Sorcery Illusions
Chapter 7: Journey's Start
Disclaimer:
I do not own the game or the characters, they are not mine to do with as I wish.
Warning:
Little bit more language in this chapter than usual, but other than that it is pretty much the same as normal.
Enjoy!
Alexandra AKA ~*~Fantasy Dragon~*~
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"Settle down, Trepe. What's done is done." Seifer growled as he held the struggling blonde back. As soon as Raven and Quistis had entered Squall's office after the meeting, Quistis had walked right up to the sorcerer and punched him. Squall was now nursing a black eye, and Quistis still wanted to go at him some more.
"Squall, you asshole. I have every right in the world to kill you right now." Quistis exclaimed, tears flowing down the blue mage's cheeks.
"Listen, I know you're are upset right now" Squall began, holding one hand over his eye as Raven stood beside him and started to call a cure spell to heal his eye.
"Upset? You think I am only upset!" screamed Quistis as she struggled more and more against Seifer's arms.
"Silence!" Squall had finally had enough of this. " You are going to let me explain myself with no interruptions, cursing or rational actions. I'm half tempted to cast stop on you as well."
The glare that Quistis shot at him was one that could send even death it's self to the grave.
"Why don't you let magic boy here explain himself before you try and kill him?" Seifer asked, pulling Quistis up close to his body to keep her from hurting anyone.
A scowl still on her face, the blond blue mage reluctantly agreed let Squall explain himself before hurting him.
"Before you tell her anything, why don't you tell me why the hell you are making me a SeeD again?" Raven butted in after she finished healing Squall's eye.
"This is something that Seifer and I discussed a little this afternoon. Since you are required to come with us on this mission, it is more convenient, plus you still have all the necessary skills." Squall said as he stood and walked across the room to one of the filing cabinets in the room. Pulling out one of the drawers, Squall retrieved a fold and after closing the cabinet, Squall returned to his desk. "All I need for you to do is to sign this form which will reissue all of your Garden identifications." added Squall as he pulled out a pen from his desk and held it out for Raven to take.
"Are you fucking nuts?" cursed Raven. " In the last year I have kidnapped, tortured, injured, Hyne even killed some of your best friends. You're ready to forgive me and let me into your Garden permanently."
"You were my first in command, Raven. You're good at what you do." Grunted Seifer as he still held the struggling Quistis.
"What do you say, Raven? Ready to change your life around for the better?" Squall asked on last time.
"I think it's time for me to turn over a new leaf. This bad ass chick thing just isn't doing too much for me anymore." sighed the dark hared girl as she took the pen from the sorcerer and signed the paper.
"Now, Quistis. I understand your dislike for Raven, and yes I purposely assigned the two of you to the same group, but you are an instructor. You've always treated you students with respect and a sense of friendship. And if that is what it will take, Raven is now your student until after the mission. If you don't comply I will revoke your teaching license and suspend you SeeDship for even longer." Squall said sternly as he looked over to the silenced blue mage. Wave his hand over her and whispering one word, he removed the girl from the spell.
"I will respect her, but she is no friend of mine." Quistis glared, and with one swift kick behind her, Seifer let go of her and fell to the ground, cupping himself.
"Cruel, Trepe. Very cruel." he grumbled, in a much higher pitched voice.
"Next time, don't hold me so tight then." Quistis smiled a very fake smile as she turned and began to walk out the door.
"Um, I'll see you guys later tonight." Raven whispered, then quickly followed after the blonde. Running out into the hall, Raven looked up and down the empty white hall only to see Quistis' back turning the corner. Sprinting to catch up, Raven knew that this could possibly be the worse day of her life. Before long, she was able to catch up with the one time instructor.
"I'm heading down to my apartment to pack." Quistis said in a dead monotone voice. Raven jumped when the blonde spoke, she had actually expected to be ignored.
"Okay. How many people share dorms here? It was 4 in Galbadia Garden." Raven tried to make small talk to ease the tension that was hanging in the air.
"2 normally. Seed's have a solo dorm. But faculty have the option of one bedroom apartments." Quistis replied as she walked in time beside Raven. She knew that while it was just the two of them she couldn't ignore her, but there was no way in Gaia that she was going to be friendly.
