Right... I shall now present my attempt of writing a more serious and longer fic. xDD My thanks to Andy Wong Fey Hong!
Tieria watched the crew in solace through Veda, silently wishing to be with them once again.
"Heeey... Why did Allelujah leave?" Mileina complained to Sumeragi.
Sumeragi sighed. "I'm sure he has his own reasons."
"What about Tieria? Is he never coming back?" Mileina looked at her with hopeful eyes.
"I'm not so sure myself." Sumeragi sadly said. Mileina was about to say something when the remaining meisters entered the room.
"Tieria Erde is..." Setsuna began to say. "...watching over us."
Mileina looked more disappointed than before.
Lockon quickly added, "That guy's still alive though, and inside Veda, slacking off." Lockon grinned.
"Oh? Aren't you the same?" Sumeragi playfully remarked.
'Those people haven't changed a bit' Tieria silently told himself. Smiling ever so little.
Lockon furrowed his brow in mock annoyance and replied, "I'm most definitely not inside Veda, and I don't slack off. I'm working very hard here, as a matter of fact."
"Lockon," Feldt called from behind. "Where's the mission report I asked you to write?"
"Ah!" Lockon suddenly remembered something.
--
Tieria listened to his comrades' laughter. In the end, he couldn't be with them after all. No matter how much he wanted to scold Lockon for his sillyness, or how much he wanted again to tell Setsuna and Allelujah they weren't suited to be meisters, nothing would change. He would always watch from afar. The thought of those things made him feel strangely melancholic.
'Are you sad?'
Tieria turned to look at Regene's smug face. 'It doesn't have anything to do with you.' He replied.
'Yes, now that I think about it, it doesn't.' Regene went over to Tieria. 'Would you like to be with them again?'
'Why are you asking me these?' Tieria countered with another question.
'No particular reason. But...' Regene disappeared before finishing what he said.
Tieria turned towards his screen and sighed.
--
Allelujah woke up in a cold sweat and rubbed his eyes. He walked to the window and gazed at the night sky.
"Can't sleep?" Marie crept up from behind him.
Allelujah shook his head. "I had a dream."
"What was it about?"
"...The past." Allelujah's mismatched eyes glistened as he stared at the moon.
--
Tieria slowly opened his eyes. He saw a cream colored ceiling. "Where..."
'Tieria Erde.'
"Regene Regetta!" What did you do?!" Tieria shouted in shock when he realized he wasn't in Veda anymore.
'I kept a spare body containing our DNA just in case.'
"Then-!" Tieria was cut off.
'I simply transferred your conscious mind into that body.'
Tieria was left speechless for a moment.
"...Why?" He finally asked.
'There's only room for one in Veda.' Regene stated in an obvious manner.
Tieria could not believe this, but it felt as real as ever. His thoughts finally came to his comrades. He examined the room he was in, and deduced he was in the place where Ribbons hid Veda.
'There's a transport ship remaining below. You could use it to get out of here.'
Tieria headed for the exit, and stopped at the doorway. "...I appreciate it." He mumbled and left.
Regene smirked. 'Yes. You've certainly become a foolish human.'
--
Lockon yawned. "It's been quiet for some time now." He rested his arm against Sumeragi's headrest.
"Don't get too comfortable." Sumeragi said.
Setsuna was the first to notice a transport ship. "Look over there." The screen zoomed in to reveal a small transport ship.
"What should we do? They're asking for permission to dock." Lasse asked.
Sumeragi thought for a while. "Hmm... Let them. They're probably lost." Sumeragi finally said.
"She's too carefree." Feldt commented.
"Now! Let's all go and meet our guest." Sumeragi said.
--
They gathered at the hangar, and the door to the ship slowly revealed a very flustered Tieria.
"Tieria!" Tieria caught a running Mileina immediately rushing in for a hug.
"Where the hell have you been all this time?!" Sumeragi exclaimed.
"Sorry." Tieria apologized.
"I don't remember you being so apologetic." Lockon said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Tieria deadpanned.
"Just as I said." Lockon replied, a smile forming on his lips.
"How did you come back?" Setsuna asked.
Tieria opened his mouth to say something, but Feldt quickly said, "We'll have to contact Allelujah about this."
"Yeah... I'm home, everyone."
"Welcome back."
END
So, um, yeah. Thanks for reading, hope I passed in my quest to make this one long and serious. -gulp- -shifty eyes- Comments and suggestions are much welcomed and appreciated. :]