Author's note: Nooo..... This is ending soon and I don't wanna end it.... But whoa, seriously, eight reviews for one chapter? Man, I'm doing well :)

to Angels-Obsession: Heh, short is beautiful :) Thank you.

to Hikari Heijin: Heh, thanks :)

to Iskander: Yeah, thanks :)

to Shadow-Seraph: I hadn't planned that at all, but Squall just has his own mind... Oh well, thanks :)

to JadeAlmasy: Thank you so much and of course I will :)

to Omega Weapon: Yup, that's me :) Thankies.

to Firefly-dreams: Glad you think so. I didn't find unsealing the gfs all that important, but I think it was the second last or something when I played... Magic first, of course, it's the most important.And thanks :)

and to Dante Leonhart: Sorry, stupid me, of course I meant Irvine and Zell. Dunno how I managed to write Seifer... Well, we all lose control every now and then.. Thanks :)

-Quistis's POV-

"And we have the key!" Zell says, holding it up in the air.

"Good," Irvine says. "Now we just have to figure out where it goes. Shouldn't be hard," he shrugs. "There's only like a few hundred doors in this place."

I sigh. "Why so pessimistic, Irvine? I'm sure we'll figure it out."

-Squall's POV-

So we're back in the room with the unstable chandelier. We stand under it, looking around.

"So where to now?" Seifer asks, turning my way.

"Guys! There's a lever here!"

We turn to Selphie, who's in the corner, standing by a lever.

"Yes? Pull it down then," Seifer says.

"You sure that's a good idea?"

He shrugs. "I don't really care. It can't be anything worse than what awaits for us up there," he says, pointing up at the ceiling.

"Up where?" Selphie asks.

"Didn't you see that high tower when we came here? I'm quite convinced that's where we'll find our insane hostess of the night."

-Quistis's POV-

After slaying several monsters, big and small, and wandering endless halls, we find ourselves on the wobbly bridge again. It leads to a catwalk with a door. But there also seems to be a ladder...

"How about we just cross it this time?"

I turn to Irvine. "It looks really hazardous."

He shrugs. "We gotta get over it some time. Besides," he says and nodds forwards.

I turn and see Zell on the bridge, again. "Zell.... Be careful."

"Yeah sure," he says just as he reaches the other side.

"One at a time," I say to Irvine as I carefully step on the bridge.

"Hey what about these ladders?" Zell asks.

"What about them?"

"I'll go have a look down there."

"Be careful..."

"Yes, Instructor."

Some moments later we're all standing before the open door. Apparently there was nothing of interest down those ladders. We enter the door and are faced with round stairs that seem to go on and on and on and on and I'm dizzy already...

So we climb and climb and climb and we climb....

"I told you..." Irvine says. "Her plan is to exhaust us before we even meet her, so we'll be no match to her."

"Like she's really that afraid of us," Zell says.

I shrug. "Who knows. She might be."

Zell snorts. "Come on, she couldn't possibly be. She's like one of the most powerful things ever. We're just some SeeDs."

"Don't say that," I say. "SeeDs are highly trained and---"

"Yeah yeah yeah, I know all that, but what if the magic comes naturally? Like Ultimecia. She's a Sorceress. Even tho we master magic, she's gotta be better than us. Besides, she's probably got higher and way more powerful magic than us."

"Yeah...."

The rest of the way is walked in silence.

"There's a door up there!" Irvine says then.

"Finally," Zell sighs. "I was almost ready to buy that theory of yours..."

Thru the door and--

"It's a clock?"

We truly are standing inside a clock. A huge clock, that is.

Well, we walk thru it and find ourselves standing on a small doorway and.... The view's thew most amazing one I've ever seen. We're so high we can see... Everything. There's the highest tower right in front of us. That must be where Ultimecia is... There's no doubt about it.

"Guys, check it out!" Zell says. "It's the clock."

I look around. We're standing on a pointer of the biggest clock ever built.

"I think I see some ladders over there," Irvine says. "Move on."

"What, on the pointers?" I ask, turning to him. "But we don't know how much weight they can hold."

"It's the only way, Quistis."

We find the pointers somewhat strong, and so we reach the ladder and climb down. Now we're standing on a catwalk below the clock. There's a hole on the barrier... And some more ladders.

"She should really get more elevators here," Irvine mumbles as we're climbing down again.

-Squall's POV-

What an amazing view.....

"I bet that's the tower where the madwoman is," Seifer says.

I nodd. "Probably."

"Hey guys!" Selphie says. "Isn't that.... Quistis! And Zell and Irvine!"

"Where?"

"Down there! Hey guys!!!!" Selphie shouts and waves her arms.

The three small figures down below turn around. They stop walking and one of them waves.

"Let's go down to them!" Selphie says and runs across the pointers.

A couple of minutes later we stand united again.

"Are you alright?" Quistis asks us.

"Yeah, we're fine. How many bosses did you find and kill?" Seifer asks.

"Ugh, three, I think."

"Good, we found five. So we have all our powers back now?"

Quistis nodds. "It would seem so."

Quietly, all six of us turn to look at the tower ahead.

"So....." Seifer says.

"Yeah....." I say.

"Well....." Irvine says.

"Let's go kick some serious ass!!" Zell says.