Author: All right, I know, a new story, whatever, don't judge me. This story was never here on , it was on , er, or .net, whatever, I haven't been on that site in years. I know, it's a little bit of a stale topic, but I'm so obsessed with Final Fantasy X that I had to follow in everybody else's footsteps. So, what would happen if I ended up in FFX? I wish that was possible, haha.

Setsuna: Thank Yevon it's not me in a story for once. Blue's Clues story doesn't count 'cause that's technically you…er, me… What-the-fuck-ever.

Author: Thank Yevon I don't have to deal with your bitchy attitude for this story.

Setsuna: No, but you'll torture me with a Tuna story.

Author: Well, since you don't exist in this story, it's going to be as close as possible to the actual script (which I found on the internet, oh sure, there's a script for THIS game, but NOT one for Fallout 3.)

Setsuna: Shut up, people don't want to read your shit. You better hope all this swearing doesn't bump you up a rating.

Author: Yeah, I know, I swear a lot, heh heh. I really hope dropping one or two F-bombs in this story isn't going to kill the rating. I'm going to try something new here. I've read a lot of really good stories that switch between third person and first person, so I'm going to give it a shot. I figured new re-write, time for something new. I might just do the introduction and some other little parts in third person, but we'll just have to see ^_~

By the way, this story is rated T for Teen by the SSS Corp. (Setsuna Says So) for excessive swearing by yours truly, and some violence. Basically, everything it says on the back of the Final Fantasy X box with Excessive Swearing. I need to make a logo for SSS Corp…but that's beside the point ^_~

(Also, I do not own Final Fantasy X, the story, or the characters. I would however, like to own Auron and Tidus if I could ^_~ but if I had to choose just one, then Auron for sure.)

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A young woman is sitting in a dorm room at her college. It's a Saturday, the rest of her dorm mates are out or still have their doors closed. Earlier that day she went to the football game, but now it was time to just sit back and relax. Her 360 needs a break, and she's in the mood for something a bit more…well, in this console war, a PS2 game would probably be considered 'old school,' but to her it was the greatest game in the world. She sets up her PS2 on top of her 360 and pops in her game disc…and then waits for five minutes for her PS2 Fat to load the game, so she decides to grab a can of Full Throttle and a Rice Krispie and settles down with her back on the pillows. She loads up her saved game from the Calm Lands, but that's when something strange happens. Despite the fact that she had already logged in about 20 hours of game play, the game decides to start over from the beginning. She notices the opening was different, too. All the characters weren't looking at the fire like they were supposed to, oh no, they were looking at the 'camera.' Tidus still stood up and walked to the hill, and Yuna still looked sad and at the ground when he put his hand on her shoulder, but this time there were no words spoken after Tidus made it to the hill. A loud humming suddenly fills the dorm room, and the PS2 takes on an unearthly gold glow. Unable to contain her curiosity, the woman pushes herself off of her bed and walks slowly over to the set of drawers that her consoles rested on and lightly touches the PS2. The gold glow surrounds her and a rush of images clouds her mind, but all of them are blurry and unable to be interpreted. The glow gets brighter and the woman appears to disintegrate, but to her, it was as if she blacked out.

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I wonder what happened. All I know is I was messing around with my Playstation 2 after it started to glow gold. Next thing I know I black out and suddenly it feels like I'm laying on sand. Sand?! There's no beach here, absolutely no beach around my college! Something's going on. I guess the only thing I can do is push myself off of the ground. Ugh, my body feels like crap, I must have hit the ground pretty hard.

