Shattered Mirror

Chapter 3. Misunderstanding

I can't stop writing this! I can't wait till I can start writing the angst parts... Must...torture Luke.... My sadistic side is almost awaken...

And I am making a collab with my friend Shihoka! It's a school fic and the pairings are AschLuke and GuyJade!

Well umm...Try to enjoy okay...

I do not own Tales of the Abyss!

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"GO! And never come back!"

-Duke Fon Fabre

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"Luke watch out!" Van yelled to his young student. Luke looked behind of him and killed a wild board just before it was ready to bite him. It was almost dark. Van rushed to his student.

"Luke are you okay?!" He asked worriedly. He asked but Van shook his head.

"Sorry Luke but we can't. There are more powerful enemies than here and you don't have any strength left. I think that we have to go back to the mansion." Luke groaned to protest.

"Heh. Sorry Luke but we must go now." Van smiled. Finally Luke got up. They started to walk to the mansion.

"You know... You sure have trained a lot! Maybe I could take you with me when I am traveling!" Luke turned to look at him.

"Seriously?!" He asked but Van just nodded. Luke jumped in front of him and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you so much Master Van!"

"No problem. I just have to ask- Hey what is that?!" Suddenly Van shouted and pointed direction of the mansion. Luke turned to look at the path which headed to the mansion. There was a person. Even thought it was already dark Luke could tell who it was.

His mother.

"Mom!" Luke shouted. He and Van rushed to her. The Duchess fell to the ground.

"Mom, are you okay?!" Luke shouted. Van checked her pulse but the Duchess grab on Luke's shirt.

"Luke... Your father... He's.... You must hurry!" She said weakly and fainted.

"Luke you must go to the mansion! I'll go and find some help! Don't worry I'll take care of your mother! GO!" Van shouted. Luke nodded and ran to the mansion.

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Fire. The whole mansion was on fire.

The maids shouted orders to each other and everybody were trying to stop the fire. But Luke was just standing. He feared so much that the fear has paralyzed him. He had always hated and feared fire. Sometimes he even started to hyperventilate.

"Luke!" Someone shouted. Luke turned to look at the direction were the voice had come. He saw Guy who was running to him.

"Luke, are you okay?!" Guy asked worriedly. "Y-Yeah..." Luke answered.

"B-But what the hell had happened here?!" He shouted. "We don't know! One maid noticed the smoke and saw that the dining room was on fire!"

"W-What?! Who the hell have done this....? Wait, were is my father? Have you seen him?" Luke asked.

"Last time when I saw him was couple minutes before the fire.... And nobody hadn't seen him. Luke, I am sorry..." Guy muttered and didn't dare to look at Luke.

"N-No..."

Guy and Luke turned around and saw Duchess who stared at the mansion.

"M-Mom...?" Luke shuttered. Why she was here? Where was Van? Many questions were in his head but he forgot all of them when his mother started to run to the flaming mansion.

"M-MOM NO!" Luke yelled but it was too late. He tried to run after her but Guy hold him back.

"Luke it's too late. But there maybe some hope left. Maybe she will come back!" Guy tried to comfort him.

"Who come back?" A deep manly voice asked behind of them. Luke and Guy got the shock of their lives when they turned around to see the Duke's face.

"F-F-Father....?" Luke asked but the Duke didn't even look at him.

"You can tell who." The Duke said to Guy.

"Umm...Sir, your wife... She's..." And Guy started to explain. And when he ended his story Duke's face was pale and he was almost in shock. He ordered a couple of maids to come to him.

"You must go to the mansion! My wife is in there! This is an orde-" He was interrupted by an huge crack.

And everybody could only watch how roof of the mansion collapsed.

"No... This is not true...." The Duke could only said.

"MOM!" Luke shouted and fought back the tears. They both rushed to ruins of the mansion. Everybody followed them.

But it was already too late.

"This can't be happening...." The Duke shuttered.

The servants started to search Duchess' body. At the same time Luke and the Duke sat silently on a bench. Then finally one butler came to them.

"W-Well... Did you find her?" The Duke asked. The butler nodded.

"Is she...?" Luke asked. The butler nodded sadly.

"I am so sorry Luke..." Guy apologized. But the one who cried wasn't Luke. The Duke fell on his knees and let the tears go.

"Father..." Luke whispered and tried to touch Duke's shoulder but the Duke slapped it away.

"This... This is your fault." The Duke got up and look at Luke.

"She is dead because of you. You killed her! You killed your own mother!"

"N-No sir! It wasn't Luke! She heard when I told Luke that-" Guy tried to explain.

"Silence! Tell me ,son why did you kill her? She loved you and cared about you... And then you killed her! Your own mother!"

"Sir please stop!" Guy yelled. He was worried about Luke's mental health.

"Didn't you heard me? SILENCE! And you..." The Duke turned back to look at Luke. "Well... What are you waiting for? Tell me! Why did you kill her?!"

"F-Father...I-" Luke whispered but the Duke punched him on his face.

"Have you forgot what I said to you! You're not my son! You are only here because of your mother! And look. She's dead! Now I don't have any reasons to keep you here..."

"Sir what on earth-" One butler tried to ask.

"GO! And never come back!" The Duke shouted.

And all what Luke could do was run. He ran into the forest. His father was right. He killed her.

He was a murderer. And a coward who just ran.

"Oh my. You are fast!" Somebody whispered. And before Luke could do anything the stranger punched him so hard that he fainted. But before he fainted something came to his head.

For seven years his father hadn't spoke with him voluntarily. And when he does speak with Luke he orders him to go away. Luke always thought that his father didn't like to show his feelings. But he was so wrong.

He never cried on that day.

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The end was just something random.... The Duke's words are very similar from my other story... I shall update it someday. Someday....

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