Alright really looked forward to writing this chapter! I hope you all enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Fire Emblem: Fates. I only own my OC's Lenalee, Natalia, Orihime, Kaede, Eros, Ragna and Christian whilst Ryuga is owned by U-Know Yunho, Hajime is owned by Heatnation, Sakurai is owned by Metal Flash, Asami is owned by AceGab, Julius, Boudica, Lancelot, Fabius and Varro are owned by Ownage Fanfics and Gabrielle is owned by Discombobulator 0329. The opening is Snow Fairy by Funkist and the Ending is Believe by Kalfina.
Opening:
Fairy, where are you going
hikari zenbu atsumete kimi no ashita terasu yo
Oh Yeah
kikoeten no ka kono koe wa?
Oh Yeah
karetatte sakebu kara
Oh Yeah
kikoeru made kimi no kokoro ga
Oh Yeah
Oh Yeah
tsuki to taiyou no haitacchi
wasuremono wa nai desuka?
okashii na kimi ga inai to
hoshii mono sae mitsukaranai
Snowing sunao ni
egao ni nareta no wa
futari yorisoi
kasane atta "jikan" ga aru kara
Fairy, where are you going
hikari zenbu atsumete kimi no ashita terasu yo
Don't say goodbye
Chapter 1: My Family
Hoshido Palace,
(Lenalee P.O.V)
I awoke to the thumping of heavy rain that hit against the windows and roof. I could tell that I was extremely covered in blankets given the restrictions and struggle that I had to deal with just so I could sit up straight and find out where I was. I saw the scattered drawings on the floor and I summed up that I was back in Hoshido wearing the white Yukata that had come to know by body very well and I couldn't help but be soothed by the warmth that it produced.
However, my mind was now accepting the reality that I was facing. I was in Hoshido after the battle with Nohr, the battle against my Nohrian family who claimed that I was a traitor to them because I had gone against King Garon's orders and I had sided with my Birthright rather than my apparent loyalty to them.
"You Traitor!" Xander's angered voice whispered in my mind but I pushed it away when I noticed that I felt warmer than normal given that I was only wearing a Yukata and it was a stormy evening.
I then noticed an illuminating light that was lighting up my dark bedroom that was coming from the Dragonstone that was attached to my necklace that Azura had given to me. I knew that the room was empty given that the light allowed me to see everything in my room clearly but I felt as if someone else was in the room with me despite the fact that I was alone. That was when I started hearing the singing of a woman coming from somewhere closeby.
Kyou umareta
Kanashimi ga, sora e maiagaru
sora wa mezame
kaze wo yobi, kono mune wa funueru
anata wo mamoritai
unmei ni sawaritai
koboreta namida mune no kubomi wo
yorokobi de mitashitai no
I jumped out of bed when I realized that the voice belonged to Azura and that she was singing my mother's lullaby 'Tender Rain'. I used the volume of the song to trace her location which led to the outside as it got louder when I reached a nearby window and I pulled the curtains apart to get a better look at what was happening outside. I now could confirm that it was definitely raining heavily (pouring in fact) and admits the forest of rain and plant life was Azura singing.
It's a tender rain
anata no moto e kono uta ga,
todokimasu you ni
donna ni tooku ni hanareteitemo
shinjiteru tsutawaru koto
Her voice was almost as if she was like the legend of mythical creatures called Siren's that called to sailors which lead to their deaths at the bottom of the ocean. I knew that Azura was trying to call out to me through her singing so that I would go outside and meet with her to know whatever she was trying to tell me. So I rushed away from the window and looked out the brief crack of my bedroom door that allowed a small amount of candle light to enter my bedroom and I could see that not only was Ryuga guarding my bedroom but Kaze and Hajime as well.
I cursed my bad luck quietly and I realized that I would have to sneak out of my bedroom by climbing out the window that was two storeys high. I would have to be as quiet as possible so I wouldn't arouse suspicion from the three people outside my room as well as the fact that it would make getting to Azura easier.
