Hey guys! It's Metaknight4ever, writing a fire emblem fic! *shot*
Anyways, I apologize for not getting on and writing more often.
I've recently been very busy, but I won't bother you with the details, only the important stuff.
Firstly, I've got new software! Now I don't have to proofread everything myself! YAAAAY!
Secondly, I've become a Fire emblem fan. This doesn't mean I am deserting SSB, Kirby, or anything! It just means that I also like Fire emblem.
I am new to the series so if you are a fan, please do not complain about people being OOC, attack me with pairings, or yell at me just because you can.
This is HecFlor. Be aware of this.
This is not a one-shot. This has other chapters, which I will add in soon!
So this is my first real Multi-chapter romance! Wish me luck!
Chapter 1
Knock Out
Florina quivered a bit. Kit was selecting groups to patrol the area because Matthew had seen some bandits in the territory. She was just hoping that Kit didn't put her with any men. She wasn't really listening too much, she took out the bits and pieces that seemed important, like who her friends were put with.
"Alright guys here's how we're gonna go about this:
Wil and Rebecca can take this little route through the forest, and attack the enemy's horsemen by surprise. Lyn, you going to go out here with Priscilla and Erk. Sain and Kent can storm up this hill. Eliwood, you are going to make a circle around the perimeter, think you can do that?"
"Sure."
"Good, after that, help anyone who looks like they might need it. Marcus and I are going to be scanning and sending out reinforcements where needed. Marcus will send off a signal once everyone is sure there are no more bandits, alright?"
"Got it." Everyone nodded. Florina looked up to give a nod before looking down at the ground again.
"Okay. . .lessee who else?. . .Lowen's going here, Oswin's going there, yadda, yadda, yadda. . .These guys are reinforcements. . .oh! Perfect!" Florina looked up, wondering what made her tactician so happy.
"Alright team, I'll let Marcus give the signal in a few minutes so get ready!" As many people got up and left, Kit turned to Florina and smiled. "Hey there Hun, I'd like to talk to you about where I'm going to send you." Florina listened up, her knees turned in. "Florina," Kit sat down next to her, a soft tone in her voice. "I've got a shiny new silver lance I'm gonna let you use this battle. . .but I don't think anything is going to change your mindset besides living through It."
"Wh-what? Who am I fighting with?"
"Florina. . ." Kit let out a sigh and patted her shoulder. "I'm going to be sending you along the southern border with Hector." Florina's eyes widened.
"H-Hector?" She felt tears well up in her eyes. "Oh Kit! Please don't put me with him!"
"Florina hunny, I've looked at this battle from every angle, I've researched the enemy's tactics, if I send you anywhere else you'll be doomed, there are archers advancing from every point but the southern border. Everyone else has a near-perfect fit in this battle because they're working in numbers. Hector is the only person who not only can't hit you by accident when attacking, but can defend you from the axe wielding bandits."
"But that means you should send a swordsman!"
"Sorry, but there's axe fighters coming in from everywhere, and I've got no more swordsmen to fight with you." Kit sighed. She looked into Florina's sad eyes and rubbed her shoulder. "Hunny, you know I'd send Lyn with you if I could, you know I'd send Rebecca, or Eliwood, or Priscilla, but I can't."
"B-but H-H-Hector's scary!" Florina stuttered through tears.
"Aw hunny, I know you're scared of him. But I promise that Hector would never ever hurt you. He's really very nice past that first impression. I put you with him because I also trust him. I've never sent you off with Sain, have I?" Florina shook her head.
"Because I don't trust Sain to protect you, even from himself." Florina wiped her eyes, even though more tears came. "Please just bear with me, Hector would never hurt you on purpose, and I doubt he would on accident." Kit stood up. "C'mon, wipe those eyes and saddle up Huey. She's probably dying to soar in that blue sky." She smiled softly at the Pegasus knight.
"O-okay." Florina nodded.
"And you can also go get that pretty silver lance I told you about." And with that, the tactician left. Florina gulped, she always trusted Kit's judgment, but not when it came to pairing her up with people. Sometimes she would luck out and get a mission with Lyn or Priscilla, other times she'd be stuck with Oswin, or Matthew.
