Chapter 8
Disturbing News
The journey from the town of Balamb was short and Sly Fox was enjoying the warm weather as they both bounded toward their destination. The gates were big and when she past through them she saw several people in uniforms.
"Sly Fox, I don't think they can stable you here. I don't see chocobo stables anywhere." Eve whispered.
: Don not worry about me. Now go on inside, I must go to the nearby chocobo forest.:
Eve jumped off Sly and watched her leave back out the gate. She turned toward the entrance and smiled. Finally! She ran up the steps and was stopped by one of the guards.
"Who are you?" the garden faculty asked.
"Dava Icehart, I'm here to sign up, got a problem with that?"
"To sign up you must speak with the headmaster. Please wait until you are called." He ordered.
"Wait where?" but the garden faculty already left towards the elevator. Damn him. There were people all around rushing in and out of hallways and classes. The place looked large and yet so small. She looked around and saw a bulletin board with the map of the academy. She looked at it and studied it closely. So if I go left there is the infirmary, the quad, cafeteria, and in the middle is the dormitory. So to the right there's the library, training center, which sounds good. Then there's the parking lot.
: Dava Icehart, please report the second floor. Dava Icehart, second floor classroom. :
Second floor? I guess that means the elevator. She walked up the stairs and into the elevator. She pressed two and the elevator went up only to open to a long corridor furnished with carpeting. The hallway was nothing much but she looked around everywhere so that she would remember every detail. As the hallway ended another one began. She looked at the partition and saw the sign that said classrooms to the right. She walked down the hallway only to bump into a woman. The lady had short brown hair and brown eyes. She appeared to be in her thirties.
"Excuse me young lady, where are you suppose to be?" she asked angrily. "Classes have already started."
"I'm here to speak with the headmaster."
"Oh, then you must be Icehart. My name is Xu and I run all the important things around here and I'm also the instructor for the upper class students." She explained.
"I want to join."
"Oh, so you are going to be a new student here!" Xu said with a smile.
"Whatever." Eve muttered impatiently. Xu looked at the young girl more closely and shook her head. She carried a blade and something across her back, strange. One of the garden faculties came up from behind.
"The headmaster will see you now. Go all the way down this hall." Eve left the two without looking back. She saw a man in his early fifties, a little chubby but a strict side to him. He saw her and waved her over.
"How old are you?"
"Fifteen."
"My name is Cid, and that is what you shall call me from now on. Icehart?" he asked and Eve nodded. "What weapon's do you specialize in?"
"Gun blades and the one I carry, is called Silveraine."
"Consider yourself part of the Balamb Army. Here you will also learn to focus on your choices when it comes to warfare. You will also learn combat strategies that will enhance your mind to think clearer in an emergency. Not only that you will have to study hard in magic's. Do you think you can handle it, Miss?" Eve thought over is explanation and her mind wanted to learn as much as possible.
"Yes."
"You don't talk much I see. You remind me of a SeeD I used to know." He began. Cid looked at her more carefully studying her features. They contained no emotion at all. Cid nodded, "Find Xu and she will show you to your room and will give you your class schedule." Cid ordered and left into the classroom. Eve felt relieved and sighed. Now to find that woman, what's her name? Xu?
* *
Dark Blade, Gwena, Troy and Dylan came out into the Balamb Garden parking lot and ran straight for the classrooms.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Seifer asked. Zell came out to stand next to Seifer and he was smiling.
"Class has already started and Mistress Edea will skin me if she catches me late again!" Dark Blade announced as he ran inside. Behind him the rest of the group followed.
"Kids, you'll never get enough of them." Zell muttered. Seifer looked at him and cocked his eyebrow. "Shut up chicken wuss. Let's go."
"Now don't you start that up again!" Zell shouted. Seifer smiled and rolled his eyes. Chicken wuss.
* *
"Why are we in such a hurry?" Gwena asked as she tried to keep up with the group. Dylan answered her question, "To class unless we get a pass to excuse our tardiness." Gwena was confused, but went along with them. They reached the main lobby and ran up the stairs. One of the faculties shouted towards them but they kept on going. When the elevator opened up to the second floor Blade ran straight into Eve. She instinctively moved out of his way and glared at him.
