A/N:

I disappear for half a month, and show up with a monster of a fic and an OC, to boot. Haha. Well, this is someone I've been wanting to introduce for quite a while, and now I get to do that :D Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this one here. Word Count (3,448)

The Shepherds had stopped their long march for potential allies to face Grima. They were in Regna Ferox once more, and many Shepherds had decided to enjoy the town close to their camp. The streets were abuzz with activity. At such a crucial junction, this town was always filled with travelers. Small shops and stalls were quite frequented, keeping the town alive.

"Don't you love being able to get out like this?" The blue-haired mercenary said as she walked alongside Ylisse's future princess. "Just, a day we can forget everything, and- Oh, look at that beautiful bag!"

Lucina let out a slight chuckle at the sight of her excited friend. "I have to admit, I do quite enjoy these days. Do you have a full purse though? Knowing you, you would need it all. Maybe more."

"Of course! Don't you know who my daddy is?" She exclaimed, running over to the stall and admiring the designs.

"Well I'm sure even the wealth of Rosanne can only account for so much." She stated, watching her friend excitedly browse through the crafts. "You better not be using my brother to feed your habits."

Severa picked up a bag with a floral pattern, something she seemed ready to purchase. "Morgan?" She asked, moving over to the stall owner. "Well, he doesn't pay, but he does help me carry a few things."

"So, he's your pack-mule…" The princess commented, watching as her friend finally bought the bag.

"Now who says he's my pack-mule?" Severa stated, leading Lucina further along through the plaza. "Wouldn't Gangrel do the same for you?"

At the mention of Gangrel's name, Lucina's face immediately heated up. She still wasn't used to everyone acknowledging their relationship. Especially after how awkward her father made the whole situation that night he found out. "I-I don't think he'd like that."

"Is our ever-stoic princess blushing?" Severa commented, laughing at her friend's reaction. "You know you don't have to be shy about it anymore, Luce."

Lucina remained silent, keeping her attention on those in the plaza as her friend continued to tease her. She knew it was in Severa's nature to do these kinds of things, but that never made it any easier on the princess.

"Well don't shut me out!" The princess heard, glancing back over to her friend.

"I'm sorry." She said. "I-I'm just not used to this, you know? People knowing, and… well, I shouldn't exactly say accepting…"

"No kidding," Severa added under her breath.

"Like I said, just-"

"Yeah yeah!" Severa cut in. "Just open up and get to know him a little more. You tell everyone the same thing!"

"Right…"

The two continued on, Severa stopping at and buying from more stalls. Lucina didn't find herself quite as interested, though there were a few occasions where little trinkets and do-nothings caught her attention.

"Thief!"

Lucina's attention was fully drawn to the source of the cry, leaving her friend behind to find it. She rushed through the streets, hoping to find the one who called out. She soon spotted a person frantically searching through his own pockets, outturning them in some seeming attempt to find a valuable possession. As the princess approached, her eyes scanned over the crowd. It could be anyone. "Sir."

"Where is it, where is it?"

"Sir!" Lucina spoke up again, finally grabbing the attention of the man.

"Oh, please ma'am, please help me!" The man said, rushing toward Lucina. "It's gone, you have to help me find the person who took it!"

"Hold on, sir. Who took what?"

The man looked around, wringing his hands together. "I don't know… but my family's ring is missing. It's been passed down for generations, I was going to propose, but without it…"

Well, no information about the supposed thief wouldn't get her anywhere, but she still had to help this man find that precious item he lost. "Are you sure you didn't drop it?" Lucina asked, needing to make sure. If such was indeed the case, there wasn't much she could do. Granted, at this point, she still couldn't do much.

"I didn't, please believe me!" The man cried. "Just please, you're the only one who's offered to help."

"Alright, I'll… help you find it." Lucina glanced around the streets, hoping to find the friend she had left behind. Nothing. "Come with me," she told the man. "If there is any sign of danger, I want you to leave. Come back to the market and wait for me there. Is that clear?"

"Yes."

Now that she was sure the man was willing, Lucina headed off in her search for the supposed thief this man claimed existed. Of course there would be thieves in a town like this. Finding the right person would be difficult. It would have been easier if Lucina hadn't abandoned Severa. She would be safe, surely, but that extra set of eyes was always welcome in situations like these. "Anyone you might recognize?" She asked the man as they continued their search.

