Hi, everyone! This is my third fanfic and second Fire Emblem story! ^_^ I'm glad to those who found this story and decided to read it! Thank you! *bows* Anyway, if you have not read my other FE fanfic, go check it out! For those who have already, thanks! :D This has been pre-typed to the chapters will be coming every Saturday until all the chapters are out. This story is going to follow the texts of the game and what is going on. I do put in origional stuff but some of the texts are directly from the game. If you don't like that... I'm sorry! ;_; I am trying my best! Anyway, let's go on with the story!

Disclaimers: I do not own Fire Emblem, ideas, or characters. The only thing I own is my OC, Luna.


Chapter 1:

"Luna, this way!" my brother yells at me reaching a hand out.

I take his hand and run. "Mark! Where are mom and dad?"

"I don't know. Let's just get out of here!" He exclaims without looking at me.

All around me is fire and screaming townspeople. A woman holding a baby in her arms runs as fast as possible. She falls and I gasp. I can't get out of my brother's grip. She slowly gets up and runs again. I look up to see a wyvern with a rider on its back. He shoots a fire arrow at another house. To the side there is a man lying on his stomach. I stop and so does my brother.

"Come on! We got to move!" he exclaims tugging my arm.

"There's a man over there." I say pointing.

He looks at it shocked at first but then looks at me sternly. "He's dead."

I look at the ground feeling the tears forming in my eyes. "I don't like this." I say.

My brother hugs me. "I know. We have to go, though."

I nod. Mark takes my hand and we start running again. A few moments had past while we were running when I see a bandit with a pretty (and at the same time scary) red sword running towards us so I scream. Mark picks up a large rock and throws it at his head. The man gets hit and falls over so we quickly run past him. Soon we were out of the town's gate. I cough violently with all the smoke in the air. Mark hugs me tightly and pats my back.

"Mark! Luna!" I look up to see my mother and father running towards us.

"Mom! Dad!" I exclaim happily.

Mark and I run towards them and we hug them. Tears fall down my eyes. I look back at the town to see another wyvern and it's rider near the gates and I cringe in fear.

"I'm scared of dragons, mommy." I whisper shaking uncontrollably.

She rubs my back. "I know, sweetie. They are scary."

I sit up from bed with wide eyes and tears falling down my cheeks. I quickly rub them away and get up from bed. I look out the window to see it is bright out. Usually I'm supposed to be up when the sun just rises. That's not good. This means that I might be late.

I quickly place my curly, mid-length, black hair in a pony tail. It's messy but I don't have time to fix it better. I look in the mirror to see my reflection staring back at me with those pale lavender eyes.

I change into a short black skirt and grey top along with a few pieces of armor. I slip my light brown ankle boots on and grab my arrow and quiver. I rush out of the room going down the stairs.

"Good Morning." I hear the kind woman say to me.

"Morning, ma'am." I reply to her smiling.

"Don't tell me you're skipping breakfast again."

"Sorry, but I have to. No time to eat."

She huffs putting her hands at her hips. "Don't tell me that nonsense." She says disapprovingly. "Come here." I walk over to her. She hands me some bread. "You can at least eat this along the way."

I smile gratefully. "Thank you."

I run out the door taking a large bite of the bread. A few townspeople were out doing their daily business. I walk over to the castle when I see Rath on his beautiful horse. He has his usual red Sacaean outfit on. His long green hair was partially covered due to the red bandana that he wears on his head. He never seems to smile or be in a good mood. That's just the way he is, I guess. I approach him waving.

"Good morning, Rath!" I say happily.

"Where have you been, Luna?" he asks glaring at me.

I cringe. "I'm sorry. I overslept." I look at him confused. "Did something happen?"

"Look at the castle." He says in his normal nonchalant voice. I look to see smoke.

I gasp. "What happened? How is there a fire in the castle?"

"We are under attack. We have to-" he stops mid sentence.

I look at him to see him staring at something. I look at the same direction as him to see a guy talking to a girl with long green hair in a pony tail and is wearing a blue Sacaean styled dress. The man does look like some kind of thug or assassin. Before I could say anything to Rath he rode off quickly. Most likely to help the girl.

I watch as the thug was about to attack the girl. Rath shoots down the thug with his amazing arrow skills. The man falls to the ground in a lot of pain. The girl turns around to look at him. I calmly walk forward. I then notice that she is not alone. She has a pretty big group with her. A man in red armor and riding a horse goes to the girl pretty quickly.

I hide next to Rath's horse and hear them talk. I'm sure Rath noticed me but he was too busy with the girl to say anything to me. He can be kind of rude (or just plain honest). The girl had asked why he saved her and he replied that he thought he was saving a Sacaean plainswoman but was mistaken. She quickly says that she is. She introduces herself as Lyn and that she is from the Lorca tribe.

"Lorca? There were survivors?" he asks.

"Yes." Lyn replies.

"You should leave. There is a fire in the castle. Don't be foolish and waste the life I just saved."

"You're from the castle? What's happening? How severe is the fire? Is the marquess safe?" She sure asks questions pretty quickly.

