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
Chapter 16: Reunited
Outside the tent, he saw Maechen again. The old man smiled, at seeing someone who would listen to his ramblings, and Draco could have sworn he saw the man's eyes twinkle. 'Wait, twinkle?' Draco thought, remembering his earlier suspicions. 'Damn, it is Dumbledore. The man's a menace, in the disguise of a senile old fool.'
But, Draco decided to humor the man, and stopped to speak to him.
"Would you like to hear a bit about the wondrous shoopuf" he asked, and Draco nodded. "Very well. There are many things we do not know about the shoopuf. For example, what does it eat? It eats nothing! The water it sucks up through its shnoz somehow supports its considerable size. Some theorize it eats teeny-weeny waterborne organisms. Hmm? And that, as they say is that."
'Thank Merlin, he's done,' Draco sighed. 'I wonder why he doesn't mention anything of importance⦠Maybe he'll show up later, and have vital information, but only if I have listened to all his dumb stories?' he thought.
But, before he could leave, the man called out to him. "Perhaps you'd like to hear a bit about the Hypello, hmm?'
Reluctantly, Draco agreed, still clinging to the hope that his theory was right.
"These shoopuf handlers belong to a race of water-dwellers known as the Hypello. They may be slow on land, but in the water they're quick as silvery fish! You'd think they'd make admirable players of blitzball, but their lackadaisical disposition draws them to less strenuous positions. Hmm. And that, as they say, is that."
Draco raced away, as soon as the man had finished. He saw one of the Hypello, and spoke to it, hoping it was the driver. It was.
"Ride ze shoopuf"
"I'm ready! Let me on" he exclaimed.
"All aboards" the driver called, lowering a basket so they could climb in. When they were settled, they heard him call out"Shoopuf launchin'"
The shoopuf waded through the water, and Draco had to admit, the ride was extremely smooth. It was better than the boat rides, definitely.
"Hey. Take a look" Wakka said, nudging him, and pointing down.
"What" he asked, then looked into the water. "Whoa! A sunken city"
The ruins seemed so lost, and Draco wondered if that was why the pyreflies congregated here. Were the souls of the dead still here?
"A machina city-a thousand years old" Wakka replied. "They built a city on top of bridges across the river."
Lulu looked over at them, and joined the conversation. "But the weight of the city caused the bridges to collapse, and it all sank to the bottom."
"Right. It's a good lesson" Wakka said.
"A lesson" Draco asked, confused.
The redhead settled back into his seat. "Yeah. Why build a city over a river, ya"
'I don't know, Venice seems to be doing okay,' Draco thought. "Uh... Well, it would be convenient, with all that water there" he said aloud.
Wakka shook his head. "Nope, that's not why. They just wanted to prove they could defy the laws of nature"
"Hmmm? I'm not sure about that" he said. 'Humans tend to look to their own needs first.'
"Yevon has taught us" Wakka began. "When humans have power, they seek to use it. If you don't stop them, they go too far, ya"
'Sounds like Voldemort,' Draco thought bitterly.
Then he looked up. "Yeah, but don't you use machina, too? Like the stadium and stuff, right"
"Yevon, it decides... which machina we may use, and which we may not" Lulu replied.
'This Yevon sounds like the ministry. Always dictating how things should be done.' Then he asked. "So what kind of machina may we not use, then"
"Remember Operation Mi'ihen" Wakka asked. "That kind."
"Or war will rage again" Lulu added.
"War" 'Oh great⦠not here too.'
"More than a thousand years ago..." Yuna said quietly"Mankind waged war, using machina to kill"
"They kept building more and more powerful machina" Wakka said.
Lulu continued in turn. "They made weapons so powerful... It was thought they would destroy the entire world."
"The people feared that Spira would be destroyed" Yuna said.
Wakka nodded. "But the war did not stop"
Draco was astounded. "Wh-What happened then"
Yuna looked sad again. "Sin came, and it destroyed the cities and their machina."
"The war ended... and our reward... was Sin" Lulu said, her voice almost breaking near the end.
"So, Sin's our punishment for lettin' things get out of hand, eh" Wakka stated firmly.
"Man, that's rough" Draco said, sitting back as well.
"Yeah, it is. But, it's not like the machina are bad." Wakka's expression seemed to say differently, however.
"Only as bad as their users" Lulu replied.
Wakka grimaced, and clenched his fist. "It's because of people like the Al Bhed screwin' everything up"
Suddenly, the shoopuf began to shake, as though from something under the water.
"Whatsh could thatsh be" the driver asked.
Yuna stood, and the shoopuf shook again.
"Sit down"Auro yelled.
"S-Sorry" she said, sitting. But, suddenly, an Al Bhed rose up behind her, and grabbed her, pulling her off the shoopuf, and under the water.
"The Al Bhed" Wakka exclaimed, as he and Draco jumped in after her. "Yuna, we'll save you"
There was a machina under there, with Yuna enclosed in a bubble. Wakka and Draco fought hard, finally freeing her, and returning her to the shoopuf.
