When Cloud and Riku finally found their way to the palace, they had two minutes left or they would have been considered late. The pair entered, and went to see Selphie; she was the one who handed out the assignments to the fairies.
"Almost late again, Cloud." She said when they approached her at her office desk. She was wearing a fairly tight yellow dress that stopped mid-thigh. Her yellow wings were hidden from Cloud and Riku's view, and folded neatly behind her back. She moved a piece of her brown hair out of her face, her sparkling green eyes on the pair before her. "One in a row. A new record." She said sarcastically.
"Hey," Riku cut in, "we're not late so save it for a time that we are."
"You're one to talk, just as bad as he is." She replied calmly as she shuffled through some folders on her desk. "Here it is; I almost thought I'd lost it." She held it up for one of the boys to take it.
"Thank you," Cloud said, pulling it from her grasp. "Riku let's go." He opened the folder and read the assignment while he floated out of Selphie's office, back to the entrance.
"What does it say?" Riku asked, a flying a few feet behind Cloud.
"Just a second."
When they reached the exit to the palace, Riku's patience had run very thin and he was a little more than annoyed. "What does it say?"
"Huh, what?" Cloud asked pulling the door open and letting Riku leave first, "what does what say?"
Riku smacked him on the head on his way out. "What do we have to do on our assignment?"
"Oh, that. It says we have to make sure some human girl doesn't get kidnapped."
The fairy world, unknown to the humans, is in charge of preventing the humans from killing each other or other injustices such as kidnapping, abuse, car accidents etc. (of course it doesn't always work. Some humans don't allow themselves to be tricked or fooled by the fairies.) Individual fairies, or groups are assigned different humans to protect for a few hours by distracting either the one that needs to be protected, or the ones who are trying to attack them.
"That's it?" Riku sighed, "how boring. Location?"
"Main Street intersection." He led Riku through the forest, being careful not to bump into any trees or branches along the way.
"Time?"
"Approximately 12:38pm."
"Girl's name?"
"Kairi."