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Chapter three: Esthar and Winhill
(In Winhill)
The young man just sat there in silence as he began to try and recall anything in his memory.
(In the kitchen.)
"Mrs. Furnival, who is that man?" Angeline asked in a soft voice because she didn't want to be heard by her other guest.
"I wish I knew dear, He is the man I found lying on the flower fields near Raine's grave."
Angeline raised an eyebrow and went closer to Mrs. Furnival to make their conversation turn into whispers.
"You found him there? How did you find him?"
"I found him a few yards away from the grave. He was pretty much unconscious when I found him. He didn't even stir when we moved his body to stretcher and took him to my house."
"Did he tell you anything about himself yet?" Angeline asked while getting more and more interested in her guest.
"Well dear, it seems he doesn't remember anything in his past at all! He doesn't even remember his name or how he used to tie his shoelaces."
"Oh… poor thing."
The young man sat there hearing nothing else except the chirping of a bird.
'I… I can't remember… why?' these thoughts crowded the mind of the young man that he didn't even notice Angeline in front of him until she spoke.
"Hi, my name is Angeline Thorn. Pleased to meet you." Angeline said nervously as she held out her hand.
"………" Was his only reply.
"Um… okay… uh this is Mrs. Francine Furnival, she was the one who found you and took care of you." Angeline said as she moved her head to the direction of where Mrs.Furnival was standing.
"… Thank you."
"It's alright dear, who wouldn't do the same?" Mrs.Furnival smiled at the young man.
A long pause occurred before Angeline broke the silence.
"So um… can you tell me anything about yourself?"
"I… I don't remember."
"Oh… okay um…" She gave a worried glance to Mrs.Furnival who just looked hr in the eye with an equally worried expression.
"So um… What shall I call you?" Angeline blurted out.
"………" Was all the response she got.
Mrs. Furnival went over to the young man and sat beside him.
"Well dear, we'll just give you a name."
"Right! A new name!" Angeline beamed at the idea.
"… A new… name?" the young man raised his head up to look at Angeline in the eye.
"Err… what's the name?" Angeline turned to Mrs.Furnival.
"I'll think of one for you, for now why don't we rest. The rain is pouring hard now."
"…Okay" the young man said while bowing down his head.
(In Esthar)
"Ragnarok to Esthar, Raganrok to Esthar. Requesting permission to land. Over" Selphie said in her usual lively voice.
The whole gang was in the cockpit. Selphie was on the pilot's seat, Irvine on the co-pilot's, Zell shadowboxing in a corner and Quistis and Rinoa chatting near the elevator.
"Hey Seifie, wha'cha gonna do first when we get to Esthar?" Irvine asked
"I'm gonna visit Sis and give her a big hug. I'll also interview Sir Laguna!" Selphie beamed.
"Raganarok, this is Esthar station. Request to land granted I repeat Request to land granted." A voice that sounded like Kiros' was heard.
"Alrighty! Hang on everyone! This is captain Selphie saying we are about to land!"
Laguna watched eagerly at the massive dragon like spaceship that was preparing to land. His two best friends, Kiros and Ward were behind him along with Ellone.
The Ragnarok landed a bit roughly but it managed to land without causing an accident.
The ramp slowly went down as Laguna and company went near the Ragnarok. A quick flash of a small yellow figure brushed past them and lunged into Ellone.
"Hiya Sis! How are ya?" Selphie squeaked excitedly as she hugged Ellone into a big tight hug.
"Hi Selphie, I'm fine" Ellone replied as she tried to loosen the hug.
"Sefie, release Sis! She's gonna lose air if you don't!" Irvine scolded, behind him were Rinoa, Quistis and Zell who just laughed at Selphie.
"Awww Irvy! I was just giving Sis a hug!" Selphie replied acting innocently as she peeled herself off Ellone.
"Welcome to Esthar!" Laguna greeted excitedly the new arrivals.
"Laguna, it's not their first time here you know?" Kiros looked at Laguna.
"………………." Ward also looked at Laguna.
"Ward says he wished that this is how you greeted your paperwork as president of Esthar." Kiros expertly interpreted Ward.
"Whatever! Let's just take these guys back to the palace okay?!" Laguna said as he waved his left arm to signal the car to come near.
"We get to stay at the palace?" Rinoa looked at Irvine.
"Hey, I told Sis that we're gonna spend our vacation here. Maybe she arranged this welcoming committee for us." Irvine replied while shrugging.
The gang entered the vehicle and started their way to the Presidential palace.
So how'd it go? Thanks for taking time to read my fic. Hope you enjoyed it. -