Edea walked through the halls of the orphanage, until she got to the front door. Most of the children had gone outside to play in the flower field. Edea went directly to the flower field to supervise the children. She watched them playing a game of tag. Irvine was it. Selphie was running all around him, laughing joyfully. Quistis was running around shouting, "You won't catch me! You won't!"
Zell cried out when Irvine tackled him, playfully. "Zell's it!" Irvine shouted, as he took off running.
Zell stood up and wiped off the grass that clung to him. After doing so, he began chasing after the little cheerful Selphie, thinking that she was slow on her feet. Zell caught up to in no time, but just as he was about to tag her, she veered to her right, making Zell fall face first in a bushel of flowers. Selphie laughed, as she continued running. Edea managed a giggle, once she saw that Zell was all right. Then, she decided to check on Squall and Seifer. She stood up and walked back the way she had come. She entered the orphanage once again and headed for the playroom. Edea pushed open the door to the playroom and saw that Seifer was cleaning up the room, albeit hesitantly. "Seifer," She called to him, making him look up at her. "You can take a break. It's a beautiful day. Go on outside."
"Gee, thanks Matron!" Seifer said, tossing a washcloth across the room. With that, he ran out of the playroom.
Just as Edea was closing the door, she heard footsteps running behind her. Once the door to the playroom was completely shut, she turned to see the back of a goldenrod-colored shirt leaving the orphanage. "Squall!" She called, as she ran to the front door. "Squall, where are you going?"
"I'm gonna find Sis!" Squall called back to her.
Edea thrust the front door open and ran outside calling, "Squall!"
However, Squall had already left the orphanage. All of a sudden, a brown haired man appeared out of nowhere. He wore a black jacket with fur around the collar, covering a white T-shirt that he wore underneath. His pants were a dark shade of blue that covered the tops of his black boots. There were two belts that hung down from his waist on either side of him. Around his neck, was a necklace with the head of a lion on it. "Excuse me." Edea said. "Have you seen a little boy?"
"You don't have to worry." The man said. "The boy won't go anywhere."
"I think so, too." Edea said. "Poor thing…"
At that moment, a cloud of purple smoke emanated up from the ground. In the center of the smoke, a woman in a red dress, who had black angel wings, appeared. "You're alive?" The man shouted, drawing a half sword, half gun weapon.
"The sorceress?" Edea asked, just as the winged woman began staggering toward her.
"Yes, Matron." The man said. "We had defeated her. Matron stand back."
Edea took notice of the sorceress's wounds, and the turned to face to man. "It's ok. There's no more need to fight." She said. "That sorceress is just looking for someone to pass her powers onto. I shall take over that sorceress's powers. I do not want one of the children to become one."
She stepped up to the sorceress, prepared to receive her powers. Meanwhile, the man holstered his weapon and shouted, "Matron!"
There was a flash of light as the powers transferred from sorceress to sorceress. The procedure ended with the disappearance of the black winged sorceress. Edea dropped to her knees, overwhelmed by the sudden increase in power. The man ran over to her and knelt down next to her. "Is this… the end?" Edea asked.
"Most likely." The man answered.
"You called me Matron." Edea said, as she stood up. "Who are you?"
The man stood up, and then answered her question. "A SeeD. A SeeD from Balamb Garden." He explained.
"SeeD? Garden?" Edea asked.
"Garden trains SeeDs. SeeDs are trained to defeat the sorceress." The man explained.
"You're… a boy from the future?"
"Matron." The man nodded.
"Please return. You do not belong here." Edea said.
At that moment, Squall ran back to the orphanage and stopped at Edea. "I can't find Sis." He said. "Am I… all alone? Who's he?"
Edea knelt down and tousled the boy's hair. "No one. You don't need to know." She said. "The only Squall permitted here is you."
She stood up and faced the man again. "Do you know where to go back to? Do you know how?" She asked.
The man stood at attention and gave Edea a salute. Within seconds, the man was gone into thin air. Edea smiled, slightly, as she looked down upon Squall. "Squall," She said. "You are not alone. You have your friends here."
Edea led Squall to the flower field, where the other children had changed games. Selphie noticed their arrival and shouted, "Time out!"
The energetic girl ran over and took Squall's hand. She led him to the 'battlefield'. "Squall's on our side!" She shouted. "Alright! Let's go!" With that, the 'war' was on.