Zell Chronicles
Forgotten
Chapter 1: Introduction
It's been three years since Ultimecia was forced into oblivion by six heroes with very special ties with very special GF's. Squall with Shiva, Siren, Brothers, Doomtrain, Eden and Bahamut. Zell with Ifrit, Leviathan, Pandemona, Tonberry and Cerberus. Quistis with Quezacotl, Diablos, Carbuncle, Alexander, and Cactuar. Occasionally Irvine would change with Zell, Selphie with Squall, and Rinoa with Quistis. LuvLuvG's were able to continuously add to their ties with the GF's. During the fight with Ultemecia, there was much Junction exchanging, the dying heroes using their last concentration on transferring their power to the second wave of fighters. After time-compression, they came back alive, strangely, in some kind of a time-space continuum. Those heroes were Squall, who was a lone wolf and a the most reluctant of them all. His sweetheart, Rinoa, was a former resistance member, known as the Timber Owls. Then came Irvine, a sharpshooter from Galbadia Garden. His flirtation had gotten him Selphie, a happy-go-lucky hyper girl that is very active. Zell was the best martial artist and he was a wild type, with his tattoo and his hairdo. Quistis was the calm one. She was the most experienced of them all, a teacher. After the episode with Ultemecia and time compression, our friends are back in Balamb Garden, speaking of plans for their next SeeD mission. The Ragnorak was parked in a renovated parking lot and the Seeds were in much less demand after the Ultemecia battle. Garden was somewhere in the middle of Galbadia, floating above a forest. Occasionally cadets would parachute down to train for missions. Cid was with Edea in the rebuilt orphanage, raising another group of future heroes. Seifer, Fujin, and Raijin were master fishermen in Balamb. Ellone was living in Winhill (she didn't like noisy city life), Laguna and the crew was in Esthar handling the latest debates.
Squall sighed and put down the ruler he had been using for renovation plans. "I'm not an engineer, just the Commander. Why choose me for the job?" He yawned and stretched as Rinoa put her arms around him. She spoke in a sing-song voice, as if she were talking to a little puppy, "Aw, Squall. It can't be that bad!" Squall frowned at her, then reinstated his usual phrase, "Whatever." Something not very common with Squall now, since three years after learning to open up had really changed him. He sat back up and started measuring plans for the Quad once more. Suddenly, Irvine crashed in with Selphie at his heels, laughing and giggling. Irvine fumbled something in his hand and it dropped on to the ground. It was a necklace, simply designed and made of gold. Irvine picked it up hastily and put it in his pocket. He then pulled a giggling Selphie towards the door. "Hiya Squall!" said the ever hyper Selphie. Squall grunted in reply and continued working. Irvine looked over nosily at Squall's work. "Aren't we the interior designer?" Irvine snickered. Selphie noticed that Squall was working on the quad. Her hand reached out and slapped Irvine hard in the back of the head, knocking the hat clear off of Irvine's head. "HEY! Did I mention that's a new hat?" Irvine mumbled. Somewhere in one of the 2F classrooms, Quistis was back with her teaching duties. She was grading SeeD Level tests. It was a frustrating piece of work and although Quistis was usually calm, she seemed to always have problems inside. She came across Zell's test, who was a level 30. He passed. She gave him a promotion to SeeD level A. This was rather surprising for Zell, who didn't seem like the straight-A type of student. But, then again, he has been engorging himself in rather hefty SeeD missions that provided him with many SeeD promotions. He shot up from level 5 to a level 25 since the Ultemecia battle. Quistis then moved on to Rinoa's. Rinoa was automatically put in as a SeeD member since she was a Sorceress and all. SeeD level 28, getting to 29. She passed with flying colors. On and on Quistis went with the rest of the gang's SeeD tests and to people whom she didn't know. She was interrupted by a student cadet who raised her hand and squealed, "Instructor Trepe!" Quistis jerked her head up. "Yes?" The female student, known as Trepe Groupie #2, stood up and began to clap. The rest of the class stood up, adding a crescendo to the applause. Quistis was.slightly confused. The Trepe Groupie said in a loud voice, "We wish to congratulate you, instructor, on your return as the instructor of this class." Quistis smiled brightly and looked at the clock. Thirty seconds left before class ended. She cleared her throat and smiled again. "Thank you, class, but this still does not excuse you from next week's quiz!" Her reply was a few moans and groans from the class. Then she dismissed the class with a wave of her hand and a third smile. She followed her class to the door and exited. "Don't forget to study!" she called after the chattering students. She found Zell leaning on the side wall of the class. "Hey, Quisty," he said in an excited voice. Quistis replied in a cheerful mood, "Hi Zell. I wanted to tell you in the cafeteria, but now that you're here, I can tell you now. Congratulations on your SeeD test. You are going to be paid 30,000 gil on a regular basis." Zell did a victory dance at the news, moon-walking down the hall. Quistis laughed at this. "Where did you get that move?" Zell cocked his head to the side. "Since I got more time on my hands, I took a few hip-hop lessons." "From downloading videos off of a hip-hop site?" Quistis laughed again and dismissed the subject with her hand. Zell was staring for a while at Quistis' new outfit. He couldn't take his eyes off her lithe body. Quistis looked concerned for Zell. "Is there anything wrong?" she inquired. Zell pried his eyes off Quistis and shook his head hastily. Dammit.
