This is the story of a young girl who decides to join Yuna on her pilgrimage, despite her mother's refusal to let her go. It will follow the story of the game but will be told from her point of view. There will be extra events in the original story based on the new character and some of the existing events will differ slightly due to the addition. That's the theory anyway.
This is my first proper attempt at writing, well, anything really, so I don't know if I'll get very far with it. I'm also making it up as I go and don't have many firm ideas of what will happen, just a few rough ones. The title may also change later since I just made that up for the purpose of posting it.
I suppose I'd better put the standard copyright thing and say that all characters except Callie and the world of Spira belong to Squaresoft.
I suppose it's pretty short for a chapter. Maybe more of a prelude, but I'd appreciate any comments.
CHAPTER ONE - THE DECISION
Callie sat on a low branch in a tree some distance away from the hut, swinging her legs back and forth. With each forward swing she kicked furiously at a branch below, causing small bits of bark to drop to the ground. If this wasn't enough indication, then the dark scowl on her face made it clear that she was in a foul mood.
It just wasn't fair - they were all leaving tomorrow morning and she was being made to stay behind.
"It's very dangerous out in the wild," her mother had said, "And besides, you'd only be in the way."
In the way?! How could she say that? What about that boy in the funny clothes they'd pulled out of the sea just yesterday - they were letting him go along and what use would he be? She was twelve now, and it was time she was allowed to go travelling and see something interesting. Besaid was just so dull.
Her legs stopped swinging for a few moments as she pouted, but she soon resumed her kicking as she slipped further into her indignation.
She awoke to the sound of her mother calling for her to come in since it was well past her bed time. She had eventually climbed down from the branch after her tree-kicking therapy had lightened her mood a little and had decided to lie down for a while in the grass at the base of the trunk. It had still been light when she fell asleep then but was now growing dark. She stood up, brushed down her clothes, and set off back towards the hut.
"In the way..." she muttered.
She heard the sound of voices and laughing coming from the the centre of the village as she neared the hut. She couldn't quite place who they were, but thought that they were probably crew members from the boat they were all leaving on in the morning - it must have come in early and be docking in Besaid for the night. She stopped abruptly as a sudden thought came to her. After a few brief moments of contemplation her eyes lit up and a small giggle escaped her lips.
"In the way? Well, we'll see about that."
The cargo hold of the SS Liki was damp and smelled of seaweed and Callie wrinkled her nose at the smell as she crouched behind some barrels. She had slipped out of the hut after she was sure her mother was asleep, taking with her a meagre amount of food and the few gil she had. It would only feed her for a day or two but she was sure she'd think of something later, and besides, she didn't have any time to make further preparations. Getting onto the boat had been no problem at all, just as she'd thought - there had been nobody about on the beach or the jetty and the boat itself was also completely deserted. She could hardly believe what she was doing, but it was incredibly exciting and they'd be off first thing in the morning. She often slipped out to play before her mother awoke, so she wouldn't be missed until it was too late, and she'd get a message back home... somehow.
She settled back into the corner and began to think of all the wonderful things she might finally get to see, but the gentle rocking of the boat and lapping of the water against the hull soon had her fast asleep.
This is my first proper attempt at writing, well, anything really, so I don't know if I'll get very far with it. I'm also making it up as I go and don't have many firm ideas of what will happen, just a few rough ones. The title may also change later since I just made that up for the purpose of posting it.
I suppose I'd better put the standard copyright thing and say that all characters except Callie and the world of Spira belong to Squaresoft.
I suppose it's pretty short for a chapter. Maybe more of a prelude, but I'd appreciate any comments.
CHAPTER ONE - THE DECISION
Callie sat on a low branch in a tree some distance away from the hut, swinging her legs back and forth. With each forward swing she kicked furiously at a branch below, causing small bits of bark to drop to the ground. If this wasn't enough indication, then the dark scowl on her face made it clear that she was in a foul mood.
It just wasn't fair - they were all leaving tomorrow morning and she was being made to stay behind.
"It's very dangerous out in the wild," her mother had said, "And besides, you'd only be in the way."
In the way?! How could she say that? What about that boy in the funny clothes they'd pulled out of the sea just yesterday - they were letting him go along and what use would he be? She was twelve now, and it was time she was allowed to go travelling and see something interesting. Besaid was just so dull.
Her legs stopped swinging for a few moments as she pouted, but she soon resumed her kicking as she slipped further into her indignation.
She awoke to the sound of her mother calling for her to come in since it was well past her bed time. She had eventually climbed down from the branch after her tree-kicking therapy had lightened her mood a little and had decided to lie down for a while in the grass at the base of the trunk. It had still been light when she fell asleep then but was now growing dark. She stood up, brushed down her clothes, and set off back towards the hut.
"In the way..." she muttered.
She heard the sound of voices and laughing coming from the the centre of the village as she neared the hut. She couldn't quite place who they were, but thought that they were probably crew members from the boat they were all leaving on in the morning - it must have come in early and be docking in Besaid for the night. She stopped abruptly as a sudden thought came to her. After a few brief moments of contemplation her eyes lit up and a small giggle escaped her lips.
"In the way? Well, we'll see about that."
The cargo hold of the SS Liki was damp and smelled of seaweed and Callie wrinkled her nose at the smell as she crouched behind some barrels. She had slipped out of the hut after she was sure her mother was asleep, taking with her a meagre amount of food and the few gil she had. It would only feed her for a day or two but she was sure she'd think of something later, and besides, she didn't have any time to make further preparations. Getting onto the boat had been no problem at all, just as she'd thought - there had been nobody about on the beach or the jetty and the boat itself was also completely deserted. She could hardly believe what she was doing, but it was incredibly exciting and they'd be off first thing in the morning. She often slipped out to play before her mother awoke, so she wouldn't be missed until it was too late, and she'd get a message back home... somehow.
She settled back into the corner and began to think of all the wonderful things she might finally get to see, but the gentle rocking of the boat and lapping of the water against the hull soon had her fast asleep.