Title: Lover Reborn

Author: Excalibur's Fire

FanFiction: Harry Potter X Final Fantasy VIII

Pairings: HPxDM (Past), HPXSeifer Almasy

Warnings: Slash, there is boy/boy love in this, if you don't like that please don't read, you yelling at me about it isn't going to change my mind on it so it is just moo point (like a cow's opinion, it doesn't matter, lol)

Rating: K (just to be safe, but I doubt it will get that high)

Disclaimer: Neither Harry Potter world nor Final Fantasy VIII worlds belong to me, if they did there would be a lot more man on man loving, ('cause that shite is hot,)

Chapter 2

When a magical being dies Magik looks through their life and decides what is to be done with the soul. If an innocent dies, their soul is returned to their world and they are reborn; if a cruel person dies, their soul can be held in purgatory for an undetermined length of time before they are reevaluated and a new sentence is awarded, either rebirth or being trapped in living nightmares. In rare cases when someone dies inappropriately Magik will change the world that their soul is reborn in, and in even rarer cases, if Magik feels indebted to a soul they are sent as is, with body and memories intact, to a new world.

Draco Malfoy was one of the former rare cases; Magik saw how unjustly he was treated and did not wish to send him back to the world from where he came. When he stepped through the veil to her she saw that as a child he had been unkind and unfair, but as he grew up that changed and he became a true to friend to those around him and a caring lover to his mate. Magik sent his soul to a new world to be reborn an innocent, yet she left him with a few of his memories, so that he could find his soul mate once more.

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Seifer Almasy sat in the back of a classroom, the professor lecturing about something or other at the front, every once in a while one of his classmates stood up to answer a question, but Seifer wasn't thinking of that, he was thinking of the dream that he had the night before. It was one of his many reoccurring dreams, but he hadn't had this one for some time.

It always started the same, he was standing in a stone corridor, torches lit the passageway with flickering light, he glanced at a coat of arms beside him and studied his reflection, he was similar, but different. His nose was slightly more pointed, and his face thinner, his build was also slimmer, he didn't have the muscle mass that came from wielding his gunblade. But, his hair was the same, blond, slicked slightly back, just to stay out of his face, and yet his grey eyes seemed more haunted in the dream. He could hear people talking and moving around in a room down from him, then a scream ripped through the air, a tortured, horrible scream that made him want to hide, but he didn't. He pulled a stick from a pocket and, sliding close to the wall, made his way towards the scream. Peeking around a doorway he saw a large group of people with black robes and white masks on, they were huddled around a dark haired figure on the ground. He must have been the one who screamed, he was writhing in pain, blood coming from his lips and dripping down his face, both hands broken with fingers splayed in directions that weren't natural, the man didn't have a shirt on and he could see old and new scars across his body. A quite murmur and he stopped writhing, he was breathing heavily coughing on his blood.

The only man without a mask gave a chuckle, "Come now, just tell us what we want and we will let you go." His only answer was to have blood spat on his foot. Seifer held his breath as the newly bloodied foot connected solidly with the man's face spinning him until he faced Seifer. But he could never see the face clearly, all he would see were the man's eyes, forest green, the deepest most beautiful colour, he knew those eyes, but not from where. He knew that he would help the man escape, he couldn't be left there. He watched as the man was lifted up by magic and dragged from the room.

From there the dream would change, he was starring straight into those eyes, but instead of pain, they were filled with love. "Green was always my favourite colour." He heard himself say. "And grey was mine." Was always the response. From there he would wake up, the green eyes flashing in his mind, forever and a day.