Meanwhile, at the Balamb fishing docks.. "I got a big one coming, ya know!" Raijin yelled in excitement. Seifer sulked as he saw his big friend/partner in crime pull in his umpteenth fish. Seifer looked at his empty bucket and sulked even harder. How come I can't catch fish with my experience and expertise? It's always Raijin who gets in the big hauls and the gil for his catches. Seifer immediately snapped out of his thoughts as Fujin exclaimed, "SEIFER! FISH! YOUR'S!" Seifer cursed under his breath as he jumped onto his feet. He started to pull in his prize. He found out that he pulled a marlin out of the water and exclaimed, "Shit, Fujin, don't just stand there! Help!" Fujin arrived with a small mallet and hit the fish, stunning it. Seifer wiped his head with a handkerchief and stared down at his prize, marveling it's size. A good ten, no, TWENTY pounds. Seifer started moon- walking. Unfortunately, he didn't see where he was going and fell in to the water. Fujin and Raijin had no hope but to help Seifer out of the water as the marlin woke up and started flopping back into the water.
In Winhill, Ellone was enjoying the aroma coming from the white flowers in the shop. She arranged them in an order that she wanted and purchased the beautiful roses for a thousand gil. She walked out of the store towards the central square, passing two children who were playing with some rocks. She turned into the house Laguna used to live in and placed the flowers in a water-filled vase. She sat down on a couch in the corner of the room and opened the book right next to it. She sighed and thought, what a wonderful life.
All it took was two days to plunge Esthar into crisis and the lives of many people.
Chapter 1: Introduction
It's been three years since Ultimecia was forced into oblivion by six heroes with very special ties with very special GF's. Squall with Shiva, Siren, Brothers, Doomtrain, Eden and Bahamut. Zell with Ifrit, Leviathan, Pandemona, Tonberry and Cerberus. Quistis with Quezacotl, Diablos, Carbuncle, Alexander, and Cactuar. Occasionally Irvine would change with Zell, Selphie with Squall, and Rinoa with Quistis. LuvLuvG's were able to continuously add to their ties with the GF's. During the fight with Ultemecia, there was much Junction exchanging, the dying heroes using their last concentration on transferring their power to the second wave of fighters. After time-compression, they came back alive, strangely, in some kind of a time-space continuum. Those heroes were Squall, who was a lone wolf and a the most reluctant of them all. His sweetheart, Rinoa, was a former resistance member, known as the Timber Owls. Then came Irvine, a sharpshooter from Galbadia Garden. His flirtation had gotten him Selphie, a happy-go-lucky hyper girl that is very active. Zell was the best martial artist and he was a wild type, with his tattoo and his hairdo. Quistis was the calm one. She was the most experienced of them all, a teacher. After the episode with Ultemecia and time compression, our friends are back in Balamb Garden, speaking of plans for their next SeeD mission. The Ragnorak was parked in a renovated parking lot and the Seeds were in much less demand after the Ultemecia battle. Garden was somewhere in the middle of Galbadia, floating above a forest. Occasionally cadets would parachute down to train for missions. Cid was with Edea in the rebuilt orphanage, raising another group of future heroes. Seifer, Fujin, and Raijin were master fishermen in Balamb. Ellone was living in Winhill (she didn't like noisy city life), Laguna and the crew was in Esthar handling the latest debates.
