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A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Yumemi
~Chapter 28~
"Not so easy as it looks?" Squall echoed. "Getting her off that thing
is easy."
"Getting her out of her coma is not." Saehri snapped back.
"Coma...?" Squall said unbelievingly.
Sakura just lay there, staring at the chaos on which she blamed herself
as the root. *It's all my fault....MY fault...* she blamed herself, her
voice in her head getting choked once in a while by sobs.
'Saehri told you to stay away didn't she? So why didn't you?' it asked.
*He... he... he approached me....* she answered.
'Is that a good reason? NO! You could have eluded him but no; you didn't
and now look what happened! Even Rinoa - who hasn't done anything at all -
is in trouble!' it said menacingly, each word like a whip lash on Sakura's
back.
Tears flowed freely once again.
...how could I have been so blind?...
"It's not your fault. You didn't know. It's MY fault." a voice, familiar to
her ears, spoke inside her mind.
...Saehri...
"Don't block out!" she shouted.
...I ......I don't know if I can hold on... it hurts so much...
"Be strong, Sakura. Don't let you guilt drown you. I should have told you
the reason why you needed to avoid him... I'm the once who's to blame."
Whatever Saehri's effort into waking Sakura to the fact failed. Saehri
retreated back and left Sakura alone in her thoughts. No one could save
her but she alone. If she won't open her eyes, then she won't.
"Wu, you've caused enough trouble. You've destroyed Sakura's life just
for the sake of destroying mine. You killed Syaoran and all her family.
I won't let you get away with that!" Saehri shouted at Wu with blazing eyes.
"Why?" Wu replied casually, "do you think I'd run away from you? the only
thing that would make me stop is me crushing your heart in my fist."
Saehri smiled at her then said, "Squall, summon Eden. Use it on the beast.
When Rinoa falls, be sure to catch her and restrain her. Silence her and make
her blind - much better if you can do that before letting her fall."
Squall stared at her, still too shocked to react to the sudden address of
his name.
It was Irvine who pushed Squall and Selphie into moving. "Come on guys!
let's help Rinoa!" he shouted, shaking Squall hard enough for him to snap
out of his shock. While he just shouted Selphie's name to make her move.
The trio, now completely out of shock, looked at each other and wend to
work. Saehri and Wu have begun floating in the air and charging their powers
up. On the floor Sakura lay, staring at space with glassy eyes. All the pain
of loosing her loved ones playing in her mind, over and over again. She lay
there, forgotten.
Quistis have already started up the Ragnarok. With her are most of the
faculty and junior members. Up in the cockpit with her was Headmaster Cid,
Matron and Ellone. It had amazed her that two-thirds of the whole population
of the Garden had fit into the two space crafts but she was glad that it
did. The other students were advised to run to Balamb while the cafts went to
Trabia and Galbadia to seek help to get rid of the beast.
"Quistis, please let me down. I can feel it in my bones! I'm needed down
there!" Ellone pleaded for the sixteenth time.
Quistis looked at her furstratingly. "Please, Ellone, how many times do I have
to tell you..."
"No, we must let her down." A gentle voice of a woman spoke. It was Matron Edea.
"Even though I do not have my powers, some of it that are originally mine are
still left. I think Ellone is right." She was looking at the shattering glass
of the Garden.
Cid approached her. "But it's dangerous down there!" he said.
Quistis nodded in agreement.
Ellone walked away and sighed. "Uncle Laguna would allow me, I'm sure. He
knows. I'd think he'd feel it too." she said, looking at the Garden, which
was slowly getting smaller.
The blonde pilot shook her head. It was all too much. *No Leadership qualities...*
she thought again. "Your Uncle Laguna, maybe. But he's not here. Right now,
it's just us."
...what a big mistake you're making...
A teeny tiny voice at the back of her head said.
...give it a go! don't YOU feel it in your bone too?...
*NO!* came her harsh reply.
...Ellone is needed there and you know it...
*shut up!*
...Face it! It's there! I know it is! You can't lie to me!...
Quistis looked at the roof of the cockpit and sighed in resignation. He could
feel it, really. Even before Ellone first said that she was needed there. But
she was scared. Squall, Irvine and the others were still there and yet there
we no signs that they were in the other ship. Selphie would immediately talk
to her if everyone was fine there. But there was no Selphie, no ear-deafening
hello.
Slowly, Ellone, Edea and Cid noticed that they were going back. Ellone faced
Quistis, who had her back on her, all smiling.
"Thank you..."
"Just go before I change my mind!" she shouted, her back still turned towards
her.
"Be careful, dear." Ellone and Cid both told her and Ellone nodded. Before the
door closed behind her, she heard Quistis say "good luck and take care."
Ellone smiled.
*I'll be alright.* she promised to them silently.
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to be continued...
