Chapter 2

Craziest Field Exam Ever

The door bell rang on Squall Leonhart's Residence. A black-haired boy wearing a black shirt and black pajamas opened it. He was greeted by Celine Chan. His group mate for the day's Field Exam. "So are you ready for the Field Exam?" Celine asked

"Does it look like I'm ready?! I'm all messed up because my parents won't be home and I don't have any other Guardian Forces."

"What about Carbuncle?'

"He's sick. Do Guardian Forces normally do that?"

"No. There must be something wrong with the thingy above her head."

"Thingy?!"

"Yeah the thingy that shines when she casts something."

"There isn't any problem with the Carbuncle on Carbuncle. Now step out of my house and wait for me outside!!"

"Big meany!!!!" she said as she opened the door and slammed it hard.

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"Why did you slam the door?" Clare asked Celine as she stepped away from Louie's house. "He just kicked me out of his house!!"

"Of course he'll kick you out! He's still wearing his pajamas!!"

"So?'

"He hasn't showered yet!!!"

"Ohh!! I see! He should've kicked me out nicely though."

"How could someone be kicked out nicely?"

"Oh just shut up, Clare!"

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Minutes later, Louie opened the door out of their house wearing a black shirt, black pants and black shoes and holding his white jacket. "I'll just change into my uniform in my dorm. Come on let's go" he said to the two girls impatiently waiting for him.

"Let's just go or we're gonna be late" Celine said angrily

"What's your problem?!" As the two continued to argue until they reached the Front Gate.

"Finally!!" said Clare as she ran to Balamb Garden.

"Nice going!!"

"What did I do this time??!!"

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Quistis Trepe walked in the SeeD headquarters as she was welcomed by a tall man with blonde hair wearing a trench coat with the familiar Fire Cross on the sleeve. "What time did you arrive?"

"4:00 am. So, what've you been doing?"

"Last night we went to the beach and slept here in the SeeD headquarters and tomorrow, Matron's gonna sleep here."

"Oh. I see. Am I invited?"

"Of course you are. Now I gotta go today is the children's first Field exam and I have to tell them some guidelines. See you later. I love you"

"I'll just be here. I love you too."

They kissed each other goodbye as each went separate ways.

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"All Field Exam participants please proceed to the 2F classroom for your briefing." the voice in the PA announced. Louie's group was waiting in Celine's dorm. The two still continuing to argue about some other stuff while the others are doing some other stuff because they were s annoyed of the continuous fighting between the two. "Hey guys! Stop that! We're being called to the 2F classroom already."

"Great! And I still can't find a GF that I can use"

"Good for you!" Celine replied angrily again.

"And there they go again." Joy said as everyone laughed.

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"Good Morning class. You all know that today is your first Field exam for this semester. Since there are five groups, each group will be assigned a place where there might be a Guardian Force present. In each place there are SeeDs that will time you. The shorter time you spend there, the greater your points will be. If ever you capture the GF there, you will get extra points. You must not exceed 40 minutes inside the area. Failure will be the result of exceeding 40 minutes inside. This Field exam serves as training for other Field exam coming up and of course the SeeD exam. If ever group member happens to be injured, you will have to report it to the SeeDs assigned to the location..
Leaders will be assigned by the SeeDs in the area. The Field exam starts exactly 1 hour from now. You all have 45 minutes to prepare. You all have to proceed to the front gate at exactly 1245 hours and you have 15 minutes to go to the location. You must be there on or before 1300 hours. If ever your group is tardy, points will be deducted from the score. Incomplete groups will result in the deduction of some more points. Before you prepare for the mission, let me explain how junction magic to your attack. Junctioning magic to your attack will give you a very high advantage. Of course you cannot junction magic to your elemental attack if you do not have a GF with the said ability. Four factors can affect what magic you can junction to your attack. The location, the monsters present, amount of magic you have and the magic you have. The same goes for elemental defense. That's all dismissed." Quistis said. Wow what a mouthful. I need water.

