(This is an edit of the original chapter due to some technical difficulties)

So yeah, I decided to come back to this project but I had some new ideas (mainly name changes and minor plot changes, this also applies to other blue link project stories). The problem that here was that I changed Trash's name back to Robin to save confusion in later stories however when I updated it became a jumbled mess of text, luckily only the author's notes were lost since I save the stories in word documents however I do need to retype those notes so I'm going to try and replicate what I said.

This is my first story and all that yada yada, it's literally just the awakening plot though.

Despite retaining his name Robin has the appearance of my avatar from my playthrough.

The 'S Supports'/pairings will be the ones from my playthrough of awakening

THIS STORY IS PART OF THE BLUE LINK PROJECT

Prologue

The Verge of History

~?~

"…we have to do SOMETHING." I heard a voice however I still couldn't bring myself to open my eyes. Despite this I knew the voice wasn't talking to me.

"What do you propose we do?" I heard another voice this one however was a lot more masculine and a lot clearer as well, although that might just be my hearing slowing returning to me.

"I… I dunno…" The first voice replied. By now I had started to open my eyes and I was greeted by a man and a girl standing over me talking to each other. They instantly noticed that I had awoken and turned to me.

"I see you're awake now." The man said. I didn't know who he was but the relieved look on his face told me that he probably knew who I was, then again, any kind-hearted person would be relieved to see that someone was okay after they had just found them unconscious.

"Hey there!" the girl said as she tilted her head and smiled at me.

"There are better places to take a nap than on the ground, you know." The man joked "Give me your hand." He reached out his hand to me so I grabbed it and he pulled me up of the ground.

"You all right?" he asked as I dusted myself off. He was around my height although his build was quite a bit more muscular then mine was. He had deep blue hair, again like me except my hair was shorter and a much lighter blue then his. He wore blue armour that left his right arm exposed revealing some sort of mark on his shoulder. He also wore a white cape.

"Y-yes… Thank you, Chrom." I shocked myself with what I had just said, I had just spoke what I could only presume was this man's name despite not even knowing who he is. He however didn't seem to be shocked in the slightest.

"Ah, then you know who I am?" He said. That confirmed my suspicion that Chrom was in fact his name.

I took a second to calm myself down a bit before responding. "No, actually, I… It's strange… Your name, it just…came to me…"

"...Hmm, how curious." Chrom thought to himself for a while before concluding that finding out more about me was a priority "Tell me, what's your name? What brings you here?"

"My name is... It's… Hmm?" I thought to myself trying to recall my own name. In fact, now that I thought about it I couldn't seem to remember anything. I feel that normally people would be freaking out after finding out they lost their memory but I stayed calm, much to my own surprise.

"...You don't know your own name?" Chrom asked. He had a sceptical look on his face.

"I'm not sure if..." I tried looking back into my past but had no success. I tried looking around to see if anything would jog my memory and remind me of what I was doing before I fell unconscious but I didn't even recognize where I was. "I'm sorry, but where am I, exactly?"

"Hey, I've heard of this! It's called amnesia!" The girl said. She was so quiet while me and Chrom were talking that I almost forgot she was even there, she didn't seem like the quiet type though. She was fairly small around three quarters of Chrom's height, maybe less. She had blonde hair tied into pigtails and wore a yellow dress with a hoop skirt.

"It's called a load of pegasus dung." A man behind Chrom and the girl, who I didn't even know was there, said interrupting our conversation. He had dark brown hair and was wear full blue and light grey amour. "We're to believe you remember milord's name, but not your own?"

"B-but it's the truth!" I protested. It really was the truth. I had no idea who I was, where I had come from or what I was doing here.

I partially expected Chrom to believe the man but to my surprise he took my side. "...What if it IS true, Frederick? We can't just leave him here, alone and confused. What sort of Shepherds would we be then?"

Shepherds I thought myself. So, these people are shepherds, I guess that would explain why they are all the way out in the fields but I don't see a single sheep in site.

"Just the same, milord, I must emphasize caution. 'Twould not do to let a wolf into our flock." Frederick said. It was clear that he didn't trust me one bit but Chrom and the girl seemed to.

Chrom gave up talking to Frederick and decided to meet him in the middle. "Right then—we'll take him back to town and sort this out there."

This took me by surprise. "Wait just one moment. Do I have a say in this?" I interrupted.

"Peace, friend—I promise we'll hear all you have to say back in town. Now come." Chrom said, trying to reassure me before he, Frederick and the girl walked off. I followed behind, it wasn't like I had anything else to do anyway.

