Mathew: Yay! Writers block! /end sarcasm. We apologize for late update but we were distracted by a certain "Cataclysm" and as for an apology a long chapter. For my standards.

Max: I... I... I CANT TAKE IT!

Mike: What?

Max: (searches though several boxes) FOUND IT!

Mathew: What did you find?

Max: (laughs darkly) The fast forward button.

Mike Mathew: NO! (Tackles Max and pins him down. Through the fighting Mike is able to grab the remote from Max's hand.)

Mike: This is to be used later. Not now!

Max: (incoherent screaming)

Mike: Mathew take him to his room and tie him down.

Mathew: Yes Sir! (Drags Max into a room where a struggle can be heard)

Mike: Sigh. This is going to be a long story. RadonMax doesn't own Tales of Symphonia. (looks over story) This chapter is longer then I expected.

Mathew: Btw Collette is a little out of character, because I'm tired of her always being the damsel in distress and would like to see her as a true chosen.

Mike: And what is a true chosen?

Mathew: It depends.

Mike: On?

Mathew: Your view on a "chosen". Now read the story!

When morning arrived, I had recovered from the sudden energy loss, of sealing the Soul Eater within me. Genis and Eir were still asleep leaning on each other. 'I wonder how this will affect Genis and Presea's relationship' I wondered to my self. Ignoring my pain I had gotten out a few things of food and had started cooking when some one called out to me.

"You shouldn't be moving so much after getting healed. Your wounds might reopen." Ariel said as she approached the camp.

"It doesn't hurt as much anymore." I said stirring the food. She just came up and poked me in my chest. "Gah!" I shouted as I fell over clutching my wound. My shout had awoken Genis and Eir. They quickly ran over.

"What did you do to him?" Genis shouted at Ariel.

"Just proving my point." Ariel said as she reached into her bag and pulled out a few vials of liquid. Later that morning Ariel had finished applying her medicine and had changed my bandages.

"Thank you Ariel, but I have just one question." I got up and served my self some of the food that I had cooked earlier "Why are you helping a complete stranger, that is a human, like me?" I continued.

"Do I need a reason?" she replied. "That reminds me. On my way back here, to check on you. I ran into some strange people."

"Strange people?" I responded hoping it wasn't any more of those racist bastards.

"Two humans and a half elf. What was odd was that the boy was wearing a red jacket with white trailings, and that the half elf was leading the way."

"Wait. Did the half elf have an orange coat on?" Genis quickly asked.

"Yes she did" Ariel said with a curious look on her face.

"That's my sister!" Genis shouted and ran over to Ariel. "Do you know where they are?" suddenly Ariel looked really nervous talking to Genis, just like she recognized him, or reminded her of some one.

"Th-They just got to Palmacosta when I saw th-them."She said taking a step back looking really nervous.

"As I said we are going to Palmocosta. Thank you for everything you've done for us." I said with a slight bow. I stopped when the pain in my chest got too intense. I had also pulled Genis back since it looked like Ariel was getting uncomfortable around him. Which was odd since they were both half elves.

"N-No problem." She seemed to breathe a sigh of relief as Genis sat back down and started to happily chat with Eir. "OK here you go" she said as she handed me a few vials of green fluid.

"What's this for?" I asked as I swirled the liquid.

"That's my secret formula for pain suppression. If your wound gets unbearable just drink that. It should suppress the pain long enough for it to heal."

"OK. Last question. How am I going to pay you back for all the help you've given me?" I placed the vials into my bag. And when I looked up she was right next to me.

"Well..." she said with a desire in her voice as she ran her finger down my chest. "There is one thing you can do..." she whispered into my ear.

"I-I think you should stop. Genis and Eir are staring." she stopped when I mentioned them and pulled back with a disappointed look on her face.

"Don't worry you will be able to pay me back later on. When we meet again." she said as she waved.

"So where are you headed?" Genis asked suddenly.

"Well.. I'm on my way to Luin, and I thought that I would pass by Asguard." she said with a nervous smile. "This may be the last time we see each other for some time."

