Disclaimer: Tibby-san, Writer-of-Worlds, and I do not own Fire Emblem Fates. We just own our OCs.
Notes: At first, I thought about doing it POV and letting the other ladies do their POV of being the central characters. And then I was like "why limit it? What if we were ALL the avatar character, and we all take different paths in the story?" SO. That's what I'm doing. Sure, the plot's gonna end up different, but that's the point of a fanfic, right? The prologue is actually based on a conversation had IRL. I wish EmblemCon was a thing, too.
FIC START!
Prologue - EmblemCon 2018, Friday
Three best friends decided to get together for a convention that celebrated one of their favorite game series. After a day of going to panels with developers, trying out brand new games upcoming for the series, going through the dealer's halls, dancing at a costumed masquarade event, they were all tired and ready to have dinner and rest at their shared hotel room. They all sat around a table after having ordered three small unique pizzas and one dessert chocolate chip pizza for the three of them. As they waited for the pizzas to arrive, the three of them got out their 3DS units, all of them ready to enjoy a few rounds together. They would fight in each other's castles and help each other gather resources their castles needed. They would buy Einherjar of each other's units and just have them in their parties just because. It was gonna be the grandest time. At least, that's what they thought would happen.
"I haven't had this much fun with an RPG in a long time, to be honest."
"Yeah. I like how you can play the story on your own, but there's also multiplayer options."
"Dude, we need to get each other in our teams. That's way when we go home, we can have each other in our party!"
"Ooooh. Yeah! That's a great idea."
"...Hey. Question."
"What's up?"
"Why do you have black scraggly trees in your castle?"
"Oh, those are just trees native of my character's home."
"You haven't seen trees like that?"
"No, my trees are lush and full of beautiful pink flowers."
"What? You have... sakura trees...?"
"Well, yeah, that's the trees that are from my character's home."
"That means..."
"...what does that mean? I march under the banner of the moon, proudly."
"Wait... the banner isn't a moon. It's a sun."
"No, the banner is clearly a moon."
"Uhh... girls?"
"You... you side with the Nohrians? How could you do that?!"
"They raised me. King Garon is my father."
"But your blood relatives are Hoshidans! That's real family!"
"Not really. I don't feel anything for the Hoshidans because I don't know them!"
"Nohrian scum! How dare you try to pretend like you're my adopted sister when you side with... with... supporting someone as cruel and evil as King Garon! He murdered our real father, King Sumeragi, and kept us in the lonely Northern Fortress..."
"You Hoshidan coward, do you not realize that our siblings took care of us? Did you forget the maids and butlers that tried to keep us company? We weren't prisoners! Do you not feel any gratitude to them for being with us?"
"Girls. Wait a minute. Don't you realize that there's good and bad things about each of the countries? Hoshido is a wonderful place, and Nohr has a certain kind of dark beauty to it that not a lot of people can really appreciate. Both lands deserve to live, both lands deserve peace."
"I am the proud wife of Crown Prince Xander, I will always fight for the betterment of Nohr."
"You... you married Xander?"
"What? Not only is he the best looking guy in both countries, but he's also been a big part of our lives. Training us to fight and being there when we were at our most lonely..."
"You Nohrian scum would engage in something like incest."
"Oh yeah?! Can you say you have a better husband than I do!"
"Uhh... girls, please, don't do this..."
"I saved the graceful ninja, Kaze, and I realized that he was worth more than just a servant."
"Hoshidan tactics include fucking your potential assassin, huh? Wow. I'd rather be with my adopted brother than someone that was sneaking into our territory, a known enemy, a known ninja assassin, that could have put any of my siblings, my father, or myself in danger."
"That wasn't... that's not what happened!"
"I, uhh. I married... Leo."
"But you were supposed to be the balance!"
"I knew you were my true sister!"
"For fuck's sake, you two..."
"I can't believe..."
"...believe what?"
"Just how much fun this whole day has been."
"Yeah seriously, it's been too much fun. I can't believe we have to go back home after the weekend for the con."
"You're... not... fighting now?"
"No way! Why would we fight? We chose our path in a game, we chose different husbands for different reasons. I mean, that's no reason to end a friendship. In fact, we can help each other that much more. Because I'm Nohrian, I'll have resources in my castle that you guys might not have."
"Yeah. I need more stones to make custom weapons, and I'm pretty sure you can help me with that."
"...I wanna stay here and be otaku trash forever."
"Fuck yes."
The pizza arrived and they had lots of laughs watching the terribly dubbed Fire Emblem anime. Then they each got into one of the three beds they had in the room and visited each other's castles. They shared their in game resources and had battles. All three of them, regardless of the paths they took, found happiness together. They all were having so much fun that they fell asleep holding their 3DS units, all three of them on chargers as they were running out of battery by then.
Outside the skies rumbled with thunder. The lovely hotel that hosted EmblemCon was now subject to its deluge. Lightning struck from cloud to cloud around the hotel. Wind howled, blowing hats off of cosplayers and flyers around like snow in a blizzard. A bolt zapped onto an antenna on the top of the hotel. It traveled through all sorts of wires and across wireless signals. It eventually arrived at one particular charger that was linked to three versions of Fire Emblem Fates all running at the same time. Both screens on each of the 3DSes went black, one by one.
Eventually, the 3DS with a Pokemon Grass-energy sticker began to sparkle, and a hand that glowed a gentle purple began to come out of the touch screen. A voice came with it, with strict, yet understanding words. The hand touched the face of the young lady that held onto the system before pulling her completely into the screen. The system rebooted back to the screen of Fire Emblem Fates: Revelations.
Another 3DS in the room, this one solid black, began to sparkle in the same way. A hand, different than the first, began to come out of its touch screen. This one came with light around it, clad in green. His words were loyal, devoted ones. This hand stroked the forehead of the lady that held onto the system. Within a few moments, she was gone, too. That system booted up to the start up screen of Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright.
And the last one, a 3DS covered in faded stickers of Fluttershy and Sunset Shimmer, proceeded to have the exact same thing happen. Except this hand, gloved in black and gold, was accompanied by darkness and the voice that came with it was commanding and supportive in its nature. This hand pulled the one that held the system into it, and the screen immediately went to the start up screen of Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest.
The next time the lightning flashed, a beautiful woman could be seen in the center of the room. She wore clothes unlike any seen on Earth, with blue hair that trailed the ground and a skirt that seemed to be even longer than her hair. She put her hands together, like she was praying.
"I will give you three exactly what you wish, but in return, help save our world..."