The Waters of My Heart
disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny, or any of the characters. I also do not know how the war turns out because I haven't seen all the episodes to destiny.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Sorry for the very late update. We moved and the internet wasn't available until today and I would've gone completely crazy with out Inuyasha and Futurama. Especially Inuyasha and the Castle Beyond the Looking Glass. Great movie.
Alternate Ending/Chapter 5
"STELLAR!" a boy with black hair shouted, his eyes wide, and his hand outstretched. Luna looked a bit startled, but then she turned to Shinn, unable to think of words. She walked towards Shinn and placed a hand on his shoulder. He quickly pushed her away from him and stood up straight for a few seconds. Then he startled Luna with his next actions.
Shinn pushed his body away from the bridge ledge and dove expertly into the water at least seventy feet above the dark water. As he fell, he took a deep breath and cut like a knife through the cold water.
He blinked his eyes under the water from the cold and opened them quickly to see Stellar's body sinking from the impact of the water. He swung his arms powerfully and slowly, getting closer to the girl's body.
He felt the pressure increase and the water get colder as he went further down and felt a tingling in his ears. I've got to keep going…he thought as he felt his lungs call for air. Just a little closer…
He reached his fingers outwards, and grasped Stellar's cold hand. The teen stopped swimming and pulled the girl closer. Shinn wrapped his left arm around her waist and started to swim as fast as he could to the surface. It looked close, but then farther away. My vision must be getting hazy from lack of air, the boy concluded. He furrowed his brow and swam harder, swimming almost as fast as before, even with the extra weight.
He broke the surface and breathed deeply before fixing Stellar onto his back. He swam towards the shore at least twelve meters away from the bridge area that two teens had fallen off. He swam for the small cut of sand and laid Stellar down on her back. He checked her pulse; it was faint, but still there. He placed his hands over her chest and began performing CPR, including mouth to mouth. After a few tries, he made her spit up at least two cups of water. She began breathing again and he lifted her into his arms and carried her back to the city.
(7:35pm. Shinn's Apartment)
A girl with magenta hair and blue eyes came up from behind him and pulled Shinn farther and farther away from her. "Shinn!" She called, but he wouldn't look at her. "Shinn, don't leave me," Stellar turned around and saw a young red headed girl with large brown eyes. She stared at Stellar a bit longer, than turned and walked away, turning her back on Stellar without a word. "Stacey, please, wait! Please don't leave Stellar alone!" Stacey kept turned away from the blonde and kept walking till she disappeared into the shadows. Stellar closed her eyes and fell to her knees and cried. When she opened her eyes, she was at the bridge. She saw herself standing on the bridge ledge and then letting go, Shinn reaching over the rail. "Am I dead?" she asked herself. She widened her eyes; the first time in at least a year that she actually took notice of how much her block word still affected her. The girl wanted to cry, but began laughing instead. And all this time I thought I knew about myself and sanity. I guess I was wrong… Stellar couldn't finish her thoughts as she crumbled and started laughing with no sign of stopping. It hurt her sides, but could she feel pain after dying? How could she have lived with herself after letting Shinn be taken away, and letting Stacey be killed? She couldn't. It was so simple. Maybe she could wake up from all this and be back on the Girty Lou, waking up with Auel and Sting. Getting ready to go back into battle. She felt scared, alone, and she wanted someone to tell her they would protect her. She wanted Stacey to tell her everything would be alright. She wanted Shinn to hold her and tell her he loved her. She wanted to stop laughing.
Stellar then fell to the ground, her eyes wide, and her pupils small. (Like Seed Mode, but it's not) She had stopped laughing, but now she couldn't speak. The silent girl looked to the ground where a silver substance had started to form. It was growing larger and spreading quickly from her body. She reached a silent hand out and touched it. When she lifted her hand, it was covered in, Water? she wondered. She then felt something wet on her neck. She lifted her fingers to it and felt something thick and wet run over her fingers. She then looked at her pale fingers now covered in something silvery-gray. Stellar gasped as she looked at herself. Silverish liquid was leaking from her body. She reached a hand near her neck and filled it with the strange substance. She pulled it close to her face and her eyes widened even more. It was like a picture. Auel and Sting were walking away. She looked at the large mass of liquid draining from her. It showed all the people she had ever known walking away, slipping away, from her. No, no, no, no…she repeated in her head. Stellar squeezed her eyes shut and began to feel pain all over her body. I am dead, I am insane, I am nothing. DEAD. The word rang in her head and made her tremble vigorously. I am dead, I am insane, I am nothing…"No!" she screamed.
