Koal(Guest) - I know right? There are mostly Fire Emblem Awakening fanfictions. Not that they aren't good, but I'd love to see some other Fire Emblem games on here.
Panther Hardraad - I'll try to keep this up, since I had a pretty good idea later down the line for this. And this is the hardest Fire Emblem game to write about. at least to me! Thank you for your support.
Patattack - I was going for that XD In fact, I could've ended the chapter several times, but I kept writing, and then, since it was getting pretty late, I decided to just cut it off at that point. In fact, that wasn't even going to be in here, but I needed a dramatic way to end it XD
And thank you guys for reviewing. I meant to finish and upload this yesterday, but I ran out of time :( but here it is now!
I slowly opened my eyes. My chest felt tight, like it was being restricted. I groggily sat up in the bed and wiped my eyes, trying to wake myself up. I felt really weak. 'How long was I out?' I thought to myself. The last thing I remembered... was saying something about going home, then puking out blood. What had happened? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that this is a different world and so there is a different "atmosphere" and I'm just not used to it. Well, now that I think about it, there was always quite a bit of pollution in my world, so maybe that has a cause in this? The air I breathed was tainted, but this air wasn't.
Or, something else. Like, portals.
I got out of the bed and made my way to the door, legs shaking from lack of use and because of my weakened state. I opened the door and walked out into the hallway. At the same time, Ross walked into the hallway, heading towards my room to check up on me.
Seeing me up and about, a grin spread across his face and he hurried over to me. When he opened his mouth to say something, he stopped. My skin was pale and there was bags under them.
"Hey, are you really okay?" He asked, making sure that I wouldn't just fall down onto the ground, by giving me a shoulder.
"Thanks. And I'm pretty okay, just tired. Some food will do me some good."
"Right, but first, the priest will heal you before you eat." He led me into the dining room, where breakfast, another soup, rested on the table with some bread. Garcia was there, eating. Sitting opposite from him, was an old man, who was probably the priest. He, too, was eating the soup, albeit much slower.
Garcia looked up when Ross entered the room and immediately stopped eating. He gestured for the priest to look towards us. When he did so, he stared at me for a few seconds, before he started to talk. "So your finally up, huh? Come over here and I'll heal you of your fatigue." He then took a small bite of the bread. "When I'm done healing you this time, you should start to get better, and your "illness" will go away." He seemed a bit skeptical that I had an illness, but he did know that something was wrong with me.
Ross helped me walk towards him and when I was seated right next to him, he took out a staff and a faint blue glow covered its tip, which was a blue orb kind of looking thing. He moved it up and down my body and slowly, my fatigue started to dissipate. I breathed a sigh of relief when he finished.
"Now, I'll be leaving." The old priest stood up, with help from Ross, and made his way out of the house. When he made it past the door, he stopped. "Young lad. Is your right eye usually red with a strange mark on it?" He asked me, turning back towards me.
I tilted my head, not understanding. Then, Ross and Garcia looked at my right eye and stared.
"Oi, Vann! Your eye was not like that seven days ago!" My face started to turn pale. First I was told something was wrong with my eye. Then I was told seven days had passed? What if those bandits attacked today?
"D-did you say seven days?" I asked him.
"Um, yeah? Is something the matter."
"Well, obviously! I was asleep for seven days! A lot of things can happen in that time!"
"Like..?"
"I don't know." I replied. Honestly, I didn't know when Ide would be attacked. I mean, a date wasn't given, and I don't even know today's date. "Anyway, what day is it?" I asked him.
Ross wasn't the one to respond, but Garcia. "Today is the day o-" He started to say "of", but a yell from the village stopped him.
"The bandits are here!"
Apparently it was the day the bandits are here. That can only mean one thing. The war had started, this village is about to get raided, and I'm about to meet the crowned Princess, Eirika. I don't know if that is a good thing or not, but what I need right now is...
"Where is my sword?" I said, a serious look on my face.
"In your room, but your-"
"Thanks!" I said and spun around, running back to the room I've been sleeping in for days now. I grabbed the slim sword and ran back into the dining room, to see Ross already holding his hatchet and Garcia with a pouch of hand axes and an iron axe. Where do they keep those? At my stare, Garcia answered.
