Me: This is getting difficult. I'm trying to keep this interesting, but without parodying other people's stories. Let alone all the school work I have to do. Who knew being a freshman could be so hard? Ah, well. Who cares? It's not like my whole life is ruined if I screw up school right? On with the story!
Lloyd: Try not to make it so boring this time, I almost fell asleep.
Me: Purple dinosaurs.
Lloyd: (Freezes up, then walks over to a corner, sits down and starts to breathe deeply) There's no such thing as purple dinosaurs, WHEEZE, There's no such thing as purple dinosaurs, WHEEZE…
Me: Oookayyy… moving on…
Let's review all that's happened, shall we? Just in case some of you missed a few things. First, there's me, living my normal, stressful life as a teenager on Earth. Nothing unusual about that at all. Then, when I get home, I get sucked into my game and assume a role as a character. I am told that I'm being tested to see if I can beat the game if I was actually in it, with a gamecube as my guide and only source for anything relative to my life on Earth. I am now currently inside the Martel Temple where Colette just accepted the job as being chosen.
COULD I BE SCREWED OVER ANYMORE THAN I AM NOW!?
Okay, calm down Tren, it's not like your dead yet, you're still breathing, albeit as a fictional character in an even more fictional game. All is not lost. All you have to do is get through the game alive without changing anything dramatically unless necessary.
Yeah, I'm screwed over right now. There's no way I'm getting out of this alive, or at least sane.
Colette's got her Cruxis Crystal now around her neck and she's talking to Lloyd and Genis about what her job is now that she's been declared as the chosen. Kratos is just sitting to the side next to the portal, waiting for Colette to get done babbling so he can go leave, or get paid or whatever he does. Which leaves me leaning against the wall on the other side of the portal opposite of Kratos, with my eyes closed and thinking these thoughts, realizing just how screwed I am. I mean think about it, if I'm going to be in this game, you have to wonder what kind of effect I'm going to have in it.
"Hey, Tren, you okay?" Voiced a concerned Lloyd. I opened my eyes to see him and the others looking at me with equal concern on their eyes. Well, except for Kratos, who being the badass he is, decides to not care and look. Geez, it's not like I'm going to keel over and die Lloyd. Though that wouldn't be so bad if it would get me home.
I straighten myself off the wall and say "I'm fine, it's just I'm trying to think of what I'm going to do now." This is partially true, if you look at it from my view. I honestly don't know what to do now, since there is no home for me to go to since I don't exist here. There's no part in the story for me to follow except to go out and leave.
Colette seems to think about it for a moment and smiles, saying "I know! You can come with us back to my house if you want to!" Hmm, to go to a sugar-high nice girls house or sleep in a tree? Such a difficult decision. Guess I can go to the house; I'd like to at least enjoy something relatively similar to a home instead of the outdoors.
"Alright, sounds good to me. I'll go with you guys to your house." I say. Hey, the choice between a roof and no roof seems pretty simple to me. I look at Kratos and decide to force him into the conversation. Sorry, pal, if I have to suffer, you got to burn as well. "What about you? You gonna collect your pay and leave or do you have more business here?"
Kratos stares at me for a moment before answering. "I shall guide you back to the Chosen One's home, and then I shall see what I shall do, the same as you." Humph, copycat. You just don't want to be left in the dust while we go off and have an adventure.
Kratos turns to look at Colette and says "Shall we leave then? There's nothing left here to do." Now normally, I wouldn't care if he said something like this, but when he said it, he seemed to glance at me, giving me the suspicion that he wants to leave us behind already. Hmm, I wonder if he can read minds along with increased senses.
As Colette goes to the portal and vanishes, I suddenly remember something. Lloyd and Genis are supposed to stay behind and run into Raine. Shit, how do I distract them? I don't want to get them beat up on purpose, but I have to for the plot. Sorry Lloyd and Genis, but you have to take one for the team, or at least, me.