"No…"

Lucina let out a sigh. There was such a slim chance they would find this item. Of course she would still help, but she couldn't spend too much time out here. She was on quite a tight schedule and would have to return to the Shepherds soon.

"Hey, hey!" The man called out. "I remember that person."

Lucina turned to see who the man was talking about, but there were too many people for her to pick out. "Who?"

The man pointed to a lone figure sitting on the ground in front of a small bakery. A person garbed in grey rags, keeping their face cast down to the ground below them, allowing their rusted hair to cover their features. "'Ay, I gotta have a word with you!" The man shouted, rushing off toward the person.

Lucina did not expect the man to run straight into a confrontation like he seemed to be heading to. She needed to calm him down before he did something that he'd regret. "Please, sir! Stop!" She caught up to the man, grabbing his shoulders to break him out of his state before he reached that person. "Just think for a moment." She said to him. "What if this is the wrong one. You could get yourself hurt by making false accusations."

"I'm sorry, miss."

Lucina had the man stay back a small ways as she approached the figure this man spotted. Nearing the figure, Lucina could make out the poor state this person was in. The figure's hair was loosely held back by a single band, still falling messily around their features. Their clothes were well-worn, and seemed to be a collection from various sources. The leather boots, which stopped just below this person's knees, were the only items of good shape. With the two approaching, the person clutched onto a grey scarf, further covering their neck from the two. "So, you brought company this time." The figure said in a voice that seemed rather feminine. "Someone to pick you up next time you decide to faceplant into the street."

How did she…

"Hey, I know you stole it!" The man shouted.

The woman stood up from her place on the ground, picking up the end of her scarf which trailed the ground, placing it over her shoulder. She walked up to the man, straightening up, which revealed her to be slightly taller than Lucina. Her sapphire eyes pierced right into him as she spoke up. "Don't make any accusations you can't back. I've done a lot of things, but I never stole anything from you."

Lucina pulled the man back. After all the trouble she went through, yet he didn't listen. "Calm down, both of you!" Lucina looked at the woman, who seemed to reel back slightly as the two locked eyes. There was something familiar about this one that Lucina couldn't quite place at the moment. "We aren't saying you took anything."

The woman opened her mouth to speak, but quickly closed it. She stepped around Lucina to face the man once more. "Are you sure you just didn't misplace it?"

"Of course I didn't!" The man yelled, checking his pockets once more. "You-" He started letting out a nervous laugh as he pulled out what seemed to be the item he was looking for. "I'm sorry." He then turned to Lucina. "Well, thanks for the help anyway. Uh…" Letting out a nervous smile, he left the two.

"Just because you returned the ring, doesn't make it okay." Lucina said, glancing back at the woman.

"What?"

"He may not have seen you slip that ring back, but I did." Lucina continued. "Now, I don't usually go out of my way to deal with common thieves, but if I catch you doing something like this again, I will make it personal."

"She doesn't even know me and is treating me like a child…"

"What did you say?"

"Hey, Lucina!" The princess turned around to see the friend she abandoned, running up to them. "Next time, say something before you go running off. Gawds."

"I'm sorry, Sev, I was just…" Lucina couldn't finish her explanation. She was much too distracted by her friend circling her and this new one. "What are you doing?"

"You two could pass for sisters." Severa commented, taking a closer look at the stranger Lucina picked up. "Like, minus the hair, because gods... What's her name?"

"I, uh…" Lucina kept her gaze toward the one who was now nervously reaching up toward her scarf again.

"H-Harena." The woman said, freezing up under watch of the two Shepherds.

Severa nodded, coming to a stop in front of her and keeping eye contact. "I see, and you're from… where?"

As Harena opened and closed her mouth in search of an answer, Lucina couldn't help but study her to see if Severa's statements were true. Even past the grime on this woman's face, there was quite an unbelievable resemblance. Not just to her, but… Where is she from, the princess thought. "Do you mind coming with us, Harena?"

"Whoa, Luce, are you crazy?" Severa exclaimed. "We only just met this girl, and you're asking her to come with us?"

"If only for a short while." Lucina said. "It would get her off the streets, and maybe she can find a way to redeem herself."

The thief let the slightest smile crease her lips. "Thank you, Lucina."

How do you know my… oh, Severa. The princess nodded. It was the least she could do for this odd one. "Of course. We should be heading back anyway, right, Severa?"

"Hmph." Severa crossed her arms, still giving the new one strange looks. "Fine."

