CHAPTER 1 THE BALAMB INVASION
"Run! Run! Run!" Laguna Loire commanded the Galbadian army.
Soldiers ran across the bloody battlefield dropping like flies.
"Laguna, stop!" his best buddies Kiros and Ward yelled behind him over the noise.
"Never!" Laguna cried. "I'm sending all our troops into Balamb to get me Seifer. I'll never live it down that he killed Raine before my very eyes! I loved Raine! She was my only lover! She was my wife!"
Laguna ran into the battlefield and fired round after round of bullets at the SeeD. They were no match for the galbadian army. The army outnumbered Balamb 5 to 1. But only some people were good enough to fight Laguna.
Squall Leonhart also teared through the battle. He sliced up his enemies with the mighty gunblade. An extremely hard weapon to wield.
"Laguna stop!" Squall yelled 20 feet away from Laguna Loire.
"I control the Galbadia army now. The country assigned me to. I'm not letting my guard down!"
"Then I'm gonna have to fight you Laguna!"
Squall raced forward but Laguna had the much bigger advantage because he had a long-range weapon. He shot the gun and he nailed Squall in the chest. Squall fell to the ground.
The doors to Balamb were now open. Galbadia had gotten through Balamb's lines.
Kiros, Ward, and Laguna raced into Balamb garden.
"We're with you all the way Laguna!" Kiros and Ward yelled together.
Laguna saw his friends Zell, Irvine, Rinoa, and Selphie riding down the glass elevator ready for battle. Laguna fired his gun at the elevator. He hit the glass and it shattered. Rinoa fell to the ground clutching her shoulder.
Irvine with a big smirk on his face aimed his shotgun at Laguna. Being a sharpshooter and being this close Irvine shot was sure to be a success. Irvine fired. The bullet shattered through the rest of the elevator glass. Laguna saw that coming though. He had no time to duck, but his gun had been in front of his face shooting at the elevator. The bullet hit Laguna's gun and it tore off part of Laguna's right hand. Knelt on one knee clutching his hand, his machine gun lying on the ground.
Kiros and Ward ran up to the ladder that led up to the second floor. Laguna rolled into a corner to avoid the rest Irvine's shots. Once Kiros and Ward got to the second floor they headed to the elevator shaft. Ward drove his large harpoon intro the iron doors and used it as a crow bar to pry them open. Kiros jumped down to the elevator. With his Katals, two blades lying on his wrists wrapped around his arms, he cut the wire to the elevator. Kiros held on to one wire and as the elevator went down Kiros went up. Before the cable got to the pulley Kiros let go and jumped onto the second story tile. When the elevator hit everyone in it slumped to the ground. There was no explosion; it wasn't up high enough to make one.
Quistis Trepe, the headmasters Edea and Cid, and the 2nd in command of Balamb Xu, ran from out of the dormitories. Kiros and Ward jumped in front of them. They had hostages. Important ones too. Kiros and Ward led Cid, Edea, Xu, and Quistis, to their Garden ship.
"Where's Seifer!" Laguna yelled to Kiros and Ward as they were walking out the door.
"I don't know!" Kiros yelled back.
"Quistis!" Laguna yelled. Quistis was also one of Laguna's friends. "Where's Seifer!"
Kiros put one of his blades to her throat. "At the Fire Cavern east of here. He is taking the SeeD test. Nida is with him."
"Thank you," Laguna yelled.
Laguna had the Galbadian army retreat. Packing their motorcycles, parasails, and homes back on the ship, they left.
Squall slowly stood up. He looked down at his chest. His Lionheart necklace lay there. It stopped the bullet from hitting Squall. He lifted up his shirt and checked his chest. The necklace left a bruise. The bruise was bleeding.
Squall walked inside to find a bloody mess. Dr. Kadowki, the doctor of Balamb walked out.
"Squall!" She yelled. "I thought I was the only one left alive!"
"Don't worry not everyone is dead. Squall replied.
Squall saw his friends in the elevator. His face went pale. He ran over there to find them all slumped to the ground. Rinoa's shoulder bleeding. There was shattered glass everywhere. Dr. Kadowki walked over there.
"My friends right here are the best SeeD in Garden" Squall Said to the Doctor. "We need to help them first."
