Title: The Duties of a Host
Fandom: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Phantasia
Genre: Fluff/Romance
Rating & Warnings: G
Words: 424
Disclaimer: I don't own the above media.
Summary: This is another awkward mess Grune has gotten Dhaos into.
Author's Notes: Inspired by this adorable drawing by northeasternwind, because seriously, how could I not.

( He should, by now, be accustomed to Grune pulling him into odd and uncomfortable situations. )

Title: No Longer Remiss
Fandom: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Phantasia, Mushishi, One Piece, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, original works
Genre: Romance
Rating & Warnings: G
Words: 4412
Disclaimer: I don't own the above fandoms.
Summary: When Norma finds out that Dhaos has never taken Grune on a date, she's determined to take care of that lapse, pronto. Dhaos isn't so enthusiastic.
Author's Notes: And at last I've finished! This one could also be titled "Dhaos and the Unreliable Narration," because holy shit, dude, could you be less self-aware. (Signs point to no.)

This fic is showing its age, because pretty much everybody but Helios outside of the Tales cast has since gone home in Luceti. Sob.

Enjoy?

( 'What? That big LOSER! Where does he get off, not taking you on any dates?' )

Title: First Bloom
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Phantasia
Genre: Romance
Rating & Warnings: G
Words: 197
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above fandoms.
Summary: The first peony is for him.
Author's Notes: This was another beginning of a fic that didn't work out--this time because I forgot what season I was setting it in, oops--but that I liked enough to post as a standalone. It's part of an experiment I did with writing poetic prose and atmospheric pieces, and sadly, my hypothesis was correct: I need a lot more practice. Oh well.

( 'This is for you.' )

Title: 31_days October: 04. Weeping a few litres of tears
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Tales of Phantasia
Genre: Hurt/comfort
Rating: G
Words: 448
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above media.
Summary: Even with Dhaos supporting her, Grune does not always defeat Schwartz.
Author's Notes: Not a lot to say about this one. It's pretty old, I had to do a fair bit of editing, and there's really not much to it. So, well, yup.

( 'She had another name to add to her memories of places that had never existed: Fayne.' )

Title: Redress
Fandom: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a couple of blink-and-you'll-miss-it references to Tales of Phantasia
Genre: Gen
Rating: PG-13
Words: 5951
Disclaimer: I don't own the above fandoms.
Summary: There is no balance between good and evil on Giles' Earth, and Grune cannot leave the home of one so loved in such a condition. However, she is not strong enough to right what is wrong on her own.
Author's Notes: So basically this one is me shamelessly indulging my weakness for Grune being a badass. It took me a long time to write, then to dictate and edit, but overall I'm fairly pleased with how it came out.

While I haven't watched all that much of Buffy, I tried to make the appearance of the First Evil what I think would be likely for the show. Even if it isn't what I personally would have gone with, I think this fits in the universe better. I could be completely off base, though.

I apologize in advance for any mistakes I might have made with the canon; I did a lot of reading and looking at images, but yeah.

( . . . But, as she travels along the freshly-laid sidewalks, she cannot help but think: in a way, this is a world more desperate than the one for which she currently fights. )

Title: Grune and the Bitties - 02. Dhaos
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, original works, Tales of Graces f, Tales of Phantasia
Genre: Fluff
Rating: G
Words: 2390
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above media.
Summary: Luceti AU: Dhaos is excited to learn that he's not the only one to know about angels--but unfortunately for him, there's a twist.
Author's Notes: And four months later, here's the next fic in the series. Whoops. I'll try to post the next one after this a little faster....

Not a lot to say about this one, except it's horrendously ironic if you've played Tales of Phantasia. Whoops?

As a reminder, here are the ages of the bitties involved: Sophie (3), Dhaos (6), Fenimore (7), Hubert (10), Helios (12), Ginia (12), Rupert (12)

Have fun?

