Lizette: Well, I haven't been writing this story in a while! Am I right? Or am I right?
Zidane: (looks at Lizette) Oh my god…it lives…
Lizette: (glare) Anyway, I'm sorry for not updating. A lot of things came up. First of all, I broke my arm, so that really wasn't a good beginning for my summer vacation. And after I recovered I went on my summer vacation with my family. So I didn't really have a lot of time for my writing. But at least I updated, right:)
Zidane: (gasp!) You went on vacation!? Without ME!? I can't believe you! How can you go on a vacation and not have fun without me?
Lizette: I'm sorry Zidane, but I don't think that my parents will like to see me walking with a boy that has a tail.
Zidane: (glare) Fine! When I go on vacation to Paris, YOUR NOT COMING!
Lizette: Fine!
Zidane: By the way, where's Dagger? She wasn't here for the last chapter.
Lizette: Oh, Dagger? …Didn't you hear? She went on her own vacation.
Zidane: W-What? B-But I'm her boyfriend! We're supposed to do everything together!
Lizette: Apparently not. She told me that she wanted some time alone. Sorry, Zidane.
Zidane: What if…what if she went to Hawaii with…with Kuja!
Lizette: (shocked expression) Oh come on Zidane, Dagger wouldn't do that.
Zidane: How do YOU know! You've only known her for 3 months!
Lizette: Your just being paranoid.
Zidane: (grabs suitcases) I'm going to Hawaii to find Dagger!
Lizette: Wait! What about my story?
(door slams)
Lizette: Well I guess I'll be alone for a little while. Anyway, I tried to make this chapter really long. I should do that because I made you guys wait so long. So I really hope you enjoy it!
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Chapter 5: Sarah
After all of the students from Stony Brook High found there luggage, Mrs. Ungermyer led them to the exit of the Roman Airport.
While Zidane walked to the exit of the airport, he heard his stomach grumble loudly. He put his hand on his stomach to calm it down. He then turned to Dagger.
"I swear, if I go through another hour without eating any food, I am going to take Mrs. Ungermyer, throw her into an oven, and eat her." Zidane whispered to Dagger.
Dagger giggled. "I'm sure they have food in the hotel. There you can stuff your face in spaghetti."
All of the students and Mrs. Ungermyer stepped outside of the airport. Cold air immediately hit Dagger in the face. Many people were waiting outside. Dagger guessed that they were probably waiting for a taxi, or someone from there family to take them home.
Mrs. Ungermyer's eyes came to a purple coach bus that had the words 'Roman Tours' encribed on the bus. Mrs. Ungermyer looked at the bus curiously, and walked up to it to see if there was any one on it.
There was a man seating in the drivers seat of the purple bus. Mrs. Ungermyer guessed that the guy was probably in his early sixties. He had white hair and a white goatee. He was wearing big black sunglasses, so Mrs. Ungermyer couldn't see his eyes.
"Ahem, are you going to the Roman Hotel in the coastal town of Paphos?" Mrs. Ungermyer asked the mysterious man curiously.
After Mrs. Ungermyer has asked this question, the man just continued to look forward. He did not reply, nor did he turn around to face Mrs. Ungermyer. He just continued to look forward.
"Sir?" Mrs. Ungermyer addressed the man, but he still did not reply. "Sir?"
No reply.
"SIR!!!" Mrs. Ungermyer screamed at the top of her lungs. This cased the man to jump up a little bit. He looked around to see where the noise came from. He then saw Mrs. Ungermyer's face. "Oh…yes?"
"Are you deaf?"
"What?"
Mrs. Ungermyer sighed. "I SAID, ARE YOU DEAF!?" Mrs. Ungermyer screamed at the top of her lungs again.
"No! Why would I be deaf?" The man asked.
"Just…forget it." Mrs. Ungermyer told him, "are you driving to the Roman Hotel? In the town of Paphos?"
"Yes! Are you from Stony Brook High?" The man asked.
"Yes. We are!!!" Mrs. Ungermyer screamed at him. Since it took the man so long to respond to her question, Mrs. Ungermyer came to the conclusion that he was deaf.
"Well then, hop aboard! My names Bob by the way." Bob told Mrs. Ungermyer. Mrs. Ungermyer nodded and turned around to look at all of the teenagers standing there. It looked like they were watching the whole show. They all looked at Mrs. Ungermyer with blank expressions on there faces.
"Well what are you looking at me for? GET ON!" Mrs. Ungermyer screamed at the teenagers.
The teenagers quickly got on after Mrs. Ungermyer had screamed at the top of her lungs.
Well this is sad. When I talk in a regular tone people don't listen to me. But when I scream at the top of my lungs, people listen to me. Mrs. Ungermyer thought.
