Chapter 3
An Unexpected Announcement
A snake-like creature appeared before their eyes. It seems to be the source of the fog. Its eyes were red with anger. A tongue sticks out every now and again. Black scales filled its body.
"I think that's the GF our instructor is talking about." Clare said.
"Ya think??!!! Enough talk, let's just fight this thing." Louie replied.
I see you want to fight me... I am Guivre… Prepare for the fight of your little lives…
The Guardian Force said.
"Like I said. Enough talk let's fight." Louie said to the GF
You're going down first little boy. It said as it charged its tail to the black-haired boy. With one swift second, Louie flew to the walls of the cave.
"That was so unfair. I haven't brought out my sword yet." Louie said while trying to stand up from the attack the GF supplied him. Clare and Gen helped him up.
He brought out his sword, Gen brought out her daggers, Camille brought out her mace, Clare brought out a long blue staff, Celine brought out her bow and arrows, Alaiza brought out her crossbow and started charging some more arrows. And Joy brought out her shiny silver shurikens. Clare jumped out of the group and started hitting the GF with her staff evading the tail occasionally. "I'm casting something!!!!" Louie warned as sparks of Thunder came out of his hands "Thunder!!" The sparks on his hand flew to the blue metal staff Clare was using to hit the GF. Clare's rubber gloves helped in redirecting the electricity to the Guardian Force. The Guardian Force squirmed a little but it returned to its normal state seconds later.
You are pretty good. But did beginners like you expect this? The GF said as it rose from the watery pool in front of the party which was unnoticeable due to the darkness inside the cave. Its full body was now seen but the party's weapons were nowhere to be found. "Thunder!!!" Celine said but nothing came out of her hand. She was so sure that she stock up on Blizzards, Fires and Thunders before going to the Field Exam. "Shit!! What's happening??!!"
"I think it got rid of our GFs too." Alaiza said.
"Oh this is just great! A Field Exam that doesn't apply anything we learned about!!! Now what??!!" Clare said.
Running out of ideas child? The GF spoke one more time as it casted a magic targeting the whole party. "Thundaga" It said. Louie had no choice but to let them witness his ultimate secret. "Reflect" Louie said. Green Aura appeared in front of each party member as the Thundaga spell returned to the Black caster. The rest of the party was shocked. I knew it!! Sorcery is passed on to the offspring!! I knew it!! I knew IT!!! Clare thought.
"Thundaga!!" Louie said. The pool of water below the GF began to glow yellow. Thunder coming from somewhere hit the creature. "WAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Louie screamed out loud "ULTIMA!!" he said as the spell continued to affect the Guardian Force. It damaged the creature badly causing it to return to the waters below it. Casting the forbidden magic caused Louie to kneel down in exhaustion. His sword dropped in front of him. He saw the whole cave light up. You are worthy of my powers. I will join you. The Guardian Force chose Louie to be its owner. "Ok. Don't tell anybody about that and about me using a forbidden magic. I'll be expelled for sure." Louie said as he rose.
"I would love to see that." Celine said jokingly "What did you say?!" Louie said angrily
"Kidding!!"
"Enough of that. How much time??" Gen said.
"10 minutes. We have to hurry out of this thing." Alaiza replied. Each party member assumed their positions. Louie, Gen and Camille are in front, Celine, Clare, Joy and Alaiza at the back. They ran as fast as they could and soon, they saw the exit. As they reached closer to the exit, they saw a T- Rexaur. "This is so unfair!! Two big fights in one Field Exam." Celine said
"We only have five minutes to fight this thing so come on let's move." Alaiza said.
The T-rexaur bit Celine and threw her down to the ground which did great damage to the dark-brown haired girl. "Guys!! Cast blind on the T-Rexaur." Louie said. "Curaga!" He cast the spell on the dark brown-haired girl. White light began to flow from his hand to the figure next to him. Celine felt her energy coming back to her. She stood up; ready to fight again "Blind!" she cast the Status Magic on the T-Rexaur. Clare began to strike the monster with her staff. She then threw it up to roof of the cave. Joy threw her shurikens at it and they stuck to the ends of her pole. Clare retrieved her pole and began spinning it around like crazy causing the stuck shurikens to fly to the monster. Celine and Alaiza fired their arrows and right on cue, Louie got hold of one arrow in each hand. He rushed to the T- Rexaur and charged the arrows at it at the exact same time the arrows hit the monster. Gen rushed to the T- Rexaur together with Camille. They delivered the final blow as the monster lay down dead. "Time!!" Camille said panicking. Camille panicking was a rare occasion indeed. "1 minute! Come on let's go!!" Louie replied to her. They ran as fast as the can until they reached the exit of the cave. "Congratulations. You finished the Field Exam in 39 minutes and 30 seconds." The SeeD guarding the exit told the Field exam participants.