"We usually keep our weapons here in the front, just in case."
"...That is actually a good idea." I admitted.
"Never mind that! We have to go help Ide's guards!" Garcia said. "Ross, Vann! I want you two to go to the south gate ahead of me! I'll catch up with you! I'm going to help Old Man Grem get there so he can heal our wounded! So it will take a couple minutes at most! You better be there in one minute! Now go!" He ordered. We immediately left.
Behind us, Garcia picked up the old priest, who turned pale for two reasons: Bandits were attacking and he didn't like to be carried bridal style.
Me and Ross ran through the streets, hurrying towards the South Gate where the attack was. On the way there, I had several things I wanted to think about. One, will I make it through today? Two, will I live through the war? And three, what mark is on my eye? That is probably the most mysterious thing that I've heard all day. Except that I was asleep for seven straight days! Ah, man! I'm still hungry! I wouldn't mind death if it means that I won't be hungry anymore...
"Hey! You're thinking about dying so you won't be hungry anymore, aren't you?" Ross yelled right in my ear.
"Wha-what? Get out of my thoughts, Ross!"
"Heads up!" He pointed to in front of him, when I looked, I had to jump over a knocked over barrel. My right foot hit it and I tripped forward, but I managed to fall on the ground. Thanks to Ross grabbing me and pulling me up.
"Thanks, I guess!" I said to him.
"Hm. Your eye seems to be back to normal for now." Ross said, looking at my face, before giving me a smile and turning back to in front of him. "Here we are!" He pulled out his hatchet. Not needing any words, or gestures, I slid my slim sword out of its scabbard.
I quickly counted who was on our side and who we had to fight. There was 10 bandits and only three soldiers left for us. Five laid dead. Was that really all of the guards we had? All we could do was to wait for Garcia so he could cut a path through them and get us out of here!
"Let's go Vann!"
"Right!" I said and followed after Ross.
That was a bad idea.
Three bandits headed off towards us, completely ignoring the three soldiers, who were surrounded. Ross quickly threw his hatchet at one of them, and it embedded itself in his leg. He then pulled out another hatchet from his bag. Today, he wore his leather armor.
Throwing another hatchet, this time, he missed and it struck the ground. One of the bandits raised his iron axe and brought it down on Ross when he got close enough, but I jumped between the two and deflected the attack off the edge of my sword, but slashing weakly at him, creating a light gash on his chest. If this was the game, this bandit would have about 20 HP and my attack would've done 2. Well, 8 more hits. I then drew back my sword, and stabbed forward. It easily went through his shoulder, but again, he hardly felt it and raised his axe once more, this time, to chop me into two!
Before the bandit could react, Ross threw his hatchet into his head at point blank range. However, his aim was a little off and it hit his chin, and not his forehead, where I'm guessing he aimed at. The bandit took a few steps back and fell down, but he was still alive. I guess that would be a critical hit? Then the other two bandits appeared at our side. The one with the injured leg to my right and the other at Ross's left. With the one we battled first, directly in front of us. We moved, me to the right, Ross to the left, and our backs touched.
"This isn't look too good already." I whispered to him, unable to raise my voice.
"Dad will be here in a few seconds! We just have to stay alive until then!"
"Right..." The bandit in front of me swung his axe at my head, and I ducked under the attack, before slashing at his arm, which, luckily, hit him, though lightly. Ross blocked a downward swing with his opponent with two of his hatchets, then threw the one in his left hand at him, which ended up in his shoulder. He then jumped forward and brought his other axe down into his arm.
The third bandit then jumped into the fray, and swung his axe down at my head. I narrowly avoided the attack, which most likely, would've killed me, and stabbed back at him, but immediately jumped back as the bandit that I faced a second earlier, attacked me at the same time. I then jumped at him, and slashed my sword against his chest, drawing out more blood, and then grabbed Ross and pulled him towards me, saving his life from a stray hand axe being thrown.
"Thanks!" He said. We began to back up slowly, as the three bandits started walking towards us. A wall soon appeared at our backs. I guess this is the end.
