smell piece of paper
and scratched his head as usual.
"oh boy..." Ward muttered. Kiros shook his head while Ellone, Rinoa and Selune
(who were standing up) giggled.
"uh...Goodmorning, citizens of Esthar and the world! um..." Laguna said for a
start, glancing at the paper and looking at the audience again. "We're here
for a special day of Celebration...the day when...."
I HATE IT!! Selune's thoughts shouted.
"one?" a stranger hiding up in one of the leafy trees whispered to himself.
"let's make it two.....one in the head and one in the heart..... TWO easy
shots..."
The stranger in black, fitting suit readied his gun stealthily without shaking
a leaf.
Laguna glanced at his paper, only to find out that it was blown away.
he looked at the crowd again and scrathed his head. "um...I have to admit. I'm
not really good with words..."
The crowd laughed.
"but, I tried to teach a moomba once! But after all I taught him, the only
he was able to say was...my name."
There was complete silence.
"But...it made me realize that words weren't that important..."
"now where did that came from?" Kiros and Ward whispered at the same time.
"...that sometimes by just looking at someone's face, we could tell what
they want to say. By just seeing their actions, we could tell what they want
... and sometimes by just looking at someone's eyes, we could tell how they
feel....so...um....can't you just look at mine right now?"
The wind blew.
Kiros put his hand on his face.
"I knew it would end somewhere..." Ward added to his reaction.
Laguna, seeing just what he said, spoke again, "Um...NO! ... that's just
a joke!!! ha ha ha! um.... what I'm trying to say is..."
*POOF!*
Selune's sensitive ears picked up the odd sound above all others.... her
eyes picked up the odd movement of leaves by a certain tree.... "Sir
Laguna! DUCK!!" she immediately shouted while running as fast as she could.
"what?" Laguna turned to his side.
A splatter of blood was seen...
*POOF!*
Selune's heart reced in her chest.
Everybody were frozen on the spot, too shocked to move.
Selune pushed the already falling Laguna further down...
Another shower of blood was seen...
Both bodies fell heavily on the stage...
===
The group of SeeDs watching were frozen in horror at what they saw...
"Squall..." Quistis said as she truned.
He was nowhere to be found...
His seat was on the floor, along with other chairs...
He was already on his way.
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END ^_^
uh... sorry for the "*POOF!*" thingy. I really didn't know how to put the
sound of a silent gun into words. "*POOF!*" was the closest thing that
came into my mind ^_^; And about Laguna's speech, I say sorry again if
it was corny. I'm not too good with humor but Laguna was getting too
fluent and dramatic on his speech to be Laguna anymore. If I countinued
with the drama and all, then it just wouldn't be Laguna right?....
*Looks behind*
*sees the character's whistling around... Squall, Selune and Laguna
were nowhere to be found*
*author sweatdrops*
okay....^_^; that's just it for now!
Jaa ne!! ^_^;
legend:
"...." their words (you should know this by now)
thoughts (though it won't be much use now)
*....* specific action while speaking
=== another place, dimension, time, group of people...etc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Rhys Icewind
~Chapter 9~
"Thanks for the treat!" Zell said as he and Sakura walked about the canteen.
She had just bought him the last piece of hotdog.
"No. Problem! It's the least I can do....after hitting you at the knee."
They both laughed.
It was already two days after Zell woke up and he had been showing Sakura the
Garden's secret. ALL it's secrets.
"Hey! you two!" it was Selphie. "call from Esthar!!"
"sounds important." Sakura commented.
"it IS important. Anything from Esthar is important." Zell answered as they
ran after Selphie.
"OH? how is that?"
"You'll see."
===
"Esthar is sooo out of this world!" Rinoa said.
Selune thought.
Rinoa and Selune walked through the large, natural park that was recently
built. The park was well decorated on this day, because the president was
going to make (much to the group's surprise) a speech. Zell and Selune was
supposed to be Laguna's bodyguards - as hired by Kiros - and Selune was
supposed to be Squall but since he was the commander, he was stuck at work
and there was no one available but Selune. But due to certain events, Zell
was also unable to go and Rinoa offered to be his sub.
"Rinoa, Selune! nice to see you again!" Laguna shook hands with the both
of them.
"hello Sir Laguna!" Rinoa said happily.
Laguna smiled brightly. "don't you mean father-in-law?"
Rinoa blushed furiously.
Selune looked behind her, sensing someone spying on them.
