Fire Emblem: Fates is coming out soon and I am excited as hell! I had this fanfic idea involving the game so I decided to write the first chapter done.

Warning! If you dislike self-inserts, don't read this fic.

Joker

I was content with my life, I can tell you that much.

I wasn't kidding. I was completely content with the life I had. I had a job that paid me with more then enough money to support myself.

I had friends I trusted and would gladly confide to.

I had a loving family with my parents, my brother, my sister, the in-laws, and my nephew and niece.

Sure, my love life wasn't strong, but I blame that as to my constant studying to get that high paying job. I was working on it at the very least.

The only bizarre thing about me? My perfect memory.

Don't get any ideas. It's not as great as it sounds. Sure it made tests a whole lot easier, but I can't instantly think of everything. I still struggled in school and quick thinking wasn't something I was adept at. God did I hate English class.

Not to mention the horrible memory of seeing my father give grandma a bath, the scars will never heal.

I had a ton of interests. One of my favorite hobbies was listening to and playing music. Yes, pop music. Laugh it up, but I always listened to any song on the radio, good or bad. I even entertained the idea of being a musician but dismissed it when I thought how hard it was. Though I did bring into myself to learn how to play a piano.

I even memorized all the songs I ever heard on the piano…yeah; I like pop music a lot.

I was of course, a fan of Japanese media. Anime and games primarily…though I tended to read Manga first as opposed to watching the shows.

One of my favorite games was the Fire Emblem series. I was hooked into the series by Awakening, and became a fan.

Not enough to play the past games mind you, but enough to play any future ones. Fates was always a favorite of mine. God was the wait for it to come out agonizing.

In any case, I liked my life. I wasn't delusional enough to wish for excitement. I seen lots of stories and in turns the sufferings the characters go through. I can go without that in my normal life.

All in all, there wasn't anything I really minded…so why did this happen?

Why did I end up in that car crash?

Not me dieing in an unfortunate accident. That happens no matter what type of person you were. I could accept that I was just one of the unlucky ones.

But why am I here? In a dark void as a shining ball of light.

"Hello." A voice, neither male nor female, called out. "I see you are awake."

"Oh god." I groaned. "Don't tell me I'm in purgatory."

"Incorrect. You are something else entirely."

"What?"

"You are a mistake." The voice declared. Ouch. "You were supposed to be reincarnated into a new lifetime, but a glitch occurred."

"Oh no." I moaned listing a possible problem. "Don't tell me I'll remember my previous life!" I have a perfect memory. I'll remember every detail!

My family, my friends, everybody!

"That you will." The voice declared. "You must complete a task for your balance to be brought back."

"Lay it on me." I decided. I was just going with the flow here. I had no idea where things was going.

"Are you familiar with the story of Fates? You shall live that life"

"Excuse me?"

Then I realized what will happen.

I will live the story of Fire Emblem Fates.

I let out a long laugh and felt a surge of relief. "This is easy! I'll just play 'Revelation' and I'll go through the script."

"It's not that simple…"

"And why not?" Picking the third route was the way to go if I wanted to save all the characters…okay, some died, but I can work around that.

"You must experience three lifetimes."

"Say what?"

"Each lifetime must be lived…" The voice stated. "That's the only way to bring the balance. One you shall follow when this Corrin accept his birthright, another you help him with conquest, and the third is the path where he reveals the true evil in the scenario."

Birthright, Conquest, and Revelations. The three paths of the games. Obviously if I had to choose I would pick Revelation since that has the least casualties for both sides. Both Birthright and Conquest ended up with a lot of casualties for the opposite sides. But then I realized what he just said…about following Corrin.

"Wait! I'm not going to be Corrin?"

"No. You lack the proper personality to play that particular role." The voice declared. "You lack his empathy, and his drive. You are too apathetic."

I should be disappointed and insulted that I was shafted for the main role due to being a bit of a dick, but all I felt was complete relief. I saw what happens to Corrin and was I glad that I'm not taking part in that. Although, turning into a dragon might have been pretty cool.

"Well which lucky character am I playing?" I asked. "Or am I a new one?"

"No. You shall play the role of the butler."

"The butler…" Jakob? I'm going to be Jakob? The sarcastic butler who was a prick to everyone not named Corrin? Well except maybe Azura, the royals, and his spouse.

