Author's Note: ...someone told me to continue ^-^ so i guess i will...? =Þ
Disclaimer: ..........................Squaresoft.....................*as if i'd ever be lucky enough to own ff8*
Au Revoir
~*~
Quistis, Ellone and Selphie walked up to the room they shared. It was eight o' clock, an hour
before their usual bedtime but Matron had wanted them to 'get a good night's sleep before they
left.' This had only added to the horror of being adopted. Selphie was still a sniffling, shivering,
cold mess because of the sink incident. Quistis was sniffling too, but for a different reason.
"I don't wanna leave..." she said softly.
"I bet thos' adocters are reawee big scawee monster witches tha'll try an eat us!!" agreed Selphie,
wide-eyed. She gestured with disturbing wild gestures.
"Adopt-ers," Quistis corrected.
"I gotta secret for the guys, you kno, just so they'll remember us after they leave," Ellone added in
her usual quiet voice.
"That's a good idea. Can I add something to it? I was making something too. I'll miss them..."
Quistis tried not to show the big tears that were brimming in her eyes. *I'll miss Seifer..*
Ellone, Quistis and Selphie each put something onto Ellone's present for the boys. There was the
sound of very soft footsteps. The three girls looked into the doorway, where four short, dark, guilty
shadows stood. Irvine was the first to speak. "May we come in?" He asked politely.
Quistis nodded. "Come on in."
Seifer, Squall, Zell and Irvine tip-toed in and sat down in a little circle by the girls.
"We have something for you." Seifer said importantly, as no one else was willing to speak now
that the first task of getting in had been completed. The second he spoke, however, the four boys
stood up and crowded into a circle and started pushing each other and whispering loudly. ("I get
to give it to them!" "No! ME!!" "Give em' to me! I betta than all you!" "Shut up! I thought of it!!" "I
made em' so I get to give it to em'!")
Ellone quieted them. "Do you want Matron to kill us all? What would she think if she saw all you
guys in our bedroom?"
"Fine!" Zell huffed. "You sissies decide who will give it to them then." That, of course, led to another
argument.
"Are you dissin' Sis?! You little *$&!(%$(!^%@$" (Squall)
"Who YOU callin a sissy!" (Irvy)
"Chickenwuss!!"(Seifer) [duh]
"*$&^)!$%!!!!"
"@$(%!$(%!!!!!"
"Shut UP!!!!" Quistis hissed. All the commotion died down at once.
The boys looked at eachother sheepishly.
"Okok, fine! One person doesn' getta give anythin. There's only 3 girls. And tha'll be Chickenwuss,
since he called us sissies." Seifer announced smugly.
Squall handed Ellone a fine silver chain with a sparkling sky-blue pendant hanging from it. Seifer
gave one to Quistis and Irvine presented one identical to the other two, to Selphie.
"It's to remember us by. The pendent is made of this memory stone whatchamacallit thingy we
found at a shop Matron took us to." Seifer said solemnly.
Quistis, Ellone, and Selphie stared at eachother in shock.
"B-bbut we got one for each of you guys too!!" Selphie bubbled.
"Really? I was gonna get one for meself but I didn' have no more money."
"I'm going you all so much..."
"Au revoir..."
"What does 'Awww River' have to do with this?"
"No! Not 'Awww River!' Au Revoir. It means goodbye until we meet again."
The seven kids took turns hugging eachother. Seifer and Zell refused to hug eachother (obviously).
When the light suddenly flicked on, Quistis had buried her face into Seifer and didn't notice the
sudden brightness. Selphie was hugging Irvine tightly, as if holding onto him would save her from
being adopted. Only Squall, Ellone, and Zell noticed. Matron was standing in the doorway
wearing a dangerous look on her face.
"What are you boys DOING in the girl's room!!" she thundered.
"We were jus sayin goodbye!!" Seifer said bravely, his arms still circled around Quistis' waist.
Matron's look softened slightly. "Well, I guess, this is very hard on you. You've been here since
you were three or four. I will miss you so much when you're gone!"
"Can't you visit?" asked Zell.
