A/N: Well, here's chapter 3! Thanks to my reviewers so far! I dedicate this chapter to stormy.hopes cuz i want to, and she's getting into the story, which i thought would never happen!

Disclaimer: Yeahyeah, i don't own it, what a surprise!

Chapter 3:

Morning came too soon for Rinoa, she had only managed three hours sleep due to her own worries about what went on yesterday and Squall's constant tapping on the keys of his Study Panel. She rolled over to find Squall sitting on his desk chair with his head in his hands. "Squall?" Squall looked up and looked at Rinoa, he got up and sat next to her in the bed, "it was a dream right? Please, say it was a dream."

Squall sighed and shook his head a little, "no Rinoa. Come on, get dressed. We're meeting the rest in the Cafeteria in ten minutes." Rinoa reluctantly nodded and made her way to the bathroom. Squall sighed and looked out the window. How I wish it were a dream...

"Squall?" Squall turned to see Rinoa opening the door, "you coming?" Squall nodded and followed. The walk from the Dorms to the Cafeteria was a quiet one but neither seemed to mind. When they got there, Quistis and Selphie were already there.

"Rinni!" Selphie waved and watched as both Squall and Rinoa sat at the table. "How you doing today?" Selphie tilted her head and smiled lightly.

Rinoa shrugged, "I'm ok. Just tired."

Squall looked at Rinoa and then at Quistis. "Quistis? Did they find anything?" Rinoa, Selphie and Squall all looked at Quistis.

"No, Whoever it was came and left without a trace...it's a lost cause Squall." She sighed and watched as several students came through the door.

Squall ran his hand through his hair, "but they can't just give up like that!"

Quistis went to comment but was interrupted by a young SeeD.

"Instructor Quistis Trepe?" Quistis looked up at the SeeD who was standing before them. "Headmaster Cid requests to see you and a companion as soon as possible."

"Ok. Thank you." Quistis watched the young SeeD walk away and stood up. She looked at Selphie, "will you come with me?" Selphie stood up and nodded, "thanks. See you Rinoa, Squall." She nodded her head and headed for Cid's office with Selphie on her heels.

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"Ah Quistis, I see you've brought Selphie, just the person for the job." Cid chuckled as Quistis and Selphie sat in the chairs, a confused expression patterned across their faces. "There is a new SeeD trainee. He's eighteen and his name is Ira. He gives no surname...that's strange." He flipped through this files, "is has no other information. Just his name and age..."

Selphie and Quistis exchanged glances and Selphie looked at Cid, "Sir?"

"Oh, sorry. Anyway, Ira will be arriving pretty soon. And I would like it if you could help him out Selphie." Selphie nodded and smiled. Cid grinned and looked at Quistis, "as you can tell you'll be teaching him, he doesn't need much tuition from the results of the pre-admission tests he's well on his way to becoming a SeeD soon."

"Yes sir." Quistis and Selphie both got up, "is that all sir?"

"Yes, it is at the moment anyway..." he started ruffling through his files again as Quistis and Selphie left the room.

Quistis made her way through the crowds of people in the cafeteria and looked around for any of the group. "Quistis!" She spun around to see Irvine and Selphie making their way towards her. "It's busy here isn't it?" Selphie looked around then spotted Squall, "come on!" She sat down next to Squall and looked at him as Quistis and Irvine sat down. "Where's Rinni?"

"In the training centre, she's with Zell." He sighed and looked at Selphie. "What did Cid want?"

"'Eh? Oh! There's a new student...Ira...or something and I hafta look after him." She grinned. She looked around her, "why's it so busy here?"

"Triple Triad tournament."

"Okie dokie, shudda known!"

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Afternoon in Balamb Garden was slow and generally quiet. Squall spent most of his day in his dorm room staring at a blank Study Panel. He ran his fingers through his hair and watched as a new message appeared on his Panel. He opened it and read carefully, his eyes widened and he darted out of his room and ran down the hallways as fast as he could without knocking anyone down. Selphie -who was on her way to Squall's dorm- watched as he sped past. She looked at his dorm, which the door was still open and walked in. She looked around and noticed the message on the screen. She read it with great curiosity.

