Chapter one: The Mysterious Path

Disclaimer: Tales of Symphonia and the concept of Chao don't belong to me. Namco and Sonic Team owns them, respectively.

A/N: Due to the fact that I was unsatisfied with my previous version of this fic, I have completely decided to rewrite it. If you haven't read this fic before, then you can ignore that.

Okay then, Let's get started!

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Shiratori Colette. What could be so special about her? She was your ordinary Japanese 12-year old girl in secondary school, except she was a lot more naïve than most people and the fact she was half-European. And yet, there was.

"Bye!" said Colette as she walked towards home from school. "See you on Monday!"

As she continued walking down the road, she noticed that she was going on the wrong street. Just as she was going to turn back, something caught her eye. It was one of those torii gates used at the entrance of Shinto shrines. Interested, she decided to take a look.

"This is weird," she thought. "I've never seen this before."

On the other side of the gate, there was a trail leading to a forest. It was odd having a forest in a city like Tokyo, but Colette took no notice.

Inside, the path was paved, with fountains shaped as frogs streaming water on the already damp pavement. Above were the foliage of trees that only let a few strands of sunlight pass through, giving the place an ethereal look.

Eventually, the forest ended and was replaced by a small grassy plain that became a plain that eventually became a cliff where it met the ocean. (Or a large lake)

"There's an ocean here?"

But Colette had no time to question. Suddenly, out of nowhere, came running a pig.

It was not an ordinary pig. It was almost as big as an elephant, if not bigger, with huge tusks. Its mud-colored fur whished around wildly, even without any wind. Its glowing red eyes were full of fury.

Scared, Colette would've done what almost all humans would've done in the situation: she ran. But the demon-boar-thing was catching up. But she continued running.

And then she did the worst thing possible for the moment: she tripped.

There was a flash of light and then darkness.

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When she woke up, she was standing in a field. A different one with no ocean, no cliff, no forest. Just a plain that seemed to go on and on and on, with a couple of trees here and there.

"Huh? Where am I?"

Then she heard something talking from a clump of trees behind her. The tree's leaves were too dense to allow her to see what it was.

"Well, here she is, our savior," said a voice that belonged to a regular girl.

"Do you trust that she can kill it?" said another voice, feminine but deeper.

"Of course, like I said, she is our savior."

"But she's from the other world! And she has no experience in fighting."

"Quit being so closed minded. It's not like any of our Chosens have fared much better. Besides, her Cruxis Crystal is special."

"Hmph."

Suddenly, with a rustle of leaves, came a fox-like thing out of the tree that landed right in front of the girl.

The fox-like thing was yellow and about the size of a cat, with five tails.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm Akita," the fox-thing replied, with her blue eyes looking up at Colette. She was the first voice. "And I'm here to tell you that you need to defeat that pig." She pointed in Colette's direction. The boar was charging straight at them.

"What? Me?"

"Yes. Don't worry, just take this."

Out of Akita's paw came a glowing red crystal that floated up to Colette's neck. It looked strangely familiar, like she had seen it before, a long, long time ago. As it got onto the girl's neck, something happened. Colette had a flashback.

No… They're going to get hit by that car! The screeching of car tires… Screams… Phew. I saved her.

"Hey, wake up! The pig is coming!"

Colette broke out of her trance. "Huh? What am I supposed to do?"

"Just follow your heart."

Colette just stood still there for a moment, wondering what she could do. But then, she had an odd feeling, as if words were surfacing up to her.

"Cruxis Crystal Activate! Angel Metamorphosis!"

Afterwards, she found herself wearing a pink sera fuku and holding two metal rings in her hand.

"What are these?"

"Chakrams. These are your weapons. Hit with them, if you ever want to kill that pig."

"Yes!"

By now, the pig was only a couple of meters away from Colette. But she was ready. The girl effortlessly threw the chakrams at it, which immediately returned.

With the hit, the boar was angered further and started breathing fire. To dodge it, Colette jumped up.

But she didn't come up.

She just glided in the air. She was flying.

"Ahhh! I'm flying!" yelled Colette.

"Yes you are," replied Akita. "You have wings. Shiny purple and pink ones, to be exact"

"Does that mean I'm an angel?"

"Yes. Now, don't get distracted. Continue fighting."

"Yes!"

Colette took a few more hits at the pig. Nothing seemed to be happening. But then, she got it.

"Ray thrust!" she yelled, as she threw the chakram. Upon contact, the pig disintegrated into tiny pieces (Digimon Tamers style) and disappeared.

And again, darkness.

But before she fainted, Colette heard the deeper voice from earlier talking. "I apologize for my doubt of the Chosen you have selected."

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A/N: I've just realized how illogical it is that the Tales of Symphonia (and every other video game's) characters just "learn tech." This is going to be a big problem for my writing. But oh well. I hoped you enjoyed this.

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Preview: So, where is Colette? Obviously not on Earth anymore. And what was Akita talking about when she mentioned the "Chosens?" Next time on Mahou Tenshi Colette: First Test.

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Translations (optional):

Since this story sort of takes place in Japan, there's going to be Japanese words. I'm not going to use a lot of them, only the ones that you can't translate real well. (honorifics, food; etc.) Here they are:

Torii: gates used at the entrance of Shinto shrines

I know that this one has already been explained in the story, but there will be more in later chapters.