The Good Ol' Days
"AHH! SEIFER LEMME GO!!!" a young Zell yelled at the top of his lungs
"Gimme back my Teddy!" Seifer shouted pulling on Zell's hair
"Oww! I jus wanna see it! MATRON!"
"Break it up boys." Edea came into the screen and drew the boys apart, "Now Seifer, what did I tell you about sharing?"
"But it's MY Teddy!" Seifer sulked while Zell went behind Edea and stuck out his tongue. "He's sticking his tongue at me Matron!"
"No I'm not!" Zell replied, sticking his tongue out again, Edea gave him a stern look and he quickly placed his tongue back where it belonged.
"Zell, give Seifer back his Teddy bear." Edea told him
"But what bout sharin?" he pouted
"You have lots of toys yourself, remember?"
"Oh yea!" Zell quickly became happier and skipped off to his room as Seifer picked up his Teddy and hugged it.
* * * * *
Edea smiled as she watched the old videos, "They were so cute, but now they're all grown up."
"Not entirely." Cid sighed shaking his head and Edea laughed, "Why don't we invite them over to watch the videos?"
"That's a good idea."
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"SEIFER LEGGO! SQUAAAALL!" Squall sighed as he heard Zell shouting, he wondered what those two were up to now.
"Gimme back my gunblade!" Seifer growled pulling Zell's hair
"I just wanna see it! Leggo my hair!"
"Not till you gimme Hyperion!"
"Alright, break it up!" Squall yelled, "What's with all the commotion?"
"Chicken-wuss wouldn't gimme back my gunblade." Seifer grumbled
"What did you call me?!" Zell challenged
"Hey keep it down." Squall shushed
"Hey guys! Matron just called, she wants to invite us over to watch old videos!" Selphie hopped in cheerfully
"What kind of old videos?" Squall asked
"Of us back in the orphanage of course! It'll be so fun!" she smiled
"Well, it's better than getting my hair pulled." Zell mumbled
"Oh yea! You still haven't given back my gunblade!" Seifer shouted
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"I'm so glad you could all make it." Edea smiled and let everyone inside
"Wow, you've sure kept this place nice and tidy." Quistis looked around the orphanage she grew up in
"Yeah, it's just like I remembered it, or what I do remember anyway…did that make any sense?" Zell asked thoughtfully
"Not really, but it's not like we listen to you anyway." Selphie giggled
"Hey! That's not very nice!" Zell pouted
"The truth hurts Chicken-wuss." Seifer smirked. Zell lunged at him but Irvine was quick to restrain him.
"Aw, don't worry Zell, we still love ya." Selphie said reassuringly
"I can't wait to see the old videos, you must've been so adorable back then Squall!" Rinoa squealed
Squall's cheeks turned slightly pink, he coughed and sat down with Rinoa beside him. Cid came into the room with a box full of tapes, and he popped one in the VCR. Everyone took a seat as the screen started to come to life. It was fuzzy at first but it turned black, in the background you could heard someone muttering.
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"Now how do you get this thing to work?" it was Cid's voice
"Cid! Can you see anything?" Edea asked
"No, it's pitch black!"
"Oh Cid, you left the lens cap on!"
"Oh, how silly of me." He took the lens cap off and now you could see a younger Edea standing in the living room.
"Great, can you see me now?" Edea smiled and waved
"Yep, now let's get the children in here."
"Hmm, oh there's Selphie, Selphie! Come over here for a moment, and bring Zell and Irvine with you!"
"Hiya Matwon!" a young Selphie skipped inside the room, "I pickeded some flowers for ya!" she smiled and held up some daisies
"Thank you Selphie, they're beautiful." Edea placed the flowers on a nearby table, "Now where are those two boys?"
"Zellie and Irvy are pwayin, they didn't listen when I told em ta come in." Selphie scrunched up her face
"Well, that's not very nice, Irvine! Zell!" two boys came tumbling into the room, with their hair all messed up and clothes all dirty.
"What is it Matwon?" the brunette asked
"Irvine, why didn't you come inside when Selphie asked you?"
"Well, we was pwayin." Irvine swayed left and right with his hands behind his back
"We sowwy Matwon…" Zell said as he chewed on a piece of grass
"You should apologize to Selphie too."
