"Quisty likes Squall! Quisty likes Squall!" Seifer chanted as he pranced
about the room, a cocky grin plastered across his face.
"Stop it Seifer!" Quistis begged, which was completely out of character,
considering her usual 'bossy' self. "Please."
Irvine couldn't stand Seifer picking on Quistis. "C'mon Zell! Let's shut
Seifer up!"
Seifer gleefully shouted, "Oooohhh it's Loverboy and Chickenwuss to the
rescue! Just like always! Cause Quisty can't defend herself!"
Tears filled up in Quistis' eyes and she started sobbing.
"You're making Quisty cry!" Zell scolded.
Quistis couldn't stand this. She kicked him where it hurts and shoved him
into the closet. Now sporting a satisfied grin, she crossed her arms and
glared at the closet door.
Zell and Irvine barred the door and picked up as much heavy-weighing objects
they could possibly carry and piled them at the door.
"What are you children doing?" Edea questioned, suddenly appeared at the
door. She had a way of materializing out of nowhere, especially when they
lease expected it.
Zell quickly made up an excuse. "Um...we found a monster and..we..locked it
up!" He answered brightly. "It was bothering Quisty."
"Well, let's see who this monster is." Edea said as she removed the chairs,
boxes and benches away. When she opened the door, a cry split the air like a
knife through butter and a figure came flying out of the open door.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I WANT MY MOMMYY!!!"
"Seifer! Are you ok?"
"Th-they l-locked m-me up. It-it was s-sc-scary!" he shuddered.
"You four, go into that room and talk it out!"
*mumble* * grumble* *mutter*
~In the room~
"Can ya quit bothering Quisty?"
"Why? It fun-fun-fun-fun-fun-fun-fun-fun!"
"I'll lock you in the closet again!"
"Uh-m..Fine! I'll stop."
~In the Backyard~
Quistis climbed to the top of the apple tree and sat down on a large branch
to think. She often went there to cool off after heated arguments or just,
as she was doing now, to think.
"Quisty?"
Quistis looked down from the tree. Seifer was standing at the bottom looking
up at her. Though he was tall for his age, he was no match for the apple
tree, which towered several feet above him.
"Go away. Chowdah butt!"
Seifer shuffled away dejectedly, his blue eyes filled with misery. Quistis
looked after him, feeling guilty. She tried to ignore the guilt, but it hung
in the air until she couldn't bear it any longer and finally walked over to
Seifer, who was sitting in a corner looking up at the sky, the way he looked
when he was trying not to cry.
"What did ya want?"
"I jus wanna say...the closet's scary...."
She scoffed, "No duh!"
"And showee foe teasing ya."
"It's ok..you wanna go play in a big hole I found earlier?"
"Ok!"
They walked away together toward the gaping pit. As they went inside, they
saw a flash of gray and red.
"What was that!?"
Being extremely smart for her age, she quickly replied, "That's a Geezard,
get out of here!" She grabbed his arm and literally dragged him out. Running
as fast as they could, they flew through the screen door (the fifth broken
one since yesterday) and called at the top of their lungs for Matron.
"What happened? Quistis? Seifer?" Edea asked anxiously as she looked at their
panic-stricken faces.
"There's a Geezard hole in the backyard, Matron!" Quistis exclaimed.
Edea went outside with them and, with the use of her magical abilities,
eliminated them--all except for one, which leapt at Seifer. Quistis, who had
just found a vine, strangled the monster with it.
"Wow! Cool! This thing's neat!" She started waving it around the place,
whacking it everywhere.
As it coiled around a branch inches from Zell, Seifer yelled urgently, "Stop
it! You're gonna hurt someone with that thing! And you're scaring
Chickenwuss!" Seifer yelled.
Zell was cowering among all the other vines, hoping desperately that Quistis wouldn't see him and use him as a target-boy.
~3 years later~
"Children! Dinner!" Edea called up the stairs.
Quistis was playing the eighteenth game of chess with Seifer when she
finished a move and declared "Checkmate. Let's eat."
"Ok, I'm really hungry anyways." He answered, half-heartedly glancing at the
pile of his chess pieces lined up in a neat row by Quistis' seat.
"Children, I have an important announcement to make. Edea said. "You've all
been adopted!" She said cheerfully. This 'happy' news caused everyone to
black out.
*Splotch!* Zell's face fell into a bowl of soup.
*Crunch!* Seifer's head fell into the ice bucket.
*Crash!* Quistis fell into the refrigerator.
*Pang!* Ellone's head crashed into the frying pan.
*Ping!* Squall's nose got poked by the butter knife.
*Splash!* Selphie fell into the large sink.
*Bam!* Irvine fell out the window.
Edea sighed at the whole mess. "Not again!" she moaned.
~ ~ ~
Edea slapped a bandage on Quistis' cheek. "Now children, being adopted is a
good thing." *Emphasis on 'good.'* She shook her head. "You won't be falling
into refrigerators and out the window any longer."
"Naw it isn't!" Came a cry from beneath a mass of towels, obviously Selphie.
"Selphie's afwaid! Haha!" Seifer laughed. The towel-mountain quivered in
rage.
"Who are YOU calling AFRAID, icebrain!!"
"Towel-girl!"
"Oh well, at least we don't have butter up our noses and celery in our ears."
"Hey!" screamed Squall and Quistis indignantly.
Edea shook her head again s she slapped another bandage on Quistis' bashed
up arm. "It doesn't matter, you'll all be leaving tomorrow night." She didn't
notice the look of bewilderment on Seifer's face.
