Across the Sea of Stars

by FinaleChaotic

Some strange problem occurs with Fayt and his group try and enter 4-D space. Fayt wakes up and finds himself with Tear and Luke in Tataroo Valley. Not know where he was he chooses to travel with them, so he can find his friends.

1. Chapter 1

Tales of the Abyss : Across the Sea of Stars

A Tales of the Abyss/Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Crossover

Rated: Pg-13

Chapter 1 : A Trip and Fayt

Location: Baticul, Capital of Light

It was a lovely day over the Kingdom of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear, but Luke, the son of Duke Fabre, was not amused, he looked up to the sky and at the Fonstones floating in it. He turned and grabbed his head for a second before slowly making his way to the door, when he grabbed his head once more. After a moment he let go and dismissed the headache by saying, "…Guess I'm hearing things."

Outside of his room was a lovely garden, attended by Pere, "Hello, Master Luke. Nice Weather we're having today."

Luke just looked at him, "Digging in the dirt again today, Pere?" He said before crossing his arms, "Don't you get bored doing that every single day?"

Pere just laughed, "Not at all. This is my job." He then looks at the flowers, "Nothing makes me happier than to see the flowers I grow warm the hearts of the manor's inhabitants."

"No offense," Luke stated, "but I'm bored as all hell of this manor." He said before sighing, "I want my freedom."

Pere nodded, "Yes, I can understand how being forbidden to leave the manor would cause you to feel that way." He then looked Luke straight in the face, "But it's an order from His Majesty himself. You'll need to wait a little longer… until you come of age." He then turned back to the flowers, "I'm sure you're used to these flowers by now, but I still hope they can warm your heart." And with that said, Pere went back to his flowers.

Luke turned and walked the other way and enter the one of the manor's hallways, the one closest to the servants quarters and headed to the Entrance Hall. He walked over to Ramdas, who was quick to inform the Young Master of a visitor, "The Order of Lorelei Maestro Dorian General Van Grants will be arriving soon."

Luke looked confused, "What? Master Van's coming?" He said while crossing his arms, "It's not a training day."

"I've heard he's here on urgent business." Ramdas said. "I was told they'll be calling you later, Young Master, so please wait in your room."

Luke looked at him very annoyed. "Stop calling me 'young' already."

Ramdas shuck his head, "No, until you reach maturity at age 20, I shall continue to refer to you as Young Master." As Luke stormed over to the door Ramdas turned and looked at him once more, "Young Master… Please stop fraternizing with the gardener, Pere. It isn't fit for you to be speaking to one of his status."

"I know, I know. Sheesh. And quiet giving me orders." Luke hissed as he started to leave the room.

"My apologies." Ramdas replied.

Luke head back to his room, bored to death from being cooped up in the manor, but something was making the day a bit more interesting for him, and that was Van, even though he didn't know why Van was showing up all he could think about was maybe they could train today. As Luke entered his room he started to develop a strange headache once more, but it was no ordinary headache, for this time Luke was hearing voices.

'Luke, fragment of my soul, heed my voice.'

Luke fell to his knee, "…Argh! I knew it… It's that damn voice again!" He said in a pain filled voice.

"Luke! What is it? Not another one of those headaches?" Called a friendly voice.

"Guy… is that you?" Luke said, still kneeled over in pain, but soon the headache faded and Luke stood once more to see his friend standing in the window, "…It's okay. It's gone."

"You hearing things again?" Guy asked.

Luke nodded, "…I wish I knew what the hell is was. It's so annoying."

Guy turned and looked out the window, "They're getting more frequent. They started after you were kidnapped by the Malkuth Empire. What that, seven years now?"

Luke walked around to one side of his bed, "Thanks to them, not I'm going crazy."

Guy jumps out of the window, "Well, don't worry about it too much." Guy said before crossing his arms, "So, what do you want to do today? How about some sword practice?"

Luke put his hands on his hips, "Sorry, not today. Master Van's here."

Guy looked surprised and uncrossed his arms, "Van? But today's not a training day, is it?"

Luke shuck his head, "Apparently something came up."

Suddenly a knock came to the door, "Master Luke? May I come in?" Called a girls voice

Guy climbed back into the window, "Uh-oh. I can't let anyone see me here." Guy said in a worried tone, "I'm out of here before I get caught. See you." He said before giving a so long salute and jumping out the window.

