Epilogue time! Jana and I are being so evil! There's a massive twist which we are saving for Regeneration, but it's linked to this, so…just trust me, you will not see it coming! You've all been puzzling about Jade (which I guess was the whole purpose of her being in this fic…), so I'm happy to say that this chapter holds all the answers…

Yeah right!

I don't own Tales of Symphonia. (Since practically nothing is said in this chapter about Symphonia, I don't know why I'm bothering!)

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Stephen and I stood in the shadowy darkness. The wind ruffled my clothes, attempting to soothe me. But my mind was reeling – just as it had been for the last two nights. Formless questions repeated themselves in my mind.

Stephen and I tracked down Jade's life so far – using the school's data. Which, so far, had brought us…here. 'Here' was an old farmhouse – in the middle of the wildest Welsh countryside imaginable – that looked completely uninhabited.

I pushed the door open – Jade probably hadn't bothered with a lock, due to the location. It was impossible to reach by car, and it was an unappealing hours walk from the nearest countryside lane. Even if some ramblers passed by – which was unlikely – they probably wouldn't have bothered with a run down building like this.

Inside was a basic room, with a chair, table and candle. It was perfectly dry, and a lot warmer than I would have believed possible. On top of the table stood a stack of books.

I glanced at the covers of the books. Summoning: Volume 1? Demonic Arts? Common Cures for Memory Loss? What was all this?

"Stephen, maybe we should take a book each and see what we can find out." I suggested.

"What? Reading? You never said I had to do any reading."

"It'll get your brain cells working. Stop complaining."

I grabbed the thickest book there, Demonic Arts. It was a hard-backed book and leather-bound.

I skimmed through the introduction. I had a sense of déjà vu, like I'd heard what it was saying before. Then I realised that I had.

"Hey, Stephen, listen to this. 'All aware beings have a power within them. This power is rarely realised, and sometimes even when it is realised it is mistaken for something completely different.' It's what Jade was saying, almost word for word."

Stephen ignored me so I continued past the introduction.

I was only at the contents page, when a small notebook fell out.

"What's this?" I wondered aloud.

After flicking quickly through the hand-written pages, I guessed it was her diary.

'Wait, should I really be reading this?' A small part of me thought.

'Well, sod it, she shouldn't have left so suddenly.'

I opened the book and read the first page.

I woke today with no idea where I was, or who I am. I don't even know my own name. I guess I should give myself a name…

I'm writing this so I won't forget…not again…

So Jade was just a name she made for herself…interesting. Who was she?

I turned the page.

Today I looked at the books I have with me. Demonology? Part of me wants to believe this is a joke, but…Am I a demon?

I turned some more pages, scanning for anything important.

I think I remember something…or rather, someone.

He had a pair of sparkling blue eyes, and sweet blonde hair. He was so cute!

When Jade wrote cute, she underlined it three times. I turned a couple more pages.

Today, I heard a voice – inside my head. It was female, but…she sounded like a slut.

I looked in the book under hearing voices, but it only told me that this voice is my 'true' self. Does this mean that my true self is a slut?

I'm scared. I don't care what the books say; isn't the first sign of insanity hearing voices?

I turned the pages until I saw something else that looked important.

I found out about summoning from one of the books. So far, I've summoned a big dog that barks a lot. I also found a town, but everyone stared at me. I think my puppy scared them.

Next page.

My dog ran away with a fox. I'm looking out for interesting crossbreeds on my way to the next town.

At the bottom of the page, she'd drawn a picture labeled 'Puppy's babies'. It was really well drawn. It looked mostly like a fox-cub, with its bushy tail and its face, but there was something that looked distinctly like a wolf- or deer-hound in its legs and ears.

I flicked though the pages, aware that this diary was much longer than I'd first thought.

The voice talked to me again today. I tried to get rid of it by hitting my head.

I have a huge blank in my mind for the rest of today. All I remember is that I woke up with a splitting headache and six bottles scattered around the floor. I think people call it getting drunk.

The next page.

Must never get drunk again. Must never get drunk again. Must never get drunk again. Must never get drunk again.