"We made it!!! Yeah!" Louie said. They went back to Balamb Garden with fifteen minutes to spare. The instructor arrived in fifteen minutes and all the participants were waiting for her. "Everyone passed this Field Exam. You may all go back to your dorms to rest." Trepe said.
"I'll go to my dorm. See you later."
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"I'll be out in a minute." Louie shouted to the person waiting for him outside his dorm. He exited the shower and took his clothes. He wore a white sleeveless shirt and a pair of black boxer shorts. After getting dressed, he proceeded to the door and opened it. Behind the door were Cris and Carlos waiting for him with their trusty Triple Triad Decks
"Matron told us to sleep here because we're not allowed in the SeeD headquarters." Cris said.
"Why??" Louie replied, quite irritated.
"Because somebody picked up a fight because he lost to a Triple Triad game." Carlos said looking at Cris.
"What's wrong with picking up fights??" Cris replied.
"Oh Nothing except it may result to more riot which will lead to very much serious trouble!!! Plus you've fought a SeeD with a GF junctioned to him." Carlos said angrily.
"Alright guys stop it…" Louie interrupted their little fight and opened the door wide enough for both to enter. "Triple Triad??" Carlos asked Louie.
"Maybe tomorrow. I just finished a Field Exam and I'm pretty beat. I'm gonna lose to you anyway." Louie replied.
"You got that right." Carlos replied with a laugh
Louie went straight to his bed and slept there while the other two opened the light and played a Triple Triad game.
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"I'm late!!!!!!!!!" Louie realized as he sprang up from his bed and hurried to the bathroom. The noise coming from the sorcerer's mouth woke up the other two people staying in his dorm. "Will you keep it down, I'm trying to sleep here??!!" Cris shouted at Louie. Louie charged out of the bathroom minutes later and started to wear his clothes like crazy. He grabbed his jacket and slammed the door shut. The dorms were awfully quiet because of the classes going on. He ran out of the dorms facility to the lobby. He ran up the stairs and opened the elevator. It took a several seconds which were like hours to the 13 year old kid. He walked inside the elevator and pressed the button indicating 2F. The elevator opened and the boy continued his run until he reached the 2F classroom door. He opened the door and was surprised to see no Instructor around. He sat at his usual seat and thought to himself, Oh. How lucky am I?? The door opened minutes later and in came Instructor Quistis Trepe together with an unfamiliar face to most of the students. "Okay class this is Sorceress Edea Kramer. She has come for someone here. Louie, please approach us." Quistis said.
"Yes, instructor." Louie stood up and went to the woman in black beside the blonde-haired instructor. "Come child." Edea mentioned Louie to walk outside the classroom. They reached the empty corridors in no time. "So Louie how is your sorcery doing?" Edea asked the black-haired boy. "Fine... I think. Why'd you ask Matron?"
"I plan to train you to improve your sorcery. Meet me after classes and congratulations for passing your first Field Exam."
"Thanks Matron."
"No problem."
Louie entered the classroom as Edea walked back to the SeeD headquarters. He sat at his usual seat and beside him was Celine. The dark brown haired girl had no choice but to sit there because of the Instructor's orders. "What was that all about??" Celine, out of curiosity asked the black-haired boy on her left. "Why do you care?" Louie replied. "Aw come on tell me."
"Alright… she wanted to train my sorcery. Happy now?"
"No… Congratulations on passing anyway."
"Thank you.. You too…"
"And for getting that GF. Have you tried summoning it out yet?"
"Not yet. Maybe I'll try later. Let's listen to Instructor Tre—I mean Instructor Almasy."
Just then, the door opened and in came Carlos Almasy Quistis' son. "Louie!!"
"Carlos?? What are you doing here?"
"Something happened to Carbuncle."
"Carlos!! I did not give you permission to barge in my class!!" Quistis interrupted
"B—b—but mom!!"
"Go back to Louie's dorm!! I'm sure Louie can take care of it after my class."
"B…b…but"
"OUT!!!"
"I've never seen Instructor Almasy like that." Celine whispered to Louie. "I have. She was so angry at Carlos because he had nothing else to do but to play Tiple Triad" Louie replied. "Better listen to her right now."
"Yeah.. let's"
The class ended after a few minutes. Louie's break comes next so he waved goodbye to Celine and went back to his dorm.
"What happened??!!"
"Nothing… Cris dared me to do it."
"I'm gonna kill him!!! Where is he??!!"
"Uncle Irvine and Auntie Selph called him earlier. They said it was something about his very first GF or something."
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"Why don't you just give me Ifrit mom??" Cris argued Selphie for the hundredth time.
"We have to see if Ifrit's really for you Cris. He doesn't like people who isn't worthy of his powers. Now get in the car and just keep quiet!!" Selphie replied to her 12 – year old son.
