You Never Told Him the Truth
The Snow City
By
Icy Wings
IW: Okay people! How you doing? I was so happy when I saw how many reviews I got…although I'm sorry I took awhile to write this. School can be very stressful!
Strawberry: Yea and she still managed to fail her science test! And she had two days off of school to study last week!
IW while glaring at Strawberry: I'm…going...to…hurt…you!
Mocha: Here we…
Chocolate: Go…
Cocoa: Once again…
Strawberry: IT'S YOUR FAULT!
IW: NO WAY! YOU HAD ME UP ALL NIGHT WRITING MORE STORIES!
Cocoa: Chocolate, you want to do the disclaimer?
Chocolate: Why not?
Mocha: Might as well, we'll do the reviews at the end…or at least until Strawberry and IW stop fighting…hopefully we won't be at the end of the story when that happens.
Chocolate: I doubt that'll happen.
Cocoa: Yea.
Yet, they still hear the quarrelling of Strawberry and IW.
Chocolate: IW doesn't own Tales of Symphonia! If IW did, we'd be in trouble. And IW is having a writer's block, so this chapter may not be so good.
"Mommy! Why aren't I allowed to ride the on rehierd all by myself?" Minnie whined.
"Mina, you'll fall off!" yelled Mina, distributing another one of her slaps to Minnie…Mina has gone where Sheena wished she didn't go. SHE'S BECOMING LIKE RAINE AND SHEENA WHEN ANGRY!
"MOMMMMMMY!" Minnie screamed as she began to cry.
Sheena sighed, it's been a week since Colette, Raine, and Presea arrived. Raine began to take Mina under her wing, and Mina has become a mini Raine, only looking like Sheena and Zelos. Minnie on the other hand has been hanging around with Colette, who she became fond of. Sheena didn't mind, many of the children in the village didn't like the twins. For some reason they think Minnie is a coward and Mina is too bossy, but Sheena never saw any evidence. In an hour or two they were going to leave for Flanoir. Since the world reunited, Flanoir was near the edge of the borderline between Sylvarant and Tethe'alla.
"Sheena, you haven't been eating lately. Come on and eat something!" Colette said helpfully, snapping Sheena out of her trance.
"I'm fine really, I'm not hungry." Sheena explained eyes full of sadness.
"You haven't eaten since last night!" Colette cried.
"Sheena?" Presea asked.
"What?" Sheena questioned snapping out of her trance.
"Are you okay?" Presea inquired.
"I'm fine, don't worry." Sheena murmured.
"Alright." The pink haired girl replied.
Presea became close with Sheena. Ever since the morning after Sheena's flashbacks.
Flashback
"Sheena?" Presea asked as she walked in, seeing Sheena on her bed, crying.
"Presea, what happened to your parents?" Sheena asked.
"My parents met when they were only 17, my mother was a noble, and my father was in the Papal Knights. I ran into Ralph another time, he told me the tale. My mother fell in love with my father who was being a guard for her, assigned by the Pope, and my father in time fell hard for her. But my mother knew that my father would forbid it, you see, my mother was betrothed to another. My mother was a strong woman, she refused, a stubborn beauty, Ralph had told me.
"Though she was gracious she was hot tempered. Eventually, when my mother's father found out of my mother and my father's love, his sent my father away. When my mother learned of my father's dismissal, she ran away, for she was locked up in her room until her father would let her out, which she knew would take some time, the longest she stayed in her room was three months. She grabbed her maids who she knew since she was a child, Presea and Alicia, and after packing, the three fled, searching for my father. Alicia found Ralph and pleaded to know the whereabouts of my father, Ralph had told her that my father was in the tower. When Presea and my mother learned of this, Presea caught my mother when she collapsed. My mother knew of the tower and knew which one my father was in." Presea took a deep breath then continued.
"My Mother knew which tower because she knew her father a bit too well. Her father always sent people who did or was accused something to the family to the tower he owned, Tower Penalty. My mother, Alicia, and Presea had a feeling that something terrible would happened to my father. Alicia's father was sent there when he was falsely accused of stealing from the my mother's family, and Presea's mother was sent there when my mother's own mother, my grandmother, thought Presea's mother was trying to seduce my grandfather into getting her pregnant. Presea's mother was burnt at the stake but Alicia's father was allowed to come back. He told Alicia, his wife, Melinda, Presea, and my mother of the horrors of Tower Penalty.
'The tower, you must never go there. I was tortured, but I saw other penalties. I saw a woman beaten and then she was taken to another room to be raped, I saw a man who was being beaten and tortured like I, but he was going to be beheaded. I even saw another being who was going to be strangled, and another person was about to be drowned. I was lucky to get out alive.' He had said to them.
My mother became hopeless of what might have happened to my father. That's where Presea came up with an idea, and searched for Ralph's help again, with the help of Ralph's help the three women were able to get my father out of Tower Penalty, the three women dressed up as nights, Ralph joined their escape plans for Daddy. Mommy and her friends snuck into my Daddy's cell and snuck him out of there, all five of them fled to Ozette. Alicia and Presea managed to say good bye to their families or what's left." Presea stopped, sadness clouded her eyes.
