Authors notes: Kudos to my neighbor Mamie-Jay for the dream scene. After that I just had fun adding to the end of it, getting back to the story. YAY FLUFF! And don't forget, YAY, the plot is actually starting to show itself. 9 chapters of just plain stuff, and we are just starting to crack into the plot. Niiiice, this is going to be one LONG fic.
A light shone into my eyes. I looked up, unsure of where I was. My head is pounding. Uh, I feel so dizzy. After a moment I realized where I was. I was lying flat on my back in the middle of the Garden's entrance. The light burns so much. I held a hand over my face. What? I thought it was sunlight, but it's completely dark out here... it's night. Where on earth is that light coming from? I slowly sat up. I had to support my weight with my hands behind me. "Ughh." I let out a small sound of pain. It feels as if a ton of bricks has hit me. I began to rise to my feet but was quickly tossed back down by my good friend gravity. "Ouch." That's um, not right... I turned over onto my stomach and began to drag myself towards the stairs. I glanced over my shoulder to where the Garden directory is usually positioned. What? Where did that go? I suddenly realized that the usually busy hall was completely empty. Where is everyone? There's normally a group of kids over in that corner all day playing Triple Triad. This is odd.
I drug myself onward. I reached the stairs and gradually climbed to the top. Out of breathe and entirely exhausted I allowed myself to collapse. I'm so, so weak right now. Why? Minutes passed and I felt a second wind coming on, for some reason I was able to stand without much exertion on the upper level. I glanced down. The red carpet looked moist. Red carpet? Something began to run down my palm to my fingertips. I pulled my hand up to my face. Blood! I'm covered in blood! I looked down at my clothes. Blood, more blood... but it's not mine. "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?" I screamed out. I was only answered with the echo of my voice.
I smeared the blood from my hands onto my already coated uniform. Just where exactly is everyone... and why is there blood all over the Garden? I need to find Squall. I can talk to him about this.
Flowers? I smell flowers. The strong scent of lilies wafted toward me. We don't have flowers around the Garden. This is so strange. I glanced over to my left. The water had stopped flowing from the fountains that encircled the elevator. How strange. Those are never shut off. Where the hell is everyone anyway? I heard a small thud come from in the direction of the library. Life. I took off down the steps. I reached the floor and was rather startled to find that my 'friend' didn't pull me down. I stood there for a moment and peered down at my boots. A pool of blood... another thud echoed in the hall. Enough of worrying about this blood at the moment, if I find someone they can answer all my questions.
I raced around the corner towards the library. What the hell!? I stopped suddenly for if I ran any farther I would have fallen to a quite painful death. Ok, so maybe not death but at least a lot of painfulness. The bridge to the library was a pile of rubble. Whatever was making the noise from earlier had vanished within a few short moments. I took off once again around the hall. The results were all the same. Each bridge to each area of the Garden was demolished. The training center, obliterated, parking lot, trashed, the dorms, gone. I continued around the hall more, same thing round each turn. The hall went on forever, it just didn't end.
Why is this like this? What happened to the Garden? Why is everyone gone? I can sense death in the air for some reason. This is really creepy. What's this? The infirmary bridge was in perfect condition. It hadn't been touched at all it seemed. Something stirred from within the room. I could hear a slight rustling sound. Ok so there better be life in this room then.
I began to make my way across the solid bridge. I could hear a slight moan emit from within. What on earth? I came up to the door and cautiously walked in. OH MY GOD! "I'm, I'm so sorry. I didn't know." There in front of me on one of the cots was Miss Trepe and Seifer going at it again. I began to back out of the room, a hand in front of my eyes. Suddenly a feeling of complete and total terror tore through my body. It raced through my veins, causing my hair to stand on end. My hand fell to my side. At that my jaw dropped. No, this isn't real. Seifer? The form that looked like Seifer only a few short seconds ago took on another shape.
"Oh Seifer!" Miss Trepe yelled out. Apparently she didn't see what I saw. A beast, not a man, was before me. The thing turned and looked directly into my eyes. He continued on with his task at hand. Then it spoke, "The end is near. The Call comes forth."
The beast reached out his hand to grab me. As his long arm neared me I blinked my eyes. Everything was gone, the infirmary, Miss Trepe, Seifer, all gone... I was back in my dorm, covered with sweat. It was all a dream. I uncovered myself and sat up. I glanced at my clock. 2:36 AM... wow, I should probably try to get to sleep again, maybe. I remembered the blood from the dream; I glanced at my hands then at the rest of my body. Good, no blood. Only a dream, but lately my dreams have been trying to tell me something... Does this mean...Miss Trepe...? Is the Garden in trouble? Crap, 'The End is Near. The Call comes forth', that can't mean anything good. I need to go talk to someone, but whom? My sister won't listen to a word from me if it WAS the end of the world, and no one else knows about my dreams... except Squall!
