Chapter VIII ~ Explanation
Squall your getting closer... Can you see me? I'm waiting... I'll always be waiting... for you... so if you come here... you'll find me... I promise.
Squall woke up, this time, normally. He slowly opened his eyes and rubbed his face. Zell and Selphie were still asleep on the floor next to Squall. They found some blankets the night before and crashed on the floor of the cockpit.
Squall stretched and yawned. He got up and looked out the window into the plains near Timber. The sun was just rising, and the sky was gorgeous. Squall sighed a sigh of relief and turned around and looked at his sleeping friends. They looked so peaceful. Squall wondered what he looked like when he slept and then shook his head releasing that thought. Zell rolled over crushing Selphie, and Selphie woke up.
"Ugh... Zell..." Selphie pushed him off of her and sat up.
Squall laughed and said," Good morning Selphie. How did you sleep?"
Selphie yawned and said," Oh great... Squall is starting to be sarcastic. What is the world coming to?" She stood up and straightened her dress. "So, when Zell wakes up are you going to tell us where we are going?"
"Of course. Otherwise you guys would kill me. I know that much."
"Ah... I'm appalled! You actually think I would kill you? I would never kill you... just hurt you immensely." Selphie smirked and kicked Zell to wake him up.
"Ouch!!! That hurt!!!" Zell got up like a bullet and clenched his fists at Selphie. "I was awake..." Zell sat down in the pile of blankets he slept on and folded his arms.
"Ok guys, calm down. Now that you are awake Zell, I can tell you guys what's going on. At least I'll tell you what I know." Squall walked toward the door and motioned for the others to follow. He went to the part of the Ragnorok with all the seats and sat in one. Selphie sat next to him and Zell went in the row in front of them and kneeled on the seat with his arms folded on the back.
"Well, it all started a couple weeks ago, I kept having these dreams about someone," Squall paused," that someone was a girl. In the dreams I would see her happy and talking to me like I'm her best friend. Then something always happens to her and she disappears. I would... cry and look for her, but I could never find her. Usually after that I would wake up with tears streaking my face and drenched in a cold sweat. The dreams then started happening at least twice a night. I'd wake up in fright from the dream then fall back asleep and have the dream again. It got so bad I couldn't concentrate and wouldn't sleep. I started going out to the balcony and staring at the stars. The stars always made me think of Rinoa, but a couple days later not even the stars could make me get my mind off this girl. I thought I would go crazy If I didn't do something so I decided to find the girl. The last two dreams I had were about the girl and I playing hide 'n' seek in a vast flower field. We are about the age of four. I always wake up before I find her though." Squall leaned back in his chair and thought for a moment. Will I ever find her? Is she alive still? What am I doing?
"Wow," Selphie sat speechless. That was the strangest thing she'd ever heard.
About a thousand questions came to Zell's mind. He finally decided which question to start with. "Do you remember her name?"
Squall shook his head no.
"Ugh..." Zell closed his eyes and imagined an ugly girl that was fat and had no boobs or butt. "What does she look like?"
Squall closed his eyes," She has beautiful golden hair that is long and shiny. She is about Rinoa's height and has sparkling blue eyes. She is..." Squall opened his eyes and looked toward his friends," gorgeous." Squall closed his eyes again and thought about this long lost friend.
"Wow... Gorgeous huh?" Zell laughed because that was far from his vision of the girl. "She got a nice body?" Selphie hit Zell, once, because that was all he could think about, and again, because she didn't think Squall could ever answer a question like that.
Squall smiled. "Oh yeah. She is the most beautiful girl I've ever seen... dreamed."
"Ack! Squall is in love with a girl he doesn't know!!!" Selphie covered her head and shook it violently. "The world must be ending!"
Zell and Squall laughed.
"Well, let's look for Squall's secret lover!" Zell Stood up and put his hands on his hips.
"Slow down guys." Squall said as he also stood up. "I knew this girl when I was little. And she knows you guys. I think she was at the orphanage with us. I only see an image of what my mind thinks she looks like now. I really have no idea what she looks like. Sorry to disappoint you Zell."
"Ohh..." Zell sighed then realized what Squall just said. "At the orphanage? With us?"
"Yep. Let's go to the orphanage and talk to Edea. She'll know where this girl is."
"Yay!!! We get to find a long lost friend!" Selphie jumped for joy.
"Well, pilots, let's get going."