Squall and Dr. Kadowki carried their bodies to the Infirmary.
"Where did Laguna go?" Squall asked.
"He was headed to the Fire Cavern to get Seifer. Nida was with Seifer." Dr. Kadowki replied.
Squall turned to walk out the door.
"No Squall," a voice said.
Squall turned around to find Zell sitting up and punching the sir.
"I need to go with you" Zell said.
"You're crazy," Dr. Kadowki said. "I need to heal you first."
"I'm fine now," Zell said cracking his neck. "When we save Seifer and Nida they are gonna owe us. Squall Seifer will be at our mercy, he'll be in dept, in check, he'll... have to be nice to us."
"It's up to you Zell," Squall said. "Can you make it?"
"Damn strait I can."
"Then let's go."
Squall and Zell exited Balamb and walked down the paved street. As soon as they got to the bend that led to Balamb City they went to their left. As they approached the Fire Cavern they saw the Galbadia army lined up and ready to enter.
"Laguna stop!" Zell yelled.
Laguna, Kiros, and Ward turned around.
"There's no stopping us now!" Ward yelled.
Zell and Squall raced forward.
"Don't you guys or I'm gonna have to kill you!" Laguna yelled.
Seifer and Nida suddenly ran out of the Fire Cave.
"I'm gonna kill you!" Laguna yelled raising his machine gun in the air.
"Not tonight Chicken-Wuss!" Seifer yelled.
"Hey that's my name!" Zell yelled to Seifer.
"We out number you all 60 to 4," Laguna said.
"Yeah but with Ifrit and the GF Squall got from Ultemecia we out number you guys 20 to 1," Nida said threateningly. "Summon it Squall!"
Ifrit came out of the Fire Cave and blew a flame into the air.
Squall concentrated on the Sorceress' GF The Apocalypse. The giant horns and muscular figure The Apocalypse showed up behind Squall.
The Apocalypse flew up into the air and came crashing down on about 200 Galbadian soldiers. Sifer and Nida came crashing through the remaining forty and Ifrit picked up Laguna, Kiros, and Ward.
Soon it was only Ifrit, The Apocalypse, Squall, Zell, Seifer, Nida, Laguna, Kiros, and Ward.
"It is a shame Squall," Laguna said. "Did you know who my mother was? My mother was Ultemecia. I created The Apocalypse. Now it's time for you to die."
The Apocalypse stood up and reeled its fists back; in seconds it would pound Squall and Zell into the ground.
"Laguna, let's not make this a war."
"You stood against me Squall! Now I will make it a war." Laguna replied.
"Not you," Zell said. "Squall, Seifer, Nida, and I, are gonna make this a war."
Zell concentrated for a few seconds, Laguna not knowing what he was going to do held The Apocalypse from attacking.
Suddenly the ground rose up. Everyone was lifted. It was the mighty GF Eden. Underneath Eden rose Jumbo Cactuar, Leviathan, Bahamut, and Quezoctl.
Squall understood it now. Squall summoned Shiva, Gilgamesh, Carbuncle, and The Brothers.
Seifer and Nida got it too. Seifer summoned Alexander, Siren, Pandemonia, and Cerberus. Nida summoned Diablo, Doomtrain, and Tonberry King.
"What are the odds now Laguna?" Zell asked.
Diablos, Bahamut, and Gilgamesh leaped on The Apocalypse. The Apocalypse had a hard time getting them off but in the mean time Shiva and Quezoctl were boosting up. Shiva let out a huge ice chill and Quezoctl let out a huge Thunder Storm. The Apocalypse fell off Eden and The GFs on top of it got away. Eden came crashing down on the Apocalypse. All the GFs disappeared except for Ifrit. He still had a grip on Kiros, Ward, and Laguna.
"I'm still gonna kill you Seifer!" Laguna yelled. 'When you entered the time compressed world Squall you disrupted everything. I led you in there to fight my mother because I was sure you would get yourself killed. My mother is dead now! There is only one person who can bring her back to life. Since you disrupted the Time Compressed World you brought the almighty Sephiroth back to life! Sephiroth!"