I finally get to my feet and have a look around where I landed. I am in fact on a beach, but uh…where? I will say one thing, it's gorgeous! The ocean seems to stretch out for forever and the breeze feels wonderful! There's a boat dock on my right, and it looks like there's a path that goes off through two walls of rock to…a lush green…area? Wait a minute! There's no way I'm where I think I am, that's crazy! I run over to the water and kneel in front of it and start splashing my face with water. That's when I start hearing voices to my left. They have a very distinctive accent, one a character from my favorite game has. I gulp and turn my head. Three guys come running out from the path dressed in yellow outfits and carrying…blue bumpy soccer-like balls. One of them, I can't believe it! has an orange cowlick and a blue headband. This is impossible…I can't be here!! I must be dreaming. I splash more water on my face to see if I can wake myself up. He must've seen me, he's coming over here! What the hell am I supposed to say?! 'Hi, Wakka, I know who you are because I've played your game over and over again. What's a game? Well, I'll explain…' As if on cue, Wakka starts speaking to me.

"Hey, you! Ya, you!" he stands next to me. I gulp again and look up at his face. He squints and gives me a once over. "You're new, ya? Came off the boat this mornin'?" I can only stare at him. Here he is, speaking to me plain as the glasses on my face…wait a minute! My glasses! I don't feel them on my face. I don't say anything to him and I run over to where I woke up and frantically start feeling around in the sand. Wakka looks confused and jogs over to me, kneeling next to me and helping me look. "What'cha lookin' for?"

"My glasses!" I screech, saying my first words to him and brining my hands up and flinging sand everywhere. He holds up a hand to shield his eyes from the sand I so graciously rained over him. "I know they're here! They're kinda small, and they're black with like a blue line! Seriously, help me find my glasses!!" Wakka shrugs and feels through the sand as well, but both of us find nothing.

"Sorry, ya? I don't seem to have found 'em. What are they, by the way?" I stop my search and gasp slightly. Well, duh, stupid! Have you seen anyone in the game that wears glasses! Lucky assholes apparently have perfect vision that they don't need glasses! Well, Auron wears sunglasses, but I think those are a different story. I shake my head and look over to where the other two blitzers are practicing and realize something. I can see them just fine! Almost every detail on their outfits is as clear as a bell to me.

"Well, uh…they, ya see…" I try to explain, my hands frantically moving around as I speak. I can't help it, I talk with my hands! "They're sorta like…glass and they used to help me see, but uh…apparently when I fell my eyes were fixed, so it looks like I don't need them anymore! Heh heh…" Wakka gives me a strange look.

"Ya fell?" he says as he gets to his feet, extending a hand to me for assistance in helping me up, which I accept graciously. "So ya didn't come off the boat this mornin'…" He mulls over what I said and he gets this look like a light bulb just exploded over his head. "You must've got close to Sin or somethin', ya?" he shakes his head. I nod quickly; yeah sure, I'll use the same excuse Tidus uses. I'll get sympathetic looks, but at least I won't have to explain myself. "That's too bad, ya? But! at least you're alive! Praise-" he starts to say and starts to do the prayer gesture, but I stop him.

"Yeah, yeah, Praise Be to Yevon, I got it," I quickly do the gesture and stand up straight as soon as I can. I hear my back crack and I wince. "Uh…so like, it appears you've got practice, so I'm going to go head to Besaid Village. Do you think the Crusaders would mind if I like, crashed there? I don't have any gil on me, but I'll help out if I can!" Wakka seems shocked at my vast knowledge of Besaid. Well, duh, idiot, you just told him you got close to Sin so of course he won't expect you to know anything about the island, let alone about the Crusaders lodge! I need to learn to watch my mouth.

"Uh…ya sure you can make it there yourself? If ya fell, you probably shouldn't walk by yourself, ya?" He moves over to me and takes my arm gently. "I'll take ya there. I don't need to practice, but my boys sure do, ya?" he laughs lightly and begins to lead me to the path he came running down only moments earlier. I nod, well, that does sound like a good idea, I have no means by which to fight fiends…well, there is something I could try… Wakka leaves me at the opening of the path and returns to the other two blitzers, obviously explaining to them my situation. That's not hard to tell, seeing as how they both turn to me and do the Prayer gesture. I wave slightly and nod my thanks. I begin to walk slowly down the path and head over to the path that had been made over the large old machina. What was I going to do? Why the hell am I here in a video game world? I suddenly realize that I haven't taken a look at myself since I woke up. I wonder if any of my clothes are torn. I stop at the top of the machina and look down at myself and almost scream.