"Oh you're here already.anyway, watch where you are going." Blade said.
"Whatever." Eve said and left for the main lobby.
"Boy what a bitch. I hate to be stuck with her!" Gwena said. Troy chuckled.
When they entered the classroom of lady Edea's, everyone was chattering as the headmaster was quietly talking to his wife. Troy and Dylan silently walked over to their desks and sat down. Blade and Gwena walked up to the two people engaged in a quiet conversation.
"You're late again Mr. Almasy, not to mention Troy and Dylan." She said without taking her eyes off of Cid. Troy and Dylan groaned at the same time. Robune whistled when he saw Gwena; Gwena looked at him and sent him a devious smile.
"There's a good reason for that, Mistress. My father is here and he wishes to speak to you and headmaster Cid." Edea nodded and Blade turned to the headmaster. "Headmaster, I have Gwena Trepe with me, her mom is Quistis Trepe and she wants Gwena to join and learn to be a SeeD." Cid smiled, "Yes of course I remember your mother. She was quite a teacher. How is she doing?"
"Fine I guess." Gwena replied shyly.
"What is your weapon which you wish to train in?"
"I have a chain whip; they are much more easier to cope with."
"All right, Blade go sit down while I take Miss Trepe to Xu."
"Yes sir." Blade implicated. Cid took Gwena out of the classroom and back downstairs to the main lobby. He asked one of the garden faculties where Xu was and they told him at the dormitory. When they arrived, Xu was leaving one of the rooms. Gwena noticed that she was speaking to someone and then Xu turned to see the headmaster coming. She finished her talk and walked over to the headmaster.
"Xu. We have another new student. She needs a schedule and a room. Now I need to leave, I have an important meeting and I don't want to miss it." Xu nodded and Cid left in a hurry.
"Hi, how do you like the Garden so far?" Xu asked.
"It's big."
"Yeah, we remodeled it a few years back. We built more classrooms and other things that the place needed."
"It still looks small and my mother said all kinds of things about the place." Gwena replied as she looked around. She was nervous about all of this.
"Yeah, I remember Quistis. She was my best friend and a great instructor. Anyhow, there are a few rules, which you must know about. Number one, there is a curfew and at 9:30 you must be in your dormitory. Nowhere else. Number two; we all wake up at 6:30 in the morning and classes start at 7:15. The rest of the rules your teacher's will tell you. Now your new agenda for tomorrow, there are six necessary classes: history, mathematics, language, magic's, combat training, and science. There are others that you can join like crafts, engineering, clubs, sports and more. Now the only dorm rooms we have available is room V 112, there are more quarters but they are being remodeled right now. There are two separate lodgings in that dorm, so you have your space. There is also a small living room with a study area. If your hungry the cafeteria is always open. Anything else?" she asked. Quistis was overwhelmed at the whole business of becoming a SeeD. Though there are so many nice and handsome young men around. I wonder if they have an art studio?
"No not really. Where do I go from here?" Gwena inquired.
"Nothing else, today you can just prepare yourself for tomorrow and your dorm is down that hall. Your belongings are already there." Xu replied.
"Thank you."
"No problem, now if you'll excuse me I need to be at that meeting." Gwena smiled and left for her new home for the next year or so. The door to the dorm was already open and she walked into the lounge. One of the doors to the quarter's was closed and the other one open and empty of belongings. She walked in and fell onto her soft bed. This is going to be one hell of a year! Oh and the guys are so hot! Gwena sat up and looked around the room, a closet, a bathroom and a large skylight window. Not bad.the wall behind her shuddered when a strange force hit it. Gwena jumped away and heard someone else in the other room making swift sounds. She silently walked out of her lodge and to the closed door. She slowly turned the knob and opened it up a crack. There she saw her roommate.Eve! Oh god no! I'm stuck with her as my roommate?! Eve was practicing with her weapon and a few seconds later a dagger flew at the door and almost hit Gwena.
"Hey! You could have killed me!" Gwena shouted as she entered.