"Thank you again for everything that you have done for us. Until we meet again." I held my hand out. When she shook my hand I think she was distracted since she basically crushed my hand.

"OW OW OW!" I yelled as I tried to remove my hand from her grip.

"I'm sorry, I forget my strength sometimes." when she said this my eye twitched. We finally said our good byes and departed for Palmacosta. The few battles that we encountered were easily taken down as Genis blasted them by his spells and Eir's specialized attacks. Since I was still recovering I was somehow being ordered, by children, to rest and stay out of battle. Unfortunately we had come across a group of bandits who were overpowering Eir and Genis, forcing me to join the battle. They had taken out two of the five bandits but were getting worn down by fatigue. I quickly stepped in, drinking one of Ariel's potions to numb the pain, and dispatched a third. I dodged the fourths attack and rammed my blade through his chest. Giving it a twist I ripped my sword out of his body, knowing full well that the wound was fatal. "Thunder Blade" Genis shouted as the large electrical sword crashed into the last one, impaling and electrocuting him. There was a cry that had gotten my attention and turned around. The one I thought I had killed had gotten up and attacked Eir. Thunder Blade's shock wave soon finished him off but not before he left a deep gash in Eir's leg. Genis and I quickly ran over to her. She was clutching her wound and crying. It took me a moment to move her hands so I could properly dress the wound. When I finished she started to pass out eater from the pain or fatigue probably both. Before she completely passed out I had taken out one of the vials and told her to drink. As the bitter liquid passed her lips she retched trying to spit out the liquid. In her weakened state she was only able to spit out a small part of the liquid but swallowed the rest. Several moments passed as she seemed to settle down as the anesthetics took effect and drifted to sleep.

"We should get moving." I said as I picked up Eir.

"Are you sure you can carry her? Your still recovering. I probably can carry her you know."

"What? Are you afraid that I'm steeling your girlfriend?"

"N-NO! It's not that! It's because your hurt and you should be resting." Genis said as he was trying to hide his face.

"Then why are you blushing?" I said as I adjusted Eir on my back so I could carry her. "Lets get going" While we were traveling Eir was stirring from a dream that she was having.

"Daddy" she said as she hugged my neck. I sighed as she stirred up emotions that I had thought I burred long ago.

We traveled most of the day and finally saw the gates to Palmacosta when it became late in the day. When we entered the city the streets were empty.

"Where is everyone?" Genis asked.

"Don't know. We should get to the inn. We need a room to stay in, plus we might find everyone else already there." I said as I adjusted Eir on my back, who was feeling better. I hoped we find Raine soon so she can heal our wounds.

"I hope so" Genis sounded hopeful as we walked deeper into the city. The city was much bigger then in the game. It also had canals and waterways instead of streets. This had reminded me of Venice, Italy back on earth. Thinking about Earth had gotten me a little depressed. I saw Genis and Eir looking at me with a curious look on their face and I shook it off. Luckily in a few moments I had spotted the inn off in the distance. We had passed by a burned out building when Eir stopped me and was staring at the building. Curious on what the shop was I looked at it a moment and found the damaged sign. I was thankful that the sign was made with carved letters. Squinting my eyes I saw that the sign read "Avalon's". Without thinking I had uttered the store's name.

"That store was an antique shop, It was run by a man Derick. He was a nice guy." A random old man said as he came up next to me. Our attention was now focused on him.

"What happened?" Genis voiced our similar curiosity as Eir looked as she was fighting her emotions.

"He was found brutally beaten and was taken to one of the city's doctors. He was dead on arrival. As he was being taken to the doctor, some one had broken into the shop and had set it on fire."

"That's terrible." I said

"It's sad that some one would do that. Almost makes me lose hope that salvation will come, but since the chosen came I became hopeful again."

"That's good. Do you know where the chosen is right now?"

"She should be at the church. It's right next to the inn."

"Ok thank you and have a good day."

"You to kid." I turned to give my thanks but the old man was already halfway down the block. We were heading towards the Inn when we passed a familiar looking store.