So without much more deliberation on the topic, I stripped down once again and got changed back into my warm armour that felt more comfortable than the Yukata I had worn before. I got my wild white-blonde back into its usual style except instead of the head band that Xander had given me I grabbed a white rose clip that was sitting on my bedside that was left with a note saying "from Ryoma" which made me smile. I settle the rose in my hair and I sighed at how it suited me more than I thought it would. The last thing I grabbed was a nearby black cloak that would help shield myself from the storm outside.
I then rushed back over to the window and pulled it open, allowing the hallowing winds to enter my bedroom in a giant blast that caused a nearby flower vase to fall to the floor and shatter. I bit my lip at the noise and I gasped when I heard the banging of the door behind me, obviously the vase alerted the three soldiers guarding me that I had woken up.
"Princess Lenalee?" Ryuga's voice sounded as I was one foot outside the window, "Are you awake?"
I bit my lip in silent annoyance at myself but I knew that I had to answer as convincingly as I could considering my current position, "um…yes, I am awake now…what are you doing here Ryuga?"
"I was order by Prince Ryoma and Princess Hinoka to come and protect you whilst you were asleep and then take you to the Prince when you had gotten ready" Ryuga replied with an obvious tone of scepticism apparent in his gruff voice and I could feel myself staring to panic immensely, "Is something wrong Princess Lenalee?"
I knew at that moment that I hadn't been very convincing but I wouldn't allow myself to be stopped especially since I had just managed to get most of my body on the window leaving only my hands, neck and head so that I could respond to these questions.
Its a tender rain
anata no moto e kono uta ga,
todokimasu you ni
donna ni tooku ni hanareteitemo
shinjiteru tsutawaru koto
I felt my determination and curiousity grow as Azura's lyrics reached me again, reminding me of my mother singing this song when I was only an infant as well as the most recent memory of me singing this to a distraught Ryoma only a few days ago. So I got out the rest of my body just as the door slammed open and Hajime walked in only to be shocked to see that instead of me sitting in bed I was hanging off the ledge of the window.
"Princess Lenalee! What the fuck are you doing?!" Hajime demanded to me though it sounded kind of blurry since it was distorted through the glass but I only mouthed 'I'm sorry' and let go of the ledge and fell the ground, landing on my butt and cursing as the pain set in despite the wet and soft ground of the grass that surrounded the palace and the rain started to feel like a whip constantly hitting me (even with the cloak that covered my face from most of the rain).
Kaze then pushed open the window and shouted down at me, "Lenalee…whats the matter?"
"I sorry for my actions but Azura is calling me somewhere…I have to go and see where she's going!" I yelled in response before I started to pursue the songstress that was heading deep into the forest almost so that she was completely obscured from my eyesight. But from her slight position that I could see, I could tell that Azura was heading in the direction that was the lake that I first met her alongside Eros.
"Azura, why are you taking me back there?"
(Ryoma P.O.V)
4th Division Barracks, Hoshido Palace
I stared in worry at the wound that Xander had managed to give me in our last encounter, the wound itself had healed into nothing but a scar but the skin surrounding it was silently darker than usual and was still very painful. Sakura had told me that the wound only required some medicine and it would fade away in a bit of time. Before I could question my doubts any longer, Sakura returned into the room carrying some bandages that were covered in some sort of pale gel that seemed to seem some sort of healing remedy.
"Brother! Here's something that will help with your pain and the minor wound…I'm sorry that I took longer than expect!" Sakura said apologetically as she began wrapping the bandages around my waist and the wound with expert skill.
When she was finished, I smiled at her and patted her head affectionately before getting up from the medical bench that I was sitting on and moved to a mirror as I started to put back on my normal clothes but before I had put on anything on my waist or above I stared at my war torn body that was covered in scars despite me only being 25. I cringed at the sight of the scars and my body and I decided to ask my sister something.
"…Sakura, do you think that I look decent?" I asked quietly causing Sakura to look at me with confusion as her eyes bulged out of her head slightly.
"What…what do you mean exactly?" Sakura responded with confusion.
"I mean as a woman and me as a man…am I attractive?" I asked more softly than before resulting in Sakura's face blushing a deep red all over.
