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.
Hermione's chapter this time. She's just been on the outside of the story so far, huh?
Dreaming
Chapter 9: Let's Blitz
Hermione made her way through the streets of Luca, irate at everyone. They had received a note from the Al Bhed, and she hoped she wasn't too late.
But, as she arrived, she heard a shout from inside the café.
"Kimahri! Yuna's gone" 'Oh, damn,' she thought, 'Harry!'
Tidus and Kimahri came running out, and she glared at them. "Where in Spira have you been" she asked.
"Huh" Tidus asked. 'Honestly,' she thought. 'Isn't that just like a boy?'
"Yuna's been kidnapped by the Al Bhed Psyches" she stated, wishing that it had been anyone but Harry. He was her best friend, and what with all the crap he'd gone through so far, he didn't need this as well. "In return for her safe return, they want the Aurochs to lose."
She was pleased to see that the blonde was outraged as well. "What"
"If they're only blitzball players, I doubt they'd do anything drastic" she replied"But we shouldn't take chances. Let's go get her."
"I'm going too" he exclaimed. He sounded as though he was upset with himself for not stopping them. "This will be no problem! They're telling the Aurochs to throw the game, as if they needed to! I mean, how good a team can they be"
She smiled. "Wakka said the same thing. He'll take care of the game. We should go get Yuna." Then she repeated what Wakka had told her earlier, when they'd gotten the note. "The Al Bhed boat is in dock 4. Let's go."
They raced towards the docks, and upon arriving, they were confronted by machina robots. They fought their way through a dozen or more, before reaching dock 4. At the dock, they saw the screen above broadcasting the game.
The announcer from earlier, Bobba, was speaking. "The Aurochs are keeping the score tied with some excellent defense, folks"
On the screen, Wakka caught the ball, but one of the Al Bhed tackled him hard. 'Oh, Ron, why do you always do stuff like this?' she wondered. She had realized early on that she had a thing for the redhead, but he barely paid attention to her lately. And that thing in the tournament had thrown her… Ron, being the thing Harry would miss most?
"Ow! He'll feel that one in the morning" the announcer stated.
"But the referee doesn't call the foul" Jimma replied. "Wakka's taking a real beating out there."
"Still in there" Tidus grinned, as they watched.
"He won't last" she said, turning away from the screen. "Wakka's always like that."
He apparently felt the same. "Ouch."
"Let's go." They headed for the ship. Which was trying to pull away from the dock, and she repeated herself.
They climbed on board, and there was another machina. This one looked like it was associated with Blitzball. They destroyed it, and the hatch opened. Then Yuna walked out, looking completely unharmed. One of the Al Bhed fell to the deck, knocked out.
Hermione walked over to Yuna, still amazed at the fact that Harry was in a girl's body. "I hope you hurt them" she said, smiling.
"A little" Yuna replied, then turned to Tidus, who was looking down at the Al Bhed. "What is it" she asked.
He looked sad. "There were these Al Bhed that saved my life when I first came to Spira. They took me on their ship, even gave me food." He glanced around the ship, and shrugged. "I was kinda hoping this was the same ship. But it's not. I wonder if they're all gone."
"What happened" Yuna asked, worried.
"Sin came up near us. I made it out okay, but I don't know what happened to their ship" he told her.
She walked closer to him, an intense expression on her face. "Um, was there anyone called Cid on that ship"
"I don't know" he replied. "They were all speaking that Al Bhed language."
"I see..." Hermione was having trouble following the conversation. She knew little things, but only when the dream felt she needed to. 'Maybe they'll clear things up if I let them keep talking,' she decided.
"So who's Cid" Tidus asked, curiously.
Yuna didn't look at him. "He's my uncle, but I've never actually met him."
The blonde was flabbergasted. And so was Hermione. "Wait. That means you're Al Bhed, too, Yuna"
She nodded. "On my mother's side, yes. Cid is my mother's brother. He became distant after my mother married." Then she smiled, as if at a fond memory. "But she told me to seek him out if I ever needed help."
Then Tidus seemed to get the full impact of the conversation. "You're worried he was..."
But Hermione interrupted. "Don't tell Wakka about Yuna's lineage. The thing about Wakka-he never had much love for the Al Bhed."
"Whoa! I gotta tell Wakka" he exclaimed, jumping off of the wall he had been sitting on.
