Fe: Sky's Fate

by YueTian

Everything seemed to have finally settled down since the war against the Silent Dragon. Two years have passed and everything is finally running smoothly as the children grow older. However, it would seem some won't let them rest. Another chapter is starting for them and the new generation must step up as well. How will everyone bring back the lost order and uncover their secrets?

1. Chapter 1: What's Left of Our Home

What's Left of Our Home

Once upon a time was it?

Well, let's just cut it down to this! Since young, my cousin and I lived in another world. Cool, right? Not really. All we ever did there was play, learn, and meet with the villagers. Our mothers and fathers are always away from home at their world. Our life is pretty hard to explain, you see. Our parents grew up in a world of trouble and a lot of fighting. To keep us safe, mama and papa had to send us to another world. That's all we could understand that time. My papa is a really strong fighter and mama is a great singer! I love them both a lot, a lot! Kana, my cousin, also has a really strong mama and a cool papa! They're cool too, but I like my papa and mama better! So, the two of us lived in this large house in a village far away from them. We don't get to see our papa and mama often because of all the fighting. We were there for a long, long time. But, all that changed one day when my papa and Aunty was coming over to visit us. We were both barely teenagers by then, and Kana and I were both really, really excited! We were going to get a lot of food to celebrate, but then, a bunch of bad guys came out to hurt us! We were both saved by our papa and mama, but they both got hurt really, really bad. I didn't know what happened then, but I had a strange dream that I became a huge dragon! So cool! Then, when Kana and I woke up, our papa and mama said that we really became dragons and get this! They can become dragons too! Cool, right?! So, a lot of things happened, but now, Kana and I can both use our dragon powers and help our papas and mamas! We even get to be with our parents! We helped protect people in this frontline place for a long time before we had to stop this bad dragon! He was so mean! Papa and Aunty are better dragons than him! He was really creepy and gigantic too! But, papa and Aunty stopped him! Anyway, that was two years ago! Now, I live in a castle the dragon nearly destroyed. I'm fifteen now, but it's hard for me to act that age. I tried really hard too, but it's just not easy to be "Mature" and all that. Sometimes, Kana and I don't get to play all that often and we don't get to sleep in the same room anymore. We get our own rooms! Still, now, papa and mama wants us to act like grown-ups, but it's so hard and really frustrating. Even now, they just went ahead and got me and Kana retainers without letting us pick. I really hate that, but, at least, they're not bad. Kana and I really like them too! Oh, right! I guess I should be introducing myself too. My name is Ahna and my papa is King Kamui and my mama is Queen Azura! I also have a big brother who's also really good at singing and can do a lot of cool things, like drawing and helping others, but he's gotten really busy too. My other cousin, Midori, is a really great apothecary, but she's always busy gathering herbs and studying. So, we always hang out on our own really often. Our family now lives in the castle in Valla and there's very little things to do. On occasions though, our retainers would plan a picnic with us and, sometimes, my brother would join us! However, one day, something happened…

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"Come on, Feather! Ciel! We want to go play outside now! I wanna go make some flower wreath for mother and Aunty"

"What~?! But, I want to go sparing today! We've been stuck in the library for so long already. I want to stretch out more!"

"B-but…"

The little blue bun hair girl started to sniffle, "I-I want to go see the flowers…"

Suddenly, the little green spiky-hair boy looked around nervously as a young man slightly older than them with long sliver hair tied to the back with a white ribbon and a young woman around his age with long straight silver hair hurried to the two fretting nervously too while the silver hair boy said, "Then, I'll spar with you in the flower field today, Prince Kana!"

"And I'll help milady make some flower wreaths!" the silver hair woman added nervously, "So, let's dry up those tears, Lady Ahna, all right? We will all go to the flower field today."

With that, the silver hair woman gently wiped away the child's tears with her white handkerchief as the princess slowly nodded with a sniffle, "A-All right… Thank you, Feather…"

"Please, milady." Feather said with a small relieved smile, "All we did was give a suggestion so you can still spend time with your family while outside."

"We know, but…" Kana pouted, "All we've done as of late is just argue. And we even know that it's bad to argue amongst families… If only, we were like you and Ciel… You're even twin siblings, like mother and Uncle Kamui, and you get along so well!"

Ahna frowned in confusion, "D-Do you think it's because we're only cousins that we don't get along anymore?"

"That's not true!" Ciel spoke up with a frown, "Even now, Feather and I don't get along every now and then. It's just that we don't argue as much anymore than we use to as children."

Feather nodded with a grin, "Of course we're still children in the eyes of society, but we've at least learnt to be more patient with one another. It was just something our parents taught us when we were growing up."

Ciel nodded, "Yes, and… our situation wasn't too good when we were growing up with our parents. However, that changed for the better or worse."

Hearing the words, Ahna looked up in confusion, "Huh?"

Ciel shook his head, "I-It's nothing, milady. Just some left over thoughts."

Feather looked up with a thought, "Lady Ahna, Lord Kana, how about we make it a short picnic. Seeing you've done nothing but study for the last few days, shall we have you stay outside a bit longer today?"

Ahna gasped in delight with eyes shining, "Yes! Oh, yes!"

Kana frowned before he nodded, "Mother and Aunt Azura would be in the castle today, so it shouldn't be much of a problem… I'll go let them know anyway before they worry of our absence."

Once gone, Ahna looks to her retainers with eyes shining, "Can we have your homemade sandwiches today, Feather? Pretty please~? I promise to eat whatever our cooks prepare for us too…"

Feather smiled nervously, "Well, if that's what milady wants…"

"Yay!" Ahna jumped with glee as her blue bandana around her neck flies up and down with her, "I'll go get my dragonstone, then! Come on, Ciel!"

"R-right away, milady!"

As Feather watches her older twin hurries after the blue hair princess, she slowly began to make her way to the Mess Hall with a small smile.

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A silver hair man with strange silver armor, slightly pointy ears, blue cape and a gold blade walked through the corridors as he spoke with a woman around the same age with the same red eyes, Slightly pointy ears, silver armor, blue cape and longer silver hair. His eyes widen in disbelief as he spoke, "One of the villages on the borders disappeared?!"

The woman nodded with a grimace, "I'm afraid so, Brother. It vanished right before our eyes. Kaze had checked the perimeters, but it was not an illusion."

The man grimaced as she suggested with a grimace, "Should we speak with our siblings about this, Kamui? It's been going on for a couple days now."

Kamui nodded, "If this continues on, it may even spread to the other kingdoms too. Not to mention, the people are already starting to catch on to this event reoccurring as of late. But, just what could be causing all this from happening?"

"We should probably ask Nyx to investigate into this matter for us. If it's a type of dark magic, she'll know if it is." the sister said with a grimace, "Perhaps, Leo would know something regarding this matter as well."

Kamui nodded, "True. But, I'm worried it might drag him into this as well, Corrin."

Corrin sighed, "That's true too, but, at this rate, it may also pass into the other kingdoms. We can't let all three kingdoms fall into the chaotic state it was in two years ago."

Kamui grimaced before he sighed in defeat, "You're right. I'll have my retainers send a message to our siblings. We'll hold a council at the Bottomless Canyon away from our kingdoms. While this is happening, we'll ask if Feather would be able to find a safe location for the people to flee to in case the disappearance starts to occur in the capitol as well. But, the villages living around the borders…"

Corrin nodded, "We gave them a warning of the situation and had designated them a refuge area. I've notified the guards there to notify us as soon as the disappearance starts to occur in their area as well. I know we can't spark panic in the people, but we can't just leave them to fall victim to it too, Kamui."

"That may be the best move we can make so far." the man nodded with a frown, "It'll spread rumors and fear, but we can't leave them be. We need to get to the bottom of all this and fast."

As she nodded, sounds of footsteps could be heard as they turned and saw the little green hair boy running over to them with a bright smile. He stopped before them with a look of surprise and said, "Oh, Uncle Kamui! Welcome back!"

The man grinned and patted the boy's head, "I'm glad to be back. Is something the matter, Kana?"

Corrin sighed before a smile came on her face, "You know you can't run through the halls like that, Kana. You'll bump into the knights and servants."

"S-Sorry, Mother." Kana responded with a grimace, "Ahna and I will be going to the flower fields today with Feather and Ciel. Feather is making the sandwiches right now."

The two siblings looked to one another as Kamui asked, "So, where is the flower field?"

Corrin frowned, "Is it the one by the castle walls?"

Kana nodded with a smile, "Yeah! Ciel said that I can spar with him today and Feather will be with Ahna."

The man's eyes widen before he nodded, "I see. But, if you two are going to go outside, make sure that Shigure comes with you two, Kana. He should be in his room today."

"Really?" Kana said with a look of confusion but nodded with a bright smile, "Well, all right! We'll be back soon!"

Corrin nodded with a smile and waved, "Be careful and listen to what Shigure and your retainers say, Kana!"

She sighed, "Again, he's running in the halls…"

With the boy soon out of sight, Kamui frowned thoughtfully before he turned to his sister, "I think Shigure should be free today as well. I don't want to ask him to put aside his hobbies, but, with the situation, I suppose I'd have to ask him anyway. He would probably enjoy a breather today as well."

