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Rinoa found herself sitting in the flower field at the orphanage. Squall
stood next to her as if he was her knight, well he actually was. She stared
at him until a simple white feather fell onto her lap. She picked it up and
held it up for Squall to see and he smiled weakly at her. Rinoa looked deep
into the feather but suddenly it turned ebony black. The sky turned an angry
red, storming violently, Rinoa stood up and looked around her. The flower field
turned brown as everything that was once beautiful and full of life were now
dead. She looked to Squall who pulled out his gunblade scanning the
territory. She held his hand and screamed at the field caught on fire. But
that's not possible its raining. A bright light descended from the sky down
20ft in front of them forming into a girl Rinoa's age. She had Fira red hair
red pupil eyes and smiled devilishly at her. Rinoa stood there blank as the
young woman held out her hand to Squall who let go of Rinoa and walked
towards her taking the woman's hand softly kissing it. Then she whispered
wickedly, "You'll die, all of you will die..."
"Squall!" Rinoa woke up flinging her arm franticly at the nightmare she
just had.
"What?" He asked. Rinoa sat up and looked to him he was standing in front
of her mirror trying his hardest to tame his hair but had no luck
whatsoever,
"Well...?" He turned to her.
She smiled at him happy to be back in reality, "Oh it was nothing. I'm
starving, aren't we supposed to be meeting Selphie and Irvine at his dormitory
for the breakfast they had planned?" She asked quickly changing the subject
even though she wasn't hungry from just waking up.
He nodded in reply, "Yeah. So hurry up and get dressed because if we're
late Selphie is going to kill someone." Squall threw Rinoa's clothes at her
playfully as she pulled herself out of bed heading to the bathroom shutting
the door behind her.
"What are we doing today?" He heard her faintly ask.
"Winhill. I guess they were having problems with the monsters staying out
long enough for them to put up the wall, the two kids that were keeping them
out left for some reason. SeeD accepted a small profit and free motel rooms
for it understanding their needs." Squall told Rinoa as she stepped out of
the bathroom walking towards the door.
"Aw, how nice. Common." And with that the two walked quietly down the
corridor for it was still early.
Rinoa pushed open the door to Irvine's room and heard frustrated
arguments from within. Selphie sat at the table with her hand on her for head
and Irvine was trying to explain something to her but she wasn't listening.
Her eyes lit up when she saw the two, "Rinoa! I need your advice... doesn't
it mean that you can't cook when you go through a dozen eggs and break the
yolk every time? And on top of that he burnt the sausage and bacon." She
pointed at Irvine.
"Selphie you put the heat on high, that's why it burnt!" He yelled at his
defense. Just then Quistis came out of the bathroom and listened in on the
conversation.
"Don't worry about it all men can't cook. Do you see Squall baking
brownies and cookies every day?" Rinoa asked sarcastically Selphie giggled at
the thought.
"Rinoa, Selphie and I can take care of the cooking you two go get Zell, I
fear he slept in again." Quistis walked up to the stove grabbing a spatula
and pointing it at Squall and Irvine. With the chance to escape the two boys
dashed for the door.
"If you guys go to the training centre you won't live to see tomorrow!"
Selphie yelled after them.
After minuets of walking down the empty hall to Zell's room in silence
Irvine finally spoke
"Men aren't supposed to know how to cook are they?"
Squall shrugged, "I hope not." They made it to Zell's room now and Irvine
knocked loudly.
"Oh Snow White! Rise and Shine!" He yelled. Someone was mumbling in side,
it was Zell. Then the door open and Zell stood there in his boxers and t-
shirt.
"Hey gorgeous," Irvine mocked because Zell looked like hell, "Didn't I say
to rise and shine?"
"I'll rise but I will not shine." Zell grumbled. With that he slammed the
door in their faces. "I'll be out in a minute."
Squall and Irvine waited tapping their feet impatiently and finally Zell
emerged, "It's alive!" Irvine joked. Zell ignored him and the three started
walking towards Irvine's room.
"Aren't you and Selphie so post to be cooking?" Zell asked.
"The girls kicked us out, guess we weren't good enough." Irvine explained
laughing.
Rinoa sat on Irvine's untidy bed watching Selphie and Quistis scurry
around the dormatory. There wasn't much room at the stove for three girls so
they told Rinoa to take a break. But doing nothing made Rinoa remember her
dream. Squall would never abandon me for some other witch... would he? Stop.
don't think like that he loves me. She thought to herself banging her feet
off the bed. Quistis sat down beside Rinoa cause everything was done and so
did Selphie.
"Phew... we did it before they got back." Selphie said wiping her
forehead. "I'm going to beat Irvy haha. Zell needs a whooping too for
sleeping in."
Quistis put her head down looking at the floor like something was
bothering her, "I have something I want to tell you guys." She looked back up
with a weak smile on her face, "...Me and Zell are... we are going out." She
ended fast. Rinoa's mouth dropped and Selphie squealed happily.
"Oh Quistis!" Selphie flung her arms around Quistis, "I knew you two were
perfect together! Whoo hoo!"
Rinoa was very happy for Quistis and was quite thrilled that Quistis
trusted them enough to tell them but something caught Rinoa attention drawing
her away from the subject, a black feather like the one in her dream lay just
beside her black boots. Rinoa bent over and picked it up. There was a gold
tint to it and it shined.
"What's this?" She asked holding it out for them to see.
"Why dear I'd have to say a bird feather. Miss. Trepe what do you think?"
Selphie teased sounding like and old lady.
"I know that Selph, but what's it doing here?" Selphie and Quistis both
shrugged. Rinoa stared at it for the longest time before the door flew open.
Rinoa stood up expecting to see Squall and the others but Fujin was there
alone gasping for air like she just ran a mile non stop.
