I didn't scream. I didn't faint. I didn't pinch myself to see if I was dreaming. I just sat there and stared. Ana, however, had not completely lost her wits. "What in the name of…" She trailed off, as Yuna and her six guardians immediately turned to look at her.

"What…where are we? It was Sin, ya? Guys…" You can guess who that was.

"I'll tell you where you are," I said. My voice came out sounding high and freaked out. "You are at 133 Lorien Court, Stoneyfield, New Jersey, The United States of America."

"That's not very helpful," came a third voice. A voice I could recognize in less than a half-second. Auron. The coolest character in the game and, arguably, in video game history. And he was sitting on my family room floor.

"Well, this is weird," I stated.

"Somehow, I expected to, like, pass out or something if a video game came to life," mused Ana. "But the only unconscious one here is Robbie." Sure enough, Robbie lay sprawled out on the couch, drooling enough to turn the Sahara Desert into a rain forest.

"What do you say when you get dropped into somebody's house by Sin," Tidus wondered aloud.

"Wait a sec…you think Sin brought you here? Dude, you came from a video game. You all did! I beat it twice! I know all your names, where you live, your fighting styles, every single aeon in the game!" They just looked at me like I was crazy. "Don't believe me? I'll prove it!" I snagged the Final Fantasy X box, but there was no cover. "Well, ah…" I pointed to Tidus. "Your name is Tidus, and you're the star player of the Zanarkand Abes! You," I pointed to Rikku, who was next to Tidus, still looking rather stunned and confused. "You're Rikku, daughter of Cid, who is the leader of the Al Behd. You can steal and use items in battle! Your name's Wakka, you're captain of the Besaid Aurochs, and you decided to retire to fully devote yourself to being a guardian. You're Lulu, you're a black mage! You're Kimahri, you're a ronso, and your horn got broken by Yenke and Biran, who teased you because you're smaller. You, you're, you're Auron. You guarded Braska. You…were always my favorite character." I felt my face go red. "And Lady Yuna, the summoner, daughter of high summoner Braska. Pleased to meet you all." I took a deep breath, and leaned back on the couch. I'm ready to pass out now, I thought.

I got seven blank stares in response. "How…" started Lulu, dropping her moogle on the ground in surprise.

"Wait, what in the name of Yevon is a video game?" said Wakka, more puzzled then stunned.

"It's a…it's a, a disk. You put the disk into the console, and the console reads it," I motioned toward my PS2. "Then a picture appears on the screen. It's sort of like a movie sphere, but it's flat, and you control one or more of the people inside. But the people aren't real. They're made up…" I trailed off. The "made up" people were sitting in my living room, right in front of my face. I wasn't stupid enough to think I was dreaming.

"Look, I'll show you," said Ana, sticking the disk into the Playstation. The machine booted up, and went right to browser settings, as if there was no disk. Ana hit the reset button. It did it again. And again.

"Um," said Yuna, looking a bit uncomfortable," I can revive him, if you'd like." She motioned toward Robbie, now snoring loudly.

"Yeah, er, thanks." I sighed. "Look, I'm just so confused. I thought Sin wasn't real. But if it wasn't, how could it bring you here. Did it even bring you here? Or did you come from the game? I just want some answers, and I know I ain't getting them just sitting around here."

Yuna used life on Robbie. It looked just like it did in the game, only real, in front of my face. "Beat that, HDTV," I muttered under my breath. I distinctly noticed Auron looking at me.

Robbie came to quickly, without babbling like a drunken fool. "Check the internet," he said, as though he had been awake the entire time.

"Oh my God Robbie, that is the first smart thing I've ever heard you say, in all my years of knowing you! Follow me!" I gestured, and began running toward the computer upstairs as fast as I could. However, instead of just the familiar patter of Ana and Robbie behind me, I heard nine pairs of feet thundering up the steps at my heels. This would be a bad time to find out the stairs had a weight limit.

Once upstairs, we somehow managed to all squeeze through the hallway and into the office in a reasonable amount of time. The computer was on, and I thanked God for my luck.

"Look." I typed www.ffinsider.com in the URL bar. I got a "this page cannot be displayed" screen. I frowned, and tried www.playonline.com. That loaded, but there was nothing Final Fantasy on the pages, and it was missing from the game list. "Maybe I'm in it deeper than I thought," I murmured, and Auron chuckled.

"Sounds familiar enough, Lady…"

"Oh!" I said jumping up. "Sorry. It's Rebecca. Just Rebecca is fine. And this is Ana, and Robbie." Auron chuckled again. "Oh, would you stop laughing! I'm about to get a hernia here!"

"Now what?" groaned Ana miserably. I thought hard. Then it hit me, and I felt incredibly stupid for not thinking of it earlier.

"The poster! The one in my room! Oh duh! C'mon!" We ran down the hall toward my room.

"Don't let it bite you next time, brilliant," Ana scoffed.

"Oh man." The poster was just a mass of blue, with the words, Final Fantasy X printed at the bottom. "Fat load of help that was."

"Well, we can run over to Sam's, he lives close by, and try out the game in his Playstation," said Ana breathlessly.

"Wait," said Robbie, "You're forgetting about Ma'am!" My heart sank into my feet. I kicked my bedroom wall furiously, trying to get it back in its proper place. All I got was a sharp pain in the foot and a bad temper.

"That's the second smart thing you've ever said, Robbie. You're on a roll. Keep it up, and I might begin to suspect there is another use for your head besides holding your hair up." He rolled his eyes at me.

"Ma'am?" murmured Lulu, sounding befuddled.

"Robbie, how much time do we have before she gets back?" I asked nervously.

"About an hour."

"You can explain, but make it quick," said Ana, sitting down on the floor, and leaning against the wall.

"Okay, everybody just plant your butt somewhere, and I'll tell you." With that, I told them everything. I explained how our families were on vacation, and about region band. I enlightened them on various concepts such as electronics and transportation. I spilled out about Ma'am, what a nutter she was, and how I got rid of her. "And now, we have to ditch the Gestapo granny before she finds out about all of you. Crazy, huh?"

"I've heard crazier," said Tidus, the corners of his mouth twitching.

"So, what do you propose we do about this psychotic babysitter?" Lulu inquired.

"We'll think of something!" Ana, Robbie, Tidus, Auron, Rikku, and I all responded simultaneously.