Chapter 7- Past to Present
By: Calicat Calicat: Not much today, still waiting for reviews! RECAP: "What is it?" "We need to talk about something." "What?" "My past..." Maeghan looked at her friend seriously. ""= Dialogue - -= Thought = Telepathic
"What do you mean..." Rinoa looked at her friend seriously.
"Rinoa, you Squall my father and I have to talk, meet me in the den..." With that Maeghan walked off.
The guests were sickeningly drunk.
"Geez, what'd you do to them Quistis?" Seifer looked disgustedly at the drunken guests.
A malicious smile crossed the genius' lips, "I reacted with their stomach acids and with their brain, to send the normal features, as if they were drunk."
"What?"
"Don't worry about it." She smiled even more evilly.
Zell caught up with a still shocked Selphie, "Excuse me?"
"Hmm? Oh Zell!"
"Selphie, what are you doing in the kitchen?"
"Getting our dinner ready...Yes there are hotdogs."
"Thank god!" relief flashed on the metal man's face.
"Why?"
"I was afraid I'd have to smash open the lock on the fridge."
"There's a lock?"
"Ya, Irvine was working on it..."
They were answered with a satisifed click, a "BOO YA!" and then the ound of electrical currents.
"Damm Lock!" Irvine muttered, as he entered the room, looking....electrocuted.
Selphie and Zell laughed.
"Maeghan, what's wrong."
"Daddy, did you adopt me?" Maeghan asked Laguna...Rinoa and Squall were there as well.
"Yes, A few years after Squall...why?"
"Because...there's a problem in the family tree."
"Why?"
"Ok..." Maeghan pointed to her laptop.
"I connected it up, but here's the thing, you knew you were Squall's father, right?
"Of course."
"You knew that Rinoa's father is at war with you right?"
"Yes."
"You know that I'm part of the reason?"
"What?" Squall, Rinoa and Laguna replied at the same time.
"Look," Maeghan showed something to her brother, friend and father.
She typed in Maeghan Loire and got the answer:
Parents: Julia Heartilly and Laguna Loire
Siblings: Squall Leonhart and Rinoa Heartilly
"Oh my god!" Rinoa fell back into a couch.
"What the?" Squall said.
Laguna looked at his children confused, then realisation flashed through his eyes.
"Let me explain..." Flashback!
Laguna looked at Julia, they sat together on the hill they'd met on. Her hand gleamed with a diamond ring, but so did his. Although, they were not married together, they were promised to other people.
"Julia?" He broke the silence
"Ya?" She looked at him almost sadly, her brown eyes looked at him.
"I'm sorry." He said, looking into her eyes.
"It's my fault also, I didn't know where you were and I married James. He was the one to comfort me." Her eyes started to gather up water.
"I thought I heard you were married and I let myself fall in love with Raine..." He looked away again, breaking the stare. He knew he' d cry as well.
"Laguna?" Julia called back his attention
"Yes Julia."
"Do you still love me?" She had a tear running down her cheek.
"Yes...I do." He whispered, putting his hand on her cheek and wiping away her tear.
She smiled sadly, "I love you too..."
They moved towards each other hesitantly and started to kiss. Flashback End!
"It's not your fault sweet heart." Laguna said comfortingly.
Rinoa widened, "So while my mother was married, you had Maeghan?"
"I'm not sure of the details..." Laguna looked to the floor, "She never told me."
"She shouldn't have, you'd off broken it off with mom, and she'd have broken it off with Caraway, leaving two abandoned children."
"True, but good I loved her." Laguna had tears going down his own face.
"I didn't know about that." Maeghan herself looked shocked.
"What's wrong?" Laguna looked at his daughter.
"I don't know...I don't know." Maeghan suddenly looked hurt as she ran out.
"Don't go after her...we will..."
But Remus had beat them too it.
"Maeghan, Maeghan let me in!" Remus banged on her door.
He didn't get any answer, so he used his mutant power, to 'transport' things, so he transported the molecules in the wall to make a gap large enough to let him through.
"Maeghan?" He saw her in fetal position with her head down, rocking back and forth on her bead.
"Leave me alone." She sobbed.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Remus pressed his hand under her chin and forced her head up. Tears ran down her face
"Maeghan...What's this about."
"My Father." she spat.
"Why?"
"You don't know what's it's like to be adopted do you?" She looked at him, her eyes full of hatred.
"No I don't." He admitted.
"I do, I had to wait for someone to pick me up...you know how I found out I was 'different?'" She waited for a response.
"No I don't."
