Hello! Tidus and I headed for the temple in the last chapter. This time, we learn about the summoners and the principles of Yevon. Sounds interesting... And I apologize if this chapter isn't very long!

Chapter 12: The Summoner's Temple

We headed inside the temple. I stared in amazement. Do you remember what I said about how amazing the temple looked from the inside? Well, the inside is that multiplied by a thousand! There were dozens of statues in what looked like to be pews of a church. They were all praying. There were two statues near the stairway. One, I knew was Lord Braska, but the other one wasn't recognizable. I looked at the ceiling. There were two large figures carved from the ceiling, reaching out to each other. One was Lord Zaon, and the other was Lady Yunalesca. In the center was a banner of Yevon.

I nudged Tidus with my shoulder. "You paying attention to the detail?" I asked him. When I didn't receive an answer, I looked at him. He was staring at the door at the top of the stairs. Before I could stop him, he ran up the flight of the stairs.

"Hey, come back here!"

Before he made it to the top, an old voice rang off the walls. He stopped. As if mesmerized, he walked down the stairs towards an old man. He wore a priest's gown of Yevon. He was a bit shorter than me, but he was much wiser.

I stared in confusion as the priest talked to Tidus. Sometimes, the priest laughed. Other times, he scolded Tidus. I remembered this part from my game. Tidus is learning about the summoners and the teachings. I chuckled. I wonder how he'll tell the priest that he lost his memory from Sin. I decided to wait for him outside, so I left.

A few minutes later, he came out. I got up off the stairs and walked over to him. "So, what did you learn this time?" I quizzed him.

He frowned. "Do we have to do this every time I learn something new?" he asked.

I grinned and nodded.

"Fine, I'll tell you." He cleared his throat. "Well, these people called summoners go and pray at each temple to receive something like a blessing from a Fayth. You do know what a Fayth is, right?"

I sighed. "I know everything about Spira," I replied.

Tidus whined. "Why is it that you know everything and I don't have a clue what is going on here!"

I ignored him. "Continue."

He sighed. "Anyway, if the prayer to the Fayth is heard, the summoner is blessed with a spirit called an Aeon. They come in different shapes and forms and have different powers."

I nodded in approval. "Well done," I congratulated him. "Couldn't have put it better myself."

He smiled. He knew that he was starting to learn about this new world. In a way, I pitied him. Here he was, for seventeen years, and he didn't even know about Spira. If that happened to me, I don't know what I'd do. Luckily, I know a lot about this world, or else I'd be as confused as Tidus.

"You wanna go to Wakka's hut and sleep the night away?" I asked him.

At the sound of 'sleep', he loosened up. "Last one there's a rotten egg!" he shouted like a little kid, and ran off. Of course, being a blitz ball star, he didn't run like a kid. I followed him.

When we reached Wakka's tent, he was lying down on the floor near the bed. He looked pretty tired. Wakka looked up to see us hovering over him. "Take a nap! You looked bushed," he offered. We nodded. Tidus took the bed. I, however, was stuck on the couch.

Before I went to sleep, I asked Wakka something so important that if I didn't know now I might not live to see the next day. "When's dinner? I'm starving."

Wakka laughed his hearty laugh. "It'll be done in a few." He got serious. "Now get some sleep! You've got a big day tomorrow!"

I was going to ask what we were going to do, but I drifted off into a nice deep sleep.

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Well, at least Tidus knows what a summoner is! But he thinks summoners are old geezers who have too much free time. Boy, is he wrong! Tune in next time!