A/N: I have sadly not gotten any chance to play Fire Embem Genealogy of the Holy Wars yet, so Julia personality in this chapter will be partially what I know about her from Fire Emblem Heroes and FE wiki and partially what I imagine her personality to be. I am incredibly sorry if I messed up anything about her character.
Apologies in advance.
Tharja walked towards the arena for the second round of the tournament. It seems she had been right about the result of the Robin vs Merric battle.
Robin won (obviously) and would now have to face the Nohrian prince Leo. But before that happened, Tharja would have her second battle against a woman named Julia.
The battle was about to start in just a few minutes and Tharja was observing her new opponent carefully.
She wore a very bright dress and had just as bright hair. But the thing that stood out the most to Tharja was the tome she was holding. It was the book of Naga.
"Ughh, a light-priestess. I don't get it, why would anyone want to practice magic that can only be granted by gods?" Tharja didn't even realized she said the last part out loud until she got a response from Julia.
"What did you say? I don't understand... What do you mean you don't get it?"
Since Julia already asked, she might as well speak out her mind, Tharja thought to herself.
"Well, as a dark mage I'm used to rely on my own powers to practice spells, but your magic? It's just… well…"
Tharja lost her train of thoughts, yet before she could find it again Julia already responded.
"For my light magic I use my belief in Naga and she gives me her blessing, so that I can use it to banish evil and seal the darkness."
The part about darkness made Tharja cringe slightly.
"This is exactly what I'm talking about. You only get your magic from your gods. Do you have so little confidence in your own abilities that you have to rely on someone else for your powers? Magic should be about learning and becoming more and more powerful over time and not about bowing down to some random deity so that she might pass down some of her greatness. I rather rely on my own abilities than to completely depend on someone else."
"T-this is not what my light magic is about at all… I stay loyal to Naga and she rewards me for my trust in her. I don't… It is not that I don't have power on my own. My belief IS my power… And uhh…" Julia couldn't finish her sentence, because she was interrupted by Tharja.
"Whatever. Just let us get this battle over with, okay?" Tharja didn't want to hear Julia's explanations on how great light magic is, knowing fully that it would only annoy her even more. She pulled out her tome and prepared for the fight.
This battle was just as tough as the one against Linde. Just how could a person who had to rely on someone else for power be so strong? Tharja couldn't understand it, but to prove the power of her own magic she fought twice as hard and after an hour long fight she managed to claim victory once again.
After the battle she left the arena immediately not wanting anything to do with the white-haired priestess.
Instead, she headed to the second battlefield, where Robin and Leo's fight would soon begin. From what she heard Leo was also a great strategist and a master-sorcerer. And seeing how he had beaten Henry, who Tharja knew was a powerful dark mage, this must be true. Tharja would be lying if she said that she wasn't interested in learning about Nohrian magic, but she still knew that this master-tactician-wannabe had no chance against Robin.
During the fight she was calling Robin's name, cheering for him louder than anyone else. When he eventually claimed victory against the Nohrian prince her celebration was great. This means Robin would move up to the final round.
Suddenly her cheery demeanor vanished as she realized something, that she somehow managed to completely forget.
She would have to face Robin in her next battle.
The thought of it made Tharja's heart sink. How could she possibly fight her beloved tactician?
She couldn't do it. She would talk to him right now.
Robin was celebrating his victory over Leo with the other shepherds in the barracks. Tharja approached him carefully from behind, mostly just because that's how she was used to approaching him. She waited patiently behind his back until he noticed her presence.
"Ah Tharja, there you are. How long have you been standing behind me?"
"Just a few minutes…" she answered truthfully.
"Oh uhh… nevermind then. Anyway, I'm looking forward to our fight tomorrow. It doesn't matter who of us is going to win, it will be a victory for the shepherds in any case. Isn't that great?" He seemed relatively welcoming and Tharja wasn't sure how exactly she should bring her issue with tomorrows battle up.
"Uhh… Yeah, really great. Robin I've been thinking. I could just let you win, you know?"
Robin seemed baffled at Tharja's suggestion. "What? Why? You don't have to go easy on me. Or do you think I'm so weak that I won't last a fight against you?"
"No of course not! You're the most talented person I know." There was no way Tharja would let Robin think that she saw him as weak. This couldn't be further from the truth.
"See, then you don't have anything to worry about. I want a fair fight between us. I can handle your dark magic, so don't hold back." Robin said with a smile.
"Are you sure?" Tharja asked, still a bit unsure about the whole thing.
"I am. This is going to be very exciting."
"Okay, then I'm going to see you tomorrow."
Still a little uncomfortable about all of this Tharja returned to her tent.
A/N: I was actually really unsure on whether I should upload this fanfic or not because of this chapter. I was afraid I would ruin this story since I barely know anything about Julia aside from her carrying Naga's blood and something, something, incest. But I kept telling myself that this story is not supposed to be taken seriously and that my readers will probably understand, so I uploaded it anyway.
I feel like light magic is supposed to represent religion in the world of Fire Emblem, while dark and anima magic represent this worlds interpretation of science.
So logically Tharja and Julia would not get along so well, since Tharja is not really the religious type. She just doesn't quite get how light magic works.
Also, I know that Linde is referred to as a light mage in both Heroes and New Mystery of the Emblem, so she and Tharja should technically have problems getting along as well, but since Shadow Dragon doesn't really have light magic I will always see Linde as an anima mage.