"Genis!" some one shouted as we were about to pass. This had gotten our attention as Lloyd, Raine, Collette, and Kratos exited the store.

"Lloyd, Raine, Collette" Genis responded as he ran over to them. I felt something pull on my cloak only to find that Eir had some how taken shelter under my cloak away from the group of people.

"Are you ok?" I asked and she shook her head. "What's wrong?" she just pointed to the group and I understood "Don't worry those are good people. If you can't tell there's another half elf there" I whispered the last part to her. She just nodded and hid in my cloak. Sighing I walked over to the group with Eir still hiding in my cloak.

"Hey guys. I see that everyone is in pretty good condition."

"I'm glad that your OK too!" Collette said when she noticed Eir in my cloak. "Hey Max whose that?"

"This is Eir." I said as I tried to pull my cloak away to reveal her. I found out that she has a good grip as I tugged several times finally reveling her clutching my neck. "I helped rescue her from a group of people who killed her parents, and had been holding her against her will." I received a horrified look from Collette and Lloyd when I mentioned her parents. Raine just gave me an odd look. Did she suspect me of some wrong doing? I didn't have much time to think about it when the anesthetic started to wear off and I gripped my healing wound. I soon found it hard to stand as the pain grew. The wound might have been effected from carrying Eir. I fell to one knee as the group took notice of my injuries as the wound reopened, staining my shirt with blood. I heard people shouting my name as the world grew dark. I awoke in a bed with my wounds freshly bandaged and mostly healed. 'I've got to get myself an exsphere, at least for the increased healing part.' I thought to myself. Sitting up I took a look out the window and saw that it was already dark out.

"Your awake" some one said from the other side of the room. Letting my eyes adjust to the dark, I saw Raine at a desk looking over some papers.

"Yes-"

"Please keep your voice down the children are sleeping" I then noticed Genis and Eir sleeping in the bed next to mine.

"Oh" I said as I lowered my voice to a whisper. "Let me guess Genis told you everything. And the fact that I know about you and your brother's secret. Not to mention Eir's" I attempted to sit up when I noticed Talim was laid down next to me.

"Yes. He did. He also said that you promised not to tell anyone." I nodded in response "Good. Now onto the important subject, tell me what do you know about that Devil's Arm. That is what it's called right?" she had a look of worry and one that said that I wouldn't be leaving unless I told her everything. After giving me a quick checkup on my health and examining what was left of my wound, I began telling her what I knew. I knew that it was going to change the future but I thought I wouldn't hurt if some one knew the dangers of the weapons. After a few hours we decided that we would continue this conversation later. More like I fell asleep while she was writing her notes and had to be woken up several times. I eventually had gotten to a point where I was too exhausted to wake up and kept sleeping. Little did I know that while I was asleep I had missed something with Eir, as she was restless in the bed.

The night was disturbed as a child's cry was heard throughout the Inn, but for some reason I had slept through it.

"Are you alright?" Raine said as she approached Eir who was crying as Genis tried to comfort her.

"Y-yeah" But I'm not sure about her.

"What's wrong?" Raine said as she sat down next to the crying girl giving her a gentle hug.

"Mommy, Daddy" She said between sobs.

"Shh. There there. Your safe now." Rain said as she stroked her auburn hair. Her sobs became quiet as she fell back asleep on Raine's lap. Raine looked over at her brother to find that he too had fallen asleep.

Clang! It was the next day and several people had gotten up early to get some training done. Being injured Talim said I could take the day and rest. But promised me that in order to catchup with the days that I missed, that the training would become more intense. Oh joy... Kratos had woken Lloyd early that morning to take him sword training. With the commotion of trying to wake Lloyd up Collette woke up and decided to watch the training.

"Your still open and you stance is off." Kratos said as he blocked Lloyd's attack. With a flick of his wrist Kratos knocked Lloyd over.

"Are you alright?" Collette said as she came over.

"Don't help him." Kratos curtly said causing Collette to stop.

