Entry 1 - Apotheosis and Ace

Across time and space, there existed many different dimensions. All varying in some detail, but the one thing they seemed to have in common was a hero that rose up to save the day from evil, with the help of something called the Fire Emblem.

The other thing they had in common was-

"Attention! This council of Annas will come to order!"

-a red-haired merchant by the same of Anna. Their leader/eldest sister, Apotheosis, slammed the gavel to begin the start of their meeting. Hundreds and hundreds of Annas were in attendance, and while one or two could be picked out of the crowd (like Springs and her blue hair), only those that truly knew their Anna could tell them apart.

"Well sisters, things have changed since Ace's little adventure. It's our job to make sure whenever dimension lines are crossed, it doesn't cause ruin like with Anankos. If evil can spread that far, we need to be ready! Let's review."

Apotheosis took out a massive chart that showed several circles of existence.

"See these?" She tapped the center of one. "Each world follows a prime timeline, where things are the most usual. Normal. Most recognizable you'd say. Like this is where say….Lord Chrom and Robin destroy Grima for good." Then she gestured to the space around the center but still within the circle. "Here is where you have offshoots. Maybe in this timeline Grima was only sealed and not killed."

The Annas muttered amongst eachother. A certain sister always got the pleasure of seeing the prime timeline, while others late to the party saw these variations.

"Recently…" Apotheosis cleared her throat. "We've been doing some research to better understand how the Outrealms. We have discovered some new places. Stripes?"

The Anna that saw Grima's utter demise - with Chrom and male Robin - stepped to the front of the room, in her usual trickster outfit.

"Yep. Like how in this one-" she pulled out a magnifying glass and looked at the chart "-it's about some pegasus rider named Belle. This one's all about Bram and his dog Dewey. But these are relatively new places. What we REALLY found was the heart."

"…..the heart?" an Anna asked.

"Yes. The center. The nexus." Apotheosis took a ruler and drew lines connecting each circle to a center point. "The land of Zenith. This place is special. It's equidistant from each collection of heroes. And our findings have said there's going to be someone that will do the unthinkable."

Silence.

"Summon heroes from all avenues of time, space, and variation."

The room was filled with gasps.

"But….how?"

"I don't know," Apotheosis said. "But we can beat it to the punch. A bunch of us Annas did the math and….this person won't arrive yet. So that's why….I've already infiltrated the world."

She took out her armor and the axe Noatun.

"Sister, you…."

"I'm the oldest, girls. This mission will take some time, but I'll make sure this person doesn't use their talents for evil. In the meantime, we all better start REALLY exploring the differences in existence. Take uhhhhhh this one, right!" She pointed to one within the Elibe circle. "Here the recruitment order is reversed. Apparently Karel has the life of Lord Roy while Roy has taken Karel's life. Everyone in between has been swapped too!"

"Sister, what about Ace?"

"Aw, she said she's done with adventuring for now. Let her enjoy her new life in Nohr for now. If we need her, we know where to find her."

Ace was traveling on a boat with two of her companions/business partners - Mozu, the farmgirl from Hoshido, and Shura, the adventurer from the fallen Kouga.

"So Shura, you really didn't want any of the land Lord Ryoma offered you?"

"Nah," Shura replied. "It was a nice gesture but I don't want something big like that. I'm content with enjoying the rest of my life in peace."

Ryoma and Xander had become Kings of Hoshido and Nohr, respectfully, while Corrin had taken land from both sides to form a new, neutral, territory in the middle - New Valla. He and Azura managed the land together.

"We're here!"

The boat docked at the fallen Notre Sagesse. Its population had been wiped out in the war against Valla. Many made the voyage to honor the fallen in the war, as Ace was doing right now. She, Mozu, and Shura placed some new sunflowers on the graves.

"C'mon, there's some weeds to pull out, gang!"

Anna's new company - HQ located in the porttown of Dia, had a lush of trade across the continent. Business was helped by the fact that she was a war hero and even knighted by both Hoshido and Nohr for her efforts.

Of course, because her land was linked to that of Stripes's Ylisse, there would be many stories to tell between the two….

FIN

Ending notes: Welcome to a new project I've been thinking about for quite some time. This is my way of exploring the stories of Fates/Awakening AFTER the events of Anna's Bizarre Adventure! Nothing too complicated, I simply pick from a set for each entry. Obviously you need to read that story to understand whatever I reference. I've had several one-shot ideas within the canon, but I realized I can just have a place for them all.

Updates are whenever I feel like it. :p. But if you have a suggestion or two, I'll all ears. I plan on a couple of Heroes entries but not too many.