All franchises within belong to Nintendo and any other copyright holders. If they belonged to me, this would already be a thing.
He could feel that something was wrong. It wasn't just the fact that they were on yet another march to stop another war from breaking out; no, there was something else. He furrowed his brow in concentration, trying to will his inherent magical abilities to tell him what was wrong.
"Robin?" a concerned voice called to him. He looked over and saw his wife, Lissa, looking on him with extreme worry. "Are you alright? You don't normally make THAT face when we're on a march."
He reached out and squeezed her hand, putting a false smile on his face. "It's nothing."
"Good! If it was something, I might have had to tell big brother!"
"Lissa, please don't bring Chrom into this. I already have a difficult enough time with him as it is. Being his brother-in-law seems to tell him that we need to spend as much time together as possible."
"Did I hear brother-in-law?" Chrom's voice called from in front of them. The blue-haired exalt began to slow down so he could catch up.
"And he apparently has the ears of a taugel when I use that word." Lissa began to giggle as Chrom caught up.
"What's all the laughing about?"
"It's… nothing… big brother…" Lissa barely managed to get out between the laughs.
"Okay… so, how's married life treating you two?"
"Amazingly." Robin said for the both of them. "I haven't been pranked for nearly three hours. You know, now that it's been gone for so long, I kind of miss it." Lissa's giggling stopped, but the smile was still plastered on her face, and Robin saw the look of mischief now welling up in her eyes. "That doesn't mean I'm done with our prank break!" He hurriedly said before the look got too intense.
Lissa gave a sigh. "Okay. This still means you owe ME a favour later!"
"Look at you two. Only married for four months, but you still have the flare of your first date," Chrom laughed. "I'd better get back to Sumia. She's still worried about Lucina, and I have to do all I can to comfort her."
"You sure it isn't the other way around?" Robin smirked, earning him a light punch in the arm from Chrom before he walked off. "Now that he's gone, wanna tell me what that giggling fit was about?"
Lissa's grin grew wide as she recounted her wild imagination. "When you said 'he has the ears of a taugel', I imagined him as one. He looked silly enough from the back, but when I saw his bunny face, I could hardly hold it in!" They both began to laugh at the half-rabbit Chrom in their heads as everyone else rolled their eyes.
One hour later, and Robin still couldn't shake the feeling. In fact, it had been getting stronger and stronger as time passed.
"HELP US!" A voice rang out from the distance.
"Shepherds! Let's go!" Chrom called to them, and the band of armed warriors sped in the direction of the cry. They found three villagers, all unarmed, being chased by Risen. The nearby village seemed to be refusing to let them in.
"Robin, any ideas?" Chrom said to his chief tactician.
"Well,-" Robin began, but was cut short by what happened next. Beside the villagers, a bright light began to shine out. It had the shape of three triangles made to be a bigger triangle, and the light grew steadily brighter, forcing the dark creatures to stand back from it. Inside this curious shape, Robin could make out the outline of a person. The outline then became a reality, throwing a young man onto the ground beside the lead villager. The bright light still obscured his features, but Robin could tell that he carried a sword and shield. Then, in one swift motion, the man drew his blade and cut down the nearest Risen as the light began to fade. With techniques the Ylisseans had never seen before, he slew the other nearby Risen, turning them into their signature purple mist. With the blinding light now completely gone, Robin stood in awe of the man before them; though now Robin could tell that this wasn't a man. He looked closer to the age of 17, clad in mostly green with probably the strangest hat any of them had ever seen. His shield was blue with silver decor, and his sword, while very impressive, had a purple hilt.
"Who is that?" Chrom said, drawing Falchion. Robin knew that Chrom would fight anyone that looked like even a remote danger to his citizens, so he knew he had to act fast.
"Chrom, don't!" He shouted at the Exalt. Chrom turned to him in mild confusion. "Whoever he is, he appears to be helping those villagers. For now, we need to focus on the Risen. We can deal with him after those villagers are safe."
Chrom sighed. "Alright. Give us our strategy, Robin, before those things get near my people."
"Right." Robin looked around the area, thought for a minute, then called out to the Shepherds. "Virion, Sully, you two head out towards the bridge. Stop any Risen nearby and don't let them take it. Chrom, Sumia, head down through the forest and stop any Risen down that way. Kellam- where is he?"
"Here!" the knight's voice rang out.