( 'Whoa—it snowed last night!' )

Title: The Babysitters Club: Dhaos' First Day
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Legendia
Genre: Fluff
Rating: G
Words: 2476
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above media.
Summary: Being the first day of babysitting of one Demon King Dhaos, former Prince of Elusion.
Author's Notes: I had a lot of fun with this one, as is no doubt extremely obvious. XD Dhaos was certainly one of the more entertaining people on Fenimore's babysitting list, given his history, so I just plain couldn't resist writing what his first day might have gone like.

I've no idea whether I'll turn this into a series--this is quite old and though I have a few other ideas I've not written anything similar since--but I hope I'll get to write at least one or two more. After all, Grune has a lot of...interesting friends she could corrall into babysitting....

Thanks to Yosie for typing this for me. ♥

( Why did Grune always do these things to him? )

Title: The Superfluous Role of Dignity in Friendship
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, original works, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Tales of Phantasia
Rating: PG
Words: 1252 + 164 omake
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above fandoms.
Summary: There is no greater love a dignity-conscious man can show for a dear friend than to enter a crossdressing pageant for her sake.
Author's Notes: Okay, I had a lot of fun with this one. Basically, Haruhi shamelessly used Grune to get as many signups as possible for her crossdressing pageant. Lots of names were submitted, but I realized after a while that, had this pageant occurred with the cast we had last fall, there would have been a few more names involved....

The omake bit is an idea I had that I couldn't make fit into the story, but was far too tempting to pass up. So yup.

( 'I will admit to having done s-some ridiculous things in m-my life...but this—SURELY must be the very worst.' )

( Omake. )

Title: A Promise to Keep
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, Tales of Phantasia, Vampires: Los Muertos
Genre: Gen/Angst? Not really sure how to classify this one.
Rating: PG-13
Words: 2306
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above fandoms.
Summary: When Giles starts acting very strangely, when he hurts her friends, Grune must keep the promise of their friendship in one of the most difficult ways of all.
Author's Notes: In a nutshell, my take on one of the ways the Vampire!Giles plot in Luceti could have run. I harbour no illusions that this is actually how things would have turned out--but it was fun to write anyway. Ceodore and Selphie's roles were determined by their position on the sign-up lists; everything else came from my brain.

A note for those unfamiliar with Tales of Legendia's canon: The deity of Melfes is Nerifes, which is also the ocean of that world. Thus, any water-element spells also have the dual element of light.

Thank you very much to hickumu for helping me with details of the Los Muertos variety of vampires and how Vampire!Giles would have reacted. Any mistakes are most definitely my own.

( 'Hello, Grune.' )

Title: Grune and the Bitties - 01. Fenimore
Fandoms: luceti, Tales of Legendia, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, original works, Tales of Graces f, Tales of Phantasia, Pirates of the Caribbean
Genre: Fluff
Rating: G
Words: 2452
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the above fandoms.
Summary: Luceti AU: After seeing Dhaos fly, Fenimore decides she's going to one-up him.
Author's Notes: So, one day, I thought to myself, "Grune sure runs into a lot of bitties. What would it be like if she had encountered them all at once?" And thus the Grune and the Bitties series came into being.

I'm hoping to eventually write one fic for each bitty she's encountered, although at the rate she runs into them, it's going to take a long time. But that's okay. These are as fun as hell to write, so I don't mind. :D

Some notes for understanding:

* This version of Fenimore is the Luceti Valley version. She's somewhat spunkier and more adventurous than her canon counterpart--but not completely so. Regular Fenimore was fairly mischievous when she was younger, too. ♥

* Fenimore is a Ferines, a water- and air-breathing species from Tales of Legendia whose hair glows blue whenever they're breathing water. So, well, don't be surprised when that's referenced.

* "Eres" are what spells are called on Melfes. A "teriques" is, in short, the projection of a Ferines' soul that can be used for numerous purposes. Walter uses his teriques to fly and Stella has used her to stop a giant laser. (Seriously!)

* The bitties involved and their ages: Sophie (3), Dhaos (6), Fenimore (7), Hubert (10), Helios (12), Ginia (12), Rupert (12)

And that's all! Enjoy the fluff, and try not to drown in it. ♥

( How hard could it be if a little kid like Dhaos could do it? )