Hi everyone!
It's been a long time since I have written fanfiction!
I never imagined the day that I will return to this site as a writer.
I will be honest that I have only been in this site recently as a lurker or a reviewer of other people's work at best, but here I am.
To be honest, I decided to write my own original fiction, but I also realized that I need to sharpen my writing, so here I am and back and had chosen this fandom because this is my current addiction.
Before anything else, thanks to my best buddies from the office who I shall call under the names G and M for being highly supportive of my writing for this fic wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for them.
So, I hope you guys would enjoy my first Fire Emblem fanfic!
[Ps. Special thanks to Eeglborn for pointing it out (mispelling Nohr as Nhor lol).]
Fates: Paradox
- Prologue-
The sakura leaves danced along with the wind around a statue shaped into a form of a woman that looked like a goddess. The statue wore a peaceful look on her face, which can be viewed by the whole country of Hoshido.
A country that was once in war against Nohr.
A country that vouched for peace.
Four people stood around it as their hearts felt nothing but pure serenity. It was a feeling that they haven't felt their entire lives.
The four had smiles plastered on their faces as they gazed up towards the statue.
One of them had wild, long, dark brown hair and eyes, was named Ryoma. He was the crowned prince of Hoshido and the oldest among the siblings.
The other was a girl with short bright red hair and dark caramel eyes named Hinoka, the oldest Princess of Hoshido just following after Ryoma.
The next one following after Hinoka was a young Prince, who had long silver hair tied up into a neat ponytail. He had eyes colored hazel almost in the shade of gold. His height stood a few inches above the shoulder of his older brother but was taller than her older sister by a few inches. His name was Takumi.
Then the youngest princess, was named Sakura. She had light colored red hair and eyes akin to Hinoka and was the shortest among the siblings.
But there was another one that stood just right behind them.
She had light blonde hair that almost looked silver. Her eyes were drenched in the shade of crimson. Her pupils were dilated and her ears were pointed, showing her strong dragon heritage. A Princess of Hoshido, and also a Princess of Nohr.
Her history was the most intricate among them.
At a young age, she was kidnapped from Hoshido and was made to believe that she was a Princess of Nhor.
Her memories were altered and removed completely from her mind under a dark and evil spell by none other than her adoptive father and King of Nhor-Garon.
However, due to her quest for peace and for avenging her mother, Queen Mikoto-to which the statue before them has taken the image of.
Fate brought her home.
Fate brought her back to Hoshido and had Hoshido fight alongside her.
Fate led her to her husband.
Though the siblings before her were also not related to her by blood for they were not born of her mother nor was she herself born of the late King Sumeragi, they accepted her and her mother.
They still became a real family.
But with all the events that had transpired, the sacrifices made, she can't help but ask herself:
'Is this the peace that I was looking for?'
'Was this the right choice?'
Takumi looked back at her as he stretched out his hand towards her, and beckoned her to come and stand beside him.
"What are you doing standing there, Corrin? C'mon..." He said as he took his wife's hand.
She smiled at him.
If there was anything, he was the reason why she could forget all the things that made her worry.
He was the reason that she was able to keep her sanity.
Thinking back, if it weren't for him, she probably wouldn't have sided with Hoshido.
"Takumi..." she said, as a smile finally escaped her lips.
However, when left alone to her thoughts, she can't help but wonder...
'What is this guilt within me?'
Then the image of her dead Nohrian siblings came into her mind as fear reflected on her eyes.
Like her Hoshidan siblings, her Nohrian siblings accepted her as their own.
King Garon may have been evil, however the Nohrian siblings weren't. They were far from it.
With the way things ended between them as they went through the war, she was able to prove that to them she was also their family.
The thought that she can't spare her siblings from the fate such as death was a thing that she could just never accept.
'They don't deserve it.'
"Corrin?" Takumi called again this time with a concerned look as he took a step closer to her.
"Is there anything wrong?" He asked.
His voice once again brought her back.
'No, there's nothing that's supposed to be wrong.' She repeated in her mind like a mantra.
It's as if his voice was pulling her out from the thoughts that's filling her with darkness.
Reminding her that it is okay.
She reassured herself once again.
'No, it is impossible that I regret it, right?'
'I love Hoshido. I love my siblings. I love Takumi. Guilt is something that I shouldn't feel.'
Then suddenly the image of her husband disappeared right before her eyes along with her surroundings as they all dispersed into particles of light before her.
