[I don't own FF8 nor do I own any of the character's. Except Silvur, so if you want to use her email me at Silvurdragon84@aol.com and I hope you enjoy.]
Note: I just want to say, that this story is by me, I'm just posting it for a very good friend of mine. I enjoyed this story and so read it because you probably will too. --Cleo
The Silver Dragon
By:
Kimberly Wolff
Silvurdragon84@aol.com
[-- Chapter One --]
Silvur Almasy entered the main hall of Balamb Garden, stopping just short of the directory to survey her new home. She sighed and ran a gloved hand through her shoulder length silver hair, while at the same time, her jade green eyes scanned the directory for the location of the headmaster's office. She shook her head and thought, How does anyone find their way around this place? It's freakin' HUGE! Not taking her eyes off the screen, she placed her bags on the floor next to her, and then kicked the directory in frustration. "Ow, dammit!", she grabbed her foot, while dancing around on the other.
After a moment she finally put her foot down and just looked around, hoping no one saw what just happened. At Galbadia, everyone knew her as a cool and collected person, who never lost her cool in battle, and never let anything get to her. But also as a loner, or as some said, a "lone wolf". That was how she liked it anyway, she did it so no one would, or could, find out about her past, or who she was related to. If the wrong people found out Seifer Almasy was her cousin, especially some people here at Balamb Garden..she didn't even want to think about it, so she pushed it out of her mind for the time being.
Rinoa Heartilly sat on a bench near the fountain, reading a book. It had been 6 months since the whole Ultamecia and Time Compression mess. Life had returned to normal at the Garden, Squall was still the commander, Quisits had gotten her instructor's liscense back and was now teaching classes. Selphie, Irvine, and Zell were, well, they were themselves. Cid and Edea had given Rinoa a room of her own, even though she wasn't a SeeD, she had made Garden her home.
All of a sudden she heard someone shout, "Dammit!", at that she looked up from her book to see a young woman holding her foot. Must've kicked the directory, she thought. She started giggling, then calmed herself, and stood up and headed in her direction. The stranger had finally put her foot down and was now, apparently, trying to figure out how to use the directory. She sighed, They have GOT to make that thing easier to understand.
Silvur continued observing the directory until her eyes started to cross, making her shake her head and look up. When she did that she saw someone walking toward her, and was surprised when they stopped, and asked, "Lost?"
"Yeah, could you tell me where I could find Headmaster Cid?", she said, her voice not showing her frustration at the directory.
"Sure, it's on the third floor, but I'm afraid you have to have permission to go up there."
"I should have permission, how else am I gonna give him my transfer papers?", she held up the file with her transfer papers, stats, and previous grades at Galbadia Garden.
The stranger nodded, "I see, well all you have to do is take that elevator there.", she pointed to the elevator at the top of the stairs.
Silvur nodded. "Thank you, I appreciate your help.", and with that picked up her bags and headed for the elevator.
Rinoa was surprised at how cold the young woman had sounded toward her. She thought it reminded her of someone she knew, but couldn't place the attitude. As she went to walk away, she decided to find out who the young woman was and ran after her before she could get in the elevator. Rinoa called out, "Hey! Wait a minute!".
The young woman turned to face Rinoa, "Yes?"
She tried to think of something, "Uhh..I forgot to tell you, that, you have to be accompanied by someone who is allowed to go to the headmaster's office at all times."
The young lady just looked at Rinoa, then spoke, "Are you allowed to go?"
Rinoa nodded, "Yeah. Come on, I'll take you up there to see him.", then walked into the elevator before the stranger could protest.
Silvur rolled her eyes and shook her head, then stepped onto the elevator. Why me?, she thought. They rode in silence until the stranger spoke up, "So..what's your name?"
Oh, great, now she's gonna try and be friends. Might as well answer so she'll leave me alone. She shrugged and told her, "Silvur."
"Cool name, mine's Rinoa, Rinoa Heartilly.", she held out a hand, "Nice to meey ya Silvur.", she paused, then said, "Do you have a last name? Or is it just Silvur?"
"Yes, I do. If you want to know so bad.", she paused, "It's Almasy.", she said, with a hint of pride in her voice.
"Almasy, as in related to Seifer Almasy?", she was surprised at this because she never knew Seifer had any living relatives.
"Yes, I am his cousin. Is there something wrong with that?"
"Oh. No, of course not. I was just surprised, that's all. Seifer never mentioned he had a cousin."
"I guess he wouldn't. He didn't know I was alive, until he saw me when he took over Galbadia Garden. He always figured I was killed, just like the rest of our family.", she stopped there, Why in the hell am I telling all my business to a total stranger?, she sighed and didn't say anything else the rest of the ride.
Rinoa nodded and decided not to push the subject anymore. The elevator came to a stop at the third floor and the two stepped out. A maroon carpet lead to a set of oranately carved double doors, the edges gilded in gold. Rinoa walked up to them and knocked politely, and from inside they heard a muffled, "Come in."
Headmaster Cid sat at his desk, a stack of paperwork in front of him. He looked up from the papers and was surprised to see Rinoa and a young lady with silver hair. Cid stood up and walked to the other side of his desk and leaned on it, "How can I help you today Rinoa?"
