Yay! Chapter 5!!!

Tenebrae:And what may I ask is so special about this chapter?

Me:A lot of things! Twilight casts a spell, we gain a new monster, oh and this interesting person at the end.

Tenebrae:By the way, why am I here?

Me:I got bored. Now do the disclaimer!

Tenebrae:Fine, yinyangsymphonian dose not own tales of symphonia but she dose own Twilight.

Me:and the person at the end!

Angelic Rebirth Ch.5

I woke up and shot up. Ow ow ow! Bad idea. My wound hurt in protest from the sudden movement. I put my hand over the wound and tried to stop the bleeding and used my other hand to slowly get up. I mentally hit myself. I should have gotten at least five apple gels when I was in town. Oh well. I could see Necro slowly getting up but everyone else was knocked out. I looked in the small pack I had to see if there was anything useful in it. Nothing. Just a book one of the monsters dropped when I had first come to Luin. Necro flew over to see what I was doing.

What is that? He asked.

"I don't know? A monster dropped it." I said, fingering the ornate lettering on the cover. It looked like it was in a language I could understand. It said…Undine's Whisper…interesting.

"That is a monster grimoire. It helps monsters gain new power." Tenebrae said. I opened the cover and read the first page. First aid.

"Here Necro." I threw the book at him. He caught it easily.

Is this for me? He seemed a little skeptic. I nodded.

"After you learn that arte you can help us heal." I stated, feeling the blood oozing through my fingers. Tenebrae looked at me.

"You can understand what that book said?" Necro started looking through the book. I nodded to Tenebrae. "And understand what the monsters are saying?"

"Well, only the monsters we have made pacts with, but yes." I answered. Necro looked up from his book.

I think I'm ready. He seemed nervous.

"All right, start with me, then Marta, then Emil." I felt like I was about to faint again from blood loss. He nodded and started to charge the spell. Meanwhile Tenebrae looked thoughtful.

"That is interesting" He thought aloud.

"What is?" I asked.

"Well, when you became a Knight hardly anything changed about you. You can also understand monsters much quicker than most." He explained his thinking "This ether means that you have been a Knight of Ratatosk this entire time or…" He trailed off.

"Or!" I tried to get more out of him.

"It's nothing. Forget I said anything." He said. At this moment Necro's spell was fully charged and I felt the gash on my side start to close. I smiled, already feeling better, and nodded in thanks to him. He started to charge another spell. I walked over to Marta to see how badly she had been hurt. It wasn't that bad. She had a few cuts but nothing that threatened her life. I think I had been hit the worst out of everyone.

I think I'm getting better at this! Necro exclaimed as he finished the spell. He seemed happier and more confident. I smiled. Sial had now gotten up and came over to me and Marta began to stir.

I'm sorry. He was to powerful and I…I couldn't protect you. He seemed so pitiful.

"Why did you think you had to protect me?" I asked, scratching him behind his ear.

You were nice enough to give me a home when I was kicked out of my pack and… He started to cry.

"It's okay. We're your pack now. Everything will be all right." I tried to comfort him.

"Is he okay?" I didn't notice Marta come up to us. I turned to her and looked her in the eye. She had genuine concern in her eyes. I nodded.

"He should be fine." I scratched Sial behind his ear again. Marta went over to Emil to see how he was doing. He began to stir and in an instant was upright.

"I'm alive." He said, looking himself over as if to make sure.

"I guess he decided not to kill us." Marta said, tilting her head to the side. Tenebrae was now looking at the altar.

"Lady Marta, Centurion Lumen's core is…" Tenebrae had a hint of urgency in his voice.

"It's gone!" Marta screamed.

"A-Are you talking about a white jewel? I-I think that Lloyd took it with him." Emil offered.

"He took it! Are you sure?!" Marta panicked.

"Y-Yeah, was it important?" Emil was nervous.

"Yes, Lumen's core is essential for our journey." Tenebrae said.
"Hate to intrude but if it is as important as you say then shouldn't we be going after it." I said. If they wanted it then why are they standing around talking? It made me want to scream! I walked toward the door on the other side of thee room and touched it. Nothing happened. "Why isn't it opening?" I screamed.

"We will just have to go the way we came." Tenebrae stated.

"By the time we get out of here he will be on the other side of the world." I grumbled walking over to where Emil, Marta, and Tenebrae were in front of the other door. When I got there Marta seemed mad.

"Damn! This must be Lloyd's doing. I'm sure he did this to trap us in here!" she yelled.

"There is another way out. I'm sure of it." I said as I got over there. I could feel a draft like before and I was sure I saw a button somewhere. The question was where?

"Hey, what's that?" I said pointing toward a mask.

"It looks like the mask that Lloyd was wearing." Marta answered.

