A Tale of Two Emblems CHAPTER 1
August 4, 2009
This is bitbyboth and TwoSided reporting for the first time together and we've chosen to create a fan fiction of Tales of Symphonia and Fire Emblem Path of Radiance. This story may seem like another simple 'what if' 'high school' fic, but all is not as it appears, so if you're put off by the thought of these characters going to school together don't be deterred until you reach the end, okay?
TS and I have been fans of FEPoR and RD for awhile now and we recently borrowed Tales from a friend of mine and we were thinking…well…they're sorta in the same dimension with swords and magic and everything what would happen if these worlds collided? And hence A Tale of Two Emblems.
IMPORTANT PLOT NOTE! All the laguz as of right now do NOT have their animal features. Thank you. Also SPOILERS near the end and you can skim over descriptions of characters, they're the same for most of the characters except a few like Presea.
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It was like any other school of it's time it had studies of math, history, science, magic and combat, it also had the normal cliques. Consisting of eight groups of students.
The jocks were headed by Ike and Lloyd though the two were too nice to get into a power struggle about who was top dog. The jocks also consisted of Ike's best friend Boyd, as well as six others, Geoffrey, Kieran, Titania, Jill, Janaff and Oscar. Each of them tended to wear armor though most had a different shade Lloyd wore red, Ike blue, Boyd a dark red, Geoffrey light blue, Kieran faded red, Titania white, Jill pink, Oscar green and Janaff was the only one not to wear armor opting instead to wear earthy toned fabrics and leather.
"All right boys, I want a clean fight from both of you. No vulneraries or gels are to be used in the match." Yuan, the close combat instructor, said blandly standing between Ike and Lloyd who held their signature weapons at the ready. Ike had a double handed sword brandished in one hand and Lloyd had two light blades in his hands.
The others had taken sides even though it was a friendly fight and cheered on their respective classmates.
"Come on Ike! You can do it!" Boyd hooted along with Geoffrey, and Oscar.
"Give your all Lloyd!" Jill shouted with a grin sitting with Titania, Janaff and Kieran.
"Ready……Fight!" Yuan said as he moved back out of their way.
The fight began quickly as Lloyd lunged towards Ike. The blue haired man clashed swords with the brunette. Ike pushed Lloyd off of him making him do a back flip on to his feet. Ike charged at Lloyd while he was airborne. The brunette quickly guarded the heavy attack.
"Not bad Ike" Lloyd said as he pushed him off of him. Ike jumped back a little bit. The red clothed man went after Ike, who began to move around and block the attacks directed at him. Ike ran at him once again, when Lloyd was open, and tried to lay another heavy blow on him. Lloyd guarded it but the right-handed practice sword busted in two.
"Whoa..." Janaff mumbled.
"Give it to him Ike!" Boyd yelled getting some odd looks from the others for his enthusiasm.
Lloyd reacted quickly and spun around away from the blue haired man. Ike followed suite but went after the red clothed man full force. Lloyd waited a moment and jumped over Ike and lightly tapped him on the collar bone.
"Lloyd wins this round." Yuan called. The two stopped and turned to face one another, while the ones on the sidelines cheered, except Boyd who seemed worn out and a bit deflated.
"Nice fight" Ike said, between breaths as he held out his hand. Lloyd shook it.
"Hey, you did alright yourself Ike" Lloyd said with a smile.
"Same time tomorrow?" he asked as he released his grip.
"You know me. I like a challenge." The brunette said as he leaned on his right leg, grin in place.
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The second group was known as the geeks, it was composed of several mages, and warriors who took their studies more seriously in the non-physical realm.
The geeks, unlike the jocks, had a rivalry between two of the best students Genis Sage and Soren who constantly tried to prove that they were the more intelligent and skilled mage. The other geeks tried to stay out of their rivalry they consisted of Nephenee, Stefan, Lucia, Ilyana, Zihark, Brom and Astrid. Stefan, Zihark and Lucia were sword masters each wearing different types of clothing Stefan wore dark purple clothing, Zihark gray and Lucia white with blue trim. Nephenee wielded a lance and wore teal armor. Brom was a warrior and wore black armor. Ilyana was the other mage and wore a teal top and a light purple skirt. Astrid was an archer and wore white armor with silver trim. Genis wore a T-shirt and shorts that were blue with white swirls. And finally, Soren wore dark green robes and could always be spotted with a book.
"Who would happen to have an answer to my quandary?" Bastian inquired dramaticlly in front of his class. Genis's hand flew up and Soren's followed slowly after. "Beautiful Lady Lucia-" He began ignoring the two, who put their hands down as soon as the words left his mouth. "Would you know the answer to this flight of fancy?"