After Kratos vanishes through the portal, Lloyd proceeds to walk up next. Crap, don't these people wait for anything! I reach out and stop Lloyd before he takes a step into the portal. "Wait, I want to talk to you two for a second."
Lloyd steps back and looks at me and asks "Sure, what's up?" Genis is standing next to him, probably wondering what would make me wait until Kratos and Colette left to talk to them. "Yeah, how come you wanted to wait for them to leave?" Man, right on the bullet with him. No wonder he aced the Palmacosta Exam.
"Uhh…" I start, randomly searching through my head for an excuse to hold them back, when Kratos randomly appeared in my head. Ahh, the perfect scapegoat, the traveling mercenary. "I was wondering what you thought of that Kratos guy. Doesn't he seem kinda…suspicious to you two?" Oh, please let them buy this. If they do, I will...uh...put more money in my church's offering plates, yeah that's it.
Lloyd seems to get slightly angry for a moment, like someone just cursed him out. "I don't know," Lloyd started, clenching his fist as he spoke. "He seems alright, but I can't believe how strong he is. He doesn't even have any scratches on him while we're beat up."
Thinking about what Lloyd said, I look down at my clothes to realize he was right. Most of my clothing has dirt on it, with a few stains of blood here and there from the monsters and such, with a small ring of blood around my own leg from my scratch. Guess my body hasn't quite healed itself yet.
"I guess you're right there. He is good. What about you, Genis?" I say. Genis seems to think about it for a moment as if there's a right answer to this question and says,
"It doesn't really matter to me; I'm more concerned with getting out of here before my sister finds us in here."
I decide to mock a stranger for once and asked "Would it be so bad if she did find us? Not like she'll beat us up or anything, right?"
Genis replies simply by starting to shiver a bit and nodding his head, saying "You have no idea what she's like. Come on; let's just get out of here." He then walked to the portal and vanished. Guess the little guy really is scared of his sister. What I don't understand is how she can wield so much abuse and get away with it.
After Genis vanished, Lloyd walked through the portal, leaving me all by my lonesome. It is then that a thought occurs to me: What if Raine tries to beat me up along with Lloyd and Genis? Sure, it seems ridiculous at one point, but then again, when you're dealing with a ruin-crazed teacher who can easily beat up the main character, you can't feel safe.
Dismissing the thought and hoping for the best, I hop down the portal to the ground floor. When I reappear, I notice something awkward: Lloyd and Genis hiding behind a column looking out towards the center area. Sneaking up behind them, I decide to look for myself what the problem was to see the one and only walking bomb herself; AKA Raine. She was observing one of the walls close to the entrance, reaching out every few seconds to rub it as if to see its still there.
"Uh, guys? What are you doing?" I ask, simply hoping for a quiet reply or even a whispered SHHH. But no, when dealing with the would be eternal swordsman, you have to go for the loudest response: "AAHHH!" Lloyd then proceeds to trip and fall down the stairs, taking Genis with him. Seeing them fall to their possible doom almost makes me laugh, but I guess I can respect them for a little longer, so I just chuckle and walk down the steps.
After their little commotion on the steps, they unfortunately draw attention to themselves from Raine and her precious wall. She stares for a second at them to see who they are, or maybe deciding how hard to hit them for interrupting her precious ruin time. Lloyd and Genis then get up, only to look as if they want to be anywhere but here. "Heh, hello, professor." Lloyd says nervously.
I wonder why Lloyd doesn't just simply run away. If I was in this situation with one of my teachers, that's what I would have done, but I think Lloyd's too scared to even move. Raine walks away from the wall and stops in front of them. You know, being taller than your students really is a factor that most teachers don't implore, but Raine must be an exception, because she is using that factor to just add on to the fear scale.
"And just what are you two doing here? I thought I told you to stay in class?!" She said, as her world famous temper begins to build up, meaning that in a few seconds, there will be pain for someone.