Irvine, Selphie and Cris got inside the car with Cris on the back seat. Irvine drove to the Fire Cavern where Ifrit used to live. They parked the car just outside the cavern and went inside it. Selphie handed Cris his green spear. Cris took it angrily and let the other two lead the way. They reached Ifrit's home in a few minutes and Selphie started summoning Ifrit. Ifrit obeyed its master and appeared.
What can I do for you Selphie? I do not see any monsters around. Surely you didn't summon me to fight you. I would never do such a thing to my beloved owner. So what do you want me to do? Oh I see you brought me to my original home. Are you setting me free? I don----
"Ifrit! Shush.. We want you to fight our little son here and if he defeats you or something like that, he will be your new master."
"Bring it on!!" Cris said excitedly.
Fire!!
"There goes something I wasn't ready for." Cris said as the spell slowly approached him. The Fire spell did little damage to his unjunctioned body. He charged his spear to
Ifrit. The Guardian Force quickly dodged the deadly blow but little did he know that the spear that almost got him was charging right back at him. Cris' advantage to Louie and Carlos is speed. Ifrit was too slow to dodge the attack which was followed by another charge from Cris' deadly spear. Soon, after many spells and scratches, both fighters are weakened, Ifrit decided to let Cris be his owner from now on. I whole heartedly accept you to be my owner Cris. You are a great fighter and with my help, you will be an even stronger fighter. Cris junctioned the GF quickly and tried out a spell. "Fire" he said pointing to thin air. Nothing came out because he didn't get to draw anything yet.
"Nothing came out dad!!"
"That's because you haven't drawn anyting from any monster silly." Irvine replied to his son.
"Let's just get back to garden dad... I'm so exhausted." Cris said as he entered the car.
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Cris entered Louie's dorm exhausted. Only Carlos was there because Louie's classes aren't finished yet. "Louie said that he'll kill you once he gets back here but it looks like he doesn't have to exert much effort. You made me barge in the classroom. You'll roo the moment you asked me to do that." Carlos said angrily. "Shut up... I'm exhausted. Just kill me later or tomorrow okay?" Cris said not caring about what Carlos said. Cris lay down on Louie's bed. "That's not a great choice my friend. Louie's gonna come back any minute and when he sees you in his bed, not to mention drooling in his bed. You'll get some magic for your dinner." Carlos warned Cris who is already sleeping in the soft cushion of Louie's bed. The door opened minutes later, Louie entered his dorm and upon seeing Cris in his bed, his face turned red with anger. He was getting to casting Holy on the lying figure in his bed but he remembered Edea's training. He's got 30 more minutes to prepare. He opened the door to the bathroom removed his dirty clothes and entered the shower. He exited the shower minutes later and grabbed his towel. He got dressed for the training which was very unexpected. These were the times he wished he wasn't a sorcerer gifted with powers he must keep a secret. Once the Eshtar government finds out abot his sorcery. He will be sealed for sure and even if Laguna Loire, his grandfather was the president of the said countrym it would take years to get him unsealed once again. He rested in his sofa for a while thinking about the possibility that the said event will happen. Finally, he spoke "If I get back here and find that person sleeping in my bed, I'll get you both."
"Yeah whatever. You better run because if Matron finds you late... oh i dont know."
"Mom just contacted me and said that I just need to wait in my dorm. Matron's gonna come here later."
"Oh I see.. Triple Triad??"
"Why not??"
Louie chose five of his cards and Carlos did the same.
Carlos starterd the game by putting his Seifer card on the top-left corner. Louie flipped it over by putting his Rinoa card beside it. Carlos put the Minotaur card in the center, flipping up the Rinoa card. Louie put the Angelo card to the left of Minotaur making the game tied score. Carlos flipped Louie's Angelo card by placing his Bahamut card right below it. Louie put his Squall card beside Bahamut to his advantage but Carlos put a Ward card beside the Squall card flipping it over to his advantage. Louie put the Carbuncle card beside the Rinoa card which doesn't do anything special so Carlos put the Quistis card right below it, finshing the game in his favor. "I beat you... You almost got me there, too bad my Ward card has an A mark on the north. Great game." Carlos said. "Thanks... Congratulations..." Louie replied packing up his cards.
"So what do we do now?"
"I dunno.. I'll just nap here in the sofa. If Matron comes in wake me up okay?"
"Sure...."Carlos replied as Louie layed down in the sofa and fell into a light sleep. Carbuncle slowly ran out of Louie's body as his sleep deepens. GFs unjunction themselves when their owner is sleeping. Another Guardian Force is trying to escape the walls of Louie's body. It was his newest GF Guivre. The snake like creature followed Carbuncle to where it sleeps. Carbuncle slept beside Louie while Guivre slept under the sofa. Carlos is left fixing his Triple Triad decks but changed his mind when he saw the magnificent GF escape from Louie's body. When will i get my own GF??" Carlos thought to himself as he gathered up his unbeatable cards and searched for somewhere to put it. He opened his music player and played some music. The music prevents boredom from taking over his body, especialy while seeing two sleeping figures in the bed and in the sofa.
