Author's Notes: Yeah, me again. Like before, this chapter's all mine, so no, I'm not stealing. Well, here it is. This is the "much anticipated" Children of Fate fic, which is a compilation of posts and written works by myself, Katie (Stickz), and Rin (Fala), chapter 2. Although this particular chapter was written solely by me.
This chapter introduces an original character of mine named Damien. Damien is actually a very helpful character, as he introduces you to this month later version of FFVIII. So you learn together. Isn't that nice of me? Yeah, I know it isn't, but it's a nice thought at least. Anyway, this chapter starts with Damien's biography. Then goes into the story itself. Kinda like the 1st chapter. Alright? Anyway, onto the Disclaimer, then the fic itself.
Disclaimer: Yeah, I own nothing. Hm, no, that's not right. Well, I own stuff, the stuff I own just doesn't happen to include Square or any of their games. Well, I own their games...just not, OWN own. Ah, you get my picture. Squall, Zell, Rinoa, the rest of the Final Fantasy VIII cast, locations, GF, magic, Limits, et cetera, is all owned by Square or Squaresoft or Square-Enix or whatever they wanna call themselves. All I own is randomly created characters (Damien, Devas, Katherine, Geoff, Seth, Luke, et cetera) and maybe some other stuff. And this story, though even that I share with some other amazing people. Anyway, without further adieu, I own nothing, on with the story!
Chapter 2Damien
Name: Damien MacDonald
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Nicknames: Day, Dai, Damie
Date of Birth: October 5th
Hair: light brown, short.
Eyes: pale green. Blue, violet and silver flecks. Can change depending on dominant GF
Height: 5'4"
Weight: unknown (lean)
Distinguishing features: None known.
Weapon preference: Gunblade, Gloves, and Boots.
Limit: Renzokuken; Lionheart, Blasting Zone, Fated Circle, Rough Divide, Brotherhood, Fatality
Duel; My Final Heaven, Different Beat, Meteor Barret, Burning Rave, Meteor Strike, Dolphin Blow, Mach Kick, Heel Drop, Booya, Punch Rush, Armageddon Fist
Fray; Ice Kick, Flame Kick, Thunder Kick, Water Kick, Wind Kick, Poison Kick, Earth Kick, Holy Kick, Demi Kick, Rocket Kick, Backlash, Hell Kick, Angel Kick, Unnamed
Clothes: Informal/Battle: Faded blue cargo jeans, bright blue T-Shirt with a silver collar and black sleeves. A necklace around his neck, of Libra, the Balance. Silver and blue watch on his left wrist. Blue and black gloves, the Override. A sheath for his gunblade, the glowing, green bladed Fatality. His shoes; black yellow and silver; are known as the Thunder Shoes.
Formal: His Cadet uniform.
Social Behaviour: Damien is kind of shy. He doesn't make friends all that easily and doesn't talk to many people. The only people he talks openly with are his family and close friends. He's kind of secretive. Some people think because he doesn't talk a lot he's snotty, but Damien is actually very nice. He just doesn't know what to say around people. It doesn''t help he''s just coming to Garden now. It won't help his case he's the 'new guy'. He enjoys playing soccer, as it helps with his footwork in battle. Because of this pastimes, he has made a few friends, but not many. If he's with the right people he can be very talkative, but mostly he keeps to himself.
Weaknesses: Damien's secretive nature. Also, the fact he has not become particularly proficient in any of his three weapons; gunblade, gloves, and shoes. Also, his desire to help the helpless, might also aid in his own downfall.
Brief Biography: Damien was born near the end of the original Sorceress War, and supposedly both his parents were killed in some kind of accident. The exact facts were unclear. All that was known was he was sent to Edea's Orphanage in Centra, where he lived with a few other orphans until the age of four.
At four, a husband and wife from the Winhill area adopted him, and he lived with them in their home, on the outskirts of the flower town. At first the people of the town didn't accept the boy because he was not from the town originally, but eventually they managed to stand his presence. He lived with the 30 year old husband and wife and their other adopted son, Devas, until about twelve. The woman was what once would have been called a school teacher, and she taught the boys all they needed to know. The man was a business man, and they were very wealthy. Eventually, about six or seven, he began calling the man and woman ''mom'' and ''dad'', and the boy ''brother''. Damien lived a good childhood, getting what he needed, but sheltered from the rest of the world. He never made many friends.
At ten, he, his parents and his brother went on a camping trip to the Winhill Bluffs. They had a fun time camping out under the stars, and stayed out there for almost a week. On the last day, Damien awoke to screaming. He opened the tent he shared with Devas and saw what his parents were screaming about. There was something outside the tent. A monster. A Visage. The monster was probably close to level 100, and it attacked the defenceless man and woman, depleting their HP quickly. They made one last gesture, telling the boys to run, before dying. Devas was more then willing to run, but Damien knew they had a small chance of actually escaping without a fight. The monster had seen them. It attacked.
The boys fought it, and by some miracle they beat it, although severely low on HP. Damien''s love for soccer had payed off; well placed kicks and punches, along with his brother''s help, brought the monster to its death. The boys managed to make it back to Winhill, barely alive. Without parents, they were sent into a kind of foster care, spending a day or so at each house in Winhill.
Eventually, someone came to adopt the boys. Unfortunately, this person could only afford one child, and picked Devas, and took off to Dollet or some other far-away place. Eventually, about two months later, a ship came to Winhill and picked up Damien. It was on that ship that he met a girl he would never forget. Or so he thought.
Almost two years later, a young men from the town of Balamb came and adopted Damien, at 13, and he never saw the girl again...at least not for 3 more years.
Damien didn''t make friends quickly. He signed up for a soccer league, and began practising martial arts and using a gunblade. He had been working on his stats since his ''parent''s'' deaths and had made himself into a fairly decent fighter; going from the very basic Level 1 to Level 25 before he turned 15.