Dagger's P.O.V
I quickly got on the bus with my luggage, and looked around for two seats for me and Zidane. I wanted to sit in the first row of the bus, but the seats were already taken. I didn't like sitting in the back because usually, that's where all of the morons would sit. If the first row seats were taken, I usually preferred the middle.
I walked down the small aisle with Zidane behind me, quickly searching for a seat in the middle that wasn't taken. I finally saw a big purple seat in the middle of the bus that was empty. I quickly walked to the purple seat and sat near the window. Zidane sat next to me and looked at me with a saddened look on his face.
"I wanted the window seat!" Zidane pouted.
I frowned. "Does it really matter?" I asked him.
Zidane looked at me with a shocked expression on his face. "It does matter! How can I see the famous sights of Rome with your big head in the way?"
"My head is not big! And besides, you can see perfectly!" I told him.
"Dagger's right, Zidane. Your head is MUCH bigger." A voice said from behind us. It sounded like Blank's. I looked behind the seat to see Blank and Lizette sitting behind us.
"Will you stay out of this!?" Zidane shouted at Blank. Blank just laughed quietly, and took out his digital camera. Everyone was already taking pictures, and the bus didn't even leave yet. What really interest me was that almost everyone was taking pictures of the airport.
…What was so special about an airport? Oh, it's an airport from Rome. …Right.
Bob finally started the bus, and the engine roared to life. The bus moved a little, but when the bus moved, it stopped, which caused me to jerk forward. Luckily, I had my seat belt on. It looked like Bob wasn't really a good driver.
After a few minutes, Bob started the bus again and without any more problems, we were finally near the Roman Hotel.
I quickly took my digital camera out of my suitcase. Ready to see the beautiful town that was called Rome.
We passed by many large buildings and, what looked like, fancy restaurants. There was many white flashes from cameras. What could you expect? Rome was one of the most beautiful places in the world. You definitely had to go there before you die.
As we passed by many fancy restaurants and huge buildings, I took pictures of buildings, restaurants, huge fountains, and amazing statues. I knew that when I would go home, mother would want to look at pictures of my wonderful roman adventure.
Minutes past by, and the driver parked in front of a wide, huge, building. The building was gold, and it actually looked like a castle. Trestles grew on the side of the castle-like hotel. Three white statues that looked like soldiers stood in front of the hotel, and trees also surrounded it. In the front of the hotel, two golden double doors were closed, but waiting to be opened. On the side of hotel there was a very big sign that said ROMAN HOTEL.
I looked at the hotel in awe, as the bus finally came to a stop. I saw Mrs. Ungermyer get up out of her seat and look at us. She smiled kindly, but then her smile quickly went away.
"Well, we're finally here! Now I don't want any funny business when we get into that hotel. If any of your twerps embarrass me, you will receive a ton of regret. Coppice?"
I quickly nodded my head, and the other students did so also. Mrs. Ungermyer then looked at all of us suspiciously, and got off of the bus. After Mrs. Ungermyer got off, we all got off of the bus.
After we all got off, the bus took off, and Mrs. Ungermyer told us to form one straight line so she can count all of us. The last thing she wanted was to know that somebody got lose while we were heading toward the hotel.
Mrs. Ungermyer finally finished counting, and we all made out way towards the hotel with out suitcases in our hands. She finally reached the front of the hotel, and opened the big white doors to the entrance of the hotel. When I walked into the lobby, my eyes widened at what I saw.
The lobby was huge. There was a bunch of couches on the left side of the lobby. The couches were a dark crimson, and teenagers were already sitting on it. On the right side of the lobby, there was a big, wide, golden desk. Behind the desk was a man that had short black hair and a goatee. The man was probably very busy, since he was already trying to answer various people's questions. In the middle of the lobby was a small table. On the table was a bunch of fruit. As in grapes, apples, and oranges. Behind the table, a few inches back, was a big black elevator. I guessed that the elevator went to the hotel rooms that were upstairs. And to top it all off, there was decoratings on the walls of roman gods and goddesses.
"Wow…I feel like a guest already!" Blank told me, looking at all of the decorating on the walls.
Author's P.O.V
Zidane's eyes immediately made contact with the bowl full of fruit that was sitting on the table in the middle of the lobby. His eyes widened with delight, but as he walked toward the bowl of fruit, Mrs. Ungermyer has spotted him.
"Don't even THINK ABOUT IT." Mrs. Ungermyer growled, as she waited for the man behind the counter to be finished talking with a women.
Zidane just looked at Mrs. Ungermyer with a nasty look and stepped back. He then turned to Dagger, Blank, and Lizette.
"Grrr…I hate Mrs. Oscarmyer!" Zidane told them.
"UNGERMYER!" Lizette exclaimed.
"Well I'm sorry! I'm hungry, and I can't take it anymore!" Zidane told Lizette.
Dagger giggled. "I'm sure they have food in the hotel rooms."
