Disclaimer: I hereby say that I don't own the characters

Shameless handwave: Inspired by the lovely keiiii on deviantART. I don't know if Keiiii's approves of how my idea on how evil Soren would be, but whatever.

Warning: For an important plot element, I took some liberty with canonical information in the game. As in, they never explicitly said that it couldn't happen. So, don't hound me on that part.

Extra warning: You won't like the ending.

Extra extra warning: Fanon in here is slightly different then in "Light and Anima". Not that anyone read that, or cared about it.

Final Note: Paragraph breaks are basically breaks in thought.

Final final note: There is a reason why all of the dialog is in italics. That is explained at the end.

Soren only smiled.

"Do you know of Ike?"

Their faces had been shocked. It was a long time before they answered.

"Of course we do. He's the great hero. If he were around now, you wouldn't stand a chance."

Soren couldn't hide his mirth at their ignorance. He had to laugh at the fact that they knew of Ike, but not Ike's constant companion and tactician. He had to laugh at it. He left them to their confusion at his laughter using an arcane magic that he had mastered and warped away.