I pulled myself from off the bed and went to my dresser. I really don't want to go wake Squall, yet still be in my on pajamas. That's bad girl etiquette to let a guy see a girl in pajamas. I opened the top drawer of my dresser and pulled out a pair of blue jeans and a black tank top. I quickly stripped my pajamas off and put on my set of clothes and some flip- flops. Hair? Eh, it's fine. I really need to go talk to Squall. This dream is not normal and it really scared me, a lot.
I exited my dorm and walked down the hallway towards Squall's. I really hope I don't make him mad by waking him up. I really need to talk to someone, nevertheless being alone. I reached Squalls dorm and stood there for a second, just to see if there was anyone else in there, or if a TV was on or something. Nothing... He probably is sleeping. I reached my hand to the door and knocked twice. Oh god, why am I doing this, I could have waited till the morning. I heard a sound like someone moving off the bed then walking towards the door. Noah! Come on, what are you doing? Squall opened the door and looked at me puzzlingly.
"Squall I really hope I didn't wake you, but I really needed to talk to you." Please don't be mad.
Squall just looked at me for a mere second, like he was trying to figure out what was going on before I told him. "Are you okay? You're pale."
"You remember how you once asked me to explain my dreams to you?" I fidgeted a bit.
"Ya, I remember. Is something wrong? Are you okay?" Squall's questionable look changed to a look of worry within a second. "Come in, we can talk inside." Great, now I'm worrying him. Well, really, I am worrying myself too.
I walked inside of Squall's dorm and noticed Squall's bed was still made and there was a book faced down on the bed. Good, I didn't wake him up. Squall closed the door then walked over to his bed and motioned me to sit down too. I gladly sat on his bed this time. I really needed some conciliation.
"I don't know what triggers my dreams or exactly what they usually mean, but tonight I had one of the worst ones... and it wasn't even Irvine in it." I stopped for a second to think how I was going to explain this to him. Squall just looked at me, waiting for the rest of my story. "I started out just laying near the entrance of the Garden, I couldn't get up. I was too weak. Then I finally made my way up and started looking around. I noticed that there was blood everywhere, on the ground, on me, just everywhere. The whole Garden was just tore up, just about every corridor was rubble, except the infirmary. So naturally, that is the place I went. I saw Miss Trepe there, with Seifer, um, doing their 'normal' activities. But then I had a bad feeling and looked back, it wasn't Seifer at all, it was a beast. He turned and looked at me and said something like the end is near." There, that just about covers the majority of my dream.
Squall looked down at my hands then back up to my face. "So, what I interpret from this is somehow you become really weak, the Garden gets a big taste of dynamite, blood everywhere, and Quistis is doing the hanky panky with a demon?" I nodded.
"Something's up with Miss Trepe. Something's just not right... things just don't feel right...and now she's with child. It just bothers me. I feel an evil presence... but it isn't from her directly. I don't know, but I think she may have something to do with the destruction of the Garden in my dream... well, like I said, maybe not her directly..." I'm really not sure if this is a completely off accusation, but it seems reasonable to me.
"...Well, we can probably deal with this a little bit later. It's not like everything is going to happen tonight." I just nodded. "Are you still freaked out a bit about the dream?"
"Some, but I'll live... it's not like I haven't had these types of dreams before." Squall gave me a half smile.
Squall got up from the bed and over to his shelf and started digging again, like he had previously did earlier. "Drama or horror? Wait, that's probably a stupid question right now." Drama or horror... what? Squall went over to his TV and dvd player and put a dvd in then sat down on his bed with his back to the wall, and motioned for me to come closer to him. "Come on, a movie will get your mind off of everything right now." I smiled at him then went and sat next to him.
As we watched the dvd in silence for a few minutes, he stood up on the bed, walked behind me, and sat down. He put a leg to each side of me and put his hands up to my neck. What the fuck? He looked at me and started to chuckle. "Calm down, your really tense right now." He has that right, who wouldn't be if someone goes and sits right behind them. Squall started to massage my neck with his hands. I was about to say something when he interrupted me before I could even start. "Shhh.... Let me be the nice guy here." Wow, this is, interesting. After a while Squall put his arms around me, put his chin on my shoulder and just continued to watch the movie. Maybe, I should do something... My sister DOES like him. But I really never felt comfortable enough to even be this close to a guy, and I defiantly do not want to be alone right now. After a while my eyes just started to get heavy. Without realizing I subconsciously laid my head against Squall and drifted away for a second time tonight.
