Ok then, I will try to be more active in time skips, so to speak; firstly, I'd like to say that I'm having MANY problems working my way through Paladins o Light, so momentarily, I will be stop my work on it, try to clear out ideas, delete filler ins, and rather try to focus my mind on something different as I don't wish to stop writing at all. Anyways, while on university discussing with my friends strange gaming theories, I started developing one for the friends I have that I started dragging into the Fire Emblem fandom, and I tried to connect dots, the best way I could of course, there is nothing firmly stated related to the universes themselves. So, that's why I came up with this new fanfic, which is directly based on my last through of Fire Emblem Awakening; you guys might get a few surprises later on and mostly, I'd like to hear what fans out there think about the theories and connections, some I have found online, others just references to try and keep the relationship. It is needless to say that, if you're playing or you want to play the game, you might as well look at another fanfic, since this one contains SPOILERS on the game.
Fire Emblem: Awakening – Inheritance
"There's something between us all. Something that keeps us together... Like...invisible ties, connecting us. Giving us strength... WE forged these ties. WE strengthen them. If we preserve them, or break them, it will be by our choices, not some destiny."´
Chapter 1 – Mysteries
"You shall be bound for eternity to me…there is no escape…to your fate…"
There was just darkness and a soft feeling against his skin, he wasn't sure of where he was, nor what he was doing there. His strength was faltering very much as well, and he had never felt that weak before "This is it…I'm done for…" no memory on his mind, now a large book with blank pages, he was ready to embrace whatever it was that Naga had in store for him. Oddly enough, there was this feeling of regret and mourning deep in his guts, that there was something more he could have done but now that dream was lost completely. Slowly, his mind drifted away and he began falling asleep, unsure if it was fatigue…and suddenly silence.
Or so he thought, until some footsteps and voices began talking near to him; he felt as if one of them was blocking the sun from his face; he feared the worst at first, bandits, if they roamed this area, it would be simple to kill a lost wandering man and take everything from him, but from what he heard them talking about, he knew they were good people, a woman and a man, his voice though, it had a ring to it that for some reason, he could make out as if he had heard it before. Slowly snapping out of it, he began opening his eyes and leaning up, slowly.
"Hello there." The man said smiling warmly at him, he young lady beside him saying hi as well "Come on, give me your hand." His build was rather slim, yet he as strong and had proof of it, there was a strange crest on his right arm, a tear above what seems like two wings joined by a downward arrow; dark blue hair and eyes, wearing a one-sleeve blue toned outfit with knee-high boots, a white cape, and a silver steel armor plate on his left shoulder, belts connected across his outfit to pick a unique blade on his sheath. Without a second thought, he took his hand, in his own hand a strange mark, similar in shape, however instead of a drop, his had six eyes and wings protruding from them, and the arrow downwards had a zig-zag shape.
The man looked shy, walking backwards a bit, as the young lady got closer to them, smiling brightly; her hair combed in two pony tails to each side, with a white ornament on the front of her head; she was wearing a more casual looking yellow and brown knee-long dress a bit like a maid's uniform, with a corset on, underneath the skirt on the dress a metallic-like structure, wearing black boots "Are you alright?" she asked sweetly and caring, trying to reach closer to the man with a healing staff to see if he was injured; only making him walk backwards again, startled, panting a bit until he began calming down "Who are you?"
He tried thinking a moment as his two aiders waited patiently, it was then that it hit him "…Chris but…"
"But?" asked the blue haired man, staring at him, not challenging, but concerned, both of them; what would one expect when seeing a man dropped on the plains, far from any town or city.
"I can't…seem to remember much" his reply came a bit shaky as he looked around, only trees and green grass where the sight could reach "Where am I?"
"Oh dear" said gasping the lady, looking back at the man "it seems he could have amnesia, his memories won't be coming back soon if that's the case."
"I know." He nodded at her, turning his sight back a the man, the charismatic and wide smile showing off in his face once more "Don't worry, we'll help you, my name is"
"Chrom." Replied Chris, his eyes widening a bit at the sudden words spurting from his mouth, Chrom and the woman's faces seemed surprised yes, but not paying mind to anything other than that "How is it…" he thought to himself.
"Yes, I'm Chrom. I lead a group that watches over the Ylissean borders, the Shepherds." He then looked at the blonde lady "And this one here, is Lissa, my younger sister." She just giggled a bit, this seemingly starting to take an effect on Chris, as he was growing calmer and less nervous.
"Ylissean? It surely comes from…Ylisse right?" he added rubbing his head a bit trying to make out the works, to which Chrom nodded chuckling a bit.
