Legend of the Abyss (Refined)
Ch. 1
Switched Heroes
TotA - Tales of the Abyss World, ToL - Tales of Legendia World, [Town/City, (Specific Part)
This is a remake of my story, Legend of the Abyss. I have decided to restart and make it better than the Scrapped version.
TotA - [Baticul (Colosseum)
It's been two years since the fight with Van on the land of Eldrant. Luke fon Fabre had returned on the day of his Coming of Age and everything was normal...or so it seemed.
"After countless foes, battle after battle, this warrior is loved by the god of battles, but can he survive just one more? Will Lady Luck smile upon him once more? The final round..." Said a woman, standing in the circle arena that was covered in sand, surrounded by a large wall. The crowd behind the wall watched in awe and cheered. The woman, whiched seemed to be dressed as a pirate, raised a hand.
"Fight!" said the pirate girl, lowering her hand and went into a safe area of the arena as a gate opened on one side. As the gate raised, a monstrous roar was heard and the crowd froze.
ToL - [Werites Beacon (Senel's House)
"Senny, wake up!" said the voice of a young girl, who stood beside a bed.
"Leave me alone, Norma..." said the man that slept on his bed.
"Coolidge, wake up!" Norma said, with a different voice though.
"Not now, Chloe..." said the man, rolling over on his side, facing away. Norma sighed as she looked over him.
"Senel, it's almost time for thhe festival, are youreally going to make Shirly wait?" Norma asked, having another voice once more.
"Just a few more minutes, Will..." said Senel as he layed there
"I wonder if he would get up if I kicked him..." Norma mumbled and Senel sat strait up, "Oh Senny! You're up."
"I just dreamt someone was about to kick me..." Senel said before looking over, "...Norma? I thought Chloe and Will were here...?"
"Senny, I can mimic others voices, remember?" said Norma and she sighed, "Anyways, we need to go!" Senel got out of his bed and stood up on the floor, stretching.
"Why?" Senel asked as he then looked at Norma.
"The festival, duh! Now c'mon! We need to go, like, now!" Norma said as she rushed down the stairs and outside. Senel shook his head, remembering about the festival. It was planned for after defeating Schwarts but it was delayed for a few days. Senel sighed before heading out of his house and went down the road.
TotA - [Baticul (Colosseum)
"Bring it on!" said a man, standing across from the opened gate, which the roar came from. He had long red hair, about the length to his waist. He wore a white robe-like coat with a black shirt underneath. He also wore black pants, which had a red stripe on each side, and wore black shows, which also had red stripes. Another roar was heard from the gate as the source of the roar bursted out from the opening. It was a large purple and red dragon.
"A dragon, huh..." The man thought as he smirked and placed his left hand on the hilt of his sword in the sheath, hooked to his waist. The dragon stared down at the man; The man stared back as the dragon started to walk to him.
"Destroy it! You can win, Luke!" said the crowd as they cheered. The man, Luke, smiled as he unsheathed his sword, the Key of Lorelei. Luke held the Key behind him as he ran at the dragon. The dragon swung its right arm at Luke, wanting the sharpened, sword-like nail to slice Luke, but Luke jumped over before concentrating winf fonons on the soles of his feet and jumped again in midair, over the dragon. Luke twisted his body, turning around while still in the air before landing onto the ground, facing the back of the dragon.
"Slag Assault!" Luke said aloud as he did a small jump, doing a front flip, then slamming his sword onto the ground, thus sending energy into the ground. After, the energy lifted up, causing small boulders to rocket out onto the dragon as it turned to Luke. The dragon stepped back as it was hit by the earth. Luke smirked, noticing fonons of earth gathering infront of him before stepping into the field of fonons. The dragon roared, pushing away broken rock and began charging torwards the red haired scion of Lorelei. Luke just stood there a moment before raising his right hand into the air, a faint red glow started to cover it.
As soon as the dragon had got close enough, "Fangs of hell, rise!" Luke started as he swung his right hand down and to the right, stopping the dragon in its tracks with and orb of fire that had appeared over Lukes hand. He then slammed the Key of Lorelei onto the ground.
"Devil's Maul!" Luke yelledas the ground beneath him cracked open and large boulders plus heat were sent out onto the dragon from below. After Luke finished the attack, he lifted his sword some and jumped away. The dragon stayed there. Still. Silent... Luke sighed of relief then smiled as the crowd began to cheer out.
'Is it over finaly?' Luke asked himself within his mind before his smile faded. An interuption by a roar as the dragon sprang to life, slamming its tail against some of the boulders, sending them at scion of Lorelei ducked, weaved, jumped and did anything else to dodge the boulders that were sent at him. After he though the dragon was done, he turned and looked back and before he knew it, a small rock hit the back of his head. He shook his head some before turning back to the dragon, which was charging at him. Luke began to charge back, holding his sword with a firm grip. The dragon skidded as it swung both its arms inward to hit Luke, but Luke jumped up, dodging. As Luke was in the air, he spun around while lifting his right leg up.
"Havoc Strike!" Luke said as energy released from his foot before he slammed the foot onto the dragons head. As Luke landed on the ground, he pulled his sword back before sendiing it forward, stabbing into the dragon.
