Chapter 10

As everyone stood around in the kitchen, Squall wondered who the lady was that invited everyone to stay here.

"The lady's name is Chief. She is a member of the resistance. Almost everyone is a member of the owls. They keep a low profile." said Rinoa.

"What do owls do in the resistance?" asked Quistis.

"Our mission is to free Timber nation from the greedy Galbadian government. They many of us, but right we're the only active ones." Everyone was still reeling from the incident early, but they were still trying to figure what Seifer had come here.

"Maybe he came to help me and my cause." Squall really didn't want to hear about Rinoa's late-night talks with Seifer about her goals. He could care less. Henry notices how Squall was acting; he senses that Squall might be jealous of Seifer. Henry walks up to Squall to ask him a question.

"You like her?" Henry asked.

"Who?" asked Henry.

"Rinoa."

"I do not."

"Really?"

"What do you really think of her?"

"As what?"

"You know what?"

"I don't want your applying."

"Whatever you said, Squall." But Henry could see in Squall's face that he had a crush on Rinoa. He didn't want to admit to it. Squall had tuned out Rinoa until she mentions don't think too badly of Seifer. Just then, a knock was heard at the door. It was the Galbadian soldiers.

"If anybody in here. Open up!" Chief goes to open up the door.

"Sir, it just me and my two small children. Please don't frighten them." Then someone from upstairs tells them to hurry and get upstairs. So they head up and wait until the close is clear.

"I hope Chief is ok."

"Don't worry, she ok. There is a legend going around about her. Her strength, cooking, and beauty have taken down many soldiers." Sephie made a smart wisecrack about her beauty being a legend. Then as the wait, Quistis gives insight into why Seifer broke out of the school.

"You should have seen his face when he heard only the three of you were being sent to Timber. He was angry. I have never seen him that angry before. He went on about what happens if you guys have to fight the whole Galbadian army, and it just you rookie members to do it. And that is when he decided he was coming to Timber." It didn't cross Quistis mind that he would be serious about coming here. But Squall knew Seifer wasn't the type of person to be held back from a mission. He took everything seriously. Then the groups discuss what would happen to Seifer.

"I bet by now he is probably dead." This was the only thing that came to Squall's mind,

"Squall, how can you be so insensitive?" Rinoa took Squall's words to heart, but Squall didn't see how Seifer could survive in Galbadian, espically after taking the president hostage. Rinoa was the only one who felt sorry for him. Squall was thinking if Seifer heard these words, he would laugh it off. Seifer didn't want anyone feeling sorry for him. Hell, he didn't even feel sorry for himself. The thought of it made Squall chuckle a little. Henry was enjoying Squall being a smartass. He wished he had Squall's way of thinking. He didn't let things get to him.

"Well, if you didn't know this by now. The president and the sorceress and already joined forces. And after he tried to attack the president, there would be no way that hadn't been killed because of it." Rinoa is living in a fairy tale; if she thinks, things always happen the way she says that would. Squall knows that the reality of this world, don't happen that way.

"So don't go and get your hope up high because then you feel less pain. But it doesn't matter to me because whatever you desire is your business, not mine." Rinoa didn't like the way Squall and called him mean. But he was telling the truth, and sometimes people can't always handle the truth. Chief comes upstairs to update them on what happened.

"So the Galbadian soldiers have left, and only the one station here are left behind. Now is your chance to leave. Take it while you have it." Squall was ready to leave. So now they had to figure out where they were heading next. But they knew they couldn't go back to Balamb Garden since it wasn't possible. So the next best thing would be to head to the nearest Garden. The one closest to the was Galbadian Garden. So that's is where they were headed. They get off the train and head to Dollet. They have to go through Dollet to reach the Garden. A forest is in front of them. They enter the forest a take a minute to rest.

"The Garden is just through this forest."

"You know what? I was thinking of some bad news from the Galbadian government. What happens if were caught? Would they broadcast that to the whole world?" Sephie and her imagination got the best of her sometimes. But the group knew that they should be careful just in case. With Sephie saying that got Zell all riled up, but then he remembers he was the cause of this mess.

"It's my fault if anything happens. I am always opening my mouth when I shouldn't have." When Zell said that, it made Henry laugh. Then he became silent. Everyone turns to look at him. He swallows as he became the focus of attention. Quistis was curious as to who this person was.

"I've never seen you before. Where do you come from?" 'Oh, no!' Henry thought to himself. Now he was put in a corner with no way to back out of it.

"Well, you probably don't remember me, but I was one of the kids at the orphanage. But I was adopted a year after that. I mostly kept to myself." Everyone was trying to think back then but couldn't remember if he was are not. Henry watched everyone's expression. It looks like his story was working, for now.

"Well, take your word for it. But will be keeping a watch over you." Squall doesn't trust Henry yet, but he doesn't know why. Maybe it was his bad vibe. So they enter the woods in search of the Galbadian Garden.

"You got anything?"

"Nothing. The Garden has to be somewhere in here. So let's keep going." Squall stop suddenly when he heard a ringing in his ear. Then he fell to his knees and pass out. Rinoa was trying to wake, but it didn't work. Henry had a feeling of what was happening. Henry noticed Quistis drop. Then Sephie hit the floor too. The only ones awake were Rinoa, Zell, and Henry. Then Rinoa wonders what was going on.

"Looks like they're heading to the dream world."

"Dream world?" Henry knew that Squall, Quistis, and Sephie were heading to meet Laguna and his boys.

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