"The castle is under attack, and the marquess has been accosted. The man who attacked you was probably one of the marauders. As captain of the castle guard, it's my duty to rescue the marquess." He is so responsible. I like him for that.

"I see… Alright, we will help you then." My eyes grow wide.

"Milady?" the red armored guy says confused.

"Why?" Rath asks kind of meanly. He needs to learn how to talk to people. Girls in particular.

"These brigands are after me. If they're attacking the castle, it's because of me. So I must help if I can…" Oh, well, that's nice of her. I wonder who she is, though.

"It sounds like you're involved somehow… Let's go."

"You'll accept our aid?"

The red armored person looks between the both of them then leaves quietly. Good move, buddy. I should leave but… this is getting interesting!

"I am Rath of the Kutolah. Our tribes may be different, but I will not abandon a woman of the Sacae." Awe, how sweet! I feel kind of left out, though.

"Thank you, Rath! A thousand blessings upon you!"

"And a thousand curses upon our enemy!"

"Come!"

Rath looks at me. "You shouldn't be hiding around."

I scratch the back of my head laughing a little. "Sorry. I got interested."

The girl looks at me a little surprised. "Who might you be?"

I bow in front of her. "Sorry for being rude." I straighten myself up and smile. "My name is Luna, I'm an archer. You can say that Rath is my boss."

Lyn smiles. "Nice to meet you. Will you help, too?"

I smile widely. "Of course! That is," I reply looking at Rath, "if I have permission to." He nods. I look at Lyn again. "Yep! I'm helping."

I then notice the young man standing next to Lyn and my eyes grow wide. Is that him? He has the same brown hair and matching eyes as him. He is wearing a green cloak that covers him.

"Mark?" I ask.

He looks at me and his eyes go immediately wide. "Luna?"

I then rush to him and hug him tightly. "Mark! Oh, how I have missed you so much! Where have you been this whole time?"

I back up so I can look at his face. He is smiling at me very sweetly. "Luna… I've been training to be a tactician, remember?"

"Oh, yes. That's right. I forgot about that."

He then looks at me worried. "How have you been? Are mom and dad ok?"

I smile brightly. "I am fine. Mom and dad are good, too."

He nods. "Why don't we catch up later?" He then says seriously. "Right now we have to save the castle." I nod determined.

I watch Mark leave with Lyn as they get ready for a fight. I notice a suspicious person run to someone's house and enter. Someone should check that out. Maybe Lyn or I could go.

"Is that your brother?" Rath asks me.

I look at him and nod smiling. "It's been a few months since I last saw him." He nods.

I had told Rath before about Mark and my family but not too much. He doesn't seem to mind listening to me, though. That, I respect a lot. I do wonder about his past, though. Rath and I go to Lyn. Her and her friends look ready to go so now we have to talk about a strategy of how to save the marquess and take the castle back.

"Once the marquess is safe, my men can move in." Rath says.

I look at Rath. "Perhaps the secret passageway…" He nods at me in agreement.

"Secret passageway?" Lyn asks.

"An underground tunnel leading to the throne room. There are triggers in the barracks that will open the tunnel." He explains.

"Head through the passage to the throne room and rescue the marquess. Once that's done, can you drive the enemy from the castle?"

"Mmm. If we can release those triggers, my men and I can handle the rest. There are three triggers, though."

"All three need to be released, or the entrance won't open." I add in.

"But the doors to the barracks are locked." Lyn says a little worried.

"The enemy's within. If we don't get inside and finish them, we're stuck." Rath says.

"So opening those doors is our first objective." Lyn says more likely thinking aloud.

"Let's go, then. I'll give the commands." Mark says.

We all nod. The battle then began. Mark gave orders of how we should check people's houses for information. Maybe something useful will come out of it. It's a good start. Especially since none of us have a door key to get to the barracks. It's very important that we hit those switches.

I watch as Lyn enters the house I saw that strange person enter. A few minutes later I see him exit with Lyn. He then proceeds to unlock a door. He must be a thief if he was able to open that door easily. Rath moves in.

"That takes care of the first trigger." He says. "Two more to go."

The other houses have been checked by a man in green armor on a horse, a girl on a pegasus, and Lyn. A boy in brown hair with a bow in his hand rushes past me and looks at me.

"What are you doing?" he asks me. "You should be fighting."

I nod quickly. "Sorry. I will."

After watching a boy in a red cloak and short purple hair burn an enemy with his magic I finish him off with my arrow. He looks at me and nods. He then proceeds to go to the girl with long pink hair in pigtails and protect her from another bad guy. I go to were the thief is and see him open a chest. I see a man with a spear and shoot at him. He was about to charge at me when Rath came in and finished him off.

"Thanks." I say.

The thief opens the door with his pick and it is open. Behind it was another chest. The thief picks it open without a problem. I rush outside to see a man holding an axe get injured pretty badly. I look at the girl with pigtails and notice she is holding a staff. I run next to her.

"Hey." I say. "You should probably heal him. He looks badly injured."