"COME-ON... LETS GO... NOW" She ordered. holding herself up on a chair.
"What's wrong Fujin? Why do we have to leave." Rinoa asked not
understanding, Fujin stood up straight and spoke.
"She's coming. A mad lady, she wants the four of us! I can't beat her
and I barely escaped. Lets go now!" She said more sternly as they all ran for
the door but instantly it slammed shut.
"It won't open, its locked!" Selphie panicked pulling on the knob but it
wouldn't budge. Rinoa shrieked as the stove burst into flames.
"(Shit. She found us...)" Whispered Fujin.
Irvine, Zell and squall walked quietly down the hall but when they got to
the hall Irvine's room was people were running in all directions in a fluster.
"Are we reinacting the garden war with Norg and Cid? Cause this halls a
mess!" Zell yelled stomping his foot in annoyance. Squall stopped one newly
graduated SeeDs.
"What's going on?" He asked sternly. The young man saluted him and Squall
saluted him back.
"Commander Leonhart, there was an explosion in dormitory 552 causing some
fire on dorm 553 and 551 People are hard at work putting out..."
"The hell!? That's my room!" Irvine's mouth dropped. Squall's eyes went
big as the three fighters ran full speed towards Irvine's room.
"Rinoa!" Squall yelled as the three stopped dead behind a big crowd
blocking the site of Irvine's room.
"Selphie, Where are you!?" Irvine was climbing on Zell's back to see
making Zell's face turn red.
"We have to get up there." Zell said between breath's.
"Well then lets go." Squall said pulling out his gunblade and holding it
forward as the three pushed their way through the crowd and to the door.
Older SeeDs blocked the door so no one went in. The door was burnt right
off and there was still some fire inside. the four SeeDs saluted their leader
but Squall didn't do the same, Zell, Irvine and Squall walked into the room.
SeeDs were inspecting things wearing fire proof suits and their faces
were hidden because there were still some flames in the room that was now
crispy black with the walls almost burnt down. Irvine was scared of what
happened and pissed off at the same time.
"Get out!" He ordered to the workers.
"But sir we must finish examining what could have caused the
explosion..." One tried to tell him.
"If you don't want your ass examined then I suggest you go, NOW!" he was
enraged and they scurried out of there as fast as they could. It was awfully
hot in there and Zell walked out of the room to go talk to the SeeDs. squall
walked around the room, his feet crushing the burnt pieces of stuff on the
floor. Moments later Zell returned.
"Did you find out where the girls are?" Squall asked.
Zell shook his head very sad, "No but I have a team of SeeDs searching
Garden." He said softly.
"Damn it!" Squall gritted his teeth as he punched the wall. The whole
wall collapsed from being burnt then smashed. "(Rinoa...)" He whispered as a
tear filled his eye, quickly he wiped it away as he saw a letter taped to
what was left of the refrigerator with the bottom torn off. "Guys... come
here." he said as he pulled it off looking at it.
"Well that's odd, it didn't burn with everything else." Irvine replied
rubbing the back of his head. "What does it say?"
"It says..." Squall read.
I bring terror to peasants can't you guess,
I have your friends your greatest weakness,
When I do my work I don't leave many clues
You'll need a hand so where I am its soft without your shoes...
"What the? A riddle? What do we look like idiots?" Zell folded his arms,
"Least they are still alive I guess."
"Someone kidnapped them? Who would do that?" Irvine asked Squall.
"Some sick jerk who's messing with us." His face went cold as he stared
the riddle, minuets past of silence before Nida came walking in.
"Hey there Squall just wanted to inform you that the three that were
reported missing have not been found but someone else was reported missing
with them... Fujin Sashay. Cid knows and he sent a different team to Winhill
so you search for Quistis Trepe, Selphie Tilmit, Rinoa Heartilly and Fujin
Sashay. Good luck, please find them." Nida told him. Squall closed his eyes
taking a deep breath and nodded.
Squall sat in the cafeteria with Zell and Irvine as Zell was reading the
letter over and over again. "Its got to mean something." Zell said finally
putting it down.
"Wow. It took you that long to figure out it means something!" Irvine
yelled loosing his patients.
"I'm trying to help instead of complaing , cowboy!" Zell hollered
slamming his fists on the table.
"Bring it on air head!" Irvine shouted , just then the whole riddle made
sense to Squall.
"That's it!" He waved his hand at Irvine and Zell who were about to kill
each other.
"What's it?" They asked in unison.
"The note. It says... you'll need a hand... well lefty and righty are
hands... where I am its soft without your shoes... sand. Sand is soft on you
feet." Squall told them.
"The only place where we would find lefty or righty is in Winhill..."
Zell started taking all attention away from Irvine.
"So the girls are on the beach at Winhill!" Irvine finished.
"Right lets go." Squall said with a look of determination on his face as
he pushed back his chair.
The sun was setting and Winhill was out of view now. The three determined
men set across the beach on foot looking or the people dearest to them.
Orange filled the sky with dull reddened clouds Squall was staring into the
sky as the first few stars that forced their way into sight. The Enc- None
was working were for them because they were exhausted and could barley walk.
The waves rolling in was a peaceful sound as they all wanted to rest but knew
they had to keep going. After what seemed hours something was standing in the
sand with its back turned to them. It was a young man Quistis's age with
blonde hair and his long trench coat was shredded at the bottom. Squall
gritted his teeth forgetting how tired he was ran at the man whirling him
around and picking him up into the air by the collar of his coat.
"Seifer! Where's Rinoa!? I swear if you've done anything to her I'll..."
"Cool it, leader boy. I don't have your frikin Rinoa! I'm looking for Fujin."
Seifer explained pushing on Squall wrists to let go of him, Squall finally let go...
