Hey guys! I would like to present you my second story. Tales of Asteria: Grand Voyage! It takes place in an alternate universe of the Tales franchise from 2004 to 2010-11. Hope you liked it.
Tales of Asteria: Grand Voyage
Summary: Once upon a time, there were seven kingdoms united as one: Altea, Roxas, Rohan, Yilsse, Edo, Silvia and Arctica since the founding of the Great Alliance. However, Roxas, the kingdom known for its military might and vast fortune, betrayed the Alliance and declared war to gain supremacy, starting with conquering Altea – its neighboring country, and eradicating its royal family power: the Lhants. For the last seven years, Roxas has conquered half of Arus (the Earth for this series), with only Rohan and Yilsse the only kingdoms standing in its way. This story tells the tale of Asbel Lhant, an eighteen year-old knight and exiled crown prince of Altea, who miraculously survived the tragedy years ago, must now fight Roxas and reclaim his kingdom and birthright, working alongside a band of ten talented Artes users and warriors, in order to restore balance to the world, while conquering his own darkness within.
Prologue
It is nighttime in the controlled city of Altea, the once proud kingdom of liberty and honor, now a conquered land controlled by Roxas, where its citizens are slaves, their culture dishonored, and their rations overused by the Roxas military.
Anyone can come in, but those who betray the Roxas Empire will never come out.
In an alleyway, a cloaked person successfully escaped watch and looked at the once beloved city one last time.
"I'll be back. And when I get help, I'll save our kingdom!" A voice thought.
The cloaked figure quickly left, leaving its old life behind to find help.
XXX
Two days later, the cloaked person stationed at a local town off the coast, currently inside a motel room.
The person took off the hood of the cloak, revealing to be a teen female of below average height, with fair skin, brown eyes, long pink hair that falls down to her shoulders in a wavy style, with two black ribbons tied on the top sides of her hair.
Her name is Cheria Barnes.
Cheria took a deep breath and looked to the sky, wishing for a miracle.
Cheria sighed.
"I can't let my kingdom down. It needs me." Cheria thought.
Cheria went to the bathroom to get changed.
XXX
Outside, her motel is being watched by a few Roxas soldiers with no one noticing.
"That's her." A Roxas soldier said.
"We should inform his Majesty about this." Another Roxas soldier explained.
"Agreed." A third Roxas soldier said.
"You two stay here with me until tomorrow. The third should go on horseback to deliver the message." A Roxas captain explained.
"Right!" The three Roxas soldiers hollered in unison.
The soldiers began their jobs, the captain glared at the motel with determination.
"You will be our captive to His Majesty, Cheria Barnes." The Roxas captain thought.
XXX
The next day…
Cheria wakes up, dressed in a white nightgown, black boyshorts, and her hair let loose with a yawn.
"Better not stay to long." Cheria thought.
Cheria got up and proceed to go bathroom.
She stopped for a minute to look at a silver pendant with an azure gem in the center on top of her room dresser.
She gave a solemn look; saddened for the one person she admired died in the accident seven years ago.
XXX
Through a flashback seven years ago, a young Cheria was given the same pendant from a young boy with reddish-brown hair, blue eyes, and dressed in a white and cyan long sleeve shirt, black pants and white shoes at a royal garden.
"Here – for you." The young boy said, during a flashback.
The younger Cheria gasped with joy.
"Really?!" Young Cheria asked in a surprised manner, during a flashback.
"Consider it a gift – a sign of our bond." The young boy explained, during a flashback.
(A/N: Or possible romance!)
The younger Cheria hugged the young red head, making him blush.
"Thank you, Asbel-kun!" Young Cheria hollered, during a flashback.
The young boy named Asbel was a little shocked, but returned the hug.
"Your welcome." Asbel said, during a flashback.
XXX
The flashback ended, with Cheria clutching the pendant from the desk and holding it tight to her chest.
"Asbel-kun…" Cheria thought, deeply saddened that Asbel died in that fire seven years ago.
Cheria began to head to the bathroom to get changed.
However, she noticed something wrong when the sun came up.
She ducked as a bullet came through the window and hit the wall.
Cheria's eyes widened with shock.
"No way! They found me!" Cheria thought.
"Cheria Barnes! By order of the Kingdom of Roxas, you are hereby under arrest for treason!" The Roxas captain explained.
XXX
Outside, the captain stands firm with at least 20 soldiers on guard.
XXX
Cheria needed to think of a plan.
"I gotta get them away from the motel!" Cheria thought.
With quick thinking, Cheria used her powers to blast a hole through her motel bathroom, revealing the open back.
"Time to run." Cheria said.
Quickly grabbing her belongings, Cheria quickly bolted.
The soldiers noticed this and quickly gave chase.
"After her!" The Roxas captain hollered.
The soldiers followed their captain as they chased Cheria through the streets, causing commotion as pedestrians quickly fled from the fight.
