Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Inevitable Chaos ❯ Mysterious Occurences ( Chapter 1 )

 

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I do not own Final Fantasy VIII or any of its characters. The only thing I do own is the plot of this story.

Hope you enjoy reading my story! As this is my first ever fanfic any comments (good or bad) or advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for you time.

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Inevitable Chaos

Chapter One: Mysterious Occurences

 

Seifer looked out into the sea and sighed. Looking at the wide open sea made Seifer feel trapped; he used to be able to go anywhere he wanted but everything had changed now. After his defeat by the hands of Squall, Seifer, humiliated, had abandoned his position in the Galbadian army; those who were loyal to him had abandoned also.

`All my troubles started because of Squall” thought Seifer, clenching his fists.

“Is this how I'm going to live out my life? The Montador, Knight of Eres, would have never accepted this!” groaned Seifer.

“It's not so bad, ya know. Fishing is quite fun, ya know” replied Raijin, who had caught yet another fish to bring his grand total to ten while Seifer's grand total remained zero.

“Argh! I used to be one of the most powerful men in the world! What would the Montador think if he saw me now?!” shouted Seifer.

“You could always go back to Garden and try to become a SeeD again. The SeeDs are very influential now, ya know” suggested Raijin.

“Go back?! I was the commander of the Sorceress' army; I am the most hated person in the world. They won't take me back” snapped Seifer.

`I wouldn't go back to Garden…not now not ever…I'm just too good for Garden' thought Seifer, clenching his fists yet again.

“Don't worry about me, Raijin. I'll be fine.”

As Seifer turned away from Raijin, he muttered, “As the heavens are my witness, I vow to strip Squall of everything he holds dear. I want to see the look on his face as his world comes crashing down around him, make him suffer tenfold for what he has caused!”

“Um, Seifer did you say sumthin'?”

“No” replied Seifer innocently.

“Oh because it sounded like you were cursing Squall real bad, ya know” informed Raijin as he resumed fishing.

“Wow! Look at this big fish I just caught! Too bad Fujin is not with us anymore. If only Fujin was still with us…but she went shopping early this morning, ya know” said Raijin.

`I'm coming for you Squall; you haven't heard the last of me yet. Don't get too comfy because one day soon you'll find my sword in your back' thought Seifer as he looked out into the sea.

 

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The room was immense, filled with exotic artifacts and souvenirs from around the world. The floor was covered with soft luxurious carpets from Timber, while the walls were adorned with various paintings. The furniture was hand-carved from the high quality oak, befitting the high status of the person the furniture belonged to. Three large windows illuminated the room and the silent figure sitting in a chair behind a heavy oak wood desk; all this luxury and yet the figure did not feel at all comfortable in this room.

Commander Squall frowned as he pondered over the reports piled on his desk. Being Commander was harder than he had thought; at least, he had managed to maneuver Balamb Garden back to its original site. He had thought his job would get easier once he had defeated Ultimecia but he was wrong; months after they had won the battle in Ultmecia's Castle, reports from all over the continent, all over the world even, flooded in to Balamb Garden. The reports were all the same; mysterious things were occurring around the world and people wanted SeeD to investigate. SeeD's role in the world had greatly increased since Ultimecia's demise and SeeD was now a trusted and honored organization in society. In fact, the new Galbadian president wanted to hire some SeeDs to train his army, which had mostly disbanded after Seifer had disappeared.

Squall's train of though was interrupted by a knock on the door,

“Come in” Squall replied.

“Did the Commander request to see me?” asked Rinoa wearing a foxy smile, as she swayed into Squall's office.

“Well, I want to do more than just SEE you, if you know what I mean,” replied Squall with a throaty chuckle.

“You're sooo bad, Squall” giggled Rinoa.

“You didn't seem to object this much when we were kissing last night” teased Squall as he edged closer towards Rinoa.

Rinoa blushed as she looked at her shoes. But their moment was interrupted by yet another, this time less appreciated, knock on the door.

“Yo! Squall, open up the frick'n door!” shouted Zell.

As Squall opened the door the rest of the gang filed in. First was Zell, hyper as usually, then Quistis and then finally Selphie and Irvine. Irvine and Selphie had been going out for weeks now; Selphie was always walking around wearing Irvine's cowboy hat.

