Disclaimer: I still don't own Tales of Symphonia or any of the characters. I own my version of one of the characters but I'm not saying whom.
Spoiler Warning: Some Asgard Ranch spoilers, and a giant heap of Kratos' Super Spoiler. But then again if you're this far, I don't need to tell you that.
Unlike the last two dreams this one took place on the cliff near the Iseila Human Ranch, and the young woman was alone.
The woman saw Lloyd and smiled. She started walking towards him but before she reached him, she fell on her knees and started to cough. Lloyd looked at her worriedly, what was wrong with her?
"Miss? Are you alright?"
Suddenly the woman screamed and her right arm started to change. The color changed from a healthy peach to a disgusting sickly green and white and her entire arm started to grow and mutate.
When the transformation finished, the woman stared at what was once her arm with fear and looked sadly at Lloyd. It was now that Lloyd noticed that the blue Exsphere on her neck was missing.
Suddenly, the woman screamed again but it soon turned into an inhuman growl. She then stood up and raised her transformed arm to strike. Lloyd held his swords up to protect himself but just as the woman struck, Lloyd sat up and screamed.
Lloyd's screaming didn't go unnoticed; it wasn't loud enough to wake up the others, but it did gained Kratos' attention.
The mercenary walked towards Lloyd and heard the boy muttering to himself.
"What was happening to her? Where was her Exsphere?"
Kratos kneeled down and placed a hand on Lloyd's shoulder. The boy nearly jumped out his skin and looked behind him. When he saw that it was only Kratos, Lloyd glared at the older man.
"Don't do that!"
While Lloyd was busy giving Kratos a less-than-effective version of the "Glare of Death", Kratos went straight to the point.
"A nightmare?"
Lloyd dropped the glare, looked away, and sighed.
"It was that woman again, something horrible was happening to her. Her Exsphere was missing so I think she was turning into one of those monsters… she gave me this look, like she was telling me that she was sorry about something."
Though Lloyd didn't like explaining this to the mercenary, for some reason, it made him feel better.
"It was just a nightmare Lloyd. You shouldn't let it bother you. Now go back to sleep, we'll be facing Kvar tomorrow."
Lloyd simply nodded, yawned, and lied down. It took a few minutes but the boy finally fell asleep. But Kratos never left Lloyd's side. Looking at the sleeping teen, Kratos recalled a promise that he made a long time ago.
"Lloyd calm down! What's wrong?"
Kratos held the crying three-year-old close. Little Lloyd looked up to his father and tried his best to talk through his crying.
"I…I…I had a bad dweam. You… and…and mommy… and… and Noishy… were gone… I… I… was… awone""It's alright Lloyd, it was just a bad dream. You'll never be alone. Your mother and I will never leave you." Kratos explained with a "don't worry" tone of voice.
Little Lloyd smiled; he always liked it when his father used that voice, it always made him happy.
"Noishy too?"
"Heh, heh. Yeah, Noishe too."
"Pwomise?"
"Promise."
'That was the night before… everything fell apart. When Kvar took everything I cared about.'
Kratos looked at the Asgard Ranch and clenched his fists.
"I swear Kvar, you will pay for making my family suffer."
Me: Sorry for the shortness and some OOCness!
Britt: Gee with all those apologizes, you sound like Colette.
Me: Bad thing or good thing?
Britt: Never mind.
Me: Anyway, R/R and I'll see ya soon!