Evil's Edge – A Tales of Symphonia fan fiction by The Sapphire Hedgehog.

Hey ya'll! This is the Sapphire Hedgehog with another videogame based fan fiction! I just finished this game recently and had to write something about it! Anyway, Tales of Symphonia does not belong to me; all rights and stuff go to Namco for making such an awesome game. Enjoy!

It had all started in the Northern city of Flanoir, with the man by the church…

They had been returning from creating a pact with the Summon Spirit of Ice; also known as Celsius, when the man had called out to the group. "Excuse me! Might I have a moment of your time?" Lloyd hand tightened on the hilt of one of the swords he always wore, but he approached the man anyway, saying, "How can we help you?" The man struggled to his feet and said, "You posses the disaster, do you not?" Lloyd looked confused, which was not a first for him, and replied, "The Disaster? What are you talking about?" The man growled and said, "The cursed weapon! You have the cursed weapon boy!" With that, he lunged for Genis's sack, managing to pull something out before being knocked away by a powerful blow to the chest delivered by Regal. The man stood and held up the item he had taken from Genis' sack. It was the strange, pulsing kendama they had gotten from that man in Altamira. "This is the Disaster! One of the eight Devil's Arms!" "What's a Devil's Arm?" Lloyd asked, still confused.

The man sighed and leaned against a nearby building. "My name is Abyssion. I am the last in a long chain of demon hunters. Long ago, my ancestors vanquished the king of demons, known as Nebilim. With his last bit of energy, he placed a curse on my ancestor's weapons with a shout of, 'Your family shall never know peace again!' Since then, every one of my family has died unnatural deaths, and if I am unable to retrieve them all and dispel the curse, I will soon follow." After he finished his tale, Lloyd turned to the others. "Well? Should we help him?" "I believe we should!" Collette said with a smile on his face. Raine nodded her head, "I agree with Collette. He may be able to return the favor in some way." Lloyd looked around the group, each nodding their head in agreement. Everyone that is, except for Presea, who shivered violently and said, "I don't know, I have a bad feeling about this… But if everyone else says yes, then it's ok with me. Lloyd turned to Abyssion and said, "Ok, we'll help you!"

Nobody noticed the fanged grin Abyssion gave at this statement.