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Squall X Rinoa 4 Ever!

Monday, February 09, 2009

~Waltz

The light is on her, the stage is hers. And the audiences and judges waited as she slowly began her solo performance.

As the dancer waltz across the stage, following the melody of 'Swan Lake', she began to remember that all this is for him.

That faithful night three years ago had robbed her of everything. Her partner, her lover and most importantly, her soul mate.

For three years, there was never a night that she would not miss him. For three years, there was never a night she would not cry, thinking of him.

On the tragic night, it was raining heavily. She was waiting across the street just for him. When their eyes met, she knew he was up to something. When he ran across the road to meet her, he was hit by a drunk driver.

When he flew away and landed miles away, so does her heart. She ran towards him, and all he did was hand her a tiny box that contain a ring and a eternal promise before he went to sleep forever.

And the rain continue to pour while crowds gathered. And that night, two souls were lost forever.

Their families and friends encouraged her to move on. But she refused, still clutching on the ring that he had last given to her. The ring that he promise he would give once they had finish their performance as a dancers together and leaves the dancing scene forever.

And so, she promise herself that she would win the solo performance and wear the ring on her finger instead of hanging it around her necklace like now.

Three years of hard work. Soulless body continue to push herself to the limit and she won.

The tears she shed while waltzing across the stage, and the emotion she displayed won the hearts of the judges and the audience altogether.

She did not went to collect her prize. To her, the ring she put on her ring finger after remove it from her necklace is her prize as she walk away. Feeling once happy that she had won the solo performance for him and their song.

When she walked out, it was raining heavily and she began to remember that night. As she walked aimlessly towards the red light, she too, met the same fate as her soul mate three years ago.

She felt no pain, only the feel of someone catching her from behind and she twirl around, a true smile formed as she asked

"You finally catch me"

"Didn't I promised?"

But to the amazed onlookers, the dancer that just died in the fatal car accident had a smile on her face when she died.

And their families buried her next to him. And while they are visiting, two butterflies flew past them, twirling around with each other. And to their joy and the bittersweet tears formed,
what they saw was;

The two lovers finally reunite together. Dancing their endless waltz together with a smile on their face at their own heaven.

---Waltz by cheerlygal. Inspired by the song, 一千零一夜 ( A thousand and one night, and hence, the rough estimate of three years) and the dancing scene of Squall and Rinoa in Final Fantasy VIII

This is my vision every time I listen to this song. It is a bittersweet ending and the characters I always had in my mind is Squall and Rinoa. I love happy ending of them but for this song, bittersweet sounded better.

And maybe one day, I will come up with the version on how the song relate to me. Just maybe. For now, just enjoy the rough storyline that purely based on the song itself. While some may argue that it may not fit, to me, it is just perfect. After all, different people have different imagination.