Well, it's time for the next chapter. As you've probably already noticed, this first section of the story is pretty dark. Well, I hope that it's coming out alright. Thanks for all the reviews and I hope that you all like this chapter just as much. Enjoy!

Chapter 3: Genis, Presea, and Colette

Storm slowly woke up the next morning before Yggdrasil decided to come and wake her up himself. She slowly got to her feet, noticing that her pain in her side had finally subsided enough that she could easily move. She moved over to the bars of her cell and looked through them, wondering if there was anyone out actually trying to save her. So far, she could tell that no one really cared that she had been captured, in fact, none of them seemed very surprised or upset. She sighed before she heard the door open and light spill in as Yggdrasil walked towards her cell.

"I see that you're already up. That's good because there are a few more people here to see you today," he told her as he opened up her cell to pull her out. Storm willingly followed Yggdrasil as he took her back to the dark room from the other day.

Once they were inside he threw Storm into the small chair once again as the two of them looked towards the door as they waited for someone to enter. Before long someone did come in and Storm couldn't believe who it was. She was looking at a very upset Genis, staring at her challengingly. Storm tried to remain calm, but she figured that this wouldn't turn out any better than the other day.

"So, you didn't die," Genis stated, almost as if it was a disappointment.

"Not yet. Look, I'm really sorry that I betrayed you guys again, but you have to understand what I was going through. I had to do it for Anna," Storm tried to defend herself right off the bat.

"You know what? I wasn't really upset when you resurrected Mithos because he's my friend. I am upset that you're alive still though. I mean, you killed him claiming that you'd help the half-elves, but I haven't seen anything come out of that statement. The half-elves are in the same position they once were and you've done absolutely nothing about it. I wish that that transfer would have killed you off for good," Genis told her.

"But, what about Lloyd's dream?" Storm asked him, trying to find some part of him that didn't want Yggdrasil to win.

"Lloyd..," Genis chuckled. "Like he's done anything productive either. You're both worthless as far as that goes," he replied.

"Tell him how you feel about that. He's insulting you and your family," Yggdrasil whispered in her ear, but she was already getting angry about it. She couldn't help it, but it took her over quicker than before and when Yggdrasil spoke to her it seemed to always be the extra push she needed to really start in on Genis.

"Look here, you can insult me all you want, but never insult my family or threaten them, do you hear me!" Storm yelled at him as she attempted to get closer to him, but was held back by Yggdrasil as he pushed her back in the chair.

Storm soon snapped back to normal, realizing that she had gone off on someone once again and she didn't know where all of her anger was coming from. The image that the Derris Emblem had created for Storm finally decided to leave the room, but was soon replaced by one of Presea. Storm looked over her, hoping that Presea would remain calm with her. It just didn't seem as likely that Presea would get angry at Storm. Storm looked at the young woman for a few moments as Presea remained silent, looking over her accusingly like an angel on Judgement Day.

"I can't believe that you would betray us once again," Presea finally said.

"Look, I'm sorry but," Storm tried but was soon cut off by Presea.

"I've heard this apology too many times already. First, it was about Cruxis, then it was because you took my Cruxis Crystal, now it's because you stole the crystal shards. I don't think that I can trust that apology anymore," Presea said with more than the usual amount of emotion.

"Presea, please. I just wish I could make you all understand," she began.

"I don't want to understand you at all Storm. You keep yourself too distanced to enable any of us to understand," she concluded.

"Tell her exactly what she needs to understand Storm," Yggdrasil said to her. Once again, his voice seemed detached from his being. To Storm, it didn't seem to belong to him, but rather to her. It seemed like it was a part of her that led her on like a conscience. This time though, there wasn't much for Storm to get mad at. She knew that everything Presea said was true and that she had every right reason to hate her. It was okay with Storm that Presea didn't trust her because Storm didn't trust Presea either.

"I can't disagree with anything she says, it's all true," Storm said before being hit forcefully in the face. She knew that a punch like that was going to leave some kind of a mark and she held her hand to her face.

"Wrong thing to say Storm. That's not how you really feel," Yggdrasil warned her as Presea was sent out of the room before another one of the Derris Emblem's images appeared in front of Storm.

"Colette?" Storm asked, she knew that if there was anyone who wouldn't make her feel like shit, it was Colette.

"Yes, it's me. Are you surprised to see me alive or something. I mean, you've always wanted me to die so you can please your master, right?" Colette began in an unfamiliar and very disturbing tone of voice.

"What are you talking about, you're my friend," Storm told her.

"You act like you're my friend, but I could always tell that you never really liked me," Colette accused her.

"Well...I...," Storm stuttered.

"I knew it! Why would you hate me? What did I ever do to you?" Colette yelled at her.

This was an issue that had bothered Storm for many years, the reason she had always resented Colette. It was an anger that had burned deep inside her and it was finally being forced out. All she needed was a little extra boost.

"Tell her why you would hate her. Let it all out, you'll feel so much better," Yggdrasil ordered her, his voice smooth and comforting.

"You really want to know why I hate you!" Storm yelled out. "It's because of you that I lost my Uncle Mithos. Because of you I was forced into training with Pronyma where I got the shit beat out of me every damn day. You act so sweet and friendly all the time, but I can tell that you think you have the worst life ever because you're the Chosen. You think my life was easy? It's because of you that it wasn't. At least you had people who loved you while you were growing up and people who always tried to save you," Storm yelled angrily as she attempted to get out of the chair and start something with the image. It looked so real to her and satisfied ever point of anger and irritation in her mind that it seemed extremely real.

Storm watched as Colette walked away from the room as Yggdrasil held onto Storm to keep her from going after her. Storm didn't struggle too much for fear of being roughed up by Yggdrasil for fighting against him. She just allowed him to lead her back to her cell for the rest of the day.

Mithos didn't know that Sutra had been listening to Storm's outbursts. She couldn't believe that Storm had gone through such a rough life. She thought that she had lived in the lap of luxury her whole life, but soon realized that even a life with Cruxis was rough. She began to reconsider whether or not she, herself, was in the safest place. She saw as Storm was led back out of the room the large bruise that was forming around her eye and wondered if what she had done was just, even if it was for a just cause.

Sutra decided that she wanted to find out some more about Mithos. All she really knew about him was from what her parents told her. It seemed as if no one really knew a whole lot about him, but she was determined to find out more. She knew that he was once the leader of the Desians and Cruxis, but she didn't know where he had come from or what he had really done for the countless half-elves on Symphonia who needed his help. She was going to find out more about him and soon.

Well, that's it for this chapter. There are two maybe three more chapters like this before we find out what Mithos' plans are. Well, thanks for the reviews once again and to everyone who goes on forums, I put up a post on Storm's forum. I thought everyone would want to know about it. Thanks for reading!