Chapter 1

I am neither dead nor living.  I am both, for I am a dream.

            Yuna had lived a year without Tidus.  After Sin was defeated, all she could do was rest.  For three months, she stayed at home, always thinking about the one who disappeared, the star player of her heart.  A year had past, a lonely, long and sad year.  Yuna was not alone physically, after the end of her adventure Lulu, Wakka, Rikku and Kimahri insisted by staying by her side.  But, in her heart, she was alone, yet she would smile for Spira.

            Rikku was alone too.  The usually optimistic girl was depressed in the inside; she was offered many marriage proposals, and she refused them all.  Her heart was devoted to a deceased man, and she could and would never forget him.  For the past year, she devoted all her free time thinking of some way to bring people from the Farplane, to revivify the dead.  The Al Bhed had come very close, but never could.  Yet, her heart drove her forward endlessly. 

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            Yuna walked along the shore slowly, looking at the vast ocean.  Here was where Tidus washed up, after being attacked twice by Sin.  She scuffed the sand beneath her, and thought about him, like always.  Her thoughts were interrupted by an accented voice.

            "Yuna, I just found something you need to know!"  Wakka rushed towards her recklessly, tripping over a rock and smashing his face into the sand.

            "Wakka, are you alright?"

            "Ya, ya, I'm okay!  But, guess what Yuna, you're not gonna believe this!"

            "What is it?"

            "Rikku's done it, ya?  She's found a way to bring back people from the Farplane!"

            "W-what?!"

            "And I thought all those machina was evil...man was I wrong, eh?"

            "Does her machina work?"

            "I'd say it works well, talk to Sir Auron if you don't believe me!"  Wakka's face broke out into a large grin.

            "S-sir Auron?!"  Yuna couldn't help but grin happily.  Despite his anti-social actions, Yuna loved Auron like a father.

            "Where is he, Wakka?"

            "He's resting at Rikku's house.  Come on now, ya?  But we can't talk to him right away, he's tired."

            Wakka began to walk slowly toward Besaid; Yuna was running as fast as she could in her dress.

            More to come later.

Authors Note:  I hope you enjoy it, this is really the first chapter of a long story (the beginning was a prologue)  So bear with me, I'm gonna try to complete this ASAP.