Chapter one: Unexpected guests
Italics= character thoughts
On a small island between the continent of Ylisse and Valm.
A loud argument shook a rustic pub in the only village on the Isle of Bantu. The villages looked on as the shouting grew louder.
"I don't care what you think my sister said! It costs 120000!" a female voice shouted.
"And I'm tellin' ya she said 80000!" a male voice responded.
"I'm not taking any less...wait, s-stop! Blake, get down!"
Suddenly the door of the pub was blown off it's hinges and a purple haired girl in full plate armour was sent flying out of the pub. She jumped to her feet and straightened her arm length that had become undone from its ponytails with her single arm. She drew a lance-like weapon from her back that had a curved blade that flared to life, coating itself in electricity. She ran back into the pub.
"You'll pay...for blasting me!" she yelled with only a vaguely agitated tone.
"What the...what is that thin'!"
A sudden loud scream of pain rang out as what sounded like lightning striking erupted from in the pub. After a few seconds, a red headed woman walked out of the pub with a bag on her back. She wore a red top with a yellow stripe down the middle and red pants. She fixed her ponytail and cape.
"Uhh! Some people! Hey Blake! Come on!" she called into the pub.
Blake followed her out, trying to fix her hair with her one hand.
"Anna, could you...help?" Blake asked.
"Sure, come here."
Blake walked over to Anna who quickly redid her hair.
"There. Now, what next?"
"Find someone...who'll buy that...Valkyrie staff?" Blake answered.
"Yeah, but that guy was the only offer we got. I can't believe no one would want a staff that can revive the dead." Anna muttered.
"Maybe the offer...hasn't spread very far…, you did send one of your...sisters when we were still...in Jugdral."
"Yeah, but she should have arrived two weeks before us!"
As the two continued to talk, Blake spotted something approaching them at high speed. Anna noticed Blake looking at something.
"Hey, what are you-?" but she was interrupted by someone yelling.
"Miss Anna! Miss Blake!" someone called.
The speeding objected, now close enough to be identified to be a pegasus rider, landed close by, crashing into a nearby tree. The woman fell out of it and scrambled to her feet, brushing off leaves and dirt from her pink armour and brown hair. She looked embarrassed for a second before smiling and running over...and tripping on a pebble and faceplanting, knocking herself out.
"Okay...what was that…?" Blake asked.
"Trouble, it's going to be trouble." Anna sighed.
Blake whistled and a her wyvern, that was sitting nearby, flew over to her.
"Get her pegasus free. I'll drag her away." Anna said.
Blake nodded and mounted her wyvern. She flew up to the tree and began cutting branches with her steel axe to free the dazed pegasus. Her wyvern clawed at a few too. As Blake did that, Anna dragged the pegasus rider over to a bench.
Hmm...I think I recognise her, I just can't place it. Anna thought.
Blake freed the pegasus, the beast frantically flapping it's wings before landing. They both walked over to Anna and the woman.
"Good, now all we have to do is wai- oh there we go." Anna said sitting down as the woman stirred.
She opened her eyes and was met by Blake's dull piercing red eyes and a confused looking Anna. She jumped up and nearly fell over again. Blake caught her arm.
"Wait! What was I...OH YEAH!" she yelled rummaging inside a satchel on her belt.
She pulled out a letter sealed with wax. Anna took it.
"Okay, can we get an explanation?" Anna asked.
"Sure! His Highness Exalt Chrom really wanted that letter to reach you." she said.
"Wait, I thought Emmeryn was the Exalt?" Anna asked.
"Yeah, she was until a year ago. She contracted a illness though, the clerics say it got into her when she was overworked and tired. She soon became too sick to rule, so she advocated to Chrom. She moved up to Ferox after to try and relax. Princess Lissa has been researching everything she can trying to find a cure, despite Emmeryn saying she'll be fine." the pegasus rider explained.
"How...did you find...us?" Blake asked.
"That was hard. First we got Robin to convince Tharja to use a hex to find you guys, and all we got was 'returning from Jugdral soonish'. So Chrom got the Shepherds to locate as many Annas as possible. Vaike found an Anna advertising a staff from Jugdral, so we questioned her and was told you two were heading to the Isle of Bantu first and well, here I am!" she finished.
"No wonder my sister didn't send me anymore offers, she was being interrogated by Ylisse." Anna whispered folding her arms.
"Anna, what does...the letter say?" Blake asked.
"Oh yeah."
Anna opened the letter and began reading it out.
'Dear Anna and Blake,
I hope this letter finds you. Sumia should be able to find you as long as you haven't moved on. I understand it has been five years since you left after Grima's sealing, but a matter came up yesterday at the time of writing this. This matter concerns Blake, something she knows much about. I would greatly appreciate if you two came to Ylisse to help with this.
Sincerely,
Chrom, Exalt of Ylisse.'
Anna finished and folded up the letter.
"A matter...I'd only know about...what would that be…?" Blake wondered out loud.
