Lost Friend Lost Heart.

After a time of tension and hostility among the group, Ignis's resolve forces a reconciliation between Noctis and Gladiolus and restores harmony to the group. With renewed vigor, the five friends reboard the train and head for Tenebrae, home of the late Lady Lunafreya. And with harmony restored, all hostilities stopped as well, allowing everyone to go back to working together like normal Noct and Ignis sit at a table in the dining car of the train, Gladio was doing some reconnaissance and Asuka was resting in one of the cabins. She had removed her boots since she needed to air of her feet a little. In the other bed, Prompto was also relaxing. They would share beds, but sadly they were not big enough for both of them.

"Man, what an ordeal..." Asuka said with a yawn.

"No kidding. I honestly thought Noct and Gladio were going to fight for real" Prompto agreed.

"And even though he is blind now, Ignis still manages to be the most level headed and reasonable of our group. He had better reasons than most to complain about what happened... but he didn't" Asuka said.

Prompto thinks for a moment "Now that you mention it, you're right. I haven't heard him complain about his condition at all. Not even once. Had it been me, I don't know what I would've done".

Asuka nods "Yes. Ignis really is the strongest among us. At least mentally".

"We would be lost without him... well I am going to check on the others" Prompto said as he stood up and was about to leave.

"Hey, aren't you forgetting something?" Asuka asked with a knowing smile.

"Oh right, almost forgot" Prompto said before giving Asuka a quick kiss before leaving the cabin.

Asuka smiled and closed her eyes, hoping she could grab some sleep before they arrived in Tenebrae. But her wish for sleep was not granted, as she heard people talking a lot outside. Annoyed by being unable to sleep and curious what was happening, Asuka got up, put on her boots and walked out of the cabin. When she looked out of a widow... she saw the reason why people where talking so much.

"Wow..." She whispered as she saw the train was beginning to pass a snowy mountain range covered in mist. It looked like a giant snow storm was on it's way. But the size of it was unreal "Looks like winter is coming early".

Not liking what she was seeing, she went to find the others. She found Gladio and Ignis, with her older brother also watching the large mist with concerned eyes. If Gladio was worried, then it couldn't be good.

"Gladio, Iggy" Asuka called out as she hurried up to them.

"You saw it too?" Ignis asked, and Asuka knew what he was referring to.

"I did. What does this mean?" Asuka asked as she looked back at the large mist.

"We fear it's the result of the Empire killing one of the Six. As a result the world is falling in to chaos, due to less daylight, more daemons, and as we can see, natural disasters" Gladio explained.

Asuka looked out again, worried of what this could mean. If the days keeps getting shorter and the nights longer... then it's only a matter of time before day light vanishes completely. And that would mean Daemons can run around freely for as long as they want.

Suddenly Asuka's thoughts were interrupted. She could feel something was wrong, like she could hear screaming... but not out of fear, but rage. It sounded like Noctis... and it sounded like he was trying to kill someone. What on earth was happening? Before Asuka could go check, she is thrown violently to the floor as the train's brakes bring it to a screeching halt. Asuka grabs her head as an massive pain began aching inside her head.

When she opens her eyes she sees it's dark... and the train is empty. She looks around but can't see anyone "Gladio? Prompto? Noct? Iggy? Is anyone there? Hello?".

Suddenly a man walks past her. She looks up and gasps as she saw who it was... the man she never expected to see again.

"Father?" Asuka asked, as the man she saw was her blood father... but he just kept walking "Father wait!".

She gets up and began following her father as he enters the nextt cart. She hurries in to it as well, and sees her father was still walking away from her, not sparring her a glance.

"Father! Stop, please!" Asuka begged as she began running to catch up to her father. But she stops as she feels pain again, and could only watch as her father disappears in to the next cart "Father, come back! Please!".

She fights through the pain and once again hurries after him. But she could barely walk as it felt like her strength was leaving her body. Despite this she keeps forcing herself forward until she reached the next cart... where her father was standing, with his back turned to her.

"Father... why are you not looking at me? Please, just talk to me!" Asuka begged as she reached her father and put and hand on his shoulder. But suddenly her father's form changed... revealing the monster Asuka hadn't seen for a while now, making her eyes wide in horror "Ogre...".

The towering daemon looks down on her with an evil smile "Your father is dead, child. Both of them are dead. Have you not realized yet that you can't protect anyone? Least of all the people you care about?".

"What would you know!?" Asuka demanded, trying to remain brave, but she still hadn't gotten over her fear of Ogre yet.

"You could not save your first father, nor could you save your second. And you failed to save the bride of your friend. And now, you can't save the boy you claim to love" Ogre said.

Asuka got wide eyes "Prompto... What have you done to him you bastard!?".

Ogre chuckled darkly "I didn't need to do anything. Your friend was more than happy to get rid of that weakling".

"What does that mean!?" Asuka demanded.

