This chapter is for all the Squinoa fans out there!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters... or even the game! I'm just using them illegally to make them dance like puppets in my twisted and angst mind! BUWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!

~ Chapter one: The Angel and her Knight ~

The sunrise was beautiful over Balamb, then Balamb Garden. It started out as a small crack in the horizon then sailed over the waves until it hit the fisherman's docks in Balamb. Like fire it swept through the town quickly, then traveled over the plains until it reached the Garden entrance. The morning light shone through the Garden until it reached the Quad. It dried up the dew on the grass and plants gently, but the light seemed to not want to move from a certain spot near the far side.

A light, lone figure with raven hair leaned up against the railing and watched the sunrise with eager brown eyes. The sea breeze flew to the girl and circled around her just to make her smile and play with her hair; lifting it and her spirit up into the sky and through the clouds. It seemed as though she was drawn to look up and gaze on the remaining stars with a soft smile.

The wind circled all around the Quad and the light danced along with it as if protecting it. While the free spirit looked up at the shape-less clouds in the sky, footsteps came from the entrance. He walked slowly, in no hurry at all, and lazily. He breathed in deep as the wind swirled around him, accepting him and granting him access into the Quad as it does every morning he comes. He stopped walking as he came to the stairs and he had a perfect view of the free spirit. She looked so peaceful and serene as she relaxed and listened to the birds cawing above her. The light around her glowed in such a way that it looked as though she had white, glorious- feathered wings resting on her back. She was an angel, his angel. Seeing such a sight, the man's eyes smiled, but his lips and cheeks remained calm and collective.

Suddenly, the wind blew on her face gently and lightly nudged her head to the side. The angel looked back and smiled widely as she saw her protector; her lover.

"Squall!" She said, happily saying his name. Squall nodded and walked down the steps with his eyes to the ground. When he reached the bottom, he looked up at his angel that the wind was pushing him towards. "Good morning," she said and walked towards him. Her strong yet fragile hand took his and she hurried him over to the edge of the railing. She lightly let go of his hand and held onto the rail as she leaned over it and as close to the sun as she could. "Isn't it beautiful?"

"..." Squall said nothing as he looked into the growing sky.

"You know, you should get up earlier so you can watch the entire sunrise with me!" The angel said as she leaned back and tapped him on his shoulder. Giggling, she turned her back on the sunrise and looked at Squall. "Do you think anyone can ever own the sunrise?" Squall looked at her with a confused expression. The angel looked down before she spoke again. "I mean... they own everything else... they own the sea, the earth the moon... and they're even fighting over control of space! Will they ever fight over the control of the sunrise and the sunset? Or the wind, even?!"

"Rinoa...?" Squall asked.

"Sorry, stupid question, I know..." She said.

"..." Squall looked up at the sky. "No."

"Huh?" The angel asked and looked at him.

"They can't. No one can ever own or control something so beautiful and free as the sun or wind. Freedom is not something you can put a price on since it can't be counted or measured... and..." Squall looked to his angel. "...and the sun and the wind are the essence of freedom and beauty."

"... Wow... I never thought of it that way..." the angel said as her eyes swam in the blue pools of her guardian's for a timid moment, then she looked away into the sunrise once again. The angel leaned up against the rail as she had done before. "But... I want the sunrise... and the sunset. I want to fly in the wind and see all there is to see... to explore every angle of them." She said with determination beaming through her voice.

"Then let's go there." Squall said simply. He leaned forward on the rail next to the free spirit and looked just as determined as she looked, as he looked into the sunrise. His head was right above her shoulder and shocked her as she looked at him.

"What?" She asked.

"What 'what'?" He asked and stood up straight. The angel did the same. They gazed into each other's eyes for a few moments. "We'll go there... and we'll see all there is to see, together. We'll fly there." Squall said and smiled a very small, but happy smile. "Right?" The angel nodded her head and smiled. She extended her arms and hugged him around his waist while he let his arms naturally surround her shoulders and hold her close to his chest. Her cheek was pressed against the side of his warm chest and she sighed contently.

"Right." She said and the light around her grew blindingly bright, though neither saw. Their eyes were closed and their breathing was in unison as the angel's wings grew tall and long, then closed around herself and her lover. Both where engulfed in light underneath the feathered wings, but when they opened their eyes to gaze at one another, neither were affected by it. They both laughed softly at this until the angel closed her eyes and concentrated her unnatural power.... The white feathers broke apart from each other and the wings faded. The feathers danced around them as they gracefully fell to the floor.

