KKD: *hums a bit before seeing Pika watching something.* Oh, hey Pika.
Pikatwig: Hmm… that's interesting a concept… splitting a story between a choice. But I'd honestly think 'Fire Emblem Choice' would be a good title… but, eh. 'Fates' and 'if' works.
KKD: Huh? Uh… aibou?
Pikatwig: Huh? Oh, hey KKD. Just watching a trailer for Fire Emblem Fates. Think I may get it… but I do want to play Awakening first, so I at least have one other Fire Emblem game under my belt.
KKD: Right. I did try Awakening, but I admit Fire Emblem's not quite my personal style. But still, that does sound good.
Pikatwig: What does?
KKD: The idea of a player's choice actually affecting the plot.
Pikatwig: I can list so many choices… *motions to a picture of Luna and Celestia* People choose one or the other and… *lightbulb light up* Lightbulb…
KKD: You got an idea?
Pikatwig: I think I do…
-Some time later-
Pikatwig: I think we may have outdone ourselves… even if we don't know much about if/Fates, I think we can do a decent job at a story based on the idea of making a choice… and other elements of the game.
KKD: Yea, I think we can, too. Though, if we do go through with this, how will we execute it? Will we make this sorta like a 'Choose your own adventure' story for our readers?
Pikatwig: Yea. Once we reach a certain point, we'll put a section of the story that will tell you readers what chapter to proceed down if you want to go down a certain path.
KKD: Cool. Of course, our stories will have to be more limited than the possible expanded-ness of the games. I mean, if there are multiple romances, we can only do like one per possible route or something, right? ...Just saying.
Pikatwig: An element that was introduced in… one of the early Fire Emblem games, I can't remember which one… is the fact one can marry, but Fire Emblem Fates is the first game to have same-gender marriage… albeit, it is limited. It's male in Fates Conquest and female in Fates Birthright.
KKD: Okay? I guess I'll have to wait until later to better understand.
Pikatwig: Nintendo is at least trying, so, give them some props. I mean… they didn't put it in Tomodachi Life.
KKD: Oh yea… don't remind me of that.
Pikatwig: But an interview did say if/when there is a second game, it'll be implemented. Regardless… moving right along, this story, as you can tell by the title, the choice of the Hoshido and Nohr is going to be represented by Celestia and Luna, albeit… I'd think the difficulty would be roughly the same, unlike how Birthright is similar to Awakening and Conquest is similar to earlier Fire Emblem titles.
KKD: I see… hmm… we got quite a lot on our plates with this one, then.
Pikatwig: Here, disclaimers. *hands them to KKD, wearing oven mitts. Touching the paper did accidentally burn KKD's hands* Whoops… shoulda givin ya the oven mitts first…
KKD: Ya think? *stands there with now black hands.* Seriously, how did you get these so hot?
Pikatwig: Printer was broken… Twilight did it, I don't know what she did though.
KKD: Sheesh.
Disclaimers: Neither author owns My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, Fire Emblem, etc, They belong to their respective owners. However, the younger sister of Twilight belongs to Pikatwig.
"Right here… and right now… an epic tale will now unfold before you. A choice that will impact the fate of the world…" a voice began to narrate, "Two kingdoms that appear to be at war, yet are at war at the same time… the Solar Kingdom, in the Land of the Sun. Peaceful, raise livestock and farm. They are lead by Princess Celestia, the Princess of Light, Ruler of the Day, and the one with the power of the sun itself in her grasp. The other kingdom, known as the Lunar Republic is strong. Looking into more technological advancements and keeping a strong military. They are lead by Princess Luna, the Princess of Darkness, Ruler of the Night, and the one with the power of the moon itself in her hands. This is the story of one pony… and her choice…"
"You have the fate of the world… in your hands…" a voice began to sing, "All in the hands of one girl… events that will go beyond… those who know her commands…"
"This is the story of fate… and what will await…"
"Two kingdoms at the edge of war… wings set to soar…"
"Power of a unicorn… to a side, her faith will be sworn…"
"This her fate…"
An alarm clock began to beep. A young woman began to groan a bit in annoyance before somebody pressed the button.
"Good morning Twilight," a maid smiled, with the woman in the bed groaning a bit.
The woman struggled to get up, and when she did, she revealed her dark purple hair with a violet and magenta streak, her magenta eyes, wearing a black tank top, a white skirt, and that she was a lavender unicorn anthro.
"...good morning," Twilight stated, rubbing her eyes. She got up and slowly began to walk downstairs, looking around the place she called home, being rather normal having black walls, a wood tile floor, and furnished with gray shelves, chairs, couches, and a nice blue table in the middle where a male and a female were currently sitting.
"Good morning sis," a filly smiled. The filly was a unicorn who had a black body, yellow eyes, and a light blue mane & tail with a silver streak in it, currently wearing a navy blue jacket, light blue shirt, a white skirt, and on her skirt was a star and a spear symbol on it.
"Good morning Twilight dear," an older female pegasus smiled, this pegasus being blue, having a cyan and yellow highlighted mane and tail, bright pink eyes while wearing a black shirt, white pants, a white apron and pink slippers.
"Morning, Mom," Twilight smiled as she sat down at the dinner table.
"How did you sleep?"
"Could've been better… had this strange dream about some pink pegasus singing or something…" Twilight informed, making the older pegasus look at her in perplextion.
