Sorcery Illusions
Chapter 3: Revelations
Disclaimer:
I do not own the game or the characters, they are not mine to do with as I wish.
Warning:
Language, mild yoai, yadda, yadda, yadda.
Enjoy!
Alexandra AKA ~*~Fantasy Dragon~*~
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AN: This is the sequel to my story Magical Secrets which can also be found here on fanfiction.net. More than likely, if you have not read that one, this one won't make sense. I highly suggest that you read that one first. If you have read Magical Secrets, I hope you enjoy this one as much as everyone seemed to enjoy that one!
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"Not happening, not happening, not happening." Evan said, hyperventilating while freaking out when he saw Raven sitting there in front of Squall's desk. He quickly began to back away from the desk, walking backwards towards Seifer. Before long, he tripped over a chair.
"Shit, Ev." Seifer cursed and walked over to the blue mage. Placing his hands under Evan arms, he lifted the smaller male into a sitting position.
"She's haunting me! She's going to kill me!" exclaimed the redhead.
"Dammit. I hate to cut this short, but I'm taking him down to Dr. K." Seifer grumbled then got Evan to his feet and began to lead him out of the office.
"Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead." Was all Evan was saying now, and as the doors closed behind the 2, Squall turned to the prisoner.
"So, you said that Ayana is in Timber?" The sorcerer said as if it had only been a Chocoscout girl in here a moment ago selling cookies instead of an ally freaking out.
"Sorry about changing the subject, but aren't you going to check on him? That was seriously the weirdest thing I have ever seen." Raven said, crossing her legs.
"After returning from the missile base, Evan Brunnard has been diagnosed with complete tramatization, and as a result from that, he also has a minor case of insanity. He attends therapy 6 times a week." Squall said this as if Evan only had a minor cold.
"Raven, I hate to say this, but this is not the Evan you thought you knew, and frankly, you are not the person he thought you were." Quistis butted in.
To this, Raven cast her eyes downwards. Proving that she was truly regretful for everything that had happened was going to be a little more difficult than she had first thought.
"Getting back on topic…" Squall made it clear that he was not at all impressed with the number of interruptions that had been occurring.
Raven wasted no time in beginning to tell everything that she had seen in Timber.
"I found Ayana's hideout, it's in Timber through a secret passage in the hotel. She apparently had some connections there. I think that her main goal is to rule over Esthar, possibly the world. She wants to be just like Adel. But that's not all. In her base, I found 2 people dead, but they had scars on the back of their necks like the one Falcon had. That means she will be able to control people again." Raven shook her head, very much ashamed that the evil woman that she hated so much had giving birth to her.
"Go on." Squall said, just as emotionless as ever.
"I also saw a bunch of Garden files. There was no information on the Gardens other than the few files that I found. But they were all student and SeeD files." The dark hared girl continued.
"Who? Quistis, as soon as we are done her, you are to go and pull files on every one of them." Squall said, not missing a beat. Quistis nodded, then Squall urged Raven to continue.
" Seifer Almasy, Evan Brunnard, Zell Dincht, Tasman Doudans, Squall Leonheart, Omri Lowens, Pamora Renyard, Quistis Trepe, Nida Yang, Xu Yoshitaka." Raven repeated, clearly seeing the names in her mind like the day she first read them.
"There are the 4 of us that are the so called 'Neo Hyne' generation. Zell is the Lieutenant Commander; Pamora's head of security; Omri is head of special ops, and Tasman is Balamb's own computer wiz." Quistis replied, not even needed the files. "That's pretty much our most powerful and important people."
"What about Nida Yang and Xu Yoshitaka?" Raven asked, almost afraid of the answer.
"Don't you remember them? You shot both of them on your way out of the missile base. 2 of our best SeeDs and 2 of my best friends. There was so much damage done to their bodies that even an elixir would not have healed them at all. Both of them are dead because of you." Quistis glared at the handcuffed girl, wishing that Raven were the one dead instead of her friends.
"Why should I pity you? It's not like you were the only one who lost people you cared for that day." Raven growled. "I lost the only 2 I've had. Do you that Ayana was sorry that she killed Falcon? Or Crowe? I don't think so. So why should I be sorry that you lost 2 of the many friends and family that you have?"
"It's all to easy to see what blood runs through your veins." Quistis said this full of hate and spite.
"Silence!" Squall exclaimed, quickly calling the spell over the two girls. Before the 2 realized what had happened, they both found themselves unable to speak. With no way to verbally bitch at each other, the Raven and Quistis did the next best thing. Millions of invisible daggers flew from the eyes of both girls, as they stood up for better glaring grounds.
"Now unless you want me to cast blind on both of you as well, you will sit down, shut up, look at me and listen to what I have to say. We all have attained SeeDship at one point in time or another, so I expect you both to tolerate one another and act professional towards one another. No more of this bull shit fighting. Yes, Raven did kill Xu and Nida, but they knew going into the mission, it was dangerous. Raven, I also understand what you are saying about the loss of Falcon and Crowe. But at the same time, we are all adults, so you two had better start acting like it." Squall spoke in his famed 'high Commander' voice, so with out having to be asked a second time, both Raven and Quistis sat down to listen to what Squall had to say.
"So, are you going to be quiet now, both of you? Because I have all the spells I need to silence or blind you at any given time." Continued Squall, his cold-hearted attitude still the same as ever.
Quistis reluctantly nodded her head, not knowing whether or not Raven was agreeing or not. When Squall said nothing, but just waved a hand in the air, casting and esuna spell over them, Quistis knew that the black hared girl must have also agreed.
"So you'd like me to pull all those files once this meeting has adjourned?" Quistis asked, trying to pretend that the last conversation had never happened.
"Yes. So, Raven, why do you think that Ayana has pinned those people, but had no information on Garden?" Squall asked, turning to Raven.
"Yeah. I thought that was weird. It also struck me that she had no information on Trabia or Galbadia. All the names were from Balamb." Raven added.
"Quistis, get a hold of Selphie and Irvine and get them on the defense just in case." Said Squall.
"What about Galbadia Garden? Who would you like to get a hold of from there?" Quistis asked, making a mental note of everything that Squall had asked her to do.
Squall didn't answered right a way, causing an awkward silence between the two girls. Finally, the sorcerer broke the silence, startling both with his answer.
"No one." He finally said.
"Are you nuts?" Quistis exclaimed. "Galbadia has more SeeDs, more technology. We are completely screwed if they attack us again."
"And I know that Garden like the back of my hand. I grew up there. There are so many more things that you can take over with that Garden compared to this one or Trabia." Raven butted in.
"But if you were going to take over a Garden, wouldn't you think that she would take over Galbadia? If she was bent on taking over Esthar, Ayana would try and take over the most powerful and most useful." Squall reasoned.
"Are you kidding? If she takes over Galbadia and attacks us, we don't even stand a chance. We wouldn't even have time to change into mobilization mode." Quistis knew that she should be respecting Squall's orders, but there was something inside her that just didn't agree with the sorcerer.
A thought hit Raven. "But she's not after Garden. Ayana is set on taking over Esthar. She wants the son of Esthar's president." She voiced her realization.
When Raven said this, Quistis' head turned to face the brunet sorcerer. Squall nodded, agreeing with Raven completely.
"As long as I'm not in Garden, there is no chance of her coming here."
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Sorry it took so long to get this chapter out, but school has been demanding recently. I hope everyone is liking this story, cause there are going to be some major twists coming up soon, but I will never tell what they are! You'll just have to wait and read on what is going to happen. And yes, the hate between Quistis and Raven will go. Well, until next time, love and cookies!