A Tale of Two Emblems Chapter 2: One's Hope
August 7, 2009
Alright, well thanks to everyone who took the time to look at the first chapter, we're hoping to get some reviews this chapter though XD So read and enjoy everybody!!
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The land of Tellius was peaceful. At the moment, no wars were going on. The countries seemed to be getting along well at this point in time.
In the Phoenicis country, the hawk laguz flew overhead, scouting their country in case of attack. Phoenicis Castle was fairly quiet for a laguz palace.
Leanne, princess of the herons, was visiting the country with Nealuchi, an old raven laguz. Tibarn, king of the hawks, greeted the two as they approached the castle.
"Hello King Tibarn." Nealuchi said to the king.
"Hello Nealuchi and Leanne. Welcome. What brings you here?" Tibarn asked.
"Nestling requested that I bring Leanne here. She's been saying some…odd things lately." the raven laguz explained.
"What sort of 'odd' things has she been saying?" Tibarn asked as he crossed his arms, his head tilted curiously.
"Something about a brother named Reyson." Nealuchi replied.
"Reyson? Leanne doesn't have a brother named Reyson. She had an older brother named Rafiel but not Reyson." The hawk king said confused by the princess.
"I explained it to her but she's stubborn and says Reyson exists."
"Leanne, why are you saying this?" Tibarn asked her calmly.
"Stsixe eh wonk I." Leanne said in the ancient tongue (1). "Rehtie rebmemer t'nod uoy, em llet t'nod nrabiT" Leanne said with a sad face..
"Leanne, I would have remembered if he existed."
"EkI touba tahw?" Leanne asked.
"No, that name doesn't ring a bell either." Tibarn said concerned for her now. Leanne took out Lehran's Medallion. "When did you obtain Lehran's Medallion?"
"Raw s'gnik dam eht retfa I dna nosyer ot ti evag tsim." She said.
"Mist?" The two laguz asked the princess. She sighed lightly. Leanne flew into the castle.
"Lady Leanne is worrying me." Nealuchi mumbled.
"She's probably going through some hard times being the only remaining heron besides her father." Tibarn suggested. "I'll keep an eye on her."
"Thank you King Tibarn." The old raven laguz replied with relief.
Leanne flew through the halls of the castle. A few hawk laguz glanced at her as she passed. She headed down a few corridors and stopped in a quiet area of the castle. The blonde haired and green eyed heron watched the scenery from the only open window.
"Do not give up Leanne." A child voice said. Leanne looked at the medallion. "You are the only one that remembers the heroes. My powers weren't strong enough to protect others from Sephiran's doing. You must do something before Ashera destroys everything we created. I will be able to send you to the location of the others but you must be in the Serenes Forest by tonight."
"Y…..Yune" Leanne struggled with the name.
"You must! You are the one and only hope to save this planet! Bring back the heroes of the Mad King's War!" Yune said before the conversation broke off.
"Leanne!" Tibarn called for the princess. Leanne headed for the calling king.
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Night fall soon came on Tellius. A large group of hawk laguz left to hunt, headed by Tibarn. Leanne and a few others, remained at the castle.
Leanne began to get ready to leave the hawk palace. A few hawk laguz looked at her and asked her what she was doing. In response, she spoke to them in the ancient language. The hawks left her, confused on what she said.
"Leanne hurry along to Serenes Forest!" Yune said from the Fire Emblem. Leanne nodded lightly and carefully left the castle. The hawk laguz surprisingly didn't catch her leaving.
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Leanne arrived at Serenes Forest when the moon was high in the sky. She flew around the peaceful forest. The blonde soon arrived at the alter.
"Y…Yune?" The heron asked as she flew up to the alter. She landed on top of the alter and waited for the Goddess.
"Leanne, when you arrive at the other world they will not know you like everyone here doesn't know them. There are some other people you will not recognize but with your galdr talent you will be able to restore their memory."
" Ereh meht no korw rdlag eht t'now yhw?" Leanne asked.
"Sephiran's magic is strong here in Tellius. It seems to have a weaker effect in the other world that the heroes reside in." Yune explained. "The galdr should snap them back to their normal selves. Now, I hope you're ready to travel to this planet." Leanne nodded. The blue flame from the medallion surrounded the heron without burning her. In a flash, Leanne was teleported from the alter to the same planet as the heroes.
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"Princess Leanne is missing!" A hawk laguz called out to the entire castle.
King Tibarn arrived at the castle a few minutes later with several other laguz hawks. He noticed the hawks scrambling to find someone or thing.
"What's going on?" The sky king asked.
"Princess Leanne is…" A hawk laguz trailed off recognizing the king.
"Either she was kidnapped or she left." Tibarn finished his sentence. "From the looks of it, she left."
"Ah…she did talk to us but none of us understood her." Another hawk laguz stated.
"I knew I shouldn't have left Leanne here." The king mumbled. "I'll scout the area and head over to Serenes Forest to see if she went there." Tibarn left before they said anything.