XXX
Hearing the commotion in a small food market, people all over are either running away or moving towards the scene.
"What the hell's going on?!" A male civilian asked.
"Some kind of commotion at the motel a few blocks out!" A female civilian hollered.
"I heard from some Roxas punks that they have Cheria Barnes cornered." An older male civilian explained.
"Cheria Barnes of the Altea Kingdom?!" Two female civilians exclaimed in unison.
"You can't be serious?!" Another male civilian exclaimed.
Sitting at a round table are three teenage figures (two male and one female) dressed in ragged cloaks with hoods.
"Did you hear that?" A female voice asked.
"Yeah." A male voice replied.
The second male became silent.
"Guess I have no choice." The second male thought.
The second male got up from the table and grabbed the sword next to him.
"You going?" The first male asked.
"Can't stay dead forever, can't I?" The second male replied.
The female sighed.
"Let's go." The female said.
The three began to move.
XXX
- Blessed Blades! – Cheria shouted.
Cheria summoned a white sphere that released two daggers at the Roxas soldiers, knocking half of the battalion out.
However, the captain and ten other soldiers evaded the attack.
"You missed!" The Roxas captain hollered.
Cheria gritted her teeth.
The Roxas captain began to attack Cheria.
- Fleetfoot! – Cheria shouted.
Cheria enhanced her evasion time, allowing her to dodge the captain's sword with ease.
The soldiers fired their rifles at Cheria, but she continued to dodge thanks to Fleetfoot's effect.
The effects soon worn off, which gave a soldier the opportunity to take a shot at her foot.
The shot caused Cheria to fall down hard.
"This is bad…" Cheria thought.
Cheria was soon met with a sword near her neck.
"It's over, girl." The captain said.
Cheria began to close her eyes for the worst.
Before the sword can make contact, it was intercepted by a cloaked figure wielding a sheathed sword.
"What?!" The captain exclaimed.
The figure slightly turned his head to see Cheria.
"You alright, Cheria?" The cloaked figure asked.
Cheria was a little confused.
"H-How do you know my name?" Cheria asked.
The cloaked figure smiled.
"Don't worry. This will be over." The cloaked figure replied.
"Who the hell are you?!" A soldier asked, in an angry manner.
"Kill him!" Another soldier hollered.
The cloaked figure knocked the captain with a side kick and charged at the soldiers.
The soldiers fired their weapons with fury.
The figure effortlessly deflected every last one with his sheathed sword.
The soldiers were shocked.
"How's he doing that?!" A soldier exclaimed.
The cloaked figure quickly disappeared before reappearing in front of them.
The soldiers didn't have time to react.
- Wolfwind Fang! – The cloaked figure shouted.
The cloaked figure attacked with an upward whirlwind slash that ends with a right kick, knocking all the soldiers out.
The attack also lifted his hood off, revealing the person's head.
Cheria became shocked by recognizing the person's hair color.
"It can't be…" Cheria thought.
The figure revealed to be Asbel Lhant, Crown Prince of Altea and young swordsman, who thought had died in the fire seven years ago.
The captain became shocked.
"Prince Lhant?!" The captain exclaimed.
"Time to give you Roxas dogs the beating you deserve." Asbel explained.
Asbel began to draw his sword.
The captain attacked Asbel in a fury.
Swords clashed violently in a contest of swordplay, but Asbel is revealed to be an opponent of no equal.
The captain was getting overpowered.
"Say goodnight." Asbel said.
- Demon Fang! – Asbel shouted.
Asbel fired a ground projectile from the sword at the captain, knocking him out in one shot.
Asbel sighed and sheathed his sword.
"Guess I'll be hunted now." Asbel said.
Asbel soon turned to see Cheria, still shocked to see him alive all this time.
"A-Asbel-kun?" Cheria asked.
"Cheria." Asbel said.
With the Crown Prince's sudden return, the time to reclaim Altea has finally come.
The war is just beginning.
Preview Skit:
Cheria: Asbel-kun… is it really you?
Asbel: Yeah.
Cheria: I thought you died?
Asbel: Cheria, I-
Cheria soon became silent and left the scene quickly.
Asbel became saddened a bit.
Asbel: Cheria…
Asbel: Next time: Chapter 1 – Reunions and Meetings.
Asbel: See you next chapter.
Did you enjoy it? And here are the characters from different Tales series that will act as the protagonist party in the story.
*Asbel Lhant (Tales of Graces)
*Cheria Barnes (Tales of Graces)
*Yuri Lowell & Repede (Tales of Vesperia)
*Luke fon Fabre (Tales of the Abyss)
*Mieu (Tales of the Abyss)
*Sophie Lhant (Tales of Graces)
*Tear Grants (Tales of the Abyss)
*Rita Mordio (Tales of Vesperia)
*Jade Curtiss (Tales of the Abyss)
*And Liu Armstrong (A Tales Series OC based off Young Justice's Mal Duncan)
More characters and terminology will be revealed as the story goes on.