"Ahh, sis, we didn't mean to, it's just that we uh…" Genis whimpered as he succumbed to his fear of his sister. Run, Genis! Save yourself! For once in your life, abandon Lloyd and leave him to his fate! But of course, my silent pleas are ignored as she swipes down on his head with a resonant SMACK! Genis then collapses to the ground in pain, holding his head, leaving Lloyd to defend himself alone against the Tyrannical teacher Raine. (Hey, that's a catchy title right there.)
"Please, professor, wait a minute-ARGH!" says Lloyd as he is kicked right into the very wall Raine was observing, and if I'm not mistaken, I just heard the sound of cracking over there, meaning one of two things: One, Lloyd's back just broke in two, or Two, he just damaged the wall even more than it was before, which could provoke Raine even more.
Looking at this situation as a bystander, I can't help but laugh a little after holding it back for so long. Seeing two characters get whooped so easily is just too funny! True, they just went through the trial of the temple, but it's still funny!
As I finally stop laughing, I slowly begin to realize something: I'm still standing by myself with a violent angry teacher who is still angry, who unfortunately appears to be looking at me now. Oh, shit. This isn't going to end well.
As she proceeds to stomp over to me in her rage mode, excuses race through my mind as I try to think of how to stop her from hitting me. Do I tell her she shouldn't hit me because I'm someone important? Or do I tell her she shouldn't hit me because I'm from Earth and don't belong here. Or I could just simply say "I'm not one of your students!"
Unfortunately, by the time I realize the last one, Raine has already cocked her hand back, ready to smack me into oblivion, so what came out instead was "I'm not one of-OUCH!" as I stumble back in pain. Man, those swipes do hurt! I shake it off and try again.
"Look, miss, I'm not one of-OUCH!" Another swipe to the head and I stumble back again. Damn, this woman hits hard! There's ringing in my head already! Can't anything stop her!?
I recover again to try, only to be sent back to the floor by one of her kicks. That does it; I have had enough from this crazy idiot! I don't know how you became a teacher, Raine, but enough's enough! Jumping up quickly, I catch her foot as she tries to kick me again.
"Look, would you just stop for a second and listen-GAHH!" I can only get out half of what I wanted to say due to her smacking me again, this time across the side of my head. Falling down to the ground, I roll over and say "What was that for, eh? What I'd do?"
She seems to stop for a moment to respond, saying "Never grab a woman by their foot or legs. It's rude to do that!" After hearing this, one has to wonder: Am I dealing with a woman, or is she channeling the spirit of some fist-fighter or something?
She then proceeds to try to hit me again when she stops to say the dumbest thing I've yet to hear in this world. "Hey, you're not one of my students, are you? Who are you?"
You have got to be kidding me! She does all this, including beating up Lloyd and Genis, only to finally realize that I'm not one of her students? That's the best you can do? How in the hell did you become a teacher? And why isn't there some kind of social service program here or something?
Sitting up, there are plenty of responses that run through my head, most of which wouldn't be appropriate for little children to hear. But of course, I have to be the gentleman, albeit the gentleman who just got beat up by a psychotic woman. Instead, I choose to say "No ma'am, I am not one of your students, just a traveler passing by the temple."
Raine seems to freeze for a moment before blushing bright red from embarrassment. Extending a hand to help me up she says "I'm so sorry! I must have gotten carried away!" Oh no, you didn't get carried away, you just went into a psychotic beat-down mode is all! Calm down, Tren, she can still beat you up, you know.
Getting up, I brush myself off and reply "Oh, it's all right. You were just doing you're duty as a teacher." Looking around, I notice Lloyd and Genis have vanished. Or so I thought, until I saw a white flap of clothing disappear behind another column. He really should get rid of those things, they are useless. I then say "It's all right you two, she's calmed down now. You can come out now." They then walk out slowly and guiltily, as if they just broke something. Well, that works for Lloyd at least, he broke the wall more.
"How'd you know where we were?" Lloyd asked, standing a good distance out of her smacking range. Hey, every person has their fears. For Lloyd, it's simply learning or getting smacked around by Raine.
