A rare before-fic AN!

I was actually sitting on this one for a while, not sure what do with it. I was kinda small for my liking, but I couldn't find any way to improve or add to it. So, being perfect in my eyes, I'm just gonna publish it.

That's not the whole story though. I seem to be better at short prose, which is fine, but I wouldn't be satisfied with simply publishing one story and calling it complete. So here's another collection that will feature Aust or Sakura raising their children. Obviously post-game, because raising 17 year olds would probably be awkward…

Disclaimer: "Blah Blah Blah, not mine. Nintendo, Intelligent Systems. Protected under international copyright fair use clause."


Rescue Your Own Prince

"Mom?"

Sakura mentally cringed. It wasn't often Lucina referred to her as 'mom'. Usually it meant she was about to ask a difficult question.

Sakura steeled herself for what would no-doubt be a long day. "Yes, hun? What is it?"

"How do I get a husband?"

The question threw her off. Lucina was curious about boys now? Wasn't she just taking her first steps yesterday? It's too soon, darn it, stop growing up.

Now feeling about one hundred years older, she finally stuttered a response. "W-what got you so interested in a husband all of a sudden?"

"Well… The other day I was talking to Inigo" Sakura's ears perked at the legendary philanderer's name, "and he was saying that soon I'll have to wait for a Prince Charming to 'sweep me off my feet', but I don't have a Prince Charming, so I need to get one!"

Sakura coughed, "…Inigo said this?"

"You sound surprised."

"Not as surprised as I want to be." Sakura sighed deeply, "and he was doing so well too."

"Huh?"

"Never mind, I'll tell you when you're older." She had almost forgotten that she wasn't talking to her daughter's future counterpart. It was extremely confusing at times. Luckily, because she and Chrom met Morgan before he was born, the newborn was christened with a different name. In Olivia's case, the future Inigo changed his name to Antonio and went on an adventure with the future Lucina. Thus it meant that this Lucina was talking to the new Inigo. It also meant that Olivia failed to prevent him from being a philanderer like the future version. Sakura suddenly and inexplicably had a headache. This is why she never brought up the future children to her daughter.

"Well then," she finally said, "aren't you still a bit young for that?"

"Mom, I'm fifteen."

'FIFTEEN? Weren't you seven yesterday?' Sakura mentally aged another hundred years and sighed again, twirling a braid of her purple hair in her finger. "Yeah… I guess this conversation was bound to happen… Okay love, have a seat."

Lucina eagerly sat down and stared at her mother expectantly. "So? How do I get my prince to come?"

"Well… first off, you're doing it wrong."

"Huh? What do you mean, mother?"

"You're expecting to wait for your prince. Don't do that. You'll sit around forever if you wait for a boy to stop staring at "the pretty ones" and look at a young woman as beautiful as you." She ruffled her giggling daughter's blue hair before continuing.

"I mean, look at your poor Aunt Cordelia or Sumia. When I first met those two, they were both waiting for Chrom to stop being a dolt and sweep them off their feet. Obviously that never happened though. Apparently Chrom has a thing for having rocks thrown at him." Sakura chuckled at the nostalgic memory she brought up. Chrom had insulted her, albeit unintentionally, by stammering over his words and stating that his future wife wasn't very lady-like. Sakura threw a rock at him in response.

"So I should throw rocks at the boy I like?" Lucina looked thoughtful, and she had been working on her throw lately…

"Please don't do that," Sakura didn't want to explain to Lissa why there was a sudden surge of boys with large welts on their head. "Save that for when the boy is being an idiot… er… a bigger idiot than usual."

"oh… okay"

"A-anyways, my point being if you wait, you'll never find your prince. So don't wait for Prince Charming. Go out and find him. Stupid idiot's probably stuck in a tree somewhere anyway."

"That… makes a frightening amount of sense, actually…"

"It kinda does. Must be something in the air that makes boys become complete idiots."

"They seem like too much trouble. Can I sweep a princess off her feet instead?"

"If you want, go right ahead. Just don't sweep Libra. Poor guy gets enough hassle from the children calling him "mom" all the time." Sakura stood up from her chair, "okay love, I've got work to do, and you've got practice. Don't keep your father waiting."

"Okay mother." Lucina stood and ran to the barracks.

Later Sakura walked along the castle grounds, enjoying the beautiful day, when she suddenly heard a crash as if something large suddenly cried out, and shattered into thousands of pieces. Sakura's worries escalated when she heard her daughter call out to her.

"Moooooooooooom! Dad broke the barracks' wall again!"

Sakura sighed, "this, my dear, is why you have to go rescue the prince yourself, like I did." She gestured towards Chrom, who was standing in the rubble of another victimized wall. "Behold my klutz of a prince, Lucina. Watch as he spazzes into the sunset... Breaking it in half…" She couldn't help but laugh.


Another AN:

Forgot to mention. This will obviously feature Aust and Sakura, but it's very unlikely I'll include Ky in this. For one thing, Ky is meant to romance everybody, so that'd be weird. For another, I have no idea how Ky would even ACT as a parent, so there's that.

If I'm still working on this in ten years, I'll maybe do one based on actual experience if I'm a parent by then. Doubtful I will be, but I just got angry thinking about the circumstances behind my break-up so I'm a little irrational right now.

Aust AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!