Chapter Eight: Vanished
Ceres knocked on the door to Cid's office. "Headmaster?" she asked loudly, trying to stay calm, " I need to talk to you. It's urgent."
She knocked a couple more times, with no answer. Slowly, she turned the door knob and opened the door. Ceres peered inside and gasped.
Everything was torn out and thrown around the room. The lamps were turned over, and the desk drawers had been spilt out.
"Headmaster?" Ceres asked cautiously, "Are you ok? What happened here?"
Only the silence answered her. She turned, and opened her mouth, screaming, "XU!!!!!!!"
In a few minutes, Xu rushed in, clad only in her nightgown. "Ceres?! What is the meaning of this?! What are you doing in the Headmaster's quarters after dark?!"
Xu's mouth dropped open as she gazed around the room. "What in the hell happened here?!"
"I don't know!" Ceres responded, "I came in here to talk to the Headmaster, and it was like this."
Xu called in the faculty of the staff, and together they searched the entire Garden, with no avail. It was just as if Cid Kramer had disappeared completely. Without a trace to follow.
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Zell closed the door to his dorm and started towards the elevator. He was wore out. He hadn't slept well, all he could think of was Ceres.
He rounded the hall and looked up, to see an exhausted Ceres leaning on the directory. "Hey.." he said slowly, looking around to make sure no one was around. "What's wrong?"
Ceres lifted her head and looked at Zell, she felt like running into his arms and crying. " The Headmaster is missing. We spent all night looking for him.."
"What?" Zell asked, making his way over to where Ceres stood. "Where did he go?"
"We have no clue.. There's no trace of him.." she responded quietly, "Xu is going to cancel class today so everyone can help search for him.
"Wow!" Zell exclaimed, "It must be pretty serious if Xu is excusing everyone from class."
Ceres nodded, "C'mon, let's go search his office again."
"Ok" Zell answered.
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Ceres yawned and rubbed her eyes. It was almost nightfall, and they still hadn't found anything to help suggest what happened to Cid or where he might be.
Zell looked over at her and gave her a weak smile.
Ceres smiled back and slowly began to look through Cid's drawers. She stopped when she saw a small metallic object on the floor. She leaned over and picked it up, gasping when she realized what it was.
"What is it?" Zell asked curiously.
Slowly, she held up the object, it was a small silver necklace with a charm on it. Ceres then lifted up a necklace that she was wearing, it matched the one she held in her hands.
"What's that mean?" Zell inquired, becoming worried.
"This can only be... my brother's necklace.." Ceres responded, her voice barely above a whisper, "He's the only one who had the match to mine." She slipped her necklace off and put the two together, making the charms form a cross. "Our mother gave it to us right before she died..."
"Does that mean Seifer kidnapped the Headmaster?"
"I don't know what it means... but I'm going to find out.." Ceres responded, wrapping her fingers around both necklaces.
Zell nodded slowly, and followed Ceres out of the room. 'What is she going to do?' Zell asked himself, 'Please, don't do anything stupid, Ceres....'
Ceres knocked on the door to Cid's office. "Headmaster?" she asked loudly, trying to stay calm, " I need to talk to you. It's urgent."
She knocked a couple more times, with no answer. Slowly, she turned the door knob and opened the door. Ceres peered inside and gasped.
Everything was torn out and thrown around the room. The lamps were turned over, and the desk drawers had been spilt out.
"Headmaster?" Ceres asked cautiously, "Are you ok? What happened here?"
Only the silence answered her. She turned, and opened her mouth, screaming, "XU!!!!!!!"
In a few minutes, Xu rushed in, clad only in her nightgown. "Ceres?! What is the meaning of this?! What are you doing in the Headmaster's quarters after dark?!"
Xu's mouth dropped open as she gazed around the room. "What in the hell happened here?!"
"I don't know!" Ceres responded, "I came in here to talk to the Headmaster, and it was like this."
Xu called in the faculty of the staff, and together they searched the entire Garden, with no avail. It was just as if Cid Kramer had disappeared completely. Without a trace to follow.
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Zell closed the door to his dorm and started towards the elevator. He was wore out. He hadn't slept well, all he could think of was Ceres.
He rounded the hall and looked up, to see an exhausted Ceres leaning on the directory. "Hey.." he said slowly, looking around to make sure no one was around. "What's wrong?"
Ceres lifted her head and looked at Zell, she felt like running into his arms and crying. " The Headmaster is missing. We spent all night looking for him.."
"What?" Zell asked, making his way over to where Ceres stood. "Where did he go?"
"We have no clue.. There's no trace of him.." she responded quietly, "Xu is going to cancel class today so everyone can help search for him.
"Wow!" Zell exclaimed, "It must be pretty serious if Xu is excusing everyone from class."
Ceres nodded, "C'mon, let's go search his office again."
"Ok" Zell answered.
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Ceres yawned and rubbed her eyes. It was almost nightfall, and they still hadn't found anything to help suggest what happened to Cid or where he might be.
Zell looked over at her and gave her a weak smile.
Ceres smiled back and slowly began to look through Cid's drawers. She stopped when she saw a small metallic object on the floor. She leaned over and picked it up, gasping when she realized what it was.
"What is it?" Zell asked curiously.
Slowly, she held up the object, it was a small silver necklace with a charm on it. Ceres then lifted up a necklace that she was wearing, it matched the one she held in her hands.
"What's that mean?" Zell inquired, becoming worried.
"This can only be... my brother's necklace.." Ceres responded, her voice barely above a whisper, "He's the only one who had the match to mine." She slipped her necklace off and put the two together, making the charms form a cross. "Our mother gave it to us right before she died..."
"Does that mean Seifer kidnapped the Headmaster?"
"I don't know what it means... but I'm going to find out.." Ceres responded, wrapping her fingers around both necklaces.
Zell nodded slowly, and followed Ceres out of the room. 'What is she going to do?' Zell asked himself, 'Please, don't do anything stupid, Ceres....'