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A Jump Start

She was falling, slowly.

FLASHBACK

"Yunieeee, this is soooooooo boring," Said a depressed blond, like her flames had just been distinguished. She lay sprawled on a chair with one leg over the armrest, one hanging loosely down and her arms lazily hooked over the back. "Can't we just go outside for a little bit?"

"Rikku, you know I hate flying, I'm not feeling so good – and going outside's not gonna help." Replied Yuna, who looked a slightly pale, if not a tint green on the cheeks.

She had one calm blue ocean eye, whist the other was a sparkling emerald green. Along with that she had silvery-hazel coloured hair. To put it straight, she had a unique beauty, not your usual slightly pretty beauty or your inch-thick foundation beauty, but a unique, if slightly unusual beauty.

"But it's so stuffy in here, don't you think some fresh air would do you good?

Brothers not driving, he stormed off to his room after I told him you didn't need a get-better-hug, so you're not gonna fall over the edge with his dodgy driving." Replied Rikku hopefully.

Yuna gazed at her cousin in thought 'I suppose some fresh air could do me good, I just don't wanna look down at the water below'

"OK, I give up, we'll go outside – but only for a little while, you know how much I hate water and flying." Yuna gave in.

"Yippee, I was soooo bored!" said an over exaggerating and over excited Rikku. She started bouncing round Yuna in a happy dance whilst she got up off the floor – which didn't help Yuna's sickness. Her sunny blond braids clicked and clacked with the beads platted into them as she danced, some falling out of her blue headband. She had orangey swirled eyes that complemented her fair skin and hair colour. She wore a little skirt with a bikini top, for only she had to confidence to flaunt her body like that.

"Rikku, stop it or I'll throw up on you!" Yuna threatened which caused Rikku to squeal and hurriedly run out the door that led to the airship's deck. Yuna just groaned and followed.

Yuna was glad that Rikku had suggested going outside, despite the fact she hated heights and deep water such as that which stretched out seamlessly below her. The fresh air was making Yuna feel better already.

She was headed to Besaid Island, a quiet, serene and peaceful place. It had the calmest waters in all a Spira during the summer – perfect for swimming, blitz practice and surfing. The education there was excellent too, which is the main reason why she was here.

Her parents had died when she was only very little, she had no memory of them except one that was of her mother singing a bedtime lullaby to her. Her parents died in a car crash when she was 4 years old. Since then she had been living with her cousin Rikku and her family - Cid and Brother. They had been tired of Zanarkand life and their school wasn't 'the best' to put it honestly. Rikku had fit in well and no doubt would have problems doing so here, but Yuna had been slightly teased about her mismatched eyes and by any boys who asked her out whom she rejected. She was just waiting for the right person, what was so wrong with that?

Rikku was in a Titanic pose at the front of the ship, her sunny hair whipping about in the wind, whilst Yuna hung back from the edge and just admired the lovely blue sky.

Cid's gritty voice suddenly cracked through the speakers, "Besaid Island is in sight, we're almost there girls!"

In the background could be heard Brother entering and whooping with insane delight

then arguing with Cid for the controls of the airship.

Suddenly there was a large thundering noise and the engines of the airship coughed. Rikku lost her ecstatic happiness and looked worriedly at Yuna, who suddenly thought that maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all. The engines continued to cough and erupted ear pounding bangs, then it completely cut our all together.

The airship lurched downwards, which gave Yuna and Rikku an uneasy weightless feeling before throwing them up against the rails of the deck. Screaming and shouting could be heard on the speaker. The engines snapped back to life and gave the airship another sickening lurch of power, before cutting out again. This time the force was stronger and Yuna felt her weak grasp on the rails rip loose.

"YUNAAAAAA" She heard Rikku scream and caught a glimpse of Rikku's frightful face.

She couldn't scream, she couldn't move, she couldn't believe what was happening.

END FLASHBACK

She was falling, slowly.

Yuna watched as the airship got smaller and smaller, and Rikku's face staring aghast with a desperate outreached hand, getting so small that is disappeared along with the it.

They say that before death, your whole life flashes before you, but whoever said that was wrong. Yuna felt nothing except a sick, weightless feeling in her stomach. She could see the light, but deep blue oceans of Besaid dawning nearer at a quickening speed. Then, before she could contemplate anymore, Yuna hit the ocean surface.

(A/N: Hehe, bit of a cliffhanger there! Hiya, I know it's a lil' short but I promise the next paragraph will be loads bigger. Don't forget to review and I don't mind any criticism coz that would be v. helpful – especially seeing as I have this thing where I mean one word but I absentmindedly write another and bypass it when I check it though eg, I write 'and' instead of 'an'. So that would be v. helpful if u could point that out and I will change it! Please give it a chance, the plot may be slow at the beginning but it will progress, honest! ; - )