Stories to Stories
Chapter 1: Dawn of Radiance
Disclaimer: I don't own Fire Emblem but I do control the sticks connected to the little puppets in this story!
Notes: Some characters may be OOC but half of it is set in an alternate universe so it would be natural. This is actual two stories combined into one. One is a book Micaiah is reading, and one is about Micaiah as a normal person.
The only two names that stay the same in the book are Ike and Micaiah cause...they have to! Others are changed and if you are smart you can figure them out. I just mixed up the letters. First story on here but I've written before. I hope you like it and I would love reviews and constructive criticism. Also they need more of this pairing... or ones with the Black Knight/Zelgius and Micaiah! Love that pairing too!
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The warm summer air made the country bloom with life and the flowers seemed brighter then normal. They swayed happily in the meadow as their faces pointed up at the sun. The sun smiled back down at them, what a nice relationship.
Sadly the day concealed the darkness the really covered the land in bloodshed. Swords that had been hung over fire places were now swinging at soldier's sides. Stories about great achievement in war had vanished for all were to worried about the war going on now.
It had started only a few months ago but already the war was bloodier then any the people remembered. Whole villages had been knocked out and the only thing the leaders could do was send people over to clean up the mess.
Hiding inside your house was now not a rare thing. Many families had banned together for protection having lost their best fighters to the army. Almost every country had picked sides now, by choice or not.
Crimea, siding with the laguz and Ike while Daein, most likely forced, had been fighting for Begnion though Daein so far had been settled in the front and fighting the difficult battles. Today a big battle was to be fought by the Reround swamp.
The only person who knew what this fight really was, Micaiah the general of the Daein army, and that was suicide mission. Sellaep, her king, had tired to convince her not to go but she had to go with her men even if it meant death.
Most of her friends would be fighting with this group as well. Begnion did not seem to care that they had just sent some of Daein's best out on a sucuide mission. Micaiah guessed they were trying to destroy Daein as well as Crimea and the laguz.
Micaiah was the only one who had seen on the mark on Sellaep's arm, the blood contract that sealed their countries doom. Those damn senators were trying to destroy everything to rule the entire continent of Tellius.
Micaiah sighed as she pulled her cape around her small frame trying to protect herself from the cold winds. "What a great place to fight isn't it?" Her companion, Sohet said with a frown. Micaiah just nodded, her lips pulled together as she thought.
Sohet frowned again as his eyebrows knitted together in displeasure. "We're going to die Sohet." Micaiah whispered with a gulp. Sohet sighed again as he fingered the dagger that was in easy reach. It would be stained red before the end of this battle.
"Don't worry Micaiah, we can always run if it gets to bad." Sohet told her. "Begnion will be mad." She stated simply. "Well who gives a damn about those stuck up senators." Sohet growled as he gripped the dagger tightly.
Sohet slowly released his grip on the hilt of the dagger and snorted angrily. "You have to promise me something Micaiah." He said slowly. "What Sohet?" She asked. "If they come at you, please beg them to take you captive okay?" Sohet asked her.
"You must do the same then Sohet." Micaiah smiled up at him, he was much taller then her with long green hair tied up in a pony tail. "Yea sure thing." He told her patting her amazingly silver hair affectionately.
"We will be fighting friends today Sohet, that is the one thing I can't really grasp." She sighed as she thought of the friends who had helped in Daein's war to free themselves from Begnion's rule. Many of them Sohet had fought with before.
"We are going up against the Rileg Mercenaries, they are strong Micaiah." Sohet warned her, he had fought with them so he knew. "Their leader, Ike, had blue hair so watch for it." He warned her, Ike would stick out like a sore thumb with that hair color.
A loud howl broke through the light chatter, it was the warning that the other army approaching. Loguv, a laguz who had become Micaiah's protector had given it out. Micaiah sighed as some of the soldier's pulled their weapons out.
"So it begins." She sighed as she pulled her Thani out. "Fight hard Sohet and stay alive." She told Sohet laying a hand on his strong soldiers. "Don't worry about me Micaiah, I will be fine but remember my words." Sohet told Micaiah, sounding very grave.
Micaiah looked back out and saw many bodies already covering the ground, of her army and the others. laguz bodies lay right next to beorc, their blood mixing in the river and covering the grass. It made Micaiah sick!
She saw on flank was being powered though quite quickly and she saw a large man with blue hair at the front of the attack. "That must be Ike." She gasped, he was very skilled just as Sohet had said. He was taking down men like she were grass.
Beside her Sohet leaped out to help the men, his lean body jumping right over a man's hand and striking a Crimean soldier down. "Good luck!" Micaiah called out as she too got ready to fight. She could strike from the back as she had promised Sellaep.
She whispered a small prayer in the ancient language and sent a stream of light at a random soldier who was about to strike down one of her men. She then turned to a laguz on her far left. Her whole body began going into fighting mode not seeing anything but the enemy in front of her.
"Micaiah we are losing!" Sohet called to her, leaping back to stand by her side. "We were going to eventually but we lasted longer then most." Micaiah said proudly. "The mercenaries are getting closer so watch out for yourself!" Sohet said as he stabbed a tiger laguz.
"Sohet stand down!" Micaiah heard a low voice call and she looked up, it was the famed Ike standing just a few feet away from her. Sohet pushed Micaiah behind him before she could move but she probably couldn't.
Micaiah wasn't that short but Ike towered over her, with medium blue hair and large shoulders. She had thought Sohet looked strong but Ike looked like he could just flick her and she be dead! His eyes were cool and calm but Micaiah would feel he didn't want to hurt Sohet.