Panic painted her eyes as she reached out to the last bit of fragments that was left of her husband.
"TAKUMI!" she screamed.
As her fist closed tightly, nothing was left before her. There was nothing but the color of white surrounding her on every space- from the ground, to the walls and even the skies.
She was definitely no longer in Hoshido.
"Corrin..." a voice called in this realm of nothingness.
Based on its tone, it seemed to belong to a woman.
She gritted her teeth as her hand held the hilt of the legendary sword-Yato.
"Who are you and what have you done to Hoshido and everyone?!" She asked.
"I did nothing. Rather, shouldn't I ask you?"
"What do you mean?"
Corrin bit her lips as her grasp tightened.
"Do you mean to say, I did all this?" A surprised gasp escaped her lips.
But the voice didn't answer, instead it said: "It was caused by the one with guilt in her heart."
Corrin stayed silent for a while as her hands made its way to her left chest.
"It is me..."
Beads of sweat trickled down her face.
"Did I kill them?"
"Worry not for you have not killed any." The voice replied.
"Then where am I? Why am I here? Where is everyone? What does my feelings have to do with all of this?!" She asked.
"It has everything to do with you."
"What?!" There was nothing but shock etched on her face.
"Everyone's Fate is in your hands. Your choice. Your stand. It determines their Fate."
"If your heart is not made up, so is the Fate of everyone around you, which is why everything is at a stand still in this plane of nothingness."
"So, as long as I don't feel guilty, right? Or is it regret? Then...everything will be back to normal?"
"It doesn't matter. What matters is...if you are decided. If you have accepted this Fate."
Corrin's lips formed a thin line.
Remembering once again her Nohrian siblings, the same feelings thumped beneath her chest.
It was their death that she couldn't accept.
Leo and Camilia may have been spared.
But, Xander and Elise?
Even if it was just one of them who died, it was something she can never accept.
"Corrin..." She could hear her husband's voice calling her name.
"Mama!" A small little boy that carried her image called her out in her thoughts.
"Mom!" This time it was an older boy who had taken the image of her dear husband was calling her.
With these alone, it should be enough, right? They should be the reason that she could accept this Fate.
Her palms made its way to her temples.
"Maybe this is all a dream? Yeah, it is just a dream and when I wake up I will be able to see all of them...Kana, Kiragi, Sakura, Hinoka, Ryoma and Takumi!"
"No, you are not dreaming."
Corrin's fingers dug harder onto her forehead.
She could feel her heart making an anxious beat.
She knew well enough that she couldn't accept it.
It was something that she tried to hide in the back of her mind, and knowing that everyone depended on it sent panic into her systems.
'How can I accept it?'
"However, if your heart will remain unsettled, I can grant you the power..."
Corrin looked up.
"What power?"
"The power to choose your Fate once more."
"You mean like, go back in time?" She asked.
"Yes, with your memories intact."
Her eyes brightened. The offer sounded so good to be true.
"However, you will be the only one that remembers everything that had happened."
She flinched a bit as she felt her heart ached.
The thought of her siblings and more so, the younger prince of Hoshido, not remember what they used to have was something she found rather painful.
Then she bit her lip.
"If this power will allow me to prevent anybody from dying, then I will just get back whatever they have forgotten!" Corrin said, trying to feel positive.
'Yes, as Takumi had said...our love was Fated. No matter what happens, I know that in some way we will end up together. As long as I remember...'
"Is there any limit to this power?"
"No, there isn't as long as you never accept your Fate."
"I see.." Corrin said.
"However, in exchange...every time you use the power, I will take away something from you."
"What would that be? Life? People?" Corrin asked.
"No. No one will die, nor will anybody disappear. However, that doesn't ensure that nobody will die. Your new choices may save lives but may cause the death of others."
"If it is not life, then is it a thing?"
"It is something that can only come from you, which I cannot tell you but you can discover on your own."
'Something that I have that I will not know that is gone? What would that be?'
"The choice is not mandatory. You can go back to the Fate you currently have only with the condition that you completely accept it. However, if you will want to make the choice..."
Suddenly, a form of bluish white light twinkled in front of Corrin.
"Feel free to go into the light..."
Corrin exhaled deeply as she closed her eyes...
'Is this the right thing to do?' She thought to herself.
Her mind drifted off to her days with Hoshido as she fought with them against Nohr.
Back to the days where she has made her first choice.
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