"I'm ok Collette." Lloyd said as he got up and dusted himself off.

"Now adjust your stance and come at me again." Kratos said as he put away his sword.

"Like this?" Lloyd asked. He got a response from the last person thought to be giving battle advice.

"No like this." Collette said as she adjusted Lloyd's body to a proper fighting stance. This got the attention of Lloyd and Kratos.

"I was under the impression that you did not know much about fighting. Chosen." Kratos said as he approached the two.

"I was trained since I was a child on how to fight. It was all to prepare me for this journey." she said staring off into the distance with a sad look in her eyes.

"Wow Collette I didn't know you knew how to fight." Lloyd said with his goofy smile. The look on his face instantly erased the sadness in Collette as it reminded her why she was doing this journey. She was doing it for him.

"I would like to see the extent of your training. If you don't mind Chosen" Kratos said as he pulled out some wooden chakrams.

"Against you?" She said with a nervousness in her eyes that didn't escape Kratos. He seemed to think about it for a moment.

"I would like to see your skills compared to Lloyd's. So I would like to see you two have a simple spar."

"Wait what?" Lloyd seemed confused that he would be having a spar against his childhood friend.

"Begin when your ready." Kratos said as he stepped back.

"I don't want t-" Lloyd didn't finish his sentence as he had to dodge a chakram. He didn't have time to respond as Collette appeared next to him and knocked him over. Before he landed he rolled away and stood up knowing that he underestimated his childhood friend. He drew his wooden swords and was about to charge when he dodged another chakram. Collette caught her weapon and charged at Lloyd. He blocked her attack as she reached behind her to pull out her second chakram. She struck at his opening, knocking the wind out of him. "I'm sorry" she said as she kicked him in his chest. He flew back a few feet, with a large bruise on his chest, and gritted his teeth as he landed. It was impressive that he was still standing, even with a blow to his abdomen. Lloyd jumped towards Collette with a new demeanor and both swords drawn. She easily blocked his assault with one of her chakrams and lashed out with the other causing him to jump back. He then rushed at her the moment he landed and slashed at her. She dodged one sword then the other. In a single moment she held out one of her chakrams, in which he ended up sending one of his swords through the opening. Smiling Collette used the chakram to disarm one of his swords causing both weapons to fall to the ground. He didn't have time to retrieve his weapon as he dodged another attack. Lloyd swung his other sword as Collette ducked and tripped him. He fell onto his back and was now facing the tip of his own sword.

"That's enough." Kratos said as he approached. Collette and Lloyd were both breathing hard as they looked each other. When their eyes met they both blushed and looked away. A cough interrupted them as Kratos watched them with a very slightly amused look on his face, for a brief moment. "That is enough training for today. Lets head back and see if the rest are ready to leave." the two teens nodded and headed back into town.

I had been wandering around Palmacosta for a good hour, after finishing my chat with Raine, and had decided to go to the harbor. At the edge of a dock I saw Sheena sitting with Corrine on her lap. This was a chance to ask about why she attacked me instead of Collette. I swallowed hard knowing that she could easily kill me and approached her rather noisily.

"Hey" I said when I got close enough

"YOU!" she shouted holding up several cards.

"Not again! It's me, the one with the brown eyes!" I shouted.

"Oh. It's you. What do you want?" she said slightly lowering her guard.

"I was just wondering, why did you attack me instead of the chosen."

"How did you know that-"

"Renegade" I said pointing to myself.

"That makes sense" she let down her guard even more.

"So. Who is the person I remind you of?" I asked as I sat down next to her.

"It's kinda of personal." she said looking off into the distance.

"OK, but from what I gathered he destroyed Mizuho."

"It wasn't that. Most of my village accompanied me to the temple of lightning, in order to help with getting a pact with the summon spirit that resides there. We had gotten to the altar and he was there, talking to Volt. The moment he realized that we were there, he turned to us and ordered Volt to attack us. Only a handful of people escaped that day. I was one of the lucky ones and my grandfather..." Sheena looked like she was going to cry at any moment but kept her composure.