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A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Yumemi
~Chapter 28~
"Not so easy as it looks?" Squall echoed. "Getting her off that thing
is easy."
"Getting her out of her coma is not." Saehri snapped back.
"Coma...?" Squall said unbelievingly.
Sakura just lay there, staring at the chaos on which she blamed herself
as the root. *It's all my fault....MY fault...* she blamed herself, her
voice in her head getting choked once in a while by sobs.
'Saehri told you to stay away didn't she? So why didn't you?' it asked.
*He... he... he approached me....* she answered.
'Is that a good reason? NO! You could have eluded him but no; you didn't
and now look what happened! Even Rinoa - who hasn't done anything at all -
is in trouble!' it said menacingly, each word like a whip lash on Sakura's
back.
Tears flowed freely once again.
...how could I have been so blind?...
"It's not your fault. You didn't know. It's MY fault." a voice, familiar to
her ears, spoke inside her mind.
...Saehri...
"Don't block out!" she shouted.
...I ......I don't know if I can hold on... it hurts so much...
"Be strong, Sakura. Don't let you guilt drown you. I should have told you
the reason why you needed to avoid him... I'm the once who's to blame."
Whatever Saehri's effort into waking Sakura to the fact failed. Saehri
retreated back and left Sakura alone in her thoughts. No one could save
her but she alone. If she won't open her eyes, then she won't.
"Wu, you've caused enough trouble. You've destroyed Sakura's life just
for the sake of destroying mine. You killed Syaoran and all her family.
I won't let you get away with that!" Saehri shouted at Wu with blazing eyes.
"Why?" Wu replied casually, "do you think I'd run away from you? the only
thing that would make me stop is me crushing your heart in my fist."
Saehri smiled at her then said, "Squall, summon Eden. Use it on the beast.
When Rinoa falls, be sure to catch her and restrain her. Silence her and make
her blind - much better if you can do that before letting her fall."
Squall stared at her, still too shocked to react to the sudden address of
his name.
It was Irvine who pushed Squall and Selphie into moving. "Come on guys!
let's help Rinoa!" he shouted, shaking Squall hard enough for him to snap
out of his shock. While he just shouted Selphie's name to make her move.
The trio, now completely out of shock, looked at each other and wend to
work. Saehri and Wu have begun floating in the air and charging their powers
up. On the floor Sakura lay, staring at space with glassy eyes. All the pain
of loosing her loved ones playing in her mind, over and over again. She lay
there, forgotten.
Quistis have already started up the Ragnarok. With her are most of the
faculty and junior members. Up in the cockpit with her was Headmaster Cid,
Matron and Ellone. It had amazed her that two-thirds of the whole population
of the Garden had fit into the two space crafts but she was glad that it
did. The other students were advised to run to Balamb while the cafts went to
Trabia and Galbadia to seek help to get rid of the beast.
"Quistis, please let me down. I can feel it in my bones! I'm needed down
there!" Ellone pleaded for the sixteenth time.
Quistis looked at her furstratingly. "Please, Ellone, how many times do I have
to tell you..."
"No, we must let her down." A gentle voice of a woman spoke. It was Matron Edea.
"Even though I do not have my powers, some of it that are originally mine are
still left. I think Ellone is right." She was looking at the shattering glass
of the Garden.
Cid approached her. "But it's dangerous down there!" he said.
Quistis nodded in agreement.
Ellone walked away and sighed. "Uncle Laguna would allow me, I'm sure. He
knows. I'd think he'd feel it too." she said, looking at the Garden, which
was slowly getting smaller.
The blonde pilot shook her head. It was all too much. *No Leadership qualities...*
she thought again. "Your Uncle Laguna, maybe. But he's not here. Right now,
it's just us."
...what a big mistake you're making...
A teeny tiny voice at the back of her head said.
...give it a go! don't YOU feel it in your bone too?...
*NO!* came her harsh reply.
...Ellone is needed there and you know it...
*shut up!*
...Face it! It's there! I know it is! You can't lie to me!...
Quistis looked at the roof of the cockpit and sighed in resignation. He could
feel it, really. Even before Ellone first said that she was needed there. But
she was scared. Squall, Irvine and the others were still there and yet there
we no signs that they were in the other ship. Selphie would immediately talk
to her if everyone was fine there. But there was no Selphie, no ear-deafening
hello.
Slowly, Ellone, Edea and Cid noticed that they were going back. Ellone faced
Quistis, who had her back on her, all smiling.
"Thank you..."
"Just go before I change my mind!" she shouted, her back still turned towards
her.
"Be careful, dear." Ellone and Cid both told her and Ellone nodded. Before the
door closed behind her, she heard Quistis say "good luck and take care."
Ellone smiled.
*I'll be alright.* she promised to them silently.
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to be continued...
