So this is my first fanfic, I'm going to use mainly OCs because I don't trust myself enough to write about real characters ^-^ please review and critique so I can get better!
I don't own Fire Emblem or Intelligent Systems, just my OCs. I'm supposed to write this, right?
Chapter 1: An Unexpected Meeting
I'm bad with titles… :(
The sun was a bright, glowing orb in the spring Ylissean sky. It hurt Kouei's eyes to look at the shimmering sphere, so instead he busied himself watching some birds that appeared to be playing tag and imagining that there happened to be clouds in the sky for cloud watching; however, the sky remained as devoid of clouds as a newly forged sword is of blood.
The boy lay out on a hill. Farmland spread out on all sides like a great rural quilt. The little knoll he lay on was bright green and the morning air was filled with the fragrances of spring and the soft chirrups of birds and insects. A small Ylissean town was visible in the far-off distance; and a dirt path, completely empty of passerby, stretched its way like a mud-colored serpent toward the village until its' end was lost to the human eye.
The blue expanse remained cloudless. Someone needs to come by soon, he thought miserably, before I die of boredom. Looking up at the sapphire nothingness, his hair wreathing his face in a cobalt halo upon his cloak (currently being utilized for its pillow-like properties) when he heard it. The distinct sound of a snuffling horse and a creaking carriage spread through the air, rising above the springtime background noise. Kouei immediately rolled on to his stomach to look. He peeked over the short viridian grass, and saw the carriage.
A small white horse was pulling it, little more than a pony, really. The carriage itself wasn't really a carriage at all, just a simple two-wheeled cart filled up with bags and boxes; Kouei recognized a tent and some food. They must be travelers. In fact, 'they' were little more than two girls; one about his age, sixteen-ish, with a pale pink horse-riding outfit and an elegant walking stick that looked like it had been made by some professional walking-stick fashion designer from Ylisstol. If those types of people existed; he'd never been to Ylisstol, but from what he'd heard of the extravagant capital city, it was certainly possible. The fluid metallic object and whimsical design of the cane, coupled with the half-clear bluish glass ball on the top made it look like it would fetch a nice price, but was it worth it to get? Nah.. On the other hand, the intricately designed crystalline flower fastened in the girl's short blonde hair, that framed her doll-like face, was certainly worth looking into. But it was probably just glass… his gaze traveled from the first girl to the second, who couldn't have been more than twelve, her very long, green hair fashioned into twin tails that stretched below her waist and were patterned with multicolored beads. She was wearing a cute summer dress that spun as she danced, singing, in front of the horse. That was when he saw the light, as the sun glinted off something in the carriage. Something that was a pale, sparkling green; and appeared to be half a foot in diameter. There was no mistaking it, that something was a gem of some sort-probably an emerald. A really, really big emerald.
Kouei's pale violet eyes brightened up-not with the light of greed, but with the light of hope. He had absolutely no idea where two traveler girls would manage to get a jewel of this magnitude and value, unless they were thieves like him. The blonde girl with the crystalline flower hairpin moved with the poise of a noble, something hard to miss, so he found it unlikely. Kouei mentally steeled himself for what was to come- him stealing the gem. The sheer luminescence of it created an aura of beauty that seemed almost magical, unmistakable proof that it was an object of value. Emerald, not glass, like the older girl's staff orb or hairpin could be. He felt bad about it, the whole scenario. He had been watching two girls whilst hidden on a hill and it felt dangerously close to stalking, and now he was planning to steal their mysterious, beautiful emerald. Kouei had a good reason, of course, but still, he mentally cursed himself. After this escapade was over and done, he promised himself he'd become a monk or something to make up for it.
He lay facedown, unmoving, on the hill as the two went by. The green-haired girl skipped ahead, spinning and singing, as the other girl followed. Her eyes were closed and she hummed along to the tune (it involved Naga, Grima, and the Four Heroes) as she walked, hand on the horse's mane for guidance. Kouei silently slipped down the hill, aiming to reach the back of the carriage, grab the emerald, and escape- but as he reached the road, something that felt like two booted feet smacked into his back. He yelped, automatically realizing the girls had heard him and that it was quite an embarrassing noise to make in front of two girls anyway, as two legs and a body followed the feet. Someone had fallen on top of him, but from where? I'm positive I was alone a second ago, he thought as his face hit the dirt.
Yay! First chapter down… it's kinda short, oh well. ^-^ after this opening road scene plays out, I'll go into exactly what time period this is, and how it relates to the events of Awakening.