A light shone into my eyes. I looked up, unsure of where I was. My head is pounding. Uh, I feel so dizzy. After a moment I realized where I was. I was lying flat on my back in the middle of the Garden's entrance. The light burns so much. I held a hand over my face. What? I thought it was sunlight, but it's completely dark out here... it's night. Where on earth is that light coming from? I slowly sat up. I had to support my weight with my hands behind me. "Ughh." I let out a small sound of pain. It feels as if a ton of bricks has hit me. I began to rise to my feet but was quickly tossed back down by my good friend gravity. "Ouch." That's um, not right... I turned over onto my stomach and began to drag myself towards the stairs. I glanced over my shoulder to where the Garden directory is usually positioned. What? Where did that go? I suddenly realized that the usually busy hall was completely empty. Where is everyone? There's normally a group of kids over in that corner all day playing Triple Triad. This is odd.
I drug myself onward. I reached the stairs and gradually climbed to the top. Out of breathe and entirely exhausted I allowed myself to collapse. I'm so, so weak right now. Why? Minutes passed and I felt a second wind coming on, for some reason I was able to stand without much exertion on the upper level. I glanced down. The red carpet looked moist. Red carpet? Something began to run down my palm to my fingertips. I pulled my hand up to my face. Blood! I'm covered in blood! I looked down at my clothes. Blood, more blood... but it's not mine. "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?" I screamed out. I was only answered with the echo of my voice.
I smeared the blood from my hands onto my already coated uniform. Just where exactly is everyone... and why is there blood all over the Garden? I need to find Squall. I can talk to him about this.
Flowers? I smell flowers. The strong scent of lilies wafted toward me. We don't have flowers around the Garden. This is so strange. I glanced over to my left. The water had stopped flowing from the fountains that encircled the elevator. How strange. Those are never shut off. Where the hell is everyone anyway? I heard a small thud come from in the direction of the library. Life. I took off down the steps. I reached the floor and was rather startled to find that my 'friend' didn't pull me down. I stood there for a moment and peered down at my boots. A pool of blood... another thud echoed in the hall. Enough of worrying about this blood at the moment, if I find someone they can answer all my questions.
I raced around the corner towards the library. What the hell!? I stopped suddenly for if I ran any farther I would have fallen to a quite painful death. Ok, so maybe not death but at least a lot of painfulness. The bridge to the library was a pile of rubble. Whatever was making the noise from earlier had vanished within a few short moments. I took off once again around the hall. The results were all the same. Each bridge to each area of the Garden was demolished. The training center, obliterated, parking lot, trashed, the dorms, gone. I continued around the hall more, same thing round each turn. The hall went on forever, it just didn't end.
Why is this like this? What happened to the Garden? Why is everyone gone? I can sense death in the air for some reason. This is really creepy. What's this? The infirmary bridge was in perfect condition. It hadn't been touched at all it seemed. Something stirred from within the room. I could hear a slight rustling sound. Ok so there better be life in this room then.
I began to make my way across the solid bridge. I could hear a slight moan emit from within. What on earth? I came up to the door and cautiously walked in. OH MY GOD! "I'm, I'm so sorry. I didn't know." There in front of me on one of the cots was Miss Trepe and Seifer going at it again. I began to back out of the room, a hand in front of my eyes. Suddenly a feeling of complete and total terror tore through my body. It raced through my veins, causing my hair to stand on end. My hand fell to my side. At that my jaw dropped. No, this isn't real. Seifer? The form that looked like Seifer only a few short seconds ago took on another shape.
"Oh Seifer!" Miss Trepe yelled out. Apparently she didn't see what I saw. A beast, not a man, was before me. The thing turned and looked directly into my eyes. He continued on with his task at hand. Then it spoke, "The end is near. The Call comes forth."
The beast reached out his hand to grab me. As his long arm neared me I blinked my eyes. Everything was gone, the infirmary, Miss Trepe, Seifer, all gone... I was back in my dorm, covered with sweat. It was all a dream. I uncovered myself and sat up. I glanced at my clock. 2:36 AM... wow, I should probably try to get to sleep again, maybe. I remembered the blood from the dream; I glanced at my hands then at the rest of my body. Good, no blood. Only a dream, but lately my dreams have been trying to tell me something... Does this mean...Miss Trepe...? Is the Garden in trouble? Crap, 'The End is Near. The Call comes forth', that can't mean anything good. I need to go talk to someone, but whom? My sister won't listen to a word from me if it WAS the end of the world, and no one else knows about my dreams... except Squall!
