Chapter 1 (Noah)
I woke with a groan, my entire body aching. Looking up, I confirmed what I was afraid of. My car was totaled. "Damn deer," I muttered as I wiped a trickle of blood from my forehead.
The last thing I remembered before blacking out earlier was swerving off the road to avoid the creature. Apparently, I had gone off the side of the hill. I undid my seatbelt and hopped out of the car shakily. I slowly climbed up the small hill, and what I saw concerned me. "Where the fuck is the road?" With a frown, I turned around and went back down the hill towards my car. I opened the passenger side and grabbed my handgun from the glove compartment, then reached over the back of the seat and grabbed my hunting bag. Inside were three bottles of water, a Red Bull, my anti-depressants, and enough food to last me maybe 2 days. Slamming the door shut, I popped open my trunk and grabbed my rifle and some spare ammo. I didn't know where I was, and the wild animals in the area could be dangerous. Satisfied with my gear I set out to find the road.
After walking through the woods for a short while, I caught the scent of a campfire. I looked up, and sure enough, there was smoke billowing up from the trees in the distance. I hurried off in that direction. As I neared the clearing, I heard four voices. Two of them were male, and the other two were female. I cleared my throat before entering the clearing in order to make myself known and stopped dead in my tracks when I saw who was sitting around the campfire. This is fucking ridiculous. I did not just get sent into a video game.
"Excuse me, I seem to have gotten extremely lost while hunting and-" I began, but Fredrick stood up immediately and leveled his lance at me. I tightened my grip on my rifle in response but kept the weapon pointed to the ground. "At ease Fredrick," Chrom said as he reached out a hand towards him. The prince slowly approached me, eyeing my weapon and strange clothing before speaking to me. "What is your name, and why are you dressed so… oddly?"
"My name is Noah. As for why I'm dressed this way," I looked down at my outfit. I was dressed in combat boots, dark blue jeans, a black t-shirt, and my dad's old army jacket. "I'm not from around here."
"Clearly. You may be wondering who I am then," Chrom began as he introduced me to the group. He didn't know that I already knew who they all were, but I wasn't going to let my little secret slip just yet. Crap, this is after Southtown, which means Lucina and the Risen show up tonight. I wonder if she knows about me.
Chrom invited me to join them on the way back to Ylisstol, and then the 5 of us chatted for a while before the others drifted off to sleep. I, however, knew what was coming and stayed up, drinking my only Red Bull. A few hours passed, and finally, Chrom and Lissa woke, looking surprised to see me awake. "Couldn't sleep," I said with a shrug. The two headed off into the forest and I followed, bringing my rifle with me. The ground began to shake, and just on cue, a portal appeared in the sky. Chrom and Lissa were stunned, but I just grimaced.
"Lissa, RUN!" Chrom shouted as Risen began to spill from the portal. As she began to run, I noticed a slight shimmer of electricity in the air, but I couldn't quite place it. For now, my attention was on the monsters in front of me. I raised my rifle and fired, dropping the first beast as the shout rang out through the woods. Chrom turned to me in shock but was quickly distracted by one of the monsters.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye after that. Lissa got cornered by one of the Risen, but Lucina appeared and rushed to save her. I snapped my rifle up and shot the monster Lucina was struggling against before she could even ask for help. Chrom and Lissa raced off to find Robin and Fredrick, and Lucina moved to disappear, but the shimmer of electricity I noticed earlier suddenly exploded in front of her, and an armored figure appeared. No fucking way.
Standing in front of us was a Hunter Guardian, straight out of Destiny. On his arm was the Aegis from the Vault of Glass raid. Before I could register this though, Lucina plunged her sword through his gut. "Are you fucking crazy woman?" I yelled. Before she could explain herself though, the Guardian's Ghost revived him.
"Thank you," the Hunter gasped. "I thought I'd be stuck jumping backward in time forever." His resurrection caught Lucina by surprise though, as she fell backward.
"When you asked me to kill you before…"
"Again, thank you for following through with that."
I coughed, catching the attention of both time travelers. "The time travelers reunion can wait, right now the others need our help with the Risen."
"Noah? I know how you know about me, but that doesn't explain-"
"The Guardian? Yeah," I turned to face the Hunter. "What's your name, and who's the current Hunter Vanguard?" This seemed to surprise the man, as he visibly flinched at the second question.
"My name is Connor. As for who the Vanguard is… it's a long story."
"I take it that means Cayde-6 is dead then. Good to know, I have an idea of what your arsenal might be."
"How did you-"
"We should really be helping the others," Lucina interrupted.
"In a moment," I shot back. I needed to asses Connor's skill. "Are you the Hivebane?" Again, my question caught the Hunter off guard. To his credit though, he recovered quickly, nodding his head yes.
"How do you know so much about me and my world?" he asked.
"Like you, I'm not from around here," I replied. Connor nodded, seemingly satisfied for now. "Alright, let's go help the others."
With that, I darted off towards where the others were fighting, with Lucina and Connor right behind me. The Hunter quickly sped past the two of us and was immediately lost in the fray. The man was a whirl of death and bullets, and the display of combat prowess was awe inspiring. The air was filled with the sound of gunfire, and I realized that he had charged straight for the largest group of Risen. I smirked and shook my head in disbelief before dropping to one knee and raising my rifle to pick off the stragglers around him. There was a flash of movement off to my right, and I spun just in time to raise my rifle and catch a blow from the axe of a Risen.
"Ack! Help!" I shouted, hoping somebody would hear me. The response I got, however, was not the one I was expecting. Risen standing over me suddenly had a sword protruding from its gut, but when the monster suddenly turned to ash, the sword clattered to the ground. That was when I realized what it was. It was The Young Wolf's Howl, the sword Lord Saladin gave you as a reward for completing the Rise of Iron DLC. Connor had thrown a fucking sword at the creature. "Use it wisely!" He shouted from across the field. I tossed my now ruined rifle aside and picked up the sword, finding it surprisingly light. With a grin, I hopped back into the fight.
Author's Note: I plan to switch back and forth a bit between the two OCs. If you made it this far, I hope that means you enjoyed this. Be on the lookout for more soon.
