So I logged on to upload chapter twelve of this story, only to find it was DELETED! D: words alone can't discribe how sad I was, but thankfully I had all the chapters saved on my jump drive. :] But I'm going to make a few minor changes in this story. nothing big, you probably won't even notice them. anyway, I'll probably have all these chapters back up by sometime next week. I hope.
Well here's the first chapter
DISCLAIMER: I do not own final fantasy or its characters all credit to the creative minds of square enix!
Chapter 1: She? He? Who?
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP BEEP! BEEP!
Serah groaned lazily as she extended her arm and pressed the snooze button to silence the annoying sound of the alarm clock. Usually she would hop right out of bed and get ready but this morning she was kind of in the laziest mood. Maybe she really should have listened to Light and not have gone to that "End Of The Summer" party with Lebreau, Kairi, and Rinoa last night. The girl pushed the feather stuffed comforter to the base of her bed, rolled over on her back and stared at the ceiling covered in various Japanesse pop artists. Her eyes dance up and down each picture until they became fixated on one poster in the giant collage and that was The one in the middle, her favorite one; The Gackt Camui poster. Her lips quickly curled up into a smile as the memory of how she got that poster played back in her mind. Her best friend, Roxas had bought it for her as a good-bye gift before he moved away last year. The thought of her never seeing him again saddened her. Yea they communicated by phone but it wasn't the same. At least she has his cousin Sora. He was no Roxas but he always made her laugh when it came to his goofiness.
"Well better get up before Lightning does" She mumble softly while sliding the rest of herself out of bed and making her way to her closet. It was her Junior year at The Academy Of Eden meaning, one year left before her high school experiance would be over. She had attended Bodum Academy the year before but her sister made her transfer back to Eden for reasons she did not know of. Serah had thought that it was because of Snow, the guy she had fell head over heels in love with. Her older sister was never too fond of him because of his personality. Often, Lightning would even go as far as threatening and beating up the guy to keep him away from her younger sister. But besides that she also thought of him as the pedophile and other harsh names. At the time, Serah had always tried to convince her sister that Snow was none of thoes things but, doing that was like talking to a wall. In the end, the two ended up breaking off their near perfect relationship when Snow had told her he had feeling's for someone else, leaving the young girl heart broken.
Serah sighed and stared down at the necklace hanging around her neck. Even after her and Snow's break-up she still decided to wear the necklace. It was a memory of sorts. Reminding her only of the good times they both shared. She often wondered if he still wore his. Serah pulled her school uniform from the hanger in the closet. There was no reason to cry over old memories when she was just going to make new ones. She missed Snow very much but sitting here moaping about it wasn't going to suddenly make him re-appear back into her life so, it was time to move on.
"Serah!" A voice called from the other side of her room door followed by a knock. Serah stood to her feet and ran to her bathroom. The person knocked again and huffed out a sigh. "Serah are you ready, its seven-thirty and class begins at eight-thirty. It takes us fifteen minutes to get to the station and five for the train to arrive you need to hurry."
"Uhm, okay sis, I'll, I'll be out in a-WOAH!"
"Serah!" A loud thud was heard from inside the bedroom making the older sibling rush in without warning. "Serah!" Lightning ran to the bathroom and pushed the door open. What she seen made her regret not knocking before entering. But it didn't stop her from staring. "What are you doing on the floor?" Serah's hand quickly fumbled about the floor until she found a towel to pull over her naked frame. Her face flushed royal red as she frantically tried to wrap the towel around her body. "SIS you could have knocked before coming in. Goodness this is so embarressing!" She cried her voice uncharacteristically squeaky. Lightning snickered and turned her back to her embarrassed sister, moments like this with Serah was comical to her. This wasn't the first time an incident like this occurred. "Well maybe if you weren't so clumsy I wouldn't have had to barge in. What, did you do fall on the soap bar again?"