"Instructor, can I talk to you in private?" Louie asked.

"Of course Louie, what seems to be the problem?"

"Auntie, Carbuncle is kinda sick. Do you have any extra GF??"

"Here you can take my Siren. Just draw it from me."

Louie drew out Siren from his Auntie.

Good Morning Louie.

Oh nice to junction you again Siren. What've you been up to?

Oh you know that Sacred and I have been together for quite a while now.

Is there something the matter?

Nothing. Our relationship is going good actually.

"Uhh. Louie, who are you talking to?" Gen asked the black-haired boy.

"Oh! I'm talking to the GF that Instructor Trepe let me borrow."

"Wow really? I didn't know you can talk to a GF" Alaiza said.

"It depends on the relationship you have with your GF"

"Oh I see. How are you able to talk to a GF?"

"They will just appear beside you but they are invisible to others. So others may think you are crazy. Another way is recommended by Dr. Odine. You can communicate with them through the mind. The GF occupies a portion of your brain. Dr. Odine says that you need to make the message travel from a part of your brain to the part where the GF lives. Only expert GF communicators can do this though."

"Can you?" Celine asked

"Of course not. Sorceresses can communicate with the GF like that like my mom but I can't. I'm not a Sorceress." Louie said.

Clare studied Louie's face. He seems to be lying. She thought but there is no way that Sorcery can be passed to your offspring. If that is the case, then there must've been… Wait a minute. Only sorceress Rinoa have a genetic offspring. Adel, Edea and Ultimicea have no known offspring so--- her deep thoughts were disturbed by a voice from her best friend.

"Hey what are you thinking? You seem deep in thought. Come on tell me." Celine said.

"It's nothing."

They continued to walk to the dorm of Celine. They thought that their hang out place should be there instead of the common hangout places of other students. The dorm looks nice and cozy. "Hey guys so what do we do?" Alaiza asked . "Didn't we plan this on that diner in Balamb?" Joy said

"Let's just junction on the area. I bet we will get there in only 5 minutes." Louie said

"It's really hard to walk all the way there you know." Celine argued

"Do you know where there is?"

"No. But a walk around the island will take 30 minutes which means we are not sure that we'll get there with only five minutes."

"We are certainly not walking half the whole island."

"How are you so sure?"

"Because the instructors took the time to measure the time that we need to get to the locations."

"What about those monsters?!"

"Fights do not take that long!!!! Just shut up!!"

"Why don't you shut up!!!"

"Why don't both of you shut up!!! Will you guys stop fighting for just one day?! Until this Field exam is over?!" Clare interrupted the fighting between the two

"…Whatever." Louie replied.

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The crowd in the front gate started to increase. They are waiting for an instructor to give them a couple more guidelines before starting the Field Exam. Louie's group leader was Alaiza. They were assigned to the cave in the mountains behind the Fire Cavern. There was a GF in there but the group didn't have time to research what it is. Besides, it's probably a new GF or something like that.

"Please be careful. Leaders for each group will have responsibility over the other members. Teamwork is very much needed in this exam. We expect you to be back at Garden at exactly 1400. Good luck." Were the last words of Instructor Quistis Trepe as the five groups went to their specific destinations. Louie reached their destination within 5 minutes.

"I told we'll get here in five minutes" Louie said to Celine who was so angry that her face was red. The area look deserted. It was a mining site but the mining stopped 10 years ago. The Garden believes that the GF is the cause of the stop of mining.

The 8 students saw the SeeDs assigned to the area and saluted them. The SeeDs gave them a couple more guidelines before proceeding to the cave. Each was given a flashlight. As they entered the cave, they junctioned their GFs and magics to attack and defense. The walls of the cave were wet and it was very humid inside the cave. Minutes after walking through the long tunnel-like cave and battling tons of monsters, fog suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Where's this fog coming from?!!" Camille asked.

