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Sophia sat up and stretched. She found herself on Seifer's bed and Seifer was missing.
"Seif?" She stood up and walked around, looking for him. The door opened and Sophia jumped.
"Sorry if I scared you." Seifer walked inside and laid a tray full of food down on the desk. "I thought you might be hungry."
"Thanks!" She ran over to the food and began eating.
Five minutes later, all the food was gone.
"I didn't know you were THAT hungry." Seifer stared at his little sister.
She nodded. She quickly remembered her dream. "Uh…we have to begin training. Gather everyone up and then get in Ragnarok."
"Oh. Okay." Seifer left the room. Sophia quickly grabbed her gunblade and ran out of the room.
They all waited patiently in Ragnarok. Except for Zell.
"Where is she?!" Zell paced around.
"Sit still, chicken wuss. She'll be here when she gets here." Seifer leaned back in his chair.
"Ya know what?" Irvine asked.
"What?" Rinoa looked at him.
"I went to Sophia's room last night, and she was missing. I thought Seifer would know where she was." Irvine looked over at Seifer.
"Now why would I know where that girl was?" Seifer asked.
"Because I saw you and Sophia walk into your room, and she never left that room until this morning." Irvine told him.
Selphie smacking him in the back of the head. "Now why would you be goin' to Sophia's room in the middle of the night?"
"Well, uh…I…um…Cid told me to check on her 'cause she was awfully tired last night." Irvine lied.
"YEAH RIGHT!!" Selphie stomped towards the elevator and went down to the lower floor.
Seifer laughed. "Nice goin', hot shot."
"Aw shut up. I think you and Sophia were-" Quistis smacked him up against the head.
"That's enough, Irvine Kenneas!" Quistis then hopped on the elevator and went to go check on Selphie.
"Sophia and I didn't do anythin' like that last night." Seifer told him.
"You might be one of those people you kiss and don't tell." Irvine said.
"You'd be the first to know." Seifer twirled his gunblade around and pointed it at Irvine. "I would watch yourself, Kenneas. You could get yourself into some serious trouble with women."
"You'd know, wouldn't you?" Irvine looked at him.
Seifer shot up and before Irvine could do anything, Seifer's gunblade was up against Irvine's neck. "Shut up, cowboy."
"Ahem." Sophia stood behind Seifer. Seifer immediately walked back to his seat. "I will fly Ragnarok to a deserted island and so you guys can train there." She informed them.
"Fine with me. Are you sure your boyfriend is okay with this?" Irvine looked at her.
"Listen, he is NOT my boyfriend and if I hear you or anyone say that he is, I will personally pay them a special visit with my little friend." Sophia held her gunblade up to Irvine's neck.
"O…okay." Irvine was relieved when the gunblade was removed from his neck. Irvine really didn't like that 'little friend' of hers. It hurt. It was probably the sharpest gunblade that had ever touched his neck.
"We will arrive there shortly." Sophia sat down in the driver's seat like nothing ever happened.
Ragnarok landed thirty minutes later. When everyone got out, they saw the island on which they had landed on.
The green grass looked tremendously healthy, wild flowers bloomed from every bush and tree, and birds flew around in the sky.
"Now, listen up. We will train here until it is time to leave." Sophia told everyone.
"WHA?!?! DON'T WE GET TO EAT?!?!" Zell yelled.
"You must learn to deal with your hunger because more than likely, that war is going to take a while and you probably won't be able to eat for a long while." Sophia explained.
"I DON'T REALLY CARE!! I THINK YOU'RE JUST TRYIN' TO STARVE US!!!" Zell yelled even louder. Seifer punched him in his gut.
"SHUT UP, CHICKEN WUSS!!" Seifer simply walked back to the place where he was standing before.
"We will train until night. First, Quistis, I would like you to fight Rinoa." Sophia told her.
"How will fighting Rinoa help?" Quistis asked.
"By fighting her, you will learn how to fight someone that is possibly stronger than you." Sophia explained. "Now, Squall and……" She looked at Seifer. "Seifer. I know you two have fought before, but please don't kill each other." She looked over at Selphie. "Selphie, you will fight with Irvine, and…unfortunately, Zell, you have no one to fight…so…I will put you up against………" There was a long silence. Zell waited impatiently. "Diablos."