He saw the magic used in the dream, he saw men and women wielding this power, he wanted to be near it, it drew him, these dreams were the reason that he had always been obsessed with sorceresses, or just magic in general, the reason why one of his greatest dreams and desires was to become a Sorceress's Knight. He just needed a sorceress, or a male sorceress, was there such thing? It wasn't common if there was, he had never heard of one; but the dream…

It was also thanks to that dream, or the green eyes to be exact, that he remembered his childhood. They were told when they entered Balamb that due to the use of GFs they would lose memories of their pasts. The GFs, when equipped, nestled right into the mind and lay across the memories, not causing memory loss, just causing you to not remember. He found that when he had a dream with the green eyes, or even just thought about them, he remembered things more clearly. Even before Garden he would wake up at night in the orphanage where he grew up and remember where he had hidden one of Zell's toys the month before, his mind would become much clearer. After he first realized this every night before he went to sleep he would sit for a few minutes and concentrate on the eyes, clearing his mind of everything else. Depending on his mood the eyes changed, when he was mad the eyes were hard, happy they glimmered, sad they seemed to cry with him. They always said that eyes were the reflection of the soul, but it was strange that these eyes, those of someone else, reflected his soul. As Seifer's thoughts began to clear he recalled needing to speak with a professor about setting up his exam preliminary test and getting a partner to train against. He realized he must have snapped out of his thoughts due to the people around him starting to pack up their papers and books, he had dreamt the entire class away.

With a wry grin he made his way down to the front of the class where the professor, a young woman whom he grew up with at the orphanage, was starting to organize her materials and to clean up for the next class. Seifer knew that she didn't remember him; she had been working intimately with the GFs for far too long. When he first came to Garden he had made a few passing comments about the orphanage, when she didn't respond to that he went a bit further with jokes that they had made as children. Quistis Trepe had been known in the orphanage as being a bit bossy, a bit of a know-it-all, a stickler for rules…well, as he could have guessed if he had stopped to think about what he was about to do, she was now none too fond of him.

"Instructor Trepe." He started with some respect (there was no need to rock the boat). "In a few days is the next set of SeeD exams and I was wondering if I should be redoing my preliminary test or will I be assigned a different one? I was also hoping that you might know of someone who I can spar with in the training area?"

She looked at him curiously for a few seconds, he couldn't blame her, he was not one normally to volunteer for extra work unless there was a benefit for him. But eventually she came to a decision, "Alright, go through Ifirit's cave again to prove that you haven't lost your touch, and in the mean time I will round up someone to work with you." She smiled at him and pushed her glasses up her nose, he froze in shock, that small little gesture, he had seen it before. She gave him a concerned look, "Are you alright, Seifer?" She reached out to touch his arm but he jerked back just before contact.

"Yes. I have to go." He nearly flew from the room in his rush to get out. He didn't see the worried look that Instructor Trepe sent him, nor did he hear her sigh as her eyes travelled up and down his fleeing back.

He quickly made his way through the training area to a small hidden area that lovers used for rendezvous at night, but as it was the middle of the afternoon he didn't have to worry about it being occupied. He sat down on the stone ground with his back against the wall, worrying his bottom lip with his teeth thinking, thinking hard. He knew that he had seen that gesture before, but he didn't know where. He sat in the same position starring at the blue sky trying to place it, it wasn't Quistis, he wouldn't have reacted that way to her doing it, the matron at the orphanage had used reading glasses, but it wasn't her, her husband, his Headmaster Cid, wore glasses, but again it wasn't his gesture. Something caught the corner of his eye and he looked down to notice a small green caterpillar crawling across his leg, why hadn't he thought of it before, Green Eyes helped him remember things, he would meditate on the eyes and hope for the best. He closed his eyes pulling himself into his mind, he started organizing things that he had done that day and calming himself down, once he was calm he brought up his mind's picture of the eyes, he looked into them, they were pensive with a hint of excitement today, for nearly ten minutes until he blinked with realization. Why had he never noticed before that the eyes were surrounded by thin black frames, glasses frames; it was his gesture, the black haired man from his dreams, when he grew excited or agitated about something he tended to start vibrating a little and his glasses always slipped down his nose causing him to push them back up.

Seifer spent the rest of the day thinking about the man with the green eyes.

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The next morning, after homeroom in the classroom on the second floor, Instructor Trepe called for Seifer to stay after for a few minutes. Everyone packed their bags and began to filter out of the room, one or two students staying to ask a question, Seifer leaned casually against a desk as he waited for her to finish with the other students.

