Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 8! I do own the game, but you know what I mean!

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Balamb Garden at lunchtime was like a famine in the safari and then someone tossing a dead carcass into the middle of a pack of lions. What you would see, the lions pouncing on the food and fighting every other lion to get the food, was exactly what happened everyday at lunch. It was like the school starved the students, but in reality, they ate like kings.

Zell was one of the lions, but today, he was the carcass. Why, you ask? Well, heh heh... It's a funny story. A story that takes place a few days earlier... No, a little farther... That's a little too far now! Okay, never mind! It takes place 3 days ago in Balamb.

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Squall, Zell and Selphie were all taking a break from their SeeD missions and decided to hang out in Balamb for a few hours and wait for Irvine to come over from Galbadia Garden. While they waited, they did what every teen does when they get impatient: Something stupid.

"Hey, Zell," Squall looked over at him. "I dare you to go over to that truck and climb inside."

"Why would I do that?" Zell asked. "That's stupid."

"It's you, Zell. The truck calls to you and--- Hey! Look!" Selphie pointed at the truck. "Do you see what it says on the side?"

The two boys craned their necks to read the writing.

"Balamb Garden Hot Dogs." Squall and Zell said at the same time.

"No. Way. It DOES call to me..." Zell started drooling. "I'm gonna go eat, you guys want some?" Zell got up and started to run to his beloved truck of luuurve.

"Don't eat too much!" Squall yelled.

"And save some for the school!" Selphie shouted.

Too late, Zell had busted open the truck and was eating every hot dog in sight. He didn't care how sick he got, he needed these more than anyone. They were his now, and anyone who tried to stop him would pay with their soul.

Just then, one of the drivers of the truck walked past and saw Zell in the truck eating all the hot dogs.

"Hey! Get out of there!" He tried to shoo Zell away. All Zell did was look up, hiss and go back to eating. The guy was terrified and ran off instantly.

Squall and Selphie were laughing and making fun of Zell the whole time until Irvine showed up and noticed Zell.

"I wont even ask..." He sat next to Selphie and put his hat on her head. "How's my two best buddies, eh?"

"Good, now that Zell's not here!" Selphie giggled.

"I heard that!" Zell screamed at his so-called friends.

And so, back to the present...

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The school didn't have any hot dogs that day, and the students all soon found out why. They cornered Zell in the Cafeteria and attacked! But they were soon broken up by Quistis, who told them that weapons and magic were not allowed in the Cafeteria.

They told her the story and everyone had something to say about it. Quistis laughed at them.

"I don't like hot dogs, so I really could care less."

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Yeah... So... This was all random and written in about 10 minutes. I hate meat all together but I wrote this anyway. I made Quistis hate the food, just because she seems like a vegetarian. Doesn't she? I think so.