Lucia flattened him with a stare. "No, for the sixth time you've called on me. I don't know."
"Ah! Then I will enlighten you my dear! The answer is twenty."
"Twenty!?" the class intoned.
"But-That wasn't even a math question! It's not Professor Kratos's class!" Genis complained.
"Ah! but it makes sense the way the wind marches through the trees." (1)
Everyone in the class quirked an eyebrow except for Soren who had buried his nose into a book deciding that he didn't give a damn.
"Ah, Professor Bastian that didn't make no sense what so ever." Nephenee explained with her deep accent intact. Bastian opened his mouth to clarify but Ilyana interrupted him.
"It's lunch time……oh I'm so hungry."
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There were three other small groups, the goths, the punks and the peacemakers. The first two groups only contained two students each. Presea and Ulki were the goths. Presea wore a black dress with white frills and black bows in her pink hair. Ulki wore dark clothes as well to compliment his pale skin tone . The punks were Lethe and Reyson. Lethe wore a bell on a green ribbon around her neck as well as yellow clothing while Reyson wore white robes.
The peacemakers were Rhys, Mist, Mordecai, Devdon and Rolf. Rhys wore white robes and normally carried a healing staff. Mist wore a yellow dress with a blue kerchief tied loosely around her neck. Mordecai, the most built out of the five, wore a blue shirt and white pants. Devdon wore orange clothing to play off his darker skin, and Rolf wore lighter shades of blue and green armor and clothing.
"Tomorrow we will start off by learning a simple sandwich recipe." Regal said.
"Why are we starting off with a simple recipe?" Presea asked with her monotonous voice.
"So, the kitchen will live to see another day." He answered with a small sigh.
"Is there going to be a vegetarian substitute? Or won't I be eating tomorrow?" Reyson questioned.
"Yes, there will be a variety of ingredients to choose from."
"As long as there's no blood." Rhys said with a displeased look.
"You can not handle blood?" Lethe asked. "Bah! You can't handle anything then"
"Enough Lethe." Regal said calmly. "We'll make sure you won't be near blood," he assured.
"I wish for the younger ones not to handle knives." Devdon requested.
"Oh, have some faith in us Devdon. We've played with daggers before" Mist said with a small smile to assure him.
"Yeah, how different is a knife from a dagger?" Rolf asked as he picked one up. It slipped out of his hands and cut the young archer. "Yow!" He exclaimed. Rhys glimpsed at him and noticed the blood.
"H-here let me heal you before it bleeds more." Rhys said trying to look away from the injury.
"This is going to be a long year." Regal mumbled.
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Then there was the popular clique consisting of Sheena, Zelos, Gatrie, Mia, Marcia, Ranulf, and Malkalov. Sheena was a summoner , the only one in the school and she wore a light purple tunic with a pink bow as well as dark pants. Zelos was a total womanizer hitting on just about any girl in school, including the teacher, he seemed very secure in his masculinity by wearing a pink tunic with white pants. Gatrie was a fighter who wore dark blue armor and had a personality close to Zelos hitting on many beautiful women in the school but he was looking for true love, a romantic at heart. Mia wore orange clothing to show her energetic side. Ranulf, the calmest out of the seven, wore orange and yellow clothing. Malkalov was the most likely to be in debt from gambling, wore orange armor.
"Alright class," Largo began as he picked up an iron sword. "Who can bend this?" The large man asked.
"Ah, Professor Largo I don't think any of us can bend that," Sheena replied, one hand on her hip as she leaned to one side a slight chuckle in her voice.
"I'll bend it for you Sheena!" Zelos said heroically as he walked over to retrieve the sword.
"W-what?" Sheena said, seeming annoyed with the red head. "You won't be able to do it either Zelos!"
"Sure I will hunny."
"Zelos!" Sheena hissed through her teeth.
"Don't worry about it" Marcia said, as Zelos tried to bend the sword. "If he wants to hurt himself then let him."
"Ugh." Zelos grunted as he tried again.
"I wish we were in close combat" Mia said thoughtfully. "I want to duel with someone."
"Do you want to duel with me Mia?" Gatrie asked.
"Sure Gatrie" The purple haired woman agreed. "You better be ready when the time comes."
The knight smiled. "She's totally into me" he mumbled.
"You wish." Sheena mumbled to Gatrie. Zelos tried once more to bend the sword.
"Are you sure this is an iron sword?" Zelos asked, with a sheepish grin.
"Positive. If it was a steel sword it wouldn't break in half as easily." Largo replied.
"Exactly." Zelos mumbled under his breath.
"Have my cracker-brain brother try it once." Marcia suggested.
