Hello faithful readers. This is my response to Regal Bryant Lovers, Dawn Of A New Challenge and my second attempt at a Self Insert. I feel that the problems with my last SI fic was the pacing and the fact that I was treating it more like I was in a game instead of another world. I would like to point out that due to the nature of the challenge this will probably be OC heavy
I'm proud to present to you An Insert Of A Different Color!
Pain. My head was hurting, a lot. I was briefly aware of myself coming out of a deep sleep. You know, like when your parents try to wake you up from school, but you just lie there with your eyes closed just barely hearing them? In fact, I think I can hear them right know.
"Is he okay?" I heard a male voice ask, but it didn't exactly sound like my dad's voice.
"He doesn't appear to be injured." A female voice responded. That voice was defiantly too young to be my mother's, and my sisters have already finished school and have taken to sleeping in till noon so it couldn't have been them.
"Perhaps he collapsed from exhaustion?" the male voice asked. Now that I'm listening it did seem younger than my dad's voice.
"I don't think so. His clothing, as unusual as it is, isn't that worn, so he must have put them on recently. He has no pack with him so he must not have gone far from his home." The female voice answered. My clothes are not that weird just a black shirt with gold colored designs on it a pair of jeans with a black belt and my perpetually untied white sneakers. I stopped tying them after the aglets broke off and the shoelaces began to unravel.
"But that doesn't make any sense. The closest town to here is Hima and I know I've never seen him there before." The male replied. Hima? Why did that sound so familiar?
"It seems strange to me as well, but what other explanation could there be?" The female voice asked. All this thinking was making my head hurt even more. I let out a groan as I started to fully regain consciousness.
"He's waking up!" the male noticed.
"I think I'm capable of seeing that for myself." The female retorted.
I slowly blinked open my eyes. Damn, it was bright out! Wait a second, bright out? Why am I outside?
"Where am I?" I asked as I sat up so that I could hang my head to block out some of the light. Not my best idea as the sudden movement cause a jolt of pain in my head, which made me release another pained groan. Through the fog of pain I absently noticed I was sitting on grass
"Are you all right?" the female voice asked with a touch of concern in her voice as I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder.
"What are you doing out here?" the male voice asked.
"That's what I'd like to know." I responded.
"You know some people would think it rude that you won't look at them while you talking to them." The man quipped.
"I just woke up and have a massive headache, excuse me for not looking into the light. Just give me a sec for my eyes to adjust." I replied with a bit of annoyance.
"So you have no idea how you ended up in this field." The female asked. It took me a few seconds to realize that she was referring to what I said earlier.
"Last thing that I remember was that I was just about to lie in my bed. Next thing I know is that I'm out in a random field with two voices I've never heard before." I answered honestly.
"I think your eyes should have adjusted enough by now, so you should be able to attach faces to those voices." The female asked. I slowly turned me head to look over my shoulder that her hand, at least I assumed the hand was hers, rested to look at her.
I blinked. Then I blinked again. She was a girl who looked to be in about her mid-teens. I'm assuming she was an albino since she had pink eyes and long white hair that reached midway down her back. Her outfit was… unusual. Her clothes were almost as white as her hair. The top half of the outfit had a diamond shaped hole in it that exposed her midriff, whilst her legs were covered be a skirt and knee-high boots. On her head she wore a stereotypical witch's hat. But that wasn't the strangest thing. The strangest thing was that her ears were pointed.
"Okay, what up with the ears?" I asked bluntly. I was too tired to even attempt asking subtly."
"My ears?" she mimic as if she was never asked that before.
"They're pointy." I answered in hopes of clarifying what I meant.
"She's a half-elf. You got a problem with that?" the male asked as he grabbed me by my shirt collar and hoisted me into the air.
I finally got a good look at the man. He looked like he was in his early twenties. He wore his dark colored hair in a mullet, of all things. His glaring green eyes looked as if they were trying to set me on fire. I glanced at the ground to see how high off the ground I was to be look at him at eye level. The distance was about five inches, so that would make this guy about six feet four inches. When I glance down I noticed that the guy was decked in armor, and had a broad sword attached to a belt at his hip.
"You got a problem with her being a Half-elf? Answer me!" The man said as he gave me a violent shake.
"Half-elf?" I asked as I tilted my head to the side. I know I've heard that before but I couldn't remember where.
"W-What? How can you not know what a Half-elf is?" He asked as he dropped me in shock. The girl also seemed surprise be my ignorance.
"Please enlighten me." I said as I dusted myself off.
"A half-elf is someone who is the child of both human and elf." The girl explained.
"Why would I have a problem with that?" I asked as my right eyebrow rose unto my forehead.
"Because of the Desians." The man answered curtly. Hold the phone here. Hima, Half-elves, and Desians? Wasn't all that stuff in Tales of Symphonia? Now that I think about it their outfits seem similar to some of the outfits generics from the game wore.
"Y-you didn't know the Desians were Half-elves?" The girl asked in awe of my ignorance.
"What rock have you been living under!?" the man asked/shouted in shock.
"I think you mean what rock have I been living on." I replied.
"Huh?" Both of them were looking at me like I just grew a second head.
"Think about it. I had no idea what Half-elves or Desians were. And just look at our clothes! They don't even look like there were made from similar material, let alone style." I ranted.
"I still don't understand what you meant by what rock you've been living on." The girl stated
"I'm saying it is highly likely that I'm from another flipping world!" I exclaimed.
"Flipping?" the man asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Excuse me for self-censorship. In my world vulgar language isn't something that should be used in a ladies presence." I explained.
"That rule doesn't apply here. She's a Half-elf; people go out of their way to use vulgar language in front of her." The man retorted.
"As strange as your theory is, it is probably true. There's just no other explanation as to why you don't know things that are common knowledge here." The girl stated, effectively putting us back on track.
"I think it's best we discuss this later. It's getting dark and the monsters will be on the prowl soon." The man said
"I agree, we should probably head towards Hima." The female added "By the way my name is Claire and his name is Bruno."
"My name is Leo" I said as I followed them to mountain village.
Let's just hope that I do better at this than Insert of Symphonia.
Incase you couldn't tell this takes place Pre-Game. Does anyone know how long ago Alice burned down the Orphanage(sp?)? I might just have her appear depending on when it happened.