Disclaimer: I dont own Final Fantasy VIII or any of the related characters and storyline, blah blah blah. It all belongs to Square. So dont sue me. This is just something I do to please the masses (grin) (yeah right) :P
Selphie watched their faces fade through the window of the car, and sobbed silently, pressing her face against the window, trying to burn the images of her friends into her mind so that she would remember them forever. Cid looked back at her through the mirror, and shook his head slowly. He had seen so many children pass through his beloved's orphanage. All of them orphans, who would find comfort and friendship with the other children, and would inevitably be torn apart and thrown into a new family. He hoped that someday in the future, once the first Garden had been built he might be able to send some of those children to train to become SeeDs, or Instructors just so that they might be allowed to stay together.
It was heartwrenching for him to have to listen to the girl's quiet sobs in the back seat of the car. This was not the first time he had been made to drive a child to their new home and family. Somehow Edea always managed to con him into doing it, claiming that if she left him with the kids alone that she would come back and find him tied up with half the house on fire.
Thats not so far from the truth... Cid thought to himself, restraining from laughing in the delicate situation. The trainstation came into view, and when he pulled up into the lot, he sat their in silence for a moment before finally addressing the child.
"Selphie.. we're here. You're going to meet your new family. Isnt that exciting?" He asked quietly, trying to sound as if he wished he were going with her. She just shook her head angrily, sniffling quietly until the last of her tears had faded away.
"No its not! I dont wanna go! I wanna stay home!" She shouted suddenly, tears streaming down her small face. Cid shook his head slightly. This happened every time, and his soft old heart could barely take it, not after having helped take care of these innocent souls for so long.
"Selphie, the Orphanage isnt your home. You're going to go to a real house, with your own room, and your own little brother to play with. You'll be able to make new friends, and go to school... why, I wish I were coming with you!" He said, smiling softly, though he felt no happiness. She had her arms crossed defiantly, even as the tears ran down her face, but she finally just sagged her shoulders and gave in.
"You pwomise?" She said softly, unexpectantly loud in the silence of the small car. Cid looked at her, not understanding the question.
"Promise what sweetie?" He asked as gently as he could.
"Pwomise that I'll make new fwiends." She said, looking at him with eyes that seemed to beg him to make everything allright.
"Yes Selphie. I promise that you'll make new friends." He said slowly, almost reverently. Finally she nodded and opened the car door, grabbing her small pink bagand stepping out into the damp air of the trainstation. People clustered around, waiting for the next train to Trabia to arrive. Cid stepped out into the fresh air and opened the trunk, taking her other bag from it and retrieving the small bag that held the gift that everyone had painstakingly put together.
"I have something for you." He said softly. She turned around, her eyes lighting up for the first time at the idea of a present. He kneeled down in front of her and slowly pulled the stuffed teddy bear from the bag.
"We know that you already have a stuffed bear, but this one is kindof like a memory bear. Whenever your scared you can just talk to Mr. Bear and remember that you have a whole lot of friends. And look... everyone added something to Mr. Bear that was special to them."
She had to laugh at the bears strange appearance. Its eyes consisted of two blue beads from Qusitis '
favorite necklace, the nose was a rusty old coin with a zig-zag pattern on it that Zell had always loved and played with constantly, the mouth consisted of several small embedded fake bullets that were Irvine's forte, and the bear was wearing two small chain necklaces, one from Squall and one from Seifer. And of course Edea had been the one to stitch it all together.
Selphie's eyes misted, and she hugged the bear tightly, then did the same to Cid.
"Thank you. Tell them that I'll never fowget them." Finally she turned towards the train, where her new parents stood waiting for her, with large and welcoming smiles on their faces.
They came over and took her other suitcase for her, then introduced her to her new baby brother.
"Have you ever been on a train sweetie?" Her new mother asked. Selphie shook her head, looking at the big monster that they claimed was a train. She saw Cid standing near the car, watching them, and giggled.
"Noo... but Uncle Cid says that their always too noisy and espensife." She said, reciting the line that she often heard "Uncle Cid" mutter under his breath when he thought no one was around.
"Oh does he?" She glanced back at him and smiled, then winked. "Well their really not that scary. I know that they look big and scary, but... well, here's something that always makes me feel better. I'm going to teach you a song that my mother taught me as soon as we get to our rooms, okay?"
She smiled down at Selphie, and Selphie found that she had actually lost alot of the sadness she had felt. Clutching Mr. Bear tightly, she waved goodbye to Cid and boarded the train and followed her new mother and father to their room. Once they were settled, she sat with her new mother near a window.
"Now... the song goes something like this..." She cleared her throat and began singing in a beautiful voice and Selphie listened intently, committing the words to her memory.
"Train-train-take-me-away, take-me-away-to-a-better-day...."