She smiled, "I have a transfer student for you", she turned to the young lady, "Headmaster Cid, this is Silvur Almasy", she turned back to Cid, "Silvur, this is Headmaster Cid."
Silvur nodded. "Nice to meet you sir, I have come to bring you my transfer papers.", she stepped forward and handed him the file. "You'll also find my grades from Galbadia and my stats."
He nodded, while flipping through the pages, then finally said, "It says here you are a gunblade specialist. Tell me, which do you use, the revolver, or the Hyperion?"
"Hyperion, sir.", she gave him a puzzled look. "Why?"
"I see you follow in the footsteps of your cousin.", he looked up at her, "I take it Seifer is your cousin, am I correct?"
"Yes, sir. He is."
"Uh-huh, I see. Well. Let me get you your class schedule and your dorm number and key.", he turned back to his desk and picked up a piece of paper, along with a key and handed them to her. Then said, "Welcome to Balamb Garden, Miss Almasy."
She took the paper and key from Cid, then nodded to him once more and turned to leave the room, once again with Rinoa on her heels. She was becoming frustrated with her following her around, but didn't show it. When they reached the elevator and were on their way down again, Rinoa finally spoke, "So, who's class did you get?"
She checked her schedule, "Instructor Quistis Trepe. And I have her
classes at 11:00 hours, 14:00 hours, and 16:00 hours."
"That's cool."
Rinoa tried to think of something to talk about, but it was apparent Silvur wasn't going to be the one to start a conversation, so she said the first thing that came to mind. "You don't talk much, do you?"
She shook her head, "I never really tried to talk to anyone. Most people are either afraid of me, or they hate me because of who my cousin is. So, I just said to myself one day, 'Why bother?', and decided to enjoy the pleasure of my own company."
She giggled, then asked. "Did you just make a joke?"
Silvur smiled, "Yeah, I guess I did. 'Enjoy the pleasure of my own company'.", she paused, "No wonder I'm always bored."
She laughed again, "Look, there was another one."
Maybe I should try and make a couple of friends over here, she thought, and decided to give it a try. The elevator reached the first floor and they stepped off. She turned to Rinoa, "Thanks for showing me the headmaster's office. I guess I should go find my dorm and put up my things."
Rinoa nodded, "Ok, see ya.", she sat back down on the bench she was on earlier and went back reading her book.
Silvur headed along the hallway, using the small map of Balamb Garden that came with her schedule, until she found the dorms, then checked each door until she found hers. She opened the door and entered the small common area she shared with someone else. Which apparently she wasn't going to be sharing since the other room was completely empthy and the bed stripped of its sheets. She shrugged and took the room that was right across from the doorway she was standing in.
The room was better than the one she had at Galbadia Garden, for one
you didn't have those aggrivating bunk beds, but the down side was, she didn't have her own study panel in here, so she was going to be forced to use her laptop. Sighing, she put her bag on the bed, and set her gunblade case in the corner, then started unpacking. First, she hung up all her clothes, SeeD cadet uniform(which she never wore), and the gray trenchcoat Seifer had given her for when she took her field exam. Then she proceded to place other things such as books, pictures of her and her deceased family, etc. on the shelves and wherever she liked them best, then finally hooked up her laptop and placed it on the small desk. She looked up at the clock on the wall and saw it was 10 minutes til her first class. "Damn.", she took off running for the elevator.
Rinoa saw Silvur come running toward the elevator and waved, "Running
late?", she called out.
Silvur stopped and smiled, "Yep, that's why I was running."
"You should, wouldn't do you any good to be late for your first class, now would it?", she smirked.
Silvur laughed for the first time in years. "Yeah, guess not. Well, gotta go.", with that she bolted into the elevator before it closed.
Quistis Trepe sat at her desk, reading the file Headmaster Cid gave her for Silvur Almasy, still finding it hard to believe Seifer had family. She was amazed at Silvur's stats and grades, the latest Scan that had been run showing her HP was, for some odd reason, well over 50,000. Her strength was in the 200's, along with her Vit, Mag, and Spr. She absorbed most kinds of magic, except for non-elemental and poison. Not to mention the list of magic she carried was non the less impressive for a cadet's. She never met a cadet with 100 Deaths, hell, she never met a cadet with 100 of ANY magic. She even had the Elem-Defx4 and Stat-Defx4 abilities. She was a gunblade user, which did surprise her, since not many female cadets used the gunblade, mainly because it was too hard to master.
She took a sip of her coffee, and was startled when someone entered the class all of a sudden. Looking up from the file she saw it was Silvur Almasy herself. Quistis closed the file and set it on her desk and said at the same time, "Hello, you're a little early, aren't you?"
Silvur looked at her, confused. "The clock in my room showed it was 10 minutes til class begun. How much longer til class is supposed to begin?"
She gave a small laugh, and pointed to the clock behind Silvur. "Not for another 20 minutes. Looks like you've got a fast clock on your hands."
Silvur sighed, "Yeah, looks like it. Oh well, I can just get used to my study panel while I wait", she walked over to Quistis' desk and asked, "Which study panel is mine?"
She pointed to the one right in front, "Just take that one over there."
Silvur nodded, then went over to her panel and flipped it on. Going over the tutorial and the rules of Balamb Garden, waiting for class to begin.