Chapter one

I don't own ToS, and I don't really want to. I'd ruin the whole game if I did own it...so lets leave the Tales of Symphonia to Namco. I do own Claire and REG, whom I can make do anything I want because they're my characters. Melinda belongs to Crescent Ivy Moon...so I guess I can't control her...yet...BWAAAAAHAHAHAMAHA! -cough- erm...I mean...-cough-...hehehe...OH JUST READ THE STORY AND IGNORE ME!

hm...

You're still not ignoring me!

lalala...

I SAID JUST READ THE STORY!

Yuan: She's going to hyperventilate if she gets angry...you'd better just read the fic...

Me: YUAN! -glomps and steals his cape-

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Claire and her best friend/adopted sister, Melinda, sit at home, bored to death. Claire was poking her computer screen with a pencil because she was trying to draw a chibi Kratos and couldn't, and Melinda was fighting Kvar...and having to put up with Claire throwing things at the screen every ten seconds. (Claire despises Kvar and Rodyle more than should be humanly possible.)

Claire sighs and turns around just in time to see Melinda fighting Kvar. "Evil...one..." she glared daggers at the TV. "Evil...one...must DIE!" she throws a shoe at the TV. She then brushes a strand of her wavy brown/blonde hair out of her eyes and stares at Melinda.

Claire seems to feel the sudden tension in the air as her friend frowns and pauses the battle. She turns to face Claire. "You're insane. If anyone should hate that weirdo it's me. I'M the Kraty AND Anna fan. You like Yggdrasill and Yuan...so stop throwing shoes at the TV every time you see Kvar or Rodyle! Someday you're going to make me lose a battle because of that! Or worse, you'll break the TV!"

Claire shrugged, then threw her other shoe at the TV. "FEEL THE PAIN OF THE INFERIOR BEINGS AS YOU BURN IN THE FIERY ABYSS!" she yelled. Melinda sighed, then faced the screen.

Only to see the screen had gone blank. She spun around and glared at Claire, "CLAIRE! You broke the TV, just like I said you would! Oh no...I DIDN'T GET TO SAVE! YOU'RE DEAD CLAIRE!"

"What? No I didn't!It's not broken!Don't hurt me!"

"Then why's the screen blank if you didn't break it!"

"It's not blank...it's white with a symbol that looks like a Memory Circle on it!" Claire pointed at the screen. Sure enough, there was a memory circle symbol.

"Yay! I get to save! Wait...I don't remember this in the game..." Melinda said.

At the same time Claire squealed, "That's so cool!"

Then white electricity blasted out of the screen and zapped Melinda and Claire, rendering them unconscious.

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Claire felt someone poking her. "This one isn't one of the inferior beings from the ranch...how didit get here?" someone asked.

"I don't know...and what are those odd cloths it's wearing?" a second voice asked.

"I think it's dead..." the first person stated.

"For your information I'm a she not an it." Claire stated, sitting up.

"ACK, IT'S ALIVE!" the two people said, jumping backwards.

"Yes I am alive, and I'm a she!" Claire snapped. "Hey...you're..." she blinked "You're Desians? WTF, how'd I get here!" she yelled. 'I think I'm gonna faint again.' she thought. She didn't, for only one reason.

The whip. She felt it sting the back of her arm. A third Desian had heard the commotion. "Yo, I don't like being whipped." Claire stated, turning to glare at the Desian. The other two Desians stood back to watch, laughing when they saw the cut on her arm made by the whip.

"Don't talk to me you filthy inferior being." the Desian snapped, whipping her again.

She flinched. "Okay...now I'm mad." Claire stated, trying to think of something to do. Then she remembered something. 'If only I had a sword...those fencing lessons would come in handy right about now. Hm...but maybe if I...yes! That should work!' she thought.

She smirked evilly "I'm sorry I'm so inferior...but if I'm inferior that make you nothing more than a stupid ass!" the Desian scowled and whipped at her again, but this time Claire jumped to the side and grabbed the whip. "Ahahaha...anger leads to mistakes...baka inu!" she said, pulling the whip from his grasp.

What Claire had forgotten were the first two Desians. They jumped her just before she could whip her tormentor. "Let me go!" she snapped, struggling. Her struggled were in vain, and finally she gave in. "I hate Desians." she mumbled.

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"Sir...we found this human outside the base unconscious." a voice said.

"Take her to the spare room, when she awake bring her to me." a second voice ordered.

"Yes sir." the first person began to drag an unconscious human away.

"Um...I'm awake already..." the girl said, opening one eye.

The person dragging her jumped in surprise. Melinda stood up slowly. "Note to self...kill Claire next time I see her." Melinda mumbled. She looked around "Just a second...this is..." she gaped as she realized where she was.

The Renegade base...and not just anywhere in the Renegade base. She was in Yuan's office. 'I am in the office of one of Kratos' old friends. No...even better, I'm in Symphonia. Wait...I'M IN SYMPHONIA! I MUST MEET KRATY!' Melinda thought in excitement, nearly fainting again.

"Just who the h311 are you, and what were you doing outside of my base?" a VERY familiar voice asked.

"Wait...you're Yuan..." Melinda said. "Um...would you believe me if I said I have no clue how I got here?" Melinda turned to face Yuan.

Yuan blinked, and looked slightly surprised. "Is your name...Anna?" he asked.

Melinda stared at him 'He thinks I'm Anna...as in Kraty's wife Anna? As in, I wish I were Anna, Anna? What...he's met Anna...meaning...oh my god, I look like Anna...' she thought. "I'm...not Anna, my name's Melinda." she stated.

"Well then how did you know my name? I don't believe we've met before if you're not Anna." Yuan said.

"...You won't believe me...but I think I'm from another dimension. Where I come from there's something called Gamecube, and it's like a projector where it shows things. Only the things it shows are supposedly made up, they're called video games. One of the video games is called Tales of Symphonia. It's a game that's all about Colette's journey of regeneration." Melinda frowned "Yeah...I really wouldn't blame you if you don't believe me..."

"Hm...once Martel said she'd gone to a place like that..." Yuan mused. "I supposed I'll believe you for now..."

"Martel came to Earth? Wow..." Melinda said, wondering when Martel came to Earth and where she went. Then she remembered that Claire should have been with her. "Um...was there another girl unconscious outside of your base?" she asked.

"Not that I know of..."

'Great...Claire don't you dare die out there...' Melinda thought.

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Okay, you know the drill. Either you review and I update or you don't review and this fic sits and rots.

Y&Y: When is Martel coming in!

Me: And people call me impatient...SHE'LL COME IN SOON!

Yggy: Good...

Yuan: ...

Me: -sigh- Just review...these two are getting annoying. O.O...Hey...isn't that what they usually say about me! IT'S THE END OF THE WOOOOOORLD!