Magical Secrets

Chapter 4: Opinions Over Dinner

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I Still don't own them, but my birthday just passed, so if anyone wants to get me a belated present, there is a certain tattooed blond that would be the perfect present.

Warning:

A little bit of mild language, some mushy love parts, mild yaoi later on (Don't like Yaoi? Leave please), and lots and lots of Rinoa bashing!

Enjoy!

Alexandra AKA ~*~Fantasy Dragon~*~

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"So have you been able to find out anything about a curse that a sorceress could have put on Squall?" Zell asked as he finished up the rest of his milk.

"No, everything I've read says that if a person who has been cursed also has the ability to use magic, whether it's natural or paramagic, a true curse can only last around 3-4 weeks, not eight and a half months and still getting worse. Whatever Rinoa did, it has even me completely stumped." Quistis sighed.

"If only we knew what the hell was going on. And it seems Squall does. If I find out who is behind all this, there is going to be a whole lot of hell to pay." grumbled Zell as he crushed the empty milk carton in his fist. "But I don't think that the culprit is Rinoa."

"What do you mean?" Quistis had a confused look on her face, not quite understanding what Zell was saying.

"As much as I don't like her, I truly don't think that she was the one who did this."

"But there is no one else that has such resentment against Squall with the ability to do this. Since Squall broke up with Rinoa, it gives her a reason to do this to him."

"But that's the thing. I don't think Rinoa even has the power to do this. Or that she ever did." shrugged Zell.

"What are you trying to say?"

"Exactly what it sounds like. I don't think that Rinoa is or ever was a sorceress."

"She couldn't have just faked it." Quistis said. Even though she too never liked the raven-haired girl, what Zell was saying made no sense.

"That's the part I don't understand. To receive the powers from a sorceress, don't you have to be a candidate first? And I guess you know if you are a candidate. You can feel it. And we traveled with her for a little over a month before Edea passed on Ultimecia's powers on to Rinoa suppostively. In my opinion, it just doesn't make sense. You'd think she'd brag about that like she did everything else? Wouldn't she have mentioned something to someone? I mean one of the first things she said to us when we got to Timber the first time was to make sure everyone had at least one GF and some magic to junction."

"Maybe it means something, but how could you just fake being a sorceress? Everyone knew. Esthar even tracked them in space. The tracked the Ragnarok from the power Rinoa was emitting. And what about when she released Adel? She was possessed. And when she was in a coma for a week? How can you fake being in a coma?" Quistis argued. "Don't get me wrong, I, in no way, liked her, but still. Your theory of her not being a sorceress doesn't make sense."

"Hear me out, Angel." Zell said, using his pet name for Quistis that he knew she couldn't refuse. Quistis sighed and nodded for Zell to continue. "What if Rinoa was actually working for her father. The feud and hatred a scam. He just happens to be a top ranking Galbadian General. Edea chooses Galbadia to be to rule over first. Nothing strange to the outsider, but it just happens to be the second most powerful nation in the world, next to Esthar. There's a setup with the General for an assassination attempt on Edea, using SeeD. It backfires, cause I mean come on. A single bullet to kill a powerful sorceress? Yeah, right." Zell paused for a moment to make sure Quistis was still listening.

"Go on." She urged, curious to hear the rest of his explanation.

"Okay. So anyway, we all get thrown in D-District, Rinoa gets out scotch free, and insists on coming with us. After a few events, we end up fighting Matron, and low and behold, Rinoa makes sure she is in the fight. Then when Matron passes Ultimecia's powers on, even she doesn't know what happened to Rinoa after she passed out. Acquire some triple power sleep spells and it can play off as being in a coma. And that's why when she woke up on Lunar Base, you said she was all twitchy, it was just the spell wearing off. Anyway. Knowing that there is no where else that will be able to tell what is wrong, we take her to Esthar, Galbadia's greatest enemy, and Rinoa's target. Lunar Cry's next target. The perfect way to destroy a country with no evidence who it was. Then as a back up plan, release Adel, then the country is in despair, as the least liked ruler is back in power. The perfect time to strike." Zell stopped as he saw Quistis with a confused look on her face. "Does any of this make sense or am I wasting my breath?"

"In an odd and scary way, It all fits into place. But if all this is true, how does Ultimecia fit into the whole mix? She was definitely in Matron, then in Adel. We experienced Time Compression. That was real. How do you explain that?"

"I think in our time, Ultimecia is like GF, and she was in Edea, not willingly, then Rinoa, and finally Adel. It was just a glitch in Galbadia's plans. Or she may have even had a different carrier between the 2 points, one she couldn't possess. Then she happened to attach to Rinoa just before Elle sent Rinoa back into Adel's past." Zell explained.

"You realize that if you told anyone else about this theory, Zell, they would think you were absolutely insane." Quistis grinned at him, believing everything he said for an unknown reason.

"Only one problem with that, Angel." Zell had a grin plastered on his face.

"Oh, and what would that be?" questioned Quistis.

"They already know I'm nuts." he laughed, and Quistis shook her head.

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To Be Continued...................

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I promise that you'll find out a lot more things in the next chapter!