It was a rainy day in the city of Fire Emblem. The streets was drenched in the raindrops and umbrellas stood like a flower field on the bustling streets. Amongst them was a lone man in a big hooded coat. He walked relaxed, untroubled by the falling drops. He then stopped at the corner of a street and walked into a place called Gregor's Pub. When he had entered the empty pub he took off his hood and revealed his long black hair. With a sigh he took off his thick coat and hanged it on the hall stand. He walked further in and the big old man behind the bar noticed him and with a smile said "Ah, Gregor's favorite patron here. What will be?"
"Just a couple of beers" he told Gregor.
"Usual place, no?" asked Gregor.
He nodded and sat down by the table in the farthest corner. It was a big round table that easily could accommodate six people with three sitting in the leather covered bench around it. He looked around and when his eyes fell on the table again was there two mugs of beer on it. He was used to it but he still didn't understand how they just magically appears without him noticing the waiter. He just took a swig and continued his wait till a blue haired man entered the pub. He then said "Over here Chrom"
"I see you Robin" said Chrom as he sat down opposite of Robin and took a swig of the other mug.
"So… did you see him this time?" asked Chrom. Robin shook his head and Chrom sighed "So the Phantom Waiter is still out there"
The Phantom Waiter was an urban legend about Gregor's Pub about how people would notice that their orders had arrived and how plates and empty mugs just would disappear when you weren't looking. It was what originally drew Robin and Chrom to the place and so far they hadn't been able to prove the myths wrong. Gregor would always tell them there actually was a waiter and sometimes he would call for him, but still no one have noticed anything.
"Oh, well" said Chrom. "Well catch him sooner or later. Now, how was work?"
"Quiet as usual" told Robin. "Got some time to research"
"Heh, still working on that story of yours" said Chrom knowing.
"Correction, still trying to find out what to write about" told Robin as he downed the rest of his beer. "A refill please!"
"Coming up, soon!" told Gregor from the bar. Robin nodded in response and looked back at Chrom.
"What of your studies? A little closer on the dream?" asked Robin.
"Still top of my class" told Chrom. "Just a couple of exams away and then I'm officially an attorney"
Robin sighed a tired smile and looked up.
"I guess it's about five years now" said Robin. Chrom looked up from his beer and asked "What is?"
"Since we first met" told Robin. Chrom looked at Robin a short while before he burst out laughing.
"What are you, an old man?" asked Chrom grinning. He kept laughing for a couple of minutes before he stopped and looked the exact same way as Robin.
"Have felt like longer"
"Yeah…"
Five years earlier.
Robin regained conscious with a headache. He couldn't open his eyes, fearing sharp light burning his eyes.
"…we can't just…"
He heard voices fading in.
"…should we call some…"
He then felt cooling shadows falling on him. He peeked with an eye and saw the figures of a guy and a girl. He then tried to open both and the two notice him as he tried to get up. The guy helped him up and Robin was just about to fall when the guy caught him.
"Easy, friend" said the guy.
"Thanks, Chrom" said Robin feeling like puking.
"You know my name?" said Chrom.
"Yeah… Why?" asked Robin himself. "I don't remember anything…"
"Hey, I have heard of this! It's called amnesia!" said the girl.
"Of course not! I just can't remember anything from the last… what's the time?"
"It's 10 o'clock in the morning" said a voice. Robin looked a bit behind Chrom and saw a big guy with brown hair in a butler attire.
"Thanks. So, I don't remember the last 11 hours" told Robin. He then looked at Chrom and said accusing "The last thing I remember is you giving me some weird drink, Flame Ale or something"
"Young master!" said the brown haired man shocked.
"Easy Frederick. I had already had a glass of the stuff beforehand" told Chrom a little nervous. His explanation just seemed to make Frederick even angrier.
"Well, we have to get him some water, so back to the house" said Chrom hastily as he took Robin's arm over his shoulders.
"House?" mumbled Robin before looking around the field. "Where the hell am I actually?"
"In my backyard" told Chrom.
"Some backyard. Where the hell is your house?"
"Over there" told Chrom. Robin looked where Chrom pointed and the first thing he saw was a big white house in the distance. It had giant windows, thick pillars and even a big balcony. It wasn't wrong to call it a minor castle.
"How the hell did I miss that…?" asked Robin. Chrom just responded with "Beats me"
Chrom then asked "Hey, what's your name, friend?"
"Robin"
"Well then, Robin. Stay awhile till you can get home by yourself. Plus, Emm have been worried about you since she noticed you from the balcony" told Chrom.
"Thanks" said Robin as they continued towards the house. Then something hit him and he asked "Whatever happened with that chick you were kissing on last night?"
Chrom and Robin just laughed it off when thinking back to that day.
"Hah, I still can't believe that Frederick actually served me breakfast back then. With the glare he gave me felt it like he had poisoned it" told Robin.
"Frederick may not had liked you back then but he was still proud of calling himself the butler for my family. He wouldn't do something like that" told Chrom smiling.
"How is he actually doing? He just became 30, right?"
"32 actually" told Chrom. "We wanted to give him a vacation to Hawaii for his 10 years' service but he outright said no thanks"
"Oh, what happen then?" asked Robin.
"Emm looked at him for 10 seconds like she always does and he choose to accept it. He flies in a week"
"Ah, the eyes of a ruler" said Robin joking. "She got us the same way a year ago, right?"
"Yeah" said Chrom. He then looked down on the table and pointed. Robin looked down and saw he had gotten a new mug of beer.
"When the hell!" Robin said shocked. "Did you get him?"
"Not a glimpse" told Chrom nonchalant. Robin sighed and took a swig before saying "Whatever, how's your sisters doing?"
Chrom smiled and continued talking about how Lissa got ready to enter medical school next year and Emmeryn aimed for the mayor's seat. The night continued like that for a while and they parted way after midnight and returned home.
