Me: ELEVEN! I'M GOING TO DIE BEFORE I FINISH THIS!
Kratos: How can I be here when I'm in the story…?
Me: Because, you're a muse now! Muses can be in author's notes as well as the story.
Kratos: Oh... WAIT, YOU'RE USING ME FOR WHAT?!
Me: Umm... You're a disclaimer guy now... No turning back.
Kratos: Feh. Why couldn't you abduct Zelos or someone else?
Me: Because, if I abducted Zelos, I'd be having an even HARDER time resisting killing him off... (twitch, twitch)
Kratos: Holy goddess... She IS crazy...
Rayman: You shouldn't have said that. She's gonna kill you.
Me: ggggRRRRRRRRR! DID YOU JUST SAY I WAS CRAZY?! DOOPLISS!! HAMMER!!!!!
Doopliss: Why me...?
Kratos: What- How- I-
Me: DIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
En: NO! STOP! NO KILL KRATIE!
Kratos: ...Kratie?
Me: Hmm... New idea. Go ahead, abduct Kratos.
Kratos: What?! Wait, I-
En: ZOMFG!!!!! KRATIE!!! MINES!!! (grabs Kratos)
Kratos: HEY! PUT ME DOWN!
Rayman: Someone kill me. Just kill me.
Doopliss: Great, Rayman's suicidal, Myra's going crazy with using me as a hammer, and Enigma kidnapped Kratos... How much better can it get? Myra only owns Charlene, Akle, the plot, and the disease Exspherus...
-Chapter Eleven: Symphonian Chorus-
Lloyd roused from his sleep an hour or so before dinner. And it just so happened that a minute later, everyone who went out came back... with a large tree. Lloyd's eyes sparkled as he gaped at the Conifer.
"Do you like it, Lloyd?" Colette smiled. "Your Dad picked this one out!" Kratos had a triumphant look on his face as he hauled the tree through the door. He placed it in a corner and leaned on it slightly. A smile crept up Lloyd's face.
"Well, what now?" Anna asked, having come back from the kitchen.
"We're supposed to keep Lloyd happy…" Genis pondered. "Kratos, do you know anything he might like?"
"Uh, well… There IS one thing…" He blushed, trying to refrain from saying he was the one who sang to Lloyd.
"Well? Tell us!" Raine snapped.
"Anna sang once for Lloyd… and he enjoyed it." The room went silent. Everyone (with the exception of a few ppl) knew Anna was dead. They all stared at Kratos, then at Anna.
"Wh- What? What's wrong?" Anna asked.
"No… It's nothing." Raine broke the silence. "Then, I suppose we should… Sing perhaps?" She tilted her head. Everyone nodded, even those who didn't like the idea. They all gathered around Lloyd with smiles. Lloyd looked up, a questioning look on his face. Sheena took in a deep breath, and began to sing 'Can't Stop the Rain' by Cascada.
"How? How am I supposed to feel, when everything surrounding me, is nothing but a fake disguise?
I don't know. I don't know where I belong. It's time for me to carry on. I'll say, gooodbyeeeee…"
All of the girls joined in.
"I can't stop the rain from falling, I'm drowning in these tears I cry!
Since you left without a warning, I faced the dawn with sleepless eyes!
No I caaaan't go oooon… When clouds are pushing down on me, boy.
I can't stop, I can't stop the raaaaaaiin, from falling." Lloyd gaped at them. They actually sounded good.
"So, tell me where I went wrong. I'm stuck inside a dream looong gooone. It's hard to reveal the truth.
Your love, is nothing but a bitter taste, it's better if I walk away.
Away, froooom yoooooou…
(Better if I walk away!)
I can't stop the rain from falling! I'm drowning in these tears I cry!
Since you left without a warning, I faced the dawn with sleepless eyes!
No I caaaaaan't go oooon, when clouds are pushing down on me, boy!
I can't stop, I can't stop the raaaaaaiin, from falling." Lloyd was swayed by the music. Zelos decided to ruin the mood with 'Henry the Eighth I am'.
"IIII'm Henry the Eighth I am! Henry the Eighth I am I am! I got married to the widow next door, she's been married seven times before, and everyone was a Henry!
(Henry!)
She wouldn't take a Willie or a Sam!
(No Sam!)
I'm an Eighth old man, I'm Henry, Henry the Eighth I am!"
Everyone groaned, including Lloyd.
"Zelos, we're trying to lighten the mood, not TOTALLY DESTROY IT!" Sheena snapped. Zelos ignored her and continued singing.
"Second verse, same as the First!
IIII'm Henry the Eighth I am! Henry the Eighth I am I am! I got married to the widow next door, she's been married seven times before, and everyone was a Henry!
(Henry!)
She wouldn't take a Willie or a Sam!
(No Sam!)
I'm an Eighth old man, I'm Henry, Henry the Eighth I am!"
Sheena tried to stop him, but…
"Third verse, same as the First!
IIII'm Henry the Eighth I am! Henry the Eighth I am I am…" Sheena slapped Zelos upside the head.
"Oww! My head!" Zelos groaned. Sheena sighed.
