Chapter 1-Episode 3
Vidina's P.O.V
I finally made it to Luca! It was my first time coming to Luca by myself. Every Blitzball season my dad and I would come here to represent the Besaid Aurochs. I left the docks and entered the stadium, before I picked up my package I decided to go and have some fun at the Luca Square. Down at the square there were children all around. A man in a hooded robe was handing out balloons to each of them. I decided to go to the café and have something to drink. I was walking towards the café when the stranger spoke to me.
"Your home will be destroyed."
Shocked by what the stranger said I turned around.
"What did you say!?" I questioned him.
"Besaid will be gone when you return. Your friends and family will be no more." The stranger said this and began to walk away.
"Wait! Who are you and how do you know this?" I ran after the stranger and grabbed his robe. When I tried to pull him back the robe was empty. There was nobody there, not a single trace of the stranger. I dropped the robe, confused, and decided to ignore it. But when I got into the café I couldn't help but think about it. I sat down at a table. All these questions popped up in my mind. 'Who was that guy, could what he said be true, and where did he go?'
"Um, excuse me? May I help you?" I turned around to see a waitress addressing me.
"Oh, sorry. I'll take a cup of soda." After giving my order I turned back around and continued to think about the stranger, but as soon as I turned around the waitress spoke to me again.
"Excuse me, you couldn't possibly be Vidina of the Besaid Aurochs could you?"
"I am, and you are?"
"My name is Helena. I'm a really big fan of yours and your father." Helena was a cute girl. She had long light blue hair that came down to her waist and her extremely large eyes were a light shade of pink. Every time she smiled her large dimples showed. She was wearing a baby blue sweater that had the word "Blitzball" going across her chest. She wore a white skirt that came down just below her knees. Helena stuck out her hand. I responded with a handshake and asked her to sit down.
"So, what brings you to Luca? It's not blitzball season yet."
"I'm here picking up something for my dad." I responded.
"I see. Um, Vidina I was wondering if maybe I could go to Besaid with you when you go back. I'd like a chance to meet the rest of the Aurochs."
"Sure if you'd like, but I'm telling you ahead don't expect too much. Besaid is nothing like Luca."
"Oh, I don't mind." As soon as Helena responded her boss yelled at her to get back at work. "Oops, sorry." Helena got up and began to walk over to the counter. "So, I'll see you later then?" She asked as she began to walk over.
"Yeah sure. Just meet me at the port by 6:00." I said.
"Ok, 6:00 no problem." Helena walked away and began to take other people's orders.
I returned to the stadium entrance around 5:30 so I could pick up the package. When I got there I asked the lady at the counter for a package addressed to Wakka. The lady took out a large box. She handed it to me and asked me to sign a piece of paper attached to it. I signed it and began to walk away with the box. As I was walking towards the port I noticed a little note attached to it. The note read "Dear Vidina, Happy Birthday." After reading it I realized that this must be my birthday present from my parents. I opened up the box and found a blitzball inside. The blitzball was dark blue and it had my name going across it in yellow letters. On the top and bottom of the ball it read in small letters "Besaid Aurochs." I ran towards the port with my new blitzball in hand. I couldn't wait to get home and thank my parents for the present. This was the best present I had ever received. When I reached the port Helena was already there.
"Hey Helena, what are you doing here so early? It's only 5:40." I asked.
"Well my shift ended early and I couldn't wait to go meet the Aurochs so I decided to come here a little early just in case." She responded.
"I see. Well the boat doesn't leave for another 20 minutes so I guess we'll just have to wait." I climbed the plank and got on the boat. Helena followed.
"Is that the package you were supposed to pick up?" She asked.
"Yeah, it's a present from my mom and dad." I said.
"It's nice. Is it a birthday present?"
"Yup." I couldn't wait to get home. Helena and I talked until the boat was ready to leave. We talked about my previous blitzball games and we also talked about her. She was so nice and polite the entire time not once interrupting me while I talked or looking away.
Episode 4
Vidina's P.O.V
I finally made it home. Helena and I got off the boat and walked onto the dock. After we made sure we had everything we set off and walked across the beach. What the stranger said couldn't have been true. The beach was still there and it was as beautiful as ever, but it sure was quiet. There were no children playing on the beach and none of my friends had come to see me. 'They must have forgotten.' I said to myself.
"Excuse me, Vidina?" Helena tapped my shoulder. I turned around.
"Yeah?" I responded.
"Shouldn't we get going?" She asked.
"Oh, yeah sorry I was daydreaming. I'm just so glad to be back home." I grabbed my blitzball and began to walk home. Everything seemed normal as we walked. The waterfalls were still in place and the bridge was still strong and firm. We were close to my home. I began to pick up my pace. As I walked I noticed smoke coming from the village. 'They must have started a fire for my birthday party or something.' I thought, trying to be as optimistic as I could.