"OK Seifer, I have talked to some of the other instructors and we have decided that it would be best if you go through the Fire Cavern again. I am busy this afternoon, but I have talked to SeeD Xu and she has volunteered to supervise your trip." Quistis crossed her arms over her chest and half sat on the corner of her desk. "I have also talked to Squall about working out with you before the exam, you two are both gunblade wielders who are very talented. I think that you would work well together, just please, try not to argue the whole time." She nodded sharply.

"Yes mam, when and where am I to meet SeeD Xu?" Seifer asked, although he had a fairly good idea where he was going to meet her, the front gate of the Garden was the usual rendezvous point.

"You will meet her at the front gate at 2 o'clock this afternoon, don't be late." With that she nodded once more and grabbed her bag and swept from the room, long blond bangs swinging from the motion.

Seifer starred at the spot that she had just vacated, he had a strange feeling about this afternoon.

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At 1:50pm Seifer could be found at the front gate talking with his two friends about the upcoming exam, they were not taking it, both having failed the written portion, but they knew that Seifer was excited and nervous about it and were trying to comfort him they knew that he was nervous. Raijin, a dark skinned, muscular boy, was doing most of the talking while their albino friend Fujin agreed with a sharp 'AFFRIMATIVE' every few sentences. When Xu arrived at the gate a few at 2:00 Raijin had just finished telling a joke that left Seifer and Fujin clinging to each other trying to stay upright as they laughed. As she waited for the two to collect themselves, Seifer looking much calmer than before, Raijin flashed her a small wink; she knew that he meant for finding a way to calm Seifer down but she still blushed a slight pink, when Raijin noticed this his grin grew. He stood slowly and lifted his hand presenting the back of his hand in salute, he noticed that she wasn't wearing her normal SeeD uniform, she had on a pair of tight brown pants with a loose white blouse, she had a pair of guns strapped to her thighs. Xu noticed Raijin looking at her form fitting pants and became a little flustered.

"Seifer, are you ready for the preliminary test? Do you have any GFs junctioned?"

"Yeah, I have Shiva and Quezecotl junctioned, We are going to Ifirit's cave so I thought he wouldn't be a good one to have junctioned. Shiva and I aren't the best suited for each other but where we are going I thought it best to have her too, while Quezecotl just adores me." He flashed her a charming smile. "I'm ready."

"Good, let's get going, I haven't done much practical practicing lately and am very excited for this." There was an excited bounce in her step that he didn't notice when she had approached them. "Good day Fujin, Raijin."

Raijin's grin only grew as he replied, "Have fun Seifer, and," His voice lowered slightly, "you too, SeeD Xu." Fujin gave Seifer a high five and then turned around to leave, Raijin trailing after her in a cocky little swagger.

They started to walk out of Garden towards the Ifirit's Lair. They crossed east out of Balamb, walking through the grasslands that surrounded Garden fighting over grown mosquitoes until they came to the edge of a small forest.

"Do you want to go through the forest or around it?" Xu asked Seifer, there were more dangerous monsters in it, but they also gave better experience, and that was what this day was about, gaining experience and making sure Seifer was ready for the exam.

Seifer looked into the thick trees, "Let's go through it, I am running low on cures and should draw some more."

"Good thinking, it's always good to be prepared." Their path shifter slightly North to allow them to pass through the edge of the forest.

The small talk that they had been keeping up so far ended as each were keeping an eye out for the harder monsters including the very large forest dweller, the T-Rexuar. They had taken care of around half a dozen large caterpillars before Seifer was about to announce that he had enough cures and they could go back to the field when a sharp cracking came from their left, cracking that was too loud to have come from a Caterpillar or Bite Bug. Both automatically crouched with backs against a tree trunk; Seifer had his gunblade in his hands and was taking deep breaths in preparation for the large battle he knew was going to follow, Xu's face lit up in a smile and she pulled her guns from her hip holsters, it had really been too long since she had a good fight. Her smile faded quickly as an unexpected sound was also heard; an enormous roar followed by a pained scream.