But Hector? Hector was big, and loud, and scary. She knew she shouldn't be afraid of her allies, but he was terrifying. She remembered once he tried to strike up a conversation with her on the battlefield; she burst into tears and had to be withdrawn from the fight because she couldn't stop crying. Now she could at least be around a male without another girl around, but Hector was so intimidating. . .She got up and went to the weaponry tent, and picked out the silver lance. It was very pretty, but she could care less about that now. Her tummy hurt. She walked out of the weaponry and over to where she had tethered Huey. The white Pegasus whinnied with joy to see her owner. Florina stroked Huey's nose to quiet her. She could see Kit talking with Hector from a distance. Hector rolled his eyes and snorted, and Kit had a furrowed brow and her eyes were narrowed. Hector shrugged and made his way to the Supply tent. Florina was suddenly thankful she had gotten her lance when she did. She then proceeded to appear too busy to talk by inspecting Huey and adjusting her saddle (which really was fine as it was, but Florina really didn't want to talk to Hector at all.) Hector made his way out with a pair of vulneraries. He then began to walk in her direction, and Florina let out a breath. There was no point in hiding now, but she wished that she could just disappear.
"Hey," His voice shouldn't have startled her, as she knew he was there, but she jumped anyways.
"Uh. . .um. . .uh." She spun around and gripped her elbows.
"Ready to go?"
"Uh. . .Oh! Y-yeah. . ." She nodded, feeling herself shaking. She got onto Huey and gripped the reins. Marcus' voice bellowed out to everyone around to attack. Florina took off into the sky and flew above the forest which gave her flightless companion cover. She was happy to be away from Hector for the moment, but she knew that once they were past the forest she'd have to take to ground again, and thus, be with him. She kept an eye on where he was in the forest, not wanting to lose track of him, even if she was scared of him, she was even more afraid when he was angry, and deserting him would make him just that. Huey gave a small bray in a language only a Pegasus knight could whisper with her beloved winged horse.
'Fly lower Florina, I'm losing sight of Hector.'
"I can see him." Florina explained, running a hand through Huey's mane.
'I think you just don't want to go down there.' Huey's neigh cooed in Florina's ears.
"Only a bit, but I can see him."
'You know Florina,' Huey's whinny was soft. 'It's okay to be afraid, but this kind of fear is irrational. You're worrying about all the bad things that might happen, while never focusing on what wonderful things could. I think you should just open up and talk to Hector, you might find you like him.'
"Says the one who he called 'a witless winged horse'. Why would you think he'd not only forgive me for that, but expect me to forgive him for calling you that?"
'Everyone calls me that, and I just don't care. I'm only as witless as I believe myself to be.' Huey's secret language was so soothing in Florina's ears. 'Hector seems to have gotten over it. Besides,' Huey turned her head and tugged lightly on Florina's braid. 'He's pretty cute.'
"Huey!" She giggled, petting the horse's head. She swore she'd never think of Hector that way. "Hey, we're at the forest's end!" She lowered her reigns and pulled Huey slowly to the ground. Hector was catching his second wind to her left, and she was never so happy to see that he was there and not under Huey. She felt herself becoming small and timid again as soon as she remembered why she didn't want to come on this mission.
"U-uh. . .uh. . .L-lord H-Hector? A-are you o-okay. . .?" She stuttered.
"Yeah, just wish you'd fly slower." He breathed, hunched over his knees, gasping for air.
"Oh. . .I-I-I'm sorry. . ." She trembled, blushing madly.
"It's fine." Hector finally stood up, gripping his axe. "Let's see if we can knock out some bandits."
"O-okay. . ." She nodded and looked up at the rolling plains.
"Hey Florina," Hector spoke up again.
"Y-yeah?" Her face was turning redder by the moment.
"Take this, Kit told me to give it to you." Hector handed her one of the vulneraries.
"Th-thanks. . .thank you. . ." She took the vulnerary, shaking. Hector shrugged and scanned the terrain. Florina took a moment to breath, and regain some composure.
"BANDITS!" Hector's voice bellowed, startling Huey as well as Florina. Hector ran forward and swung his axe about wildly. Sure enough, a group of axe-armed bandits were swarming the plain. Florina took to the air, her courage slowly building up. She could fight men, she was either afraid of them or able to kill them, and when she thought of fighting, she could most certainly kill them.
