A/N: First off, I'd like to specially thank my reviewers, Fire Emblem MewMew and Arbella Scott, for their... well, their reviews. Announcement!! I finally got Fire Emblem, Path of Radiance; but, I'm only on chapter 6...

Ages: Lucia-12, Elincia-10, Geoffrey-10

Just to tell you, Lucia is two years older than Elinica, who is half a year younger than Geoffrey, which means that Geoffrey is a year and a half younger than Lucia. Yeah... I totally made that up, and if it doesn't make sense to you, I'm very sorry because I'm not very good at explaining things.

Well, before I put you all to sleep with my rambling, I now present to you, chapter two of While We Were Young.

Chapter Two: Journey to the Woods (part 1)

"I'm sorry, but I cannot allow you to do that Princess Elincia," said the blue haired boy.

"Come on Geoffrey, please...?" she begged of him.

He let out a sight of aggravation before he replied. "It is not right for a princess to bet her retainers," he told her.

"But it is not right for a retainer to refuse the princess's wishes," she said, using his own words against him.

"But let me ask you, is it right for either of them to disobey the king's orders?"

The two of them turned to see who had just spoken.

"Lucia!"

"Sister?"

She continued to walk towards the two, giving them each a smile as she approached. "Now, who's going to answer my question?"

They both turned and looked at the other, waiting for an answer to come out. Lucia stood there, waiting for one of them to speak up. It was when she was about to answer for them, when Princess Elincia opened her mouth.

"But all I wanted was to go to the lake in the woods," she said, as though she had already gotten into trouble.

"But your father said it was dangerous and that there were bandits in the woods. He clearly ordered it off limits," said Geoffrey as if he had said it a thousand times before.

The princess didn't respond and acted as if she didn't want to hear it. Everything fell silent once again as they waited for some sort of response. But finally, Lucia spoke up.

"I'll take you." Her voice was low and quiet, like she didn't want anyone to hear her.

Excitement suddenly took over Elincia, while Geoffrey was left extremely surprised. "Huh?... But...what?" he muttered.

"Yay! Come on, let's get going Lucia," she said, leaving Geoffrey behind in confusion.

"Wait," he called. Lucia immediately stopped in her tracks while Elincia continued walking until she saw that her companion had fallen behind. "If Lucia goes, then so do I." He held his lance out in from of him, showing them that he was ready to protect not only the princess, but his sister as well.

Elincia let out a small chuckle while Lucia tried to hold back her smirk.

"You got your sword?" he asked his sister. A serious look came to her face as she grabbed the hilt of her sword in reply. "Then I guess we're ready to go."

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"Princess Elincia, you must listen. If we find any bandits, I want you to hide or run back to the castle," ordered Lucia.

"But... what about you?" she asked full of concern, though half attentive.

"Don't worry about us. We have weapons and are trained to fight; we will be fine," said Geoffrey. There was a pause before he found what to say. "Princess Elincia, are you sure we are going the right way?"

She nodded her head in reply. "I'm positive." The young princess seemed to be in a world of her own. Gazing up above at the blue sky and green trees seemed to deeply satisfy her; everything else in the world was oblivious to her.

Everything was calm and peaceful, the air refreshing. The woods were a nice change of scenery for them. But no matter how tranquil it seemed to be, the princess's retainers had to keep their guard up.

Lucia took a look behind her when she heard something in the bushes, but turned back around when nothing appeared to be there. However, she was now face to face with two bandits; bandits who had a hold of the princess, and her brother.

"So, how much do you think we'll get for these kids?"

-To be continued...

A/N: Well, thanks for reading and, if you want, leave me a review :P

Next Time: Now faced with bandits who want to capture and sell the three of them off, their only choice is to run back to Castle Crimea. But are they prepared to face their rebuke and punishment from King Ramon? Chapter Three: Journey to the Woods (part two)