A/N: And so we come to this, the Robin/Lissa story you guys voted for, I wanted to try something from Lissa's POV to contrast the other two stories which are mainly from Robin's. I think from now on as well, starting with this I'm going to start recommending some stories for you guys.
First off Adrian Celsius' Love and Dragonstones: This story is adorable and I love it, this was also the first Fire Emblem story I read on this site so if you haven't read it I highly recommend doing so.
Next we have Fire Emblem: Retained Memories by TatsuiChiyo: This story is amazing, and its Robin/Lissa too so kinda fits here. Its one of the few stories I've read through with a different name for Robin, even so I highly recommend this story for you guys, plez come back soon. Now with that done. On with the chapter! *creak creak* 'What do you mean its stuck!' *squeak squeak* ' Then fix it!' Technical difficulties, you can't find the proper help these days.
Prologue- Fated Awakening
To sum up Lissa's day so far as she sat down at recently made camp, she would say hectic. When she had decided to join her brother and his knight on their journey to the border towns she was expecting something a bit grander than what had happened. Call it childish naiveite if you will, even though she was a Shepherd, she hadn't taken part in any skirmishes or bandit attacks, so experience wasn't something she had much of. Yes, she knew had to heal and bandage wounds, both with and without a staff, but even then, she only had to use her medical know how after a few spars were an injury had happened, and that rarely even needed a staff, the only reason she was even on the journey was because she had begged both her older brother and sister so that she could go with them. Then add on that Frederick made the whole trip boring didn't help either.
They had encountered a bandit attack the last day, and even then, she felt useless as her two companions tore through their uncoordinated formation, nowhere near skilled enough to combat the experienced veterans. The group had been allowed to stay in the small village as a reward, despite the protests of Frederick who urged them to continue on, and they had each been given a room at an inn. Lissa had taken to make a small journal of her time on the small adventure, wasn't that big, but if she was finally going to start joining the main band of Shepherds in the frontlines for helping Ylisse, she thought it would be a good idea to start documenting her own experiences, she would argue until the end of her days that it was a journal and not a diary.
Leaving early the next day for the later part of their patrol they had made a run in with another band of adventurers, the leader claiming to have been a royal where they were from and even had had both a maid and butler with them. The other part of the group consisted of a man and a girl who she had met in the skirmish that proceeded the small meeting, and of all the things that they were fighting, it was some warthogs, and they were invisible of all things, how they were even able to fight them was a surprise even of itself but they had succeeded.
The man had originally screamed when meeting her too which was a bit of a shock, he also seemed uncomfortable at first but was able to get over it quickly, before entering a somewhat rehearsed monologue. His name was also sounded really heroic, though his last named seemed a bit forced, he had been wearing what resembled a type skin suit that left his chest completely bear to the elements, he had a small cape on his back and the colour was mostly yellow throughout. His hair was blonde like hers and he had a circlet around his head, he also had a tendency to jut out his arm, as if he were trying to enunciate to a crowd.
The girl had started a similar monologue to the man, especially with the sparkles and pow part with something about aura. She talked about things such as chosen ones and her name sounded so pretty too, as if someone had been trying to write a play and wanted to come up with the most fantastical name possible. She too was wearing a revealing skinsuit that only barely covered the important parts, her blonde hair was identical to the mans as well as her grey eyes. They also had the same colour scheme. When she had talked to them after the battle, before they left, she had found out that the two where father and daughter, much to her surprise with how close they looked like in age.
Then she had tripped over a comatose man lying in a field, the poor guy had amnesia and Frederick was putting him through the ringer, not trusting him in the slightest and putting down everything he said. His hair was an unusual platinum white, he wore a dark purple and black robe with a tan undershirt and white trousers, he wore a large beige belt to keep them up. He was finally able to remember that his name was Robin, but not before they had to run to the next town which was in flames from, surprise surprise, another bandit attack. The group had taken off leaving Robin behind them, but he was able to catch up to them in the town. He had been an amazing ally to have too, knowing swordsmanship, sorcery and strategy, and had taken too protecting her throughout the fight, claiming that his magic would be able to help from afar, despite how concerned he had originally been in using.
