They had gotten close to Nohr, but that's when things went downhill and she had been captured! Corrin, Keiana, Kamui and the others had been ambushed by Nohrian soldier's and Corrin had been drawn deeper into the ambush, eventually surrounded and captured. Keiana and Kaze had ran toward her, hoping to save her but had been knocked back by black magic, and in a plume of smoke...the soldier's were gone, including Corrin.
"Corrin!" Keiana shouted, red eyes wide as she looked around for the black-haired girl, her younger sister. "Answer me!" she demanded as her panic grew.
She saw something flash and looked over, running over to it and picking it up, noticing it was Corrin's sword, the Noble Yato. She was surprised the sword was left behind...but that meant that Corrin was defenseless. Her eyes widened as tears formed, mouth agape as scenario's of what could happen to Corrin played through her mind.
Unable to watch his twin break down, Kamui ran toward her and pulled her in a hug. "She's gone Keiana, we need to leave!" he ordered her, quickly taking charge. "We'll find her but we need to leave!" he stated and pulled her with him. "No!" she shouted, and tried to free herself, but Kamui didn't relent. "W-we can't leave h-her!" Keiana shouted and turned to leave but Kamui grabbed her arm and smacked her, shocking her.
"We'll get her back but if we rush after her now, we'll all get captured!" he shouted, red eyes showing his anger at her recklessness. "Or worse...killed." he said softly and Keiana hung her head, tears running down her face. "...We'll get her back Keiana." Kamui said softly before helping her back to the group.
Sakura approached them cautiously, healing everyone's wounds before turning her eyes to Kamui. "What do we do?" Sakura asked, her eyes worried; this was the second time Corrin had been kidnapped! "We head back to the Astral Plane," Kamui said as Ryoma came over and held Keiana, hoping to calm her. "we need to regroup with everyone and figure out how to regain our sister." he stated as the pathway to the Astral Plane appeared, and they all entered.
With Corrin: Corrin gasped as she was pushed into the cell, the door slamming closed behind her while she tried to sit up properly. Her hands were bound behind her back and as she looked around, she noticed her sword was missing making her growl...she only had her stone for defense but she didn't want to rely on it as she didn't trust her dragon form.
Armor rattled outside the cell as someone approached. "Comfortable?" a smooth voice asked, catching her attention.
Looking toward the cell door as best she could with her face down, she saw black armor and growled forcing her body to move. She rolled onto her back and sat up, gasping as she saw Leo, looking at her with worried, rust colored eyes as he watched her; though she didn't understand his worry. They were enemies, granted she wanted to be the older sister he remembered; they were still enemies.
He shifted a little to lean comfortably against the bars. "I told them to be gentle when grabbing you and make sure you were in one of the better cells." he stated before he put his book away. "I begged Xander to let you be placed in my room, but both he and father refused." he stated before looking at her and giving a small smile.
"But don't worry dear sister," he began, making her shiver and sweat. "I will make sure you are taken good care of and I will reverse the brainwashing they did to you." Leo said before leaving.
"Leo, wait!" Corrin called out but he ignored her as the door to the dungeon slammed closed and she sighed. "I didn't want to be back in Nohr...how do I stop the fighting?" Corrin asked herself.
With Leo: Leo glared at Xander before him, eyes hostile and teeth clenched as his older brother ordered him, Elise, and Camilla to stay away from Corrin.
"Dammit Xander, she's still our sister!" Camilla shouted from beside Leo; eyes full of sorrow and anger. "We should be allowed to see her!" she stated, holding herself.
"She's still a traitor." Leo commented softly, before locking eyes with Xander again. "But why bring her back her if you think the same thing?" He asked the eldest who sighed.
"No matter what" Xander began as he leaned his arms against the table. "she is still our sister, but she may try to deceive us into letting her go." Xander explained as he looked at them all.
"No way!" Elise shouted as she shot to her feet. "Big sis would never do that, Corrin would never harm us!" she exclaimed, eyes wide in disbelief.
"Like it or not," Xander started harshly, making Elise flinch and the other two to gasp. He's never been the angry toward her. "she is still in the enemies grasp, she has been brainwashed." he said as he stood and walked toward the door. "But in due time, we will have our sister back." he said and left the room.
Elise sighed as she sat back down, looking at her hands sadly...unsure of what to do. Camilla noticed and walked toward her, squeezed her shoulder and motioned for Elise to follow her, in which the youngest did. Leo watched them before leaving as well and headed to his room, closing the door and locking it before heading to his bed and sat down at the edge. He looked at the bedside table before grabbing one of the smaller photo's and smiled softly at it; eyes happy. It was only him and Corrin the picture, but it was one of the happiest things he remembered from when she was still with them.