"Oh, your not funny, get out, get out!" The girl threw weak punches to her sister's back as she shoved her from the room. Lightning only laughed. Serah slammed the door shut and resumed to prepare herself for school. It was rare to see Lightning smile let alone laugh. Ever since he death of their parents, her sister had become cold and distant towards others even towards Serah. The problem only grew worse when Lightning had returned from her breif stay at the Military Academy. So in a way the young girl was quite happy. "Now where did I put that..oh there it is!" Serah skipped over and grabbed her uniform from the arm of the chair. The school board in Eden had no taste in fashion uniform was so bland and ugly to her. A plaid blue skirt with black theigh high stockings, a white long sleeve white blouse complemented by a cerulean blue sailor like collar, and a blue and black striped neckerchief. At least The Academy of Bodum had more fashion sense when it came to their uniforms. The girl slipped into the uniform grabbed her books then walked out the door of her bedroom. Lightning was positioned at the side with a smirk across her lips. "Ready?" She asked trying to hold back a burst of laughter. The younger girl nodded and the two headed for the train station.
Serah sat on the bench at the train station with her head resting at the palm of her hand patiently waiting for the train It felt like she had been sitting there for hours but really it had only been ten minutes. She wondered what her first day would be like. well for one all of her friends that missed her when she left for the Academy of Bodum, would be more then glad to see her. She giggled to herself already imagining how it was going to be. She hummed happily and glanced down at the screen of her phone and seen that the time read 8:05 the train was definetly late today, though that wasn't much of a suprise to her. Eden had to be one of the busiest cities on Cocoon. People running in and out of market stores and malls. Families attending the different events that were being held and then there were the occasional tourist snapping pictures here and there but a good majority of the people on Eden were business men and woman. Serah sighed and dropped her head into her lap. Lightning caught a glimpse of her sister's gesture from the side of her eye but said nothing.
"Come on stop walking so slow your gonna make us miss the train!" An overly excited accented voice screamed.
"I'm comin' would ya stop rushin' me geez!" Another voice screamed but the accent was more thicker.
"Your slower then a herd of adamantoise, hurry up!"
The foreign voices grabbed Serah's attention and she sat up almost instantly. Her head turned in every direction until she seen a red headed girl with her hair tied in two curled pig-tails. She was wearing the same uniform as her and Lightning only she had a purple jacket tied around her waist. Coming from the left she saw another figure. He had wild chestnut hair but the rest of his features were unclear. He was wearing black slacks, a black blazer over a cerulean blue dress shirt, with a stripped blue and black tie that was lazily tied around his neck. The male's school uniform. The male walked beside the pig-tailed girl and leaned against one of the stations support beams.
"Here I am, ya happy now?"
"Certainly took you long enough." The pig-tailed girl whined.
"Well, excuse me for bein' a little tired." The wild haired male responeded now folding his arms and lowering his head.
The pig-tailed girl walked up to the male and pressed her body against his playfully, a bright smile streaching across her face "That's what happens when you decide to party!"
The male blinked then blushed because of the close contact and plucked the redhead's forehead
"Ouch, that hurt! She whined to him while rubbing her forehead.
Serah smiled and chuckled at the two. Obviously her chuckle was a bit loud because the two looked in her direction.
"Hey is that Lightnin?" The male asked tapping his friends shoulder. The redhead turned around and faced the same direction as the wild haired male. A smile shaped her lips and she joyfully leapt into the air clapping her hands togethor. "Yes, yes it is Lightning."
The male whizzed over to the woman and embraced her in a tight hug. "Oi, Lightnin' its been too long! How ya been!" Lightning grumbled and unwrapped the males arms from around her and punched him in the face.
"Lightning!" Serah yelled as she ran to the male's side to see if he was alright. "That wasn't nice you should'nt hit people just for saying-"
The male looked at Serah and gave a her a small smile. Her eyes locked with his bright viridian green ones. He had such beautiful tanned skin that seemed to glow and his smile was absolutely breath taking. Her cheeks suddenly began to burn. The male chuckled and rubbed the side of his cheek. "It's alright that's just Light's way of sayin' hello to me. Isn't that right Light?"
