Second Chances

Fire Emblem

A/N: 1. I just finished with finals, so I'm feeling quite lazy. 2. I have no idea why this needs to be rewritten, but I'm gonna do it anyways! 3. The Title… was lame. It's still lame, but I figured with my new style I should just give it a new title. So voila! Unless anyone can come up with a new/better one before I update the next chapter of this, then too bad. You're stuck with it. 4. Yes, I am clearly cranky and in need of sleep and/or caffeine…

5. And this gets it's a separate line because it's important. I've decided to rewrite/edit chapter according to Review. The more reviews the more likely I am to update that quickly. So, for example. As much as I am not into Twilight these days, it has the most reviews so I will be updating the second chapter of that first. Capiche? Capiche. Also, as you can see –if you feel like going into my Profile- I am looking for songs and whatnot as themes and the like. Why? I have no idea, I just felt like it. So if my profile is incomplete… oh well. That's just life. Nothing's ever complete. Notes and info will be on my profile, unless it's important enough for me to state over, and over, when I update stories.

6. Once the previous chapters are updated/rewritten/edited as I plan, then it's basically a free-for-all of updates. I will write as I am inspired for each story. The more inspiration I have the sooner out the chapter will be, hinthint.

As you can see, I've decided to buck up and 'take responsibility' of my stories. If I ever stop writing a story, or get stuck, it'll go on hiatus, and if I just can't bring myself to update it, I'll take it down. End of story.

And… oh-hoh! What's this? I've actually thought of a Summary? Well what d'ya know…

Probably sucks as bad as the previous non-existent summary. *shrugs* oh well.

Summary: Following her tragic death, Rei awakens in the world of Fire Emblem. In a fit of confusion, she finds herself tossed into the chaos and politics of the Fire Emblem World… Just how is she expected to survive? And just what is her purpose here anyways…? Could it be… a second chance…?

DISCLAIMER: FIRE EMBLEM IN NO WAY BELONGS TO ME. NOR DOES MOST OF THE STORYLINE...

EXCEPT REI-CHAN...

AND RYOUSUKE-KUN...

and Unless I feel like it, I will say this once and only once: I don't own Fire Emblem. Only the GBA and GameCube versions of the games. Also, I am very open as far as most pairings go.

WARNINGS: Depressing stuff? Who knows. If there's anything you need to be warned of it'll probably change every chapter.

Other Notes: Oh, and by the way, I've decided to entire forgo my 'prologue', since I don't need it, and what I'm planning now changes things a bit. Also, I ended up using it for an Original Story, after I read over it again, otl. So, for the most part -99.9% of this story, probably- the fic will follow the game (with some speculation on my part, I find it impossible for one character to not talk at all lest she literally CAN'T). For the other .1% it will be OC-ish stuff. So there. Pairings at the moment are undecided –except for one, but that's got nothing to do with the series. You have been warned.

Oh, and perspectives change in this chapter. I've yet to decide whether I'll continue switches, or just third perspective after this. So there.

Now get reading! Go on! Shoo! *shoos you to chapter below*


Prologue: A Girl from the Plains


"...Are you awake?" the sound of an unfamiliar girl's voice woke me, and I opened my eyes with a slight groan.

What an odd dream, I thought, as I looked around, before my eyes rested on a Dark Green haired girl with Sea-Green eyes looking at me with concern.

"I found you unconscious on the plains," she explained.

Oh, was my confusion that obvious…?

...Wait, plains...? But I was just-

"Who are you?" I blurted out, before blinking. Oops.

"I am Lyn, of the Lorca tribe," she said, her bright eyes studying me, before she smiled, "It's alright, you are safe now," she said.

Safe? Safe from what? I wondered. And 'Lyn'...? What an odd name... I thought.

"Who are you?" she asked, before seeing my apparent look of confusion, and frowning, looking at me worriedly, "Can you remember your name...?" she asked.

I blinked, that's right, I was supposed to be dead... right?

I know I had died, or I was dreaming, yes, dreaming...

"Rei Kira," I said, stating my full name the Western way, as she had stated her own... Or so I was guessing.

Wherever I was, they sure had a weird way of expressing things...

"Your name is ReiKira?" she said, apparently thinking it was my first name... Oh well, I'm sure it'll be ok, "What an odd sounding name..."

