Mr.Who2123: It's the time you have all been waiting for! (Drum roll)

Kratos: …

Mr.Who2123: Okay, anyways, let's do the Disclaimers…come Chrome Hound, my best friend on Guild Wars who said he would review this!

Chrome Hound: Hey

Mr.Who2123: SPEAK!

Chrome Hound: (sweat drop) Mr.Who2123 does not own Tales of Symphonia, but she does own her O.C.s so don't steal them…

Mr.Who2123: START!

Kratos & Chrome Hound: (sweat drop)

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Leon stopped right in front of the fortress, breathing heavily. His armor was wet from sweat and his rapier was bloody from all the mysterious shadows that tried to kill him.

"Kratos, I'm coming for you!" he muttered under his breath, cleaning his blade of the grass. Leon ran through the door and into the fortress…

Kratos woke with a terrible pain in his arms and head. He could feel the dried blood cracking as he moved his head up. His arms were held up by two stone statues on each side of him, and he was on his knees. All around Kratos was black stone, giving no comfort to the captured shadow.

"Leon…I'm sorry," he moaned, letting his head fall once again. Suddenly, he heard a door open, but didn't even bother to look up.

"Humph, I see you're awake," said a cold and hard voice from in front of Kratos. He didn't even need to see him to know it was Vernandi. When Kratos didn't reply, the shadow leader continued.

"I need to thank you for getting the pendants. My plan was successful," he sneered, walking up to his prey. Kratos' head shot up and glared at Vernandi.

"What do you mean?" Kratos said, never faltering his gaze. Vernandi smirked and furrowed his brows closer to his eyes.

"You look like him," Vernandi continued, not bothering to answer. Kratos gazed even harder at Vernandi. "The hero from that old legend your village used to tell." The mention of Kratos' village plunged grief into his heart.

"Shut up," he muttered, looking down at the sword at his side. If only he cold get out of this and kill Vernandi. Once again ignoring hid captured rival, Vernandi, clasped his hands behind his back and continued.

"Your village tells the legend of a hero that saved the world and then got the ultimate power of the gods. The power was too strong and…," he began.

"…he split the power and spread them across the world, both guarded by the gods. Why do you say this?" Kratos finished.

"Idiot. You did me a favor. There's more to the legend," Vernandi sneered. He grabbed a pendant in his pocket and then grabbed the other around Kratos' neck.

"I got one of the pendants, managed to get it without dying. I got a scar from my risk, though," he said, turning around and lifting his armor. From the back of his neck to his waist was a dark green scar, and black blood constantly oozed out. Kratos widened his eyes and looked away from the gruesome sight.

"I knew I couldn't get the other so you just got it for me." Vernandi slipped the armor back on and grinned maliciously at Kratos. "I owe you thanks."

"Your cause isn't just." Delrus said before a blinding light came and the unicorn disappeared.

"How could it not be just?" Kratos yelled half to himself, half to Delrus who was now gone.

Kratos' mouth twisted in rage and tried to pull himself out of the bindings to get revenge. Vernandi laughed at the vain attempt and lifted his arm. Black mana came all around it, causing Kratos to cringe. Vernandi let his arm come down on Kratos' stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Kratos screamed in pain, and blood began to trickle down his mouth. Once Vernandi stood up again, he continued.

"If that hero or his children needed help, they would put the pendants together and use the combined power to help them," he looked at Kratos with a devious look. "Can you guess who the only one with his blood is?"

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Leon hurried up the spiral stairs. There were no guards for a strange reason and he was able to get to the top quickly.

"Kratos, I'm coming!" he yelled.

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Kratos widened his eyes. Vernandi smiled and nodded.

"It's you," he said, and took a step closer. Kratos tried to back away, but he couldn't even move. Kratos couldn't believe his ears. The only one…

"Your father was dead and your mother was an idiot," he continued. Kratos glared at Vernandi with no more fear.

"Don't talk about my mother like that!" he spat. Vernandi only laughed and took another step forward.

"So I'm going to use you as my weapon," Vernandi said. When he mentioned weapon, his voice was filled with so much malice that it made Kratos shudder.

"Kratos!" screamed a voice from behind Vernandi. Leon was at the door, panting and looking worried.

"I thought I killed you!" Vernandi muttered and turned around.

"Run, Leon! You can't kill him!" Kratos yelled, straining his arms to edge forward. Leon just took out his rapier and glared at Vernandi.

"You're going to pay!" Leon yelled and charged at Vernandi.

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Mr.Who2123: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, and to let you know, I wrote this scene as a short in my notebook a while ago, and I thought I would just insert it. And if you haven't noticed, I like to use magical pendants!

Kratos: …this was only 900 words. It's too short.

Mr.Who2123: It's a cliffhanger!

Chrome Hound: Good point, you know.

Mr.Who2123: REVIEW! (Turns into a monster and grabs the review bar, shoving it in the reader's face)

Chrome Hound & Kratos: …