Rinoa sat in the grass, knees slightly bent and she gazed out towards the
ocean from the front gates of Balamb. It was peaceful to watch the
dolphins; it seemed as if all the problems of everyday life faded away as
the dolphins jumped around.
"Hey Rinoa!" a familiar voice called out to her. She turned her head to see Selphie waving and jumping up and down like a maniac as people all around stared.
"Hey Selphie," Rinoa smiled at her lifting one arm up in the air to wave as the other lay on her knee.
Selphie bounced over with her usual excitement, "What are you doing out here? I thought you would be inside with Squall and the others."
"No, why? What are they doing?" Rinoa said curiously raising an eyebrow.
"Just talking," Selphie said bouncing from foot to foot.
Rinoa looked up at the sky, the clouds were becoming dark and gray, "It looks like it's going to rain."
Selphie looked up continuing with her bouncing, "Hmm.Yup. I think so too!"
"Let's go inside and find the others before we get wet," Rinoa suggested her smile not fading.
Selphie nodded in agreement and the two walked towards the front gate together watching other students pass by them, some in full sprints.
"It's getting cold." Rinoa pointed out as a cool breeze made it's way past them, blowing Rinoa's hair along with it.
The two teens stepped inside Balamb to find a not so shocking surprise, Zell and Seifer were in front of the Balamb Garden map shouting insults at each other.
"Come on Chicken-Wuss, or are ya too chicken to mess with me," Seifer taunted Zell.
"Seifer you're just a.. Grrr," Zell had taken a swing at Seifer only to have Seifer move and him hit the wall only managing to hurt his fist.
"Ah, I don't have time for you Chicken-Wuss. I have better things to bug." And with that Seifer put his gunblade on his shoulder walking off whistling to himself.
Selphie stopped her bouncing and looked at the others leaning forward a little, "What was all that about?"
"He just came out of no where and started harassing me!" Zell exclaimed.
"Oh.I se.." Selphie's sentence was cut short at the sound of many students screaming.
The power had gone out and many instructors had ran to help the horrified children. Rinoa looked over at the rest of her friends only to discover that it was quite hard to see due to the storm.
"Umm.The storm must have knocked the electricity out." Rinoa sighed then her friendly smile etched it way back onto her face.
"Will the following persons please report to Cid's Office on the 3rd floor immediately," a voice sounded over the loudspeaker, "Selphie Tilmitt, Squall Leonhart, Quistis Trepe, Zell Dintch, Rinoa Heartilly and Irvine Kinneas."
Everyone looked at each other and frowned. They had never been called up to Cid's office due to a power outage.
"Come on! Let's go!" Selphie said quite loudly.
".." Squall said nothing as he stood walking to the elevator.
Everyone else followed him in, except Irvine, no one knew where he was. Rinoa pressed the button to the 3rd floor and it slowly raised everyone up.
"I wonder what this is about." Quistis spoke calmly.
No one answered, instead they all shuffled out of the elevator as the door opened only to see Irvine waiting there and a very stern looking Cid in front of him.
"Hey Rinoa!" a familiar voice called out to her. She turned her head to see Selphie waving and jumping up and down like a maniac as people all around stared.
"Hey Selphie," Rinoa smiled at her lifting one arm up in the air to wave as the other lay on her knee.
Selphie bounced over with her usual excitement, "What are you doing out here? I thought you would be inside with Squall and the others."
"No, why? What are they doing?" Rinoa said curiously raising an eyebrow.
"Just talking," Selphie said bouncing from foot to foot.
Rinoa looked up at the sky, the clouds were becoming dark and gray, "It looks like it's going to rain."
Selphie looked up continuing with her bouncing, "Hmm.Yup. I think so too!"
"Let's go inside and find the others before we get wet," Rinoa suggested her smile not fading.
Selphie nodded in agreement and the two walked towards the front gate together watching other students pass by them, some in full sprints.
"It's getting cold." Rinoa pointed out as a cool breeze made it's way past them, blowing Rinoa's hair along with it.
The two teens stepped inside Balamb to find a not so shocking surprise, Zell and Seifer were in front of the Balamb Garden map shouting insults at each other.
"Come on Chicken-Wuss, or are ya too chicken to mess with me," Seifer taunted Zell.
"Seifer you're just a.. Grrr," Zell had taken a swing at Seifer only to have Seifer move and him hit the wall only managing to hurt his fist.
"Ah, I don't have time for you Chicken-Wuss. I have better things to bug." And with that Seifer put his gunblade on his shoulder walking off whistling to himself.
Selphie stopped her bouncing and looked at the others leaning forward a little, "What was all that about?"
"He just came out of no where and started harassing me!" Zell exclaimed.
"Oh.I se.." Selphie's sentence was cut short at the sound of many students screaming.
The power had gone out and many instructors had ran to help the horrified children. Rinoa looked over at the rest of her friends only to discover that it was quite hard to see due to the storm.
"Umm.The storm must have knocked the electricity out." Rinoa sighed then her friendly smile etched it way back onto her face.
"Will the following persons please report to Cid's Office on the 3rd floor immediately," a voice sounded over the loudspeaker, "Selphie Tilmitt, Squall Leonhart, Quistis Trepe, Zell Dintch, Rinoa Heartilly and Irvine Kinneas."
Everyone looked at each other and frowned. They had never been called up to Cid's office due to a power outage.
"Come on! Let's go!" Selphie said quite loudly.
".." Squall said nothing as he stood walking to the elevator.
Everyone else followed him in, except Irvine, no one knew where he was. Rinoa pressed the button to the 3rd floor and it slowly raised everyone up.
"I wonder what this is about." Quistis spoke calmly.
No one answered, instead they all shuffled out of the elevator as the door opened only to see Irvine waiting there and a very stern looking Cid in front of him.