Corrin nodded, "I'd ask Midori to join them, but she's currently outside gathering herbs with Caeldori and Asugi today."

Kamui smiled nervously, "It looks like everybody have been spending the day outside today."

Corrin sighed, "We'll have to make sure to warn everyone before they go out again, then."

Kamui nodded, "Perhaps today after dinner, I'll speak with the kids."

His sister grinned, "I had the same idea as well. I should probably have the other children escorted back to their parents tomorrow too. With the situation, we should be more cautious not to let anything happen to them."

"Then, they would be escorted by the messenger tomorrow as he sends the letter?" Kamui said with a worried expression, "It would benefit both sides, so it should be all right."

Corrin nodded in agreement, "I'll tell them after the return to the castle. By the way, how was the situation in the surrounding capitol, Brother Kamui?"

Kamui smiled weakly as he spoke dryly, "Better. The construction is moving along smoothly, and business is slowly beginning to prosper again. It's thanks to our younger brothers that we were able to get things running again with foreign trade. The people brought back after the death of Anankos is settling back down quite well and it seems the kingdoms are finally getting the connection we need with the other kingdoms. Of course, there's still other who refuse to cooperate, but I hope they'll be willing to open up to them, eventually."

Corrin sighed, "And just when we're making progress… It's taken everyone in the castle to help persuade the people for two years now to get this far with the other kingdoms. Why do things have to happen as soon as everything starts to get better?"

Kamui shook his head, "You know as well, that neither of us know the answer, Corrin. But, we have to get to the bottom of this before things start to grow as dire as it already is. It's not just the building that are disappearing, after all. People are also vanishing along with their homes. If only we can get at least some leads to what is going on…"

Corrin grimaced in silence at their own inability to stop the situation from growing.

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"Hah!"

Sounds of wooden sticks could barely be heard through the large field of wild flowers as the young prince and one of their retainer fought. The young prince charged into their retainer with his wooden blade as the man simply stepped aside and stopped the blade of his wooden sword just above the prince's tilting head. Seeing this, the child groaned upon his situation and stepped back with his blade forward, "One more time! I'll beat you for sure this time!"

Ciel nodded with a smile, "Understood. Prince Kana, keep your eyes on your opponent and not just his blade."

"R-right!" Kana shouted before steadying himself once more and the battle started once more.

Not far, sounds of a giggling little girl could be heard as a cool wind blew through the girls' hair. The young princess revealed the crown of yellow dandelions in her hands to the other retainer as the silver hair woman clapped and voiced her amazement before gingerly placing it onto the child's head. The silver hair woman praised the child's appearance before she began to teach the princess how to make one out of the surrounding Lavenders much to the child's amazement.

"How did you do that?" Ahna said with a gasp.

Feather smiled softly as she showed the princess a couple of freshly picked Lavenders, "See this, milady? The stems are certainly sturdy, but they still provide a certain degree of flexibility."

After seeing her bind the two stems together, the princess went ahead to try it for herself only for it to snap at just the slight bend of her two stems. The princess sighed in frustration and disappointment before she pouted angrily and looked to her retainer pleadingly. Feather gave the girl a soft smile and carefully showed the girl how to bind the stems once more, "It's all right, milady. Practice would make it easier for you to carefully control your strength when bending the stems."

The girl pouted as she wiped away a tear, "How long did you practice before you got it right, Feather?"

"I wasn't able to get it till I was old enough to leave my home." the retainer wore a nostalgic smile as the wind ruffled her white skirt, "I believe I was a little younger than milady was. Before my mother used to do it for me when I was younger."

"Wow…" Ahna looked to the girl in amazement, "You speak quite often about your parents a lot, Feather. What are they like?"

"Ahna…"

Upon the scolding voice, they turned and saw the crown prince walking over to them. He had short blue hair much like his mother, Queen Azura, and wore white armor and blue clothing. He glanced over to his sister with gold colored eyes, much like his mother, and warned his younger sibling, "It's impolite to question such personal topics, Ahna."

The princess pouted, "B-but…"

Shigure sighed and smiled, "Shall we start having some lunch now?"

Hearing this, Ahna's eyes lit up as she jumped to her feet, "Oh, yes! I'll go call Kana!"

Seeing this girl dash off, Feather jumped to her feet nervously, "L-Lady Ahna, please be careful or you'll-"

As if on cue, the girl slipped. However, she didn't touch the ground as she feared. She had felt an arm grab hold around her waist as she looked up. It was Feather! The silver hair retainer let out a sigh of relief before setting her liege safely back on the grass and fretted, "I-is Lady Ahna unharmed?!"

Instead, the little girl spoke, "That… was so cool!"

She then looked up to her in admiration, "How did you get here so fast?! You must tell me how you did that!"

Shigure sighed, "Ahna… Weren't you going to call Kana for Lunch?"

The child gasped upon realization, "Th-that's right! Thank you, Feather. Kana! Ciel! It's time to eat!"

With that, the child hurried to the two sparing combatants with hurried strides, rather than a run. Shigure smiled nervously, "My apologies, Feather. My little sister can become quite curious whe something interests her."

The retainer shook her head nervously, "No, no. It's something to be expected as my liege is still growing. It's our job to care and educate her as their retainers."

Shigure nodded with a smile, "You and your brother have only been serving them for a year, yet it's plain to see how much you care for them. I hope you continue watching over them."

Feather nodded with a smile, "Of course, Lord Shigure. Ah! Milady!"

As she turned, she saw the princess trip again as she raced against her cousin. However, this time, the black clothed mercenary caught hold of the girl in time. As Feather hurried by her brother and one of her charges' side, Shigure let out an amused sigh, "This is why I questioned coming to the flower field. She always end up finding a way to trip when it comes to this place. If no one is by her side, something would've happened to her by now…"

As he said this, a petal drifted past his face as he lifted up his palm and gently caught it. He turned and saw the tree where their blanket laid and his white Pegasus was stationed under with the tree covered in flowers of white. He grinned softly, "To think we would find such a beautiful place here amongst the damages the Silent dragon dealt on these lands. It's like a gift from nature itself… Such a place would need a name at least… I wonder what shall it be named?"

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The sun was starting to set when they arrived back to the castle. However, upon the first step, Ciel and Feather immediately stood in front of their charges focusing at the castle's wide-open doors as their actions confused the younger prince and princess. Shigure grimaced, "Something's wrong… Where are the guards?"

As he focused into the darkness of the castle, he saw something move and immediately pulled out his lance into a fighting stance.

"Prince Shigure, be careful." Ciel warned with a calm expression as he stared into the darkness, "I sense something unnatural up ahead."

"Milady, Lord Kana," Feather said as she glanced to them from behind, "stay with us. We'll protect you."

Ahna nodded nervously as Kana frowned, "No, I want to help too!"

Ciel shook his head, "Milord, now isn't the time to play. This is not like our spar."

"Kana, watch over my sister." Shigure said with a frown, "She'll need someone by her side."

Reluctant, Kana slowly nodded as he saw the familiar exprerssion his oldest cousin wore when in battle during the war two years ago and hurriedly rushed over to his cousin's Pegasus with Ahna behind him. Timidly, Ahna called out, "B-big brother? Where's mother and father? Are they still inside?"

"I don't know, Ahna." Shigure admitted with a grimace, "But something doesn't feel normal right now. Stay with Kana."

Seeing that the two children were by the prince's mount, Feather carefully stares into the castle before she grimaced, "Lord Shigure, there's too many enemies for us to take on by ourselves. I-I don't sense anyone living inside…"

Saying this, Feather grimaced and looked to her brother and the confused prince as Shigure spoke, "'can't sense anyone living inside'? What do you mean, Feathe-"

Suddenly, they heard a groan as they focused back to the invisible foes slithering in the dark. Without a notice, something unhuman shaped being dashed straight at them with inhuman speed. As the Pegasus knight jumped back in shock, Feather jumped in and cut down the being with her black katana as Ciel hurriedly took down the next one that came at them. The crown prince reeled back in horror as Kana quickly muffled his little cousin's scream while biting back his own. There on the ground sprawled what looked to be a horribly modified version of a human body. However, the body have become deathly pale with claws for nails, fangs for teeth, tiny red eyes, incredibly thin body from any normal human being, snake like tongue, and cold, pale skin. As the being jolted frantically screaming, it grasped onto Feather's leg and bit into it! The retainer screamed before the crown prince rushed in and finished it off with a blow to the head at the end of his naginata. It give out a shrill before releasing the mercenary's leg leaving a bloody bite and claw marks on her bare leg. Doing so, Ciel immediately jumped in front of his younger twin before cutting down two of the beast in one movement. Feather bent down and grimaced in pain before slowly getting back to her feet. However, Shigure pulled the woman back, "Stay with my sister and Kana, Feather. Ciel and I will take care of this."

Hearing this, Feather nodded knowing better than to argue and retreated back to where her lieges were. Ahna hurried over to her retainer near to tears and a overly concerned expression, "F-feather! Does it hurt really bad?"