"I suppose I could, but I really shouldn't. I'll visit the seven of you in your dreams. Don't stay up too
late." Edea left. *Fated children..*
~The Next Morning~
Matron walked into the girl's room and said cheerfully "Rise and shine! Wake up! Put on your best
clothes, it shows respect." She proceeded to the boy's room and looked disapprovingly at the piles
of clothes all over the floor. She walked carefully past Seifer over to another blonde figure
sprawled across the floor. Zell had gotten into another argument with Seifer, who had been
teasing Zell about his bright pink bunny pjs. Zell had threatened to tell Quistis what Seifer said at
night while fast asleep and sleeptalking. That had led to a fight in which Zell had gotten knocked
out. He had a black eye and a black marker was next to him. There was a drawing of an
enormous piece of poop on one cheek and a chocobo the other.
After years of experience, Edea knew that the only way to get the boys up was to...
"WAKE UP!!! THERE'S A FIRE!!!! RUN!!!" Of course, it always led to pandemonium and they would
shriek and scream and run around. Zell would usually end up crashing into a wall. But at least, they
would wake up.
*BOOOM!*
*CRACK!!!!*
Matron sighed and mended the hole in the wall. "You have to dress up today. No ragged clothes.
ESPECIALLY not the ones where you played with firecrackers. I will pack up all your things for you.
I wish you would be as responsible as the girls. They had everything packed up and were already
awake when I went in to wake them up."
After a lot of mumbling and grumbling, Seifer pulled on a dark blue t-shirt. Squall pulled on a
white t-shirt, Zell wore a chocobo shirt with a pair of long shorts and Irvine finally decided on his
light brown jacket.
The kids scampered down the stairs to eat breakfast. They had as much as they
wanted to eat (pancakes, cereal, fruit, juice, eggs, toast, oatmeal, sausages, waffles, eggs,
muffins, hash browns, etc.) since Matron claimed that it was a very special day. (No one would
believe her. They were glum as could be.) Soon, too soon for the kids, a car rolled up and parked.
Two people came out of the car.
"Hello, we are looking for Selphie. We are her new parents." Selphie looked up from her toast,
her mouth bulging with food. "What are you guys all looking at me for? I'm not Selphie."
Quistis stifled a giggle.
"Selphie, what have I taught you about lying!! I'm disappointed in you." Edea scolded.
"I told you! I'm not Selphie!!!!" Selphie repeated, her voice sounding more urgent. Inside, her mind
was shrieking *I shouldn't have said nothin. I shouldn't have worn this bright yellow dress. It's so
short. And it makes me sooo noticable!!*
"Come along Selphie, we have a new home for you." her new parents said pleasantly.. To
Selphie, it seemed as if they were taking her to the Torture Chamber of Doom she'd heard
numerous stories about from Seifer. They took Selphie's hand and tried to take her to the car.
"I WON'T LEAVE!!! NONONONO!!!" shrieked Selphie to her new parents. Edea gave her the
Look. At about this time, the other children had lost their appetites and didn't feel like eating
anymore, despite all the good food. They followed Selphie to the car.
"Selphie, Mr. and Mrs. Tilmitt are very loving parents. Go with them, Selphie." Matron prodded
her gently.
"I'm not leavin' my fwends!!" Selphie sobbed. "Not leavin' not leavin' this is just a dream! I'm not
bein' adopped!!! She hiccuped.
"Selphie..." Quistis choked, trying hard not to cry. The scene was too much for the children. Edea
looked from Quistis and the other kids to Selphie to Selphie's parents.
"Will you let them talk a little? It's been very hard on them. They've been friends for as long as
they can remember."
Mr. and Mrs. Tilmitt smiled. "Of course. We understand."
Selphie ran first to her best friend, Quistis, "I'll miss you..." Her voice was barely a whisper. When
she finally came to Irvine (saving best for last), "Irvy, promise you'll see me again."
Irvine tried to smile. "I promise, Sephie, I promise." Irvine wrapped his arms around her. "Go
with them," he whispered, "We'll see each other again." Selphie walked slowly to her new
parents. "I'm ready to go." she said in an attempted strong voice. She couldn't look back at her
friends. Gripping the light blue stone, she climbed into the back seat of the car. Edea took her
belongings and put them inside the trunk. She went to Selphie and said "Goodbye Selphie..." She
gave her one last, quick hug and left.
As the car drove away, Selphie rolled down the window and said "BYEBYE!!!!!!!! I'll MISS YOU!!!!