My clothes are different?! That happened, too?! What the hell is going on! When I got home from the football game I was wearing my red tank top and my black skinny jeans (I wore my football jersey over the tank top, I mean, come on, it's a jersey and it has holes, I don't want people to see my goodies!). What I currently find myself looking at is a lot different. Instead of my jeans, I'm wearing what looks to be black bicycle shorts that are shorter than I normally wear my shorts, like I wear my shorts to the knee, I'm wearing these shorts to halfway to my knee! Well, uh…at least my legs look a bit shapelier… There was something tied around my waist, too, with a gold buckle in the front. Attached to it and hanging from the front to behind me, it's hard to explain, like it's a long layered black cloth that isn't the same length all around me, kinda like a skirtish…thing, but it's really cool! Yay, I really like my boots. They remind me of the knee high high-heeled boots I have back home, but they don't have a zipper, they only tie up in the front, well, technically the ones back home do, too, but it's more to make them fit me. Plus, the heel's not skinny; it's a bit wider and looks more stable, and yay, it makes the 'click' noise! Good, haha, I don't want to be a klutz because of my shoes here! My tank top's changed into a kind of corset…it's dark red with the sides tied up with long bright red ribbons, so apparently when I put my shirt…er, top, on, I have to tie it up. My arms have the sleeve-type arm warmers that Yuna wears, except they're black, longer, and there are gold dragon patterns decorating the fabric (how I missed these when I was looking for my glasses I have no idea). This outfit is so gorgeous! I reach up and touch my hair. It feels like the length and style hasn't changed, it's still an angled bob, thank goodness. My hair's still dyed black, too, and for that I'm thankful. I feel as though there's something around my neck, so I move my hand and touch there. It feels like I'm wearing some kind of choker, it feels like lace, and there's a charm dangling from it. I touch the charm, feeling it with my fingers. From what I can feel, it's a large S pendant with a dragon wrapped around it. What's with all the dragons? They're on my sleeves and there's one on my charm…

I suddenly hear something coming up behind me, so I turn around quickly, arms raised as if I'm going to beat down a fiend. Wakka raises one of his arms up and waves it around (the other one's carrying a blitzball, apparently the one he uses as a weapon). "Whoa, whoa, easy there, ya? Ya look like you're going to beat me up!" I put my arms down and laugh lightly.

"Oh, uh…sorry, Wakka, I uh…thought you might be a fiend." I quickly cover my mouth. What the hell did I just say? He never introduced himself to me, how am I going to get out of this one!? Wakka just smiles, walks up the path, past me, and starts heading down the next pathway.

"I take it ya heard of me from the blitzball games in Luca, is that it?" I nod and start following him, jogging a bit to catch up. "Ya, I figured ya would. But, uh, ya never told me your name, ya?" he turns his head to look at me and smiles. I laugh lightly, oh yeah, duh stupid.

"Sorry. There wasn't really time for introductions back there while I was freaking out over what happened, hah," I smile back. I don't know why, but I'm starting to look at Wakka in a whole new light, kinda like when Wakka felt bad about what happened to Home and tried comforting Rikku…well, until the whole 'happy fireworks' bit, but at least he made up for it! I just always kinda found him annoying and whiny, but walking with him like this, and him looking out for me, well, he seems like a really nice guy. "My name's Stephanie. You're welcome to call me Steph if you want, but most people don't. Like, it's easier to tell teachers just to call me Stephanie, it just sounds a bit more professional, plus, there was this one time in middle school I told a teacher to call me Steph and she never did, so I just started going by Stephanie, and-" I stop talking. Wow, I kept going on. Wakka didn't seem to mind; he was simply nodding his head and smiling while I was rambling on. "Sorry, it's just…I ramble when I get kinda nervous and stuff."

