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Sophia shot up in her bed. 'I might as well go tell the others the bad news.' She sighed deeply and slowly left the room.
Seifer leaned back in his chair at one of the tables inside the cafeteria. He poked at his breakfast. He wasn't really hungry this morning. The cafeteria doors opened and Seifer looked behind him to see who it was.
"Hey, Sophia. Did you sleep well last night?" He saw the worried look on Sophia's face. "What's wrong?"
Everyone else looked over at Sophia.
"Yeah, what's wrong, Sophia?" Quistis asked.
"I have some very bad news." Sophia sat quietly down in a chair next to Seifer.
"Uh-oh." Selphie put her elbows on the table and rested her head in her hands.
"What's the bad news?" Irvine looked at her.
Sophia took a deep breath. "It appears that our enemy is coming sooner than we thought."
"How soon?" Seifer asked.
"We've got three days left to train, that's how soon." Sophia leaned back in her chair.
Everyone was quiet.
"Well then, if we have three days left, then let's just train harder." Squall stood up. Everyone looked up at him.
"He's right." Sophia also stood up. "And I've got the perfect way to train you all." Her frown turned into a smile. Everyone stared at her with worried looks on their faces.
The team arrived on the Island closest to Hell. They slowly left Ragnarok and stepped on the sand of the Island.
"We're gonna train here?" Zell asked as he looked around.
"Yes, but you're not fighting what you think you're fighting." Sophia looked at everyone. "Everyone but Squall wait by Ragnarok." Everyone but Squall walked over to Ragnarok and looked at Squall.
"Uh…" Squall looked at Sophia.
"Draw your weapon." Sophia drew her gunblade.
"I'm fighting you?" Squall asked, drawing his gunblade.
"Yes!" Sophia charged at him. Squall easily dodged but he didn't expect her to turn back around with so much speed and continue attacking him.
All he could do was dodge. She never gave him a chance to attack.
"Is this the best you can do??!!" Sophia mainly toyed with him. She knew she was the strongest person that Squall had ever fought. She was specially trained by Hyne himself. Squall tried to attack her, but she dodged and kicked him off his feet. He fell backwards and landed hard on his back. Instead of pinning him down, Sophia stepped back and waited patiently for Squall to stand back up.
"Throw everything you have at me!" Sophia yelled at him. He stood up and attacked her. She dodged and waited for him to attack her again. He did and she dodged once more. She continued dodging his attacks. Suddenly Sophia began feeling weak. Everything began to blur.
'What's wrong with me?' She asked herself mentally. It wasn't the fight making her weak, but it was something else. She fell to her knees and then fell over on her right side, unconscious.
Seifer ran over to Sophia.
"Sophia?!" He gently shook her.
"What happened?" Squall asked, slowly walking over to them.
"I…I don't know." Seifer held his sister.
"Maybe she wasn't as strong as we thought she was." Irvine said.
Everyone glared at him and he quickly kept quiet.
Sophia opened her eyes and found herself in her dream.
'This is NOT good.' Sophia stood up.
"I am sorry, Sophia." Hyne told her.
Sophia looked around in the darkness. "WHY IS THIS HAPPENING??!! I HAVEN'T EVEN TRAINED THEM TO BE STRONG ENOUGH!!" She yelled.
"I'm sorry. Ultimecia somehow arrived in this world faster than I thought she would. I sent as many warriors down here to stall her and give you more time, but they failed." Hyne had sadness in his voice.
"THIS ISN'T FAIR!!! We stand no chance against her. We'll lose for sure." Sophia sighed.
"Don't worry, child. Have faith. I believe you can win. She will attack in one hour, but I do not know where she will attack." Hyne's voice faded away.
Sophia closed her eyes then reopened them and looked up at Seifer.
"What's wrong?" Seifer helped her sit up.
"She's…she's coming." Sophia finally said. "She's coming and Hyne couldn't stop her."
"Who is this enemy, Sophia?" Seifer asked her.
"It's Ultimecia." Sophia said quietly.
"Ultimecia?!!" Zell looked at Sophia.
"Yes." Sophia stood up. "We need to continue training until Ultimecia attacks." Her voice was harsh. "Everyone fight your own GF's. Seifer, you're fighting me."
