Lyn: Thank you Vampwriter and Elonie Kyle for reviewing my story. Remember, pleas be nice and Review! We get lonely!
Lea: Ok, time for a quick disclaimer cause this one's going to be long. I don't own Tales of Symphonia, but I do own Mira and Lyn. So there! No on with the plot!
Lyn woke up to see Kratos's cold stare. She rubbed her head and asked, "What happened. Why do I feel like someone just hit me in the head with a hammer?"
"Lyn," Kratos started, "I've gotten you a job with Phindara, Collette's grandmother. I have to leave now. Goodbye." He said, placing a letter on a table near the door, and leaving. Lyn tried to chase after him, but she just fell on the floor, attempting to get out of bed.
"Kratos, wait!" She yelled, but he was already gone. "I don't want to loose you…" she muttered. "What am I saying? It's not like he liked me much anyway. He was probably mad that I went to the temple. I wasn't supposed to interfere with his job…" Lyn got up with her legs wobbling. She felt extremely sore. She walked over and sat on the bed. "What now?" she asked herself, staring at the letter. She finally sighed, and took the letter. She was about to open it when she heard a scream.
Lyn put the letter in her pocket, grabbed her sword, and ran down the steps, ignoring her pain. When she got to the door, she saw the whole town being burned down. She collapsed again, dropping her sword and breathing heavy. A man in strange armor with an odd sword walked over to her.
"Die monster." He yelled.
"Monster?" she asked, barely dodging he blow. She tried to get up again, but she couldn't. The man was about to swing again, when his attack was cut off by a boy in red.
"Lloyd!" Lyn yelled in relief. Lloyd then ran to another man and started fighting him. Genis came over to me and helped me up, handing me an apple gel.
"The desians are attacking, like yesterday. There is too many for us. We need your help." Genis said. Lyn ate two more apple gels and an orange gel before getting up. A group of desians surrounded Lloyd. Lloyd charged at one, but another circled around him, about to stab him in the back. Lyn quickly grabbed her sword, and killed all of them in a flash. Lloyd looked in amazement, as Lyn yelled,
"Hurry. There are more over here." Lloyd and Genis followed. Lloyd jumped into action, Genis started casting spells, and Lyn started to back Lloyd up, throwing out occasional spells. Finally, a man named Forcystus stepped out.
"Lloyd Irving, #0074, is placed under arrest for infiltrating the Iselia Ranch and killing an officer."
"Look, we didn't even go one foot in the ranch, and we didn't kill an officer! They attacked us anyway!" Lloyd protested.
"Silence inferior being! Now except your punishment!" He yelled as a green monster attacked them. A sharp warning ran through Lyn's head, and she rushed to try and stop them, but three desians cut her off.
"Don't kill it!" Lyn yelled, but it was too late. Genis cast icicle on the monster, and Lloyd cut open its chest. Suddenly, the monster started to speak.
"Run! Lloyd! Genis!" it said, grabbing on to Forcystus, "Genis, you were like a grandson to me."
"Marble! No, it can't be!" Said Lloyd.
"Marble! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Yelled Genis as the monster exploded, leaving behind only a small blue-purple sphere. Genis picked it up as the decians retreated. Tears rolled down Genis and Lloyds face. "No. No. No. No." Genis chanted softly to himself. Lyn stared at the ground, feeling horrible that there was nothing she could do.
"I'm sorry." Lyn said trying to comfort them, but it was cut short by the mayor.
"What have you done? This is all your fault!" he yelled.
"I'm sorry." Lloyd said.
"We told you never to go near that ranch, stupid boy!"
"Shut up!" Lyn yelled, "He said he was sorry! Can you see he's hurting enough?!"
"Be quiet girl! He doesn't even live here. From here on out, Lloyd is banished from Iselia."
"It's not Lloyds fault. I dragged him with me. So if you're going to banish someone, banish me!" Genis said.
"Alright. Both of you are banished. Now get out of here." The mayor said stomping off. Phindara walked up to us and said,
"Collette, the chosen is not far from here with Kratos and Raine. You should go after her. Lyn, you should go to." Lyn shook her head.
"Kratos didn't want me to come. He made that very clear when I traveled with him here."
"You travled with Kratos!!" Said Lloyd with horror all over his face.
