EDIT: Art for Vesperia Switched can be found here: photobucket (dot) com/albums/mm289/sonoci/Vesperia%20-%20Switched/

Alright, I'll try to be quick here.

This is my first true fan fiction so it's probably not very good. I'm mostly doing it as practice for writing. Also for fun. Polite critique and tips on how to make it better are highly appreciated.

So yeah. The roles of the characters are switched but their personalities are basically the same. I'm trying to not have quote on quote lines but I can't completely ignore them so bare with me.

Obviously, since I'm going by Vesperia's synopsis, later chapters will have spoilers, so BE WARNED!

Okay, that should cover everything. Here it goes.

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1 - Broken Aque Blastia

The sun shone down brightly on the pages of the book. Estelle smiled. It was such a nice day, and the sun made it easier to read. She slowly let her eyes skim over the words written on the paper.

'Our world, Terca Lumireis. No one knows how far it's lands and oceans stretch. For the people are no match for the hordes of monsters that crawl the earth.'

'Barriers protect the cities in which we live, and we are completely dependent on them for our survival. These barriers are generated by the blastia. Blastia use the primeval power of aer that fills the world…to provide us with fire, water, and light. They provide us with everything that has made the empire prosper.'

'Perhaps one day…We may even forget the threat of the vicious monsters that lie in wait, just beyond the barriers. The blessings of the blastia will bestow ever more prosperity in the world and peace to its people.'

'From the imperial capital Zaphias, bedrock of peace, we pray: May tranquility…'

The book nearly fell out of her hands when she toppled on the windowsill. There was a small tremor. Wondering what caused it, Estelle peered out the window and in doing so, got slightly splashed.

Water was rising high into the sky, raining down on the residents of the lower quarter below. The small structure in the middle seemed to be malfunctioning.

x x x

A small bit of water was spouting out from the tops of houses in the distance. From the windows of the castle it only looked like a child attempting to make it rain. Considering the distance, however, you'd have to wonder what had happened.

With one elbow at the window, a man looked at the scene. "The world's just full of mysteries. I'd like to figure out some of them, myself…" He turned to look at the door. A smile creeped to his face. "It's about time for that 'plan' to take place, I'd say."

x x x

Estelle was still looking down below at the chaos when her door flew open. It nearly hit Repede, who had been happily sleeping on the floor. A kid of about six or seven stood in the doorway. "Estelle! It's terrible! The fountain's broken again!"

"Ted? But I thought it just got fixed…"

"That doesn't matter! We need help down there!"

"O-Okay." She put down the book on her bed. "Wait, is Flynn helping too?"

Ted shook his head. "I tried to get him, but they wouldn't let me see him!"

Estelle walked past Ted and went down the stairs, him and Repede at her heels. "Really? That's too bad, we could really use his help now."

Everyone was doing what they could to stop the water. Piling sandbags, throwing the water to the side. In the midst of the action, even some of the elders were helping. One of them being Hanks. "Ah, Estelle! Glad you could make it."

She lightly smiled. "I'll do what I can to help." Picking up a bucket, she started to pour the water into a tub the others were using, probably to store the water for later use. (A/N: I truthfully don't really know what Yuri, Hanks and the rest of them are doing to 'help' the fountain situation at the beginning of the game, so this is the best I could come up with).

After a few trips, Estelle glanced at the middle of the fountain and noticed something was off. She put her bucket to the side and examined it closer. It looked like there was an empty hole. 'Wait, wasn't that where…'

Her thoughts were interrupted by Hanks. "If you're not going to help, mind standing to the side?"

Blushing and bowing at the same time, Estelle hesitantly replied, "Oh, I-I'm sorry, it's just…" she looked at the hole again. "The blastia core…I think it's missing."

"The blastia core? You mean that shiny thing?" Hanks scratched his chin. "Wait, you think it's gone?"

Estelle glanced again at the hole, then thought about what could've happened. An idea drifted into her head and she decided to grab it. "Hanks, the researcher who…um… 'fixed' the fountain, what was his name?"

"His name? Hmmm…" he went back to chin scratching. "I think his name was Capel. He lives up there in the royal quarter."

The royal quarter. 'Not a place for me to be…' Estelle looked at the road that lead toward it. "Thank you, Hanks." She headed for that same road, Repede at her side.

Hanks eyes followed her. "Just what are ya gonna do?"

Estelle stopped for a moment. "I'm going to ask Mr. Capel if he knows what happened to the blastia!" she started up the hill once again.

Hanks sighed. "That girl. So reckless. A noble like him won't listen to her." He turned to continue helping with the fountain situation.

"Here's hoping she doesn't get in hell."

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Hope you enjoyed and look forward to more. ^-^ I'll update as soon as I can.