"Yes, more specifically, you're in the Halidom of Ylisse, land of those who praise Naga and to the Exal bloodline."
"I see now." A slight pain in his head making his eyes close, as the words of Naga, Exalt, Chrom and Ylisse stung in his brain, blurred images of what seemed like a powerful and bloody battle sliding through his head.
Chrom rushed to his aid, helping him stand up "Everything all right?" but Chris couldn't answer, Chrom could tell he was in a real troubled state "It would be better if you came with us to Ylisstol."
"But Chrom, you sure 'you-know-who' would agree to this?" asked worried his sister.
"He will have to; I can't leave him around here on his own."
She then smiled and giggled softly closing her eyes "I see, well you're right; I rather get chastised again than doing nothing to help someone in need."
Chris just looked at the both of them, finally able to stand up correctly, for the first time smiling warmly towards them "Thank you…I really appreciate your help."
"Come then, Ylisstol is a bit far from here, but we should be fine."
The three of them headed towards the north, passing through a small town that greeted the arrival of both Chrom and Lissa, they seemed very fond of the two of them, thought Chris. Surely these Shepherds were like the elite of a knight order or something among those lines, for the citizens and villagers to be so grateful and happy to receive them. He chuckled at the sight of the little kids rounding up Lissa and playing a bit; but he wasn't unaware of the other side of the coin, he could see in the older villagers a face that was hiding grief and concern, he wasn't sure how, but he could read their faces perfectly, and he could see through the masks they put up for the sake of the children.
Before leaving around the afternoon, Chrom joined and talked with the elder of the village, Lissa was now waiting with Chris at the edge of the city's limits "You two sure are something." Said Chris out of the blue, snapping Lissa out of her thoughts.
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know much thanks to this…amnesia…but I am sure that, anywhere in this world" he said turning to smile at her "someone like you two, that aid and bring such joy to the people of a village, as well as picking up a total stranger that could be enemy or spy, or anything, you help him anyways."
"That's just the way Chrom is." She said giggling teasingly "He'd rather die than walk by, idle. Furthermore, if you were an enemy, wouldn't you have already-"
"Remember, amnesia guy in here." replied Chris interrupting her, to which she just laughed but nevertheless smiling teasingly.
The night rolled in soon thereafter, and the road towards the capital was a busy one. The three of them had no choice but to camp on the open field; Chris of them all had the hardest time sleeping. He just stared up at the sky, watching the dark sky. He could hear both Chrom and Lissa standing up not too long they had dinner. Suddenly, the earth began shaking loudly and tremendously.
Quickly and clumsily, he got up on his feet and looked around, a large pillar of ground rising up from the lands, and a shower of fireballs falling down the ground. He gasped, listening to a loud scream not too far from there; taking up his bag, he resolved on finding Lissa and Chrom. At the sight of the fire and the explosion, sudden quake shook the land once more; tall grass, rocks, boulders, and a few trees snapped off the ground to the air, as a dim light with a sphere form remained, absorbing the objects it pulled, until finally, it grew up out of nowhere "What the hell is that?!" shouted Chrom, protecting Lissa from some of the Debris that was falling.
The sphere opened, as if it was an eye lid, focusing on both Chrom and Lissa; from its core, two shadows began appearing, until they managed to get through the sphere and fall to the ground. They seemed like to adult men, heads crashing to the ground, whatever this thing was, it was a portal, and it had brought two people into this land; worried, both siblings looked at the bodies of the men, until one snapped up and began standing up "C-chrom…he's…a-a-a-alive?!" shouted Lissa stuttering more.
"Hey, you ok?" asked Chrom walking closely to the man, noting something out of place; a pair of bright crimson red eye, glowing from the human body, a horribly scarred face all across it, and a foul dark purple substance coming from the mouth of the creature, whatever it was. It picked up an axe from the ground and dashed right towards Chrom, who blocked the attack with his sword, barely in time to unsheathe a rapier he was carrying "Chrom!" he heard the shout as Lissa was now being confronted by the other creature that arrived.
In a vain effort, she tried running, however the creature grabbed her by her hair and was lifting its own axe, the edge aiming right at her neck; Chrom shouted desperately as he sliced in half the first attacker, trying to run as fast as possible to stop what seemed inevitable, until a blinding yellow flash shrieked. The creature didn't even know what hit him, until it was against the trunk of a tree trying to get up, only to be thunder struck once more, this time his body disintegrating into that same dark mist.
