Desperate Souls
Prologue
It's been one year after the defeat of Ultamecia, and everything seemed to be back to normal. The military academy known as Balamb Garden's number of cadet's had nearly doubled since that time, due to the fact that many young children wanted to be just like the six heroes, and their parents wanted the same thing. Also, in collaboration with Esthar's president Laguna Loire, Headmaster Cid set up a program to get trouble-making teens off the streets, in an attempt to keep them from ruining their lives.
One of these troubled prospects was Jade, a girl of about 17 years old, who had been arrested in Esthar for just about every crime known to man. She had been in a gang, who was actually well known to most Estharians as the Nytewolves. They stalked the night; robbing people blind, assaulting anyone who tried to stop them and leaving them nearly dead, there were gang fights with other social classes, and many other things. Jade was having the time of her life, until one night things went too far, and as a result, she ended up being sent to Balamb Garden, along with her friends Matt, Nicolas, and Janelle.
They were to leave for Balamb Gardent the next morning, via the Ragnarok, in which two SeeDs from Balamb Garden would watch guard over them, until they could be placed in their specified dorms. Which had bars on the windows and electronic locks on their doors, where they could not leave their rooms at night, not even to go train, and during the day their movements would be tracked with a special bracelet they had to wear, which was disguised as one of the customarily designed watches given to cadet's upon enrolling in Balamb Garden. Of course, this wouldn't be a permanent thing. Their assigned instructor's would give weekly reports on the cadet's behavior for Headmaster Cid, Squall Leonheart, and President Loire to review. Once they were satisfied that the cadet wouldn't cause any disturbances, they would take the tracking device off them, and assign them to a regular dorm.
As for the six heroes; Squall was still Commander of Balamb Garden and in the process of learning to open up to other's besides Rinoa, whom he had now been dating since the end of the Ultamecia ordeal. Rinoa became a SeeD, and is currently working towards getting her liscence to become an instructor. Irvine also became a SeeD, now spends most of his time with Selphie, except when he is out on a mission. Selphie was her usual perky self, and when not on a mission, is either preparing for the upcoming Garden Festival, or hounding poor, unsuspecting cadets' to join the Garden Festival Committee. Zell was...well, Zell was Zell. Although, he did manage to convince Cid to set a limit to the number of hot-dogs one person was allowed at a time, so other's could have a chance to have one...mainly himself. And last but not least Quistis. After the defeat of Ultamecia, her liscence as an Instructor was re-instated, and she is now currently teaching the class in which the troubled cadets were placed in.
Cid had said he needed his best instructor to handle the class, and she has happily accepted. She loved to help people out with their problems, so she figured this would be a good challenge to keep her occupied, also something to keep her from thinking about how lonely she felt, and to keep thoughts of Squall from creeping into her mind. She still thought about that night in the training center, when he told her in a cold voice to go, "Talk to a wall.". Late at night, she would lay in bed and cry herself to sleep, wishing things could have been different between them. She also felt a small amount of hatred for Rinoa, even though she was a dear friend, simply because she had been able to break down Squall's defenses so easily. Quistis had been trying to do that one thing for ov, and to keep thoughts of Squall from creeping into her mind. She still thought about that night in the training center, when he told her in a cold voice to go, "Talk to a wall.". Late at night, she would lay in bed and cry herself to sleep, wishing things could have been
Prologue
It's been one year after the defeat of Ultamecia, and everything seemed to be back to normal. The military academy known as Balamb Garden's number of cadet's had nearly doubled since that time, due to the fact that many young children wanted to be just like the six heroes, and their parents wanted the same thing. Also, in collaboration with Esthar's president Laguna Loire, Headmaster Cid set up a program to get trouble-making teens off the streets, in an attempt to keep them from ruining their lives.
One of these troubled prospects was Jade, a girl of about 17 years old, who had been arrested in Esthar for just about every crime known to man. She had been in a gang, who was actually well known to most Estharians as the Nytewolves. They stalked the night; robbing people blind, assaulting anyone who tried to stop them and leaving them nearly dead, there were gang fights with other social classes, and many other things. Jade was having the time of her life, until one night things went too far, and as a result, she ended up being sent to Balamb Garden, along with her friends Matt, Nicolas, and Janelle.
They were to leave for Balamb Gardent the next morning, via the Ragnarok, in which two SeeDs from Balamb Garden would watch guard over them, until they could be placed in their specified dorms. Which had bars on the windows and electronic locks on their doors, where they could not leave their rooms at night, not even to go train, and during the day their movements would be tracked with a special bracelet they had to wear, which was disguised as one of the customarily designed watches given to cadet's upon enrolling in Balamb Garden. Of course, this wouldn't be a permanent thing. Their assigned instructor's would give weekly reports on the cadet's behavior for Headmaster Cid, Squall Leonheart, and President Loire to review. Once they were satisfied that the cadet wouldn't cause any disturbances, they would take the tracking device off them, and assign them to a regular dorm.
As for the six heroes; Squall was still Commander of Balamb Garden and in the process of learning to open up to other's besides Rinoa, whom he had now been dating since the end of the Ultamecia ordeal. Rinoa became a SeeD, and is currently working towards getting her liscence to become an instructor. Irvine also became a SeeD, now spends most of his time with Selphie, except when he is out on a mission. Selphie was her usual perky self, and when not on a mission, is either preparing for the upcoming Garden Festival, or hounding poor, unsuspecting cadets' to join the Garden Festival Committee. Zell was...well, Zell was Zell. Although, he did manage to convince Cid to set a limit to the number of hot-dogs one person was allowed at a time, so other's could have a chance to have one...mainly himself. And last but not least Quistis. After the defeat of Ultamecia, her liscence as an Instructor was re-instated, and she is now currently teaching the class in which the troubled cadets were placed in.
Cid had said he needed his best instructor to handle the class, and she has happily accepted. She loved to help people out with their problems, so she figured this would be a good challenge to keep her occupied, also something to keep her from thinking about how lonely she felt, and to keep thoughts of Squall from creeping into her mind. She still thought about that night in the training center, when he told her in a cold voice to go, "Talk to a wall.". Late at night, she would lay in bed and cry herself to sleep, wishing things could have been different between them. She also felt a small amount of hatred for Rinoa, even though she was a dear friend, simply because she had been able to break down Squall's defenses so easily. Quistis had been trying to do that one thing for ov, and to keep thoughts of Squall from creeping into her mind. She still thought about that night in the training center, when he told her in a cold voice to go, "Talk to a wall.". Late at night, she would lay in bed and cry herself to sleep, wishing things could have been