Chapter Nine: Banished
Zell and Ceres sat across from each other at the lunch table. Neither one of them had touched their food, they had no appetite left.
It had been a week and still the Headmaster had not returned. Everyone felt that Seifer was to blame for Cid's dissapearance. But, Ceres knew that her brother wouldn't do anything like that. If Seifer Almasy was going to hurt Cid Kramer in any way, he would of done it publically.
Zell leaned back in his chair, and put his hands behind his head. "They are talking about putting up wanted pictures for Seifer."
"Why?" Ceres asked, a smirk on her face. "They declared him dead. How can a presumed dead man kidnap somebody?"
Zell shrugged, "That's the Garden for you. Go figure."
Ceres nodded and closed her eyes, lost in her own train of thought. She was running her mind through the possibilities of who it could of been.
"I mean it was one thing to betray us and join that Sorceress," a young girl commented at the table next to theirs. "But, now to kidnap the Headmaster?"
"I agree" remarked a blonde guy, "I mean, Almasys just must be idiot jerks."
"Well, you've met his sister haven't you?" a petite brunette asked.
"Yeah," the red-haired girl giggled, "I heard she's fucking Dincht."
"How could she manage to pull him away from his precious hot dogs?" the blonde guy laughed.
"I heard that she spreads her legs for any and everyone." the brunette giggled.
"Yeah, Steven, maybe she'll help you finally get some," the blonde said.
Steven smirked, "No way. Who knows what disease she's got? She's an Almasy after all, and you know how the Almasy's are."
The others nodded knowingly.
Ceres drew in a sharp breath, tears forming under her eyes. Zell's face became stone and he stood up sharply, causing his chair to fall over. He stormed over to the table and grabbed Steven by his collar, "Who the FUCK do you think you are? You don't even know me or Ceres, so why don't you shut your dumbass mouth?"
"You wanna make me?" Steven replied, angrily.
"Yeah," Zell answered, pushing Steven, "I'll do more than fucking make you alright."
"HEY!" Ceres jumped between the two, "Zell, calm down! Don't let them get to you like that!"
"Oh what? You're little slut's gotta protect you?" the blonde girl smirked.
Ceres whirled around and faced the girl, her eyes cold with rage. "Shut up bitch."
The girl responded by raising her hand to slap Ceres, but Ceres grabbed the girl's hand and pushed her backwards, sending her flying several feet.
"Hey! Don't touch Allison like that!" Steven yelled, punching Zell.
Zell jumped on Steven and they rolled around on the floor, while Ceres tried to fight off the two remaining girls.
"HEY!" Xu screamed from the doorway. Everyone stopped and looked up. "Dincht, Almasy, out here, NOW!"
Slowly Zell and Ceres stood up and walked out of the cafeteria, ignoring the whispers of the students.
"This is inexcusable!" Xu cried. "Not only were you fighting again, you did NOT have permission to leave your room, and you are NOT supposed to have ANY contact with each other!"
"Bullshit!" Zell cried.
"I overlooked it the first time when you were together in Cid's office, because you were helping look for him. But, now you go and start another fight?"
"They started it," Ceres responded, wiping the blood of her face, "My brother Seifer did NOT kidnap the Headmaster."
"Oh?" Xu asked, turning to her, "And how do you know that?"
"Because I know my brother a little better than that." Ceres answered, airly.
Xu smirked. "I tell you what. You both are expelled from the Garden-"
"WHAT?!" they both cried together.
"Wait," Xu said, putting her hands up, "Let me finish. I will let you both back in under one condition. If Seifer is in fact not the person who kidnapped the Headmaster, then you must find some way to prove this, if he is, then you must apologize to the entire Garden, understood?"
"Hey!" came a voice, they turned to see Selphie standing there, "That's not fair!"
"Well, now you can join them Ms. Tilmitt" Xu responded, turning to leave, "Be out by dawn."
Xu left Selphie, Ceres, and Zell standing there with their mouths open.
"I'm sorry, Selphie.." Ceres whispered.
Selphie hugged her and Zell, "It's okay guys. C'mon, let's go get packed, and tomorrow, we'll start our journey to prove them wrong!"
Zell and Ceres gave Selphie a weak smile and headed towards their dorm. 'What have we done?' Ceres wondered sadly to herself, 'What the fuck have we done?'
