Ashi: Yay! Chapter two is finally here again! I'd like to thank all my fellow readers who are reading Songs to Ashes!

Joey: Who nobody seems to be reading right now.

Ashi: Shut it or Luke gets to do your job!

Joey:-Now wearing a Seto Kaiba outfit- Shut up! DeathhunterAshi does not own Tales of the Abyss or the stupid "Got it Memorized?" quote or any of the songs in this fanfic.

Ashi: Much better! Now, enjoy the story!

-italics (Thinking)

-Bold italics (Singing)

-italics (Normal speaking)

Aschlyn woke up in a bed, thinking that she was back at home, but then felt a sharp pain in her side. "Okay. Not a dream. Oh well, time for some practice!" Aschlyn said as she grabbed her guitar and started to sing.

Shotgun and a Telecaster; words aligned, how unhappy.
All alone in the city, you hate the sound of a gunshot, don't you?

The sound of my singing breaking apart, it wasted so much of my time.
With you falling in my hands, I cannot dare let you go.

"One-man live performance was a hit!" In my head, it's just like a girly comic book.
Now that the ammo has run out, there's the chance to turn ourselves around.

Everything's working greatly to our convenience as our finicky selves pick them one by one.
To our once indecent selves, I bid bye-bye, so now should I welcome all that is to come?

Getting dizzy just be looking for mistakes.
Turning 'round and 'round to teach myself how to take it back.
I'm not missing anything, not anymore, not anymore.
Really? Really, really?

If you say that it is, then is it lucky?
Spinning 'round and 'round in a 39 second loop.
If I see what I should see, then is that happy?
I don't understand what should be understood!

The sounds keep echoing here and there,
and I cannot tell where it began or if it will end.
Those words, those words, they didn't wean a thing!
But it seems like we both didn't understand it anyway.

Beyond the screen, it falls,
The upside-down girl's adulterated world.

Shotgun and a Telecaster; at a loss for words, it's quite unlucky.
With wounds all over the body, Game Over.
Does it give you that remarkably unpleasant feeling when you look?

I tripped, giving up on my "one more time".
Making all these mistakes as I keep on rolling, all I could do was laugh it all off.

One-man live performance was a hit, it all got sentimental after the festival.
Everyone agreed to disband, so whaddya say we both turn around?

My singing voice broke apart, wavering within the ticking time.
You finally fall within my grasp. Hey, how are you feeling now, huh?

Bad dreams continue haunting me.
Don't you dare forget the fate of the mistakes you've made.
You just reap what you sow. You receive, you receive.
"No more."
Really? Really?

How could you say that it is happy?
Waking up at 4am with lost and hollow eyes.
To where I'll arrive next, would it be happy there?
I just wish that I wasn't so tired.

This is what it means to be happy,
Falling on the asphalt without seeing the very end.
Breaking and crumbling into nothing,
Only the sight of you is holding me back.

If you say that it is, then is that happy?
Spinning 'round and 'round in a 39 second loop.
If this is what I see, is that lucky?
It's weird that I find it not rewarding.

The sounds keep echoing here and there,
and I cannot tell where it began or if it will end.
Those words, those words, they didn't wean a thing!
But it seems like we both didn't understand it anyway.

Beyond the screen, it falls,
The upside-down girl's adulterated world.
So this is...?

"And that's that!" Aschlyn said as she fell back onto the bed laughing. Aschlyn stared up at the ceiling and sighed, wondering what was going back in her world a little. "I remember the first time I sang that song that was when people finally started to listen to me. Someone with a refrain of happiness." She mumbled as she climbed out of the covers and put her zipper boots on. "Well, at least my head doesn't hurt anymore. I might as well go and explore a bit." Aschlyn said as she jumped out of the window with her guitar and fully-packed bookbag. "And where do you think you're going?" A maid that looked about in her late 40s said as she saw Aschlyn jumping over the bush. "Get back here this instant!" the maid yelled at Aschlyn who went on a full sprint as she got farther away from her.

(Aschlyn's POV)

"Phew! Talk about way too close! Well, at least I got rid of the old hag!" I said happily as I walked around the manor. Soon, I entered the courtyard and saw Luke training with…HIM! Dorian General Van Grants! Leader of the six God Generals and the one who tried to turn Auldrant into a replica world! Well, apparently this is still the beginning of the game, so he hasn't done anything diabolical yet. I walked to a bench near the flowers and decided to watch the two of them train, hoping that they didn't notice me. As soon as I plopped down, I heard an annoying voice.

"Hey Asch! Looks like you're finally up!" Luke said as he directed his attention towards me. "Dammit Luke! I told you not to call me Asch! It's Aschlyn! Got it memorized?" I yelled at the redhead, who directed his attention towards Van again. "Luke, who is this? You didn't tell me you had a guest." Van said in his playful, totally fake voice. "This is Aschlyn Strider! She's pretty weird, but she can sing really well!" Luke said as he introduced me to Van, who kept on looking at me with curious eyes. I snorted and then talked over to the duo and introduced myself. "I'm Aschlyn Strider. Nice to meet you." I said as a let my hand out for a handshake. "My name is Van. I'm Luke's sword instructor. It's nice to meet you too, ." Van said as he shook my hand with a firm grip.