The merecenary smiled dryly before she nodded and patted the child's head, "I'll be all right, milady. It's just a scratch. I'll treat it myself and we'll bring you to safety immediately."

"B-but…" Kana spoke with a pale look over his face.

Feather grinned as best as she could through the pain, "You forget, milord, that I can use healing magic."

She quickly pulled out a bottle of antiseptic medicine made from the herbs Princess Corrin's daughter, Midori made and poured it over her wound before chanting something with her hand over the bleeding wound. Slowly, the marks began to close up leaving a bit of scar behind. She looked to them with a soft smile, "See?"

The complexion on their young lord's face begin to regain its color as Ahna sniffled worriedly. However, before she could get back to the front, Ahna frowned with sparks of anger shining in her eyes. Feather's eyes widen in horror as she hurried to the girl, but it was too late as she rushed up to the front and screamed, "I-I've had enough!"

With that scream, a bright light lit up their surroundings as water floated in the air. Feather gasped, "No, no, no! Lady Ahna!"

Despite her hurry, she was too late as she watched the little girl slowly transform into a deer-like dragon with large, silver plate scales like the child's unusual silver armor, some type of transparent blue scale over her silver dragon' face, large while leather wing, silver antlers and a long tail plated with silver armor plate ending with few leaf-like plates like a branch. What was hands and bare feet became long, slender claws. What was blue clothing under armor became leather skin. Her silver armor changed into smooth, impregnable scales of armor. When the light died out, only water floated around the dragon as she charged at the monsters. Like an actual deer, the dragon charged into the monsters with her antlers first before chucking them up in the air like leaves as her retainer hurried after her screaming with terror and anxiety in her eyes. Was she afraid of this change in the child? No, she certainly wasn't in the slight bit fearful of it as many probably would. She was already told of the child's abilities and had little problems adjusting to her role as their retainer. However, she feared for the child's safety through her reckless behavior. Feather grimaced as she sped through a group of monsters ahead cutting them down in one swoop like her twin brother. Her twin brother called out, "Lady Ahna! We need to retreat right now!"

The dragon screeched as a familiar voiced echoed in the air, "B-but, Father and Mother-!"

Out of the blue, familiar female voice cried out, "Our parents and the castle staff have already evacuated out of the castle, Ahna!"

The dragon turned and saw a silver pigtails hair young woman in green and white dress with a black and white symbol apron tied to her belt, a large black box on her back, black shoes, and held a large bow in her hand. Next to her was a woman with long red hair and wore red armor, white and red dress and boots, and wore a silver headband tipped with wings on both sides.

"Midori! Caeldori!" Ahna cried out as she reared and jumped up joyfully, "Are they all really safe?!"

"Yes, Lady Ahna!" Caeldori called out.

Feather glanced back to the dragon, "Please, Lady Ahna, we must fall back or we'll be over runned!"

The dragon looked in slight confusion before she finally turned around and trotted back to her family and friends. Seeing this, Feather and Ciel continued to fight back against the oncoming hordes of monsters while Shigure placed his younger cousin onto Caeldori's white Pegasus before mounting on his own. The pale silver hair girl jumped up behind the red knight and his little brother before they took off into the air. Both Shigure and his little sister took to the skies before turning around to the castle.

"Ciel! Feather!" the dragon child cried out.

The two quickly glanced up before jumping onto the dragon and the pegasus' back.

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The four flew high into the sky again following behind the red knight as they were led into the woods where a ninja with green hair like Kana's and green clothing hurried up to them with a tired grin as they landed onto the solid ground, "You're back! That's a relief!"

As everyone got off, the two children ran up to the man as Ahna returned into her human form with a flash of light and jumped, "Uncle Kaze!"

The two nearly tackled the man as he straightened himself and sighed in relief as he placed the two on to the ground with a smile, "King Kamui and Corrin are waiting for the three of you."

Kana nodded before he looked around, "Father, is Asugi here too?"

Kaze shook his head, "No, he's currently with Prince Shiro."

"Shiro is here too?!" the boy said in surprise, "Then…"

Kaze frowned, "Kana, you need to go see your mother. They want to see you as soon as possible."

Kana stayed silent at his Father's stern look and nodded before he turned to his cousins, "Well, let's go! You too, Ciel! Feather!"

As Ahna chased after her cousin in the direction her uncle gestured to, the retainers nodded and hurried after the two while the crown prince and Midori followed in silence. As they hurried through the dark forest, they finally came upon a large tree where the children's parents and other families were with their children in small groups not too far from the rulers. In the center, they could see the King speak in private with ten other people. At one side, there was a red armor samurai that stood out amongst his side with long spiky hair, old Japanese style armor, and a katana in its white sheathe. He listened intently with his arms folded with a firm expression as another young man beside him also listened with a frown. The man also wore an old Japanese-style of clothing of blue with a cloth made with the fur of some type of animal tied to his waist with a red belt, a long silver ponytail tied up with a red string, and a string less bow held in one hand. Next to him stood a timid young woman with short pale red hair, wore a priestess clothing accompanied with while gloves, a white and red embroidered ribbon tying her hair back like a headband and held a gold and silver staff with a strange type of round glass on the top of it partially surrounded with gold. On Corrin's side stood a blonde hair black armored western-style knight with a black circlet and purple cape. On his belt hung a large blade in its black sheathe. The man also had an air of importance around him as he listened to each other's reports of the situation with a red armored woman wearing old Japanese style red and white clothing, light armor similar to Caeldori, short red flaming hair, and held a naginata in her hand. Next to her stood a younger man around the archer's age with short blond hair, black armor, purple cape with a black exterior like the older man's, and held a purple book in one of his arms. On the other side stood a woman around the red hair woman's age with long wavy purple hair, light black armor, a black hair band with stranger looking black designs on it, and an axe hanging from her belt behind her. Next to her stood a younger woman, who looked to be of the same age as the pale red hair woman, have long curly blond pigtails streaked with dyed purple strands and tied up with black ribbons. She wore a gothic black and white dress with pink ribbons, silver upper armor, and held a silver staff with a curved trident-like shape on top only without the pointy tips. As they listen to each other speak, Corrin noticed the four. Her eyes widen before she quickly turned to her brother and a woman in a white and blue ribbon dress and headdress white long blue hair the same shade as the crown prince, and a gold and blue pendant around her neck, then said in relief, "Kamui, Azura, Shigure and the children are back."

Feather and Ciel remained behind their charges as both Corrin and Azura hurried over to the children. The King sighed in relief as he swiftly walked over to them, "Shigure, Ahna! You're safe!"

The blue hair nodded with a relieved smile, "Yes, Father. I'm relieved to see that you and mother are safe as well."

He then frowned as he continued with anxiously, "But, what has happened while we were gone? The capitol is deserted, and the castle is overrun by unusual life forms. Our uncles and aunts are here as well..."

Hesitantly, Kamui nodded with a grimace, "Ah, right… Not long after you left, reports came of monsters suddenly appearing from the castle dungeons. We tried to tackle down the problem ourselves, but we were easily outnumbered and had to pull back. Silas has gone to check on our men, but we already know that some have fallen during our retreat. Then, we came across my siblings here."

Corrin added, "I've already sent soldiers to evacuate the people to a safer place not far from here. Guards have been sent to protect them and provisions have been distributed at the moment."

Azura nodded, "I've sent Caeldori and Midori to search for you at the field, but it would seem that they found you back at the castle. Were any of you hurt?"

Shigure shook his head with a small smile, "We're unharmed. The retainers warned us of the danger before we took a step further into the castle."

"Is that so?" Kamui smiled as he glanced over to the two, "Its seems we were right to ask them to become Ahna's and Kana's retainers."

The two only gave a curt bow silently as Shigure nodded, "But, Father, why is our uncles and aunts here as well? …Unless…"

Kamui nodded with a grimace as the red samurai answered with a frown, "It would seem that all three kingdoms have been under the same conflict. Monsters have also taken over our castles and capitols as well."

"That and villages near our borders have also been vanishing as of late." the black knight added.

"And everything was starting to get better too…" the long pigtails woman pouted in disappointment.

The pale red hair woman nodded with a sad frown as the archer scowled, "All of them started from the dungeons too… Just where did they come from?!"

The red hair knight grimaced, "At this rate, they could even spread outside of the capitols…"

The younger bond hair man shook his head, "Not even our mages could tell if they were also made similar to the facelesses. We can't even tell if they're alive or dead."

The purple hair knight grimaced in disgust, "However, I've witness them consume living people from the skies… They could be a type of flesh eating monsters from what I can assume. We… We couldn't save some of our people from the attacks…"

Kamui grimaced, "That much I've already seen to our fallen soldiers as well… I don't think any of us can do much for them now, but to stop the creatures from spreading any further than they've have now. We've spoke with Lilith and we've decided to bring everyone to that castle for now."

Azura nodded, "However, we need to see if that place is also over ridden by monsters as well. Otherwise, it would put everyone of us in danger."

In agreement, Corrin suggested, "Then, I'll lead a group and investigate the place first."

