This is taking 20 years after FE7. You know I first started this not knowing FE6 existed, but then when I found out about it I was trying to stay canon with FE6 which destroyed the original story I was writing but now I've completely scraped that idea. I am completely rewriting the story and I am only staying canon to FE7, that means Roy and Lilina exist because of FE7's epilogue, but Klein and Clarine don't have to exist (but they do, cause I need both a sniper and healer anyways) there will be a few things I take from FE6 which most likely will be names of canon offspring and names of Generals and that's it. I have not played FE6, nor do I plan to anytime soon so personalities of enemies and canon characters will be unknown to me so I'm just going to wing that part.

Support Conversations from FE7 all happened besides conflicting love endings. Who got paired is the surprise of the story

"You coming to now?"

A man opens his eyes to see himself face to face to another man wearing a pirate bandana. He then scans his surrounds seeing he's in a small cabin house.

"You aren't used to these areas now are you now?"

The man sits and tries to catch up to speed with himself.

"You seemed to have collapsed from the cold; you weren't dressed properly for the snow!"

The man looks outside a window to see it snowing. He starts to get up.

"Hey now laddie! Don't be making sudden movements like that. How does ye plan on – ah, excuse me, how do you plan on going out there like that? Sit down and I'll try to get you set up to get out of here."

The man turns to the other and then nods and sits back down onto the futon he awoke from. The other man then heads to the kitchen part of the cabin and starts to heat up an iron pot on top of some coal.

"What's your name? I'm Flare"

"Lark…"

"Lark is it? Funny name, but interesting enough." Flare comes towards the man holding a small bowl filled with porridge. "My mother has gone out, otherwise I could have provided you with something better. She's making a trip to Edessa, the capital of Ilia. What brings you here in Ilia anyways?"

"I'm.. trying to reach someone, but I got sidetracked"

"Sidetracked? You're not some wanted fugitive running from the law now are you?"

"…I sense no irony in that statement."

"Hey now! I may be a pirate, but I have morals! I just fight for sea territory and look for lost treasure! I don't plunder port towns or the like. We pirates have a prideful life! Not some scummy one."

"For a pirate you speak normal though."

"My father is a pirate, but my mother is a pegasus knight from Ilia. So I had to learn proper speaking tongue but I speak like a pirate to live part of my roots. Anyhow, how did you get sidetracked?"

Sudden knocking happens on the door.

"Who could that be?" Flare was wondering "Be anymore bandits and I'm going to have to rout them all" Flare sighed while grabbing his weapon.

"Is that a spear or a poleaxe?" Lark looked at Flare's weapon with wonder.

"Quite an eye you got, if you can't tell. It's a halberd. I had a blacksmith specially make it. It's both a lance and an axe. I can use it as both, so I'll use it to my advantage. Basically it's a lance or axe when I want too. Still, since it's a long pole, axes will give me trouble, but I don't suffer any penalty fighting them."

"But it must be expensive to keep getting a new one."

"Yes, yes it is, that's why I also can use lances when funds are a problem. But who has heard of a pirate using a lance? Its blasphemy! But, I was born with my mother's talent with the lance, so I had to make do with what I was born with."

The door starts to be slammed at. An axe managed to cut partway through the door.

"No one seems to be home! Perfect time to take what we need!" a rough voice said.

"Bandits.." Flare sighed "Lark, can you fight, or you need to go hide?"

"I can't fight, but I can be of assistance. I'm a strategist"

"I'm not one to listen to someone else in a fight, but judging from the slams on the door, it seems to be a 2 on 1 fight. Alright then, watch my back Lark! I'm counting on you."

Flare dashes to the door, and kicks it open causing the bandits to be knocked back onto their backs.

"You bandits picked the wrong pirate to loot!" Flare intimidatingly said.

"Uh-oh brothers, this doesn't look good. He means business!" one bandit who was nearby runs away unnoticed.

"That insolent coward, whatever its still two on one, you can't take us both now!" one of the bandits said.

"The one on the right has a bad defensive stance, strike him now!" Lark said.

Flare took his halberd and swings to the bandit on the right. The bandit brings his axe to his side to narrowly catch Flare's halberd, but not before getting cut. The bandit gives out a pained gasp, catching himself up with the moment.

"The left bandit has no form! There is an opening.. everywhere!"

Flare twirls around a full 360 clockwise to interrupt the left bandit mid swing with a swing of his own. This bandit had no time to block, and fell to the ground.

"This… is no normal pirate!" The remaining bandit said nervously.

"Damn right I'm not normal, I'm son of the legendary pirate Dart! HIYA!" Flare lunges at the bandit, piercing his abdomen. The bandit had no hope in escaping and just embraced his death.

"My brothers… don't avenge me…" the bandit gave a small last cry, but it was unheard.

Flare walks back towards Lark.

"Pretty slick stuff you noticed there, Lark." Flare said giving Lark a punch on the shoulder "You strategists can read people so well. Saved me the trouble of figuring it out. With your knowledge, and my ability to act fast upon, we'll be able to make it to… wait where are you going in the first place? You're gonna have to share some of your story with me"

"Hmmm…" Lark starts to contemplate on what to say. In the midst of thought he started feel lightheaded. Clutching his head with his right and reaching with his left, Lark looked out as he started to black out.

Author's note

Flare's halberd – I know a halberd is a weapon in FE, and that it's considered and axe that is strong against cavaliers. However, halberds are my favorite kind of weapon, so I wanted to give it special treatment making it a custom weapon for Flare. It's now a lance as well but retains his cavalier bonus and now has an armored knight bonus as well xD (consider it a starting lord weapon now), Flare will use lances later on if that wasn't obvious from the chapter.

Lark and talking – Yea the tactician didn't talk in FE7, but this isn't a game where you are controlling him. Besides, its more interesting this way.