"I'm sure you'll find him and give him what he deserves." I said staring into the sky. There was a slight gust of wind and when I looked back Sheena was gone. "Wow she's good."

It was getting late so I decided to head back from my wandering. I had decided to take an alleyway as a short cut to get back to the Inn, where the rest of the group had met up.

"Excuse me sir, but do you have the time?" a random stranger asked me. And without thinking or looking at him, I took out a watch that I had in my pocket and told him the time.

"You do realize that they don't have clocks here in Sylvarant." I froze realizing on what I had just done. What he said next really caught me off guard. "Good morning, Max" I finally turned to look at him. He stood there in a polished silver and royal blue plate armor, that had red and orange runes running up the right side. On one shoulder was a sculpture of an eagle with its wings spread out, on the other were crimson spikes. A royal blue cape hung from his back with golden embroidering. It was odd that the end of the cape seemed to float in the air, probably too much starch. His hands were covered gauntlets, that were made with the same silver-blue metal as his chest. The back of each gauntlet had a reverse pointed spike and a crimson stripe running down the sides. His metallic boots had wings sticking out the back side. His greaves were crimson with a blue filigree decorating it. On his face was a black and white jester's mask instead of a metallic helmet.

"Matthew" I said glaring at him.

"Close but no." The stranger responded. He removed the mask that obscured his face and jet black hair. I paused and took a good look at the stranger, because it looked like I was standing face to face with myself. "And before you ask." he said as he took off one of the armor pieces to his legs revealing an old scar. I immediately recognized it since I had the exact same scar which I had gotten by falling out of a tree as a child.

"What are you dong here? We both know what changing the past can do." I asked after he had proved who he was.

"Changing some parts of the past. You know that I know the consequences with tempering with time, but there are some things I do anything to change, and would have done anything to do it. So when I got the opportunity to do it, I took it." He said as he looked up to the sky.

"Did you steal Dock Brown's car?" I asked. We chuckled at that for a bit.

"No, nothing like that. But before we get distracted even more. Talim." there was a slight haze as Talim appeared next to me with a curious look on her face. When she appeared my future self had a slight saddened look upon his face, but shook it off. "Talim you might want to remove that seal that you placed upon us."

"What why?" I said as I placed my hand over where the seal was.

"The devil's arms are growing in power. So it's like a wooden dam holding back a raging river. Eventually it will burst and when that happens, it won't be pretty." he said as he took out a small toy and looked at it. Talim had a curious look on her but nodded and placed her hand over the seal and closed her eyes.

"What is that?" I asked feeling the power of the devil's arm start to course through me again.

"Just a reminder" was all he said before he put it back in his pocket. "Is it done?"

"Yes I removed the seal, just like you asked." she paused a moment then asked "When will you find out?"

"In a few years." He said remorse evident in his tone. "I could never hate you for keeping it a secret from me." Talim smiled at this and I swear I saw a tear in the corner of her eye.

"Ok. What are you two talking about?" I said feeling left out of a conversation between my self and my sword.

"You will find out in a few years time. Just be patient and don't rush it. It is important that you wait." My future self said before reaching behind him and pulled out Nebilim and a strange-looking key.

"Why do you have that?" I asked as he handed them to me. There was a pulse of energy and pain as my body absorbed the swords.

"It's a lot easier to get it from me instead of having to torture that guy for it."

"Abyssion? I don't remember his name."

"Yeah. Originally it took some convincing, with a blunt object, for him to hand those over."

"Also you might want to keep this with you as well." He said as he held out a small purple crystal.

"What is this and what do I do with it?"

"It's a suppository." when he said that the look of horror on my face was indescribable. Then I saw myself trying to hold back his laughter and failing.

"Very funny." I said sarcastically

"So what is it?" Talim asked.

"Uranium... No just kidding again. It's a special crystal I acquired from a "traveler". You use it by crushing it in your hand." he said as I picked it up from his hand.

"Wait. What's this for? And what kind of "traveler" did you meet?" I stared disbelieving what my future self said.