Dagger looked around the hotel room some more, to find out that there was a women talking to the man behind the counter.
Hmmm…that women looks oddly familiar…Dagger thought.
The women that was talking to the man behind the counter had long blonde hair, and green eyes. She looked like she was in her late 30's. Dagger then listened to the conversation that the women was having with the man.
"Yes, the school is called Alexandria Prep. We came here for our senior trip." The women said to the man.
Dagger's eyes immediately widened when she heard this. Alexandria Prep? That was…that was my old high school! She thought.
Dagger then looked at the other students that were standing on the left side of the hotel. These students weren't from Stony Brook High. They were wearing there uniforms, and they had pins worn on there chests that said, "Alexandria Prep."
Dagger immediately tapped Zidane's shoulder, which made Zidane look at Dagger. "What is it?" Zidane asked.
"Look!" Dagger said, pointing to the students on the left side of the hotel talking and laughing with others. "Aren't those students familiar to you?"
"Yeah. They look like a bunch of snobs to me." Zidane told Dagger.
Dagger looked at Zidane shocked. "That was very rude Zidane. Those students are from my old high school! Alexandria Prep!"
"Really? Well, I feel bad for them. They have to wear there uniforms!" Zidane told her.
"GARNET!" A voice said from the left side of the hotel. Dagger immediately turned around to see who called her name. Suddenly, a girl ran up to Dagger and immediately embraced her in a tight hug. Zidane, Blank, and Lizette looked at Dagger confused. Not knowing who the mysterious girl hugging Dagger was.
Dagger immediately broke away from the teenaged girl, and looked at her face. The girl had long brown hair just like Dagger, but instead of brown eyes, she had dark green ones.
"S-Sarah!" Dagger said to the girl.
Sarah nodded her head. "That is me!"
Dagger looked at Sarah shocked. She didn't expect her to be in Rome. "W-Why are you here?" Dagger asked curiously.
"The same reason why you are here! My school and I came here for our senior trip!" Sarah told Dagger.
Dagger blinked. "I-I still can't believe you're here! I haven't seen you in years!"
"Uh, Dagger?" Zidane said to Dagger, tapping her on her shoulder. Dagger turned around and looked at Zidane.
"Uh…do you mind telling us who this chick is?" He asked her.
Sarah immediately looked at Zidane with disgust. "Excuse me? I am not a chick. I am a girl. Use proper words, please." Zidane looked at Sarah with a dirty look on his face.
"You look like a chick to me." Zidane told Sarah coldly.
Sarah looked at Zidane with a shocked expression on her face, and then turned to Dagger. "Garnet? Who is this barbaric boy? He clearly-,"
"BARBERIC!?" Zidane shouted.
"Yes, barbaric!" Sarah shouted at Zidane.
"I'll show you barbaric!" Zidane mumbled angrily.
"Okay, stop!" Dagger said, separating Zidane from Sarah. Dagger then turned to Sarah and scratched her head nervously.
"Ummm…Sarah? This is my boyfriend, Zidane Tribal."
Dagger then turned to Zidane. "Zidane, this is my cousin. Sarah Alexandros."
Zidane and Sarah immediately looked at each other and pointed at each other.
"HE'S YOUR BOYFRIEND!?"
"SHE'S YOUR COUSIN!?"
"He's completely barbaric!" Sarah told Dagger.
"She's a complete and total snob!" Zidane told Dagger.
Dagger then sighed. "Can you two please stop fighting!?" Dagger shouted. This made Sarah and Zidane quite down.
Dagger then walked toward Blank and Lizette. "Sarah, these are my friends. Blank and Lizette."
Sarah smiled at both of them. "Hello!" Blank and Lizette both smiled and said 'hello' back. Sarah then turned to Dagger. "At least these two are normal. That thing-,"
"That THING!?" Zidane shouted.
Lizette sighed. "Here we go again…"
"Yes! You clearly have no manners!" Sarah told Zidane, as she folded her arms across her chest.
Suddenly, everyone heard a loud whistle echo through the lobby. Everyone immediately stopped talking when they heard the noise. Everyone immediately looked at Mrs. Ungermyer, who was holding the whistle.
"Listen up! Every student who is from Alexandria Prep, please go to the left side of the hotel! Your principal will sort you into the hotel rooms! Students from Stony Brook High will go to the right side of the hotel to be sorted!" Mrs. Ungermyer yelled at the top of her lungs.
Sarah smiled smally, and turned to Dagger. "I have to go. I hope we can see each other again, and talk." Dagger nodded. "I hope so too."
Sarah then turned to Blank and Lizette and smiled brightly. "It was nice to meet you!" Blank and Lizette nodded in response. Sarah turned to Zidane and gave him a dirty look, and left. Zidane sighed and turned to Dagger.
"I don't think Sarah likes me. What do you think?" Zidane told Dagger.