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Sephiran stood with his eyes closed. He listened around him. "Yune isn't here anymore." He mumbled to himself. "She knows of our plan." He took his staff out and teleported to where Mithos was. "Mithos, Yune knows of our plan." He informed the half-elf.
The half-elf quirked an eyebrow. "And? What am I suppose to do about it? She's your Goddess." Sephiran sighed lightly.
"This makes it problematical to our plan." The chancellor replied. "If Yune is not on the planet, then her seal can not be broken." Sephiran thought for a moment. "If I leave the planet then the spell on everyone will break, Sir Knight!" He called. The Black Knight appeared in front of the two. "Depart to the planet where the heroes live. Return with Lehran's Medallion and Princess Leanne, unharmed."
"What if they get in the way?" The knight inquired.
"Kill them for the Goddess's sake." Mithos grinned. Sephiran nodded in agreement.
"Good-luck Sir Knight," and with that the Black Knight left.
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Leanne appeared on the heroes planet. She noticed she was up several feet in the air. Luckily, she still had her wings. The blonde glided down and landed a few feet from the school.
"I ma erehw?" The heron mumbled.
Behind the school, several classes were going on at the moment. Shinon, the distance combat teacher, was outside trying to perfect everyone's archery skills at the moment he was working with the geeks. A few yards behind them Dirk and Altessa, the metal working professors, were demonstrating how to make the perfect weapon of choice to the goths and punks. Calill was the fire and thunder magic professor and she was across the lawn with the popular clique. Nasir, the plant and animal studies professor, was the farthest of the groups from the school and he was teaching the peacemakers, unclassifieds and Sothe. Haar was the individual study teacher and he was asleep under a tree like he normally was while the jocks ran amuck.
As for the rest of the teachers, they were enjoying their hour break from teaching. Bastian, Yuan Regal, Largo, Volke, and Tanith were inside. Raine, the history professor, sat under a tree reading a book. Kratos was the mathematics professor, he was leaning against a tree with his eyes closed seeming to calculating in his head, and Tauroneo, the English professor, sat in the grass and watched the other classes.
Ena was the Head Master. She walked out of one of the buildings and noticed the sleeping Haar. She quietly sighed and walked over, waking him up as soon as she was fifty feet from him.
"Yes, Head Master Ena?" Haar asked. He yawned and opened his eye to look at the pink haired woman.
"You're sleeping again." Ena stated quietly.
"Yes, the kids don't need me to watch them all the time." Haar replied as he stood up, looking over his hectic class who seemed to be fighting over an apple they found in the yard.
"…" Ena paused to watch. "True it is Independent Study." she mumbled. "Carry on." She began to walk passed Professor Raine.
"My students aren't grasping history." The white hair woman said not even looking up.
"Try to put it in their terms, they'll comprehend it eventually." Ena replied still continuing on.
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Leanne flew up to the roof of the school. She noticed the groups spread throughout the small field. Her green eyes caught long blonde hair like hers. Reyson was in Dirk and Altessa's class. Leanne smiled in sight of her older brother.
"…Reyson…" She mumbled with ease.
On the ground , Kratos sensed something. He opened his eyes and looked up at the roof, tilting his head, before giving it a shake, at least enough for Raine to take notice.
"What's wrong Kratos?" The half-elf asked.
"An angel." The man replied quietly.
"W-what? " She stood up with a smile on her face and her eyes closed. "Nonsense angels don't exist." She opened her eyes and realized he was right. "A-an angel!" She said excitedly. Leanne looked down and noticed two people who she didn't know. They were looking at her and talking about her though. "I wonder what history she knows, I wonder what language she speaks, I wonder-" Kratos cut her off.
"She looks like Reyson." Kratos interrupted her. Raine blinked.
"Yes, she does! Maybe she's come to take Reyson back with her!" Raine said starting to enter her manic-self. "Maybe she might take one of us back with her…I must talk to her!" Raine began to run off but Kratos grabbed her shirt collar.
"She's terrified from the looks of it." The red headed man said. Raine glanced up again. Leanne was looking at them puzzled by the white haired woman's sudden reaction. Kratos let go of the history professor.
"We have to ask Nasir about her." Raine ran off quickly to get Nasir. Kratos watched Leanne.
"I have a feeling you're not an angel but something else…" He mumbled to himself.
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Some of the jocks paused to take notice of the woman standing on the roof.
"Hey look guys! Reyson's on the roof!" Lloyd shouted.
"How did he get up there?" Kieran asked.
"That's not Reyson you idiots! It's a girl!" Jill grumbled.
"How can you tell?" Boyd asked tilting his head.
Jill gave them a flat look and Titania made a motion above her own very feminine chest.
"Oooh." the boys nodded, all taking the time to look back and nod in agreement.
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"Nasir, may I talk to you for a moment?" Raine asked walking up to the class who looked over and blinked at the history teacher that had a crazy look in her eyes.