They had been able to save the town and had been offered another place to stay, but once again Frederick protested and was able to convince Chrom that they had to return back to Ylisstol to report to the exalt. Chrom had offered their new friend a position in the Shepherds as well as appointing Robin as their new tactician, so he joined them as they started making their way back to the capital.
When the group finally decided to make camp, after Lissa had swallowed a bug, much to the relief of her aching feet, Frederick had offered to hunt for some food, while Chrom offered to find some firewood. Robin offered to help them, but a majority vote against him saying someone needed to protect the encampment, much to Lissa's protests, she could protect herself, a staff was for more than just healing, her friend Maribelle had taught her that.
So here she was, waiting for her brother to come back with some firewood, his retainer with some food, and an amnesiac, who looked just as bored as she did, despite how exhausted she felt. Now that she thought about it, the blonde cleric princess was trying to find a better word than hectic. Lissa was also waiting to have her dinner before she fell asleep, her growling stomach wouldn't let her. Glancing back over to the newly appointed tactician, he was searching his cloak for anything that may give him a link to his lost memories, so far, he had found a coin purse and a few books, which joined the ranks of his sword and tome. Deciding to take the initiative and strike of a conversation with the man, the cleric scooted closer to the tactician.
"Anything coming back to you?" Lissa started.
"Nothing as of yet, only thing I can guess is that I was a nomad of some kind." Robin replied, skimming through one of his books.
"Nomad?" The unrevealed princess asked.
"Someone who travels from place to place with no allegiance, doing odd jobs here and there to make a few coin." The tactician explained.
"So, like a mercenary then." Lissa deduced.
"In a way, except the difference between a nomad and a mercenary is that mercenaries will normally stay in one place if the work is consistent, with a group of them normally claiming it as territory, there have been numerous occasions of turf wars between competing mercenary groups. While a nomad will be constantly travelling whether by themselves or with a form of group. Another difference is that a mercenary groups job are generally violent jobs that involve fighting and guarding properties, nomads are typically traders, and quite humorously, shepherds." Robin described, chuckling to himself.
"Hehe, I guess that is kinda funny." The cleric chuckled. "But how are you finding, all of this so far, I can only imagine what it must be like to wake up like that."
"It was a bit of a shock, especially knowing your brother's name before I even knew my own." Robin said, honestly. "Still, I wish you all hadn't taken off like that, I felt like a fish out of water."
"Sorry, but that town was in danger, it just flicked a switch I guess." Lissa apologised.
"I can understand that, as soon as I saw the town myself I felt compelled to join you all. As if I was being to it." The white haired man explained.
"At least we know you have a good conscience, not many people would go running into a burning village to help." The blonde princess happily commented.
"That is a plus I guess." Robin chuckled.
"Well it seems as though two are getting along." Chrom said, putting down the firewood he had collected, before sending a half hearted glare towards Robin.
"Just talking Chrom, nothing for you to worry about." Lissa explained towards her older brother.
"If you say so, Frederick should be back any minute, I don't think he could resist setting this on fire." The unrevealed prince commented.
"What's that about a fire?" Frederick asked appearing behind the group, dragging a bear behind him.
"Frederick, what the heck is that!?" The blonde shouted, pointing towards the large object he was dragging.
"Language." He reprimanded, ignoring the glare Lissa sent his way. "I'm afraid this bear is the only game I could find." The great knight explained, though he was clearly downtrodden from the result.
"Best get to cooking it then, skinning this is going to take a while." Chrom noted, before unsheathing a dagger he keeps on him for situations such as these.
Later
"I'm pretty certain meat isn't meant to smell like old boot." Lissa said, poking at her portion of meat.
"Taste's alright." Chrom countered, swallowing a bite. "Nothing wrong with it, meat is meat after all."
"But you're missing with the food chain, bleugh, I think I lost my appetite." pushing he plate away from her. "And what's with you Frederick, I don't see you eating any?" she pointed accusingly.
"Oh, me, I had a big lunch." The great knight answered, poorly.
"What about you Robin?" Lissa asked, turning to her friend, before noticing he was ravaging his meal. "Nevermind." She sighed.
Once everyone had finished their meal, and the watch times had been decided. Lissa lay down and tried to nod off to sleep. Though the hard ground made it difficult, despite her exhaustion, since she's never had to sleep outside of a warm bed before, she was able to get a few winks in before her brother's movement woke her up.