`I should make a `No Hats' policy for Balamb Garden just to annoy her' thought Squall, smiling maliciously.

“You guys are finally here; we were…um… waiting for you” said Squall.

“Uh-huh, Squall, you sly dog you!” said Zell, looking from Squall to Rinoa and back again.

Once again Rinoa looked to the floor and blushed.

“Lets get down to some serious business guys; read me your reports” said Squall quite sternly.

“Well, SeeDs have been dispatched to investigate the blizzard in Esthar. Severe damage was experienced throughout the city” reported Quistis.

“A blizzard in the middle of July?! That's not right!” gasped Zell.

“Thanks for always pointing out the obvious, Zell the Great” teased Selphie.

“Higher concentrations of monsters have appeared in the Centra continent and around the Galbadia area. Many of these monsters we have never seen before or were believed to be extinct!” reported Irvine, reading from his report.

The monsters, all around the world, are becoming very aggressive, the number of people attacked and injured or killed by a monster has risen 260% since before time compression!” said Rinoa, a slight frown appearing on her cute face.

“Weird monster behavior and weather patterns, what could all of this mean?” asked Squall.

“Well, I had done some research on this and according to scriptures written by the ancient Centras this could only mean one thing.” replied Quistis. “The Centras believed these occurrences could only lead to one thing…Tegoi'che: the end of the world as we know it”

 

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The clouds shrouded the usually lush green plains; the flat land was deserted except for one solitary traveler. Rain drizzled down on the girl as she trudged along the dirt road home; the road was merely a meandering brown thread compared to the sea of green surrounding it. The umbrella she held diverted the rain from her dark hair; it also prevented her white blouse from clinging to her skin too badly.

`I wish I hadn't worn this skirt today, otherwise I can run home.' She thought bitterly.

She continued down the road, she was only halfway home, and started groaning as she realized her new pink sandals were filthy with mud.

“Oh no…they're such cute sandals!” she muttered under her breath.

Squelch, squelch. SQUELCH! The wet sandals seemed to get louder the more she walked in them. She couldn't take it anymore; her wet sandals were driving her crazy!

“Why won't it stop raining?!” she asked in longing.

As if the heavens had heard her request, the air crackled with energy; the air grew thicker and turned many shades of purple, blue and yellow. Time seemed to slow as this phenomenon played out before her eyes; her surroundings shifted and melted, becoming obscure then extremely bright. The brightness temporarily blinded her and when she regained her vision she was shocked by what she saw. Her surroundings were still the same except for a small piece of scenery that was out of place; through a small `window' in the air she could see giant trees, clearly part of an immense forest.

The tree were burdened with large green leaves; their branches swaying in a light breeze as if to beckon the girl towards them. The girl was entranced by the feeling of serenity the trees bestowed on her; the forest was calm, strangely soothing, and silent as opposed to the howling winds and dreary wetness of the plains.

`Why would there be a vision of trees in the middle of the plains? Is this some sort of witchcraft?' she paused to think, completely forgetting about the rain as it soaked her.

She edged towards the `window' cautiously, feeling the warm air blowing in from the forest. Slowly she reached her hand through the `window' and touched one of the bright green leaves; it was real! Ignoring the part of her that told her to forget all of this nonsense and go home, she decided to go through the `window' just for a while.

`What is the harm? I'll enter into the other side of the `window' and just wait until it stops raining on my side of the window to go home. This way I can have a little fun and adventure while allowing my clothes to dry; it's almost possible to see through my wet white blouse!' she thought, looking down at her blouse.

Then taking a last look her wet dreary surroundings she stepped through the window. A few minutes after the girl stepped through, a second phenomenon happened similar to the first one except this time the result was different, disastrously different. The window had closed, trapping the girl on the other side of the `window'…forever?

 

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Who is that mysterious girl? Where did she come from and where did she end up?

What is Seifer planning? And who is this Montador, Knight of Eres?

How will the gang fix the havoc wreaked by the aftermath of time compression?

Please read my next chapter to find out more, I'll try to update as soon as I can.