She glared at him. "I told you not to tell Wakka"
"The game" Yuna exclaimed.
Hermione felt her face go red, as she realized what they meant. "Oh" She raised her hand, and shot a streak of magic into the air, as though shooting sparks from her wand.
They watched the screen, and saw Wakka's face light up as he saw the streak.
"Thirty seconds left! The Aurochs are launching an all-out offensive" Bobba called. "A long pass for Letty! It goes through"
Wakka shot the ball, and everyone held their breath.
"He shoots! Goooooal" And just as it went in, the buzzer went off, signaling the end of the match. "Unbelievable! The Aurochs win the match. 3-2" But the team had to help Wakka out of the sphere.
Tidus was jumping up and down, and Yuna seemed to want to join him.
"We won" he cheered.
"We did it" she added. "We're in the finals"
"Not the most... graceful win" Hermione stated. Then she felt herself blush as another unfamiliar thought entered her mind. "If it was Chappu, he'd still be standing."
Tidus stared at her, feeling that her comment had been out of place. "Hey, aren't you being just a little unfair"
"Excuse me" she asked, icily.
"I know I could never take Chappu's place. You're the one who told Wakka that, right, Lulu" he said, and she could feel anger rising. It wasn't right for him to say such things. True, she really didn't know the history behind Chappu, but it felt wrong. "And I don't think Wakka could ever try to take Chappu's pl"
"You don't want to finish that sentence" she stated, cutting him off.
When they got back to the locker room, Wakka was lying on the bench, injured.
"Sure you're all right, Cap'n" Datto was asking.
Letty was shaken. "The game starts in a few minutes. You sure you okay"
"We're playing the Goers, too" Jassu added.
Wakka grimaced as he tried to show them that he was fine. But he was saved by Tidus' announcement.
"Miss me" he asked, walking over to them.
"Lady Yuna" Datto grinned, and Hermione thought of Seamus.
Letty stared at her. "Are you okay"
Yuna began bowing, apologetically. "All this because of me. I'm sorry! I'm so sorry"
Wakka glared. "How can you let some Al Bhed kidnap you" 'He said Al Bhed the same way he would have said Death Eater,' Hermione thought.
"Hey, let it go, all right" Tidus declared, defending her heritage, unthinkingly.
Wakka just groaned and started to lie down on the bench again. "Don't go near Al Bhed anymore, okay? They're trouble."
Yuna and Kimahri left, and Tidus went over to speak to Wakka.
"The game starts soon" Wakka stated. "No time for warm-ups. Ready"
The blonde was obviously raring to go. "Lemme at 'em."
Wakka grinned. "All right" Then stood and turned to his team, preparing to give them the bad news. "I got something to tell you boys. After this game... I'm retiring. I promised myself this would be my last tournament. Win or lose, I'm quitting blitzball. But you know... Since we're here, we might as well win"
They had looked glum, but by the end of the speech, they were cheering. "Yeah"
"A-Am I on the bench" one of them asked, warily. She wondered if he was a Hufflepuff.
Wakka clapped Tidus on the back. "I'm warming the bench. He's taking my place. All right, boys, let's win this one! Let's make the Goers goners"
Tidus yelled. "Let's blitz"
As they walked out the door, Hermione moved over to stand by Wakka. "I saw you floating there, on the sphere" she said softly.
"Hey, you weren't supposed to see that" he replied, embarrassed.
But before she could say anything else, he passed out, and she caught him.
Wakka fainted and Lulu caught him before he fell to the ground.
"You really gave it your all, didn't you" she whispered, staring down at him. Then she heard the team's voices outside the locker room.
"All right, boys, what're we gonna do" Tidus asked, and she could just see them putting their hands in, on top of each others'.
"Win" they roared.
Then Botta stated firmly"For Cap'n Wakka"
Hermione and Wakka, who was awake again, watched the preliminary scene, where they scanned the audience… and heard the announcers' commentaries.
"This is it, folks! In just a few minutes, the championship game" Bobba stated.
Wakka was staring at a phrase on the wall, in Spiran writing. Then as she looked at it, she could suddenly understand it. "My best memories are here. Wakka, Captain of the Aurochs."
The announcer was still talking. "But who could have imagined... A championship game between these two teams? Our legendary Luca Goers going against... the horrendously ill-fated Besaid Aurochs"
"This looks like history in the making, Bobba" Jimma responded.
