Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this fic except my own characters everything else is the respectful property of Square-Enix

A/N: Loads of people have done their own versions of the FFX storey line this is about a different person who ends up in Spira, it actually crosses over with the main storey line but that is all I'm going to say, the storey is in third person but the narration is first…please R&R and let me know weather it should all be in third or first or if its ok the way it is.

Chapter 1 – Zanarkand and Sin

Zanarkand the city that never sleeps, a city which always bristled with life...it didn't deserve its fate…nobody not even street gang members deserved to die the way they did. I suppose I am one of the lucky ones…Tidus too and my mentor Auron…we escaped unscathed…mentally wounded perhaps (maybe not Auron) but physically we were strong…you all know Tidus' storey…but this is mine.

A young woman walked along the overpass it was early morning she had been to watch the sunrise which had always been her favourite time of day…she would get up early just so she could watch it before going to her lesson. As she walked along people waved and greeted her some with excitement and others duly (they were usually Abe fans) she was the best friend of a player from the Abes even though she was a Duggle.

"Good luck tonight, kick the Abes asses for us!" said a group of teens who had been giggling near by

"Um…sign this?" asked a small kid who was holding a card in his hand, Alex looked at it and found herself staring at her own picture smiling she signed the card and the kid ran off.

I knew from that moment that something bad was going to happen, call it a gut feeling if you will…I didn't know why I had it…but usually my instincts were always right.

Alex took off at a run down the overpass trying to avoid people she wasn't always in the mood to sign autographs and besides she didn't want to be late…she ducked into one of the back alleys and out of sight. Most people didn't like the alleys they were filled with gangs and the like but this was Duggle turf so she didn't really have anything to worry about.

It was easy to get lost in Zanarkand even with a map you had to be a native in order to know your way, Alex doubted even people like her who had lived there their whole lives knew their way around properly. As long as you stuck to the main roads you were fine.

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Finally she reached her destination her friends house, a tall man wearing a black vest and grey pants was stood with a large sword resting on his shoulder, there was a blue/grey cowl that covered the bottom half of his face. He had a scar that travelled from his forehead across his right eye (sealing it shut) and down to the top of his jaw; there was also a set of sunglasses perched on the bridge of his nose, Although his grey streaked hair was short there was a thin pony-tail at the side of his neck.

"You're late," muttered the man quietly even quietly than normal if such a thing was possible

"Sorry man…I got a little tied up," replied Alex "the Jecht memorial cup is tonight so everyone was wishing me luck-"

"Your gonna need it because the Abes are gonna win!" said a voice, Alex turned to see a young boy in yellow and black who had short blond hair it was her friend but in the sphere pool they were rivals.

"No way, us Duggles are going to win Abe so polish that trophy up for us nice and shiny."

Alex was wearing tight black leather pants and a short sleevless leather top over which she wore deep burgundy red plastic like chest plating and lace up ankle boots, her light brown hair had two braids in at the front and she had a set of thin goggles around her forehead there was a large sword sheathed to her back. She placed one hand on her hip "you're too confident Alex"

"And your not?" asked the man, Alex had only just remembered he was there and the reason she was there "Alexia might we begin?"

"Yeah sorry Auron," replied Alex wishing he would use her shortened name rather than her proper one she didn't really like Alexia that much…she wasn't too sure why either.

"I'll leave ya to learn I gotta prepare for the game," said Tidus

"It's not till tonight!"

"Last minuet training is always a good thing. Well see ya" with that Tidus walked off as Alex unsheathed the two handed sword from her back

"The Duggles are gonna win man!" she called after him laughing and throwing back her hair

"Al Bhed," muttered Auron rolling the eye that was open upwards. He straitened up "defend yourself"

"Waaah!" she was able to block his attack just in time "ha-ow" she ended up on her backside as Auron put all his weight against the swords and pushed "no fair!"

