Chapter Two
Broken links in the chain
Quistis gasped as the dust cleared. There was no one else around except for her, Fujin and Selphie. The ground around was littered with smouldering debris and there was no way that the garden would fly again for a long time. The land around was covered in miles and miles of patchy grass. Selphie looked up, Irvine's hat still on her head. Where had everyone else gone? Even Rinoa was not with them anymore. She sat on the ground hugging her knees to her chest, then took off Irvine's hat to hug it to her chest. They were certainly out of luck today. It was just then as Selphie, Quistis and Fujin were all looking up at the sky that the strangest thing happened. A large airship passed overhead in the sky, a tail of fire travelling behind it. It was steadily plummeting towards the mountains in the distance. Fujin stood there, staring at this when Zidane fell on her head. She was not pleased with this (like most people). As she lay there squashed against the grass, Zidane came to terms with his surroundings. He didn't seem to notice Fujin crawl out from under him until she stood before him, her pinwheel in her hand and anger in her eyes. "RAGE!" she yelled. Zidane pulled out his dagger, if some girl was trying to attack him he might as well defend himself. As he watched, the blue haired one with the pinwheel came closer and the other two drew weapons as well, nunchas and a whip. Zidane knew he was out-numbered, bust surely he could take three girls on. There would have been a wild fight then, had someone not called out. "Zidane?" Dagger exclaimed. She was worried, couldn't find Zidane anywhere. She gripped the handle of her staff tightly, making a deep groove in her hand. She had never seen this place before, and she had travelled all over Gaia. The airship had disappeared into the mountains by now. Dagger wondered what had actually happened, what could have knocked the ship like that? Dagger had been so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she never noticed Zidane and his little fight until he came running towards him. "Dagger, are you okay?" he exclaimed as he ran at her. Dagger was amazed, she thought the impact as they were thrown from the airship would have caused them to be thrown far away from each other. Zidane wrapped his arms around Dagger and hugged her. As Dagger peered over his shoulder she saw three rather angry looking girls standing behind Zidane. "Erm, Zidane, I think we have company," she told him while pointing a finger curiously at the girls. "They have something in for me, they keep chasing after me and trying to attack me. All I did was accidentally land on one of them." Dagger let go of Zidane and walked over to the girls. "Erm. hi," she said very quietly. Fujin and Quistis stood still, looking very angry, but Selphie returned to her normal bouncy 'I love everything' self. "Hi," she exclaimed. "I'm Selphie Tilmitt, who are you?" Her hair bounced up and down as she talked. Fujin scowled at her, trust Selphie to ruin her image, she'd gone from tough to wimpy in a single sentence. Quistis realised that there was no need to try and act tough anymore. She relaxed and clipped her whip back onto her belt. Fujin gave her an awkward look out of the corner of her eye, but then dropped her pinwheel to the ground. "MORON!" she yelled at Selphie (who was not at all effected by this because she was so used to being insulted.) Quistis held out her hand to Dagger. "I'm Quistis, pleased to meet you." Dagger smiled. "My name is Queen Garnet til Alexandros 17th, but most people call me Dagger. This," she added, while pointing at Zidane, "is Zidane." Zidane gave an awkward wave. Fujin pointed to Zidane and smirked. "STUPID IDIOT!" she shouted, then added, "ME FUJIN." The two parties talked together about where they were from and how they'd come to be here. "So," Zidane said, thinking out loud, "I wonder what's happening to the rest of our friends?"
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Squall rubbed his head. It was cold, strangely cold. He tried to open his eyes, but the energy seemed drained from him. No one knows how long he lay there like that, just thinking about random things that popped into his head, like the price of Balamb garden hotdogs. As he lay there, something warm and wet dripped onto his face. He opened one eye lazily and blinked in disbelief. There was a thing in front of him. Now, this thing was actually Quina, but Squall had never met one of the Qu tribe before. Squall wiped his face, the strange thing had drooled all over him. he was not impressed. Squall moved his arm, desperate to get away from the strange slobbering monster. Pain rippled through his body and he groaned. "Don't move, I think you've broken your arm." Squall wondered who had said this, he knew it could not have been the drooling monster, it did not look smart enough to be able to talk. It was then that he noticed her in the shadows. She was tall and the darkness hid her face, and at first he thought she was just a normal human being, but as she stepped forward, he saw that she wasn't. She seemed to be like an over-sized rat in clothes. She held a long spear in her hand, the kind of weapon that was outlawed in the gardens years before. Squall looked n disbelief, where on earth was he? Strange drooling monsters and rats, great he must be dreaming. The rat girl walked forward, she knelt down beside Squall, ripping a strip of fabric from her clothes. She lifted Squalls arm up tenderly, making a sling from the fabric. "I'm Freya," she told him, "and this is Quina." Freya laughed as Squall gave Quina a strange look. "Don't worry," she added. " He doesn't have rabies or anything." Squall looked up at Freya. "I'm Squall," he replied quietly, then lapsed into unconsciousness.