He was hugging her gently yet she was kissing him on the cheek, a blush on both their faces but he was somewhat happy as he had a gentle smile though his eyes were a bit wide in surprise. They were wearing just normal leather armor, their trainee clothes but they were young and innocent and he remembered the words he said to her clearly; as well as what she said in turn.
-Flashback- "If we weren't siblings...what do you think would become of us?" he asked her as they sat on the roof of the Northern Fortress and she froze, thinking.
"Maybe..." she hummed, trying to think. "we would be a item?" she suggested, not sure; cheeks red. Leo felt himself flush and looked away, avoiding eye contact. "W-what're you trying to say?" he asked, rubbing his neck.
Corrin tilted her head before she hugged him and smiled up at him, making her butler, Jakob look over as he heard a yelp from Leo.
"I'm saying~" she sang a little, causing him to flush brighter. "that I like you, a lot Leo!" Corrin said softly, not letting his arm go.
Leo looked at her, still red before he sighed, freeing his arm he wrapped it around her before he pulled her in a hug and sighed. "Your impossible, you know that?" he teased and she smiled before kissing his cheek. -Flashback end-
He placed the picture back on the nightstand and hummed, he wanted to see her again; make sure they had done as he asked. He wanted her to be taken care of...but he had to be careful that no one found out. Despite the fact that she was seen as a traitor, he still loved her...but not as a sibling...but as the woman she was now. Yet his heart burned in anger when he saw her earlier with that green-haired ninja, Kaze. She was hugging him and kissing him, a smile on her face; then two children ran over, both calling her mother! It made him growl in anger as he clearly remembered the anger he felt build...it's what caused him to start the ambush prematurely and he regretted it but he still caught her. He was sure Xander and father were suspicious of his motives; the begging he did to capture her and not execute her, the plea's he made to have her in his room.
"I'm sure they realize how I feel by now." he grumbled, holding his head in his hands. "I have to be careful with how I act, otherwise..." he said softly as he lifted his head and looked at the picture. "they'll realize I love her. Love her as a man to a woman." he said before he laid down to get sleep.
Few Days Later: Corrin growled at the guard that came in before she kicked him away and went to stand but he grabbed her arm and slammed her against the wall.
"Be grateful I work for Prince Leo!" the guard shouted, shocking her as he kept her face to the wall. "Otherwise I'd have killed you already." He snapped before letting her go as he exited the cell and she looked at the food and sighed.
She had been treated rather fairly by the maids and butler's that came to her but the soldier's treated her roughly. She had only received letter's from Camilla and Elise, never heard or saw Xander and Leo visited a few times, only staying for a few minutes before leaving. Something about him though worried her, every time they meet; he'd smirk at her, give her a lusty gaze or say something that would make her flush. It wasn't like him, she knew that...and he didn't even look like himself...at least, his eyes didn't. Most of the time it seemed like he was possessed, like Takumi had been when he appeared after being stated he was missing; possessed and attacked them.
'Leo has never acted like this before.' Corrin thought as she moved to have her arms before her, eating what was given to her. 'I wonder why he's been acting so...odd lately, he's never shown any real interest in me; even when I still lived with them.' she thought, but ignored it in favor of continuing to eat her food.
She wasn't alone though, Leo was down there in the cell's, watching her with a smile; knowing he'd have to leave soon if he didn't want Xander or father to find him. He heard footsteps and gasped, using his magic to hide him...and who he saw made him want to bolt. His own father, King Garon, had entered the cell area...most likely to see Corrin.
Corrin looked up before her eyes widened in fear and horror; she was defenseless against Garon. "G-Garon?!" she shouted as she pushed herself up against the cell wall.
"Is that any way to treat your father?" Garon asked her as he narrowed his eyes. Corrin growled at the use of the word father to him, he was not her father! "Shut up!" Corrin spat out, eyes narrow as her pupils slitted to show her dragon within as the horns appeared. "I want nothing to do with you fiend, you are not my father! Former King Sumeragi of Hoshido is my father!" Corrin shouted, knowing that, while Sumeragi wasn't her blood father; he raised her with the same love and compassion as he had for his other children.
Garon narrowed his eyes at her, she was defiant. "I see you still believe the lies you have been told by the enemy." he murmured and she growled as her teeth became sharp and claws formed while a tail slowly appeared.
She suddenly rammed into the cage a hand clenched in Garon's outfit as her strength multiplied to allow her to keep a grip on him. One of the guard struck at her arm, only for the sword to rebound off as they noticed it was dragon scales that covered her entire arm, preventing damage.
"How dare you" she began, catching their attention, even while Garon remained unfazed. "claim to state that I have been brainwashed, when you were the one that kidnapped me from my own family!" Corrin shouted as her anger increased, smoke came from her mouth as she slowly began transforming due to anger.
