A/N: Welcome back everybody! I'm horribly sorry for the wait, high school=final tests=study fiesta with stress. Here is some more Radiant Dreams, and hopefully we'll find out what happened to our unfortunate heroes!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fire Emblem in any comprehensible way. I only own my OCs (Bless their souls.)
Last time on Radiant Dreams:
After waking up from some sort of dream about his family, Xavier finds himself late for a trip to Paris, even though he swore to the heavens above he set his alarm the other day! With his sister Aria, the two siblings go and get ready for the trip. However, in the last cliché second, a portal appears seemingly from nowhere, and the two are dragged into it, with Xavier promptly freaking out at his sister. Before being fully dragged in, his sister explains to him that they are in a fanfic, a story where humans are seemingly thrown into another world. With that information in hand, Xavier has very little idea of what shall happen to him or his sister, all he knows is that he will protect her with his life.
Date: 07/12/2003
Time: 7 PM
The sound of laughter could be heard from every corner of the house. The happy family was sitting on the living room couch, a movie playing on the TV screen. However, the movie was not being laughed at.
"D-Daddy! S-stop it! Hahahahaha!" the boy squealed as his father continued to tickle him, as his mother and sister were laughing at the site. It was a sweet scene to behold, seeing as how the father was rarely at home in the first place.
The ringing of a phone stopped anymore action, and the boy promptly ran away before the father could catch him. "I'll get you later!" The father hollered at him, with the little sister running after her brother, yelling "Wait for me Xavi!"
Chuckling, the father answered the phone. "Hello?" Some silence presumed, until the father continued with a laugh "Ha! That's sweet, thanks man! You have no idea what this means to me!" Some laughter could be heard from the other line. "But seriously, thanks. This means a lot to me, seeing as how I can barely spend time with them." His wife looks at him with a smile, making his heart skip. "Yeah, see ya. Have a nice time at work."
Hanging up the phone, the husband strolls over to his wife. "My love burns for you like an eternal flame, fueled by the oily passion between us."
She smiled at him even more and rolled her green eyes. "Wow, trying to impress me with one of your romantic slurs?"
He pouted slightly, although a fire of love was in his blue eyes. "Hey, at least I tried."
She laughed softly and said, "Just kiss me you idiot."
Happily doing so, what they could not see was their two children watching them.
"Ewwwwwwww!" Aria whispered to Xavier, who visibly flinched from the scene.
"I know Mommy and Daddy are in love, but still!" He said with some disgust.
Agreeing with his statement, they quickly padded away with faithful kitten Nala in tow, wanting to be away from their parents and their 'cootie' scene.
Date: ?
Time: ?
POV: ?'s
Cold darkness, although I can't feel it, I know I'm surrounded by it.
I can't feel my arms, my whole body is seemingly on fire, all I can feel is heat, am I on fire?
"Oh youth, I need your help. Save me from my killers, and I shall make you immortal, a life full of life and joy." A gentle, yet stern female voice calls out from within my subconscious, but I can't seem to respond, am I dead?
I soon feel a different sensation then the heat or the darkness, on the back of my hand, as if someone is dunking it into calm, soothing water.
"This mark I bear on your hand represents your loyalty to me. Please, do not stray. Have courage, and do not be afraid of death."
The presence that I felt soon starts to fade away, and then I'm left alone, to leave myself within the essence of this seemingly eternal abyss, until most likely hours later, I blacked out.
Date: ?
Time: Sometime around 8 AM
POV: ?
When I returned to consciousness, I felt grass; ocean waves lapped against its shores, while birds chirped serenely. Did I perhaps die and go to the Garden of Eden? No, I could still feel my heartbeat and a faint throbbing pain on the back of my hand.
A question was in my head, and I wanted to answer it, "Where in the love of god am I?"
Feeling as if I was blinking, I recounted what happened before I lost consciousness.
-Flashback-
She looked at Xavier completely serious at that moment, her mouth set in a grim line. "Would you believe me if I said we're in a fanfic right now?"
-End of Flashback-
I wanted to groan. I remembered, my sister Aria and I were dragged into some sort of magical portal, and instead of freaking out like a normal person would have, she had the audacity to stay calm through the whole thing. If I had the voice to speak, I would scream bloody murder at this point; just do to the idiocy of the situation at this point.
However, the two things at this point that I should worry about are if I can move at all, or if I can find Aria. Then together we can search for some sort of civilization. Of course, that probably won't be possible at this point. I still feel weak, and now thinking is starting to even hurt.