Soon then, we all heard singing and my eye twitched, knowing who was coming as the air felt like it shifted. "That singing is really nice…"I heard Luke mumbled as Van's eyes grew in surprise. "Luke, watch out!" He yelled as I pushed Luke out of the way as a brunette came and attacked Van. "Van! Prepare to die!" She said as she went to attack Van, but was then parried by Luke, who recovered, and then a light surrounded the two as I grabbed onto Luke's jacket and yelled. "CRAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!" I screamed out as the three of us were thrown into Tataroo Valley.

Wake up…."Who's calling me?" Wake up….."Huh?"

I quickly opened my eyes and shot up, sweating as I saw nothing but forest everywhere. "Holy crap. What the hell happened?" I practically yelled as I saw a certain brunette look at me with surprise and worry. "We're in Tataroo Valley. The three of us were thrown out of Baticul through a hyperresonance. "Hyper-wha? …Oh crap." I mumbled as I remembered grabbing onto Luke's coat and being thrown out of Baticul with these two. "I'm Tear. Tear Grants. I'm sorry that you had to get caught up in all of this." Tear said as she went over to wake up Luke. "Well crap. Looks like I'm stuck with these two. And that means we'll have to find a way out of here and into freaking Malkuth!" I thought angrily as Luke finally woke up as Tear introduced herself and I heard Luke whine.

The three of us were walking out of Tataroo Valley as we saw a man with a carriage loading up. The three of us walked up to him and her practically screamed "I-It's the Black Hawks!" Oh please. After we solved that dispute, we were heading towards our destination (I offered to give up my pendant so Tear wouldn't have to, but Tear insisted.) Soon then, a Malkuth warship was coming into the view as the REAL Black Hawks ran over the bridge and destroyed it as well. Luke fell on Tear's lap as my head collided with the window as the man tried to avoid the giant landship. "For the love of Lorelei! Can't my head be okay for one day without hurting it?" I yelled as I rubbed my head. Apparently, we found out that the man wasn't going to Baticul, but he offered to take us to Engeve. Luke decided to walk the rest of the way so he could explore, and I agreed, much to Tear's dismay.

After killing a few monsters (I found out that my guitar could be a weapon if I wanted it too! Though, it knocks it out of tune in return) we finally made it to Engeve. The small town was lively and it actually made me smile and Luke was pretty amazed as well, I think. Trouble started as soon as Luke snatched an apple from one of the stands and started to argue about why he should have to pay. I snorted as I watched him get jumped by of bunch of men and dragged to the Mayor's house. As they barged into the house, two people were deep in conversation and I snickered as the men got lectured by Rosa. Apparently (even though I knew already), Mayor Rose was talking to Malkuth General Jade Curtiss about the recent disappearance of the food stock. Rosa took out of bag and pulled out blue fur which looked oddly familiar…. "Hey, that's the fur of a-"I started as someone else barged into the house saying "That's the fur of a cheagle!" the green haired boy said out loud as I jumped about ten feet away in surprise. That's one thing I hate the most besides being called Asch, and that's getting surprised!

"Fon Master Ion. What are you doing without your guardian?" Jade asked as he looked at the boy in surprise. "Somewhere around town, I had wondered off. I'm sorry." Ion said as he looked at Jade. I looked up and down and sighed, looking at a surprised Tear who was wondering why the Fon master isn't in Daath. Luke then grabbed both me and Tear's arm and said, "Um, I guess it's an important discussion between you three, so we'll be off!" and then dragged the two of us out. Once we were outside, Luke asked, "Do you know that Ion guy or something?" I groaned at the question and looked to the side, facepalming. "Fon Master Ion is the leader of the Order of Lorelei. Everyone should know that." Tear explained and I started to walk towards the Inn, tired. The three of us got to the inn (Which we were allowed to stay for free!) and I took a well-deserved bath. After the bath, Luke was still mad that he was framed for stealing food and he wanted to get those Cheagles to confess. I sighed and walked over to them, taking out a map of Malkuth. "Okay, fine. If we walk north from Engeve, we should be able to get to the Cheagle woods." I said while Luke and Tear looked at me with a dumbfounded expression. "….Where'd you get that map from?" Luke asked as if he was looking at a crazy person. "Oh this? I swiped it from one of the White Knights back in Baticul. He had two of each, so I said, "What the hell?" and took them." I confessed while I dried my hair. I wasn't exactly fond of stealing myself, but it was useful. "Well, we'd better get to bed so we can go to Cheagle Forest! Night!" I said as I jumped into one of the three beds while the other two nodded. I could tell, this was going to be one LONG trip.

Yay! Chapter 2 is finished! –Another epic dance- The song for this chapter is, of course, Unhappy Refrain! But its Miku's version instead. Don't forget to Rate and review peoples! Ja ku ne!