"Hey, love birds! Whatcha doin'? Hope we're not interrupting anything..." a mischievous voice came from the entrance of the Quad. A harsh wind swept through the Quad and took the feathers up into the sky and towards the sunrise.

"Whoa! Squall and Rinoa: Caught. In. The. Act!! Ha ha!" Another voice called out from behind the first.

"So immature..." A voice with authority said as she walked down the steps of the Quad and let herself be seen to the lovers.

"Yeah! Totally immature... huh, Quistis?" A sunny voice came from a petite girl as she ran to the blonde woman's, Quistis's side, then giggled. "Awww... they're so cute! You guys probably interrupted a kiss!" She pretended to be mad at the two 'hiding' boys as she crossed her arms and looked over at them.

"Selphie!" Quistis said, then looked back at the two guys pretending to hide. "Oh please..." She said and rolled her eyes.

"Hehe..." Selphie giggled again, then looked over to the guys and beckoned them to come. "Come on! Quistis wont bite!"

"You heard my girl," The second voice, Irvine, said as he came out and walked smoothly towards the small, petite girl. He stood right behind Selphie and put his arms around her shoulders and held her from behind. She giggled happily as he smirked. "You know... I could show you a truly romantic moment, Ms. Tilmitt," Irvine said charmingly. He turned her around and dipped her. With one hand, Irvine held Selphie's back and his other hand held hers.

"Shesh..." The first voice, Zell, said as he walked down to join his friends. He glared at Irvine, who did what ever he wanted to Selphie without Selphie's protest! Jealousy was an understatement on Zell's half; he had always had a strong attraction to Selphie... but it wasn't like he could voice it. Zell hid his glare with his evil grin as he came up to Irvine and Selphie, and pushed Irvine from the side of his shoulder.

"Whoa! Ahhh!!" Irvine yelled as he fell on his back and brought Selphie down with him. "Well, Hel-lo..." he said flirtatiously as Selphie fell on top of him.

"Now who needs a room?" Zell asked and laughed loudly. He helped Selphie up, then Irvine.

"Uhhh..." Selphie said as she brushed herself off and looked at Quistis. She waved her hand in front of Quistis' glazed over eyes. Quistis sighed longingly as she watched Squall and Rinoa, who were off in their own little world. The former instructor envied them and the love that they have. She once believed that love like that only happened in her romance novels that she read, but now, seeing the two together, she had hope for herself. She was suddenly brought back to life by the three funny faces of her comical friends who were... making funny faces in front of her.

"I bet she's day dreaming of her Knight in shinning armor... maybe if we stare at her long enough, she'll say his name." Zell said slyly in a fake whisper to Irvine and Selphie before Quistis closed her eyes and sighed again. "Ah, a sigh of love!" Zell said loudly and mockingly. The tint of Quistis' pale face suddenly became rival to the color of fire when her eyes shot open and glared at Zell.

"ZELL!" Quistis yelled and a nerve was clearly visible above her left eyebrow. Zell gulped at the dangerous look on Quistis' face before she regained her cool composure. "*Ahem* that is none of your business..." She said as she pushed her friends aside and walked towards Squall and Rinoa, who were still acting as though they didn't even know that someone else was there. They were still in their loving embrace and speaking soft words to each other. The Zell and Irvine followed Quistis as she approached the lovers, but Selphie ran out in front of her and stood behind Squall.

"Excuse us!" Selphie said as she poked Squall's shoulder, almost afraid to interrupt them. It seemed as though the two had just woken up from a beautiful dream. Squall and Rinoa parted, but as their hands dropped to their sides they joined and held each other. "But, Uhhh... you know that today marks exactly 5 years since we destroyed Ultimecia... There's a party, too! Which yours truly is organizing..." Selphie said happily. "But, I DO want you all to help me with the finishing touches because this IS our party!!"

"Sure, Selphie! Of course we'll help, right Squall?" Rinoa asked and Squall nodded.

"Okee dokee! Let's get a move on! We only have..." Selphie went over to Irvine and grabbed his wrist. She turned it to look at his brown, leather watch. "Omi gosh!! We only have 13 hours! We have to hurry!" She yelled and began to run out of the Quad... without letting go of Irvine's wrist.

"Hey, wait up!" Zell yelled and raced after the fretting Selphie and the- backwards-running-Irvine. Quistis, being the only one left behind besides the lovers, looked at Rinoa and Squall.