Quistis gasped as the dust cleared. There was no one else around except for her, Fujin and Selphie. The ground around was littered with smouldering debris and there was no way that the garden would fly again for a long time. The land around was covered in miles and miles of patchy grass. Selphie looked up, Irvine's hat still on her head. Where had everyone else gone? Even Rinoa was not with them anymore. She sat on the ground hugging her knees to her chest, then took off Irvine's hat to hug it to her chest. They were certainly out of luck today. It was just then as Selphie, Quistis and Fujin were all looking up at the sky that the strangest thing happened. A large airship passed overhead in the sky, a tail of fire travelling behind it. It was steadily plummeting towards the mountains in the distance. Fujin stood there, staring at this when Zidane fell on her head. She was not pleased with this (like most people). As she lay there squashed against the grass, Zidane came to terms with his surroundings. He didn't seem to notice Fujin crawl out from under him until she stood before him, her pinwheel in her hand and anger in her eyes. "RAGE!" she yelled. Zidane pulled out his dagger, if some girl was trying to attack him he might as well defend himself. As he watched, the blue haired one with the pinwheel came closer and the other two drew weapons as well, nunchas and a whip. Zidane knew he was out-numbered, bust surely he could take three girls on. There would have been a wild fight then, had someone not called out. "Zidane?" Dagger exclaimed. She was worried, couldn't find Zidane anywhere. She gripped the handle of her staff tightly, making a deep groove in her hand. She had never seen this place before, and she had travelled all over Gaia. The airship had disappeared into the mountains by now. Dagger wondered what had actually happened, what could have knocked the ship like that? Dagger had been so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she never noticed Zidane and his little fight until he came running towards him. "Dagger, are you okay?" he exclaimed as he ran at her. Dagger was amazed, she thought the impact as they were thrown from the airship would have caused them to be thrown far away from each other. Zidane wrapped his arms around Dagger and hugged her. As Dagger peered over his shoulder she saw three rather angry looking girls standing behind Zidane. "Erm, Zidane, I think we have company," she told him while pointing a finger curiously at the girls. "They have something in for me, they keep chasing after me and trying to attack me. All I did was accidentally land on one of them." Dagger let go of Zidane and walked over to the girls. "Erm. hi," she said very quietly. Fujin and Quistis stood still, looking very angry, but Selphie returned to her normal bouncy 'I love everything' self. "Hi," she exclaimed. "I'm Selphie Tilmitt, who are you?" Her hair bounced up and down as she talked. Fujin scowled at her, trust Selphie to ruin her image, she'd gone from tough to wimpy in a single sentence. Quistis realised that there was no need to try and act tough anymore. She relaxed and clipped her whip back onto her belt. Fujin gave her an awkward look out of the corner of her eye, but then dropped her pinwheel to the ground. "MORON!" she yelled at Selphie (who was not at all effected by this because she was so used to being insulted.) Quistis held out her hand to Dagger. "I'm Quistis, pleased to meet you." Dagger smiled. "My name is Queen Garnet til Alexandros 17th, but most people call me Dagger. This," she added, while pointing at Zidane, "is Zidane." Zidane gave an awkward wave. Fujin pointed to Zidane and smirked. "STUPID IDIOT!" she shouted, then added, "ME FUJIN." The two parties talked together about where they were from and how they'd come to be here. "So," Zidane said, thinking out loud, "I wonder what's happening to the rest of our friends?"
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Squall rubbed his head. It was cold, strangely cold. He tried to open his eyes, but the energy seemed drained from him. No one knows how long he lay there like that, just thinking about random things that popped into his head, like the price of Balamb garden hotdogs. As he lay there, something warm and wet dripped onto his face. He opened one eye lazily and blinked in disbelief. There was a thing in front of him. Now, this thing was actually Quina, but Squall had never met one of the Qu tribe before. Squall wiped his face, the strange thing had drooled all over him. he was not impressed. Squall moved his arm, desperate to get away from the strange slobbering monster. Pain rippled through his body and he groaned. "Don't move, I think you've broken your arm." Squall wondered who had said this, he knew it could not have been the drooling monster, it did not look smart enough to be able to talk. It was then that he noticed her in the shadows. She was tall and the darkness hid her face, and at first he thought she was just a normal human being, but as she stepped forward, he saw that she wasn't. She seemed to be like an over-sized rat in clothes. She held a long spear in her hand, the kind of weapon that was outlawed in the gardens years before. Squall looked n disbelief, where on earth was he? Strange drooling monsters and rats, great he must be dreaming. The rat girl walked forward, she knelt down beside Squall, ripping a strip of fabric from her clothes. She lifted Squalls arm up tenderly, making a sling from the fabric. "I'm Freya," she told him, "and this is Quina." Freya laughed as Squall gave Quina a strange look. "Don't worry," she added. " He doesn't have rabies or anything." Squall looked up at Freya. "I'm Squall," he replied quietly, then lapsed into unconsciousness.