"That is the point," said Auron "you have to be prepared for anything, your enemy isn't going to tell you what he is about to do. Not everyone fights fairly…a bit like blitzball…"

"Hey man that ain't true…blitzball is fair…most of the time…" hoping to catch him off guard she unleashed a skill she had learnt from him, her body glowed red for a moment and she struck, although he was able to block the 'power break' had knocked him off guard, she quickly dropped and kicked his legs from behind which resulted in him landing on the ground.

"YES!" she jumped up "mwahahahaha your not that tough!" most people would probably be wondering why she was acting like a manic she'd never been able to actually do that before…and she had a couple of scars to remind her.

Auron picked himself up and Alex immediately stopped jumping up and down performing her victory dance, it was hard to discern the look on her face.

I was sure I was in for it Auron had always come across as being the type who had great pride and didn't like being defeated

"Well done," said Auron

Man was I surprised, really surprised

"R-Really?" she asked taken aback "no reprimand or anything?"

"Not this time, now, defend yourself."

Alex spent the rest of the morning training she was able to get Auron two more times and she had also learnt another trick one that allowed her to strike even the toughest skinned opponents. She had often wondered what use the 'breaks' would be there weren't exactly fiends in the city and she was more than capable enough to defend herself from street gangs.

"You know you seem different today somehow," said Alex who was if nothing else very perceptive Auron had seemed more subdued than normal, there were times where he would gaze into the distance almost as if he was awaiting something.

"How so?" asked Auron

"Well your just not you…for one thing you haven't actually told me off for anything that in itself is not normal for you."

Auron looked a little perplexed or rather she thought he did it was quite often hard to tell Auron was stoic by nature on the scale of coolness he was a plus ten but on the scale of cheery dispositions he was minus ten.

"You'd rather be told off?" he finally countered

Alex opened her mouth to reply but closed it again; she stuck the tip of her sword into the ground and leant against the hilt "not really, so, what's eatin' ya?"

"Nothing," replied Auron

"C'mon tell,"

"No,"

"Ha so there is something-"

"Alex!" said Auron harshly when he took that tone it was always a danger warning

"Fine," muttered Alex blowing a braid out of her face.

I knew he was hiding something, my instincts were almost always right, but I knew not to press the subject…I valued my life…little did I know that soon I would find out…and I would regret it.

"Have you ever heard of Spira?" asked Auron

Alex wracked her brains "can't say I have…is that some new place downtown?"

He glared, second danger warning

"It is beyond Zanarkand, Al Bhed aren't liked that much"

"Fro fuimt dryd pudran sa? (why would that bother me?)" she asked in her native tongue she then turned to look at the large clock on one of the buildings "oh no the game!" she needed to get her skinny Al Bhed ass to the stadium.

"The Abes are gonna do what they can to defend the cup," said Auron

"Nah-ah this year the Jecht memorial cup is gonna be the Duggles we're the better team"

"There is always someone better you would do well to remember that, good luck"

"Yeah thanks, you better not cheer for the Abes otherwise I'll hurt ya ha, ha" she then sheathed her sword and pelted towards the stadium.

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As she once again ran along the overpass she saw a giant projection onto one of the buildings that depicted Jecht with his arms cross "ha the Duggles are gonna win and there ain't anythin' ya can do about it!" she then stuck her tongue out at the image and continued to run.

Famous last words…

"Good luck!"

"Yeah beat the Abes,"

"End their winning streak," the fans called out to her as she ran but unfortunately she also passed Abe fans

"The Duggles are going down."

Ignoring them she entered the stadium in time and got to the locked room at the last minuet, she quickly placed her sword in her locker and left with her team.

They swam through the sphere pool in a diamond formation, as the Abes did the same she saw Tidus at the head of them, they both took stances and jumped for the ball at once.

Alex got it first and passed to Izaku who passed to Erin who fumbled the ball god damn it fortunately Alex was able to catch it in time she performed a spin and threw the ball high fiving a team member.