"Well, we won't know until we go right? Let's go." Anna announced mounting Blake's wyvern.
Blake climbed on too as Sumia mounted her pegasus. The three took off and headed to Ylisstol.
3 days later.
Blake stared out into the horizon as Anna slept leaning and holding onto her. The sun was setting over fields below them. A wall city built on a hill appeared in the distance.
Finally… Blake thought.
She nudged Anna who stirred before opening an eye.
"Nuhh...are weeee therrrree…?" Anna slurred.
"We're close…"
Anna sat up straight and stretched. She turned to see Sumia asleep in her saddle.
"That is really unsafe."
Blake just shrugged. They reached the city and flew straight to the castle. They landed on a large open balcony, Sumia nearing falling out of the saddle when her pegasus landed. They dismounted a maid walked up to them.
"May I ask what your business in the castle is?" she asked politely.
"Exalt Chrom asked for us." Anna replied handing her the letter.
She took it and looked it over before handing it back.
"Follow me Miss Anna and Miss Blake." said with a bow.
The maid lead the two of them through the castle to a large waiting room. Blake, Anna and her wyvern wandered into the room and sat down. The maid left.
"Huh, last time I was here was when I came to collect you after you recovered from that hole in your chest." Anna said offhandedly.
"Yeah...it's been...7 years…" Blake answered.
Anna hummed in response as the door to the room opened. They both stood as Chrom walked in, a small crown in his hair and a thick cloak around him. Lissa followed after him, in similar clothes to 5 years ago, but now standing as tall as Emmeryn did, a head above Chrom and Anna and equal to Blake. Chrom staggered over to a couch and proceeded to collapse onto it.
"Welcome to Ylisstol." he muffled into it.
Anna burst out laughing and Blake smirked. Lissa stared at him.
"Really Chrom?! Really! You even managed to get Blake to react, do you realise that takes something really bad to do!" Lissa said in a scalding tone.
"Please Lissa, I'm exhausted. Let me rest as we talk." he responded.
"Actually Blake reacts a lot more than she used to." Anna said.
Blake nodded. Lissa sighed and sat down as Chrom got up. Blake and Anna sat down too.
"Well, welcome back to Ylisse you two. Glad to see you're well."
"Thanks Chrom, but I have to know, what could be so important that you'd need Blake here?"
"Well, you see-" muttering outside the door interrupted him.
"Can we go in?!" a male voice asked outside the door.
"Yes darling, you can go in." another voice replied.
The door was kicked open and a blond haired man stood in the doorway. He wore a yellow cape and black translucent material on most of the rest of his body with a yellow trim, except for his open chest.
"Behold! I, Odin Dark, or Owain Dark if you wish, have appeared! Returning from beyond the void of time and space from another world where I helped bring an end to a great wa-"
"You think you could dial back the teactrics for just today dear, I'd prefer not to wait an hour." a seductive female voice from just outside the door.
"B-But Camilla!" Odin whined.
"C-Camilla…!" Blake yelled shooting to her feet.
A woman in black revealing armour stepped into view. She held a large imposing silver axe over her shoulder as she flicked her dark purple hair. A malignant walked up behind her. She looked at Blake with a shocked expression before running over and grabbing Blake into a suffocating hug.
"Blake! Oh it's so good to see you! After you disappeared a month ago, Corrin looked everywhere for you!" she said holding her tighter.
Blake began struggling before breaking free from Camilla's grip. Camilla looked over her and her eyes settled on Blake's missing arm. She smiled.
"Oh my, it looks like someone hurt you really bad, tell me where they are so I can 'punish' them." Camilla said in a sweet tone before slamming her axe into the floor, the spike on it's head embedding itself and cracking the floor. Anna leaned back on the couch, away from her.
"Camilla, the man...who did this has been...dead 5 years." Blake answered.
"Five years? But you disappeared a month ago. And we arrive a few days ago."
"Yeah, as you can se-" but Chrom was interrupted by more voices.
"So that's why we have...to...wait, we've been waiting for you two?!" A red haired girl with twintails said as she walked into the room.
"Selena…?"
"Who are we waiting for?" a male voice asked.
Blake froze at the sound of it.
"Umm, Anna and-"
"Oh! Anna's here too!"
A man walked into the room. He had white, hair and wore black armour with a torn cape. A golden sword that glew a shadowy light was clipped to his belt. He looked around with red eyes.
"Anna! Nice to see...you…" he slowed as he saw Blake.
"C-Corrin…' she whispered.
"This is why I wanted Blake here." Chrom said looking at the group. "To help figure this mess out."
AN: So, I've been working on this a bit. I'm planning on trying to have this out every once and a while, I've been busy. I did promise another Blake story, and I wanted to write it. Also, when it appears, the cover image is a bond brand, draw by me!...on the back of a postcard...in a minute...I did art for four years.
Can you tell?
Anyway, enjoy.