[A/N You guys might be a little confused by this chapter but I'll post the next one pretty soon and things will be cleared up there. ^^]

Where am I?

Is this another dream?

Where...?

"Squall..." The sound of her evil voice made anger come within him.

"What do you want?!" He shouted angrily. He looked around for the evil sorceress but found no one.

He heard no reply but he felt himself being taken into the shadows of the darkness. He found himself unable to see anything, slowly though his vision cleared and a laugh was heard.

"Watch this, Squall... You fool." Area laughed another one of her laughs which could send fear running to the one who heard it. After that silence was heard and Squall began to see a familiar scene.

"Quisty!" An excited brunette ran to another girl. The taller blonde greeted her with a serious expression.

"Selphie." She said and gave her a warm smile.

"Is Seifer okay?" Selphie asked.

"He'll be fine, I think. Dr. Kadowaki says he's getting much better." Quistis said hopefully.

"I think he'll be fine too." Selphie gave her friend an encouraging smile and nod.

"Hey, ladies..." A familiar voice was heard. "What's going on?"

"Hiya!!!" Selphie squealed and grabbed the cowboy hat on top of the boy's head. "Catch me if you can, Irvy!"

Quistis just laughed softly at the two of them.

This continued for awhile but even before then, Squall yelled at Area, wherever the sorceress was.

"Damn, you. Why aren't I there? What the hell is going on?!" He yelled at the darkness.

"Quiet, SeeD." She answered him after a while, her evil voice cutting through the silence. "You must pay. You WILL pay and this is how." He could almost hear her smile in her voice.

"What the hell are you talking about?!" He demanded to know.

"Fool!" She screamed. Her voice surrounded Squall like the darkness did. "That Laguna, he used me, then he sent me to jail for it."

Squall started to say something but she just continued to talk.

"...He ruined my life so I'm going to get rid of his life... and I'm going to get rid of his son." She stopped and then another familiar place was shown.

Quistis was there, laughing. So was Selphie. And Zell as well.

"Why would I want to see this?!" He yelled.

"Wait. Fool..." She said.

Another girl appeared behind Quistis. She was a brunette and she had the most beautiful brown eyes. She was wearing a blue dress and black shorts.

"Rinoa?" Squall asked, unbelievingly.

"Yes, Squall." She laughed. "Don't you see? No one remembers you... And without you, everyone is happy... You vanished from their lives when I took you away... They don't remember you. Everyone is happy."
"Liar..." He began, threateningly.

"...And Rinoa would be alive." She finished.

Squall felt his breath turn deep and his head spinning because of his anger.

"...You're lying." He said finally.

"Am I, Squall? Am I...?" Squall looked back at Rinoa and saw her smile. Squall tried desperately to hold back his tears.

"You fool of a SeeD..." She said. Then she stopped and silence hung in the air. Squall felt like he couldn't breath and his head hurt terribly.

He vaguely heard her saying, "No… Stop!".

Suddenly, the pain stopped and the darkness disappeared slowly.

A figure began to come out of the light.

"Rinoa?" Squall asked, as the figure came closer and came to be the same girl he had seen before.

She only touched Squall's face gently and her sad smile brought back his energy. He felt hope and he felt something else he couldn't describe. He only knew he hadn't felt it since she disappeared.

He closed his eyes, then suddenly the pain returned and the light faded away, Rinoa as well. He tried to reach out to her but his hand just went right through her.

"Rinoa..." He whispered. The pain got stronger and he held his head, trying to stop it.

'Don't give up, Squall.' he heard Rinoa's voice in his head.


Squall jumped to a start and suddenly realized he was at still at his room, in Balamb Garden. He shook his head, disbelievingly.

"Rinoa... was that real?" He answered the question himself. "She was too close. So close I could almost touch her. It was real..." He stood up quickly and left to find his friends.

What's happening to us?