Disclaimer: I do not own FF VIII, or any of the related characters, songs,
etc.
Note: This is only the first installment, and you get a feel for the story. It's kind of boring, but you get a glimpse of how Squall is hurting. As the story proceeds, it gets worse, and worse. It will get plain gruesome. That's how horrors go after all, right? You will meet my character, Oceania, soon enough. Sit back, relax, and hold on for the ride. After I post more chapters, you may want to lose your appetite. Well, those of you like me may get hungry though. Hmm, the smell of freshly ripped flesh in the night! I couldn't get the italics to work, so I'll use *'s to show thoughts. Example: *thought!*
Chapter 1: Pain
The rain poured down upon the run down shack that once held the world's future heroes. Now it is nothing more than inhospitable rubble. The lightning cracked as the group returned once more for another war council. A new threat had arisen, a threat that even they doubted that they could stop. Edea gave what information she could to her young SeeDs, her only hope. They had been there on vacation for a week now on honor of Irvine's birthday.
Squall stood silently as the rain dripped upon his solemn face from a hole in the roof. He stood like the proud, but broken man he was. The woman he loved had broken his heart into millions of pieces. Now even, as the sky seemed to match his feelings, he still loved Rinoa. She had a hold on him that couldn't be matched. She stood on a nearby chair, shivering underneath Squall's coat. She acted a if nothing had happened. She acted as if he still loved her. He did. Her life went on without even a pause. He was devastated.
Zell stood by a doorway, watching the cold ground in disbelief of what he was hearing. Quistis stood next to him, holding his sweaty hand. His girlfriend had been murdered in Balamb five months earlier. He promptly removed his family from the area, and they moved in with Rinoa's father. The past few months had been trying for him, and Quistis was there for him always. Two days ago they had started officially dating, and now he wondered if she too would die.
Selphie clutched Irvine desperately from underneath his coat. Luckily he always wore the large flared ones, as she hid in it as he wore the soft suede pelt. She had given it to him for his birthday. He stood in shock, and grasped Selphie in return.
Cid stood behind Edea, and only commented in grunts when called upon. Edea stood in the center of the room, explaining what she had been told by the White SeeDs that morning. On the verge of tears she tried to arouse some emotion in the unfeeling Squall.
Edea: Do you realize what I'm saying Squall? We must do something! Please, Squall! We can't just stand here, and let this happen!"
Squall (standing silent, & thinking bitterly): *What is it with these people? It's not like I wanted to be their leader. Yeah I'm listening. How can I not? What am I supposed to do about it? I'm no magician. I can't pull a plan out of a hat. I'm only 19, not some two hundred year old geezer on some mountaintop.* Well, do you have a plan?
Edea: .No.
Rinoa (hysterical): Am I at risk? Or can I help? Squall?
Squall: *Yeah you're at risk! She's already taken the power, and killed 10 hidden sorceresses in two days. You may be next.I could use you as bait. but then what? *
Quistis: There he goes in that little world of his again.
Selphie (she had been crying): Squall. We look up to you. Don't tune us out now, especially after everything we've been through.
Squall: .You can help, Rinoa. Don't do anything stupid.
Cid: Do you have a plan yet?
Squall (fear-provokingly as the fire in his eyes burned brightly): Yes.
Selphie (in good spirits): Woo hoo! We're no skinned Moombas after all!
Squall: Selphie, Irvine, Zell, and Quistis, report to the Garden, and tell them what we're up against. Quistis, start delegations with General Caraway. We need his full support. Selphie, and Irvine, find a good spot to place the Garden by Deling City. Zell, find a place to put your mother where she'll be safe. Also, bring the Ragnarok back here immediately after your tasks are complete. After you pick us up, drop me off at Esthar, and Quistis, you and Xu talk to Mayor Dobe. Rinoa, Cid, Edea, come with me.
Irvine: Squall, what's going on that head of yours?
Squall: .
Irvine: Oh well. C'mon, Selphie.
Selphie: Okay, Irvy! (She, and Irvine go to the Ragnarok)
Zell: After you, Quistis.
Quistis: Thanks, Zell.
Zell (pinches Quistis's butt): Come on Quisty! Loosen up!
Quistis (in Zell's ear): If I get any looser, I'll be Rinoa.
