The manager of the hotel in Balamb let Dominic and Jessie borrow separate rooms for fifteen minutes so that they could get into their swimwear separately. Fifteen minutes later Dominic walked out to meet Jessie who was already on the beachfront in her white bikini. The seventeen year old girl from Fisherman's Horizon was sat with her feet in the crystal waters.

"You took your time" she said looking up at him as he walked over

"Sorry" he said sitting down next to her "It's not my fault you get dressed so fast"

"So it's my fault is it?" she asked

"Yeah" he said simply. Jessica pushed him and Dominic plunged into the waters of the harbour. Dominic surfaced spluttering; he hadn't expected that. Jessie laughed as she got to her feet and dived into the water. Jessica surfaced not too far from Dominic

"So where are you from?" she asked him as she tread water

"I'm from Dollet" he said "What about you?"

"F.H" she said

"I've never been there" he said "What's it like?"

"Quiet I guess" she said "It's because I lived there that I love to swim" Jessie swam away to the edge of the port and climbed out only to dive back in. Jessie surfaced again and swam back over to Dominic

"So if you lived in F.H how did you get to Garden?" he asked

"They stopped for supplies" said Jessie "So I asked Squall who then asked my parents"

"I'm guessing they said yes" said Dominic

"Of course they did" said Jessie "How else would I be here?"

"A stowaway" he said laughing. Jessie splashed water at him before swimming away again.

"Hey! You two!" a sailor shouted from the edge of the water "You're not meant to be in there, there are water fiends you know!"

"We'll take our chances" said Dominic who swam after Jessie.

"Wait!" he called after them but they had swum out of ear shot. Jessie and Dominic were swimming out towards the ocean.

"Hang on a second" said Dominic who had finally caught up with Jessie

"Yes?" she asked as she stopped and began to tread water

"Where exactly are you going?" he asked

"Here" she said

"Why here?" Dominic asked

"Why not?" she asked him with a smile.

"Because it's here" said Dominic

"That's not a very good reason" said Jessie with a smile.

"But it is a reason" said Dominic

"Fine" she said with a smile.

From where they were treading water Dominic could see all the way down the coast towards the Garden which was easily visible from anywhere in Balamb.

"Do you know what's in that cavern?" Jessie asked Dominic. Dominic looked where she was pointing; a large cavern just past the Garden.

"No" he said "We should go check it out sometime"

"Sounds like fun" she said "But first let's get back to the port"

Jessie dived beneath the waves and began to swim towards the port quickly. Dominic smiled and swam after her hoping to get to the port before she did. Unfortunately Jessie reached the stone wall of the port before he did.

"Too slow Dominic" she said climbing out. The two of them went back up to the hotel where they went into their separate rooms and got dry and changed. Once they had both got changed they began their walk back to the Garden so that they could leave their bags and go explore the cavern.

"What do you think is in there?" she asked

"Who knows?" he said "It could be just about anything"

"Oh come on" she said "Guess! What do you think it is?"

"Maybe it's full of fiends or something" said Dominic looking at its entrance in the distance as they entered the grounds of the Garden.

As they walked around the central pillar of the Garden Squall and the others were just leaving the Training Ground.

"I wonder what they found" said Dominic to Jessie. Jessie looked over

"Go ask" she said "Squall seems to like you"

"No he doesn't" said Dominic with a laugh "He was just making sure I don't break the rules again and go into the Training Ground when I'm not meant to"

"Right" she said "So are we still going to that cavern?"

"Yes" said Dominic "If you're still interested to find out what's inside it"

"I am" she said

"So put our bags away then meet back here in five minutes?" he asked.

"Okay" she said and walked towards a staircase that led to the second floor of dormitories. Dominic quickly went to his room and dumped his bag there before leaving again and walking back to his room. When Dominic arrived back at the entrance to the dormitories he took a seat on the wall facing the crystal blue waters that decorated the Garden. He looked up in the direction of the Garden and saw that the Garden faculty had gone; probably gone to get supplies or something thought Dominic. In the back of his mind a feeling was stirring; a feeling that was telling him to go take a look. Dominic got to his feet and walked towards the Training area.

"Sorry I'm late" said Jessie. Dominic turned around

"It's alright" he said "Ready to go check out the cavern?"

"Yep" she said and they both walked towards the entrance of the Garden. Dominic took one look back at the Training Area before they left that area and began their walk across the plains.