"Ross, Vann!" Said a big voice. Looking over to our left, we saw Garcia running towards us, a hand axe in his left hand and an iron axe in his right. Garcia then three his hand axe forward and it stopped in the far bandit's head. He then swung his iron axe hard at the nearest bandit, killing him instantly. That left one bandit in front of us. Garcia moved to be in front of us, and moved his left hand closer to the bag of hand axes he possessed. "We're getting out of here. So follow me!" He then nodded towards where the guards were fighting, and we found that the last one was killed.
"Where is that priest?" I asked.
"He asked to go on without him, saying that he will help with the evacuation at the North gate." Garcia then clicked his tongue. "Probably just wanted to evacuate himself, but it doesn't matter. By the time we would've gotten here, the two of you may have been dead, so I guess I owe him that much." The bandit then lashed out at Garcia, but he easily dodged and returned the attack two-fold, as he swung his axe at the bandit's chest twice. He fell back down, dead.
"Okay you two. We'll have to cut through seven bandits to get out through these gates. We would go through the North gate, where it is safer, however, we would then have to travel through mountains, where food is scare. If we go this way, and follow the path, we'll find a fort, where we can start our attack back. That is where we will be aiming to go, okay?"
"Right Dad!" Ross eagerly replied, looking forward to taking down some bandits.
"Got it." I said.
"Let's go! Follow me!" Garcia then quickly drew two hand axes and threw both of them into a random bandit, who fell back, dead. He then took off, already another hand axe in his left hand and lobbed it at another bandit. After that, he let his iron axe do the talking. We followed behind the veteran warrior, who hacked and swung his axe from left to right, forcing the bandits to stay away, or die where they stood. Ross threw his own hatchets at some of the bandits, who tried to attack from Garcia's blind spot on his left, and I did the same on his right. Together, we carved our way through the seven bandits and out of the village gates, where we ran towards where the fort stood. From behind us, flames shot out of the houses.
Half of an hour later, we made it to the fort. When Garcia looked back towards the village, he knew that the bandits also attacked from the North gate. In which case, how did they not know that they were there, until they started to attack? Dismissing this question, he turned to us.
"Are any of you two injured?" He asked, looking from Ross to me and back again. He easily noticed Ross moving his arm behind his back. "Ross!" He said and snatched his arm.
"I-it's just a scratch! You're a warrior Dad and I'm your son! This isn't going to stop me!"
"Dammit!" Garcia cursed and turned away, looking at the sky. "We need some help! Someone! Help!" He yelled out in mostly frustration. "Okay, Vann." He turned towards me. "There should be some-"
"I have bad news!" The green haired Pegasus knight said. "The village to the east is under attack by bandits!"
"Bandits?!" The light blue haired Princess said back, surprise evident in her voice, along with rage.
"We have arrived at our first dilemma." The aged priest said quietly. "We must move quickly and attract as little attention as possible, but..."
"But I cannot stand by and watch innocents be harmed. Vanessa, how fare the villagers?"
"I spotted one injured person. He appeared to be just a child. Other than him, I saw another child and an older man. Perhaps the older man is their father."
"Father Moulder, can your staff help him?"
"Well, yes, I can heal his injuries with my staff, but... I cannot do it from here. He's too far away. I must be near him."
"Princess, please leave this to me." The Pegasus knight suggested, drawing the Princess's attention to her. "I shall bring the boy here." The Princess nodded with a smile.
Moulder nodded. "All right, Vanessa. It's up to you."
"Very well. I'm off." She then jumped onto her Pegasus and flew away to the East.
"Godspeed, Vanessa." The Princess said, under her breathe. "All men!" She then called out. "Prepare to move!" Her soldiers then gathered up their gear and their weapons and the battle between them and the bandits soon commenced.
"There should be some-" Garcia said, but was interrupted as a neigh sounded off from the sky. Looking up, we all saw a white horse with wings flying down towards us. A Pegasus. And on said Pegasus, was a green haired knight.