She saw a pan across the audience, and gasped as she spotted Auron, who she recognized somehow as Yuna's father's guardian. But then the view switched back to the sphere, and the teams began to enter. They were taunting each other.
"They're already going at it, folks" Bobba announced. "The Goers are taunting the Aurochs"
The game began, and Hermione held her breath, watching as the teams tackled themselves with ferocity. This was as brutal as a Slytherin/Gryffindor Quidditch match. Except that instead of falling to their deaths from brooms, they could drown.
At halftime, the Luca Goers were leading 3 to 2, and the fans were beginning to get restless. At a minute into the second half, they began chanting. As the recorders zoomed in on the fans, she realized that they were calling for Wakka!
"Everyone seems to be calling for Wakka, folks" Bobba announced, and she snorted as he stated the obvious.
Tidus glanced into the crowd, and began to get a strange look on his face. He began swimming for the exit, and Lulu knew what he was going to do. She helped Wakka over to the doorway with Bobba's commentary in her ears.
"Say... Where is that player going? He's leaving the sphere pool! He may be injured"
Barely a minute later, Tidus came into the dressing room, and practically pushed Wakka out the door. She heard his thoughts, as they all seemed to be able to. "To be honest, I did kind of feel left out, but... It really was the Aurochs' and Wakka's show, after all."
She decided to go find Yuna, and as she entered the arena, she heard a roar from the crowd, and the ever-present and confused Bobba"I wonder what's happening? The crowd is going wild" Then she saw Wakka swim into the pool, and hi-five his teammates. "Ah! It's Wakka! He's back on the field and ready to go! The Aurochs seem glad to have him back."
As the game continued, Wakka began scoring, and when the buzzer finally went off, the Aurochs were in the lead.
"Unbelievable! The Aurochs win, folks! This is one for the record books" Bobba yelled.
But, Wakka was still in bad shape, and floating in the pool. As she watched, Tidus swam up to him, preparing to help him, but suddenly, fiends began appearing in the water. They were no match for the two of them however.
"What's happening" Hermione asked, amazed.
Then, she saw Auron, fighting another monster in the stands. They were close enough to hear the conversation that followed as Tidus and Wakka arrived.
"Auron" Tidus exclaimed, sounding a bit relieved.
Wakka just sounded awed. "Sir Auron"
Tidus turned to look at him. "So, you do know him" he stated.
Wakka grinned. "Yeah. Best guardian there ever was."
Then another fiend appeared, and they worked together to dispatch it. But it was followed by three more, and Tidus groaned. "Hey, gimme a break"
Suddenly, from high up in the Maesters' box, Seymour stood. Apparently, he was a summoner as well, because as they watched, he began calling something. It was horrifyingly beautiful.
It began attacking the fiends, and before long, the stadium was full of the floating lights she had seen during the sending. Souls.
After everything, she gathered near the town's exit with Yuna and Kimahri. Then she watched as down below Wakka prepared to leave his team.
Datto was the first to speak. "You're really leavin', Cap'n"
"Shouldn't you heal up first" Letty asked, concerned. 'I always wondered if Lee wanted to be a healer,' she thought, watching the exchange.
"Yuna needs me with her now" Wakka stated firmly. "I can't be lying around in some bed." She smiled at that.
The guys looked down, then Datto spoke again. "Yeah, but..."
Wakka went into captain mode. "Come on, look sharp! The blitz season just started. Don't make those faces, ya"
He handed over the trophy, and stepped back. "Well... See you, boys! You be good."
"Cap'n..." they said, solemnly.
Wakka shook his head. "I can't hear you"
So they shouted. "Cap'n"
He ran up the stairs to join us, and Yuna looked at him appraisingly. "Are you sure"
"Never liked long good-byes anyway" he replied. "Sorry for making you wait, Yuna. I had some promises to keep, ya? From now on, I'm your full-time guardian."
"Then welcome back, Sir Wakka" she stated, smiling. "Good to have you with us."
"Hey, it's good to be back, ya" he told her, then turned to Hermione. "So, any news on what happened"
Hermione shook her head. "Not really. We don't know where the fiends came from" she said, then added"Maester Mika is safe and sound, thanks to Maester Seymour. That's about it."
Yuna had a reverent expression on her face, and Hermione frowned at her next words. "Maester Seymour's aeon... It was so powerful." They'd have to keep an eye on this Seymour.