"Sowwy Seffie, you can have my gwass." Zell pulled the grass out of his month and handed it to Selphie
"Zellie! You shouldn't put that in your mouth, it's dirty!" Selphie exclaimed, Zell shrugged and since Selphie didn't want it, he started chewing on it again
"Um, what's Uncle Cid doin?" Irvine asked tilting his head sideways towards the screen, he looked at the camera curiously
"Don't worry Irvine, I'm just video taping you." Cid answered
"Um, what's that?" he was still confused, as were Selphie and Zell
"Well, Uncle Cid's going to tape us, and after we can watch it, like movies." Edea explained
"We're in movies?" Selphie giggled, "Yay!"
"I'm all dirty, should I go take a bath?" Irvine frowned, he didn't like taking baths, but it's not everyday you get to be movies
Edea laughed, "It's alright Irvine, hmm, but it's almost supper time, you three should get washed up, and we can do more tapping later." She pushed the three children in the direction of the washroom, "You can stop taping now Cid."
"Well, that was a good start don't you think?" Cid asked
"Yes, it was quite amusing, now come on Cid, turn that thing off and call the rest of the children while I go set the table." The video came to a stop.
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"Aww, how cute!" Selphie giggled
"Well, that proves it, I was a charmer even as a kid." Irvine grinned
"Yeah right, I was the cuter one!" Zell beamed
"Well, who was the one chewing on grass, huh?" Irvine laughed
"I was a kid! It was probably very yummy!" Zell defended
"Settle down you two, how about we watch some other tapes?" Edea suggested and everyone agreed
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"I am Sir Seifer, the great knight, slayer of evil monsters, and protector of all that's good. Come horse boy!" a young Seifer holding a plastic sword and using a towel as a cape jumped around with Squall following slowly behind
"…I don't wanna be the horse boy." Squall mumbled, "This game is dumb."
"Every knight has to have a horse boy to take care of the knight's horse! Don't you know how the story goes?" Seifer exasperated, "Now come on, we need to defeat the evil monster that is hiding here somewhere."
"Are we playing hide-n-seek now?" Squall asked, he liked that game better
"No! We're still playing my game! Aha! The monster must be inside this room!" Seifer exclaimed and got ready for battle
"There's no monsters in the house…and isn't Quisty in there?" but Squall's words weren't acknowledged as Seifer kicked the door open and charged straight at Quistis
"Ahh! What do you think you're doing you dummy!" Quistis screamed
"Woah, better be carefy horse boy! This monster is tough!" Seifer called out
"Oww! Stop hitting me with that dumb sword! I'm telling!"
"Oh no! The evil monster is going to get the leader of monsters to help her fight, I'm outta here!" Seifer yelped and ran away just to bump into Ellone
"Seify, why were you hitting Quisty?"
"We were pwayin and Seify thought Quisty was an evil monster or something." Squall yawned
"You're the worse horse boy ever!" Seifer yelled
"Ellie! Make him stop, I don't wanna be a horse boy." Squall frowned
"It's ok Squally, now Seify, you know what Matron said, you can play with your sword, just as long as you don't hit anyone with it." Ellone said sternly
"Ok Ellie." Seifer nodded
"Now you have to say sorry to Quisty."
"Sowwy Quisty."
"That's ok, but I'm not an evil monster!" Quistis said firmly and Seifer laughed
* * * * *
"Aw, Squall you were so adorable!" Rinoa exclaimed, "And Seifer playing knights, it's so cute, and Quisty looked so sweet."
"Humph, I can't believe you did that." Quistis said angrily
"What, it was my duty as a knight to destroy all the evil monsters." Seifer laughed
"I'm not an evil monster!" she growled
"Sure, and Squall's not a horse boy." Seifer snickered
"I'm not a horse boy!" Squall insisted
"Well, it's been a fun night, what say we watch the rest another time?" Cid asked
"Sure, this has brought back a lot of memories, it was nice to watch the videos." Quistis smiled
"Yea, I can't wait to see the rest." Selphie replied
"This has made me hungry, Matron, do you have anything to eat?" Zell asked
"You can eat the grass." Irvine smirked
"Hey! If Zell eats grass, he can be Seifer's horse!" Rinoa giggled
"And Squall can be my horse boy!" Seifer yelled
"I'm not a horse boy!" Squall repeated
"It was one piece of grass, and I was only chewing it! You guys should know hotdogs are my food!" Zell complained
"Well, it seems like you're right honey, they're still not all grown up yet." Edea laughed
"Yeah, they're still the same." Cid sighed
~End~