"My foster father, was drunk. He never hit me, but he said mean things. I remember, as I was five, I was called a bitch, stupid, useless and whore." She recoiled at the memories.
"My god..."
"The only time he hit me, was when he threw his beer bottle at me, and it caught me full force. The glass shattered when it hit me." Her eyes hardened.
"Maeghan...?"
"I had to call a friend, I said that my window shattered and my dad wasn't home. Her parents drove me to the hospital, but when she came to pick me up, she saw my dad sitting inside, and she told me to call the authorities."
"Did you."
"No, but she did. I remember wondering where my real father was, why did he leave me, why? Did he hate me? What had I done to deserve it? What had I done?" She started to sob.
"Maeghan...it's alright."
"I stayed at her house, and I saw her parents call her and tell her that they loved her, that they were there for her...I wondered if I'd ever have a dad that did that."
"Did you?"
"Not for a while. That friend, she was Rinoa. To know, it was my own mother...she could've rescued me!" Maeghan looked so torn between anger and sadness.
"Maeghan..."
"I went back to his house, and I learned about my mutant power. I was so mad at him and I just sucked it out...I sucked out his power permanently. Luckily I didn't get anything else, but it left him pretty messed. I just ran...I ran until I met someone else...Squall."
"Who took you home..."
"Ya...I found out what happened to my foster father though. You wanna know?"
"I came this far."
Her shoulders shook slightly, "I killed him, he went brain dead. The doctors said that his liver was too rotten from alcohol, but I knew it...I knew I'd killed him." She sobbed over and over again.
"Shh.... Maeghan it'll be alright." He enveloped her into a hug, pressing her against his chest and holding her close to his heart.
"It'll be alright." He whispered as she quieted and fell asleep.
"You alright?" Squall looked at Rinoa.
She stood on the balcony smiling, "I'm fine...Wow."
"What?"
"If I'd known that Maeghan was my sister I'd have let her stay with me."
"You didn't see her again until school, right?"
"Ya...I feel awful."
"Don't."
"Squall...I think that,"
"What?"
"I really like you."
"You know that already?"
She nodded.
He looked weary, "I don't know what to say, it's fast I know, but..."
They were interrupted by a crash coming from downstairs.
Calicat: Happy? There's some romance in it now! Geez, what I do for you people! But we need a new battle scene...reviews = more stuff! SO REVIEW!
By: Calicat Calicat: Not much today, still waiting for reviews! RECAP: "What is it?" "We need to talk about something." "What?" "My past..." Maeghan looked at her friend seriously. ""= Dialogue - -= Thought = Telepathic
"What do you mean..." Rinoa looked at her friend seriously.
"Rinoa, you Squall my father and I have to talk, meet me in the den..." With that Maeghan walked off.
The guests were sickeningly drunk.
"Geez, what'd you do to them Quistis?" Seifer looked disgustedly at the drunken guests.
A malicious smile crossed the genius' lips, "I reacted with their stomach acids and with their brain, to send the normal features, as if they were drunk."
"What?"
"Don't worry about it." She smiled even more evilly.
Zell caught up with a still shocked Selphie, "Excuse me?"
"Hmm? Oh Zell!"
"Selphie, what are you doing in the kitchen?"
"Getting our dinner ready...Yes there are hotdogs."
"Thank god!" relief flashed on the metal man's face.
"Why?"
"I was afraid I'd have to smash open the lock on the fridge."
"There's a lock?"
"Ya, Irvine was working on it..."
They were answered with a satisifed click, a "BOO YA!" and then the ound of electrical currents.
"Damm Lock!" Irvine muttered, as he entered the room, looking....electrocuted.
Selphie and Zell laughed.
"Maeghan, what's wrong."
"Daddy, did you adopt me?" Maeghan asked Laguna...Rinoa and Squall were there as well.
"Yes, A few years after Squall...why?"
"Because...there's a problem in the family tree."
"Why?"
"Ok..." Maeghan pointed to her laptop.
"I connected it up, but here's the thing, you knew you were Squall's father, right?
"Of course."
"You knew that Rinoa's father is at war with you right?"
"Yes."
"You know that I'm part of the reason?"
"What?" Squall, Rinoa and Laguna replied at the same time.
"Look," Maeghan showed something to her brother, friend and father.
She typed in Maeghan Loire and got the answer:
Parents: Julia Heartilly and Laguna Loire
Siblings: Squall Leonhart and Rinoa Heartilly
"Oh my god!" Rinoa fell back into a couch.
"What the?" Squall said.
Laguna looked at his children confused, then realisation flashed through his eyes.
"Let me explain..." Flashback!
