Author's Notes: This is a spin-off of my Ultimecia story, 'Your Final Fnatsy Ends at Eight'. If you haven't read it, it might help. This is based around Ultimecia's Dark Knight, Geoff, when he is 17. It will deal with his, and in turn Ultimecia's, earlier experiences at Garden and in society as a whole. For now it's short, if I get one or two (nice) reviews, I'll continue. Well, Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I own nothing really. Well, I own Seth, Geoff, Instructor MacNell, some random created GFs, and the plot. Square/SquareEnix owns Ultimecia, and the terminology SeeD, Garden, and Guardians, among other references. Plus anything else I might mention later. So please don't sue me!
Different Beat
Geoff's Story
Chapter 1
Laugh at Me, Laugh at You
.::Geoff's Point of View::.
I sit alone in my room. It's cold. I shiver. Pull the faded blue blanket over my shoulders. In the next room I can hear laughter. It seems to echo through the silent room. Male and female.
Seth and Ultimecia.
My friends.
I should be there too.
But I'm not.
Instead, I'm here, alone. In my plain, pale blue dorm room, double. I share with Seth. Like I said, he's in the next room. With her. Ultimecia. I think they're going out or something now.
I don't really care. Wait. . .
I sigh. That's a lie. I do. I really care. It's pissing me off listening to them, all happy and enjoying themselves. Together.
Meanwhile, I sit here. All alone. Doing stupid Psych homework. I like Psych. It's one of my best classes. This homework sucks though.
We have to write a report on discrimination and its effects on the mind.
Or mentality.
...Or something.
Whatever, something to do with mental growth and discrimination.
Ultimecia's in the class. She's doing hers on sorceress discrimination. First-hand experience. . . even though they don't know it and technically she hasn't been discriminated against. Whatever.
Seth's in my class too. He's doing his on the discrimination against Knights. He supposedly has first hand experience too. . . again, no one knows it (except for me...but like I'd tell anyone...I'm in the same boat as he is) and of course, its kind of hard to be discriminated against when no one knows it about you. . .
Me? I haven't decided yet. Hell, I'm seventeen. What do I know about discrimination? I make sure no one knows anything about me that I can get discriminated for. . .or against. Whatever. Really, no one knows much about me.
Silent Geoff. Hyne, what a nickname.
You'd think they could put a bit more thought into it. . . . originality at least.
Nope.
Silent Geoff it is.
Oh well. I don't care anyway. That's the thing. All the people at Balamb Garden are either stupid or assholes. I hate it here. We get it drilled into our heads everyday how evil sorceresses are, how manipulated and stupid knights must be, and how its bad to be like this, be like that.
It's aggravating...to say the least.
The only sane people in the entire Garden is the three of us. Oh, and Instructor MacNell.
She's the Psych and English teacher. She's really cool. She's the only decent one out of all the Instructors at this Garden. She gave us this dumb assignment. It's supposed to subtly make us see what discriminatory assholes this Garden makes. It might have worked too. . . too bad none of the other kids are smart enough to realize that. . .
Oh well. What can ya do?
The only reason I stay is because of them. Seth and Ultimecia, that is. Well, not even them. Just the one. Hmmm. . . I guess I should explain. . .
I'm in love with one of my best friends.
And I suppose that wouldn't be too horrible.
I just have two problems. . . .
One; Ultimecia and Seth are so obviously going out. . . or whatever they want to call it. Like I can actually think that I could get between them.
And two; the friend I'm in love with. I'd have a hard enough time trying to break them up and get Ultimecia to myself.
Too bad it's not Ultimecia I'm in love with. Too bad I don't even like girls that way. Too bad I know what kind of discrimination I'd have to deal with if I ever told anyone.
I'm in love. . . . . . with Seth.
Shive's Note: Hey, I hope you liked this spin-off fic from 'Your Final Fantasy Ends at Eight'. If any of you are disappointed by the turn of events. . . too bad. I decided that this would make for an interesting turn of events. So I did it. Geoff and I, much like Ultimecia and I, have nothing in common except for speech and thought. I'm not gay, nor am I in love with any of my friends that are going out with my other friends. Nor am I a sorceress's knight. . . nor do I live in a dorm room. As you can see, Geoff and I kinda lack similarities...
That said, I have nothing against gay people, or any people in general. If you want to flame me because of this, or because you don't like the idea of a gay main character, go ahead. This entire fic is going to be themed and based on assholes that discriminate people because they are different. All you'll be doing by flaming me will be backing up my claims.
Thanks for reading you guys, I hope the twist is ok. This is going to be a work in progress. . . so bear with me. I'll probably finish my Ultimecia fic before I get another chapter up. Depending on my creativity level, the subsequent chapters should be longer then this, just in case any of you were wondering. Well, I hope you like it so far, and if you're lost, check out 'Your Final Fantasy Ends at Eight'. Hopefully that will clear things up. Thank you for reading and stick around for chapter two! I'm asking for one or two reviews, so that I know someone out there WANTS to read this. Afterwards, review as you like. So please, if you liked it, drop a quick review...if you hated it, flame away.
~Shive
