"Nohrian law is blunt on the subject of traitors. There is only one punishment." Leo opened Bryhilder, and he began to cast a spell. "The sentence is death." As Leo finished saying this the spell had finished as well. Purple flames erupted from the book.

"Leo!" Corrin exclaimed shocked.

"Do not speak my name as if I am a friend, Corrin. For we are no more than enemies." Leo's eyes held no warmth in the as the forest was engulfed in darkness. Faceless began to slowly step forward.

"Come down here and fight like a true warrior!" Takumi shouted at Leo who was atop a hill of gravestones.

Leo chuckled "What is the real difference between us? The both of us rely on sibling to fight on the front lines for us, and we both tend to attack from afar, like you use your pitiful little bow. The difference is that you dwell in the light, whilst I bathe in the darkness of Nohr." Leo summoned more faceless from the grave, when Corrin began speaking.

"Leo!" She began to plead. "You are my little brother, and after we defeat Garon we can be that way again! You, me, Camilla, Elise, and Xander! We can all be a family again with the Hoshidan siblings!" Corrin tried to plead with Leo.

"You abandoned us for the light of Hoshido. Your choice is a sin that can only be repayed in death. You will lay in this graveyard forever now... Niles, Odin, let us begin." Leo summoned more faceless out of the swamps, and thus, the battle began.

-Timeskip-

"So this is it." Leo hung his head as he bowed at Corrin's feet. He had just been defeated, and was prepared to be executed.

"No. Leo, I can't do this." Corrin didn't want any more unnecessary deaths after what had happened to Flora.

"The punishment for failure is also death. I am dead even if you allowed me to return to the castle. At least if I die this way, Elise will not be forced to watch." Leo said.

"You can stay with us, and help us defeat Garon."

"Corrin, you are asking for me to betray my siblings. That cannot be done. Xander still believes in father, so I will support him in any way that I can." Leo said in a cold voice.

"Stop this!" Takumi interjected. "I looks pathetic to see you pleading for Corrin to kill you."

"Takumi, stop, this isn't necessary." Ryoma chided.

"I am not going to kill you." Corrin said, and just as she was about to sheath her sword, a gallop was heard nearby. She was expecting Xander to come forth from the darkness, but instead she saw a brown haired man rush forward with his cape billowing behind him. He was accompanied by two other men on their mounts. One had white, short hair and was wearing green armor, and the second one hair curly blond hair.

"Stay back you fiend!" The brown haired man rushed in front of Leo, guarding him with his lance held high. A second man with white hair followed behind him. They both stood protectively in front of Leo.

"Cousin, are you alright?" The brown haired paladin turned his head slightly to look at Leo.

"Cousin? I don't recall... Berkut? Is that you? I - I had thought-" Leo looked confused, and just as he was about to say something else, he passed out.

The blonde man charged forward to attack Ryoma.

"Who are you?" Ryoma asked, barely blocking the other man's sword. He only got a glare and another attack when he had asked this. Takumi rushed forward to aide his brother in defending against the paladin.

"Fernand!" The man Leo had called Berkut shouted to the man in green. "Stop fooling around. We must return to Rigel swiftly."

The white haired man, Fernand, nodded, and raced over to where Leo lay in the swampy grass. He lifted Leo onto his horse, and he rode off into the forest. The other man, the blonde one, and Berkut followed after him.

"Wait!" Corrin tried to follow them, but the trio was already long gone into the forest.

AN

I'm not quite sure where I am going with this, but I think that it will be fun. I am really excited to be finally writing this. It has been floating around in my head for so long that it isn't even funny.