Chapter 1: The Al Bhed adopt?
11 years before the events of Number 15
We begin our story in the middle of the Bikanel Island Desert where a young Six year old Andre has woken up to not knowing where he's from just knowing that Spira isn't his world. "where am I?" he asked himself he got up wearing a very plain white shirt and beige shorts his most distinguishing features being his short white yet slightly spiky hair and his Ruby red eyes He then heard a gruff voice behind him "You're on Bikanel Island kid." he turned around to see a group of people now seeming to surround him like he's a threat while the man who spoke to him in the middle walked up to Andre and look around his comrades "Dra Ramm ec fnuhk fedr oui baubma drec ec zicd y get(The Hell is wrong with you people this is just a kid)?" The ones surrounding him seemed to get really ashamed of themselves after he said this,he then knelt down to look at Andre in the eyes the man's were calm, cool and calculating while were in pure fear not knowing who these people were and they wanted with him the man noticed this and asked Andre, "what's your name Kid?" Andre then answered him nervously "An-Andre wh-what's your name mister?" the man chuckled at the kid even though he was nervous he was still curious "My name is Cid, Andre so tell me what doing her in the middle of a dangerous desert all by yourself?" Andre answered him "I don't know last thing I remember sleeping in my bed then I woke up here. What world am I on my world doesn't have any deserts." Cid eyes widened knowing when a kid is pretending about stuff being the father of two himself but this kid was dead serious he then whispered so that the others wouldn't hear "well this is Spira where are you from kid?" Andre then looked down and said I don't remember." Cid then asked a question that the kid wishes to never be asked "do you at least have any family?" Andre then started crying rembering that where he was sleeping before was a hell hole of an orphanage but he didn't have to tell Cid that he just sadly shook his head and said "no I'm all alone" Cid then smiled and got an idea he's got two kids already what's one more? "no your not Andre cause you're coming with me to join my family" Andre then looked up at him like he won the Lottery "Re-really, you'll take me in?" Cid Nodded "yes but you're going to have to do a few things like learn our language and always keep the location of our Home a secret we got a deal?" Andre Nodded his head and Smiled "deal"
A few hours Later
Cid walked Andre to the living area of their home and called out for his kids, "Brother, Rikku kad tufh rana E'ja kud y cibneca vun oui dfu!(Brother,Rikku get down here I've got a surprise for you two!)Brother and a six year old Rikku came down and asked " What kind of surprise Papa? Huh who this Papa?" Cid then Smile and had them sit down "this kids is your newly adopted brother his name is Andre say hello Andre." Andre then looked at him and asked "the way you taught me to say it?" "either way Andre" Andre then looked at Rikku and Brother and said in Al Bhed "Rammu ed'c y bmaycina du oui pudr(Hello it's a pleasure to meet you both)." he said rather fluently it being his first time Speaking Al Bhed Rikku was rather impressed "Wow you sure you're not al bhed cause you speak it like a pro come on i'll take you to meet my best friend she's not Al Bhed either." Rikku then took by the hand and out the door they went while Cid just face Palmed "what have I gotten myself into?"
Nine yerars later
Andre adjusted well to the life of the Al Bhed even though he didn't outright reject Yevon in public like his Brother he still didn't like that it banned Machina he didn't have trouble without Machina hell he was the only only one in his Scavenger party that used Conventional weapons if you can deem dual wielding swords as conventional but it was still more conventional and practical than Rikku's Claw arm but she did compensated with her gift with mixing bombs but it seemed just ridiculous because everytjhing he ever needed from water to new blitzballs while he was trying out for the Physches(never made the cut even though he was legitimately better than the entire team but Cid always said he was to young for blitzing and declined to sign the waiver that needed parental approval) came from Machina so why Ban it if it was designed to make lives easier. maybe that was the reason she was leading the Team while he was second in command and staying on the ship he sighed as he heard the comm link go off it was rikku "Hey Sis what did you find?" she giggled at him and said "You're never going to believe it bro but I think I found a guy who might be a bigger nut job than you" Andre shook his head " ok shoot does he say he's from another world and remembers where he's from?" "nope he says he's the Star player of the Zanarkand Abes and has the same logo on his shorts that you have on the back of your jacket." Andre then looked at the back of his jacket to see a red Jagged looking J on his black and red leather Jacket he based the design off and old stone lab he found at the Zanarkand ruins while Scavenging before he was run out by Yevonites " you believe him Don't you?" Andre asked her "yep"
"you bringing him up?" "on our way right now" "see you then I'll get dinner ready knowing you'd make it so spicy that becomes inedible" he joked and went to the ships kitchen to make dinner making three batches he probably wouldn't be such a good cook if it weren't for Sarah giving cooking lessons all those years ago since they were alienated by other al bhed kids (Excluding Rikku and Brother) The became really close friends why he couldn't admit his feelings for her he had no idea why he couldn't.
A long process of making military rations delicious and Scavenging a crashed airship later
He came up to the deck to see a blonde haired kid talking with Rikku didn't seem like anything to serious until he heard one Sentence "I saw Sin attack Zanarkand" he then started to walk up to them holding his and their dinners "Yo sis this the nut job you told me about?" The blond looked at him then to Rikku Andre then got the heat off Rikku "My words man not hers hear eat up" Andre then handed him and rikku their dinners while they sat down and ate Andre's curiosity peaked "So the the star Player of the Zanarkand abes got a name and any good moves?" the blond then Coughed up some of his dinner cause he ate to fast said to Andre " yeah the names Tidus and why you a blitzball Player?" andre cocked a Smile Yeah you're looking at the best player of the Albhed Phsyches." then Rikku corrected him "You would be if dad let you join this year." She giggled as Andre's Head dropped at that comment. "always so Kind dear Sister" Rikku the added to it "please I'm treating you way better then my biological brother you know this besides I thought my being nice to you ran out when you chickened out of asking out when you tried to ask out Sarah." Then Andre Looked up at Rikku " you know sis you can be evil sometimes right?" he then looked at Tidus who was absolutely confused almost about to laugh his ass off but confused he then Clarified to Tidus "you see I'm adopted and not actually Al Bhed see white hair and Ruby red eyes not a bit of blond and Spiral green eyes on me." tidus looked even more confused "Al what?" then was Andre's turn to laugh his ass of "well that's not the usual response whenever I tell people that I usually get what 'why are you living with those heathens?' or something like that? And Tidus are you sure you're not from another world like me?" Then Tidus did the only Logical thing for a person in his Situation would do "WHHHAAAAATTTT?!"
"oh right Eteud (idiot) I didn't tell you that yet" he said as smacked himself on the forehead"you see-"
But he didn't get to finish cause then there was something he hoped to never see he then yelled to alret the rest of the Ship "SIN!" as he did so the the ship titled enough for him and Tidus and him to get knocked overboard last thing heard was Rikku's voice crying to both of them "Andre! Tidus!"
then he got sucked in and couldn't remember anything else as he blacked out.