Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Final Fantasy VIII. Nope, that high honor belongs to Square. *Sigh* The only characters I own are the minor ones I've made up to help the story along. The Prologue is something Rinoa says in the game so I can't take credit for that either.

Rating: PG-13 for some language, sexual situations (nothing graphic); and certain adult themes

**the rating has been downgraded from R. Since the NC 17 rating no longer exists, I didn't feel like my story qualified for an R rating.

Prologue