I'm not good at narrating so, like… …Just read it some more!
Oh, and, I don't own these characters.
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Sorceress Ultimecia sat tall on her thrown in the light of the moon. She was waiting to meet the SeeDs that had managed to penetrate her defenses and congratulate them with fatality. She tapped her long fingernails on the solid gold arm of her throne and pushed herself back into the plush chair as she waited for her game. Under her breath she whispered a spell and ignited a hunger-less flame beside her to wash away the darkness. The light was cast on everything and what was reviled was a bitter, old woman who felt that she had lost her time. The time that had passed must be revived though she, being immortal, had all the time in the world. Time compression was her only hope, and anyone who would stand in her way will be slain outright.
The SeeDs decided to enter…
Ultimecia was shaken to see who it was. She looked at the young girl in blue… She saw a vanishing childhood. "(Was I ever that young)?" she wondered.
Rinoa didn't care for her gaze and leaned closer to Squall a bit for comfort.
"(And him…)" There he stood. All sorts of feelings stirred within the old witch but none of which was affection. Only sadness and anger moved her now.
"…SeeD…" She began only slightly irritated. "SeeD……SeeD……" Then another glance at the former SeeD, Squall motivated her to anger "SeeD, SeeD, SeeD! Kurse all SeeDs." she spat vehemently.
Her mind was foggy as she spoke. She was afraid to fight them. She knew what would happen. However, she calmly unfolded her legs and floated down to them on ebony wings. She quickly cast a strong spell. Darkness accumulated at a point and drew everything within it, pulling all matter and releasing it to whisk back like a rubber band. The three challengers all stumbled back and lent themselves near to the ground. The others called for them to step aside. Zell made a summon and quickly exchanged places with Squall who waved his sword in front of the sorceress.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." Ultimecia cackled as everyone scrambled to cast Curaga. Out of the corner of her eye she caught a bright beam of light and a ghost-train whipped through her. It hurt like nothing else. She was not used to pain and this hurt, so she immediately retreated.
She floated high above their heads and threatened them. "The most powerful GF. You shall… suffer!" She would have her time compression even if it meant killing them all. She did not mind killing Rinoa; time would be compressed and they will live in a world beyond death.
She sent Squall's ring through the floor in a ball of light. Then like a zombie, Griever broke through the ground and pushed himself up. He hovered above the SeeDs on four fold wings. The black lion roared towards the heavens and held his massive paws out to the side. He brought his crowned head around to view those that he was commanded to destroy.
Squall immediately recognized the great GF, but didn't even flinch. He wouldn't be confused by her cheap trick, he decided.
"Griever! Make them bleed!" Ultimecia hissed.
"Griever…?" Rinoa whispered to herself. She looked to Squall for answers but he was in his battle-mode and closer to Griever then she cared to be.
The black lion dove straight at them and would have snatched the life out of them, if it weren't for Squall's quick thinking. He called on his faithful GF, Quezacolt who bolted between Griever and the SeeD party. Griever struck him, but the electric bird took the blow just fine. It flapped its wings to conduct electricity and it sent a much more stimulating counter attack that cast the whole area in a blinding light. When the light subsided, a grievously wounded lion was revealed, Quezacolt hovering above.
Smoke rose from Griever's singed hair. He saw that this bird was a mere GF and with a wave of his hand it was gone and so was Rinoa's Diablo.
"What?" Rinoa said as she lost her concentration.
Rage had gripped Squall as he watched his GF disintegrate at the hands of his admired GF. He felt like he could tear Griever to pieces and realized that Irvine had cast Aura on him. Irvine tipped his hat and smiled. Squall turned to Griever and flew onto him, slashing his sword across his steely skin. It would not break. Squall leapt back to his place and held his sword high above his head.
Irvine had begun to fire his pulsing shots as soon as Squall had moved (courtesy of Rinoa's Aura spell). He got in some really fine shots just before Squall brought his beam crashing down on Griever. Griever trembled with pain and with his last ounce of energy, he performed his special—Shock Wave Pulsar. Everyone was hurt pretty bad, but Irvy used Full Restore and they were all made anew.
Ultimecia had been sitting back all the while. She had noted the battle was different than she remembered and an evil smile crept upon her face even as Griever fell. "(I can change what will be. The future is now! 'Ultimecia' will not fail this time!)" She got up and junction with Griever.
She didn't fight as hard as she should have and was destroyed quicker than Griever alone.
It didn't matter anyway, she thought. Time Compression was almost complete and she was waay more experienced than any of them. Still, somehow they found it in them to give her a severe thrashing. Perhaps she didn't fight with heart. It's true that she had a goal, but with sadness and anger she had no reason to fight… But she had to save herself. Her true form was losing, so she awakened and lent her true form the very apocalypse spell for which to kill them. She had them until Irvine spotted her swinging upside down underneath Ultimecia. Then they easily knocked her out.
Soon she found herself on wobbling feet moving towards a woman in black and… him. And her hundreds of years were over, just like that. Ultimecia finally found peace. If only she had known this was what she was looking for all along…she could have stayed Rinoa.
Rinoa was as bubbly as ever as she sat under Squall's arm.
