Well... this is my first fire emblem fic... so yea updates are undetermined... the motivation for this story is basically time travel so I thought it be interesting if Chrom and Marth met and Robin and some evil earth dragon guy met... anyways... hope you like...
It was a year after the war. Peace had come slowly as the scars of battle started to heal. Chrom had worked tirelessly for the peace that Emmeryn had envisionned alongside his wife, Robin. Robin was equally busy as Chrom, and even more when Aversa had her declared as the princess of Plegia as Validar had been her father. Robin, however, had no desire to be shouldered with the responsibility of a country as she dedicated most of her time to Ylisse and helping Chrom, but was thrust into the position regardless. While many of the Shepards went their separate ways, some Shepards and their partners - Sully and Stahl, Frederick and Cordelia, Sumia and Henry, Lissa and Vaike, Maribelle and Ricken, along with Morgan and some of the other children had stayed in Ylisse to help with rebuilding the country, while Robin, and Chrom, spent much the majority of the time mending the relationship between the two countries and they embraced an era of peace.
Although Robin felt fulfilled and happy working and helping Chrom, she always felt that she wasn't worthy of where she was. Her unknown past and connection to Grima gnawed at her consciousness and despite her best efforts to keep it hidden, Chrom knew something was bothering her. Every time he asked her, Robin would always give a small smile and slightly hang her head. Eventually, he contacted Aversa for her knowledge of Validar and possible insight on Robin's past, and she showed up at the Ylissean royal palace the next morning.
"Oh... Aversa. What brings you here to Ylisse?" Robin was slightly surprised to see Aversa in the throne room. She had just finished speaking with Frederick about the country's relationship with Feroxi, and it seemed that most of the Shepards were slightly on an edge... Aversa hardly ever showed up in Ylisse...
"Robin..." Chrom looked up from a document he was examining as his wife entered the room. "I asked Aversa to come..."
"Oh? You didn't tell her that I was coming, Prince Chrom?" Aversa gave a sly smile. "I would have thought that you would have informed Robin that you wanted me to investigate her past..." Her eyes narrowed slightly. "Or a way to find it out... though it is not without risk..."
Robin looked slightly confused as she knew Chrom knew that she was being bothered by something, but she had never told him... "...What? Chrom did that...? And what risk?"
Chrom invited the two women over to the balcony overlooking Ylisstol. there was a small table with chairs where the three sat down. Chrom gently took Robin's hands and sighed. "Aversa told me that you could theoretically go back through the Outrealm gate to find yourself in the past... but it's extremely dangerous... if Grima finds you..." He looked directly into Robin's brown eyes and shook his head. "I don't know what could happen, and we wouldn't know what would happen because you are stronger than when you were found in outside that town..."
Aversa nodded in agreement as her eyes narrowed on Robin. "Grima's heart is strong... there is no guarantee that something could go horribly wrong and you could change the timeline..."
"But there's a chance that I could learn who I... was?" Her ears perked at the idea. She wanted to to learn about her past, but she also wanted to know about her family more than anything...
"Yes... but of course even if you go to the Outrealm gate, there's a chance that you end up in the wrong time or world..." Aversa watched carefully as Chrom gave a sideways glance to Robin. The tactician was most definitely trying to hide her reactions from her husband... "Though you do know... Anna serves as a gatekeeper as well as the Outrealm's guardian to prevent people from entering the past to change events...and she most certainly does not allow people to go backwards unless the world's at stake." She let out a devilish giggle. "The world is certainly not on the verge of destruction and it's fairly easy to get lost in the Outrealms without a guide..."
"You're right..." Robin shook her head as she stood up, preparing to leave the area... "It's too dangerous, but thank you for this Chorm... Aversa..." Chrom immediately stood up and attempted to follow Robin, but she raised her hand with a slight smile. "Please, Chrom...I'll just need some time..."
Robin perked up. It looked like both Chrom and Morgan were asleep. After Aversa's visit she had immediately started preparing her tomes, swords, clothes and food and water supplies. Now, she was in the middle of putting her things in her pack as she put on her usual tactician's clothes. When everything was packed, she pulled up her hood and gave a silent farewell to her family. She headed out of her and Chrom's room and proceeded down the hallways.
All she had to do was get through the courtyard...
"Chrom..." He had gently grabbed her by the wrist and slowly turned her around so that he could see her face as she hung her head. She had made it halfway through the courtyard...
"When are you going to learn that you can't lie to me?" He lets out a small laugh as he gently lifts up her chin so that their eyes meet. "I saw how you reacted when Aversa told you of how you could find out your past...and she has enough tactical expertise to predict what you intend to do when you aren't thinking straight... but you know it's risky to journey to the past..." He brushed the hair slowly off her face in the moonlight. "There are a thousand different things that could go wrong... you might not even end up the right time...and I love you for who you are... not who you were."
Robin felt her cheeks redden, as he pulled her into his embrace. She knew she wasn't thinking rationally and she should have known that Chrom would anticipate her leaving... "It's just that... I want...closure I guess... I mean... I know you and Lissa lost your parents, and my father was a crazy lunatic who had me conceived so I could be Grima's vessel... but I'd like to find out if I have... family... out there...and I'd like to find out if I had any friends who missed me..." She slowly pulled herself back and smiled. "Maybe an ex-boyfriend..."
"Gods, Robin..." Chrom rolled his eyes and slowly took her hands into his. "I never said I'd stop you and I was going to mention how I'd never let you go off by yourself on some dangerous adventure alone... so unless you want me to go and call Frederick to restrain you, I'm taking me with you."
"The general and his chief tactician are running off again?" She grinned at the though. "Since my plan to leave when you were asleep failed...I guess I'll help you pack for our trip since you've decided to invite yourself...and though that means we'll have to slip out later today..."