"Well, what next?" She pondered.
"Well, fine. I've got one." Zelos stepped forward. Everyone cringed, hoping it wasn't another song like Henry the Eighth. Surprisingly, it was 'Untitled' (Aka How Could This Happen to me?) by Simple Plan.
"I open my eyes, I try to see but I'm blinded by the whiiiiite liiiiiiiight…" Everyone gaped. He was… Very good at singing, despite his last performance. Genis quickly joined in.
"I can't remember how, I can't remember why, am I in here tonight…" Lloyd gaped. It was so… sad. Compared to Zelos' happy-go-lucky nature.
"And I can't staaaaand the paaaaaaaain… And I can't make it go away. No I can't stand the paaaaaaaaaaain…
How could this happen to me? I've made my mistakes! Got no where to run. The night goes on as I'm fading away. I'm sick of this life! I just wanna screeeeeeeam! How could this happen to me?" Lloyd was astonished. It was the best he had ever heard Zelos sing. A few girls joined in.
"Everybody's screamin', I try to make a sound but no one heeeears meeeeeeeeeee. I'm slippin' off the edge, I'm hanging by a thread, I wanna start this over agaaaaaaain. So I try to hooooold onto a time when, nothing mattered. And I can't explain what happened, and I can't erase the things that I've done.
No I can't…
How could this happen to me? I've made my mistakes! Got no where to run. The night goes on as I'm fading away. I'm sick of this life! I just wanna screeeeeeeam! How could this happen to me?" It was totally unlike Zelos to sing something like this…
"I've made my mistakes! Got no where to run. The night goes on as I'm fading away! I'm sick of this life! I just wanna screeeeeeeam! How could this happen to me?" Everyone cheered. Zelos was amazing! How did he DO that?!
"Well, that certainly makes up for Henry the Eighth! Then what's next?" Sheena smiled. Kratos walked up.
"I… I suppose I should do at least one." Kratos blushed. Everyone stared at him. KRATOS? SING? Hah, that was a laugh… Until you actually heard him do it. Kratos sat next to Lloyd. He sang 'I'm Still Here' by Vertical Horizon.
"I found the pieces in my hand. They were always there, it just took some time for me to understand. You gave me words I just can't say. So if nothing else, I'll just hold on while you drift away.
'Cause everything you wanted me to hide, is everything that makes me feel alive.
The cities grow, the rivers flow, where you are I never know, but IIII'm stiiiiiill heeeeeeeere. If you were right and I was wrong, why are you the one who's gone and IIII'm stiiiiiiil heeeeeeeeeeere?
(Still here.)"
Lloyd couldn't believe his ears. Was that still… his dad? Or… was it an illusion? Illusion or no, Lloyd was deeply moved as the sounds lulled him to sleep… But he had to wake up. He had to hear the ending.
"I see the ashes in my heart. I smile the widest, when I cry inside and my insides blow apart. I try to wear another face. Just to make you proud, just to make you put me in my place.
But everything you wanted from meeeee, was everything that I could never beeeeeee.
The cities grow, the rivers flow, where you are I never know, but IIII'm stiiiiiill heeeeeeeere. If you were right and I was wrong, why are you the one who's gone and IIII'm stiiiiiiil heeeeeeeeeeere?
Maybe tonight, it's gonna be alright, I will get better.
Maybe today, it's gonna be ok, I will remembeeeeeeeeeeer…
I held the pieces of my soul. I was shattered, and I wanted you to come and make me whole. Then I saw you yesterday. But you didn't notice, you just walked away.
'Cause everything you wanted me to hide, is everything that makes me feel alive!
The cities grow, the rivers flow, where you are I never know, but IIII'm stiiiiiill heeeeeeeere. If you were right and I was wrong, why are you the one who's gone and IIII'm stiiiiiiil heeeeeeeeeeere?
The lights go out, the bridges burn, once you're gone you can't return and IIII'm stiiiiil heeeeeeeeeeere. Remember how you used to say I'd be the one to run away, but IIII'm stiiiiil heeeeeeeeeeere, I'm still here… I'm still here…"
Lloyd's eyes softly fell into a closed position. Kratos gently ran his finger through Lloyd's soft brown hair. Everyone dispersed to let him have his moment. The rest of the night was quiet. The only time they woke Lloyd up was for dinner.
Me: O…M…G… THAT'S A BIG STORY!
Rayman: Yada, yada. Who cares?
Me: Huh…? NO!!!! HE'S GONE TO THE DARK SIDE!!!!!
Rayman: Uhh… What?!
Me: NO! I MUST TREAT HIM RIGHT AWAY!
Rayman: WHOA! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO ME?!
Kratos: …Can you let me go now?
En: NO! MY KRATIE! MIIIIINES!
Kratos: Agh… PLEASE help me… SOMEONE…
Me: Muahaha! Now that the treatment is complete, I shall beam up another character!
Lloyd: Whoa! Ah… Hey! My voice is back!
Me: Of course! That's only in the story.
Lloyd: What do you mean?
Me: I'll fill you in later.