Prologue.
12 years ago.
"So, you're finally going to do it, huh?" Edea asked her husband.
"Yep. I finally got the money to fulfill our dream! We're actually going to do it!" Cid replied.
"I can't believe you pulled it off. Well, who'll our first students be?"
"I don't know. How about we start it here in the orphanage and just build from there?"
"Okay...I'll tell them..." Edea quickly went into the next room, where she saw Seifer listening in.
"Quiet...she'll make us go to skool...learn things..." Seifer replied.
"Okay, kiddies, Matron's got a surprise for you..." Matron said to the quickly swarming children.
"Ooh...what is it?"
"Well, tomorrow, me and Mr.Cid are going to start you in schooling! You'll start here, and then we'll move all of you to a big building!" Edea replied.
"YAY!" the kids shouted.
10 years ago.
"Well, the building's set. This'll be your new home for a while, kids!" Matron replied.
"We call it, the Garden, because through this will grow all of you little sprouts..." Cid quickly rubbed the two closest heads to his and continued," will grow into the mighty oaks of the future here!"
"It's so big..." Selphie said in awe.
"I know. This is going to house many more kids, not just you seven! You'll learn here, play here, and basically have a good time!"
"Awesome..." Suddenly, a car headed toward the building . "Um, is this the new orphanage?" the woman asked.
"Yes it is, how may I help you?" Matron asked.
"Well, you see...I'm barren...my husband doesn't want to get a surrogate mother...could I adopt some of your kids?"
"Why, yes you may. Mrs....?"
"Dincht...."
"Ah, yes...Which of our fine children would you like to give a finer home?" Matron asked.
"Well, those two little boys over there seem to be friends..." Mrs.Dincht pointed to Seifer and Zell. Seifer was punching Zell in the face until he agreed to eat a small Bite Bug egg.
"Ah, we'll see. You know, our orphanage is converting itself into a top-notch school. Would you like to enroll them here so they can be with their closest friends and people who love them like their own children, or send them to some godforsaken public school where the teachers will join the students in beating them down until they finally get their one wish to get one of them to finally shoot them?" Matron asked.
"I'll take your schooling..."Mrs.Dincht replied.
"Excellent. You obviously care about these kids. Seifer? Zell?" Seifer came running over as Zell slowly hobbled over to meet with Matron. "This is Mrs. Dincht. She's your new mommy!"
"But...but...I wanna stay with my friends!" Zell started to whine.
"That's the good thing, here! Mrs.Dincht has agreed to enroll you in our school foranominalfee..."
"What?" Mrs.Dincht asked.
"Oh, nothing...you'll be able to stay with all of your little friends!" Matron replied.
"Yay!" Zell replied.
"Okay. Let's go..." Seifer and Zell got into Mrs.Dincht's car as she drove them away.
5 years ago.
The advisor came into President Deling's office. "President Deling, sir?"
"Yes?"
"We've just gotten word from the slums of Timber. It seems a crazed group of rebels calling themselves the 'Forest Moonies' have tried to take over Timber..."
"Again?" President Deling whined. "Isn't that the fifteenth time this year?"
"Yes, sir. We've subdued them, as usual. Are there any new rules you want to go through for this?"
"Hmmm...Timber...it is in the south of Galbadia, is it not?" President Deling asked.
"Well, yes..."
"I know just how to put a screw to all of those dirty Timber people..."
"We have just recieved word of a new law. According to this new statute, Marriage between two people who are related either by blood, by Hyne, or by the eyes of the Law is illegal...."
1 year ago.
"Honey, what's wrong?" Julia asked.
"I don't know...it just seems like Rinoa's becoming more and more distant lately..." General Caraway replied.
"Don't worry, it's just a phase...she'll grow out of it, it'll all be fine." Julia replied.
"Still, I think she needs a bit of discipline..." General Caraway started to read the newspaper. "I've got it! I know where she'll get out of this...phase!" "Oh, Rinny..." In a flash, Rinoa came down the stairs. "What is it, Dad?"
"I've decided to take you out of the schools here. I've found this nice place over in Balamb...you'll love it!"
"But, dad...all my friends..."
"You'll make new friends over there, it'll be fine. Hell, I may send your sister there next year..."
"Is there any chance that I'll get out of this stuff?"
"Forswear all of your friends, shape up completely, and... oh yeah, agree to go there!"
"I don't believe this..."
"You leave tomorrow. Go pack. Now."
"rassafrassing...MEANYS!" Rinoa stormed up to her bedroom, packed her things, and headed downstairs. "The way I figure it, why wait?" She yelled to her parents as she took their car and drove to the train station.
"This train goes to...Timber?" Rinoa asked.
"Yeah. Where are you heading?"
"Balamb, I guess..." Rinoa handed her ticket over and found her seat. After a couple of hours, the train hit Timber.
"Okay, the train's on the other side of town, it's no problem." Rinoa quickly ran over to the station and headed onto a train for Balamb.
"Just...one...more minute...ACK!" Rinoa said as she bumped into a person. "Geez, what's your....problem?"
"Um, right now, it's that I don't know who you are..."
"Name's Rinoa Caraway-Heartilly..."
"Seifer...Seifer Dincht...Why are you heading this way?"
"Stupid parents sending me to some stupid school up in stupid Balamb..."
"Balamb Garden? I'll be happy to show you around..."
"I'd like that..."
"It's a date then." The two headed onto the train and found the nearest set of two seats.
