Chapter 1
Quistis sat on her bed in the dorm reading a novel. She sighed, putting the novel down on her desk. She couldn't concentrate. It was a year after the sorceress war. Seifer had been readmitted into the garden, it had been proven that he had been possessed just like matron. Nothing he had done was his fault. Quistis believed that more than anyone. 'He never failed as a student. I failed him as an instructor.' She thought to herself. 'I don't deserve my instructor's license back.' Headmaster Cid agreed with her on this matter. After the battle she had gone to Cid's office, she closed her eyes. She remembered it like it was yesterday.
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She walked into headmaster Cid's office nodding to Xu as she strode by. Cid motioned with his hand for her to sit in the chair in front of his desk. Quistis sat in the soft leather chair, nervously wringing her hands. She knew what this meeting was going to be about. Cid took his seat behind his desk. He rested his elbows on the desk, leaning forward to look into Quistis's eyes.
"Quistis, first I would like to commend you on your excellent work during these troubled times." Quistis nodded her head, not trusting her voice in her nervous state. "I would also like to tell you that you make and excellent seeD on of the best I've ever seen." She nodded her head again. Waiting for him to get past the formalities. "But I feel that you don't posses the leadership skills needed to make a good instructor." Quistis felt her knees go weak, she silently thanked hyne that she was sitting down. The headmaster walked around his desk to stand near Quistis. He smiled down at her sadly as he said, "Quistis, I'm sorry, but the board decided not to renew your instructors license. Quistis nodded her head for the third time; she put her hands between her knees to stop the shaking.
"I understand." She said in a weak voice. Cid looked down at her, sadness mirrored in his eyes.
"That is all." He said. Quistis stood up, taking a moment to steady her shaky knees. Xu gave her a look of pity as she walked out. Quistis held her head up determined not to let her disappointment show. She didn't want anybody's pity.
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Quistis sighed, she had saved the world, but even that wasn't enough to get her instructor's license back. She walked to her dresser and grabbed her save the queen. She attacked it to her weapons belt as she headed for the training center. 'I can't concentrate on my book so I might as well train.' She entered the training center ready to take on any monster. Her thoughts of the meeting with Cid had brought back old pains and she planned to work them off on a few beasts. She walked, alert to the tiniest sound, waiting for a monster to attack her. She heard a rustle in the bushed behind her; she turned just in time to avoid a vampire attack from a grat. She pulled out her save the queen flicking her writs to keep the monster at bay. In less than five minutes she left the dead grat behind her, searching for another monster to kill. After two hours of training she had worked up a good sweat and she decided to call it a day. She turned to leave the center just as a t-rexuar jumped appeared to block her path. 'Damn' she thought. She flicked her writs sending her save the queen at its head. It struck the monster just above its massive eye. It roared in pain, throwing its tail at her, trying it's best to crush her behind its weight. She called Ifrit to her aid.
She walked out of the center tired and sweaty. She sniffed taking in her body odor. Quistis wrinkled her nose on her porcelain face at the smell. 'I really need to take a shower.' She headed straight for her dorm and turned on the taps. She pulled off her sweaty battle suit, throwing it in the clothes bin, before she entered the shower. She let the warm water run over body taking in the warmth. She had just started to wash her golden hair when the headmaster called on the intercom.
Would Quistis Trepe and Seifer Almasy report to the headmaster's office. I repeat would Quistis Trepe and Seifer Almasy report to the headmaster's office. That is all
Quistis swore under her breath. 'What could he possible want with Seifer and me? Maybe he actually wants to give me a mission.' She thought her mood brightening. She quickly dried off and picked out a clean battle uniform to wear. She put her hair up in its usual style snapping the clip in place. She quickly put her glasses on, since she didn't have time to put her contacts in, and pulled out the two strands of honey gold hair to frame her face. She smiled to herself in the mirror before she ran out the door to the elevator.
Quistis sat on her bed in the dorm reading a novel. She sighed, putting the novel down on her desk. She couldn't concentrate. It was a year after the sorceress war. Seifer had been readmitted into the garden, it had been proven that he had been possessed just like matron. Nothing he had done was his fault. Quistis believed that more than anyone. 'He never failed as a student. I failed him as an instructor.' She thought to herself. 'I don't deserve my instructor's license back.' Headmaster Cid agreed with her on this matter. After the battle she had gone to Cid's office, she closed her eyes. She remembered it like it was yesterday.
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She walked into headmaster Cid's office nodding to Xu as she strode by. Cid motioned with his hand for her to sit in the chair in front of his desk. Quistis sat in the soft leather chair, nervously wringing her hands. She knew what this meeting was going to be about. Cid took his seat behind his desk. He rested his elbows on the desk, leaning forward to look into Quistis's eyes.
"Quistis, first I would like to commend you on your excellent work during these troubled times." Quistis nodded her head, not trusting her voice in her nervous state. "I would also like to tell you that you make and excellent seeD on of the best I've ever seen." She nodded her head again. Waiting for him to get past the formalities. "But I feel that you don't posses the leadership skills needed to make a good instructor." Quistis felt her knees go weak, she silently thanked hyne that she was sitting down. The headmaster walked around his desk to stand near Quistis. He smiled down at her sadly as he said, "Quistis, I'm sorry, but the board decided not to renew your instructors license. Quistis nodded her head for the third time; she put her hands between her knees to stop the shaking.
"I understand." She said in a weak voice. Cid looked down at her, sadness mirrored in his eyes.
"That is all." He said. Quistis stood up, taking a moment to steady her shaky knees. Xu gave her a look of pity as she walked out. Quistis held her head up determined not to let her disappointment show. She didn't want anybody's pity.
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Quistis sighed, she had saved the world, but even that wasn't enough to get her instructor's license back. She walked to her dresser and grabbed her save the queen. She attacked it to her weapons belt as she headed for the training center. 'I can't concentrate on my book so I might as well train.' She entered the training center ready to take on any monster. Her thoughts of the meeting with Cid had brought back old pains and she planned to work them off on a few beasts. She walked, alert to the tiniest sound, waiting for a monster to attack her. She heard a rustle in the bushed behind her; she turned just in time to avoid a vampire attack from a grat. She pulled out her save the queen flicking her writs to keep the monster at bay. In less than five minutes she left the dead grat behind her, searching for another monster to kill. After two hours of training she had worked up a good sweat and she decided to call it a day. She turned to leave the center just as a t-rexuar jumped appeared to block her path. 'Damn' she thought. She flicked her writs sending her save the queen at its head. It struck the monster just above its massive eye. It roared in pain, throwing its tail at her, trying it's best to crush her behind its weight. She called Ifrit to her aid.
She walked out of the center tired and sweaty. She sniffed taking in her body odor. Quistis wrinkled her nose on her porcelain face at the smell. 'I really need to take a shower.' She headed straight for her dorm and turned on the taps. She pulled off her sweaty battle suit, throwing it in the clothes bin, before she entered the shower. She let the warm water run over body taking in the warmth. She had just started to wash her golden hair when the headmaster called on the intercom.
Would Quistis Trepe and Seifer Almasy report to the headmaster's office. I repeat would Quistis Trepe and Seifer Almasy report to the headmaster's office. That is all
Quistis swore under her breath. 'What could he possible want with Seifer and me? Maybe he actually wants to give me a mission.' She thought her mood brightening. She quickly dried off and picked out a clean battle uniform to wear. She put her hair up in its usual style snapping the clip in place. She quickly put her glasses on, since she didn't have time to put her contacts in, and pulled out the two strands of honey gold hair to frame her face. She smiled to herself in the mirror before she ran out the door to the elevator.