"Lissa, behind me!" shouted Chris, as he stepped from behind some trees, in his hands a magical tome of thunder, Chrom joined them soon enough, his sword in hand "What's the plan?" asked Chris as they saw themselves more of those foul creatures falling and surrounding them "You have one right friend?"
"Well…It'd be a lie if I said that…" Chris replied as he looked at the numerous creatures "We will have to take them one on one…else we won't hold up nicely…"
One of the creatures jumped from the blue, lifting his axe, and swinging it around towards Chrom and Chris, but they attacked back and cornered the small group. One of the bigger of the creautres stood up, firmly with an axe of steel, as it was ready to crush them both, barely brushing any vital areas. Both Chrom and Chris fell back, panting; some wounds on their arms, but nothing too serious, "Chrom, we have to strike him together."
"Let's see how that goes. We don't lose anything trying." He said as Chrom rushed forward dashing, as he unsheathed his sword "But this time, it will be with this one!" he said, unsheathing the regalia sword of House Ylisse, a golden clad blade with a silver edge and a space in the middle of the handler and the blade, the mythical Falchion.
In a single sweep, the blade managed to cut through the creature, making it shriek and fall on its knees in what seemed to be a painful cry, until finally Chris dashed to the side from behind Chrom, chanting a spell as his tome began shining brightly, with rune symbols drawing around his hand "Thunder!" he swung his arm casting a powerful strike of thunder right at the head of the creature, shocks going through his whole body, until it fell to the ground.
"Way to go guys!" said Lissa cheering up from them, as she stood close to them, and with whom seemed to be the leader of the group, taking down the last creatures was rather easier now. The battle managed to end without worries, as the three of them gathered around the body of the leader they stroke down.
"What could this creatures be?" said Lissa, poking him with the staff she carried.
"Beats me, but whatever they are, they are very resilient to pain and wounds." Added Chrom, as he then looked to Chris with a smile on his face "I'm rather curious as to knowing how you knew using a spell tome."
Chris scratched the back of his head, looking aside "I can't really say, but for some reason I noticed I had this book with me, it suddenly came to me."
"I'ts alright, I'm thankful you know how to use it, you helped save Lissa."
As the three were about to leave, a shriek once more caught them off-guard; the creature supposedly taken down stood up, still resisting and was picking up his axe again to strike down , she just closed her eyes as Chrom and Chris were still a bit away from her. Until a shadow leaped once more through the portal, before it shut closed, a slender figure of a person, with a mask covering her eyes from people's eyes, short and kind of combed dark blue hair, and nobility clothing; in a swift motion, this person unsheathed a blade and blocked the attack, however in a difficult position, struggling to keep the axe from reaching Lissa; she, Chrom and Chris just stared in amazement "I wouldn't mind…a little help!" shouted the masked stranger, still fighting the opposition of the creature.
Chrom immediately rushed, cutting through with a clean slice the back of the creature who just shrieked in pain; almost tuned up both the stranger and him, they stroke down the creature with a vertical and horizontal slice, the creature simply falling back once more, disappearing this time in a dark mist.
Finally resting from the slight ruckus and the sudden appearance of the monsters, Chrom walked up to the stranger, who just seemed to walk backwards a bit, difficult to read what his emotions were; Lissa finally got up after being looked after by Chris, both joining them "Thank you for saving me…had it not been for you I might have-"
"No need to thank me, milady." Said the man making a slight bow to Lissa "But I' afraid, this is just the beginning with those creatures."
"What do you mean?" asked Chris concerned, finding the fight with them a bit hard already.
"Might I ask the name of my sister's savior, and of such a fine and skilled swordsman?" asked Chrom, reaching his hand towards the masked man's, who didn't reply at all.
"My name is Marth…and what you have seen…is just the overture." He said, walking backwards a bit more "You've been warned…be wary, for an apocalypse is starting to grow behind the scenes."
To be continued…
Chris: Next time, on Fire Emblem Inheritance!
Chrom: Wait…Marth? And apocalypse? By the gods, what are you speaking of?!
Chris: And gone with the wind, well, at least we made it to the capital now!
Lissa: And it seems the Exalt needs us to find more allies, but with the warriors of the north?
Frederick: It is only natural Princess Lissa and Prince Chrom.
Chris: Wait, Princess? Prince? Guys, please fill me in!
Frederick: Long story, but it seems we face troubles still with the Risen.
Chrom: This and more, in our next chapter! Fire Emblem Awakening – Inheritance, Chapter 2: Fighting for Help!
?: Lord Chrom please wait for - *falls to the ground, face first*
Chris: That is bound to hurt…