"General Kotaff, I swear I saw meteorites fall around this location." A voice nearby my spot said.
"Do you truly wish to make me play your games? Soldier, we only have a matter of minutes before those cursed sell swords come to this part of Gallia, and I fully intend to destroy every single last one of them!" A different, more savage voice spoke this time, the severity frightening me.
"Yes sir! Sorry sir!" The individuals' footsteps go away, and I unceremoniously let myself drift to sleep, still feeling tired.
Time: 2 in the afternoon
What made me awaken this time was a horde of yells, with heavy footsteps. I couldn't help but try and fully wake up, because this state of weakness was really starting to get on my nerves.
"Holy Motherfuck…. My head hurts…" That voice most certainly belongs to my sister alright. "Come on bro, wake the hell up." Her bluntness was refreshing, all things considered.
"I would but it hurts to move." My voice sounded hoarse, cracked. I'm surprised I can speak at all.
"Well, I'm standing up perfectly fine and it hurts like hell to walk or talk, heck; even to think. But I'm still able to do it because I'm making myself do it. That means you can do it as well. Now get off your lazy bum and move it. I don't feel like being caught up in all of that action." Her bluntness was also irritating.
Trying to sit up was hard, but I soon find myself standing up on my feet, with a headache that felt like it would split my head open. I slowly open up my eyes, and then find myself in an emerald green forest, with sounds of crashing waves and steel grating against steel in the air.
Before I can try and look at my surroundings more, Aria grabs my attention by dragging my blue backpack to me. "Here, this is more light then my bag, so I can actually drag it."
I go and unzip it first, to make sure nothing is broken. Finding that everything is fine (as well that my phone charger isn't damaged as well), I go and latch my backpack onto my back, nearly falling onto the ground.
Aria walks over to me, face red with determination and sweat, as she drags her luggage towards me. "I looked at my stuff and everything is good, how about you?"
A simple nod from me, and she looks around. "Sooooo, I'm guessing we walk away from the noise?"
I facepalm and walk towards the waves, with Aria shouting at me to wait for her.
As we reach the beach, anyone with eyes could see the people on the beach were pirates. There were about a dozen of them, with bandannas to eye-patches. They looked like the stereotype of a pirate. All that was missing was a talking parrot.
"Oy, Nedata! I believe that I see two landlubbers o'er there!" Most likely one of his lackey's said.
The main one, with long greyish hair, looked over in our direction. "Aye, that be true matey." He hefts up a large axe, with strange purple liquid dripping off of it. "Let's cut those scallywags down and plunder there gold, and then we go off and ransack those houses o'er thar! Come on bilge rats, let's go!"
With those pirates coming after us, I swallow, feeling dread encompassing my body, "I believe that they can't be reasoned with."
However, Aria lights up like a Christmas tree. "Sweet! Thankfully for the both of us, I know the world we're in! This is Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance!"
I slap my forehead and groan. "I told Mom that you needed therapy…" I mumble underneath my breath.
Whether she hears me or not isn't apparent, because she starts rambling out loud. "Oh my Ashera! I can't wait till we unlock our God-tier powers! Usually by now they should be activating, but most likely with that rocky landing we must have over spent our energy!" Her whole entire face was full of glee, making me assume that she was even crazier than ever.
"Come on, I don't feel like being beheaded today." Grabbing her hand, I turn and start to run, snapping Aria out of her stupor and running with me.
Due to our weakened state though, we don't make it far enough, and the pirates are easily able to catch up with us in a simple few strides.
Nedata strolls right up to us and holds out his axe menacingly, "Come now landlubbers. Do ye honestly think ye could outrun us pirates? Heck, ye landlubbers were as fast as sea slugs!"
Those words stung, however the only concern I had at that moment was to run away with my sister as far away from this location as humanly possible.
The next words that were about to come out of Nedata's mouth however were interrupted when one of his crew members slumped down, an arrow jutting out of the poor man's head.
Nedata, seeing this; seemingly about to order his men to retaliate, wasn't able to get the words out in time as arrows started to rain down from the sky, with strange blasts of wind skewering them. Blood sprayed everywhere, painting the sand red. I couldn't stand it anymore.
After looking at the crimson blood once more, I felt my consciousness slip away, and I blacked out for one last time.
A/N: Again, I'm so sorry for the late update! But good news! I might be able to update this every… two weeks? If not, when I can cause Thank Arceus it's summer! Anyways, please review. It helps my confidence and lets me have insight into your opinions about this story. Yes, I will even accept flames. Have a nice day!
