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.

This chapter and the next one are kinda short, but I hope to get things moving again shortly.

Dreaming

Chapter 18: The Thunder Plains

Draco felt his jaw drop as he got his first glimpse of the Thunder Plains. 'Well, now I see where they got their name,' he thought. There was a storm raging across the plains, and the lightning seemed endless. It was definitely not going to be an easy crossing.

Rikku was petrified. "Oh, no… We're here."

Lightning struck and it scared her even more. She ducked.

"How are we supposed to cross that?" he asked.

Lulu pointed. "See the lightning rod towers?" she asked. "The lightning is drawn to them… hopefully."

Wakka nodded. "We head north, not too near and not too far from the towers, ya?"

"Meaning we should avoid wide, open areas," Lulu added.

The lightning struck again and Rikku jumped. "I think I forgot something in Guadosalam," she said, turning.

Auron only looked at her. "Nice knowing you."

Rikku groaned. "Okay, okay! I'll go!"

As they started across the plain, Draco was beginning to wonder if this dream was out to get him. First the water, now lightning. Would he ever get to a place where nature wasn't trying to kill him?

As he walked, making sure to stay close enough to the towers that he wouldn't get struck, he noticed a lone figure standing beside one of them. 'Bloody hell, not him again,' he sighed to himself, but walked over to the figure anyway.

"Well, hello there," Maechen greeted him, jovially. "Would you like to hear about this place?"

Draco resigned himself to another speech, and sighed. "Sure."

The old man smiled. "Very well, let me tell you about the Crossing. A long time ago, this place was a traveler's nightmare."

'And it's a walk in the park now?' Draco wondered, staring at the man.

"'Plains of lightning, plains of thunder, those who cross are torn asunder'. Or… so they used to say," Maechen continued. "Then a man by the name of Bilghen appeared. Using machina, he built towers that served as lightning rods across the plains. Finally, travelers were able to cross in safety. Bilghen was building that tower over there… when he was struck and killed by lightning. Bilghen was an Al Bhed. Our history books never mention him," he stated, then began to walk away. "Take care and farewell."

Draco stared after him. 'That man is as crazy as they come,' he thought, beginning his walk again. He was determined to make it across these plains.

"Oh, good day!"

Stopping short, he stared at Shelinda, who was standing beside another of the towers. 'How do they get so far ahead of me every time,' he wondered.

"Hi there," he said.

"Is it true?" she asked, peering intently at him. "I heard that Maester Seymour, and Lady Yuna are to be wed. It's such great news! I have to tell everyone!"

Draco stared at her in shock. "Where'd you hear that?" he asked in amazement.

"From the Guado," she replied. "They were all very excited."

"I'm afraid you heard a little wrong," Draco said, hearing an edge in his voice. "Yuna's going to turn him down."

Her face fell. "Oh… really?"

"Yep!" He nodded firmly. "No wedding!"

"I see… That's unfortunate," she said, and Draco found himself getting madder. Everyone wanted Yuna to marry Seymour, when she barely even knew the man. "Well, I'm sure that people would have rejoiced all over Spira. Please give Lady Yuna my best regards."

Draco nodded, not trusting himself to speak, and kept walking.

He saw what looked like an Al Bhed shop in the distance, and headed towards it. Then, suddenly, he stopped as lightning struck nearby.

Wakka shook his head. "Whoa! That was a close one!" He was picking on Rikku.

Lulu glared at him. "Stop kidding around."

Wakka saluted her. "Yes, ma'am…"

Rikku was scared to death. She was shaking, and had her hands clasped in front of her. "Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh..."

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Wakka asked, looking at her.

"Eh heh heh heh heh heh heh..."

Draco stared at her. "'Heh heh heh…' You're givin' me the creeps!"

Lightning struck again, and Rikku freaked out. Rikku began crawling, and grabbed Tidus' leg.

"I wanna go home! I hate lightning! I hate thunder!" she cried. Then she pointed to the shop. "Let's go rest over there! Please?"

Auron stared at her. "This storm never stops. Better to cross quickly."

Rikku moaned. "I know, but… Just for a little while?"

"Heh, well? What now?" Draco asked, and Auron shrugged.

As they arrived at the shop, Auron and the others kept walking, as Draco watched Rikku cower in front of the door.

"Pretty please? Just a few minutes?" she asked them.

Auron had finally gotten fed up. "Fine, we rest. She's worse than the storm."

When they got into the shop, which was indeed another of Mr. Rin's, Yuna glanced at everyone. "I'm… a little tired," she said. Then she walked over to the counter. "Do you have a room available?"

"Ah, Lady Summoner," the clerk said. "Yes, just over that way."

"Thank you," she replied, and headed back.

Wakka stared after her. "Uh, Yuna?"

"It's not like her," Lulu said, worried.

Tidus looked at Kimahri, who was standing by the door. The Ronso just glanced at him. "Yuna resting. Go away. Kimahri say 'go away'."

Auron sighed. It's not easy being a guardian to someone so young. This is going to be some journey."

"I wonder what's wrong with Yuna…" Wakka asked, looking back at the doorway she'd disappeared through. "No point asking--mood she's in."

Lulu was watching the doorway as well. "Yuna looked preoccupied. Was it because of Jyscal?" Then she looked over at Draco. "Don't tell Rikku, but we leave as soon as Yuna's better."

Draco walked over to where Rikku was cowering by the front entrance. "Are you that scared?" he asked.