Zell looked horrified. "WHA?!?!"
"Yes. Diablos. Seifer, I do believe that you have him, am I correct?" Sophia looked at her brother.
"Uh…yeah." Seifer had just then remembered that he did, indeed, have Diablos.
Sophia watched as they all fought against each other. She sat on top of a rock, in the middle of it all, so she could watch over all of them. Zell was having the most trouble. Diablos was more interested in chewing him to bits and pieces. All Zell could do was run around and try to get in a few punches. Sophia laid down. Her hair traveled down the rock and her forest green eyes looked over at Seifer and Squall fighting. She could tell they both tried not to kill each other. Especially Squall. She knew about her brother's previous troubles with Sorceress Edea, Adel, and even Ultimecia. She also knew of how much Squall had hated him during that time. She was worried about Seifer. She didn't know why exactly, though. 'Everything's going to be okay, Sophia.' She told herself.
A week had already passed, and everything was going perfectly. Sophia and Seifer knew each other a lot better now. They knew each of so well, that it was like they could read each other's mind. They took care of each other. When one of them was in trouble, the other one came up with a lie to get them out of that trouble. Selphie and Irvine finally made up, but every now and then Irvine would blow it. Sophia was now a SeeD, and she trained Seifer and the others every single day. In the mornings they would have a few classes in Balamb Garden, the after that was done, Sophia would take them to a different place each time. Everyone was know eating a late supper. Zell almost emptied out the whole stock of food in the cafeteria. Everyone else had had their share, but Zell continued eating and eating and eating.
"We gonna train again tomorrow?" Selphie asked Sophia.
Sophia nodded. "Yeah. This time we have to get up a bit earlier than we have been."
"I don't like getting up early." Seifer complained.
"Well, you've been getting up early for a week now, so a couple more weeks won't kill you." Sophia told him.
"If it does, at least I have life insurance." Seifer leaned back in his chair.
"I'm goin' to bed. It's late. Good night." Irvine stood up and left.
"Irvine's right. I'm going to bed too." Quistis also left. Just minutes later, only Seifer and Sophia were left in the cafeteria. Squall had dragged Zell out of the cafeteria because if Zell didn't get any sleep, Diablos would beat him to death.
"So what is this war about?" Seifer asked Sophia.
"Well……" Sophia searched for the right words. She knew that they should know their enemy, but it just didn't feel right for her to tell them right now. She didn't want them to worry. If they worried too much, they might not concentrate hard enough on their training. "A very strong enemy is coming to this world to destroy it and you seven are the chosen ones. Well, there's eight. I'm also part of this whole thing."
"So who's this enemy?"
"Uh……listen, I'm tired, soooooo, how 'bout we talk about this later?" Sophia stood up and stretched.
"Fine. See ya in the mornin'." Seifer also stood up.
"See ya." Sophia ran out of the cafeteria. Seifer slowly left and went to his own room.
Sophia opened her eyes to find herself inside her dream.
"Sophia, I need to talk to you." Hyne's voice flowed through her ears.
"Yes?" She looked around.
"We have a problem. It appears that Ultimecia is going to come earlier than expected." Hyne explained to her.
"WHAT?!?! IT'S ONLY BEEN A WEEK THOUGH!! WE'VE GOT TWO MORE WEEKS LEFT!!" Sophia yelled.
"Yes. I know, but she's coming early and we can't stop her." Hyne said with much concern in his voice.
Sophia took a deep breath. "So how long do we have?"
Hyne hesitated a bit. "Three days."
"WHA??!!! THREE DAYS?!?! THAT'S NOT RIGHT!!!" Sophia yelled even louder this time.
"I know, but there is nothing that I can do to stop her. I'm sorry but you only have three days to continue your training. I will come back to you an hour before she will come." Hyne's voice went away after he said those words.
"THIS ISN'T FAIR!!!!" Sophia screamed in her mind.
