*Flashback*
He'd lost her. His little princess. To the enemy.
Corrin...
Xander went straight to his private quarters when he returned home, not speaking to anyone. Not that anyone was in a speaking mood. No one had really spoke a word since their latest battle with Hoshido.
What would he tell his father?
Would he even care that Corrin was gone?
What if he did?
Would Xander be blamed?
He didn't want to think about that now, he just needed to reflect on the events of the battle. He walked into his room, which had dark purple walls and a soft black carpet. There were some small windows on the walls, framed with velvet curtains –which were also purple – and letting in a little bit of day light. There was a chandelier in the centre of the ceiling, with candles lit on it, which provided most of the light in the room, as well as other candles which were scattered around the room. In the corner of the room was a bathroom, and next to it was a small cupboard which Xander never really used much. In the best lit part of the room was a ebony desk, with papers piled up, just waiting to be filled out by the norhian prince, and sat beside it was a pot of ink with three feather quills.
Xander removed Seigfried from his belt and leaned it against a wall. He then went over to his bed – which was made out of the same wood as the desk and was covered in velvet cushions that were coloured in various shades of purple – and laid down, thinking things through.
Corrin wasn't lying when she said that his father was a lying coward. It's true, the man he once knew was brave and courageous. But that man was now dead. Something had changed about father;he didn't know what, but he knew Corrin had made the right choice. There was no way he could join her though. Even if his father was no longer the man he knew, someone had to fight for Nohr. He had to fight for his country. Even if it meant crossing blades with his sister on the battle field.
"I hope you're safe, little princess" He said quietly to himself. He only wanted her to be happy. He knew she would never be happy if she stayed in Nohr.
The was a sudden knock on the door which took him out of his thoughts. "Come in" he commanded, wanting to sound irritated that the battle went badly rather than hoping his sister was all right.
A rather nervous looking servant opened the door and entered the room."Prince Xander...Sir..." She said, almost whispering. Something seemed to make her nervous, whether it was being in the presence of the crown prince of Nohr or if it was the message she was about to give him. "King Garon requests your presence." This was it. Time to face father and report to him how the mission went. Xander was not looking forward to this.
"Tell him I'm on my way"
The servant nodded and left the room. Xander sighed and stood up. He grabbed Seigfried and made his way towards the door. There was no way that this would end well.
He was surprised to see that he was the only one of Garon's children to be summoned to the throne room, but at the same time, he was expecting it. He was in-charge of getting Corrin back, so he should be the one to be punished for their failure. He entered the large room and stopped when he was in front of the throne. The doors closed behind him, but there seemed to be no one in the room. This was strange.
" Father?" There was no response. Something just wasn't right. The room was deadly silent. He heard footsteps, but couldn't find the source of them. "Who's there?"
He suddenly saw a figure emerge from the shadows. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Prince Xander" said Iago, with a smug look on his face. Xander didn't like where this was going.
*End of Flashback*
He buried his hand into her head of white/blonde hair and dragged her head back, exposing more of her neck. He started tracing along her neck with his knife while she was desperately trying to get away from the knife. He chuckled and after a bit said "I am going to let go of you now. You will kneel and keep your arms by your side and look down. Do anything to attract attention and I will kill you right now. You understand?"
Corrin whimpered and did her best to nod. Xander pushed her head forward as he released his hold on her hair and put away his knife. Corrin didn't dare move from her position. She knew what her brother was capable of and even if there was an opportunity to escape right now, she would most likely be overpowered by her brother. It was silly of her to come out here unarmed, but there was nothing she could do about it now. Xander walked around her and grabbed her arms, grabbing a length of rope and tying it around Corrin's wrists as tightly as possible. He then walked around and knelt in front of Corrin and reached out to grab her chin, meeting her eyes. She felt sad that her brother was treating her like this and that she would soon be taken back to enemy territory, but she was doing her best to hide it. She dared speak.
"Xander...Brother...Why ar-"
She didn't get chance to finish her sentence, as Xander's fist collided with her face and caused her head to violently snap to the left. He sighed, realizing that Corrin probably wasn't gong to be quiet on their journey back to Nohr, and took out a wad of fabric. Corrin pursed her lips, not allowing the fabric to go into her mouth. After a few minuets of this, Xander pinched Corrins nose and waited for her to take a breath from her mouth. When she did, he stuffed it in and then tied an additional piece of fabric around her head to keep it in place. He then stood up, picking up Corrin too, and then threw her on the back of his horse before mounting it. They then rode off into the darkness. And no one realized that Corrin had been taken. Not one person.
