Here comes the next part...
I switched to 3rd person, so don't be confused...
is my first FF8-story, so please be patient..
this chapter is for Darksquall aka Nikki !!! Thx for being my beta!
***
It had been seven years since the fight against Ultimecia.
Balamb-Garden was again at it's home base, next to Balamb town and everything
seemed like a normal day.
Draco walked along the halls of the Garden. Students were on their way
to training and courses. Everyone was busy.
Well, everyone except two men.
"Hey!" Draco greeted the blond guy the entrance to the cafeteria:
"Ready?"
"Aren't I always?" He grinned at Draco.
"Then, let's go!" Draco suggested and walked calmly to the lift. His
friend followed immediately after him.
Two years before, the whole garden had undergone reconstruction. Some
new areas had been added in the lower parts of the Garden, there were
also now 3 more battle areas and a huge sports-sector. The garden had a
new and improved lift-system. Now there were 4 lifts instead of one.
But before they could reach one of them, Zell stormed into their way.
"Draco!" he shouted: "Have you seen Commander Wilcox?"
"Why? Do you wanna cheat on Xu, chickenwuss?" Draco's companion
couldn't resist the temptation to tease the martial arts-fighter.
Commander Nicola Wilcox was the new head of Balamb-Garden. The former
head, Cid Kramer, had retired shortly after the end of the Second
Sorceress-War. He announced that he was too civil of a person to command a
military academy. Nicola Wilcox had been elected by the new council of
the Garden to be their head. Now, there wasn't just a single ruler. All
decisions had to be confirmed by them. Every SeeD and government
respected the new head. Wilcox and her council were full of ambitions and
started to reform the whole SeeD-system. Trabia-Garden was rebuilt first,
and then Balamb-Garden underwent reconstruction and now Galbadia-Garden,
who was in the same reconstruction-process at Fishermen-Horizon.
"Shut the fuck up, Seifer!" Zell shot him a death-glare and stomped
toward the cafeteria.
"That was rude." Draco said and shook his head: "Do you ever stop
teasing him?"
Seifer just grinned and entered the lift, punching a button: "You
coming?"
Draco followed Seifer and entered his code for starting the lift. Then
he turned towards the blond and asked: "What do you wa..."
And without warning he blacked out.
~ Inside Draco's mind ~
'What happened?' Draco wondered.
Suddenly the lift and Seifer had disappeared and only blackness had
stayed. He wasn't scared.
Surprised, but definitely not scared.
He had never felt like this before. Draco could feel his body, so he
hadn't just blacked out. It didn't feel right, but this situation wasn't
dangerous, he knew that instinctively.
/ It will happen. Gather the spirits. Gather us to protect. /
'Who's this?' Draco turned to locate the Source of the voice: 'Where
are you?'
But he didn't get an answer, only the same words over and over again.
/ It will happen. Gather the spirits. Gather us to protect. /
'What spirits? What to protect?' he asked, but the voice were seemed to
ignore him. The words were like a mantra, repeated over and over again.
/ It will happen. Gather the spirits. Gather us to protect. /
/ It will happen. Gather the spirits. Gather us to protect. /
/ It will happen. Gather the spirits. Gather us to protect. /
/ ... /
~ Inside Draco's mind - end~
"Draco?"
Draco just fainted. Seifer reacted fast enough to catch him in his
arms. He checked his vitals, but everything was normal. Seifer stopped the
lift and punched the button for the first floor, where the infirmary
was located and then the emergency button to start the lift without
access code.
It wasn't often that he was worried, but this moment was proving to be
an exception. The most treasured person in his life had just fainted
without any given reason.
After arriving at the first floor he carried the man to the infirmary.
There Dr. Kadowaki checked him; and she finally announced that Draco
physically seemed all right.
"He's probably just stressed out." she announced her suspicions aloud:
"When he wakes up, put him in his room and let him sleep."
Seifer just nodded and sat on the chair next to Draco's bed. Dr.
Kadowaki smiled and left the room.
***
I thank the two reviewers... *hug nikki and KaizerFinalFantasy*
I hope more then you two read this story... then please review...
even if it's just one word...