Zell: True, but would that be a bad thing for me?
Quistis: Well, I always thought that Laguna was attractive.
Zell: Forget it! (They leave)
Cid: Squall, I've been thinking. What if SeeD isn't enough? What if we fail?
Squall: *Won't he just keep his thoughts to himself?! Of course there is always the possibility that we can lose. We face that possibility every time that we fight. We just hold onto the hope that we can overcome our enemy. Now I sound like an idiot. Hope.. How ironic. How .depressing. Who am I to think about hope? I have none. Wait.that's not true. I have hope that I'll live another day. Or is that faith? ..I'm so confused. How are they different? *
Rinoa: Squall, that scary look is on your face.
Squall: Then don't look at it.
Edea: Squall, that was uncalled for!
Squall: *The hell it wasn't! She.she! She ripped out my heart, and acts like nothing happened. Like I didn't see it! I actually trusted her, and now. * Sorry.
Rinoa: Before we leave I need to talk to you Squall.
Squall: Sure. *Why should I?! I was your knight. I loved you. I love you. I told her how I felt about her, and what she did. *
Cid: Are you alright, Squall? Lets go to the kitchen, and have some tea. We can talk about your plan, and relax. If you don't relax once in awhile, well chuckles, you become like me!
Squall: Oh.shit.
Edea: Also, you should take that scowl off of your face. It will freeze like that.
Squall: *Your house doesn't help. I thought you were going to fix it all up, and not just the kitchen, and bedroom. Leave it to Cid to take care of things. What an imbecile. * Whatever.
[The screen goes black, and a violin plays "Liberi Fatali" plays in the background]
Well, tell me what you think. Also take into consideration that Squall is in pain (thus the chapter title), and will act like a jerk. It may seem like I "butcher" up the characters sometimes, but it'll make sense. F.Y.I. Edea, and Cid are fixing up the orphanage, but Cid is failing. Thus the holes. And debris.
The story will become plain dreadful in the later chapters. Things will be revealed in the next chapter about Rinoa, and probably what is so terrible that they're up against. If you haven't figured it out already that is. I think you already know. If you don't..read the darn story summary! It's kinda obvious.
Note: This is only the first installment, and you get a feel for the story. It's kind of boring, but you get a glimpse of how Squall is hurting. As the story proceeds, it gets worse, and worse. It will get plain gruesome. That's how horrors go after all, right? You will meet my character, Oceania, soon enough. Sit back, relax, and hold on for the ride. After I post more chapters, you may want to lose your appetite. Well, those of you like me may get hungry though. Hmm, the smell of freshly ripped flesh in the night! I couldn't get the italics to work, so I'll use *'s to show thoughts. Example: *thought!*
Chapter 1: Pain
The rain poured down upon the run down shack that once held the world's future heroes. Now it is nothing more than inhospitable rubble. The lightning cracked as the group returned once more for another war council. A new threat had arisen, a threat that even they doubted that they could stop. Edea gave what information she could to her young SeeDs, her only hope. They had been there on vacation for a week now on honor of Irvine's birthday.
Squall stood silently as the rain dripped upon his solemn face from a hole in the roof. He stood like the proud, but broken man he was. The woman he loved had broken his heart into millions of pieces. Now even, as the sky seemed to match his feelings, he still loved Rinoa. She had a hold on him that couldn't be matched. She stood on a nearby chair, shivering underneath Squall's coat. She acted a if nothing had happened. She acted as if he still loved her. He did. Her life went on without even a pause. He was devastated.
Zell stood by a doorway, watching the cold ground in disbelief of what he was hearing. Quistis stood next to him, holding his sweaty hand. His girlfriend had been murdered in Balamb five months earlier. He promptly removed his family from the area, and they moved in with Rinoa's father. The past few months had been trying for him, and Quistis was there for him always. Two days ago they had started officially dating, and now he wondered if she too would die.
Selphie clutched Irvine desperately from underneath his coat. Luckily he always wore the large flared ones, as she hid in it as he wore the soft suede pelt. She had given it to him for his birthday. He stood in shock, and grasped Selphie in return.
Cid stood behind Edea, and only commented in grunts when called upon. Edea stood in the center of the room, explaining what she had been told by the White SeeDs that morning. On the verge of tears she tried to arouse some emotion in the unfeeling Squall.
