They all sat in Cid's office awaiting the news they had all been called
here to see.
The whole group sat there. To begin are the hero's, now famous up a down their world. Squall leonhart, commander of Balamb Garden.
His girlfriend Miss rinoa heartily.
The newly instated instructor Quistis trepe.
Head of the Garden festival committee Selphie Tilmitt.
the Galbadia sharpshooter Irvine Kinneas and the impulsive martial artist Zell dincht.
But not only where they present but also a rather infamous Seifer Almasy.
After the fall of the Ultimacia Seifer was welcomed, by cid only back to the garden, the only home he had ever known, he was determined to start again to improve this time, he learned from his mistake, sadly for him it was a big mistake he had to make before he learnt his lesson.
But he had a hard enough time trying to prove this to everyone else.
"What are we all here for cid?" Rinoa piped up.
"And what's he here for?" Zell shot a glance across the office to Seifer, who refused to retaliate, he had learned over the past few months back at the garden that to keep quite was the easiest way with dealing with people, after al Zell wasn't the only student, as you can imagine, with a heavy dislike for Seifer.
'How the mighty have fallen, the bully becomes the bullied' squall thought silently to himself.
'WE are all here because I felt it necessary for you all to be here, Seifer is the only person besides myself to have any idea about what im going to tell you. And if your all ready I shall begin, but im going to warn you what Im about to tell you may be hard for some of you to, well, except" squall was almost positive cid was looking at him when he was talking.
"This isn't the only world, in fact this is the 8th of 11 worlds, and in fact their not even called world their call fantasies, this 'fantasy', the place you call home is the 8th fantasy. There is and old tribe, a dying race of people and its these people and these people only who can open the doors that allow people to travel between worlds. The people of the tribe never reveal this ability to outside people because the different worlds have all grown at their own pace, the outside interference from a technical world could destroy another less advanced world, and naturally, there are people out their who would love the change to takeover another world. The 9th fantasy, for example is far behind this world, it's a world still running by steam power, a world of princesses, princes, knights and their castles within their beautiful kingdoms. Where as the 7th fantasy is a modern world much like our own, with powerful cities such as Midgar."
"But what has all this got to do with us?" Quistis asked
"Ah yes, this is where its going to get fun, there is a garden much like this one call Masuda garden. A woman with the power to open the gates between worlds runs this garden. Her name is headmistress Lucas."
"What? Are you trying to say theirs another garden we don't know about?"
"Yes Irvine that's exactly what im trying to say. Its hidden with a mountain, this mountain is fact, is fake. Its in place because of a spell, its like a hologram but you can feel and touch it, its powerful magic from another fantasy. This garden contains some of the most powerful people in all the fantasies.
It's run very much like Balamb, young cadets are trained since age 5 and they take a test very similar to our seed exam when their teachers see them as ready, this can be any age, 16,17,18 in some cases even 15. Their students have powers like some of us have never seen, for example there are people known as summons from the 10th fantasy, they have the power to summon GF like creatures but they control them, tell them when to attack how to attack, they fight along side, like partners. It's an amazing sight to see. But the reason im telling you all this is because the headmistress Lucas wants to open her garden up to this world, and to make good contact with other gardens, she wants her top student to transfer to this school for a short while"
Quistis once again spoke up "but why now? Why all of a sudden does she want to reveal a garden that as been hidden to everyone in the world for hyne knows how many years?"
"That im unsure of, but there are 2 possible reasons. First reason could have been due to Ultimacia, she was a powerful woman who could have threat to not only this fantasy but also many others. Lucas's school is very VERY powerful and can be a propionate force in any battle, I suspect she wants to make her garden know as a scare tactic to try and stop people like Ultimacia ever trying to take over. The second reason, then again, my only be known Lucas herself. The student in question is a girl, 17 years old names ray Leonhart."
Cid paused scanning the room for the expressions on his students face, in fact he couldn't see any, since every single face was directed towards Squall.
"Im assuming that this isn't a coincidence" squall said almost icily.
"No Squall im afraid it isn't" cid responded
"Right so not only do I have to lean that I have a idiot of a farther but im not supposed to just accept the fact I have a sister as well!" with that he stood up abruptly, knocking the chair over he strode towards the door but was pulled back by rinoa, she tugged his arm gently, after a short while she managed to get him to calm down just long enough for Cid to fish the story.
"Im sorry I truly am but this is out of my ha..."
