Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of Symphonia, If I did, I'd be rich and I'd...where was I going with this again?
I yawned, I must've crashed while me, my brother Channey, my cousin Laura, and Channey's best friend Jonathan were playing Tales of Symphonia, Though I didn't remember falling asleep.
Opening my eyes, I realized that I wasn't in the game room anymore, Channey's favorite armchair was replaced by…Iselia?
No. That couldn't be right, could it?
I sat up. Dreams weren't usually this vivid.
In my confusion, I grabbed a handful of my somewhat long almost-Colette-length hair, It was the same dark brown it always had been, but even wavier then normal. I noticed that my bangs were out of the clip I'd hastily pinned them back with, and strayed to the side in a way they'd never agree to in real life.
So this was definitely a dream, right?
A textbook came out of nowhere and hit me smack on the head.
Okay, now I'm seriously having doubts about this dream thing.
"Ouch." I grumbled, Oh cool, I can talk too.
Cool?
"Hey! Are you okay?" A voice called as I finally stumbled to my feet.
My eyes found the owner of said voice and I almost had a heart attack.
Widened eyes scanned silver hair and pale, but bright blue eyes.
I was talking to Genis Sage.
Shock.
"…Um, yeah, sorry." I managed lamely, unsure what to make of my surroundings, let alone the fact that a character from one of my favorite video games was standing in front of me, talking to me even.
I mean, I'd had dreams involving Tales characters before, but this was different, and I had my doubts that it even was a dream.
…So did that make me crazy?
"Who are you? I've never seen you before."
"I'm…Jasmine." I replied, "And I'm… not from around here."
"Oh. I'm Genis. Sorry about that- it's my friend's book."
I examined the book before handing it back to him. A history textbook, titled with capital lettered HISTORY.
Two other people-Colette and Lloyd! Walked up to us, I shrugged off some more shock.
"Sorry-that was my textbook." Lloyd said.
"It's okay. I think I needed that anyway." I said honestly.
Why did I just say that?
"So who are you, anyway?" Lloyd asked.
"I'm Jasmine." I repeated. Could I be any less interesting?
"I'm Lloyd, and this is Colette."
"Nice to meet you." Colette said as friendly as possible.
"You too." I said while taking notice of the fact that Lloyd's swords were wooden and Colette wasn't wearing a cruxis crystal. Evidence that the regeneration journey, for whatever reason, hadn't started yet. Wierd.
Raine Sage walked toward us. "You're going to be late." She scolded. For school, I guessed. Then when she noticed me, she asked who I was.
To my relief, Genis supplied my name for me, and Raine questioned why I wasn't in school.
I told her I wasn't from the area, and she accepted it, walked away, and took her three pupils with her.
Not really. Ten minutes later I found myself sitting in a desk beside Colette listening to a lecture about the ancient Kharlan war. I "found out" that Colette was the chosen, and that the oracle was coming in two days.
Lloyd also pointed out the arrowless bow I had strapped to my back and showed me his wooden blades. (Which resulted in a lecture from Raine).
Absentmindedly, I pulled out the wallet that had been in the pocket of my cargo pants, There were no bills or coins in it anymore, but there was 700 gald in it! It wasn't much, but it was enough to stay at an Inn for a few days. My cell phone wasn't there, but then again, I hadn't expected it tobe.
Would I really be spending the night here?
If so, then my family and friends were probably in a whole other world…or reality, and that was a scary thought. I pushed it from my mind, best as I could. This was a dream, wasn't it?
But I was far from believing that excuse by now.
Whether I believed it or not, I was in Symphonia.
