A celestial white noise rang throughout Lucina's ears as she kept running forward. It was all she could hear. After all, she was nowhere in particular. Nowhere at all, to be exact. She was running amidst a white void, devoid of any object or living creature beside herself. There was no ground, no sky either, yet gravity seemed to be keeping her fixed to some sort of plane.

She could hear every footstep she took; it sounded as though she was running on a tile floor, just like the one in the temple. Aside from her footsteps and the rustle of her clothes, however, the only other noise she heard was her own heavy breathing. Other than the noises she was making, it was dead silent. Never before had she experienced such a deafening silence. It was almost…. frightening.

Still running forward, she looked behind her to see make sure the rest of the group was with her. There was no one. She became frightened upon seeing the empty void ever expanding behind her with no one else in it. She was alone. What had happened to them? Where were they? She turned back and kept moving forward, leaving the unanswered thoughts to remain in the back of her mind. Although she had obviously never traveled through time before, for some reason, she knew to keep running forward; her heart told her to, even if it meant leaving everyone else behind.

It's okay. She thought, trying to rid herself of the concerning thoughts popping into her head about her friends. Naga said that this might happen, she already knew about this; nothing unexpected could have happened. I'm sure they'll all find their way back safely. And I'm sure there's nothing they couldn't handle by-

"Exalted One," Naga's voice abruptly echoed throughout the void, interrupting Lucina's thoughts. "You are about to arrive in a world set more than 10 years prior to your own. The events leading to the resurrection of the Fell Dragon have not yet taken place and you must prevent them from occurring if you are to save this world."

"Understood." Lucina responded. She felt the pressure of each and every word weigh down upon her. It sure was a lot to take in, especially seeing that she would have to go about it alone at first. She didn't know when, or even if, she would meet up with her friends and could do nothing but pray for their safe arrival.

"Be wary," Naga continued. "Though you have passed through the outrealm gate first amongst your party, Grima's risen have already invaded this world." Lucina winced at the statement. Dammit! She thought. I get one chance to change everything and Grima is already a step ahead.

"It is time." Naga stated. In front of her, though she could not tell how far ahead, Lucina saw a hole start to form in the void. Particles of space rapidly gathered together to form a small cluster of light, which then exploded, as a dark shadow grew in its place. It all happened in less than a second.

Lucina watched the wonders of the Divine Dragon unfold before her. Incredible! She thought, but knew that now was not the time to admire her powers. She tensed her muscles as she charged full speed ahead, making for the tear in space. Excitement, anxiety and fear all coursed through her as a blurry image started to form in the shadow; the world of the past. This is it! She lunged forward yet again, into another unknown realm. Although this was the same world as hers, her arrival would change that completely. It had to.

The blurry glob of colors started to form a clearer image; bodies, two of them to be exact, racing in the same direction that Lucina was headed. They were no normal people, however. Their skin was dark, a purplish-brown color, and the noises they made were inhuman. The risen! Just like Naga had said.

They both made their way through the gate as Lucina raced forward to try and catch up to them. She had to stop them from killing anyone. The gate was opened for her but they had managed to pass through it as well; she didn't want anyone to die because of her. No, she was here to prevent death!

They both passed through, however, with Lucina still in tow a ways behind them. She had to catch up! Almost a minute had passed before she was able to pass through the gate as well. Hearing a scream, she dove forward, reaching her hand out as she leapt. Passing through the gate was a strange phenomenon; it felt almost like she was emerging from a pool of water as her body became enveloped by a new air and atmosphere.

After she passed through the "membrane" of the gate, she found herself falling quite a ways. Apparently the gate had been opened quite far off the ground, though she wasn't sure if Naga had complete control over that or not. It didn't matter though; she was here. As she fell, she observed where she was and what was going on. She noticed two people, most undoubtedly her father and aunt, fighting off the two risen that had just exited that gate. Well, trying to fight them off at least.

Lissa was backed up against a boulder, shaking and guarding herself with her staff. Chrom must have killed the first risen as he was now heading for the second one, but Lucina could tell he wouldn't make it in time to save his sister. She didn't have time to think of a strategy so she would have to act on her gut. The risen raised its axe high above its head as Lucina hit the ground before springing over to Lissa in a swift second.

The axe came flying for her head as she gasped and ducked behind her staff while at the same time Lucina had whipped Falchion out of its sheath and rested the blade on her back. She dove in front of Lissa, her back facing the risen and supporting her sword, which then caught the oncoming axe. Sparks shot out from the metal crashing against metal as Lucina desperately stood her ground, able to now do nothing but hold off the risen as long as possible.

The tremendous amount of strength the risen had was incredible. Either that, or the time travel had weakened Lucina, but she could feel her strength steadily fading. She stood there struggling for almost ten seconds flat as Lissa slowly met her gaze in a terrified state. Wondering where her father was, Lucina looked to her side to see him frozen in a state of shock. It was probably a lot to take in all at once, seeing her fall from the sky following two zombie-like creatures that had attempted to kill him, but now was not the time to contemplate it.

"Help!" She called, trying to keep her voice low to conceal the fact that she was a woman. She had decided to disguise her true identity to the best of her abilities and figured that switching her gender would surely help in doing so (which is why she had tucked her hair in as well). No one would be able to guess who she was, even if they had suspicions. No, not if she was a man.