"You will find out shortly. And when you do, your rage will turn in to a fire storm of hate. Given in to your darkness, reject your light. And when you are ready, we will finally have our long awaited battle to the death" Ogre said as he vanished.


Asuka's eyes snapped open and she noticed everything was back to normal, and Gladio was holding her "Brother?".

"Asuka! Are you alright?" Gladio asked in worry.

"What happened?" Asuka asked.

"When the train stopped, you fell to the floor and passed out. Gave us quite a scare" Gladio answered.

Asuka rubbed her head, but then she remembered what Ogre said "Wait, where is Prompto and Noct?".

"Taking care of everyone in the back while we got the train moving" Gladio answered.

Suddenly someone calls Ignis making him step away as he answers his phone "What's wrong?".

"Ignis, you've gotta stop this thing! Prompto fell off the train. I pushed him, I mean, Ardyn made me. I don't know where he is, but we can't leave him!" Noctis said in clear distress.

"Stay calm, Noct. I'm as concerned for Prompto as you are, but stopping the train would endanger everyone onboard. We'd be sitting ducks for the daemons" Ignis said.

"Wait, what happened to Prompto!?" Asuka demanded, sounding very scared.

"What do we do!?" Noctis asked.

"First, we drop the passengers off at Tenebrae. We'll be arriving shortly" Ignis answered.

"What about Prompto!?" Noctis demanded.

"Given the chancellor's involvement, it's probable he's no longer where we left him. In any case, he may try to contact us. Let us wait and hope for now" Ignis said as the train begins going through a mountain tunnel "Can you make your way here? Gladio and Asuka is with me".

"Are the three of you okay at least?" Noctis asked.

"Yes" Ignis confirmed.

"Okay, on my way. I'll be there as soon as I take care of these stowaways!" Noctis said before he hangs up.

"Enough! What happened!? Where is Prompto!?" Asuka demanded. She remembered what Ogre said to her, but she begged it wasn't true.

"Calm down Asuka. Noctis will explain latter. For now, we need to make sure the people are safe" Ignis said in a calm but firm tone.

Asuka knew he was right, but she still hated it. She headed out to keep the Daemons away from the people. Some smaller ones did make it in, but Asuka quickly sent them out of the train. She was angry, worried and stressed. So she just wanted to get rid of them as quickly as she could. But no matter how many daemons she killed, more kept coming. Outside night has begun to fall suddenly and swiftly beyond the end of the tunnel; however, the air also begins to fill with the crystals of light that accompany the appearance of a summoned god.

"What!? No light at the end of the tunnel!? "Noctis takes notice of many large spider-like daemons hanging from the ceiling ahead of the train "What in the world…?".

The daemons drop onto the train, which emerges into the rapidly disappearing daylight; the train is being swarmed as it reaches Tenebrae; Fenestala Manor looms in the distance, but Noctis is about to face a potentially overwhelming horde; suddenly, Leviathan emerges from the valley below and begins unleashing its water coil copies at the daemons, knocking them loose and shattering even more windows; a water cyclone the sea god has kicked up sucks in the daemons as they are knocked off the train; having saved the train, the great serpent departs, but is at that moment Noctis realizes Fenestala Manor is burning.

Once Noctis made it back inside, Asuka wasted no time an ran up to him "Where is Prompto?".

Noctis knew this was coming, but it didn't make it any easier "He... fell of".

Asuka got wide eyes before she grabbed Noctis and slammed him against a wall "WHAT DID YOU DO!?".

"Asuka!" Gladio said loudly but was ignored.

"Did you throw Prompto of?! DID YOU!?" Asuka screamed at Noctis.

"I didn't mean to. Ardyn was here. He did something to me. I don't know what but he made me push Prompto of" Noctis explained quickly.

"YOU PUSHED PROMPTO OF!?" Asuka screamed as she pulled her fist back, ready to punch Noctis' skull in.

"I didn't mean to... I swear to you, Asuka. I would never do it by choice. Never" Noctis said.

"Asuka, don't" Gladio said, hoping he wouldn't have to force Asuka to stop.

Asuka let out an angry yell... before she punches the wall, right next to Noctis head. She was breathing hard before glaring at Noctis with tears running down her face "Prompto is gone... the only boy I've ever loved, is gone... And it's your fault, Noctis. I will not forgive you for this! I will never forgive you for this!".

She let's go of Noctis wand walks away, tears streaming down her face. Noctis looks down on the floor in shame. She was right... he let Arndy play him like a broken instrument. And because of him, Prompto is all by himself. Now Asuka has lost her lover, and she blames her friend for it.

"She just needs some time for herself... she will come around... eventually" Gladio said with a tired sigh.

Meanwhile Asuka was alone... she sat down before burring her face in her hands... and began to cry... once again, she had lost someone she loved... and once again, she couldn't do anything to stop it.

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