"I don't know." Alaiza replied.

"Uhh guys, I think it's coming from that thing." Louie said as they all turned to look at him. Then, they turned to look at what he is pointing.

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Edea Kramer was sitting with Cid Kramer by her side. The sorceress carries a little worried face for the whole trip. Cid and Edea have planned their visit to Balamb Garden ever since the start of the semester. Edea told her 'kids' that planning something for her wouldn't be necessary but Selphie can't resist her own excitement even if she's already 32. Cid told Edea that the trip would be very long by train even if it is the newest train that was recently built. Centra is pretty far away from Balamb. Civilization in Centra started to rise once more as the first city was made there 13 years ago. The city is called Centra city being the only city in the whole Centra continent.

The train slowly approached the town of Balamb. Edea and Cid Kramer walked out of the steam-powered transportation machine into the train platform. They exited the station to the peaceful town of Balamb. Outside, they were greeted by seven adults and two kids. Both kids look like they're in their teens.

"Good Morning everybody. Thank you for welcoming me back here" Edea said with a smile on her face

"Aww… It's no trouble Matron. How long will you be staying here?" Selphie asked

"I shall be staying here for about a week if you may permit." Edea replied the cheerful lady.

"Hey Matron! Why are you talking like your from the middle ages or something like that?" One of the children said. The said child Cris Kinneas. He has thick hair and a jacket that almost covers all of his neck. His left cheek is covered with a bandage through his recent fighting in the town. He is going to enter Balamb Garden and start training to become a SeeD after the next semester.

"Where did you get that wound Cris?!" Edea said.

"He got it from the fight he had yesterday." The other kid said. His name is Carlos Almasy. The next semester is going to be his turn to train as a SeeD in Balamb Garden. He is naturally gifted at Triple Triad for even Squall Leonhart can't win against the thirteen year old kid who wears short thick hair. His eyes match Seifer's small ones and he has blonde hair just like his parents. He can use simple Blue Magic like Quistis' signature Laser Eye and Ultra Waves. He can also handle a light gunblade pretty well just like his father's Hyperion but couldn't handle heavy gunblade unlike Louie who handles Heavy gunblades better than Light Gunblades. Cris, on the other hand can handle his father's Exeter and his mother's nunchaks but he can also handle his own fists because of the recent fights he had in Balamb Town. He was one whose week isn't complete without going to the Balamb Jail or being grounded. He was almost banned in the Balamb halls when one visit in the SeeD headquarters turned out to be worse than he, Irvine or Selphie ever thought. He was a very skilled fighter indeed. His Triple Triad skills are never as great as Carlos' but he almost beat him once with his Selphie and Ifrit card.

"What fight?! I got this because of… because of… uhhhhh. A skateboarding accident!! Yeah let's go with that." Cris said to Carlos angrily.

"Uhhh. Yeah right. You know you're not very good at lying Cris Kinneas." Carlos replied.

"That's enough you two. Now, where's the young sorcerer." Edea said.

"He's in his first Field Exam this semester. He's having trouble with his GF so he borrowed mine Matron." Quistis said.

"Just as I suspected… I mean, that's very good of you Quistis dear. Now, why don't you show us where we'll be staying?"

"Matron, when we get to the headquarters, can we play Triple Triad please please please." Carlos asked Edea.

"Geez. Why are you acting like a child Carlos??!!" Cris butted in.

"The hell you care!!! At least I don't pick up fights because of a Triple Triad game."

"Dear, Matron is very tired. She needs some rest for today." Quistis said to her son.

"So she'll play tomorrow then." Carlos replied.

"Sure I will." Edea said.

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That's it! Please review this chapter. I got no reviews for the 1st chapter and the prologue. I need all your opinions. I cut the chapter there because I kinda don't know what the 'thing' is. Anyway, please review I need them. And please give me some suggestions on what the 'thing' can be. Oh and I also need your opinions on the new characters. These characters are not all the new characters.