A huge portal formed in the sky and a man with long silver hair flew out. He had a six-foot blade in his hand called a Musame. Sephiroth open his arms and his long black trench coat billowed in the wind. Sephiroth lifted a piece out of the ground forming a hole. Out of the hole rose Ultemecia.
"I am goin to kill you SeeD!" Ultemecia yelled.
Sephiroth flew down to her and landed next to her.
Ultemecia gloated and laughed. She made a fireball in her hands and aimed at Seifer, Squall, Nida, and Zell.
Suddenly the Ragnarok flew behind her.
"Who is that!" Zell yelled looking up at the Ragnarok.
The Ragnarok turned around and drove itself into Ultemecia. Blowing her back into the portal before she could throw her fireball. Two men parachuted out of the Ragnarok as it went back through the portal. It was Rinoa's friends Zone and Watts. They took off the parachutes and stared at Sephiroth.
Another being flew through the portal. It was a blond spikey-haired kid. He had a purple outfit on and a thick sword in his hand. He came down and sliced Sephiroth in half.
"Who are you?" Squall asked the blonde haired man.
"The name's Cloud," the blonde haired man. "Sephiroth lived in that portal. When you entered it you revived him. I killed him, but since you opened it I got to avenge my girlfriend's life again. Please don't mind me, but I need to go. Sephiroth was born into this dimension. I have killed him again but I need to get back to my friends. Whenever you need me summon Laguna. I am a powerful Materia keeper. I can make Materia. I am giving you the Laguna summon. That will call me to your world. Until then, goodbye."
Ifrit opened his hands and let Laguna, Kiros, and Ward fall to the ground.
Squall and Seifer walked over to the three. Squall slashed Kiros and Ward in half and Seifer spoke to Laguna.
"I killed Raine because Raine was Ultemecia." Seifer told him.
"How do you know that! Ultemecia is my mother I wouldn't marry my mother!" Laguna yelled back.
Ultemecia transformed herself," Seifer informed Laguna.
"How do you know that!?" Laguna asked.
"I was under your mother's spell once, I know what she looks like on the inside. I could see right through her."
"You're lying!" Laguna yelled.
"No I'm not," Seifer said quietly.
With that Seifer brought his sword down into Laguna's back. Laguna slumped to the ground.
Seifer, Squall, Nida, and Zell headed back to Balamb.
2 months later...
"We finally got the SeeD welcoming party," Zell said. "Since Quistis, Xu, Cid, and Edea were murdered by Galbadia it took us a long time to get everything strait."
Seifer in his new SeeD uniform walked over to Squall. "Let bye gones be bye gones," Seifer said holding out his hand.
Squall accepted the handshake. Seifer then turned to Zell.
"How about you and me take a week off from Balamb and head to Fisherman's Horizon?" Seifer told Zell.
"Sounds good," Zell replied.
There weren't a lot of students there because most of them were killed, but Balamb saved most of it's students because Trabia Garden was able to get there quick enough. Many SeeD died though. Squall's only living friends were Zell, Rinoa, Nida, Seifer, Selphie, and Quistis. Quistis, Selphie, and Irvine were killed though.
Rinoa walked up to Squall and gave him a hard kiss on the lips.
"It's been a while Rinoa," Squall said.
"It sure has," Rinoa replied. "Do you want to dance?"
"You sure you want to dance with a headmaster? Especially a rookie?" Squall asked.
Rinoa smiled.
The two went out onto the dance floor.
Zone, Watts, and Squall's older half-sister Ellone were there too. Ellone came over to Zell and they went out onto the dance floor.
Seifer looked over to Nida and gave him a smirk. The two walked out of the room headed toward the training center but two other SeeD stopped them.
One was a girl with short brown hair and blue eyes and the other had long blonde hair and hazel eyes.
"I'm Jennifer and this is Jessica," the brown haired girl said to Seifer and Nida. "We both transferred here from Trabia Garden."
"Would you like to dance?" Jessica asked.
Seifer walked up to Jennifer and she put her arm around his, and Nida and Jessica did the same. The four walked back into the ceremony ready to start a new quest.
Later on that night...
A young girl about 20 walked into the ballroom. She met with one of the Garden Staff. She asked to see the headmaster.
"Can I have your name please?" the staff member asked.
"Yes," She replied. "Tell him my name is Adel"...
