-A wood carving star, Prologue-

Here is my first story ! :D This is only the prologue, so it's reeeaaally short and you won't understand much but everything will be sorted out in the next chappies ;). The first chapters will be a bit slow but it should start getting interesting afterwards :p Also, I never intended to post it but when I saw that I so into it, I decided against it XD Please don't hesitate to give me constructive advices if you think I did things wrong or whatever, I hope you'll like it XD

Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of Symphonia, I only own Kaylin.

Stars are beautiful, aren't they? Wherever you are, they're here, by your side. Even in a different town, or a different country, they'll always be there, those comforting little lights. When I look at them, I feel home. It's kind of lame considering they're just balls of gas, but there's something about them that's soothing and familiar.

My name is Kaylin and stargazing is my favourite thing to do. Mom once told me that a really good friend of hers had the same weird hobby. She rarely talks about when she was alive, perhaps she regrets things she has done, or she's just sad talking about it.

Mom is a really strong person, even after her death. In fact, I think she's the kindest person I've ever met. Yadiel, my caretaker, told me that I inherited of that kindness but I'm not so sure myself. I like to tell myself that I took more after my father, even if I never met him. Mom was never reluctant of talking about Dad, she would talk fondly of him for hours, making me longing to meet him someday.

Sadly, my father never heard of me, he had a lot on his shoulders when my mother discovered her pregnancy and she could never contact him after her death. So I'm kind of stuck here, on those floating islands, waiting for the Chosen of Mana to reunite the worlds so I can one day meet my father, somewhere in Sylvarant. Well, I would have done that if it wasn't for me to screw everything up on that day.

My story started 3000 years ago, when Mithos the hero and his companions tried to put an end to the Kharlan war. My parents were two of them, my mother being his sister and my father being their friend. During their journey, Mom discovered that she was pregnant, a little baby girl. She managed to hid it and gave birth to me in secret, leaving me to her close friend and waiting for the end of the war to come back for me. She only left me her exsphere and her engagement ring. She also put a spell on me, using nearly all her mana and doing the impossible: she put me to sleep, allowing me to wake up only when she decided to, wanting my dad to be the first face I saw.

However, what she did not know was that she was going to be betrayed in the worst possible way. After ending the war, a human she trusted killed her for being a half-elf, seeing her defensless without her exsphere. Her body died, but her soul somehow stayed within the small stone, for she watched over me all these years.

As things got worse and Mithos, blinded with rage, swore to create a soulless world in order to stop discrimination, my mother chose to wait for the worlds to be at peace again. So she listened to everyone's prayers addressed to her, as all the Chosens died, failing at being a host body for her, as she was tied to her exsphere. She listened and wept, seeing everything her dear brother had done to both worlds. She never heard her dear friends' voices neither her brother's and she quietly waited. She vowed to make her daughter live in a peaceful world but she wanted her to understand the value of life and not to repeat her brother's mistakes. To filfull her wish, she had to give up all hope of coming to life again but she made her decision and it was stated that her baby, that was only a few months old, would only wake up when the Chosen that would stop her brother's madness was born.

That went on for thousands of years but, 16 years ago, I woke up.

And here the story begins! I spent ages on that plot so don't sue me XD

Just for the short story, 'A wood carving star' is part of the soundtrack, so check it on Youtube or something, it's really cute :3

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