Hey there, everyone. Usually I interject bits and pieces into my stories via author's notes at the beginning or ends of chapters when needed, but I wanted to try something different this time. I always feel like when an author has to break the story's flow to speak directly to the readers, that can effect how people take the story in a pretty negative way. Any questions people ask in the reviews, I'll answer via direct reply.

So the following is just going to be me laying out all of my thoughts and plans for the fanfic that's about to follow.

I have always been a complete sucker for modern AUs. It doesn't matter what the original source material is, be it from a cartoon, video game or anime. Taking a group of characters from a fantasy, historical or futuristic setting and placing them into a modern-day situation and upbringing has always peeked my interest. Because I do believe that people are made up of two facets, who they are at their core and how they're raised via their environment. Changing the setting will change how a character acts, but it also lets them keep their quid-pro-quo 'soul.' What makes them, them.

I'm also a sucker for cop dramas. Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds, NYPD Blue. You name it, I've probably watched it. Even back when I was a kid I basically idolized these shows and the people in them, always kept me on my heels waiting for the next big thing.

And it goes without saying that I'm a sucker for Fire Emblem. Awakening is my favorite in the series, though I've now played every game in the series except FE1-3, 9, 10 and 12.

So I figure... screw it, let's throw all of the above into a blender and try to make a nice story out of it from Robin's PoV.

I've obviously had to edit a few things, that you'll be able to catch onto quickly. First and foremost being Robin does not have amnesia. He's just an immigrant kid trying to live his life in a world that dwarfs him. Chrom's a bit less formal due to the setting. All of the ESU Shepards are somewhere in their 20s, with Phila, Emmeryn and Frederick being in their mid to late 30s. Character backstories will be further explained and explored over time for each character.

I'm basing the unit that these guys are in on the NYPD's Emergency Services Unit. Look up the Wikipedia page for an in-depth explanation, but they're basically a catch-all Law Enforcement group that handles everything from patrols to rescue situations to medical emergencies to even SWAT stuff like counter-terror operations and drug/gang raids. I thought that they would be the most similar to how the Shepards operate and move in the Awakening. They're an elite milita lead by a royal, but they don't have a specific job besides safeguarding the Haildom. Protecting people, healing the sick, fighting against the enemies of Ylisse. Yada yada yada. For ranks I'm also just going to be borrowing the NYPD and NYFD's structure. Along with their 10 codes, but I plan to explain each of those when they're used.

Awakening's story will serve as a general framework. There will be intersects, inspirations and near copies of what happens in-universe. This is mostly to keep the store as a whole grounded, and not to devolve completely into some zany nonsensical series of events. Most of what occurs between major plot-points will be completely original content, however.

The characters should not deviate very far from their original portrayals. Chrom will still be distinctly Chrom, Gaius will still act very Gaius-like. Olivia isn't suddenly going to start benching people like she's Sully. Excetera and so forth.

Finally the rating. I'm choosing M because I want more room to cover what an officer usually has to see in the line of duty. No, I don't plan to make this fic grim-dark (Grim-dark doesn't work well for Awakening, even when things get dark in-game the overall tone's still pretty light). No, I don't plan on writing out lemon scenes unless it has some purpose in the story. There's gonna be blood and violence, there's gonna be dead-people, there's gonna be swearing. Everything you see happen in the Die Hard/Lethal Weapon franchise is basically fair-game here. But for the most part this fic is gonna be the same as any T rated story you'd find.

Overall I see this as a writing experiment more than anything else. Stretching my imagination so I can improve. And as always I will always take critique when I can, because God knows you learn more in failure then you do in success.

This has no dedicated update scheduled like my other series. This has no endpoint. This has really no formula. Just what I feel will be a good read, and a stream of consciousness.

I hope you all enjoy this as much as I do writing it. Thanks for reading.