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Squall entered the SeeD headquarters. He found a room with nine people he knows. He realized that he was the last one to enter. As he stepped inside the room, Rinoa stood up and welcomed him inside. "What took you so long? Look they're all paired up." Squall looked around and realized that the raven-haired girl was indeed telling the truth. Zell invited the library girl who just became a SeeD the other week to come. As soon as Edea realized that they're all complete, she stood up from her sit and was ready to announce what was her reason of coming to garden. "I would like announce something. First, I would like to announce that I will be teaching Louie the arts of sorcery starting later. The main reason for this is the topic of my other announcement but let's discuss that later. This training will improve his skills in sorcery so don't worry Squall I'll train him just like I trained Rinoa. I'll be very gentle and be sure to not give him much pressure. Cid will train Carlos dragon taming skills next semester. While Cris hidden ability is still unknown, no training will be given to him next semester. Anyway, on to my second announcement which concerns Rinoa and her sorceress powers. Rinoa needs to transfer her powers to a willing person sooner but she will still have her original powers. I suggest you pick someone who is good in casting magic and knowledgeable of the elements and statuses magic can cause. Be careful not to pass it on to somebody accidentally. Squall, as Rinoa's knight you are to guard Rinoa while transferring her powers. The absence of a sorceress knight is the best reason for accidentally passing it on to another willing body. My next announcement concerns my training of Louie Leonhart. Training Louie will make him less vulnerable to…. The possession of his consciousness… I'm sure you all know someone with the said ability. Yes, I know who you're thinking… Ellone. No person can withstand Ellone's magnificent power so I'm training Louie to be less vulnerable to a machine that copies Ellone's powers." Edea's last sentence made everyone else freak. Panic is lost inside their heads. "Isn't Louie going to be the next target if he gets any stronger???!!!" Rinoa asked panicking. "Yes and no Rinoa, when a sorcerer reaches his/her maximum ability, he/she will only be vulnerable to physical attacks. Only one known sorcerer have attained this state; Hyne herself. My goal is to train Louie to the said stage. I know it may seem impossible but its all worth a try isn't it? Oh and Rinoa.. You get to train the person you pick to get your powers so that he/she may not be another target. Any questions??" Edea stated everything in one and asked the questions at the end. She believes its more appropriate. "Will Rinoa be a target??!!" Squall said angrily. "Matron, how can you not think this through?!! You may still be the target Rinoa can still be the target and Louie cannot be protected while training with only one person.."
"Settle down Squall" Edea told the brown-haired pale-skinned male calmly.
"Yeah.. Just sit and calm down Squally-boy…" Seifer teasingly told Squall who glared at him.
"Enough Seifer. Rinoa will not be a target because she never junctions a GF anymore. The new plan concerns GFs but we do not know the exact plan yet. I swear to protect your beloved son Squall. He will never be like me." Edea promised Squall.
"Thank you" Squall and Rinoa said in unison.
"As of now, the targets are Carlos Almasy and Louie Leonhart. A dragon tamer and a sorcerer. A dragon tamer is protected by the dragon guarding his soul and the sorcerer will be protected by a knight and me. I need all of you to prepare and don't let the secret get out. It may cause panic and mayhem to all even before… well you know... Anyway, I expect Louie to attain Hyne's status in less than a month, so I'll be staying at the Balamb Hotel. I need everybody's cooperation on this. The fights will be much harder than before. Squall and Rinoa, don't tell Louie your little secret and the same goes for Quistis and Seifer. They will know when the time comes. Anymore questions?"
"Are you telling us that Carlos is one of the targets of possession??" Quistis asked
"I'm sorry to tell you but yes, he is. I swear to protect both Louie and Carlos with my life just like I was protecting Ellone with it from the grasps of… the sorceress. This time, she doesn't need Ellone's ability, this time her plan is different and nobody knows what it is. She may strike anytime so just be ready. Believe it or not, she's back. Ultimecia is back. The sorceress from the future has returned and she will show you no mercy. Time compression is not her goal anymore, which means we are not doing the same thing. It's completely different."
The afternoon with Edea was a sad one. Nobody talked after the announcements. Nobody smiled. The return of the sorceress from the future broke everyone's heart. Edea walked out of the room for the training of sorcerer Louie Leonhart.
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This one is more than a thousand words longer than the last one… YEAH!!!! I still think it's pretty short. Anyway, next chapter will be Louie's first day at training. Please Review. And I'll add more scenes of the original characters