Disclaimer: I don't own FF10 or the characters represented there. I am writing a completely different version of the FF10 story line. This is the way that I believe it should have been written (or the way I would have written it).

Final Fantasy 10 -- revised (my version of the story line). By: Stardust

Chapter 1: Vision of the end

Tidus sat on the edge of his twin bed and swung his feet aimlessly. It always had been hard to have a father like his. His dad had all the fame and glory, yet none of the love, care, and patience that a father needed to raise a child.
He thought of running away from home sometimes, but always decided better of the notion. He couldn't leave now, not when he had so much to prove. He sighed and got up. Slowly he took off his clothes and changed to his favorite shorts. He had always been more comfortable in cotton when sleeping.
He pulled back the covers, whispered a silent prayer and fell into bed for the night. His last thought as he drifted off to sleep was, 'I wish my dad would just grow up!'

In a haze of confusion he could see a boat. It drifted slowly, but surely toward him. 'Strange,' he thought, 'there's no one steering.'
He looked around him, slowly taking in the view, then his gaze turned back to the boat. It had no one, that he knew of, to steer. No one remained on deck, and (as far as he could see) no one remained below.
Suddenly the scene changed and he was on the shores of Zanardkin. Someone was crying and he turned to see his mother standing there. She was muttering something that sounded like, "He can't be gone! It's just impossible!" Yet even as she said it he knew her fear had been confirmed, whoever 'he' was, was gone.

He shot up in bed and looked at the clock.
"Ten O'clock!!!!" he screamed, jumping out of bed, "I'm gonna be late!"
He threw his clothes on in a rush and rain out the door.

Halfway down the ramp leading off the boat he saw his mother. She was turned away from him, but he could tell she had been crying. She turned to face him.
"Morning, Tidus," she said as though nothing was wrong. He could tell she was hiding something, but didn't care.
"Morning, Mom," he replied in return, "Where's breakfast?!"
"Oh! I forgot!" she said in shock, "I guess we'll just have to go out instead."
His mom didn't tell him then, but his dad had been lost at sea. He wasn't going to be coming home. The news was a shock even to his own ears. He always wished for his dad to just dissapear, but when it came down to it he didn't want to see him gone.

Next Chapter: Blitzball and Sin

P.S. I didn't think it would be right to skip ten years in the same chapter. Hope you don't mind. I think you'll like the story better when it develops more.