Squall sighed and put down the ruler he had been using for renovation plans. "I'm not an engineer, just the Commander. Why choose me for the job?" He yawned and stretched as Rinoa put her arms around him. She spoke in a sing-song voice, as if she were talking to a little puppy, "Aw, Squall. It can't be that bad!" Squall frowned at her, then reinstated his usual phrase, "Whatever." Something not very common with Squall now, since three years after learning to open up had really changed him. He sat back up and started measuring plans for the Quad once more. Suddenly, Irvine crashed in with Selphie at his heels, laughing and giggling. Irvine fumbled something in his hand and it dropped on to the ground. It was a necklace, simply designed and made of gold. Irvine picked it up hastily and put it in his pocket. He then pulled a giggling Selphie towards the door. "Hiya Squall!" said the ever hyper Selphie. Squall grunted in reply and continued working. Irvine looked over nosily at Squall's work. "Aren't we the interior designer?" Irvine snickered. Selphie noticed that Squall was working on the quad. Her hand reached out and slapped Irvine hard in the back of the head, knocking the hat clear off of Irvine's head. "HEY! Did I mention that's a new hat?" Irvine mumbled. Somewhere in one of the 2F classrooms, Quistis was back with her teaching duties. She was grading SeeD Level tests. It was a frustrating piece of work and although Quistis was usually calm, she seemed to always have problems inside. She came across Zell's test, who was a level 30. He passed. She gave him a promotion to SeeD level A. This was rather surprising for Zell, who didn't seem like the straight-A type of student. But, then again, he has been engorging himself in rather hefty SeeD missions that provided him with many SeeD promotions. He shot up from level 5 to a level 25 since the Ultemecia battle. Quistis then moved on to Rinoa's. Rinoa was automatically put in as a SeeD member since she was a Sorceress and all. SeeD level 28, getting to 29. She passed with flying colors. On and on Quistis went with the rest of the gang's SeeD tests and to people whom she didn't know. She was interrupted by a student cadet who raised her hand and squealed, "Instructor Trepe!" Quistis jerked her head up. "Yes?" The female student, known as Trepe Groupie #2, stood up and began to clap. The rest of the class stood up, adding a crescendo to the applause. Quistis was.slightly confused. The Trepe Groupie said in a loud voice, "We wish to congratulate you, instructor, on your return as the instructor of this class." Quistis smiled brightly and looked at the clock. Thirty seconds left before class ended. She cleared her throat and smiled again. "Thank you, class, but this still does not excuse you from next week's quiz!" Her reply was a few moans and groans from the class. Then she dismissed the class with a wave of her hand and a third smile. She followed her class to the door and exited. "Don't forget to study!" she called after the chattering students. She found Zell leaning on the side wall of the class. "Hey, Quisty," he said in an excited voice. Quistis replied in a cheerful mood, "Hi Zell. I wanted to tell you in the cafeteria, but now that you're here, I can tell you now. Congratulations on your SeeD test. You are going to be paid 30,000 gil on a regular basis." Zell did a victory dance at the news, moon-walking down the hall. Quistis laughed at this. "Where did you get that move?" Zell cocked his head to the side. "Since I got more time on my hands, I took a few hip-hop lessons." "From downloading videos off of a hip-hop site?" Quistis laughed again and dismissed the subject with her hand. Zell was staring for a while at Quistis' new outfit. He couldn't take his eyes off her lithe body. Quistis looked concerned for Zell. "Is there anything wrong?" she inquired. Zell pried his eyes off Quistis and shook his head hastily. Dammit.
Meanwhile, at the Balamb fishing docks.. "I got a big one coming, ya know!" Raijin yelled in excitement. Seifer sulked as he saw his big friend/partner in crime pull in his umpteenth fish. Seifer looked at his empty bucket and sulked even harder. How come I can't catch fish with my experience and expertise? It's always Raijin who gets in the big hauls and the gil for his catches. Seifer immediately snapped out of his thoughts as Fujin exclaimed, "SEIFER! FISH! YOUR'S!" Seifer cursed under his breath as he jumped onto his feet. He started to pull in his prize. He found out that he pulled a marlin out of the water and exclaimed, "Shit, Fujin, don't just stand there! Help!" Fujin arrived with a small mallet and hit the fish, stunning it. Seifer wiped his head with a handkerchief and stared down at his prize, marveling it's size. A good ten, no, TWENTY pounds. Seifer started moon- walking. Unfortunately, he didn't see where he was going and fell in to the water. Fujin and Raijin had no hope but to help Seifer out of the water as the marlin woke up and started flopping back into the water.
In Winhill, Ellone was enjoying the aroma coming from the white flowers in the shop. She arranged them in an order that she wanted and purchased the beautiful roses for a thousand gil. She walked out of the store towards the central square, passing two children who were playing with some rocks. She turned into the house Laguna used to live in and placed the flowers in a water-filled vase. She sat down on a couch in the corner of the room and opened the book right next to it. She sighed and thought, what a wonderful life.
All it took was two days to plunge Esthar into crisis and the lives of many people.