The Son of Zell: Chapter 1

Twelve years have passed since Kaius was left on the doorstep of Edea.

Kaius was cleaning the front door. He was doing the least chores, as he was the smallest out of all of them. But Kaius had a resemblance of Zell. He had hair like Zell, he always wanted to eat, but he wasn’t fat or chubby. He was thin, but he loved to eat.

Edea told Kaius the other day that senior SeeDs will be here to pick out new recruits to become SeeDs. SeeDs were the special force created to fight Sorceresses and other evil beings. They regularly went on missions to help either individuals or towns and cities with their problems. The SeeDs trained at the military academies called Garden. There were three original Gardens in the world, Balamb Garden, Galbadia Garden and Trabia Garden. Esthar Garden was the newest created and it was in the Esthar region where Squall Leonheart's father, Laguna Loire, ruled. Age eight was the minimum age for admittance to Garden, however it used to be age five. In the past when Garden was first created, the only people who trained to become SeeDs were the children from orphanages.

She walked next to Kaius who was sitting down. “You finished your chores?” Edea asked.

“……Yea,” Kaius replied in a thoughtful way.

“What’s the matter?”

“I’m just thinking…thinking of if I want to be a SeeD when I grow up.”

“Just remember, you can it if you want to. But after if you do, there’s no turning back.”

“I know, it’s that feeling inside of you saying go, and also the feeling saying don’t go," Kaius said.

“I understand about how you feel, but do whatever you want,” Edea said with passion.

“What if I die?” Kaius asked.

Edea had no reply for that question. Because it was true, becoming a SeeD is like sacrificing your life. “Look Kaius, you don’t know if you’ll die. You don’t know, maybe you won’t die, do whatever you want,” Edea said, and she went back in.

Five or ten minutes had gone by and Kaius had made up his mind, he wants to go to Garden and become SeeD. Kaius went to his room to get dressed, because the SeeDs were on the way to the Kramer orphanage. Edea's orphanage had been open many years, since after the first Sorceress War. At that time, Sorceress Adel had been going around trying to find a little girl named Ellone. Somehow, Adel had learned about Ellone's unusual powers and wanted them for herself. Ellone was able to send people's consciousness back in time and Ultimecia wanted this power herself so she could initiate Time Compression. Adel started a war, burning down towns and cities just to find Ellone. Adel also pitted Galbadian and Estharian forces against each other.

Ellone had been captured and experimented on by Dr. Odine. Dr. Odine created a machine that replicated Ellone's powers. In the far future, Ultimecia uses this machine to take her consciousness back in time. This is how she was able to possess all of the different Sorceresses throughout the world. Laguna Loire eventually found Ellone and rescued her. During that time, Laguna's wife Raine, died during childbirth.

Unbeknowest to Laguna, his newborn son Squall was sent to Edea's orphanage. He didn't even know that Raine had been pregnant. After overthrowing Adel, the citizens of Esthar wanted Laguna to become their new leader, so he ended up staying. Laguna took Ellone to Edea's orphanage, hoping she would remain safe. Ellone was taken onto Edea's White SeeD ship to keep her safe. Unfortunately for Squall, nobody explained to him why his big sister was leaving him alone at the orphanage.

“Whats taking them so long,” Kaius asked impatiently.

There was a knock at the door. “YEAH, THAT’S THEM!” Kauis shouted. Edea opened the door and men and women in Garden uniforms showed up, one of them was Xu.

“Hi, do you know why we are for?” asked Xu.

“Yes, please come in.”

“Thank you,” said Xu.

All the children lined up in a single file line with their cleanest set of clothes on. Xu and the team identified each person carefully. The team stopped at Kaius, Xu looked carefully at him, as if he had a resemblance of someone she knew.

Kaius’s heart was pumping hard.

“Can I have a talk with you please?” Xu asked.

“Sure.”

“Follow me please,” Xu gently ordered.

Xu lead Kaius into the front room with the other senior SeeDs. It looked as if Edea cleaned this room herself instead of the children.

“Please sit down.”

Kaius sat down with a worried look on his face. “Y...Y...Yes?” Kaius asked.

“Can you please tell me your age, name, height and weight please?”

“Ok, I’m twelve years old, my name is Kaius, my height is 5 foot 1 and my weight is fifty kilo’s,” Kaius answered.

“This isn’t going to affect your reference in Garden, its just information. The real question is, do you want to join Garden?” Xu asked.

“Um…Um…Um…”