"It's a special crystallized energy. You'll know when to use it. And for the traveler lets just say he came to this world before..."

"Before what?" Talim asked

"You know...war..." my future self said as Talim and I had a realization on what he meant, but at the time I didn't know that Talim knew.

"oh yeah... But how did he get here?" He just gave me a deadpan stare as he pointed to Talim.

"You will find out. Just be careful."

"Any ways. Why do you have a similar mask as Mathew?" I said pointing at the jester's mask

"It's to prevent key people from recognizing me"

"Key people?"

"Like Lloyd, Kratos, or any other people who would affect the time line if they recognized you."

"OK... but back to changing the past, would you changing the past have anything to do with us getting home faster?"

"Sadly no."

"But I still get home right?" after I said that my future self paused for a moment before responding.

"That is for you to see." he said with a smug look on his face. All of a sudden he winced in pain and collapsed onto the ground clutching his head.

"What's wrong?" I shouted as I ran over to him.

"It's just an after effect of the devil's arms breaking Talim's seal" He said between breaths. He coughed a bit before shaking his head and getting up. "I'm fine."

There was a metallic chink as someone appeared around the corner. He stood about five foot eight and was wearing a teal plate armor set. His head was covered in an intricately designed helmet that had glowing runes written across the top part of his chest plate. Just about every piece of his armor had runes etched into it and each rune gave a subtle white glow. He too wore a cape but his was teal with white embroidery. His face was obscured by his winged helmet and the part of his face that was exposed was covered with a red cloth, namely his nose and mouth.

"Max its time that we moved to the next location." his voice was that of a teen-aged person. Albeit it was slightly familiar.

"So soon?" Talim asked

"I'm afraid so" he said as he came over and put a hand on Talim's head. What I found odd was that she seemed to nuzzle into his hand.

"Well it was nice to get to chat with myself" I said eying the crystal he handed me. "It was nice meeting you um..."

"Just call me Thirteen" the man in the teal armor said with a slight nod.

"OK Thirteen" I turn to my future self "Who is Thirteen? He seems familiar." I said with an accusing look on my face.

"He's a half elf I met. He's been with me the longest" my future self said as he turned and started to walk away giving a slight wave over his shoulder. Thirteen looked me and Talim over before following.

"Talim it's ok for you to sleep next to me." my future self said as he rounded the corner and disappeared.

"It's not everyday that you talk with your self." Talim said staring in the direction where my future self was. I nodded in agreement as I thought about what my future self said to Talim.

As I was headed back with the information that I gave myself, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going, and had walked into someone. As we fell the contents of our bags spilled out onto the ground.

"I'm so sorry" We both apologized at the same time. We had started to pick up our stuff when she moved a pile of her spilled items, a large red tear shaped jewel had gotten my attention. 'oh shit!' I thought as I grabbed it and stuffed it back into my bag. I breathed a sigh of relief as I finally looked at the person I bumped into and I just stared. She had shoulder length brown hair and hazel eyes. She wore a yellow and orange jacket bound with a brown belt around her waist. Her tan pants were tucked into her traveler's boots and each boot had a blue gem. A small dagger could be seen sticking out of her jacket. I found my self stuttering she reminded me of my first love back on earth... At that thought I became depressed even though my future self said that I might get back.

"Are you OK?" she asked when she noticed that I had become slightly depressed.

"I'm fine. Just something on my mind. Oh let me introduce myself, my names Max." I extended my hand in a friendly manner

"I'm Eran." she shook my hand with a strength I didn't expect. Noticing the many calluses on her hand I could tell that she traveled a lot in her lifetime.

"I-its nice to meet you." I stuttered.

"What's wrong? Haven't you seen a pretty girl before?" she said with a smirk on her face.

"Not as pretty as you." I said without thinking.

"So are you going to ask me out or what?"

"Your quite direct aren't you?"

"Have to be. since just about every available guy gets snatched up by the Desians." she shifted her weight looking a little impatient.

