**usual disclaimers apply**
legend:
thoughts
*....* specific action while speaking
=== another place, dimension, time, group of people...etc.
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A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Rhys Icewind
~Chapter 10~
"Squall!!" Sakura ran after him.
"What?!" he shouted back.
"I can help you get there faster!"
Squall halted. "what?" he said in his normal voice.
Sakura slowed down and halted in front of him. "I can help you get there faster!"
she repeated.
Squall just stared at her.
"Hey! what's going on?" Zell said from behind, with the others following.
"I've decided to help you." she said, loud enough for the whole group to hear, "I'm
gonna use my magic to help you. But I can only bring two people with me. Squall and I
are going so there's room for one more. Who's gonna go?"
Zell raised a hand.
"Okay, so Zell's gonna go with us. Everybody else will just have to take the train
or something." she said as she pulled Zell closer to her and Squall. "ready guys?"
she asked. the two people nodded. "OK! TELEPORT CARD COME FORTH, RELEASE AND DISPEL
YOUR POWER!!!"
Sakura stretched her hand upward and atop her hand appeared the Teleport Card which
looked like a very complex pentagram. And just like the drawing on the card, a complex
pentagram suddenly appeared underneath the trio and it shot a very bright white light
upward, enlgulfing the three people. Once the light was gone, so was the pentagram and
Squall, Zell and Sakura.
"cool.." Selphie managed to say.
===
"I'm so sorry!!" Rinoa told Saehri, who was unconsciously lying on the hospital bed.
A few minutes after the shooting, an immense light covered the shot people and suddenly,
they disappeared. The people started to panic and shout but Kiros calmed them down, saying
that the two were already in the hospital, being taken care of, since he found a small
scribbled note on the spot where the two disappeared.
Rinoa, Ellone, Ward and Kiros immediately went to the hospital to see Laguna's condition.
When they got there, there was commotion all over the place, proof that Laguna had indeed
been there. There they also found out that Laguna was still being operated on while Selune
was in the Intensive Care Unit.
"Don't worry Rinoa, she'll be fine. The doctor said that it was a close shot to the heart
but she'll be fine, since the bullet was already removed." Ellone said, stroking her back.
Rinoa's sobs only got louder. "It-it ....was m-my f-fault! *sob* I ... s-should *sob*
h-ha-ve lis-*sob*-been alert!"
Meanwhile, deep in Laguna's mind...
"Uncle Laguna!!!" little Ellone ran to him.
"Ellone!" he answered back.
They were about to embrace when the beautiful scenery faded before him.
All were black.
"You shouldn't loose hope at such an early time." a voice said from behind.
Laguna looked back and saw a beautiful woman clad in a white, Chinese garb with a beutiful
China-doll face. Her long hair was even more blacker than the background and her deep,
violet eyes shone brilliantly. Laguna recognized the way she dressed as one of the so-called
"Chinese", a people of the old world, when the world was called "Earth".
"Who are you?" Laguna asked.
"you do not know me and I am not important or related to you." she anwered.
Laguna then held out his hand. "May I know you?"
The woman laughed a little. "I'm sorry. I must keep my identity secret."
"Oh? well, I guess we can't do anything about it." he put his hand down.
"Can you stay here a while?"
"Stay? what for?" he asked, putting his hands akimbo.
"Just stay. And promise me never to leave even if soemone call your name. Even me."
"what for?" he asked again.
The woman walked closer to him and held out her right hand's pinkie. "just promise."
"what if you call me?"
"I won't be calling you.." she said, "I'll be coming for you. But to make sure, if I
caome to you, Ask me: who am I."
"why should I do that?"
"Someone might trick you into leaving this place. You don't want that to happen."
"okay, so, what will you answer me?"
"You'll know."
"I'll know?" Laguna raised an eyebrow.
"yes. So....promise?" she held her pinkie higher.
Laguna smiled and hooked his right-hand pinkie onto hers. "Promise."
