[A/N Okay, here... Some things about the past should be answered and I hope I didn't make it confusing. If I were you, maybe I'd get confused... But I'm not you... I'm me, and I wrote the story... so I shouldn't be confused... but if I were you... AH! Now I am confused. Never mind. Hope you understand it. ^^]

"Quistis...? Quis, you alright?" Squall asked her.

She looked around and realized she had probably collapsed for she was now on the floor. Ellone was sitting quietly. Her friends helped her up and she sat down.

"What's wrong?" Selphie asked her worriedly.

"I... saw her. I saw..." She said quietly.

"You saw who?" Selphie gently asked.

"The woman who killed Rinoa. She had been attacking Rinoa since the day before. When we were in the cafeteria... and we thought she was just sick..."

"Attacking...?" Squall whispered. "How?" He had turned away from everyone and Quistis could tell he felt guilty for not protecting Rinoa.

"It was some strange sort of magic. I'm not sure how... It was like draining the power out of Rinoa." Quistis stood up and walked around. "It was so strong. I could nearly feel it in me."

"Area...." Ellone hadn't said anything until now. "Sorceress... Area." She started repeating softly.

"Ellone...?" Quistis sat down again next to Ellone.

"I know her... I know her..." Ellone spoke louder than before.

"Sis... What's going on?" He sat down on Ellone's other side.

"Squall, I know her. When I saw her eyes I knew..." She began to say panicked.

"Woah, Sis, what are you saying?" Squall asked as Quistis put a comforting arm around her.

"Before... in Esthar... you remember... when they had taken me. Dr. Odine kept doing tests on me... I didn't remember much. But I do remember, there was a lady... she kept coming in and out... She kept staring at me." She told them all.

"Area..." Quistis said.

"Time out! Who is this Area?" Irvine asked them.

"She's the woman who killed Rinoa..." Quistis saw Squall's eyes darken when he heard this.

"Whoever that woman was, I remember she kept asking Dr. Odine, to make her into a sorceress. She said she deserved it after all that Odine had done with her. She was sort of Odine's assistant and his test subject I remember." Ellone voice began to shake. "She was very loud. She kept looking at me... I saw her, she took the results of Dr. Odine's tests on me... She was very smart and I think she did something with the results which is why she was able to bring herself to the future." Ellone stopped talking because her voice was shaking.

"So this magic..." Quistis began talking after a long pause. "Must take Rinoa's powers. But for that to happen... Rinoa's powers were already a part of her. So taking the sorceress powers... also took her normal energy... her power to live. Her vital spark."

"Let me get this straight... So the magic... which took Rinoa's sorceress powers also took a part of Rinoa. Taking... Rinoa's life as well... Am I right?" Zell questioned.

"Yes, Zell. It's much more complicated than that and I'm not exactly sure how Area was able to come up with that sort of magic, but yes." Quistis replied.

"Wait a second... I'm getting confused..." Irvine cut in. "What are we supposed to DO now?"

No one spoke for a long time.
"I think... we should defeat this... Sorceress Area. If she lives somewhere back in time, it could change the past. That includes us and everyone else in this damned world." Quistis spoke up. "If Ellone could bring us there. Maybe Time Compression once more, we could stop this so-called-sorceress from doing any damage."

"I agree with Quisty." Selphie said. Everyone else agreed as well.

"Fine, this is agreed. I think Ellone needs a break for now, but... soon... we will try to defeat this wannabe sorceress." Quistis voice rang out.

"Guys, let's go. We're all tired and frustrated. Ragnarok's outside. Let's go back to the Garden for now. Ellone can stay there too. Come on!" Selphie ran out.

Everyone else followed her until only Squall and Ellone was left.

Squall was once again staring at the garden, where he and Rinoa promised they would be waiting for each other.
"I'm still waiting for you..." He whispered.

"Squall... I have something for you..." Ellone approached him. She had something in her hands. Squall turned around.

"Here." She took Squall's hand and dropped Rinoa's necklace into it.

"I got it from Cid. I thought you'd want it." She smiled sadly.

He lifted it and touched it gently, the chain, the rings... It shone in the sunlight and a sad smile formed on his lips.

"Thanks... Sis." He told her and put a hand on her shoulder, grasping the necklace tightly in his other hand.

Ellone only nodded and said, "Come on. They're probably waiting."
She began to walk away. Squall took a long look at the garden. He held the necklace tightly.

"Still waiting..." His voice echoed into the silence.