Two Destinies: Prologue: Separated Together

Author's note: Yay, new story! This one spawned from an idea I had: What if the stories of Tales of Destiny II (a.k.a. Tales of Eternia) and Tales of Destiny 2 (the actual sequel that was released in Japan only) were combined? Due to my lack of a ton of knowledge about Tales of Destiny 2 and having beaten Tales of Destiny II (which I should hereby just call Tales of Eternia to avoid confusion), I'll have this set in Eternia! :D Write reviews, please! Also, I don't own these characters!

"You insolent pests! Did you really think you could stop me?!?" The Priestess in white hollered. "I won't let you interfere!"

"What will you do to stop us? We already returned from your twisted future!" A brave blond-haired boy yelled out in response. "Try all you like, but we'll come back from anywhere you send us!" A smirk crawled onto the Priestess' face.

"Anywhere, you say?" She laughed under her breath. "And it's all because of her, right?" The Priestess pointed a long finger at a pallid girl wearing a pink dress. "What if you didn't have her? Could you return from my future then?" An older man with silver hair ran in front of the pale girl.

"You won't be able to lay a finger on her – I won't let you!" He stood with his arms out shoulder height; ready for anything the Priestess would throw at him. The girl behind him gasped quietly.

"Please! Don't put yourself in harm's way for me!" The girl looked up at her guardian with her sad brown eyes and was met in return with his silver eyes looking at her with care.

"Don't worry – She won't be able to hurt me if she tried." A smile lit up his face, but quickly turned into a frown as he yelled to the Priestess, "Just TRY and get her now!" He quickly unsheathed a long spear and pointed it at the Priestess, who merely chuckled.

"And what harm could YOU possibly inflict upon me with that…" The Priestess did not have enough reaction time to see the blond-haired boy raise his sword into the air and yell out a spell.

"Burn Strike!" He yelled. Three falling flames seemingly appeared from the tip of the boy's sword and struck the ground near the Priestess. However, the Priestess quickly raised one of her hands and created a protective barrier. The boy's spell hit the ground around her and flames danced around the elaborate white dress the Priestess wore, but she was unharmed. The boy who had cast the spell growled in disgust and swore under his breath.

"NONE of you know what I am fully capable of doing!" She summoned a ball of blinding light in her hand and smirked once again. The blond-haired boy who had cast the spell earlier looked at the light with fear in his eyes. Was that spell coming towards him? Suddenly, the Priestess turned and flung the ball of light at the silver haired man. It struck him squarely in the chest, and he fell onto the ground with a thud. The girl in the pink dress gasped at her protector's defeat.

"NO!" The blond boy gasped at seeing his best friend attacked. The Priestess cackled evilly.

"And now, for you…" The Priestess summoned up another spell and aimed it at the pale girl. The girl braced herself for the inevitable attack. Seeing the helpless girl, the Priestess smiled darkly. "Now, begone!" The spell was charged up and ready to fire.

"NO!!!" The blond boy ran as fast as his legs could carry him over to the pallid girl, just barely beating the spell to its target. However, as he grasped the girl, the spell hit home, and both him and the girl started glowing white. The pale girl tried to remove the boy's hands from around her waist.

"No! Let go! I can't let you get whisked away with me!" She looked into the embracing boy's enchanting blue eyes and saw determination.

"I'll go with you to the ends of the universe and back! I'll never let go!" The boy's resolve surprised the girl. Just then, his face disappeared behind a wall of light, as the two of them vanished in a blinding light. The other man, who had been knocked down onto the ground earlier, awoke from his defeat just in time to hear his best friend and the girl he had been trying to protect disappear with a simultaneous twinkle.

"…That fool…" The older man said quietly as the two silhouettes vanished. "What made him do that stupid move?" But he really didn't need to ask that question, since the answer was obvious: love. Still badly hurt from the attack and now that his best friend and the girl in pink were gone, the man slipped away into unconsciousness, not hearing the Priestess' victorious cackle.

Author's Edit: Lol, I left my real name on the document... XD Yes, I left out the names and I made Judas and Nanaly poof. No, not Harold - the team hadn't met her yet... :P More coming soon!