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The Beginning of the End	By : RydiaMajere Category: Final Fantasy VII > Het - Male/Female Views: 878 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 1: First Day, First Impressions

Sephiroth sat in the far back of the class. The white walled
room, was filled with desks large enough to accommodate four people, he sat at
one by himself. Only a huge black board at the front of the room, and two large
bookshelves, covered the white walls. Sephiroth found the room itself utterly
boring, it was the children around him that held the most interest.

He carefully surveyed each of the twenty, seven year olds in
the room. His sharp gaze lingered on only two of the children. The first was a
boy with dark brown, spiky, short hair and hazel eyes. The boy had quickly
proceeded to make friends with a few of the other boys in the class. He was
currently sitting at a desk at the front of the room, surrounded by his new
friends and laughing heartily at whatever joke had been said.

Lastly, Sephiroth's gaze rested on the figure of a child in
the opposite corner from him. He couldn't tell if the child was a boy or a
girl, from the way it was covered. The child (having nothing else to call it)
wore black from head to toe. A cloak covered most of the child's body, only
slender, white hands, which were folded and resting on the desk in front of the
child, protruded from the sleeves. Even the cloak's hood was pulled low over
the child's head, making it impossible to see the face.

Sephiroth narrowed his eyes, trying his hardest to try and
deduce the sex of the figure across the room from him. Hmm, he thought to himself, what
an interesting challenge, his curiosity sparked.

Finally the teacher entered. She was a plump old woman, with
grey hair, soft blue eyes over a pudgy nose and a warm smile. She wore an old
grey dress that was covered in a variety of coloured flowers. Sephiroth briefly
hoped she wasn't like the lab assistants.

"Good day class." The teacher's voice rang through
the room as surely as a bell could. "My name is Mrs. Lockport, I'll be
your English teacher. I know your all new, so when I call role call please tell
us something about yourself so we can get to know you better."

Sephiroth frowned; he didn't want to say anything about
himself. But... he thought, it would be interesting to hear about what
the others have to say, particularly the child in black. He turned his
attention back to the role call.

"Arbok, Sam." Mrs. Lockport called.

A boy next to the brown, spiked haired boy shyly raised his
hand. "Umm, here. My Grandpa is a fisherman."

"Thank you Sam." Mrs. Lockport said and then
continued with the role call.

Sephiroth listened to each name, recorded it in his mind and
then attached a picture to the name after a hand was raised in response to the
name.

"Majere, Rydia"

"Here." A voice barely above a whisper, but was clearly
heard throughout the room, emitted forth from the shadows of the hood from the
child in black.

Sephiroth was amazed at the softness of the voice and the
distinguishable tone of a female. Sooo...
he thought to himself, a girl. Rydia,
what an interesting name. It'll be fun trying to find out more.

Mrs. Lockport frowned. "Rydia, please remove your hood
and tell us something about yourself."

Rydia made no move to remove her hood, but she did reply,
"I'm not afraid of anything." Her whispery voice rang out again.

Hmm, cocky.
Sephiroth laughed silently. This was the most fun he'd ever had.

The teacher continued on with the role call. Sephiroth had
lost interest though and was still pondering about Rydia, when suddenly a name
was repeated twice in a more angry tone of voice.

"Virgeo, Zack. ZACK VIRGEO." Mrs. Lockport had her
hands on her hips and was looking at the brown, spiky haired boy.

The boy quickly turned to face her. "Oopps. Sorry.
Oh... um... here! I come from Gongaga!" Zack smiled hugely.

Sephiroth shook his head in disgust. He's too energetic.

Finally the teacher called out his name. "Here."
He simply said.

The teacher seemed to be waiting for something.
"Annnddd..."

Sephiroth made no reply, simply stared back at her as he did
to the lab assistants when he was tired of listening to their babble.

"Don't you wish to tell us something about
yourself?" Mrs. Lockport was exasperated.

"No." Sephiroth replied in his most bored tone of
voice.

The teacher didn't press on and Sephiroth smirked slightly.
Then he felt as if someone was still staring at him and he turned to find Rydia
watching him closely. He still couldn't see most of her face, but he could see
soft brown eyes and the outline of what could only be a delicately featured
face.