He took her to the place that she once called home. He rode to a back entrance – which most people didn't know about – and dismounted his horse, carrying Corrin over his shoulder. He didn't have to travel far before he was greeted by his two retainers – Peri and Laslow. He asked them to take her to "the room" (Corrin was puzzled at what that meant. The room could be anywhere. However, the vagueness of the pronouns they were using for "the room" made her suspect that she wasn't being taken to the ordinary dungeons). Xander passed Corrin over to Laslow – who hung her over is shoulder – and then turned to mount his horse. He then rode off to the stables and Laslow and Peri proceeded to take Corrin to this "Room". They walked passed the dungeons – which didn't really surprise Corrin – and passed the throne room – which surprised her a little as she began to suspect that her dream was actually a vision.
Where they took her actually shocked her. They paused outside of Xander's quarters and unlocked the door. They then took Corrin to the cupboard next to the Bathroom. Inside was completely bare , except for a chair, a chest and some chains hanging from the ceiling. Corrin's armour was stripped from her and she was searched for any possible hidden weapons. They then hung her by her wrists from the chains in the ceiling and blindfolded her. After that, they turned and left the room, leaving Corrin in there in her underclothes and confused as to what would be coming her way next.
After a while, Corrin heard the lock click and he door squeak open and closed again. She then heard the lock click again, enclosing her in the room; something told her that she wasn't so alone anymore.
She heard footsteps against the cold stone floor and heard someone fumbling in the chest next to her. There was nothing she could do but wait for what was coming. Then, there was silence. It was quickly interrupted with the sound of a whip lash and a muffled cry from the helpless Corrin. Pain spread across her back like a wild fire, but she doubted that any blood had be drawn. Yet.
"Do you know what the penalty is for treason?" It was Xander. Not that is could have been anyone else – Corrin doubted that anyone else knew she was here other than the prince and his retainers – but for all she knew it could have been somebody different. She didn't really know how he expected her to respond though, with her being gagged so that she could now verbally answer his question and with her eyes blinded so she could not use them make expressions to answer him. The whip hit again, but this time Corrin put on a brave face and braced herself for the impact. It still hurt like hell though. He then cut through the fabric covering her mouth and pulled out the wad of fabric that was drying out Corrin's mouth, allowing her to speak.
She dared not answering his question, by asking him why he was doing this, but he violently responded with "I AM NOT YOUR BROTHER" and hit Corrin with the whip again. This time was harder and caused her to cry out louder. Another lash followed. And another.
"Do you know how I felt when you sided with Hoshido? When you betrayed Nohr? When you betrayed ME?"
Another lash hit and blood was drawn. He then hit her in the same place, causing blood to splatter everywhere. Corrin was strong, but she didn't feel strong enough to put up with this.
"XANDER! XANDER! I AM SORRY! PLEASE! STOP PLEASE! I AM YOUR SISTER!" She begged with desperation, hoping that something would persuade her brother to put the whip down.
And it worked. Sort of. He placed the whip on top of the chest and walked around in front of Corrin. He then pulled the blindfold down and allowed her to see his flushed, angry face. He saw that her eyed had reddened, but there were no tear stains running down her cheeks, meaning that he had been close to drawing tears from her but hadn't quite managed to.
"Why?" He growled under his breath. He then spoke a little louder. "Why should I stop? You sided with Hoshido and haven't stopped trying to bring us down. You haven't stopped fighting us. You haven't stopped hurting me. So why should I stop just because you can't stand the pain? Because you can't stand your older brother turning on you like this? Why?"
He then punched her in the face, on her already bruised right side, and she spat out blood. He then continued to punch and kick her, treating her as nothing more than a human punch bag., He bruised many places on her body and caused her to hurt all over, all while screaming "why".
He eventually stopped and both of them were panting, catching their breath. He then said "I loved you" which really caught Corrin off guard.
Before she could question it, their lips met and he passionately kissed her.
So I included a flashback here, since people didn't seem to like that Xander was "Unnecessarily" evil (I was planning to reveal that Iago was behind it in later chapters, but it got to many complaints so I decided to explain it though flash backs in earlier chapters. Any way, I hope you guys enjoy the new and improved chapter 2 :).