"Hey, it's understandable, ya? Ya fell apparently and if you were close to Sin it's only obvious that you're nervous, it's okay." I nod and keep walking with him down the paths, over the bridges, thankful that we don't see any fiends, but that doesn't stop Wakka from bringing them up. "So, I got a question, ya? Ya wanted to walk to the Village by yourself, but do ya have a way to fight fiends?" I tap my chin with my index finger and think. Well, I'm not sure if I suddenly acquired magic upon entering Spira…

"To be honest…" I start, looking around, seeing if there was one of the wolf fiends to start waving my hands to see if I could do magic, "I'm not sure. I'll admit, I have no talent when it comes to fighting, at least, I think so, but considering that I fell and my vision obviously got fixed, who knows if I suddenly acquired fighting skills, too!" I laugh lightly. "I hope I got magic!" Wakka turns his head and gives me another look-over.

"I gotta say, ya kinda look like you could be a Summoner," he nods to himself. "Maybe you were trying to fight Sin and ya lost your memory."

"No! I know my memory, I know exactly what happened and that's not it!" I suddenly yell and stop walking. Wakka stops walking as well and takes a step back, holding up a hand in defense.

"Whoa, whoa, sorry, ya!" his voice wavers slightly. "I didn't know it would be a sore spot." He steps back over next to me and starts walking again, motioning me to follow, which I do. "So, do ya wanna tell me about what happened then?"

"Uh…no, actually," I shake my head. "I don't think you'd be able to comprehend what I would tell you…" Wakka shrugs and looks forward. "I wish I could comprehend it… But you brought up an interesting point; I do kinda look like a Summoner, don't I?" I give a little twirl as I walk, letting the cloth buckled around my waist flow out. "I wonder why…"

"Ya know, there is a Temple here on Besaid," he says and points to the Village which has come into full view. "Maybe you can talk to one of the priests and they can help you." I tap my chin with my finger again and ponder over what he said. You know, that could work. Maybe what happened to me is connected to the Temple somehow, I mean, come on, a lot of stuff in the game is! There has to be an answer in the Temple, it makes sense! I nod vigorously and Wakka and I take a step into the Village.

"Wow, it looks a lot bigger in person than it does in the game," I mumble to myself. Wakka looks over to me curiously and smartly decides not to say anything. "Well, thank you very much for your help, Wakka." I bow politely and wonder if I look a lot like Yuna when she bows. Wakka laughs lightly and scratches the back of his head.

"Hey, it's no problem, ya?" he grins widely. "Now, go present yourself to the Temple and let's hope they can give ya some answers." I nod and straighten, forgetting the fact that I wanted any rest in the first place and start walking towards the Temple steps when Wakka calls out to me. "When you're finished there, ya come and find my house, I'll set ya up!" I smile and look over my shoulder at him.

"Will do! Thanks again, Wakka!" I wave and turn my head back to look forward. I can't seem to wipe this grin off my face. Wakka really is a nice guy, I mean, I'm brand new, confused as all hell, and he takes time out of his day to help me. I couldn't be more grateful.

I walk into the entrance of the Temple and gasp slightly. I mean, it was beautiful in game, but wow, in person! Everything is so much more beautiful in person! I know the Temple in Besaid isn't much, but seeing it first hand, ground level like this, wow! There were people there praying like in the game, and there was a priest walking around, watching over everyone. I smile and walk over to look at the statues in the Temple, stopping in front of the steps to the Chamber. The Summoners of the past looked so magnificent and regal, as did the large stone carvings of Yunalesca and Zaon. The priest notices me looking around and walks over to me.

"Ten years have passed since Lord Braska became High Summoner, and finally, we have received a statue for our Temple," he speaks to me, bowing to the statue of Braska. I smile and nod.

"It seems kinda sad that it was ten years ago and now you finally receive his statue," I say, trying to strike a conversation and make myself less nervous. Truth be told, I always wondered that myself. The priest chuckles and nods in agreement.

