(Woah, another episode already? Flash, don't you have anything better to do? Welp, I don't. My life is entertaining the masses. Anyway, we've got another chapter. The action picks up here, I meet Corrin, and he and I have our first battles! Super excited! Anyway, thanks for Jacob9594 for helping me on fighting my opponent.
Additionally, I only own myself. Everyone and everything else belongs to their respective owners.)
Episode 2: Training Dazes
"...Hey, wake up, Lord Corrin! Up and at 'em!" A female voice requested. Flash was still asleep at this time, unaware of this. This Corrin fellow sat up in his bed.
"Hrmmm...what are you talking about? It's still dark outside." He responded, pointing out it was indeed dark where they were.
"Listen well, Prince." An older gentleman's voice spoke. "It may be dark, but it is indeed morning. You have practice today."
"I have taken the liberty of readying your armor, and, er, pounding out the dents." A younger gentleman's voice chimed. "Your brother is a fearsome opponent, is he not?"
"Ugh, fine." Corrin answered, seemingly not answering the younger gentleman's question. "I'm still not completely awake though…"
"Oh, we can help you with that!" A second female voice responded. "Felicia, would you please assist me?"
"Sure thing!" The first female voice, Felicia, agreed. The two ladies approached Corrin, placing their hands on his face and began using some sort of ice magic that shot Corrin awake.
"Waauuugh!" He loudly exclaimed. "Cold cold cold! I'm awake! Totally awake now!"
"That's how we deal with slugabeds in the Ice Tribe!" The second woman commented. Corrin sighed.
"Trust me, I know." He said.
"Um...speaking of 'slugabeds'." Felicia pointed to Flash, passed out entirely on a second bed in the room. His glasses were resting on an end table behind the headboard, his black cloak similar to the mascot of Disturbed's (think the music video for 'The Vengeful One') hanging on a wooden hook on the wall. "What're we going to do with the other boy? Is he this 'pirate' that His Majesty was going on about?"
"Why yes he is." The younger gentleman answered. "Iago brought him in last night."
"Um…" Corrin stared at the sky pirate, quite the heavy sleeper. "I wish I could have finished that dream I had." After he told the other four about his dream, the older gentleman took Corrin out for training.
"Well, we can't just leave him here Jakob." Felicia said. "It doesn't look like he'll be waking up anytime soon."
"I agree." Jakob answered, turning to the second woman. "Flora, you would agree that we should gauge this boy's strength? He doesn't look much like His Majesty described him."
"But Jakob, he looks just fine." Felicia pointed out. "Though, it wouldn't hurt to see this power firsthand. Flora, you ready?"
"Sure." Flora nodded. They did the same thing to Flash as they did Corrin…
What they got was a more…'exaggerated' response.
Flash literally jumped out of bed. "AH!" He screamed. "HOLY MOTHER OF TAPDANCING ARCEUS WITH A POGOSTICK!" He shouted all of this with one breath, followed with him faceplanting on the right side of the bed, at least. Jakob chuckled at this, and Felicia jumped back a bit, startled by Flash's sudden outburst.
"Someone's not a morning person, I see." Jakob commented.
"Shut up!" Flash responded, groaning a little. "I don't know who you people are, I don't know where I am, and I don't know where my crew is. Give me a break, dude."
"Um, Flash? Is that your name?" Felicia asked. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I just fell out of bed. I'm perfectly fine." The sky pirate responded. "Just where, in the Righteous Side of Hell, am I? And who are you people?"
"I am Flora, and these people are Felicia and Jakob." Flora introduced. "You are Flash Dove, Captain of the LSV?"
"That's correct...wait a minute, how'd you know?" Flash wondered. "Who'd you hear it from?"
"His Majesty Garon spoke about getting a new soldier." Jakob answered. "And it seems he didn't let you choose 'no' as an answer."
"Sending Iago to take him from his crew doesn't seem like he was giving him a choice." Flora pointed out.
"Yes, that does seem to be the case." Jakob mused.
"If you're wondering what that's called, it's called 'shanghaiing' or as I call it for this situation 'kidnapping'." Flash spoke up. "But seriously, why did Garon bring me here?"
"Garon brought you to Nohr to help with something. Think of it as a job offer." Felicia explained. "Except...y'know…"
"Felicia, I don't mean to sound like a complainer, but that doesn't change the fact he had someone SHANGHAI me!" The sky pirate pointed out.
