Me: I do not own Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. I do own however, my ocs and the brand new laptop I got for Christmas! -jumps up and down-

Emil: I-is she alright?

Lloyd: Who knows...

Chapter Eleven:

We were walking when this horrible fish smell overwhelmed us. I flinched covering my nose.

"Look at that." Emil stated as we walked over to a certain area.

Marta frowned, "What do you think happened? The smell is coming from that crate over there..."

An old man was examining the crate looked up when Raine asked what had happened. I began to daydream about nothing special. A hand waved in front of my face snapping me out of my thoughts.

"H-huh what?" I blinked a few times bringing myself back to down to Earth.

"Your dozing off into space Light...," Genis was right up close to my face.

I jumped back startled.

"Genis! Don't do that!" I snapped angrily.

He grinned causing me to glare at him.

"When I see Lloyd again I'm going to tell him to hurt you!" I yelled lunging for him.

He cried out in pure fear and turned on his heel running. The group watched not amused while the old man went back to tending to the burned seafood gels. I chased Genis to the beach when he turned and pushed me into the water. I sputtered before going under. I heard Genis laughing as I came back up again. I wiped the water from my eyes glaring at him.

"GENIS!"

He paled and backed up hands in a defensive position. He gulped.

"L-look I was just playing around! I-I didn't mean any harm!" He smiled nervously.

I slowly got up and made my way over to him. The second my feet hit the sand I leapt at Genis and tackled him to the ground. I was suddenly pulled off him by Emil. He pulled me away from Genis as said half-elf scrambled away. I allowed myself to be pulled away from everyone else. When we were out of everyone's sight I turned and hugged Emil. My mind was running a mile a minute. What had happened? What made me snap? Emil hugged back and softly trying to comfort me. I began to calm my breath as I relished in his comfort. I closed my eyes pressing closer to him. He gently stroked my hair.

"It's alright...don't worry," he murmured.

I nodded slowly pulling away from him.

"I'm sorry I don't know what came over me...," I apologized. "I hope Genis will understand..."

Emil nodded and looked out at the town. I studied his face seeing no signs of Ratatosk-Mode. I didn't understand why I cared. Emil was Emil no matter what happens. I rested my head against his shoulder blinking back tears.

"Emil! Light!" Raine and Marta were beginning to call for us.

I felt Emil shift slightly and he let me go to walk out.

"Light is going to the inn to rest. We should continue to the Camberto caves," he stated smiling at Marta.

I held a hand to my heart and turned away making my way to the inn without being noticed. I stopped and frowned.

'What am I doing? I need to help somehow!' I thought running towards the entrance of the town.

I froze skidding to a stop. My heart was beating furiously. Something dangerous was behind me and I couldn't do my spells for fear of running out of mana. I slowly turned around and stumbled back when there was a flash. The crate next to me burst into flames. I yelped and shielded my face from the heat. I could feel my arms get burned. I heard people come running.

"Crap the crates are on fire!" I heard a male yell.

Another crate burst a flame. I watched horrified and there was nothing I could do. I felt so useless. I was roughly grabbed and dragged away from the village. A girl with pitch black hair and violet eyes placed a finger to her lips to shush me. After a few minutes she turned to me.

"Hello! You looked like you were in a pinch! That village doesn't like strangers!" She was talking energetically which reminded me of Colette.

She noticed my burned arms and grabbed them to examine them.

"Oh no! Come on me and my friends are close by! You can join us and get these healed!"

I began to protest, but she ignored me completely. I frowned. This could pose a problem. It was a few hours before I started to see small campfires. The sun was beginning to go down. The strange girl pulled him through the small camp till we were stopped by a tall man with dark skin and sharp blue eyes. I stared up at him paling.

"Tina! What are you doing bringing in a stranger! She could be from the Vanguard or the Church of Martel!" He snapped gruffly.

Tina pouted childishly. "But Ace! She's been hurt and needs our help! We can't just turn her away!"

Ace grunted and crossed his arms.

"Tina you have to understand in this world we have to fight for survival! Now take her back to where you found her!" He ordered.

Tina frowned and glared darkly at Ace. Despite him being twice her size she held her ground. I watched in slight amazement. I snapped out of it and stepped forward slightly bowing.

"I'm sorry sir...I didn't mean to be a trouble...I'll leave immediately," I said politely.

Tina gaped at me, "Hey don't say that! I said I would help yah now let me help yah!"

Ace narrowed his eyes looking me over. Some of my white hair fell in front of my face. I quickly brushed it away. Ace frowned and turned to Tina.

"Fine. Take her to the medical tent to be looked at," he muttered before leaving.

Tina grabbed my hand and raced forward. I stumbled behind her. She pushed open the medical tent's door and pulled me in. I looked around nervously. An older woman rushed over.

"Oh dear! You've been hurt!" The female cried forcing me to sit down on one of the beds. "Tina go get John!"

Tina nodded and ran off.