Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anyone else in his world. I also don't own the rights to Final Fantasy, although I do own a copy of the game.
A/N: This was just a random idea that I had, and it's taken over. I don't even know why. Dumbledore casts a spell, which puts the witches and wizards into a Muggle game, but will they be able to return? And who are they playing? But obviously, Draco is Tidus and Harry will be Yuna. The similarities are too close.
There will be three stories, and each one will have the characters in a different universe. And if you can't tell this story is Draco/Harry. But they probably won't actually get together until the third story.
Dreaming
By Whyteroze28
Chapter 5
The next morning, Draco almost jumped out of bed. He knew they would be leaving, and was excited about the boat ride. Contrary to popular belief, he had hardly been out of the country in his whole life, and his father avoided Muggle transportation like it was contaminated. So he walked outside to join Wakka and Lulu who were already up and waiting.
"Hey! Sleepyhead!" Wakka shouted, waving him over. "Something I want to give you."
Wakka handed him a sword. To Draco it didn't look much different than the one Auron had given him, but it felt different. Like there was a magic spell on it. "Whoa! You're giving this... to me?"
"Yeah, use it well!" Wakka seemed embarrassed.
Lulu stared at Wakka, and when she finally spoke her words sounded flat. "That's the sword you gave Chappu."
"Well, he never used it," Wakka replied, hurt. Then he changed the subject. "Where's Yuna?"
"We're taking the same boat as Yuna, right?" Draco asked, still trying to understand why the girl affected him so much. "Why do we gotta wait here?"
"Yuna came to this village ten years ago, when the last Calm started," Wakka said, as if that explained things.
But of course, Draco didn't follow. "The Calm?"
Wakka wouldn't explain, but instead changed the subject again. "Since then, she's been like a little sister to me and Lulu. But she had the talent... She became an apprentice. Now, today, she leaves as a summoner."
"This is our journey... We should leave together," Lulu said, and Draco really began to feel like an outsider. There was so much that he didn't know.
Then he saw Yuna walking out of the temple carrying a large case, and he stared. There was definitely something about this girl.
Lulu, who was beginning to remind him of Granger, with her 'I-know-more-than-you' attitude, called out to her. "You really don't need all that luggage."
"They're not really my things," Yuna replied, shyly. "They're gifts for the temples we're to visit."
"This isn't a vacation, Yuna." Wakka's tone held something unknown. Almost… sadness?
"I guess... I guess you're right," Yuna said, and her voice was definitely sad. Then she walked toward them, leaving the case sitting on the steps of the temple.
Wakka began moving toward the village's entrance. "Okay! Off we go!" he exclaimed, sounding as though he was faking cheerfulness. Draco wondered why.
They trooped up the hill, with Wakka explaining how each of them had a different way to beat the 'fiends'. He explained that he took care of the fliers, Lulu was their mage… something like a witch, but with a smaller cache of spells, and Yuna handled most of the bigger ones. Then he'd said that Draco was better for the canine types, the fast ones.
When they arrived at the top of the hill where he and Wakka had looked down on the village, Yuna stopped, and looked down. Lulu walked over to her. "Take your time."
But Draco was impatient to get going. "Let's get going, man!'
"We're gonna wait," Wakka replied, matter-of-factly. Then as Yuna walked away from the edge, he looked at her. "Are you ready?"
Yuna nodded, and he moved to the statue Draco had noticed the day before. He knelt down, and began to pray.
"What's going on?" Draco asked him, wanting to learn everything he could about this world, and its strange rites.
Wakka spoke without looking up. "It's an ancient custom. People leaving the island pray here for a safe trip. Chappu didn't pray that day. Said he'd miss his boat."
Upon hearing that, Draco felt that he should pray too, so as not to offend his new benefactor.
Then they stood, Wakka smiling. "That should do it!" he stated, and they moved on.
But they hadn't gone more than a few yards before the beast jumped down in front of Draco, goading him into a fight. Draco held his own not wanting to hurt the creature, which he knew was another of Yuna's guardians.
But finally, Wakka's voice cut through. "That's enough!"
The creature turned and stalked off towards the beach
"What's with that guy?" Draco asked, staring after him. This guy was going to be harder to befriend.
Lulu replied. "Kimahri Ronso, of the Ronso tribe. He's learned the fiends' way of fighting."
"That's not what I meant!" Draco groaned. 'I meant why's he got such a chip on his shoulder?'
"He's another of Yuna's guardians," Wakka added.
Yuna had a mischievous expression on her face, as though they had all begun to see how much he knew. "Sometimes we don't understand him either. Kimahri doesn't talk much anyway."
"Hmph." Wakka grunted, and began to walk away as well.
"But he has protected me since I was a child," Yuna stated, and Draco knew that the girl trusted the… Ronso… with her life.
When they finally boarded the boat, Draco was amazed by the reaction of the villagers who had turned out to see them off. Most of them were crying, hard.
"Goodbye," Yuna called, as the ship left the harbor.
