"If i owned Tales of Symphonia.... the world would explode." Hurray for Self Inserts! This is my first Tales of Symphonia insert. Enjoy ^^;

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This world is boring. Reality is boring. The human race is boring. The world is just...well....boring. I try to spice things up through developing flash movies, drawing, or writing fanfics; even if I've only uploaded one of each onto the internet. When all else fails, i turn to anime, manga or video games. Yup, I'm a hardcore Otaku. Although, even American comic books are good enough for me. Through all this "excitement" in my life, something is missing. I need an adventure. Unfortunately, I'm stuck at home, forced to do nothing but play on my computer, do chores, go to college, and search for a job....that apparently I'll never get. Life sucks.

I stared out the window for an hour, hoping something would happen. Nothing out of the ordinary though, just an average thunderstorm. My room lit up with every bolt of lightning ending with a loud thunder clap. You couldn't tell by looking at me, but i have a huge fear of storms. I was so deep in thought though, that sounds no longer existed. The world around me lost it's color, or simply put, I blocked the sight of color from my wandering mind.

I was alone.

My mother was at work and my little brother at school. Thus, i'm stuck in this dull grey world alone; all alone.

I jumped back to reality to the sound of the telephone ringing. Must be one of those stupid telemarketers trying to sell crap that no one cares about, since no one I knew had my home phone number. Instinctively, I stood up and made my way from my room to the kitchen, dragging my feet so the bottom of my pajama pants made a slight noise along the carpet. Third ring. I picked it up thinking of a witty remark to say to this unsuspecting telemarketer. The phone touched my ear, approaching the conversation with a soft, "Hello?"

No answer.

"HellOOoooo?" I repeated. This time I could hear what sounded like a radio broadcast in the background. "Um....hello?" Creepy.... I couldn't wait to tell my friends on aim about this. I hear a faint 'One small step for man, one giant step for mankind,' in the background. WTF, the moon?

Why don't I just hang up right now, you ask? Actually, I have no idea.

Suddenly, the sounds in the background changed violently, as if someone was quickly switching radio stations. Finally, after about five seconds (it seemed like an hour) it stopped to play a song I couldnt recognize at first. About a few moments in I realized it was from my (everybodies) favorite video game, Tales of Symphonia. The beginning theme.

"ArE.....YoU.....ReAdY......?" An unfamiliar voice whispered into the phone. It reminded me of an audio recording I experimented with back at my old house. I had left the tape and microphone on all night. The next day i turned up the volume, twenty minutes into the tape a loud whisper could be heard. A creepy ghoulish type voice without any use of vocal cords.

My blue eyes blinked and I quickly jammed the phone onto its holder. Quickly, turning back towards my room; heart pounding; I noticed it had gotten darker; alot darker. However, it was noon. Good thing I have a habit of turning the kitchen light on or i would be blinder than...well... a blind 18 year old girl alone in her house.

Pushing my brown hair back behind my ears, I watched a silver vortex appear in the center of the Dining Room table. Every second, it was getting larger. I ran a few steps backwards into the kitchen, but the powerful vacuum, that now sat nine feet high, was pulling everything into it, including me. I even caught a glimpse of my cat flying into that horrible vortex! Poor Zippy, oh how I knew thee well...sniff...

Screaming I grabbed onto the back door handle. No use. The doorknob snapped off and I went flying into the silver vortex of doom.

Darkness devoured me. It poured over my body, sqeezing me tightly. I could barely breathe, my body burned and ached with a pain I've never witnessed. Unable to scream. Unable to hear. Unable to see. I think I fainted, but I'm not really sure.

'Am i dying? Or am I already dead?'

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Hurray for chapter one :D Sorry its so serious. I thought it fit the mood of the beginning. I'll try to lighten up with other chapters but keep the flow going none the less. Reveiw and enjoy :D!