AWwW RIVER!!!"
Disclaimer: ..........................Squaresoft.....................*as if i'd ever be lucky enough to own ff8*
Au Revoir
~*~
Quistis, Ellone and Selphie walked up to the room they shared. It was eight o' clock, an hour
before their usual bedtime but Matron had wanted them to 'get a good night's sleep before they
left.' This had only added to the horror of being adopted. Selphie was still a sniffling, shivering,
cold mess because of the sink incident. Quistis was sniffling too, but for a different reason.
"I don't wanna leave..." she said softly.
"I bet thos' adocters are reawee big scawee monster witches tha'll try an eat us!!" agreed Selphie,
wide-eyed. She gestured with disturbing wild gestures.
"Adopt-ers," Quistis corrected.
"I gotta secret for the guys, you kno, just so they'll remember us after they leave," Ellone added in
her usual quiet voice.
"That's a good idea. Can I add something to it? I was making something too. I'll miss them..."
Quistis tried not to show the big tears that were brimming in her eyes. *I'll miss Seifer..*
Ellone, Quistis and Selphie each put something onto Ellone's present for the boys. There was the
sound of very soft footsteps. The three girls looked into the doorway, where four short, dark, guilty
shadows stood. Irvine was the first to speak. "May we come in?" He asked politely.
Quistis nodded. "Come on in."
Seifer, Squall, Zell and Irvine tip-toed in and sat down in a little circle by the girls.
"We have something for you." Seifer said importantly, as no one else was willing to speak now
that the first task of getting in had been completed. The second he spoke, however, the four boys
stood up and crowded into a circle and started pushing each other and whispering loudly. ("I get
to give it to them!" "No! ME!!" "Give em' to me! I betta than all you!" "Shut up! I thought of it!!" "I
made em' so I get to give it to em'!")
Ellone quieted them. "Do you want Matron to kill us all? What would she think if she saw all you
guys in our bedroom?"
"Fine!" Zell huffed. "You sissies decide who will give it to them then." That, of course, led to another
argument.
"Are you dissin' Sis?! You little *$&!(%$(!^%@$" (Squall)
"Who YOU callin a sissy!" (Irvy)
"Chickenwuss!!"(Seifer) [duh]
"*$&^)!$%!!!!"
"@$(%!$(%!!!!!"
"Shut UP!!!!" Quistis hissed. All the commotion died down at once.
The boys looked at eachother sheepishly.
"Okok, fine! One person doesn' getta give anythin. There's only 3 girls. And tha'll be Chickenwuss,
since he called us sissies." Seifer announced smugly.
Squall handed Ellone a fine silver chain with a sparkling sky-blue pendant hanging from it. Seifer
gave one to Quistis and Irvine presented one identical to the other two, to Selphie.
"It's to remember us by. The pendent is made of this memory stone whatchamacallit thingy we
found at a shop Matron took us to." Seifer said solemnly.
Quistis, Ellone, and Selphie stared at eachother in shock.
"B-bbut we got one for each of you guys too!!" Selphie bubbled.
"Really? I was gonna get one for meself but I didn' have no more money."
"I'm going you all so much..."
"Au revoir..."
"What does 'Awww River' have to do with this?"
"No! Not 'Awww River!' Au Revoir. It means goodbye until we meet again."
The seven kids took turns hugging eachother. Seifer and Zell refused to hug eachother (obviously).
When the light suddenly flicked on, Quistis had buried her face into Seifer and didn't notice the
sudden brightness. Selphie was hugging Irvine tightly, as if holding onto him would save her from
being adopted. Only Squall, Ellone, and Zell noticed. Matron was standing in the doorway
wearing a dangerous look on her face.
"What are you boys DOING in the girl's room!!" she thundered.
"We were jus sayin goodbye!!" Seifer said bravely, his arms still circled around Quistis' waist.
Matron's look softened slightly. "Well, I guess, this is very hard on you. You've been here since
you were three or four. I will miss you so much when you're gone!"
"Can't you visit?" asked Zell.