"Run! Run! Run!" Laguna Loire commanded the Galbadian army.
Soldiers ran across the bloody battlefield dropping like flies.
"Laguna, stop!" his best buddies Kiros and Ward yelled behind him over the noise.
"Never!" Laguna cried. "I'm sending all our troops into Balamb to get me Seifer. I'll never live it down that he killed Raine before my very eyes! I loved Raine! She was my only lover! She was my wife!"
Laguna ran into the battlefield and fired round after round of bullets at the SeeD. They were no match for the galbadian army. The army outnumbered Balamb 5 to 1. But only some people were good enough to fight Laguna.
Squall Leonhart also teared through the battle. He sliced up his enemies with the mighty gunblade. An extremely hard weapon to wield.
"Laguna stop!" Squall yelled 20 feet away from Laguna Loire.
"I control the Galbadia army now. The country assigned me to. I'm not letting my guard down!"
"Then I'm gonna have to fight you Laguna!"
Squall raced forward but Laguna had the much bigger advantage because he had a long-range weapon. He shot the gun and he nailed Squall in the chest. Squall fell to the ground.
The doors to Balamb were now open. Galbadia had gotten through Balamb's lines.
Kiros, Ward, and Laguna raced into Balamb garden.
"We're with you all the way Laguna!" Kiros and Ward yelled together.
Laguna saw his friends Zell, Irvine, Rinoa, and Selphie riding down the glass elevator ready for battle. Laguna fired his gun at the elevator. He hit the glass and it shattered. Rinoa fell to the ground clutching her shoulder.
Irvine with a big smirk on his face aimed his shotgun at Laguna. Being a sharpshooter and being this close Irvine shot was sure to be a success. Irvine fired. The bullet shattered through the rest of the elevator glass. Laguna saw that coming though. He had no time to duck, but his gun had been in front of his face shooting at the elevator. The bullet hit Laguna's gun and it tore off part of Laguna's right hand. Knelt on one knee clutching his hand, his machine gun lying on the ground.
Kiros and Ward ran up to the ladder that led up to the second floor. Laguna rolled into a corner to avoid the rest Irvine's shots. Once Kiros and Ward got to the second floor they headed to the elevator shaft. Ward drove his large harpoon intro the iron doors and used it as a crow bar to pry them open. Kiros jumped down to the elevator. With his Katals, two blades lying on his wrists wrapped around his arms, he cut the wire to the elevator. Kiros held on to one wire and as the elevator went down Kiros went up. Before the cable got to the pulley Kiros let go and jumped onto the second story tile. When the elevator hit everyone in it slumped to the ground. There was no explosion; it wasn't up high enough to make one.
Quistis Trepe, the headmasters Edea and Cid, and the 2nd in command of Balamb Xu, ran from out of the dormitories. Kiros and Ward jumped in front of them. They had hostages. Important ones too. Kiros and Ward led Cid, Edea, Xu, and Quistis, to their Garden ship.
"Where's Seifer!" Laguna yelled to Kiros and Ward as they were walking out the door.
"I don't know!" Kiros yelled back.
"Quistis!" Laguna yelled. Quistis was also one of Laguna's friends. "Where's Seifer!"
Kiros put one of his blades to her throat. "At the Fire Cavern east of here. He is taking the SeeD test. Nida is with him."
"Thank you," Laguna yelled.
Laguna had the Galbadian army retreat. Packing their motorcycles, parasails, and homes back on the ship, they left.
Squall slowly stood up. He looked down at his chest. His Lionheart necklace lay there. It stopped the bullet from hitting Squall. He lifted up his shirt and checked his chest. The necklace left a bruise. The bruise was bleeding.
Squall walked inside to find a bloody mess. Dr. Kadowki, the doctor of Balamb walked out.
"Squall!" She yelled. "I thought I was the only one left alive!"
"Don't worry not everyone is dead. Squall replied.
Squall saw his friends in the elevator. His face went pale. He ran over there to find them all slumped to the ground. Rinoa's shoulder bleeding. There was shattered glass everywhere. Dr. Kadowki walked over there.
"My friends right here are the best SeeD in Garden" Squall Said to the Doctor. "We need to help them first."