"Well... I guess I'm free at the moment. Let me clean this mess up, and join you for lunch." I'm such a smooth talker /end sarcasm

"Kay."

"By the way how did you know that I was single?" I asked as I finished picking up our stuff.

"A strange man, wearing a jester's mask told me." when she told me this I had the "deer in the headlights" look. I shook it off and headed to lunch with Erin.

I returned to the Inn, late in the day, and walked into a strange scene. Collette was tending to a badly bruised Lloyd as Genis and Eir were trying to out due each other with kendamas. Raine was reading her books and the notes she jotted down during our conversation. Kratos was eying me with suspicion. He said something to me as I passed. "Do not mess with forces you do not understand." Did he notice that I had acquired another Devil's Arm? Or was it something else? I decided to question him about it, but when I turned to talk with him, he had already turned and was walking out the door. Deciding that I was too tired, or lazy, to chase after him. I decided to retire to my room that I rented that morning, after giving thanks to Raine for letting me stay in their room. As I entered I was instantly knocked over.

"Master!" Talim cheered as she glomped me.

"What's gotten into you?" I said as I peeled the sword spirit off of me.

"I found this bottle of liquid and it looked tasty so I had some."

"You can eat?" I asked as she handed me the empty bottle.

"Yup. Only when I want to." she said as she pulled out a filled bottle and began to drink. I finally looked at the empty bottle, in my hand, and was just short of face palming. The label said Palma Potion.

"Max"

"Yes. Thirteen?"

"Was it really wise to tell your past self all that?"

"It was necessary."

"Was it also necessary to let your self get stabbed by the soul eater?" a third voice came from around the corner.

"Ah Ariel. Having fun keeping Mathew under control?" I said.

"I don't understand how you knew where he would go. Half the time I have to send some scout to search for him." she said as we walked over.

"Speaking of scouts. Report." I said as we continued down the alleyway towards the harbor, where I had a transport waiting.

"OK OK save pleasantries for later. From what I have observed the time line has not been altered much, but just enough for the plans to work."

"Good good. Where is everyone else?"

"Back in the future."

"Ha...ha... very funny Mrs. Ka-Fai"

"Speaking of the future. What happened back there? I know it wasn't the wound from the devil's arms." Thirteen said.

"They're growing again." when I said this Ariel and Thirteen got instantly worried. "It is the end result of the choice I made, and I will accept it"

"Now then Thirteen, its been two years. Dose this place remind you of anything?" I asked eying him carefully. He looked around at the buildings and the harbor and shook his head.

"He still doesn't remember?" Ariel whispered to me. I just nodded in response.

"it's been three years trying to rebuild his memory. We've made progress but not much." I said before a noise from the alley that had gotten my attention.

"I believe we have overstayed our welcome." I said with paranoia kicking in.

"Right" Ariel and Thirteen said. I raised my hand and said a quick spell. A bright light engulfed us as we teleported to our next location

Max: Hello all you happy readers.

Mike: What are you doing?

Max: Greeting our readers.

Mike: Why?

Max: I just wanted to ask for a little help.

Mathew: For?

Max: As you saw in my first chapter I have twelve generals leading my armies. So far I only came up with a handful of OCs to fill the slots.

Mike: You still have plenty of time to make some more.

Max: I know but I'm busy.

Mike: With?

Max: Stuff.

Mathew: Like?

Max:(mumbles) World of Warcraft... the cataclysm is coming...

Mathew: I don't believe I understood that.

Max: It's not anything important to tell people so yeah. So (turns to the readers) will you take up my offer of power and wealth? Or do you want more?

Mathew: And how many have you made?

Max: Two... (turns away and starts to laugh darkly)

Mike:What now- (sees the remote in Max's hands) NO!

Max: Too Late! (presses fast forward button) HA HA HA! Next chapter will reveal some of the things I have planed for my takeover.

Max: And one more note. While writing this chapter I went back and extended Kratos' and Talim's fight in chapter five. I'll probably go back and change things in my previous chapters.

Mike: until next time.

Mathew: leave a review on which chapter I should revamp.