"Master Luke?" Called the girl once more.

Luke turned to the door, "Yeah, yeah, I hear you. Come on it, it's open."

The maid walked in, "His Grace requests your presence in the drawing room."

Luke nodded, "All right. Dismissed." He watched as the maid bowed and left the room, "Guess I'll get going." Luke said before leaving his room, he headed back to the hallway he had ventured down earlier, but a noise caught his attention. He head the other way, towards the room where Pere and Guy slept at nights and entered the adjacent hallway only to see Guy cornered by two of the maids.

"Luke! Do something! Please!" Guy yelled.

The maid with ponytails started to giggle, "Oh, Guy, you're such a joker! You're going to go out with me later, right?"

Guy looked at the maid, "No, look, I've already told you, I can't really… I mean…"

The other maid looked disappointed, "Honestly, if you keep acting like that, you'll never get over your fear of women."

Guy lowered his arms and whispered to himself about passing out, and Luke took this as his time to slip away without a word. Luke headed down the hallway, into the Entrance Hall, and finally into the Drawing Room, "You wanted to see me, Father?"

Duke Fabre nodded, "Mmm. Have a set Luke."

Luke walked over and sat down in the open set next to Van and turned to him with a grin and asked, "Hey! Master Van! Do I get to train with you today?"

Van turned and looked at him, "We'll have time for that later. First, we have to talk about something."

Luke's father nodded, "Dorian General Grants is returning to Daath tomorrow."

Luke looked confused, "Huh? Why?"

Van closed his eyes, "You know I am a member of the Oracle Knights, part of the Order of Lorelei."

"You're their commandant, right?" Luke replied.

"Right, as the leader of the Knights, it is my duty to provide protection for Fon Master Ion."

Luke leaned back and propped his head up with his hand, "What's a 'Fon Master Ion'?"

Luke mother, Susanna, turned and looked at Luke, "He's the leader of the Order of Lorelei. It's thanks to Ion that the truce between the Malkuth Empire and our Kingdom of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear is in place."

"If Ion's predecessor, Evenos, is the hero who ended the Hod War, Van added, "then the current Fon Master is a symbol of the peace that reigns today."

"Unfortunately, Ion has gone missing." Duke Fabre added.

Van nodded, "There for I must attend to my duty as an Oracle Knight and join the search for Fon Master Ion."

Luke quickly sat up, "Hold on, you can't do that! If you go home, who's gonna train me?"

Van laughed, "Settle down. I'll have one of my men come here until I return to Kimlasca."

Luke pouted, "But I want YOU to teach me!"

Duke Fabre started to get angry, "Don't be selfish, Luke. Dorian General Grants will return soon enough. It's high time you learn some patience."

Susanna turned and looked at her husband, "Please, dear. You know what this child's been through. He's still traumatized from the kidnapping. He even lost his childhood memories… The poor thing. Don't you feel for him?"

"Susanna. You spoil him." Duke Fabre replied.

Van sighed, "Still a life locked inside a mansion like this is hardly easy."

Luke nodded, "Seriously. Why does my uncle have to keep me trapped in here? Just because he's the king, he thinks he can order people around. Makes me mad."

Susanna turned and looked at Luke, "Luke my brother is merely concerned for you safety. Just three more years, and you'll be free. Hold on a little longer, okay?"

Van turned and looked at Luke with a smile, "Cheer up, Luke. We'll train hard enough today to make up for the entire time I'm gone." Van then stood up, "Duke, Milady; by your leave. We must begin our training,"

As Luke stood up, Duke Fabre turned to Van, "Thank you, Dorian General."

Van looked at Luke once more, "I'll head on to the courtyard. come and join me as soon as you're ready." After telling Luke where he would be waiting Van bowed to the Duke and Susanna, than turned and left the room.

Luke stood up and started to follow Van, but stopped when his mother began to speak, "Luke, dear, please be careful out there."

"I know, I know. Jeez…" Luke somewhat complained. Luke then entered the hallway that lead to his parents room and head through the door leading to the courtyard.

Outside, Van and Guy were talking, "I see. Sounds like the Oracle Knights have it pretty rough."

Van paced slightly, "I'll have to leave everything to you for the time being. The Duke, the king, and Luke's-"

"Ah, Master Luke." Pere said as Luke came into view.

