Chapter Two: Decisions

I'm aiming for 1000 words this chapter!

"Who are you?" Lloyd looked at the robed man standing before him. Immediatly he could tell that this man was...different. First of all the man could see him when Genis and Colette couldn't and he just seemed to have this...inhuman aura around him. His gold and violet eyes were another give away...

"Who I am depends on who you are." He answered cryptically. "At this moment in time, I am merely a guy who knows a lot." He laughed and then yawned. Lloyd blinked. Who was this weirdo?

"Why are you here?" The first obvious to ask question had been answered...kinda, so why not try another one? The man sighed and face palmed. He seem frustrated, though Lloyd didn't understand why he would be.

"Always, it's always so predictable what they'll say..." He muttered under his breath, then looked at Lloyd. "Ahem. I am here to pass on information to you as ordered."

"Who ordered you to pass on information to me?" Lloyd asked, curious. The man blinked.

"I was expecting you to ask what kind of information..."

"Oh, well that too." The man chuckled at that and shook his head, seeming to be amused.

"Well young mind of insatiable curiousity, I suppose I may guide you to the realm of understanding and fill you with a tiny bit of my limitless knowledge." The man laughed and stepped closer. His unsual eyes burned into Lloyd's brown ones. Despite himself Lloyd found himself backing away. The mysterious stranger emited such a sense of power, knowledge, age...and danger.

"A-alright."

"Ah! I am gladdened to see that you have a desire to learn more! Now hush up and listen. As you know...your are not in your body. Your like a ghost."

"Like a ghost?"

"Don't interupt me. As I was saying, you are like a ghost and are not currently residing in your body. Therefore you are dead, correct? Wrong." Lloyd blinked.

"W-what?"

"I said don't interupt me." The man glared slightly at Lloyd. "Now as I was saying before I was so rudely interupted, you are not dead. You are simply...not in your body. I am hoping sincerely that you are intelligent enough to realize that your body has been stolen."

"Well...I was kinda confused but yeah." Lloyd shrugged.

"Your body was taken by a pol-no you might not understand that word...Your body was taken by an evil spirit!" The stranger spoke like you would with a small child. Lloyd frowned in anger. However, before he could say anything the man spoke again. "This evil spirit has taken your body for a reason. However, I sadly do not know this reason and even if I didn't I wouldn't tell you"

"Then why-" Lloyd was silenced by the venomous glare that was shot at him.

"It is up to you to discover why. After all, I can't look after you foolish mortals every second of the day" He sighed and shrugged. "At any rate, this evil spirit will slowly integrate itself into your life until you are expelled from your own life will then disapear. Also forever."

"W-what? It's going to do what!?" Lloyd's eyes widened in shock as he thought about what that meant. That..faker fooling his friends into thinking it was him? He would disapear? But...that would mean...Colette...

The man's eye twitched slightly and he seemed to struggle to control himself. "You have obviously not been brought up very well if you are constantly interupted other people when they are being so generous as to take time out of their busy schedule to explain something to you!" He sighed, frustrated. "Yes, it will take over your life and you will disapear. Unfortunately, we do not know the amount of time that it will take to do this."

"So I still have time..." Lloyd mumbled. "How can I get my body back?"

"Simple. You just have to steal someone else's body, wait until the full moon and then you attack yourself, fight yourself and then expel the evil spirit and take your body back. Of course, as time goes on you will become weaker and weaker so if you don't hurry you will not be able to defeat your body thief."

"Well how do I get back into my body? Why couldn't I have just done that before!?"

"Well you couldn't before because the evil spirit had already inhabited your body and was settling in like an unwelcome visitor who walks in and uses your stuff. As for getting back into your body, I'm sure you'll know when the times comes."

"...Wait a second. I have to steal someone else's body?" The man nodded. "But that means I'll just be doing to someone else what was done to me! That's just wrong!"

"I know, sucks doesn't it?" The man shrugged apologetically. "But there's just no other way I'm afraid. It means that while your trying to get your body back, the person who's body you stole will be trying to get their body back. It's a vicious circle isn't it?" The man chuckled without amusement. "So you better hurry and get your own body back before the person disapears. Unless you don't care?" The man looked at Lloyd meaningfully.

"Of course I care!" Lloyd shouted. The man nodded approvingly.

"Good. I hate it when I get heartless pricks who don't. But at any rate, while we're standing here blabbing, your body thief is currently ensuring that you disapear and he gets to stay. I suggest you get down to the village and do something about that." With a flash the man disapeared.

"Wai-...he's gone." Lloyd sighed. "I guess I better get to the village then..." Slowly he turned and floated in the direction of Iselia. "How the heck am I gonna...who's body am I gonna steal? I don't wanna steal anyone's..." He ran through a mental list of the people of Iselia and who might be the least offended by him stealing their body. He sighed. "I can't believe this is really happening to me..."

Well there ya go! Chapter three! I hope you enjoyed it and please comment~