A/N: Okay, first real fic. My other 200-word one was just sort of a test. Well, anyway, I was playing RD recently and using a thunder tome with Soren. After he attacked, for some reason he started missing a lot more on the same enemies. My friend asked me why he was doing less damage, and I told him that Soren was afraid of lightning. That's when this idea hit me.
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Fwoosh! Soren destroyed yet another enemy with his Tornado tome. Damn…I'm running out of uses…the mage thought, and he decided to switch to his less-powerful Elfire tome. Upon using it, the Arch Sage saw that it didn't do as much damage as he needed to. Crap! What now… "Soren, back me up here!" Boyd yelled over the battle. "Yeah, I'm coming!" he answered, looking desperately for a tome…Ah! Here was one! He pulled the book out of his bag and saw that it was a thunder tome. Oh, shit, he thought as he ran towards Boyd. Soren was going to have to face his fear. What fear, you ask? Well, it just so happens a certain Branded Arch Sage was afraid of lightning. This certain mage could hear his heart pounding as he advanced towards Boyd and the enemies…
Agh! For the love of Ashe-wait, that doesn't really work anymore…Well, whatever, where's Soren!? Boyd frantically thought as he mowed down three Fire Sages in one swoop. Boyd was tough, but nobody could do this forever. Well…maybe Ike, but he doesn't count. Boyd was interrupted from his complex, genius thoughts by Soren's shrill scream. He looked over and saw the thunder spell hitting a group of Warriors, who all fell dead from the spell's power. Boyd then turned to Soren, only to see him curled up on the ground, shrieking like a little girl. "Soren, what the hell!? Soren!? Soren!"
"Soren!? Soren!" He heard Boyd screaming. Soren decided not to explain and ran away screaming at the top of his lungs….
After the group won the battle, Boyd decided to seek out Soren and ask him about his…interesting little episode. He eventually found the Arch Sage sitting in his tent, his eyes gazing intently at the wall. "Hey, uh, Soren…" "What?" the stoic (at least now) young man asked. "Uh…what was the deal with you back there?" Soren had decided to pretend that had never happened, so his answer was, "Back there? I don't know what you're talking about." "C'mon, you know! I mean when you were screaming on the ground after you did that lightning spell!" He got no answer, and not being the brightest person, decided to try again. And again. And again. Finally, after about five hours of trying unsuccessfully to get an answer, Boyd collapsed. "Ha ha!" Soren cried as he ran to Boyd's unconscious body, "You will never find out my fear, BITCH!"