Disclaimer: I don't own ToS
Well, this has been bugging me. So I'll get it started. (I have ADD, sorry)
To my understanding, Kvar made up the Angelus Project, and applied it to Anna who was at the Iselia ranch. That's what I'll go by.
I was wondering if I should have let he Desians have him, of Cruxis. I decided Desians.
Also, I will be making references to the upcoming sequel, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World for the Wii. Curse you price of the Wii! You're too expensive! (and hard to find)
This is AU and people might be kind of OOC. Sorry.
Let the heads roll…
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"How sad…oh well, that's what she gets for trying to escape. What is the status of the boy?" said a green haired man.
"Stable, Lord Forcystus, he suffered minor wounds. What are your orders?" asked another man, one dressed in basic Desian uniform.
The one known as Forcystus, a half-elf, looked back at the woman's dead body. She had been killed after she was turned into a monster and was struck down by someone, they had yet to find out who, and just arrived to hear her dieing words. "Take her exsphere and attach to the boy. It can still grow, but it needs to feed off of someone of the same blood." Giving is men the order, he went back up to the ranch. "Lloyd Irving…why do I get the feeling there's more than meets the eye to you?" and with that, he walked back in the ranch.
10 years later
"Lloyd! Get your ass back here!" yelled a female Desian who was chasing a laughing teen. When he had been brought back the ranch ten years ago, the young boy had been placed under her care, with orders to be his nurse until he was seven, but then he had shown an odd skill with the exsphere attached to him. Then, under Forcystus' orders, they attached a Key Crest to it.
"Come on, Demma! You're no fun!" shouted the thirteen year old, who was laughing around the outside of the inner part of the ranch, earning a few sweat drops from the prisoners there and glares from the Desians.
With a battle cry, Demma jumped into the air and landed right on the boy, making him fall onto his chest while she sat on his back. "Give up?"
"Fine."
Smirking, she got up and helped the human up, before walking back into the base.
Lloyd looked around at the people who glaring at him, giving a warm smile to the prisoners, before looking at the gate. He couldn't remember how he got here, only that Lord Forcystus had saved him from something.
With a sigh, he walked back into the base, it was time to practice with his swords.
3 years later
"And why am I being shipped off to Pronyma's ranch again?" asked Lloyd as he sat in front of Forcystus, who had become a father figure to him over the 13 years. "I don't see how it'll my lord."
"Since Pronyma is always helping out Lord Yggdrasil, no one is there to run the ranch besides inferior beings that think they deserve to be a desian. She doesn't want that, so she has asked me to send someone to run it in her place." Said the half-elf, leaning back in his chair.
The two were in his office, a rather big one. Lloyd was sitting across from him, arms crossed, legs crossed, and quirking an eyebrow at him while Forcystus stared at him with one eye.
"You can tell I don't want to go."
"Think of it as a birthday present."
"My birthday is in 5 months."
"Happy early birthday."
"My lord, why me?"
Forcystus sighed before running his hand through his hair. "Lloyd, I have raised you when I could since you were three. I know you like the back of my hand. But, you're the only one I trust for this job. Even though you are a human, you're like a son to me, understand that?"
Lloyd closed his eyes before standing up and heading for the door. Hesitating at the door, he said, "I'll be going tomorrow then." Then he left out the door.
Forcystus let out another sigh. Lloyd was the strongest at the ranch next to him. The boy had changed from the young boy that he found at the cliff. That boy's eyes were full of life and happiness. These eyes were cold, opening up only to he and when he was at Demma's grave.
Demma had been killed when they were on a raid on a village for more people. She had been run through by a guard, and her body was brought back to the ranch, where she buried in the back with the other few that had died. Lloyd's eyes had died that day. Demma had raised him since he was three, and always stood next to him. That was two years ago.
"You'll be great Lloyd, that I can promise you."
1 and a half years later
"Survey the data from the gate surveillance system!" Forcystus said as he looked down the cliff to Iselia. Somebody had come to the ranch, and was talking to a prisoner when that very prisoner was found. One of his men had told him about this, how when they looked out side, no one was there, and that they were punishing the old woman for slacking off when fireballs hit them. Then, they jumped down the cliff.
"No human can make that kinda a jump besides Lloyd, but he's in Triet. Plus, he sucks at casting magic that's at novice level. Also, there's no village or civilization besides that dwarf further on and Iselia…that dwarf never comes near here so that leaves Iselia. Now, all I need is the culprit's body appearance…" said the Grand Cardinal before heading back in. He had plans to make.
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"Sir, it appears that Iselia has just been attacked by Lord Forcystus because they broke the non-aggression treaty." Said a desian that kneeled before a Lloyd.
Lloyd was sitting on a throne in the Triet Ranch, the one that belonged to Pronyma, as he stared at the kneeling person. His blades were next to the throne, leaning against an arm rest, while he supported his chin with his hand. His brown hair was longer, it fell a tad bit over his left eye and he had his left ear pierced twice. He was wearing a black over coat with no sleeves and nothing under it that had the design of a cross on the back. He was also wearing white pants that were quite loose, allowing him to move freely and use his flexibility to its best. On his hands were fingerless black gloves with the exsphere attached to the right one. He wore red and black boots that had the ends of the pants cover them till it came to his heel. "Stand up, I can tell you don't like kneeling before a human. So, Forcystus has finally mad his move…well then, it's time to start mine. I want you to start monitoring who comes in and out of Triet. If you see someone suspicious, notify me immediately, understood?" he said, standing up and picking up his twin blades, and setting outside for Triet.
"Yes my lord."
"Chosen…bah, just a fool's title…" murmured Lloyd, walking to the oasis in the desert, Triet.
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Four figures walked down a beaten path towards the desert as they saw the vast sand dunes before them.