Dagger sighed. "No, she doesn't like you. She envies you."
Mrs. Ungermyer suddenly walked up to all of the students of Stony Brook High. She had a clipboard in her hand. "When I call your name, please raise your hand. You will be paired up with someone. That person will be sharing the hotel room with you."
"Dammit." Blank muttered under his breath. "She has to choose who we're paired up with."
"Garnet til Alexandros!" Mrs. Ungermyer shouted out.
Dagger slowly raised her hand, and walked up to Mrs. Ungermyer with her luggage.
"Lizette Cruz!" Mrs. Ungermyer shouted.
Lizette raised her hand and walked up to Mrs. Ungermyer, standing next to Dagger. Mrs. Ungermyer looked at both of them.
"You two are going to be sharing a hotel room." Mrs. Ungermyer told both of them. She then gave Lizette a golden key. "Your room number is room 306. You can take the elevator to your hotel room. Tomorrow, come to the lobby at 8:00 so we can start exploring Rome." Mrs. Ungermyer told them.
Dagger smiled and said 'thank you.' Lizette smiled also, and they both made there way to the elevator. They both walked into the elevator and Dagger pressed the third button for the 3rd floor. Before the elevator doors closed, Dagger winked at Zidane. This made Zidane smile brightly.
"I hope we get paired up together." Blank told Zidane, "the last thing I want is to be paired up with the weidest guy in the school."
Zidane immediately slapped Blank on the arm.
"OW!" Blank screamed, touching his arm. "What was that for!?"
"Don't jinx it!" Zidane told him.
"Zidane Tribal!" Mrs. Ungermyer shouted out. Zidane walked up to Mrs. Ungermyer as he heard his name. Mrs. Ungermyer immediately looked at Zidane with a sour look on her face. She then pointed to Zidane and said, "I'm watching you."
"Blank Matthews!"
Blank immediately grabbed his luggage and walked up to Zidane. He sighed with relief.
"And-," Mrs. Ungermyer started. Zidane then looked at Mrs. Ungermyer with a confused look on his face. "Wait…and?" He asked.
"Why yes! Your room has three beds." Mrs. Ungermyer told Blank and Zidane.
Blank and Zidane looked at each other, and then looked at the crowd of bored teenagers. They were hoping that there other partner was actually somebody that they knew.
"And Vincent Valentine!" Mrs. Ungermyer said.
Blank and Zidane's stomach's immediately dropped as they saw Vincent come out of the crowd. He was dressed in all black. Black shirt, black pants, black shoes…the only thing not black on his body was the bandana that he had wrapped around his head that was red. His hair was long, and also black. He walked slowly to Mrs. Ungermyer, and she gave him the keys to the room.
"Your room is number 288. Have fun!" Mrs. Ungermyer told Vincent with false-sweetness in her voice. Vincent looked at Zidane and Blank and immediately glared at both of them. Zidane and Blank knew for a fact that Vincent was the most weirdest and mysterious person in there high school. The last thing they wanted was to actually share a room with him.
Vincent immediately headed to the elevator with the golden key in his hand. Blank and Zidane immediately followed him.
"You just had to jinx it…" Zidane mumbled to Blank angrily, as they stepped into the elevator.
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A/N: There! Done! Now I have to put band-aids on my fingers! Again, sorry for the long wait. After all of the drama and fun that came with my summer vacation, I just didn't have time to write a story. But I finally decided to update, seeing that…you guys are probably really mad at me, and you want to throw a bunch of food at me so…that's not good. But at least I updated, right? I NEVER abandon my stories! This story is like my baby! I can never abandon it! I also wrote this while I was eating skittles so…it might be pretty bad because I was eating skittles, OR…it might be pretty good because I WAS eating skittles. So…I don't know. What I do now is there might be at least one flame because I didn't update. Am I right? Or am I right? (goes to get shield that blocks flames.)
Anyway, special thanks to Sythe2 for telling me that Yuffie's last name is actually Kisaragi. So here's some bag of skittles for helping me out! (gives skittles to Sythe2) Yeah, I had leftovers. (realizes she made a mistake) But-But that doesn't mean I didn't eat any from the bag! At least…I don't think…wait! No! I didn't eat some! The bag is full. Also, I added Vincent in the story! Yes yes, you thought that I missed Vincent Valentine, Sythe2? Well, THINK AGAIN! (points to Vincent's name in the story) :D
Yes, I will try and add other video game characters into the story. So if anybody wants a particular person in the story (but it has to be from Final Fantasy) then…you got it! I'll add that person. As I did with Vincent.
I don't think it'll take too long to update the next chapter. I really don't want this to happen again. Sometimes I let my laziness get to me, which is a deadly disease. Must avoid laziness! Must avoid laziness!
I'll post the next chapter as fast as I can. All I can say about the next one is…it gets really weird. :)