Raven: Hi there! You may or may not know my first FF8 Fic, I Love You, Zell, but I was asked the question (in my only review `~_*' ) how my character, Raven, came to be Squall's sister and stuff like that. So now I'm writing a story about the orphanage!! Oh, how cute!

Anyhoo, I don't own anything FF8, so nyah! Can't sue me for anything! And this story is before they lost their memories to the GF's powers, but it's a detail Irvine forgot himself, so everyone forgot this one!! Well, all I can say is,. ENJOY!

CH 1- Call It a Welcome

The little five-year-old Squall clung to his twin sister, Raven. Both found on the continent of the Centra Ruins (how they got there, nobody knows), they were taken in to Matron's orphanage on a small peninsula on the same continent, but more north. They had to be taken to separate helicopters, since there was no room in the same one for both of them to be together.

"Waven!" Squall yelled as the adults tried to pry them apart.

"Squaw! Don't weave mee!" She cried. The adults finally got them off each other, but they both cried the whole way. I mean, they had only each other for as long as they could remember. How could they take them away from one another?! How?!

They got to the orphanage as fast as they could, for the toddlers' sake and for their own. Once there, they set them down, both unwilling to move or do anything without the other. Then they heard each other's cries and ran to the other and hugged.

"Squaw!" Raven giggled, acting like little kids do when they cry, and then they're instantly happy.

"Waven!" Squall laughed adorably. They held hands as a tall lady in a gray dress walked over to them. She had long black hair and a kind face. Raven smiled as Squall shuddered, thinking she was going to separate them too. He hid his face in Raven's shoulder. The tall lady kneeled down and giggled softly.

"It's ok, little guy. I don't bite." She said with a smile. He uncovered his eyes a little to look at her, then hid again. Raven giggled.

"He's shy." Raven said in a cute little way.

"Oh, I see." The lady went on. She smiled again. "My name's Matron."

"Matwyn." Raven echoed.

"What's your name?" Matron asked the little girl.

"Waven!" She said proudly. Matron giggled.

"Raven?" She echoed like Raven did before. The little girl grinned happily.

"Yeah! And he's Squaw." Raven declared for her brother. He looked up for a little bit. Matron smiled kindly at him.

"Hi there!" Matron said happily but calmly so as to not make him hide again. He looked at her blankly, like shy toddlers do.

". Hi." He said in a cut little whisper. Raven sighed and rolled her eyes.

"See, Squaw! It wusn't that hard-uh." Raven said. Squall started whining.

"Weave me awone, baka enay." He said. Matron smiled.

"How about you two come with me and you can meet all the other children." Raven's eyes lit up at what Matron said.

"Others?! Owr tallness?" She asked happily. Matron nodded with a short laugh. Raven started dragging Squall. "C'mon, Squaw! Let's go see 'em!" She said.

". Ok." Squall said in another whisper. Raven looked up to the tall lady.

"Wead the way, Matwyn!" Raven said cheerfully. Matron did just so, opening the door for the two of them. The noises of laughter suddenly flooded Raven and Squall's ears. They never heard that sound before. Only on the TV they had found in an abandoned Galbadian truck. A girl with brown hair that curled up noticed them first and smiled happily.

"Wook guyses!" She said happily. All the children stopped what they were doing and looked up at the twins. Squall took a quick count, since he was better at that than Raven. Five. Three boys and two girls. Squall took cover again, this time standing behind Raven and peering over her shoulder. All the kids came running to them and stood in front of them. Some were smiling, some weren't. Matron came over to introduce everybody. She started from left to right.

"Everybody, this is Squall and Raven." She said. Everyone smiled, except one boy with slicked back golden hair.

"Hi!" They all said happily in unison, that one boy more glumly. Raven looked at him. He looked just like Squall did. She giggled.

"Hey, awre yoo shy? Like Squaw?" She asked him. He looked at her with a blank look.

