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EVERYTHING YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ IS PURE FANFICTION AND ISN'T TRUE

IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED TALES OF SYMPHONIA, THERE ARE SPOILERS

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Lloyd, Double D and Nazz proceeded to Lloyd's house. Noishe ran back to a little house next to Lloyd's. Right next to it is a gravestone. "My, who's gravestone is this?" Double D asked. "My mom's..." Lloyd said in a sad tone. "Your mom died? When and how?" Nazz asked. "She died some time after I was born. My dad found me here and raised me like I'm his son." Lloyd explained. "So you don't know how she died?" Double D asked. "Yeah..." Lloyd asked.

Inside the house, there was a dwarf shorter than everyone in the house. It was Dirk. "Welcome back, Lloyd. Who are these people with you?" he asked. "This is Eddward, who likes to be called Double D. And this is Nazz." Lloyd said. There were some forms of hello coming from the two like, "Hi," Nice to meet you," or "Hello."

"Hi, Dad. Say, is there any chance you could make me three Key Crests?" Lloyd asked. "Why do you need Key Crests all of a sudden?" Dirk asked. "Double D and Nazz found some Expspheres on the ground back at the Martel Temple and they wish to use them." Lloyd explained. "I want to see what these stones do." Double D said. "Exspheres also make good jewlery!" Nazz said. Lloyd was confused and said to Nazz, "I don't think Exspheres are made just for jewlery."

"I'll make Key Crests for your friends. But why do you need a third one?" Dirk asked. "I met someone today who has an Exsphere without a Key Crest," Lloyd said. "An Exsphere without a Key Crest is bad for you, right? Or, wait, don't tell me that it's too late once you've attached an Exsphere without a Key Crest to your body." "Nah, not at all. But even removing an Exsphere that lacks a Key Crest is dangerous. So the only thing to do is make an accessory out of inhibitor ore and carve the charm into that, making it into the Key Crest instead." Dirk explained. "And then it'll be okay, huh? Then, could you make me a bracelet as soon as possible?" Lloyd requested. "Just a minute. The Exsphere with no Key Crest that you're talking about who has it?" Dirk asked. "Huh? Ah…uhh…a traveler. A traveling mercenary." Lloyd lied. Dirk knew and said, "Baloney. Exspheres are basically only used by Desians. If he took one from a Desian, it should already have a Key Crest on it." "Well..." Lloyd said. "Dwarven Vow #11: Lying is the first step to the path of thievery!" he explained.

"Lloyd. Maybe you should tell the truth." Double D said. "Your friend is right. Why do you need a Key Crest?" Dirk asked. "I met someone at the ranch today who had an Exsphere equipped without a Key Crest." Lloyd responded truthfully. Dirk got mad and yelled, "You went to the ranch!" "It's not his fault! Genis had a friend at the ranch and secretly went there every day." Double D said. "You didn't let the Desians see your Exsphere, did you?" Dirk asked. "Of course not!" Lloyd said. "But why would you want to have something so pretty hidden all the time when the mercanary we met wore his out in the open? Are Exspheres meant for girls and Lloyd doesn't want to show the face he's wearing one?" Nazz asked. "No, Nazz. It's not like that," Dirk said. "His Exsphere is special."

"Special? Is it different from the ones the Desians have equipped?" Lloyd asked. "That Exsphere is your mother's keepsake. The Desians killed your mother in order to take it from her." Dirk explained. "THEY DID WHAT!" Double D yelled. "I told you about how I found you at the cliff near the ranch, right? Your mother was still conscious at that time, so she explained everything. There's no doubt about it." Dirk explained to Lloyd.

Lloyd began to get angry and asked, "Why didn't you ever tell me!" "Umm... Nazz and I will go upstairs so we won't see you two starting a scene." Double D said as he and Nazz proceeded upstairs."If I had, you'd have run out and tried to take revenge on the Desians. The Tower of Salvation appeared today. Just leave the rest to Colette. That'll take care of the Desians, too." Dirk said. "But still..." Lloyd said. "Don't get involved with the Desians. Your mother protected you and that Exsphere with her life. Don't go throwing either away." Dirk explained. "So will you make me the Key Crests?" Lloyd asked. "Lloyd! Have you been listening at all?" Dirk asked. "Yeah! But you can't expect me not to do anything now that I know!" Lloyd yelled. Dirk approached and tried to punch him. Lloyd dodged, got mad and left the house. "Lloyd, wait!" Nazz yelled.