A blonde girl sat up straight in her bed and breathed heavily. Her wide eyes were still glazed from her nightmare. She felt the hair sticking to her forehead and noticed it was covered in sweat. She looked at her wrists and felt her neck and looked down at herself, checking for any injuries. It was then she noticed that she was wearing a light blue t-shirt. The girl crawled over to the edge of the bed and placed one foot on the carpet after the other. As she stood up, she noticed the shirt came down to a few inches above her knees.
She walked to the door and opened it slightly. She saw a figure sitting on a couch, with their head underneath the pillow and snoring a bit loudly. She slipped through the opened door, and inched closer to the couch. But when she got there, she felt a strange feeling. Her dream had made her feel alone and abandoned, but now she felt warm inside, and felt a sense, security and familiar.
Stellar lifted the pillow hopefully. She gasped silently. A girl with red hair lay on the couch under a thin blanket. Her fiery red hair lay over another pillow under her head and her bangs lay over her forehead. Stellar could've recognized Stacey's sleeping habits anywhere. Stellar remembered how much of an idiot Stacey could be when woken up, so she walked towards a window and realized it was a door to a balcony. She walked out side to the edge of the platform, and gripped the fence bar lightly. She starred up at a full moon with magenta orbs.
Shinn opened the door to his room quietly and looked over to the bed. He widened his eyes in a frightened state, and then walked over to the bed to make sure Stellar really wasn't there. To his strong disappointment, he found the room empty. He felt like exploding. He had nearly lost her a third time! He walked out to the other room and was about to wake Stacey, but noticed the window curtains blowing softly. He walked over and pulled the drapes back slowly and sighed in relief. He saw Stellar staring at the moon. Just as strange as ever. He thought silently.
Shinn walked through the open door way and stood next to Stellar on the balcony. "Stellar. Please don't try to leave me again. I can't live without you. If you had died, and Stacey needs you too. You may not realize it, but we need you. You're like a lifeline Stellar. And if you had died," he noticed she cringed a bit when he mentioned her block word. "I would have died that same instant you did. Don't you see now Stellar? I love you with all my heart and soul, and I can't live without you." Shinn hoped she would forgive him, and thought she hadn't and was going to try suicide again, until she turned around with tears falling slowly down her cheeks. "Shinn, I've wanted to hear you say something like that for so long!" Stellar cried as she flung her arms around him. She cried into his shirt and he held her, smelling the sweet scent of her hair. "Stacey came yesterday, she had survived because someone had apparently pulled her out of a burning room after she was knocked unconscious by a falling ceiling beam. She says that they left her at least one hundred feet away from the house. She was perfectly fine except for a bump on her head." Stellar smiled happily. "So I do get a happy ending. I am alive, right?" she asked, looking up into his red eyes. He smiled and looked into her deep magenta eyes. "Stellar." he said playfully. "Yes, of course you are alive. But you're wrong too. This isn't the happy ending. This is only the beginning." he said as he leaned in towards her and kissed her softly on the lips. His arms around her small body. "So this is where you were. I just wanted to say hi to Stellar after four days of watching her lay around in bed. It's good to see you alive Stellar." Stacey said happily with a wink. "Well, I'm going back to bed. By the way Shinn, your couch is real comfy." The red head said with a yawn as she walked back inside and flopped onto the couch.
Shinn turned back to Stellar. "You need your rest. You need to get back in bed." Stellar looked like she was about to argue, but then yawned and let Shinn bring her back to his room where he tucked her in like a child. A sensation panged in his heart. She is a lot like Mayu, like a young child. He thought happily.
The boy walked out of the moonlit room and towards the couch. He sighed. Stacey was spread like a mess of noodles. Her right arm draped over the top of the couch, her left leg hanging over the side. Her left arm lay on the armrest above her head. He sighed again and grabbed another blanket and draped it over her. In a way, I just signed my life away to become a full time baby sitter. He laughed quietly and walked into the guest bedroom Stacey was to strange to use. "Tomorrow will be a long day." Shinn, age 17, current resident of Orb, finally for at least a year, fell asleep with a smile on his face, anxious for the dawn of a new day.
Okay, I know, kind of a corny ending. With all the happy ending, and the bringing back of Stacey, and the Stellar/Shinn fluff, but hey, I'm only human and a sap for happy endings. As long as Mia Campbell and Fllay Allster die Die DIE! in the end. But thank you for reading and reviewing. And also look out for my new story. It's called The New Beginning. Thank you, and good bye.
Sam
Oh, AND DIE LUNA! HAHAHAHAHAHA! I HATE HER!