"Come on Helena we're almost there." I started to run off so I could meet my friends and family.
"Okay, I'm coming." Helena followed. When I finally made it to a point where I could see my village I could never have expected what I saw. Everything was gone. Our homes were destroyed, there was no sign of life, and the temple was on fire.
"MOM, DAD!" I yelled out to see if they had survived. I ran to the spot where my house had used to be and dug through the rubble. I found nothing, I fell to my knees sobbing. I couldn't believe that it was all gone. Everything, my friends, my parents, my home village it was all destroyed. Helena walked over to me and put her hand on my shoulder.
"I'm sorry Vidina." I stood up and wiped away my tears.
"It's ok. None of this is your fault." I turned around when I heard footsteps approaching. I couldn't recognize who it was but I could hear their conversation from a distance. When they entered the village I recognized Damien and Yuriko. They were with some good friends of my parents, Rikku and Gippal.
"Dad, I don't understand why we have to come here. I don't even know this guy." Damien was complaining to his parents. When they entered the village I recognized Damien and Yuriko. They were with some good friends of my parents, Rikku and Gippal. Damien and Yuriko must be their children. After they looked around and saw what happened everyone stopped talking, but Damien soon broke the moment of silence. "Whoa, this place got toasted! Sucks to be these guys." Yuriko elbowed him in the stomach. "Ow! What was that for!?" Yuriko pointed over to us. Rikku ran up to me and gave me a hug.
"Oh, Vidina you're okay." She looked around to see if my parents were alive. "What about Wakka and Lulu?" She asked.
"They didn't make it." I said. Gippal walked over to us.
"Who did this?" He questioned.
"I don't know. I was away when it happened."
"I see." Gippal looked over and saw Helena. "Oh, sorry I didn't notice you there. I'm Gippal and this is my wife Rikku." Rikku shook Helena's hand.
"My name is Helena." She responded.
"Well it's nice to meet you Helena." Rikku responded as she called over her kids. "Damien, Yuriko come here." They walked over and greeted Helena's as well.
"Hey, I know you. I saw you on the boat to Kilika." Damien pointed to me and walked over. "Yeah, it's you. How come you didn't say anything when I winked at you." Yuriko pushed Damien away.
"Hi, I'm Yuriko. As you can see that obnoxious brat over there is my brother Damien."
"Hey! I can hear you." Damien got up from the ground and walked over to his sister. "You know sis, you shouldn't be so brutal. It shows a very masculine side."
"Yeah? Well at least I don't sleep with a stuffed bear." As they argued I walked away and headed for the beach. I needed some time to think. Everybody else giggled as the two argued with each other.
"Hey! Leave Teddy out of this!" I could hear them arguing even as I walked further away.
Yuriko's P.O.V
I woke up early this morning because it was getting a little chilly. After the night of arguing we all fell asleep outside. When I awoke there was no sign of Vidina. I felt so sorry for him. I couldn't imagine what life would be like if my parents had been killed. I stood up and stretched. While I was stretching I realized that my mom and dad weren't there. "Damien! Wake up! Mom and dad are gone!" I ran over to Damien and tried to wake him up.
"10 more minutes, I want to ride the pony." Damien mumbled in his sleep and turned over. I kicked him in his back. "OW!" Damien stood up and brushed himself off. "What is it? I was right in the middle of a very important dream."
"Mom and dad are gone." I replied.
"They probably just went out to get some firewood or something to eat." Damien sat on the ground and looked around. "So, where's that Vidina guy?"
"How am I supposed to know. Get off your lazy butt and help me go look for mom and dad." I picked Damien up by his elbow and pushed him.
"What about Helena, we can't just leave her alone." Damien argued as I kept pushing him.
"Oh, yeah. Fine, then you go up ahead and look for mom and dad." I looked back at Helena still sleeping on the ground and then I signaled Damien to get going.
"What about you?" He asked.
"I'll go wake Helena and come afterwards." I began away from Damien so I could awake Helena.
"I always have to do the hard stuff. It's always Damien do this, Damien do that." Damien mumbled under his breath as he walked away.
"Hey Helena, wake up." She looked so happy and peaceful sleeping I almost felt bad waking her up. I gently nudged her. She slowly opened her eyes. I didn't notice it before because of Damien being his obnoxious little self and distracting me, but Helena was a really good-looking girl. Her eyes were so beautiful and she had such a nice body. My eyes began to wander up her legs as she slowly stood up. I shook my head and focused on my missing parents. "Sorry to wake you, but my parents are missing so, my brother and I decided to go out and look for him. We didn't want to leave you alone so, I was wondering if you'd like to come along." I stood up and brushed the dirt off my knees.
"Sure." She replied. I could tell she was still tired because she kept yawning and rubbing her eyes as we walked. We walked until we eventually met up with Damien down by the beach. I saw him sitting next to someone else it must be Vidina. I walked over to Damien.