"EH! Well in my opinion…you are handsome…." Sakura admitted as she looked at me with a delicate and caring smile that made me feel better however her eyes were narrowed with curiousity, "Why did you want to know?"
I only shook my head and proceeded to get fully dressed being as delicate as possible since my wound was still causing some hinderance of pain. However, I decided to leave of my headguard allowing my wild brown hair to fall freely around my face and reach all the way to my waist which caused Sakura to gasp in shock. I then grabbed my Raijin Katana from its leaning position against the wall and said goodbye to Sakura who waved goodbye however we were interrupted with the doors of the medical room slamming open revealing a flustered Ninja (Kaze), Brawler (Ryuga) and Hajime (Samurai).
"General Ryoma!" all three of the soldiers yelled as they bowed before Sakura and I causing us to stare at the three of them in confusion and I looked back and forth between them.
"Is something wrong?" I asked with concern and confusion and Hajime looked up at me with something that shocked me…he looked at me with worry in his eyes.
"Princess Lenalee left her bedroom and she claimed that she is currently chasing after Lady Azura. From what I heard from an earlier encounter with Eros he said the pair are currently heading to the lake where he and Lenalee met Azura for the first time." Hajime reported and I clenched my fist in anger as I felt fear enter my mind.
"Damn! What the hell are they thinking!" I said through gritted teeth as I pushed past the three of them and slammed open the door, "All three of you and myself will be heading to that lake and bringing them home before the storm gets heavier."
I was about to leave but Sakura rushed up to me and grabbed my arm, "You can't leave Ryoma! You and Takumi are supposed to be heading to Izumo tonight! You can't go now or you'll miss your chance to avoid an encounter with the Nohrian troops that constantly survey the border!" Sakura reminded me and I cursed my unfortunate luck but it couldn't be helped.
I then felt Sakura let go of my arm and I went to a nearby glass table that my had two white envelopes and handed them to Sakura firmly. She then noticed that the two letters (which were numbered one and two) were addressed to Lenalee.
"What are these?" Sakura asked me with curiosity.
"Give those to Lenalee when she returns back to the palace before you leave for Fort Tenjin in the morning. If she's not back in time just leave them in her room, leave the instructions that she can open the first one but not the second one only when she's ready can she open that one." I order my sister who nodded before she ushered out me and the others.
I turned to three soldiers with a serious expression on my face and they stood in attention waiting for my orders.
"Since I am unable to accompany you on your mission take Jakob with you. Make sure that your back at least before sun rise" I ordered as they nodded and then rushed off the find Jakob and head out to find my sister and Azura.
I then headed out to meet my own second in commands that would be accompanying me to Izumo alongside Takumi and his retainers along with a bunch on our minor soldiers. But instead of focusing on what would possibly happen in Izumo, my minds was running rampart with thoughts that made me what to stop what I was doing.
"Lenalee…what are you up too?"
When Hajime, Kaze, Ryuga and Jakob finally reached the lake they saw that there was some sort of light coming from the centre of it. And they saw that Lenalee had entered the light and then disappeared and the light was slowly fading.
"…This does not seem like a good idea…" Ryuga admitted when he saw the light beginning to fade and that the Princess had disappeared and Azura was nowhere to be seen.
Hajime however, didn't seem to hear the worries of the other three as he started walking towards the lake and pushing through the current that was trying to force him back and he ignored the shouts coming from the land as he reached the pillar of light. The other three than followed Hajime's lead as they tried to ignore the feeling of water soaking into their clothing and soon all four just stared at the giant pillar of light.
"Well…shall we?" Jakob asked the rest of the guys who gave different responses.
"Let's go…" Kaze trailed off with a shrug and smiled at the butler with a feeling of comradery between the two men.
"If we die…I'm blaming Hajime…"Ryuga said with a look of annoyance on his face which was directed at the samurai who shrugged before he entered the pillar first and soon found himself being transported somewhere else.
"What the fuck?" Hajime thought as he dissolved into particles of light with the others following his lead and soon Hajime felt himself traveling through the boundaries of space and time and they all had to close their eyes to deal with the force that was pushing against them.