Van and Guy turned and faced Luke as he began to walk up, "Guy? What's up?"

Guy just smiled, "Well, Van's a master swords man, so I thought I'd ask for a little instruction."

Luke a face that screamed 'I don't believe you', "Really? That's not what it looked like to me." Luke suddenly felt one of those strange headaches, 'What the…? Something's coming…?'

Inside a strange song will the air and all the guards fell into a deep sleep.

Back outside, Van was trying to get Luke's attention, "…Luke? Did you not hear me?"

Luke snapped out of it, "Huh? Oh, right?" He said before moving into position.

Van smiled, "Are you ready?"

"Yes, sir."

Guy turned and walked over to a bench, "I guess I'll just watch from over here. Let's see what you've got, Luke."

"Yeah, yeah." Luke said in a annoyed tone before drawing his sword and training with Van; they went over movement, attack patterns, defense, and Artes. "What's that?"

Suddenly that strange song filled the air and everyone fell to their knees, "That voice!" Van said grabbing his head lightly.

Luke tried to get up, "I… I can't move!"

Pere looked around, "That's a fonic hymn! Has a Seventh Fonist invaded the manor?"

Guy had managed to lean again a pillar, "Damn it… It's putting me to sleep… What the hell are the guards doing?"

A strange woman jumped of the balcony behind Van. "I finally found you Vandesdelca. Prepare to die, traitor!"

Van managed to move out of the way in time, "Tear! I knew it!" He said before trying to attack her, but she jumped out of the way and landed right infront of Luke.

"Who the hell are you?" Luke exclaimed before attacking.

Van noticed what was about to happen, "No! Stop!"

Tear block his attack, but their Seven Fonons started to react to each other, then suddenly the voice spoke to Luke once more, 'Resound…! The will of Lorelei shall reach you… and open the way!'

"Not that weird voice again…" Luke said in semi pain.

"The Seventh Fonon?" Tear said in shock.

The power generated by the Seventh Fonon was enough to teleport them clean out of the manor, "Too late… the Seventh Fonons have reacted with each other!" Van said in annoyment.

Location: Tataroo Valley, Night

"…uke…wak…" Called a female voice, "Wake up, Luke!"

Luke opened his eyes and looked at the woman, "…Who are you?"

Tear closed her eyes, "Oh, good, you're okay."

Luke looked around, "…Where are we?"

"I don't know. That was pretty strong." Tear replied. "I almost thought we'd been caught in the Planet Storm…"

Luke finally remembered what the woman was trying to do back at the manor, "Wait, that's right! You were trying to…!" He tried to get up. "Oww!"

"Stop," Tear said in concern, "don't try to move so suddenly. Are you injured? Where does it hurt?"

Luke pushed her away, stood up, and backed away from her, "I-I'm fine. What I want to know is what the hell happened. And who are you?"

Tear got up and walked closer to him, "I'm Tear. It would seem that a hyperresonance occurred between us."

"A hyperresonance? What's that?" Luke found himself asking.

Tear leaned in, "An isofon-induced resonance. I didn't expect you to be a Seventh Fonist, too. That was careless of me." She watched as Luke backed away, "That would explain why the royal family is protecting you."

"Gah, shut up for a second!" Luke said, all the information was giving him a natural headache. "I don't understand a thing you're saying!" He waited for a moment, but Tear remained silent. "Well say something!"

"First you tell me to shut up, now you're telling me to talk." Tear said in an annoyed tone. "Let's save the discussion for later." She turned her back to him. "You don't seem to know anything. Talking here would just be a waste of time." With that she started walking away, but stopped when Luke spoke up.

"So what are we gonna do now?" He asked.

"I'll escort you back to your manor in Baticul."

Luke became really annoyed, "How? We don't even know where we are!"

Tear pointed behind him, "You see the sea just over there, don't you?"

He looked back, "So that's what the sea looks like…"

Tear nodded, "At any rate, let's head out of this ravine and down to the coast." She then turned her attention to the road ahead, "If we can find a road, there should be carriages passing along. We should be able to find a way back."

He looked at her, "And just how are we supposed to get to the sea from here?"

Tear sighed, "Stop and listen. Hear that water flowing? There's a river. If we follow the river we should come out to the sea."

