A/N: This is a songfic.

Disclaimer: Ice Queen by Within Temptation is the song I use in this chapter.

Chapter 2: Garden Festival 1: Ice Queen  Accident 2: The tray

They called her the Ice Queen.  She was cold.  She tried not to look too cold, that's why she wore peach.  Peach is a warm color.
She didn't let anyone come close to her.  She didn't want them to know, know what she felt, what she thought… what she dreamt.  She tried to open up other people, wanted them to say out loud how they fell.  But she didn't do that herself.

She was Quistis Trepe.

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Quistis was sitting in her dorm.  Selphie had asked her to sing for the Garden Festival and she did that in a way Quistis couldn't refuse.
She was thinking of the place where she grew up between the orphanage and Garden.  That place was magical, especially in autumn when the sun sets.

When leaves have fallen
And skies turned to gray
The night keeps on closing in on the day
A nightingale sings his song of farewell
You better hide for her freezing hell

She was writing her song.  The title was Ice Queen.  What are the chances?

On cold wings she's coming
You better keep moving
For warmth, you'll be longing
Come on just feel it
Don't you see it?
You better believe

~Hyne this is hard.  It's getting late, I should go to bed.~
Quistis couldn't sleep, so she decided to go to the Secret Area.  On her way there, she passed Seifer's room and heard something strange.
A soft knock on his door. "Seifer?"
She heard him stumbling and the door opened.
"What?  Oh, Instructor!  Didn't know it was you."
"What are you doing?"
"Inviting you in, Instructor." A smirk on his face.
"I'll ask you again, Seifer.  What were you doing?" she entered.
"I was busy."
"Busy doing what?"
"Why, thinking of you of course, Instructor."
"What?" she half yelled in shock.
So that was the moan she heard.
"What else did you think?  That I was getting' off on another girl?  Believe me, Trepe, every guy gets off on you."
"…" obviously still in shock.
"Hello?  Earth to Trepe!  Earth to Trepe!"
"What…" she stood up. "I gotta go!"
"But, Instructor…" he smirked "Don't you want my fantasy to come true?"
She putt her arms around his neck and whispered in his ear: "Get real, Almasy."  A shiver running through his spine.
Quistis walked out and went back to her dorm.

When she embraces
Your heart turns to stone
She comes at night when you're all alone
And when she whispers
Your blood shall run cold
You better hide before she finds you

She was lying on her bed and dreamt…

The fight with Ultimecia.  Quistis was angry.  Parts of the world were destroyed.  Trabia Garden… (poor Selphie)  Not only Ultimecia was to blame.  It was their fault too, they let it happen.  It was my fault too… I let it happen…

Quistis was angry when she woke up, but the feeling soon disappeared. She thought of the song she had to write.

Whenever she is raging
She takes all life away
Haven't you seen?
Haven't you seen?
The ruins of our world

She ordered her food in the cafeteria.  She passed by some tables and then she tripped.  Her salad just missed and fell beside her.
"Seifer Almasy!" she yelled at the person who had tripped her (on purpose).  Her hair was wet from the coffee she had carried earlier.
"Instructor?" he asked, acting innocent.
Then her tray smashed on his head.
"Aawww!  Instructor…?" his face held a mix of pain and confusion.
~She looked angry, but since when did she start showing her feelings?~

Whenever she is raging
She takes all life away
Haven't you seen?
Haven't you seen?
The ruins of our world

Sitting in her dorm, she tried to calm down, thinking back in time.  Before Garden, her now family… The beautiful mornings there…

She covers the earth with a breathtaking cloak
The sun awakes and melts it away
The world now opens its eyes and sees
The dawning of a new day

She went over to Selphie.
"I've finished the song."
"Let's hear it!  Let's hear it!" she jumps up and down.
"…
On cold wings she's coming
You better keep moving
For warmth, you'll be longing
Come on just feel it
Don't you see it?
You better believe

Whenever she is raging
She takes all life away
Haven't you seen?
Haven't you seen?
The ruins of our world

Whenever she is raging
She takes all life away
Haven't you seen?
Haven't you seen?
The ruins of our world"

Garden Festival Program:

1.  Quistis Trepe – Ice Queen