"What?!" the king spoke in disbelief, "No! What if your group gets ambushed when you get there?"

"It's all right. You don't have to investigate any further, though you can if you like."

Much to their surprise, the sudden voice echoed around them. Kamui looked up with a wide smile as a bright light flashed, "Lilith!"

As he spoke, the light dimmed out and a cute golden eyes lizard appeared with small claws and curled over a transparent orb. It had a koi-like tail and back fin much like a carp while wearing what look to be a cute little bonnet tied back into an adorable bow. Feather and Ciel had seen the little lizard before in the castle talking with the royal family at times. The lizard, Lilith, grinned, "I've already checked the castle starting from the dungeons and I've yet to see any monsters there!"

As did a few of his siblings, Kamui let out a sigh of relief as he spoke, "That's good to hear. Then, would it be a problem sending everybody to the astral realm?"

Lilith shook her head, "It wouldn't be much of an issue. However, what are we to do with the people? The castle won't be able to hold everybody from three different kingdoms…"

Corrin frowned in thought, "What if… What if we set up temporary camps outside of the castle walls and create a barrier with the dragon veins? It should work till we can help the people create temporary homes."

The archer frowned, "I suppose it's fine if there's no monsters there, but we should make certain that there're no monsters there."

"It doesn't hurt to be cautious in this situation." the younger black knight concurred, "Besides that, the plan doesn't sound bad."

The black knight nodded, "It could suffice for a while. Nohr shall assist in this project, then."

The red samurai nodded, "So will Hoshido."

Kamui smiled, "Then, we've all concluded that we'll bring the people to the astral realm."

---

As the meeting came to a close, Feather and Ciel followed their charges as a couple of the royal families' children walked up to them while one with black armor and curly red hair called out to them with a relieved smile, "Good evening, Prince Shigure! I'm glad to see that you and Kana are safe. Ahna, did you get hurt?"

The little princess shook her head, "Nope! I turned into a dragon and beat them up!"

"Yeah!" Kana added with a grin, "You should've seen her, Seigbert! She actually plowed into them and threw them away like nothing!"

A young man with brown hair and wore red and white old Japanese-style clothing laughed, "I thought so! Ahna and Kana are strong. Still, we should be careful with those monsters. I've seen them chuck away a boulder when we were leaving the castle!"

Seigbert grimaced, "They've torn down the wall surrounding the castle. It was because of that damage that Father and I were able to make our escape from the castle. We only sustained a couple scratches, but we've lost a small portion of our people… Lives that can't be replaced."

"It was the same for us." the brown hair man nodded with a frown, "We've lost some of our citizens too. Because of that, Father rushed everyone to see Uncle Kamui when Aunt Hinoka showed up. It's a good thing that the damage here wasn't as severe as ours."

Shigure nodded with a frown, "But, I wonder why did they start appearing in the dungeon of all places?"

"This was something our parents tried to figure out earlier as well…" Seigbert replied with a frown, "Father and Uncle Leo doesn't believe that there would be anything that would attract nor create such creatures after my father's coronation. What of you, Prince Shiro?"

The brown hair man sighed and shook his head, "I don't know much about our dungeons, but Father doesn't think that there should be anything that would cause the monsters to come out of nowhere like that. Everyone was wondering if it was orchestrated by someone behind the scenes again like before with the silent dragon."

Shigure grimaced, "Oh god. I certainly hope that isn't the case… But, if it was all we'd have to do is stop the one responsible again. However, that was rather difficult as with our previous battle against the Silent dragon two years ago."

Shiro grimaced, "That's true. Hey! But, we'd just be working together to bring them down!"

Seigbert sighed as he shook his head, "If the effort we put in were as simple as our plan looked, perhaps it would be easier. Do you recall how big the monster was?"

"I do!" Kana spoke up, "It was so big. Like twice-no, three times the size of our castle!"

Ahna nodded with a shudder, "If Father didn't have the Fire Emblem with him, we probably wouldn't even have the chance to stop him… That was really scary. It was the first time my dragon form couldn't do a thing…"

Shiro patted the girl's head, "Hey, now! That battle has long been over and we all came out in one peace. We just need to figure out what's going on this time and solve it like before!"

Seigbert nodded, "For now, I should go help bring the people of Nohr together. We shouldn't leave them out here for long with those monsters on the move."

The brown hair man let out a sigh, "I really should be doing the same and bring the people of Hoshido together too… Well, we'll see you later then!"

"See ya!" Kana shout out as they waved and watched the two princes go in their separate directions.

Shigure frowned, "Then, I'm going to help Father gather the people."

Kana's older sister nodded with a smile and added, "Then, I'm off to help Caeldori distribute vulnaries and medicines."

Ahna jumped to her feet, "Then, I'm coming too! I want to help!"

"No." Midori shook her head, "I'm going to be helping the healers with Caeldori. The two of you will help Shigure gather the people. There's going to be as many people to guide than there are to heal, so Uncle Kamui and Shigure would require your help."

Ahna pouted, but nodded reluctantly, "I'll help Father and Shigure, then…"

"You can count on us, Midori!" Kana called out to her with a wave as she began to walk back to where they came.

"Well, shall we go?" Shigure spoke with a smile and gestured for the two children to follow.

The two children obediently followed the eldest sibling as Ahna said with a frown, "Why did all this have to happen while we were gone?"

Kana grimaced, "If we had known this would happen, we wouldn't have gone on that picnic…"

The knight shook his head, "It's not possible for us to have known about this before it happened. So, don't put the blame on yourselves, Kana, Ahna. Right now, we should think of what we need to do in regards to the people's safety."

The two nodded as they pass the guards to where their parents were.

---

It's been a couple days since the attack on the all three kingdoms. Though the people are finally settling down well in the Astral realm, Prince Shigure and the entire royal family continues to examine the lands of their kingdoms from afar, assessing what progress their enemy have done on their precious lands. Many wanted nothing more, but to regain what peace and rights they earned from their previous war. However, all were restricted much actions from fear of losing more people and their hide out. Though life for their people is reassured with the support of the castle and their new lands, it would've been a lie for them to say that it was so simple. Despite a majority's acknowledgements of their rulers' decision, there were still those who disliked the idea of leaving their birthplace, their home, and the place they grew up knowing their entire lives. It took much persuasion before many have decided to leave with them for the new lands. However, there were still those who refused to leave stubbornly. Many of which were elders and older adults. Even now, the three rulers have placed guards to protect the people while providing aid outside of the astral realm. The Vallite young royal children have gone to visit these people often in worry of their safety with the monsters still roaming about. As the third day came, a sudden report came to them in the war council room that morning from three of the guards in a rush as one struggled to breath, "Y-y-your majesty! Those creatures have made it to the campsite!"

Kamui jumped with wide eyes of disbelief, "What?!"

Kana and Ahna looked to the king in worry as the tall black knight narrowed his eyes, "What is the situation?"

"All three refugee camps have been ambushed by the monsters from both sides." a female knight reported, "The Sky knights have already begun intercepting them in Hoshido! They're barely starting to push them back."

"The soldiers and Wyvern knights have already started clashing against them in Nohr!" a black armored soldier reported with a grimace, "But the monsters are starting to become too powerful against us!"

Everyone finally glanced over to the last mercenary in black and blue armor as he reported, "Our men have already clashed against them. Though we're pushing them back as well, it's becoming a slow progress, but we're still outnumbered!"

Kamui grimaced, "All three camps are being attacked with Nohr been the hardest fight back and Valla is short of soldiers at the moment as well… We need to protect the people outside of the realm, so we need to split into three different groups…"

The red samurai nodded, "In that case, Hoshido maybe able to send some reinforcement to Nohr and Valla. Only our kingdom seem to be able to fight back against the enemies."

The black knight nodded, "Then, I shall lead my men to Nohr. Kamui, what do you plan to do?"

The Vallite king nodded, "I'll bring some soldiers with me back to Valla and help fight back against the enemies. Corrin, help Xander and our other siblings in Nohr."

"Got it." The princess nodded with a firm expression.

As everyone began to hurry off, Shigure and the younger three royal children hurried the Vallite king, his sister, and Azura as the crown prince spoke, "Father, Mother, let me help, please."

"No." The queen immediately spoke with a frown, "You and the children shall remain here with your cousins."

Kamui nodded, "Three camps have been attacked around the same time. It's pretty unusual if you ask me. Like as if it was orchestrated. So, I need you four and your cousins to remain here and watch the castle. It's possible that they may be trying to come across the realm to attack us."

Ahna's eyes widen in horror, "I-is that really possible, Father?"

Azura shook her head, "We don't know. We don't know anything about our enemies right now."

Kamui nodded, "Which is why we need to be extremely cautious. They appeared out of thin air without any known methods. They may have been sent to our dungeons by some unknown magic. If so, we need to be extremely cautious."

The three grimaced, but they finally nodded as the eldest spoke, "I-I understand, Father, Mother. We shall remain here, then."

Kamui nodded as Azura smiled, "Be good while we're away, you four."

Corrin patted her children on the heads, "We'll be back soon."