"Rending Thrust!" He said before taking out his sword and did an uppercut with his right fist, sending a wall of energy up, launching the dragon up into the air. As the dragon began to descend, Luke spun around and lifted his sword in an uppercut, sending a second wall of energy up, hitting the dragon back up into the air. Luke pulled his sword back, pointing upwards a bit, where the dragon shall be.
"Light Spear Cannon!" As soon as the dragon came into place, Luke thrusted his sword straight into the dragon, and right thenm the charged up energy unleashed from the Key of Lorelei and stabbed into the dragon. As the energy faded, Luke took his sword out. When the dragon landed on the ground, it seemed dead...
'Over now?' Luke thought as he turned around. After a few seconds, the dragon suddenly got up as Luke turned around, but Luke was hit by the dragons arm, which sent Luke flying a bit. The dragon roared out, fury flared from its eyes before it flapped its wings and flew after Luke. As the dragon got close, it placed the palm of its hand on Lukes chest and cruched Luke against a wall.
"Gah!" Luke went wide eyed as the dragon removed its hand away and began turning around. Luke began to fall from the wall before the dragon slammed its tail on the midair Luke, launching Luke away and into the wall across the arena. As Luke hit the wall, he dropped the Key of Lorelei and bounced from the wall and fell to the ground. The Key fell with Luke and stabbed into the ground. The crowd just watched with full terror and awe.
"Huff...huff..." Luke got up slowly, onto one knee as he looked up at the dragon, "Damn it..." He mumbled as he wiped away some blood from his mouth. Anger littered his face as he stood up, taking hold of the Key of Lorelei with his right hand. He took it from the ground and pointed it at the dragon. A flash from Luke...
"You damned piece of trash!" Luke insulted the dragon as the three rings of rainbow appeared around him. He then took the sword into both hhis hands and chharged at the dragon. It wasn't long before he got close. Soon after, he raised the Key of Lorelei into the air as fonons gathered around.
"You're finished!" Luke said as the fonons gathered more before bursting upwards in gold and blue waves as more fonons gathered into the Key. A second or two later, the burst waves stopped as the energy released from the Key. Utilizing this energy, Luke began slashing franticly at the dragon.
"Arise, resound, and become the blade of destruction!" Luke chanted bfore stopping his slashing combo, lifting the Key of Lorelei up with his right hand. He then slashed forward and pointed the sword at the dragon.
"Lost Fon Drive!" Luke yelled as the fonons unleashed themselves from the Key and blasted out in a golden beam, causing the dragon to disintigrate. Luke sighed as he went down onto a knee, sticing the Key of Lorelei into the ground, holding its hilt. The crowd roared with cheering as the girl dressed as a pirate came into the arena.
"This warrior battled to the end, with Lady Luck at his side and as if the god of war had possessed him, Luke has won the Singles Tournament Master Rank!" Said the girl, "Your prize is two recovery sets and five-hundred thousand gald! Here you go!" The gril went over and handed the pouch of gald to Luke as Luke had picked himself up.
"And a title befitting your accomplishment! The Battle God!" Luke received the Battle God title! Luke just sighed with a smile, tossing the Key of Lorelei into the air. He spun around before catching the sword, spun the sword once in his hand and sheathed it. He then turned and walked from the arena into the preparation room before being greeted by a friend.
"Well, you seem to still be in shape to be able to win that..." Said the man that now stood before Luke.
"Guy!" Luke walked up to him, "Well, what did you expect?" Guy just laughed and smiled.
"I guess so! Hey, maybe you should try the Singles Legend Rank next," Guy said.
"What?! No way! I had enough trouble with Master Rank!" Luke complained
"Alright, alright, I get it..." Guy sighed, "The others are waiting outside, so come on!" and Guy ran off with Luke following.
ToL - [Werites Beacon (Fountain Plaza)
Senel yawned as he came to the red plaza, the water flowing down what looked to be like a very small side and into the fountain.
"About time Senny! You took so long, you were almost late!" said the girl froom earlier, Norma.
"Yeah, Senel!" said another girl beside Norma, wearing the same usual dress that Senel had given her long ago.
"Sorry, Shirley..." Senel said
"Now then..." Norma closed her eyes and raised a hand into the air, "Let's start this festival!...or party!" She said
"Uh...Norma," Both Senel and Shirly started
"What is it?" Norma asked and opened her eyes, looking upon them both.
"There's no one here but us..." Senel replied
"Wh-what?! Where is everyone?!" Norma looked around at the quiet and empty place of the Fountain Plaza, "Oh man, they are all late!"
"No, we're early..." Senel mumbled.
TotA - [Baticul (Shopping Center)
"Luke, you were amazing!" Said a small girl who jumped from no where and seemed to hug Luke.
"Yes, that was certainly a spectacular performance," said a woman that was also there.
"Heh heh...really?" Luke smiled and pushed the hugging girl off him.
"Thanks, Anise, Natalia..." Luke looked at them, "but...where's Jade and Tear?"
