Disclaimer: I do not own Fire Emblem
This is the second story I'm collaborating on with CuddlyChristina. We promised it would be longer than ten chapters this time. I'm very excited about this story because it would be the first Fire Emblem fanfiction I have a chance to finish.
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Why do people act the way they do and why in all of Zorif do there have to be so many armies against one another? Henrietta Fallon would never know but she was a discoverer.
She had been practicing a few spells when she heard the sounds of a battle underway, and decided to have a look for herself.
There was a man fighting three other men with swords. The three men were clad red and wearing strong helmets.
Almost immediately, Henrietta ran over to the sole man and asked, "Mind if I help out?"
Just from looking at her he could tell she would be very helpful in this battle. Henrietta opened her spellbook and cast an ice arrow spell on the enemies. Her spell knocked the wind out of one soldier as he floated off the ground before falling hard back down.
"Nice shot!" the man exclaimed.
"No problem." Henrietta replied, smiling a bit.
He didn't see many wizards around her but that spellbook of hers saved his life. He was indebted to her but at the moment he couldn't just help her unless she came with him to a kingdom ruled by nefarious men and soldiers who were following a man who only wanted to take things but it was never enough.
The other two were no match for the wizard and her new ally, either. Ian had hard spots and soft spots. He tried speaking sweetly to the only conscious soldier there but pinched his cheek so he would tell him faster where his leader is.
"So your name's Ian? Nice name." she said.
Eventually the soldier revealed the leader's location.
Ian rewarded him with nothing but not putting a noose around his neck for serving that vile tyrant. He walked to the South where the location was only to find Henrietta following him.
"Hey, do you serve a kingdom or something?" she asked.
" Yes. I serve an army called Strike Blade Zofia. We welcome any person who wants to become a recruit."
"I'm genuinely interested in that." she said.
" It's a long road to camp. Your feet will feel hot and you might get a few blisters on your feet. What's worse than that is enemy soldiers after me. I'm hopeful your interest takes us to my camp."
"I will do just that." Henrietta replied, offering her hand for him to shake.
Ian did just that, and after they shook hands, they were on their way to camp.
Something bad stopped them from getting to the camp. It was a poor person hung by the hands to a branch by rope with chains around her feet. Ian didn't know it yet but this was a hybrid of a human and an animal and a potential ally.
"Are you alright, miss?" Henrietta asked, rushing over to her.
"I...I think so. But...I wanna be free! Untie me! Hurry!" the woman exclaimed.
The mage looked over at Ian and nodded, before the two proceeded to help the woman out. She was free. She scratched her animal ears and shook her animal tail once she was free of that trap. No mere human would take pity on a creature such as her.
"Do you have a name?" Henrietta asked.
"My name's Rica; you got any names?" Rica replied.
"I'm Ian, and this is Henrietta." Ian told her.
Rica had a very strong sense of smell. She smelled blood coming from Ian's hands.
" You two were creating bloodshed on people I can only assume were your enemies. May I please come with you so I can also bring bloodshed on those despicable humans?"
"Uh, sure. But whatever you do, don't kill our allies if any of them are human like me and Henrietta." Ian replied.
Rica ended up nodding in agreement; and with that, the trio went on their way.
Meanwhile, a band of soldiers falling short of an army found the dead soldiers Ian and Henrietta defeated with swords and magic.
"Where are those scumbags?" the leader asked.
"I'm not too sure, captain, but from the looks of it, their enemies seem to be pretty tough." a soldier replied.
"Is that so? Then we must find them at all costs, and take them down." the leader said.
The other soldiers agreed.
Their leader would use them as pawns to bring out their enemies and then shed away their strength until he was cocky enough to get up close and finish them off himself.
"Is that?!" Henrietta asked.
"Are those more of these guys?" Ian added.
"It's time to kill!" Rica exclaimed.
Rica finally showed Ian and Henrietta what her powers were. She transformed into a tiger of a snow coloured pelt with black stripes on her back. In her vicious form she stampeded towards the enemy soldiers.
She then mercilessly tore through them with her claws, and even bit at one of them with very sharp teeth. As they fell before her, the duo were amazed at her abilities, and were confident that she could be a much-needed asset.
What they didn't know was her weakness. A soldier with a sword attacked her first. Against an opponent that lead an attack first she was confused and just moved away not knowing when to attack.
"I think there's something wrong." Henrietta said. "Do you think we should help her?" she asked Ian.
"Definitely." he replied, nodding his approval.
And with that, they got their weapons ready to help out Rica.
Ian stood on the right side of the solider before cleaving his sword into the solider. With that single strike the soldier went down.
Henrietta summoned a fireball at her enemy, almost burning him alive. This caused Rica to notice, and once she was finally focused, she took on the last remaining soldier, pouncing onto him and mauling him.
Rica couldn't believe the final blow was delivered by her claws. She turned from a person left to die to a fighting animal.
Once all the enemies were done for, Rica returned back to her normal form. She looked over at Ian and Henrietta and said, "I'm hungry."
This caught both of them off guard, and Ian rubbed the back of his neck and said, "Right now? I'm sure there might be rations when we get there."
Rica exclaimed, "But I wanna eat right now!"
Henrietta shrugged and said, "Okay, if you say so." before turning to Ian and asking, "Got anything for her to chow down on?"