Author's note: this fanfiction has pretty much all the characters paired up, including Chrom with my Avatar, Luna. The farthest I plan on waving that around is hugs, 'kay? Since some girl (or maybe even a guy) might go nuts if I do much more.

Some parts might be confusing, so I'll say this before you start reading: in this fanfiction, all the future children have gone away, and no one remembers them. Confusing? It wasn't cleared, and this is a fanfiction, so... yeah.

It was dark out. I was in my crib, one of the few things I knew in my whole life. Everything was calm and quiet. Sleep was coming upon me.

But everything suddenly changed. The door burst open, and my mother's face appeared above me. She quickly picked me up out of my crib. She opened the window. Cold rushed into the room, and I started crying. She tried to quiet me, but it was too late. Shouting came from down the hall. "They're coming," she whispered, and went out the window with me.

Just as she got out, a crying filled the air. It was not been mine, but another child's. I had not been the only one, but I was the one she had took."I'm so sorry," she said back toward the window, then turned and started running.

I woke up after that. I looked around, discovering the darkness around me as if for the first time. It was not the same dark as in my dream, though. I was in the castle, in bed with my husband beside me. He was sleeping still, dreaming some dream I'd never known. I looked him over. His face looked peaceful, as peaceful as the times we were having now. I sighed, and tried to go back to sleep.

The thought that I had a twin sister kept me awake until morning. Just as sleep finally came to me, there was a sudden squealing, and a child jumped onto the bed. "Lucina, dear, don't bother your parents, they're sleeping!" the nurse's voice cried, and groggily I opened my eyes.

"It's fine." I yawned. The child, my daughter, squealed again and crawled under the sheets.

Her father, though, was somehow still asleep. "Daddy..." she whispered in his ear. He snored in reply. "Daddy!" This time she screamed, and he bolted up, startled.

"I'm awake, I'm awake!" he shouted, then looked at his daughter. She smiled, and he sighed, "What is it, Lucina?"

"Is mommy gonna have a baby?"

He choked on his spit when she said that. "Wh-why do you think that?"

"'cause I heard the doctor told you that." Lucina said. "Is it true?"

"W-well..." he began, then turned to me. "Luna! Say something!"

"What am I suppose to say, Chrom?!" I said, finally wide awake because of the question.

"Something! I don't know!" he replied.

I sighed, then turned to the smiling toddler. "Yes, you're going to have a younger sibling, Lucina."

"Where do babies come from?"

This time I choked, and gave a look to Chrom. He winced. "We can't tell you that, Lucina, but how about we tell you about what happened in the past before mommy went away for a while?"
"Tell me the part where mommy slayed the big dragon again." Lucina asked, seemingly forgetting what she had asked moments before.

"Actually, I have a new part to the story." I said, surprising both of them.

"You do?" Chrom said.

"Yay, a new part!" Lucina exclaimed.

"It's what happened before mommy and daddy met, Lucina." I smiled.

Chrom, though, was unsure I should have told her about that part. "Are you sure you want her to know that?"

I nodded, and Chrom didn't intervene anymore. I began, "Once there was a man named Validar. He was a Grimleal, more like their leader, really. But he was not the one the one to become the fell dragon. That would go to his child – that is, to me. He expected everything to go smoothly, he'd have a daughter or son and he or she would do whatever they were told. But sometime after I was born, my mother started doubting the beliefs of the Grimleal. She ran away, and took me with her – but not her other daughter."

That really surprised Chrom. "Luna, what are you saying...?"

"I was the one with the brand. There could only be one. I had to be taken away. But my sister was left behind, with my father..."

"What happened to her?" Lucina asked.

"I don't know." I answered.

"Luna, we have to talk." Chrom said. "Lucina, can you leave for a second?" The toddler was escorted out by the nurse. "Luna, where did that come from?"

"I've been having dreams about my past lately." I said.

"Why didn't I know about this until now? Luna, I thought we weren't hiding things from each other."

"There are certain things I don't want spread around everywhere," I said, glancing over at the door.

"What?" Chrom said.

"You've seen my father. You even fought and killed him. You know how he must have treated my sister."

"But she would still be his daughter!" Chrom protested.

"But she couldn't be his god." I corrected. Chrom stopped after that. It was true. If Validar treated me badly, what was the difference to anyone else. "He probably did her worse because of my mother..."

Chrom, worried by a new thought, embraced me. "She'll want revenge. I can't let her hurt you."

Suddenly a feeling came over me. "Chrom, let go."

"Why?"

I got irritated. "I need to find a bucket."

At that, he let go and I ran to get a bucket. I couldn't get one fast enough, so instead I hung my head in some bushes. When I was finished, I looked up and found Frederick nearby. He was headed toward my and Chrom's room, and when he saw me, said, "Oh, milady. I was just going to see you and milord. The invitations for the celebration have been sent, and many of the other Shepherds have accepted and will be here in a few days." He noticed the appearance of my face and asked, "Milady, are you all right?"

"Yes, I just threw up in the bushes is all."

"Because of the child?" Frederick said. I nodded. "I will make sure it is cleaned up immediately." Then he walked off.

It had been about 3 years since we had defeated Grima, and Frederick still made sure every little detail was to our liking. The only order he had ever disagreed with was to rest a while with his wife, as the times made things easier to do and she had recently given birth. While all the other Shepherds went on to their own doings, Frederick had stayed. It was sort of sad, that, though we bonded so closely, they all decided to go. I would see them every once in a while, like I would in not too long.

The celebration that Frederick has referred to was for the baby. In fact, all the Shepherds who had children of their own had accepted, and would bring gifts for when the child would be born. The few who hadn't accepted only did so because they had no idea what to bring. Those ones I did not often see, but were, still very dear to my heart.

I entered the banquet hall, my appetite returning quickly. It still felt too quiet, and it had been like that since Lissa had left with her husband a few months before. Though Chrom had pleaded for them to stay, Lissa shook her head. "Owain needs to learn about the rest of the world. I spent a lot of time in the castle, and I want him to be different."
Then Chrom turned to her husband. "Lon'qu, what are your thoughts about that?"

But the man just grumbled and turned around. "Lissa, we'd better get going."

Owain was born sometime after Grima's defeat, during the time everyone went looking for me. I had no memory of what happened to me during those three years. One thing I do remember: how happy everyone was when I returned. That day, the banquet hall was full of people, and loud with the crying of children.

While I ate, I tried to remember what happened on that day. One thing I remembered was Henry coming up with his son in his arms. He started shouting about how much he loved his son, and how the child had learned to say 'dada'. He started turning purple, since he didn't bother to breath while he bragged. He talked so fast, all I really did was watch him turn colors. When he finally started to breath, he handed me the child. It took several attempts before his face became its normal color. "His name is Inigo." he said, at a normal speed. The child babbled in my arms, and Henry smiled, just like I remember him smiling in so many memories. He took the child from me and held him in his arms, saying, "I think Lucina will be happy to see you too, Luna."

But when I saw Lucina, I realized just how much I'd missed those 3 years I'd been gone. She was now walking and talking, and though she did so not as gracefully as an adult, she had not been doing so when I last saw her. "Mommy!" she said when she saw me, running to me. At that tears started to flow down my face. I knelt down and hugged her.

I finished my meal and my thoughts. I got up and headed toward the courtyard. In a few days, it would be where the party would be held. We need to finish preparations.