This fic takes place about one year after the events of Fire Emblem:Blazing Sword/Rekka no Ken. The primary romance of this fic is Matthew/Leila. ^_^ But it won't be an ordinary Matthew/Leila fic... 'cause I'm planning on making this a pretty long "epic" ficcy... There will be three original "good" characters, and maybe one or two more original "bad" characters, I'm not quite sure yet. If I do anything that you might not like, then please tell me, and I'll TRY to change it... ^_^ I'm always open to suggestions, but I cannot guarantee I will always be able to follow them exactly. But... I WILL try, I promise, on my honor, on my heart. ^___^ And please, please remember that not all things in this fic will turn out the way they seem, or the way you expect them to turn out. I like misleading people; it's fun! ^_^;; But anyway, enough rambling. I hope you enjoy this!
Disclaimer: (This will be in effect throughout the entire fic, as if I needed to tell you that... ^_^) I don't own Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword/Rekka no Ken, but I really really wish I did...
Chapter 1: Memory
Darkness. That was all he could see, that was all there was to see. Nothing but a sea of pitch black, a sea of darkness. But he wasn't afraid. He wasn't a druid, caught in the embraces of the dark, like the madman Nergal had been. He wasn't the Angel of Death, forever lurking in the shadows.
The Angel of Death. He winced at that name, the name, the name of the one who had killed... her. Leila...
No. He wouldn't allow himself to be sad, to feel any tinge of sorrow. He would keep his promise... to her. He concentrated on the world around him, watching it change, trying to forget his grief.
The darkness was clearing, evaporating, its inky tendrils dissipating into thin air. He watched as the last cloud of murky mist separated, diffused into tiny, indiscernible particles, a bemused expression on his face. No, he wasn't afraid of the darkness; in fact, he was rather sad to see it go. But yet, he felt scared, afraid, frightened, frightened to see what the darkness had been so kindly hiding from him.
Her.
She stood in a field, a meadow of crisp green grass and brightly hued flowers, the meadow they had spent so much time in... together. Her back was turned, but there was no mistaking the bright rosy red hair he had always loved.
His heart pounded faster and faster; his feeling of eagerness grew. His footsteps quickened without his permission; he could not will them to stop. He knew... he knew perfectly well what would happen, but his feet would not listen. Running, dashing, sprinting toward the lone figure, he let the tears fall freely from his eyes, for he knew what was bound to happen, what always did happen.
His arms encircled the figure involuntarily, and he fell through to the ground, gasping. He saw her eyes, her face, smiling sadly at him, before they slipped away from sight. A small, pitiful moan escaped from his throat. It was the same every time... the same...
He sighed as heard the soft sound of footsteps, turned to regard his sole visitor with an annoyed look, a look he rarely used. It was the same every time...
A girl, a bit younger than him, returned his empty stare. He noted, with a preciseness and casualness born of routine, her ordinary light brown hair, tied in an ordinarily short ponytail, and her ordinary brown eyes, nothing like her features. He watched nonchalantly as the girl faded away, just like... she had.
He looked down at the ground, at his well-worn boots, at the grass, at the flowers, their colors fading away with each passing second. This... torture... was finally about to end. He looked up again, staring calmly at the fast-approaching image of an open-mouthed dragon, ready to swallow him whole.
It was the same every time...
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A/N: I promise that future chapters will be a lot longer. This one's kinda a prologue. Ah... did you find that interesting?
Lessee... Eliwood, Hector, and Lyn won't be main characters in this fic. They'll just kinda be there... To push the plot along... ^_^ Hmm... I'm pretty sure Erk's gonna be a main character... um... Nils won't be in this fic for sure... Ninian probably won't be mentioned much either... I'm pretty sure Dorcas and Bartre won't be mentioned... Geitz too... hm...
Well... that's all. Next chappie should be up soon! Please R/R!!! ^_^