"No! I jus' don't wike stwangers!" He said. That girl with the funny brown hair pushed on him.

"Be kwyet, Seifer!" She warned. A girl with blond hair stepped forward a little.

"Wememba, yoo were new too!" She added. He looked away and put his hands in his pockets.

". So." He said. The other blonde boy laughed.

"Who's a cwy baby now?" He teased 'Seifer'.

"You still awre, cry baby Zell! You can't even tawk rwight." The other teased. The boy with the blond hair sticking up in the front ran to Matron.

"Matwyn! Make Seifur stop!" He whined. Raven giggled.

"You're like a chicken, and a wuss!" She played along in the teasing, to be cool. She saw it upset him even more. "Oh, I'm sowwy. I didn't meen it." She said. He looked at her.

". * sniffle * . reawy?" He asked. She nodded with a smile. Matron took a step back.

"I'll let you all get acquainted, ok?" She walked away to talk with the adults, leaving the children in the little room. The blond haired girl walked up to them.

"Hi! I'm Quistis, but yoo can call mee Quisty if yoo'd wike." She said. Raven smiled and gave a little wave. Quisty looked at Squall, who was still hiding. She giggled. "Is he awways wike that?" She asked. Raven tried to get Squall out of hiding.

"Yeah. He's supah shy." She said. She pushed Squall away. He tried to run back, but Raven pushed him away again.

"Ugh. Waven!" He cried. She looked at him.

"Yoo need ta make some fwiends, udderwize yoo'll be wike this foweva." She said. He stood still. He smiled.

". Ok." He looked around at everybody. They all looked so nice. Except for that 'Seifer' guy. He lifted his hand in the air up to his hips and gave a short wave, mouthing the word 'hi'. They all waved back. They girl with the weird brown hair walked up to them a little.

"Hey thayer! My name is Selphie, but yoo bouf can call me Sefie." She giggled. Then the boy with light brown hair that was in a sort ponytail walked up. He waved to them.

"Howdee! I'm Irvine, but Irvy wurks too." He declared. The energetic blond walked up past Irvy. He put his fists on his hips and did a stance that resembled Peter Pan.

"I'm Zell! Nice too meetcha!" He said happily. The other blond who seemed a bit cranky walked up and pushed Zell out of the way.

"Seifer's da name. Don't get in my way,. k?" He said. Squall looked back at him with that same glare Seifer was giving him.

"And if me and Waven do?" Squall retorted. Seifer laughed.

"Yoo won't want too." He said back. Squall walked over to him closer.

"Wee'll go ware wee wanna go, . kay?" Squall said. All the kids, excluding Raven, were shocked, their jaws dropped. Raven stood by her brother.

"Wook, Seifer,. yoo may bee da tuff wun, but me an' Squaw ain't no pushovahs, mmkay?" She said. Seifer laid off.

". Geez, ok." Everyone sighed except the twins. "But don't sink I'll weave yoo two awone. Yoo still go by my roolz, got that?" He walked away. Zell walked over to Raven's side.

"Mayan! He musta stayd awake during nappy time." Zell said. Sefie giggled.

"Hey Waven! Wanna go an' pway wiff me an' Quisty?" She asked. Raven looked at her happily.

"Reawy?!" They nodded. "Oh yeah! I'm comin'!" Raven ran off with Quisty and Sefie. Squall looked so forlorn. Irvy looked at him and smiled.

"Squaw, yoo can pway wit' me an' Zell if yoo want too." He said. Zell looked at Squall pleadingly. Squall looked at them. He sighed.

". ok." He said. He walked off with the two outrageous dudes and went to go play tag.

Raven: AWWW! Wudn't that CUUUUUTE!!!!!! Oh, sorry. * ahem * Well, of course I'll write more! Who couldn't?! They're too cute! Anyhoo, tell me whatcha thought in a cool review, you lovely PPL you! Kay? Thanx! ~ Raven ~