A/N:
Hey, guys. It's been a while. I know that there are so many fics that I have yet to finish, or even start to top it all off, but this is actually something that I've been working on months ago and decided to make it official for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Fire Emblem: Awakening is actually one of my favorite games of all times, so I kinda decided to write sort of my own version of it with a handful of certain scenes changed and/or have been taken out with just some mentions of the scene. Note that the Paralogues and Xenologues will be in a separate fic all together unless the story itself is short of 50,000 words total. Also, please don't ask for specific pairings for I have already picked them out a long time ago at the start of my second playthrough.
I know that there's probably several grammar mistakes lying around somewhere, but due to being quite busy this entire month, I wouldn't be able to have time to edit and sort everything out. If the mistakes are minor or even kept to the minimum, then I won't edit it. But if there are a lot of major mistakes lying around, then maybe at the end of the month or when the story is finished, I will edit everything.
So without further ado, just sit back and enjoy. ^w^
Disclaimer: I do not own Fire Emblem: Awakening or any of the past and future Fire Emblem games.
Premonition:
Invisible Ties
"We should almost be there. Just a little further," a male voice was heard down a hallway as several footsteps and heavy breathing were also heard, "Hopefully the others will make it okay."
"I'm sure they will, Chrom," said a feminine voice, "They both have Khan Flavia and Kahn Basilio leading them. The one's I'm most worried about is the both of us."
"Don't worry," the man named Chrom said with a reassuring smile, "We'll be fine."
As the two made it to the stairway, the hooded woman stopped dead in her tracks while the other kept going.
"What's wrong," the older asked as soon as he noticed that his partner had stopped, as he was only several steps up the stairway.
"I-I can't go in there," the younger said as she gripped onto the hood of her robe tightly over her head, her eyes clenching hard, "Chrom…if I go in there…only one of us is walking out."
Unexpectedly, the young tactician felt a comforting hand placed on top of her head, looking up only to see the young prince right in front of her, wearing a gentle smile.
"We'll be fine, Yuki," he repeated in a gentle voice, " We can do this, together. You can fight Validar's control over you. So let's go in there and prove that no so-called "destiny" can tear us apart."
And with that said, Chrom continued up the staircase while Yuki just stood there, lost in thought.
"I hope you're right, Chrom," she murmured to herself as she followed the other. When they reached the top floor, they found a large, empty room with what seemed like an alter at the back of the room.
"Keep your guard up," Yuki warned, "He could appear anywhere at anytime."
Chrom nodded as he unsheathed his divine blade, Falchion, and griped it tightly in his grasp while Yuki reached into her pocket inside of her cloak and took out her favorite magic tome: Thoron. Having each other's backs, they cautiously walked to the back of the room to look for any signs of where Validar could be. Though, as they were about to let their guard down for a second, a wave of dark, purple flames were aimed towards them, thought they fortunately dodged it in time.
The two best friends turned to look to see a man appearing from the shadows, walking towards them as he wore a chilling grin, mostly aimed at the young tactician, sending a shiver down her spine. Validar.
"So I see you have come, Yuki," he said, "Have you finally realized what you're destined to do? What you're destined to become?"
Yuki tried to refrain herself from shying away despite how intimidated she felt though Chrom could sense how insecure she was feeling.
"Yuki will never give into your so-called foretold destiny," the young prince spoke up, slightly taking a step forward in front of his tactician as if shielding her from the older man across the room, griping Falchion even tighter.
"Is that so," Validar scowled at Chrom, "Then tell me, young prince, what do you think she's destined to be? She doesn't even have a true place in this world other than to be by my side."
"You're wrong, Validar," Yuki finally spoke up, "There is no such thing as destiny or some foretold fate. It is the bonds that we create and share that link us together. These invisible ties are what brought us together, not some destiny."
"Even so," the sorcerer started, "There must be a real reason why you are here right now. I have the fire emblem and we're at the alter. The only thing we need is the vessel and to perform the rite for the awakening to happen. And it so happens that I see the vessel stand before me."
Both Chrom and Yuki gritted their teeth to that statement.
"There is a reason that we're here," Chrom started.
"And that is to defeat you!" Yuki finished as she and Chrom charged at Validar. The dark mage grinned as he threw his own attacks at them. Being two of the fastest members of the Shepherds, the two easily dodged his attacks, exploding as the blast made contact with the floor where they once stood.
Using the thick smoke that surrounded them to their advantage, they hid until Yuki gave the signal for Chrom to attack while she charged up her own. As soon as sparks surrounded her hand, she nodded to him and, once she did, the young prince went ahead and charged at Validar and swiftly slashed him with his sword, which hit him pretty good.
Validar clutched his wounded chest tightly and, right when he was going to do a counterstrike, Chrom immediately jumped out of the way. Before the evil man reacted, several bolts of lightning had hit him, causing him to stumble to the ground.
Seeing this, the young prince took this opportunity to deal the final blow with one last slash, causing the mage to spit out a lot of blood and, with a wet thud, his body finally hit the ground.
Looking at the body before him, Chrom let out a relieved chuckle and grinned.
"We did it," he said as he walked towards Yuki, patting her on the shoulder as he still wore that smile, "Thanks to you, we carried the day. We can finally rest easy now. At long last."
Yuki couldn't help but smile back. After working for Chrom as his head tactician the past fifteen or so years, the last she had seen him truly smile was when his second daughter was born about ten years back.
Right when she was about to say something, Yuki saw, from over Chrom's shoulder, Validar's body rose, as he was covered in dark flames.
"No!" he shouted, "This isn't over! DAMN YOU BOTH!" He then threw a final wave of dark flames towards the two before falling over again. Yuki's eyes widen and, knowing Chrom wouldn't be able to react in time, pushed him to the side and took the full force of the attack, screaming in pain as she felt her own flesh burn from the attack.
"No!" Chrom shouted as he saw his best friend collapse onto the ground. He then ran up to her and skidded onto his knees, holding the younger up with one arm as he checked her wounds.
"Hey, are you okay?" he asked with worry apparent in his voice as he tried standing her up.
Though before she could answer, Yuki gritted her teeth as she felt another full-blown migraine appear, much worse than the past ones she had before and, as her head throbbed, seeing her vision turning red every few seconds. She could see Chrom speaking to her, but no words were heard.
Then at the moment, for a split second, she blacked out. Next thing she knew, she saw Chrom stumbling back with a blade of lightning through his chest. Looking down, Yuki found sparks surrounding her hand as it usually does after using Thoron, her eyes widening in shock and fear written on her face at what she had just done.
With tears welling up her eyes, the young tactician looked back up at Chrom, only to see him wear a weak smile as if trying to assure her.
"This is not…your fault," he barely managed to say then coughed up some blood, "Promise me…you'll escape from this place… Please…go."
And after voicing out his final plea, light faded from Chrom's eyes, though his smile never faltering, as he collapsed then died.
Yuki just stared at him wordlessly in both horror and in sadness as tears rolled down her cheeks. She has done it. She killed her comrade, brother-in-arm, and best friend. And with that realization hitting hard, she looked up to the celling as she cried in agony of losing someone very dear to her.
She then felt darkness surrounding her and felt it slowly controlling her, but paid no mind to. Then, at that very moment, she finally collapsed herself, completely blacking out.
A/N:
For those who wants a reference of what my Avatar (Yuki) looks like, here it is:
Build: 2
Face: 1
Hair: 3
Hair Color: 5
Voice: 1
So, until next time, Will of D signing out. ^w^