She gripped her sliver lance and thrust it at a thug in front of her. Huey bucked and kicked at the bandit, braying loudly. Florina yanked up on the reigns and took to the sky once she was sure he was dead. She may not have been very strong, but she was smart. She would not place herself in harm's way longer than she needed to, which was why she rarely needed vulneraries. Hector on the other hand. . .He was trying to guzzle a vulnerary, kick a bandit on his left, and get a swing at one with his axe on his right. Had this been another situation (and had it not have been Hector, though that was kind of the joke) she might have laughed. Florina had now killed two bandits, without needing a single vulnerary, and was going for the third. Fourth. Fifth. A bandit got a swing at Huey, which caused her to go ballistic. She conked him in the head with her hooves, which allowed Florina time to strike. Sixth. Florina turned to see how Hector was doing. He was nearly out of vulnerary, and had been cornered by both bandits he had failed to kill. He was slowly backing off, turning to look at either one, when Florina noticed he had a pretty big cut on his cheek.
'Florina! Focus!' Huey brayed and kicked at another bandit.
"I'm focusing!" She whispered loudly to Huey, stabbing the foe. Suddenly, she whipped her head to Hector's scream. He had fallen to the ground,
his axe limply in his hand before the bandits, who were chuckling at his quick defeat.
'Now! Now's the chance!' Huey thought to herself before bucking Florina off her back.
"Huey! What are you doing?" She cried.
'Fight them off Florina! You've got to save Hector!'
"I can't do that without you!" She shouted, her face flushing again.
'I KNOW you can!' Huey whinnied before flying off.
"HUEY!" Florina cried. "Come back Huey!" She turned around to face a couple of grinning bandits.
"Poor little miss. What you gonna do now without your pony?" They teased, closing in around her. She held out her spear in defense, but the tears dripping from her eyes showed weakness in every form.
"Someone help me. . ." She sobbed, her hands shaking as she gripped the lance. A sudden wind rushed in her ears and the galloping of hooves sounded through the air. "Huey?" Suddenly a blue mained steed rushed up in front of her, its rider's icy blue eyes glaring at the bandits.
"What way is this to behave my good men? Attacking innocent ladies." The rider turned and winked at Florina.
"Lord Eliwood!"
"Now I'll give you ten seconds to get out of here before I slice you all up into tiny pieces." The bandits glanced at each other before scrambling out of the area. Eliwood dismounted and wiped his brow. "My gods, playing the tough guy is hard."
"Lord Eliwood!" She grabbed to his waist and sobbed. He let out a chuckle and rubbed her head. "Oh Lord Eliwood thank you. . .I was so scared. . ." She sniffled.
"Not at all Florina. It certainly is a good thing I heard you." He looked her in the eye. "But where's Huey?"
"She bucked me off and flew away." Florina sniffled.
"Goodness! That's not like her."
"I know. . .Thank you for saving me. . ."
"Even without Huey, where's Hector? Wasn't he with you?"
"Hector? Oh Hector! Oh Lord Hector! Oh no!" She let go of Eliwood and ran to where Hector lay. She hesitated once she reached him, but bent down and rubbed at her shoulders nervously. "Oh Lord Hector! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I should have been there to help you!" She bawled. Eliwood came over as well, but he bent down closer to his friend. He placed his head against Hector's chest and listened for his heartbeat.
"Don't worry, he's alive. He doesn't look that great, but he's alive." He took a breath, sitting back.
"I-I guess we have to carry him back to camp." Florina suggested. Eliwood's face drained of all color.
"Carry. . .Hector. . ." he repeated to himself. "Carry him. . .?"
"Yeah."
"As in. . .the both of us?. . .carrying. . .Hector. . .whom is exceptionally blessed with. . .dimensions." Florina suddenly saw what Eliwood was getting at.
"Oh. . ." She began to blush again, and well as shake. In her mind she screamed at Huey for deserting her. Eliwood's mount let out a whinny in teasing.
"YOU'RE going to carry him with us!" Eliwood hissed. The little horse no longer chortled. "Oh well, it can't be helped." Eliwood sighed. "C'mon, let's get moving."
Gunlord500: Thank you for letting me know about the format! Hopefully this is less squishy and you can read it!
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