Rydia's eyes narrowed when he turned to her and he thought
he caught a flash of red in her eyes as she turned her head away.

"All right class." Mrs. Lockport had resumed
speaking. "Because you are all unfamiliar with the Academy, I've been
asked to give you a short tour. If you would all follow me."

Mrs. Lockport walked to the door and then patiently waited
for her students to gather around her before opening the door. Slowly, the
group of children filed out behind her.

Sephiroth stood farthest away from
the group as he could possibly get without being told to come closer. He found
himself walking next to Rydia as he followed the rest of the class. She was
only slightly shorter than him, and walked with her head high, the hood making
it seem though as if she still had it bent. The cloak she wore, went down
nearly to her feet and made it seem as if she were gliding over the tiled
hallway rather than walking.

Suddenly the teacher stopped. She pointed to a door next to
her, the first door from their classroom. "This is where your next class
will be. It's the science lab."

She continued on down the hallway pointing out more rooms as
they went, including the mess hall that was empty now save for rows and rows of
tables. Coming to the library, Sephiroth stood amazed at the rows and rows of
bookshelves crammed full with books. Looking over at his companion, he found
her completely unimpressed. When she noticed him watching her, she shrugged and
replied, "My father has a larger collection at home."

The class moved on, this time Mrs. Lockport leading them too
the gym's observation room. "This is the observation room." Mrs.
Lockport explained. "Below us is the gym."

Sephiroth and most of the class pressed up against the glass
so that they could look at the gym below. The gym was huge, bigger than
anything Sephiroth had ever seen before. The floor was covered in blue mats,
punching bags and weights stood off to one side of the gym, leaving the centre
free of all clutter. Currently two of the older students were practicing their
martial arts below.

"The main function for this room is to allow younger
students or teachers to watch as older students or even soldiers, practice
without being in the way. The gym below was made to even allow soldiers to try
out their skills against one another. " Mrs. Lockport continued to
explain.

"Cool" the students murmured as a whole.

"When will we get to do things like that?" Zack
questioned, not taking his face from the window.

Mrs. Lockport chuckled, "Not for some time. But come
now there is still other places to see."

Sephiroth reluctantly removed his face from the glass and
followed the rest of the students.

The last place Mrs. Lockport took them was the most
fantastic for Sephiroth.

"And this is the garden." Mrs. Lockport spread her
arms to encompass the mass of trees, flowers and plants of all sorts.

Sephiroth's eyes grew wide as he observed all the different
colours around him. The sun above shone bright and warm. Rydia too seemed
impressed with her surroundings.

"Herbs of all sorts are grown here for the use of
making potions and poisons of all sorts." Mrs. Lockport explained.
"It also seems to be a favourite spot for students too study and..."

Coming around a corner Mrs. Lockport stopped. Ahead of them
and under a tree stood an older boy and girl. Sephiroth was disgusted and
confused with the way that the boy was holding the girl, their mouths touching.

Mrs. Lockport cleared her throat and the students around him
adding a few "Eww"'s to it. The boy jumped, obviously startled,
"Ahh... Hi... Umm... Mrs. Lockport, we were... ah... just leaving."
The girl's cheeks flushed a bright red, and for a minute Sephiroth wondered if
she were sick.

"Don't you have something better to do Jeremy?
Emily?" Mrs. Lockport placed her hands on her hips, and the children
around her snickered.

"Ah... yeah... Now that you mention it." Jeremy
quickly grabbed Emily's arm and they almost ran past the group of students.

"As I was saying..." Mrs. Lockport continued to
talk.

Sephiroth's attention though turned to Rydia, who was
delicately caressing the petals of a black flower. "What is it?" He
asked, coming to stand beside her.

"Its a black rose. Very rare." she answered in a
very soft voice. Gingerly, she plucked the flower from the plant. Only when her
hand withdrew did Sephiroth notice the long thorns on the plant.