"Simple, your little white tail-cloth stuck out behind you. You guys all right?" When you get rammed into a wall, you have a right to be concerned, after all. I don't even know how he's still alive after all this time. He's bound to have gotten hit worse than that in the past.
"Yeah, I'm all right. And sorry, Professor, we just wanted to come see the oracle with Colette. I just happened to drag Genis along. Isn't that right, Genis?" Lloyd stated, tilting his head behind him, where Genis had chosen to hide himself. Nodding his head, he too kept his distance from Raine.
"Yeah, that's right. Lloyd dragged me out here, Raine, to see the Oracle with Colette."
I guess this answers why Genis doesn't seem to be very brave all the time. If he wasn't smacked all the time, maybe he would be more courageous. Heck, maybe even taller.
Raine scrutinizes them for a moment before saying "All right. You can go home if you want, class is dismissed anyway."
Lloyd and Genis take these words to heart by thanking her and walking out. Man, these guys would look like cowards in the real world. I start to walk out when I turn around to apologize to Raine as well. I felt guilty for grabbing her, but when I looked back, she was gone. Oh, well. Too bad for her. I just hope I don't hear that crazy laughter.
"MWAHAHAHAHA!"
Okay, scratch that thought. From now on, I'm keeping my distance from her around ruins.
I run outside to catch up with Lloyd and Genis, who were waiting for me, and we proceed back to Iselia. As we walk along the road, I begin to think of what's gonna happen now. I'm gonna go back to Colette's house, watch Lloyd get pissed off at Kratos, and then I'm on my own. Crap, this sucks.
Something else I've wondered about is Trill. He's been awful quiet for ages now. I don't even hear computer clicking or anything. Maybe I should check on him.
'Hey, Trill. You there?'
What's up? You actually sounded worried for a minute.
'Just wondering where you've been is all. You've been quiet ever since the fight with Vidarr.'
Well, I've been busy lately. There's been a glitch in the computer I've been trying to fix.
'Glitch?' The last thing you want to hear from a super-powerful being is that there's a glitch in the world you're currently in. It usually leads to bad things, usually involving mass destruction and pain.
It's nothing to concern you with. It's just something I'm having trouble getting rid of.
'It's not something that may try to kill me later, is it? Because I think a giant axe-man trying to cut me in two is enough for awhile.'
No, just don't worry about it. Talk to you later, I got work to do.
And with that, the clicking noise stopped. You know, I'd really hate for him to spill coffee or something in there, cause then my brain might get fried or something. Oh, well. He said not to worry, so I'm not gonna care. But if it does eventually lead to something trying to kill me, I'll lead it to him first for screwing up.
We eventually get back to Iselia and onto Colette's house. I gotta tell you, I'm getting too much exercise today. I've been running and walking all over the place. I'd like a break, like in the form of a sofa or bed or at least a chair. If need be, when we get to Colette's house, I'll knock Kratos out of his chair if I'm tired enough.
Colette's house is decent sized, for Iselia at least. In Tethealla, it would probably be a middle-class house or something. There's a little garden on the side with small plants growing. Guess Phaidra is a gardener. God forbid it was Frank doing all this. You know, I thought there would be a dog here since Colette's obsessed with them, but there isn't one. Guess the only ones around here are Noishe and the wolves. I can see inside the windows a few figures in the house. Guess they've already started talking.
As we go up to the door, it opens before we can reach it and out pops Kratos. This comes as a surprise to me, since we're supposed to go in there, let Lloyd get mad at Kratos and pout, then leave. Instead, here is Kratos himself and he's looking at me…again. Is this guy obsessed with me or something? Maybe he thinks I'm some kind of Cruxis agent sent to keep an eye on him.
"What are you doing here? As I understood it, this was the Chosen's home, not yours." He states, still staring at me. Guess he wants a rematch in the staring contest. Well, you won't beat me, Kratty! I beat you once, I can do it again!
"You apparently must have forgotten. Colette invited us to stop by her house, so here we are. If you'll excuse us, please." I reply, staring right back at him. You know, this must look awkward to other people to see one big guy standing outside the Chosen One's house and staring at three kids who are staring right back.
