The day had started, but I didn't want to get out of bed. My legs weren't supposed to be working yet so I didn't want anyone to find out how. I had avoided it yesterday by saying that I wasn't feeling well and I wanted to stay in bed. Sadly, that made Lloyd really nervous and he was bugging me until he fell asleep. Now, I would need to get up, move my legs. Maybe they wouldn't be that surprised!

"You're walking!"

So much for that idea.

I had walked downstairs to find Lloyd sitting at the table eating an omelette. His fork had been halfway from his plate and his mouth when I entered the room, the fork fell from his hands and he ran up to me.

"How are you walking? The doctor said that you wouldn't be able to for a few weeks." Lloyd exclaimed.

I rubbed the back of my head, "How should I know, I just woke up this morning and I was able to walk." I looked away. "Nothing special."

His eyes narrowed. "Positive?"

"Super positive." I lied with a innocent smile.

Lloyd smiled. "Okay! You want any breakfast?"

He let it go so quickly. "Sure, but I'll make it myself. Not that you're not a good cook, but the dinner you brought me yesterday made me want to die."

He burst out laughing, "I didn't cook that food! That was Professor's cooking. Sorry, she made me give it to you…"

"Are you trying to kill me!? If you knew Professor couldn't cook, why did you give it to me?"

"Well, you've never had her cooking before so I wanted you to experience the magic." Lloyd said with a grin.

"You're a jerk."

He shrugged, "I did the same thing to Colette when I was younger. She ate everything on her plate and told Professor that it was delicious, just to spare her feelings."

"I don't think I would be able to do that." I glanced over at Lloyd's omelette. "Umm, could you make me an omelette too?"

Lloyd smiled, "Already made you one!" He picked up a plate that had an omelette on it and placed it on the table. "I thought you would want one, so I made an extra."

"Thanks," We sat down at the table and ate the omelettes. To my surprise, it was actually good! It was so good that I finished mine before Lloyd did. "I'm heading out!" I picked up my bag and started to walk towards the door.

"Wait for me!" Lloyd shoveled the rest of the food into his mouth, grabbed his bag and ran out the door. "Race you there!"

"Hey!" I shouted after him. I started to sprint towards town and saw that Lloyd was about ten yards away. I wasn't going to lose, at least not to Lloyd. I sped up and got within three feet of him. His scarf was waving the breeze, it was in grabbing distance. I reached out and grabbed the scarf to yank him back.

"That's cheating!" Lloyd shouted as he fell back a few feet.

"All's fair in love and war!"

I was about twenty yards from the town gate, I was going to win. I started to run even faster, wanting to win. As I neared the gate I felt Lloyd jump on my back causing us both to fall. We started to wrestle on the ground, trying to reach past the gate. While doing this a tall shadow appeared above us.

"Just what are you doing?" Raine's voice ran through the air.

I shoved Lloyd to the side so that I could stand up. "I was trying to leave to go to school when Lloyd challenged me to a race, so blame him," I said pointed to him.

Her eyes met Lloyd's and he froze with fear. "It wasn't my fault! You didn't have to agree!"

"You told me to race so I did! What was I supposed to do just stand there!"

"Would you two stop bickering for two seconds!?" Raine shouted.

"Sorry," Lloyd and I said in unison.

Raine shook her head, "You've barely known each other longer than a few weeks, how can you fight that much?"

We looked at each other. "I don't know if you'd call this fighting," I announced.

"Maybe, friend -er family argument?" Lloyd finished for me.

Raine held her hand up and glared at me, "Wait a second, family?"

I rubbed the back of my head, "Guess no one told you…"

Lloyd must of noticed that I had before slightly uncomfortable because he answered for me. "We found out that Vivian is my little sister, but somehow we were separated when Dad found me. I really don't understand it, so it's hard to explain."

Her eyes narrowed, "So your telling me that this girl randomly appears in town and just happens to be your sister. Did Dirk tell you this?" When Lloyd nodded she just shook her head. "Now I have to deal with two Irving's."

"...Irving." I whispered to myself.

"Hey! What's that supposed to mean!?" Lloyd shouted at Raine.

"It means exactly how it sounds."

"Humph," Lloyd said looking away.

No one said anything for a minute. Raine must of gotten annoyed by the silence, because she pulled us to our feet. "Get to class!"

"Yes Professor!" We both yelled as we started to run to the school house.

Everyone else was already inside and in their seats, so we must of been pretty late. No wonder Raine was upset. I probably made Lloyd late by sleeping in. No… he would've been late anyway. I started to snicker to myself when I walked towards my desk. Wait… didn't Lloyd say something about a test? Crap! I haven't been here in weeks! How was I supposed to pass?

Raine walked into the room and everyone went silent. I wouldn't want to say anything, she still had death in her eyes. "I hope you all studied, because if you remember me telling you, we have a test today." She looked around at all her students and her eyes fell on me. "And even if you haven't here in a few weeks, you still take the test." Shit! How was I supposed to know the answers when I haven't been taught it? I gave her a nod to tell her that I understood. (Even though I really didn't want to take it.) "There are 4 questions, you have half an hour." She handed everyone the test and walked back to her desk.