"Well..." Natalia started
- Flashback [Grand Chokma (Throne Room)
"No, I have work here, I am the Colonel here..." said the man in a blue uniform.
"Oh come now Jade, go ahead, Luke is your friend right?" said the other man that sat on the throne.
"Oh no, it's been so long, it's like I barely know him," said Jade with a slight smile, "And I have a lot of work, I'm sure Luke can handle without me."
"Sure you do Colonel..."Anise said with an annoyed face.
- Flashback 2 [Yulia City
"I'm sorry, I can't come; Grandfather and everyone has work and reports for me to finish..." said a woman who then sighed, "Do tell Luke I said hi though."
"Alright Tear, you better hurry and finish though, Luke could come and visit at any time..." Said Anise with a slight smirk on her face.
"Y-yeah..." Said Tear before she turned and walked away, her cheeks were heated with a blush.
"...And that's what happened," Natalia finished, just not mentioning the last part of the second flashback with Anise...
"Alright, then let's go visit them," Luke suggested with a nod, "I haven't seen them much since I came back..."
"Yes, that is true..." Natalia started but then sighed
"I told you he'd go see them..." Anise mumbled with a smirk before the smirk became just a little smile, "Well, I would love to come with you guys, but I got to go back to Daath," ANise said before hugging Luke once more. She then regained the smirk and her eyes went to the side, as if lookingbehind her head. Anise then turned and began to walk away before suddenly and instantlly jumping some and wrapped her arms around Guy. Guy did began shaking a little but he just smiled and closed his eyes.
"Hey, Guy, you got over your fear!" Anise proclaimed with a slight smile before releasing him.
"Not completely but..." Guy said, only tiny bits of traces of fear in his voice. Anise ran off as Guy sighed, and Luke laughed.
ToL - [Werites Beacon (Fountain Plaza)
"Now that everyone is here, let's get started!" Shouted the hyper girl, Norma.
"Yeah!" Said all the people of Werites Beacon that were there. Senel was leaning on the fountain wall, looking around at everyone.
"Coolidge?" said a voice as a woman approached Senel. Senel looked over, "What is it...Chloe?" He asked as he stared at her. Chloe was blushing slightly, she was wearing a blue dress that had black stripes down the sides, somewhat like that of Grune's dress. Chloe also had long gloves though...she wasn't wearing her usual beret...
"Do...you like it? Coolidge?" Chloe asked before adding, "Grune...had somehow made it for me, before she went away..."
"Oh...you decided to wear it in memory of her, huh," Senel said as Chloe nodded.
"And Coolidge...could we talk somewhere privately?" Chloe asked.
"Sure," Senel said as he smiled and nodded. Senel and CHloe began to walk, going out of the Fountain Plaza and up the road with no one noticing...Except by one who is always nosey, Norma, who secretly followed them.
- [Lumen Springs
Chloe stopped by the small river and turned to Senel, who stopped as well.
"So, what is it you wanted to talk about?" Senel asked.
"Oh, C! You're finally going to tell him!" Norma, who was now hiding behind some nearby trees, thought.
"W-well, I wanted to ask...who is the most important to you?" Chloe asked, blushing lightly. Senel thought about it for a moment.
"Well, it once before was Stella, as you know...but now that I actually think about it more...I would say it would have to be you, Chloe," Senel said as he stared upon her.
"Oh...I-i've been...wanting to know that...but, I also have something to tell you," Chloe started.
"Yes! Hurry and tell him C!" Norma thought as she watched, smiling.
"Tell me what?" Senel asked
"Th-that I..." Chloe started, closing her eyes, a voice in her head constantly saying to tell him...though, it sounded oddly like Norma's voice.
"That I l-..." CHloe began again but stopped as she opened his eyes and looked at Senel, who had put his hands on her shoulders, pulling her close, into what was called a hug. Chloe was shocked, all kinds of thoughts going through her head.
"What is he doing? Has he figured it out? Does he love me too?" was some of the thoughts in Chloe's mind before she heard a slamming noise and looked behind her. As the dust and smoke cleared, it showed there was an Egg Bear with its claws in the ground where Chloe was standing. Senel had ony took her and jumped back to protect her. Senel had already let go of Chloe and charged the bear, slamming a foot into the bear's torso and sent it back.
Norma sighed quietly as she watched and thought, "Stupid bear, interupting their moment," Then Norma moved some, stepping n a twig that snapped.
"Demon Fist!" Senel said, sending a hand up as he turned, sending a small blue shockwave torwards Norma, who jumped out of hiding and out of the way.
"Wait, wait! It's just me!" Nora said. Senel walked over to Norma which Norma just looked at him before Senel raised a hand and slammed it on her head, "Stop spying..."
"Ow! That hurt! Fine..." Norma pouted as she walked away, heading back to the Fountain Plaza. Senel turned annd walked over to Chloe, who was just standing there...The feeling she had would be a mix of annoyance, embarrasment, and anger all at the same time.
"Chloe? What were you saying?" Senel asked.
"Huh? Oh..." Chloe closed her eyes, "N-nevermind, let's head back..."
Senel just watched as Chloe began to walk back before sighing and following in silence.
