There is a saying "All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible."
Zell was rushed to the infirmary in Balamb. Zell could do nothing but think about the events that caused him to lie motionless in a bed. Zell began to ball up his fists as he thought of Raijin and Fujin. In an instant, Zell woke up in a field full of flowers. Zell did not understand what brought him there, or how he was able to walk. Zell looked down at a special flower and touched it gently. Zell heard a familiar voice call him as he looked up he saw Ellone. A woman who had powers to compress time. "Zell, I know what questions you ask and what answers your heart seeks." Ellone said in a gentle tone. "Zell, please remember not to ask the question "who?" but rather ask the question "why?". Zell awoke in his bed still unable to move. "Was I dreaming?" Zell began to ask himself.
Squall began driving at 160 mph, and finally arrived at Balamb. Squall took his Revolver gunblade and was quite surprised at how quiet things were. Squall knew things would be more clear once he spoke to headmaster Cid. Squall knocked on the headmasters door and received no response. Squall kicked down the door and saw Cid lying down on the table motionless. "CID!!!" Squall began to yell but never received a response. Squall felt Cid's pulse and was relieved tat Cid was still alive. Squall heard a loud scream and looked back. Squall saw his too old pals Irvine and Selphie standing in the door. Selphie was frightened at who what she saw and hid herself in Irvine's jacket.
"Selphie, it's not what you think. I found him this way and he is still alive." Squall explained. "You must take him to the infirmary immediately. I need to find out what's going on here." Selphie looks at Squall and nods "Oh boy another one" Selphie says as she looks at Irvine. "Another one? I don't understand" Squall says as he has a confused look on his face. "You mean you haven't heard Squall?" Irvine says as he puts his hand on Squall's shoulder. Squall immediately moved his shoulder. "No I haven't heard what. Tell me." Squall demanded. Irvine let out a deep sigh. "Zell…..was in a battle and he was defeated. The people responsible were Raijin and Fujin" Squall's eyes began to open very wide. "Take me to Zell right now" Squall demanded.
In Timber, a helpless Rinoa begins to back away from Seifer like a helpless rabbit. "Why do you look so frightened Rinoa?" Seifer asked. "What do you want from me Seifer?" Rinoa asked while holding her necklace tightly. "To do something I've wanted to do for the longest Rinoa." Seifer said as he reached in his jacket to pull something out. Rinoa began to fear that Seifer would pull his gunblade out but was amazed as she saw Seifer get on one knee and offer her a bouquet of flowers. "I know I have commited some sins in the past Rinny, but I need to be forgiven. My heart aches for how I've hurt my first love." Rinoa takes the flowers "You're forgiven Seifer, now please go before Squall comes back". Seifer walks closer to Rinoa "I'm not leaving until I have done what I wanted to do my whole life, and that is fulfilling my romantic dream." Seifer replied as he grabbed Rinoa and kissed her deeply on the lips. Rinoa began to fight and try to break the kiss but Seifer was too strong for her. Suddenly, Rinoa gave in and began to kiss Seifer back. Her urges for kissing her first love began to return. Rinoa finally broke the kiss. "Seifer, I apologize I shouldn't have done that." Rinoa turns away. Seifer grabs Rinoa "Rinny, let me make it up to you right now. Let me show you how much I love you." Seifer said while smiling at Rinoa.
Squall arrives at the infirmary and walks in and reads Zell's charts. "Dislocated spinal chord?" Squall reads. "Zell, what happened?" Squall asks. Zell lied in bed and weakly told Squall every detail of his battle with Raijin and Fujin. Squall stood and put his head up "Why would they do this?" As Squall asked this question, Zell began to remember Ellone's words. "Yeah why did they do this? They said they needed to see the headmaster." Zell said. "The headmaster? The headmaster called me and told me to come here immediately because of a war between Galbadia and Balamb" Squall replied as he looked even more confused. "Where was Seifer at during your battle?" Squall asked. Zell shrugs his shoulders "I don't know he wasn't with them." Zell told Squall. As Squall heard Zell's words he ran out of the infirmary. Squall began to think to himself "I know this tactic all to well Seifer, your favorite war tactic Divide and conquer. The entire battle with Zell, the phonecall from Cid, and the war between Galbadia and Balamb all a diversion. A diversion to divide Rinoa and me. What do you want this time old comrade? What do you want from Rinoa?" Squall jumped in his car and started his engine. Squall's engine began to roar like a lion. Squall drove back to Timber with great speed.
Zell began to lie in his bed as he turned he saw Selphie sitting next to him with flowers and a bag. Selphie smiled "These flowers are for you knucklehead." Selphie said while playfully hitting Zell's arm. Zell smiled faintly "What's in the bag?" Zell asked. Selphie smiled and pulled out a music CD. "It's your favorite band, I got it from that new Uematsu music shop. Now you can relax and listen to good music." Selphie laughs. "Thank you Selphie it's nice to see a friendly face once in awhile." Zell said as he looked up at the ceiling. "Stop being such a drama queen I'll be back" Selphie said as she kissed Zell's forehead.
Squall arrived at his home in Timber. Squall kicked the door open and saw the lights were turned off. Squall pulled out his gunblade. "RINOA?" Squall shouted. Squall received no response. Squall looked and saw Rinoa sitting on the bed holding her head. Squall ran and held Rinoa. "Rinoa, what's wrong?" Squall asked. Rinoa just looked at Squall and shook her head. "He came back for me, he was here. Squall it's happening again. Seifer came back for me." Rinoa said and turned away from Squall. Squall lied on the bed with Rinoa and closed his eyes.
In the deep forests of Timber Seifer was walking with a cell phone in his hand. "Begin phase 2 of Romantic Dream" Seifer said and hung up his phone.
Fujin and Raijin arrived at a the weapons facility of Balamb. Fujin looked at Raijin and nodded at him. Raijin smiled " The war begins now you know?" Raijin pushed the button sending missiles to fire directly at Galbadia. Fujin smiles "Destruction" Fujin says in a cold voice.
"The missiles destroyed many important landmarks in Galbadia, destroying many women and children in the process. The question is why would Balamb do such a thing" The reporter stated on a television set. A man turns off the television. "The war will finally begin, the war that I have been waiting for far too long." The man says while laughing.
End of chapter 1