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Tied
Chapter 1
This… is the story of how I, Inigo Montoy, died.
But don't get me wrong, this is actually a very fun story, and the truth is, it isn't even mine, really. This is the story about a girl… named Lucina.
And it starts with the moon.
Once upon a time, a single drop of moonlight fell from the heavens. From this beautiful drop of light grew an even more beautiful, magical, blue flower. It had the power to heal the sick and injured when in the right hands. If someone righteous, or those blessed by the divine dragon, Naga, were to use its abilities, the world would be blessed each time the power was used.
On the contrary, if someone wicked, or those condemned by the fell dragon, Grima, were to use its powers, each time it was used, the world was plunged into more and more chaos and disorder.
The first man to find it was named Validar. He was a Grimleal, one of Grima's descendants and followers. He was very skilled in magic and the dark arts. He quickly found a way to use the flower's capabilities…
Hidden in the words of two songs. One for each usage of the flower.
Of course, this Grimleal only had the end of the world to look forward to.
Flower, gleam and glow
Drop this pure façade
Bring back almighty power
Bring back the fallen god
Put in sacrifice
Keep fate on its trod
Save what has been lost
Bring back the fallen god
The fallen god…
Okay, yes, old creepy guy singing to a plant to bring death and destruction. Odd, right?
Well, centuries passed, and near the island the flower was on, grew a magnificent kingdom. This kingdom, Ylisse, was ruled by the beloved King-Exalt Chrom and his wife, Robin.
Well, Robin was about to have a child. But she became ill.
Really ill.
All of the kingdom had heard of this flower, but none had found it. Validar, that snake, had kept it hidden for hundreds of years, making himself younger to survive until the fell dragon returned. His magic barrier made the flower invisible to all but him.
A search party was sent to the island as Validar was beginning to renew his youth once more. He heard voices and ran.
Without putting his spell back up.
The calming, blue light called to the Ylissean soldiers. They rooted the plant and carefully delivered the whole thing to the castle.
It took the Queen no time at all to recover.
The King, however, did not take all of it so lightly. He was destroyed at the fact he almost lost his wife and their unborn child. At the time of birth, however, his nightmares were gladly dismissed, and you could finally see him smile again.
A beautiful, healthy baby girl was born. Her hair was that of the bluest of moons, a deep shade of cerulean. Her left eye held a small symbol - the Brand of the Exalt - that was passed down through most of the Ylissean royal family, appearing somewhere on their skin or bodies. Oh, and that little princess?
That's Lucina.
To celebrate her birth, the kingdom sent a flying lantern into the sky, the shade of the moon when lit. It was Branded like the newborn's eye and her father right shoulder.
And for that one moment, everything was perfect.
But moments like that cannot last a lifetime.
In the dead of night, a shadow of a figure snuck into the castle. Those eerie notes were sung next to the crib of the princess, as her hair started to glow.
Flower, gleam and glow
Drop this pure façade
The figure tried to cut off a lock of the child's hair to keep it as his own. But as the scissors cut, that lock of hair stopped glowing. The small amount of hair left turned white from tip to root. The figure's skin shriveled at touching the cut, white hair.
At that, the little princess began to cry.
Her parents both rose from sleep, but it was too late.
Their precious daughter and the queen's malevolent father had vanished.
Validar hid the child in a tower and raised her himself, telling her lies of how her parents had forsaken her, trusting her with her grandfather. Lies about the outside world being a dangerous place, full of hatred and evil. Under this influence, the child was obedient. Her hair grew at an astounding rate, reaching her feet by the time she was four. All but the cut white piece, that is, which never grew at all.
The kingdom searched and searched, but they could not find the princess or any leads to her. The King-Exalt and Queen were devastated. They sent their finest men, but they came back with less than they left with.
And with every night little Lucina sang her special tune to her grandfather, the closer doom came for everyone in Ylisse.