Xu motioned for Seifer to stay behind her and she started to make her way towards the noise quickly and carefully. She lead them into a small clearing that held one of the largest T-Rexuars that either of them had ever see, and at its feet lay a figure with messy dark hair that nudged something in the back of Seifer's mind. He quickly shook that thought out of his head, he needed his head in the game at this point, and this was too dangerous a battle to be distracted. Xu quickly whispered that she was going to move to the other side of the monster and try to distract it from the figure and that his orders were to grab the man and drag him away to where he would be safe. Seifer wanted to argue, but the fact that she used the word 'orders' held him back, that and the fact that the man was in danger right now and the voice in the back of his head was repeating 'save him, save him' over and over again. He nodded and with a quick salute moved away from her and crouched down so that he wouldn't draw the monster's attention back to himself and away from Xu.

Seifer watched as Xu cast Thunder at the beast, more to get its attention then to hurt it, as she ran away from Seifer. The T-Rexuar half turned toward her but seemed torn between the meal that he had in front of him and the annoying pest that was bothering him; as Xu continued to take pot shots at him he finally turned to fully face her and took a couple steps towards her and her battle begun. Seifer watched as she carefully aimed for his eyes and mouth regions with her bullets as they were the only places that the small rounds would make any impact. He saw her beginning to summon Shiva and that's when he made his move, he knew that he needed to get the victim out of there before she cast.

Dropping his bag of items and his gunblade he sprinted forward, he saw the monster lunge for Xu, throwing her to the side with his enormous head, in the processes the giant tail crashed toward Seifer slamming into his midsection, he was unable to dodge it and was sent tumbling to the ground. Scrambling to his feet he made it to the man and grabbed him under the knees and by the arm and swung him over his shoulder in one smooth movement. As he ran back to where his equipment was he felt his heels chilling and could hear the sound of ice cracking behind him as Shiva made her move.

Carefully, but quickly, Seifer put the man down and cast three cures in quick succession; he pulled off his coat and removed his shirt which he tied around a dangerously deep gouge in his leg where the T-Rexuar must have bit him, using the sleeves which he had removed first he was able to hold them to cuts on the man's face, a large amount of blood had already dried to his forehead already though. As he tended the man Seifer talked quietly to him, mentioning his name and saying that he was going to get him help.

Seifer finally pulled his coat around the shaking man just as he let out a groan of pain. "It'll be alright, Doctor Kadowaki is the best there is, she will take great care of you."

The injured man turn his head slightly at the words and without opening his eyes muttered, "I knew you would come for me again, Grey."

Seifer reared back in shock, he had never met this man before, never even seen him, how did he know what colour his eyes were? And what did he mean 'again'? Shaking his head he tried to blow it off as a coincidence, he was mistaking Seifer for someone who had helped him before who just happened to have grey eyes as well; grey eyes weren't that uncommon, right?

Just as the man sank back into unconsciousness he heard the T-Rexuar roar in pain and Xu yell in triumph as the monster made an escape into the deep woods to heal. He heard the crunch of dried leaves as she approached behind him. "How is he? Is he breathing?" She asked breathlessly.

"He is breathing." Seifer answered without turning around, he was still looking at the man curiously. "I was able to bring him back here and cast a few restoration spells on him, I roughly bandaged the deeper ones on his leg, but he needs professional help as soon as possible. He came back to consciousness just a minute ago and muttered something that was too low to hear before falling back into it." Seifer skirted around what the man said, knowing he would be questioned extensively about it if they knew.

"How are you? Do you need any potions before I put them away?" He asked, finally turning around to look at her. He was impressed by what he saw, she had a few scratches on her face, her blouse was ripped in a number of places and she was covered in dirt and sweat, but she did not look like she had just come from a battle with a T-Rexuar. The realization of just how good she was hit him like a wall and the need to be SeeD was nearly overwhelming for a few seconds.

"No, I'm OK. I will be stiff for a couple days, but nothing worse than a few bruises. It's been a while since I fought one of those brutes and I forgot how quick they were compared to their size." She said, using her sleeve to wipe dirt and sweat from her face. "Are you alright?" She asked suddenly.

He looked puzzled at her before following her eye line to his side which was already starting to fill with an angry red and black colour. "I didn't even notice it." He said honestly. "I guess he hit me harder then it felt."

"Well, we need to get all three of us to the infirmary soon. Are you able to carry him back? I don't think that I am strong enough for that right now."