I switched to 3rd person, so don't be confused...
is my first FF8-story, so please be patient..
this chapter is for Darksquall aka Nikki !!! Thx for being my beta!
***
It had been seven years since the fight against Ultimecia.
Balamb-Garden was again at it's home base, next to Balamb town and everything
seemed like a normal day.
Draco walked along the halls of the Garden. Students were on their way
to training and courses. Everyone was busy.
Well, everyone except two men.
"Hey!" Draco greeted the blond guy the entrance to the cafeteria:
"Ready?"
"Aren't I always?" He grinned at Draco.
"Then, let's go!" Draco suggested and walked calmly to the lift. His
friend followed immediately after him.
Two years before, the whole garden had undergone reconstruction. Some
new areas had been added in the lower parts of the Garden, there were
also now 3 more battle areas and a huge sports-sector. The garden had a
new and improved lift-system. Now there were 4 lifts instead of one.
But before they could reach one of them, Zell stormed into their way.
"Draco!" he shouted: "Have you seen Commander Wilcox?"
"Why? Do you wanna cheat on Xu, chickenwuss?" Draco's companion
couldn't resist the temptation to tease the martial arts-fighter.
Commander Nicola Wilcox was the new head of Balamb-Garden. The former
head, Cid Kramer, had retired shortly after the end of the Second
Sorceress-War. He announced that he was too civil of a person to command a
military academy. Nicola Wilcox had been elected by the new council of
the Garden to be their head. Now, there wasn't just a single ruler. All
decisions had to be confirmed by them. Every SeeD and government
respected the new head. Wilcox and her council were full of ambitions and
started to reform the whole SeeD-system. Trabia-Garden was rebuilt first,
and then Balamb-Garden underwent reconstruction and now Galbadia-Garden,
who was in the same reconstruction-process at Fishermen-Horizon.
"Shut the fuck up, Seifer!" Zell shot him a death-glare and stomped
toward the cafeteria.
"That was rude." Draco said and shook his head: "Do you ever stop
teasing him?"
Seifer just grinned and entered the lift, punching a button: "You
coming?"
Draco followed Seifer and entered his code for starting the lift. Then
he turned towards the blond and asked: "What do you wa..."
And without warning he blacked out.
~ Inside Draco's mind ~
'What happened?' Draco wondered.
Suddenly the lift and Seifer had disappeared and only blackness had
stayed. He wasn't scared.
Surprised, but definitely not scared.
He had never felt like this before. Draco could feel his body, so he
hadn't just blacked out. It didn't feel right, but this situation wasn't
dangerous, he knew that instinctively.
/ It will happen. Gather the spirits. Gather us to protect. /
'Who's this?' Draco turned to locate the Source of the voice: 'Where
are you?'
But he didn't get an answer, only the same words over and over again.
/ It will happen. Gather the spirits. Gather us to protect. /
'What spirits? What to protect?' he asked, but the voice were seemed to
ignore him. The words were like a mantra, repeated over and over again.
/ It will happen. Gather the spirits. Gather us to protect. /
/ It will happen. Gather the spirits. Gather us to protect. /
/ It will happen. Gather the spirits. Gather us to protect. /
/ ... /
~ Inside Draco's mind - end~
"Draco?"
Draco just fainted. Seifer reacted fast enough to catch him in his
arms. He checked his vitals, but everything was normal. Seifer stopped the
lift and punched the button for the first floor, where the infirmary
was located and then the emergency button to start the lift without
access code.
It wasn't often that he was worried, but this moment was proving to be
an exception. The most treasured person in his life had just fainted
without any given reason.
After arriving at the first floor he carried the man to the infirmary.
There Dr. Kadowaki checked him; and she finally announced that Draco
physically seemed all right.
"He's probably just stressed out." she announced her suspicions aloud:
"When he wakes up, put him in his room and let him sleep."
Seifer just nodded and sat on the chair next to Draco's bed. Dr.
Kadowaki smiled and left the room.
***
I thank the two reviewers... *hug nikki and KaizerFinalFantasy*
I hope more then you two read this story... then please review...
even if it's just one word...