Heyo people! I wrote this on a rather whimsical whim. Tell me what you think?

Thanks to NotAnotherBadEnd for glancing this over like the wonderful older sis she is. Not because she's obsessed with Abyss. Nope! Definitly not the reason...

((Please note my sarcasm. Unless your NotAnotherBadEnd. You, NABE, should get a life. (No that does not mean steal mine.))

Chapter 1: Time Travel is so overrated!

Luke sighed. Time travel wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

In fact, it just made everything incredibly awkward.

"Luke? Is something wrong?" Ah! He had to quit forgetting about Tear!

"I'm fine!" She raised an eyebrow. Had he really looked that deep in thought? "Honestly! I was just in deep thought... about stuff..." Great. Now she really looked skeptical. He totally had deep thoughts. Sometimes.

"If you say so..." Tear continued walking with an air of 'Don't wanna know not gonna ask'.

They were almost at the Liger nest now and Luke needed some new ideas. Unless they found a way to relocate it, Areietta would hunt them down again to avenge 'Mommy', and they would be facing a repeat of Choral Castle...

...stupid flying monsters...

"Master! There's a strong presence ahead!" Mieu piped up from atop of his head. Another new event. Mieu hadn't noticed the Liger Queen's presence until they were on top of her last time. Was it more active for whatever reason this time around?

"Thank you Mieu. Is it a Liger?"

Mieu shook his head. "I can't tell. Its either a reaaalllllly big Liger, or something... else..."

"Something else?" Ion questioned.

"Yeah, what do you-" Wait. Oh sweet Lorelei! (Wait... swearing to his other self? Who was he supposed to pray to or swear at then!?)

His old reflexes of protecting Ion without conscious thought had merged with memories of time spent fighting without him. He had totally forgotten Ion was with them as well!

Somewhat unrelatedly, Ion would do so well as a ninja... Probably why Sync was one now that he thought about it.

"Its probably the Liger Queen. Let's get a move on." Tear mumbled.

They hiked through a few more thickets and over hills and giant tree roots, skillfully evading the odd local fauna. Oddly it wasn't nearly as suicidally aggressive against armed travelers as per usual, but Luke couldn't remember if the Queen had caused something similar last time they had entered the Cheagle Woods.

And that's when s*** hit the fan. They had found, (or in Luke's case re-found. He hadn't gotten lost! Just turned around like seven or eight times... It wasn't his fault! It wasn't like the group had ever gone back to this area!) The roar of an irritated Liger echoed throughout the forest. Great! They were almost to fighting the Liger Queen. How was he supposed to keep it from killing them, or them from killing it? Or the eggs from being smashed? He COULD ask for another powerful being's help. But that wouldn't exactly work, as he had only met a few of them from different places, before Lorelei had sent him hurtling through time. Wait. He was Lorelei, so how did-

"...On second thought, I don't want to know." Luke ducked a tree root with a disgruntled mutter.

"Hmm? Something wrong Luke?" Tear asked. She was a lot more inquisitive this time around, not to mention her posture had relaxed some. Probably had something to do with him not acting his age like last time. (Ugh. Time travel vocabulary. Did this make him 14? In that case, it would be a weird thing not to act his age. On second thought, it wasn't worth the headache.)

"Nothing! That roar sounded close, is all." Luke waved off her concern and glanced at Ion. "Be careful, alright Ion?"

"Thank you for your concern Luke. We should all be extra cautious from here on out." Ion replied.

'Like we didn't try that last time!' Luke mentally screamed. Might as well get this over with...

Reviews? I'm horrible at beginings, but I'm making an effort I swear!

Whelp, that's all for now folks!

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