"Did you find them?" I asked as I sat down next to him.
"Nope, they must have left the island."
"Well what are we going to do? We can't just stay here." I looked over at Damien who now had his eyes closed and was lying on the ground.
"I guess we could go and look for them, but how do we know where to start?" Damien opened his eyes and stood up.
"Well they have to be somewhere in Spira, so I guess we just travel until we meet up with them."
"That could take forever. Do you have any idea how large Spira is?" I was about to say something when Vidina stood up.
"I'll go with you guys." He said as he stood up. "I need to find somebody, somebody who I think is the one responsible for destroying Besaid." I walked over to Helena.
"Will you be coming with us too?" I asked.
"I always wanted to go traveling." She responded.
"Okay then it's settled." We all went back to the village to grab a few supplies. Luckily, Damien and I had packed a few things before we came to Besaid. We grabbed our things and waited for the next boat to arrive at the docks. As we waited I noticed Helena sitting on the docks all by herself. "Hey, you've been awfully quiet." I walked over to her and sat down beside her.
"I'm just not the talkative type."
"I see. So, Helena how come you're here on Besaid? You don't look like you're related to Vidina." I looked over to her and slowly moved closer.
"Well, I met Vidina and recognized him as a Blitzball player. I always loved watching him and his father play so I asked if I could come home with him to meet his father. I'm sorry, do you not want me here?" Helena got up and walked away.
"No, I didn't mean it like that." I got up and started following her. "Helena, I'm sorry that's not what I meant." As I began to catch up to her Damien came out of nowhere and pushed me into the water. He laughed while pointing at me.
"DAMIEN! Just you wait until I get out of here you are so dead." I splashed water on him as he started to run away. "Stupid Damien." I mumbled to myself as I got out of the water. Things weren't going well with Helena and Damien wasn't helping. I tried looking for her but then I realized the boat had arrived and everybody was already aboard.
"Come on sis, keep moving that slowly and you'll slow us down on the entire trip."
I shook my fist and ran towards the boat. As soon as I got on I grabbed Damien and put him in a headlock.
"Ow, okay, okay I'm sorry." Damien apologized and I let go of him. As I looked up I saw Helena walking down the stairs. I went after her so I could apologize.
Helena's P.O.V
I sat down and opened a book I had brought with me. As soon as I began to read the door opened. Yuriko walked in and sat down beside me.
"Hey." She said as she looked over at me.
"Hi." I gave a weak smile and went back to reading.
"Um, Helena I'm really sorry about before. I didn't mean to make it seem like I don't want you here. I really want to be friends with you, or maybe more." Startled by what she said I looked over at her.
"I really like you Helena, and I know this is sudden, but I want to be your girlfriend. So, what do you say?" I couldn't respond. I had no idea she felt this way about me.
"I…I don't know Yuriko. This is like really sudden and we haven't even had time to get to know each other. I mean you might end up not liki-." Before I could finish she gave me a light kiss on the lips.
"Just think about it okay?" She stood up and walked out of the room. I didn't know what to do. I wasn't even sure if I felt that way about Yuriko, but when she left my face felt extremely hot and I even smiled a little. Just a little.
The following morning I went up to the deck after I woke up. I looked around to see if anybody else was up here. Nobody else seemed to be up there. I walked over to the edge of the boat to think about what happened yesterday. I had to admit, Yuriko was kind of pretty and she seemed nice. As I was thinking I saw something moving underwater in the corner of my eye. I thought it was just a school of fish, but it did seem rather large. I looked back up when I heard footsteps approaching. I turned around to find Yuriko walking over to me.
"Good morning." She said with a smile.
"Morning." I responded. She walked over and wrapped her arms around my waist. I began to blush, and looked in a different direction.
"Did you think about it?" She asked.
"Um, well kind of." Actually it had never left my mind. I thought about it all night and I was thinking about just before she came over. She gently moved my head in her direction and gave me another kiss. I began to blush again. It looked like she was about to say something when Damien came up the stairs.
"Hey sis, are we at Kilika yet?" He asked rubbing his eyes.
"I'll talk to you later." She whispered in my ear as she unwrapped her arms. She walked over to Damien and gave him a light tap in his stomach. "No not yet tubby." She said as she walked away.
"Hey! I'm not tubby." He said while following her. I turned back around and looked out to the sea. 'Maybe going out with Yuriko won't be such a bad thing, but what if she leaves me for someone else? She wouldn't do that would she? If I say no, she might not want to be my friend. I don't know what to do.' A lot of thoughts popped up in my mind about what I should do. I guess I'll just have to wait a little longer before I say something to her about it it's best not to react to quickly to these kinds of things I think. With that in mind I walked down the stairs so I could go get something to eat for breakfast.