For the first time Seifer spoke up "be glad you have family, many of us here don't, wither or not you think your farther is an idiot is insignificant, all that matters is you have one, you should be thankful you know where your mothers grave is!"
he stood up ro face squall.
"I'd give anything to know my family, to know who I am! Even if it was just where their graves were, just so I could have closure. I'd give anything."
With that he sat back down quickly facing forwards, not looking at anyone else, just facing forwards, breathing heavily. Calming himself down.
"Your mother was from an unknown fantasy, she was part of a powerful tribe of female magic users. She hated it and managed to escape but the tribe pursued her until she found a way to travel to another world, she came her, to Winhill in fact. She thought she had escaped, but they were relentless and when she was pregnant with you and ray they found her, their was no point in taking her back to the tribe. she didn't want to be their, she wasn't a true fighting mage like them, she would have been no good, just a burden. So instead they told her they would take her child in her place, as long as it was a girl. Only a girl would have the powerful mage magic of the tribe. From then on your mother prayed for the birth of a son, and lucky for her she did give birth to a son, but she was having twins, the second child was a girl and true to their word the most powerful of the tribe came to claim the baby, nobody is sure if they killed your mother or if she died of a broken heart, either way, ray was gone, she's grown into a natural fighter, just like you squall. We shall be going to Masuda garden at 1200 hours 2morrow; squall wither you go is up to you. But I do agree with Seifer you have family you should feel lucky, accept them. Squall you are living in a world of orphans, you are a lucky one. Everyone is dismissed, any questions just feel free to ask me"
"Yeah I have one" Zell said loudly
"what's all this got to do with HIM" he pointed directly at Seifer. Seifer stood up facing Zell;
Irvine couldn't help but laugh quietly at the size difference, very David and goliath. Selphie hit him hard on the arm.
Seifer spoke up, making sure everyone could hear.
"I have had the pleasure of working this miss leonhart, she was working undercover along side me with Ultimacia," he shot a glance at squall
"she was their working for her garden to make sure Ultimacia didn't plan on attacking any other fantasies, if Ultimacia tried ray was to take Ultimacia out, through any means necessary. Im here 'cos I know ray and I know of the other fantasies. See you 2morrow" he shot a wink across the room before exiting sharply.
He slammed the door shut. Quistis sighed.
"At least he didn't hit anybody," Selphie said happily.
The whole group sat there. To begin are the hero's, now famous up a down their world. Squall leonhart, commander of Balamb Garden.
His girlfriend Miss rinoa heartily.
The newly instated instructor Quistis trepe.
Head of the Garden festival committee Selphie Tilmitt.
the Galbadia sharpshooter Irvine Kinneas and the impulsive martial artist Zell dincht.
But not only where they present but also a rather infamous Seifer Almasy.
After the fall of the Ultimacia Seifer was welcomed, by cid only back to the garden, the only home he had ever known, he was determined to start again to improve this time, he learned from his mistake, sadly for him it was a big mistake he had to make before he learnt his lesson.
But he had a hard enough time trying to prove this to everyone else.
"What are we all here for cid?" Rinoa piped up.
"And what's he here for?" Zell shot a glance across the office to Seifer, who refused to retaliate, he had learned over the past few months back at the garden that to keep quite was the easiest way with dealing with people, after al Zell wasn't the only student, as you can imagine, with a heavy dislike for Seifer.
'How the mighty have fallen, the bully becomes the bullied' squall thought silently to himself.
'WE are all here because I felt it necessary for you all to be here, Seifer is the only person besides myself to have any idea about what im going to tell you. And if your all ready I shall begin, but im going to warn you what Im about to tell you may be hard for some of you to, well, except" squall was almost positive cid was looking at him when he was talking.
"This isn't the only world, in fact this is the 8th of 11 worlds, and in fact their not even called world their call fantasies, this 'fantasy', the place you call home is the 8th fantasy. There is and old tribe, a dying race of people and its these people and these people only who can open the doors that allow people to travel between worlds. The people of the tribe never reveal this ability to outside people because the different worlds have all grown at their own pace, the outside interference from a technical world could destroy another less advanced world, and naturally, there are people out their who would love the change to takeover another world. The 9th fantasy, for example is far behind this world, it's a world still running by steam power, a world of princesses, princes, knights and their castles within their beautiful kingdoms. Where as the 7th fantasy is a modern world much like our own, with powerful cities such as Midgar."
"But what has all this got to do with us?" Quistis asked
"Ah yes, this is where its going to get fun, there is a garden much like this one call Masuda garden. A woman with the power to open the gates between worlds runs this garden. Her name is headmistress Lucas."
