Their Eyes

This idea came to me while looking at some amazing fanart. I'll add other characters upon request, hero or villain. If people want, I'll even do couples.

I don't own Tales of Symphonia

Sheena's Eyes

I place my hand upon the mirror, tracing the outline of my reflection. Dark eyes, dark hair. Everything about me...is related to the shadows.

I am a ninja. Orphaned at birth, raised to live in the shadows. I fight for and serve the darkness. I trained myself, body and soul, to be strong and to fight for myself. I tried so hard to devoid myself of emotion.

I was born in dusk. I grew in twilight. And I shall die in the dead of the night. From darkness I came, and to darkness I shall return.

I mean no offense to the night. It is as comforting as the next. It can touch you, make you feel as any other can. It can wrap itself around you just as well as your lover's arms. Embracing it makes you no less a person as those that pass you on the street.

And yet, when I walk down those same streets, people stop and stare. Is it because of what I wear, who I am? Is it something deeper? When I look at my pale flesh, I see no marks that make me different. I notice no signs of the shadow. It something that you know you posses, not something visible to the world.

Even in Mizuho I am an outcast. Despite being the next chieftain, I am still given cautious glances. Never mind what I have done for the village, the power and respect that I have won for it. I am still an outsider.

Is there anyplace where I truly belong?

Yes, there is. The shadows. The night. It is where I can be accepted. I sigh and leave my room, my silk robe giving me no protection against the chill of Slyph passing throughout the village.

Luna smiles overhead. Who is she really? Is part of the darkness, or is she part of light? She radiates hope and love, but she exists in the night. What does that mean?

Thankfully, a cloud passes over, blocking her horrendous light from my view. The shadows meld into my body, and they make me feel at home.

People don't understand how alone others can be, or how good actors they are. For Lloyd and the rest, they hardly saw the true me at all. I hid it, locked it away deep inside of me. The only time I was truly alive was at night. That is still the only time when I am Sheena.

Although I never showed it, I was thrilled to enter Shadow's Temple. The darkness...it excited me. And I was walked through it, as my palm trailed the ancient walls and my feet padded the almost invisible floor, I felt it. I felt that feeling that had been so elusive to me my whole life long.

I felt like I had come home.

And then we had to leave. My only happiness, my only joy was taken from me. For some reason, I just can't bring myself to return there. It seems wrong, like I'm treading on holy ground.

So, for now, I will continue to live in the shadows.

I shall dance in the darkness.

And I will silently be consumed.

A/N: Hmm...well, tell me what you people think, and character/couple you would like to see next. I'll do my best to take care of everyone's request.