Crimson Mask:
Chapter 3: Concert of Minds
By Squall Morpheus Leonhart
Squall smiled and underneath his mask his eyes closed. He began to weave his own
spell before the lyrics. The introduction might be long but the strong beat
allowed those to get up and dance. Silently, he strengthened his mind shields
and began to sing.
"I weave a spell over you
Trying to make you mine
A love spell of wonder
A spell grown over time
Try to fight it
Try to deny
In the end all you see
Will be me and my lovely lies…"
'Who is he,' thought Edea, 'He's so familiar, so much like sister Raine.
Perhaps, I can pry into his mind and find out.' Soon the Ancient began to use
her mind telepathy to reach inside.
"You try to fight the darkness
A darkness I gave to you
But my spell is stronger still
In the end there is nothing left to fool
Just give up
Don't fight the feeling
There's nothing you could do
You can't help but sense this feeling…"
Squall felt a small pressure at the back of his mind something cool, calm and
smooth. Without breaking the song, Squall scanned the crowd for the culprit. He
thought, 'If it's a fight you want, then it's a fight you get.' He smirked and
sang the chorus.
"I weave a spell over you
Trying to make you mine
A love spell of wonder
A spell grown over time
Try to fight it
Try to deny
In the end all you see
Will be me and my lovely lies…"
Edea felt it, a protest, in retaliation, she pushed harder trying to break the
shield in her way but she wasn't strong enough. She contacted Rinoa with her
mind, *Rinoa, I need your help. I want to pry into the singer's mind.*
"Temptation is in your veins
The blood sings within
There's nothing you could do
One day it'll all cave in
Don't you dare fight me
Not until you see
Nothing is not real
Everything is my reality…"
*But Edea, why,* complained Rinoa, *It's my favorite song.*
*He seems familiar and I'm curious to who he is.*
*Fine,* Rinoa pouted, *But after the song.*
*Alright.*
"I weave a spell over you
Trying to make you mine
A love spell of wonder
A spell grown over time
Try to fight it
Try to deny
In the end all you see
Will be me and my lovely lies…"
"Seifer, I want to dance," whined Irvine.
"There is no way, I'm dancing with you cowboy. I may be your boyfriend but I
don't dance," protested Seifer, green eyes flashing.
"But Seif…"
Irvine
pouted and glared, something that actually worked on Seifer.
"Fine, but only for one song," said Seifer defeated.
"Thank you," and
Irvine
kissed his cheek.
"Don't try to deny me
Don't try to lie about me
I know when you do
Why don't you just accept me?
Don't try to hide
Don't try to run
The beginning is now
It's time for me to have my fun…"
Squall noticed the mist that no one noticed, the cloud of energy he made. Unlike
before it was not white but now white. White meant he had enough for his
comatose family. White meant they would awake soon. All he needed now was life
energy. Squall smiled, he was closer than what he thought before.
Suddenly a black mist covered the white, 'Danger is near,' realized Squall.
'Ares is here, he's here,' Squall chanted in his head. His eyes for the first
time showed fear but no one saw that fear. Squall shook it off as he began to
calm his mind and body before singing the last chorus.
"I weave a spell over you
Trying to make you mine
A love spell of wonder
A spell grown over time
Try to fight it
Try to deny
In the end all you see
Will be me and my lovely lies…"
As soon as the last note rang though, Edea and Rinoa attacked. Squall felt the
force at the back of his mind grow but he fought to push them out. *GET OUT OF
MY MIND,* yelled Squall at the intruders through mind speech. Squall then said,
"This is my new song and I hope you like it, it's called 'Weak.'"
Instead of the high-strung beat, this song was more like soft rock, a ballad
more likely.
"Don't think of me as weak
I could always hold my own
Vulnerable I may be
Fragile I may seem
I'm not so weak…"
Irvine
dragged Seifer to the dance floor as Quistis did the same with Zell. Selphie was
too busy trying to get Laguna to let her talk to Squall about a concert at
Garden. Edea and Rinoa did not notice as they still tried to break the mind
shields.
"You saw my strength
Somewhere in the night
Somewhere in our tragic fight
Though it was tied
I fought you off
I won inside
Yet, somewhere along the way I died…"
Squall began to scan the room for his mind intruders. He knew Edea was one but
the new one was, to put simply, awkward. It felt like smooth and relaxing but at
the same time deadly. A faint melody was heard in the background. Soon his eyes,
fell on Rinoa, whose eyes were no longer brown but yellow like when she used her
magic. She was the other.
"Don't think of me as weak
I could always hold my own
Vulnerable I may be
Fragile I may seem
I'm not so weak…"
Rinoa stiffen as she felt Squall's eyes on her. 'So he found out…' Quickly, she
told Edea and then the two Ancients began to pry harder.
"My pride is always there
Trying to keep control
Yet, there is no control
When it is you
You haunt my dreams
Haunt my thoughts
How could I fall for you?"
Edea knew that she must push harder if she didn't, she didn't want to know the
consequences of the failure. Telepathy used for prying was only used when in
need of danger but what danger could this man possess? Edea needed to know the
man who has the power of his sister, the power of the Leonhart clan, for Squall
never shown the power he was to wield. So to Edea, this man who held the power
of the strongest clan, he could be a greater threat than Ultimecia.
"Don't think of me as weak
I could always hold my own
Vulnerable I may be
Fragile I may seem
I'm not so weak…"
Squall fought harder to keep them out of his mind. If they were to know what
lurks in the corners of the mind, then all would be lost. Ares would surely gain
his information from them if they knew.
"How could I fall for you?
We were the worst of rivals
The worst of friends
Yet, I fell
Does that make me weak?
Am I now weak to you?"
*Let us through,* chanted the two Ancients, *Let us through.*
*No, you must not know,* protested Squall, *it is for your own safety…*
"Don't think of me as weak
I could always hold my own
Vulnerable I may be
Fragile I may seem
I'm not so weak…"
No sooner than he thought that they pushed harder but Squall was stronger still.
"If you ever care for me
Don't, just don't think of me as weak…"
When the last note was heard, an explosion went off. Soon all were covered in
dust, Squall quickly teleported to his room inside the Palace to receive his
sword but no sooner did he touch it, the chaos of Ares began.
AN: I thought I was never going to finish this. I had the songs but not the
interludes. Next chapter should be quicker though. A battle is much easier than
a concert, don't cha think?
Special Thanks to
Redrum (It is so much easier to put Squall instead of Storm during other POV's
and less confusing too)
Artymuse (I'm glad you like it. I still feel neglected though, I only have 4
reviews for the first two chapters…)
Here's your quote:
Is it truly better to stay in the shadows than in the light?
Squall Morpheus Leonhart
2002
