A/N: YAY! OKAY! HERE'S IT BEGINS UPDATED VERSION!
Going through the trials... was an absolute joy... NOT!
"No Tidus! Not there!" I screamed, my voice echoing many times over throughout the trial chambers.
"I'm sorry Zari, but the sphere recess is right here! Hey, sorry Zari rhymes!" He started laughing at his joke then saw my glare of doom at him and stopped laughing abruptly, and the idiotic blonde, also known as Tidus for those who didn't know- which you should have known- pointed at a crack in the wall.
'He thinks that is a sphere recess? What an idiot. And stupid jokes too,' I thought, raised an eyebrow, then glance at the actual sphere recess about two feet to the left and about a foot under the crack that Tidus was determinedly trying to stuff the sphere in. It wouldn't do anything though, because it wasn't the actual recess. This was hopeless. I hope you noticed. If not, I don't want to know what goes through your skull.
"Okay," I took a deep breath to keep myself from grabbing him by the neck and shaking him. "Tidus, move the sphere down a bit...down...down...up a little bit...a little more...okay. Nw just move it to the left...more." I watched as he held the sphere just inches away from the recess. "Okay, now put the sphere in the wall." He did so, and the second he did, the second part of the trials was finally complete. Only to have the same thing repeated...again throughout the nest parts of the trials.
"Okay that's it! Give me the sphere!" I yelled at him after twenty minutes of agitation.
"But!" he protested, then I interrupted.
"JUST HAND IT OVER!! I am sick and tired of watching you try to complete the trials by sticking the sphere into a CRACK IN THE WALL!!" I snatched away the sphere angrily and completed the trials while leaving him in the dust of my wake.
"You sure you've never been here before?" I turned slightly, most of my agitation gone and saw Wakka approaching us.
"Yeah I'm sure," I muttered, not hearing his reply to my little smart pants because I wittingly zoned him, meaning Wakka you dorks, and Tidus out as I stepped onto the elevating platform. Shivering, I thought about what was to come. Lulu's wrath. Avoiding her wrath would be the trick. I watched the walls start to go up as the platform I stood on with Tidus and Wakka, the moronic idiots, descended down into the Anti-Chamber and closer to Lulu's wrath.
"One's got a short fuse and who knows what the other's thinking," I heard Wakka say as I zoned him back in. I nodded slowly, thinking to myself about the two he was talking about. 'Lulu and Kimahri, indeed who knows what Kimahri's thinking.' I stepped off the platform and then quickly moved ahead of the two blitzers and into the Anti-Chamber where I stood against the wall, not being noticed by anyone... maybe Kimahri noticed me... who knows. He doesn't say anything to anyone. Not fair. I restrained myself from cringing as Lulu began walking in my general direction. Then walking past me... and then...
"Didn't think we could handle it?" she said in a dark tone, crossing her arms and glaring at Wakka.
"Uhh...hiya," Tidus said.
Lulu glared at him. "Who are you?" Tidus didn't say anything in reply and I began trying my hardest not to be seen by the enraged black mage. He then turned around and then began walking around.
"So uh...where's the sum—" He didn't finish as the door in front of him leading to the Chamber of the Fayth began opening, showering the Anti-Chamber in brilliant white light.
Flash
I blinked slowly. Then, I looked around, studying my strangely new surroundings. Blinking again in confusion, I continued my analysis of my surroundings, thinking all the while. This was Seymour's house. At least that's what it looked like. But everything was... silent. The silence shattered abruptly, the sounds of a baby breaking through the previous silence like a knife. A happy baby, I could tell by the sounds. It wasn't crying. Turning, I saw two children on the floor. Also on a blanket, I noticed after staring at them for a couple seconds. The oldest child was a six, maybe seven, year old boy, with striking blue hair, which gave me a shock. Blue hair... that reminds me a lot of someone. Scratch that. Something. That blue hair reminded me of something. Not a someone. Something! I looked over at the baby now, and I found myself taking steps back, seeing that the baby looked just like my baby photos. Brown hair... and... bi-colored eyes... brown... and gray. I turned around quickly, bumping into something, and found myself face-to-face with a mirror, reflecting my own image. I could feel my heart thumping in my chest loudly and I thought the whole world could hear it as I looked up at my reflection, having it stare back at me with the same appearance. Brown hair and brown and gray bi-colored eyes. The same as the baby. The left eye gray, and the right one brown.
"I'm a big brother," chimed the boy. "I'm a big brother... I'm a big brother..." his voice was fading and getting a haunting eerie-ness to it. Now it just sounded like a ghost's voice echoing over and over in the halls of an abandoned house.
"Hello," a male voice behind me said. I jumped in surprise and gasped loudly, whipping around to find myself looking at a tall, smiling, blue-haired man.
"Lord Jyscal!" I cried out. I clasped my hands together in front of me and bowed quickly.
"There is no need to that, Zari," Jyscal said, his face soft and kind. I hastily stood back up.
"How do you know my name?" I questioned.
"That is for you to find out later. Or would you rather I say, 'That is for me to know and you to find out,'" he laughed. I raised an eyebrow in confusion. A sudden change in scenery caught my eye and I glanced about.
"The Far Plane..." I whispered in awe of my surroundings, all shimmering and shining. I could see the pyreflies all floating about in graceful splendor; they left delicate trails of pyrefly dust in their wake. It glittered and shone as it floated down to the ground and some of it landed on me and clung to my clothes, skin, and hair. I gaped at the awe-inspiring sight.
"Beautiful isn't it?" Jyscal asked. I nodded my head quickly. He chuckled, which made me twitch.