\

It wouldn't be a long walk back to camp, but Lucina wanted to know more about this new one. She just didn't want to overstep her bounds.

"So, you never told us where you're from." Severa burst out, drawing the attention of the other two.

Harena froze up, leaving Lucina casting an angry glare at her friend. "Shouldn't you be a little more considerate?"

"Plegia." The new one finally said, still seeming to shrink every moment she drew attention to herself. "I-I grew up in Plegia."

"So, who does that make now? Your mother, Tharja, Henry, your special Ganny," Severa teased. "And now we have Miss Harena here." She added. "Another soul to prove not everyone in that state are so bad."

"Plegians are people like any other." Lucina burst out in defense.

"People who worship Grima." Severa stated under her breath.

"W-Well, I was brought up on Naga." Harena added, drawing unwanted attention to attention to herself.

Lucina watched the girl draw her scarf up once more in her own defense. "Really?" The princess asked out of curiosity from the statement, receiving a slight nod from the girl.

"Stop hiding, kid! We won't bite. What's your attachment to that thing anyway?" Severa burst out, grabbing at the thief's scarf.

Harena tugged back, trying to shake Severa off the item. "Please, don't. It's special to me, okay?"

"Why?"

Severa, please just leave her alone.

Harena had given up on fighting back. She let Severa take the scarf, keeping her own gaze to the ground, and a hand on the left side of her neck. "I was a target. A friend gave it to me so I could hide. He's long gone by now, but he showed me how to live on my own. He was the closest thing I had to family after I lost mine."

"I'm sorry." Lucina said. "We both know the pain of losing family."

Harena took her scarf back, wrapping it back around her neck as the three continued toward the Shepherds' camp. "Yeah…"

\

The three made it back to the Shepherds' camp with little fuss. The camp's rather colorful inhabitants carried on with their daily chores and activities. From what Lucina could tell by taking just one glance around, she and the other two weren't the last back from town. Of those missing, it was mostly the future children. They could have their fun. Towns like these had all but disappeared during the ruined future they hailed from.

Lucina did have a bit of business to take care of before carrying on with her afternoon chores though. She needed to introduce this newcomer to her parents. "Severa?" She called out, getting the attention of her friend. "Why don't you go on ahead, I need to take Miss Harena with me for a bit."

"Well, I was gonna leave anyway," her friend commented as she headed off on her own.

Lucina shook her head. "Don't worry about her." She said to the one she was now left with. "She's really not that bad once you get to know her. Well… maybe that's because we grew up together. You'll need to meet my father." She explained. "He's the one commanding this group here. He should know we've decided to take you in."

Harena nodded, still keeping silent as the two passed through the camp. "Will he really accept me?" She quietly asked.

"Of course. There's something about you that I can't quite figure out, but I think you'd fit in fine here."

"Even though I'm some kid who lost her family how many years ago, and steals to-"

"He'll accept you." Lucina repeated.

"Right…"

Lucina led the girl to the place she suspected her father to be at this time, the war tent. He was probably there with the other leaders, her mother and the Feroxi khans, discussing matters of the Grimleal and Risen. The princess hated to interrupt, but if she waited, she could introduce Harena to them all at once.

Leading the girl into the tent with her, the only person Lucina could find was her mother, reading over some maps laid out on a table before her. "Oh… M-Mother?"

Robin looked up at the two who now joined her. "Oh. Lucina, and… who's your friend here? Someone from the future?"

"This is Harena." She said, nudging the girl forward. "Erm… Where's father?"

"The arms storage tent, replacing everything he broke this morning." The tactician replied, drawing her attention to her work once more.

"Oh. Well, I'll try to find him then. Please keep Harena company until then."

"Of course."

Lucina left the two to their own while she searched for her father. She hoped those two would get along well enough while she was gone. The arms storage tent wasn't far, though, it wasn't like she'd ever lose it anyway. Most of Lucina's time was spent training, often going through many of the Shepherds' supplies, if she wasn't using her Falchion.

As she neared the tent, Lucina heard many shouts of frustration. It was most definitely her father's voice. Perhaps this wasn't the best time to disturb him. Then again, it was better he found out about Harena sooner rather than later. "Dammit! Why'd it have to be me?!" Another holler came from the tent, this time followed by the sounds of crashing metal.

Lucina closed her eyes, bracing for whatever she might receive on the other end. "Father?" She called, stepping into the tent. She was greeted by the sight of Chrom struggling to hold up weapon racks as several items lie on the ground already.

