A/N: Normally, this particular story will not be updated as fast. Sorry, that's just how I write. The basis of this chapter is the idea that when they were very young, the Sage siblings probably would not have thought to hide their race from everyone.
Chapter Characters: Raine (16), Genis (5). I am only estimating Raine's age.
Disclaimer: I don't own Tales of Symphonia.
Chapter Two: Being a Half-elf
"Filthy half-bloods!"
"Stay out of our village!"
The shouts continued to echo behind them as the two silver-haired siblings were tossed out of yet another village for their heritage. The younger, a boy, looked up at his older sister, innocence shining in his bright blue eyes.
"Nee-san? What did we do to make them so mad?" the young boy questioned.
The woman beside him stopped in her tracks and knelt down in front of her younger brother. Gently brushing a silver strand of hair out of his face, she said "We did nothing to them, Genis. Understand? Nothing. We didn't cause the drought here, we didn't start the fire in the old town, and we didn't charm the forest animals into stealing food from the storage house in the village before that. Okay?" She started walking again.
"'Kay. But why do they think we did all that bad stuff?" The boy tilted his head. The woman sighed, exasperated.
"We've been over this, Genis. It's because we're half-elves." She looked down at him. "That means nobody understands or trusts us and there is no one we can trust either." The tiny child beside her, sensing her grievance towards the subject, though unable to understand it, knew only that they were once again without a home. He slipped his small hand inside hers, looking up at her with the innocence only a child could possess, yet with a maturity one so young should never have.
"That's okay, nee-san," he started. "We can always trust each other."
Raine smiled down at him. Even in the darkest times, she drew comfort in knowing that she had the brightest light right at her side.