Squall,
I don't want you to panic but you need to get to the infirmary as soon as you can. Rinoa has been admitted in the ward, we think she's had a panic attack. Once again please don't panic, she's fine. But she was calling for you.
Cid.

Selphie looked around the dorm and noticed Squall hadn't even picked up his keycard. She picked it up and put it in her pocket before walking out the dorm, locking the door behind her. She skipped off towards the infirmary, when she got there, Irvine and Zell were standing outside Rinoa's ward. "Is she ok? I read the message Squall got, I-"

"Selphie, she's fine. Don't worry so much!" Irvine chuckled and walked over to her wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "Come on, the best thing we can do is let her rest. Ok?" Selphie nodded and the three of them headed back towards the cafeteria.

Meanwhile Squall walked to Rinoa's bed and sat down beside it, Rinoa was looking at Squall with tears in her eyes, "Squall...I saw him...I-"

"Who? Rinoa, who did you see?"

"I don't know. Whoever he was. I didn't see his face, but he was the one who took my files, he..."

"He was the thief? The one who took you files from Quistis's office?" Rinoa nodded slowly. "But you didn't see his face?" Rinoa shook her head and closed her eyes.

"He's working for someone...they want me dead..."

"No. Rinoa, they're not getting you. Not when I'm here." He took hold of her hands and squeezed it gently, "Rinoa? How do you know all of this? How did you 'see' it?"

"I don't exactly know. It was like a...vision..."

"Don't worry Rinoa. We'll check it out. I promise..."

"Squall?" Squall looked up to see Selphie standing at the doorway, "sorry, but when you left your dorm, you forgot to shut it so I did it. And...here's your keycard..." She pulled out his keycard and walked over handing it to him.

Squall took it and nodded, "thanks Selph. Listen, can you do me a favour?" Selphie nodded. "Stay here with Rinoa, I need to see Cid."

"Squall..."

"Don't worry, Selphie will be here, trust me. Please."

Rinoa nodded and watched Squall leave the room. She looked at Selphie who sat down and tried her best to look cheerful. "Hey Selph."

Selphie smiled and nodded, "hey. You better get out this infirmary soon, otherwise I'd have no one to come and help with the Garden Festival!" That earned a small giggle from Rinoa.

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"Squall? What are you doing here?"

"Headmaster, I need to talk to you. It's urgent. It's about Rinoa and..."

"Ok. If you two could excuse me, I'll be back soon." Cid nodded to the two young cadets sitting in front of his desk and walked outside the office closing the doors gently behind him. "What is it Squall?"

Squall was pacing up and down the corridor with an concerned look on his face. "I need to speak with Edea. Rinoa's had a 'vision' or something. Please, I know didn't want to be disturbed until she returned here but it's important that I see her as soon as possible." He stopped pacing and looked at Cid.

After a long pause Cid finally spoke. "Very well. She is back in Centra. Take the Ragnarok and Selphie. She'll pilot it for you." Cid sighed. "I think Rinoa can be discharged early too." He looked at Squall hoping he got the message.

Obviously he did. He nodded and thanked Cid and went straight back to the infirmary. When he got there, lucky enough, Selphie was still with Rinoa. They must have been going through Garden Festival plans judging by their faces. "Guys?" They both looked up at Squall. "We're going to Centra."

"Why? Why Centra? Can't we go somewhere fun! Like Trabia!! Yeah! Let's go to Trabia, I mean at this time of the month, it's really nice! Oh! And-"

"Selphie!" Selphie stopped suddenly and pouted at Squall's sudden outburst. "We're going to Centra, just us three, to see Edea. I need to speak with her, Selphie you're piloting and Rinoa, you're going to tell Edea all that you told me..."

At that moment Dr Kadowaki walked in stopping Squall mid-sentence. "Rinoa? You can be discarded. Just be careful ok?" She smiled and left the room, but not before giving Squall a knowing look.

Squall look at the two in front of him, Rinoa had got up with the help of Selphie and was making her way to the door. Squall nodded to Selphie.

"Let's go."
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