"Whatever. Never do that again." Eve muttered. She walked over to the door and pulled her dagger out. "That was just a warning."
"Sure, it didn't seem like it. Anyway," Gwena started as she watched Eve put the dagger away, "I'm your new roommate." Eve didn't answer but set herself to work by cleaning her blade. Her room was already full of weapons, not to mention that there was practically nothing else to liven the room up. "What do you want?" Eve asked.
"Nothing much, I just came to see what the commotion was all about. Well, I'm gonna go look around. Wanna come?" Gwena asked. Why in the world am I doing!? I'm so damn stupid!
"No."
Gwena shrugged and left Eve to her chores. Strange girl. Now for supplies.
* * *
"What in the seven hells do you mean that Two of the guardian GF's were stolen?!?" Cid raged out. "Who's the culprit? Have they caught him?"
"Now hold on, they haven't found the thief but this is serious." Ellone said.
"My wife has a point there, Cid and if this means another war then we must be prepared for the worst." Zell added. Cid sighed and looked around the round marbled table. His eyes settled on Seifer," What do you think Seifer?" Seifer looked up to see the headmaster staring helplessly at him. Praying that he might answer this whole entire mess.
"I don't know, but what really bother's me is that I know someone who has obtained one of the GF's." Everyone turned toward him, including Ellone.
"That's not possible. Uncle Laguna and I hid them from anyone who might want to steal them. Who & which guardian?"
"Gwena Trepe, daughter of Quistis Trepe. She has obtained Shiva and they have evolved their powers. Shiva doesn't throw icicles anymore, her power is much more stronger. That's not all too. Leviathan has chosen my son." Everyone grew quiet and thoughts came and went.
"What does this mean?" Xu asked.
"I don't know but Blade said that she spoke to him and said that great peril is upon the earth or something like that." Seifer answered.
"Well if the planet is endangered.who is behind it?" Zell muttered.
"We will have to wait and find out." Cid replied. He was deep in thought and worry. It can't be a demon or monster; it can't be a sorceress because Squall and the group destroyed the last one some nineteen years ago.
Disturbing News
The journey from the town of Balamb was short and Sly Fox was enjoying the warm weather as they both bounded toward their destination. The gates were big and when she past through them she saw several people in uniforms.
"Sly Fox, I don't think they can stable you here. I don't see chocobo stables anywhere." Eve whispered.
: Don not worry about me. Now go on inside, I must go to the nearby chocobo forest.:
Eve jumped off Sly and watched her leave back out the gate. She turned toward the entrance and smiled. Finally! She ran up the steps and was stopped by one of the guards.
"Who are you?" the garden faculty asked.
"Dava Icehart, I'm here to sign up, got a problem with that?"
"To sign up you must speak with the headmaster. Please wait until you are called." He ordered.
"Wait where?" but the garden faculty already left towards the elevator. Damn him. There were people all around rushing in and out of hallways and classes. The place looked large and yet so small. She looked around and saw a bulletin board with the map of the academy. She looked at it and studied it closely. So if I go left there is the infirmary, the quad, cafeteria, and in the middle is the dormitory. So to the right there's the library, training center, which sounds good. Then there's the parking lot.
: Dava Icehart, please report the second floor. Dava Icehart, second floor classroom. :
Second floor? I guess that means the elevator. She walked up the stairs and into the elevator. She pressed two and the elevator went up only to open to a long corridor furnished with carpeting. The hallway was nothing much but she looked around everywhere so that she would remember every detail. As the hallway ended another one began. She looked at the partition and saw the sign that said classrooms to the right. She walked down the hallway only to bump into a woman. The lady had short brown hair and brown eyes. She appeared to be in her thirties.
"Excuse me young lady, where are you suppose to be?" she asked angrily. "Classes have already started."
"I'm here to speak with the headmaster."
"Oh, then you must be Icehart. My name is Xu and I run all the important things around here and I'm also the instructor for the upper class students." She explained.
"I want to join."
"Oh, so you are going to be a new student here!" Xu said with a smile.
"Whatever." Eve muttered impatiently. Xu looked at the young girl more closely and shook her head. She carried a blade and something across her back, strange. One of the garden faculties came up from behind.