With that, the woman disappeared."
===
Sakura, Squall and Zell arrived at the scene, only to find out that the people they
have been looking for were gone.
"what do we do now?" Sakura asked.
"can you teleport us to the hospital here?" Squall asked.
Sakura shook her head. "no can do. I can only go to places I've already seen. I could
teleport you here because I saw it in T.V. ......but..." she paused a bit and thought.
"but what?" Zell asked.
"but if only the two of you go, you can."
"how?" Squall stepped back a little and held his forehead.
"imagine what the place look like. Imagine yourself there." Sakura simply answered.
"okay. Let's go!" Squall shouted.
"WAIT! how 'bout me?" Sakura pointed to herself.
Squall and Zell both got the idea. She was a stranger, after all.
"okay. Zell will stay with you and you two just follow by walking or something.... JUST
SEND ME NOW!!" he said, it was obvious how urgent he was on getting there.
"stand back." Sakura said. And she chanted:
The key with power of stars!
Show off the real magic power!
I order you according to our agreement...
to unseal......
TELEPORT!!!!!
As she chanted, everything around her became black and a pentagram appeared below her as
a small key floated in between her raised hands. The key had a small star surrounded by a
pink circlet and had small wings on each side as a head and had the body of a normal key.
As the chanting contiued, the key started to become larger until it was half as tall as
Sakura was. As she said the final word, the Teleport Card appeared before her, its back end
facing her. Sakura pointed the wand at the card and the star (which had become larger)
spinned in its circlet and the wings on each side expanded. Once again, a pentagram appeared
below Squall and teleported him to his destination.
"That should do it." Sakura said, lowering her wand. "shall we go?" she said, looking
at the stunned Zell.
Zell just nodded and left.
"weird." Sakura murmured to herself.
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END
I hope you like that chapter. As for Laguna, I still haven't decided if he'll
live or die. I still don't know as of yet.
*a guy shouting "WHAT?!" is heard far away*
^_^; that's all for now....Jaa ne!!
legend:
thoughts
*....* specific action while speaking
=== another place, dimension, time, group of people...etc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Rhys Icewind
~Chapter 10~
"Squall!!" Sakura ran after him.
"What?!" he shouted back.
"I can help you get there faster!"
Squall halted. "what?" he said in his normal voice.
Sakura slowed down and halted in front of him. "I can help you get there faster!"
she repeated.
Squall just stared at her.
"Hey! what's going on?" Zell said from behind, with the others following.
"I've decided to help you." she said, loud enough for the whole group to hear, "I'm
gonna use my magic to help you. But I can only bring two people with me. Squall and I
are going so there's room for one more. Who's gonna go?"
Zell raised a hand.
"Okay, so Zell's gonna go with us. Everybody else will just have to take the train
or something." she said as she pulled Zell closer to her and Squall. "ready guys?"
she asked. the two people nodded. "OK! TELEPORT CARD COME FORTH, RELEASE AND DISPEL
YOUR POWER!!!"
Sakura stretched her hand upward and atop her hand appeared the Teleport Card which
looked like a very complex pentagram. And just like the drawing on the card, a complex
pentagram suddenly appeared underneath the trio and it shot a very bright white light
upward, enlgulfing the three people. Once the light was gone, so was the pentagram and
Squall, Zell and Sakura.
"cool.." Selphie managed to say.
===
"I'm so sorry!!" Rinoa told Saehri, who was unconsciously lying on the hospital bed.
A few minutes after the shooting, an immense light covered the shot people and suddenly,
they disappeared. The people started to panic and shout but Kiros calmed them down, saying
that the two were already in the hospital, being taken care of, since he found a small
scribbled note on the spot where the two disappeared.
Rinoa, Ellone, Ward and Kiros immediately went to the hospital to see Laguna's condition.
When they got there, there was commotion all over the place, proof that Laguna had indeed
been there. There they also found out that Laguna was still being operated on while Selune
was in the Intensive Care Unit.
