My sister said it isn't good to all these stories backed up like I do. And I said that the plot bunnies are every where! Did you know she didn't know what a plot bunny was?? Really, school always gives me ideas for some reason. Yeah? Well eat this Fratley(nickname for my sis), this is a story that has absolutely no plot! I'm just making it up as I go along. It's completely broken off from the game or anime, but the characters are the same. Well, there might be some sort of plot in here some where, but not right now. And by the time this story is done(which I'm hoping will be a very long time from now), it will be...the best story you ever read...

P.S. I messed up a lot of stuff in here, so Peony is no longer the Ninth, Guy is!!

I don't own ToA.

Read on!!

We're part of a story, part of a tale

We're all on this journey

No one is to stay

Where is it going

What is the way?

We're part of a story, part of a tale

Sometimes beautiful and sometimes insane

No one remembers how it began...

---Never-ending Story-Within Temptation

Luke sighed, blowing a loose strand of hair from his face. "Alright, come on Guy, let's try it again." he held his sword up in front of him as his student did the same, Gailardia the Ninth otherwise known as Guy, and son of the Grand Knight, Gailardia the Eighth.

"Can't..we have a break?" he panted.

"Not yet, we have to finish your training. You want to grow up strong like your father, don't you?" Luke said, preparing to lunge at the boy.

"...No..." Guy said shortly. "I don't want to be like my dad. I'm always in his shadow!"

"And you always will be, unless you can toughen up. People will always compare you to him, no matter what you do. So if that's how you feel, then show me what you an do!" Luke lunged.

Guy jumped back, holding his sword in front of him. "H-hey! I wasn't ready!"

"Battle doesn't wait for you!" Luke continued to swing his own sword."You have to be ready at moments notice!" with one final blow, he knocked Guy to the ground. Guy pulled himself to his feet, panting heavily as Luke finally sheathed his sword and crossed his arms. "Get some rest, we practice defence tactics tomorrow."

Guy glared at Luke's retreating back. "I'm not going to be in my father's shadow forever..." he gripped his sword tightly. "I don't need your help..."

...20 years later...

"Natalia? Where are you?" Tear called as she wandered the roads of Engave. "Natalia?"

"Tear? Is that you? I'm over here!" A hand waved from deep in the corn fields.

Tear climbed over the wooden fence, almost falling down in the process, and made her way through the field. "There you are!" Natalia was sitting crossed legged in the middle of the field, her hair was up in a bandanna, and she had paper and pens scattered all around her. "What are you doing?"

"I'm writing." Natalia said, she held up a thin stack of paper that was in her lap. "These fields give me inspiration..."

"You stare at corn all day, instead of harvesting it? We need to eat you know!" Tear said.

"Corn isn't the only food in the world Tear." Natalia said, picking up one of her many pens again. "Can you move over a bit? You're in my light."

Tear stepped around all the pens and paper and sat down next to her friend. "I need to tell you something!"

"What?" Natalia asked, not entirely focused on Tear's words.

"It's about the princess. Did you hear?? They say she's been kidnapped!" Tear exclaimed.

Natalia stopped writing. "What?! Princess Anise, kidnapped?!"

"Yes!" Tear nodded. "Just gone! She never came down for breakfast one day, and nobody had seen her since the night before!"

"Oh my! The poor thing, how long has she been gone?"

"You know what? Nobody knows. The emperor refuses to say when, but there are rumors that say she's been gone for a whole month now!" Tear said. "And you know what else? Now that word's gotten out, they're sending knights to search for her."

"Why didn't they do that before?" Natalia asked, confused.

"Because the Emperor didn't want it to seem suspicious, if you ask me, I'd say he doesn't really care for her!" Tear shook her head.

"She must be terrified..." Natalia sighed.

"Now, pack your pens!" Tear started picking up the nearest pens.

"Huh? Why?" Natalia asked.

"Because! There's a knight coming here, to the village!" Tear said excitedly.

"Really! What status?!" Natalia started picking up her things faster.

"They don't know yet, he isn't actually here, but you can see him if you go to the north entrance. From a distance, it looks like a High Knight!"

"A High Knight! Here!" Natalia squealed quietly."I must meet him!"

"Natalia! This isn't the time to be thinking of your future husband!" Tear scolded as the two girls made their way from the fields quickly. Climbing over the fence, they were just in time to hear a call from the north entrance.

"My name is Asch, High Knight of the Malkuth Forces 3rd Division! Let me through, I must speak with the mayor!"

Van stared at his experiment, currently floating in an artificially created womb(his idea). It was only a single celled organism as of right now, but over time it would grow. He was getting old, and he couldn't fight his son off forever. He needed someone at his side, to carry on when he died. He smiled. This creation would be the ultimate warrior, invincible, and just down right all powerful(Also his idea). Why else would he have injected so many chemicals into it? Really, Van thought, even he didn't know what the effect of some of those toxins were, but based on passed experiments, they would allow inhuman strength and brain capacity.

Powerful, and smart. Perfect. (And also, his idea)

Short yes, but I'm keep getting distracted, so it's ending here. See? I messed up a few of the characters, Like Guy and Peony. And Van is...well yeah he's still pretty much the bad guy for this part...And based on my other story, I think you can guess what character that single-cell organism is gonna turn into...