Kratos breaks eye contact (Yes, I win again!) and lets Lloyd and Genis through, but as I walk up, he holds an arm out to stop me. "I need to have a word with you. Come with me."
Well, this is funny. One minute, he's acting all tough and uncaring, the next he wants to learn more about me. The only problem with this is that it's Kratos who wants to talk to me. This is the guy who took down Vidarr with one blow while we got beat up. Due to these circumstances, one can understand me saying "Huh? Why do you want to talk to me for?"
Kratos walks down the front steps and turns back saying "This is not the place to talk. Someone could overhear us and I do not want that to happen. Now then, come with me." And he proceeded to walk off, leaving me there confused as Lloyd facing Trigonometry.
We walk a short distance from the house to a shaded area in the center of town. Unlike the rest of the place, this area is unpopulated for some reason. Kratos finally stops and turns to face me with an expressionless face, his favorite face. I stop walking and say "Well? What is it? It's not like you just wanted me to look at the trees."
He stares at me again, his other favorite thing to do, for a moment, before asking "Tell me about your past and of how you came to be here."
Oh, shit. He suspects something of me. No wonder he's always staring at me, he's trying to figure out who I am. Crap, what did Trill tell me to say now?
"Uh, right. Where I come from and how I got here. Let's see now, I was born in Luin, you know, the city of Hope? I lived there for about 14 years in peace. Then while I was outside the city exploring, the city was attacked by Desians. By the time I got back when it was safe, a good amount of the people were gone including my parents, and the city was almost completely destroyed. I couldn't live there, so I left and started to travel around for 2 years. Those travels eventually led me to here, where I met Lloyd and the others. You know the rest, don't you?"
Kratos walks off for a moment to look in another direction, apparently thinking about what I said. If anyone can hear this, please let him buy my excuse and not kill me! I'll do anything, ANYTHING!
When Kratos looks back, I can tell something's not right. It's strange for me to say it, but I can feel he doesn't believe me. It's one of those things you can sense about people. That and he also says "You're lying."
I take a cautionary step back, in case he tries to hold me at blade-point and say "What?"
Kratos takes a step forward and continues. "You're lying because Luin has been rebuilt. True, it was destroyed two years ago by Desians; now, however, it has been rebuilt. Why did you not return when it was fixed? Did you not wish to go home or was it another reason?"
I catch my breath and feel my throat tighten up. Well, at least part of it worked, I got that far. But now what? I've got nothing to go on. This could be it right here.
"Well, if you must know," I start, lowering my eyes to his sword. Remember the saying 'Don't trust them as far as they can reach'? I'm taking that to heart. "I was never informed that it was rebuilt. Every time I checked on it, it wasn't fixed. So I eventually gave up on it ever happening. Does that satisfy you?"
Please, please, please let him walk away. Please let the creepy man walk away so he doesn't cut off my head.
Kratos looks at me one last time before answering "Very well, then. I will take you r word as it is, for now. But know this, I'm watching you." And with that he started to walk off. I would have let him go, but I had one last question to ask. "Hey, Kratos! Is it okay for me to tag along on the journey?"
I don't know why I'm asking for permission from him, but I feel like I should. You would too, if he was the strongest person you know.
He stops for a moment and seems to have trouble deciding. "You may come along if you wish. We're leaving at noon tomorrow, so be ready, got it?"
I can't believe it! He's actually gonna let me go!? Yes! I tricked Kratos! I tricked Kratos! I TRICKED KRA- okay, okay, I'll stop now.
"Got it. See you then." I reply, walking off in the opposite direction. Well, dodged a bullet there, or maybe an Uzi, but who cares? I get to go! Looking around, I notice that it's almost nighttime, considering that it's already sunset. Wow, time passes fast when you're being interrogated. Looking ahead, I see someone walking my way. It's the midget mage, Genis!