"Ho there! I am here to help!" She said and her Pegasus landed on the stone ground of the fort. Garcia stood there, wide eyed at help actually coming, but-
"How can we trust you? As for as I know, you're with those bandits!" He said, moving the two of us behind him. I tried to tell him that she was on our side, but he shushed me.
"I cannot prove that I am not a bandit, however, I am still here to help you. The boy is injured, yes? I came with a healer, as well as other knights. We will help you. I swear it by my the one I serve." She gave a small bow on top of her Pegasus, with her eyes closed. A few seconds later, Garcia let out a sigh.
"Fine. Take these two boys and go. I don't think your Pegasus is strong enough to carry a grown man at the same time, so if you will, come back to get me. For the time being..." He turned around and stared back towards his village. He saw several bandits, five to be exact, running towards the fort. "I'll take them out." He grabbed his iron axe and quickly left without any other words.
Seeing his conviction, Vanessa could only smile. "Hurry up you two! It may be a bit of a burden, but my Pegasus will carry the both of you across the mountains to our leader and healer! Quickly now, get on!" She motioned us to climb on top of her Pegasus and that is what we did... with some difficulty. Besides Ross's injured arm, we both had no idea how to ride a horse, much less a Pegasus.
"Let's go!" She called out and then her Pegasus neighed and we were up into the air.
A nice thirty minute ride away and...
When we touched the ground, we were met by an aged priest, and a light blue haired girl wielding a rapier. The priest immediately saw Ross's injury and started to heal it, while the girl stood by us.
"Hey, listen!" Ross said, looking at the girl. "My village is being attacked by bandits! My name's Ross! Come on! You have to help me wipe those thugs out!"
"All right, just... Take a deep breath and calm down, Ross." She said, stopping him. "Leave the village to us. We'll drive off the bandits. Seth, take these boys somewhere safe!"
A man wearing armor with red hair, riding on a horse drew closer to us.
"No! Wait! I'm going to fight, too!" Ross said then looked at me. "And so is Vann!"
"But..." The girl said, looking from me to Ross.
"My father is out there all alone, fighting those bandits. I've got to get back to him as quickly as possible! I'm the son of the great Garcia! As long as I have my axe, no bandit will ever defeat me!" Ross said, confidently.
"All right, I see you're not going to be swayed... But you must promise you will stay close to us." She then turned to me. "What about you? Are you the same?" I thought about my options. I could either run and let them clean up these bandits, or fight and possibly die. I looked at Ross. Yeah... that confident face is totally not pressuring me to a closer death, Ross!
"I'll stay and fight too." I said after twenty seconds. "I mean, if I let Ross do all the fighting, then what kind of friend am I?" I gave a light smile. In truth, I'd rather not fight. But in times of war, I can't really have that kind of luxury, since anyone can die. If I just let Ross die here, or somewhere down the line, how could I ever face his Dad? So, I'll get stronger and fight with him! If someone had to die, then I will die! I'm not supposed to be in this world anyway. My death would be light! No body would miss me!
Somewhere where I don't want people to know about yet...
"Achoo!" A girl sneezed and wiped her nose softly with a handkerchief that was handed to her.
"You okay?" The tall man asked.
"Great." The girl replied and blew her nose softly. "He must be talking about me!" She said, confidence in her voice, a slight tinge of red on her cheeks.
"...Right." The man said, shaking his head. He already knew who she was talking about and what their relationship was, but... He felt uncomfortable with the idea that she... Well, it didn't matter. What matters in the end, is money. And this girl nearly tripled to supply of money that he and his gang is getting. He smiled at how he found her, and what he was going to do to her, before she took him down and nearly broke his arm. After that, it was all uphill from there. Fortune started to rain down on him and his men. "Don't catch a cold now. If you want to find him, you'll need men and money. As long as you provide the means to get the money, we'll provide the men."
"Right, right. I've never caught a cold in my entire life. Even before then." She said, with narrowed eyes. "Anyway, let's get moving!" She then started skipping away, her steel sword bouncing against her leg as she lightly hummed a song he didn't understand.
"Weird girl." He said and sighed. As long as she brought in the money... she still had a use.
After the grueling battle that took almost two hours... Because I don't want to write it down since we ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!