"Well, when you think about it, we are on an island, and there are several Temples located throughout Spira." I laugh lightly.

"That does make sense. Well, at least he's immortalized now," I bow to Braska's statue as well, and then turn to look at the priest. "Um…Sir…" I begin, but suddenly the words fail me. How can this priest help me? All he'll do is pray for my "toxin" or whatever to go away and pray for Yevon to help me, and I know damn well that won't work at all!

"Is there something wrong, child?" he asks me, walking closer. I smile sadly and shrug. "I will do what I can to help if there is a problem." I press my lips together and think. Well, I won't know anything until I try, and trying is all I got at the moment. I nod.

"Uhh…yeah, there is a bit of a problem…" I start, looking around at the other people in the Temple. They're not paying attention, so I guess it's okay for me to just say it here in the main room. "I was wondering…if you could help me get some answers." The priest nods and looks me in the eyes. "Here's my situation…I'm not…from here."

"I know that, child, I know everyone in the Village." I shake my head.

"It's not like that, ya see…" I sigh deeply. "I think I got transported here…to Spira…from another…dimension, I guess. I know it sounds weird and strange, but I think it's true…" The priest gives me an odd look. "Seriously, I'm not joking! I think I'm from some other dimension! I know what's going to happen here and how to stop Sin, you're in a video game, I'm in a video game, this is all fake!" I scream. With that, I draw attention to myself. All the people who were praying are looking at me with scared looks on their faces. I begin to panic; I probably look like a nutcase. Hell, I even feel like a nutcase! "Why am I here, who brought me here, what the hell is going on?!"

"Shhh, child, stop saying such nonsense," the priest takes a few steps back away from me. I feel like such an idiot. But to me, how else was I going to say it? "Child…were you close to Sin?"

"No, damnit, I was nowhere near him! My Playstation 2 started acting up and I touched it and I landed here in Besaid!" I notice I'm still yelling, but I need to get the truth off of my chest. I'm not about to take the sissy way out and lie by saying I was close to Sin…again. "I'm not lying!" I start to cry. I'm scared, alone, no one believes me, and I just want to go home! The people in the Temple start whispering between each other and pointing at me.

"But, child, if you are not from Spira, why are you dressed like that? You look as though you could be a Summoner," the priest tries to counter me.

"I don't know, I just said I'm not sure what happened, I got transported here from my home and I'm scared to death!" I fall to my knees and hold my face in my hands and cry. "I want to go home…I want someone to believe me! I'm scared shitless, I don't know how to fight, I don't know how to get home! I'm so scared! Please!" I look up to the people standing in the Temple with a desperate look on my face. "Please, please someone help me! I'm so scared, I want to go home!!"

"It's all right, Miss," a soft voice suddenly interjects my yelling. I look over to the entrance to the Temple and see a young woman, only a few years younger than me with shoulder length brown hair, a white top and a purple skirt. Yuna? What's she doing here? I must be here a bit earlier than when Tidus comes to Besaid, seeing as how she's not in the Chamber of the Fayth yet. "I believe you."

"Lady Yuna!" the priest exclaims and bows to her using the Prayer gesture. "It is good to see you, but I believe now is not the best time for you to enter the Chamber seeing as how we have this…I swear she is infested with Sin's toxin!" I shake my head and give another desperate yell.

"Why won't anyone believe me?! I don't belong here, I belong back home, in college, doing my school work and going to work! I don't know why I'm here!" I begin to cry harder. "Yuna, I believe you when you say you believe me, please, help!"

"Don't speak to the apprentice Summoner like that, young lady!" a woman standing near the entrance screams at me. "You need help! You've been touched by Sin!"

"I have not!!" I scream, placing my hands on my head and doubling over.