As they were walking, Chloe just stared at the ground, thinking, "All that courage it took...I was really going to say it...damn it..."
- [Werites Beacon (Fountain Plaza)
When they got there, Chloe just walked away and Senel stopped by a tall man, who stared at Senel through his glasses.
"May I ask as to why you left?" The man asked.
"It's nothing, Chloe just wanted to talk..." Senel said as he looked through the crowd at Chloe, who was speaking with Norma and Shirly with her usual normal smile and Sneel smiled some before continuing, "She just wanted to tell me something in private but she didn't really get to saying it..." He finished as he reached up and scratched the back on his head.
"Alright, but do not go outside the city, or at least for now anyway..." Said the man and just then, another, though shirtless, man came over.
"What's s'matter, Will? What's with the seriousness and why can;t we go out?" asked the shirtless man.
"It's the monsters...the monsters are getting strange; they are stronger, and there are, what seem to be, new species. Something is happening that I do not know, so do not go out unless you need to, Moses," Will explained.
"Stronger monsters, eh? Maybe I'll go train, I need some fightin' round here," Moses said as he soon dashed off and out of the Fountain Plaza. Will just sighed and Senel just watched as Moses did so.
TotA - [Yulia City
"Hey, Tear!" Luke said as he approached a woman, who turned once he spoke to her.
"Luke! Nice to see you, and Guy and Natalia as well," Tear said with a smile then frowned and continued, "Sorry I couldn't come and watch you..."
"It's okay, Tear, don;t worry. I won it," Luke said
"What are you doing here?" Tear asked
"Isn;t it obvious? I came to see you" Luke answered
"Oh...well..." Tear blushed a bit, "Just to see me?"
"Well, come on, we're also going to visit Jade next," Luke said
"Right..." Tear noodded before she looked down and closed her eyes, "It's just like Anise said, he did come to see me..." She smiled some, raising an arm and grabed her other arm, having a slight blush on her face before...
"Tear, hurry up!" Luke said as he looked down at her from the Albiore's entrance, at the top of the stairs.
"Oh? Y-yeah..." Tear ran over and walked up the stairs.
- [Auldrant (Midair)
"So, how have you been Tear?" Luke asked, "The work that they put on you wasn;t too much trouble was it?"
Tear smiled, "I've been good, though, yes, the work and reports I had to deal with...The watchers and Yulia city has been trying to help with the replica problem..."
"Wasn't that Natalia's job though?" Luke asked as he blinked
"Yes, it is, but I enlisted the aid of Malkuth and Yulia City," Natalia answered then had a slight sigh escape her lips, "Of course, we still have a hard time finding many of the replicas that still exist. We had already built a whole town for them by the time you came back."
"And where is this town at?" Luke asked
"It's on the small island that the Tower of Rem was on, we took the floating island of Ferres Isle and moved it there and connected it to the land, so the replicas could have more land and housing. Then we did what we could, made some adjustments, added some fontech and there you have it, the City of Rem." Guy explained, "Malkuth and Kimlasca agreed to make that land not part of either country, much like Chesedonia, an autonomous state."
"Huh, so they get their own rules huh?" Luke said
"Yes, though...we also added a small mansion there, for you, Luke...just incase you ever wanted to stay there...I issued that command because I knew you'd return...you had to..." Natalia said
Luke stayed silent for a moment before smiling, "What are you talking about? I don't need to stay there, I have my own family in Baticul!"
"Luke..." Natalia mumbled before smiling, "Yes, you have me, and Father...and Aunt Susanne plus your father..."
"Hey wait...Aren't we missing someone?" Luke asked as he looked over, "Ah, we need to visit Mieu as well! Noelle..." Luke started, looking back to the one who was driving the Albiore.
"Yes, I know." Said the woman, Noelle as she piloted the large flying fon machine, "We're right above the Cheagle Woods now as well."
- [Cheagle Woods
The Albiore lowered down in a clearing by the forest but before they knew it, the heard screams, though, not human screams, cheagle screams...
"What the?! What's going on?!" Luke asked as he seemed to jump down the staiirs, drawing out the Key of Lorelei as a few differently colored cheagles ran through the bushes passed Luke. Luke stayed still as whatever was chasing the cheagles was now coming for him. Guy placed a hand on the hilt of his sword, standing at the bottom of the stairs. Tear was out as well, but was kneeling on the ground, the cheagles hidding behind her, though, peering out at Luke.
Tear reassured the cheagles best she could, a small blush appearing on her face, "So cute..."
Luke, standing still with a firm grip on the Key of Lorelei. Before long, the thing, whatever it was, jumped out the bushes and attacked Luke, but Luke lifted a leg and kicked it back before examining it, "Wha..?" It was some kind of large, humanoid bear, lightning sprang around it, it having purple and yellow fur that seemed to go in large zig-zag lines. It's long claws and fangs peircing the air.
"What the hell is that?" Guy asked but nobody knew.
"Whatever it is, it's going down!" Luke said as he charged at the bear.
