Squall's Diary - Chapter One
Just as Rinoa opened her mouth, Zell shot up from his seat and placed his hand over the page Rinoa's eyes had been scanning. "Wh-What if you find out something you don't wanna know?"
"Don't be so cynical, Zell!", Selphie called, anxiously waiting to hear the contents of Squall's diary read to her.
"Yeah...I doubt we'd find anything we didn't already know", Rinoa said.
Zell sighed and sat down again.
Rinoa found her place in on the page and began to read. "This is my first day at Balamb Garden. I don't know anyone here. I met two Garden assistant guys. They were pretty rude. The took almost all of my stuff!..Not that I had that much to being with. I only have my one outfit and a few Timber Maniac magazines. Uh-oh...Headmaster "Cid"'s calling all of the new students to the lobby. Better get goin'...".
The 13-year-old Squall ran from his small dorm to the lobby where Headmaster Cid, two Garden Assistants and three other students stood. The Headmaster had a comforting air about him. He made Squall feel at ease with his first few words.
"Welcome, young men and women, to Balamb Garden", he said, smiling.
Squall nodded along with the other students.
"I'm assuming you're all very tired from your long trips, so I'll make this short. Training will begin tomorrow. Gather here at 8am and there will be a teacher waiting here for you".
The four nodded once again.
Cid laughed. "You're going to have to learn to be more vocal!"
And, nodded again, they did.
"Hm...", Cid pondered, "How about I leave you alone and you can talk amongst yourselves for a while?".
"Okay!", a short female with brown pigtails called.
Cid chuckled and headed up the stairs with the two Garden Assistants following close behind.
"So..." the pig-tailed girl started, "what are your names? I'm Bette!"
"Nida", a young man, with long hair, replied.
"Xu", the other female said.
"Uhm...Squall".
"Wow! You guys have cool names!", Bette said, full of excitement.
Xu smiled. "Thanks!"
"Hey, I'm not really tired!" Bette rocked back on her heels, "Anybody wanna go to the library with me?".
"Sure", Xu said, "I'm too excited to sleep!"
"Nah" Squall looked upwards "I'm really tired. I better get to sleep if I wanna wake up early".
"Oh" Bette's faced seemed to sink into a kind of dissapointment.
"Well, we'll see you tomorrow", Xu called, pulling Bette in the direction of the library.
"Are you coming, Nida?", Bette called to you young man, feeling left out.
Nida ran and caught up to the two females. And they walked off together, leaving Squall alone in the lobby, with only the echoes of their footsteps.
He went back to his room and opened his diary.
"I met Headmaster Cid", Rinoa continued. "He was really nice! I also met a few students here! Bette, Nida and Xu! Bette's kinda cute, you know! I think I might ask her out!".
Rinoa closed the book, "B-bette?".
Irvine laughed. "Hey, that's Zell's pigtail girl!"
Zell's eyes widened. "Whoa...Squall had his eye on my girl". He sat up tall in his chair as a smug look took over his face.
"T-that's not funny!", Rinoa called.
" 'Squall's pigtail girl' has a nice ring to it", Selphie remarked.
"Yo, now that's not funny!" Zell sunk into his seat.
Selphie, Irvine and Quistis burst into laughter.
Rinoa sighed. "Let's just continue reading, okay?" She opened the book once again and took a seat, in between Zell and Quistis.
"Maybe I will find out something I didn't want to know...", Rinoa thought to herself, as she opened her mouth to read the next entry in Squall's Diary.
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Chapter 2's coming up soon! ^-^