Zell and Ceres sat across from each other at the lunch table. Neither one of them had touched their food, they had no appetite left.
It had been a week and still the Headmaster had not returned. Everyone felt that Seifer was to blame for Cid's dissapearance. But, Ceres knew that her brother wouldn't do anything like that. If Seifer Almasy was going to hurt Cid Kramer in any way, he would of done it publically.
Zell leaned back in his chair, and put his hands behind his head. "They are talking about putting up wanted pictures for Seifer."
"Why?" Ceres asked, a smirk on her face. "They declared him dead. How can a presumed dead man kidnap somebody?"
Zell shrugged, "That's the Garden for you. Go figure."
Ceres nodded and closed her eyes, lost in her own train of thought. She was running her mind through the possibilities of who it could of been.
"I mean it was one thing to betray us and join that Sorceress," a young girl commented at the table next to theirs. "But, now to kidnap the Headmaster?"
"I agree" remarked a blonde guy, "I mean, Almasys just must be idiot jerks."
"Well, you've met his sister haven't you?" a petite brunette asked.
"Yeah," the red-haired girl giggled, "I heard she's fucking Dincht."
"How could she manage to pull him away from his precious hot dogs?" the blonde guy laughed.
"I heard that she spreads her legs for any and everyone." the brunette giggled.
"Yeah, Steven, maybe she'll help you finally get some," the blonde said.
Steven smirked, "No way. Who knows what disease she's got? She's an Almasy after all, and you know how the Almasy's are."
The others nodded knowingly.
Ceres drew in a sharp breath, tears forming under her eyes. Zell's face became stone and he stood up sharply, causing his chair to fall over. He stormed over to the table and grabbed Steven by his collar, "Who the FUCK do you think you are? You don't even know me or Ceres, so why don't you shut your dumbass mouth?"
"You wanna make me?" Steven replied, angrily.
"Yeah," Zell answered, pushing Steven, "I'll do more than fucking make you alright."
"HEY!" Ceres jumped between the two, "Zell, calm down! Don't let them get to you like that!"
"Oh what? You're little slut's gotta protect you?" the blonde girl smirked.
Ceres whirled around and faced the girl, her eyes cold with rage. "Shut up bitch."
The girl responded by raising her hand to slap Ceres, but Ceres grabbed the girl's hand and pushed her backwards, sending her flying several feet.
"Hey! Don't touch Allison like that!" Steven yelled, punching Zell.
Zell jumped on Steven and they rolled around on the floor, while Ceres tried to fight off the two remaining girls.
"HEY!" Xu screamed from the doorway. Everyone stopped and looked up. "Dincht, Almasy, out here, NOW!"
Slowly Zell and Ceres stood up and walked out of the cafeteria, ignoring the whispers of the students.
"This is inexcusable!" Xu cried. "Not only were you fighting again, you did NOT have permission to leave your room, and you are NOT supposed to have ANY contact with each other!"
"Bullshit!" Zell cried.
"I overlooked it the first time when you were together in Cid's office, because you were helping look for him. But, now you go and start another fight?"
"They started it," Ceres responded, wiping the blood of her face, "My brother Seifer did NOT kidnap the Headmaster."
"Oh?" Xu asked, turning to her, "And how do you know that?"
"Because I know my brother a little better than that." Ceres answered, airly.
Xu smirked. "I tell you what. You both are expelled from the Garden-"
"WHAT?!" they both cried together.
"Wait," Xu said, putting her hands up, "Let me finish. I will let you both back in under one condition. If Seifer is in fact not the person who kidnapped the Headmaster, then you must find some way to prove this, if he is, then you must apologize to the entire Garden, understood?"
"Hey!" came a voice, they turned to see Selphie standing there, "That's not fair!"
"Well, now you can join them Ms. Tilmitt" Xu responded, turning to leave, "Be out by dawn."
Xu left Selphie, Ceres, and Zell standing there with their mouths open.
"I'm sorry, Selphie.." Ceres whispered.
Selphie hugged her and Zell, "It's okay guys. C'mon, let's go get packed, and tomorrow, we'll start our journey to prove them wrong!"
Zell and Ceres gave Selphie a weak smile and headed towards their dorm. 'What have we done?' Ceres wondered sadly to herself, 'What the fuck have we done?'