Chapter 1: Where am I?
"Where am I?"
Alone. That rang through my mind a few times. I'm all alone. Where are my friends? Where have they gone off to? I remember being in my room one minute, then appearing at an unknown dock, the next. Maybe they're right ahead! Heh, or so I told myself. People gathered in groups, coming out of giant ships. They seemed to be chanting, but I couldn't understand what they were saying. All of them seemed to move toward a giant building. It seems it is a stadium. What is the big event going on? Maybe my friends are there!
I dashed ahead, dodging people, old and young, on my way. Many guards were blocking the entrance, but it was easy to get inside. I headed toward the stage, only to be stopped by two people.
One was a well built man, wearing a funny orange and yellow outfit. His bright orange hair shot up in a spike. The woman next to him and bloody red eyes. Cold. Her silky black hair was pulled back into a bun, braids hanging down in the back.
The man put a hand to my shoulder, and spoke with an accent, "Where do ya think you're going?"
"I-I was just trying to find my friends, that's all, sir,"
I had to put the 'sir' in there. I tried to make it as nice as I could, to be sure he wouldn't beat me up.
"Ya'd need a ticket to get past here,"
"Uh…sir, may I ask, what's going on here?"
"What's goin' on?!" The man seemed frustrated, "Only the biggest concert of a lifetime!"
A concert, eh? Perhaps Miki and Nikki of the Magical Dreamers are performing. They'd know how to get home.
"Uh, sir, are the Magical Dreamers performing tonight?"
"Magical Dreamers? Who are they?"
What? What?! Where AM I?! Everyone in El Nido knows who the Magical Dreamers are.
"Please, be quiet for now," The woman spoke up.
"I guess I'll let ya get by, but just this once, ya hear?"
"Yes, sir,"
"Please, call me Wakka, and this is Lulu,"
"So…who's singing?"
"Only the newest songstress of these times! She just became famous a few weeks ago," Walking on stage, were three girls. Two of them had blonde hair, while the other had dark, short, brown hair. The flaxen up front had bright yellow hair with a little red in it, in which was curly. The other golden-haired girl, was wearing a bikini top. Her hair filled with braids.
What happened next, brought back some old memories of mine.
They began to sing. The song sounded so familiar.
"You know, that girl with brown hair used to sing this song, ya? Many know her as the High Summoner. Not many people recognize her now. The other one in the back, is her cousin. She's an Al Bhed."
High Summoner? Al Bhed? Songstress? I'm so confused. I just want to go home. Then...the song became even more familiar.
"Every now and then I don't know what to do, and still I know that I, can never go back. All those things I've seen, in those hazy dreams..." Why does this song ring in my mind so much? "And oh, I know, the world of real Emotion has surrounded me, and I won't give into it. Now I know the road is the only way my heart can go. I hear you voice calling out to me, you'll never be alone." I listened to the song, It was the same one, except the voice was different, But still, it seemed familiar. "I can hear you" Right then, she pointed at me. Was it me she could hear? Or was it just random?
Wakka turned around.
"You seem new," Both of them turned my direction. "How long have you been in Luca?"
"Only-"
I can't tell them that I've only been here for a few minutes. I have to make up something.
"-A few days," I finished.
"Why ya here?" Wakka questioned.
"I'm trying…to find some of my friends," I coughed. "We were separated on the way here,"
"Well, It's been nice talkin' to ya, but Lu and I gotta go!" Wakka pushed Lulu ahead, both heading toward the stage.
They seemed to be in a rush, but what for? The concert's over, so they're probably heading for the singers. Well…I should get to know this city as well as I can, just in case.