"Raine, do we seriously have to walk through this?" asked Genis, complaining to his sister.
Genis had ran to join the group, which was comprised of Collette Brunel, the Chosen of Mana, and mercenary Kratos Aurion, and his sister Raine Sage, after an attack had been launched on the village of Iselia by a half elf named Forcystus, who was saying that they had broken the non aggression treaty and this was their punishment. Then, the half elf demanded for him, and sent a transformed Marble at him, but she didn't like that, and turned around and gave Forcystus a wound that caused them to retreat. He was then banished.
"Didn't I tell you no complaining? And yes, we will have to if we want to get to the seal of fire." Raine said, "I swear, Genis, you maybe smart, but you can be very forgetful…"
"It's alright Professor. Since it's a desert, we'll probably just get tired so Genis is wondering how we'll manage to traverse the whole thing, right?" asked Collette, looking at the shorter boy.
"Yeah, sure." Genis said, a dead pan looking expression on his face. "Keep believing that…"
"Be careful, this is Desian territory. Triet doesn't have a non aggression treaty with the nearby ranch, so if we encounter anything or anyone, be prepared." Alerted Kratos, as he began scanning the area.
Two hours later, there was still no attack and the group had reached Triet.
"First thing we should do is collect information. Kratos, if you could search the east section and I'll search the west. Genis, search the north with Collette, we can't let her be alone." said Raine, walking over to the shops and asking questions to passing people while Kratos entered the inn.
"Alright then, Collette, let go." Genis said, walking to the north side of the desert village.
The duo went around asking people about a seal of fire, or anything that could be related to it and still got the same answer, no
Then they approached a tent with a eye and a pyramid on it.
"Excuse me." Said a man that walked out of the tent, his arm resting on one of the swords at his sides. "I'm in a hurry." He said, before going around Genis, who had walked into him, and continuing on his way.
"Ugh, what's his problem? Also, who in the world where's a sleeveless over coat with this sun? White pants, I understand, but black? Seriously…" mumbled Genis, standing up again.
Stepping inside the tent, then motioning Collette to come in, Genis looked around while Collette asked the woman the question.
"Oh, I know what you're looking for, but it'll cost you. 100 gald." said the fortune teller, holding out her hand.
"What? That's expensive…we'll be right back." said Genis, leaving the tent and dragging Collette with him.
"Raine! I found someone that might know where the seal is!" called Geni as he ran over to his sister, Collette right behind him and Kratos walking over to them.
"Where?"
"In a tent on the north side, but she wants payment for the information."
This was when they noticed Kratos heading into the north side and begin looking for a tent.
When all the members of the group finally arrived with him, they al entered the tent, asking about the information again.
"Got a 100 gald?"
"We will pay you if the information is beneficial or not." replied Kratos, glaring at the 'fortune' teller."
"The ruins are to the south of here." She said, holding out her hand. "There's an oracle stone that acts as the opening lock to the seal."
"And how is this information liable?" asked Kratos.
"Because the man that left before those two came in was talking about it and how the Chosen was heading for the seal of fire, which he said was in the ruins."
Handing the woman the money, Kratos walked out of the tent then looked at the others that followed him. "Genis, Collette, what did this man look like?"
"Well, he was wearing a black sleeveless over coat with nothing under it, white baggy pants, had two swords strapped to his waist, had brown hair that fell over his left eye, and was as tall as Raine, and had brown eyes. Why?"
The group entered a silence as they waited for Kratos' reply.
"That man you encountered is no older than Collette by than a few months. The only human ever to run a Desian human ranch, Triet human ranch runner Lloyd Irving. He is with the Desians. Rumor has it, he was raised in the Iselia by Grand Cardinal Forcystus." said Kratos, heading back to the inn.
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Lloyd Irving was walking around in the front, well, more like behind the gate but outside the building, looking over the humans and the desians. The information he had left the fortune teller would drive them right into his hands. All he had to do was head for the Triet ruins tomorrow; they would no doubt be weary from traveling today.
"I can't belive Lord Forcystus! Putting an inferior being in charge of ranch!" said a watchman of the ranch to his friend.
"I know! We should be the ones in charge of this place! This just proves that Lord Forcystus is a filthy human lover!"
This was where Lloyd intervened. "I'm sure that if you have something to say, you can say it to my face."
"Lord Lloyd! Uh-I-uh…"
"So you think I'm an inferior being?"
"N-no sir!"
"But you just said I was."
"N-no I didn't sir!"
"Don't deny it!" Lloyd finally yelled, gaining the attention of nearby humans and desians. "You call me an inferior being then deny it when I heard and when I'm right in front of you?!" Grabbing the desians head, Lloyd lifted him into the air his eyes in a maddening glare.
This was when the other watch man, who was scared to do anything, tried to help his friend. He drew his blade and attempted to run Lloyd through. Key word being attempted.
Lloyd could hear the blade being drawn, moved his free hand, his left, to his left sword, drew quickly, then pushed it behind him, impaling the desian.
"And you…don't think I've forgotten about you…and, just because I use swords doesn't mean I can't fight with my hands…" Lloyd said, speaking to the desian in his grasp. "Beast!"
Blood splattered everywhere as the technique ripped through the man's head, letting hi drop from Lloyd's grasp. "Someone clean this up." Lloyd said finally, walking towards the gate to the open desert. He had ruins to get to.
"Chosen…die by my hand."
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A/N: There you have it. The first chapter of 'The Entity' my first ToS fic.
I seriously cant think of anything for STMB, but I promise it will be updated within the week.
If you have any ideas for pairings, let me know. So far, I'm thinking along the lines of either LloydSheena, ZelosLloyd (Just flirting, no wrong ideas yaoi fans), LloydRaine (I want to see this done), GenisPresea.