Disappearance - Revival? Rinoa sat down in the cafeteria. She looked at her orange juice. It was a terrible pity. Why had Squall suddenly left? Was it something she had done? From a nearby table, a bunch of hoons were eyeing her. Quistis thought she should do something, but then remembered how much greif she caused Rinoa the last time she tried to help..... Quistis had been walking down the main Deling city street. She heard screaming. She peeked through the bushes to see Seifer trying to kiss Rinoa. Mad with fury, Quistis had thrown something at Seifer. And almost killed him. Rinoa had been mad with Quistis for three weeks after that. Which brought them to now. New years eve. Rinoa was about to take a sip of her orange juice. Then stopped. She looked through her glass to see a figure slowly walking to her. And straight past her. Rinoa sighed. How was Seifer? Ever since Quistis threw a spiked ball at his head... she’d rather not think about it. The agony on Seifers face as he fell, and when Rinoa saw Quistis. She had yelled her head off, and abused the living daylights out of her, then got Seifer to a hospital. Rinoa took a sip of orange juice. And cried out in disgust. It hadn’t been ‘seived’ and all the stuff was still in it. Once Rinoa almost choked on it. So she ordered it without the stringy stuff. The cafeteria door opened. Squall came in. He walked to Rinoa. "Hey Squall are you alright are you hurt?" Rinoa said. Squall went straight past Rinoa to Quistis. "Quistis. Are you alright? After how that nasty girl treated you? Hmmm?" Rinoa stared dumbfounded, as hand in hand, Quistis and Squall left the cafe. Rinoa sat back down. Sadder than ever. She focused on her orange juice. It vanished. Along with the glass. "Holy shit!!" Rinoa turned around. And saw 7 men looking at her. "...Yes?" "What did you just do with that glass?" "I... kinda like made it disappear. Yeah." They turned away. Talking excitedly. A couple of minutes later, Rinoa stood up. She slowly left the cafeteria. She didn’t notice the hoons leave after her. She met nobody on the way to her room. She closed the door. "Damn!" She had a sudden urge to lock the door behind her. She lay down on her bed. And cried. Suddenly, the door handle turned. But didn’t move. "Aaah...Rinoa? Its Edea. Time for your lesson. And why is this door locked? Hm?" Rinoa sat up. Of course! Her sorceress lessons! She walked over to the door and opened it. Edea walked in. "Rinoa. What is wrong? Why is your door locked?" Rinoa was silent for a moment. "I think someone is stalking me, Matron," Edea sighed. "Why didn’t you tell me?" Tears quickly formed in Rinoas eyes. "I... didn’t want you to worry too much." Edea gave Rinoa a hug. "If anything happens, tell me. Part of being a sorceress. Controlling your emotions." Rinoa sighed. Edea took her bag and shuffled around in it for a couple of minutes. "Rinoa. I want you to have this." Rinoa opened a small box. She saw a necklace with two figures on it. Hugging. One looked like... Squall. The other looked like... "Me!?" Rinoa gasped. All Edea could do was nod... and smile. "Matron... I can’t have this..." "Why?" Edea looked unhappy. "Well... I mean... I LOVE it but...Squall doesn’t love me anymore..." Edea was shocked. Then she turned calm. "Rinoa. You have to believe what is in your heart. Your loved one will appear on that when the time comes..." Rinoa gave Edea a hug. "Thanx Matron... but what do I do with it...?" "Well... when you are so depressed, and you can’t take it anymore, chant these words to yourself several times... When time has come... My dear ones... Believe in your power... Trust... Hope... And thats it..." Edea smiled. Rinoa finally memorised the words. "When you need to use it, clutch it and say the words once..." 2am. Rinoa could hear knocking in her sleep. She told the person to stop. "God dammit...’ Rinoa walked to the door. She unlocked it. And slowly opened it. She sorta hid behind the door in case of a surprise attack. Thank god. A poisonous dart whizzed past the door and embedded itself in her picture of Squall. She quickly closed the door. Angry yells from outside. Like HEAPS OF THEM. Rinoa crystallised the door. She could see all the garden students, with fire, and the spears and forks you use on a farm. A sorceress rampage. She bolted the door. She turned on the light. And stuffed a sheet at the bottom of her door so the light would not show. Everything she owned became lightweight and about 1/100 of its size. Or, basically, VERY small, so it could fit in her wallet. She scanned the room for a possible exit. EXCLUDING the door. The window shone in golden light. Well, not really, but a golden opportunity to ESCAPE. She opened the window. She cast a triple protect spell, and triple shell, because it was a 10 metre drop to the quad from her room. Rinoa sighed. The things she did to keep herself alive. She cast float, which would make the drop even more painless and prevent bad happenings. Rinoa stepped onto the balcony. She closed and locked the window behind her. Slowly, steadily, and safely, Rinoa climbed over the rail. She looked down at the quad. And jumped. She landed without a scratch. But the trouble began when she got down. The exit from the Quad was locked. But she could handle that. Then the alarm went off. She could fix that too, but almost everyone came to see what the problem was. So Rinoa disappeared. Out of Balamb. She just vanished. She would return. She was... immortal... 17 years later... "Heeeeeeeey! Chizma! READ THIS!" A girl ran down the corridor. "Hey! Don’t run inside." "Sorrrry Daddy. But Carlee wanted me to read something. Soreeeeeeee!" "Little kids... they will never learn..." Selphie came up behind Irvine. "Hey. Still together. Hows our girls?" Irvine nodded. "MUUUUUM! DAAAAAD!" Irvine and Selphie walked into the lounge of their new Estharian home. "Whats wrong?" "Mummmmmy... have you read the paper...?" Selphie looked down at the paper. She looked at the main headline... PAST SORCERESS SIGHTED Several hours ago, Estharian president Squall Leonheart stumbled across a very odd looking necklace. It had belonged to a sorceress from 17 years ago. Before she vanished, she cursed the outer continent, which means we are safe. The outer continent is the Balamb reigon. From us at Esthar publishing, WE ARE GOING TO DIE! "Kids... pack some things. We are going to the president." "Mummmmy... he lives in Esthar. Not on the other contynnt." "35 minutes drive. We will stay with him for a while." Irvine ran into his and Selphies room. He threw piles of clothes into several bags. He then ran in and helped Chizma and Carlee pack some things. They were off in 10 minutes. "Squall... we heard. Do you think..." "No Irvine. It has N O T H I N G to do with Rinoa. She died 17 years ago..." It had been painstaking. Rinoas mysterious disappearance had been covered up as an unfortunate kill in the training centre. So they all had to move out of Garden and start new lives on a new continent... away from Rinoas curse... Chizma was crying. The only place that hadn’t been touched by Rinoas curse was Esthar. And it wasn’t very far away. Unless someone could summon Rinoa out of the necklace, the existance of mankind was denied. "Hello?" "Matron?" "Aaahhh... Squall. Whats wrong? Being 34 and the president of Esthar too much for you?" She laughed. "Matron... please. we need your help." "Squall... you sound serious." "I AM! THE FUTURE OF MANKIND LIES IN OUR...YOUR HANDS!" "Okay, okay... don’t go shitty on me... whats wrong?" "When you last saw Rinoa 17 years ago, did you give her anything?" "OH! The necklace of Delta. Why?" "Because... the world is threatened with her curse. She vanished, and Odine seems to think Rinoa is inside the necklace." "Odine? the man is alive?" "NO! His son, Odine." "Hmmmm," "Was there any... like saying that went with it?" "Saying? OH! The chantof depression! The curse comer!" Squall sighed. He was geeting pissed off. "Matron... I’m getting pissed off. Can you tell me the chant?" "Uh huh. Here it is: When time has come... My dear ones... Believe in your power... Trust... Hope..." "Thanks Matron," The line went dead. "What could he want with the curse of Delta?" Hynes lair. Under Esthar. Buried within a mountain of dirt, shit and rocks. In other words, her grave. Squall, Irvine and Selphie began to dig her up... {Chapter 2... * What could they find in Hynes grave? * Has Squall lost the necklace? * Has Rinoas mind been poisoned permenantly? * Can Seifer get over Rinoa? * Does Rinoa kill Chizma? All this and more in chapter 2!}