The king turned to the two younger retainers, "Ciel, Feather, I'm counting on the two of you to keep them safe."

The twins bowed as Ciel spoke, "Of course, your majesty."

"We'll protect the princes and princesses with our lives." Feather added solemnly.

The king nodded before the three turned and hurried to the battle fields.

---

It has been hours of nothing, but the clashing of blades against nails and teeth. Screams and screeches filled the morning sky as the scent of metallic blood filled the air as a replacement for the damp morning dew. The king continued to fight off against their enemies with his friends by his side as his golden blade burned an aura of flaming red against the morning sun's light. For the past few hours, he and his comrades have done nothing but cut, casting, and biting away at their enemies barely pushing the oncoming hordes of monsters further back from the campsites, where healers are already present with their staffs to heal the injured and calm the children who have stayed with their guardians crying in shock and fear. Suddenly, a black knight with dark silver hair, on a horse, and held a lance rushed up to them while slicing down his opponents along the way, "King Kamui!"

Weary, the king looked up after his wife took his place in the current fight and sliced down the monster's head, "S-Silas? You were sent to fight alongside Xander. What happened? Were they able to push back the enemies?"

The knight nodded, "Yes, our majesty. They're making their way here as we speak!"

Hearing the news, the king felt slightly hopeful as he nodded with a weary grin, "That's good to hear. We just need to hang in there a bit longer now."

As he said this, he swung down his blade at an incoming monster and cut off its head. As this occurs, he noticed something green coming out of the ground, "Wha-?"

He was cut short when he heard a scream. He turned and saw a maid in black and white gothic dress with a hairband thrown across the field as a large white fox with nine red-tipped tails dashed across the field before a flash of light surrounded it. In its place, man with blond hair, blue Japanese clothing, and with fox ears and tail appeared catching the woman before they both crashed into Kaze.

"Felicia! Kaden! Kaze!" Kamui cried out as he tried to make his way to them.

However, another monster suddenly rushed up at him with inhumane speed and tackled him a few meters back.

"King Kamui!" he heard his other knight retainer call out to him in shock, "Queen Azura!"

Hearing this, he looked up and saw his wife being strangled by the hand of on of the monsters. His eyes widen in horror before he jumped to his feet and dashed across the field. However, he was tackled back once again by the monsters' incredible strength. This time, the monster jumped onto his while he was down as the heavy strength of the monster pinned him down with a claw above its head. He grimaced and was about to raise his blade in one hand. A flash of light blinded him as he closed his eyes from the intense light. As it died away, the heavy weight on his stomach was gone and he opened his eyes to find that the creature had vanished into dust. He quickly sat up and saw that all the green fume and monsters, but their corpses, had vanished as well. He soon saw his wife coughing on the ground gasping for air and hurried over to her. He knelt down next to her with a hand on her back, "Are you all right, Azura?"

"Y-yes…" the queen responded as she slowly breathed in the air.

Hearing her speak brought great relief to him as she spoke, "W-what happened? There was a sudden flash of light, th-then…?"

The ruler glanced around before shaking his head with the same look of confusion, "I don't know. But, it seems that everyone is all right. I'll have Silas and Kaze give me a report of the damages later. I also need to check on the remain people here. Can you stand?"

The blue hair queen nodded and slowly got to her bare feet with his support. As they were about to return another flash of light occurred before them. Many of their men raised their blade in alarm as the light soon faded and there stood star with numerous edges. It glowed with an unusual light. Kamui frowned in confusion, "What is that?"

Azura shook her head, "I don't know… but…"

She softly let go of his arm and cautiously approached the star much to everyone's surprise.

"Lady Azura!" they heard the ninja cry out.

As some were about to hurry to them, Kamui raised his arm. At his signal, they stopped as he spoke, "Don't. It's fine. If Azura is willing to approach it, then it should be all right."

Seeing this, Azura continued to walk forward. It wasn't long before she came face to face with the structure and carefully raised a hand to touch it. Immediately, the aura grew more intense as it flowed across the blood-stained ground. Everyone was stunned and watched the light on the ground continue to radiate till it finally faded and only the structure remained sticking out of the ground. Suddenly, they heard footsteps hurry from behind them as they turned and saw another gothic dressed maid much like Felicia, but with a blue ponytail rather than her straight pink hair.

"Your majesty!" She cried out before stopping before her, "Something occurred and all the injured victims have been miraculously healed, even those close to death! I-It's a miracle!"

"Is that true?" Kamui said with wide eyes and turned to his wife.

The two then glanced to the structure as it faded from their view. Her eyes widen in shock, "Wha-?"

She touched where one of the edges one was before her eyes widen in surprise, "It's still there…"

"What?!" Kamui said in disbelief as he hurried over to her and touched.

There was a cool glass under his hands sticking out to his palm as his eyes widen in surprise, "Why is it here?"

He shook his head and turned to his retainer, "Kaze, go see how many have survived the attack. Silas, go see how many of our men have survived the battle and the casualties."

The two retainers nodded and hurried to their task immediately. The queen held her hands together calmly with a frown on her face, "I wonder what has happened…"

"I don't know…" Kamui answered with a frown, "But the monsters are finally gone for the time being. We need to see the situation back at the castle as well. Hopefully, things didn't go as we fear."

---

Corrin, her Nohrian siblings, and Hoshidan sisters were hurrying on their way back to Valla. The battle itself had been tough on all of them with the enormous amount of monsters and their speed in their land of darkness where only the moon and the stars shine. As they got closer to the Bottomless Canyon, a loud screech could be heard and numerous shuffling across the dying grassy plain. Immediately, Corrin pulled out a glistening blue stone in her hand as Xander pulled out his blade while staying on his war horse. The Vallite princess called to him, "Big Brother, this…!"

The king nodded, "I know, Corrin. More of those creature have appeared."

The younger knight grimaced as he opened his glowing purple book, "Of all times for it to return."

Now on her white Pegasus, the red knight grimaced, "Xander, our men are already exhausted from our last battle…"

"I know, Hinoka." The king nodded, "But, we can neither fall back nor continue forward."

The younger blond pigtail woman crept closer to a man with flashy yellow and gray clothing, short blond hair, and a glowing book in his hand standing next to the younger knight. The purple hair woman pulled out her axe and got on her black wyvern as a woman with blue hair and black armor did the same next to her. It wasn't long before they could see the black shadows of a slumped over figures creeping closer to them surrounding the entire army. Suddenly, one of the figures jumped forward and began to tackle them. Suddenly, a bright flash of light lit up the entire forest followed by a loud scream and a sound of wood snapping. As it died down, a white figure stood before them glowing gently with white rays around her. The suppose woman had an unusual looking white one-piece dress, white-silver straight ponytail down to her waist tied with a white ribbon, and held a long silver spear in hand with an unusual crescent-like symbol tipped with a long spear tip. She stood with her back to them as the Nohrian king called out with caution, "Who are you?..."

The woman turned around revealing a complete blank white mask over her entire face and a strange looking snake-like dragon pendant around her neck. They were unable to see the woman's eyes as it even covered that, making many wonder how the person could see where she was going. The woman neither spoke nor showed any movements of reassuring them of her presence. Rather, she just looked back to the monster, who had crashed into numerous dead trees before them. As she did so, her figure soon disintegrated into flakes of snow as another being took her place. Everyone took a step back as a wolf with pure white fur stood before them radiating under the light of the full moon. Before anyone could say a thing, the monsters around them stirred chaotically screech and screaming as the other one jumped to his feet. Corrin immediately reached out her hand in an attempt to stop it, however, the monster was much quicker and dashed across the plains as all the others followed suite. Corrin's eyes widen in horror, "Watch ou-!"

They were soon met with a bloody red glow as she and many other looked up and saw what was a pure white moon had been was dyed bloody crimson. Out of the blue, a scream brought back their attention to what was before them showing the wolf smaller than their companion's werewolf form standing before them unmoved from her positions as numerous of monsters lay on the ground dying the snowy ground to a horrifying bloody shade of red. The corpses wore torn from limbs to face as the wolf's pure white fur was painted in a tainting shade of red.

"Oh…Oh, god…" Hinoka breathed under her gasp of horror and awe.

They were all taken aback much like the monsters before those creatures jumped at her daringly as others retreated. They watched as the bloody wolf started taking her first step and vanished in a streak of white light. They could barely keep their eyes on her as she jumped from one monster to the next and dashing between their legs tearing them as she passed by. Those who were barely standing collapsed screaming before she silenced them with her bloody jaws and claws. Those who ran fell dropped dead like dolls with their strings cut. When she was done, all was silent and she gently landed on the white snow as a crimson flower bloomed like a painting under her paws. No body dared to mutter a word. None could mutter a word under their breath. The wolf turned her head to them causing a black were-wolf to lunge in front of their group growling at the new comer as he stood between her and the royal families. The bloodied red wolf showed no signs of change in her expression as she cut through them with silver rippling eyes. Still, the black werewolf showed no signs of budging as the purple hair woman muttered with a look of concern, "Keaton…"

The wolf turned to them and sat in the pool of blood as a sudden gust of wind blew carrying fresh white snow with it and blinding them all as they braced themselves. When it was over, the carefully looked back up and saw the woman standing before them once more; However, her hands and dress were dripping with the enemies blood as her lance was drenched in blood trickling down to the tip of her blade much to one of the cavalries glee. Ignoring on of his retainer's joy at the sight of blood, Xander grimaced and turned to his younger sibling, "Leo…"

The younger knight nodded and raised his hand at the woman while casting a spell. Suddenly, branches grew out of the ground in an attempt to wrap around her. Much to their surprise, the woman raised a hand to it waved gently waved it by as the plant detoured around her and passed by.

