Prologue.

High Summoner Yuna stepped over some confetti and walked to the edge of the bridge, she looked down at the city of Bevelle and a sad smile crept on her lips. It had been two months since her battle with Sin, the last ever battle with that monster that would take place. But not everybody's story had a 100 happy ending, hers sure didn't. She had lost her father, her mother and of course the man she had loved with all of her heart. Tidus. Sighing Yuna brushed her light brown hair from her green eye, from the corner of her blue eye she saw something glitter and she turned her head to look. The celebrations below were still taking place and someone set off another firework, Yuna smiled and turned back to stare at the distance. Her eyes drifted over to the calm lands and her tears began to sting her eyes. Ten years ago she had stood in this exact spot, at almost the same hour and stared at the exact place, her father and many before him and died in those lands. The wind swept back into her hair and she sighed impatiently pulling it back out of her face, a hand touched her shoulder and she turned to look at her visitor.

"Lulu…how long have you been there?" She asked in a soft breezy voice, Lulu smiled at her sympathetically, one of her oldest friends Lulu had been like an older sister to Yuna as well as her former guardian.

"Long enough little one," she replied in her velvety voice her red eyes glittering sadly, "Wakka saw you come out here…we're worried about you."

"I'm OK…I…I still miss them that's all…"

"I know you miss…him maybe before we go back…you should travel around a bit?"

"But aren't we expected back in Besaid?"

"Yuna we have the rest of our lives go now while you're still free…you know what to expect when you get back."

"OK….maybe I'll travel with Khimari to Mount Gagazet…then…"

"Go to the Farplanes?" Yuna nodded.

"Yes…I would like to see him again…I just hope I can get through Guadosalam with little trouble or preferably none." She smiled guiltily and turned back to look at the calm lands.

"You have nothing to feel guilty, Maester Seymour is better off on the Farplanes even his people would understand that." Lulu put a comforting arm around Yuna's slim shoulders and guided her back into the inn.

The inside of the inn was flashy, it bore the symbols of Yevon of which Yuna had heard the inn's owner talking about removing, the walls were a deep painted red and the floors where white marble with blue rugs. A small giggle came from one of the large velvet and oak armchairs that sat in front of a large fire. "Wakka let go! I'm ticklish!" The voice screamed in laughter, Yuna and Lulu smiled at each other hearing Rikku and Wakka laughing, there was once a time when Wakka refused to look at Rikku because of who she was.

"Hey Lu…we was just playing ya?" Wakka said grimacing at Lulu's frown, she laughed a deep throaty and laughed and kissed his cheek.

"There is no challenge in fooling you anymore," she sighed sitting on his lap and wrapping her pale arms around his tanned broad shoulders, "it's too easy." Yuna felt her heart twist as Wakka kissed Lulu tenderly, it wasn't that she was jealous of Lulu - like Lulu was practically her older sister she saw Wakka as her older brother - it was just she missed Tidus, she was already missing the future they should have had together. Rikku sensing Yuna's sadness squeezed her arm and said in her over chirpy voice.

"Cheer up Yunie, turn that frown upside down." Yuna smiled down at the young fifteen year old girl, her blond hair tumbled around her shoulders as she pulled the clips out of it her green eyes sparkling with life and amusement.

"I will I'm just going to go to bed now anyway." She replied yawning, everyone nodded sadly and said their goodnights watching as the troubled young woman left the room.

"It's hard for her…" Lulu said sadly, her soft slim fingers lacing through Wakka's thick calloused ones. "Losing Tidus so soon after they came round to their feelings…I sometimes think we helped to keep them apart longer…"

"How?" Rikku asked through a yawn, she sank back into the large comfy chair and tucked her slender legs beneath her.

"We warned him not to interrupt with her pilgrimage," Wakka said, "but Lu you know what Yuna is like…we told her off for wanting to become a Summoner we tried practically everything we could to stop her…look what happened. She will always follow her heart, no matter what anyone says so stop blaming yourself." He looked over at Rikku about to say something else but saw that the girl had already fallen asleep.

"She's cute when she's asleep, not talking." Lulu joked standing up and brushing a lock of hair from the girls eyes, Wakka stretched and stood up also.

"Ya…but you know…I hope our kids will be like her…" Lulu looked into his deep brown eyes and smiled; Wakka walked over to the two and lifted Rikku's small body up from the chair. Lulu opened the doors for him as he carried the small sleeping teenager to her room and laid her on her bed. "She's so peaceful…"

"Please stop," Lulu smiled coming up behind him, "you'll get broody."

"I know." He turned and kissed her but a small guilty thought crept into his mind. "Hey Lu…maybe we should tone it done in front of Yuna…you know what I'm saying ya?"

"Ya." Lulu smiled falling asleep as her head hit the pillow. "I do."

Yuna walked along the silver bridge with its red stripes sadly, a bunch of roses clutched in her hands. Why am I doing this? She asked herself biting the inside of her cheek, I don't even like him let alone love him. She pushed the thoughts to the back of her head telling herself she was marrying him for the good of Spira, these people needed something to cheer about and as long as Yuna hid what she really felt then people would be happy. She reached the middle section of the Bevelle bridge just as Seymour did, he was dressed in blue robes and flanked by four temple monks just as she was. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath as she saw him smile at her through the long white veil, she clutched the roses harder so hard now she could feel the juice leak from the stems, she could feel a coppery taste in her mouth as she realised she was still biting the inside of the cheek. Something was wrong now she knew it, something was missing as her and Seymour began to climb the stairs to the awaiting Maester Mika, something had changed. This hadn't happened the first time. First time? Yuna thought in confusion, then it came to her she was only dreaming. But why would she dream something like this after such a long period? She looked over at Seymour and noticed that his robes began to sway a pyrefly flew in front of her eyes, another one followed and soon she was surrounded by more of them, Yuna reached for her Summoner's rod that she had hid before the wedding but before she could send them she was woken up by a scream.