"Thank you, you know how much this means to her." She said happily with a smile, then turned around and walked towards the exit.

"Come on, Quistis! Hurry up, will ya??" Zell yelled as he came back in the Quad to get Quistis.

"Alright, already... I'm going..." She said and began to run. Once Quistis had left, Zell grinned at Squall and Rinoa, who were watching him. Zell clicked his tongue and winked.

"Good luck, my man!" he said, then ran out after the rest of his friends.

"Huh?" Rinoa asked as she looked at Squall. "What did he mean by 'good luck'?" Squall looked to the ground then forced a laugh and a 'Hmph'. Rinoa smiled and let go of Squall's hand, then nudged him with her shoulder. "Come on, spill it!" Squall looked to his angel with his deep blue eyes. He nodded, then got down on one knee in front of her. "Oh Squall..." She said as her brown eyes went wide and her right hand went to her chest to make sure she was breathing.

"Rinoa... we've been together for five years today... and... There were times I thought I would lose you, times and thoughts that I couldn't bare without you. You've been my angel, my love... We've protected each other throughout the years. I love you, more than anything else in existence and I want you to know that I will always be your knight." Squall reached in a pocket of his jacket and got out a small black velvet box. He popped it open and inside was a glittering ring; it had a gold band with two wing shaped diamonds laying flat on the gold band with the engraved words 'Forever My Angel' between the wings. Rinoa picked up the box and liberated the ring from it. She read engraved words the inside of the ring out loud.

"'Forever your Knight'..." She said, choking on her words due to her tears of happiness escaping from her eyes. Squall stood up and took the ring from Rinoa's hand and slid it onto her left ring finger. Rinoa moved it to the side and admired the diamond wings.

"Will you marry me?" He asked softly as he looked into her eyes.

"Yes!" Rinoa said and laughed through happy sobs. She threw herself in Squall's arms and they both laughed softly.

"WOO-HOO! Irvine! You owe me 100 gil now!" Selphie yelled as she ran into the Quad. She stopped about 5 feet in front of them and jumped up and down 3 times. Irvine, Zell and Quistis came into the Quad shortly after. Zell joined Selphie in her excitement and gave her a high-five.

"Al-right! Squall did it! Man, Rinoa, you should have seen him practicing and rehearsing and trying to build up the guts to ask you!" Zell said.

"He's been trying to find the right time, too! It was getting tiresome listening to him and him asking us!" Selphie said. Then quietly, Selphie whispered to Rinoa, "I get to plan the wedding, right? Right?!"

"..." Squall looked at Zell and Selphie with a very angry glare. "Can't we have any privacy?!" He looked away from his friends and tried to hide his face. "... Besides... I only asked Quistis and Irvine..." Squall said in a small voice and his face went red with not only anger, but with embarrassment.

"And you did a marvelous job, too," Quistis said as she clapped for him. "I would give it an 86%." She said.

"Hey, what was wrong with it??" Squall asked defensively.

"Don't worry, you're learning from the best lady killer in all the world and it shows! Heh, I give it a 95% considering I've given similar speeches..." Irvine said. Selphie looked back at him with a sweet smile and walked towards him.

"Oh shut up!" Squall yelled.

"Irvy?" Selphie asked ever-so-sweetly, then her tone abruptly changed to an angry one. " I don't remember you ever saying anything like that to me!"

"Uh.. I umm.. uh.. Sefie! I don't mean... uh.. you know you're my only girl!" Irvine said not so smoothly as the others around him looked at the event and were laughing to themselves.

"Come on Irvy! We've got some planning to do!" Selphie said sternly and matter-of-factly as she grabbed Irvine's right ear and pull the 6' man down to the 5'1 girl's height and pulled him out with her towards the exit. "Let's go, guys!"

"Poor guy.. Hehehe..." Zell said. "Welp! Better follow them before Selphie comes after us!"

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A/N: Alright! Computer is back online!!! WOO-HOO! Heh.. now, this is my BEST Final Fantasy VIII fanfic... I'm re-writing it, so those of you who have read my other version of Broken Wings prepared to be shocked!

Oh yeah.. this story is actually Romance/Drama/Comedy since it wont let me put in a third genre... but... the Comedy kinda stops after a little while... but then it gets funny again! Then not.. then.. well.. I haven't got that much done yet!

-Fujin-