"…Huh." Luke looked a little confused, "Is that how it works."

"Let's go." Tear said as she walked down the path just a little ways with Luke close behind. A rustlings noise came from a bush in front of them, Tear put her arm infront of Luke, "…Monsters."

Luke looked around. "Monsters?"

Tear pulled out a knife, "Here they come!"

"You've got to be kidding me!" Luke yelled right as a large boar came out of the bush, "Aaah!" Luke quickly drew his sword when the monster got close and the two of them managed to fend off the monster. Luke gave a sigh of relief, "That wasn't so tuff." He said as he sat down.

"Don't relax just yet. Look. There's more." Tear said pointing out another monster. "If you come into contact with monsters like that, you'll have to fight them. Be careful."

"…Humph. Think you know everything, don't you?" Luke said in a huff. He quickly got up and the two of them fought there way to the river, along the way they found item that had been left there by people who either didn't want them to be found, or just throw away. As they made there way down the ledge, they saw a teenager with blue hair laying on the ground. "Looks like he got lost too." Luke said looking at him.

Tear sighed and walked over, "He must have collapsed. I'll try and heal him." She said before putting her hand on him, "O healing power... First Aid!" As soon as she finished talking, a strange light covered the boy, "There. He should be fine now."

"Arg." The boy sat up and grabbed his head, "That was some landing. Hey guys you-" He looked around and noticed that the only people around weren't the people he was trying to talk to. "Umm. Sorry, I was talking to some friends who don't appear to be here." He said as he slowly got to his feet, "Where am I?"

"Sorry. We don't now where we are either." Tear said as she stood up.

"Well that doesn't help…" Said the blue haired teenager, "Oh! I'm Fayt, Fayt Leingod." He said extending his hand.

Tear shuck his hand, "Hello Fayt. I'm Tear."

Fayt looked at Luke, "And you are?"

"I'm Luke, Luke fon Fabre." He said as he crossed his arms.

Fayt looked a bit surprised, "Is he always like that?" He said as he looked at Tear.

Tear shrugged, "I'm not sure. We've only just met."

Fayt looked around, "Did you see anyone else out here?" He watched as Tear shuck her head, "I see. I wonder if the other landed in different locations?" He said pondering the idea of how they were separated. "Do you mind if I accompany you two? At least until I find my friends."

Before Luke could say anything Tear nodded in agreement, "It'll be fine."

Luke gave an annoyed look, "Just don't slow us down. Especially when it comes to fighting the monsters!"

Fayt placed his hand on his broadsword, "Don't worry, I have plenty of combat experience."

Luke gave him a strange look and walked past him, "Come on. Let's go!"

The three of them made their way down the rest of the ledge and stopped at leave ground. Suddenly more rustling could be heard, "…Be careful. There's more than one of them this time."

Luke glance back, "…No way!" He quickly drew his weapon as three small plant-like enemies ran up.

Fayt drew his sword and lunged at the enemies, taking them down without a problem. This left the other a bit dumbfounded. He turned and looked at them, "Is something wrong?"

Tear shuck her head, "It just seems that you're more powerful than us."

Fayt put his sword away and rubbed the back of his head, "I guess that could be true." He looked around, "The cost is clear for now, let's try and get out of here."

The others nodded and continued to follow the path, until it came to a small open area. "There's the way out!" Tear said.

Luke, looking somewhat exhausted, place one hand on his hip and replied, "It's about time. I'm sick of this place."

Fayt looked at him, "You act as if you've never traveled before."

"I've been confined to the manor. I haven't traveled anywhere else, at least since the kidnapping." He looked down, "And I'm not sure I did any traveling before then, I lost my memories from that event back."

Fayt wanted to question the kidnapping, but thought it best not to open old wounds.

"Someone's coming." Tear said as she hear footsteps.

A man walked up carrying a bucket of water, when he saw them he stopped, "Uah! D-don't tell me you're with the Dark Wings!"

"The Dark Wings?" Tear said, slightly confused.

"They're bandits. Two men and a woman…" He said looking at the three of them.

Luke began to get annoyed, "Humph. Don't go comparing me to some bandit." He said while waving his arm.

"…Yes, you might upset the bandits." Tear said, getting a small chuckle from Fayt.

Luke turned and looked at the two of them, "Hey!"

