Max: Hello and welcome to my first story.
Mathew: That you had the guts to publish.
Max:Shut it!
Mathew: Thought so.
Mike: Will you two stop bickering it's annoying.
Max Mathew:(look at each other) No.
Mike: sigh..
Mathew: So why a self insert?
Max: Well I wanted to do something that was unique. And since I haven't really read one about becoming a villain I thought why not fill that niche.
Mathew: Good enough.
Mike: Please excuse the grammar
Mike: RadonMax dose not own Tales of Symphonia it is owned by Namco/Bandai
Max: For the purpose of my sanity. If there are any similarities to any other story it is sheer coincidence. I have no intention of reproducing other people's work.
'This is not good' Lloyd thought as he stood next to Yggdrasil. The pair standing in front of an awe inspiring army. A vast amount of machines, monsters, and a mixed version of both, organized into large military formations. With the twelve generals, in glistening armor riding dragon-like creatures, leading each front.
"So you've finally arrived" I spoke standing on a large spire with 6 swords orbiting around me in a large circular pattern, none of the swords seemed special until the eternal sword is noticed in the formation.
"You will return this world back to the way it was." Lloyd shouted from his position. "And give me back my sister!" Yggdrasil demanded.
I couldn't help but laugh. "Ha ha ha foolish sentiments. Why should I return this world to the twisted way it was? And why would i give back one of my top generals?" At this Yggdrasil was stunned. I reached out and grabbed the eternal sword and felt my self be divide into 5 replicas. Each one grabbed one of the other swords and charged towards them with my army following in a stampede. I brought my sword down cutting one of the desians cleanly in half and rushed to my next target, Lloyd. Our swords met in a flash of sparks ending in a stalemate. "Your skills have improved quite a bit, young Aurion. But why are you not using the abilities that I gave you?"
But I'm getting ahead of my self . Five clones look up from their assorted books and wave.
Why was I attacking Lloyd and Mithos? And why did I twist the world into it's current shape? At first we started out as good friends and I just wanted to return home, but power corrupts even the pure.
I was at home working on one of my latest ideas typing it up on my computer and saving it into my "if I ever go insane" folder.
The idea was simple it was a theory on the balance of 3. One example is that there is a mediating force between two forces that would negate each other. One of those mediating forces, I theorized, was the human soul. But enough of my crazy ideas.
As I saved the file, something nudged my arm, giving a small smile as I scratched my elder dog behind his ear. He looked at me with sad eyes, the kind of look that says good bye and I will probably never see you again. Giving the dog an odd look as I got up and got out the dog food and refilled his bowls with water and food.
Looking out my window something sparkled in the corner of my eye. Turning my head i ended up spotting a strange looking object sticking out of the ground.
"What the?" Leaving the house to investigate the object getting closer I noticed it was a silver-blue sword.
Picking it up I felt it pulse with energy and a voice echoed through my mind 'You will be my new master. Do not disappoint me.'
When the voice faded my head started to throb with the feeling of vertigo as I felt my body go limp. I awoke feeling that the ground around me had become barren rock, the air was stagnant and filled with the scent of decay, and the sky was a dark ebony mist.
"Wa-where am I?"
'You are in my soul.'
"Your soul? What am I doing here?"
'I need help with the restoration my power. My last master had left this place as you see before you.'
"What a waste. But what can i do to change this place?"
'That is for you to find out.'
Eventually after wandering around I figured out how to terraform the strange space where I found my self by simply polishing the sword's blade. After spending some more time wandering around, with my new sword in hand, I found that this place was on a large floating rock in the middle of a dark void.
"Now how do I return home. It feels like I have been here for days."
'This is your home.' a different voice echoed in my mind albeit strangely familiar and somewhat cold. 'Just open your eyes you idiot.'
"What the?" opening my eyes I realized this was still in my yard, and I was holding a now polished sword in front of me and my dogs staring at me from behind the sliding glass door. Looking up into the sky that it was late at night. "why do i have a feeling this wont end well" sighing I went into the house with my new sword placed it on my counter onto of a folded towel, and went to sleep.
The next day i noticed that my computer was on and my "if i ever go insane" folder was opened as were several files.
"Quite an interesting mind you have." a feminine voice said. I looked up and saw a beautiful woman, she stood in my door way as I stared at her dark sapphire eyes that would leave a man with a feeling of being examined. Her dark blue hair seemed to flow down her back and stopped at her waist. She was roughly about 5'9 and had a lightly tanned 'gifted' athletic body.
"Who are you and what are you doing in my house?"
She looked at me with a cocked eyebrow "You brought me in last night if you remember."
"The only thing i brought.." click "ah... great i came across one of those mystical type sword." She smiled at me as I tried to avert my gaze and to distract my self from staring at the naked sword spirit. "By the way you never told me your name."
She looked confused "It has been far too long and in that time I have forgotten my name."
"Then I should give you a new name. Hmm... how about Talim? It roughly means edge in my language."
She seemed to think about it for a second and nodded "That is a very nice name I like it."
"By the way I noticed that your edge has been dulled past the point of being able to cut, so I decided that you should at least be sharpened. Are you still on the towel I left you on?" she nodded again "Ok after I eat something I'll begin work resharpening you."
I was glad it was the weekend as I had time to work on the sword and my experience sharpening knives would help as well. After eating a quick breakfast I grabbed my water stone from under the sink and began working on her. After some time the blade seemed to sing as I moved it across the surface of the stone. As I finished the sword seemed to hum as I placed it back onto the towel.
"All I need now is a sheath, but where in this small town will I find one?" as I wrapped the towel around the sword for protection it stiffed and slowly transformed into the shape of a sheath and fits snugly on the weapon.
"Well that was convenient." removing the sword from it's new sheath it started to hum and I felt part of myself seem to resonate with it.
"You are indeed my master." Talim said as she descended the stairs now fully clothed in what appears to be blue-silver armor.
"Why do you say that?"
"Simple. It's because my true form is resonating with your soul. You may be the first to truly be able to access my powers."
"Depending on what it is. I probably wont try to use it."
"Why?"
"I know that messing with cretin things in the world can lead to some disastrous effects." sighing "So have you finished reading all the things on my computer? I find it surprising that you know how to use one." she smirked at me while turning around and headed back upstairs as I heard her respond.
"It's simple to learn new things if your master is already knowledgeable about it." Great she read my mind while I sleep...
Things became eerily quiet as a large explosion is heard outside. Suddenly with the realization of what might happen to me because I found the sword. I froze and and whispered "And now it begins."
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