Seifer looked at her. "Okay." Everyone obeyed and Seifer drew his weapon.
Sophia and Seifer blocked each others attacks. It was several minutes into the fight and neither one of them had gotten a hit into the other person. In the background, everyone else was fighting their own GF. Sophia stopped Seifer's gunblade from coming close to her with her own gunblade. She tripped him and he fell on his back. She sat on top of him and pinned him down.
"Can't you do better?" Sophia teased. She looked up at the sky. "She's here." She stood up and stepped back far enough for Seifer to stand. "Everyone get on Ragnarok. NOW!!" She ordered as she ran towards Ragnarok. Everyone obeyed.
Once she was inside, Sophia started Ragnarok up and left the ground.
"She's headed for Balamb. We must cut her off." She made sure everyone was buckled up but ignored her own seat belt and started to carefully drive Ragnarok towards Balamb.
"There she is!" Sophia pointed at Sorceress Ultimecia who was now flying towards Balamb. "Hold on tight!" She quickly buckled herself up and took a deep breath. Ragnarok picked up speed quickly. Ragnarok flew in front of Sorceress Ultimecia and started to circle her. Sorceress Ultimecia looked really ticked off.
"Follow me." Sophia muttered. She flew Ragnarok away from Ultimecia but Ultimecia did not follow but continued towards Balamb. "Squall, take the controls!"
Squall obeyed and took the controls. Sophia ran over to the exit and opened the door.
"NOW let's see if you'll follow." She drew her gunblade and automatically started firing at Ultimecia.
Ultimecia turned her attention towards Sophia and started to fly towards her.
"Good." Sophia smiled. "Squall, you know what to do."
Ragnarok picked up speed and flew away from Balamb. Ultimecia followed. Sophia shut the exit and ran back up to the controls. She ordered Squall out of the chair, sat down and began driving.
"So…what's the plan?" Rinoa asked.
"We make her follow us until we're at the Island closest to Hell." Sophia answered.
"SHE'S ATTACKING!!!" Seifer yelled.
A strong force hit up against Ragnarok and the whole airship shook violently. Sophia's seat belt somehow unhooked and flung her out of her seat. She flew through the window in front of her.
"SOPHIA!!!" Seifer ran over to her and grabbed her hand. She dangled outside Ragnarok. The only thing that kept her from falling to her death was Seifer holding her hand tightly. Ultimecia attacked the airship once more and Seifer lost his grip. Sophia began falling.
"SSSOOOOOPPPHHHHHIIIIAAAAAAA!!!" The only thing Seifer could do was watch his sister fall.
Seifer sat straight up in his bed, sweat covering his entire body.
'Was that a dream?' Seifer took short, deep breaths. 'It had to be a dream. It just had to be a dream.' He stood up and quickly put on his shirt and trench coat. He left his room. He stopped right outside his door when he saw what was standing just a few feet away from his bedroom door. "Sophia?"
Sophia was leaned up against the wall, chatting with Squall and the others.
"Oh, g'mornin', Seif." Sophia had a strange look in her eyes.
"Good morning." Seifer looked at her, confused. 'Something's different about her.' He thought to himself as he watched Sophia walk back to her room. "Did Ultimecia attack us yesterday?"
"Yeah. Don't you remember?" Quistis stared at him.
"Yeah. I remember alright." Seifer pushed through everyone and stomped off to Sophia's room. He knew what he saw yesterday. His sister fell to her death so she couldn't be walking around, pretending she didn't fall. He thrust open the door to Sophia's room and walked in.
"Oh my Hyne." He looked around the room. Blood was everywhere. "What happened here?" He looked around and found his gunblade lying on her bed, covered in blood. "What?" He picked it up, blood now covered his gloves. He heard footsteps behind him. Then a scream. He turned around to find a terrified Selphie, eyes wide with fright. Everyone else ran to the room and stared with fright in their eyes.
Seifer noticed the blood on his hands and gunblade. "It's not what you think." He could tell by the looks on their faces what they thought happened. They had all seen Sophia walk into this room. 'Oh Hyne. Please don't let them be thinking what I think they're thinking.' Seifer just stared at them, unsure of what to do.
A/N: If anyone knows what Sorceress Ultimecia looks like and where her castle is located, please either tell me in your review or email me.
