Unbelievable Realness

                                                                By RenaLanford65

                "So, how and when do you come in, Quesulie?"  Squall asked.  He brushed back his hair.

                As I said, I was the most powerful warrior in the country.  But then Adam came and ruined it all.  He destroyed my existence, confining me to these walls and torturing my human form until it slipped away…and now my soul is trapped for eternity.

                "Why did Adam hurt you?  Did you do anything to him?"

                I  merely challenged him, as many men of those days did.  He grew angry with me after I hurt him…but what he didn't know was he was hurt already.

                "…" Squall lowered his head in concentration.  "So what should we do?"

                I could let you out…but you couldn't get back in.

                "What about you?"

                I will stay here.

                "!"  Squall opened his mouth without realization.  "How do you…?"

                Do not fret, child.  I shall wait for you to bring Adam and Medallion to me.  With their souls I can be freed.

                "So…where do I find them?"

                Quesulie informed Squall of the whole plan.  Squall knew he had to be strong, and clever, brave, and…willing.  For the plan required complete dedication, and if his purpose left his mind for even one single minute, he could be discovered, and Adam could track him in a mind's blink.  

                Are you willing, Squall?

                "Completely."  The young boy replied robotically.  He knew he had to try, had to convince himself he could bring justice to Quesulie's soul.  He had to rid the world of Adam and Medallion's evil spirits, of their entire being.  He wanted peace for himself and Rinoa.  He wanted to feel complete, and with Adam taking his energy and his life, he knew this deed would be worth it.  He had to do this.  He had no choice.

                Get ready.  I am preparing to send you to the place where I found you.  Rid your mind of all, as Adam can detect your thoughts as you pass from his world to your own.

                His world…?

               

                He woke up in his bed, a strange grin on his face.  He immediately wiped it off, gazing at the ceiling.  

                "Oh, so you're finally up sleepy-head?"  He heard Rinoa call.  She stepped into the room, her eyes narrowed in purposeful humor.  "I was afraid you weren't going to make it in time!"

                In time for what?

                "…" He frowned, climbing out of bed, the night's previous activities still fresh in his head.

                "Selphie's birthday, silly!  The sixteenth!  Don't you remember?"  Rinoa laughed. "You can be so absent-minded sometimes!"

                It's her birthday already?

                "I didn't say anything."  Squall told her.

                "Yes, but I could almost tell what you were thinking.  Your face is so readable."  Rinoa smiled at him, and he forgot everything he knew.

                She's so invigorating…it's sickening.

                "Huh?"  Squall knew that he would never had thought such a thing.

                "What's wrong, Squall?"  Rinoa asked.

                "Huh?  Oh, nothing."

                "Oh, ok.  So, I was thinking we could go shopping.  Y'know, cause later tomorrow is Selphie's party, and it's mostly an all-day affair, so…"

                "Fine, we can go shopping."

                "Yay!  I'll go get changed!"  Rinoa clapped her pale hands together and hurried off.

                Why would she ask to go shopping?  And why isn't she changed yet?  Why is she acting so childish?

                Squall put his thoughts away and focused on his current situation, SHOPPING.  He hated shopping.  A lot.

                Might as well go.  Besides, Selphie's my friend too.  I should have at least a 1/4th input on what Rinoa buys her, even if I don't understand either of them very well.  At least then I can say I helped, and that way Quistis won't chew me out for not caring.

                "I'm ready!"  Rinoa leaped out of the bathroom in a large, puffy dress that looked as if it had come from olden days, such as the Renaissance or Medieval times.  "You know, I never could get used to those short skirts!  They're so unladylike!"

                What is wrong with her?

                "Where is Meagana?  I seem to have lost her…again."  Rinoa danced around, her eyes spinning.

                Meagana?  Who is that?

                "Oh, Meagana!  Have you seen my daughter?  She has up and gone away…away from me…"

                "Rinoa?"  Squall wasn't sure why Rinoa was acting so strange.

                "Chester, have you seen Meagana?"  Rinoa asked the wall.  She turned to him and fear seeped into her dark eyes." Adam…I thought…I thought you …you died…I saw you…"

                "No, I've come back…for you, my love."  Squall felt the words pop out of him, and he knew instantly who was inside his body now, who was controlling and maneuvering it.

                Adam.

                "For…for me?  Chester!"  Rinoa cried as he swept her off her feet.  Squall felt a pang of guilt as he rushed out the window, Rinoa heavy in his tired arms.

                Author's Notes:  Yes, this was short.  But I have a great storyline going on in my head right now, and since it is rather confusing, I'd rather enter it in short chapters so my readers and I don't get confused along the way.  But, I have about five words of the next chapter typed, so it should be up soon.  I have a new story I'm typing, which I don't think I've told you about yet, called Till the end of time, a FF8 story.  The second chapter is halfway written, and the first is ¼ typed, so I'm giving myself until the summer to type the first chapter up.  Why so long, you ask?  I shall answer:  End of the year homework.  There you have it.