"What?!" Leo gasped in disbelief before casting another spell creating vines.

However, his effort proved in vain as it brushed past her once more. Seeing this being useless, Keaton growled once more. The woman remained silent with unseen expressions before she finally turned to the chaos she had created. As she walked closer, something shifted around the corpses as balls of shifting light appeared from them. Soon, many more appeared around them until it resembled something similar to numerous galaxies. Despite the situation, many watched in awe at the scene as other shifted uncomfortably with uncertainty. Finally, the orbs rushed into the woman's body as she took it all in silence. Out of the blue, deep buts and gashes appeared on her body as more rushed into her. Unable to take it anymore, Corrin rushed over to her, "Stop! You're going to hurt yourself more!"

However, the woman remained silent as a thin layer of ice wall emerged between the two stopping the princess from taking a step forward. When all the orbs have vanished into her, she was clearly horribly injured as her white dress become one of a crimson color and part of her beautiful silver hair grew sticky with her own and her victims blood. The corpses all turned to ashes once the orbs left their place and continued to join with the woman much to their confusion. Corrin turned to her siblings with an anxious expression, "Elise… please."

The pigtail woman nodded and hurried over to her sister before a soft wind blew into her face making her take a step back as the ice barrier came down. Xander frowned as he call out, "You… Tell me. Are you of the Ice Village or a stray Wolfskin?"

Keaton growled, "Your majesty, she's clearly not of my pack. She clearly doesn't have a tail or ears like us."

"Then, is she from the Ice Village, like Felicia and Flora?" Corrin questioned in confusion before shaking her head, "No. More importantly, you're hurt. Please-"

Suddenly, white radiating orbs flew out of her body and dispersed into the sky as she turned around to them after. Much to their shock, her cuts and gashes began to heal under the light of the cleansed moon. Their eyes widen in either disbelief or horror as the woman turned her head and disappeared into a gentle white light. With the woman and the monsters gone, murmurs broke through the men as Corrin turned to her siblings, "Wh-what just happened?"

With a frown, Leo groaned, "I-I don't even know what's going on anymore…"

Xander shook his head and turned to a man with pale silver hair, "Laslow, bring some men and return to the camp. We need a report on the situation of the campsite, including the people. We'll be returning to Valla at once."

"Of course, your majesty." The man said with a smirk and a bow before he turned around and hurried off calling out to some soldiers with him.

With the man gone, he turned to Corrin, "Let's hurry. Kamui is still waiting for us. We'll speak of this with them later."

With a goal agreed upon by all the siblings, they made their to the deep, deep ravines of the Bottomless Canyon.

---

As they made their way back to the Bottomless Canyon through the forest, a ninja with red hair and red and black ninja clothing appeared before them. The archer showing confusion looked around them with a frown. The battle against the monsters weren't as terrible as they feared and none were lost with little casualties. However, it didn't felt right as if it were too easy for them. He then noticed something in the shadows of the trees as he took a step back, "Something's here!"

As he said this, numerous of the pale body monsters appeared in the shadows of the trees. As they appeared green fumes began to rise out of the ground causing many to take a step back. The green gas surrounded their surroundings fogging the forest as it got thicker. The archer grimaced, "Is this poisonous?!"

Suddenly, he felt a hand grab his arm and was yanked back. It was the red samurai. The swordsman grimaced, "Get on one of the pegasus with the sky knight, Takumi!"

The archer looked at him in confusion, "What? But-"

The samurai turned to the red ninja, "Saizo, get him out of here."

The ninja nodded and grabbed the archer's arm and pulled him along in a hurry as the samurai turned to another ninja with long brown ponytail and chestnut colored clothing, "Kagero, take Mozu and Orochi out of the forest. I'll follow after."

The ninja bowed in silence and disappeared from her spot.

The archer grimaced as he rode on the back of one of the Pegasus behind a sky knight with long red hair in a ponytail and wore blue and white armor. Along with him was the pale red hair woman, a brown hair village girl with a bow, and a woman in white omnyouji dress with purple-brown hair, like Shiro, only tied up with a long hairpin. They watched the green gas swirl below them heinously as they noticed the monsters dashing through the forest outside of the barrier of it. They couldn't see much in through the gas as Takumi scowled, "Don't tell me Big brother is still in there?!"

They remained silent as Takumi cursed under his breath, "Damn it! Where is he?"

The onmyoji frowned as she continued to stare into the pool of green gas with a grimace, "Just what is this?"

"I don't know…" Takumi frowned, "Saizo thought that it might be poison gas. I am starting to feel a little dizzy, but not enough to just collapse…"

The pale red hair woman gasped, "Takumi, are you all right?"

The archer only nodded and glanced back to the gas as the woman whispered nervously, "I hope Big Brother gets out of there soon."

Something than flew past the corner of his eyes as he saw a bright figure drop down from the sky, "Wha-?!"

The red samurai have turned from left to right as he rushed through the forest leading other samurai soldiers with him. As they cut more monsters down, he started to notice a woman with blue hair and orange clothing starting to wobble with her naginata in hand. As he predicted, the woman collapsed to her knees as a samurai with brown hair tied up in a bun caught her in one arm, "H-hey! Are you all right, Oboro?!"

The woman nodded weakly as she slowly got back to her feet, "Y-yeah. We'll make it back to lord Takumi, for sure…"

"Uh… That's not what I said…" the samurai said with a look of confusion, "Oboro?"

The red samurai frowned, "This isn't good… the gas is getting into our heads…"

Suddenly, the ground shook and cracks form in the ground spewing more of the horrifying gas into the air. The king scowled as he looked around, "An earthquake?!"

However, the quake didn't last long as a bright light shined behind them. Many turned and saw the gas getting pulled into the source of light. As this occurred, the fog slowly began to disperse and thin out revealing thousands of monsters waiting on the sidelines for an ambush. Many drew out their blades and readied themselves for their ruler's next order for battle. However, there kneeled on one knee was a woman before them with wavy blond hair and wore a one-piece red dress. Her hands and feet were burning with a golden flame that seem to be the same color as her hair with the sun's light shining down on her. The girl got to her feet and stretched her arms as she let out a sigh of relief, "Phew! Finally!"

She laughed and glanced around before noticing the group behind her. She grinned and waved childishly to them as she tilted her head, "Oh, Hi~!"

She giggled at their shocked and jaw dropped expressions as she looked around again and hummed to herself, "Huh… You got a lot on your hands, don't you? Well, now I see why I got dragged here~!"

She grinned before she began flailing her arms in another stretching manner. The Hoshidan soldiers all watched in disbelief and deep confusion while others lowered their weapons at her sudden bright, cheery manner. Suddenly, the loud sound of flapping wing could be heard above as they glanced up. The woman gasped with a bright smile at the sight of the sky knights with their passengers on their pegasi's back.

"Big Brother Ryoma!" the archer called out, "What just happened? The gas just suddenly vanished and… Who is she?"

Before the ruler could even reply, the woman squealed in delight, "A Pegasus! Oh my gosh! It's a real Pegasus! It's like right out of a story book! Can I-!"

Suddenly, a large gust of wind blew into their face as the pegasi attempted to land. The woman groaned as she moved a strand of here glittering blond hair away from her mouth as she rolled her eyes, "Aw… Fine…"

Takumi jumped down as the pale red hair woman hurried over to their older brother, "Big Brother, who is she?"

The king grimaced as he shook his head in confusion, "I don't know… She just appeared out of nowhere after there was a quake…"

Takumi's eyes widen in disbelief as he shouted, "That's it! I saw her! I saw her fell from the sky! It must've been her! B-but wouldn't she have been dead at that height?... O-orochi?"

The purple-brown hair woman frowned and narrowed her eyes as she spoke, "You… you're not really human, are you? There a sort of unearthly presence coming from you…"

Hearing this, murmurs spread through the army as many returned to a battle stance. The girl froze. Aside from her smile, no one could tell what her expression was as she wore a partial red mask with yellow designs on it. They were even unable to tell what her eye color was less for the outline of her eyes. Suddenly, the girl laughed before she smiled widely to them, "So, this world have Onmyoujis this powerful! This is getting even more interesting! But, you're right. I'm not human."

She hummed thoughtfully with a finger under her chin as she spoke, "If anything, I suppose you would be referring our beings to something similar to a-"

Out of the blue, a monster suddenly appeared behind her and much to their shock so did many around them began to luge forward as if restless from waiting. As many prepared themselves for the attack, a voice shouted, "Really?!"