"I can't Ike." Sohet sighed, pulling his dagger out. "I don't want you to go easy on me." Sohet smiled. "Let me see your true strength." 'but Sohet you said..."Micaiah gasped. "Run Micaiah." Was all Sohet said.
"Fine if that is what you wish Sohet." Ike sighed, pulling out his enormous sword with skill and pointing it forward. "You first." Sohet never had a chance to attack for Micaiah stepped in front of him and spread her hands out wide.
"No!" Micaiah cried as he fist clenched. "Micaiah what are you doing!" Sohet cried. "You are the one they call The Priestess of Dawn are you not?" Ike asked, surprised at the young maidens actions. He could help but give a small smile.
"Yes I am and I will not allow you to hurt Sohet, I want this fight to end." He said, and she couldn't help but give a small blush. "I can not do that I have orders to follow." Ike told her, as he put his sword away.
"What if you are able to take the general of Daein's army as a hostage, I am sure your leaders would be happy at that!" Micaiah asked. "Micaiah!" Sohet cried but Micaiah ignored him. "I'm sure that would make up for not killing everyone and I could make the army step down as well!" She cried.
Ike stood their for a while. "That will work...Micaiah." He said. "No Micaiah I will not let you go alone!" Sohet cried. "I will take good care of her." Ike said, taking Micaiah's small wrist in his large hands.
"Stand down Daein army, I have your general and if you do not let us through I will kill her!" He yelled and the fighting stopped almost instantaneously. "Let them pass!" Micaiah added and there was a loud clatter of weapons being dropped.
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Micaiah's eyes were glued to the page as she read the words before her. She had only picked up the book because it had her name in it but she was already in love with the book. Micaiah was a very unique name so it was amazing the book had her name in it.
"Hey Micaiah what you reading?" A voice came from behind her and she cried in surprise. She closed the book very quickly. She turned around to glare at her best friend Sothe, who was smiling down at her.
"What did you do to your hair?" She asked in surprise. His hair, instead of being a light brown as it had always been was now a vivid dark green. "Oh I dyed it, do you like it?" He asked as he playing with the green tufts.
"It actually fits you quite well." She smiled but it reminded her of the character in her book, Sohet. "So what are you reading?" He asked again. "N-nothing." She stammered, her cheeks a bright red. It was a romance book and Sothe couldn't know that!
"Dawn of Radiance..." He read over her shoulder. All that was on the cover was the title, in big cold letters, and figures standing agaisnt a sunset. At least they weren't kissing or something or else Sothe would pick on her forever.
"What is it about?" He asked her. "Why are you asking anyways!" She snapped at him. "I'm bored and waiting for someone to pick me up." Was all he said with a shrug. It was odd for him to be here of all places, the college's library on the last day of school.
Micaiah shouldn't have been in there either but she had begged the librarians for a quiet place to leave and they had finally let her. "Who are you waiting for?" She said, changing the subject with ease and she placed her bookmark in her book.
"Oh he is an old friend from my hometown. He just finished college last year and got a job here." Sothe grinned. "He is really cool and strong! I'll introduce you." Sothe told her, grinning like a fool and Micaiah couldn't help but laugh.
"What is it?" Sothe asked. "You sound like a love sick girl or something." She giggled as she covered her mouth. She knew Sothe was about to kill her for what she had just said. For a second there was silence, like the calm before the storm.
"Not funny." Sothe said. "Saying that makes you sound jealous!" He snorted back at her. "you have the worst comebacks Sothe." Micaiah told him seriously. "At least I'm not in the school library on the last day of school." Sothe cried.
"I was waiting for you, the person I'm staying wit h for the summer." She told him with a long sigh. "I didn't tell you parents to take a vacation but come on he should be here soon." Sothe sighed as he stood up.
Micaiah stuffed the book in her large bag and slung it over her shoulder. She stretched her fingers and walked after Sothe. "Hey aren't you going to carry my bag!" She cried at him. "Why should I, I got my own bag to worry about?" Sothe asked.
"It's the polite thing to do." She told him, sounding like his mother. "I think you've been reading to many medieval books with all those knights and princess'." Sothe told her with a large yawn, glaring at her in play.
"They are good books." She told him then turned to look ahead. Luckily for them it wasn't too long for a walk to the front parking lot, where Sothe had told his friend to meet them.
There school, Neaid University, was quite big. It was named after some guy who had lived back in the 1800s by a group of people but Neaid had supplied the large amount of money to build it.
They had built onto it of course and now it took up almost the whole side of a large hill. Micaiah lived on the campus but she was going with Sothe from the summer to some beach side hotel with some friends.
Well it had originally been them and some of their friends but somehow all of their friends had changed to do something else. Micaiah was very nervous about spending a whole summer with just Sothe but she felt a little disappointed when he told her his friend was coming as well.
She didn't even know the guy! She didn't care how great Sothe said he was she was not going to be happy about this!
A large honk of a car made her blink and she saw Sothe waving at it. "That is your friends car?" She asked. "Yea!" Sothe called as he dragged her over to the large truck.
The door opened slowly and Micaiah gasped a bit at the man who jumped out of the drivers seat. He had dark brown almost blue hair and was very tall. He looked very strong and had clam blue eyes and he smiled at them, he looked like Ike from her book!
"Hey Sothe, you must be Micaiah Sothe told me about." He smiled down at her. He offered his large hand for her to shake. She stuck her much smaller hand out, and he shook it. "Yea I'm Micaiah and Sothe talked about you too but he never told me your name?" She asked a bit flustered.
"I thought I did..." Sothe mumbled. "Oh my name is..." He began.
"Ike."
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