A/N: In response to Regal Bryant Lover's challenge, I'm writing my own post game self-insert.

Rated T for violence, some suggestive themes, possible language, and probably something else I forgot.

Disclaimer: I don't own ToS, but I do own myself the last time I checked. I also own this chair, my wii, and a number of other things you don't care about.

Also, I must note that I'm a Christian, and since it is a self insert, it will show some. I'm not out to convert my readers through this, but now you know where I stand.

Now, to bad things happening to me.

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Chapter 1: What the chicken wing with a side of icing

You know those moments, where all seems calm and perfect? When all the sounds and sights of nature combine in a wondrous harmony. Times like this, it feels like nothing could be wrong with the world. All the chaos from out there fades away as I come to this wondrous place.

Looking above me, a blackened sky is brightened by nothing but a thousand little stars. As I shift my gaze to the horizon, the darkness of night beings to fade into a midnight blue. Even further down, the blue turns into layers of yellow and orange. Through the spaces between the trees, I can see a line of bright red.

Before me sits a gentle lake, with reflections of the lights of nature, glistening on its surface. Its beauty combined with the sound of a fountain spreading the water across these depths calms my soul. In the distance, I can hear the choir of crickets awakening for the night.

This is one of the few times in the year were the weather is perfect. In the vastness of the sky above, not a cloud exits. It's not too hot or too cold, and everything seems perfect. A gentle wind blows across my body. I think back to my younger days, and how much I loved days like this. I remember calling wind like that a blue wind. It carried no destruction but just peace. I felt like I could fly by just running along side it. To fly through the endless blue skies, that's a desire I've had for as long as I can remember. Oh, to be young instead of an 18 year old college student.

I close my eyes to fully experience all nature has to offer. My senses awaken to the smell of freshly cut grass. How many times throughout the day, am I too busy to notice this subtle beauty? Complete contentment like this is something I rarely feel.

Opening my eyes, I gaze upon the vast body of water ahead of me. The sunset finally finishes fading beneath the reflection of the sea. I get up and decide I've wasted enough time just experiencing the solitude of nature. I gaze across the lake at the other buildings when I notice something is wrong.

They. Aren't. There.

I'm not in front of just a lake anymore, but a vast ocean.

I glance to the library behind me, just to calm myself. It isn't there either. The BTS isn't on my right either, and the ENS on my left is gone. Instead, there are many more trees then I remember being there.

Okay, calm down Tiger. You probably just got a bit into nature. Just close your eyes, and when you open them, and you'll be back on that bench.

I do just that and close my eyes.

When I open them again, I'm still not back.

Umm, this is not good. Okay, I just need to think about this logically, and it will all make sense. Take things one at a time, and I can figure this out.

Where was I before I was here? Sitting on a bench in front of our lake admiring nature. So how did I get here? Umm, I HAVE NO IDEA! Let's see, what are the possibilities? Well, I could be dreaming.

Yea, that makes sense. Okay, that means I just need to wake up. I blink trying to open my real eyes several times, and, absolutely nothing changes. I just need to pinch my self then.

And, only pain.

Therefore, that rules out dreaming. What else is there? Well, maybe this is just a hallucination. That would make sense. I've heard drugs could do strange things. Although, I don't recall taking any. Maybe one of my friends did it. I haven't known them long, but I don't think they are the people to use them either. So this probably isn't drug induced.

Maybe I just lost my mind. That would make sense. Some people have called me mentally unstable before, so maybe I've gone completely insane this time. Although, if I was insane would I be able to think about all these things logically. This logic could only seem logical because I've lost all sense of logic. Grr, this is hurting my brain.

This could all be real. It might seem improbably, but someone famous once said that when you've eliminated the impossible, whatever remains must be the truth. So that would mean someone knocked me out and moved me here, or some weird time travel/worm hole. I love the latter two, but that's only in TV shows and fan fiction. It's much harder when I'm the victim of it than when I can walk away and play Symphonia.

I got it. I'll call my roommate and he can help me. That's assuming I still have my cell phone. I check my pocket and it…

Is not there. Crap. Well, maybe the other pocket. Woot!

However, no reception. Apparently, I have a new text message.

"Hey was up? Rachel."

Oh, not much, I'm in some strange place and have no idea where I am, so overall, I've been having a marvelous night.

I guess I should try to figure out where I am, and what is going on. Well there is the ocean in front of me, and the forest behind me. I can't swim that well, and I have no idea how far a shore is. I also am not into hiking through the wilderness, but at least I won't drown.