Edea: Do you realize what I'm saying Squall? We must do something! Please, Squall! We can't just stand here, and let this happen!"
Squall (standing silent, & thinking bitterly): *What is it with these people? It's not like I wanted to be their leader. Yeah I'm listening. How can I not? What am I supposed to do about it? I'm no magician. I can't pull a plan out of a hat. I'm only 19, not some two hundred year old geezer on some mountaintop.* Well, do you have a plan?
Edea: .No.
Rinoa (hysterical): Am I at risk? Or can I help? Squall?
Squall: *Yeah you're at risk! She's already taken the power, and killed 10 hidden sorceresses in two days. You may be next.I could use you as bait. but then what? *
Quistis: There he goes in that little world of his again.
Selphie (she had been crying): Squall. We look up to you. Don't tune us out now, especially after everything we've been through.
Squall: .You can help, Rinoa. Don't do anything stupid.
Cid: Do you have a plan yet?
Squall (fear-provokingly as the fire in his eyes burned brightly): Yes.
Selphie (in good spirits): Woo hoo! We're no skinned Moombas after all!
Squall: Selphie, Irvine, Zell, and Quistis, report to the Garden, and tell them what we're up against. Quistis, start delegations with General Caraway. We need his full support. Selphie, and Irvine, find a good spot to place the Garden by Deling City. Zell, find a place to put your mother where she'll be safe. Also, bring the Ragnarok back here immediately after your tasks are complete. After you pick us up, drop me off at Esthar, and Quistis, you and Xu talk to Mayor Dobe. Rinoa, Cid, Edea, come with me.
Irvine: Squall, what's going on that head of yours?
Squall: .
Irvine: Oh well. C'mon, Selphie.
Selphie: Okay, Irvy! (She, and Irvine go to the Ragnarok)
Zell: After you, Quistis.
Quistis: Thanks, Zell.
Zell (pinches Quistis's butt): Come on Quisty! Loosen up!
Quistis (in Zell's ear): If I get any looser, I'll be Rinoa.
Zell: True, but would that be a bad thing for me?
Quistis: Well, I always thought that Laguna was attractive.
Zell: Forget it! (They leave)
Cid: Squall, I've been thinking. What if SeeD isn't enough? What if we fail?
Squall: *Won't he just keep his thoughts to himself?! Of course there is always the possibility that we can lose. We face that possibility every time that we fight. We just hold onto the hope that we can overcome our enemy. Now I sound like an idiot. Hope.. How ironic. How .depressing. Who am I to think about hope? I have none. Wait.that's not true. I have hope that I'll live another day. Or is that faith? ..I'm so confused. How are they different? *
Rinoa: Squall, that scary look is on your face.
Squall: Then don't look at it.
Edea: Squall, that was uncalled for!
Squall: *The hell it wasn't! She.she! She ripped out my heart, and acts like nothing happened. Like I didn't see it! I actually trusted her, and now. * Sorry.
Rinoa: Before we leave I need to talk to you Squall.
Squall: Sure. *Why should I?! I was your knight. I loved you. I love you. I told her how I felt about her, and what she did. *
Cid: Are you alright, Squall? Lets go to the kitchen, and have some tea. We can talk about your plan, and relax. If you don't relax once in awhile, well chuckles, you become like me!
Squall: Oh.shit.
Edea: Also, you should take that scowl off of your face. It will freeze like that.
Squall: *Your house doesn't help. I thought you were going to fix it all up, and not just the kitchen, and bedroom. Leave it to Cid to take care of things. What an imbecile. * Whatever.
[The screen goes black, and a violin plays "Liberi Fatali" plays in the background]
Well, tell me what you think. Also take into consideration that Squall is in pain (thus the chapter title), and will act like a jerk. It may seem like I "butcher" up the characters sometimes, but it'll make sense. F.Y.I. Edea, and Cid are fixing up the orphanage, but Cid is failing. Thus the holes. And debris.
The story will become plain dreadful in the later chapters. Things will be revealed in the next chapter about Rinoa, and probably what is so terrible that they're up against. If you haven't figured it out already that is. I think you already know. If you don't..read the darn story summary! It's kinda obvious.