She looks at me confused then at the guy I was talking about. "Oh! I shall heal him with my amazing abilities!" She looks at me with a bright smile on her face. "Watch in wonder and awe!"

Just like that a magical light glows and the man is healed. I sigh with relief. I then run back inside just in time to see the next room open.

"Ah… this must be the second trigger." The girl with purple hair says.

The only occupants of the room were a single Soldier and a man in huge, dull green armor. I immediately sent an arrow flying towards the Soldier, which buried itself into his neck and sent him down with a scream. Meanwhile, Lyn charged at the armored man, her enchanted sword at the ready. Before he could react, her blade sliced straight through his armor and into his belly.

I didn't quite hear what his last words were before he collapsed motionless to the floor, but I could make out "Lord Lundgren." The name sounded familiar to me, but I wasn't sure where.

I didn't have much time to think about it either, though. Before the man's body had even hit the ground I was following Rath through the rest of the castle, finishing off the scattered remnants of the enemy forces as we found them.

The marquess looks safe and sound so I sigh with relief. We did it. We were able to save the castle and the marquess. That was fun. Especially since I got to see my brother again.

"Ah, it's Rath!" I hear the marquess exclaim. "You've done well. What a performance!"

"Sir…" Rath says, "If you have praise, it should be given to this group." I nod completely agreeing with him. These guys did do an awesome job.

"Hm? Who are you?" he asks a little meanly.

"My name is Lyndis. I'm pleased you're well." Lyn says to the marquess.

His expression suddenly changes making me worried. "Oh… It's you. You're Marquess Caelin's-." he suddenly stops. "Leave us, Rath. I would speak with this girl."

Rath hesitates but he does leave as ordered. I quickly follow behind. I hope Lyn will be ok. Her two cavaliers are with her so I am sure she will be fine. The marquess didn't look happy, though. We didn't get far when we heard raised voices. I turn to look at the huge doors in worry. I then notice that Rath was standing and watching, too.

A few minutes later the three of them exit. They do not look happy at all. I wonder what happened. Rath enters the room so I follow in as well. The marquess doesn't look happy either. I hear him mutter a few things. The only thing I could hear clearly was something like 'nomadic savages'. I cover my mouth so not to make any sounds. That is so mean! Why does he accept Rath, then? Is he just a savage to the marquess, too?

"Are those your true feelings toward the nomads of Sacae, milord?" Rath says. I look at him in surprised. He is glaring at him with such anger that it sends shivers down my back. That doesn't stop me from being mad at the marquess, though.

"What?" the marquess says surprised at him. "Oh, Rath! I didn't see you there. My comments do not reflect on you. You are my captain. I'm proud of your service." I hold in the urge to spit on him.

"Of course. As long as we bend our knee to you, you care not where we're from. But when an equal comes from my lands? What conceit." I look at Rath proudly. That's right! Tell him! Set him straight!

"Rath! How can you speak to me like that? I have treated you well, have I not? I have paid you well, I have treated you better than your kind deserves." Ugh, if only I could I would punch that man in the face!

"You will never understand. My service ends here." He walks out and I quickly follow.

"Wait, Rath!" I say.

He looks at me. "I'm not your captain anymore. You may do as your wish."

"You're going to join Lyn and her friends, right?" He doesn't say anything. "May I come with you?"

He turns around not looking at me. "Do as you wish."

I smile. "Yes, sir." I whisper.

I then walk next to him out of the castle. If his service ends, so will mine. I respect Rath a lot. Plus, if we join Lyn, I will be able to talk to Mark more. I would so love to be with my brother. That reminds me, I should write to my mom and dad soon.

I quickly pack my things. I say good-bye to the kind lady and give her a huge hug. She gives me a bundle of food. I tried to refuse her kindness but she insisted that I take it. She looked like she was about to cry to I give her another huge hug. I could never thank her enough. I then leave to find Rath about to exit the city. I run to him and walk with him and his horse out of there.

We walk for a little until we see the group walking. We quickly catch up and Lyn sees us looking surprised.

"Rath! Luna! What is it? What are you-?"

"I overheard the marquess talking to himself." Rath explains cutting her off. "Lyn of the Lorca," he says, "Proud daughter of the Sacae… I would join you. I would add my strength to yours."

"Really?" Lyn asks surprised.

"Me, too!" I add in happily. "You seem really nice. I want to help out anyway I can."

"And this," Rath says, "I want you to take it."

"This is… Gold?" Lyn exclaims. "It's too much, I can't accept it."

"I have no need for it. And if it will help you…"

"But…"

"I cannot take back something once offered." He leaves without another word. I giggled a little. He is so sweet. I have a feeling that those two will be getting closer and closer.

"Rath… I thank you." I hear Lyn whisper.

"Come on, Lyn." I say happily. "Let's go."

She nods smiling. "Right."


So... What did you all think? Did I do ok for the first chapter? Please review! I would appreciate it if you did so I can improve and other stuff. For those who review I will mention your names in the next chapter. I will do that for every chapter. Thanks for reading and I hope that you will be back next Saturday for the next chapter! ^_^