For the AU meme -- we've seen Pere mercifully kidnap Guy and save him after the death of his family. What happens when they arrive in Fabre Manor, and instead of going through with Secret Revenge Plans (tm), Pere finds himself kidnapping Guy again, *and* Master Luke. And he doesn't tell Van where he goes.

Pere re-abducts Guy and abducts Young Master Luke before Van had the chance to enact his replication plans, so there is no replica Luke running around. After less than a year in the Fabre manor, Pere was painfully aware of how neglectful and strict Duke Fabre was, and how constantly being around Guy's stressors was wearing on him. He decided that this was no place for Master Gailardia nor Master Luke to grow up in.

Pere takes Luke with him also in the hopes that this will humanize Luke in Guy's eyes. Pere was so very, very worried about Guy wanting to kill Luke when Luke had no part in the Gardios slaughter. If Guy went through with it, Pere was convinced Guy would lose some part of himself, forever.

Pere takes them out of Baticul on foot, to head for Chesedonia. A boat would be too easy to track with logs and manifests, and it'd be easy to blend in with a caravan making its way across the desert. Pere parts with some coin for passage, more than he'd like, but it's worth it to put distance between Baticul and these children.

Guy is Not Happy to be pulled away from his revenge plans, and is especially not happy to be traveling with Luke, of all people. The kid is still a haughty brat who's natural coloring is the mark of his family's murderer. It takes ages for Guy's walls to be worn down over the course of the journey, and he's finding that the longer they're on the road, the less Luke is trying to act like his father. That makes Guy realize that yes, Luke was just a little kid, trying to live up to one of the only role models he had in his life. Guy finally starts to ease up on him.

Pere successfully smuggles them across the border into Malkuth, and he takes them to St. Binah where they can grow up and live semi-normal lives as regular children in a decently sized city. Luke loooooves climbing up and down the gigantic tree in his play time, and Guy spends many hours learning engineering from tinkering with his fon tech projects. They are able to live there rather peacefully for a few years, until Oracle Knights start to get a little too close, so it's time to move again.