I do not own final fantasy 8 and never will and I know I've said this too many times but I don own the characters used in the game or this fic .The characters Zek ,James ,Julia and Hector are mine though so don't steal them not that anyone would want to.

Before I start I would like to emphasize that reviews make me update faster so please review I welcome anonymous reviews too I'll also reply to all reviews. Also that I've finally after years reached Ultimecias castle in the game (felt like adding that).So any advice on battling Ultimecia is greatly appreciated.

Forgotten but not forever

Chapter13: drifting without a paddle

"Zek...Zek…Zek...Zek!" a voice kept repeating quiet at first then louder until 3 dorms down could hear it, Zek refused to stir and kept sleeping under his warm blankets.

"Go away whoever you are I just wanna sleep" Zek muttered pulling the pillow over his head, Julia who had been given the job of waking him up sighed "Zek seriously your not a morning person are you" she muttered in his ear.

Zek groaned then looked up at her groggily adjusting his eyes to the light of the morning "it took you that long to notice" he retorted back dryly Julia shook her head "no just seeing if your awake come on get up your needed and that's an order" she stated bluntly Causing Zek to groan again.

Zek finally glanced at the clock after being hit many times by his a pillow "its only 10am plus you heard Cid classes won't start again until tomorrow" he muttered under his breath as Julia stared at him sternly.

"It is tomorrow but lucky for you've been excused for the day since Cid said he needs to see you" Julia stated matter of factly, Zek looked at her sceptically "then why are you still here shouldn't you be in class" he remarked back no panic in his voice.

Julia smirked "I was actually but I was told to wake you up and send you a message so if you don't mind I'm going back now by the way nice boxers" she said leaving abruptly.

"Hey what's wrong with them" he yelled looking at his red chobocco boxes before falling out of it onto the hard floor "oww note to self watch the arm" he muttered to himself getting up off the floor to get dressed.

In Cids office

"Sir you needed me"Zek asked entering Cids office turned mess Cid looked up from his desk his brown glasses resting on his nose "yes I did" he responded Zek walked up to the mess of a desk that had been shoved to one corner after the change in garden.

"So Sir what you need me for am I in trouble for something because I swear I didn't do it" Zek asked blankly, Cid chuckled and shook his head "no no I was actually wondering if you could have a look at the controls up there I know it's a long shot but could you read these markings" he asked ,Zek considered for a moment "I'll try but no promises" he replied Cid nodded and they took an elevator up to a large control panel ,Zek examined it for a few minutes.

Then turned to Cid "well its centrian writing and very old too but I'm afraid I can't help you here sorry Sir" Zek answered.

Cid looked at him "well this garden was made from an abandoned centrian shelter" Cid explained to Zek who simply nodded hoping this lecture about ancient history would end soon.

"Well I better go Sir by the way do I have classes today" Zek asked as he had not really paid much attention to what Julia had told him ,Cid looked at him "well yes but if you'll do something else for me I'll let you off them today" Cid offered.

Zek grinned at the thought of skipping Instructors Aki's lecture on the advanced logic of Galibadian strategy's "sure I'll do anything to avoid a boring lecture on some boring old history thing anytime" Zek said receiving a nod from Cid.

"I thought you would say that I was actually wondering if you could fix the communication system we're having trouble reaching the other gardens" Cid told Zek.

Half an hour later

"All done Sir the communication systems fixed but none of the other two Gardens are reachable" Zek explained to Cid who was still completely fascinated at how fast Zek had done such a complicated task.

"You can go now Zek go relax and stay out of trouble just because the Faculty and Disiplinly Committee are gone doesn't mean you can go on a riot" Cid said sternly Zek smirked and did his usual playful salute.

Cid returned it doing the correct salute though "Zek take care of yourself things are about to get very chaotic look out for your friends and don't be afraid of change" Zek looked at him confused but shrugged it off.

In the library

Zek was sitting at a table at the back of the library fiddling with his laptop while playing the Sims for the first time in months he noticed a young girl with short brown hair and a green shawl looking very lonely.

"Hey you're that girl from before right you never introduced yourself" Zek said happily offering his hand she smiled warmly it scared Zek but he felt weird when she did that "I'm Ellone what's your name" she asked.