"Yeah. His friend hired me to help him with the trails in Palmacosta, but the truth is, he knows them far better then I do. He taught me magic and swordsmanship, too. But he made it clear that he didn't want to go with him or even see him for that matter. I'll be fine. After I work here, I'll probably head for Palmacosta again."
"Alright then. I've already said my goodbyes to my dad, so we better get going. I hope we see you again!" Lloyd yelled as they both headed off.
"You wanted to go, didn't you." Said Phindara.
"Yeah. I do." Lyn stuttered.
"Well, either way, about that job offer. I was having Dirk, Lloyds foster father, make something for Collette for her birthday. It won't be done until tomorrow, but I want you to deliver it to Triet. Just give it to the lady at the inn." She said.
"So your sending me their way anyway." Lyn smiled.
"Yes, if you don't mind." The old woman smiled.
"I'd love to." Lyn replied, heading back to Collette's house. She took a bath, changed her clothes, and got ready for bed. Suddenly, Lyn remembered the letter that Kratos had given her, safe in her pocket. She was Reluctant at first, but then she slowly opened it…
Lyn,
Thank you for accompanying me on the way here. I'm sorry if I seemed cold, but I haven't traveled with other people for a long time. You helped me get a head start for this journey. I'm sorry I could not take you along, as was my intention, and I may not see you again. I just pray that you remember me always.
Sincerely,
Kratos Aurion.
Out of the letter fell a beautiful, Celtic diamond ring with words on the inside that read, "Kratos and Mira… I shall forever protect you." Lyn had no idea. She had assumed that Mira was just an acquaintance that happened to die recently, not someone he truly loved. She felt her heart shatter as tears streamed down her face as she slipped the ring on her right hand pointer finger. She didn't care if he or whoever didn't want her to come. She was determined to see him again!
Lyn stayed there for two days, helping out Phindara, then on the morning of the third day, left for Triet. Meanwhile, at Triet…
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"I guess we have no choice." Kratos muttered. Lloyd had been captured by the desians in Triet and Genis was begging for Collette, Kratos, and Raine. They invaded the base and rescued Lloyd from being executed by Lord Botta. Lloyd had a confused look on his face when Botta said he wasn't a desian, but the chosen's group intercepted the situation and they defeated Botta. Botta retreated and the group headed back to Triet. Lloyd was sick of the desert and was happy to rest at the inn instead of the jail cell he was in. That night, Lloyd explained to Raine and Genis about expheres and keycrests.
"Well, now that we have two spare expheres," Lloyd started, "You should equip them. Expheres are jewels that amplify a persons powers; however, wearing them directly to the skin makes you sick. So in order to keep from being sick, you must attach a key crest. Making key crests is a dwarven secrete, but since my dad's a dwarf, I can carve the charm. The one from Marble, we have a key crest for, so Genis can equip it. The one we stole from Botta doesn't though."
"Is this a key crest?" Raine asked, pulling out a square shaped flat ore with worn ruins on it.
"Yeah. I can fix it for you in less then an hour. Hold on!" Lloyd said, running out the room, and fixing the keycrest. He then gave it to Raine, who put it on. Oh his way out, Lloyd saw Kratos walking out the door. Where is he going? Lloyd thought, following him.
"You'll have to watch Lloyd for me when I'm gone." Kratos muttered to Noishe. Noishe was Lloyds pet dog –coughprotozoancough- that's big, green, has huge floppy ears, afraid of monsters, and whines a lot.
"Hay Kratos, wacha doing?" He asked.
"Oh nothing, really." Kratos sighed.
"Do you like pets?" Lloyd asked, "Cause Noishe isn't nervous around you."
"I had one once, yes." Kratos replied.
"Oh, I see. You must be good with animals." Lloyd patted Noishe's head. "Oh yeah, I found out you were traveling with that girl before you came here. She seemed fond of you, but when we offered her to come with me and Genis after we were banished, she didn't. She said you didn't want her coming along. Why?"
"Don't you remember what happened at Martel Temple?" Kratos said, "What if that happens at every seal, or even the Tower of Salvation. That's why."
"But how did you know that when you were traveling from Palmacosta to Isalia?" Lloyd asked with a slight tilt of his head." Kratos ignored him.
"Well Kratos?" Lloyd asked. Kratos stared at him. "What is that look for?" Lloyd snapped irritated.
"Lloyd, your swordsmanship is unrefined. You should practice more if you care about your life." Kratos sighed, walking in the door.