"Yes," he looked at his students. "Review amongst yourselves." Nasir and Raine walked a few feet from the class.
"Do angels exist!?" she asked urgently.
"No one has ever seen an angel. So, no." Nasir replied.
"Then what is that!?" she asked pointing at the top of the school. The light blue haired man looked at the roof of the building then looked backed at Raine.
"It could be an angel, we don't know for certain."
"Hey, look on the roof!" Mist called out quickly.
"Wow, it's pretty. What is it?" Colette asked.
"It looks like an angel." Rhys replied.
"It looks like Reyson" Rolf mumbled under breath.
"Are you sure it's not!?" Tormod asked disbelief in his tone.
"Reyson, is over in the metal shop class." Mordecai replied as a bird landed on his shoulder.
"Yeah he is." Mist mumbled now confused to who was on the roof.
"Excuse me…but isn't it a woman?" Rhys said quietly.
"I thought something was odd about it for it to be Reyson." Colette said with a small embarrassed giggle. Tormod slapped his face.
"I think Rhys should speak to the female angel." Mist said with a smile.
"W-what? Why me?" The priest asked.
"Because you're…composed." she replied.
"C-composed?"
"Reyson should speak to her." Nasir said as he walked over to his class.
"Ha! You think it looks like him too!" Tormod chuckled.
"No, she has similar characteristics to Reyson." Nasir replied.
"She could be Reyson's sister." Mordecai suggested.
"That was my theory." Nasir replied.
"Devdon agrees with Mordecai and Professor Nasir." Devdon replied.
Tormod gave a flat look. "You guys are no fun."
"We're concerned about the visitor." Nasir replied. Raine came back over.
"She keeps watching Reyson," the history teacher said.
"Then let's get him." Rhys suggested.
"I'll go get him and take him up to the roof." Raine offered.
"Okay Professor. Should we come too?" Colette asked.
"Ah, not up to the roof, plus you're in class right now." The half-elf replied.
"But this is so exciting! Isn't it everyone?" she said.
"Yeah! I agree with Colette! We should go too! Right Sothe?" Tormod prompted with a grin.
"Don't talk to me." Sothe said.
"Argh! You're so mean Sothe! But we're still friends. Come on Professor Raine! Let us come too! Maybe we'll make history by being the first people to see an angel ever!"
"Fine." Raine mumbled. She ran over to Dirk and Altessa's class to get Reyson.
"Come on everybody! Let's go!" Tormod said following quickly after the history professor.
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The whole school followed Reyson as he approached the building with Leanne on it. Lethe was behind him pushing him along. Reyson sighed and turned to face the other punk.
"Stop it!" Reyson said annoyed.
"If I stop, there will be a high chance that you'll turn back and run." Lethe replied not phased.
"I'm not a coward," Reyson defended himself. The blonde turned and looked at the roof. Leanne smiled and flew down. Everyone was startled. She tucked her wings behind her.
"Reyson." Leanne said quietly.
"Um, yeah. I'm Reyson." he replied.
"sgniw ruoy evah uoy t'nod yhw?" Leanne asked in the ancient language. Reyson gave her a blank look, everyone else staring.
"Well? What did she say?" Raine prompted, hoping someone understood.
"Reyson?" Leanne repeated.
"I'm sorry, I can't understand you." Reyson began. "Can you understand me?"
"…Yes…" She said having a slight problem with the word.
"She understands!" Raine said happily.
"Yes, Raine we all heard." Tanith replied.
"I-Ike?" Leanne asked the blue haired man.
Ike blinked. "Yeah, that's me. Well…what's your name?" he asked.
"Leanne." She answered quietly.
"Hurry up Leanne! The Black Knight is coming to this realm!" Yune said from the medallion. "Sing the galdr of rebirth." Leanne nodded. She closed her eyes and began to sing the galdr of rebirth.
"W-Why is she singing?" Sheena asked nervously.
"It sounds…" Ike mumbled weakly, his emerald eyes closing peacefully.
"Mom…" Mist murmured, looking over at Ike.
"Yeah." he nodded.
"It's familiar." Rhys said.
After a moment a male voice entered the song and the others looked over to see Reyson singing along in the same foreign language before being engulfed in a bright light, the other laguz being encased in a similar glare. The humans closed their eyes and some put hands to their heads as memories of their past lives came rushing back to them.
The Black Knight appeared a few feet from the group. He heard the galdr of rebirth and saw that the laguz had their animal characteristics.
"We're too late…" he mumbled.
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(1) Leanne speaks English backwards so that's suppose to be the ancient language if you can't read backwards her sentences are here:
I know he exists.
Tibarn don't tell me, you don't remember either.
What about Ike?
Mist gave it to Reyson and I after the Mad King's War
Why won't the galdr work on them here?
Where am I?
Why don't you have your wings?
Huh…Leanne actually doesn't have very many lines in this chapter, but she's very important XD We'll get the next chapter up as soon as possible everybody, but it helps if you guys review and tell us if you like it or not…so review please!
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