I looked down at the paper. Okay, I can do this.

Question #1

What is the quadratic formula?

Quadratic formula? I really don't know what that is…

Question #2

What's PI? Simplify to the nearest hundredth

Oh, I know that! 3.14

Question #3

Write a summary of the Kharlan War.

Umm, this is sad. I have no clue what that is and it's something that everyone knows!

Question #4

Give a brief summary on Sylvarant's geographic features.

Oh god, Raine was going to kill me!

I only knew one answer. Maybe I'm not the only one. Next to me Lloyd had already finished his test and was taking a nap. Hmm, wonder how he did. I looked at his test (not cheating, definitely not cheating) and he filled out all the answers, but his answers were were worse then me not answering the questions. He answered, what is PI, with a delicious dessert. How can I be related to such an idiot?

Related… Did that mean I wasn't Vivian Aurion anymore? Would I change my last name to Irving? I don't really mind, maybe it would be better. I'm overthinking this. Lloyd doesn't seem to be bothered by the whole 'I'm your sister' thing. Or is he and he's just hiding it? Why wouldn't he be bothered? He just learned that a girl that just randomly showed up in the village of Iselia was his little sister. I really need to stop thinking about this. Ugh, my head hurts.

Thankfully, Raine told everyone that time was up and she collected the tests. I had a feeling that this was going to end badly.

Class ended a few hours later and everyone started to flood out of the room. When I was halfway through the door Raine told me to stay in the room for a minute. Oh god, here is comes.

"Y-Yes?" I questioned as I walked towards her.

"You failed that test. You only answered one of the questions. I can't have you fail, so," She paused. The pause scared me. Her eyes brightened. "I'm going to tutor you!"

"What? Tutor me?" I shouted, very confused. "But, I've only been in this class for like two days! At least give me some time before you start tutoring!"

Raine sighed. "You need to be able to recite the information that was on the test by the end of the week. If you can do that then I won't tutor you."

I nodded, "Alright! I can do that!" Before she could say anything else I ran out the door.

Outside Lloyd and Colette were conversing. I probably was interrupting, but anything was better than being tutored by Raine.

Colette gasped as I ran up, "Are you alright? Did something happen?"

"No, Professor wanted to… tutor me…" I said in between breaths.

Lloyd burst out laughing, "She wants to tutor me too! I always find a way to avoid it."

I put my hands on his shoulders and started to shake him. "I can't avoid it! She says that I need to know the answers to the questions on the test by the end of the week!"

"I'm sure Genis would be happy to teach you. His methods are a lot better than Professor's," He explained. "Plus he has the best grades in class."

"I don't know if that's possible," Colette added. "Him and Professor are leaving tomorrow for Palmacosta, they won't be back till the end of the week."

"Nice, that's why she gave me till the end of the week. Because the person who would help the most is going to be gone." I sighed. "Hey Colette, do you want to help me?"

"I would love to, but she already told me not to."

"I'm doomed." My head fell. "I don't know anyone else who could help."

Lloyd started to wave his hands in the air.

"How am I supposed to learn this?"

Lloyd continued to wave his hands in the air, but now he was jumping up and down.

"What are you doing?" I asked staring at him.

"I'm trying to get your attention!

"Why?"

He sighed and crossed his arms. "You know I could help you too."

I paused and started to laugh. "Really? You probably failed the test too!"

"So!?"

"Do you have any idea what the correct answers are?"

"Well… no."

"I'll just go to the village library. I'm sure I can find my answers there."

"You're a jerk."

"Idiot!"

Colette was standing in between us laughing. "You know what? You two should study together!"

"Study with her? Never." Lloyd said turning away from me. "She thinks I'm an idiot."

"Why would I study with him? He's always teasing me." I said turning around.

"You two really need to stop fighting. If you're family then you can't do that everyday," Colette interjected.

Lloyd and I sighed and spoke at the same time, "Fine, not like we have a choice…" We paused. "Hey! Stop talking at the same time as me! Seriously! Stop it! I mean it!" We turned to Colette who was laughing even harder. "What are you laughing at?"

"You may be fighting, but when siblings talk at the same time, it means they have a close relationship." She said with a smile.

"Siblings…" We said still talking at the same time. We glared at each other, but we soon broke out into laughter. "We're such dorks!"

Lloyd swung his arm over my shoulder and put me into a loss headlock. "Hey, let go!" I shouted.

It seemed that Lloyd had totally forgotten the fact that we were fighting like two seconds ago because he couldn't stop laughing. He looked so happy.

Me on the other hand, I had a fake smile on my face. It was really bugging me that Lloyd and I were separated when we were little. It didn't seem to be bothering him. Why?

Everything was quiet, the sky was dark and the stars were out. I was asleep in my bed, everything seemed normal. Except for the fact that I was having nightmares. Nightmares about the Desians and the Human Ranches. I was tossing and turning. When a man's face became visible my eyes shot open. A rush of panic ran through me. I jumped out of bed and shook Lloyd awake.

"Lloyd I remember… Everything."