"...a pink pegasus? That's… odd…" her mother blinked.
"I'll say…" Twilight nodded.
"...Well, let's just hope that Flash and your dad keeping us at peace can help you sleep safely," her mother smiled.
"Onii-san is a totally awesome big brother and Onee-chan is a totally awesome big sister!" the little filly cheered, making Twilight giggle.
"Oh Moonlight… you're so cute," Twilight giggled when she saw the time, "Aw crud! I'm gonna be late!"
Twilight quickly finished what was left of her breakfast and grabbed her bag, before going to get her shoes and her glasses on.
"I'll be back later, Mom," Twilight smiled as she waved to her family, leaving the house as she looked around at the city she lived in, seeing it was early morning before the sun was up, the streets lit with lights.
She ran forward to get to her job, which was located at Dusk Glow Elementary School.
Twilight passed out some papers for the students, which were all essays on history.
"Thank you my dear student teacher, you have been a great assistant and your love to learn and help is a great feature," the teacher smiled. Twilight turned to her and smiled at the zebra teacher who wore gold bands on her wrists, a white dress, black boots, and had her mane in a ponytail.
"I'm just glad to help however I can, Zecora," Twilight smiled as she walked over to a desk and looked at her papers, which all consisted of various notes about how to teach and various ways to have fun teaching.
"Now then class, who can tell me about the kingdom's past?" Zecora asked, as one random student raised his hand.
"Our kingdom was once allies with another kingdom ruled by Luna-sama's sister, but they fought over what they should focus their efforts and money over."
"Correct, that answer was perfect. The kingdoms once united, but now, the flames of war may be ignited,"
Twilight just watched a bit, always finding it amazing how teachers could find ways to teach their students.
"Twilight Sparkle, it is always nice to have you around, to this old teacher, you have made her proud," Zecora smiled.
"No problem," Twilight smiled, "It's always a pleasure to help those in need,"
Zecora smiled and walked off, her work for the day now completed. Twilight proceeded to walk off towards the exit of the school, ready to go and find something else to do.
She soon arrived at the door and opened it to see it was now bright outside, almost everybody was carrying an umbrella to block themselves from the sun, which she always found… interesting, compared to others who thought it represented evil. She just shrugged as she took out her own umbrella and sunglasses and began to walk off.
Twilight walked around Midnight City a bit, seeing everything was themed after the moon or the night sky. After a while, she saw some people in armor all lined up to head off onto some sort of a jet/train hybrid. Twilight noticed near the front of the line was her older brother, a yellow pegasus with a blue mane and tail, blue eyes, and wearing a white shirt, black pants, black shoes, and was wearing an assortment of black, purple and green armor on top of that, with a katana strapped to his back.
Twilight walked over to go and greet him, but her brother and his men walked onto the jet-train to get to their next destination though she felt sure he saw her once, she slowly walked over to see him off.
"Hurry up and get onto the train soldier!" a voice shouted at Twilight, making her confused as she saw a general in silver armor with the constellation of Hercules on it.
"Me? Um… I'm sorry, sir, but I-" Twilight began.
"Go on, get on, we're on a tight schedule, let's go, let's go, let's go!" he told Twilight, ushering her onboard.
'Oh Luna, what have I gotten myself into? I just wanted to say hi to my brother,' Twilight thought as she was shoved onboard and the jet/train began to take off, Twilight being magically suited in the armor of the Lunar Republic but a much more petite and female version. She lacked a weapon and sat down in the back of the train.
She soon saw the pink pegasus appear by an exit by the back of the train, making her gasp and walk over to see her, rather confused but also curious about who she was.
"Um… hello?" Twilight asked as she opened up the door to see… nopony was there, "...That was weird… I thought I saw somepony…"
Twilight then saw a book on the ground that had a purple cover with gold and silver text and decorations on it. She also saw that on the spine, was her Cutie Mark, making her really confused as to why it would be there.
She walked back inside and sat down, opening up the tome to reveal it to be a spell tome, filled with all sorts of battle tactics and magic, and while intrigued, she was also curious as to why she found this book and why that pegasus left it for here. Twilight closed it and saw the front cover read some very interesting words.
"'On the path of fate, one must prove their strength'. What the… what?" Twilight wondered.
Pikatwig: Certainly strange… isn't it?
KKD: I'll say it is. This thing just appears out of nowhere and suddenly, Twi's thrusted into this army thing by mistake. What else could happen?
Pikatwig: Well… a bunch of stuff. So, if you know a bit about Fire Emblem Fates, Luna's kingdom is meant to represent the Nohr, the area the player starts the game out in, and obviously, Celestia's kingdom will represent the Hoshido. However, a small tid-bit, a lot of this story was concepted out before Fire Emblem Fates was released in Japan, so not much will resemble the real game. But anyway… thoughts on the first Act of Chapter 1?
KKD: Honestly, I really like this so far. It introduces what it needs to without giving too much away, yet gives a nice world-building feel to it.
Pikatwig: If I had to pick a favorite part, it would be when Twilight is shoved onto the train, being mistaken for a soldier.
KKD: Yea, that was pretty cool; helps get her right into the action for the next act. As for me, I really liked that part as well. Not much else to say from me for now. You, aibou?
Pikatwig: Same. Just Live More.
KKD: Jaa ne.