After taking his bags from him, she helped him maneuver the man into a more comfortable position on Seifer's back and they made their way back to Garden; Xu sending Thundara's at any monster that looked like it was going to approach them.

They stumbled their way up to the front gate where a few students were lounging and chatting with each other; at the sight of blood and injuries the duo had much help getting to the infirmary. Seifer was directed to a bed to rest in while Dr. Kadowaki immediately went to work on the mystery man. He could hear Xu explaining what happened as his adrenaline finally flat-lined and he drifted to sleep.

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He woke up later to the feel of someone messaging his side, it hurt. He groaned and opened his eyes enough to shoot the person causing the pain a dark look, the doctor chuckled quietly when she noticed the look.

"I'm just rubbing some paste into your side, it will help with any swelling that could happen and will promote a quick healing." Seifer noticed the green-blue paste that she was smearing on him and grimaced when he noticed the smell. "Yes, that is the downside of this paste, it smells like rotting vegetation." She explained, interpreting his look correctly.

'How are Xu and our mystery man?" Seifer asked, noticing Xu wasn't in the room any more.

"Oh, Xu will be fine, she has a few scratches and bruises, but she will be back to normal in no time, I gave her a very good muscle relaxing tea that will help, I believe. She's with Headmaster Cid at the moment giving him a full review of what happened. I'm sure you will be hearing from him soon as well." She finished with the paste and screwed the lid back on the contained. "Lift you arm. And your mystery man is still just that, a mystery. Is there much pain?" He shook his head. "Good, now across your crest like so. He has yet to regain consciousness, the cuts on his head are looking good and he isn't bleeding internally. No, pain there either?" He shook his head again. "Good, now down like this. His leg is a little worrisome however. It has a high chance of becoming infected, and the muscle was torn quite extensively, No pain here either? Great! Uh, yes, it was torn extensively so it may never be completely back to how it was before, although it will get better in time. He will always have the scars though, but looking at him that isn't new, he already has quite a few of those." She stepped back and smiled. "I'm going to put some bandages around that to help stabilize it and keep the paste from rubbing off, it might also cut the smell, I have coloured bandages, what's your favourite colour?"

"Green." He answered automatically, his mind going over what she had told him, covered in scars? "Oh, but if you have grey, I want that colour." He saw the questioning look she gave him and he sneered back at her.

He recalled when he was young, maybe six and still living at the orphanage, Squall and he had been drawing picture at the house.

Flashback

Seifer and Squall had been sitting at a small picnic table outside colouring, there was very little wind so the boys didn't have to worry about having to chase escaped papers.

Squall was drawing a picture of the orphanage and all the people in it when Matron came up behind him.

"Oh, this is beautiful Squall, dear. Is this us?" She asked, pointing to the figures that were standing hand in hand outside the small house.

He nodded enthusiastically. "This is you," he pointed to the tallest figure, "And Mr. Cid" the figure beside her, referring to her husband whom all the children called 'Mr. Cid'. "And Sis, Quisty, Zell, Irvy, Seifer, Selphie and me! See, we're all coloured with our favourite colours!" And they were indeed, she was purple, 'Mr. Cid' was navy, Sis was light blue, Quisty pink, Zell red, Irvy brown, Seifer green, Selphie bright orange and Squall in black.

Seifer leaned over and looked at the figures, he saw his picture in green and got mad. "No! You can't draw me green! You have to use grey!" He yelled.

"But your favourite colour is green." Squall argued calmly, used to outburst by Seifer.

"But I have to be grey!" Squall rolled his eyes and grabbing the grey pencil crayon began to colour over Seifer in grey.

"Why do you need to be in grey, dear?" Matron asked curiously. She knew Seifer's temper as well and if she ignored it he calmed down faster. "Green's your favourite colour so it makes sense that he would draw you in green."

"But grey is his favourite colour, and if I always wear grey then he can find me easier! He promised." Seifer set down his green crayon with a satisfied sigh.

"Who's favourite colour is grey, Seifer?" Matron asked warily.