We walked for a while before I decided to ask Chrom something. "What will you do with me? Am I to be your prisoner?"

The three shepherds came to a sudden stop and all turned around to face me. "Hah! You'll be free to go once we establish you're no enemy of Ylisse."

Ylisse I thought "Is that where we are? Ylisse?"

"You've never heard of the halidom?" Frederick interrupted "Ha! Someone pay this actor. He plays quite the fool! The furrowed brow is especially convincing…" I wasn't weather I should take offence in his words or not, I could understand why he was sceptical though.

"Frederick, please." Chrom shot him a glare and he instantly shut up. Chrom then turned back to me before saying "This land is known as the Halidom of Ylisse. Our ruler, Emmeryn, is called the exalt." I made sure to take not of what he was saying "I suppose proper introductions are in order...My name is Chrom—but then, you already knew that. The delicate one here is my little sister, Lissa."

"I am NOT delicate!" Lissa shouted at her brother "...Hmph! Ignore my brother, please. He can be a bit thick sometimes. But you're lucky the Shepherds found you. Brigands would've been a rude awakening!"

"Shepherds? You tend sheep? ...In full armour?" I asked.

"Heh, it's a dangerous job. Just as Frederick the Wary here." Chrom laughed. Frederick however didn't seem to find it funny.

"A title I shall wear with pride. Gods forbid one of us keeps an appropriate level of caution." Frederick said before he turned to face me. "I have every wish to trust you, stranger, but my station mandates otherwise." That was the first he had said to me that wasn't rude.

"I understand, sir. I would do no less myself. My name is Robin." There it was, my name! I was happy to hear it even though it was an odd name. How come I suddenly remembered it. "...I just remembered that. How odd. I suppose that's one mystery solved."

"Robin? Is that foreign?" I wasn't surprised that he hadn't heard a name like it before "...Ah, well. We can discuss it later. We're almost to town. Once we-"

"Chrom, look! The town!" Lissa interrupted, but with good reason. We glanced over at the nearby town only to see that it was on fire.

"Damn it! The town is ablaze! Those blasted brigands, no doubt... Frederick, Lissa! Quickly!" Chrom yelled.

"What about him?" Frederick asked tilting his head towards me for a second.

"Unless he's on fire as well, it can wait!" Chrom yelled

"Aptly put, milord."

"Let's go already!" Lissa shouted.

"But what about— Hmm…" I cut myself short as the three had already sprinted of towards the town. I stood the and thought to myself for a second before I found myself running after them.

~3rdPerson~

"Gwa ha ha! Get to it, lads! Grab anything shiny, and put the rest to the torch! We gots an example to set for these Ylissean types! Ain't that right, lass?" Garrick yelled. The barbarian was leading a small force of Plegians and was tasked with terrorizing a nearby town.

"S-stay away from me! Please! Someone! HEEEEEELP!" the Maiden screamed fearing for her life.

Meanwhile Chrom, Lissa and Frederick had just entered town and were preparing to fight the group of brigands.

"Chrom, we have to stop them!" Lissa told her brother

"Don't worry—after today, these bandits won't be bothering anyone ever again…" Chrom shot back. He hated seeing the people of Ylisse be terrorized like this and was willing to do anything to stop it.

~Robin~

The shepherds had already made it into town and were preparing for battle when I caught up with them.

"Wait!" I yelled at them to get their attention. I wasn't sure why I was doing what this but I felt like I had to help out.

"Robin! You followed us! Why?" Chrom turned to look at me. He looked slightly confused to see me there, as far as he knew I was just a civilian.

"I...I'm not certain myself. But I'm armed, and I know my way around a fight, if you'll have me." I said as I revealed the Sword that I had under my cloak to Chrom.

Chrom smiled "Of course—strength in numbers. Just stay close!" he rushed off into battle and I could he wasn't going to hold back.

Frederick turned to before saying "Remember, Robin, we face practiced thieves and murderers. They will grant us no quarter. It's kill or be killed."

"Right got it, I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty" I nodded. Frederick nodded back at me then got on his horse and went to attack the enemies on the other side of town leaving just me and Lissa at the entrance.

"Lissa, stay behind us, you're unarmed. Don't want you getting hurt" I said.

"Right" Lissa replied with a nod and we headed in Chrom's direction.

When we caught up Chrom had just defeated a brigand leaving this part of town clear.

"Chrom! Frederick is clearing the right side of town. We need to clear the left and the centre and take down the leader." I said to Chrom.

"You seem to know quite a bit about battle tactics, have you done this sort of thing before," Chrom asked.

