Okay, so here's the next chapter. Enjoy!

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"Oh my Hyne…" Seifer stared down at the person. Forest green eyes stared up at him. He was on top of a teenage girl. Her maize colored hair seemed to match his perfectly.

"Get off of me." The teenager hissed at him.

"Not until you tell me why you were in here." Seifer told her.

"I was in here because I felt like it, okay?" The girl squirmed underneath him, trying to escape. "LET ME GO!!"

"What's wrong-" Squall walked in and looked at Seifer. Then at the girl. "Who's she?"

"I don't know." Seifer held the girl's arms tightly. She continued to squirm.

Rinoa walked inside. "Who's the girl?" She whispered to Squall. He simply shrugged his shoulders. Zell walked inside shortly after Rinoa.

"Uh…" Zell pointed to the girl.

"We don't know who she is." Squall answered his unasked question.

"If you get off of me, I might think 'bout tellin' ya my name." The girl stopped squirming.

"Fine." Seifer stood up, and when the girl stood up, he watched her closely. Just in case she decided to run away.

"My name is Sophia. I am here to speak with you. I have some very important information that I need to tell you." Sophia dusted herself off. "I wasn't really expecting the kinda greeting that I got though." She looked at Seifer.

"What do you need to tell us?" Squall asked.

"It is best that everyone be here." Sophia straightened out her black shirt with a red cross on the front of it that looked exactly like the ones that the man Seifer had on his trench coat.

"How can we trust you?" Squall eyed the girl suspiciously.

"You can't." Sophia brushed a piece of her hair out of her face. "You just need to try for now. After I have done what I have to do, I will leave."

Seifer dragged everyone over to the side. "Let's just take her back to Balamb Garden. If she tries anything, we've got enough people to stop her." He whispered.

"Okay." Squall agreed.

Seifer walked back over to Sophia. "You can come with us back to Balamb Garden."

"I appreciate this." Sophia watched as Squall, Rinoa, and Zell stepped onto an elevator and went up. She looked over at Seifer. "You never told me your name."

"Name's Seifer." He rubbed the back of his neck. He just then noticed something laying on the floor. 'A gunblade?' He saw two, but one was his. He walked over to pick up his, and then picked up the other one. Its blade was a silver metal and the handle was black metal. He could see a cheetah inscribed near the handle.

"HEY!!" Sophia immediately ran over to him and snatched her gunblade out of his hand. "THAT'S MINE!!"

"You own a gunblade?" He asked her. It was quite rare to find someone who did not belong to any of the Gardens to own a gunblade, and this girl defiantly didn't look like she belonged to any of the Gardens that he knew of.

"Yes. I do. Do you have a problem with that?" The girl's attitude reminded Seifer of someone. Himself.

"We should be at Balamb Garden in a bit." He told her. "How old are you?"

"Seventeen, and how old are you?" She stared at him.

"Eighteen." He answered. 'Looks like we've landed.' He thought just as Ragnarok hit the ground. He walked outside, Sophia not too far behind him. Balamb Garden was in its original place near Balamb. It only left the ground in emergencies. Squall, Rinoa, and Zell also walked out. They walked inside Balamb Garden.

"Hiya, guys!" Selphie was the first to greet them. She looked at the girl standing beside Seifer. "Looks like ya picked something up at Deling City."

"Uh…yeah. Where's Irvine and Quistis?" Squall asked her.

"Oh…Quistis is eating lunch, and Irvine is with her. I was with them too, but I heard Ragnarok land so I came to greet ya. " Selphie answered. They all walked to the cafeteria.

"Hi guys. Who's that?" Quistis asked them right when they all sat down at the table. Sophia sat in the chair to the right of Seifer.

"This is Sophia. She needs to talk to us." Rinoa twirled a strip of her hair in between her fingers. Zell ran up to the lunch lady and a few seconds later, came back with a sad look on his face.

"I'm late again." Zell muttered as he sat down in a chair.

"Hey Squall?" Irvine whispered to Squall.

"What?" Squall whispered back.

"Isn't it weird that both of them have maize colored hair and forest green eyes?" Irvine looked at the girl who was looking down at her gunblade beside her.

"Yeah. It is weird." Squall hadn't really noticed it before, but now that he did, it was kinda weird. "So where'd you come from?" He asked Sophia.

"That is not important right now. What is important is that-" Sophia was cut short by an announcement on the speakers.

"All SeeD units please come to the Quad with their weapons. We are under attack. I repeat, all SeeD units please come to the Quad with their weapons." A man's voice came through the speakers.

"Come on!" Squall ran out of the cafeteria. Everyone followed.

When they arrived at the Quad, they were indeed under attack. A couple Blue Dragons were throwing people around.

"How'd they get in here!?" Squall steadied the gunblade in his hand.