Tidus tackled and knocked one of Alex's team members out of the sphere pool she made a rude hand gesture as the Abes scored, however one of her other members were able to equalize making the score one all. Tidus then jumped up to perform his famous 'sphere shot' but something caught his attention Alex followed his line of sight and felt her jaw drop, the sea was forming into a large ball and projectiles of lights were shooting towards them. The sphere pool seemed to drain and she plummeted then she knew only darkness.

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"Wake up," Alex opened her eyes and picked herself up buildings were exploding around her and people were running and screaming she noticed Auron he was now wearing a long red coat belted around the middle, his left arm was tucked inside the left hand side rather than in the sleeve "Alexia, head towards it, run towards Sin"

"W-Wha, Sin?" she asked noticing a large orb of water she saw a large shadow within it that filled her with a sense of dread "you want me to go towards that thing?!"

"I will explain later…do as your told for once!" she looked around at the running people when she turned back Auron had already entered into the crowd.

I had no choice but to do as he said…it was either that or death and I didn't find the latter too appealing…

She first ran towards the locker room luckily against all odds she was able to recover her sword, she then ran into the streets along with everyone else.

Strange pods fell from the sky which opened up into black bird like fiends, she let out a cry and cut her way through them…it was lucky they weren't that tough, she was quick enough to evade most of their attacks. Alex felt stupid everyone was running away yet she was the only one running towards that…that whatever that thing was Alexia what are you doing?

"What is that?!" there was a large creature close by much bigger than the bird things that came from, Sin that's what he called it that came from Sin. The ground began to shake and break from under her feet, ignoring the large 'fiend' she continued down the road cutting through the Sin birds heading towards the monstrosity destroying her beloved home. Alex then felt as though she was being pulled no sucked towards Sin, she was directly beneath it now, her body began to stretch and the last thing she noticed was Auron and Tidus before she was overcome by a bright white light.

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Where…where am I? Why is everything so quiet…am I dead?

I kept asking myself those questions, the light began to fade and I realised I was underwater…my surroundings were familiar…it was like Zanarkand had suddenly sunk to the bottom of the sea…I then felt sleepy.

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Why did I listen to him…why did I do as he told me? Death would probably be mercifully quick compared to the pain I felt now, my whole body was burning as though it was on fire, I was surrounded by a bright light and someone was speaking to me inside my head.

"Your lucky kid," said the voice "got some advice for ya, whatever you do don't tell anyone you come from Zanarkand trust me I know…"

"Who are you?" she asked

"…eh...you'll find out soon"

"Al Bhed?" said an unfamiliar voice

"Wake up Alex."

When I opened my eyes I found myself in a strange place, birds were singing and I could feel the heat of the sun…I was on a road…one that looked to go on forever I will admit I was…afraid I wasn't in Zanarkand anymore.

Alex pushed her goggles up onto her forehead and noticed several people stood around her all of them pointing guns at her, they were wearing green uniforms over which they wore silver armour plating.

"Don't move heathen!" said one of them commandingly in a tone that was far from friendly

"W-where am I?"

"Silence Al Bhed scum!" she felt a boot to her gut

"She is with me," said a voice she recognised

Auron!

"S-Sir Auron?"

"Let her go and give her, her weapon back." One of the armoured men handed her, her sword back she cherished her katana it had been a gift from Auron the blade was thick but she had the strength to wield it and besides it was an exact copy of Auron's.

"Auron, they kicked me!" she said as Auron approached "what did I do wrong?"

"I told you remember? That Al Bhed weren't liked," replied Auron

"How do I get back to Zanarkand?" she asked trying to stand

"Zanarkand?" asked one of the men all of them were looking at her with puzzled looks.

Auron looked at her and shook his head "she was close to Sin the toxin has gotten to her…" he said

Toxin? What was that supposed to mean? I then remembered what the voice told me 'don't tell anyone your from Zanarkand' if I couldn't tell them that…what did I tell them?