"Oh, Lucina. You came at a bad time."

"I can see that," she said, walking over to her father to help him put things back in place.

Once the two fixed things up, however sloppily, Chrom finally took the time to address his daughter fully. "So, what did you need me for? If it's training, I can't. See, your mother and Frederick are still upset about what happened this morning and won't allow me to pick up any more weapons for the remainder of the day."

Lucina let out a small chuckle at the thought of those two coming down on her father for this. "No, no. There's someone I'd like you to meet."

"Someone from the future?"

Well, the same reaction as Robin's, but that was to be expected whenever Lucina was making introductions of new recruits. "Not that I know of." She stated. "She's in the war tent with Mother right now though."

"Oh?" Chrom showed momentary puzzlement at his daughter's statement. He quickly managed to shake it off, following his daughter outside. "Well, I'm looking forward to meeting her then."

Things probably would go well. Lucina didn't have any need to worry about this. Her parents were the first step and the girl would get along swimmingly with the rest of the Shepherds. Her brother, the other children, and for some reason, she could imagine Gaius as someone to pull that girl out of her shell. She wasn't quite so reserved on the streets when Lucina first observed her. Maybe it was more intimate situations that frightened her. Finding friends? The loss that girl suffered would leave quite an aversion to the forming of new relationships. The Shepherds could certainly help.

These thoughts stayed in Lucina's mind as she and her father made their way over to the war tent. "Right, she should be here, Father." Lucina said, leading Chrom into the tent.

Chrom took a look around for this newcomer, settling his eyes on the girl who was talking with his wife. "So, um…" He started, to get their attention. "Who is this?"

Lucina opened her mouth to speak, only to be cut off by her mother instead. "Chrom, this is our granddaughter, Harena."

"What?" The exalt and princess exclaimed in unison.

"She has the Brand," the queen stated. "Were you aware this was your daughter, Lucina?"

"I-I…" Lucina stuttered, her eyes locked on the girl in front of her. Her stories about her family, the scarf she used to hide, surely enough, without the scarf, stood out the Mark of Naga on the left side of her neck. No wonder this girl seemed so familiar to the Ylissean princess.

"Who's the father?" Chrom burst out.

Harena's eyes darted to the ground. "Gangrel." She barely let out.

"That's it. I am going to kill him."

"Chrom, don't you think the poor man's suffered enough?" Robin called out, stopping her husband before he could leave and do any damage. "Look at it this way. From what Harena here tells me, he and your daughter are going to have a wonderful life together. Now, she may be back in the past here, but she has her own reasons for that, which she doesn't want me sharing yet."

Chrom's eyes darted between his daughter and newfound-granddaughter. "Lucina, why don't you share your tent with your… daughter until we can find one for her or someone else to share. It'll keep you and Gangrel apart, and you get to have some mother-daughter bonding time."

Lucina's eyes flashed open for a brief moment, surprised by her father's reaction to the situation. It went well, too well, but there was no reason to question this. "O-Okay…"

"Harena?"

"Alright." She answered with a bit more confidence than she had been showing previously.

With things settled for now, Lucina led Harena away from her parents. It was a silent walk back to Lucina's tent. A future daughter would certainly be something to deal with. Well, she'd certainly know how her parents felt about having children as old as them, now. A rather awkward state. She wondered how Gangrel would take the news about this. Well, whatever sort of world this girl grew up in, at least Lucina knew what the future of her relationship held in store. She was secretly happy about this. Now, she held yet more drive for defeating the Fell Dragon.

A/N:

A wild future child appears! Catch it before it runs away! XD

Yeah, I did take quite a time to develop her and all, and of course I plan to include her in more stories I've set in this universe. Yes, we shall see more depth to this girl! And more interactions with her family! Yeah... poor Luci...

Now, the name... I've taken a bit of Latin before, and her name means "sand", so obviously fitting with her origins and all. Anyway, here's her profile/roster entry of sorts :P

Harena:

"Lucina's future daughter. Years on the streets have made her wary of new faces; however, she is fiercely loyal to and protective of loved ones. Holds the longest grudges. Born on April 16th."

Classes:

Basic: Thief; Advanced: Assassin

Skills:

Aether, Acrobat, Lockpick, Movement +1, Lethality

Yes, that is her birthday. Reasoning? I don't need any- it's the day I wrote her roster entry :P

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed. Be sure to leave a review and such.

This is squish, bidding you a good day! :D