"You're dead!" Luke yelled but was soon stopped as some blue thing appeared behind the bear and from the blue thing came a stream of fire. Luke came tto a halt with a worried look on his face, "Damn it! Gaurdian!" And Luke put his sword in front of him as the rune like orb of light enveloped luke and protected him from the stream of fire. Some, the flames stopped and Luke's Gaurdian stopped as well. Luke looked around, only scorch marks and small burning pieces of grass was laying on the ground now.
"What...was that?" Luke asked nothing before turning around, "Is...everyone ok?" Both Guy and Tear nodded
"Mew, mew! Mew mew mew!" The cheagles that were hiding behind Tear seemed to chant something happily as they ran around in circles around Tear. Tear, being the sucker for cute things, began to blush as she watched and smiled some. Then the chegles stopped before running off and back into the forest.
"Well, that was wierd..." Luke said, "Come on, we're going to go see what's going on..." And Luke began walking, basically following the running cheagles as Tear and Guy followed behind as well as Natalia. Noelle staying behind in the Albiore.
- [Cheagle Woods (Trunk of the Great Tree)
"Well, the forest is much more peaceful that the last times we came through here..." Luke said as he looked around, cheagles were running around smiling and playing.
"Yes, it is, isn;t it?" Tear agreed as she watched a couple of cheagles playing in a small, very shallow river, one tripping and fell face first into the water before looking up with what seemed to be a slight annoyed face before doing cute little cheagle laugh. Tear just smiled as she watched before looking up at Luke, who was just looking around. Apparently the cheagles, having not seen them in a long while, or at least Luke, remembered them slightly, maybe from their scent? But anyway...
"Hello, may I ask what you all are doing here?" Said a voice that sounded like a teenage boy, but it had a slight high pitch to it as well.
"Huh? Uh..." Luke looked around before down, seeing a blue colored cheagle that wore the Sorceror's Ring. This cheagle was a bit taller than the other cheagles, it's big fluffed up ears were hanging down and it's eyes were closed.
"You're the elder? What happened to the purple elder?" Luke asked
"The elder before me..." Said the cheagle before it looked down
"Oh my..." Tear started, "The elder...died?"
The new cheagle elder nodded, "Yes..."
"Oh...well...uh...we...just came by to see if Mieu was around..?" Said Luke
"Mieu?" The elder cheagle opened an eye and looke dup at Luke before it got a wide grin on it's face, "Oh, master! It's you master!"
"Huh? But I don't-...wait...Mieu? You;re the elder now?" Luke asked. Tear looked over as well. She was playing with the cheagles some herself before hearing Mieu.
"Well, isn;t that something!" Guy said
"Oh my, I'm so happy for you, Mieu!" Said Natalia
"Yes, I became elder a few weeks after I returned from my exile! It was all thanks to you everyone, because I help you all save Auldrant from that evil guy!" Said Mieu
"Right..." Luke nodded, "Now we just need to go see Jade, you coming Mieu?"
"Mew, sorry master, but I canlt go, being the elder and all..." Said Mieu
"Oh well, don;t worry about it, I'll come visit you other times and stuff, alright?" Luke said and Mieu looked up with a smiled and nodded before turnign and walking to the tree.
Luke sighed, "The little thing's gone and become something great...now he needs a new nickname...How about Great Thing?" Luke said, joking some with a smile
"Luke, that's horrible..." Tear said
"Oh come on, it was a joke...ah, let's go already..." Luke said before walking away with slight anger on him. Guy just smiled and scratched the back of his head as he followed. Natalia annd Tear stayed back foor a few seconds and waved bye to the few cheagles before they also began their following. They soon got back to the Albiore with no trouble, having been the monsters calmed down, barely any attacked anymore.
"So how was Mieu?" Noelle asked as they all boarded the flying machine.
"He was fine, he became the elder." Luke replied
"Oh really? Well isn't that great," Said Noelle as the Albiore llifted and flew off.
- [Grand Chokma (Port)
The Albiore floated above the waves of water beside the white squarish platform as the door opened and the stairs lowered, "Ah man, haven't been here in a while either..." Said Luke as he walked down the stairs and onto the platform.
"Well, well..." Said a voice
Luke stopped his short walk, "Only one mans voice can be like that..."
"My, fancy meeting you here," Said an approaching man, wearing the blue uniform, who also wore glasses and stared through them at Luke with his red eyes.
"Well, if it isn't Jade..." Luke said
"Your performance at the Coliseum really showed just how much you improved," Jade said in his usual sarcastic voice with a smile.
"I've come to visit after all this time and I'm being made fun of already," Luke sighed
"Oh come now, I wouldn't do a thing like that," Jade said
"Right...Anyways, Jade, I thought you couldn't come to the Coliseum?" Luke said with confusion littering his voice.
"Oh, I was kidding," Jade said, "But Natalia, Guy, and Anise left before I could even reach the youngsters..."
"You say that knowing full well that you could've..." Guy said
"Oh no, I am getting old, you know. All my joints ache and my back hurts every now and then..." Jade replied
"But if you did get to the coliseum, how come we didn't see you anywhere?" Guy asked and Natalia nodded.
"Oh, well since I was going to that place, I decided to wear that white robe I had gotten from his majesty after becoming the Battle Master..." Jade said before adding, "And now I've been outmatched by the Battle God here."
