Past, Present and Future
Chapter One
*14 years ago*
"Momma? Where are you going? Momma?" The small child coughed through the suffocating smoke, clutching on to his younger sister.
"Run! Out the back way...GO! QUICKLY! DON'T LOOK BACK!" Their mother called to them as the flames grew higher.
"Come on sis..." The boy said dragging his sister away from the flames.
"Bu...but Momma...." His sister whimpered trying to reach after her mothers disappearing back.
"You wanna do what she says! Follow me!" He snapped.
"NO! MOMA!" His sister screamed.
"LADY! DON'T BE DIFFICULT!" Her brother yelled wiping a mixture of tears and sweat off his face.
"I want Momma..." Lady whimpered.
"Me too Lady...but there's nothing we can do....let's go." Her brother sighed holding on to the gem stone around her neck. "TRANSFORM!" He yelled. In a flash of blue light, a small blue/grey wolf stood, waiting patiently for Lady.
"TRANSFORM!" Lady called. In another flash of light, a tiny albino wolf stood cowering next to her brother. They walked out of the burning house and through the burning town undetected by the Galabadian soldiers, and out on the Galabadian plains, watched it slowly burn...
*Present day*
Light from the warm golden sunshine out side seeped through the class room windows and made the now seventeen year old Lady's hair shimmer. Lady had grown a lot since the night she'd left with her brother. No longer small and weak, she was now a fully fledged top level SeeD from Balamb Garden and an extremely attractive young woman, using that as one of her most powerful attributes.
"Lady? Lady, are you listening to me?!" Lady's Instructor and friend, Xu, snapped.
"Wha?" Lady said, flicking her pen across the room to Zell Dinchet's desk. "Did I miss something?"
"No..." Xu chuckled. "No...we were just talking about the size of Irvine's over-sized ego." She smiled.
"I can add an opinion or two to a discussion about Irvine's super-ego!" Lady sighed.
"Oh, babe, you just wanna piece of it." Irvine Kinneas smiled coyly.
"Oh pur-lease! I think I'd rather die before I wanted anything to do with your super-ego, Kinneas." Lady smirked standing up. "I'm outta here, rubies."
"See ya later, Lady." Xu sighed as the rest of the class followed Lady's demonstration.
Outside the classroom, Lady was leaning on the wall waiting for someone in particular as the class filed out. He came out a Lady grabbing the collar of his jacket.
"Meet me in this class room in five minutes." She whispered.
"Don't ya think it's a bit... public?" He asked putting a hand on her waist.
"Not if we're careful..." Lady smiled and pushed him away. Five minutes," She said walking away.
Five minutes later, Lady walked into the class room wand smiled when she saw him leaning on the desk with his back towards her. Unable to resist, she snuck up on him and put her hands over his eyes.
"Guess who..." She giggled. He turned around, sliding his hands down to her hips and smiled, his icy blue eyes staring into her light brown ones.
"I've missed you... so much!" He whispered softly.
"I was sitting in front of you, not more than ten minutes ago. It's not like I've been in Esthar for the last three years!" Lady smiled, draping her arms around his neck.
"Yeah, but I just wish we could make us public! It's annoying that we have to sneak around all the time!" He replied staring at the ceiling.
"I know it's a pain! But we're the most unlikely couple in the whole of Balamb Island!" Lady smiled. "Besides, it makes it more sexy when it's a secret."
"I won't disagree with you there Lady." He chuckled pulling her closer.
"Good thing too..." Lady laughed lightly as they kissed. "I have to admit something, Squall Leonhart, Rinoa doesn't know what she's missing!" She murmured.
"Neither does Irvine." Squall murmured back.
Later on that day, Lady was called the Headmaster Cid's office, along with Squall, Zell and Rinoa. Headmaster Cid was getting on a bit, but was still set on running Balamb Garden along with his wife Edea, who had run an orphanage where Zell, Squall, Selphie, Quistis, Irvine and Seifer had gone when they were children.
