Chapter 1- What The...?
"Lloyd!" Raine called out. "Lloyd Irving, wake up, now!" A chalk brush flew across the room and smacked Lloyd in the face, and he murred a few times, openeing his eyes lazily.
"Huh, what?" Lloyd said, looking around, the room a bit hazy. Raine sighed, and started back for the front of the class room.
"Nevermind... Can anyone else ansewer the question?" She turned an eye over to Collette.
"Collette, any idea's?" Collette looked up, and gave a quick nod.
"Yes ma'am!" She stood up, and cleared heer throat.
"Exspheres are mystic stones that attach to people's skin. Without a Key Crest, a charm that protects from the poisoning effect of Exspheres, the wearer will slowly get thier soul eaten away until..." She looked down, her heart a bit torn.
"Until the Exsphere is removed, and the wearer turns into a monster..." Lloyd said, finishing the sentence. "That's how Exspheres gain their strength, by eating away at their souls..." He said, and looked out the window. Collette sat back down, but kept her face hid.
Raine sighed as she flipped through her papers. "Yes, that's right. Bonus marks for the two of you." She said with a hint of a smile. The two didn't even move. Raine closed her books, and waved her hand in the air.
"All right, class dismissed." All the kids filed out of the door, bumping and crashing into each other.
"Hey, that was my foot!" "Get off get off!" "Anyone seen my shoe?" The kids were like savages, until a few moments passed, and there was silence. Only Raine, Genis, Collette and Lloyd remained, all with their heads down.
"Yggdrasiil was sick. Sick, sick sick..." Genis said quietly.
"He created a world where we had to sacrifice other's to become stronger..." Lloyd added, his head hung low.
"I still don't understand... Why?" Collette sighed, and stretched her angel wings out a little.
"All we went through, and we still didn't figure it out." Lloyd said, bringing his head up again. Raine filed the books under her arm, and carried a few spare papers in her hand.
"Well, at any rate, we shouldn't worry about this too much. Yggdrasiil is dead, and all is well." She turned and headed for the door. "All is well..." She said, and turned down the corridor, into a newly constructed room. When the Desians first attacked the village, Raine and Genis's house was burned down. Since then, the two have lived in the school, in a nice little room with some beds, a small kitchen, a book shelf, and their belongings. Genis has started to become more into reading, just like his sister, Raine, and had read almost every book they had. Genis sighed as well, and followed afetr his sister, and flopped down on his bed. Lloyd walked over to Collette, and gave her a pat on the back.
"Professor Sage is right, there's nothing else to worry about now." Collette looked up to him, and gave a hint of a smile.
"Yeah, you're right... Martel is awake, and the Kharlan Tree is alive too. Hey... I'll race you home!" She got up and took off like a bolt.
"Wait, you're home or mine... No fair! You got a head start!" Lloyd called out, and ran out as well. Collette was a ways up above the ground, avoiding all the people, while Lloyd was a total mess working through the people. Collette looked down at him and started to giggle 'her' giggle, but stopped half-way to her house and seemed to stare at something. Lloyd looked up to her as well.
"What is it?" He said, trying to jump up to see. Collette was pointing in the direction of the Martel Temple, and Lloyd knew exactly what she was saying. He took off for the north end of town, passed the gate, and ran as fast as he could by the ridge, avoiding the odd monster here and there. Collette quietly flew above him, and rested her wings when she reached the temple door's. Lloyd was patning a little when he caught up to her, and wiped a bit of sweat away.
"What? What is it?" He gasped. Collette ran inside the temple, and looked around the main chamber. She quickly ran for the portal ahead, which led to the altar. She jumped on the portal, followed by Lloyd, and transported to the altar.
Sheena stood at the altar, sobbing quietly.