Lightning huffed and rolled her eyes. "See, nothing personal. Anyway, who might you be?" Serah was so awestruck her words came out jumbled and made no sense. "A-am m-my S-Serah name i-is..I-I mean Serah. Lightning's sister." She said slightly embarrassed but played it off with her cheerful smile.
The male blinked and scratched the back of his head out of confusement he chuckled at the girl's stammering finding it cute. "Ah, a smaller Farron. Light you neva told me ya had a sister, and she looks just like ya!" Lightning just rolled her eyes and Serah continued to blush. "Anyway, my name is Fang and this here is my friend Vanille, very nice to meet you." He threw his arm around her shoulder and pulled her into a friendly hug. "N-nice to meet you as well." She said sheepishly. He pulled the girl closer and her face accidently clashed into his chest against two soft plump...'breast, Fang is a girl!' Serah quickly pushed away and covered her face with her hands and bumped into Lightning who's eyes were full of concern about her sister's odd behaviour.
Finally after what seemed like forever the train pulled up to the station. The doors opened and people exited in an orderly but speedy fashion. Serah sighed a breath of releif and quickly ran to grab a seat on the train Lightning, Fang, and Vanille followed not that far behind. Fang was streatched out across three of the trains seats. Lightning shook her head at the carefree woman and sat down across from her saying nothing. Vanille sat down next to Serah and gave her a bright sunshine smile. Serah smiled back and instantly they clicked.
"So, Serah it your first year hear?"
"No, this is actually my third year. I use to attend this school before I transferred to Bodum Academy but then I tranferred back."
"Why did you transfer?"
"Uhm, It's complicated. But what about you Vanille."
"It's my third year. But Fang, it's her first year going to this school she use to attend PSICOM Military Academy until she was expelled."
"Really? That must be how her and my sister met huh?"
Vanille gave a cheerful smile and nodded. "Mmm-Hmm!."
So, what did she get expelled for?"
"She punched a teacher named Mr. Rosch in the face, she claimed he said something hateful towards her."
"Haha, sounds like something my sister would do as well." The two laughed over the small joke then Serah shifted her gaze to Fang. The woman seemed to have fallen asleep.
'Wow she looks so peaceful. And even more beautiful when she's sleeping...Gah! I can't beleive I said that!.'
Serah's face flushed beat red.
'No no no, what I meant to say was she's uhm, she's just uhm..oh forget it...I need to relax. Maybe seeing my friends will calm me down...'
"Serah?" Lightning called, concern written in her tone.
"Huh, yes Lightning." She feigned her cheery smile.
"Nothing..." The older Farron found her sister's behaviour to be slightly out of character but changed her mind and decided not to question on it.
Serah facepalmed herself and dropped her head in her lap for the second time that day. The train ride to school was silent for the rest of the way.
"SEEEEEEEERAH!."
"Oh Maker..." The young girl said nervously as a spikey haired brunette male charged at her in a full sprint. She braced herself as the males body collided with her small frame and knocked her on the floor. His arms wrapped tightly around the girls waist and his cheek pressed gently against hers. "Oh Serah I missed you so much over summer break I'm so glad to see you, by the way your late."
"C-can't breath..."
"Oh sorry about that." The boy let her go and Serah inhaled later amounts of air before her breathing pattern was even again. "What, are you trying to do kill me Sora, yes I know I'm late blame it on the train." She whined almost sounding like a child. Sora laughed and stood up. "No, never I just missed you." He extended his hand out to her and helped her up off the girl flattened out the front of her skirt with her hands and brushed the dirt from it. "I missed you to Sora."
"Well that's nice..is he the only one you missed." Serah peeked down the hall way to see a blond male with a tail walking toward her and Sora.
"Oh, look It's the notorious skirt chaser.." Sora commented.
