Tales of Symphonia Story, Tethe'alla Chronicles (3)

The New Symphonia Story 43

QUIZ START: After navigating in and out of tunnels and the temple itself, you wound up at a ledge. There was a beautiful flower sitting on the edge of the cliff. It was ice-blue and white, shimmering in the dim light of the cave; it looked like an Aster (star-shaped flower),
"Ok, so we can pick this up now, right?" asked Lloyd,
"Yeah. These gloves should let us." Genis nodded,
"Oh, oh, I'll carry it!" Colette said. You, along with everyone else, had a little movie play in your head at the thought of her carrying the flower. A little animation of Colette walking around, carrying a flower that can freeze anything...tripping... and....
"Uh..... " Sheena grabbed the flower before Colette could,
"I-I'll carry it! W-...we....We need your help to fight, Colette!" she told the blonde,
"Oh, ok." she grinned. You all sighed, grateful that Colette was no longer in danger of being frozen alive.
"This should freeze the pond, right?" Sheena asked,
"Then what?" asked Lloyd
"What do you think?" Zelos responded, "We skate across." he grinned at you, "Right?"
"Yes, exactly." you confirm, a sweat drop sliding down your head. After walking back to the lake, you asked the ninja, "Sheena, can I have the flower?"
"Sure, here." she agreed, carefully handing you the flower. You kneel next to the waters surface, and set the flower on it. The water began to freeze outward from the flower, and soon the whole lake was frozen. Everyone jumped,
"Wow!" Lloyd exclaimed, "That one flower froze the whole lake!"
"So the rumors were true..." Regal muttered.
"How do we know if it's strong enough to hold us...?" asked Zelos skeptically. After tapping the ice with your foot, you step out onto the slippery surface
"W-wa--!" the ice was a lot slicker than you thought, and you slid uneasily over its surface, "W-woah! Ah--!" your feet slid from under you abruptly, and you fell back, landing on your tailbone. "Ow--!"
"You ok?" asked Sheena, none of them stepping on the ice just. You blushed as you shakily pushed yourself to your feet, managing to stay standing this time,
"Y-yeah, I'm fine... I just didn't have the hang of this..."
"Oh, oh, oh!" Colette chirped excitedly, "That looks like fun, let me try!" she stepped out onto the ice as well, however she was even worse than you. But then again you had already gotten used to the slick surface, and skated around easily. Colette scrambled around on the ice, trying not to fall "W-wee! Look at me-- I'm skat--woah--!"
"Yeah...that does look fun." Genis and Sheena agreed at once. They both joined you on the ice, although they had better balance than Colette, Lloyd quickly ran on, headed after the blonde Chosen. He skidded over to Colette who had fallen over.
"Come on! Presea, Raine, Regal, Zelos!" Genis called. The four looked at one another, before, more or less, shrugging. They stepped onto the ice, skating out towards the opposite shore. Out of everyone, you were the best (after you got used to having to skate) then, surprisingly, Professor Raine, then Sheena and Regal. Colette was the worst, and Lloyd wasnt much better...
Everyone slid around for about ten minutes just for the fun of skating before finally going to the opposite shore.
"That was fun!!" Colette said happily, clapping her hands as you all walked from the icy skating rink.
"It's nice to be able to have fun, even in times like these." Regal agreed, looking back at the icy lake.
"But now we have to get back to what we were doing." Raine agreed seriously, "Let's go." you nod,
"We're almost there now, this way." you led everyone through a short, narrow passage, to where four stone pillars stood in front of a closed door. "We've got to turn these each a certain direction, and that should unlock the door."
"Which way?" asked Lloyd,
"uh...."
"Well, I suppose we can't expect you to remember everything..." Sheena sighed.
"Sorry." you apologize,
"Dont worry my hunny." Zelos grinned, winking at you, "You have nothing to worry about with Zelos here!"
"......uh..." you couldn't think of anything to say in response,
"Zelos!" Sheena exclaimed "How many times do i have to tell you!? Leave Aura Alone!"
"..." you sigh, "Sheena...please calm down..."

After close to an hour of turning the pillars and guessing, all four of the pillars were finally turned to correct way. The stone door rumbled loudly as it slid open, leaving the entryway empty. As you all stepped into the new cave...your head began to hurt. You saw flashes of that blonde boy talking to Celsius, with You, Kratos, Yuan, and that Martel girl standing and watching. Your head throbbed again. When you made it to the alter, the ground shook violently. Ice shot towards the alter, and in a bright flash Celsius was standing there, waiting. Her voice rang over the cave,
"You who posses the right of the pact. I am Celsius, one who is bound to Mithos, the hero."
"I seek a pact with Celsius." Sheena responded, "I ask that thou annulst thy pact with Mithos, and establish a new pact with me."
"You seek a pact with me? How amusing. Let's see if you can handle me." Lloyd, Sheena, Genis, and Zelos chose to fight this time. Everyone else backed away as Celsius summoned a large ice wolf named 'Fenrir'.

The four fought against the icy pair with everything they had. They won after what appeared to be a difficult battle,
"It would appear that my freezing chill is but a summers breeze to you." Celsius complimented, "Now, speak your vow. A vow worthy of my power!"
"For the sake of creating a place in which the two worlds no longer must sacrifice one another, I ask that thou grant me thy power!" Sheena exclaimed. *We're really doing this.... it almost sounds familiar...* you think.
"Understood. Use my power well." the spirit agreed. Her mana formed into a light blue atom-shape; Sheena walked forward and touched the orb. The pact was made.
"Do you really think Sylvarant and Tethe'alla will be cut off from each other forever?" asked Colette
"We're gonna do this regardless, right?" Zelos chimed in,
"Yeah." Lloyd agreed,
"We have to, to try and stop the worlds vying for each others mana." you tell them,
"But if the Rheairds stop working after we form the last pact, were going to be stuck in one world or the other." Genis voiced,
"The people of Mizuho wish to move to Sylvarant. There has to be something we can do..." Sheena asked,
"Hmm." Raine muttered thoughtfully, "I suggest we do some investigation on the effects of separating the worlds before we form the pact with the final Summon Spirit." she suggested,

After getting out of the temple, you quickly noticed dark gray storm clouds gathering over Ozette. Suddenly hundreds of lightening bolts poured down onto the village.
"Oh my...." you gasp softly.
"Whats going on?!" Zelos exclaimed,
"That's...the direction of Ozette..." Presea gasped,
"...Yes." Regal agreed,
"What could it be? There's a staggering amount of mana flowing from that Lightning..." Genis said,
"I have a bad feeling about this." Raine voiced,
"Let's go!" Lloyd exclaimed. You all boarded your Rheairds and took off as quickly as you could towards Ozette.....