Squall and Dr. Kadowki carried their bodies to the Infirmary.
"Where did Laguna go?" Squall asked.
"He was headed to the Fire Cavern to get Seifer. Nida was with Seifer." Dr. Kadowki replied.
Squall turned to walk out the door.
"No Squall," a voice said.
Squall turned around to find Zell sitting up and punching the sir.
"I need to go with you" Zell said.
"You're crazy," Dr. Kadowki said. "I need to heal you first."
"I'm fine now," Zell said cracking his neck. "When we save Seifer and Nida they are gonna owe us. Squall Seifer will be at our mercy, he'll be in dept, in check, he'll... have to be nice to us."
"It's up to you Zell," Squall said. "Can you make it?"
"Damn strait I can."
"Then let's go."
Squall and Zell exited Balamb and walked down the paved street. As soon as they got to the bend that led to Balamb City they went to their left. As they approached the Fire Cavern they saw the Galbadia army lined up and ready to enter.
"Laguna stop!" Zell yelled.
Laguna, Kiros, and Ward turned around.
"There's no stopping us now!" Ward yelled.
Zell and Squall raced forward.
"Don't you guys or I'm gonna have to kill you!" Laguna yelled.
Seifer and Nida suddenly ran out of the Fire Cave.
"I'm gonna kill you!" Laguna yelled raising his machine gun in the air.
"Not tonight Chicken-Wuss!" Seifer yelled.
"Hey that's my name!" Zell yelled to Seifer.
"We out number you all 60 to 4," Laguna said.
"Yeah but with Ifrit and the GF Squall got from Ultemecia we out number you guys 20 to 1," Nida said threateningly. "Summon it Squall!"
Ifrit came out of the Fire Cave and blew a flame into the air.
Squall concentrated on the Sorceress' GF The Apocalypse. The giant horns and muscular figure The Apocalypse showed up behind Squall.
The Apocalypse flew up into the air and came crashing down on about 200 Galbadian soldiers. Sifer and Nida came crashing through the remaining forty and Ifrit picked up Laguna, Kiros, and Ward.
Soon it was only Ifrit, The Apocalypse, Squall, Zell, Seifer, Nida, Laguna, Kiros, and Ward.
"It is a shame Squall," Laguna said. "Did you know who my mother was? My mother was Ultemecia. I created The Apocalypse. Now it's time for you to die."
The Apocalypse stood up and reeled its fists back; in seconds it would pound Squall and Zell into the ground.
"Laguna, let's not make this a war."
"You stood against me Squall! Now I will make it a war." Laguna replied.
"Not you," Zell said. "Squall, Seifer, Nida, and I, are gonna make this a war."
Zell concentrated for a few seconds, Laguna not knowing what he was going to do held The Apocalypse from attacking.
Suddenly the ground rose up. Everyone was lifted. It was the mighty GF Eden. Underneath Eden rose Jumbo Cactuar, Leviathan, Bahamut, and Quezoctl.
Squall understood it now. Squall summoned Shiva, Gilgamesh, Carbuncle, and The Brothers.
Seifer and Nida got it too. Seifer summoned Alexander, Siren, Pandemonia, and Cerberus. Nida summoned Diablo, Doomtrain, and Tonberry King.
"What are the odds now Laguna?" Zell asked.
Diablos, Bahamut, and Gilgamesh leaped on The Apocalypse. The Apocalypse had a hard time getting them off but in the mean time Shiva and Quezoctl were boosting up. Shiva let out a huge ice chill and Quezoctl let out a huge Thunder Storm. The Apocalypse fell off Eden and The GFs on top of it got away. Eden came crashing down on the Apocalypse. All the GFs disappeared except for Ifrit. He still had a grip on Kiros, Ward, and Laguna.
"I'm still gonna kill you Seifer!" Laguna yelled. 'When you entered the time compressed world Squall you disrupted everything. I led you in there to fight my mother because I was sure you would get yourself killed. My mother is dead now! There is only one person who can bring her back to life. Since you disrupted the Time Compressed World you brought the almighty Sephiroth back to life! Sephiroth!"
