DISCLAIMER:
I Kusabi Makabe, do not own Tales of Symphonia. And…stuff.
This is going to be a collection of stories. Each chapter will cover one character's thoughts about their family or origin (for example, this chapter shows Sheena's thoughts about Mizuho). There will be ten chapters, one for each of the main characters and an extra for the infamous Mithos Yggdrasill.
So…enjoy!
Hammer of Godly Thunder
Zelos is going at it again. He told me that my fighting arts made him "feel alive". Idiot Chosen! He can't possibly be turned on by this…I wonder if he even understands how long and hard it was to learn how to fight like I do. When you think about it, I'm not really doing a whole lot – the charm in the cards lets them be usable as weapons, and the Exsphere gives me the power…I'm just telling them what to do.
I guess I've done a lot for this group, though. Maybe not as much as Raine with her healing arts, or Lloyd for fairly obvious reasons…but I did form pacts with all of the Summon Spirits. That has to count for something, right?
I remember when Grandfather was training me to be a summoner. He said that I would eventually be able to harness the power of the elements, and that I would be able to fly on the wind and swim underneath the waves. He said that I would even be able to walk through fire and not get burned. I remember thinking about how cool that would be, but I never really thought that it would happen. I mean, that only happens in stories, right? That's what I thought then…I'm still a little shocked by it, really.
Grandfather told me I would be the best summoner Tethe'alla had ever known. That was only a few days before…
I wish I could say I wasn't ready, but the truth is that I was perfectly ready. I wasn't unprepared…I just messed up. We knew that Volt was hard to understand, but Grandfather had more difficulty translating the Summon Spirit's words than we thought he would.
Maybe he messed up. I'd love to believe that it was his fault and not mine…but the truth is he wouldn't have told me anything he wasn't sure of.
I wish I could go back and do it right. I wish that I could have just formed the pact with him then, and not lost so many of my friends. Maybe Kuchinawa wouldn't have turned to the Pope, and he would still be a member of the community. Maybe Grandfather would have been there for me when I was told to assassinate Colette. Maybe he could have guided me through that…
Of course, I keep saying that I wish I'd "gotten it right" back then, but I didn't exactly get it right the second time, either. Corrine died, and Lloyd and the others almost died with him. I guess Corrine's not really dead, though – he's just a little different. That was quite a surprise, going to Iselia and finding him there. He seemed happy, at least. Much happier than at the academy. It's too bad he never got to see the good side of those scientists.
I wish I hadn't failed, back then…but I'm glad I got another chance. And I'm glad that Lloyd and the others were with me.
…Mostly Lloyd…
We're about to go back there. I think that Grandfather may still be there, waiting for me to form the pact with Volt. It's time I told him the good news – that I've become a true summoner, after all!
I wonder, though…if I hadn't failed back then, would I have ever met Lloyd? Would I have even met Zelos? Or Corrine?
Maybe, in a really messed up kind of way, me failing back then wasn't so bad. Maybe I had to fail then, so that I could succeed when they really needed me.
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"For the sake of everyone that risked their lives to protect me, Volt! I demand your power!" – Sheena Fujibayashi
And thus ends Sheena's chapter. If you have comments feel free to leave a review. XD
Valete!