"Oh, and just cause you're a little better then me. Ok, a lot better, but still!" Lloyd walked in irritated. "Why can't he answer a simple question?" Lloyd sighed, going to bed. Kratos sat under the window and stared at the stars again.
I can't believe it. Kratos thought. My son's alive. I don't think he likes me either. Oh well. As long as no one finds out, it's not my problem! Even though, I do love him and Anna, there is nothing I can do about it now. He probably doesn't want to know who his real father is anyway… Anna, Mira, give me strength. Kratos sighed, shoving those memories to the back of his mind and nearly went to sleep on the window seat.
The next morning, they headed for the seal of fire. Raine went crazy over the ruins! Everyone ignored her on her ruin rampage, and Kratos taught Lloyd, Genis, and Collette self defense. Together, they killed the guardian of the seal. The released the seal and the angel again came, calling himself Remiel, and giving Collette angel wings. They then left the ruins dragging poor Raine out. Not too far out, Collette collapsed, so they set up camp. Lloyd hadn't forgotten about his conversation the night before. After Collette left for a walk, Lloyd walked up to Kratos.
"Hay Kratos, what exactly is your relationship with that girl?"
"An old acquaintance hired her to accompany me to Iselia. I think he had some scandal about it. Why?"
"Oh. I was just thinking.
"About what?" Kratos sighed, preparing himself for the worst his son could say.
"Do you like her? I mean, did you leave her in Iselia because you didn't want her to get hurt? I got to thinking about it, and it was very suspicious how you didn't answer my question. So do you? It's not like I'm going to tell anyone!"
"Lloyd, I'm 28, she's your age." Kratos replied rolling his eyes.
"So? What dose that have to do with anything?" Lloyd replied.
"She's too young for me to even consider her." Kratos replied.
"So, you admit you would considered her if she was older!" Lloyd smiled.
"No." Kratos replied with his blank cold stare.
"I bet you would!" Lloyd jested. Kratos ignored him, but Lloyd hated being ignored. Lloyd thought he had finally found a flaw that he could use against him, but Kratos was slithering his way out of the set up. Kratos still ignored him and stared at the stars.
"I guess she wasn't your type then. So what is your type? Would you rather have someone whose cute, or one who's sexy?" Lloyd asked. Kratos still ignored him, and Lloyd gave up. The next morning they set out early. When they thought they had reached Triet, a horrible sandstorm picked up. They tried going in the direction they saw it, but the sandstorm got worse. They had no choice but to turn around and head back for the ruins, but as soon as the storm let up, they lost their since of direction. Everyone was lost, that is until Kratos saw an old stone standing up with a sight tilt from the recent sandstorms.
Lloyd, Genis, and Collette were in a panic, and Rain was trying to calm everyone down. Kratos walked over to the stone and started chipping off the dirt. Suddenly, the dirt chipped of revealed a symbol of two snakes circling each other.
"Dear God, I knew it." Kratos muttered to himself.
"I'm so thirsty!" complained Collette.
"Were all going to die!" Genis yelled.
"We're so lost!" Lloyd cried.
"Lloyd, we're not lost!" Yelled Kratos, irritated.
"Oh yeah!" Lloyd snapped, "Well where are we, smart guy!" Kratos stepped away from the stone revealing the symbol.
"We're at the Valley of Twin Snakes. I know a safe house out here. Even though no one's been there for a while, the magic there keeps it in good shape. That is, if you want to go." Lloyd started kissing Kratos's shoe.
"Show the way master." Genis and Collette said. Kratos was able to shake Lloyd off and lead the way.
Lea: That's it for now. Remember folks, R&R (Read and Review)
Lloyd: Hay! Why couldn't I say anything at the beginning?
Genis: Because you were at Dirk's making out with Collette last night.
Lloyd: That was the day before. I slept in late and they left us, remember. The story starts in the morning when Collette leaves after she lied to me.
Raine: My Dear God in Heaven! Lloyd proved Genis wrong!
Genis: WAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
Collette: It's a sign of the Apocalypse!
Lloyd: Is it really that surprising?
Kratos: Maybe. In the game, you're a complete dumbass. At least Lea gave you a brain.
Lea: Yep, cause Kratos, you, Yuan, and Raine are my favorite characters.
Lloyd: Yay!!! I have a brain!!!
Lea: Next episode is the Valley of Twin Snakes! R&R!!