Zek replied "Zek I'm a cadet here been here since I was little what's your reason for being here anyway if you don't mind me asking", she chuckled "no I don't I'm here to see someone" she replied.

Zek smiled "that's none of my business so do you play triple triad I saw you playing someone and you seemed pretty good" she smiled at the boys compliment "sure do you want to challenge me do you but I should tell you I'm not very familiar with Balamb rules" she replied.

Zek just took his deck out "hey its sweet with me lets just mix them then that way its fair for both of us" he answered back not noticing he was being watched.

(A/N hey triple triad is the card game you can play in ff8 I personally suck myself at it)

Zek and Ellone had only two squares left and Zek was wasn't doing too well with 4 of his cards being beaten Zek was thinking to himself as his opponent was laughing "you know you remind me of someone" Ellone stated.

This caused Zek to lose the idea he had just thought of completely "I do" he replied confused before making his move and taking the win in the heated game.

Ellone smiled "you're very good at this aren't you" she commented making Zek smirk "yeah I am but your quite good yourself who taught you anyway" Zek asked.

She chuckled "I don't really remember but someone good must have taught you or are you just a prodigy" she remarked, Zek nodded "yeah I guess you could say that I have a high IQ but I don't look it do I" he replied chuckling at her expression.

Hector and James had been watching the entire time from behind a bookshelf ,Zek had sensed their ease dropping not long ago but had humoured them by making them think he didn't know "you can come out now you two" he slyly remarked looking directly at the book shelf.

"Damm are you saying you knew we were there all along" James said loudly receiving a glare from one of the Librarians James winced, however he soon took a seat near Zek and Hector.

"You bet I did I was just humouring you" Zek said annoyingly, Hector just scoffed "so what's up Zek" James asked changing the subject.

"Nothing much I was just bored and Cid gave me the day off in exchange for fixing the Gardens communication system" Zek replied bluntly, Hector laughed.

"I was beginning to wonder why your not in class for a minute I thought you were wagging of curse your such a perfect student look at you dressed in perfect uniform" Hector remarked sarcastically.

Zek glared at him before an evil grin formed on his face causing James to shudder "of course I am I never do anything wrong" he retorted, James burst into laughter and received more looks "hah yeah right Zek"he said aloud.

Hector shook his head and looked at James "James you're just as bad if I may point out" he remarked at the laughing boy, Ellone chuckled at the argument "what's your names anyway?"

She asked.

Hector stopped to look at her "my apologies my names Hector that's James and you've met Zeke already" he teased receiving death glares from both James and Zek.

"well I'm Ellone and I think everyone's staring at you" she pointed out, Zek grinned sheepishly and scratched his head while James tried to look innocent at everyone else "uh we better go Julia will be back from class by now anyway Zell also said to meet us at the quad" Hector said excusing himself dragging the other two with him.

(A/N hehe me and my friends used to get kicked out of our school library often)

"Well nice meeting you Zek oh here" she said going up to Zek and handing him a card "thanks" he replied , he then took his chance to rescue his laptop and followed Hector who was still pulling James along.

Zek, James and Hector soon met up with Zell and Julia at the quad she seemed to admire a young boy playing guitar "got a crush on him do you" Zek remarked from behind.

Julia swiftly glared at him "no it's just nice you know watching the sea go by it kinda makes you forget the chaos that's been going on you know" she said nostalgia evident in her voice.

Zek smiled "yeah I guess your right but where Nida anyway I have not seen him since like yesterday".

Hector replied instantly "probably with Xu he said something about sorting the Garden out actually I should be there too" after that Hector ran off to wherever he needed to go.

Zek and James just joined Julia and sat down watching the peaceful scenery of continents that passed by quickly "so who wants to go for a swim" Zek said randomly.

Julia laughed at the randomness of Zeks comment, James just replied "hey are you crazy who'd want to do that".

Julia and Zek laughed then Zell finally quit being silent "hey I'm here ya know" Zell blurted out at the three friends.

Zek looked up "we know Zell we're thinking that's all" Zell started to shadow box while James sniggered, "I thought I could smell burning" Julia slyly remarked causing further arguments.

And it ends here I know I said I would be using the FH concert in this chapter but I just wrote this instead so yeah R&R.