"Who cares!? Let's just kick their butts!" Zell charged at one of the Blue Dragons. The Blue Dragon thrust him to the side. He hit the wall.

"This is your time to prove yourself. Fight them!" Sophia told them.

"Prove ourselves to what?" Rinoa asked.

"It does not matter right now! Just attack them with all you've got!" Sophia stepped to the side so they could fight.

"But-" Selphie was cut short by Seifer.

"Let's just fight!!" Seifer charged at the Blue Dragon that had thrown Zell and tried to slice it up into pieces with his gunblade. The others did the same. Sophia stayed to the side, watching.

'Let's see how well they truly are.' Sophia leaned up against the wall.

"Diamond Dust!" Squall said as ice came out from the ground.

Inside the ice was a strange creature named Shiva. She broke out of the ice. Her blue and yellow hair was down to her hips. She powered up an ice ball and pointed it at the Dragons. Ice came out of the ball and surrounded the Dragons. All the ice broke and the Dragons stumbled back a bit.

One of the Dragons threw Squall to the side.

"It didn't even dent it!!" Selphie jumped out of the way as a tail tried to hit her.

"How 'bout this!? Hell Fire!!" Zell yelled. Fire came out of the ground and a creature named Ifrit came out. He flew up into the sky. A huge fire ball appeared in front of him. He bent backwards a bit and shot the fire ball down towards the Blue Dragons. When the explosion went away, the Dragons still stood there.

"These guys are some tough cookies." Irvine started shooting at the Dragons.

The biggest Dragon of the two knocked everyone out of the way and walked towards Sophia.

"Sophia, look out!!" Seifer screamed at her.

Sophie looked up from where she was, and a smirk crossed her face. "I don't think so." She pointed her gunblade up into the air. "Speed Slash!!" Thunder came out of the sky and formed a creature. This creature walked on two legs, had yellow fur, and was a cheetah. Feather wings sprout from its shoulder blades. Its spotted tail swished around. It roared as it charged at the Dragon. It started slashing with its claws tremendously fast. It landed on the ground behind the Dragon and looked towards the other Dragon. The Blue Dragon that it had attacked, fell down and disappeared. The other Dragon was down in no time. The cheetah quickly disappeared.

"What the hell was THAT!?" Zell asked Sophia.

"It is a GF." Sophia answered.

"A GF? I thought we had the only ones?" Squall looked at her.

"No. I have one too. As you just saw. Now come on. Help these people back inside and into the Infirmary." Sophia walked up the stairs.

They sat inside Cid's office. He had called them in shortly after they had gotten everyone to the Infirmary.

"I don't think we've been introduce. My name is Cid. Cid Kramer." The man obviously named Cid held out his hand, wanting to shake hands with the teenage girl sitting in a chair beside of Seifer.

She ignored his hand. "My name is Sophia. I am here to talk to you about a very important matter."

"Okay, then." Cid sat in his chair behind his desk.

"I-"

Zell interrupted Sophia. "Why did those freakin' monsters attack us!?"

"They were trying to stop ME. Now, let me continue. I-" Sophia continued, at least until Zell interrupted once more.

"Why would they stop YOU? I mean, coooommmmeee oooonnnnn! What's so important about YOU?" Zell stood up.

"Well, if you would let me FINISH, I would EXPLAIN!" She cleared her throat. "Now, I was told to tell you that a war is coming and I am here to prepare you all. I-"

"A WAR!?" Zell immediately sat down once he saw Sophia glaring at him.

"Yes, a war. Like I said, I'm here to train you for the upcoming war. Now-" Sophia was now interrupted by not Zell, but Cid.

"I have a marvelous idea. What if you joined this Garden so you can train them here?" Cid asked.

"Well…I'm not sure." Sophia thought a moment. 'It would help me get to know everyone a bit better. Especially that Seifer guy. I have a good feeling about him…' "Fine. I'll join. Where do I sign?"

"Right here." Cid pulled out some papers. "Just fill this stuff out, and return it back to me, then you'll be an official member to Balamb Garden."

Sophia took the papers. "Do I have to put my last name?"

"Yes, it would be nice." Cid leaned back in his chair. "Of course it would be confidential, if you want it to be."

Sophia nodded. "Okay." She slowly left the room. 'This better be confidential, or someone's gonna pay.' She walked down the hall.

"HEY!!" A man's voice called after her.

Sophia turned around only to find Seifer. "Yeah?"

"I was told to show you to your room." He told her.

"Oh…okay." She followed Seifer. They arrived inside her new room moments later.

"Well…I'll be leavin' ya alone now." Seifer turned to leave.

"Wait." She turned to face him. "What's your last name?"

"Uh…Almasy. Why?"

"Oh…no reason really." She watched him shrug his shoulders and leave. 'So I was right. I have a lot of things to tell you, Seifer Almasy.' Sophia laid down on her bed and closed her eyes.