I'll hold on to the wings of the eagles
WHO: Yuna and Ash. WHAT: The former High Summoner arrives. WHEN: Early morning. WHERE: Spira and then the island (Oh, no, LOST!) RATING: PG at most. STATUS: COMPLETE.
Yuna's life was far from simple. Or calm. Or even easy, for that matter. Her experience as a Summoner had both hardened her and made her wise. The pilgrimage was an experience like no other, something she’d never trade for anything else. It allowed her to leave her mark on the people she passed along the way and to establish the relationship a Summoner must have with her people, as well as her guardians. And it brought her to Tidus…but after he “died,” she had all but broken down. How could she have missed his unsent soul? Sending him was by far the most painful thing she had done in her lifetime, silly as it may have sounded to someone else. Had it not been for her cousin Rikku, she would surely still be a mess. But that was all gone now, over with. Though Tidus still haunted her dreams, and she still heard echoes of him damn near every day, Yuna had managed to move on.
It was to escape his presence that she sought out the sphere hunting, though often the treasures took her to places she’d seen with him on the pilgrimage. Somehow, she endured. She'd found strength and friendship in Paine and Baralai. She'd found comfort in Rikku and Brother. She had Gippal, Buddy, and Shinra.
Until today.
It was supposed to be another sphere hunt, one like any other in Djose. Yuna had broken away from Rikku and Paine to explore a cave, in hopes that by spreading out they’d have better luck in finding the sphere. She was trying not to hope too much that the sphere might contain something of him, even if it helped her get through the day. Yuna walked carefully through the cool interior, eyes scanning the surface for any glinting objects. She was too busy looking for the sphere to notice the loose debris, and she tripped clumsily, landing hard on her outstretched hands. She closed her eyes against the fall and waited to hit hard ground, but was shocked when she hit water. Thoroughly confused, Yuna snapped her eyes open and saw she had fallen into a fountain of ebony marble…and she was no longer anywhere near Djose. How she happened to fall in a cave and land in a fountain was beyond her, and it was terrifying. Grimacing, Yuna pushed herself up, her half-skirt and short jean shorts wet from the fall, and gingerly stepped out of the fountain. She idly played with her floor length braid that was wrapped in a pink bandage and waited with increased breathing for anyone to find her and explain what the heck just happened.