"What's wrong?" Lissa said tiredly, yawning.
"Something feels off, I was just about to have a look around." Chrom explained standing up.
"I'm coming with you then." The cleric replied, stretching, then grabbing her staff.
"If you say so, just be careful." The prince said, before setting off.
They walked in silence, but even then, it was too quiet, there were no birds, no nocturnal animals, nothing.
"I don't like this. It's far too quiet." Chrom commented.
"Yeah, there isn't even any owls out." Lissa added.
Then the ground shook, the royals struggled to keep their balance, but they were able to keep it.
"Lissa?" The prince said.
"Yeah?" She replied.
"Run." Chrom answered before pushing her to give her a head start, before starting off behind him.
As they kept running, the earth was splitting and shifting, rising and falling as magma started sprouting from the cracks. Lissa was running as fast as she could, but the steel grate she wore for her dress which doubled as armour hampered her movement, easily allowing her older to brother too catch up to her.
"This way." He shouted to her before waving his hand towards him to show where he wanted to go.
Changing their direction ended with them having to jump off a nearly created cliffside, it wasn't the biggest of jumps, but large enough that it could make your feet sting a little.
They duo continued running until they had made a decent distance away from the hellfire, taking the opportunity to catch their breath, that was until a giant eye appeared in the sky, dropping off two bodies. Which slowly started rising up from the ground, their skin a sickly dark purple, as they groaned inhumanly.
"Lissa, get back." Chrom commanded as he unsheathed his sword.
The first body, rushed towards him at a speed that's it body seemed unnatural to create, Chrom charged and stuck as the two crossed paths, the prince thought it a killing blow, that was until the creature turned its body, bones cracking at the unnatural movement. Chrom was able to parry the blow, before disarming the creature, and finishing it off by impaling his sword through its back, the creature dissolving into purple ash.
This was all fine and dandy, but for Lissa, it had left her completely defenceless as the other body stalked towards her, as if knowing it was an easy kill. Though she would be able to block the hit with her staff, the creatures overpowering strength would make it extremely difficult for her to defend for long. She had been backing up, but a giant rock impeded her progress, unable to go any more, the creature, having enough of toying with its food, raised its ask for the killing blow. Before dropping it down with as much strength as it could muster. Lissa closed her eyes, flinching away, waiting for the pain to come.
'I'm sorry everyone. I wasn't much of much help after all.' The young cleric prayed to herself. It wasn't until she realised she wasn't in pain that she opened her eyes, gasping at the sight of a masked man in front of her holding back the creatures blade.
"Grrr-HELP!" The man shouted towards the shocked prince.
"R-right!" Chrom replied before charging forward, his battle cry distracting the creature enough that the masked man was able to overpower the body, before the two struck the creature simultaneously, resulting in the creature meeting the same fate as its brethren.
The masked man quickly took off afterwards, before they could get anything out of him, but the sounds of a galloping horse drew their attention.
"Milord, milady!" The great knight shouted, as his passenger jumped off behind him.
"Lissa, Chrom are you alright?" Robin added, running up to the pair.
"We're fine, thanks to that masked person." Lissa answered, still recovering from her near death experience and pointing in the direction at which they fled.
The group of four looked outward at the field they were in, more of the purple skinned bodies had started appearing across the field, ranging from axe wielders to swordsman.
"Are such creatures common in these parts?" The tactician asked.
"Definitely not, these things are nothing we've ever seen before. They're highly aggressive, treat them as you would a common bandit." Chrom explained, reading his sword again.
Lissa watched as Robin scanned the field with his more critical eye, how he was able to take in so much information just by observation she would never know, but there was something awe inspiring about it. Something seemed to catch his eye as he started rubbing his chin.
"Are those abandoned forts?" Robin observed, pointing towards a pair of small buildings in front of them.
"Yes, what are you thinking?" The prince asked in reply.
"We could use them as cover and a way to reprieve, I don't think it would be a good idea to split up so it would be best to keep as a unit." The tactician delivered. "Chrom, I want you and Frederick to go to the southern fort and wait there for them to come to you, me and Lissa will be behind you for support."