"The headmaster will see you now. Go all the way down this hall." Eve left the two without looking back. She saw a man in his early fifties, a little chubby but a strict side to him. He saw her and waved her over.
"How old are you?"
"Fifteen."
"My name is Cid, and that is what you shall call me from now on. Icehart?" he asked and Eve nodded. "What weapon's do you specialize in?"
"Gun blades and the one I carry, is called Silveraine."
"Consider yourself part of the Balamb Army. Here you will also learn to focus on your choices when it comes to warfare. You will also learn combat strategies that will enhance your mind to think clearer in an emergency. Not only that you will have to study hard in magic's. Do you think you can handle it, Miss?" Eve thought over is explanation and her mind wanted to learn as much as possible.
"Yes."
"You don't talk much I see. You remind me of a SeeD I used to know." He began. Cid looked at her more carefully studying her features. They contained no emotion at all. Cid nodded, "Find Xu and she will show you to your room and will give you your class schedule." Cid ordered and left into the classroom. Eve felt relieved and sighed. Now to find that woman, what's her name? Xu?
* *
Dark Blade, Gwena, Troy and Dylan came out into the Balamb Garden parking lot and ran straight for the classrooms.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Seifer asked. Zell came out to stand next to Seifer and he was smiling.
"Class has already started and Mistress Edea will skin me if she catches me late again!" Dark Blade announced as he ran inside. Behind him the rest of the group followed.
"Kids, you'll never get enough of them." Zell muttered. Seifer looked at him and cocked his eyebrow. "Shut up chicken wuss. Let's go."
"Now don't you start that up again!" Zell shouted. Seifer smiled and rolled his eyes. Chicken wuss.
* *
"Why are we in such a hurry?" Gwena asked as she tried to keep up with the group. Dylan answered her question, "To class unless we get a pass to excuse our tardiness." Gwena was confused, but went along with them. They reached the main lobby and ran up the stairs. One of the faculties shouted towards them but they kept on going. When the elevator opened up to the second floor Blade ran straight into Eve. She instinctively moved out of his way and glared at him.
"Oh you're here already.anyway, watch where you are going." Blade said.
"Whatever." Eve said and left for the main lobby.
"Boy what a bitch. I hate to be stuck with her!" Gwena said. Troy chuckled.
When they entered the classroom of lady Edea's, everyone was chattering as the headmaster was quietly talking to his wife. Troy and Dylan silently walked over to their desks and sat down. Blade and Gwena walked up to the two people engaged in a quiet conversation.
"You're late again Mr. Almasy, not to mention Troy and Dylan." She said without taking her eyes off of Cid. Troy and Dylan groaned at the same time. Robune whistled when he saw Gwena; Gwena looked at him and sent him a devious smile.
"There's a good reason for that, Mistress. My father is here and he wishes to speak to you and headmaster Cid." Edea nodded and Blade turned to the headmaster. "Headmaster, I have Gwena Trepe with me, her mom is Quistis Trepe and she wants Gwena to join and learn to be a SeeD." Cid smiled, "Yes of course I remember your mother. She was quite a teacher. How is she doing?"
"Fine I guess." Gwena replied shyly.
"What is your weapon which you wish to train in?"
"I have a chain whip; they are much more easier to cope with."
"All right, Blade go sit down while I take Miss Trepe to Xu."
"Yes sir." Blade implicated. Cid took Gwena out of the classroom and back downstairs to the main lobby. He asked one of the garden faculties where Xu was and they told him at the dormitory. When they arrived, Xu was leaving one of the rooms. Gwena noticed that she was speaking to someone and then Xu turned to see the headmaster coming. She finished her talk and walked over to the headmaster.
"Xu. We have another new student. She needs a schedule and a room. Now I need to leave, I have an important meeting and I don't want to miss it." Xu nodded and Cid left in a hurry.
"Hi, how do you like the Garden so far?" Xu asked.
"It's big."
"Yeah, we remodeled it a few years back. We built more classrooms and other things that the place needed."
