Disclaimer: I do not own either the Symphoy of the Ages, or Man, and I am not making any money off of this story.

Author's not: This is my first fanfiction, so I apologize if the characters seem a little (or a lot, I guess...) OOC. The character Minuet is of my own creation, but using the rules of SotA, so even she doesn't belong to me, not really.

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The steady waltz of the horses three beat gate pounded in the Minuet's ears as the princess raced for the rift in the space-time continuum. As she passed a group of travelers on the road, they caught a bare fraction of the curses flying out of the namer's mouth, cursing her both her luck and the accursed demon she was chasing. She knew she was already too late to stop the creature from contaminating another world (she had Meridian to thank for that knowledge), but the faster she arrived, the faster she'd be able to contain the damage. Praying to the All Father that she wasn't already too late, she pounded on through the forest to the place where the House of Remembrance once stood.

Pausing for a moment to stare in awe at the pulsating mass of white and blue light so reminiscent of Meridian's time spools, she steeled herself for the hardships to come. Before plunging right ahead, however, she made sure her instruments were secured and well protected from any trauma they might suffer from the trip to... wherever she was going. She sincerely hoped that it wasn't anywhere particularly nasty, but she couldn't choose where it dropped her off, could she? At least if it was somewhere uninhabitable, she wouldn't have to worry about the F'dor anymore, would she? Taking a deep breath, she urged her horse into the rift, and let it take her wherever it lead.

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"The rift is located on the Scottish Highlands, right here." Komui indicated the exact position on the map that he kept in his heinously disorganized office. "We've never seen anything like it before, so be careful. It may be caused by Innocence, but it may also be a trap by the the Millennium Earl."

"So that's why your sending me, the moyashi (It's ALLEN!), and the old panda- AAH!" And then there were two instead of three exorcists standing in front of Komui's desk, since Bookman had just rendered his apprentice unconscious. Still, the redhead's question was valid.

"Exactly. I would send Linalee as well, but she and Kanda haven't returned from their mission yet. If you need reinforcements, call and I'll send them as soon as they return. Here are the reports, so study them on your way. Good luck." Komui handed each of them a black, leather bound set of reports and left them to their preparations, praying that he wasn't sending them into an ambush. The next morning, the three exorcists set out after what they hoped would be another fragment of Innocence.