Draco was amazed. He immediately began letting off steam, running around the deck, but then he caught sight of a passenger with what looked like Omnioculars. Draco grabbed them, and scanned the decks. He saw Wakka lounging against a post, and Lulu, with a disapproving look on her face. Then he saw Yuna, accompanied by Kimahri. He watched as she walked by, and gave him a shy smile and a wave. He gave the binocular-things back, and looked up to find Yuna surrounded by a group of people.
"Word is that summoner's got noble blood!" a man in the crowd commented.
Another stated, "I heard she's Lord Braska's daughter!"
"Ya don't say?" the first guy said, looking at her again.
"Lord Braska's... daughter?" Draco had no idea what they were saying, so he headed over to talk to Wakka. "So, is Yuna's father famous or something?"
Wakka stared at him. It was becoming clear that the guy was starting to believe he was from another world. "She's the daughter of High Summoner Braska! You saw his statue at the temple. Lord Braska defeated Sin ten years ago. Yuna's the heir to a great legacy!"
"It's tough when your father's famous," Draco said. 'Or infamous,' he thought, remembering the looks he got just for being Lucius Malfoy's son.
"Heh?" Wakka seemed unsure of how to respond.
Lulu smirked. "Wakka's... a bit lacking in the imagination department."
"Ha, ha. Thanks, Lulu. I'll keep that in mind," Draco said, although he wondered if she'd been serious. The comment had actually sounded a bit sad.
He made his way to Yuna, who was standing on the bow of the ship. They stood there for a moment, as the breeze washed over them.
"The wind... it's nice," Yuna said, and then they both laughed at the fact that they were talking about the weather… always the safest of conversation starters. Then she turned to look at him. "You're a blitzball player, aren't you? From Zanarkand, right?" she asked.
Draco was startled. "You hear that from Wakka?" he asked, and she nodded. Then he looked back out at the ocean, his expression glum. "Wakka doesn't believe me at all."
"But I believe you!" she exclaimed, and Draco was surprised to find that she sounded as though she meant it. "I've heard, in Zanarkand... there is a great stadium, all lit up even at night!" she continued.
"Huh?" She really sounded like she knew.
"Great blitzball tournaments are held there," she went on, excitedly, "and the stands are always full!""
'What the fuck?' Draco thought, 'Has she seen the place or something?' But that was impossible, wasn't it? "How do you know that?"
She smiled, and replied "A man named Jecht told me. He was my father's guardian."
"Jecht," Draco grumbled. 'The father.' "My father... his name is Jecht!"
"Amazing!" She must have thought they were the same person. "You know, our meeting like this must be the blessing of Yevon!"
"Sounds like him," Draco said, "but it can't be him."
She was confused now. "Why not?"
"My old man, he died. Ten years ago, off the coast of Zanarkand."
"I'm sorry," she said.
"He went out to sea for training one day... and never came back," Draco added, noticing that he really didn't care. "And no one's seen him since then."
Yuna looked surprised, and then happy again. What was with this girl, was she under a constant Cheering Charm? "Why, that's the day that Jecht came to Spira. It's true! I first met Jecht ten years and three months ago! I remember, that was the day my father left. The date fits, doesn't it?"
"Yeah, but how would he get here?" Draco asked, amazed.
"You're here, are you not?" He didn't know how to answer that. But he was spared the task by a vibration that shook the boat. He tried to grab Yuna, but she fell, almost sliding into the water.
Luckily for her, Kimahri was there to save her.
Suddenly, Sin was there, rising from the water like the fabled Leviathan.
"Sin!" someone yelled, behind them.
As it began to move, someone began loading a harpoon, preparing to fire, and Wakka started yelling. "What do you think you're doing? Stick a harpoon in him and we'll get dragged under!"
"Sin is going for Kilika! We gotta distract it!" the guy yelled back. "Our families are in Kilika! Forgive us, Lady Summoner!"
"Wait!" Wakka moved forward, but the guy was too fast. "Oh, boy..."
The harpoon stuck in the fin, which was sticking out above the water, and Draco and the others moved to fight, as the creatures he'd fought in Zanarkand landed on the boat. Wakka realized that he could hit the fin, and he and Lulu blasted away at that. Eventually, it pulled loose, catching Draco with it.
Wakka dived down, catching up with him, and they had to fight yet again before they could get back on board the ship.
But the sight from the ship wasn't pretty. Sin was still headed for the town of Kilika, and Draco could do nothing but watch as it was almost completely demolished.
Then the voice was back. "When Sin attacked Zanarkand that day, I woke up in Spira. I kept hoping it would work in reverse, too."
Yuna was staring at the destruction, and Draco heard the determination in her voice as she spoke. "I will defeat Sin... I must defeat Sin." Draco smiled to himself. 'The girl's got a Potter complex.' He could just hear Potter saying he would defeat Voldemort, with the same kind of tone.
Annoying voice. "I was just fooling myself. Maybe it was that day... on the sea, under the burning sun. I started to give up hope. I was in a foreign world. I wasn't going home. This was my new reality, and I was stuck in it for good." Draco smirked to himself. 'Well, at least he's finally gotten that through his thick skull.'