"What's wrong?" Laguna asked.
Selune looked back at him with a smile. "nothing sir, just that the place
really awes me a lot."
"Why, thank you Selune! I headed the decorations dept." Ellone arrived,
smiling.
"Laguna, It's time" Kiros suddenly butted in. "Where's your gown?"
"b-but KIROS! I HATE THAT GOWN!" hi whined.
"AWWW! come on uncle Laguna! It'd look goo on you!" Ellone said, dragging
him away.
"don't worry sir! we'll make sure that we'll protect you from the press!!!"
Selune joked in.
"KIROS!!!" Laguna whined again.
Everyone laughed.
===
"Isn't Esthar amazing?" Zell whispered in Sakuras ear.
Sakura, in reply, just nodded. Lost for words.
"Okay. Now, we'll be seing Laguna's speech. Quiet everyone!"
Squall thought, running his hands through his brown
hair.
===
"This will be one easy shot..."
===
"I really don't fell good about this Rinoa. Something's not right." Selune
whispered in her ear.
"Are you kidding?!" she laughed "what's more perfect than this?"
Selune still followed her instincts and kept on guard.
she thought.
Meanwhile, the ceremony bagan...
"people of Esthar, let me present to you... President Laguna!!!!" the announcer
said. People of all races who were at the park and those watching at their TVs
cheered. For Laguna was the president. The person whose plans led to the defeat
of two evil sorceresses: Adel and Ultimecia.
Laguna stepped up the stage with Ward, Kiros and Ellone silently cheered him
from behind. As he stepped on the podium, he produced a smell piece of paper
and scratched his head as usual.
"oh boy..." Ward muttered. Kiros shook his head while Ellone, Rinoa and Selune
(who were standing up) giggled.
"uh...Goodmorning, citizens of Esthar and the world! um..." Laguna said for a
start, glancing at the paper and looking at the audience again. "We're here
for a special day of Celebration...the day when...."
I HATE IT!! Selune's thoughts shouted.
"one?" a stranger hiding up in one of the leafy trees whispered to himself.
"let's make it two.....one in the head and one in the heart..... TWO easy
shots..."
The stranger in black, fitting suit readied his gun stealthily without shaking
a leaf.
Laguna glanced at his paper, only to find out that it was blown away.
he looked at the crowd again and scrathed his head. "um...I have to admit. I'm
not really good with words..."
The crowd laughed.
"but, I tried to teach a moomba once! But after all I taught him, the only
he was able to say was...my name."
There was complete silence.
"But...it made me realize that words weren't that important..."
"now where did that came from?" Kiros and Ward whispered at the same time.
"...that sometimes by just looking at someone's face, we could tell what
they want to say. By just seeing their actions, we could tell what they want
... and sometimes by just looking at someone's eyes, we could tell how they
feel....so...um....can't you just look at mine right now?"
The wind blew.
Kiros put his hand on his face.
"I knew it would end somewhere..." Ward added to his reaction.
Laguna, seeing just what he said, spoke again, "Um...NO! ... that's just
a joke!!! ha ha ha! um.... what I'm trying to say is..."
*POOF!*
Selune's sensitive ears picked up the odd sound above all others.... her
eyes picked up the odd movement of leaves by a certain tree.... "Sir
Laguna! DUCK!!" she immediately shouted while running as fast as she could.
"what?" Laguna turned to his side.
A splatter of blood was seen...
*POOF!*
Selune's heart reced in her chest.
Everybody were frozen on the spot, too shocked to move.
Selune pushed the already falling Laguna further down...
Another shower of blood was seen...
Both bodies fell heavily on the stage...
===
The group of SeeDs watching were frozen in horror at what they saw...
"Squall..." Quistis said as she truned.
He was nowhere to be found...
His seat was on the floor, along with other chairs...
He was already on his way.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
END ^_^
uh... sorry for the "*POOF!*" thingy. I really didn't know how to put the
sound of a silent gun into words. "*POOF!*" was the closest thing that
came into my mind ^_^; And about Laguna's speech, I say sorry again if
it was corny. I'm not too good with humor but Laguna was getting too
fluent and dramatic on his speech to be Laguna anymore. If I countinued
with the drama and all, then it just wouldn't be Laguna right?....
*Looks behind*
*sees the character's whistling around... Squall, Selune and Laguna
were nowhere to be found*
*author sweatdrops*
okay....^_^; that's just it for now!
Jaa ne!! ^_^;