"Anyway," Jakob spoke up, changing the subject. "We felt that your strength should be witnessed firsthand. I'll go see if Princess Camilla is up for a fight today." Flash perked up at that. He hasn't heard that name since he left the Citadel. Last he heard of Camilla, she was a Summon Gem, but forgot who exactly she was summoned by. Not to mention the sky pirate took a real shine to her.
"Cammy's here? Oh hell yeah!" Flash smirked. "I'd be more than happy to show you what I've got."
"Good to hear." Flora responded. "This will be worth the time."
Elsewhere, we'd find Xander and Corrin having a spar with swords, Xander holding a bronze sword in hand, and Corrin with a bronze sword as well. Leo was watching the battle unfold, and Corrin was able to match Xander's blows. But then, he was knocked on his back by two swings, his sword hitting the floor. Did this author mention they were on a roof of this fortress they're at?
"That's our brother for you." Leo spoke. "You won't beat the strongest knight in Nohr by sleeping all day, Corrin."
"Giving up so soon, Corrin?" Xander wondered, seeing Corrin panting from receiving those two blows. "I expect more of you. You are a Prince of Nohr! Pick up your sword and try again."
"But Xander, I-" Corrin began, but was cut off.
"We train like this so that we can defend ourselves from enemies." Xander interrupted. "Father has been tracking your progress. If you can't land a hit on me today...he may never permit you to leave the Northern Fortress. Ever."
"What?!" Corrin blurted. "D-Did he really say that? That's insane!"
"Motivated, are we?" Xander spoke, ready to keep going. "Then use that fire to best me in battle, little Prince. If you would see the outside world beyond the view from your window, defeat me. Prove that all of the time I've devoted to training you has not been in vain!"
Meanwhile, on another portion of the roof, we see Flash waiting for Jakob to return with Camilla. Flora and Felicia were spectating. He had his cloak on, as well. Why? It looked cool to him, that's why.
"He is a 'Keyblade Master' right?" Felicia wondered. "I think he'll win with no problem."
"Princess Camilla is not to be taken lightly, Felicia." Flora reminded. "She is a tough woman. Even someone like Flash should have trouble with her." Felicia shook her head at that.
"Are you certain about that?" She questioned.
"Yes I am. You know how hard their father wants them to train. I'm sure that Princess Camilla can handle a pirate." Flora answered. A new voice came that interrupted this discussion.
"Pardon us for running behind." It was Jakob. "Princess Camilla will be here momentarily."
"Awesome!" Flash grinned. "This is going to be epic!"
"It sure will, Flash." As if on cue, Camilla flew up on her wyvern, Mariza, a bronze axe in hand along with a tome in the other. "Good to see you again."
"Cammy!" Flash cheered. "How've ya been? You know, since last I saw you, you were a Summon Gem."
"Oh, I'm doing alright, thanks for asking." Camilla smiled. "I just heard that you got here last night. I did come in to see you, but you wouldn't wake up…"
"Yeah, I could sleep through a lot of loud stuff." Flash chuckled, summoning his keyblade. "Now, ready to throw down?"
"Careful, Flash. You might not have an easy time." Camilla had a smirk, ready for battle.
BGM: Avenged Sevenfold 'Beast and the Harlot'
Flash began the fight by rushing at Camilla, swinging his keyblade. Camilla matched his attacks, keeping pace with the sky pirate. She flew back, and retaliated with her own charge, something Flash had to dive under Mariza for.
'Damn, I can't seem to get a clean hit on her…' He thought. 'I need to get her to play my game, and for me to stop playing mine. Now, how to get her off that wyvern…' Flash then had an idea. It was a risky idea, but he didn't care.
In probably the ballsiest move he has done after waking up, Flash casted Aero to launch himself right at Camilla. If Flash missed, he would go plummeting off the roof and likely end up as a cartoonish splat mark on the ground.
But fortunately, he managed to grab onto Mariza, now trying to wrestle Camilla off. The malig knight was certainly taken by surprise from this sudden move. She tried kicking him off, but his grip was tight. So instead, Camilla swung her axe to try and get him off.
Flash's next move was to grab the axe and yank on it. This resulted in both of them plummeting towards the roof. Flash landed on Camilla- who was lying down face-up- the Nohrian Princess acting as sort of a crashpad for him. She wasn't too badly hurt, since they didn't fall that high of a distance. Camilla pushed him off and got back up, swinging her axe down. Flash rolled out of the way, kicking her in the leg on his way back up.
As he got back up, he blocked an attack from Camilla's axe, grabbing her and performing a butterfly suplex.
