A/N: Welcome to my next story: Xenoblade Awakening! Great title, I know. Anyway, this is a sequel to my previous story, Fire Emblem Awakening: Gods Chosen. Please read that one first, or you can figure out what is going on based on this story. Whichever you prefer. I am going to leave music recommendations throughout the story. Enjoy!
Recommended Music: Daily Life (Xenoblade Chronicles)
"Reyn, look here!" A voice yelled.
"What?" Another yelled back. "We need to head back to the colony!"
"There are people here! They're unconscious!"
"Really?" Their were footsteps sounding now. Slowly, he opened his eyes. He saw a young man, with a sword on his back, scrawny, and blonde hair. Another came running up as well, more buff with red hair.
"Ah, you're awake!" The blonde boy said. "Here, let me help you up." He stretched out his hand, and the other man took it. He saw a strange mark on his hand. When he was up, he saw a woman was laying next to him, With dark blue hair. "Where did you come from?" The boy asked. "My name's Shulk. The man next to me is Reyn. Who are you?"
"I-I don't remember!" The once unconscious man replied. "I don't remember anything. Wait, hold up. I believe my name is Robin. It's strange. As soon as you asked that, I remembered my name. Nothing else."
"Well, Robin, good to meet you." The boy named Shulk replied. "So, you don't remember anything else? I'm guessing amnesia. But why were you here? I don't recognize you from the colony. Maybe you're a trader from Colony 6?"
"Shulk! The girl's waking up!" The other boy, Reyn said. He helped the blue-haired girl up. "Maybe they're from Colony 6. Though, I don't see why they'd be out here."
"Yes." Shulk said. He walked toward the woman. "Do you, by chance, remember anything about yourself?"
"N-no. " She replied. "Only my name. My name is Lucina. I don't know anything else."
"Strange." Shulk said. He put his head on his palm, in a thinking position. "Do you two remember each other? After all, it seems to me that you traveled together."
Robin and Lucina looked at each other. They then both answered that they could remember their names. "It's strange." Robin said. "I'm remembering stuff about her, like her favorite colour, food, and the name of the weapon at her side. Nothing about our pasts."
"Sword?" Reyn exclaimed. "So, you were armed? Strange things, Shulk."
"Hmm. Well, we shouldn't leave them here to die. Let's take them back to the colony. Maybe we can figure out what happened to them there. Are you willing to come along, Robin and Lucina?"
"Hold up." Lucina said. "Where are we? We just barely woke up, and we have no idea where we are. It would help if we had a brief history lesson."
"Oh, all right." Shulk said. "We are at the Mechon scrapyard. It's filled with broken machines. I come here often to find parts to use for weapons and other things. We are Homs. I'm certain you are too. You couldn't be Nopon. Now, I should talk about our world."
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Long ago, the world was nothing more than an endless sea, cloaked in a boundless sky, reaching as far as could possibly be imagined. Then two great titans came into existence. The Bionis and the Mechonis. The titans were locked in a timeless battle. Until, at last, only their lifeless corpses remain.
Eons have passed. One year ago, a war ended against the people of Bionis, the Homs, versus the Mechon, forged from Mechonis. Many peopled died in that war. If it weren't for three heroes, Dunban, Dickson, and Mumkhar, we would have been wiped from existence.
Recommended Music: Colony 9 (Xenoblade Chronicles)
"So, we are now on the corpse of the Bionis." Robin said. "I wonder how I could have forgotten that. So, this is where you dumped the wreckage of the war, out here?"
"Yes." Reyn said. "Now, enough with the history lesson. We need to get going. The colony colonel will hang me if I'm gone any second longer."
"He sounds like a pretty strict colonel." Lucina replied. "I'm guessing he isn't a very well liked guy?"
"Not in the slightest." Reyn said. "He is one of the most hated man in the colony. Now, come on!"
"Once we get back, we can help you regain your memory." Shulk said to Robin and Lucina. "I'm pretty sure we have some sort of tech that can help you. I should warn you, there are monsters along the way. Do you remember how to fight?"
"We'll see when we get going. Let's go." Lucina said. She took off down the ravine. "Come on, let's go." Robin said to Shulk. They walked for a bit in silence. Reyn and Lucina were farther up ahead, so it was just Robin and Shulk.
"If you're from Colony 6," Shulk said after a while. "You couldn't have come here unarmed. What weapons do you have?"
"Well, let's see." Robin started rummaging through his robe. "I have this book."
"What does it say? I can't read that."
"Really? I can read it just fine. It says thunder." As soon as Robin said that, lightning started emanating from the book. Robin dropped it.
"You can summon lightning?" Shulk said, astonished. "From a book? You have more mysteries than the Monado."
"The Monado? What's that?"
"Oh, right. I forgot to tell you about the Monado. Wait until we reach Colony 9. I'll explain to both you and Lucina."
"Oi! You two! We're here!" Reyn called. They had reached Colony 9.
Recommended Music: Hometown (Xenoblade Chronicles)
"Here we are." Reyn said. "I'd better stop in at HQ. You three off to the Weapon Development Lab?"
"Yeah." Shulk replied. "I'm going to sell any parts I don't need, and show these two around a bit."
"All right. See you later." Reyn walked off into the colony.
