Disclaimer: If I had owned Final Fantasy 8, I'd be rich. Sadly I own nothing.

Angelina woke up and found herself in Balamb Garden's Infirmary. Dr. Kadowaki was smiling at her with a motherly expression.

"Where am I?" Angelina asked sleepily. "Am I still in Timber?" Dr. Kadowaki smiled as she answered her question.

"You're in Balamb Garden Angelina. You've been sleeping for the past three days." Angelina looked around in confusion.

"What happened to me?" She moaned. "I feel like I'm on fire."

"I've been told that when your soul re-entered your body, that you caught a high fever." She explained. "You almost died." Angelina's eyes widened in realization as the past events flashed into her mind. 'Yes now I remember. There was a prophecy about me in the prison where Adel fused with my soul.'

"Dr. Kadowaki is Niebia here?" She looked at her in surprise.

"Niebia?" She asked. "Who's this Niebia?"

"Never mind." She replied. 'So Niebia's still in Timber; why am I not surprised? She would never go near a garden during the second war. Apparently she's still terrified of sorceresses.'

Seifer's thoughts were scattered. He was in the quad, away from Angelina's pain for the moment. As he was sitting by the fountain, he started thinking. He loved Angelina so much, yet was terrified of visiting her in the infirmary. 'What if she almost dies on me again? I don't think I'll be able to take it.'

"Seifer?" Said a kind voice. "Are you okay?" He turned in the direction the voice was coming from. He was a little surprised when he saw Rinoa standing there.

"I'm fine Rinoa." He lied. "Just tired." She gave him a suspecting look. 'Geez won't she just leave me alone. I'm tired of her pity.'

"Look Seifer if it's about Angie, you can talk to me about it!" She calmly suggested.

"You wouldn't understand." He murmured. "It's too complicated for you."

"Too complicated!" She hissed. "You obviously don't understand anything about my life. No one does." With that she turned and left him to his misery.

After Rinoa had left, Seifer made up his mind. 'I love Angelina and it's my job to show her how much I care.'

Angelina heard a knock on the infirmary's door. Dr. Kadowaki was gone, and she still ached form the past events in Timber.

"Come in." She called to the knocker. The door opened and Seifer came through. His eyes were tear-filled as he sat on the side of her bed.

"Are you okay?" He choked. She smiled and nodded.

"I'm fine, how about you?"

"I have a couple of bumps and bruises, but other than that I'm fine." He replied. "I love you." She seemed taken a back by that statement. 'I'm such an idiot! Why did I tell her that?'

"I love you too." She managed to choke. "I'm just really scared."

"Scared of what?" He asked.

"I don't want to lose you like I lost Luke." She solemnly explained.

"Who the hell is Luke?"

"My ex-boyfriend."

"That clears up the confusion."

"He was the first guy I had ever loved."

"I had guessed that."

"I lost him to my gift." She finished.

"You think that'll happen to me?" He laughed. "Angelina I'm a SEED!"

"I know but my gift can still terrify you." She sobbed. "You don't what I am do you?"

"You the woman I care about." He answered as he kissed her. "I'll never leave you if I can help it." She smiled as she pulled his face in for another kiss. Her body tingled as their tongues massaged each other. He drew away with a grin on his face.

"You're a good kisser." He said smugly. "Maybe you could give me lessons in my dorm?" She playfully punched his arm while laughing.

"How about tonight?" She said seducibly.

"Sounds good." He grinned. "See you tonight." He kissed her forehead as he left her to rest. Angelina sighed happily. She was going to see the man she loved again that night. 'I can't wait.' She had just gotten comfortable when Rinoa burst through the door.

"Angie, are you okay?" She cried. "Cid told me about what happened to you at Timber."

"Rinny I'm fine." She groaned. "I just had a fever that's all." Rinoa seemed to relax after she heard that.

"Do you think you're well enough to leave?" She asked in a normal tone of voice. Angelina nodded. Rinoa eyes lightened up like a lamp. She looked like she was going to pop.

"That's great!" She squeaked. "You can have supper with us!" Angelina raised her eyebrow. 'I hope she's not going to make a scene in the cafeteria. I'll be so embarrassed.'

"With who?" She asked.

"My friends that I introduced you to." She chirped. "They really like you." Angelina smiled warmly at her baby sister. 'She may be hard to handle, but I love her.'

Later that day, Angelina returned to her dorm. Since she hadn't taken a shower in days, the first thing on her mind was to take a shower. After she took a shower she put on a black T-shirt, with a pair of faded black jeans. She blew dry her hair and pulled it up into a long ponytail.

When it was time for supper she power walked to the cafeteria. When she got there, she found Rinoa and her friends sitting at a large table. She strolled over and sat down. Apparently, she didn't have to speak to make herself noticed.

"Hey Angie!" Everyone at the table cheered. She blushed. She wasn't used to getting this much attention.

"Euh hello." She awkwardly replied. 'They kinda are like my old friends.'

"What the hell happened to you?" Zell boomed. "You were gone for a week. Where were you?" Angelina calmly told everyone her journey. How she had to destroy the forbidden prison to Adel fusing with her soul. However, she left out the romance between her and Seifer.