"HEY! Genis! Over here!" I yell, trying to get his attention. He lifts his head up and notices me. I walk over and see something you don't expect to see. He's breathing a little unevenly, like he just got done running, and his clothes are a little dirtier than before.
"Hey, Tren. What's up? What did Kratos want with you?" He asked. Geez, the kid has an endless curiosity for things. I'd hate to be the one to explain puberty to him, though I might feel a little sorry if Raine tries to explain it.
"Oh, nothing much. Just wanted to know where I came from and all that. What happened to you? You look like you just got done running from something. Raine wasn't trying to smack you, was she?" I say. If she did, there really needs to be a social services place or something to go to.
"No, it's not that. Me and Lloyd went to go visit someone outside of town at the…" he paused, looking around for a moment to see if anyone was listening, then continued, "Human Ranch."
Oh, man! The Ranch! I can't believe I forgot about that! No wonder he's tired, he probably almost got killed.
"Say no more. You don't have to explain yourself to me, Genis. You went to go visit a friend and that's all that happened." I say, knowing full well they had just almost got caught at the ranch for helping Marble.
Genis looks relieved that he doesn't need to explain himself and starts to walk down the pathway. I decide to follow him, seeing as I had nothing else to do. I decide to start up another conversation. "So where are you going now? Home or somewhere else?"
Genis shakes his head and answers "I'm going to Lloyd's house with Colette and the others. She wanted to talk to him about something. I just wanted to tag along."
I nod my head and say "I see. I'll go along too, I haven't seen Lloyd's house yet."
We continue down the path through the woods until we reach Lloyd's house. I expected to run into some monsters, but I guess even they need to rest every once in a while. When we get there, everyone else has already arrived, and Colette has already gone on to the Terrace to talk to Lloyd. As we arrive, Raine and Kratos look back to see us walk up. I nod at both so that Colette and Lloyd can talk in peace. Eventually she comes back down and meets us.
"Oh, hi you two! Nice to see both of you out here!" she says smiling. (Look, Alliteration! Ooohh! Beat that!) "You know about the journey, right?"
I nod and reply "Yep. I'll see you at noon tomorrow, right?"
She nods her head and answers "Yep! All Right, I'm gonna go home now, see you all later!" She says as she walks off with Raine and Kratos. Genis turns to me and says "I gotta go too. If you need a place to stay, Lloyd can probably take care of you."
I nod, saying "All right, then. See you later!" I yell, as Genis runs off. I walk up to the door and knock. Might as well be polite if I'm gonna crash here. Lloyd answered the door with a groggy "Yes?"
Boy, he's quick. He's already ready to go to sleep only a few minutes later after talking to Colette.
"Yeah, I was wondering if I could crash here for the night." I ask. Don't make me use the puppy-eyes on you! You cannot defeat them!
"Yeah, sure. Just make sure to be quiet, dad's already asleep." He replied and opened the door wider to let me in.
They're house looks pretty much like it did in the game. There's a work area for blacksmiths in one corner with a kitchen-like area in another. He leads me upstairs to his room. When I walk in, I'm surprised to see it's clean. I was expecting a mess knowing Lloyd. Walking over to one bed, I throw off my jacket and get under the covers. "Night."
"Night." Lloyd replies from his bed. Soon enough he's snoring and I can feel myself drifting off. Closing my eyes, I let the comfort of the pillow take me away. Sorta feels like home to be honest.
Wait a minute, something doesn't feel right again. When did it so cold all of a sudden? If I'm gonna sleep like this, then I'm stealing Lloyd's covers. Opening my eyes, I'm shocked to see what I see.
I'm not in Lloyd's house; heck, I'm probably not in Iselia anymore. I'm lying on a cold floor that feels like stone or cement. I get up and notice that I've got my clothes on again and I'm apparently standing in what looks like ruins or something like it. There's a row of columns with lit torches accompanying them leading to what I guess is a Mayan-styled temple. You know the ones you saw in history class. After soaking all this in, I only have one thought:
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS AND WHY AM I HERE? Is it just me or am I panicking a lot these days?
So you have come.
