Angel Without Wings

Author's Note: This is my first story, so please be gentle! The time line is set soon after Luke emerges from the core.

Prologue:

Choral Castle was freezing that night, chilled with leftover frost that clung to the air from a storm a few days prior. A mist covered the castle so entirely that the lone figure perched atop the tower was barely discernible, save for the crimson hair blowing in the wind.

The man gazed upward, toward the one patch of sky that wasn't obstructed by mist, toward the solitary beam of moonlight illuminating him. He sighed.

"So there you are," came a harsh voice from behind him. He vaguely realized that it was female. "Why did you come to a place like this?"

"I was thinking , before you interrupted me," he said, his troubled features momentarily marred by annoyance. "What do you want with me?"

"We were worried, when you didn't meet us in Keterburg like we'd agreed," she hesitated. "Asch."

The sound of his name seemed to shake him out of his reverie. "Your worry is unnecessary, I'm fine." he turned away from her to gaze back at the moon, but it had once again slipped back into shadow. He sighed again.

The woman hesitated once more, and then climbed onto the wall beside him. "You can find him. I know he wants to see you."

Asch pinned her with a glare. "Tell me," he spoke softly. "Whatever it is that you think you know about me."

She didn't answer at first, but looked away. "I lost someone once too. Someone I cared about."

"Luke isn't dead," Asch said dismissively.

"Neither is she," the woman said, looking back at Asch. "But she may as well be, because we can never speak again. We parted as enemies, and I forever lost her."

She looked sideways at Asch, and spoke even softer than he had. "Don't make the same mistake I did."

Silence stretched between the two, until in one fluid movement, Asch rose.

"I need to think."

The woman smiled, and made no move to get up, but only watched Asch walk away.

Outside the castle, Asch paused and took one last look at the sky. The mist had lifted, and the moon was shining down brilliantly on him.

I will go to Keterburg, he thought. Hopefully, I'll find my answers there.

Author's Note: Prologue done! Why was Asch in Choral Castle? Who was he talking to? And what's going on with him and Luke? Review and review if you wanna find out more =) !