"Not that I remember, no." I said "but I must have studied it at some point."

"So, Robin, I see you wear a sword. Is it— Wait, is that a tome? ...You know magic?" Chrom asked as he looked over my weaponry.

I pulled out the thunder tome and looked at it for a few seconds. "I...believe so? I suppose I should check."

"You believe so?" Chrom said with slight concern in his voice. "Perhaps I'll just keep a few paces behind you for the time being…"

"No, I can control it, I'm sure. Now, how did this work again? Ah, yes..." I opened the tome and read glanced over its contents quickly. I then looked at one of the Brigands that was quite a distance away from us and held out my hand. A circle of magic appeared around me and I unleashed the spell. "THUNDER!"

"GGGGAAAAAAHHHHH!" Direct hit. The damage was critical finishing the brigand in one hit.

"Nice shot Robin." Chrom applauded "but you know you don't have to yell the spells name right."

"Helps me concentrate" I replied.

"Suit yourself" Chrom said before heading towards the centre of town to strike down more brigands.

I had a strange feeling that something was wrong. I turned around to see a Brigand sneaking up on Lissa. Luckily, he hadn't noticed me.

"LISSA WATCH OUT!" I yelled. Lissa turned around just as the brigand was about to bring down his axe. I jumped in the way and blocked the attack with my sword. I then slashed at the enemy but he retaliated and wounded me. I then attacked again and struck him down.

"That was close. Thanks Robin." Said Lissa with a sigh of relief.

"No problem" I replied. "Besides don't want you getting hurt, from what you brother says you're pretty delicate.

"We'll see who's delicate! I may not be able to attack like Chrom, but when you get injured? I'LL be the one stitching your bones back together, care of my trusty staff! You just tell me where to go, Robin." She argued.

Frederick approached us having defeated the enemies of the right side of town. "Right side is all clear Robin, but we still have some brigands to take care of in the centre of town."

"Good, just finished clearing up the left here." I said

Chrom then re-joined with the three of us. "Is anyone hurt?" he asked. "It would be foolish to leave a wound untreated."

"Indeed. Timely use of a staff or a vulnerary should prevent the worst." I agreed.

"Speaking of which" Lissa interrupted. "I should probably heal up that wound you got there Robin."

"That would be great, thanks Lissa." I nodded

"No problem." She said "It is my job, plus consider it thanks for taking that hit in the first place, I know he was going for me."

Lissa raised her staff and started to heal me, as she did so I spoke. "No need to thank me" I responded "I was doing my job I said with a smile."

It appeared as though Chrom and Frederick weren't listening to the conversation, they were instead trying to get a good look at the remaining brigands and think of a good strategy. I joined them in doing so but once I started to examine them I started to see numbers and words hovering above the brigands.

"Huh?!" I was confused by what I was seeing.

"Still with us, Robin?" Chrom said looking concerned.

"Hmm... It's strange. Here on the battlefield, I can... Well, I can "see" things." I said still staring in the enemies' direction.

"See things? Like what?" Chrom asked sounding curious yet that concern from before was not gone.

"The enemy's strength, their weaponry, the flow of battle... I must have studied this somewhere." I still refused to take my eyes of the group.

"So, you're saying you can size up the enemy at a glance?" Chrom said confused.

I finally turned towards Chrom. "Yes, it would seem so. And perhaps more, if I apply myself..." I said.

"That could prove useful" Chrom said. "Any strategies then?"

"Yeah, I've got one." I said "That brigand of the far right has got a fairly strong sword, Frederick you're lance gives you the weapon advantage so you handle him. Chrom this group at the front all have axes, giving you the advantage. You attack them and I'll use my magic to provide cover. Lissa, you should be ready in case anyone gets hurt."

"Very well." Frederick said as he went off to fight the sword wielder."

"Nice thinking Robin," Chrom said before turning to face his little sister. "Lissa you're with us come on."

"Right." Lissa nodded as the we ran towards the brigands.

Chrom instantly dashed ahead and attacked one of the brigands. The other began to approach him while he was fighting and It was my job to keep them off his back. I started firing my thunder at them from a distance. We cleared most of them out quickly but the last one managed to hit Chrom.

I was about to fire a thunder spell at the brigand when Chrom burst out "Now I'm angry!" and killed him in one hit.

Lissa and I went over to Chrom once the coast was clear and Lissa got to healing him straight away.

I stared into space until Chrom spoke up. "Are you all right, Robin? Don't rush into danger."

"I'm fine, Chrom. Don't worry." I replied

"You've lent us your strength, and that makes you a friend. Having an ally by my side gives me courage." He said.