"Sin's toxin huh?" asked one of the men "hmph the Al Bhed deserve it!"

"Dose anyone deserve that?" asked Auron "she isn't like other Al Bhed she will respect the teachings of Yevon." The men shook their heads and walked off Alex placed her sword in the ground and crossed her arms "if anyone asks you were you are from tell them you don't remember that you were close to Sin and the toxin is effecting you."

"Toxin?" she asked "Auron where am I?"

"Spira, Sin brought you here…as for the toxin, it is powerful vapours released by Sin those effected loose their memories…a convenient cover storey, come."

We walked down the road, Auron explained a lot of things I didn't understand Yevon was some god or something though I got the feeling Auron didn't like Yevon that much. He told me about Sin and how summoners defeat it once every ten or so years…also he told me about the Al Bhed of Spira.

"Most people hate the Al Bhed because they 'violate the teaching' by using machina"

"What's so bad about machina?"

"People blame machina for Sin," he replied "those men who found you were warrior monks of Bevelle…you should probably avoid them…and the temples."

I was beginning to not like the idea of Spira so many things were different, in Zanarkand Al Bhed were liked machina was used for everything…but something else was bothering me.

"Auron?"

"Yeah?"

"When I was…inside Sin…someone spoke to me, he told me not to tell anyone I'm from Zanarkand…who was that?"

Auron was silent for a moment as though thinking about the answer "Jecht-"

"Jecht died ten years ago…"

"No ten years ago Jecht was brought to Spira the same way you and Tidus were…he became a guardian to the summoner Lord Braska along with me, we defeated Sin ten years ago.

"However…Jecht became Sin"

"How?"

"Summoners go on a pilgrimage to defeat Sin, they must pray at all the temples to receive Aeon's, the goal of the pilgrimage is to reach Zanarkand and get the final summoning but what they don't know is that one of their guardians must become the Fayth for the final summoning."

"Zanarkand?" asked Alex

"A city destroyed a thousand years ago by Sin…Jecht became the Fayth for the final summoning and in turn became the next Sin."

"Wait a minuet!"

'A city destroyed a thousand years ago by Sin' had I been brought a thousand years into the future? My friends, my family until now I never gave it any thought…but now they were all gone, I was stuck in a strange land eons into the future with nobody…I was alone…my fear was heightened.

"Auron…is Tidus ok?"

"He will be," replied Auron in a tone of understanding (a rarity) "all you need to concern yourself with is your own person, I will take you as far as Luca then you must make your own way as there is something important I must do."

"I…I know nothing about Spira…" she muttered quietly shaking her head

"Do not worry Alex, you will be fine you know how to defend yourself and I might not have said it before but you make me proud."

Hearing him say that filled me with a sense of happiness he'd always contended with a 'well done' never before had he told me I made him proud and to make it better he actually called me 'Alex' (another rarity)

They walked down what Auron called the Mi'ihen highroad, they stopped about halfway at a shop just as the sun was beginning to set, Alex ran to the edge of a cliff across from the shop. The sky was filled with reds, oranges and pinks it was the most beautiful sunset she had ever seen it didn't beat the Zanarkand sunrise but still she was captivated.

"Alexia, come there is one last training session for you, you're going to learn about the art of Bushido…"

"Cool!" said Alex running over to him she had often seen Auron going through the kata's and it had looked impressive it was something she herself had always wanted to do.

Before I realised it, it was late at night and I was tired so I spent the night at the shop…tomorrow my own journey my own storey would begin…at least…at least I would be prepared for it.

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A/N: Well there ya have it first chapter done, as I said above let me know if I should change the way the storey is presented, should I leave it the way it is or should I make it all first or third person.

Auron: Read and Review or else I'll give ya the Shooting Star

Alex: Yeah, don't make us Zantetsu your ass! Which is the fate that awaits flamers, constructive criticism is ok but don't openly flame and bitch it.