"It's pretty tacky." Emil said.

"Super tacky." Marta replied.

"Ditto." I said. Everyone looked at me. "What? I'm agreeing with you. Let's get out of here." I said. Now I remember! The button was over on the right side of the alter. When I looked there was a poster there with Lloyd on it. It said 'Jewel Hunter Lloyd Irving was here'. I felt my anger start to smolder. I started to chant a familiar spell. "Ancient fire burn my foe. Fireball!" I yelled unleashing a ball of fire at the poster. It burst into an impressive fireball and crumbled to the ground reviling a button. I grinned and walked over to it. Marta was staring at me like I had grown a second head. "Come on, let's get out of here." I said, pushing the button. The door opened and I started to walk up the stairs leaving Marta, Emil, Tenebrae, Necro, and Sial to follow me. Sial ran up to walk beside me.

So where are we going? Sial asked.

"We are supposedly following Lloyd to get Lumen's core from him. I think we took too long in the cave to follow him, though." I said, more to myself than to anyone else. I heard Emil and Marta talking about Ratatosk but I decided not to listen to them. Tenebrae decided that I needed to know so he came up to talk to me.

"Do you know why Lumen's core is so important?" he asked.

"Yes, you need it to awaken Ratatosk and bring balance to the world. How I know this I do not know." I answered.

"I see." He said and went back to the others. We walked for a few minutes then we got out into sunlight.

"Where are we?" Emil asked.

"We are at the ruins of the Tower of Mana. This was a seal in the regeneration journey and the place where Luna and Aska, the summon spirits of light, were before the worlds were united." I said.

"So that means?" Marta asked. I smacked myself.

"Lloyd came here at least once before the worlds were reunited." I said. Tenebrae then appeared in a puff of… shadows?

"I'm unable to sense Lumen's presence. It appears that Lloyd has escaped." He stated. The sun was now crimson streak on the horizon, tingeing the clouds with pinks, oranges, and reds.

"Let's stay here for the night then go back to Luin in the morning." I offered. Everyone agreed with me. We set up camp in a small clearing and sat around a small fire.

"I'm hungry." Marta whined. I sighed.

"We can hunt something to cook if you really want." I offered.

I smell bird. Sial said. Bird. That will be good. Wait! Wasn't bird the enemy of beasts?

"Maybe we can find a bird to roast." I said after that. Emil and Marta stared at me. "What?!" I asked.

"You…um…You're drooling." Emil said. I felt my wolf ears droop in embarrassment. Luckily it was dark and nobody could see.

"Let's just go." I said as I got up. I walked around with Sial at my heels. After a few minutes Sial and I had killed 4 birds, 2 filifolias, and 1bear with Marta every now and then casting first aid and Emil and Necro watching. We also got another monster on our side! Marta and Tenebrae forced me to make a pact with a chirpee named Gale. He…She flew over to Sial and Necro. Sial growled at her.

Um…is he usually like this? She asked Necro.

I think he just hates you. Necro said as he was trying to hide his smirk.

Okaaay. She seemed skeptic. I giggled at this. We went back to our little camp and started to cook the meat. Marta took this time to notice my ears.

"Why do you have ears, Twilight?" She asked.

"I am not really sure. Let's ask Tenebrae." I said with a smile on my face.

"I told you before I don't know. It may be due to Ratatosk's influence on your body" he said. That would make sense.

"Okay, next topic is, Tenebrae's fashion sense!" I proclaimed proudly. Marta looked over at Tenebrae.

"What is she talking about, Tenebrae?" she asked him.

"I have no idea." He said.

"Liar," I mumbled "you know exactly what I'm talking about."

"It's getting late. We should get to sleep." Emil said. Marta nodded and instantly fell asleep. Emil also fell asleep quickly. I, however, couldn't fall asleep. So I listened to Necro, Sial, and Gale argue.

Why do you hate me? Gale asked Sial.

Instincts. He replied.

Well, get over it. I can't get comfortable with you glaring at me! She yelled.

This could end badly. Necro said. I nodded my head. Sial and Gale started to yell at each other really loudly. Necro had to raise his voice to be heard. Should we stop them?

"if they start ripping each other limb from limb then we should stop them but until then stay out of it." I replied. He nodded and sat down next to me to watch them argue. They were now so loud that I could hardly understand them. I sighed.

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A figure stood in the shadows of the trees looking at the small group. She smiled as she watched them. "Things are going well." She said. "even with her lost memories." She took one last look at the group, smiled, then disappeared without a sound.

Me:Well, that was...

Aqua:Short.

Me:Yeah. By the way, where is Tenebrae?

Aqua:Ummm... (runs away)

Me:Please Review! (runs after Aqua)