"Don't worry Rinoa, she'll be fine. The doctor said that it was a close shot to the heart
but she'll be fine, since the bullet was already removed." Ellone said, stroking her back.
Rinoa's sobs only got louder. "It-it ....was m-my f-fault! *sob* I ... s-should *sob*
h-ha-ve lis-*sob*-been alert!"
Meanwhile, deep in Laguna's mind...
"Uncle Laguna!!!" little Ellone ran to him.
"Ellone!" he answered back.
They were about to embrace when the beautiful scenery faded before him.
All were black.
"You shouldn't loose hope at such an early time." a voice said from behind.
Laguna looked back and saw a beautiful woman clad in a white, Chinese garb with a beutiful
China-doll face. Her long hair was even more blacker than the background and her deep,
violet eyes shone brilliantly. Laguna recognized the way she dressed as one of the so-called
"Chinese", a people of the old world, when the world was called "Earth".
"Who are you?" Laguna asked.
"you do not know me and I am not important or related to you." she anwered.
Laguna then held out his hand. "May I know you?"
The woman laughed a little. "I'm sorry. I must keep my identity secret."
"Oh? well, I guess we can't do anything about it." he put his hand down.
"Can you stay here a while?"
"Stay? what for?" he asked, putting his hands akimbo.
"Just stay. And promise me never to leave even if soemone call your name. Even me."
"what for?" he asked again.
The woman walked closer to him and held out her right hand's pinkie. "just promise."
"what if you call me?"
"I won't be calling you.." she said, "I'll be coming for you. But to make sure, if I
caome to you, Ask me: who am I."
"why should I do that?"
"Someone might trick you into leaving this place. You don't want that to happen."
"okay, so, what will you answer me?"
"You'll know."
"I'll know?" Laguna raised an eyebrow.
"yes. So....promise?" she held her pinkie higher.
Laguna smiled and hooked his right-hand pinkie onto hers. "Promise."
With that, the woman disappeared."
===
Sakura, Squall and Zell arrived at the scene, only to find out that the people they
have been looking for were gone.
"what do we do now?" Sakura asked.
"can you teleport us to the hospital here?" Squall asked.
Sakura shook her head. "no can do. I can only go to places I've already seen. I could
teleport you here because I saw it in T.V. ......but..." she paused a bit and thought.
"but what?" Zell asked.
"but if only the two of you go, you can."
"how?" Squall stepped back a little and held his forehead.
"imagine what the place look like. Imagine yourself there." Sakura simply answered.
"okay. Let's go!" Squall shouted.
"WAIT! how 'bout me?" Sakura pointed to herself.
Squall and Zell both got the idea. She was a stranger, after all.
"okay. Zell will stay with you and you two just follow by walking or something.... JUST
SEND ME NOW!!" he said, it was obvious how urgent he was on getting there.
"stand back." Sakura said. And she chanted:
The key with power of stars!
Show off the real magic power!
I order you according to our agreement...
to unseal......
TELEPORT!!!!!
As she chanted, everything around her became black and a pentagram appeared below her as
a small key floated in between her raised hands. The key had a small star surrounded by a
pink circlet and had small wings on each side as a head and had the body of a normal key.
As the chanting contiued, the key started to become larger until it was half as tall as
Sakura was. As she said the final word, the Teleport Card appeared before her, its back end
facing her. Sakura pointed the wand at the card and the star (which had become larger)
spinned in its circlet and the wings on each side expanded. Once again, a pentagram appeared
below Squall and teleported him to his destination.
"That should do it." Sakura said, lowering her wand. "shall we go?" she said, looking
at the stunned Zell.
Zell just nodded and left.
"weird." Sakura murmured to herself.
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END
I hope you like that chapter. As for Laguna, I still haven't decided if he'll
live or die. I still don't know as of yet.
*a guy shouting "WHAT?!" is heard far away*
^_^; that's all for now....Jaa ne!!