Outside with Lloyd, Double D and Nazz, standing right in front were Genis, Colette, Raine, Sonic, and Kratos. "Hey. We heard the whole thing through an open window," Sonic said. "It must be hard for you to live like this." "I'm sorry, because of me, you…" Genis said. "It's okay, it's not your fault." Lloyd said. "You three should talk to Colette." Raine said. "Let's go up to the terrance!" Colette said. Lloyd agreed and the four went up to the terrance.

"I'm sorry for not finishing your birthday present in time." Lloyd admitted. "It's okay, don't worry about that." Colette said. "It's hard to believe that we had to get a present for you on such short notice." Double D said. "Double D! Nazz! Did you get a present for me?" Colette asked. Nazz gave her the friendship ring and Double D gave her the brooch. "Thank you for the ring and brooch." Colette said. "Happy birthday!" Nazz cired. "'m glad I was able to live to this day." Colette said.

"What are you talking about? You're going to keep on living and regenerate the world." Lloyd said. "It's not like that you are going to die after regenerating the world." Nazz explained. "It's too bad we aren't going along." Double D said. "Well, it's just that the Desians will be after us and it's going to be a dangerous journey." Colette replied. "Desians…up till now. I always thought my mom died in an accident But she was murdered by Desians! Now that I know the truth, there's no way that I could keep living in a village that has a treaty with them." Lloyd replied when Colette spoke of the Desians. "I understand." Colette responded. Sonic came up to the terrance and told everyone, "Listen Lloyd, we're leaving tomorrow at noon. So come to the village by then."

"So Lord Remiel really is my father. I'm the child of an angel." Colette said. "It doesn't matter. Regardless of who your real father is, you're still you. Nothing's changed. You just have two fathers. Just think of yourself as being lucky for having more than most people do." Double D explained. "I suppose you're right." Colette said. "World regeneration, huh. It's kind of exciting." Nazz said. "Yeah, releasing the seals, becoming an angel, then finally…" Colette said but stopped at "finally..." "Finally?" Nazz asked. "Um, nothing. Anyway, if we go to the Seal of Fire, I'll get to see my father again. I'm going to do my best." Colette said. Raine and Genis came up and said, "It's time to go." Raine, Sonic, Genis, and Colette. "I'm going to go home with Genis" Double D said as he left. "I'll see you when Colette leaves, dude." Nazz said and left.

"I hope Colette likes the gift I gave to her." Double D said to himself. He felt like Colette likes him.

The next morning, Lloyd was finished with Colette's present and went to his mom's gravestone, where Dirk is. "Here…that's the Key Crests you wanted. You can use it however you like. Just remember, I did try to stop you." Dirk said. "Dad! Thanks!" Lloyd said. "Dwarven Vow #2: Never abandon someone in need. I'm just going along with the teachings." Dirk explained. "Dad, I'm going on a journey. I'm going to help Colette regenerate the world so that I can avenge my mom." Lloyd told Dirk. He knew he was going to say that and gave him some items. "Don't ever forget Dwarven Vow #7!" he said. "'Goodness and love will always win'…right? Man, that's such a cheesy line for anyone to be saying these days. Don't worry, I won't forget it. Let's go, Noishe! It's time to regenerate the world!" Lloyd replied. Noishe ran up to him. With him are Genis, Double D and Nazz.

"What are you guys doing here?" Lloyd asked. "Lloyd! You're still here!" Genis asked. "Good timing! I made Marble, Nazz, and Double D's Key Crests." Lloyd said with excitement. "Th…that's great and all, but what about seeing Colette off!" Genis asked. "I'm going to go with her." Lloyd said. "Are you stupid or something! Colette and the others left a long time ago!" Nazz cried. "What?" Lloyd asked. "We all came to look for you because you were tardy." Double D said. "We have to go!" Lloyd cried.

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Next time: Lloyd and the others went to the village. They read a letter from Colette that sounded like a will! But the Desians decide to attack the village and came to punish Lloyd. They sent a monster to kill Lloyd. It's going to be an epic battle. But what happens when they find out who the monster is?

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