It definitely wasn't a good idea!

Some pages later…

Goddess, my true self talks a lot! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut…what?

The voice said that she can help me remember. Should I listen?

I flicked through, until…

Yay! I found puppy! I got him back!

Despite myself, I smiled. Then I continued to read the same page.

I found a wooden box that had a picture of me in it. It also had a large, jet-black egg inside. The voice says it's a dragon egg.

I continued to read through the diary.

Puppy ate my book on 'Exspheres and Cruxis Crystals'. That's weird; the voice said something about Cruxis Crystals before…

What? This only added to the confusing web of ideas and theories that I had about Jade. Maybe the next page would hold the answer…

Argh! The voice in my head is singing…terribly! I don't know what she's singing, but it sounds Welsh. She insists it's the Angelic language though.

Angelic? So, Jade – or at least the voice in her head – had been to Symphonia? Impossible. Only Stephen and I could travel between worlds. But…maybe she can too. She may have taken the Symphonians back home…I hope that's what happened.

I flicked through many pages, until I found something that made me jump. My name.

I found a school while exploring the local area. I wondered what it'd be like to be normal, so I told them I'd just moved, and I'd like to go to their school.

The voice in my head doesn't think much of my choice, though.

I started school the same day. It was fairly uneventful, but a little lonely for a while. But I met someone called Nia in a lesson. She seems a nice person. I have a feeling we're going to be good friends.

I flicked through about three months of pages, during which I was mentioned at least once every week. Then, I came to an incident that I remembered.

Today, Nia introduced me to the best videogame ever. It's called (you've guessed it!) Tales of Symphonia. But it all seems so familiar. I even guessed who Yggdrasil was, the very first time he appeared. And…I could've sworn I've seen some of those people before.

I remembered that. At the Tower of Salvation, she'd whispered 'Mithos'. At first I thought I'd simply misheard, or I'd told her before, but now…

I looked at the most recent entry.

Today I had the best day ever. First, I managed a proper spell! It was quite a big one too. It formed a one-way enclosure around school and transformed those already inside into various monsters. Then Nia and Stephen broke the spell, but I don't mind, since they've brought the Symphonians with them! This proves that I'm not insane!

First lesson, I had Raine taking us for History and another amazing thing happened! The dragon egg hatched and it was so cute! The voice in my head said that Raine may have sensed him, because when he hatched, he gave off a lot of mana.

Below, Jade had drawn a sketch of a baby dragon hatching from its egg, and I had to admit – she was right – it was cute! It's big eyes stared up at me from the page…reminding me of Cyclone.

Trying not to think too much about it, I continued reading the same page.

The rest of the day was great too! I had a substitute teacher for Welsh (wohoo!) and he just happened to be Kratos! (Double wohoo!) But I have the feeling that they may be stuck here, according to what my books say.

I should help them home…and maybe…I'll remember.

So she had taken them back. I guess that was a slight relief, but still…

"Stephen, grab some books. We're going to Symphonia."

"Again?" He sighed. "I don't see us visiting one of my worlds three times!"

"Don't argue. Something could be wrong. And you like Symphonia too!"

"Just…let's go." He said, recognizing defeat.

And so, we went on our third…and last trip to Symphonia.

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I bet you hate me for that last sentence! Now technically, I'm not writing a sequel. gets pelted with tomatoes

Ahh! What I meant to say, was the sequel is a joint fanfic (still posted on my name) called Regeneration. And right now, it explains a lot about Jade, so read it!

Um, but I'll always be doing some solo writing. I'm half-way through a Kranna fic which I haven't posted yet (it's short, but inspired) and I have a huge fic (and sequel) planned, which is based on my version of events after the game. It's really set ten years after the end and focuses on the Protozoans mostly for the first fic. And some one-shots will pop up when I get a good idea for them. Here's hoping I see reviews from you on those.

And my final point. Thank you so much, constant reviewers! I cannot thank you enough. Before now, the only stories I'd ever finished were only about a page long, so you have no idea how much your support has meant to me, and how it's kept me going.

Well, good bye and hopefully, hear from you again!