Authors Note: Remember Mr.Bear and the song she sings every time she gets on a train? Well I thought it was a pretty good ending. Well I think its the end... anywayz, how'd ya like it? Please review and tell me what you thought. Thanks! :)
Selphie watched their faces fade through the window of the car, and sobbed silently, pressing her face against the window, trying to burn the images of her friends into her mind so that she would remember them forever. Cid looked back at her through the mirror, and shook his head slowly. He had seen so many children pass through his beloved's orphanage. All of them orphans, who would find comfort and friendship with the other children, and would inevitably be torn apart and thrown into a new family. He hoped that someday in the future, once the first Garden had been built he might be able to send some of those children to train to become SeeDs, or Instructors just so that they might be allowed to stay together.
It was heartwrenching for him to have to listen to the girl's quiet sobs in the back seat of the car. This was not the first time he had been made to drive a child to their new home and family. Somehow Edea always managed to con him into doing it, claiming that if she left him with the kids alone that she would come back and find him tied up with half the house on fire.
Thats not so far from the truth... Cid thought to himself, restraining from laughing in the delicate situation. The trainstation came into view, and when he pulled up into the lot, he sat their in silence for a moment before finally addressing the child.
"Selphie.. we're here. You're going to meet your new family. Isnt that exciting?" He asked quietly, trying to sound as if he wished he were going with her. She just shook her head angrily, sniffling quietly until the last of her tears had faded away.
"No its not! I dont wanna go! I wanna stay home!" She shouted suddenly, tears streaming down her small face. Cid shook his head slightly. This happened every time, and his soft old heart could barely take it, not after having helped take care of these innocent souls for so long.
"Selphie, the Orphanage isnt your home. You're going to go to a real house, with your own room, and your own little brother to play with. You'll be able to make new friends, and go to school... why, I wish I were coming with you!" He said, smiling softly, though he felt no happiness. She had her arms crossed defiantly, even as the tears ran down her face, but she finally just sagged her shoulders and gave in.
"You pwomise?" She said softly, unexpectantly loud in the silence of the small car. Cid looked at her, not understanding the question.
"Promise what sweetie?" He asked as gently as he could.
"Pwomise that I'll make new fwiends." She said, looking at him with eyes that seemed to beg him to make everything allright.
"Yes Selphie. I promise that you'll make new friends." He said slowly, almost reverently. Finally she nodded and opened the car door, grabbing her small pink bagand stepping out into the damp air of the trainstation. People clustered around, waiting for the next train to Trabia to arrive. Cid stepped out into the fresh air and opened the trunk, taking her other bag from it and retrieving the small bag that held the gift that everyone had painstakingly put together.
"I have something for you." He said softly. She turned around, her eyes lighting up for the first time at the idea of a present. He kneeled down in front of her and slowly pulled the stuffed teddy bear from the bag.
"We know that you already have a stuffed bear, but this one is kindof like a memory bear. Whenever your scared you can just talk to Mr. Bear and remember that you have a whole lot of friends. And look... everyone added something to Mr. Bear that was special to them."
She had to laugh at the bears strange appearance. Its eyes consisted of two blue beads from Qusitis '
favorite necklace, the nose was a rusty old coin with a zig-zag pattern on it that Zell had always loved and played with constantly, the mouth consisted of several small embedded fake bullets that were Irvine's forte, and the bear was wearing two small chain necklaces, one from Squall and one from Seifer. And of course Edea had been the one to stitch it all together.
Selphie's eyes misted, and she hugged the bear tightly, then did the same to Cid.
"Thank you. Tell them that I'll never fowget them." Finally she turned towards the train, where her new parents stood waiting for her, with large and welcoming smiles on their faces.
They came over and took her other suitcase for her, then introduced her to her new baby brother.
"Have you ever been on a train sweetie?" Her new mother asked. Selphie shook her head, looking at the big monster that they claimed was a train. She saw Cid standing near the car, watching them, and giggled.
"Noo... but Uncle Cid says that their always too noisy and espensife." She said, reciting the line that she often heard "Uncle Cid" mutter under his breath when he thought no one was around.
"Oh does he?" She glanced back at him and smiled, then winked. "Well their really not that scary. I know that they look big and scary, but... well, here's something that always makes me feel better. I'm going to teach you a song that my mother taught me as soon as we get to our rooms, okay?"
She smiled down at Selphie, and Selphie found that she had actually lost alot of the sadness she had felt. Clutching Mr. Bear tightly, she waved goodbye to Cid and boarded the train and followed her new mother and father to their room. Once they were settled, she sat with her new mother near a window.
"Now... the song goes something like this..." She cleared her throat and began singing in a beautiful voice and Selphie listened intently, committing the words to her memory.
"Train-train-take-me-away, take-me-away-to-a-better-day...."
Authors Note: Remember Mr.Bear and the song she sings every time she gets on a train? Well I thought it was a pretty good ending. Well I think its the end... anywayz, how'd ya like it? Please review and tell me what you thought. Thanks! :)