"I suppose I could, but I really shouldn't. I'll visit the seven of you in your dreams. Don't stay up too
late." Edea left. *Fated children..*
~The Next Morning~
Matron walked into the girl's room and said cheerfully "Rise and shine! Wake up! Put on your best
clothes, it shows respect." She proceeded to the boy's room and looked disapprovingly at the piles
of clothes all over the floor. She walked carefully past Seifer over to another blonde figure
sprawled across the floor. Zell had gotten into another argument with Seifer, who had been
teasing Zell about his bright pink bunny pjs. Zell had threatened to tell Quistis what Seifer said at
night while fast asleep and sleeptalking. That had led to a fight in which Zell had gotten knocked
out. He had a black eye and a black marker was next to him. There was a drawing of an
enormous piece of poop on one cheek and a chocobo the other.
After years of experience, Edea knew that the only way to get the boys up was to...
"WAKE UP!!! THERE'S A FIRE!!!! RUN!!!" Of course, it always led to pandemonium and they would
shriek and scream and run around. Zell would usually end up crashing into a wall. But at least, they
would wake up.
*BOOOM!*
*CRACK!!!!*
Matron sighed and mended the hole in the wall. "You have to dress up today. No ragged clothes.
ESPECIALLY not the ones where you played with firecrackers. I will pack up all your things for you.
I wish you would be as responsible as the girls. They had everything packed up and were already
awake when I went in to wake them up."
After a lot of mumbling and grumbling, Seifer pulled on a dark blue t-shirt. Squall pulled on a
white t-shirt, Zell wore a chocobo shirt with a pair of long shorts and Irvine finally decided on his
light brown jacket.
The kids scampered down the stairs to eat breakfast. They had as much as they
wanted to eat (pancakes, cereal, fruit, juice, eggs, toast, oatmeal, sausages, waffles, eggs,
muffins, hash browns, etc.) since Matron claimed that it was a very special day. (No one would
believe her. They were glum as could be.) Soon, too soon for the kids, a car rolled up and parked.
Two people came out of the car.
"Hello, we are looking for Selphie. We are her new parents." Selphie looked up from her toast,
her mouth bulging with food. "What are you guys all looking at me for? I'm not Selphie."
Quistis stifled a giggle.
"Selphie, what have I taught you about lying!! I'm disappointed in you." Edea scolded.
"I told you! I'm not Selphie!!!!" Selphie repeated, her voice sounding more urgent. Inside, her mind
was shrieking *I shouldn't have said nothin. I shouldn't have worn this bright yellow dress. It's so
short. And it makes me sooo noticable!!*
"Come along Selphie, we have a new home for you." her new parents said pleasantly.. To
Selphie, it seemed as if they were taking her to the Torture Chamber of Doom she'd heard
numerous stories about from Seifer. They took Selphie's hand and tried to take her to the car.
"I WON'T LEAVE!!! NONONONO!!!" shrieked Selphie to her new parents. Edea gave her the
Look. At about this time, the other children had lost their appetites and didn't feel like eating
anymore, despite all the good food. They followed Selphie to the car.
"Selphie, Mr. and Mrs. Tilmitt are very loving parents. Go with them, Selphie." Matron prodded
her gently.
"I'm not leavin' my fwends!!" Selphie sobbed. "Not leavin' not leavin' this is just a dream! I'm not
bein' adopped!!! She hiccuped.
"Selphie..." Quistis choked, trying hard not to cry. The scene was too much for the children. Edea
looked from Quistis and the other kids to Selphie to Selphie's parents.
"Will you let them talk a little? It's been very hard on them. They've been friends for as long as
they can remember."
Mr. and Mrs. Tilmitt smiled. "Of course. We understand."
Selphie ran first to her best friend, Quistis, "I'll miss you..." Her voice was barely a whisper. When
she finally came to Irvine (saving best for last), "Irvy, promise you'll see me again."
Irvine tried to smile. "I promise, Sephie, I promise." Irvine wrapped his arms around her. "Go
with them," he whispered, "We'll see each other again." Selphie walked slowly to her new
parents. "I'm ready to go." she said in an attempted strong voice. She couldn't look back at her
friends. Gripping the light blue stone, she climbed into the back seat of the car. Edea took her
belongings and put them inside the trunk. She went to Selphie and said "Goodbye Selphie..." She
gave her one last, quick hug and left.
As the car drove away, Selphie rolled down the window and said "BYEBYE!!!!!!!! I'll MISS YOU!!!!
AWwW RIVER!!!"