WARNING::
This fanfiction will eventually contain spoilers for the following games; Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Graces f, and Tales of Symphonia! This is a fair warning to everyone and if you do not wish to be spoiled, then please don't read this! I will not address any messages or reviews that point out the fact that it spoils the games!
It was late in the evening as a young girl moved quietly through the beautiful plains. The hills seemed to roll on forever in all directions except for the one behind her. Day slowly faded to night as the blood red sky was dotted with the glistening of stars and the moon came into full appearance. The moon was nearly full and the girl was sure that the next night would give her a full moon.
"This place gets lonelier with every passing day…" She muttered to herself, kicking a rock she had found a few feet back before she had crossed onto the plains. The girl saw a pond coming up as she kept walking and decided it would be a calming place to take a rest at. Once she was only a few feet from the water's edge she laid down and stretched out. "But it's becoming a normal feeling…"
As she sat in her silence, she watched the evening birds fly through the air and land on a branch in the tree by the water side. The girl was wearing faded red shorts that were about six inches above her knees, a green tank-top that exposed about an inch of her stomach, and had a net-like shirt over the other shirt. Various belts hung loosely above her hips and a black scarf was wrapped around her neck, the ends hanging down over her shoulders.
She had beautiful white-blonde hair that she had put up in a clip and on her back were strange angel wing-like things. They weren't actual wings but more like an accessory as they were attached to a belt that was tightened around her upper stomach. Her icy blue eyes glistened in the moonlight and her pale white skin shined beautifully.
Just as she got comfortable, a strange light shot through the sky straight for a forest to the east; the direction she had come from. She stood up and saw the light explode into something but brighter as it crashed into the forest. "A shooting star…?" She muttered to herself warily. As she took a few steps forward, another light suddenly shot across and exploded on contact with the ground just beside the tree at the pond.
The girl let out a shrill scream and shielded her eyes from the blinding light. She took a few steps forward as the light began to slowly fade and eventually, she made out the silhouette of someone's body. Once the light was completely good, it was obvious it was an older boy dressed in a black robe-like outfit and had long black hair.
As she ran around the pond to get a closer look at the boy he slowly began to roll down the hill towards the pond. The girl immediately grabbed not the back of the boy's clothes but felt herself falling as well and reacted by holding onto a tree root to keep them on the ground. He was absolutely deadweight and the girl was having trouble pulling him up but she managed to drag him up the hill and onto same ground.
She took a deep breath and turned the boy onto his back so she could get a better look at him. As she looked the boy over, he showed no signs of waking up so she took a quick glance around the area and saw that in the near distance there was a rock face with a save cut into it. The cave was a place the girl had gone often when she went walking through the plains at night; it was a safe shelter.
Slipping her arms underneath the boy's, she stood and began dragging him across the ground towards the cave. The amount of strength it had taken for the girl to pull the boy across just half the distance was incredible due to her small stature. However, she pressed forward and did her best to pull him across.
When the boy came to his senses, he saw the young girl with her back to him. Slowly, he got up and drew his sword pointing it at the girl. She heard the clinking of metal and turned to look at him, sock blowing over her face as she was met with the blade. "W-What are you doing?!" She shouted, "Please don't kill me!"
Once he realized that the other person was only a little girl, he seemed to relax and little and lowered the blade and checked his surroundings but then focused on the girl again. "Who are you?" He asked. "Where am I?"
She took her time answering the questions and only smiled at first, appearing quite carefree. "You drop into my world as a stranger and ask me who I am? That's a little rude, I think." She chuckled a little. "My name's Alice; and truth be told, I have no clue what this place if called." Alice turned to look at him, "And who might you be?"
"Yuri Lowell." He answered shortly as he sheathed his blade and stood, walking out of the cave and shielded his eyes from the sunlight. "You said that you don't know what this place is called? How's that possible; you live here don't you?" Yuri turned to her as he took a few more steps back into the sunlight.
