Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of the Final Fantasy VII and VIII, those belong to Square Soft and I'm only borrowing them to have fun.

Summary: He had a dark and painful past; she didn't remembered more than her name, still fate lead her forward to fall into his dark embrace and let him have a hope of redemption… VincentxRinoa Fic

A/N: This idea had been nagging me for awhile and I decided to bring it to life and here it is, I have always liked the Vincent and Rinoa thing so I decided to write one, hope you like it and that you can forgive my horror in grammar and the obvious Occ'ness this will have, flames not accepted but constructive criticism is welcome.

By Maiden of the Phoenix.

Prologue: Time Compression.

A last scream and an explosion of light, Sorceress Ultimecia, the treat for their worlds, were defeated.

After so many sacrifices, after so many tragedies, after living sorrow and sadness, after coping with betrayal and despair, the eight youths had been able to defeat the greatest treat they world had ever had.

It was under Squall's always certain gunblade and his Lionheart that the sorceress had finally fallen to them, just when they had thought they were lost Squall came forward and inflicted the last blast.

Everything around them started to blend and mix in the explosion of light coming from Sorceress Ultimecia dying moments; it wasn't long before they were once again in the dangerous time compression.

"Be careful, not to fall in the wrong time" The voice of the blond instructor Quistis Trepe was heard.

The woman with obsidian hair heard the voices of the others replying but she didn't heard the voice of the person she longed to hear, mutely she stared to run in that blank space, feeling like if she was separated into more persons when she wasn't.

"Time, space, whom I wanna be…I want to go there to the place Squall and I promised…" She jumped and bit, her hands moved to her swam like neck and grasped the two rings resting there, the arm that held her Blaster Edge limply at her side "Squall"

She started to look around before she once again dashed to look for the Gunblade master, she ran in that blank white space decided to reach the place they had promised, decided to meet him there.

She called for him, but no one answered back at her. Could it be possible that Squall got lost into the time compression? Could it be that she wasn't going to see him again?

Rinoa shook her head, she wasn't meant to have such dark thoughts about him. In that moment more than ever she needed to believe that Squall was fine and that she will see him there.

It was that constant worry that didn't allow Rinoa Heartilly to look where she was actual going. When she realized what was going on, it was too late.

A misgiving step caused her to fall in one of the time wraps, the sensation was utterly horrible, she felt like if a million of daggers were being trusted into her body while she fell through the extended and bright tunnel, her slim and alabaster colored arms moved to wrap around her waist in a way to shield herself from the pain.

But nor that could prepare her to what was to come…

A sharp and accurate painful wave flooded her head, it was the worst sensation she had ever felt, it was a real painful burning sensation, she knew she had opened her mouth to scream but not a single sound was heard, her hands moved to grasp her head and try to ease the pain but it was useless, she felt like if her head was going to explode in any moment now.

In a flash memories flood by, memories of her mother, of her father, of her summer with Seifer, of her friends, of her times in countless danger and adventures and then memories of Squall, the time she first saw him in the SeeD ball, when she saw him again when he reached Timber, when he saved her in outer space….

And suddenly everything went blank, like if everything that she remembered was erased from her mind, her arms fell limply to her side and tears made her way down her cheeks. She only felt empty, alone and cold.

Then in a bright flash of light, that caused her to close her and that almost felt like if it was burning her body, Rinoa felt herself on a flat surface, she stood up an looked around, her eyes widened open when she saw the monster in front of her, in a blink she felt her body tumbling down and small scratches and hits marred her skin either by the rocks or the angel wings of her Shooting Star, she yelped when she finally stopped.

For a few instants she stood on her side, on the same position she had just stopped, with a small whimper of pain she turned to lie flat on her back, her eyes widened a bit when she saw the man clad in crimson and black that was squatted besides her, for a few seconds her hazel orbs met with his crimson ones, she felt a cold chill of fear running through her body when she noticed the gun and the golden claw afraid that this man was going to hurt her.

Her eyes fluttered closed when the man stood up and she was sure he was going to kill her, however when such a blow didn't came her eyes opened again and she saw the man fighting with the monster that had attacked her first, a small smile came to her face while she finally concluded the man meant not harm to her and that she could trust him.

With that thought in her mind, she passed out, her dark savior being the last thing she saw…

Well that's it, I know it's a short thing but well prologues are meant to be that way, even though something tells me chapters will be short as well. Anyway I hope you like this and please review. Also if someone wishes to be my beta reader please mail me and I'll be very grateful.

Well stay tuned for the next chapter of 'Pieces of Me'.