"Please, everyone!" Yuna runs into the middle of the Temple and stands there, looking around at everybody. "Can't you see she's scared? I believe she speaks the truth, and I really don't like all of you jumping to conclusions!" I can't believe it. Yuna's really standing up for me, and she definitely seems to be giving everyone in the Temple a guilt trip. I look up at her, taking my hands off of my head. "Miss, I'm truly sorry for what happened to you," she walks over to me and kneels down and looks me in the face. "I'll try to help you as best I can if you're willing to follow me." I sniffle and suddenly throw my arms around her and cry more. Yuna smiles lightly and wraps her arms around me, patting my back gently. "Please, follow me." She lets go and stands up, and I do the same. I wipe my eyes, noticing I'm apparently wearing make-up, seeing as how I have red mascara, black eye liner, and gray eye shadow on my hand. I must look like a clown. Yuna just smiles and begins walking to the doors to head back outside. Having no choice but to follow (plus, I basically told her I would), I fall in step behind her, head bowed so I don't make eye-contact with anyone standing around.

After we head outside, I notice a woman who looks a bit older than em standing next to the Temple doors. She's wearing a low-cut black dress with belts attached all over the skirt area, and her hair is done up in a bun with three long braids cascading down her back from the bun. It's Lulu. I wonder why she didn't come in the Temple with Yuna. She gives me an odd look but then turns to Yuna. "Is this the young woman making all the commotion in the Temple?" I keep my head down, ashamed at everything I've caused thus far.

"Well, yes, she is," Yuna's soft voice answers her Guardian. "She's scared, Lulu, and I'm surprised at how mean everyone was to her in there." I feel Yuna's hands on my shoulders, as if comforting me.

"But it's true, isn't it?" Lulu asks, and I see her begin to walk around me, inspecting me as if I was a piece of meat. "She was close to-"

"No, damnit!" I interrupt, looking Lulu in the face for the first time. "I was transported here from like, my dimension, I guess, and I am getting so damn sick of the first thing out of everyone's mouth being 'Were you close to Sin?'! Seriously, damnit!!" Lulu steps back, trying to pull Yuna with her, but Yuna refuses to budge.

"Lulu, please," she pleads, "we need to hear out her whole story. Let's go to Wakka's so all of us can hear it." I look at Yuna with guilt written all over my face.

"Um…I kinda…" I stutter, my eyes glancing over to Wakka's tent, "lied to him." Yuna just smiles again, waiting for me to continue. "I told him, well, he was the one who found me on the beach, and I kinda lied and told him I was close to Sin, but I was scared and didn't know what to do, so out of panic I lied, and I'm really sorry!" I finally finish my ramble with a deep breath, and I didn't realize I spoke pretty fast, so I hope Yuna and Lulu got all that. Thankfully, Yuna nods in understanding. Lulu just shrugs.

"Don't worry about it, I'm sure he'll understand your reasoning. I certainly do," Yuna responds and begins leading me towards Wakka's tent.

When we get there, Yuna gently pushes me inside, following after me with Lulu following us. Wakka's sitting on the floor next to a large pot where he's stirring what looks like stew. I blush slightly as I hear my stomach rumble. I forgot to get dinner when I got back from the football game. Wakka looks up with a smile. "Looks like ya found my two favorite girls, ya?" I giggle slightly. "So, how'd it go in the Temple?" Without thinking, I simply let my head droop.

"She got accused for something that's not true," Yuna says, sitting down on what looks to be some sort of couch. I take a seat next to here, and Lulu sits down across from us on another "couch."

"Ya look like you've been cryin', you okay?" Wakka says as he stands up and grabs a bowl next to him on a table, filling it up with the stew and then hands it to me. He then starts filling three more bowls for him, Yuna, and Lulu.

"Well, first off," I sigh gently, "I want to apologize for lying to you earlier." He just looks confused as he takes a seat next to Lulu and then passes out spoons. I take the last one as Yuna hands it to me and begin to play with the vegetables in the stew. "I told you I got close to Sin, when in reality…that's not true."

"Then where could you have come from?" Lulu asks. "Are you sure you didn't come off the boat this morning?" I shake my head and eat a large spoonful of the stew to quiet my stomach.

