Prologue

I'm just letting you guys know I'm new to Fanfiction. net but not to writing. This was an idea I had while playing FFX at least 3 times on my ps2 even though I don't write much. The game hints at bits and pieces of Jecht, Auron and Braska's backstory on their journey but not much. I also was looking through the FFX archive on after I wrote my first couple chapters and found a story that I didn't know existed with the same title and similar ideas, but there was a different OC and it was left unfinished a few years after it was updated, given that I never read it.

This one is different from that story and I'm not trying to infringe on it any way. This is entirely my own version of The Third Guardian with my ideas and such. Just putting it out there and letting you guys know. :) Anyways, that's enough from me, time to get on with this thing. This is my first fanfic so please be kind and go easy on me. Some criticism would be nice though not too harsh and if you have any tips to help me improve I'd greatly, deep down from the bottom of my heart appreciate it. :)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything 'cept my OCs and the setting of my first chapter, everything else belongs to Square Enix.

Selkie Kunomi sighed as she scanned the bookcase in the study of her family's house for a particular spellbook. The 24-year-old quarter-witch let her fingers skim over the spines of the books until they stopped at one. She pulled it out of its spot on the shelf and looked at the cover.

The mirror like cover reflected her appearance. Selkie had long silvery-green hair that fell to her waist that was tied at the ends with a jeweled ribbon, bluish-gray eyes, a platinum pendant and topaz earrings accessorized her neck and ears respectively. Her skin was so pale it looked almost sickly, and if the girl blushed out of embarrassment or love, it would be visible for all to see no matter how hard she tried to play it off. Selkie also wore a dark blue, long sleeved shirt underneath a gray, fur collared short sleeved bomber jacket, followed by a denim skirt wrapped around her waist with a brown belt over black leggings and sock covered feet tucked into brown lace up fur boots.

On the cover were some strange symbols that her mother Madonna (not the singer lol) was looking for as she was experimenting with a spell that she had been working on. She tucked the book under her arm and handed it to her on the other side of the study. The older woman smiled as she took the book from her daughter. Madonna looked to be about Selkie's age except she didn't age physically past 26 due to genetics (on her mother's side), is a witch like many of her family members and lived far longer than her children not combined.

She had waist length blonde hair, brown eyes, fair skin that looked healthier than Selkie's, wore a blue dress styled like a kimono with floral and heart patterns, platinum bangles decorated with emeralds, diamond earrings, an amethyst medallion and black tube socks. Madonna was of mixed blood, having a Scandinavian witch mother named Freya and a Japanese human father named Kenjiro, as well as being fluent in some languages besides English, Japanese and Norwegian. She also had a heavy but discernible accent when she spoke that was still easy to understand.

The half-witch's smile changed to a concerned look at her daughter's forlorn expression, "What's the matter, dear?"

Selkie sighed and crossed her arms, "You sure this is gonna work, Ma?"

"Of course," her mother replied. "After testing out the spell a few times it should work. Speaking of which, how is your recovery magic?"

When Selkie looked at the floor, it was in that moment Madonna knew that Selkie either didn't practice or she couldn't heal. Her face returned to the concerned look she had earlier. She shook her head, having already known the silvery-greenette's inability to cast healing magic. The blonde smiled at her.

"It's all right if you can't heal," Madonna said as she stroked Selkie's hair. "It is possible you did not inherit the power of healing, but do not fret, my dear. You are not the only one who feels that way. Some of your siblings and cousins cannot heal either."

Selkie felt calm from her mother's soothing consolation, but still despaired over the fact that she could not do it. It just wasn't fair, she thought. How come there were other members in her family who could and others like her who couldn't. That was the way it was in the Kunomi family as well as anyone else's, there's a chance you were born with something or you weren't.

Just then, her brother Roy appeared making her jump almost six feet in the air only to be caught in his arms. "Haven't you heard of using the front door, Roy?!" she exclaimed.

He chuckled as he put his sister down, "Sorry, Sel. Sometimes I like coming in the house this way like the normal magic user I am. Front doors are for people who can't warp. Awwww you're blushing." Selkie pouted at him for making her blush. Roy just laughed it off as she regained her composure.

Roy was a tall good looking man with short red hair, blue eyes(like Roy from Fire Emblem minus the armor and sword, but with slightly longer, darker hair and lighter blue eyes), fair skin like his mother's, a silver pendant decorated with aquamarines, a green T-shirt, gray wristbands, black jeans with a belt of the same color, white socks, black boots like Madonna he didn't age past his mid-20s and was a warlock at 35 years old.

He, despite his age was a playful trickster who liked pulling pranks, though they weren't serious. Once, he took his other sister Mel's hairbrush and hid it under the bathroom sink. The redhead waited twenty minutes before putting it back when he heard she was looking for it. Roy also grabbed his brother Devin's remote to his TV and put it under his bed. Devin eventually found it though he was confused why it was there instead of on his bed, but didn't give it a second thought.

"Did you get what I asked for, Roy?" Madonna asked her son.

"Yeah," he said as he dug into his pants pocket. "Got it right here, Mom." She took what appeared to be a scale the quarter-warlock's hand and put it on the wooden desk.

"What's that?" Selkie inquired curiously.

"That, my dear is a crystal scale from a rare and particular species of crystal dragons. They are very hard to find and are known for their many magical properties, such as transporting objects to different locations, though they are random," Madonna rubbed her chin in thought.

Now it was Roy's turn to be curious. "Have the objects been found?"

"Yes some, but others have not. And these scales have not been tested on people yet."

Selkie walked over to the desk and examined the scale long and hard after picking it up. It shined beautifully in the light, giving off the seven colors of the rainbow. "It looks pretty doesn't it, sis?" Roy asked only for a nod from his little sister as a reply. Suddenly, the mystical item began to glow and enveloped Selkie in a strange light. The silvery-greenette dropped it out of shock.

"What's happening, Mom?!"

"The scale is transporting you somewhere, sweetheart. Stay calm as this is a test alright?" The blonde told her.

"Alright," the 24-year-old nodded at her mother and prankster brother as the light got brighter and disappeared with Selkie in tow. Roy unshielded his eyes and looked at his mother, "You think she'll be okay?"

The half-witch nodded at her son, "Don't worry too much, min sønn. Your sister is very tough as well as you and your other siblings." Roy could only pray his sister made it home safely from wherever she was sent to.

A/N: Welp that's the prologue. Is it good, bad or meh let me know. Btw I have a hard time describing how people appear in multiple sentences, so I just try writing them in one huge sentence. Also I sort of misplace commas and hyphens when I write and that's something I need to fix. That spell Selkie and her family was experimenting with, I don't have name for it and put it there just for the hell of it. xD Min sønn is Norwegian for my son, fitting how Madonna Kunomi is half Norwegian as she speaks with an accent(I can't write accents for the life of me -_-) and uses Norwegian words and phrases in her speech. I think that's about it for tonight. No flames please I'll see ya next chapter.