"...stranded..."
23rd April
The gang were in riding the Shoopuf to the other side of the Moonflow. They were planning to stay and watch the miracles that were to happen shortly. The dozy Shoopuf waddled clumsily through the Moonlilies and splashed the clear water up towards the sleepy hero's riding on its back. It was dark, and in stories that never means anything good. Something was about to happen but Tidus couldn't tell what it was. He often has these odd feelings, and usually these odd feeling were right...
A while later, there was a tremendous splash in the water, and the Shoopuf let out a deafening snort, with a slight jump, it knew something wasn't right. But the gang noticed nothing odd, only that the creature they were riding changed it's course.
Tidus jumped up.
" Whoa!" he shouted " is it me or is this trip getting odd?"
" It's you" replied Lulu, glumly with a frown.
" Sit down or you'll fall off. And we wouldn't want that to happen, would we?" said Wakka to Tidus, like he was some annoying little child (well he is, isn't he?)
" Oh no," mumbled Lulu sarcastically," we wouldn't want Tidus to fall off at all would we?"
Tidus gave her an evil glare.
Yuna stood up. She looked around and walked towards the driver's seat.
" I think Tidus may be right, the drivers disappeared!" she panicked.
" It's those damn Al Bhed!" yelled Wakka pounding the floor.
The instant Wakka smacked the Shoopuf's back, a strange looking man appeared behind them; he wore goggles and large gloves. The Al Bhed put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a grenade. Next thing they knew, there was an explosion.
Tidus woke up to find his legs entangled in the stems of the Moonlilies. He wasn't feeling too great as he felt like he had been smacked across the head with a boulder ( sometimes you just wish you could really do that!). he looked behind him to see the Shoopuf knocked out in the water. Blood was seeping from its mouth and Tidus actually wondered if the creature was just unconscious. The thought chilled his blood. Had he just escaped death? What about the others? Were they as lucky as he was? Yuna. Was she alive? His heart stopped with the frozen blood surging through it.
A horrid thought struck him. These feelings he had earlier, was this what it meant? If that grenade was enough to kill a Shoopuf, surly it could destroy the life of a Human. He was the only one around, floating on this crystallized water, the soothing flowers brushed hypnotic aromas on his skin.
A thought hit him. Was he dead? Is this heaven?
The rushing water made him think so.
After a while, there was no rushing water. Just the gentle waves lapping as his knees, he was becoming embedded in soft moving carpet of sand.
" hey, hey, hey!" called a familiar voice. It was Wakka. Was he dead too?
" I think he may still be alive..." that was Auron. Tidus couldn't bear the thought of a legend like him being dead too. ' but hang on' thought Tidus ' Auron isn't alive anyway!'
The other two rushed towards him. They were not how he remembered them. They didn't seem visually familiar. Blurry? Or different? Tidus couldn't decide.
" excuse me, are you alright?" said Wakka " We've never met before, but we could help you out."
It took a while for the word to sink in. ' never met?' thought Tidus. 'But this is Wakka, I've known him for about two months.' He opened his eyes to find a ginger haired man oeering over him. This wasn't Wakka. Wakka usually had his hair defying gravity sttod on end. This man, whoever he was, had his orange hair flopped over his eyes.
" who are you? Are you Wakka?"
" you know my name?" replied Wakka completly confused.
" Yes, I know you." Something felt odd saying this to a stranger. It was odd. The man was a stranger, but Tidus knew him. " you're hair" muttered Tidus exhausted." It's not the same."
" Whoa! Kid! You some kinda psychic medium or something?" said a dazed Wakka leaping up and moving steadily backwards. " it's usually on end, but the gel I used today isn't waterproof; my hair just flops." He smiled. Tidus ached.
" is Yuna alright?" he knew that saying this woul yet again cause confusion amongst the two men. " is she alive? Where is she?" the words merely trickled out his mouth.
Wakka and Auron stared.
" how do you know anout Yuna?" asked Auron looking away.
" I travelled with her...and you two." Tidus didn't think that the men understood. They exchanged looks and didn't relpy for a while.
Eventully
" Yuna hasn't turned up yet..." Auron said
" she isn't here?" Tidus fretted. He was confused. Two men he knew, suddenly didn't know him, a girl that he had trvelled with, was missing, and he had ended up...stranded...
how's that for a cliff hanger eh? Sorry this chapter is short. But I've written another one so that it makes sense. Please reveiw!
