Whoa, it's been a while since I've done fanfiction for anything other than what I'm doing now. Anywho, I finished the game a while back and I've had this in my laptop since forever and thought that it's high time that I should put it up. Anyway, each chapter will be its own and will focus mainly on Eirika and one of the men who she could end up with in the game. Just little oneshots and drabbles, but I think its nice that she can end up with a number of different men. teehee! Ah... Ratings are subject to change, but for the most part, they should be ok, but I'll tell you when it'll be mature, but that'll be later.
Anyway, for now, read!
The Men In Her Life
by Phoenix Blade
Rated: G
There were many men in Eirika's life who had come and gone, but of them all, the most important were her father and brother. Of the women, there was her mother, but she had passed away long ago, leaving her to be surrounded by men. Still, above all others, she loved and adored her father and brother because they were the ones to teach her about everything she needed to know to be a good person and a good ruler.
"Eirika! Pay attention!"
She snapped out of her thoughts, attention returning to her brother Ephraim. He was looking at her with a frown on his face as his two knights, serious and stone face Kyle, and lazy, but now chuckling Forde watched on. She had asked her brother for a fencing session because they had the afternoon off from studying.
She gripped her rapier, "S-sorry! I'm paying attention now!"
He sighed and shook in his head in disapproval, "How many times must I tell you? If you are ever in battle, you must always pay attention or else you'll find a sword through your gut!"
The thought of it made her cringed with disgust. Unfortunately for her, her face must have looked ridiculous because in the next moment, her brother and Forde were bellowing with laughter as a not-so-stony faced Kyle tried to hide a laugh.
"Oh come on! Stop it!" she told them and stomped her foot.
Their laughter eventually came down to a few snickers and giggles. Ephraim finally sighed away his laughter and smirked.
"I guess that'll be the end of our lesson today then," he told her.
She scoffed in annoyance at how immature he could be at times, despite being heir to the throne and older than her even if they were twins.
"Thanks a lot you good-for-nothing teacher!" she huffed and stormed off with the same three men chuckling to each other.
She shoved the rapier into the hands of one of the guards and told him roughly to put it away as she stomped down the hallway towards her father's study room. When she reached there, she heard voices coming from inside. Pressing her ear against the door, she listened intently on what they were saying.
"...bandits are located to the east of our country's largest merchant city. They have been attacking caravans and they have been stealing money from travelers. Business has slowed down and the people are too afraid to take the road there since it has become overrun by bandits," said one of the voices, sounding familiar.
She heard someone clear his throat, knowing that it was her father's, "Hmm... That is a problem. If they are around too long, the people will suffer from the loss of goods and business. Seth, what would you suggest?"
She heard Seth speak, "Sire, roughly, there are about 100 bandits that have been seen. If you would allow me to take 30 knights, I believe we can relieve the city of this problem."
"Only 30 knights? Are you quite sure about that?" spoke her father, seeming quite surprised at Seth's words.
"Yes sire. I believe in our knights and their strength."
"Very well then," her father said and commanded him to go.
She quickly stepped away from the door as she heard footsteps come to the door and opened it. She looked up and saw Seth stop and look down at her. He immediately bowed.
"Good afternoon princess," he said.
"Good afternoon Seth," she replied back with a bow.
He moved to the side to let her through, "Princess."
She nodded to him and entered. The moment she entered, she heard him walk out and close the door behind her. She looked up at her father behind his desk looking at some of his documents and chatting with a few of his advisors. He looked up and smiled at her. A few of his advisors took the documents and left.
"Eirika! How was your training session with your brother?" he asked her happily.
She frowned and his smile disappeared, "A disaster. I blanked out and became the laughing stock of the entire kingdom."
He father's smile came back and he chuckled.
She stomped her foot and frowned more, "See! That's what I mean!"
Her father's laughter grew louder, "I can see why!"
She sighed, "Father!"
He shook his head as his laughter died, "Oh Eirika! When you frown, you look absolutely hilarious! You must frown less if you do not wish to look like a jester!"
She rolled her eyes as her hands were thrown into the air in frustration, "It's nice to know when a father ridicules his own daughter's face."
"But it is a face that only a father can love," he snickered and handed one of the documents to one of the advisors, "By the way Eirika, what brings you here?"
She sighed, "I'm… bored... and I was wondering if you needed any help with work that needed attention."
Her father shook his head, "Actually, I am doing quite well here. If you wish to do something, Prince Innes from Frelia should be arriving with Princess Tana as well as Prince Lyon and his father from Grado. You could go and greet them. They should be here any moment now."
She smiled. Tana, Innes and Lyon. Tana had been her best friend since they had met. Innes was her brother's supposed rival or that's what he'd like to believe and Lyon, well, Lyon was her dear good friend whom she had grown up with.
"May I ask why they're here father?" she asked.
He rose an eyebrow at her, "There is a dance tomorrow to celebrate our summer festival, do you not remember?"
She mentally slapped her face, how could she forget? This was her favorite time of the year!
She smiled, "I will go greet them."
"There are things that I must do here first. Do apologize to them for me for not greeting them properly, but I will see them at dinner," her father told her.
She bowed to her father, and after she closed the door to the room, she rushed off to the front gates. It was always a joy to see her friends, and though they were her good friends, she hoped that in the future, there would be more added to their happy little group.
The End!... Well, just something to start off the oneshots.
