Eye-patches & Wyverns
By BlackChaos105
Disclaimer: I do not own Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance or any of it's characters, those are the sole properties of Nintendo and INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Inc.
Author: This is my first fanfic, so please be honest, my writing is meant to serve you for entertainment, thank you. This is meant to take place soon after the group has entered the Daein territory, and soon after Haar's arrival in Ike's mercenary company.
Chapter 1Goodbye, my Dear
It was incredibly early, an ungodly hour that not even the late mercenary Greil himself would have risen at, just the way he wanted it. Slowly, the sleepy-eyed Wyvern Lord crept silently off of his cot, as not to awaken his roommate in this highly cramped tent. In a manner that was highly unlike him, Haar started to sneak around the tent, cleaning up his every belonging, and quietly packing his weapons away in a bag. Finally, he thought for a moment, and remembered how Jill always complained about his cot being a mess when she woke up. So, with a smile, Haar went over and tidied up his cot, leaving it as if he was never there. Finally, he slung his bag of weaponry over his back, and went over to crouch next to his teammate's sleeping form. "Jill, (Yawn) I'm really sorry about this, but it has to be done, you won't be seeing me again." He gently went over and kissed Jill on the cheek, and she turned on the opposite side afterward, mumbling in her sleep. Haar smiled, got up, and walked toward the flap to leave the tent. "Goodbye, Jill."
Haar quietly left the tent, and walked over to his slumbering wyvern, which was conveniently sleeping in the center of camp. He gently woke it up, and as it opened an eye to look at it's rider, it slowly shut it again. Normally, Haar wouldn't have cared, but today was different. He shook the beast again, this time more fiercely. "No, not today. It's time to go, you ready?" The wyvern reluctantly gave a small grumble as it lowered it's neck for Haar to get atop it. He smiled and jumped on it's back, and it started to roar as it took off. Haar quickly stooped it. "No. Remember, this is a quiet exit." The wyvern went silent as the two left the encampment. However, unknown to both of them, another pair was awake, hiding in the trees. "Hmmm. Strange, normally I don't hear these things this early, or ever for that matter. Janaff...Janaff!" The Hawk King's ears slowly nudged at his unfocussed friend. "What?" "Look over there, tell me what you see." Janaff nodded to Ulki and stared off and saw Haar flying away. "It's one of the beorc, he's leaving camp." "I know that much already, but which one?" "The wyvern-riding one." "The girl?" "No, the man!" "(Sigh) Well, now what?" "We don't know what he's doing, so we can't report it to Ike yet. Let's see how it plays out..."
Jill quietly awoke from her peaceful sleep, giving a small yawn. "Good morning, Captain Haar...Captain?" She quickly looked around the tent, at first believing that he just went to go sleep somewhere else, but then she saw his corner of the tent, and what she saw scared her. His entire area was clean, not just clean, but perfect! Spotless! Jill had gone to Ike every day for the past few days, complaining about Haar's sanitation habits. "Goddess...Ike!" Jill jumped off her cot, not even taking the time to throw on her armor, or even some regular clothes! Still in her sleeping attire, she ran across the camp, screaming Ike's name at the top of her lungs. "Ike! Ike!" She ran into her commander's tent, and frantically started shaking the blue-haired mercenary. "Ike! Ike wake up!" Ike stubbornly started to open his eyes. "Jill? (Yawn) Do you know what time it is?!" "There's no time! It's Captain Haar..." "For the umpteenth time! You will have to handle how he keeps his corner of the tent on your own!" "He's gone!" "He's probably off finding another place to sleep, he's tired and wants to sleep, just like I do!" "No! His area was clean! Spotless!" "He's had a change in behaviors..." "His weapons, too!" "..." "Ike, his wyvern's not even in camp! You told us not to leave camp! Even Captain Haar listened to you!" "...Wake everyone." "Thank you!" She hugged Ike and ran out of his tent, and barely out of earshot, Ike could hear the Wyvern rider screaming and throwing random objects. Ike began to get off of his cot and put on his equipment. He heard the tent flap open again, he turned and saw Ulki in the doorway. "I guess Jill already woke you, huh?" "I was already awake, Ike." Janaff entered close behind, his eyes to the floor. "As was I." "What is it?" "We saw him leave." "Huh?" "The beorc...Haar. We saw him leave the camp." "Why didn't you say something?!" "We didn't know what to make of it. We don't know him, or his habits, we thought nothing of it until the girl...Jill, was it? Until she started to wake the camp." "Alright. Dismissed. Go get ready, we're going to need to know what you saw." "Right." The two left the tent, and Ike began to get a sickening feeling in his stomach, one he knew all to well. It was the same feeling he got the day Greil died, the night he disobeyed and chased after his father.
Haar looked off into the horizon, and saw as the sun began to rise farther into the sky. He patted his wyvern on the neck. "We won't be coming back from this, you know that?" The wyvern grumbled loudly. "Yeah. But if we go down, we're sure as hell taking them with us!" Haar laughed as the wyvern sped up, taking him into a place of unknown...
Author: Well? What do you think? Please review! The second chapter will be up as soon as I get a feel for your opinions!