"Thank you, but...I think there's more to it than that." I responded.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"I believe there's a tactical advantage to fighting side by side... It's fuzzy... Wait, yes: working in pairs improves strength, defence, speed... Yes, yes, I'm sure of it!" I said

Frederick then joined us. "That should be the last of them" he said.

"Right" I replied. "Frederick, you cover our backs just in case we missed any brigands. The rest of us will go take out the leader."

"Well the sooner we go the sooner we can get these brigands out of the town." Chrom said.

"Right" I agreed. "Then let's get to it."

We approach their leader and ready for battle. "Here, sheepy sheepy! Come to the slaughter!" He says raising his hand axe. Chrom slashes at the man but in return is hit by his hand axe. Chrom then attacks again this time he left the barbarian exposed so I fired a thunder as I yelled "You're finished!" and it hit for massive damage killing him in an instant.

"Bwaaargh!" The brigand leader yelled as he fell to his death.

We regrouped with Frederick ready to head on our way again.

"Well, that's the end of that" I said, dusting myself off.

"Lucky for the town, we were close by." Lissa smiled "But holy wow, Robin! You were incredible! Swords, sorcery, AND tactics! Is there anything you can't do?" I scratched the back of my head but said nothing.

"Indeed. Perhaps you might even be capable of an explanation for how you came here?" Frederick asked.

"I understand your skepticism, Sir Frederick." I said "And I cannot explain why only some knowledge has returned to me. But please, believe me. I have shared all that I know."

"You fought to save Ylissean lives. My heart says that's enough." Chrom interrupted

"And your mind, milord? Will you not heed its counsel as well?" Frederick asked trying to talk some sense into Chrom.

"Frederick, the Shepherds could use someone with Robin's talents. We've brigands and unruly neighbours, all looking to bloody our soil. Would you really have us lose such an able tactician? Besides, I believe his story, odd as it might be." Chrom said. It was clear that Chrom already trusted me after just one fight.

"Th-thank you, Chrom." I said.

"So how about it? Will you join us, Robin?" He asked

"I would be honoured." I agreed. I didn't really have anywhere else to go so staying with Chrom, Lissa and Frederick seemed like my best option.

"Did you notice, milord? The brigands spoke with a Plegian accent." Frederick said grabbing Chrom's attention.

"Plegian? What's that?" I asked. I still knew nothing about the surrounding area.

"Plegia is Ylisse's westerly neighbour. They send small bands into our territory, hoping to instigate a war." Chrom explained.

"And it's the poor townsfolk who suffer! Totally innocent, and totally helpless…" Lissa exclaimed.

"They do have us, milady: Shepherds to protect the sheep." Frederick said.

Oh, so the name is a metaphor. I finally understood.

"Do not be swept up in your anger. It will cloud your judgment." Frederick continued.

"I know, I know... Don't worry. I'll get used to all this." Lissa said

As we talked a villager approached us. "Milord, please! You must stay the night! We are simple folk of simple means, but we would gladly toast your valour with a feast!" He said.

"A most generous offer, sir, and no doubt your hospitality would be grand... But I'm afraid we must hurry back to Ylisstol." Frederick said as if he was leading the group.

"Dark meat only for me, medium well, and no salt in the soup. I simply—Wait, what?! We're not staying?! But, Frederick, it's nearly dark!" Lissa complained

"When night falls, we'll camp. Eat off the land, make our bed of twigs and the like...I believe you mentioned you would be "getting used to this"?" Frederick said.

"Frederick? Sometimes I hate you." Lissa moaned.

"You've quite the stern lieutenant there." I said to Chrom as Frederick and Lissa talked.

"Yeah, well, "stern" is one name for it. I can think of a few others!" said Lissa, joining our conversation.

"Frederick only smiles when he's about to bring down the axe." Chrom joked.

"Duly noted." I said.

"*Ahem* You do realize I AM still present?" Frederick complained.

"Oh, we realize." Chrom said

"Heh heh." I laughed.

"Milord remains as amusing as ever. Now then, shall we be going?" Frederick asked.

"All right, all right. Ready to go, Robin? The capital isn't far."

And that's that. Now to retype this authors note.

Feedback, both positive and negative, is welcome and encouraged as long as it isn't just hate

Robin and Lissa will not be paired together despite the interaction between them and interactions to come. I did that for 2 reasons. 1. To try writting character interactions outside of the dialogue that's in the game. 2. For some reason the support between Robin and Lissa increased pretty fast in my playthrough so I'm carrying that over.

That's all.