Tear, completely ignoring him, walked forward, "We lost our way and wound up here. Who are you?"

Luke and Fayt walked up as the man began to speak, "I'm a coachman. One of the wheels on my coach started acting up." He lifted the bucket he was carrying, "We lost our drinking water when the jug fell off, so I came here to draw some more."

Fayt looked at the river, "I guess it was lucky you were passing by here then."

The coachman nodded, "The next body of water is the ocean. We can't drink that."

Luke looked at Fayt before looking at the coachman, "A coach! Perfect!"

Tear sighed, "Do you go to the capital?"

The coachman nodded, "Yeah, that's my last stop."

Luke turned to the others and thumbed at the man, "Let's hitch a ride! I'm sick of walking."

Tear nodded, "Yes, we don't know this area very well. Would that be all right with you?"

Fayt crossed his arms, "And if so, how much will it cost?"

The coachman stopped to think, "To the capital, it'll be 12,000 Gald a piece. You got enough on you?"

Tear crossed her arms and looked down, "That's expensive…"

Fayt nodded in agreement, "Sorry I can't help you with money, one of my friends carries all the money we've got and I dough it'll be of any uses here."

"Really? Sounds cheap to me." Luke said looking at them, then turning to the man, "My dad'll take care of it when we get to the capital."

The coachman shuck his head, "That's no good. I need payment in advance."

Tear thought for a moment, "…Take this." She said as she walked over to the man and handed him a very expensive looking necklace.

"Wow, this is some gem. All right, hop aboard." He said as he turned to get the water.

Luke looked happy, "Huh… You got some nice stuff. Now I don't have to get my shoes all dirty."

Tear just looked at him annoyed, Fayt however just sighed, "Well now we have a method of transpiration, be it only to the capital." He slowly walked toward the area where the coach was parked, "I'm going on ahead."

Luke ran past him, "I want to be the first one in!"

Tear looked up at the sky, then followed the men out as well.

Location: Field

The left the valley and night slowly faded to day. As they made their way across a long bridge they heard explosions. Luke quickly woke up, "…Wh-what was that?" They made it off the bridge and were passed by another coach, but it was being shot at. Luke started looking out the window at the other coach.

Tear looked at him, "You're finally awake."

But Luke wasn't listening, "H-hey! That coach is under attack!"

"The army's chasing those bandits!" Said the coachman from up front, "It's those Dark Wings I mistook you for!"

Suddenly a voice came from the large land ship that was attacking the Dark Wings, "You, there! Move your coach unless you want to get caught in the crossfire!" The coach moved out of the way, nearly causing Luke to fall from the window.

Inside the land ship one of the men called out to their commanding officer, "Commander! Enemy has crossed Rotelro Bridge! They're putting gunpowder on the bridge!"

The commander just smiled, "My, my. They intend to drop the bridge, do they?"

"Fon Slot activation detected!"

"The enemy set off fonic artes using the Fifth Fonon! The bridge is going to explode!"

"Tartarus, full stop. Activate fonic barrier." The commander replied quickly.

"Yes, sir! Tartarus, full stop!"

"Fonic Barrier activated!"

Barrier at full power, they pulled to a complete stop just short of the bridge, which was now falling into the sea.

"Whoa! That was cool!" Luke said, still looking out the window, that is, until Tear pulled him back to his seat.

"Wow! That's Malkuth's newest land dreadnought, the Tartarus!" Said the coachman in aw.

"M-Malkuth? What's the Malkuth military doing hanging around here?"

"What do you mean? Of course they're here." Replied the coachman. "There's been no end to the rumor that Kimlasca's going to start a war any day now. They've tightened security in this area."

"I take it we weren't supposed to head this way?" Fayt whispered.

Tear was somewhat shocked, "…Wait a minute. This isn't Kimlasca?"

"What are you talking about? This is the Malkuth Empire. The West Rugnica Plains."

Luke jumped up, "Hang on! I though this coach was heading for the capital, Baticul!"

"Nope, Grand Chokmah- capital of Malkuth and home to His Imperial Majesty, Peony the Ninth."

Tear looked down with her eyes closed, "…Hmm, I was mistaken."

Fayt looked between them, "Looks like we went the wrong way, hu?"

Tear nodded, "Unfortunately, yes."