"Ah, you're here!" Cid said, when he noticed they'd arrived. "Excellent. At ease. " He said. The four of them relaxed and listened to Cid. "This isn't an important mission, but I received word that a small town named Winhill has been over run by monsters. You are to go and dispose of these monsters and also take a bit of a holiday for two weeks Zell and Rinoa, Lady and Squall, you are to have four." Cid smiled. "Dismissed." Zell and Rinoa left, feeling smug, and Lady began to leave, but when she noticed Squall wasn't coming, she stopped.
"Squall?" She questioned. Squall looked at her and cleared his throat. Lady smiled and left.
"Sir..." Squall began. Cid turned and looked at him, smiling kindly.
"Yes Squall?" He asked.
"I'm not sure that I deserve a holiday. I haven't done much work in your services lately." Squall said.
"Now, now Squall." Cid chuckled. "I cannot think of any other person who needs a holiday, and the same with Lady! You've both done exceptional work in the Garden in the past, and both deserve a break." Cid smiled.
"Yes sir." Squall said turning on his heel.
"Oh, and before I forget..." Cid's voice stopped him. "You might want to keep your relationship with Lady a secret, if so, than try to find rooms with out video cameras." Cid smiled and winked.
"Sir, please, don't tell anyone! We don't want people to know about us! Not just yet anyway. It's early days. We're just taking it a day at a time." Squall said, suddenly panicking.
"Calm down Squall." Cid chuckled. "Myself and Edea shall not be telling anyone of your private life. But a word of advice, don't let your relationship distract you from your work. Now go along and get ready to leave, the train to Galabadia leaves at seventeen hundred hours." Cid smiled and Squall left.
Going down to his dorm, Squall ran into Irvine who informed him that that Lady was waiting for him out side his dorm. Upon hearing this, Squall broke into a run and found Lady leaning on the wall inside the dorm. He took her hand, led her into his sleeping quarters.
"So....what you're telling me is that Edea and Cid know about us, but aren't going to tell anyone about it....right?" Lady asked after Squall explained the situation to her.
"That's right." Squall replied.
"That's good. Anyway, you know what this four week holiday means for us, don't you?" Lady asked walking towards Squall seductively.
"No.... but I have a feeling you're gonna tell me." Squall gulped sitting on the edge of his bed.
"You and me don't have to be sneaky about us! We can have some fun out in the open!" Lady giggled sitting on his lap and putting her arms around his neck.
"Great..." Squall whispered before kissing her.
"...Sorry, did I interrupt something?" Irvine's voice suddenly said, causing the two of them to pull apart. Lady and Squall looked at him, surprised looks on their faces. "Way to get in there Squall. I knocked, but I guess you were to excited to hear. I understand, I'll go now." Irvine smiled, turning to leave.
"Kinneas! GET IN HERE!" Lady yelled.
"Yipe..." Irvine said in a small voice. "Coming." He walked into the sleeping quarters, making sure the dorm door was shut.
"Sit!" Lady snapped. Irvine did as he was told and sat on the bedside desk. He smiled and coughed uneasily.
"So....how long has this been going on?" Irvine asked.
"I don't think-" lady began but was interrupted by Squall.
"A couple of weeks. Listen, Irvine, you can't tell anyone about this. Not just yet anyway, not until we're ready!" Squall said calmly.
"No problem, I won't tell anyone, I promise!" Irvine smiled. "Just don't kiss in front of me, it kinda makes me jealous."
"Deal. Thanks Irvine, I owe ya one." Squall sighed.
"See ya later." Lady smiled as he left.
When Irvine had gone, Lady stood up and walked back and forth in the sleeping quarters until Squall grabbed her wrist and pulled her on to her back.
"Just relax. I know Irvine, he won't tell anyone. just trust him" Squall told her as he started kissing her neck.
"I know....it's just...." Lady sighed, unable to finish her sentence. "Oh, what the Hell." She giggled, taking her crossbow off and Squall's jacket and gun blade.