12 years ago.
"So, you're finally going to do it, huh?" Edea asked her husband.
"Yep. I finally got the money to fulfill our dream! We're actually going to do it!" Cid replied.
"I can't believe you pulled it off. Well, who'll our first students be?"
"I don't know. How about we start it here in the orphanage and just build from there?"
"Okay...I'll tell them..." Edea quickly went into the next room, where she saw Seifer listening in.
"Quiet...she'll make us go to skool...learn things..." Seifer replied.
"Okay, kiddies, Matron's got a surprise for you..." Matron said to the quickly swarming children.
"Ooh...what is it?"
"Well, tomorrow, me and Mr.Cid are going to start you in schooling! You'll start here, and then we'll move all of you to a big building!" Edea replied.
"YAY!" the kids shouted.
10 years ago.
"Well, the building's set. This'll be your new home for a while, kids!" Matron replied.
"We call it, the Garden, because through this will grow all of you little sprouts..." Cid quickly rubbed the two closest heads to his and continued," will grow into the mighty oaks of the future here!"
"It's so big..." Selphie said in awe.
"I know. This is going to house many more kids, not just you seven! You'll learn here, play here, and basically have a good time!"
"Awesome..." Suddenly, a car headed toward the building . "Um, is this the new orphanage?" the woman asked.
"Yes it is, how may I help you?" Matron asked.
"Well, you see...I'm barren...my husband doesn't want to get a surrogate mother...could I adopt some of your kids?"
"Why, yes you may. Mrs....?"
"Dincht...."
"Ah, yes...Which of our fine children would you like to give a finer home?" Matron asked.
"Well, those two little boys over there seem to be friends..." Mrs.Dincht pointed to Seifer and Zell. Seifer was punching Zell in the face until he agreed to eat a small Bite Bug egg.
"Ah, we'll see. You know, our orphanage is converting itself into a top-notch school. Would you like to enroll them here so they can be with their closest friends and people who love them like their own children, or send them to some godforsaken public school where the teachers will join the students in beating them down until they finally get their one wish to get one of them to finally shoot them?" Matron asked.
"I'll take your schooling..."Mrs.Dincht replied.
"Excellent. You obviously care about these kids. Seifer? Zell?" Seifer came running over as Zell slowly hobbled over to meet with Matron. "This is Mrs. Dincht. She's your new mommy!"
"But...but...I wanna stay with my friends!" Zell started to whine.
"That's the good thing, here! Mrs.Dincht has agreed to enroll you in our school foranominalfee..."
"What?" Mrs.Dincht asked.
"Oh, nothing...you'll be able to stay with all of your little friends!" Matron replied.
"Yay!" Zell replied.
"Okay. Let's go..." Seifer and Zell got into Mrs.Dincht's car as she drove them away.
5 years ago.
The advisor came into President Deling's office. "President Deling, sir?"
"Yes?"
"We've just gotten word from the slums of Timber. It seems a crazed group of rebels calling themselves the 'Forest Moonies' have tried to take over Timber..."
"Again?" President Deling whined. "Isn't that the fifteenth time this year?"
"Yes, sir. We've subdued them, as usual. Are there any new rules you want to go through for this?"
"Hmmm...Timber...it is in the south of Galbadia, is it not?" President Deling asked.
"Well, yes..."
"I know just how to put a screw to all of those dirty Timber people..."
"We have just recieved word of a new law. According to this new statute, Marriage between two people who are related either by blood, by Hyne, or by the eyes of the Law is illegal...."
1 year ago.
"Honey, what's wrong?" Julia asked.
"I don't know...it just seems like Rinoa's becoming more and more distant lately..." General Caraway replied.
"Don't worry, it's just a phase...she'll grow out of it, it'll all be fine." Julia replied.
"Still, I think she needs a bit of discipline..." General Caraway started to read the newspaper. "I've got it! I know where she'll get out of this...phase!" "Oh, Rinny..." In a flash, Rinoa came down the stairs. "What is it, Dad?"
"I've decided to take you out of the schools here. I've found this nice place over in Balamb...you'll love it!"
"But, dad...all my friends..."
"You'll make new friends over there, it'll be fine. Hell, I may send your sister there next year..."
"Is there any chance that I'll get out of this stuff?"
"Forswear all of your friends, shape up completely, and... oh yeah, agree to go there!"
"I don't believe this..."
"You leave tomorrow. Go pack. Now."
"rassafrassing...MEANYS!" Rinoa stormed up to her bedroom, packed her things, and headed downstairs. "The way I figure it, why wait?" She yelled to her parents as she took their car and drove to the train station.
"This train goes to...Timber?" Rinoa asked.
"Yeah. Where are you heading?"
"Balamb, I guess..." Rinoa handed her ticket over and found her seat. After a couple of hours, the train hit Timber.
"Okay, the train's on the other side of town, it's no problem." Rinoa quickly ran over to the station and headed onto a train for Balamb.
"Just...one...more minute...ACK!" Rinoa said as she bumped into a person. "Geez, what's your....problem?"
"Um, right now, it's that I don't know who you are..."
"Name's Rinoa Caraway-Heartilly..."
"Seifer...Seifer Dincht...Why are you heading this way?"
"Stupid parents sending me to some stupid school up in stupid Balamb..."
"Balamb Garden? I'll be happy to show you around..."
"I'd like that..."
"It's a date then." The two headed onto the train and found the nearest set of two seats.