The girl's eyes lit up happily and she ran to his side embracing him in a hug. "Of course not, Zidane. I've missed you as well! How can I forget about the guy I keep turning down?" Sora rolled over onto the floor in a fit of laughter at her statement. Serah some how found a way to conjure up a chuckle as well though she didn't see where the joke was in what she said. "Zidane you know I'm only kidding."
He smirked. "I know Serah, but one day you'll say yes." He winked and with that said the male walked off else where leaving Serah giggling.
Sora picked himself up off the floor and wiped the tears of laughter from his eyes. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a slip of paper with his classes printed on it. "Well Serah, I'll see you later hopefully we have some classes togethor." The boy waved and he went on his way.
"Serah! Serah over here sit next to us!." An effervescent female with wild blonde hair shouted, practically throwing her hands in the air to get the girls attention. Serah smiled and walked to the empty seat between the girl and her two friends. "Oh my Maker, Rikku, Yuna, Paine!." Serah sat down between the three and they all started talking and gossiping about people they ran into and some girls that rubbed them the wrong way one of the names being a girl named Stella Nox Fleuret.
"Alright, alright settle down take your seats and quiet all that talking, class is starting. Open your books to page 30!." An ominous voice yelled. In walked a pale tanned man wearing a white lab coat. He had black hair pushed back into a pnytail and wore thick round glasses. The man took his spot behind his desk and cleared his throat.
The whole room suddenly went silent as the man began to speak. "I am your Chemistry teacher, Professor Hojo, that's how I expect you to address me. Not Hojo, and not Mr. Hojo but Professor Hojo. Anything besides that you will receive detention!."
'Wow, what a strange man..'
The man continued, this is a chemistry class not a play ground I take teaching seriously so if you don't want to learn," his and pointed at the door on the far left. "the door is right there no one is forcing you to stay, get out!" No one moved confirming that everyone was there to learn. "Now get out a sheet of paper and write down these safety rules." The entire class groaned. "Silence! Now hurry up the faster you get this over with the faster we can move on to the next subject!."
Chemistry class dragged but she was glad it was over. Professor Hojo was a horrid man who seemed to be a bit off his rocker in her eyes. The entire time the class was writing down the safety rules, he was mumbling something that went along the lines of "Project S" "Project G" and so on. There were also some ridiculous rumors spreading about saying he worked as an undercover scientist for some electric company in the western region. Serah found the rumors a little shallow, but they weren't hard to believe either.
"I have yet to see my other friends, guess that's what happens when you show up late to school huh?"
The strawberry blonde laughed then opened her English book and looked at the small slip of paper with her classes on it. "Let's see, Hm, Pulsian History with Mr. Bugenhagen. In building 4A.." Not paying attention to where she was going she clashed into someone. Her books and schedule scattered all over the floor and she tumbled into a nearby wall. The bell sounded and bellowed through out the school over the intercom. "Oh no!" Serah quickly scrambled to her feet and went for her books not bothering to see who it was she ran into. It was the first day and she was late for her second class. What a good first impression. Now her teacher is going to think she's a bad example. She reached down for her schedule but a tanned hand reached out and picked it up. Serah looked up to see the boy no girl she met up with at the train station. "Oi, you alright there little Farron, ya ran into me kind of hard. I hope I didn't hurt you?" Again, azure blue hues met viridian green hues. Serah's body stiffened.
"N-no I'm fine thanks for asking." She said keeping up her cheery disposition.
"Good, last thing I need is Light beatin' my ass for hurting her sister." Fang took a breif moment to look over the girl's schedule. "Damn, looks like we aren't in the same class this period. You wouldn't happen to know where Mr. Raines class is would ya?"
"Yes, b-building 2B first class on your left when you enter."
"Geez, the Military Academy was'nt this complicated and their campus was bigger. Anyways, thanks a lot you were a big help, another thing," She smiled playfully. "Your face has been awfully red since I've met you. Should get that checked out Farron!" She said sarcastically, plucked the girl's forehead then ran off about her business.
'This is going to be a long first day.'
She thought.
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