"His." He answered, pointing to his drawing. It was a child's picture of a man with black messy hair with a small mark on his forehead wearing a grey shirt and black pants, but his eyes were a bright forest green colour, the same shade as Seifer's favourite colour.

"Who is this?"

"I don't know, but he said he was coming for me, so I always have to be grey, I have to be." He picked up the blue pencil and started to colour the sky and clouds behind the man.

"When did he say this?"

"Before."

"Before? Before you came here? But you were just a baby."

"No, before that." He said it with such conviction.

"Ok, dear." Matron said, brushing his hair out of his eyes and placing a kiss on his forehead. She smiled at Squall and walked away to find what trouble Zell and Selphie had gotten into in her absence.

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Dr. Kadowaki returned with grey bandages, snapping him out of this thoughts, she wrapped them around his torso and stepped back from him finally. "You are looking good, but I would prefer you stay here tonight just to be sure there isn't any internal damage that we missed. Go back to sleep now Mr. Almasy."

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It was dark by the time that Seifer woke up again; he lay on his back starring at the white washed ceiling of the infirmary thinking about what happened that day. When class had ended and Instructor Trepe informed him that he would be working with SeeD Xu, to Raijin and Fujin stayed with him, keeping him calm, telling him that he had to be polite if he wanted to go anywhere. Xu had Headmaster Kramer's ear and if he wanted to ever be SeeD he needed to get on her good side, if he did poorly on his exam she might remember this trip and argue in his favour, but if he did well on his exam while being rude and disobedient on this expedition she might argue against him becoming SeeD. And, if he was honest with himself, after seeing her fight today, he really believed that she deserved his respect. She had been amazing, she was not in the field very often and it would be understandable if she became a bit rusty, but she took on that fully grown T-Rexuar by herself with barely a scratch to show for it.

He heard a painful moaning coming from the room next to his. He hissed as he eased himself out of the bed onto his feet so he could check it out. He stood at the door of the mystery man's room, watching as his head moved from side to side; he was moaning and talking under his breath. Seifer walked in and saw that the body was sweating but shivering at the same time, he must have developed a fever over the night. The blond man leaned against the door frame before pushing off to move to the man's side after another moan; he looked around, where was that damned doctor? He remembered watching Matron take care of Irvine once when he had a fever, she had had a cloth and some cool water to wipe his face; Seifer looked around and spotted an clean wash bowl and found a towel above the sink, he filled the bowl with cool water and after setting it down beside the man's bed he dunked the cloth, wrung it dry and softly wiped the sweat off the man's face and neck.

He took this time to look at the body in front of him. The blood had been cleaned off his face and neck so Seifer was able to see his clear tanned skin, although it was flushed due to the fever now; his body was small, but he knew from carrying him that it was made out of tightly packed muscle. His hair was black and messy, but the sweat was making it stick to his forehead, Seifer wiped under his fringe with the cloth, moving it out of the way, and on the right side off his forehead he saw a small scar shaped like a lightning bolt, this made him think of the drawing that he had drawn as a child, scarily enough so far this man looked exactly like the picture he drew, this coincidence thing was starting to freak him out. He was almost afraid to see the man's eyes. Shaking his head he rinsed out the cloth and wiped the man's face again, they didn't find anything that belonged to him in the woods, no ID, no personal items of any kind; they were all wondering where the man came from.

"No, please, Mistress. I need him, please, send me to him. I love him. Grey"

Seifer's hand stilled on the sweaty forehead, that's who he had mistaken Seifer for when he was healing him. Who was Grey?

An hour later Seifer was leaning against the wall asleep with his feet resting on the corner of the bed and the man opened his blood shot forest green eyes a crack. He saw Seifer sleeping beside him and smiled. He sent a silent thank you to Magik before falling into a calm sleep.

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Thank you for reading everyone. I hope that you enjoyed this chapter as much as the first one, and that the first chapter wasn't some freaky fluke of amazing writing, lol. I am moving tomorrow so I am kind of rushing to get this out, and I won't be getting internet until the 16th, but I am hoping to have a whole lot written by that time. Please let me know what you think

PS, I know that Seifer is a little OOC, but I just can't write him as a jerk! I love him too much.

Thanks everyone!

Excalibur