"I think I can work with that." Though how much influence he had is what I need to research first.

"If you like." The voice stated. "You may retain knowledge of one thing. Consider it an apology for the daunting task you have been given."

"I have a perfect memory." I pointed out. "I already remembered the story, the character, supports, heck I even memorized the maps!" Might have to write that down.

"True and that will come in handy, but that's the story. Is there anything else you want to remember in your new life? Call it a blessing, but I can give you access to something you can't in this lifetime"

This world was a medieval world.

That means no music...

"…And maybe tomorrow, the good lord will take you away!" And the sung words were coupled with a riff of the piano notes. The piano was in some sort of music room filled with instruments and seats.

The people in the room all clapped. They consisted of the Nohrian royals, Gunter, and Felicia. They were all gathered around the piano in chairs, some listening, other humming along.

"I see what you mean Corrin." Camilla commented with a smile. "Jakob is a truly talented musician."

Corrin nodded happily in agreement. "He has been like this ever since we were kids." Ah yes, I was playing one of Beethoven's symphony and he walked in on me. That was the first time we ever met.

Elise jumped up and down. "Play it again! That music sounded so good!"

Leo rolled his eyes, but he had a smile. "Give Jakob a break Elise. He's been playing and singing at the same time"

"Yes." I answered with a tired smile. "Let my poor fingers and throat rest."

Xander nodded. "In any case, thank you for the performance Jakob."

"Well you are the princes and princesses of Nohr." I bluntly pointed out. "I couldn't really just say no."

The eldest prince slightly cringed at that. "Er…you have a point. But that song, what was it called?"

"'Dream On'." I declared. "I heard it once when I was younger from a group of traveling musicians."

"Ooh, what were they called?" Felicia asked excitedly.

"Aerosmith." I declared with a straight face.

"You had been playing that to Corrin for how long?" Gunter questioned with a smile. Of course he had an idea but…

"Ever since I was a child Gunter." Corrin answered with a large smile. "He had plenty of songs; 'Dream On' was just my favorite."

Leo whistled. "That long? You must have been some sort of musical genius." Oh if only he knew.

"Well I do have a perfect memory…"

Camilla hummed. "True. In any case, what brought this on? This is the first time you ever actually gathered us for some sort of concert"

"Oh nothing…I was just in a mood." I lied.

Rather, I heard the news.

Next week this story will begin. Corrin will head out to the outside world for the first time in his life and caused the whirlwind of events that would lead to the path of Birthright, Conquest, or Revelation.

This was the last concert I wanted to have.

What were my goals in Revelation? Just follow the script. Corrin can handle the rest.

In Birthright and Conquest…?

Save the lives of the opposite sides and making sure my comrades lived.

Idealistic? Yup.

Foolish? Definitely.

Possible? I had more then two decades to prepare. I have to make it possible.

Why? Well let me put it this way.

You read a story and you get invested in the characters. You feel saddened when the character dies. And here is a chance to make things better.

I don't want them to die. Plain and simple.

Oh yeah, and I'm going to have to fix the issue with kids.

Dear god, do I miss my old life.

Why am I the butler? Why do I have to live this lifestyle of following a half-dragon prince and an aquatic princess?

Who knows, I'm just someone who wants to avoid the death of both my allies and my enemies.

God there is something wrong with me.

Let's hope I can make it.

That's the first chapter where I'll try to be light on spoilers. I'll actually update it when I'm good as done with the game. The next chapter will focus primarily on Jakob/SI growing up in Nohr.

I decided to work on an oc self-insert on a character that wasn't a main. So I looked up the neutral units and saw Jakob is a character that the Avatar knew and interacted with their entire life…and male.

So watch as the Butler try to both follow the script of the story while making his own revisions. (Warning! Expect a lot of script motif)

By the way, the pairing? He has a different wife for each path so that will be fun.

How am I following each path at the same time? Well just wait for the story to be updated…oh and Corrin is male so instead of romance, it's a hardcore bromance!

Oh and expect some references to pop music. The eidetic memory was simply to allow him to retain knowledge of music…and to hammer in just how much he hates the fact that he lost his old life. He is not super genius level with it though. And the game maps don't translate well in real life.

Also, people who discovered his secrets won't be very happy with him for keeping the future out of their knowledge and letting certain characters die. But that is for later.

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Song Referenced: 'Dream On' By Aerosmith.