"You are such a pain..." Luke said before sighing.
Tol - [Werites Beacon (Fountain Plaza)
Moses ran into the plaza before falling down. He had a few small bruises and some cuts on his body, "Yer right, WIll. The monsters sure did get stronger."
"I did warn you, Moses," Will replied.
"Well...time to get back to the party!" Moses said as he got up and ran off into the crowd. Norma was already up by the fountain and sighed.
"Alright," Norma began, "That was one good party! But, too bad, so sad, it is time to stop and go home..."
Everyone began to leave, going back t their daily lives except Senel, Will, Moses, Shirly, and Chloe because Norma asked them to help clean up.
TotA - [Outside Baticul
Luke, Tear, Guy, Jade, and Natalia walked down the stairs from the Albiore.
"Thanks, Noelle," Said Luke to the woman that stood at the top of the stairs.
"No problem, you can always ask to borrow the Albiore," said Noelle before she went in as the staris retracted into the flying machine and the door closed. The group turned to Baticul as the Albiore lifted and flew off. As the group began to walk into Baticul, a roar was heard from behind them and lightning was sent between them.
"What the hell?!" Luke said as the group turned to see a small, blue scaled dragon.
"What is that thing?!" Asked Natalia as she bacled away, not having her bow or arrows.
"I don;t know...I've never seen a monster like that. It looks like a dragon but...it breathes lightning and not fire?" Jade said as he stared at it and stood there, beginning to think, "It can;t be a new species...and there is something odd; I sense something other than fonons from this dragon."
"Well whatever it is, it's dead!" Luke said, taking the Key of Lorelei from its sheath. Guy unsheathed his blade and looked around. Though something was different about Guy's sword...
"It seems there is only one..." Guy said but spoke too soon as Ligers came from behind the dragon.
"What a jinx, Guy! You brought more monsters to fight," Jade said, and Guy let out a sigh. Tear was back on the bridge of Baticul with Natalia.
"Don't worry, Natalia, we'll stand back and heal them if necessary," Tear said. She didn't have her Rod with her, though, then again, she could still use spells...
"Right," Natalia nodded. The ligers kept coming, pushing back Guy and Jade, but left Luke alone until Luke was infront of the dragon by himself.
"Something's going on; It's as it they want Luke to fight the dragon..." Jade said.
"Don't worry..." Luke started, looking at the others and smirked, "I'll handle it easily!"
ToL - [Werites Beacon (Fountain Plaza)
After a while, the Fountain Plaza was somewhat clean. Senel and Shirly were sweeping around together, talking some, Moses picking up trash with one of his spears. He once had a whole spear covered in trash, showing it to everyone and calling it a "Trashy Shish Kabob". Chloe was sitting on a nearby bench, since it wasn;t her shift. Norma was just sitting on the bench and hasn't done a thing yet...
"Norma, you need to help as well..." Senel said as he looked to her.
"But I'm tired..." Norma replied, acting as if she was worn out. Soon after, a hand came down and bonked Norma on her head.
"Ow!" Norma put a hand on her head and looked up, seeing Will standing over her. After a few minutes, Shirly looked out, out of the plaza and seen some people running. And before long, screams were to be heard as well as a roar.
"What's going on?!" Shirly asked, dropping the broom she had.
"I don't know..." Senel started, dropping his broom down, "but we better check it out, now!" Everyone nodded. Will picked up his large hammer as CHloe took her long sword from where they put their weapons. Then they all ran off.
- [Outside Werites Beacon
An orb of fire blasted past Senel as they got close.
"What the..?! What the hell is that?!" Norma asked as she looked upon it.
"Yes, what is this? It looks like a dragon..." Will said as he stared at it interestingly. The monster stood there on its four legs, its wings stretched out as it roared. This dragon was covered in purple and red scales.
"Teach! Don't just stand there like an idiot! It's attacking the town, so pay attention and kill it!" Norma yelled at Will.
"Right," Will said and shook his head. The dragon roared once more. Senel started to run torwards it.
"You're mine!" He said
TotA - [Outside Baticul
Jade and Tear were fending off ligers with fonic arts.
"Thunder Blade!" Jade said, finishing an incantation, sending lightning from the air and killing a group of ligers. When one liger got close though, Jade summoned his spear and impaled it. Guy was infront of Jade, cutting and slashing ligers that attacked with his blade, but again, something was different about the blade, though this time, it was glowing a red color.
"Annihalation!" Luke said as he got infront of the blue dragon. Blue fonons burst up from under, the energy pushing throught the dragon, hurting it. Luke spun the Key of Lorelei in his hand and stabbed it into the ground. This caused a large fonic glyph to appear on the ground. The fonic glyph covered a large area, the radius being from Luke to the edge of the Baticul bridge.
"Celestial Saber!" Luke said as the fonic glyph activated and unleashed his hyperesonance, releasing the fonons, and the energy burst from under, killing the ligers and the dragon.
"See, Luke? I knew you could do better," Jade said with his casual smile.
"Oh, give it a rest!" Luke replied, turning to the others.
