Chapter 1- Episode 2
A/N: I've decided to change this to more of a first person view, but you'll get each of the characters P.O.V.
Vidina's P.O.V
I could hear the alarm clock ringing, but I had no intention of getting up. There was a huge party last night for an early celebration of my birthday. Lets just say things got a little out of hand with all of the dancing, games, and running around we were doing yesterday.
"Yo, Vidina get up!" my father called out to me while walking into the tent. "You've got to get up and get to the boat ya?"
"10 more minutes." I responded groggily still exhausted from last night's party.
"You ain't got 10 minutes to spare ya? Your boat leaves in 5." My dad said.
"WHAT!?" I quickly got up shocked from the information I had just received from my father. I quickly grabbed a spare shirt and a pair of jeans and began to change. "Why didn't you wake me up earlier!?" I questioned my dad wondering why he woke me up at the last minute.
"I tried ya? You just wouldn't wake up. Not even Sin could wake you up ya?" My father got up and walked out the tent chuckling. He was right about one thing I am a deep sleeper. I could sleep through just about anything. I quickly brushed my teeth and ran outside. There was no time for breakfast so I gave my mom a hug and ran off.
"Bye mom! See you in a couple days!" I was already late and I couldn't afford to miss this boat. I ran as fast I could to the beach and then ran onto the dock. "Phew, I made it." I got on the boat and took a deep breath. This would actually be my first time traveling alone. I guess with aging comes more privileges.
"Just in time too kid. This boat was just about to leave." I turned around to see a familiar face.
"Hey Keepa. Where you headin'?" Keepa was an old friend of my dad's. He still lived on Besaid but we rarely got to see him because he traveled so often.
"I'm heading to Mt.Gagazet. I hear there's some excellent hot springs there." Keepa replied.
"Don't you know those hot springs are sacred?" I asked Keepa surprised that somebody who traveled so often wouldn't even pick up on information like that.
"I know. I got special permission from Elder Kimahri. He and I are gonna train together and then take a nice relaxing dip in the hot springs." Keepa answered. I guess he did know. Oh yeah I forgot to mention. Keepa has gotten a lot more in shape than he was in before. I'd say he's almost in the same shape as my father. The main reason for all his traveling is basically so that he can train with fighters all around Spira.
*****
The ocean breeze felt nice today. Although I had to admit I was feeling a little lonely. Most of the travelers were families going on a vacation. I thought about my mom and my dad. I missed them already. I looked around and saw a large group of girls surrounding a guy. I'm guessing he's one of those big flirt types. He had the right to be though. I had to admit he was very attractive. He had a beautiful shade of blond hair. Every strand of his hair was spiked up except for two long bangs that came all the way down to his chin. I couldn't tell what color his eyes were from distance. My guess is that he's an Al Bhed. Nobody else in all of Spira had blond hair except for Al Bheds. I walked over to get a closer look at what they were doing. I didn't want to seem suspicious so, I pretended to go down into the cabins. I got a short glimpse of him before I went down. He was definitely an Al Bhed, I could see their infamous swirl of the in his eyes. When I did get a glimpse of him he was looking in my direction, he gave a light wink. I blushed at the thought of somebody winking at me, but I think he was directing it to someone else as I saw him go back to flirting with the girls.
"Maybe this trip won't be so bad. If I get to see more cute guys like him it will definitely be worth it." I thought to myself as I went down into the cabins.
*****
When I woke up the boat had arrived at Kilika Port. I began to walk down the plank when someone bumped into me. The bump wasn't hard but it had caught me off guard and I fell to the ground.
"I am so sorry. Are you alright?" The stranger apologized and reached out his hand. I took his hand and stood up. To my delight it was another guy, but he looked so feminine that at first I mistook him for a girl. He was nicely tanned and had very long silver hair. His hair glistened in the sun and brought out his pale blue eyes. Unfortunately, his entire body was covered by a robe.
"Yeah I'm alright. How about you?" I asked the stranger hoping to start a conversation and get to know him better. "I am fine, thank you. My name is Aki, and you are?" The stranger replied. "My name is Vidina." I gave Aki my name and reached out my hand.
"Well then Vidina, it was a pleasure meeting you. I hope to meet you again sometime." Aki replied and reached out his hand. I put out my own hand for a hand-shake. "Same here."
*****
Kilika Port was filled with laughter and joy. Kids were laughing and chasing each other while the adults sat together and chatted. I could only spend a little amount of time at Kilika, but I still had an hour before my ship left so, I decided to watch the sunset. I sat down on the port at looked towards the sky, it was so peaceful and quiet. That is until I heard someone screaming. I looked over to see what was happening. It was the guy from the boat. He was being dragged out by the ear by somebody else. I could see that the person dragging him out was a girl. I had no interest in girls, but I had to admit, she was very attractive. She had long blonde hair, and green eyes. Her eyes were filled with swirls just like the guy's and her hair was styled in a way I had never seen before. Part of it was braided and had beads on them, but the rest of her hair was just plain straight. She had a headband on that lifted her braids along with her straight hair. The headband caused her braids to go in different directions and it also brought the straight part of her hair all together. Her outfit was very revealing. Her shorts left most of her thighs bare and her shirt was long-sleeved and transparent. She had another shirt underneath the transparent one that covered all of her upper-body except her arms.
"How many times do I have to tell you!? NO FLIRTING UNTIL WE FINISH GETTING SUPPLIES! Are you listening to me Damien? DAMIEN!!!" The girl pulled at his ear again and started screaming in it.
"OW, OW, LET GO!! I'M LISTENING, IM LISTENING!" Damien struggled to escape from his sister's grasp.
"Good. Now, finishing getting the supplies, I'll be waiting on the boat." The girl handed him a piece of paper and started to walk away. "By myself? You're not being fair Yuriko." The girl kept walking, ignoring him. Damien ran in front of Yuriko and handed her the paper. "You're not being fair sis. How come I have to go?" His sister kicked him in the shin and shoved the paper in his face. "Because I said so." She began to walk up the plank and into the boat. "Because I said so." Damien mimicked his sister as he began to walk away. As he was walking a rock hit him on the back of his head. "I heard that!" His sister picked up another rock. "If you don't hurry up I'm gonna have to hurt you." Damien started to run away to avoid more pain.