Chapter 1: At Loss

"Hey Robin get up already! We're leaving today!" A white haired teen yelled in front of a wooden door. He heard a soft groan from inside the room and sighed. So she hasn't even woken up yet. He huffed, "Come on."

"I'm getting up! Don't rush me Rubin!" Robin yelled through the wooden door. The boy, Rubin sighed again and leaned against the bedroom door. Why do women take so long to get ready? Mother was like this too. At the thought of his mother the boy's mouth formed into a frown and could feel some emotion rise inside his chest. Don't worry mom, we're okay.

"I'm ready," Robin pushed the door open, but only manged to make a crack. "Hey, you gotta move or I'm never leaving this room," she laughed quietly, giving her older twin a smile. Rubin smiled and moved out of the way. Him and his sister Robin were twins, him being older by a minute. They both had the same outfits and were about the same in every way. Both had the same white hair, red eyes, equally good in tactics, but he was better with a sword while she was better than magic.

The two of them walked down the wooden stairs of the inn, waving bye to the inn keeper as they left. It was bright morning and South Town was already filled with people. It was a nice peaceful day.

"Hey Rubin?" Robin asked quietly as the two walked through town. Robin was shyer than Rubin. She was more quiet especially around people she didn't know, so most of the time Rubin was her voice.

"What is it?"

"Before we go we need to get some more supplies. Did you forget that we lost most of our food to a raccoon two days ago?"

"No I remember, I was actually thinking about that right now. You're tome and sword aren't doing very well are they? I think we should go get you some new ones. Do you want to split up?"

The white haired girl stood there and pondered for a moment, biting the inside of her cheek. The older brother was smiling because he could see the frustration building inside her.

"I-I guess we can split up. I'll go replace my things. You can go get the food and make sure you get some figs and don't get too much meat like last time!"

"Oh fine," Rubin said, " We'll meet back up here in a half an hour?"

"Sure! See you then," and with that Robin ran off and was quickly lost in the bustling town. Rubin turned around, needing to find the local market. The twin decided that he was going to just look around instead of asking someone for help. They had only stayed in the town for one night and he had a half an hour before he had to meet up with his sister again.

As they male walked around he felt at peace and it was calming to be here. There were people walking around, soldiers standing at their posts, and children playing in the streets. I wish I had a normal life like this, he thought, dreading the fact that he and his sister always had to be on the move constantly. They had to be careful even if they were safe here for a month, it was best to stay multiple steps ahead.

After walking around for about ten minutes Rubin found himself in the central square, where people swarmed the place and there were booths set up. The white haired boy walked around and found some food stands, getting enough to last them for a couple of days.

"This should be good," he whispered to himself, placing the food into his satchel carefully. "Now to go wait for Robin." He started walking through the people and suddenly his head started to sear in pain. He gasped and grabbed his head with his right hand. The pain was horrible, it felt like someone lite the inside of his skull on fire. He ran into an alley to avoid attention and crouched down. He gripped his head with both of his hands.

What is this pain? He asked himself. Rubin started to pant and sweat poured down his forehead. The pain started to calm down and it was momentarily gone.

"What was that?" He spoke, leaning against a brick wall of a building. He was still sweating and panting, questions started to rise in his mind. Rubin grunted as he felt a burning sensation on his left hand. He raised his left hand limply and saw the mark of Grima glowing through his gloves. His eyes widened in surprise, this had never happened to him or Robin before.

Robin...

The twin went into panic mode. Where is Robin!? He thought frantically. Is the same thing happening to her? The mark died down and Rubin sprinted out of the alley way. He bumped into a few people, but didn't apologize. His top priority was to find his sister.

"Come on boys! Lets get started!" Rubin stopped in his place at the gruff and accented voice. It sound like a Pelgian accent. Screams rose into the calm atmosphere. The white haired teen cursed when he realized that the town was being attacked. Her could see through the crowd of screaming people a Pelgian Fighter.

He wanted to find his sister, but all these people were in danger. He took out his bronze sword and charged at the Fighter. The axe user saw him coming and blocked his attack.

"Looks like we got a someone trying to be a hero, eh?" He said arrogantly with a smirk on his face.


"Chrom lets go!" Robin yelled, holding a Thoron tome in her hands. A blue haired man nodded and ran past her and towards their enemy. This enemy was tall, dark skinned and was using a dark magic tome. The female unleashed a lightning attack, but the opponent dodged the attack. Chrom attacked the same, but was blocked by some dark magic.

She raised her and hand to charge the Thoron as Chrom kept attacking the man. The blue haired male slashed at the mage, but the dark skinned man disappeared.

"Up there!" Chrom cried and the enemy unleashed a mass of purple magic. Robin jumped away and sent a small Thoron to the mage.

"Fools," The mage laughed. Robin landed on the ground and quickly got up, preparing another magic attack. Their enemy wrapped himself in magic and tackled Chrom, sending him into a pillar. As the dark mage got away he quickly began to make a giant ball of magic. He laughed and threw it at Chrom. Robin quickly reacted, sending her magic at the ball, making it explode.

Chrom got to his feet and started attacking again. Robin huffed and started to charge up the magic again. Once fully charged she ran behind Chrom and he moved to the left, leaving their enemy fully exposed.

"Thoron!" She screamed as the lightning bolt went through the dark mage. The mage fell to the ground, purple magic surrounding him. Chrom turned around and smiled at Robin and she smiled back.

"This isn't over! Damn you both!" The mage threw a giant spell at Chrom. Quickly reacting Robin pushed Chrom out of the way, taking the spell head on. Everything went dark for a second and she collapsed onto the ground.

"Are you okay!?" Chrom asked rushing over to the female. He helped her to her feet. "That's the end of him," he sighed happily. "Finally we can be at peace." Robin was about to say something when she began to see red. "Hey are you alright!?" He asked urgently. She couldn't hear him very well and Chrom gasped.

Her sight cleared up and she saw a bolt of lightning stabbed into Chrom's side. He gasped and looked down at her right hand as it glowed with some remaining magic.

"This isn't your fault," He said as he began to sweat profusely. "Just promise me you'll get out of here. Go-" The man fell to the ground and Robin backed away. Horrified at what she had done, she grabbed the sides of her head and started to hear laughter.