For Raven, the walk to the dorms seemed endless, the only sound as they passed through the carbon copy corridors were the sounds of boots on the tiles. As happy that she felt she could actually help beat Ayana, and have a place to belong, Raven knew deep down that earning her forgiveness and acceptance would be harder than any battle she had ever taken part in. And overcoming the hate that a certain blonde blue mage had for her could possibly be the hardest.
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"Then nest left and it is the sixth house on the right." Seifer said, pointing from the middle seat of the rented van.
"Man, Almasy, you really are out in the middle of fucking nowhere." Omri grumbled as he maneuvered around on the dirt road.
"I don't recall anything in my contract that says that I had to leave my house while in Garden." Seifer replied, somewhat snappy. After a 6 hour drive from Timber to here, and 3 hours on the train from Balamb, everyone in the van was now getting a little agitated, or was sleeping.
"But couldn't you pick a place closer to civilization?" sighed Zell as he turned around in the passengers seat to look at Seifer. With Seifer, Squall and Quistis in the middle, Pamora, Omri and Tasman all slept in the back seat.
"At least we're not being captured by a freak-o lady who wants to be a fucking sorceress." Seifer growled.
"If you two don't stop bickering, I will put an Ultima spell through each of you skills." Squall threatened, rubbing his temples. Although they were all anxious to get out of the car Seifer and Zell had been the worst. Everything that Seifer had said, Zell had a comment about, and everything Seifer had a say about, Zell commented on.
"You know you aren't suppose to use your powers like that, Squall." laughed Quistis. After she had packed with Raven, Quistis decided that she could completely ignore Raven unless Raven addressed her directly.
"Do you really want to listen to these two bitch the rest of the time we're out here?" Squall sighed, running his finger down his scar, Seifer and Zell still bickering around them. When Seifer heard Squall say this, it caused him to stop.
"You think all we do is bitch? Listen to yourself everyday, Mr. PMS spokesman." Seifer grumbled, leaning back in his chair.
"Well." Squall said, a little bit of a smile peaking at the corner of his mouth as he reached over and with one short whisper, he touched Seifer's lips and as he did, a blizzard spell froze Seifer's lips together.
"You asshole!" Seifer cursed, but it sounded more like a series of grunts and groans.
"Cat got your tongue?" Zell laughed, finding this highly amusing.
"Shut up, or you'll end up like him too." Omri laughed, finally pulling into the driveway of a decent looking small house.
"Is this the place?" Squall asked, a bit of a sigh falling out as he spoke.
The only thing that Seifer did as he opened the door and got out was to look back at the sorcerer and gave him the finger.
"I guess it is the right place." Quistis giggled as she, Squall, Omri and Zell followed Seifer's lead and got out of the van and stood looking up at the house.
"And how many rooms are there again?" Omri asked with his hand on his hip.
Seifer tried to respond, but due to the fact of his lips still being frozen together, the only noise that came out were a few muffled grunts.
"Esuna." said Squall in a not very enthusiastic way.
"Asshole! I don't think it is a good idea for you to be going around with out your pendent on! You are more of a threat to you allies then to the bad guys!" Seifer cursed, rubbing his lips.
"Gotta practice with my powers somehow. What is the point of having them if I can't use them?" shrugged Squall as he climbed back in the van to wake the three girls sleeping in the back.
"Why did you suggest he not wear Griever for this mission again?" Seifer glared at Quistis.
"A good idea so that if we come across an enemy, he'll be prepared." Quistis only could laugh at the whole thing.
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Hey everyone, and a happy (insert your favorite winter holiday here) to everyone! Finally got my computer back, and am I ever happy! I'm happy with how this story is coming along, is everyone else? Let me know what you think, it would be awesomely appreciated! The beta reader position is still open for anyone who wants it, and the review prize is still up for grabs. I've got 28 reviews, so 22 until it's claimed. Well, I hope to have another chapter up in the next week and a half, so keep yours eyes pealed for it! Love and Holiday Cookies!