"What happened to their family?" Sheena asked.
Presea closed her eyes and explained, "Melinda, Alicia's mother, died when Alicia went to her, and her father died. The tower destroyed his health. Alicia learned that Melinda was murdered by my Grandfather who tried to kill Alicia's younger sister, Luna who he mistook as Alicia. Luna was still alive and ran to Alicia, begging Alicia to take her with her. Seeing their mother die, Alicia and Luna ran for Presea's home.
Presea barely had any family left; her mother never came back from the tower. She was the woman who was beaten then raped that Alicia's father saw, then sold as a slave. Presea's father was a person who sided with Grandfather so she didn't say good bye to him. She just went there to get more food and money. Presea then met up with Luna and Alicia and fled for Ozette, where Ralph, Mommy, and Daddy now were. But…" Presea paused then continued, "They got caught. Presea's father found them. Presea fought her father off, along with Alicia. Luna was told to run away, but she couldn't, she was caught by another guard and sent to the tower. But Luna was able to hurt Presea's father long enough to give the other girls time to run. They soon managed to run for it, leaving Luna behind. After a day or two they were in Ozette, but Alicia, seeing another family member sent off to the tower, was too weak to even stay alive. Presea too, after they told Ralph, Daddy, and Mommy the horrible tale, had come to a halt. The two women knew that their time was up. Alicia died a day later, and Presea died a day after her. My mother grieved for them. Daddy and Mommy had two girls. They named them after them, but they never married. Ralph soon left them to find out what is going on with Grandfather. And you know the rest." Presea said, for she knew Sheena knew the rest.
"Presea, I'm sorry." Sheena said as tears began to flow down her (Sheena's) cheeks.
"I know." Presea said as she began to cry.
((I'm not sure if that is what happened, but I just added that in))
From that moment on, Sheena and Presea planned on trying to get over their sadness.
"Mommy, it's time to go!" Mina yelled to Sheena.
"Oh, right." Sheena said as she walked to her rehierd with Mina.
Soon all of them were on the rehierds. Sheena was on one with Mina, Presea with Minnie, and Raine and Colette were on theirs by themselves.
"Mommy, are you going to be okay? Will you be okay when you see Daddy?" Mina asked her Mother.
"I hope so." Sheena whispered with a bittersweet smile.
"It's okay Mommy, you have me and sissy. Will Daddy like me?" Mina asked with worrisome.
"Of course Daddy will like you. But you have to be nice." She whispered to her offspring.
"Okay!" Mina said changing into her normal self.
'I just hope he'll be okay when he finds out.' The mother thought as they came closer to Flanoir.
"We're finally here!" Mina yelled as she ran for the inn.
"Mina! Wait!" Minnie cried running after her.
Sheena sighed, 'They'll always be so carefree.'
"Let's go, Lloyd and Genis should have checked in by now." Colette yelled as she ran for the inn too, though she fell two times getting to the door.
"Oops!" She said as she tried to catch up with the energetic twins.
"I better go and check us all in." Presea said with Raine behind her.
Sheena nodded, looking at the snow. As usual, it was snowing. She stared at her surroundings, everything seemed different. Of course she knew some things probably didn't change entirely but it still seemed different.
"Oh, Mister! Will you help me find my puppy?" a little girl cried out.
"I'll go ask my guards okay future beauty." a voice a bit too familiar rang out.
"Ze….los?" Sheena said in a dead whisper.
"Hm? Did another hunny say my name?" Zelos said as he turned around towards the direction Sheena was in.
'Oh no!' She thought as she stared at him, and he stared at her.
"Sheena…" Zelos whispered staring at her.
"Master Zelos is there something wrong?" a guard asked, breaking Zelos's attention from Sheena.
"Yes, help this child search for her puppy, will ya?" Zelos asked in his usual careless tone as he tried to get to Sheena, but she was nowhere to be seen.
'Sheena…' he thought with sadness.
(IW: I HATE MAKING ZELOS SAD!!!!
IW begins to cry.
IW: sorry people! I'M SORRY I MADE ZELOS SAD!!! HAVE MERCY ON ME!!!)
Sheena was running through the snow, she couldn't go to the inn yet, she needed some time alone. She just needed some time to think.
'I just have to clear my head.' She thought as she ran to Flanoir's terrace.
Inhaling some fresh air she looked at the city. The city looked so beautiful. With the snow falling, everything covered with a blanket of snow. Sheena watched the scattered people in the city, as if they were in a play. She saw Raine running to her little brother with Lloyd behind him, with Colette running to Lloyd. Presea was with the two twins, Mina and Minnie were having a snowball fight. A town's woman was asking a man to buy something from her. Sheena saw Regal and saw that he finally changed his outfit. He now wore a suit now. And then, she saw him, walking around. Sheena fell to the ground, crying. 'I knew I shouldn't have come back.' She thought.