Suddenly, a bright light shined around them all embracing them before it vanished. At the sight, everyone gasped seeing that all their enemies have also vanished along with it. The woman sighed with a pout, "Now, that was just plain rude!"

Ryoma grimaced as Takumi said to the onmyouji, "So, you're saying that she's some divine being?! A goddess?! That's crazy!"

To their surprise, the onmyouji stepped infront of the archer as if shielding him as she spoke with a grimace, "Haha… I apologize for that, but may I ask what is someone like you doing here? Very few people ever seen a celestial being before, so seeing one now out of all the other times is very unusual…"

The woman tilted her head in confusion before she smiled, "Well, it's true that I have a long life span, but I'm not really a goddess. I'm no immortal, after all… Oh, but your celestial being did ask for our assistance. I think he's name was Moto? No, no… I think it's actually, um… Mo..ro?"

"Moro?" The pale red woman said with a look of surprise, "Isn't that what Lilith prayed to for help in the previous war?"

The woman suddenly clapped her hands with a smile, "Oh, that's right! Yup, it's Moro! He said something about something foreign and an infection? I don't know too much, but he was able to persuade us to help you all one time… However… this does seem rather deep…"

Suddenly, Oboro started coughing in a fit much to their shock before the woman frowned as she saw her. Before anyway could say anything, The woman suddenly appeared by the soldier's side examining her face with a grimace before she turned to them, "How long have you been exposed to the gas?"

Some were taken aback by her sudden stern curt question as the ruler answered, "It's probably been about an hour and a half by now. So, it was poisonous, then…"

The woman frowned without answering back and placed a hand on the soldier's forehead. The soldier, being too weak to fight back, allowed the woman to continue as the woman's hand glowed like a burning fire. Finally, a green gas surfaced from Oboro's body and disappeared into the woman much to their surprise.

"What…What is that?!" Takumi inquired with a scowl, "Oboro, are you okay?!"

When it was over, the female soldier slowly got back to her feet as her eyes widen stunned, "Y-yeah… That was so strange… I don't feel so nauseous anymore…"

The woman wore a small smile, "Well, that's great and all, but it seems a lot of people here would need some extraction as well, especially that archer there."

Takumi jumped in shock, "M-me? What are you?"

The woman sighed, "She better not yell at me when I get back. Phew! Okay, let's start!"

Without an explanation, the same green gas came flowing out of everyone in the area and drifted to the woman disappearing into her. To their surprise, the event was as quickly over as it had begun. The woman grinned triumphantly, "Well, it looks like that was really quick, but do try to keep your emotions in check for the next couple of days, especially you two."

As she said this, she pointed to the archer and Oboro as she continued, "Extracting the gas is only the first step. Like you said, the gas is poisonous, but it requires another factor to let the poison trigger in you. Just don't start exploding and letting you emotions go out of control or you could die a painful and torturous death… Oh! And I'm not joking about it either. You really can die if your emotions go out of control."

Many of the soldiers looked at each other and the woman in confusion and suspicion before Ryoma spoke, "Then, can you tell us your name?"

The woman frowned in confusion as if slightly troubled with her head tilted in her hand, "I'm afraid that's not possible. You see, I'm in a contract with Moro. As long as I'm here to help you this one time, I'm forbidden of giving away my name. Otherwise, I'll disappear as punishment for breaking the natural law and this world could fall apart."

"N-natural law?" the pale red hair woman said with a look of confusion.

The woman nodded with a friendly smile, "Don't you know? Crossing to different dimensional worlds that aren't related is considered a taboo. This law is needed, so that the worlds don't end up merging with one another and chaos wouldn't occur as simple as we feared. However, if you make a contract with the being in charge of all the worlds and dimensions, then it's an exception. Like walking around the problem itself."

Stunned, Orochi's eyes widen in disbelief, "Th-then, you're saying that you're not even a being of this dimension?! Just what is this problem that we're facing against to ask the help of another dimension's powerful being?"

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew around everyone blinding them as the woman's voice could be heard, "What is it now? …And why can't I tell them this? …And? You… Wouldn't you want them to live too? Nope! Don't give me another silence. Hehe… I know that you don't plan on letting them get hurt not when it's them. …Argh! Fine! Fine! I'm coming! I'm coming, okay?! So… Stop… pulling…! Hey! Let go of my arm! I can walk by myself! Wait! I still want to see the Pegasus! C-come on! Just one second! You know our world doesn't have many of them! But-!"

The wind soon died down and when they looked up the woman was gone.

"W-where did she go?" the pale red hair woman said in surprise.

"I don't know, Sakura." Takumi responded with a grimace, "She just vanished…"

The king shook his head and glanced around before he nodded, "For now, let's return to Valla. Kamui and Azura are waiting for us."

Everyone nodded before they continue to make their way back to the Bottomless Canyon.

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It was night by the time they all made it back to the astral realm. Ahna and Kana had gone to see them with her brother once they've returned. Everything was pretty much normal, but it seems that everyone had something to say according to their aunts. Since nobody seemed too injured, Kana and Ahna didn't feel that it should be too bad, but they certainly were interested in what had happened. Once everyone had their injuries treated, they decided to call a war council meeting. However, it would seem that the two younger cousins had a much harder time understand the contents than their older siblings. They try to make the most of it by listening more, but kept getting really confused. By the time it was over, Kana and Ahna left the room as their retainers followed. Ahna grimaced nervously, "Kana, do you understand what they were talking about?"

Kana thought hard before she muttered nervously, "U-um… something about very powerful people…A-and, u-um… Th-they were helping our Uncles and Aunts…"

Ahna nodded, "I thought I heard that too… Something also saved Father and Mother too. Shigure, what were they actually talking about?"

The Sky knight glanced over to his siblings and hesitated, "It would seem someone very powerful is helping our parents and our Uncles and Aunts right now. Right now, only our Uncles and Aunts have seen two of them personally. Father is wondering if they have any connections with the structure that saved them, so they're going to have Aunt Orochi examine it."

"Oh…" Ahna nodded finally piecing together the information between his words and theirs.

Kana frowned, "Then, what are we going to do while Aunt Orochi checks on it?"

"Continue to watch over the people here and in the camp?" Ahna suggested with uncertainty, "I don't know…"

"Um… Apparently, we're going to continue watching over the people." Midori answered with a nod, "Mother and Uncle Kamui said that they want to go see the astral dragon, Lilith. They want to see if she could communicate with Moro… Shigure, do you think Moro is one of the first dragons? When I asked our mother about it, she wasn't too sure about it herself."

Shigure frowned, "I think so. According to the stories, not many were left in this world after the first war amongst the first dragons. We were only lucky enough to meet with the rainbow sage. However, I'm not too sure about the others. Not much is mentioned about them in the three kingdoms, but it seems that Moro is also aware of the situation here if he asked for help from another world. However, that would also mean that this isn't a situation that he could take on with our world."

Kana grimaced, "D-does this mean that it's something that even he isn't strong enough to take on?"

Shigure grimaced as he shook his head, "I don't know… But, let's not give up just yet. Remember? Uncle Ryoma and Uncle Takumi was able to gather some information from the person who came to help them."

"Yeah. It makes me wonder why the woman decided to talk with my father and uncle, but the other wouldn't even speak a world to Aunt Corrin and King Xander…"

They looked up and saw a young man around Midori's age wearing clothes similar to the archer, a silver bow in hand, and brown hair tied up. Next to him was a person in pretty pink and white clothing and with a tome in her arm. Behind them was a samurai with short grayish-blue hair and brown armor, a sorceress with blond bair and yellow-brown clothing, and a female archer with dark brown long twin braids and wore a small red cape and blue clothing.

Kana called out with a bright smile, "Kiragi! Forrest!"

The two ran up to them as Midori attempted to stop them, but failed as they slipped past her fingers. Midori sighed, "Didn't mother and Uncle Kamui told you not to run in the halls?"

As they greeted their cousins, Ahna pouted, "Y-yeah… but we don't really see Kiragi and Forrest that often…"

Kiragi laughed awkwardly, "But, we just met yesterday."

The woman looked to Feather with narrowed eyes, "Hm… Excuse me, but have you taken the exams for the enrollment to Nohr's military before, by any chance?"

The female archer looked to her in shock, "M-milord, you don't mean that this is…"

Feather looked to him in surprise and nodded, "Y-yes, Lord Forrest. I took that exam a little over a year ago before I was brought to Valla by Lady Corrin. However, I've only served as a Nohrian knight for only a week. For Lord Forrest to recall that event… Did I really cause so much ruckus during then? I deeply apologize if I di-"

"No." the Nohrian prince shook his head with a smile, "That's not what we've heard. During the examinations, Father continued receiving reports of a silver hair swordswoman who wield a blade as black as the night and continued to rise to the top through her efforts. We were there when the examination took place in Windmire. Many of us were rather taken by your battles, though. It was much like a dance of blades rather than a fight to win. Those words we continued to hear from Sir Odin and Ophelia here doesn't seem to be exaggerations when we saw you fight. We had heard that you left a not long after you were enrolled into a platoon and wondered what happened. But to think that you were scouted by Aunt Corrin herself to be our cousins' retainers… Now, it makes sense. Even the timing coincides perfectly now that I think about it."