At that time, Lissa had also turned her attention to her brother, who was still standing there. Lucina's call, however, had broken Chrom's daze as he charged forward wielding a glowing Falchion in both hands. His shouting distracted the risen, which prompted it to lift its axe off of Lucina's own Falchion. Using this short opportunity as an opening, she swung Falchion from behind her, twirling herself so that she held it properly in front of her and in one swift motion sliced the risen in half to match her father's own swing.

With both blades slicing the creature in half, it let out one last ghastly moan as its body disintegrated into a purple fog, which quickly dissipated into nothing. Lucina, facing away from the both the royals, slowly sheathed her sword as she prepared for questioning that was sure to follow any second. Lissa had stopped shaking like a leaf, but her attention was turned towards Lucina, as well as her older brother's. He stepped to the side as Lucina stood in silence, without saying a word.

"Quite an entrance," Chrom said, inspecting her from head to toe. She made sure to keep Falchion's hilt close to her and her arm covering it from Chrom's view as she stared off into the distance. She couldn't let him know that she had the same sword, not yet. "What's your name?" He continued. She looked to the side to catch a glimpse of him from the corner of her eye, if possible at all in that mask. Before she could respond, Frederick rushed in with Robin in tow.

Lucina, feeling pulses of stress, worry, and fear, looked to her side to see more risen crawling out from the forest. Conversation would have to wait, especially since it was getting dark and fighting would prove more difficult. Frederick met the royals with a deep concern in his voice, as Chrom ordered him to fight along with the rest of the available shepherds. The group took to arms and nearly wiped out all of the risen in a matter of minutes, Lucina taking care of a couple herself. Once the fighting was finished, the rest of the shepherds returned to their camp while Chrom stayed behind with Lissa, Frederick and Robin to talk with Lucina.

She feared him questioning her further though; she didn't know how much information he would want and she wasn't sure how much she should tell them. Probably nothing yet, she just got here after all. Gerome's words rang in her head as she remembered him warning her not to become too involved with the people of this world. That was true, but…

"It seems all the creatures are vanquished." Frederick stated, his arms occupying their usual place behind his back. He stood tall next to Robin, who looked somewhat short in comparison, but Frederick was a tall man in general. His presence would most likely be very intimidating had he been an enemy soldier. Luckily, that wasn't the case. He continued speaking. "This young man took care of the others."

Lucina shifted her feet upon hearing that. It was good news; they were supposed to think that she was a man, but actually being mistaken for a man, intentionally or not, was a very weird feeling. Nonetheless, she kept her cool as they continued to converse.

"Um… I never got to thank you… for before. So… thank you. You were very brave." Lissa complimented as she clasped her hands together behind her back. Lucina kept quiet.

"You saved my sister's life. My name is Chrom. Might I ask yours?" Chrom said, gesturing towards her. Lucina didn't have to think twice about what her alias would be.

"You may call me Marth." She responded, still in a low tone. She was going to have to keep that up for a while, which was not only awkward for her but somewhat of a hassle. It didn't compare to any real trouble though, so she looked past it.

"Marth? After the heroic king of old?" Chrom asked, but continued before she could respond. "You certainly fight like a hero. Where did you learn your way with a sword?" Heeding Gerome's words once again, she responded as best she could without sounding… rude.

"We're not here to talk about me." She said. "This world teeters at the brink of a horrible calamity. What you saw tonight was but a prelude. You have been warned." That's fine. She thought. Don't reveal too much. Not yet. With that, she turned and walked away, leaving the four of them alone. Lissa wouldn't have it though, and wanted more of an answer to… whatever Marth had just said.

"Huh? What's teetering where now? Hey, wait!" She called, jumping forward in confusion.

"Not much for conversation, is he?" Robin said, crossing his arms as he watched the mysterious young man disappear into the forest.

"It appears his skills lie elsewhere. I wager we'll hear his name again…" Frederick began, turning to Chrom. Lucina, only disappearing behind a tree, made sure she was out of sight before running a couple paces and hiding again, listening in on what the small group had to say.

"But for now, I'm more concerned about the capital. We should make haste." Frederick finished. That was all. With that, they all turned around and headed back for their camp to meet up with the other shepherds. Lucina spied on them from behind her tree. She peeked her head around to get one more good glimpse of her father before he vanished into the darkness with the others. More of the shepherds had met up with him bearing a torch, but he was too far away to see now.

Lucina quietly watched as the small ball of light grew fainter and fainter the further away it got and as the shepherds became undetectable. She sighed a breath of relief; she had not even been here for thirty minutes and had already needed to fight Grima's risen. Her real adventure was just getting started. She would have plenty of time to think about Grima though; for now, she wanted to enjoy her moment of silence and peace before the chaos returned. She turned back around, leaning against the tree, and couldn't help but smile as she thought of her father. Father… It was so good to see you again. She thought. I'll save you this time for sure. It's a promise.

Author's Note

So I've decided that I will be doing Lucina's story… obviously. Like I said, it would be pretty long so I'll try my best to shorten it to keep it from being way different from the other chapters; this is the first part to it. I'm not quite sure how many parts Lucina's story will have alone, but I'd like to make each of the other children only have one part; I was initially going to make each chapter the story of one of the children so they'd all get one chapter a piece, but I realized I can't do that unless I want Lucina's to be exceptionally long, which I don't. So aside from hers, I still plan on making each child get one chapter. That's the PLAN.

I also failed to mention two things last time: (1) I don't think I'll be doing Morgan's story and (2) I'm trying to do all the children's stories in order (according to their paralogues). Not that that the second part matters much, but just letting readers know, cause why not.