"You saved my son. I owe you my thanks." Garcia said to Eirika, the light blue haired Princess.
"It's not necessary..." She said, a small blush on her face at being thanked.
"...Hold on a moment. Aren't you... the great Garcia? You fought for Renais didn't you?"
"..."
"Seth, do you know this man?"
"He was a troop commander for Renais until around ten years ago. When I was a recruit, the soldiers used to tell so many tales about him. They called him a daring and fearless fighter for Renais. Master Garcia, you must know the peril our homeland faces right now... Can we impose on you to lend your strength to Renais once again?" Seth said, looking at Garcia hopefully. I scratched my head. I knew what was going to happen, but should I speed it up using a few key words, such as, they saved his son and that the best way to protect him, is to fight in this war and end it as soon as possible?
"...I'm sorry, I'm retired now. I'm not a soldier anymore. It's... a decision I made long ago..."
"Master Garcia..."
"...When I was a soldier, I lived my life fighting for my country's honor. I left no time for my family. I spent my time fighting for faceless, uncaring nobles. When my wife fell ill and died, I met the child she had left behind... At that moment, I finally realized what my duty had cost me." He paused for a second before continuing. "I stood at our wife's grave and promised her I would be a father to our son. I'm done with armies. I'm done with fighting, except to protect my son. I've no regrets. I'm the boy's father."
An entire minute passed without anybody saying anything. Maybe I should-
"You... you blasted fool!" Ross erupted in anger. "Father, what's all this nonsense I'm hearing?"
"Ross!" Garcia cried out, surprised, but a little angered.
"If you're not going, then I will! I'm a fighter, I know I can do this!"
"Ross, what are you saying? I..."
"Dad! Please, listen to me! I respect you more than any other man in the world. I know you gave up being a soldier for me. I know that! But how can you throw away such a big part of yourself? You're a warrior at heart! You can't give that up and be happy!" He paused. "Look at me Dad! Have you seen me fight? I'm not a child anymore. I'm a warrior, like you. You're free to worry, but I'll survive on my own!"
"...Ross." Garcia said, solemnly.
"You want to challenge me, Father? I'm a fighter! The best in all of Ide! I'm not gonna to lose to you! I'm not gonna to lose to anybody!"
"...You're right. You're a good soldier Ross." Garcia said, with a smile. "Sir Seth... If these old bones of mine can still serve, I'd like to join you."
"Dad..."
"Looks like my boy grew up while I wasn't looking... He's tougher than I thought. He doesn't need my help. I raised him as best I could, but he's right. I've nothing to fear. I should fight. I will fight."
"Dad!" Ross said in respect, a smile on his face.
After all was said and done with, we continued on. And just like in the game, at night, Eirika's bracelet was stolen by a thief. And so, we made our way to Borgo Ridge.
There. Too lazy and too tired to write in detail of all of this! If you've played the game, then you know what happens! I can't do this shit all the time! Anyway, if you want to know about Vann's injuries, well, he was struck in the leg with an axe, but Moulder healed it mid battle. Then, he was hit in his right arm, but Moulder didn't heal it cause the battle ended. So, the arm is covered in white tape, bandages, whatever you call it!
As for the mysterious girl that we all should know who it is, then I won't be revealing much about that until later.
Oh, and just to let you know, since I'm playing on an emulator, and I DO have the actual game, I will be using infinite money to buy my equipment, cause I can, and using quick saves to level up my characters in the upcoming arena. Which will take about an hour. I'm not being unfair, or cheating. It's the best way to get through a damn fight without much difficulties so I can focus on my damn story! Now, here are the character's current levels...
Vann Lvl 1 Apprentice - Sword version of a Journeyman, promotes into Thief or Myrmidon. I'll be going Myrmidon then Swordsman.
Eirika Lvl 4 Lord
Seth Lvl 1 Paladin
Franz Lvl 4 Cavalier
Gilliam Lvl 4 Knight
Moulder Lvl 3 Priest
Vanessa Lvl 1 Pegasus Knight
Ross Lvl 1 Journeyman
Garcia Lvl 4 Fighter