"Don't worry about that... there's a certain hole in a certain wall that hasn't been fixed that we can use..."
"Sorry Anna." Robin smiled sympathetically as her Einherjar held down the merchant. "I really need to do this..." Chrom nodded as the they left Anna and proceeded to explore Outrealms. It had taken them a long time to distract and subdue the shopkeeper after the two had reached the Outrealm Gate. Now, they headed off past the usual gates that were open to them in the Shepards. Now, they were looking at hundreds of doorways that looked like tears in the fabric of reality with light bluish pinkish light bursting out of them.
"So... Robin, do you which gate we need to go through? I mean we can't really expect Anna to tell us..." Chrom looked slightly worried as he watched her continue walking around examining the doorways. There were a LOT of them, and those Einherjar can only hold down the strongest and scariest merchant women in the entire Outrealm for a limited amount of time."
Robin nodded at his concern. "I just need to feel... some sort of connection to one of the gates..." Robin allowed herself ample room as she sat down and closed her eyes. She surrounded herself by various She concentrated her thoughts on Validar, the Grimleal, Grima and most importantly, Grima's heart which beat within her...
Robin could almost feel a palpable connection between herself and several gates when an unseen force seized her. She panicked as she felt herself being pulled towards a gate. "Chrom!" Alarm flashed in their eyes.
Chrom raced towards Robin who was currently being dragged against the floor. "Robin!" He made a dive towards her and grabbed her hands. They both were heading in the direction of a gateway, but this one radiated dark blue and purple light from it... "Don't you dare let go..."
Robin swallowed hard as she nodded. She was slipping out of Chrom's hands..."Chrom... I..." They were pulled through the gate and enveloped in a flash of light. "Stay safe..." She smiled slightly as she felt her slip out of his grasp.
"Robin!"
"Chrom...?" Robin examined her surroundings, he wasn't there... She tentatively rubbed her head as she recalled what had happened. It felt that some violent, yet familiar force had pulled her away from Chrom... It felt the same as the one that had initially pulled her through the gate... Robin had ended up in the inside of a dimly lit building that resembled a church or was a single altar in the middle of the building with a single open book sitting upon it. Curiously, she walked over to examine it.
She bit her lip as she saw the closed the book and immediately wished she hadn't been so curious. The cover her reminded her of something she would never be able to change. Grima's Truth... She picked up the tome carefully as her hand traced the emblem over the soft cover... At that moment a cry for help pierced the air. Hastily, she stuffed the tome into her pack as she pulled out another one as she headed out the doors.
Robin found herself in the middle of a dark street. It was night. Further along the road, she saw a young boy cowering against the side of a what looked like market stall facing a large and man in a menacing position. Instinctively, Robin reached for her tome and cast a spell that sent him flying into a stack of crates behind him.
"Are you all right?" She rushed over to the boy's side.
"What are you doing?! It's forbidden to raise your hand against the manakete!" The boy met Robin's eyes with a mix of alarm and anxiety.
"What?" She didn't know of any place that had such a rule and the only manaketes she knew were Nowi, Nah and Tiki... Exactly how far back did she end up?
"They'll come for you... they always do..." The boy was quivering in fear. "You have to get out of here!"
"You DARE human?" The person she had sent flying into the crates was picking himself up and was sending her a death glare. She swallowed hard and prepared for a fight, when the boy she had saved knocked her tome out of her hands and grabbed her wrists.
"What are you doing?!"
The boy shook his head. "You'll only make your punishment worse if you continue..." He was trembling with fear...
Robin scowled as she wrested her hands away from him. "I've dealt with worse fates..."
The manakete's teeth flashed as he slowly took out his dragonstone. "I'm going to enjoy this human..." Robin slowly picked up her tome and was about to brace herself for an attack when a group of soldiers wearing ornate armour had surrounded the street. The manakete who going to attack her, bowed slowly to the guards and quickly left the scene.
An elderly man looked wearing regal robes stepped forward with another robed companion. Robin studied them carefully. His ears were dragon-like and his companion was most definitely human... They gave off a dark presence. His eyes narrowed on the boy and his voice thundered in the air."You. Worm. BEGONE." The boy meekly nodded his head before darting off. Once he had left, the elder focused his attention on Robin. "You reek of human scum... Why do you lower yourself to help these pathetic mortals?"
Robin had no idea who was threatening her, and bit her lip nervously as she adjusted the tome in her hand. Whoever he was, he gave off the same aura that Validar did although his was much more intense... His very presence made her feel like she was suffocating... "Stay away from me!" Her breathing was quick and slightly erratic.
His eyes narrowed as he hissed. "Why do you stand against us and not serve our Master?" His companion gave an evil grin as his fingers fiddled with his own tome.
She was completely surrounded and her back was against a wall. "I..." She was terrified. Was he referring to Grima? Was Grima awake in this time? Were these his servants planning for his return? She clutched her tome and tried to calm herself as she slowly analyzed the situation. The leader of the group was slowly walking over and his sorcerer appeared to be finished preparing his spell...
Adrenaline shot through her veins as she was about to cast her spell. Whoever the leader of this man was powerful and had managed to close the distance between them in, in the short time that her eyes focused on his sorcerer companion, she felt herself being lifted into the air and her tome snatched out of hands. He had had ensnared her neck and she struggled to escape his grasp. "Gharnef..."The assailant turned to the sorcerer and nodded.
In a last ditch attempt she reached for her sword, but it was futile. Gharneft cackled a "Yes..." as he sent a bolt of dark magic towards her. Robin felt her limbs immediately weaken as she felt her consciousness being paralyzed by fear. "Chrom...I'm... sorry..." Her eyes fell heavy as she blacked out.
Well that's chapter 1... please review. :)