"All right! This is Colony 9." Shulk said as he turned to face Robin and Lucina. "It's split up into three parts: The Commercial District, in front of us, the Residential District, where everyone lives, and the Military District, where we're heading now. Come on."
They walked for a while in the Commercial District. Shulk sold some things at the shop. They reached a fork in the path eventually though. Shulk said that to the right was the Residential District, and to the left, the Military District. They turned left. When they walked through the gates, however...
Recommended Music: Agh! Won Goph In Mah Mouph! Blech! Ptooey! (Fire Emblem Awakening)
"You idiots! What the hell are you playing at?!"
Shulk leaned to Robin and Lucina. "Uh-oh, the colonel's gonna explode."
"Crashing the mobile artillery into a house?! How long have you been in the force?" The colonel yelled at two soldiers.
"Sorry, sir." One of the soldiers said. "It's just that we were trying to go as fast as we could, like you ordered..."
"But it's impossible to get back to the Military District in only 40 seconds." The other soldier said.
"I don't want any excuses!" The colonel said. "Champions don't whine, they win!"
"Yes sir." Soldier 1 said.
"You're a disgrace to the uniform!" the colonel yelled. "Are you forgetting the shame you brought on this force during joint manoevures with Colony 6?! Stick your back into it, maggots! Move it!"
"Yes sir." Soldier 2 said.
"Get the artillery back to the Military District, double time!" The colonel yelled. "Then I want a million press ups from both of you! And you better not stop until your biceps explode!"
"Colonel, we can't move the artillery." Soldier 1 said.
"What? You'd better give a damn good reason why!"
"Sir! The impact of the crash damaged the ether conduction cable! The ether fuel proceeded to leak out and now the cylinder is empty!"
"Well, change the cylinder, then! Can't you even do something as simple as that?!"
"The auxiliary cylinders have all been used up. It'll be three days until more come in, sir."
"I told you to keep a stock of fuel in reserve!"
"Sorry, sir..."
"You're nothing but slackers!" The colonel brought back his arm and punched the poor soldier in the face.
"Same old colonel." Shulk said. "At this rate, the men will all be dead before they even see any action."
"I can see why nobody likes him." Lucina said, astonished. "He is the biggest jerk in the colony!"
"Yep. Come on, we need to hurry." Shulk said as he led them into a building to the left of the incident.
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They walked down a set of stairs. At the end, there was a red, machine like sword.
"All right, Shulk. How are you?" A man said. All three turned around.
"Dickson!" Shulk exclaimed. "When did you get back to Colony 9?"
"Just now. I see you've been busy. Who are these two?"
"Oh! The man is Robin, the woman Lucina. I found them in the scrapyard with amnesia, and I was going to see if you could help them when you got back."
"In the scrapyard? Hmmph. I'll help you two after Shulk and I catch up. I see your Monado research has been going well! I made the right choice leaving you in charge."
"Your research notes really helped."
Dickson walked towards the Monado. "So, you can activate it now, then?"
"Well, anyone can activate it. The problem is controlling it."
"Yeah, for everyone except him." Robin and Lucina were listening intently, hoping for anything to help them remember their past.
"Yes." Shulk said. "If anyone other than Dunban were able to control the Monado, we could surpass any military force in the world."
"You think so?" Dickson looked at Shulk's notes on the Monado. "What are these hidden functions you mention?"
It's still only conjecture, but it's starting to look like the Monado might be something far more significant than just a weapon for defeating Mechon."
"I see. And the evidence to support your theory?"
"It's the symbol that appears in the centre when it's activated. What I know is, the central piece is made from multilayered glass. The symbol appears on the top layer. And each layer is constructed differently."
"So it's possible that different symbols could appear on different layers?"
"Which means..."
"The Monado might conceal even more power. Am I right?"
"If we could just unlock the Monado's power..." Shulk had a back flash to after the Battle of Sword Valley. Dunban was on a stretcher, with his sister, Fiora, at his side. Shulk ran forward towards him.
"Don't look like that. I haven't gone yet." Dunban said, weakly. "Shulk..." Shulk leaned forward as Dunban whispered something in his ear.
It was the Monado. It was...controlling me... Even so, it saved us...saved our future... Next, it will be up to you...
"Dunban..." Shulk whispered.
"Well I'd better get the supplies delivered to the Defence Force. I'll drop by the HQ and see how they're getting on. I'll help you two out later. I'm a busy man." He said that last part to Robin and Lucina, who were quiet the entire time.
"O-okay." Robin said, still thinking about the destructive force of the Monado.
"OK then." Shulk said. "I'll see you later."
Dickson paused and shook his head. "Shulk, you're spending too much time in the lab. Either that or rummaging for junk in the scrapyard. It ain't healthy for a kid your age. That's why you're always looking so pasty. You should get out and get some fresh air once in a while. Take the amnesia kids out to Outlook Park for a bit. It'll give you all time to think. All right, I'm off." Dickson walked away, chuckling.
"Amnesia kids?" Lucina exclaimed. "We're most likely the same age as you, Shulk!"
"Ah, lighten up." Shulk said. "He is right. We should go to Outlook Park. I find it a good place to get my bearings. Come on." The three walked outside to go to Outlook Park.