"I'm not from this world at all. You see…I was, well, this is going to be really hard to explain…" All three of them are looking intently at me and eating their stew. I'm starting to feel a bit uncomfortable with all this attention towards me. With a deep breath I start talking again. "You guys are in what's called a ______ in my world." I stop. Wait, I know I said "video game," but I didn't hear it.

"We're in a 'what' now?" Lulu says. Great, they didn't hear it either.

"It's called a ______," I start again, still confused, but decide to keep trying to explain. "W-well, in it, someone plays-" and suddenly it's like I lost my voice. I know my mouth's moving, but I can't hear anything. Was something taking away my ability to explain what happened to me? Now even Yuna's starting to look at me like I'm a weirdo.

"Is something wrong with your voice?" Yuna asks. It's obvious she's trying hard not to jump to the toxin conclusion like everyone else.

"No…" I say, taking another deep breath. "I think…I think I'm suddenly unable to tell you guys what happened… I really wish I knew why…" As if being scared earlier wasn't enough, now I'm unable to get help from the few people who might actually be able to help me.

"Perhaps…" Lulu beings to muse, placing her now empty bowl at her feet. "Perhaps there is some strong power at work here over you that not even the Temple can explain."

"Ya think she should stick with us, then?" Wakka speaks up, watching me carefully. "Maybe travelling with us will get her some answers."

"Maybe, but that is, of course, if she wants to," Lulu nods in agreement to Wakka's idea. "Would that be all right with you?"

"Yeah, that's probably a good idea, considering you guys are going to travel all over Spira, who knows, I could get answers somewhere I wouldn't think of looking!" I smile, finally beginning to feel a bit better about my situation.

"Then it's settled," Yuna claps her hands together. "You'll come with us and we'll help in any way we can to help you get answers."

"Thanks a lot you guys." I feel myself starting to tear up. "This really means a lot to me. A lot more than you guys could ever imagine."

"No problem, ya?" Wakka laughs. "Now eat up, and then ya can head to the Crusader's Lodge. I got a bed all made up for ya since ya mentioned earlier ya wanted to rest." I grin and finish my meal, handing Wakka my empty bowl which he takes with a smile. Yuna and Lulu lead me outside after I give Wakka my thanks yet again. He just responds with a wave and another smile. The sun is beginning to descend and the street is empty. Everyone else must be eating dinner. The three of us head over to the Lodge.

"We'll let you know what's going on tomorrow since it's very obvious you need your rest," Yuna says to me as they walk me inside. "So don't worry about sleeping in too late or something. We understand."

"I feel kinda bad that I want to go to sleep already when it seems like it's only six in the evening," I laugh. "You have no idea how early that is for me!" The two women just smile. "Thanks again, I really mean it, thank you."

"Don't worry about it, just go ahead and rest up," Lulu smiles and gently pushes me towards the back of the Lodge.

"We'll see you tomorrow," Yuna says with a smile and waves. I smile and wave back as the two of them walk out. I open the curtains separating the beds from the front room. None of the beds are taken, so I decide to take one of the two at the very back. I lie down on the bed and roll over onto my left side so my back is facing the curtains. Thankfully it doesn't take long for my eyelids to get heavy and close. I slowly feel myself drifting off to sleep.

Before I fall asleep completely, I hear a very familiar voice. It sounds like the Fayth from Bevelle, you know, the little kid who likes to bother Tidus. A lot of the words sound muffled and I can't understand them, but finally before I do fall asleep I hear two words that I know are going to bug me like crazy.

"Welcome home…"

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Author: Yay, it's done! If you guys review and you see any mistakes anywhere (like verb agreement), please let me know. I looked over this a ton of times and changed a lot of verb tenses (I seem to screw them up a lot) but even the best writers overlook some agreements or any kind of grammatical errors. (Yevon only knows if there are any problems with the first paragraph. I hope it sounds okay, I read it aloud and everything, but if someone thinks they have a better idea for that paragraph to be written feel free to let me know what I can change!)