"HAJIME! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" Ryuga screamed as the force became more and more intense as what seemed like hours passed by until the group reached what felt like a blast of light touching their skin.
"I think we found the exit!" Jakob announced as the group became engulfed in the light.
Unknown Location,
The four men then soon found themselves in the lying in a plain of lushed green grass and staring at a sky where the end of the portal was hanging directly above them. All of them then noticed that there were platforms levitating in the sky which was definitely not…normal.
"Where the hell are we?" Ryuga asked as he got on his feet and helped the others as they stared at their new location.
"…I'm not sure, I have never heard of a place like this before?" Jakob replied as he looked in curiosity at the platforms, "This clearly isn't Nohr or Hoshido…"
"Jakob?" a voice whispered from behind the butler and he turned around drawing his concealed weapon only for him to gasp when he saw that it was Lenalee behind him which got the attention of the other men behind him.
"Lenalee!" Kaze yelled as he rushed up to the girl and pulled her into a brief hug before realizing what he was doing and he pushed her away gently, "Where the hell are we?"
Lenalee shook her head and the confusion was evident on her face, "I don't know what this place is but I've been with Azura for the past hour or so...but she hasn't told me why she brought me here…"
Hajime sighed in relief that the Princess was safe but then he was taken aback by his emotions, he actually cared about what would happened to the girl when only a week or so ago he had told the female that he didn't care about her…and then he had argued with Ryuga over it resulting in a fist fight between them which Hinoka and Sakurai had to break up. But perhaps, he was starting to…
Singing in the rain
ame no shizuku ga utsukushiku,
kagayaiteyuku
kanashimi zenbu ga kieru sono toki
sekai wa ugokidasu no
Please come the tender rain
Hajime was cut off and Lenalee snapped around at the sound of the voice and all of them turned around to see that Azura was walking towards them as she finished her song with grace and elegance, holding something in her hand which appeared to be some sort of tiara. The white-blonde then walked towards Azura and placed a hand on her shoulder and Azura looked up at her only for Lenalee to see that Azura was crying tears of sadness and yet joy at the same time.
"Azura…what's wrong?" Lenalee asked softly before she saw a smile break out on Azura's face as she placed the tiara on Lenalee's head and then pulled out Lenalee's necklace and placed it next to her own.
"I've wanted to tell you this since I've met you Lenalee…" Azura started as the two necklaces glowed the same light blue aura and the songstress stared at the Princess with warmth and familiarity in her eyes as she pulled the girl into a hug.
"Lenalee…no Princess Lenalee of the Land of Hoshido and Touma…you are the only one family that I have left in this world!"
Ending:
Mada nani mo shiranai
Futari datta
Hidarite de hakanaku
Kyomu wo masagutta
Wazuka na kattou ga
Kimi no te wo shibatte
Mirai no sugata wo azamuku
Mamoru koto sae shiranai kedo
Itsuwari no omoi demo kamawanai
Ikite mitai
Jibun wo
Megurikuru
Toki no naka de deatta
Kimi to ita boku wo shinjiteiru
Kono yume ga yasashiku hateru made
Kirihirake aoi hibi wo
fight your fate
Shizuka na yoru ni
Sotto tomoshita
Kotoba datta
Tsumetai ame no you ni ochiru
Shiroi tsuki no hikari no naka de
Shinjiru koto
Dake wo shinjita
Mabushii hodo tsuyoku
Yoru wo terasu hikari datta
Omoi wo tsunagu yo
Mada boku wa shiranai
Kanashimi ga sadame no hate ni kaku
Kyomu no sugata wo
Negai no zanzou ga
NOIZU no you ni futte
Furubita omoi mo mienai
Soredemo kimi ga waratta kara
Doushite mo suterarenai mirai
Ikite yukou
Jibun wo
Sugite yuku toki no naka de deatta
Kawariyuku boku wo shinjiteiru
Kono yume ga hateru sono saki made
Kirihirake aoi hibi wo
fight your fate
Alright massive reveal and then after the next chapter we return to the games actual plot!
-This is Mockingjay 3.75 signing off!