"Are you hurt" Lulu asked concerned.
Yuna shook her head. "No, I'm fine."
Wakka punched the seat. "Grrah! Those Al Bhed"
"Ish ebullibody okay" the driver called back.
Yuna stood and called to him. "I'm sorry! We're all okay now"
"Yuna" Auron said, glaring, and she sat again.
"Shoopuf full shpeed aheads" the driver stated, and they began moving again.
"Damn the Al Bhed! What do they want from us" Wakka asked, furious. "Could it have something to do with Luca? What are they after Yuna for? Wait! They're mad they lost the tournament! Or, wait! They're mad about Operation Mi'ihen"
I wonder... Didn't Kimahri's clansman say something... about summoners... disappearing" Lulu said, seeming to be trying to figure it out.
"Ah! So the Al Bhed are behind that" Wakka exclaimed. "Those sand-blasted grease monkeys"
Draco noticed that the conversation stopped instantly. He knew that Wakka was probably the only one who didn't know about Yuna's Al Bhed heritage.
"Hey, Wakka. It's no use complaining about the Al Bhed now, right" he said, grinning. "We'll protect Yuna from anyone, anywhere. It's that easy. That's all I need to know"
"Well... I guess so" Wakka sighed.
Lulu smiled at him. "You're right."
Yuna mouthed the words"Thank you."
Finally, the shoopuf docked. Yuna was once again surrounded by people, and Wakka, Lulu and Kimahri were guarding her. Auron asked Draco to scout ahead.
He walked a few yards, and stopped in amazement, as he saw a familiar form lying on the ground. It was Rikku, in her wetsuit.
Suddenly, she sat up, and began peeling it off, revealing the clothes he had seen her wearing at the beginning of his dream.
"You're... not dead" he asked, in amazement.
"Thought I was done for, back there" she gasped, and Draco was absolutely positive it was her.
"Rikku! You're Rikku" he exclaimed, happy enough to forget that he wasn't acting like a Malfoy. "Hey! You're okay! How you been"
Rikku groaned. "Terrible"
"Yeah, you don't look so good. What happened" he asked, taking in the fatigue, and a few bruises.
"You beat me up, remember" she asked, stabbing a finger at his chest.
"Oh! That machina... That was you" It made sense. The guy that had grabbed Yuna looked like one of the ones that had captured him.
Rikku was sulking. "That really hurt, you know. You big meanie"
Draco looked at her in astonishment. "W-Wait! But you attacked us"
Rikku shook her head. "Nuh-uh. It's not exactly what you think."
But, before he could ask what she meant, he heard the others.
Wakka yelled as he came into the clearing. "Yo" Then he spotted Rikku, and Draco thought he saw a spark of recognition. Which would make sense, if Rikku really were Weasley's sister. "Friend of yours"
"Uh, you could say that" he replied.
"Pleased to meet you! I'm Rikku" she said, holding out her hand, for Wakka to shake.
"Yuna, Lulu... I told you about her, remember" he asked, seeing the look they gave her. "She was the one who helped me before I was washed up on Besaid! She's an Al Bhe... beh..." 'Oh shit! Don't blow it now" he thought. "I can't believe I almost said that"
Lulu and Yuna looked puzzled.
"Wow, so you, like owe her your life! What luck meeting here, ya" Wakka said, and then began the prayer. "Praise to be Yevon! So, uh... Rikku... You look a little beat up! You okay"
Uh, Wakka..." Lulu said, before Rikku could answer.
"Huh? What" he asked.
Yuna looked at Rikku. "There's something we need to discuss."
"Oh, go ahead."
Rikku walked over to them. "Girls only. Boys please wait over there" she called.
"Right. Sorry, Wakka" Lulu said, smirking a little.
The girls huddled together, and Draco figured that Yuna was asking Rikku if she knew her uncle Cid. Then, Auron stepped into the clearing, and Yuna turned to him. "Sir Auron... I would like Rikku to be my guardian."
Rikku hid her face from Auron, and he grabbed her chin. "Show me your face. Look at me."
"Oh, okay" she replied, raising her face, but her eyes remained closed.
"Open your eyes" he stated.
Rikku opened her left eye and her it has a swirl instead of a pupil.
"As I thought" he said, letting go of her.
"Um... No good" Rikku asked.
"Are you certain" he asked her, and she nodded.
"A hundred percent" she exclaimed, then looked hesitant. "So, anyway... Can I"
"If Yuna wishes it."
"Yes, I do" Yuna stated firmly.
"Rikku's a good girl" Draco spoke up. "She helped me a bunch"
Wakka was grinning. "Well, I'm for it! The more, the merrier"
Rikku bounced on her feet. "Right on! Then I'll just have to be the merriest."
The voice started again, and the others didn't seem to hear it. "It was strange. Even though Wakka had always hated the Al Bhed..."
"Rikku, at your service" she was saying, and Wakka laughed.
"He never realized Rikku was one of them."