"Now, now Marcia you know I can't bend a sword." Malkalov said as he backed up a little.
"Try," she took the sword from Zelos and handed it to her brother. "You big baby."
"A-ah, l-look at the time, it's lunch time. "Malkalov ran off.
"Get back here, you baby!" Marcia yelled chasing after him.
"We should follow them. Marcia with a sword chasing her brother is a bad idea." Sheena said running Marcia.
"Right behind you hunny!" Zelos said.
"Ah...on second thought they'll be fine" Sheena said stopping and turning back to the room. Marcia came back a moment later.
"Crackers! I lost him." She mumbled. Marcia gave the sword to Zelos again. Zelos tried to bend it a little bit.
"Let me try." Ranulf said as he walked over to red head.
"Alright man. It's tough let me tell you. And if the great Zelos can't do it you don't have a chance." Zelos handed him the sword. Ranulf bent it a little bit, and Largo began to laugh.
"You're stronger than you look Ranulf." Largo said through his laughter. Zelos blinked at the blade.
"I must have weakened it for you." The red head said. The muscular man stopped laughing and Ranulf gave the weapon back.
"You're dismissed for lunch everyone." Largo said. They all nodded and left.
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The last two groups consisted of only three people. The unknown group had Colette and Tormod, they were the ones who could fit in with most anyone. Colette, the klutz, normally wore a knee length dress that was white and had blue marks on it with black leggings. Tormod, the friendly mage, wore red and green clothing.
The last group was just one person the loner. Sothe, the anti-people person. He wore green and tan clothing.
Tormod and Colette walked the halls together. Colette tripped on the floor. Tormod stopped to make sure she was okay.
"Are you alright Colette? That's the third time you've tripped today." The mage asked.
"Heh." She giggled with a smile. "Yeah, I'm sorry."
"Why are you apologizing?" Tormod asked puzzled.
"Heh, heh. I'm sorry" She said as she stood up. Tormod noticed Sothe walking by.
"Hey Sothe!" The mage called to his friend.
"Don't talk to me." The thief said as he walked past.
"Oh, come on Sothe! I know you want someone to talk to!"
"No, I don't." The green hair boy mumbled as he continued on. Tormod followed after him, Colette in tow.
"Stop following me." Sothe grumbled.
"Volke, don't lie! I know you have the money on you." Tanith, the babysitter for Volke, said from the other hall way.
"I don't know where it went, really!" Volke replied. "It's like it……Sothe" The thief drew his conclusion.
"Sothe?"
"Got to go!" Sothe said as he took off in a sprint. Colette fell on her butt as he ran in front of her. Tormod stopped and watched the thief round a corner. Volke and Tanith both came around another corner. Volke wore brown clothing and Tanith wore white armor.
"Tormod, have you seen Sothe?" Tanith asked.
"I have! Sothe went that way." Colette said but she saw Tormod's look. "Oops," She covered her mouth. "I wasn't suppose to say anything." she giggled.
"Thank you Colette." Tanith said. The two left to follow the other thief.
"Sothe will be fine." Tormod said. "Come on Colette let's head to lunch"
"Alright." She said with a smile and got up.
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"Well, it seems like those fools have forgotten everything about their homeworlds and relative feats." Mithos spat venomously. "Nice work Sephiran."
"Excellent work creating the bridge from Nfelhiem to Tellius." Sephiran murmured.
"How else would we get your uptight Goddess Ashera to pass judgment on Sylvrant and Tethe'alla? Once she passes her judgment on Tellius and kills you all it will pass through the portal to my world so I can start a new era of Half-elves!" he cackled hysterically.
"I beg your pardon, Goddess Ashera is the Goddess of Order, she isn't 'uptight'"
"Yeah, whatever. You need to start another war with the animal people and release that chaos Goddess." he grinned. "Get to it."
"Laguz and Beorc." Sephiran corrected. "Sir knight!" He called. The Black Knight appeared in front of the two.
"Yes sir?" The Black Knight asked.
"Have you found the medallion yet?"
"No" The knight replied.
"Blast, we must find that medallion." Sephiran mumbled. "Begin preparations for the war sir knight. I will search for the medallion myself." The Black Knight nodded and left.
"Yes, get to work human. The end of the world is nigh." Mithos giggled.
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(1) As you might be able to tell...we never have any idea what Bastian is saying...so we just made shit up XD
See? There is much more plot to this than it first appears ;) The next chapter we'll show you what happened to their two worlds. Please leave reviews for us! We love them! :D I give cookies and TS gives S'mores :)
Ja ne!
~Bitbyboth
Chao!
TwoSided