ToL - [Werites Beacon (Entrance)
Senel ran at the dragon but soon stopped, dodging another orb of fire. After he dodged though, he heard a woman's scream behind him. Senel turned.
"Shirly!" Senel shouted. Shirly was hit by the fire and burned.
"Why you..!" Senel turned back to the dragon, fury in his eyes, before he charged at said dragon. Norma and Will tended to Shirly; they both began to heal Shirly with their eres. Senel slammed his fist into the dragon before pulling both hands back.
"Beast!" Senel said, slamming both palms of his hands on the dragon, releasing energy that was shaped as a lion's head, and seemed to sound like that of a lions roar. The dragon was sent back a little and fell on its side. Senel got over to the laying dragon quickly, fueled by his rage. He reached down, grabbing the dragons tail and began to spin around. He then, after a few spins, lifted the dragon into the air and smashed it into the ground. The dragon roared out it's last roar before dieing.
"Shirly!" Senel said as he ran over to the group, "Is Shirly okay?!" Shirly was laing on the ground, her head now on CHloe's lap.
"Yes, she is fine. We managed to heal the burns," Will answered, but he then walked past Senel and over to the deac dragon. Will then began to examine the dragon and talk to himself. Norma sighed, shaking her head.
"There goes Teach, off in his own world," She said
"Who cares, we need to get Shirly to a bed," Senel basically commanded before he picked Shirly up in his arms and began to walk into Werites Beacon but stopped, "What the...I'm feeling wierd..." Senel thought.
"Coolidge, what is it?" Chloe asked
"Can someone else carry Shirly? I don;t feel so good...and for some reason...I'm starting to feel weak..." Senel replied.
"Since it's about Shirl, we know you're not kidding," Norma said as Moses went over to Senel.
"Senel, I'll carry her," Moses suggested and Senel nodded, handing Shirly to Moses, "Dare do anything to her and you'll be missing an arm..." Senel threatened and Moses just smiled. Senel then stepped back, and as he did, he seen a small square float up, as did Moses. The small square was spinning, but it wasn't like a cube, it seemed to be flat when it turned to the side.
"What the..? What's that?" Moses asked.
"I don't know..." Senel replied, looking down. Senel saw a few more squares come up...from his feet.
TotA - [Baticul (Bridge)
"We should report to Uncle," Luke stated but just stood there. He saw something float up infront of his face.
"Luke, what is it?" Tear asked, as she noticed how he wasn't following them.
"I don't know, I just saw something," Luke answered as he looked down.
"What the..?!" Luke just stood there, staring down at his feet, or rather, where his feet was. Luke just stared amazed and shocked as little squares floated up, piece by piece. First his feet, now his legs.
"Luke?!" Natalia gasped. Everyone turned and looked. Luke was disappearing, being taken by these squares. The squares started going faster.
ToL - [Werites Beacon
"Senny?! Your legs are...what's going on?!" Norma shouted. Senel didn;t know either. Right now, the bottom half of his body was gone, as was his hands. He stared at himself.
"Coolidge!" Chloe started, "Senel!"
"Sorry Chloe, I guess I won;t hear what you wanted to tell me..." Senel said.
"No..." Chloe shook her head, "I'll tell you it a thousand times, just don't go..."
"Don't worry, I'll figure out what's going on," Senel said
Chloe walked forward some, close enough to grab at his clothing, "Senel...I l-..." She started but before he could hear the rest, he went deaf somehow.
Senel just smiled, "I'll come back..." He said lastly before the rest of his body seemed to crack and shatter like glass into more squares which soon disappeared. Chloe's eyes welled up as she fell to her knees.
TotA - [Baticul (Bridge)
"Luke!" Tear had ran to him, putting her hands on his chest and grabbed his robe-like coat, "No!"
"Tear..." Luke said as he looked at her.
"You can't disappear! You can't! Not again..." Tear said, her eyes slightly welling up with tears. Luke just looked away as Tear leaned her head forwards, placing it against Luke's chest, mumbling that he couldn't disappear again.
"Tear..." Luke started as he wrapped what was left of his arms around her. Tear jumed slightly, shocked at his movement before looking up to Luke's face. Though most of Luke's arms was gone, Tear could still feel them, his hands, one on her shoulder, the other on her waist.
"I...forgot to say this last time I went away, but..." Luke smiled, "I love you too," He said before his body cracked and shattered. Tear was just left in complete shock but soon closed her eyes, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Tear..." Natalia mumbled.
"I wouldn't worry..." Jade interupted, placing a middle finger on his glasses and shifted them up, "I felt a different energy other than fonons. If it is connected to this, then I say it is correct to assume that Luke is not dead...just teleported. Or at least...I hope that is the case."
Just then, it was as if time had frozen for both worlds.
ToL - [???
Multiple squares floated around. More appeared and they alll gathered together, starting to connect. First fett, then legs, next hands and arms, and finaly, the body and head. The man with white hair opened his eyes and looked around.
"Where am I?" He asked nothing. All around, Senel could see only water, even above him, but it was like he was in a glass sphere or something. He looked down and seen what he was standing on. It had a crystal-like surface, much like that of the Crystal Forest, but it was transparent. There was something in the see-through crystal. Senel could see that he was standing above a hexagon shaped, blue-green piece of crystal. Around this hexagon was six large, blue-green arrows pointing outward and six small, blue-green arrows pointing inward.
