Tales of the Abyss: The Shadow People
Middi: Hey people! Wassup? Ima bored so I decided to write a fic about one on my all time favorite Games, Tales of the Abyss! This will be a couple of chapters so you will have time to love it! Teehee! Okay Disclaimer Time. I don't own Tales of the Abyss, or the characters I do however own the plotline. This chappy one is the end of the first game, next chapter will be of MY story.
Jade: Yes yes that's all good but when did you plan on telling them that our 'ahem' friend Lu-"
Middi: How would you know that Jade-sama?! He must be god! Teehee! *Attacks Jade with glomp*(nonsexual)
Middi: Ah right! This is in Tear's perspective, and unless I change it, it will ALWAYS be in Tear's perspective. *Middi says on top of Jade*
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"Tue rei ze croa riou tue ze. Croa riou ze tue riou rei neu riou ze. Va rei ze tue, neu tue riou tue croa. Riou rei croa riou ze rei va ze rei. Va neu va rei, va neu va ze rei. Croa riou croa neu tue rei, croa riou ze rei va. Rei va neu croa tue rei rei…"
As I finish my Grand Fonic Hymn I remember how much the song really means to me. In the absence of a certain red haired man, I truly learn the pain of being alone.
An entire year has passed, and nothing. He said he would return, and I believe him but…I miss him so much. Tataroo Valley is the same as the first time I saw it with him. The selenias were shining bright, and the moon was giving its rays of light to the destroyed Island of Hod. That's where I told him my feelings, and… where he sacrificed himself to free Lorelei from within Vandestelca. My beloved brother… With his long red hair, and his attitude gone, there was a giant gap to be filled with something. The something was his kindness, his strong will power, and the sense to do what's right.
"…You didn't come. I believe your presence was requested at Luke's coming of age ceremony at the Duke's manor." Said the ever vigilant princess Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear. She said the same thing they did, and I will tell her the same thing I told Guy and Anise when they showed up and asked me the same question. I turned slightly to her, so it wasn't apparent I was looking off into space. Looking for him…
"I'm not interested in some ceremony…in front of Luke's grave!..."
"…That's why the both of came here isn't it?" questioned Fon master Anise.
Yes. They're all here because he turns 18 years old today. I realized a long while ago how foolish I'd been acting. I've been sitting here every night since he left, then morning came and I went home, slept, ate, cried then came back here. It was a routine. Jade has been busy, making sure the treaty between Malkuth and Kimlasca have been holding strong, and destroyed any information regarding replication. No one would go through the pain that Luk-he…he did. He was personally being extra careful to eliminate any new threat to come under any radar. Guy was helping Emperor Peony with ruling Malkuth. And the royal duty of cleaning, feeding, and playing with his majesty's rappigs. He was also rebuilding an old mansion that belongs to the Gailardia name. Anise was reforming the Order of Lorelei. She became the first female Fon Master, and was supervising the burials of the seven fonstones. She ordered the entire legion of seventh fonists to stop reading the Score. Natalia was being a princess, keeping the balance between Kimlasca and Malkuth also. She has kept her promise, the one she gave Guy's sister that she would take care of the remaining replicas.
All the artes around the world have been greatly weakened; her fonic hymns however, for some strange reason now, have been gaining power. She spoke with her grandfather, Teodoro, and he too is very perplexed by this turn of events. He suspects that Lorelei has been giving back what has happened because of it.
"He said he'd be back so let the others sit around, tell stories at his grave. But I won't be joining them!" She knew Guy would say something along those lines, he was…is his best friend.
I've waited an entire year, every day I've waited in this valley, hoping he would come soon. Each and every day it was becoming less and less likely. She would wait forever, she promised him that, and she intended to keep it. She felt like such an idiot. She was showing too much emotion these days, she was a soldier; she must reign in her feelings to protect the innocent.
"…We should be heading back. The valley is dangerous at night." Jade was always the voice of reason.
For the past few weeks, my friends have been coming to pick me up from the valley, and then made sure I got home, slept and ate. There was still an empty void in my chest; nothing would fill it until he came back. Everyone already turned to leave, and I know I would have missed it if I was a couple of seconds faster.
There coming closer towards me, was the man I had been waiting on for an entire year.
There was my Luke Fon Fabre.