-- Prologue: Going To School --
It was a sunny morning. The sky is clear, the sun shines brightly, and the students of Fire Emblem High School are finally going back to their studies.
"Ah," Lyn said, rising up from her bed and stretching her arms, "It has finally come at last...school's up again."
Lyn got up from her bed, tidied it up, and went to the dining room where she saw her grandfather, Hausen.
"Good morning, grandpa." Lyn said, then she saw breakfast--fried egg with fried rice, "Thanks for cooking breakfast."
"You're welcome, Lyn." Lyn's grandpa said, "I figured I have to cook this time, since it's the first day of school."
"Aw, how sweet of you, grandpa!" Lyn said, and smiled at sir Hausen, "I'll get you some cakes at the bakery when I get back home."
"Oh, thank you, Lyn. I love those cakes! You are very kind...you really resemble your mother."
After Lyn took her breakfast that morning, she got her things, kissed goodbye to her grandfather and went for school.
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"Sigh..." Colm grumbled, as he and Matthew were walking to school that morning, "School's starting again...time really does go by so fast."
"Yeah," Matthew agreed, "But think about all the fun we're gonna cause! This is just awesome, right?!"
"You just say that because you and Leila are really going steady right now...and Neimi..."
"Oh, I didn't mean that! Hah! You really love her, even if she just broke up with you."
"Hey! That's--"
Colm and Matthew paused when they saw Neimi and Serra, walking to school as well.
"Uh-oh." Matthew and Colm said at the same time, "It's Serra."
"And Neimi, too." Colm said.
Neimi turned to them and spotted Colm, "Colm..."
Serra turned to them and said, "Oh! Matthew! Colm! Oh, what a splendid surprise!"
"Gah!! Run for it!!" the two shouted, and ran away.
"What?! How could they run away while someone talks in front of them! Ooh, such rude men! Ah, anyways, this day is still fascinating and all that and it's the first day of school and I'm so excited for everything!" Serra was speaking, but more like shouting, to Neimi, "This is just so incredible, how we're gonna have fun this year now that were Sophomores and there are these guys that will surely fascinate me now that I've gotten a lot taller and all that, it's just so...I'm SPEECHLESS!"
"...Colm..." Neimi said, thinking of other things.
"Oh, and I might even get a boyfriend now! This is just so incredible! Who knows, senior Hector might even appreciate me now! And maybe senior Ephraim, or senior Soren...the possibilities are just endless!"
"Getting a boyfriend?" Titania, a history teacher, spoke when she heard Serra, "My, you're too young to be thinking about that!"
"Oh. Good morning, Miss Titania." Serra said politely, "I was just saying that because I wouldn't want to get OLD without having a BOYFRIEND, not like someone out there who's...you know."
"Are you saying that I'm old?!" Titania shouted, angry at Serra.
"Um, Serra...You shouldn't have--" Neimi said, feeling nervous.
"Come on, Neimi. Let's go!" Serra said to her friend, and she dragged Neimi away from Titania.
"Hey, you! You're not going to get away with this!!" Titania shouted, and felt guilty at Serra's words.
"Am I really too old? Shouldn't I have a boyfriend now? Oh, I wish I really had a boyfriend...sigh..." Titania thought, and she continued to walk to school.
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"Brother, you're driving too fast." Eirika said to Ephraim, her twin brother. Ephraim, however, had his headphones on, and couldn't hear her sister's plea.
"Brother!" Eirika shouted again.
"Argh!" Ephraim shouted, and hit the brakes. Lowen was crossing the street.
Ephraim put away his headphones, and shouted, "Man, can't you see the lights?! It says 'don't walk'!"
"Hey, I'm sorry. I'm kind of having a trouble seeing things, I guess...I'm really sorry," Lowen said.
"Fine. Just...I'm sorry for shouting at you." Ephraim said, and he rode away.
"Brother...that was close." Eirika said to Ephraim, "If you've had hit that person, we'll be in trouble. I swear father's gonna kill us."
"Alright, alright. I'll be careful."
--
"Aw, young Florina's gonna go to high school now, huh? Still afraid of the big boys out there?"
Farina, Florina, and Fiora were walking to school, and Farina won't teasing her younger sister.
"Um...I..."
"Farina...cut that out. We should be cheering for Florina, since it's her first year in high school." Fiora scolded her sibling, "It's gonna be a long road for her, and were the only persons who can guide her there."
"Bah. What if all her classmates are guys? I doubt she'd last long." Farina said.
"Farina..."
Then, as the three sisters walk to school, they saw Ross and Dart in the other side of the street.
"Agh!" Florina shouted, and hid behind Fiora.
"Oh, Florina..." Fiora said, and sighed.
"Hey, Ross! Dart!" Farina shouted, "Come 'ere, guys!"
"Hey! Farina!" Ross and Dart shouted, and went to the three siblings.
"How's it going, Farina?" Dart said, "And who're these?"
"Oh, these are my sisters, Florina and Fiora." Farina intoduced them, and Florina hid behing Fiora even more.
"Oh, why's she hiding? Aw, she's cute." Ross said.
Florina blushed.
"Um, you guys better go ahead." Fiora said, defending Florina, "You might need to do some other things."
"Um...yeah, sure." Dart said, "Let's go, Ross."
"Uh...yeah." Ross said, and the two guys went away.
"Farina, you'll get some scolding when we get home." Fiora said with her evil glare.
"Yeah, right."
--
At another street just a couple of houses near the school, a student was walking for the campus, too.
"Heads." Joshua said, as he flipped the coin in his hand, "Hey. This day isn't so bad."
Then, Lyn walks behind Joshua, and said, "Oh. Joshua. How's your vacation?"
"Oh, Lyn. Nothing much. Just spent all my time back at home...by myself." Joshua said, tossing his coin over and over with his hands.
"You're...alone?" Lyn asked the red-headed guy, "But you're still young."
"Yeah. Got used to it, I guess."
"Hmm...we should talk a bit some time...if you want."
"Nah. No, thanks," Joshua replied, scratching his head, "Well, see you. Classes are about to start."
"Oh...yes. Sure." Lyn said, and their paths split.
-End of chapter.