"All right, let's move!" Chrom commanded, the group made it to the fort pretty easily, and the creatures started funnelling in one by one, not caring for any strategy. Chrom and his retainer swiftly cut down any foe that tried to fight them, while any stragglers were met with a blast from Robin's magic. After the first wave finished, the group started hearing another set of galloping hooves, this time from behind them.
"They have horses now?" Robin asked, before readying his weapons and turning around. Lissa followed his example with her staff, but they were surprised that the rider wasn't a sickly purple, but a normal peach skinned woman with red hair and armour, there was another person with light blue hair on the back wielding a bow, he looked like he was in pain slightly, having a light grip on his groinal region.
"That's Sully!" Lissa exclaimed pointing towards her.
"Captain Chrom!" The rider shouted towards the group, before trying to kick off her passenger.
"Sully, glad to see you caught up." The prince replied. "Who's this?"
"Ruffles here tagged along, wouldn't leave me the hell alone." Sully answered, not caring about the expletive she added in.
"I found dearest Sully here in the last town a he was running an errand; her beauty overcame me and I had to follow." The man known as Ruffles explained in an accent, Lissa could already tell she wasn't going to like him. "I tried to ask for her hand in marriage-."
"He wouldn't leave me alone so I kicked him right were the sun don't shine." Sully interrupted while laughing, as the archer had recovered enough to dismount the horse, though still had a slight awkward walk in his step.
"My name is Virion, archest if archers, lover of ladies and-" Virion started.
"Yeah, we get it, can we get back to this battle now." Robin interrupted, a tick mark appearing on his head from getting annoyed at the flirt's flowery words, and earning a laugh from Lissa. "Virion I want you to provide cover support with me, Sully join him, he won't have any close-range engagement with a bow, so I need you to defend him, though I would understand if you don't want to, I feel the same." The tactician finished earning a chuckle from everyone except from the archer in question.
As everyone got into positions, the second wave of creatures advanced on them, this time from the north, the engagement went exactly as the first one did, but at some point, two more of the creatures came from the original area, Robin had quickly eliminated one of them though with a pair of thunder balls though, while the other fell to the combined efforts of Virion and Sully.
"Alright, there's just one left, this one looks a bit tougher than the others, be on your guard." Robin informed, before motioning for the group to advance.
The last creature looked as though it had wild hair sprouting from its skull, it looked more aged than the rest of its companions and give off a menacing aura, but it wasn't able to stand up to the combined efforts of the Shepherds. After they had finished off the last one, the masked man from before appeared from out of the forest, probably having dealt with a small group themselves.
"Thank you, would you mind telling us your name?" Chrom asked.
"You may call me Marth." They started. "Be careful from what you've seen here, this is only the start of things to come." Marth warned, enigmatically, before turning away, ready to leave again.
"Thank you, from before, you saved my life." Lissa spoke up towards the enigma. Marth simply turned their head and nodded, before fleeing into the night.
Lissa sighed whimsically, before yawning with a stretch, all that work had made her tired, and with all of the adrenaline that was in her system finally wearing off, she felt like collapse at any moment. However, good ol' Frederick put that idea to rest.
"I'm afraid that we have no time to rest milord, we must make haste to Ylisstol and warn them of this new undead threat." The great knight voiced.
"You're right, bandits were already bad enough, but they only attacked the border towns, this new threat seems like that they could appear and attack anywhere they wanted. We must warn the capital and the exalt of this." Chrom agreed, before he motioned for the group to follow him.
Lissa groaned at the thought of more walking, at least she had some new friends to keep her company. But, yes, if Lissa would say to sum up her day. She would say it had been, hectic.
A/N: There you have it the first chapter to the Robin/Lissa Story, will admit I struggled with this one. Trying to make it seem more original, while avoiding anything I may have done in Noble Pursuits was a nightmare. I tried combining the Awakening side story comic with the Before Awakening DLC from Fates, three guesses who the obvious characters are.
Now with my other two stories, I like to ask a question for you guys to answer in the reviews. All forms of criticism are welcome as always so on with the question. Which two characters do you want to see win the FE: Heroes poll? Pretty simple one for the most part, if anyone here has read SSTOG's first chapter of Noble Pursuit's latest chapter (at the time that this is posted), I can make these question's pretty cruel.