Alice followed him with her sword in its sheathe, "Well, I'm the only one here." She explained, "Well, except for you of course. You're actually the first person I've seen in a very long time; all the others are gone. I don't know where they've gone…" She sighed, gazing over the uninhabited area of the plains.
He seemed quite surprised by Alice's words and glanced down at her. "Oh, I see…" Yuri scratched the back of his head as he found he was at a loss for words. "Does… Does it ever get lonely? Being all by yourself; especially when you're so young, must be tough on you."
She didn't say anything at first but slowly stood next Yuri, "Well, I guess it gets lonely sometimes but once you get used to it, being by yourself isn't so bad." Alice looked down at her feet. "Besides, me being alone is my entire fault." She saw Yuri was going to ask her what she meant but quickly changed subject. "I can tell that the way you're acting isn't what you normally act like. Just act yourself, I won't mind if you turn out to be a rude jerk."
Yuri laughed, "Well, alright then." He seemed a little amused by the girl. "You actually remind me of an old friend of mine. Do you know anyone by the name of Flynn Scifo?" When Alice shook her head, he sighed. "I guess that was a stupid question; you said you haven't seen anyone in a long time so why would you know Flynn? I was only asking because you kind of look like an albino-female version of him."
Alice laughed, "I'll have to meet this Flynn someday." It was the first time Yuri had seen the girl smile but he could tell it wasn't an honest smile. "You have an old friend, huh?" Yuri nodded, "Then I suppose you'll want to go back home, right?"
"Oh, don't get me wrong; it's nothing personal." Yuri sighed, "I just have things to do back home on my own… 'Planet'. And it's not because of Flynn either." He seemed to find the notion of going back before of Flynn funny. "That guy's not worth leaving a girl all alone on her own little world. But I have a dog that'll need to be taken care of and an entire population that'll miss me." He smirked.
She seemed saddened by the fact that Yuri had so much to get back to and sighed. "I'm sorry, Yuri but…" She trailed off, "I don't know how to get you out of here. Trust me, I'm saying that just because I want you to stay with me; but honestly, if I knew a way out of here, I would've left by now." Alice began walking towards the pond where she had found Yuri.
Yuri followed and as they finally came to the pond, he sat down by the tree. "You know, this is where I found you." Alice began. "There was a shooting star and then there you were; out cold and falling into the pond."
"Wait, if you found me here, how did I get over there in the cave?" Yuri wondered aloud.
"I carried you, of course." She laughed, "Well, dragged you might be a more appropriate term to use." Alice kicked a pebble in the water. "You're kind of heavy, you know that, right?" Yuri was still trying to wrap his mind around the fact that a small girl had been able to even drag him across; not that he was big, it's just unnatural for a small girl to have such strength. "Anyways, the light I said that appeared where I found you… Another one landed in that forest over there." She pointed to the Eastern area.
Without a word, Yuri stood, holding the string attached to his sword's sheathe as he continued towards the forest. He looked over his shoulder when he didn't hear the footsteps of Alice following him and he sighed, "You said another light shot over there, right?" He pointed, "Well, then come on. We can at least try a find out what it was."
Alice hesitated, "But Yuri, that forest… There's…" She protested but he had already continued without her.
Yuri shot a grin over towards Alice, "Look, if you don't want to come then you can stay here." He replied, "I'll be sure to come back for you." She waited while watching Yuri as he showed no signs of waiting for the younger girl. Finally, she took a deep breath and chased after him.
Well everyone, thank you for reading the first chapter of a fanfic that I hope to keep going after it obtains enough views for my liking! It might be awhile before I update as I have to finish Vesperia before I can go too far. And for those who read 'Tales of Graces f: Could One Change?', please take note that although this character has the name Alice, she is by no means related to the Alice from the previously mentioned fanfiction. So the existance of Alice from said fanfiction is not mentioned or hinted to at all during the course of this fanfiction!
Also, as a warning this fanfic will contain spoilers for the following games; Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Graces f, Tales of Symphonia, and Tales of the Abyss.