Robin woke up in a cold sweat. She had that dream again. The world was being destroyed, flames everywhere, Chrom dying in her arms, when she turned to see who killed him, she saw herself - a mirror image of herself - laughing, sparks from a Thoron blast in her hand. She had to remind herself it wasn't real. It felt like it was, but Chrom lay beside her, sleeping peacefully, every time she woke up. She couldn't stop herself, she started crying.
"What's wrong?" Chrom asked, awoken by her shaking.
"It's nothing, I just had a nightmare," Robin said, not wanting to worry her husband.
"You know you can talk to me, right?" Chrom replied, wiping the tears from her cheeks.
"I know, thank you, Chrom. I love you," Robin replied.
Chrom smiled, "I love you, too," he kissed her, "let's go back to sleep."
Robin nodded, lulled back to sleep by her husband's warmth.
Grima scowled, these kids had been giving him a hard time. He had taken control of the world, all resistance, save for these children, had ended. Now, they were going to try to change the past. He would have laughed at the thought, but they had the emblem, they had the sword. As much as he hated it, they might succeed.
He had to make sure that didn't happen.
Grima chased them to the top of Mount Prism, he smirked, of course they would go there, he was prepared. Hordes of risen were waiting for them, cutting them off from all sides. There would be no way for them to complete the rite.
Of course, Naga surprised him, she was waiting for him. He scowled, glaring at her.
"Stop this," she ordered, as though she could stop him.
He laughed, "You think you can stop me? You are no more than a pathetic fly compared to my power."
Naga closed her eyes, he could tell she was at peace, and the very thought irked him. She should be begging for mercy, not calmly looking down on him, "I will help them. These children have the power to save the world."
Grima growled, "Never. You cannot rewrite what has already been written!" he attacked.
Naga endured the attacks, in a state of pure focus. All she had to do was buy them time, she knew they would change the past, they would stop the evil from returning. The rite would be completed, even if Grima killed her in the process.
Grima laughed, did Naga truly think they could do it? Impossible! A light appeared in the sky, "The portal! No!"
Naga smiled, "Good luck my children," she whispered.
Grima slashed her, the portal closed, "You think this is the end, wench! No, it is only the beggining!" Naga wasn't the only one with power. He would travel back, make sure history stayed it's course. He made his own portal, and lept through.
Robin screamed, her head was in terrible pain.
"Lady Robin!" one of the servants yelped in surprise, "someone, find a medic! Lady Robin has fainted!" they scurried away, quickly going to find help for their queen.
Robin, meanwhile, had the dream replaying in her head. Flames everwhere, Chrom dying in her arms, malicious laughter, and then nothing.
Later, how much later Robin didn't know, she woke up. The blue sky was all she saw for a second, she blinked and the castle walls returned. She tried to sit up, finding her head still throbbed.
"Robin?" Robin turned to face Chrom, "your awake. Don't worry, it's ok, I'm here."
She held him, "I'm sorry, Chrom."
"What for? You've done nothing wrong. Come on, let's go."
Robin didn't move, "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
"Hey, hey, are you ok? Is it Grima? Is he still bothering you?" Chrom wiped her tears, his distress clear on his face.
She nodded, "Y-yes, he was. . . I was," she hiccupped, "I don't know what to do, Chrom, I know he's gone but he still, I still see him."
Chrom nodded, "Robin, we'll make it through this together, just like the battle against him."
She nodded again, "I love you, Chrom."
"I love you, too," Chrom smiled, "we don't have to do anything today if you don't want to."
Robin smiled back, "I would like that. Thank you."
"It's not a problem."
Days of peace returned to her, her nightmares seemed to have returned to regular dreams. She gave birth to a secind child in these times, she named him Morgan. The halidom flourished under the benevolent rule of Chrom and Robin. That is, until Robin had another head splitting headache.
She screamed, suddenly everything seemed to shift, the walls turned into open sky, the people she saw changed, she was looking at a copy of herself. It was different than her dreams, she saw Chrom, she wanted to run to him, but she found herself rooted to the spot.
"This ends here, Grima!" the other Robin yelled.
Grima? What? It all came flooding back to her, she made a deal with Grima. These years were all in her head. Lost in her thoughts, Robin didn't have time to react - not that she thought she would - her counterpart struck. Robin saw her tears glisten against the sword she was stabbed with, "Thank you," she whispered, the other version of her staring, dumbfounded. Robin could feel herself fade away, but she also noticed her counterpart doing the same, "NO!" she cried "NO!"
Then everything went black.
Robin sat in the darkness. She didn't know where or when she was, but she knew who she was waiting for.
"Where. . .?"
Robin smiled, there she was, "Hello, Robin."
Her counterpart flinched, "Grima."
Robin laughed, "No, I'm not Grima," she noticed her counterpart panicking, "neither are you. Take a look, it's gone."
Her counterpart glanced at her hand, and realized Robin was telling the truth, but she was still guarded, "How do I know you're telling the truth?"
Robin showed her double her hands, "See? Do you believ me?"
Robin's double nodded, "Why are we here?"
Robin gave a small smile, "Because one of us has to die."
"What?! You- you're fine with this?"
Robin nodded, "My world is gone, but my soul. . . I want to stay. But you, you still have time, you have life."
"Why can't we both live? It's happened before! Look at Lucina, at Morgan!" Her counterpart yelled, angry.
"One of our bodies has died, and if we spend much more time here, so will the other," Robin's body began to fade, "it looks like our time is up."
"No! I still have questions! Why me?! Why this!? Who are you?!" Her double reached for her, only to find herself grasping empty air.
Robin smiled despite the tears flowing down her cheeks, "Live the life I couldn't. Go. Your friends are waiting."
The last thing she saw was her counterpart's tears.
Robin woke up in a field, one that was familiar, "Hello, Chrom, I'm finally home."
Q: I'm not crying, you are! It was a guest's idea to do a continuation with the dream breaking so here we go. I should probably be working on other stories... oh well!
