Prologue
Darkness.
Darkness surrounded everything. He couldn't see. He couldn't feel. It was a place of emptiness.
A distant and grim voice whispered, "Come. Come with me to a place of no return..."
Come...
Come...
Come with me...
Come with me...
...to a place of no return...
...a place of no return...
Bid farewell to your childhood...
Bid farewell...
Seifer woke up abruptly, sweating. Stared into the darkness surrounded him, he mused.
It had been two months since Fujin and Raijin revived him and brought him back from Lunatic Pandora. He could hardly remember anything clearly. Neither could Fujin and Raijin. When they revived him, Seifer looked like just woke up from a nightmare, confused, and frightened, and, frustrated, didn't know what had happened.
There were fragments of memories preserved, in the form of nightmares, visited him almost every night. But when he had woken up, the images in the dream would become blurred, and faded as the sun brightened the sky. He wanted to know what had happened. Fragments of memories made him upset, and scared. He wanted the complete story.
He could not sleep again tonight. He stood up and walked out of the room. Fisherman's Horizon was very peaceful. Too peaceful that it could not fit his grim feeling. He walked to the harbour and sat down at the fishing spot.
What a peaceful night...
Suddenly, a dizzy feeling seized him. The scene of peaceful bay in front of him started to dissolve. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a different place.
(Where is this place? It looks strangely familiar!) Seifer thought.
It was a TV station. There was a door. He ran through the door and struck by what he saw...
Edea, Sorceress Edea and... himself, putting his gunblade to the President's neck.
He was frozen.
Edea spoke softly, "...You want help, don't you? You want to be save from this predicament."
He saw himself snapped exasperatedly, "Shut up!"
Edea spoke with a smile, "Don't be ashamed to ask for help. Besides, you're only a little boy."
"I'm not... Stop calling me a boy!" he saw himself snapped angrily again.
"You don't want to be a boy anymore?" Edea's voice was tempting.
"I'm not a BOY!" that Seifer shouted. He looked confused and bewildered.
"Come with me to a place of no return. Bid farewell to your childhood." Edea extended her hand to invite him.
He watched himself let go of the president slowly, a dreamy smile appeared on his face, and followed the Sorceress, disappeared.
Seifer was watching this silently, thunderstruck. Seeing and hearing this was like a lightning struck the sky, lightened his whole memory. Fragments of memories, those nightmares, previously blurred and isolated, started to join together, forming a complete picture of his pass.
Sorceress... Knight... Garden... SeeD... War...
He was the Sorceress' knight!
(No, I don't want to see that all over again! I must find a way back!) He thought desperately.
And then the view started to dissolve again.
He opened his eyes abruptly. In front of him, it was still the serene bay of Fisherman's Horizon under the starry sky. He was simply fallen asleep just now. At lease he thought he was just fallen asleep. That must be another nightmare. But would a nightmare be so real?
Darkness.
Darkness surrounded everything. He couldn't see. He couldn't feel. It was a place of emptiness.
A distant and grim voice whispered, "Come. Come with me to a place of no return..."
Come...
Come...
Come with me...
Come with me...
...to a place of no return...
...a place of no return...
Bid farewell to your childhood...
Bid farewell...
Seifer woke up abruptly, sweating. Stared into the darkness surrounded him, he mused.
It had been two months since Fujin and Raijin revived him and brought him back from Lunatic Pandora. He could hardly remember anything clearly. Neither could Fujin and Raijin. When they revived him, Seifer looked like just woke up from a nightmare, confused, and frightened, and, frustrated, didn't know what had happened.
There were fragments of memories preserved, in the form of nightmares, visited him almost every night. But when he had woken up, the images in the dream would become blurred, and faded as the sun brightened the sky. He wanted to know what had happened. Fragments of memories made him upset, and scared. He wanted the complete story.
He could not sleep again tonight. He stood up and walked out of the room. Fisherman's Horizon was very peaceful. Too peaceful that it could not fit his grim feeling. He walked to the harbour and sat down at the fishing spot.
What a peaceful night...
Suddenly, a dizzy feeling seized him. The scene of peaceful bay in front of him started to dissolve. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a different place.
(Where is this place? It looks strangely familiar!) Seifer thought.
It was a TV station. There was a door. He ran through the door and struck by what he saw...
Edea, Sorceress Edea and... himself, putting his gunblade to the President's neck.
He was frozen.
Edea spoke softly, "...You want help, don't you? You want to be save from this predicament."
He saw himself snapped exasperatedly, "Shut up!"
Edea spoke with a smile, "Don't be ashamed to ask for help. Besides, you're only a little boy."
"I'm not... Stop calling me a boy!" he saw himself snapped angrily again.
"You don't want to be a boy anymore?" Edea's voice was tempting.
"I'm not a BOY!" that Seifer shouted. He looked confused and bewildered.
"Come with me to a place of no return. Bid farewell to your childhood." Edea extended her hand to invite him.
He watched himself let go of the president slowly, a dreamy smile appeared on his face, and followed the Sorceress, disappeared.
Seifer was watching this silently, thunderstruck. Seeing and hearing this was like a lightning struck the sky, lightened his whole memory. Fragments of memories, those nightmares, previously blurred and isolated, started to join together, forming a complete picture of his pass.
Sorceress... Knight... Garden... SeeD... War...
He was the Sorceress' knight!
(No, I don't want to see that all over again! I must find a way back!) He thought desperately.
And then the view started to dissolve again.
He opened his eyes abruptly. In front of him, it was still the serene bay of Fisherman's Horizon under the starry sky. He was simply fallen asleep just now. At lease he thought he was just fallen asleep. That must be another nightmare. But would a nightmare be so real?