Disclaimer: I don't own nothing, except for Kat and Zoe.
Alrighty! This is my first Tales of Phantasia story. I actually plan to finish this one too. LOL!
To Be a Warrior
By: Tabatha Is Martel
Chapter 1
Kat pounded away at the buttons on her GameBoy Advanced. She grinned triumphantly as the enemy, a Spiny Devil, went down. Cress went up to level 5. She quickly used a life bottle on Mint, and then saved her game. She guided Cress up the path that the spiny devil had been guarding.
"Kat, dinner's ready!" Her mother called from the kitchen.
"I'll be right there!" She yelled back.
A few minuets passed and Kat was free to guide Cress around Morrison's house. She still hadn't saved and she still hadn't gone to the kitchen. Her mother knocked on her door.
"Kat! Dinner was ready four minuets ago. Put that game down and come eat." Kat sighed and put her gameboy down. And afterwards you can read until bed." Her mother told her sternly. Kat sighed again and hopped down from her bed.
Dinner was short and simple. Her mom threw together some sandwiches, which the family had with chips. Yawning, Kat made her way to her bedroom.
She picked out one of her few books, climbed into bed and opened up to a random page. She wasn't big on reading. She liked to play soccer and she was a videogame player. Her mom didn't complain about the games though since Kat was on the soccer team. She also hung out with her friend, Zoë, every other weekend. They had been best friends since first grade.
Kat pushed her brown hair behind her ears and started to silently read her book. Her mom knocked on her door.
"What?" Kat asked.
Her mother popped her head in, holding the phone in her hand. "It's Zoë." She told her daughter.
Dropping her book, Kat leapt from the bed and grabbed the phone from her mom's hand. "Hey!" She said happily into the phone.
"Hey Kitty!" Zoë laughed. Kitty was one of her annoying nicknames for Kat. Not that she really cared; she actually liked the name Kitty. "How's you're summer vacation been so far?"
"Great, dad left for another business trip last Tuesday and mom's been busy with her new job." She told her friend.
"Sweet! So you pretty much have had the whole house to yourself this summer?" Zoë asked.
"Yup!" Kat replied. She grew silent, biting her lip nervously.
"Kat, you're quiet. What's up?" Zoë asked, concerned.
Kat took in a deep breath. "Dad's job required him to go to different places around the States so…"
"Well spit it out."
"…We're moving this Thursday. Mom has most of our stuff in boxes already. We're moving to Texas." Kat pushed back the tears. She was leaving her entire childhood behind; she was leaving her best friend behind. She would never see Zoë again.
"…You're kidding. Tell me you're just joking." Zoe muttered.
"Nope. I-I wish I was…" Kat sniffled. She wouldn't cry, not on the phone.
"It's alright Kitty. We can still talk online. We'll at least be able to do that." Zoe reassured her.
"…Yeah…thanks Zoe…You're a great friend." Kat whispered.
"You too." She told me. "Well I gotta go. Mom wants me in bed by nine tonight. Bye Kitty."
"Bye Zoë." I said. I didn't want to hang up--not yet--but I did.
Depressed, Kat climbed into bed, not wanting to know what tomorrow would bring.
Kat hit the snooze button on her alarm. 'Damn! I forgot to turn off my alarm.' She thought (A/N: Kat's 17 by the way!). The stupid thing got her up at six when she should be waking up at ten or eleven. She groaned as she climbed out of bed and got dressed in jean shorts and a pale blue tank top.
"Kat dear." My mom popped in my room. "I was wrong."
"Wrong about what…?" Kat asked, terror growing.
"…"
"Mom?" Kat turned to see that her mom had left and gone back downstairs. "Great."
Kat finished brushing her long brown hair and she trudged from her room and into the kitchen. There at the table was her annoying twelve year-old brother, chomping into a chocolate doughnut. Her mom sat across from him, reading the paper and occasionally taking a small sip of coffee.
"Mom…" Kat managed.
She looked up. "What?"
"What were you wrong about…?" Kat asked.
She thought for a minuet. "Oh yes! We're all packed. We're going to leave after you have breakfast.
Kat stood there, shocked. She had told Zoe that they were leaving Thursday not Wednesday. It wasn't that big off a difference, but what if Zoe came to say goodbye and they were already gone. Kat couldn't take it anymore.
"I don't want to move! I won't move!" She shouted, stomping her foot and storming to her room. She slammed the door shut behind her and locked the door.
By now the tears had escaped. Tears streaming down her face, Kat picked up her gameboy with shaking fingers. She turned the power on and the volume up.
Kat stayed in her room for hours, figuring puzzles and defeating monsters. Chester Barklight, her favorite character had joined her group again, resulting in Kat cheering silently. She now was facing two golems, which went down easily. She backtracked to the save glyph and saved her data.
Kat guided Chester to the door up ahead. She made sure the team was healed; she didn't know what would happen beyond the door. She pressed the A button and Chester went through the door. The screen flashed black like it did when entering a building; then it flashed white.
Kat frowned. It had never done this before. Her frown only deepened when the screen started to glow. Intrigued, Kat put her fingertips on the screen. She gasped, pain lancing up her arm. All she remembered was everything going black.
SoME: Dun dun dun. What will happen next? Well you'll just have to wait to find out. That was the most I have ever written for a chapter. FIVE PAGES LONG (ok it may not seem it but it is)! OMC (O my cookie)! I would be very happy If you would all R&R. this is my first ToP fic and I would like to know all the bad, good, and so/so parts. It's really hard to write the part where Kat is playing the game. The next chapter will be better, and maybe longer.
Servant of Mother Earth
Preview of chapter 2
"This is...Chester's bow..." Kat whispered to the others, tears forming in her eyes.
Cress walked over, followed by Mint. He picked up the bow. "CHESTER!"
"Cress. Kat. This is no time to be mourn. We have to get to Belladam and seek the elder, like Morrison said." Mint lectured her two friends, helping Cress to his feet.
"How can you say that...?" Kat whispered, her voice full of hate. "HOW CAN YOU ACT LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED? HOW DAMMIT!"