"Really?!" Kana said with eyes looking to his retainers in awe, "Wow! That's so cool! I didn't know that you took that test! You and Ciel are the coolest retainers! Can you train me too?!"

"Kana…" Midori spoke with a warning tone before she shifted her eyes back to Feather impressed, "Really? No wonder Mother insists that you serve under my little brother. So, you and Ciel are from-"

"Ahh!"

They looked to the dumbfounded looking Kiragi with shocked expressions.

Shigure frowned, "Is something wrong, Kiragi?"

"S-sorry… Gods, I sounded like Shiro…" the Hoshidan prince said awkwardly before he looked to the retainers with a wide grin, "Anyway, I wondered where I heard that name. Ciel, right? I recall Father kept receiving reports of a silver hair swordsman who's incredibly strong and breathed through our exams as well! Was that you?"

"I certainly did take the exam as well…" Ciel admitted with a grimace and a nod, "However, I don't know about incredibly strong and breathing through those exams… They were anything, but that simple…"

"I thought so!" Kiragi smiled triumphantly regardless of what the silver hair retainer said, "Father had always thought of challenging against you before he found out that you were gone. Did Aunt Corrin take you to the castle too?"

Ciel shook his head, "No, milord. It was his majesty, King Kamui, who brought me to the castle."

"Father?!" Ahna looked up in surprise, "Now that you said it, I recall Father and Aunt Corrin going to visit our Uncles and Aunts for some sort of event."

Shigure nodded, "Yes. It was the Knighthood examinations of both kingdoms: Nohr and Hoshido. I knew that they came here at a rather unusual time, but I never thought that the two of you were only trainees, then. The way you fight seemed like experienced mercenaries rather than trainees."

Midori frowned in confusion, "But, why were the two of you from different kingdoms? I thought the two of you were twins."

"Twins from two different kingdoms?" Forrest frowned in suspicion, "Didn't Uncle Kamui and Aunt Corrin check their background before appointing them as retainers for Kana and Ahna?"

Shigure nodded, "They did. Apparently, Ciel and Feather are from a foreign kingdom that's neither Nohr or Hoshido. Ciel, Feather, I'm sorry, but can you provide us the full story of what occurred?"

"Of course, Prince Shigure." Ciel gave a curt bow, "My sister and I lived in another kingdom far away from here. After both of our parents left our home when we were sixteen, we were left with instructions to find their friends located in Nohr for help. However, when we arrived and finally found their whereabouts, it seems that they didn't recognize who we were, and so my sister and I decided to pick which kingdom to travel to on our own when we heard that both Nohr and Hoshido were going to hold a knighthood examination. I decided to go to Hoshido because it's terrain and custom looked similar to my father's homeland."

Feather nodded, "And I chose. I was very fond of the snowy terrain and night skies. So, it was a lucky coincidence that we found each other again here in Valla after the examinations."

Ciel continued, "Neither of us expected to suddenly become retainers to the royal family. I thought that we were going to become Vallite soldiers before King Kamui and Queen Azura asked if we could become Lady Ahna's and Lord Kana's retainers and mentors."

Feather frowned with slight confusion, "I too thought that I'd be here as a soldier when King Kamui offered me a job here in Valla. It was the first time I've heard of this kingdom during then and I was curious based on the description I've heard of floating islands and the entrance being at the bottom of a ravine. As far, this is the most interesting kingdom we've ever been to. I also enjoy serving under my charges."

"I agree." Ciel said with a small smile, "This certainly wasn't what either of us expected to be the outcome of our journey, but, as far, I'm satisfied serving under Lord Kana and Lady Ahna."

Their eyes widen in surprise as Forrest spoke with narrowed eyes full of suspicion, "These friend of your parents… Do you knew who they were and are you certain they are located in Nohr?"

Ciel nodded, "According to the letter, yes. But, in truth, we've never seen them before. Only that it sounds like our parents have met one another through their colleagues…"

Feather added with a small smile, "Yes. We don't know many of our parent's friends, though. We were told that they worked for the military of our homeland, but those who knows them and raised us after didn't seem to want to explain anymore details after."

She looked to her brother with a strained grin, "But it doesn't seem to matter much to us anymore. We've thought of asking to give those people our parents' names, but we couldn't even get past the guards, obviously."

Shigure frowned, "So, you decided to give up and go on another path?"

"Yes, milord." Ciel answered, "We needed a source of income in a place we know nothing about and our best option was to become mercenaries till we find them. After we discovered that it was also a dead end, we decided to go on our separate ways because being mercenaries can't easily support the two of us and working as soldiers seemed to have been the best options as far during the time."

Ophelia grimaced before she spoke, "I see... If you like, I can speak with my father about this? My name is Ophelia Dark, Lord Forrest's retainer and one chosen by the stars. I can try asking the stars above to see what I can find to help you."

Nina sighed and shook her head with a hand on her forehead as she muttered exasperately, "Ophelia…"

In contrast, Feather's smile grew softly woder and shook her head, "Thank you very much for the offer, Ophelia, but we're happy enough serving under our lady and lord."

"A-all right." The sorceress said with a look of confusion before she nodded and glanced to her liege with uncertainty.

Forrest smiled, "I see. So, that's what happened… But, to think that the two of you came from another land…"

Kana frowned, "But is it all right if Ciel and Feather continue being our retainers? Please?!"

Ahna looked to her brother with puppy eyes, "Please?..."

Shigure sighed and finally replied, "As long as Feather and Ciel decides to continue working here as your retainers, then it's fine. I doubt Father or Mother would be against it, even after hearing their backstory."

Midori nodded with a shrug, "If our mother heard this, she'd probably ask for them to stay as their retainers."

As the two children hugged Feather triumphantly, Forrest chuckled as he spoke, "I thought the same. Aunt Corrin has always been nice to the people of Nohr as well as her own."

"Uncle Kamui too." Kiragi said with a grin, "He's always really nice to everyone and listens to what others say. Just the other day, he helped me hide from my mother when she came looking for me to study arithematics and then bought me a roasted sweet potato!"

The Nohrian prince sighed in dismay, "You're only going to pile up more of your studies if you keep doing this, Prince Kiragi."

The Hoshidan prince grimaced, "I know, I know… But I really don't want to waste the time I could be using to hunt."

Ahna jumped, "Are you going to catch a deer this time?! Are you?"

As the children enthusiastically talked with their cousins, Shigure watched on in silence as his thoughts returned to the meeting. Although the idea was to let their aunt examine the invisible structure and Lilith attempting to speak with the dragon god who bestowed her power and form of an astral dragon, many of his closer relatives plan to sneak back into the castles and browse through the archives. Shigure grimaced. The castles were still overrun with monsters and they still have to figure out what has happened with the missing villages. He worried if things was going to become much worse than they are now.

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YueTian: …Did… did I make it?... I did? I did! Hooray! I finally found the ending of chapter one! Thank god! T-T This wasn't what I was expecting for it to have this ending, but it shouldn't be a problem. Improvise. Improvise. And moderation… XD Lol! That sounds so funny! Anyway, I hope you liked the first chapter of my new story! This was so much fun! I'll only be updating this occasionally though, I'm afraid. I hope you really enjoy this chapter. I'll probably be binge typing this, since I wanted to try something not cross over related. If you're all curious of my other stories, I have three. However, only two of them are having any bit of progress. Fe= Fire Emblem. Fe Awakening with Blossoms tells of how the young Sakura Kinomoto from CardCaptor Sakura (not Clear) is brought into the world of Fe Awakening and also encounters characters from Fe Fates (post-game). She has to defeat the Grima who has escaped his fate and find her way back to her world with all her new friends by her side. Fe Fates of the World tells of how ten or eleven young adults have been forcefully brought into a world of magic of Fe fates rather than one of high technology in the mask of the Taisho era of Japan where they use to live. Separated, three girls of the group have to figure out their purpose to have been brought into the bizarre world and regroup with the help of Kamui and Corrin as they experience the war of revelation and struggle to live through that age. The last is also of CardCaptor Sakura (NOT CLEAR) and the post games of Fe Awakening and Fe fates all brought into the world of Awakening as they try to figure out what's occurring to their world and wrecking their order of nature followed by the appearance of people from another world. (Because this was my first real cross over, I have to admit that it was really, REALLY bad.) Well, I hope everyone enjoys this as I… try to figure out what to call this story and chapter… Yes, I normally don't do this till I finish a chapter…

April of 2018

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EDIT:

Apparently, the chapter was too long so now I'm cutting the chapter in half. There was a lot of complaints about it. The other half will be in the second chapter. There will also be a poll going onto the next month and I'll be putting the other chapters from sixty pages into two thirty pages chapters. I hope you all like this story and choose to continue reading it. It won't exactly reach thirty pages, but I know that some of you don't want that long of a chapter, so I'm going to leave it at that. See ya!

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