Rydia placed the flower in Sephiroth's hand and then turned
back to the plant. "My father told me that roses especially are very
protective of themselves. Even though the flower is very beautiful it is hard
to take it. If you aren�t careful or if the plant simply doesn't want you too,
it can cut and seriously hurt you. The three colours of roses - white, red and
black, stand for different things as well." Rydia spread her arms to
encompass the other roses.

"The white ones are untouched. Meaning their thrones
are smaller and softer, only scratching the skin but not breaking it. The red ones
stand for blood. Their thorns are large and sharp. Our blood is what gives the
flowers their deep red." Rydia softly touched a red rose as she spoke.

"The black ones though..." She indicated the
blossom in Sephiroth's hand. "stand for death. Their thorns are poisoned.
Even a scratch can kill." She finished quietly.

Sephiroth carefully touched the velvety petals of the flower
in his hand, realizing the significance of what she had done and having a
greater respect for both the plant and the girl.

Mrs. Lockport and the other children began moving away.
Keeping his hand gently around the flower, Sephiroth quickly moved to catch up
with them. Rydia keeping in stride with him.

When Mrs. Lockport finished giving the tour of the Academy
and Sephiroth had a clear idea of where everything was, he found himself back
at the first room Mrs. Lockport had showed them.

A bell rang and Mrs. Lockport explained to them that that
meant the first class was over and they were to begin heading to their next
class. She had then told them to wait for the next bell before going into their
next class.

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So it was that they were all standing in the hallway waiting
for the bell to ring, when Zack finally decided to approach the two students
that stood most apart from the rest. He had always enjoyed making friends
especially with those that didn't want to make friends. He found it
challenging, and these two were definitely going to be a challenge.

"Sephiroth and Rydia, right?" Zack asked. Looking
from the tall, silver haired boy to the black clothed girl. Both gave him the
most venomous glares he had ever seen. Normal kids might have been frightened
off and in fact the kids standing nearest them backed up a few steps. But he
wasn't deterred.

�My name's Zack!" He pronounced happily and stuck out
his hand.

"So I heard." Sephiroth stated sarcastically, the
glare in his glowing emerald eyes increasing ten fold, if such a thing were
possible.

When it looked like neither were going to shake his hand, Zack
withdrew it. "So, um, where are you guys from?"

Neither answered only continuing to glare. Zack started to
sweat a bit, man; these two are going to
be harder than I thought.

The second bell rang and all the students filled into the
classroom. Zack brought up the very rear; still pondering on how he might gain
Sephiroth and Rydia's friendship.

Upon entering Zack found the small room packed full with
chemicals, pictures and various instruments. The desks were even smaller than in
the last room and the only seat left was directly in between Rydia and
Sephiroth.

Without hesitation he took the seat and pointedly ignored
the glares coming from each of his sides.

"Good morning class." A tall, thin man with
glasses turned toward them after writing his name on the chalkboard. "My
name is Mr. Heibert and I'll be your science teacher. I know you've all been
through introductions so I will waste no further time." With that Mr. Heibert began to pass out
textbooks and then the class started.

Zack was only thankful that the glares were diverted from
him.

For the remainder of the school day, Zack stuck close to his
prey in hopes that they might yet relent. The day passed quickly and soon Mrs.
Lockport returned to show them to their bunkhouse. Beds were assigned to each
child. Boys on the left side of the large, long room and girls on the right.
Beside each bed there was a trunk and small nightstand with a lamp. Zack got
his, three-quarter the way down the room. Opening the trunk, he found all of
his possessions that had been taken from him earlier in the day. Looking
around, he found Rydia opposite of him and Sephiroth beside him.

"What do you know..." Zack said, smiling at the
silver haired boy next to him.

Sephiroth looked up from the trunk that he had been looking
into and glared back at him. Zack sighed and got ready for bed.

"Lights out is in fifteen minutes." Mrs.
Lockport's voice echoed through the room. "Wake up call is at 05:00 hours.
You will all be expected to be in uniform and ready for your first classes.
These will be your quarters for the next five years, so get used to them. For
two months in the summer though you will be allowed to go home. Good
night." The teacher then took her leave and the children got ready to sleep.

Those
who fear thorns can not pick the roses ~ Unknown
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