The plains of Balamb presented a beautiful green scene. Grass grew all over the small island, while mountains rose up on the north side and a beach descended into the ocean to the south. Several bite bugs swarmed about in the grass, collecting food particles for their breakfast. While the bugs were gathering food, some caterchipillers were en route to their forest home, satisfied with their fills. In the middle of the island was a small road, which led from the town of Balamb to a larger facility. That road was leading a blue car to the facility. Young Seifer Almasy sat in the front passenger seat of the car, looking out the window at all of the monsters. "Hey, Cid." He said, getting the older man's attention. "What kind of animal is that?"

Cid Kramer took a quick glimpse to see what Seifer was pointing at, and then answered, "Those are monsters. They're called bite bugs."
"Monsters? Cool! Check this out, Squall!"
Young Squall Leonhart sat in the back seat, staring down at the floor. He looked up and out the window for a quick second, and then down at the floor again.
When the car past by the bite bug territory, Seifer looked straight ahead to see what their destination was. He became appalled when he saw the gigantic, light blue facility. "Is that where we're going?" Seifer asked.

"Yes, it is. This is your new home." Cid answered.

"Gee-whiz. This place is huge. Squall, look!" Seifer looked back at Squall, as he pointed out the front window.

Squall looked straight ahead and kept his gaze there. He tried to conceal his amazement, trying to be strong for Ellone, however his amazement shown through, as his eyes widened at the sight. "Yeah. Yeah. It's huge, isn't it?" Seifer asked him with an anxious smile.

"Yeah… I guess so." Squall responded.

As the car drove by the front gate, the two boys managed to take quick peeks inside, checking out the other students as they made their way to wherever they were going. Cid parked the car inside the parking lot, and then said to the boys, "Welcome to Balamb Garden."
Seifer was the first to jump out of the car. He started to run down the hallway, but was stopped by Cid. "Hold on, Seifer." Cid said. "We have to get you two settled in first. Let's find you a room, ok?"

"Then, can I check this place out?" Seifer asked.

"Sure."

They waited for Squall to join them, and then Cid led the way to the dormitories. Several Garden students and SeeDs past by them, as they walked through the hall. Seifer smiled at them and prepared to greet them, however the students and SeeDs kept walking in a military fashion. "What's up with these people?" Seifer asked.

"They're training to be the best soldiers in the world." Cid answered.

"Why?"

"Well, there could be another war right around the corner and someone needs to protect the innocent. However, that is only their training for their sole purpose."

"What's that?"

"To rid the world of all the evil sorceresses."

"Evil sorceresses?" Squall asked.

"Yes." Cid said.

"You can tell everyone to take a break. I'll take care of all the sorceresses." Seifer said, conceitedly.

Cid stopped the young blonde boy by pulling on the back of his shirt. "Don't be overconfident." He said. "There are very strong sorceresses out there."

"Ok, ok. Geez." Seifer sighed.

"Good. Now lets get you to your room."

The three of them made it to the dormitories and Cid, immediately, began searching for a vacant room, looking at the nametags beside the doors. He only found two half vacant rooms, one near the front of the hall and one a few doors down from the first, which meant that Squall and Seifer had to be separated. "Alright. Seifer, you're in that room and Squall, you're in that one." Cid said.

"Hey, I want the one in the front. I'm the oldest and the best." Seifer complained.

"Seifer, what did I tell you about being overconfident?"

"Who cares? I want that room."

"Fine… That room is yours." Cid sighed, and then turned to address Squall, but found that he was already heading for his room. "You two don't go too far. I'm going to get your schedules."

As Cid past by Seifer's new room, he heard the young boy shout, "There's two beds in here! I got two beds!"

"No, Seifer." Cid stepped into the room. "One of those beds belongs to your roommate."

"Who's my roommate? Someone cool?" Seifer asked.

Cid glanced out at the nametag beside the door. "He's a boy about your age. His name is Raijin."

"Same age as me? I bet he's strong like me! I should talk to him sometime."

"You will meet him. He's your roommate, after all." With that, Cid continued with his task of getting the boys their new schedules.

Once he was out of sight, Seifer stepped out of his room and began walking towards Squall's room. He walked inside and took notice that Squall's room looked the same as his own. "Hey, you have a roommate, too!" Seifer said.

"Everyone has a roommate." Squall said.

"Really?" Seifer asked. "Oh… well, that's not the reason why I came over here."

"Why?"

"I wanna go check this place out. Wanna come with me?"

"…I'll go by myself." Squall said, after a moment.

Then, he began walking out of the room. Seifer stopped him just outside the room to say, "Hey, two heads are better than one."

Squall didn't respond. Instead, he kept walking forward. Seifer followed close behind him. "What's your problem?" He kept asking.

Each time he asked it, Squall didn't bother responding. Right when they left the dormitories into the main hall, Seifer grew frustrated and grabbed Squall by the shoulder. "I asked you a question!" He shouted.

Squall only shrugged off Seifer's hand. Seifer grew even more furious and he tackled Squall from behind. The two of them slid a little ways on the floor. Seifer kept Squall pinned to the floor and asked, "Why won't you answer me!?"

Still, Squall didn't answer. He kicked back with both of his legs, kicking Seifer in the behind. "Don't do that!" Seifer shouted, but Squall kept doing it.

More furious than he ever was, Seifer flipped Squall over onto his back and began pummeling him with punches. Squall covered his head with his arms in defense, lessening the pain from the punches.

The fight didn't last for too long. A pair Garden staff members ran to the scene, blowing their whistles. They each picked up one of the boys and pulled them apart. "What started this fight?" One of the Garden staff members asked.

Neither of the boys said anything, that is, until Cid made an appearance. "What's going on here?" He asked.

"Cid! You have to talk to Squall." Seifer said, as he forced up fake tears. "I was just asking him to walk around this place with me and he just started punching me for no reason."

"When we found you two, you were the one doing the punching." The other Garden staff member pointed out.

"I was protecting myself." Seifer lied.

Squall remained silent, knowing that anything he said Seifer would probably use against him.

There was a brief pause, before Cid said, "Let them go with a warning."

"Yes, sir." Both Garden staff member said, and then let the boys go.

"What's going to happen?" Seifer asked.

"I'm giving you boys a warning, since this is your first day here. After this, anymore fights that you two get into will send you directly to the disciplinary room." Cid explained. "Understood?"

"Yeah." Seifer nodded and said, while Squall only nodded.

"Good." Cid said, and then pulled out two sheets of papers. "I brought your schedules for you."

Seifer took his schedule first, followed by Squall. Then, they both went opposite ways in the Garden.

Selphie: Boy, I'm slacking off.  It took me a while to get this up, didn't it?  Oh, well.  I guess I was too into playing FFX-2.  I'm doing pretty good considering I don't have a strategy guide.  What am I saying!?  I'm bragging!!!  Oh, no!!!  Anyway, please review.  I welcome your reviews.