Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Final Fantasy characters. But if I did... (Come here Cloud, good boy....)

Author: Reigning Hobbitess

Rating: I'll just have to see where this goes...

Summary: While learning about the Farplane, the occupants of the Airship Celsius contemplate what the future could be like. Little do they know how close their assumptions really are, or just what could come of their dreams.

A/N: Welcome to my first Final Fantasy based fan fiction. When I was playing FFX-2, the bizarre sequence when Shinra told Yuna about the Farplane spawned this entire fanfic and how I think FFVII might be related to FFX and X-2.

Post Script: Please review!

The Twin Cities

Prologue

Yuna stood around on the Bridge, antsy at the very thought that they would be descending into the Farplane in such a short amount of time, yet so deep in thought that she didn't notice her best friend and cousin flapping her hand emphatically in front of Yuna's face.

"Hey, Yunie!" Rikku called. She stopped her hand's wild motions and twisted her head so that she looked up at Yuna. Her irrepressible nature had caused even this venture to have a certain lighthearted feel, though Shuyin was trying to use Vegnagun to blow up the world.

"Mad that it wasn't him, Yunie?" Rikku tried to get her friend to respond.

"Hmm?" said Yuna absentmindedly. She finally noticed Rikku looking at her and she managed a regretful smile. "I really wish it was him, but this doesn't mean he's not still out there somewhere."

"'Course he is!" Rikku said as she jumped up and clapped her hands. Paine rolled her eyes, walked over and drawled monotonously, "Don't get her hopes up."

"Ooooooh, don't be such a spoilsport meanie!" Rikku stamped her foot to emphasize her indignation. "I'm not saying he's not out there," Paine explained as Rikku glared at her, "I'm just saying she shouldn't be disappointed if he isn't."

"I know he might not be out there," Yuna jumped in. "I can't give up hope, because he still could be out there." Yuna fondly remembered him. They hadn't known each other very long, but they had had a connection that Yuna couldn't ever remember feeling toward anyone else.

Everyone on the bridge was jilted out of their thoughts when Shinra called out, "I've been running an analysis on the Farplane, and I just found out something interesting!" Yuna stood looking over Shinra's head, Rikku and Paine on either side, with Buddy and Brother off in the back. They all looked on as Shinra began to excitedly explain his findings.

"Look at this!" he started, voice muffled by his gas mask, "I ran a test on the contents of the Farplane, and they came back with the weirdest stuff." He pulled up a small video clip of the Farplane, which was dissected and split up into various parts as he spoke. "Apparently, the Farplane's made up of some sort of energy, and lots of it. It's really strong stuff. I've never seen anything like it. It seems to flow down at the deepest parts, like a huge river of energy or something."

"So vat does this have to do vid us?" Brother asked contemptuously.

"Think about it! If we could harness that much energy, we could do anything. We could build cities like Zanarkand used to be, we could make them enormous! We could build more airships, and rebuild the places that were destroyed. The possibilities are endless. This could help us advance everything in Spira."

"You mean we could actually build cities? Huge ones, with lots of lights?" Yuna asked as she caught the fervor in Shinra's voice. "A city that never sleeps..." she drifted off before coming back to reality with a start. "We could make the biggest, brightest city ever, one that never sleeps."

"I think we could."

"Wow! I'd love to see that!" Rikku exclaimed.

"Me too," said Yuna dreamily. 'A city that is always awake and alive, full of people. That would be the coolest thing.' Yuna thought.

"Well, once you're all done dreaming about cities, we can get to the Farplane," Paine's impatient statement caused Yuna's thoughts to focus on the more pressing issue at hand.

"Right! Gullwings, lets go!"

Several Weeks Later

Tidus and Yuna stood, finally reunited, on the ruins of the once great Zanarkand. They looked out over the pyreflies that habitually floated around the ruins, lending the place an eerie and enigmatic look. Yuna smiled contentedly with Tidus standing behind and to the left of her, his hand holding hers. Wasn't this the way all good fairy tales were supposed to end?

She stared at the landscape, motionless but for the small glimmers of color that hovered over it. She wondered something.

"Do you remember what it looked like? Zanarkand?"

"Yeah, I do. It was huge, like you could walk through the entire city every day and not see the same person twice. And there were flashing lights and billboards everywhere. If you walked around at night, you could still see people all over, in shops and things. And the blitzball stadium! It was huge, like, three times the size of the one in Luca, and teams from all over the place came to play," Tidus reminisced. He stopped before he began his next thought.

"Wait, I'm not even from Zanarkand."

"No, but you still know what it looks like better than anybody else. I'm sure the fayth made your world as accurate as they could."

Tidus looked at the setting sun. "I guess you're right," he said regretfully. He was still finding it hard to believe that he was nothing more than the dream of a couple of bored spirits.

He and Yuna stood still for a few more moments. Yuna's mind flitted back to Shinra's discovery on the Farplane. She'd never told Tidus about it.

"Shinra thinks the Farplane's made up of a lot of swirling energy," she said to him.

"And?" said Tidus in his cocksure manner.

"He thinks we could harness the energy and build lots of things, like cities. Just like Zanarkand used to be, all full of lights."

"Really?" Tidus asked incredulously. Yuna nodded. "Wow, another Zanarkand in Spira," he breathed. "Why not? We should do it, Yuna! We could build it, it'd be great! You could see what Zanarkand used to look like, the way I remember it."

"That would be awesome," Yuna said.

Tidus grinned. "I just had a thought." Yuna giggled. "No? You?" she said. Tidus shoved her and started to laugh. "Hey! Show a little respect here, if that's not too much to ask!"

Yuna stopped laughing and stood up straight, the sides of her mouth slowly pulling upwards against her will.

"I thought up a name for the city," said Tidus.

"What would you call it?" Yuna queried, still vainly losing the battle against her mouth.

"Midgar."

A/N: For those who have seen the complete ending of FF X-2, this should make sense. It's the very last scene changed around. Alright, please review, because most people don't unless I beg.