I pulled myself from off the bed and went to my dresser. I really don't want to go wake Squall, yet still be in my on pajamas. That's bad girl etiquette to let a guy see a girl in pajamas. I opened the top drawer of my dresser and pulled out a pair of blue jeans and a black tank top. I quickly stripped my pajamas off and put on my set of clothes and some flip- flops. Hair? Eh, it's fine. I really need to go talk to Squall. This dream is not normal and it really scared me, a lot.
I exited my dorm and walked down the hallway towards Squall's. I really hope I don't make him mad by waking him up. I really need to talk to someone, nevertheless being alone. I reached Squalls dorm and stood there for a second, just to see if there was anyone else in there, or if a TV was on or something. Nothing... He probably is sleeping. I reached my hand to the door and knocked twice. Oh god, why am I doing this, I could have waited till the morning. I heard a sound like someone moving off the bed then walking towards the door. Noah! Come on, what are you doing? Squall opened the door and looked at me puzzlingly.
"Squall I really hope I didn't wake you, but I really needed to talk to you." Please don't be mad.
Squall just looked at me for a mere second, like he was trying to figure out what was going on before I told him. "Are you okay? You're pale."
"You remember how you once asked me to explain my dreams to you?" I fidgeted a bit.
"Ya, I remember. Is something wrong? Are you okay?" Squall's questionable look changed to a look of worry within a second. "Come in, we can talk inside." Great, now I'm worrying him. Well, really, I am worrying myself too.
I walked inside of Squall's dorm and noticed Squall's bed was still made and there was a book faced down on the bed. Good, I didn't wake him up. Squall closed the door then walked over to his bed and motioned me to sit down too. I gladly sat on his bed this time. I really needed some conciliation.
"I don't know what triggers my dreams or exactly what they usually mean, but tonight I had one of the worst ones... and it wasn't even Irvine in it." I stopped for a second to think how I was going to explain this to him. Squall just looked at me, waiting for the rest of my story. "I started out just laying near the entrance of the Garden, I couldn't get up. I was too weak. Then I finally made my way up and started looking around. I noticed that there was blood everywhere, on the ground, on me, just everywhere. The whole Garden was just tore up, just about every corridor was rubble, except the infirmary. So naturally, that is the place I went. I saw Miss Trepe there, with Seifer, um, doing their 'normal' activities. But then I had a bad feeling and looked back, it wasn't Seifer at all, it was a beast. He turned and looked at me and said something like the end is near." There, that just about covers the majority of my dream.
Squall looked down at my hands then back up to my face. "So, what I interpret from this is somehow you become really weak, the Garden gets a big taste of dynamite, blood everywhere, and Quistis is doing the hanky panky with a demon?" I nodded.
"Something's up with Miss Trepe. Something's just not right... things just don't feel right...and now she's with child. It just bothers me. I feel an evil presence... but it isn't from her directly. I don't know, but I think she may have something to do with the destruction of the Garden in my dream... well, like I said, maybe not her directly..." I'm really not sure if this is a completely off accusation, but it seems reasonable to me.
"...Well, we can probably deal with this a little bit later. It's not like everything is going to happen tonight." I just nodded. "Are you still freaked out a bit about the dream?"
"Some, but I'll live... it's not like I haven't had these types of dreams before." Squall gave me a half smile.
Squall got up from the bed and over to his shelf and started digging again, like he had previously did earlier. "Drama or horror? Wait, that's probably a stupid question right now." Drama or horror... what? Squall went over to his TV and dvd player and put a dvd in then sat down on his bed with his back to the wall, and motioned for me to come closer to him. "Come on, a movie will get your mind off of everything right now." I smiled at him then went and sat next to him.
As we watched the dvd in silence for a few minutes, he stood up on the bed, walked behind me, and sat down. He put a leg to each side of me and put his hands up to my neck. What the fuck? He looked at me and started to chuckle. "Calm down, your really tense right now." He has that right, who wouldn't be if someone goes and sits right behind them. Squall started to massage my neck with his hands. I was about to say something when he interrupted me before I could even start. "Shhh.... Let me be the nice guy here." Wow, this is, interesting. After a while Squall put his arms around me, put his chin on my shoulder and just continued to watch the movie. Maybe, I should do something... My sister DOES like him. But I really never felt comfortable enough to even be this close to a guy, and I defiantly do not want to be alone right now. After a while my eyes just started to get heavy. Without realizing I subconsciously laid my head against Squall and drifted away for a second time tonight.