Prologue: Yearning for a new adventure

In one of the many condominiums of Italy resided a boy. He had light blond hair and blue eyes. The school year had just ended 4 days prior and the boy, not having many friends willing to go out with him (or at all), found himself in his room, downloading something called an emulator on his computer. The reason for this is that he wanted to try and play video games that he had never even touched before (not that it was that difficult to do since all he had some modicum of experience with were some Super Mario and Pokémon games for the Nintendo Wii and DS). He could vaguely recall seeing a Let's Play on Youtube of some game called Fire Emblem Path of Radiance two years ago, but he soon forgot all about it. The boy could vaguely recall it being a strategy game, and that he had liked the story and characters immensely (for what little he had seen), hence why he currently found himself downloading VisualBoy Advance.

Now he only needed a Rom so he started looking for a Fire Emblem game on that console. He didn't know how he knew there would be one of those games on the GBA, and not for the GameCube, he just had a feeling.

Soon he found a Rom. Its name was simply Fire Emblem. He went ahead and downloaded it without even looking at the image. Sure, there might've been viruses, but the boy had faith there wouldn't be. He had always been way too trusting for his own good.

He was so excited! He was finally going in a new game all blind by himself and not by watching another Youtuber do so!

Ooh boy, download complete! Now to actually start!

After booting the Rom the boy was greeted by a shaky image of humans alongside some beats. The text below read:

"Once dragons and men coexisted"

Oh wow, that's cool, thought the boy.

"They shared a peace forged in wisdom, a peace that lasted many generations. And now the image became a fiery red and the music, which until now had been mystical-sounding, became a little tragic.

"All that was lost when mankind disrupted this balance in a sudden onslaught."

At this the boy rolled his eyes: of course it was humans, they don't know how to simply cope with what they have. I mean, I like to see the best in people, but they can also be very bad.

"Man fought dragon in a savage war that shook the foundations of their world. This war was called the Scouring. Defeated and humbled, dragons vanished from the realm. In time, man rebuilt and spread his dominion across the land and on to the islands beyond."

Wow,that's tragic- was the boy's first thought.

All of a sudden as the image became bright and the text below read: "A millenium has passed since those dark days ended" and the music started to pick up, the computer also started to shake violently, along with the mahogany wooden desk it was standing on.

The boy was at a loss as to what to do when, all of a sudden, he found himself getting sucked into the screen.

The last thing he recalled before entering his computer was his mother's terrified face.

Now, all he could see was an empty space with a melody that sounded far away.

Could this be the title screen theme, the boy asked himself.

If so, it's bloody awesome!

All around him was a blue kind of wall with some mysterious writing on it. It felt as if he was going down a big slide. In front of him were the words FIRE EMBLEM with a sword and an axe going through them. After a while those two words disappeared into thin air, leaving the spotlight for a blue bar on which "New Game" could be read.

"What now?"- asked himself the boy, not knowing how to move in that vortex that had now stopped moving.

"Ooh, maybe i can try and swim like Mario did to enter the Dream World in the game that came out earlier this year!"

What do you know? It worked!

Slowly he swam through the air towards the bar and went ahead to touch it with his right index finger, when all of a sudden a female voice resonated and said:

"Your role will be that of a tactician, do you understand?"

The boy slowly nodded his head.

"Good, now please tell me your name."

"My name... it's Johnny."- the boy slowly revealed and then proceeded to say: "Excuse me, lady, but I don't recall signing up for this. Last time I checked this wasn't a virtual reality game."

"Virtual reality? Of what do you speak? I merely came here to help you deal with your loneliness. You see, you will be entering my world, where you will befriend many people."

"What about my world? Last thing I saw was my mother's terrorised face."- Johnny asked shakily.

"Oh, don't you worry. It will be as if you were gone for just a second. Moreover, during your stay in Elibe you will not age at all. It wouldn't really do to worry your family over your wish, now would it?"

"Oh, all right."- the boy replied, relieved that his absence will not be considered long . He just needed to get away from his harsh reality where the only friend he had, he barely went out with, and where the other would bully him for his high voice, too high for a 13-year old male to have, according to them.

"Please, could you tell me more about this Elibe place?"- Johnny asked eagerly. He couldn't wait to get started! He would be seeing many new places, just like his favorite teacher did in her eventful life!

Wait, was that a chuckle in the background?

"Oh, my dear boy, I think not. Where would the surprise be, after all?"

"But you can't just plunge me into this! Please tell me something at the very least!"- the boy demanded with his hands in a prayer-like position.

"Oh, fine. Catch this!"

The next instant Johnny had in his hands a dark green robe with a hood attached. Along the outer areas of the tunic were some lines of a lighter green.

"Wow, neat!"- the boy said, sporting a grin.

"Glad you like it! Now, I believe you are ready to enter my world."

"W-w-wait! I don't even know your name! Where are you even sending me?! How does this tunic even help me figure out something about your world?!"- Johnny asked frantically, beginning to panic. The voice's reponse was: "You will find out sooner or later. As for your second question, let's see... yeah, they should do. Ahem! Johnny, prepare to enter Elibe via... The Plains of Sacae!"

"N-no. W-w-wait!" But his cries fell on deaf ears, as the vortex around him started to blind him with a bright light. The next instant the boy knew no more...