As darkness approached, Seifer crept outside and sat down on the backyard
steps. "It isn't true."
about the room, a cocky grin plastered across his face.
"Stop it Seifer!" Quistis begged, which was completely out of character,
considering her usual 'bossy' self. "Please."
Irvine couldn't stand Seifer picking on Quistis. "C'mon Zell! Let's shut
Seifer up!"
Seifer gleefully shouted, "Oooohhh it's Loverboy and Chickenwuss to the
rescue! Just like always! Cause Quisty can't defend herself!"
Tears filled up in Quistis' eyes and she started sobbing.
"You're making Quisty cry!" Zell scolded.
Quistis couldn't stand this. She kicked him where it hurts and shoved him
into the closet. Now sporting a satisfied grin, she crossed her arms and
glared at the closet door.
Zell and Irvine barred the door and picked up as much heavy-weighing objects
they could possibly carry and piled them at the door.
"What are you children doing?" Edea questioned, suddenly appeared at the
door. She had a way of materializing out of nowhere, especially when they
lease expected it.
Zell quickly made up an excuse. "Um...we found a monster and..we..locked it
up!" He answered brightly. "It was bothering Quisty."
"Well, let's see who this monster is." Edea said as she removed the chairs,
boxes and benches away. When she opened the door, a cry split the air like a
knife through butter and a figure came flying out of the open door.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I WANT MY MOMMYY!!!"
"Seifer! Are you ok?"
"Th-they l-locked m-me up. It-it was s-sc-scary!" he shuddered.
"You four, go into that room and talk it out!"
*mumble* * grumble* *mutter*
~In the room~
"Can ya quit bothering Quisty?"
"Why? It fun-fun-fun-fun-fun-fun-fun-fun!"
"I'll lock you in the closet again!"
"Uh-m..Fine! I'll stop."
~In the Backyard~
Quistis climbed to the top of the apple tree and sat down on a large branch
to think. She often went there to cool off after heated arguments or just,
as she was doing now, to think.
"Quisty?"
Quistis looked down from the tree. Seifer was standing at the bottom looking
up at her. Though he was tall for his age, he was no match for the apple
tree, which towered several feet above him.
"Go away. Chowdah butt!"
Seifer shuffled away dejectedly, his blue eyes filled with misery. Quistis
looked after him, feeling guilty. She tried to ignore the guilt, but it hung
in the air until she couldn't bear it any longer and finally walked over to
Seifer, who was sitting in a corner looking up at the sky, the way he looked
when he was trying not to cry.
"What did ya want?"
"I jus wanna say...the closet's scary...."
She scoffed, "No duh!"
"And showee foe teasing ya."
"It's ok..you wanna go play in a big hole I found earlier?"
"Ok!"
They walked away together toward the gaping pit. As they went inside, they
saw a flash of gray and red.
"What was that!?"
Being extremely smart for her age, she quickly replied, "That's a Geezard,
get out of here!" She grabbed his arm and literally dragged him out. Running
as fast as they could, they flew through the screen door (the fifth broken
one since yesterday) and called at the top of their lungs for Matron.
"What happened? Quistis? Seifer?" Edea asked anxiously as she looked at their
panic-stricken faces.
"There's a Geezard hole in the backyard, Matron!" Quistis exclaimed.
Edea went outside with them and, with the use of her magical abilities,
eliminated them--all except for one, which leapt at Seifer. Quistis, who had
just found a vine, strangled the monster with it.
"Wow! Cool! This thing's neat!" She started waving it around the place,
whacking it everywhere.
As it coiled around a branch inches from Zell, Seifer yelled urgently, "Stop
it! You're gonna hurt someone with that thing! And you're scaring
Chickenwuss!" Seifer yelled.
Zell was cowering among all the other vines, hoping desperately that Quistis wouldn't see him and use him as a target-boy.
~3 years later~
"Children! Dinner!" Edea called up the stairs.
Quistis was playing the eighteenth game of chess with Seifer when she
finished a move and declared "Checkmate. Let's eat."
"Ok, I'm really hungry anyways." He answered, half-heartedly glancing at the
pile of his chess pieces lined up in a neat row by Quistis' seat.
"Children, I have an important announcement to make. Edea said. "You've all
been adopted!" She said cheerfully. This 'happy' news caused everyone to
black out.
*Splotch!* Zell's face fell into a bowl of soup.
*Crunch!* Seifer's head fell into the ice bucket.
*Crash!* Quistis fell into the refrigerator.
*Pang!* Ellone's head crashed into the frying pan.
*Ping!* Squall's nose got poked by the butter knife.
*Splash!* Selphie fell into the large sink.
*Bam!* Irvine fell out the window.
Edea sighed at the whole mess. "Not again!" she moaned.
~ ~ ~
Edea slapped a bandage on Quistis' cheek. "Now children, being adopted is a
good thing." *Emphasis on 'good.'* She shook her head. "You won't be falling
into refrigerators and out the window any longer."
"Naw it isn't!" Came a cry from beneath a mass of towels, obviously Selphie.
"Selphie's afwaid! Haha!" Seifer laughed. The towel-mountain quivered in
rage.
"Who are YOU calling AFRAID, icebrain!!"
"Towel-girl!"
"Oh well, at least we don't have butter up our noses and celery in our ears."
"Hey!" screamed Squall and Quistis indignantly.
Edea shook her head again s she slapped another bandage on Quistis' bashed
up arm. "It doesn't matter, you'll all be leaving tomorrow night." She didn't
notice the look of bewilderment on Seifer's face.
As darkness approached, Seifer crept outside and sat down on the backyard
steps. "It isn't true."