"Good. You and Donnel go with Chrom and Sumia. Take out any they may have missed. Lissa, you're with me. We're going to stay by the villagers and hopefully talk to that kid." Lissa nodded in agreement. "Okay everyone, let's go!" And with that, the team moved into their designated positions. Robin and Lissa raced towards the small group of people sitting with only one protector. They killed all the Risen they could along the way, Robin with his Elthunder tome and Lissa with her Fire tome. When they got close to the villagers, the boy turned to them with a menacing look. Just try it, was what his whole body seemed to be saying.
"We're not here to hurt you!" Robin tried to reason with the boy, "we want to help. I'm Robin, and this is my wife, Lissa. We're here with the Exalt." The green-clad warrior's expression didn't change, but Robin heard one of the villagers gasp.
"Please don't fight them! They're on our side!" the villager said to the boy. He glanced at the villager momentarily before looking back at Robin and Lissa and nodded. He then turned away from them and struck down another Risen that had gotten too close for his liking. The three of them worked together to keep the unarmed villagers safe. Lightning and fire cascaded around the small section of trees they were in, the steel of a sword flashed every time it moved, and the cheers of the villagers could be heard in the nearby town.
Once the Risen had been taken care of, the Shepherds rendezvoused at Robin's location. Lissa jumped into Robin, almost knocking him to the ground, both of them laughing and smiling. The warrior relaxed and sheathed his weapons, knowing that the danger was now over.
"Well done, Robin!" Chrom patted the tactician's back. "I knew taking you in was a good idea."
"Thanks, brother." Robin smirked at Chrom as he said this, and Chrom returned it.
"Now, what are we going to do about this one?" Chrom turned to the boy in green. "Tell me, what's your name?" The boy reached pulled up his left hand and reached for his strange sword. Chrom's hand instantly went to Falchion, but it was unnecessary. To everyone's surprise, the boy took his sword and began to write in the snow. When he was finished, he pointed to the single word on the ground before them. "Link? Is that your name?" Chrom asked. The boy nodded.
"Why didn't you just say that was your name instead of writing it?" Robin inquired. When the boy gave him a strange look, something clicked in Robin's head. "Can you talk?" the boy shook his head.
"Whaaaat?!" Lissa cut in. "But during the battle, you were all like 'Hah! Hup! Heyah!' are those the only noises you can make?" Link smiled and nodded. Robin also smiled, but only because of Lissa's impression of Link.
"We could certainly use someone of your skills, Link. Would you like to join the Shepherds?" Chrom asked.
"Milord," Frederick quickly intervened. "Are you sure that's wise? We have no idea how the boy got here, or if he is merely a spy for Valm." Chrom gave the great knight quite the glare, which Frederick ignored. "Even though our last blind recruitment turned out well," he looked at Robin, "I must, once again, emphasize caution."
Chrom sighed. "Again, Frederick, I don't have a bad feeling about this one, even if he is wearing probably the strangest clothes I have ever seen. I was right before, and I think I will be again." Chrom then turned back to Link, who had been intently listening in on the whole conversation. "So, Link, will you join us?" For a minute, all was silent. Link's face contorted in so many ways that Lissa had a very difficult time not laughing, to the point where Robin had to put his hand over her mouth. Finally, Link gave the blue-haired Lord a smile, and vigorously nodded. "Excellent!" Chrom practically cheered. "Come, we'll show you to the rest of the Shepherds."
As they walked back to the convoy that was guarded by the remaining shepherds, the feeling that Robin had been having began to die down. It didn't go away, though, and that had Robin worried. He kept up a good facade, smiling and laughing along with Lissa as the convoy neared.
In the trees just beyond the village, another light appeared. The three triangles once again produced a figure, clad in clothes not of this realm. But this time, he had an aura of evil around him. He watched as his prey joyously walked with a band of people that were clearly strong adversaries. He figured that in this weakened state, he couldn't take them on. Once he regained his full power, he would crush them where they stood. "I'm coming for you, Link." His deep voice growled through the dense woods. "The triforce of courage will be mine. And this time, you have no Princess of Twilight to save you." he began chuckling, which quickly grew into a fearsome laugh, giving the village inhabitants nightmares for weeks to come.
A/N: Whew, first chapter done. Actually, this is my first fanfic, so please tell me if anyone seems OOC. The Robin here, for those who are interested, is just the base Robin. Link is the one from Twilight Princess, so he already has a love interest in Ilia, for those of you hoping that I would pair him with someone from FE. Though, I will be pairing up others along the way, if I get around to it, so please tell me any pairs you may want to have via review. Robin is already taken by Lissa, so no Robin pairings. Anyway, thanks for reading my first fanfiction, and if you have any concerns or criticisms, please tell me in the review. I hope you liked it!