Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VIII obviously….

It was a bright and sunny day as I, Arina Taylor, stepped out of the car in front of Balmb Garden. The driver picked up my luggage and began to walk towards the school. I picked up my duffle bag and followed en suite. About halfway there, I realized I needed my registration papers. I reached into my bag to look when a tall blonde male knocked me flat on my ass.

" I'm sorry. That was my fault." I struggled to get up "I wasn't watching where I was going" I looked up, he was gone.

"Rude much?" I mumbled as I picked myself up. I looked around realizing I had lost the driver. A group of kids rushed by and knocked me over again. This time everything fell out of my bag. I turned to gather up everything when I heard more footsteps. I looked up and a really hot guy was running towards me. He had brunette hair with icy blue. The necklace around his neck bounced with each step. His white shirt was coolly tucked into his awesome black pants. He stopped in front of me, I realized he had headphones on.

"Kids! I'm not going to chase you…." He looked down at me and pulled down his headphones. That's when I discovered he was listening to Weird Al Yankovich.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"I'm fine." I replied as I picked up last of my things and stuffed them back into her bag.

"Are you new?" he asked. Before I could reply he had muttered the word "Shit" and ran after those kids. I stood and looked around until I saw the directory. I walked up to it and took a good look at map in front of her. I ran my finger from the little dot that said "You Are Here-" to the space that said "Dormitory". I heard more running echoing around the corner.

"wow this school sure is busy." I muttered. I heard the footsteps stop behind her. There was also a lot of huffing and puffing. Then. There was a tap on my shoulder. I looked to see a girl, about 5'2'', with brown hair curled up at the sides and really pretty doe green eyes.

"excuse me are you Arina Taylor?" she asked.

"Yeah." I nodded.

"I'm Selphie. I'll be showing you around!" She beamed.

"Thanks!" I said as her and Selphie began to walk.

" okay, that's the infirmary. That's where you're treated for you wounds, but many students just go there for advice. Next, we have the quad. Right now, we're working on the Garden Festival. Do you want to join the committee? It's a wonderful way to make friends fast."

"sure." I replied just as a bell sounded and students began to pour into the hallway.

"that's the luch bell… hey, you wanna meet the gang?" Selphie asked.

"yeah!" I nodded hapilly as they headed toward the cafeteria.

Maybe This wont be as bad as I first thought…………