Before anything else could happen, one of the mages guarding Garon shot a ball of dark energy at Corrin, reverting her transformation and sending her into the wall. She gave a cry of pain before slumping to the ground, panting as her horns, tail, fangs and claws disappeared; her pupils also became larger as she reverted back to normal.
"Y-you..." Corrin couldn't say anymore as she coughed, blood covering her lips and the ground; she had felt something break.
"Hmph!" Garon scoffed, turning to leave. "Let that be a mere warning of what would happen should you try that again." Garon said as left the dungeon, going back to the main castle.
When he was sure they left, Leo revealed himself and beckoned a maid over and asked her to tend to Corrin, make sure she was healed and the maid nodded, running to Corrin to heal her. Leo sighed and left the dungeon, knowing now would be a good time to leave encase Garon or Xander called on him.
Astral Plane: Keiana, Kamui, Lilith, Ryoma and a few tactician's were surrounding a table, wondering how they would get into the Northern Fortress to save Corrin. Lilith knew the castle like the palm of her hand and had built it up with one side showing room and the other covered so they knew what the castle looked like. It was a small miniature of what the terrain around the Fortress looked like so they would have an idea of what was going about.
"Alright" Keiana began as she moved a small group forward. "so if we attacked from both the front and back, we can use some of our own to get in from the back and make it through?" Keiana questioned but Lilith shook her head.
"No, that's spreading our forces too thin." Lilith explained before she moved most of the solider's to the front. "The back has never been protected as the Fortress is mostly desolate, King Garon visited rarely when Corrin lived there. Scary thing was he treated her more nicely than he did his own children." Lilith said before she overlooked the board. "However...if he has visited her, both sides will be equally guarded." she explained as she moved a few to the back.
"What do you suggest then?" Kamui asked the dragoness, who hummed. "Well," she began before clearing the solider's to restart it. "if we move a majority of our soldier's to the back, but keep our strongest to the front, we should be able to distract their attention long enough to rescue Corrin from those going in the back.
"That mean's me, Kamui, Hana, Subaki, Hinoka, Hinata, Takumi, Kiragi, Reina...that's almost half the army." Ryoma growled out but Lilith shook her head. "We leave Keiana and Kaze in the back as they'll have a better chance to rescue Corrin, take Shigure and Azura with you, Azura's song can enrapture the soldier's." Lilith explained and Ryoma 'ah'ed; that did sound like a good idea.
"Alright, first chance we get; we gather our resources and head out." Keiana stated as she clenched the table. "We are getting our sister back!" she shouted and they gave a battle cry of agreement.
Week Later, Northern Fortress: Leo was walking the halls of the Northern Fortress when Xander came up to him. "Leo, can I see you for a moment?" Xander asked and the young blonde looked at his brother.
"Sure, what is it?" he questioned, hoping he didn't sound nervous. He had planned on seeing Corrin, wondering if she was fully healed since the incident with Garon last week...surprisingly Garon hadn't left just yet; but he had planned on leaving today.
"Father wanted to see you and me before he departs, said it was urgent." Xander said a bit forcefully and Leo sighed, nodding. "Alright, let's get this over with." Leo replied as he followed Xander.
As he approached the room where Garon waited, the doors closed and locked behind him, worrying Leo...what was going on? "I have a favor to ask of you Leo." Garon said, making Leo look at him worried. "What favor?" Leo asked, eyes wary.
As he was told of the favor his eyes widened in horror as anger filled him. "Are you insane?!" Leo shouted as he backed up a little, making Garon raise an eyebrow. "Do that? To a traitor?! And you want me to be the one that breaks her?! Why not have Xander do it?" Leo shouted, and Xander growled at him.
"Me and father already spoke on this, and we-!" Xander was interrupted by Garon. "I thought the idea would please you seeing as you still love her." Garon said, shocking Xander and making Leo go rigid. "Or...was my assumption wrong?" Garon asked with a smirk and Leo began sweating...he thought he had been careful! "Don't think I didn't notice" Garon began as Leo slowly looked him in the eye. "all the times you went down to the dungeon to see her, asked how she was doing, seeing if she was alright." he said with a smirk of malice and Leo gulped.
"Leo?" Xander questioned as he looked at his brother questioningly. He disobeyed order's? "And I thought I made it clear all my children were to stay away from her, the only contact would be through letter's." Garon said as he hand began glowing black and purple. "Father, what're you doing?!" Xander demanded, eyes wide in worry as Leo backed up, trying to think of a spell to protect him.
"For disobeying a direct order" Garon started as he glared at Leo, making the blonde boy panic. "I will force you to follow this order!" Garon stated as darkness engulfed the room and Leo felt himself lose control of his body. "Break Corrin." were the only words in his head.