A huge portal formed in the sky and a man with long silver hair flew out. He had a six-foot blade in his hand called a Musame. Sephiroth open his arms and his long black trench coat billowed in the wind. Sephiroth lifted a piece out of the ground forming a hole. Out of the hole rose Ultemecia.
"I am goin to kill you SeeD!" Ultemecia yelled.
Sephiroth flew down to her and landed next to her.
Ultemecia gloated and laughed. She made a fireball in her hands and aimed at Seifer, Squall, Nida, and Zell.
Suddenly the Ragnarok flew behind her.
"Who is that!" Zell yelled looking up at the Ragnarok.
The Ragnarok turned around and drove itself into Ultemecia. Blowing her back into the portal before she could throw her fireball. Two men parachuted out of the Ragnarok as it went back through the portal. It was Rinoa's friends Zone and Watts. They took off the parachutes and stared at Sephiroth.
Another being flew through the portal. It was a blond spikey-haired kid. He had a purple outfit on and a thick sword in his hand. He came down and sliced Sephiroth in half.
"Who are you?" Squall asked the blonde haired man.
"The name's Cloud," the blonde haired man. "Sephiroth lived in that portal. When you entered it you revived him. I killed him, but since you opened it I got to avenge my girlfriend's life again. Please don't mind me, but I need to go. Sephiroth was born into this dimension. I have killed him again but I need to get back to my friends. Whenever you need me summon Laguna. I am a powerful Materia keeper. I can make Materia. I am giving you the Laguna summon. That will call me to your world. Until then, goodbye."
Ifrit opened his hands and let Laguna, Kiros, and Ward fall to the ground.
Squall and Seifer walked over to the three. Squall slashed Kiros and Ward in half and Seifer spoke to Laguna.
"I killed Raine because Raine was Ultemecia." Seifer told him.
"How do you know that! Ultemecia is my mother I wouldn't marry my mother!" Laguna yelled back.
Ultemecia transformed herself," Seifer informed Laguna.
"How do you know that!?" Laguna asked.
"I was under your mother's spell once, I know what she looks like on the inside. I could see right through her."
"You're lying!" Laguna yelled.
"No I'm not," Seifer said quietly.
With that Seifer brought his sword down into Laguna's back. Laguna slumped to the ground.
Seifer, Squall, Nida, and Zell headed back to Balamb.
2 months later...
"We finally got the SeeD welcoming party," Zell said. "Since Quistis, Xu, Cid, and Edea were murdered by Galbadia it took us a long time to get everything strait."
Seifer in his new SeeD uniform walked over to Squall. "Let bye gones be bye gones," Seifer said holding out his hand.
Squall accepted the handshake. Seifer then turned to Zell.
"How about you and me take a week off from Balamb and head to Fisherman's Horizon?" Seifer told Zell.
"Sounds good," Zell replied.
There weren't a lot of students there because most of them were killed, but Balamb saved most of it's students because Trabia Garden was able to get there quick enough. Many SeeD died though. Squall's only living friends were Zell, Rinoa, Nida, Seifer, Selphie, and Quistis. Quistis, Selphie, and Irvine were killed though.
Rinoa walked up to Squall and gave him a hard kiss on the lips.
"It's been a while Rinoa," Squall said.
"It sure has," Rinoa replied. "Do you want to dance?"
"You sure you want to dance with a headmaster? Especially a rookie?" Squall asked.
Rinoa smiled.
The two went out onto the dance floor.
Zone, Watts, and Squall's older half-sister Ellone were there too. Ellone came over to Zell and they went out onto the dance floor.
Seifer looked over to Nida and gave him a smirk. The two walked out of the room headed toward the training center but two other SeeD stopped them.
One was a girl with short brown hair and blue eyes and the other had long blonde hair and hazel eyes.
"I'm Jennifer and this is Jessica," the brown haired girl said to Seifer and Nida. "We both transferred here from Trabia Garden."
"Would you like to dance?" Jessica asked.
Seifer walked up to Jennifer and she put her arm around his, and Nida and Jessica did the same. The four walked back into the ceremony ready to start a new quest.
Later on that night...
A young girl about 20 walked into the ballroom. She met with one of the Garden Staff. She asked to see the headmaster.
"Can I have your name please?" the staff member asked.
"Yes," She replied. "Tell him my name is Adel"...