"Lockdown Slam!" Flash exclaimed as he did this. Then paused. "Huh. They were right. It IS fun to shout your attack names!"
Back in the Heroes of Light, there were several people who called out their spells' names. They said they did this because it was fun, and at the time, Flash didn't think this was a smart thing to do. But seeing as how Camilla had no idea what he was talking about, which was the Def Jam fighting games and the moves performed by Briggs in Vendetta, he could care less.
With the spectators, Felicia stared in amazement. "Did you see that?" She put a hand over her mouth.
"We did." Jakob responded. "Flash is quite something. Something I've never seen before."
Returning focus to the battle, Camilla had no idea how to deal with the offense Flash was presenting. She pushed him back with a blast of wind from the tome she had, the sky pirate seemingly taking it well.
"Time to go to work!" Flash summoned his keyblade again, dashing in with Strike Raid, then desummoning right after to deliver a dropkick. Camilla batted him away with the axe, only for Flash to strike back with a vengeance. The process went on for a couple more minutes. While Camilla managed to shift momentum back in her favor for a bit, dealing good damage to Flash, it wasn't enough as Flash defeated her with a strong haymaker, striking her right in the jaw. "Yeah, that freight train that just hit you? That was me!"
*End BGM*
Flora looked at this, shocked at what she just witnessed. "Amazing…" She gasped.
"I know, right?" Felicia asked, excited. "Flash, that was incredible!"
"Garon picked a tough fighter, it seems." Jakob mused. "You're more hands on than we imagined."
"That's right." Flash chuckled. "Alright, that's done. What's up next?" Felicia and Jakob each had a staff, the former healing Flash and the latter healing Camilla. The sky pirate helped her up.
"Ooh...just as strong as you were with the Heroes of Light." Camilla stated.
"Thank you. I've tried not to lose my step." Flash thanked. His stomach then soon growled. "Hey, I'm starving. You know any good places to eat around here?"
"Oh! Jakob, could we have steak for lunch?" Camilla asked. "Be sure to invite the others. I'm sure they'll want to meet Flash."
"As you wish, Princess." Jakob nodded, going off. Felicia and Flora followed.
Back with Corrin, Xander, and Leo, the former two had finished training for the morning. "Well done, Corrin. You're getting stronger every day."
"Thanks Xander." Corrin responded. "I couldn't have done it without your, uh, tough love."
"I disagree." Xander shook his head. "I believe you have natural talent. Someday, you could be the greatest warrior in all of Nohr."
"Now you're just teasing me." Corrin frowned.
"You know me, Corrin. I never joke about serious matters. I mean what I say." Xander stood by his beliefs. You could be the one to bring light to our kingdom so long shrouded in darkness."
"Xander…" Corrin softly spoke. Leo put a hand to his chin, agreeing with Xander. But it seemed he had something else on his mind too…
Before he could get too far, Jakob approached them. "Pardon my interruption, but Princess Camilla has requested you three join her and Flash for lunch."
"And Elise?" Corrin asked.
"Felicia and Flora are asking her." The butler responded.
We later cut to Corrin, Xander, Leo, Camilla, Elise, and Flash all enjoying a nice lunch together. Leo finished first after a few minutes, looking at Flash. "Alright, I think it's time we speak to you."
"Yeah, I'm really wondering what's up." Flash responded, mouth half-full with food. It was clear he didn't have table manners. Not that he cared.
"I was expecting as much." Leo stated. "The reason you're here is because of our suggestions to Father." This caused Flash to pause.
"Wait, wha?" He blinked.
"Yeah!" Elise exclaimed, swallowing a bite of food. "We all put in a good word for you!"
"Huh…" Flash looked to Camilla, who was savoring his steak. "I appreciate seeing you guys again after what happened back then, but did you really have to have me shanghaied?"
"Sorry about that." Xander apologized. "It wasn't our choice to have you brought here the way you were." They soon finished with their meal, Jakob coming in shortly afterwards.
"Pardon my intrusion, but His Majesty is requesting Flash and Corrin see him at Castle Krakenburg." He announced.
"I guess it's time, eh?" Flash wondered, getting up.
"We're going as well." Xander spoke up. Soon, the other three agreed to come along. With that, they got their stuff in order and headed off to Castle Krakenburg.
(Alright, another chapter in the books. Next time, we head off to Castle Krakenburg, and meet up with King Garon. Please be sure to read, follow, favorite, and REVIEW! Let's try for...4-5 reviews each chapter? I'd like that. -Flash)