This is a forewarning to all who read this story: I'm not making myself all knowledgeable and powerful, no one's going to fall in love with me, I may even die at some point during this self-instert fic. But breathe a sigh of relief when I say that I vow not to turn myself into a Mary-Sue. And I do not own Tales of Symphonia!

I never thought anything special would happen to me when I came home from classes Friday. I never expected anything exciting to happen to me in general. Then again, I am an eighteen year old college kid that doesn't know what she wants to do in life. Anyway, I locked my front door once I was inside my house and was greeted by barking. Yes, my three loveable mutts knew I was home. Setting down my bag, I pet my three Pekingese: Sparky, Frodo and Tatiana. The sniffed and licked my hand gratefully before scampering away. With a wisp of a smile on my face, I grabbed my bag and went up to my room.

It was kind of a mess, with dust bunnies, an unmade bed, textbooks and magazines on my desk, and a nightstand buried in Nintendo DS game cases. The only thing that was remotely organized was my bookcase. However, my TV stand was pretty much immaculate. The screen was mostly dust free, my games were alphabetized by title and system; pretty easy since I just had GameCube, Wii, and PlayStation 2 games. I was just about to pick up me copy of Tales of Symphonia when I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. Not even checking the caller id, I answered.

"Hey, Ma," I spoke. The voice on the other line spoke in a motherly tone.

"Hey Kryss," my mother said, "Laur's staying out late today, and your father and I are still away, so you're on your own tonight. Lauren said that she would be home around or four o'clock tomorrow afternoon."

"Alright, I'll make sure everything's locked and closed before I head to bed," I responded, a little giddy to have the house all to myself.

"Be safe sweetie, love you, bye," my mom said before hanging up. Ending the call, I did a minor happy dance in my head before grabbing some snacks downstairs. With a jug of water, and a PB and Nutella sandwich in my hands I went back up to my room and happily sat on my bed.

"Looks like you and I are all alone tonight," I said to my Tales of Symphonia copy. Putting the game and memory card in my Wii, I loaded one of my New Game+ files that had my party at around level 120 on Unknown Mode because I had no life and over-trained my party. Grinning happily as I headed to face Mithos, I watched the cut scene and started to think out loud.

"The more I think about it, the more I realize that I feel bad for him," I said as I watched the ending of the scene and started the boss fight, "I mean, all he wanted was his older sister back and to make a peaceful world. Sure, he might have went about it the wrong way but that doesn't make him a villain. I actually give him props for trying at least, though his plan was awful and wouldn't have worked anyway."

"It's too bad they had to kill him," I continued as I went into the last phase of the overall fight, "If he was alive, then maybe Mithos could have ended up friends with Lloyd and the gang, maybe he could have lived with Raine and Genis." I sighed as I won the fight and ignored the final scene as it played out.

"If I was in the game," I mused as I closed my eyes and laid back in my bed, "Maybe I could make the ending happy for everyone. Heh, like that'll happen."

I yawned and started to doze off for a few hours, soon falling into a deep sleep. Since I have a habit of tossing and turning while I sleep, I ended up rolling off of my bed. The impact made me groan in pain before I slowly sat up with my eyes still closed. However, I felt I had grass underneath me.

"Wait, grass?" I said incredulously and opened my eyes quickly. Scanning the area in a mad dash, all I saw was grass and a few hills, but the distinct smell of salt hit my nose.

"Salt means ocean, so that must mean I'm by the sea," I deduced as I stood up. I saw a dirt road nearby so I followed it in the direction that the smell of the ocean was coming from. Soon, I did hear the sound of clunking armor. Turning around, I saw that there was a monster a few feet away; specifically a Soldier. Once he locked eyes with me, he charged at me.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!" I screamed as I started to bolt away, still on the dirt path. Now, I'm not the most athletic person since I'm overweight, but through sheer dumb luck I managed to get away from him, but not before getting away with a few slashes from his blade and a few bruises; my clothes getting torn up moderately.

"That… was too… close…" I wheezed as I caught my breath, coughed, and felt the pain sink in from my wounds. Once I caught it back, I realized I was at the entrance to the city and the kicker, I knew exactly what seaside city it was. Gaping in shock, I slapped myself a few times to make sure I was awake, but since it hurt I was definitely awake. I carefully stepped into the city and tapped the nearest person on the shoulder.

"Um, excuse me?" I asked politely, "C-can you tell me what city this is?"

"You're in Palmacosta. Are you ok ma'am? You look hurt," he said with some concern.

I just shook my head and walked away slowly unless I did need help, but my mind was far too gone. Only one thought was running through my brain like clockwork before I blacked out from minor blood loss and shock: Holy crap! I'm in Tales of Symphonia!