Warning: Contains Spoilers
My first longfic for Anna and Kratos (Kranna!). It doesn't fit completely with the script from the game (as Kratos explains he meets Anna after he leaves Cruxis the first time) but once the idea was in my head, I couldn't get it out.
Rated T for future violence.
I do not own Tales of Symphonia - if I did, Kratos wold never leave.
Prologue: Falling
They say your life flashes before your eyes right before you die.
Anna discovered this to be true.
She was falling, falling once again, like so many times before. She clutched onto the screaming child as tightly as she could. She could feel his tiny hands clasp to her shirt, his small face was buried into her chest. She tightened her hold. She wanted to speak to comfort him, but her voice was lost somewhere within her. All she could do was hold him tightly.
Her mind reeled. This was the end. Her body was tired, her arms were heavy, she hurt from where Kratos had….
She swallowed. She didn't want to think about that now. The wind rushed in her ears, time seemed to slow. It was then that her mind started to cloud.
Oh no, what if she was turning into a monster again. Not here, not now, not when Lloyd…..
Lloyd.
He felt oddly light in her arms, his screams sounded farther and farther away.
But he was still there, they were still falling. She closed her eyes.
It was then that it happened. Memories began to swarm her, faces, colors, smells – everything from her life began to be displayed before her eyes.
They say your life flashes before your eyes right before your die.
Anna discovered this to be true.
She was still falling, falling back into her memories.