The man Damien was living with was a mercenary, and would leave for days at a time; sometimes even weeks. The man was well trained in combat with a gunblade, and taught Damien how to turn his then basic Revolver into a deadly weapon. He also helped to develop his martial arts skills, with the help of a neighbourhood teen. Two weeks before Damien''s 16th birthday, the man made him an offer. He could train at the esteemed Balamb Garden. They were looking for gunblade specialists and more hand-to-hand combat specialists as well. It wasn''t until the end of the Second Sorceress War he let himself decide.
He would go to Garden, untrained, at sixteen with only 40 levels of experience behind him. He was going to make something of himself. He was going to save those people who could not help themselves. He was going to make up for not helping his original foster parents, and his birth parents before. He was going to become a SeeD. Even if he had to train the next three years of his life to do it. . .
Chapter 2- Welcome to Balamb Garden
Damien Point of View
The dark haired boy walked quickly into the gates of the world famous Balamb Garden. Me. I had just barely made it onto the bright blue Garden before it floated towards Fisherman's Horizon for the third time that month. I sighed as I slumped to the floor just inside the gates, my backpack hanging off my right shoulder, my bright green gunblade glowing at my side.
I, Damien MacDonald, am a new student. I've been registered for training at Balamb Garden since before it had become famous, a little more then a month ago. I've just finally decided to commence my training at the Garden. There's nothing to do in Balamb anymore.
I stood slowly, throwing the backpack back over my shoulder. I took a deep breath, looking up at the grandeur that was Balamb Garden. The fountain about a hundred metres away sparkled in the rising sun. I began moving forward, silver-blue gloved hands swinging slightly.
My decision was made. I was set for a meeting with my first period Instructor, the History one, at 7:30. It was a little after 7:15 now. I had to find my way to the Library.
I sighed, staring at my yellow, silver and black shoes.
Maybe becoming a cadet was going to be harder then I thought. . . .
I moved through the hallways of the entrance slowly, unsure of myself. I knew I should have come at the start of the year so I could have had the tour of Garden. Well, it was too late now. I was left to fend for myself.
I sighed, pulling the left strap of my bookbag over my shoulder. I stood at the entrance, where an old man lay sleeping in a small booth. I rolled my eyes. Some security. I shook my head and continued.
I had reached the directory in the middle of the hallway now, and looked down. I grinned as I saw the arrow pointing towards the Library. I started towards it, hearing in the distance someone screaming 'All I wanted was four hotdogs!' and the pounding of feet far off.
I shook my head, and bit my lip, a stranger in a strange land.
MaybeGarden wouldn't be so bad after all. . .
I found my way to the Library. By some miracle, they put it beside the entrance. I went in and noticed practically no one was there but a Library girl with a pigtail, who was fast asleep on a pile of returned library books.
Instead of disturbing the girl to ask her what I should do, I decided to look around instead. I stepped behind a set of shelves as what appeared to be the Head Librarian brushed past me. I heard the Librarian yell at the Library Girl, who apologized quickly. I bit my lip, realizing if I would have woken her up I could have kept her from being caught by the Head Librarian. I sighed. Too late now.
Realizing now that I was alone in the back part of the Library, I looked over the shelves for anything interesting. A copy of 'The Sorceress and her Knight' stood out of the shelf, along with the kid-book 'Goodbye Pupurun', a book I had read when I was five. I picked up the child's story and opened it, reading the last person who had taken it out as 'Raijin'. I grinned.
A large book partially hidden on the top shelf also caught my attention. I pulled it off the shelf and looked at the large red leather cover. The title was unreadable, like it was in some foreign language. It read 'Liberi Fatali' in large gold scripted letters. Since I couldn't understand what the words said, I abandoned the book and placed it back in its place.
I sighed and moved towards the reading area, tired. I was invisible from the main part of the Library. I had almost fallen asleep when I heard footsteps pounding into the Library and a voice yell out:
"Hey! Where's the new kid!?"
It was a blond, spiky-haired boy. He had bluish-green eyes and probably wasn't much taller than me, if at all. He seemed to have run a long way, from the way he was breathing. He stepped into the Library and the Library girl with the pigtail, sighed, dreamily almost. The blond boy glanced around the room quickly, before letting out a loud sigh.
"Oh no! I lost him! I lost the new guy! Squall's gonna kill me! . . . . .Hey Maekie, sup?"
The Library girl, Maekie, smiled slightly and, as it seemed to me, gathering up her courage, replied. "Not too much, thanks. How are you, Zell?"
The blond, Zell, grinned a cheesy grin and added a quick "I'm ok, thanks." Before remembering his reason for being in the Library in the first place.
"Hey, you seen a kid in here? A boy, um, Damien I think?"
Maekie shook her head as I stepped out from behind the bookcase, bookbag slung over one shoulder. I shyly moved forward and proceeded to say.
"That'd be me."
Zell grinned. Saved by his big mouth. Bet that'd be a first. He smiled a thanks at Maekie and motioned he was going to use the back reading area as the site of the new boy's introduction. He then walked up to the me, grinned that grin again (His face was gonna be sore tonight) and motioned for me to follow him.
"Hey Damien, my name's Instructor Dincht, but you can call me Zell. Welcome to Balamb Garden!"
Author's Notes2: Yeah, chapter two. Weird. Damien's a new kid, he's just enrolled at Garden, and Zell, as an Instructor, gets to show him around. Maekie is the Library girl with the pigtail, who is one of the characters whom Rin (Fala) plays. Well, other then those books, there was really not to much of anything else eventful happening. Read Chapter 3 for more, starring Zell. . Well, hope it didn't suck. Well, move on, person