Who the Hell said that? Looking around, I don't see anyone, so who said it? "Who's there? And why have you brought me here?" I yell to no one in particular as far as I can see. When you're in a foreign place and you hear a voice that just oozes with darkness, you tend to panic.
I brought you here because I wished it.
Hearing the voice behind me, I turn around quickly to see them. What the Hell? Is this a reflection or something? I only see me. I walk towards the reflection as it walks towards me. As we walk, I begin to notice differences between me and him.
He seems to be more muscular and well toned. Looking at his face, I can't see anything yet, but on top, I can see what looks like two tiny horns sticking out of his forehead. On his hands, I notice that his fingernails look like claws, and there are blades sticking out of the top of his wrists where the hand meets the arm. The blades seem to be styled in what looks like the same fashion as a sawfish's nose. They're jagged and serrated, and look to be sharpened to a good edge. They look like they could easily pierce something or rather someone's flesh. When we finally stop walking a few feet away from each other, I can finally see his face.
His face looks similar to mine, same hairstyle and such, but with only a few differences. His irises are blood red and running below them are thin purple streaks that seem to curve his face. He was smiling an evil smile, the one you see on someone who just killed someone for sheer pleasure.
This guy scares the shit out of me. "Who-Who are you?" I stuttered out. Yep, I am officially scared shitless.
He smiles for a moment before answering "Simple. I'm you, or rather, the Dark side of you, created by your exsphere."
"What do you mean, by my exsphere? How did you come to be?" I ask, trying to look brave and probably failing miserably. Hey, you try facing what looks like the demon version of you and act brave.
"I was created the moment you put on that exsphere. You could say that I'm a manifestation of all your powers that you have and will have." He answered, still wearing that same scary expression. He then tilted his head and looked at me with feint surprise. "I have to admit, I expected different, but no matter. You'll do."
I'll do? I'll do what? What is this guy talking about? "What do you mean 'I'll do'?"
He chuckled a bit and responded "You'll see. But not now, not here. Maybe later. I want you to be awake when we meet for real. For now, go back to sleep." After he said that, he snapped his fingers, causing a large flash of light that blinded me and forced me to throw my hands up.
"If you wish to meet me again, find the Twilight Ruins. It is there you will see me again."
When I opened my eyes, I was back in Lloyd's house. I shot up in the bed to see if he was still there. Yep, snoring away like no tomorrow. I guess I'm back now, from wherever I was.
'Trill? Trill?! Answer me, dammit!'
What is it? What's wrong? Are you hurt?
'No, I'm fine, except for the fact I'm SCARED OUT OF MY WITS!'
Whoa, slow down. What happened to you?
'You tell me! One moment I'm sitting here enjoying sleep, the next, I'm being visited by some demonic version of me, saying things like he's a manifestation of my powers or something.'
Are you sure this is what you saw? Are you positive?
'Yes, Dammit! I am absolutely positive!'
Oh, man. I didn't expect it to get this bad.
'What do you mean "It"?'
You remember that glitch I was talking about earlier today? That was him. He appeared a short while after I left you at the temple. I don't know how he got there, but if he spoke to you while you were sleeping, then he is linked to you now. I can't get rid of him because that would mean getting rid of you.
This is just great. One minute, I'm enjoying my sleep, about to go on a journey to save the world, the next minute; I'm being told that I'm linked to a demonic version of myself. Just great, I must be the luckiest guy in the world.
'So what, he's…inside of me?'
That would probably be the best way to explain it. He is likely the base of all your future dark powers, but I can't be certain. For now, just be careful and get some sleep. You've got a big day ahead of you.
'Right. I'll get some sleep. Night.'
Man, I knew that this was going to be a tough journey, but I didn't expect this to happen. Sorta makes me feel like wishing I would wake up tomorrow and that this was all a dream. Yeah, right, and Kratos is secretly Willie Wonka.
Author's notes: Geez, my biggest chapter yet! So, what did you think of this one? Read and Review, people, because I ain't dead yet!
