Disclaimer: NO! I do NOT own Final Fantasy X!!!! I do, however, own Abbie thank you very much so. Cu huf ku nayt ed yht najeif ed!
N/N: Finally! My first FFX fic!!! I have been toying with this idea for…..I dun know how long, bout 6 months maybe. I've got a lot of other fics going so I didn't really have time….still don't really…. Oh yeah, any sentences that are italicised are Abbie's thoughts and anything in bold are those other voices of ours that we argue with from time to time.
Chapter One
Abbie put her book down and went up stairs. They were doing it again. Arguing. Did they ever stop? Didn't they ever tire of it? Abbie sighed as she made her way to her room. She supposed not. Why would they? They've been at it for about two years now. They would have been divorced by now, but neither wanted to go through the difficulties of negotiating lawyers and whatknot. She guessed they figured they could just try to forget the other existed in the house. Abbie stood in the middle of her room, trying to decide what to do. After a few moments of thought she walked over to her Sword Wall, the place where she put all of the swords she collected and picked out her favourite. Her Ninja Assassin Sword. Abbie smiled.
"You idiot! You knew I had that meeting! You knew that! I told you - " the voice of Abbie's mother came wafting through the house and up to her room. Abbie's smile was gone as fast as it came.
Durn them. If they can't get along why did they marry in the first place?
If they didn't get married then you wouldn't be here either.
And that's a bad thing?
……
Thank you, my point exactly.
Then go perform a Sending on yourself, nitwit.
That's what I was going to do! And I'm not a nitwit!
Suit yourself.
Oi vey, Sweet Moon I'm holding an argument with myself. That's worse than Dumb and Dummer downstairs…at least they're arguing with real people!
B -
Shut up.
But -
Just shut up.
Abbie, grabbing her sword, walked out of her room, into the bathroom and opened the bathroom window. The window with the easiest access to the roof. The arguing voices of her parents were still audible as she crawled through.
Finally. The roof.
Abbie walked to the flattest part of the roof. She preferred being at the highest, but she was going to perform the Sending. There was a reason she was using her sword instead of a staff. She was going to add one extra little part. Abbie gave a humourless chuckle.
I wonder if any of the Summoners ever tried to Send themselves?
Abbie began dancing.
She had spent countless hours on memorizing the entrancing dance. It had enthralled her the first time, and she had continued often from that point in the video game just to watch the dance again. It was a dance of death…and of renewal. Of sadness, and of closure. Abbie twisted and turned. She wished she could have closure. Maybe now she would finally get it…
Abbie froze in her movements. Or rather, she tried to stop, only to find that she couldn't. She couldn't stop the Sending, even theough she was floating.
How in the - what -
Tried as she might, she still couldn't stop. Pyreflies began to float out of her, and Abbie's heart, if possible, started racing faster. This couldn't be happening. There was no way. She wasn't an….UnSent, was she? No…she was sure that she was very much alive…much to her chagrin.
Whoa, this is too weird.
Abbie had finished performing the Sending, and now she was a group of Pyreflies, able to see out of each and every one of them. The next thing she knew she was travelling in some odd, whirling black and silver vortex of some sort. Seeing out of seven different angles can be quite disorienting when you aren't used to it.
Whoosh!
A sudden rush of bright, sunny light came across Abbie, and she suddenly felt as if she was being pulled together by an unseen force, and the bewildering view of seven angles swiftly melded into one. Abbie blinked a few times and stumbled a few steps foreward before she fell to her knees. Right as she was blacking out, she could have sworn that Kilika Temple was right in front of her…
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Abbie slowly opened her eyes, only to close them suddenly.
I hate bright lights…
She winced and turned her head to the side, only to hear a deep voice say.
"Girl awake. Come see now."
Odd, it reminds me of the deep resonance of a purring cat…kind of like Kimahri's…
"About time, I thought the girl would never wake up"
"Come on now, we don't know what happened to her. Maybe Sin's toxin got to her, ya?"
Ya? Ya? Great, I'm in a room with a Wakka-wannabe. Probably looks nothing remotely like him either.
"Does she need any more Healing, Kimahri?"
Kimahri!? Oh Sweet Moon no. I can't be. I couldn't have.
"Kimahri not know. Girl winces then turns head. That Kimahri knows."
"Should we, uh, try to wake her up then?"
Tidus. If Kimahri is here and the Wakka-wannabe is really Wakka, then that has to be Tidus. Which means the first female voice must have been Lulu. Yuna could never pull off sounding that…impassive.
"I don't know, Tidus, - "
Yep. I knew it.
" - maybe we should just let her sleep."
"That would be a bit of a waste since I'm already awake." Abbie said, opening her eyes and turning to look at the crowd of people around her. She almost fainted again. Standing around her bed (cot?) was Yuna, Kimahri, Lulu, Wakka, and Tidus. Characters from Final Fantasy X.
Is this what happens when people in my world perform the Sending? Or is it just me? Durn me and my durn personal problems.
"About time." said Lulu. Abbie remains silent, unsure of how to respond. She had beaten the game numberless times, and knew the storyline by heart. She knew Tidus would dissappear, and Auron would…Auron would get Sent.
"Are you alright? Do you need any more Healing?" asked a concerned looking Yuna.
"I'm fine." Abbie says shortly.
"You remember your name, ya?" asked Wakka.
"Yeah."
"Then maybe you should tell us, don't you think?"
"…….why should I tell my name to five complete strangers." Abbie said, even though they weren't strangers to her.
"I am the Summoner Yuna. These are my Gaurdians, Wakka, Lulu, and Kimahri. This is our friend Tidus. His memory was affected by Sin's Toxin as well." Yuna said. Abbie chuckled lightly.
Figures they would think that. But should I play along? Naw, it'll be more fun to do something else.
"Hey, there ain't anything funny with being affected by Sin's Toxin!" exclaimed Wakka, looking indignant.
"You know ours now. So now you tell us yours." Abbie was silent for a moment.
"I am the Oracle, Abbie."
Yuna gasped and Wakka made a large 'O' with his mouth and widened his eyes. Only Lulu and Kimahri remained stoic.
"What's an Oracle?" asked Tidus.
"An Oracle is someone who can predict the future, but they only do so in riddles." said Lulu, her fierce gaze directed only to Abbie.
"Really? Wow, that's awesome!" exclaimed Tidus, looking happy.
He probably figures that I'll be able to tell him that he'll eventually go home. Oh no, what will I tell him if he asks? Oi vey. Hmm, I'll have to cut back on my Al Bhed speaking too……or maybe not. Maybe they expect me to be able to speak different languages.
"Wow, that's pretty big, ya? An Oracle hasn't been seen in hundreds of years." said Wakka.
"We're here. We simply remain hidden." yeah, hidden in another world. The five people seemed to take this answer as the truth for they began to leave.
"You're still very weak. You need more rest. Once you feel well enough we'll all go to Luca. You'll be able to see the Blitzball Tournament there! You do know what Blitzball is, right?" asked Yuna.
Do I know what Blitzball is. I'll say I do.
"Yes. I know what Blitzball is." Abbie replied.
"Oh right, of course. Just making sure. Good night, Lady Abbie."
"Good night Summoner Yuna."