"How can you two be so calm about it?" Luke said looking between the two of them, "How could you make a mistake like that?"

Fayt looked at him, "You wouldn't believe me. Just trust me when I say I don't know any landmarks from neither Kimlasca or Malkuth."

Then Tear turned and looked at him when he sat down in a huff, "I didn't recognize the area. What's your excuse?"

"Like I said before, I've been confined to the manor. I've never been outside. How the hell should I have known?" Luke said, complete pissed, and not wanting to explain himself again.

"You're sure acting strange. Are you two Kimlascan?"

Tear looked up, "N-no. We're from Malkuth. We have business in Baticul. We were on our way there."

"Talk about bald-faced…" Luke said under his breath.

"That's the other direction, then." Said the coachman. "If you're going to Kimlasca, you should've taken the road south, rather than crossing the bridge." He stopped for a moment before speaking up again, "Mind you, with that bridge out, you can't go back now…"

"Are you serious? NOW what do we do?" Luke complained.

Fayt stopped to think for a moment, "How about we stop at the next town and find out if there's a boarder? Maybe we can get across there."

"Well, my next stop is Engeve. Then it's on to Grand Chokmah. What do you want to do?" Asked the coachman.

Tear looked between the boys, "If we go all the way to Grand Chokmah, we'll just wind up farther away. Let's stop at Engeve, like Fayt suggested, and think about how to get back to Kimlasca."

Luke sat there for a moment, "We'll walk to Engeve and see the sights along the way."

The coachman nodded, "Engeve is to the east of here. Take care, now." He said as he pulled to a stop and let them off. "Well, I guess we follow the road."

Fayt nodded, "If the path to Engeve is well traveled, there should be a fork in the road or a sign saying what direction it is."

Tear nodded, "Fayt's got a point. People will most likely have a sign out showing the direction to Engeve."

Luke looked a bit annoyed, "Hello, my idea, remember?" Tear and Fayt looked at Luke, then started walking off. "H-hey!" Luke yelled before running after them. The three of them made there way down the path, fighting monster on random occasions, until Luke began to whine, "Man, I'm hungry."

Tear looked at Luke, "Hmm, yes, let's stop to rest. I'll make something to eat."

Luke looked at her, "What? You?"

Tear looked annoyed, "Yes."

Fayt shuck his head, "Let's see what we've got."

Tear looked at him, "All I have is rice."

Luke looked between them, "What? You both cook?"

Fayt nodded, "I'm not the best cook of my group, but I'm not as bad as Albel."

"Uh huh…" Luke said, not really believe him.

Tear quickly used the rice to make some homemade rice balls. "All right, let's eat."

Fayt picked up one and right before he was about to take a bit, Luke open his big mouth, "'Let's eat'… you mean that's it?"

Fayt looked at him annoyed, "Be glade you have something to eat. Stop being so picky."

Luke looked at Fayt, "Hey. Did I ask for your opinion?"

Tear looked between the two boys, "At least Fayt has manners…"

Luke looked down at the rice balls, "What the heck is this…?"

"…Rice balls." Said the other in unison.

"I can see that by looking at it!" Luke exclaimed. "First you talk like you're going to cook a real dinner, and then all you make is balls of rice."

"Didn't you hear her? It was all she had on her," Fayt said, defending Tear. "And besides, I don't see you carrying any food."

Tear nodded, "Besides it the only recipe we have right now. We have to make do."

Luke finally gave up, "Fine, whatever. Let's just eat and get moving." He said as he picked up a rice ball, "Maybe we can find something decent to eat in Engeve."

Fayt just sighed, 'At least while he's eating he can't talk.'

The group quickly ate the rice balls and started following the path again. They eventually came to a fork in the road with a pair of signs, each pointing to a different path. Tear walked up to the sign, read it, and pointed in to the east, "That way."

Luke sighed, "At least we're closer now. I haven't seen anything interesting this entire trip."

Fayt looked at him, "Well at least it's peaceful, for the most part."

The group started to follow the other path until a small village came into view, "This must be Engeve." Fayt said looking it. The village was surrounded by fields, "Looks like it's a farming community."

Luke just shrugged, "Let's hurry up and get there!" He said before running off.

Fayt looked at Tear, "Oh well. Impatient, isn't he?"

Tear nodded, "Yes, he is." She said before they started running after Luke.