"Why are we in the Far Plane? I'm not dead am I?" I asked, curiosity getting to me.
"Curiosity killed the cat," he said, then put his hand on my shoulder. "Yes, we are in the Far Plane, but you're technically not. You are not dead. Your mind is here, but your body is just... how do you say it... following the crowd?" he motioned down and I could see Tidus and Wakka. Wakka was dragging Tidus out of the Anti-Chamber and I then noticed that he was dragging me with them. Or to be more specific, my body.
"Why are we here?" I asked, turning back to Jyscal.
"No particular reason. Your mind was just wandering in your past after the door to the Chamber of the Fayth opened," he replied. "So, I figured since your mind was already in a separated state, as in your mind and body were separated from each other, I thought I would bring you inside the Far Plane where no one else, that isn't dead that is, has ever been." I looked around in amazement. It was so beautiful. I crouched down and put my hands down to the shimmering, colorful flowers at my feet. Then, I looked up, soaking myself in the sounds of rushing water and saw a huge, glorious waterfall. Smiling, I closed my eyes and took in the sounds and scents of the Far Plane.
"Hello Jyscal," I heard a feminine voice say. Standing quickly, I turned toward the source of the voice. A tall, light-brown haired woman stood there, and I knew immediately who she was.
"You're Tidus's mother!" I exclaimed, pointing at her. She smiled at me.
"So you know my son?" she asked. I nodded quickly.
"Spent over a week with him! And learned a lot about him hating his father!" I smirked. Now I noticed that two more people had come by. "High Summoner Braska! And Raine!" I bowed again.
"There is no need to bow. I am but a dead high summoner," Braska said, motioning for me to stand back up. I did so, making myself light-headed in the process. "I hear that you will be the youngest guardian to ever guard a summoner, or so the fortune teller says," Braska laughed.
"No no no! I'm not a guardian! But it is an honor to meet Yuna's parents!" I smiled a bit. "Ed ec heca du saad oui, Raine," ("It is nice to meet you, Raine,") Raine laughed at my greeting to her in her native language.
"It's all right! I speak English." She patted my head. "Most Al Bhed speak both English and Al Bhed."
"But some only speak Al Bhed, like Cid's son, Brother!" I said quickly.
"Good point," she smiled. "Do you know my brother and nephew?"
"No. Not really," I said, "Just enough to know who they are." I looked down at my hand, noticing that it was starting to become transparent. "Huh?"
Jyscal spoke softly, "It seems your time with us is up Zari.
"It was nice meeting you," Braska said, smiling warmly.
"Yes it was..." Raine smiled at me with a motherly smile.
"Tell Tidus that I said 'Hi' and to be good," Tidus's mother said, smiling at me warmly.
"Well Zari, this is where we leave off for now. I will see you again," Jyscal said, and he seemed to be getting smaller and smaller. I knew it was only me, since I could feel myself being sucked away from the Far Plane.
"Good bye, Lord Jyscal!" I called, waving to him.
He smiled and waved back. "There is no need to call me Lord Jyscal," he laughed.
Flash
"Zari! Zari!" Jyscal disappeared, and I opened my eyes to Tidus shaking me.
"What, what, WHAT!?" I demanded, getting irritated at the blonde.
"Are you okay?" Tidus shook me some more. "You were just all spaced out and not responsive to ANYONE!!" I grabbed his hands, my mind just thinking of flames after being shaken so much, and shoved him away with a bit of fire to it. He moved away quickly, his clothes slightly singed. "What did you do that for?!" he shouted at me.
"I don't know what I just did!" I yelled back at him.
"Both of you chill, yah," Wakka said to us.
"What if I don't feel like it?!" I exclaimed angrily.
"Just chill!" Wakka yelled at me, stepping in between Tidus and me. I sighed a bit, not wanting to get hit by a blitz-ball. It would be worse if he had a spiky blitz-ball too. Ouch. Glancing around, I saw the new summoner, Yuna.
"Hey, Yuna!" I ran up to her. "I'm sorry about everythin- AH!! HEY!!" Kicking and screaming in protest, I flailed as a lunky- hmmm, lunky, I'm not even sure that's a word... OH WELL!- a lunky man picked me up and carried me away from my apology to Yuna. "HEY!! HEY!! Put me DOWN!" I shrieked angrily.
"Stay away from the summoner, you thing!" He yelled at me.
"RAPE! RAPE! RAPE!!" I shrieked out, getting my satisfaction from this outburst at the man's shocked expression that came to his face as soon as the words left my lips. He threw me on the ground roughly and then glared at me, not noticing my satisfactory grin.
"Stay away from the summoner, you thing! Scum! Inhuman thing!" he spat on me, to my disgust, and turned and left, leaving me on the ground about twenty meters from where I was originally standing. 'HOW DARE HE CALL ME A THING!! I AM A PERSON!!'
"HEY! I AM A PERSON YOU MORON!!" I shouted. Grinning evilly, I picked up a nearby rock on the ground and chucked at the retreating man. Or, to just plainly state my target, his head. Grinning with triumph, I watched as the rock traveled through the air and hit him smack dab on the mark. "YES!!" I shouted with joy. I stood up and then quickly jumped up and down happily. "SCORE!! YES!! PERFECT HIT!!" the man turned his head and glared at me with distaste as I celebrated hitting him, though I didn't notice/or care. I sighed after I collapsed from wasting to much energy, A.K.A. jumping around and laughing. I knew what was coming up next... the most boring party EVER. The sit-around-the-fire-and-talk party.
A/N: Okay, how is this chappie? I hope you like it and I will try to find the other chappies ASAP! Now! R&R!!! n.n