Due to Sheena not having food in her for more than 6 hours (hours sleep, morning, flying from Mizuho to Flanoir all together), Sheena felt dizzy. Her eyes were red, she was cold from Flanoir's temperature, and her body was dying for nutrients.
"Sheena!" She heard someone yell out, she knew that voice, no, and she didn't want to see him. She didn't want him to see her.
The ninja's eyes would not keep from drooping, she felt warmth, somebody was carrying her, and put a jacket around her. She looked up, she saw red hair, and she saw what was around her. A vest, a pink vest. And she was in someone's arms…bridal style. She knew who she was with.
"Zelos, you idiot…" Sheena whispered as she closed her eyes.
Zelos's POV
"Sheena? Whoa, Sheena, stay awake! C'mon!" I yelled as I tried to carry my beautiful hunny.
I, Zelos Wilder, believe that Sheena is crazy! Of all the places she wanted to pass out is Flanoir! And when I miraculously find her, and graciously helps her, she calls me an idiot! If she wasn't so beautiful, and endowed in her chest, I would have just dropped her right there!
"Sheena!" Colette cried with shock as I walked into the Inn.
"What happened?" Lloyd asked with worry as I gently put Sheena on the couch.
"Zelos, you didn't do anything stupid, did you?" Genis asked, thinking I did something I would usually do.
I glared at the little brat. Oh, how I would love to make that little brat pay with a single incantation.
"Enough, she's probably hungry and is cold. Colette, didn't she eat anything before we left?" Raine asked turning everyone's attention to the blonde Chosen.
Colette sighed, "I checked, but she said she wasn't hungry! I thought she would be okay, since I didn't eat for awhile at all for a few days either when we were on our journey and I was fine."
"Colette, you were sick!" Genis yelled out.
"Enough, I'll take her to her room." Presea said as she took Sheena from the couch as she carried Sheena to her room, which was upstairs. Presea was still able to carry her because she (Presea) still wore her exsphere.
As Presea walked up the stairs, I sighed. I missed Sheena. I wanted to ask her questions, like, where has she been and why did she been hidden for so long. Once in awhile I would walk to my rehierd and sit on it, debating if I should go to Mizuho or not. In the end, I wouldn't go. 'Sheena, what you hiding?' I thought as I stared out the window.
Sheena's POV
I woke up inside the Inn. 'What am I doing here? Where's Zelos?' I thought as I looked around. I saw my two daughters sleeping next to me. Minnie on the right, Mina on the left. I sighed, and saw the door open. It was Presea with a tray. From where I was, I didn't realize how much taller Presea became.
"Sheena…" Presea said with a smile as she put the tray on my bedside table. I saw she brought me a hot bowl of soup and orange juice.
The room was a nice beige color. My sheets were red and white, and there was a balcony. I saw a door that went to a bathroom, and the door Presea just walked out of.
"Presea…what happened?" I asked.
"Don't worry, Zelos found you after you were about to collapse. He came in the Inn with you in his arms, and I took you here. He didn't find out about the girls, so don't worry. Now, eat." Presea ordered as she gave me the bowl of soup with a silver spoon.
I sighed with relief, "But he's coming in the next twenty minutes, let me take the girls." Presea added, making my eyes widen.
"Mina, Minnie, wake up!" Sheena ordered quickly, as the twins began to wake up.
Mina and Minnie didn't wake. I forgot they were hard sleepers. I would have to call up Efreet or Undine to wake them up! Presea laughed, and picked them up.
"Don't worry, I'll carry them." Presea said smiling.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"I'll be fine." She assured me as she walked with the twins to another room.
I sat there looking at the door, waiting for him. Then I saw him. We made eye contact, and I couldn't help but feel as if time had stopped.
"Sheena…" He whispered to me.
"Zelos…" I whispered back.
I know it may sound corny, but that's what we said. We gazed at one another for a few more moments, and Zelos came closer.
"Sheena, where have you been?" He demanded.
I looked down at my red and white sheets, "Zelos, let me explain…" I said drifting off, and I began to explain what happened.
IW: Hi everyone! Sorry I was being weird during the veining of the chapter!
Cocoa: Where's Strawberry?
IW is silent for a moment and nervously giggles.
IW: Vacation?
Chocolate: OKAY!
IW: Anyways, here's the review responds! By the way, I know I have a few grammar mistakes in chapters. I'm really sorry, my grammar checker thingy is really weird. It makes everything sound…stuffy. AND I DON'T HAVE A BETTA! So I end up writing most of the grammar on my own. And the little typos…BLAME THESE DUMB KEYS! THEY'RE SO SMALL!
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I hope everyone liked this chapter! It's my birthday, by the way! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
Cocoa: CONGO LINE ONCE MORE!
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Everyone, except Strawberry who is MIA, which IW is happy about, begins doing another Congo line!