"What the hell..." Senel looked around more before seeing something. He ran over to it and examined it. It was, or what seemed to be, a door, a double-door to be exact. Senel stepped closer before the right side of this door burst open. A few black arm-like things came out and grabbed Senel, then pulled him into the darkness behind the door. The door then slowly shut, a creaking sound that echoed threw out the area...
TotA - [???
"Tear..." Luke said as the squares fused and rebuilt his body. He opened his eyes and looked around.
"The core?" All around, it was glowing, changing to different colors. Fonons also flying around. Luke looked down to find that he was standing on a large green colored surface, which had a lot of white lines and a few symbols.
"No...this isn't the core..." Luke thought as his eye caught something. His attention went to the double-door. He took a step forward but stopped as the door burst open as black arms came out, flying at Luke.
"No way!" Luke jumped back, dodging the arms of shadows grapple.
"Man, one fight after another..." Luke said in a annoyed tone, unsheathing the Key of Lorelei. Luke then smirked with a small laugh. He jumped back more, dodging another grapple.
"O darkened storm cloud, loose thy blade and run mine enemy threw!" Luke said the incantation and aimed a palm at some incoming shadow arms, "Thunder Blade!" Lightning shot down from above, stabbing into the arms and electrocuted them.
"Heh, what do you think of that?!" Luke asked with a smirk planted on his face. Though, he went a little overboard, becoming overconfident and hadn;t noticed something...till the arms had grabbed him from behind, taking hold on his arm and legs.
"Damn it!" Luke's left arm was free, still holding the key. He started cutting at the arms, but more came and held to him. Luke twisted the key in his hand and stabbed it into the ground, holding himself there as the arms tried to take him. Luke just held for his life as more shadow arms came and wrapped around him, one covering half his face. His eye that he could see with watched as his hand was slipping from the key's hilt. Before long, Luke was dragged into the darkness behind the door. The Key of Lorelei stuck in the ground where it was...before a small version of the shadow hands slithered over, took hold of it before bringing it into the darkness. And the door shut.
??? - [Darkness
Luke had his eyes shut before being taken into the darkness, but he then opened them. He tried to move his body, but it seemed to be paralyzed in this dark place. He could still look around though, which he did.
"Where...am I now? I can't see a thing..." Luke thought. It was like was just floating there. He looked to the side, seeing the Key of Lorelei floating beside him. He smiled, a bit relieved to still have his blade before he looked 'above' him, trying to see where he was going. Though what he saw was a white dot. It was getting bigger. Or rather, closer. Luke kept watching it till it got close enough to see better. Lukes eyes widened.
"What the..?! Who is that?!" Luke thought. It was a man, who had white hair. That man also looked shocked, he had seen Luke. The man was also floating and paralyzed, it was Senel. Right after they passed by eachother, a hand of shadow seemed to cover their mouths and eyes. Luke looked around but started to close his eyes. Really, he was trying to keep them open but couldn't, and fell unconsious.
ToL - [Werites Beacon (Entrance)
Chloe just sat and stared at the ground. Norma was sitting beside her. Moses was looking up at the sky, not holding Shirly anymore. Shirly, who had woken up by the time Senel disappeared, was crying. Will...well, let's say he wasn;t paying attention at all, still examining the dragon, studying it but was now laying on the ground by a whack from Norma. Soon, they all heard a sound, like a door opening.
"Hey, yall look at that!" Moses said, pointing up and they all looked up and seen a hole of darkness.
"What is that?" Norma asked. No one answered. Right after, someone fell from the hole and onto the ground. A sword followed and stabbed into the ground beside the man. The hole closed.
"And who is that?" Norma asked. Everyone just stared at this man. This man with red hair.
TotA - [Baticul (Bridge)
"What do you mean...'a different energy'?" Natalia asked Jade.
"Exactly, I don;t even know but...it isn't fonons," Jade replied.
"Well, whatever happened, I'm sure Luke is fine. I mean, he just got back," Guy said, looking to Tear.
"Yes...yes, Luke is fine," Tear nodded in agreement. She couldn't understand it. She brought up her hands and placed them on her chest, on her beating heart. She was blushhing slightly at her feeling. It's as if she felt that Luke was alive and believed the feeling. Jade just sighed beore looking up.
"Wait, everyone, look up!" Jade said as a sound of a opening door was heard. Everyone looked up and seen a black hole. Out of it dropped a man, who hit the metalic ground of the bridge.
"Wh-what? He just...dropped from the sky!" Natalia said. The hole of shadow closed and everyone stared at the man. The man with white hair.
And there you have it, Ch. 1 of the remake of Legend of the Abyss.
Senel: That hurt you know... *rubbing back of head*
Yeah, yeah, get over it...you're about to feel more pain soon
Senel: Oh hell...
Anyways, watch...er...read Senel and the Abyss gang(Minus Luke) clash in battle in Ch. 2 Battle by Confusion - Senel's Battle
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