"What? Are you trying to say theirs another garden we don't know about?"
"Yes Irvine that's exactly what im trying to say. Its hidden with a mountain, this mountain is fact, is fake. Its in place because of a spell, its like a hologram but you can feel and touch it, its powerful magic from another fantasy. This garden contains some of the most powerful people in all the fantasies.
It's run very much like Balamb, young cadets are trained since age 5 and they take a test very similar to our seed exam when their teachers see them as ready, this can be any age, 16,17,18 in some cases even 15. Their students have powers like some of us have never seen, for example there are people known as summons from the 10th fantasy, they have the power to summon GF like creatures but they control them, tell them when to attack how to attack, they fight along side, like partners. It's an amazing sight to see. But the reason im telling you all this is because the headmistress Lucas wants to open her garden up to this world, and to make good contact with other gardens, she wants her top student to transfer to this school for a short while"
Quistis once again spoke up "but why now? Why all of a sudden does she want to reveal a garden that as been hidden to everyone in the world for hyne knows how many years?"
"That im unsure of, but there are 2 possible reasons. First reason could have been due to Ultimacia, she was a powerful woman who could have threat to not only this fantasy but also many others. Lucas's school is very VERY powerful and can be a propionate force in any battle, I suspect she wants to make her garden know as a scare tactic to try and stop people like Ultimacia ever trying to take over. The second reason, then again, my only be known Lucas herself. The student in question is a girl, 17 years old names ray Leonhart."
Cid paused scanning the room for the expressions on his students face, in fact he couldn't see any, since every single face was directed towards Squall.
"Im assuming that this isn't a coincidence" squall said almost icily.
"No Squall im afraid it isn't" cid responded
"Right so not only do I have to lean that I have a idiot of a farther but im not supposed to just accept the fact I have a sister as well!" with that he stood up abruptly, knocking the chair over he strode towards the door but was pulled back by rinoa, she tugged his arm gently, after a short while she managed to get him to calm down just long enough for Cid to fish the story.
"Im sorry I truly am but this is out of my ha..."
For the first time Seifer spoke up "be glad you have family, many of us here don't, wither or not you think your farther is an idiot is insignificant, all that matters is you have one, you should be thankful you know where your mothers grave is!"
he stood up ro face squall.
"I'd give anything to know my family, to know who I am! Even if it was just where their graves were, just so I could have closure. I'd give anything."
With that he sat back down quickly facing forwards, not looking at anyone else, just facing forwards, breathing heavily. Calming himself down.
"Your mother was from an unknown fantasy, she was part of a powerful tribe of female magic users. She hated it and managed to escape but the tribe pursued her until she found a way to travel to another world, she came her, to Winhill in fact. She thought she had escaped, but they were relentless and when she was pregnant with you and ray they found her, their was no point in taking her back to the tribe. she didn't want to be their, she wasn't a true fighting mage like them, she would have been no good, just a burden. So instead they told her they would take her child in her place, as long as it was a girl. Only a girl would have the powerful mage magic of the tribe. From then on your mother prayed for the birth of a son, and lucky for her she did give birth to a son, but she was having twins, the second child was a girl and true to their word the most powerful of the tribe came to claim the baby, nobody is sure if they killed your mother or if she died of a broken heart, either way, ray was gone, she's grown into a natural fighter, just like you squall. We shall be going to Masuda garden at 1200 hours 2morrow; squall wither you go is up to you. But I do agree with Seifer you have family you should feel lucky, accept them. Squall you are living in a world of orphans, you are a lucky one. Everyone is dismissed, any questions just feel free to ask me"
"Yeah I have one" Zell said loudly
"what's all this got to do with HIM" he pointed directly at Seifer. Seifer stood up facing Zell;
Irvine couldn't help but laugh quietly at the size difference, very David and goliath. Selphie hit him hard on the arm.
Seifer spoke up, making sure everyone could hear.
"I have had the pleasure of working this miss leonhart, she was working undercover along side me with Ultimacia," he shot a glance at squall
"she was their working for her garden to make sure Ultimacia didn't plan on attacking any other fantasies, if Ultimacia tried ray was to take Ultimacia out, through any means necessary. Im here 'cos I know ray and I know of the other fantasies. See you 2morrow" he shot a wink across the room before exiting sharply.
He slammed the door shut. Quistis sighed.
"At least he didn't hit anybody," Selphie said happily.