"When I was little, a fiend attacked me while I was swimming at the beach," she replied. "My brother tried to beat it back with a spell." She began shaking again, as lightning struck outside. "But he missed and hit me instead! It was a Thunder spell - Bzzzzzzt!"

"Ouch!" Draco exclaimed. 'That must have hurt."

Rikku nodded. "I've been scared of lightning ever since."

Lulu, who had been listening to the conversation, broke in. "But… it can be effective. Magic is effective against marine fiends."

"My brother said that, too," Rikku sighed.

"You should learn some spells, too," Lulu asked. But as she watched Rikku's reaction to the next bolt of lightning, she shook her head. "Hmm… Maybe later."

Then, Rin appeared from the back. "Nice to see you again. Welcome to the Rin Travel Agency," he said. Then, as he noticed Rikku, his eyebrows shot up. "Oh?"

Rikku shook her head. "Shhh!"

"Hmm," the man said, apparently deciding to play along. Then he smiled at Draco. "How goes your study of our language?" he asked.

"Okay," Draco sighed. He'd looked at the book Rin had given him, but it was difficult to study while they walked.

"That is good to hear," Rin replied, moving over to a bookshelf. "Allow me to present you with this book to study." As he walked back, and handed Draco the book, he asked, "I wonder… Would that be Sir Auron, by any chance?"

Draco grinned. "Yeah! That's him!"

"Ah, as I thought! I've been wondering since I saw him at the Mi'ihen Highroad branch." He walked over to Auron, and bowed slightly, "Sir Auron! I wonder if you remember me? Ten years ago? At the beginning of Lord Braska's Calm?"

Auron smiled, very slightly. "Yes," he said. "I should thank you."

Rin shook his head. "Not at all! I could not leave a wounded man to die. However," he added, with a calculating look, "I was surprised when I saw you gone the next morning, with that wound. An ordinary man would not have been able to walk."

"I'd rather… drop that subject, Rin" Auron replied with an uneasy look at Yuna.

"As you wish," Rin replied, moving back over near Draco.

'That was weird,' Draco thought. 'I wonder if it has anything to do with Seymour's comment about the Farplane scent?'

Rin smiled at Draco. Maester Seymour and his entourage passed by a while ago. And the maester is to be married soon?"

Draco growled. "Excuse me, where did you hear that?" he asked.

"The Guado are telling everyone," Rin replied.

"Oh, they are, are they?" Draco asked, seething. 'How dare they say something like that without Yuna's answer.'

Draco was sick of waiting. He walked down the hallway, and paused outside Yuna's room, hearing something strange coming from it. It sounded as though someone other than Yuna was talking.

"Wha…?" He tried to put his ear to the door, but ended up tumbling into the room. "Whoa!"

"Y-Yes?" Yuna exclaimed, scrambling to hide something. He caught a glimpse of the sphere she'd picked up earlier, and saw what looked like Jyscal hovering above it.

"I… well… It's nothing, really. I… I just, uh… I'm sorry… I shouldn't have come in," he mumbled, feeling a little embarrassed by his reaction. Then he tried something else. "H-Hey! Wasn't that that Jyscal Guado guy?"

Yuna nodded. "The sphere is his will… It says, "Take care of my son," she replied.

Draco stared at her for a moment. "His son…? Seymour?" he asked, and she nodded again. He glared at the wall. "Well, I know one way to take care of him."

Yuna gathered up her things and left the room. "I'm sorry."

Draco noticed that she had left the sphere sitting on the table, and began to edge his way towards it. But, before he could touch it, Wakka came in, and grabbed him around the neck.

"What do you think you're up to?" he asked.

Draco struggled to speak. "Yuna… Yuna was acting funny, s-so…"

Wakka gave him a noogie. "Yeah, yeah! She'll tell us when she's ready, so hold your chocobos till then, ya?"

"All right! All right! All right!" Draco stated, squirming out of the hold.

He walked back into the outer room, and Wakka stopped him. "Whatever happens, we're still Yuna's guardians," he said quietly.

"Yeah, but…" Draco couldn't finish the sentence. 'What if she decides that she needs to marry Seymour after all?'

"I know how you feel," Wakka replied. Then he grinned. "Let's give Rikku a kick in the butt and go."

"We're not through the Thunder Plains yet, so be prepared, all right," Lulu said to him as he passed. Then she looked back at Wakka. "Did you two have a fight?"

Draco just walked over to stand beside Auron, who was staring at Rikku. "She's not going to move, unless we do something," he said.

"If it's okay with Rikku, " Yuna spoke up, "shall we go."

Draco walked over to Rikku, wondering if Yuna had managed to retrieve the sphere.

Rikku was still cowering every time the bolts struck. "It's not stopping, is it?" she asked.

Auron snorted. "Don't tell me you were hoping it would." As the lightning struck again, he began walking towards the door. "Fine. Stay here." Then he left.

Rikku shook a fist at the doorway. "All right, already. But! You didn't have to say it like that, you know! You could be more comforting or something!" she yelled after him. "You know, try to cheer me up? You just don't get me at all, do you? Hey! Are you listening?"

Then, as the lightning struck again, she squared her shoulders, and stared bravely out into the storm. "I'm not scared! I'm not scared, you hear?"

They left the shop, and as they were standing outside, the strange guy who kept appearing everywhere… the one from the boat, walked up, and snapped a picture of Yuna. Then he ran away, and the group began moving again.

'Man, do we have issues,' Draco thought, as they headed back out in the storm.