Everyone in the group looked shocked. Rinoa especially looked shocked.
"Angie you mean you didn't come here to visit me?" She shot. Angelina sadly nodded. Rinoa looked pissed.

"Do you even care about my existence, or am I just an annoying little girl to you." She hissed.

"Rinny that's not how I feel." She protested. "I happen to love you very much."

"Then why didn't you tell me the real reason why you came here?" She snapped.

"I didn't tell you because I knew you'd be hurt." She explained. "I was looking out for your feelings." Rinoa seemed unconvinced.

"Just don't talk to me ever again!" She sobbed. "I hate you." With that she turned and stomped out of the cafeteria. Angelina followed her to the quad, where Rinoa was sitting on a bench.

"Rinoa." She said softly. Rinoa lifted her tear stained face. Seeing it was Angelina, she motioned for her to go away. Angelina solemnly trudged back to her dorm. As she was collecting her thoughts, someone knocked on the door. She opened it and found Squall gravely standing there.

"Squall what are you doing here?" She asked. 'He looks like he's seen a ghost.

"I have to tell you something." He whispered. "It's very important." She motioned for him to come in. She slowly closed the door.

"What's wrong?" She asked as he collapsed tiredly onto her bed.

"It's Rinoa." He moaned. "She's been acting strange lately."

"Oh hyne what's wrong with her?" She choked. 'This is all my fault.' "Is she sick?"

"She just doesn't act like Rinoa anymore." He explained. "She's not the woman I married anymore."

"People go through phrases all the time." She suggested. "It doesn't mean anything." 'I hope I'm right.'

"You're right." He sighed. "Sorry to bother you." He left her room without another word. 'Hyne help him.'

It did bother her though. 'I wonder what's happening to Rinoa?' She went to the window. The moon was full and the stars were twinkling in the sky. 'So beautiful and yet, doomed to be destroyed by Adel. Why must everything end like this?'

Suddenly she remembered that she was supposed to meet Seifer in his room. 'Damn why do I always forget stuff like that?' She silently left her room and walked to his room down the hall. She knocked on his door, which he opened, showing her his usual smirk.

"You showed up." He announced, still smirking. "I'd thought you had forgotten for a moment."

"I always keep my promises." She flirted. "So would you like your lessons now or later?" Seifer laughed as he closed the door.

"I was thinking I could teach you a few moves." He joked. "You're in dire need of practice."

"Excuse me?" She mocked. "I feel offended!" The both laughed this time. He put his arm around her and kissed her. As his tongue found it's way into her mouth, his hand moved across her body. She moaned with desire as his lips found her neck.

She was disappointed when he stopped. She gave him a confused look. She was soon unconfused as he tossed her on his bed. She smiled as he ran over to finish what he started.

Pain, confusion, and despair welled up in Angelina. She was in the Balamb fields, but they weren't the same. 'This whole place smells like blood.' Something had changed. 'What's going on? Where am I?'

She decided to walk back to Balamb Garden to perhaps talk with Cid. 'He should know what's going on.' The weird thing was, various monsters kept on attacking her. Someone wanted her to stay away from garden, but who?

After killing all the monsters that hindered her progress, she noticed something strange. The ground was covered in fresh blood. 'What the? Was there a massacre here?' Not only was there blood, body parts littered the field. Some she even regonized.

'Oh hyne!' She had come across Rinoa's bloody head resting on the ground. 'What the hell? Is this the future?' Tears flooded her eyes as she noticed that Seifer's body lay in pieces too.

"Why?" She sobbed. "Why does this have to happen to me?"

"To show you the future." A voice boomed. She turned around to find the elderly woman behind her.

"You." She screamed. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"I'm here to show you the future Angelina." She bellowed. "To make you realize your mistake before it is made."

"Mistake?" She shouted while motioning to the corpses. "What mistake will I make to cause this?"

"You're sister will become possessed by Adel's spirit." She explained. "You will refuse to kill her which will cause garden to be destroyed by dark spirits."

"Rinoa is going to be possessed by Adel?" She asked. "I thought she died!"

"You can swat a fly one million times, but unless you make contact it will still fly."

"How do I stop her then?" She snorted.

"Defeat her in battle and Adel's spirit will perish." She chanted.

"I can't kill my own sister!" She cried.

"Then you doom the world to destruction." She yelled. "A prophecy was made about you and now you must fulfill it."

Angelina woke up sweating against Seifer's naked chest. 'Oh hyne was that a dream?'

"Angelina are you okay?" Seifer asked while playing with her hair. "You look like you've seen a ghost." Her blood went cold.

"What did you say?" She whispered.

"I said you look like you've seen a ghost." He repeated. "What's wrong?" She got off him and searched for her clothes. 'This must be a sign from that woman that I should fight Rinoa.'

"What did I say?" He frowned as she dressed into her clothes. "It's 1:00 in the morning."

"I'm sorry, but there's something I have to do." She replied.

"What?" He asked. "What could you possibly have to do now?"

"Unfinished business." She growled as she walked out the door. 'I'm coming for you Adel.'

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