Laguna looked at Julia, they sat together on the hill they'd met on. Her hand gleamed with a diamond ring, but so did his. Although, they were not married together, they were promised to other people.
"Julia?" He broke the silence
"Ya?" She looked at him almost sadly, her brown eyes looked at him.
"I'm sorry." He said, looking into her eyes.
"It's my fault also, I didn't know where you were and I married James. He was the one to comfort me." Her eyes started to gather up water.
"I thought I heard you were married and I let myself fall in love with Raine..." He looked away again, breaking the stare. He knew he' d cry as well.
"Laguna?" Julia called back his attention
"Yes Julia."
"Do you still love me?" She had a tear running down her cheek.
"Yes...I do." He whispered, putting his hand on her cheek and wiping away her tear.
She smiled sadly, "I love you too..."
They moved towards each other hesitantly and started to kiss. Flashback End!
"It's not your fault sweet heart." Laguna said comfortingly.
Rinoa widened, "So while my mother was married, you had Maeghan?"
"I'm not sure of the details..." Laguna looked to the floor, "She never told me."
"She shouldn't have, you'd off broken it off with mom, and she'd have broken it off with Caraway, leaving two abandoned children."
"True, but good I loved her." Laguna had tears going down his own face.
"I didn't know about that." Maeghan herself looked shocked.
"What's wrong?" Laguna looked at his daughter.
"I don't know...I don't know." Maeghan suddenly looked hurt as she ran out.
"Don't go after her...we will..."
But Remus had beat them too it.
"Maeghan, Maeghan let me in!" Remus banged on her door.
He didn't get any answer, so he used his mutant power, to 'transport' things, so he transported the molecules in the wall to make a gap large enough to let him through.
"Maeghan?" He saw her in fetal position with her head down, rocking back and forth on her bead.
"Leave me alone." She sobbed.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Remus pressed his hand under her chin and forced her head up. Tears ran down her face
"Maeghan...What's this about."
"My Father." she spat.
"Why?"
"You don't know what's it's like to be adopted do you?" She looked at him, her eyes full of hatred.
"No I don't." He admitted.
"I do, I had to wait for someone to pick me up...you know how I found out I was 'different?'" She waited for a response.
"No I don't."
"My foster father, was drunk. He never hit me, but he said mean things. I remember, as I was five, I was called a bitch, stupid, useless and whore." She recoiled at the memories.
"My god..."
"The only time he hit me, was when he threw his beer bottle at me, and it caught me full force. The glass shattered when it hit me." Her eyes hardened.
"Maeghan...?"
"I had to call a friend, I said that my window shattered and my dad wasn't home. Her parents drove me to the hospital, but when she came to pick me up, she saw my dad sitting inside, and she told me to call the authorities."
"Did you."
"No, but she did. I remember wondering where my real father was, why did he leave me, why? Did he hate me? What had I done to deserve it? What had I done?" She started to sob.
"Maeghan...it's alright."
"I stayed at her house, and I saw her parents call her and tell her that they loved her, that they were there for her...I wondered if I'd ever have a dad that did that."
"Did you?"
"Not for a while. That friend, she was Rinoa. To know, it was my own mother...she could've rescued me!" Maeghan looked so torn between anger and sadness.
"Maeghan..."
"I went back to his house, and I learned about my mutant power. I was so mad at him and I just sucked it out...I sucked out his power permanently. Luckily I didn't get anything else, but it left him pretty messed. I just ran...I ran until I met someone else...Squall."
"Who took you home..."
"Ya...I found out what happened to my foster father though. You wanna know?"
"I came this far."
Her shoulders shook slightly, "I killed him, he went brain dead. The doctors said that his liver was too rotten from alcohol, but I knew it...I knew I'd killed him." She sobbed over and over again.
"Shh.... Maeghan it'll be alright." He enveloped her into a hug, pressing her against his chest and holding her close to his heart.
"It'll be alright." He whispered as she quieted and fell asleep.
"You alright?" Squall looked at Rinoa.
She stood on the balcony smiling, "I'm fine...Wow."
"What?"
"If I'd known that Maeghan was my sister I'd have let her stay with me."
"You didn't see her again until school, right?"
"Ya...I feel awful."
"Don't."
"Squall...I think that,"
"What?"
"I really like you."
"You know that already?"
She nodded.
He looked weary, "I don't know what to say, it's fast I know, but..."
They were interrupted by a crash coming from downstairs.
Calicat: Happy? There's some romance in it now! Geez, what I do for you people! But we need a new battle scene...reviews = more stuff! SO REVIEW!
