Chapter Three - Zell
Hot dogs, hot dogs, hot dogs!

The first thing I remember in the morning.

I quickly put on some sweat pants and a t-shirt and ran out of my dorm
to the cafeteria.

I ran to the lunchlady and asked, �Do you have any hot dogs left?�

�Ofcorse, Zell, we do,� the lady answered as she handed me a hot dog.

�Alright!� I cried as I threw my fist up into the air.

I happily ran and sat down at a table.

I took a big bite out of the hot dog.

I loved these things, but I have to hurry in order to get them.  I�ve
learned to hurry every time I want hot dogs.

�Excuse me,� I heard a voice say.

I looked up and I saw a girl with green eyes and brown hair standing
over me.

�Hello,� I replied.

�I transfered here from another Garden, and I need some help getting
around.�

�Okay, let me just fix myself up,� I replied.  I liked meeting new
people.

I looked into her eyes.  Wow.  Something came over me.  A new feeling.

I shook myself out of it.

I stood up and said, �I�m Zell Dincht.�

�THE Zell Dincht?� the girl asked, astonished.  �The man who fought
Sorceress Ultimecia?  And Seifer?�

My face turned red, �That�s me!�

She shook my hand, �I�m Judith Demarsberg.�

�It�s nice to meet you,� I replied.

We began to walk to my dorm.

�Where did you transfer here from?� I asked.

�Galbadia Garden.�

I stood back.  We fought hundreds of Galbadian Soilders during our
mission to defeat the Sorceress.

She looked at me, then realized why I stood back.

She giggled and said, �I�m not a Galbadian soilder, I�m a SeeD.�

I stepped just a little closer.

�All the Galbadian soilders were just high ranked SeeD�s anyway,� she
continued.

�Why did you transfer?�I asked.

�Galbadia was just closer to where my parents live.  I always wanted to
go to Balamb - it�s beautiful.�

I looked around.  Galbadia Garden was definitely bigger, but Balamb was
more tranquil.  Balamb was more of a garden.  Beautiful plants grew as
they creeped across the
ceiling.  The pitter-patter was something you could listen to for
hours.  She was right.

�My parents told me that when I became a SeeD I could go to Balamb. 
But when I did, Galbadia was under Seifer�s tyranny.  I decided to hide
in Galbadia Garden until it
was all over.�

�I was in Galbadia, but only for a short time.  And the place was
crawling with monsters.�

We reached my dorm.

�Stay out here,� I said as I went into my bathroom to change.

When I was finished, I went back out of find Judith sitting on my bed
looking at my gloves.

�The one you�re looking at is the Premium Heart glove.  It was my
grandmother�s,� I said.

�Tifa Lockheart�s,� she whispered.  �Greatness runs in the family,
huh?�

�I guess, but I�m still in this dorm.�

�When do you want to leave?�

�I dunno,� I replied as I scratched my head, �Maybe when I find myself
a wife.  Me and her could move to Esthar and live there forever.�

What am I doing?  I feel so at ease with this girl.

�I love Esthar.  I only passed though there once with my parents,
though,� Judith commented.

�Maybe I�ll take you some day,�

�Do you have a girlfriend?�

�I don�t know if that�s what you call it.  She likes me.�

�Do you like her?�

I thought for a moment.  She just told me she liked me at the party.  I
just replied �maybe we should spend some time together� and she went
ballistic!

�Actually, I don�t really know if I like like her.  We haven�t spent
enough time together,� I answered.

She looked at a picture of my friends and me.

�Is this you in the middle?� she asked.

�That�s me!  And Squall, Rinoa, Selphie, Irvinne and Quistis!� I
triumphantly pointed out.

�The whole gang.  You guys are really famous in Galbadia.�

�Are we?� I was amazed.

We bagn walking toward the Parking Lot.

�I�m going to give you the whole tour!� I said.

�Thank you,� she politely answered.

�What�s you specialty as a SeeD?� I asked.  �Mine are my fists o�
fire!�

I began punching the air.

�I�m really good with chinese stars and wind magic.�

We came to the Parking Lot.

�This is the Parking Lot, students can get cars here.�

�Duh,� she replied.

I laughed, �I guess that is kind of a duh, isn�t it?�

We continued on.

�Have you had any experience with GFs?� I asked.

�GFs?  You mean Guardian Forces?�

�Ofcorse!�

�Not really.  I decided that if I needed to, I�ll use them.�

�Selphie came up with some research that shows that GFs use the memory
space in your brain.  And you can loose little bits and pieces of your
memory.�

�Your memories or power - tough choice.�

�Not really, you can remeber everything if you keep a journal.�

�A diary?�

�I call mine a journal.�

�Kind of like a manly diary, huh?�

She giggled.

I scratched my head.

�This is the Training Center,� I continued.  �You can practice your
skills, but be careful,  loose monsters are running around in there and
you do not want to pass out.
That�s why is good not to go in alone.�

�Have you ever passed out in there, Zell?�

�Me?  Nah.  It�s pretty hard to die when all you fight are Grats.  Plus
I go in with my friends all the time.�

�Then why are you telling me about dying and passing out?�

�The T-Rexaur.�

She nodded.  She knows what I�m talking about.  The T-Rexaur is the
meanest damn animal in the whole place.  But you can learn a lot from
fighting it.

We continued.

�I really appreciate this,� she said.

�It�s no problem,  I�m on vacation.�

�Vacation?  Why don�t you go out and travel?�

�I have family in Balamb.�

�All of my family is in Deling City.�

�Did you go to the parade?�

�I remember the parade.  I wasn�t there, but it was in the news.  How
was jail?�

I remember the parade.  Sorceress Ultimecia possessed Edea.  Then
Squall, Irvinne, and Rinoa had to attack after Selphie, Quistis and I
trapped her.

We were thrown into the D-District Prison near Deling City.

Rinoa and Irvinne gout out and Squall was being tortured by Seifer.

I can�t believe Squall stayed strong during the whole ordeal.

�Prison was horrible, Judith,� I began.  �When I said one thin, the
guards punched me in the gut because we were all unarmed.  When I stood up
for the Moomba that was
being abused, the guard beat me up totally.  But it was all good when
we escaped.�

�Wow, you are so brave,� she said admireingly.

�I�m not, Squall is.  He took all those electric shocks.�

We came to the library.

�This is the library.  You�ll be in here a lot.  The girls love me.�

�You cound conceided.�

�It�s not my fault.�

�I don�t blame them.�

I looked at her.

She giggled.

I laughed.

The intercom bells came on, �Would Student Number 84734 Judith
Demarsberg please report to her dorm.�

�Sorry, Zell, I have to go,� she said.

She smiled, �Thank you for the tour.�

She kissed me on the cheek.

�That�s only one-half of it!� I called.

She left.

I really like her.
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