The next afternoon (Saturday, my favorite day of the week, by the way) I headed toward the training center. I carried my sword with me. I was very proud of it; it was 5 foot 5. Approximately my height. If you ask me, that's one hell of a sword. I know, it's arrogance. But I'm not a humble person, am I? Walking to the training center, I tried to scope out the people, see who everyone was, and soak in the surroundings. When I arrived at the training center, I thought I was the only one there. I looked around. There was one guy there. I walked up to him.
"Hello!" I smiled.
But when I looked at his face I was shocked. He had dark brown hair and eyes of ice. They were blue, and cold. He wore the exact same facial expression I did when I met my arch enemy at Trabia. I was basically looking at a boy form of me. He looked nearly identical to me! Same eye color (expect mine weren't so cold ^^;), and same hair, only mine's down to my waist. He was about 5 eight. Three inches taller than me.
"Yo." He said, glaring at me.
I had heard that voice before! In my dream!
"Um." I was very uncomfortable under his gaze.
"I'm Squall Leonheart." He nodded, not even offering his hand.
This was the guy Seifer had spoken about. He wasn't joking. Squall did look a lot like me. I chose my words carefully. "I'm Laguna Loire's daughter, Sierra." Squall gave me an evil look before his eyes shadowed.
"So he got remarried."
"Huh?" I asked. He knew something about dad.
"To have a kid, Laguna must've remarried." Squall said darkly, his tone giving away his churning emotions.
"My mother is Raine Loire." I said, wondering what in the world he was talking about.
He stiffened and simply walked away. This guy confused me pretty deeply. It kinda disturbed me. How did he know dad?
"Hey Sierra." I turned around. It was Seifer.
"Hi, Seifer."
"Sup?" he looked at me strangely.
"Nothing much, you?"
"You look kinda shaken. Are you sure nothing's up?" he asked.
"I'm fine."
"Allright. Hey, my friends Fuijin and Raijin want to meet you."
"Okay." I nodded, smiling, trying to push my encounter with Squall to the back of my mind. A hard thing to do.
"I see you've met Squall."
"Yeah."
"He's a stick in the mud. Ignore him if he was rude to you."
"He just needs a friend."
Even more than you. You're not really as bad as Selphie let on.
"People would be his friend if he would chill his attitude a little." Retorted Seifer.
I shrugged.
"Whatever."
Seifer grinned
"You should see yourself through my eyes. That was Squall speaking, not you. He does the cold shoulder, yeah-whatever thing all the time. You look so much alike it's ridiculous."
Maybe… Nah. No way.
"Guess so." I frowned, hoping he'd take the hint and drop the subject.
"Well, it's lunch time. If you want to you can join Fuijin, Raijin, and I."
"'kay."
He started to walk away, and then looked over his shoulder.
"Are you coming with or not?" I nodded and ran to catch up with him.
"When do we get to go on SeeD missions?"
"Soon enough."
Guess he wasn't very talkative today. I felt a chill go down my spine, as if someone was watching me. I turned around, but no one was there. I looked back and Seifer had already left. I was alone with the feeling someone was watching me. My insides squirmed. This place was creeping me out. Why do I feel like someone is watching me? No one is in the training center but me. I'm alone. Right? Maybe that's what makes it so creepy. Being alone. Realizing if something happens, no one will be there to help. No one can see you, hear you, help you, possibly save you. What a morbid thought… I fled the training center, catching up with Seifer. He was half way down the hall already.
"Did you feel that?" I asked nervously.
"You believe in destiny and you're paranoid? You're something, Sierra."
He shook his head.
"No! Really! It felt like I was being watched!"
He raised his eyebrows at me, giving me the 'you're-crazy-paranoid-or-both' look.
"Whate-" I stopped myself. That was Squall's word. "Never mind."
We stayed silent all the way to the cafeteria. I saw Sefie waving at me to sit at her table with a guy with blonde spiky hair eating a hotdog, a girl with a pink outfit on (I think that was instructor Trepe), and a new girl with black hair down to her shoulders. I shook my head at her.
'Sorry!' I mouthed.
She shook her head, looked at Seifer, who was standing next to me, and snickered. Oh, that jerk. I went and sat down opposite Seifer. At that table was a boy who didn't look like the sharpest tool in the shed, and a girl with an eye patch over her eye.
"Hello." I smiled. The girl nodded.
"So you're the new kid! We just sorta wanted to get introduced to ya, ya know? I'm Raijin! Who are you?"
"Sierra." I said.
"FUIJUN." The girl said.
Sefie was right. It would be really hard to talk to this girl. I thought Selphie was joking when she had said Fuijin only spoke in one word sentences.
"Nice to meet you two."
I nodded. All through lunch Fuijin didn't talk, Raijin wouldn't shut up, and Seifer hardly spoke at all. New resolution: From now on, hang out with Seife, talk to Seifer only when he's not with his friends. You couldn't get a word in between Raijin's speeches. Did he ever take a breath? I got away from them with a hurried goodbye and walked thoughtfully back to the dorms, the feeling followed me that I was being followed. Did it ever go away?`