"It still looks small and my mother said all kinds of things about the place." Gwena replied as she looked around. She was nervous about all of this.
"Yeah, I remember Quistis. She was my best friend and a great instructor. Anyhow, there are a few rules, which you must know about. Number one, there is a curfew and at 9:30 you must be in your dormitory. Nowhere else. Number two; we all wake up at 6:30 in the morning and classes start at 7:15. The rest of the rules your teacher's will tell you. Now your new agenda for tomorrow, there are six necessary classes: history, mathematics, language, magic's, combat training, and science. There are others that you can join like crafts, engineering, clubs, sports and more. Now the only dorm rooms we have available is room V 112, there are more quarters but they are being remodeled right now. There are two separate lodgings in that dorm, so you have your space. There is also a small living room with a study area. If your hungry the cafeteria is always open. Anything else?" she asked. Quistis was overwhelmed at the whole business of becoming a SeeD. Though there are so many nice and handsome young men around. I wonder if they have an art studio?
"No not really. Where do I go from here?" Gwena inquired.
"Nothing else, today you can just prepare yourself for tomorrow and your dorm is down that hall. Your belongings are already there." Xu replied.
"Thank you."
"No problem, now if you'll excuse me I need to be at that meeting." Gwena smiled and left for her new home for the next year or so. The door to the dorm was already open and she walked into the lounge. One of the doors to the quarter's was closed and the other one open and empty of belongings. She walked in and fell onto her soft bed. This is going to be one hell of a year! Oh and the guys are so hot! Gwena sat up and looked around the room, a closet, a bathroom and a large skylight window. Not bad.the wall behind her shuddered when a strange force hit it. Gwena jumped away and heard someone else in the other room making swift sounds. She silently walked out of her lodge and to the closed door. She slowly turned the knob and opened it up a crack. There she saw her roommate.Eve! Oh god no! I'm stuck with her as my roommate?! Eve was practicing with her weapon and a few seconds later a dagger flew at the door and almost hit Gwena.
"Hey! You could have killed me!" Gwena shouted as she entered.
"Whatever. Never do that again." Eve muttered. She walked over to the door and pulled her dagger out. "That was just a warning."
"Sure, it didn't seem like it. Anyway," Gwena started as she watched Eve put the dagger away, "I'm your new roommate." Eve didn't answer but set herself to work by cleaning her blade. Her room was already full of weapons, not to mention that there was practically nothing else to liven the room up. "What do you want?" Eve asked.
"Nothing much, I just came to see what the commotion was all about. Well, I'm gonna go look around. Wanna come?" Gwena asked. Why in the world am I doing!? I'm so damn stupid!
"No."
Gwena shrugged and left Eve to her chores. Strange girl. Now for supplies.
* * *
"What in the seven hells do you mean that Two of the guardian GF's were stolen?!?" Cid raged out. "Who's the culprit? Have they caught him?"
"Now hold on, they haven't found the thief but this is serious." Ellone said.
"My wife has a point there, Cid and if this means another war then we must be prepared for the worst." Zell added. Cid sighed and looked around the round marbled table. His eyes settled on Seifer," What do you think Seifer?" Seifer looked up to see the headmaster staring helplessly at him. Praying that he might answer this whole entire mess.
"I don't know, but what really bother's me is that I know someone who has obtained one of the GF's." Everyone turned toward him, including Ellone.
"That's not possible. Uncle Laguna and I hid them from anyone who might want to steal them. Who & which guardian?"
"Gwena Trepe, daughter of Quistis Trepe. She has obtained Shiva and they have evolved their powers. Shiva doesn't throw icicles anymore, her power is much more stronger. That's not all too. Leviathan has chosen my son." Everyone grew quiet and thoughts came and went.
"What does this mean?" Xu asked.
"I don't know but Blade said that she spoke to him and said that great peril is upon the earth or something like that." Seifer answered.
"Well if the planet is endangered.who is behind it?" Zell muttered.
"We will have to wait and find out." Cid replied. He was deep in thought and worry. It can't be a demon or monster; it can't be a sorceress because Squall and the group destroyed the last one some nineteen years ago.