Murphy's Law, don't quote me on that.

The dark forest of hopefully answers, here I come.

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That tree looks familiar, I'm sure I've seen it before. It wouldn't be as bad if it was bright out, then I would at least be able to see where I was going. Then again, I still would have no clue where I was, or where I was heading, but at least I wouldn't keep running into branches. I swear, I've tasted more leaves in the past hour than the rest of my life. So as you can guess, things couldn't be better.

I hear the bushes rustle, so that means there is something, or if I'm lucky a person. Although, knowing my luck, it would be a thief or a ferocious animal. I reach in my pockets for something to defend myself, but all I find is my wallet, cell phone, and keys. Well I could try cutting it with keys, but I'm not sure that would work too well.

"Who's there?" I ask and I hear more leaves rustle. "I'll warn you, I'm a black belt in karate," I lie. I just hope he/she/it doesn't test my bluff. The creature jumps out of the bush, and in the dim light of the stars, I can identify it.

Aww, a doggy. He's so cute. What? I have a soft spot for dogs. Except, that thing is bigger than a dog, and much more rugged. Crap, it's a wolf.

I take off as fast as I can, and it pursues me. I have to find somewhere to hide. The problem is, this wolf is faster than me, has a better sense of smell, and knows this forest. In other words, I'm screwed

Looking ahead, I see a low branch, and leap over it. However, being the master of coordination that I am, my shoe get's caught and I slam my face into the ground. Ignoring the pain in my face, I get up and grab branch pulling it out. As the wolf approaches, I release my weapon, and it slams into the beast, knocking it to the ground.

"Ha, take that forces of nature. Human intelligence has defeated you." I regret my choice to stay there watching my triumph, as the creature gets onto his feet. "Except that only made you angry." I catch a quick glance of blood on its face before turning and going as fast as my tired body will take me.

In case you didn't realize this, I was not made for things like this. Give me a math problem and I'm good. Tell me to write a story, and I can do it. Tell me to run for my life, and bad things will happen. Curse me being a nerd!

As I jump over another downed branch, I hear the growls of the wolf only a couple feet away. I now see I can't outrun it and outsmarting it didn't work. That means I have only one choice left.

"Have at thee fire demon!" I say as I prepare to fight for my life, and probably die. I turn, thrusting my foot into the wolf's side. I can feel its bones snap, and for a second I feel sorry for it. Then I realize it's still trying to kill me. It jumps at me and brings its claw across my arm before I can react.

Holy crap! My arm is bleeding profusely and hurts like something really painful that I can't don't even know how to describe! I fumble backwards, tripping over something, and hit my head against a tree. The wolf slowly approaches me, while I am cornered. So I guess this is how it ends for me. I expected to live a bit longer, or at least having a more memorable death. Maybe something like dying saving people from a burning fire, or maybe something funny like accidentally falling out an airplane. God, why such a boring death?

"Ray thrust!" I hear a voice call out. Opening my eyes, I see I'm not dead, and the wolf is running away.

"Thanks random person who saved me!"

"He he, no problem." That voice sounds familiar, but before I can figure out who it is, I realize there are more important things, like the fact I'm constantly losing large amounts of blood.

"You wouldn't happen to have a couple industrial size Band-Aids, would you?"

"No sorry," she says in a very joyful voice. "Why?"

"That wolf slashed my arm, and it hurts really badly."

She comes a little closer and I can notice her blond hair through the dim light. "Oh no, you need to get back to town."

"Sorry, but I have no idea where that is, or even where we are."

"Don't worry, I can take you," she says helping me up by my good arm. "I'll carry you so we can get there faster." Did she just say she would carry me? I don't know if she realized this, but I'm not exactly the lightest person around, and she doesn't look that strong.

I feel myself standing on my feet as she holds on to my wrist.

I feel my feet leaving the ground.

I feel myself continue to rise though the air.

The logical part of my brain has apparently gone to the store for a quart of milk because the only thing that escapes my mouth is. "What the chicken wing with a side helping of icing is going on?" I see a purple light form a couple feet from my face.

I would contemplate the strangeness of this, but my head begins to feel heavy and the rest of my body goes numb. Maybe after a good nights sleep, I'll feel better.

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A/N: And now you know what happens when I don't have author powers to protect me. In the story, I do know about the game, but he hasn't discovered where he is yet. This takes place 3 months after the game, and while I don't have this all planned, I have the first few chapters planned.