Chapter 2

Amy and Zell were sitting in the cafeteria. Zell was finishing eating and Amy, who was already done, was reading a book.

Amy looked up from the book she reading to check the clock. It was five minutes until time for class. She closed her book on the table and stood up, sliding her chair out from under her. She began to gather her things.

Zell swallowed his last bite of food and asked, "What class do you have next?"

"Oh, umm…I just moved up to Instructor Trepe's class; I'm now training to become a SeeD.

"I'm so glad Ms. Trepe got her instructor license back!" Amy said, smiling.

"Yeah, that was good…" Zell said, "I can't believe we have class together! Hey, do you want to sit beside me?!"

"Uh, sure," Amy replied. She turned and began walking towards the door of the cafeteria. Zell followed. Just as Amy reached the doorway, a student ran through it and slammed into her, causing her to drop all of her books. He apologized quickly and without sincerity before rushing on.

Amy stood for a few seconds, staring down at all of her fallen books before sighing and dropping to her knees to pick them up. Zell bent down and helped her. When all of the books were gathered, Zell handed Amy all of the books he had picked up.

"Thanks," she said with a small smile. Zell smiled back, and after a brief pause said, "C'mon, let's get to class." Then the two walked off together down the hall.


"Alright class. Have a seat," Quistis Trepe announced the start of class as she walked in. Amy and Zell sat down in the back of the classroom next to where Seifer and Selphie were. Amy looked from Zell to Seifer, who was sitting on her right. He was smirking at something in the front of the room that Amy couldn't see.

Quistis began a lesson about GFs, flipping through slides with pictures of all of the GFs on them. Throughout the class, Ms. Trepe asked the students about the GFs on the slides. This was obviously a review to everyone in the class but Amy.

As Selphie told about the GF, Shiva, Amy vigorously took notes. To Amy, Selphie's answers sounded like she was quoting a book on GFs they had in the library.

After about five slides, Selphie turned around and said, "I hope my explanations aren't making your hand tired."

"Not at all," Amy replied, smiling," Besides, I'll probably need all of this information once I become a SeeD."

"Err…okay, if you say so…" Selphie said.

There was a loud, smacking sound from the front of the room. Quistis was yelling at Irvine, while he helplessly asked what he had done wrong. The whole class had gone silent the moment they had heard the smacking sound.

Irvine made a final, desperate attempt to ask Quistis what he had done. Quistis let her fury out in an angry sigh. She covered her face with her hand and said, "Class dismissed."

As Amy gathered her books and walked to the front of the classroom, Quistis called to her, "Amy, come here for just a moment." She turned toward the classroom door, where Seifer was about to exit and said, " You too, Seifer, come over here for a moment." Seifer shrugged and walked over to stand next to Amy and Quistis.

"Alright," Quistis said, looking to Amy, "You want to become a SeeD, correct?" Amy nodded and Quistis continued, "Okay, then, you need someone to help you train and enhance your skills in battle." Quistis made a side-glance at Seifer and then said, "Squall is often too busy and he also has a different type of gunblade than you, which would make training with him quite difficult. Therefore– –"

"Instructor!!!" Seifer yelled, taking an angry step towards Quistis, "You can't be serious! Me train her?!" Quistis turned calmly to face the outraged Seifer and said, "Indeed Seifer. You are to train Amy here to the fullest extent, until she is able to become a SeeD, and perhaps even afterward."

Seifer scowled, open-mouthed, at Quistis, and then stomped out of the room in a rage. Quistis, still calm, turned back to Amy. "Don't worry," she said, "Seifer just needs some time." She turned around and began flipping through some papers on her desk. She found the one she was looking for, picked it up, and turned back around, handing it to Amy. As Amy took the piece of paper, Quistis said, "Here's the schedule of all of your upcoming training sessions with Seifer. Once you complete all of those that are listed, you and Seifer can schedule more."

"Thanks Quisty!" Amy said with smile, though she wasn't sure if she was going to enjoy training with Seifer or not.

As Amy walked out into the hallway, she heard a voice call to her. "Hey, Amy," it said. Amy turned to where the voice was coming from and saw that Zell had been waiting for her. He was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, one foot prssed against the wall.

"Oh, hello Zell," Amy said with a smile.

"What did Quistis have to say?" he asked her.

"Oh! Umm…" Amy wasn't sure how Zell would react to her having to train with Seifer.

In the middle of Amy's thoughts, Zell spoke up again. "Seifer was really mad," he said with a smile and a hint of laughter in his voice.

"Zell…" Amy said in a quiet, nervous voice, "Siefer…he umm…he's going to be my trainer."

"What?!" Zell said, his voice rising, "Do you know what happened last time he was 'training' with Squall?!"

Not being able to look Zell in the eye, Amy looked down at the floor and whispered, "Yes…they were both…scared…for life…"

"Yes…" Zell said, "They were." He put his arms around her, holding her close, and said, "Amy…I'm not mad…I'm just…worried."

"Don't…" Amy replied, looking up, "I'll be fine." She smiled up at Zell lovingly and walked off, heading towards her dorm.


To my reviewers: Once again, sry for the long wait. I'm having a really bad writer's block for Chapter 3, and I don't even know how to start it so please be patient, I'm begging.