I twitched, well of course, I thought, you're saying together as one name...

But I didn't say anything, not wanting to offend my apparent 'savior'.

I had a feeling that I wasn't 'dead', and that everything here was real... or so I was guessing, since I could feel the weight of the sheets on me...

Seeing my look, she continued to speak, though, "But pay me no mind," she said, "it's a good name," she smiled, as if to say live and let go, before she changed the subject.

"I see by your attire, that you are a traveller," she said, before I looked down.

Hmn, well what do you know, I thought with mild interest. Somehow still not believing what was happening right now.

I should be dead, after all… unless I was in a coma…?

"Would you share your story with me-?" she continued, before loud noises outside the... hut? No, it looked like one of those Nomadic tents...

But it was so big...

Lyn frowned, "Hmn? What is that noise...?" she wondered out loud as I thought this.

Oh well, it saved me from having to lie to her, and make something up, because obviously I couldn't tell her the truth, she'd think I was crazy, and I was starting to think maybe I was...

But I knew no one here, and even if it was a dream... It seemed just a bit too realistic...

I was a bit startled, though, when she stood up, "Rei Kira, wait here for me," she said, heading for the door -flap? "I'll go see what's happening," she said, and I was more than happy to let her take care of whatever it was, if it gave me a chance to think about this...

I watched her leave, taking a sword I had not realized was even there with her, as she did.

While she was gone, I studied the room, or hut... or tent...

Whatever. Anyways, it was just one huge room, like in the huts in the old days. I did pay some attention in World History despite what everyone thought after all...

I felt a slight Pang, as I began thinking of the other world...

Ryousuke... He must be over me by now, I thought, though I was unsure of the time differences here and there. I hope he would be able to get over me... And... And to find someone new.

It was that thought that made me realize that I didn't want him to forget me, but I did want him to be happy.

I was shaken out of my depressing thoughts when Lyn came back, looking very upset.

"Oh no!" she said, "Bandits!" she exclaimed, pacing for a moment, "They must have come down from Bern Mountains!" she said.

I blinked, "What?" but Lyn seemed to be taking my question a different way from what I was thinking, mistaking my surprise that Bandits actually still existed here -wherever, and whenever, here was- for a question as to why they would be here.

"They must be planning on raiding the local villages!" she exclaimed, chewing her lip, "I... I have to stop them!" she said.

She seemed to think for a while, hesitant, as her brows furrowed (what an odd hair color, I had thought, when I first saw her, like an anime character. Now, though, I realized her hair was natural... well, for her anyways), and she looked over at the door-flap... thingie...

Oh forget this! Let's just call it a Door-Flap... thing...

Oh great, now I'm talking to myself. I thought, sighing, but was broken out of my thoughts when she started talking again, apparently not noticing my expression or my sigh -heck, she wasn't even facing me!

"If that's all of them... I think I can handle them on my own..." she said, before getting up from the chair she had flopped into soon after exclaiming that she 'had to stop them'. And then, as if remembering me, she added, "You'll be safe here, Rei Kira."

I blinked –oh, no she wasn't! If she died, I had nothing else to help me here! "I'm going with you!" I said, before I had even thought of the consequences of this...

Crap, what was I getting myself into?

"What?" she looked startled now, "You want to help? Well... can you use a weapon?" she asked.

"Uh... no..." I said, thinking quickly for a reason for me to go with her, "I... I'm a strategist," I blurted.

It wasn't a total untruth... I mean, I was pretty good at planning things... almost bordering OCD, really. And I had played enough games to be good at deciding what to do to avoid getting my characters killed...

"Ah, I... see," she said, looking a little confused at first. Crap, did I say something wrong? I thought. "So you're a strategist by trade?"

I decided to just nod, not wanting to add any more fuel to the fire.

"An odd profession, but..." she said, clearly thinking about it.

"Very well," she said, nodding, and I felt relief course through me... Wait, what? "We'll go together," she said, determination in her eyes.

Oh well, I thought dryly, this couldn't be too bad...

And before I had even realized, though, I had come to like this girl, who I've known for less than an hour, even! Oh, wait, how long had she been out there, before...? That might throw the time off...

Oh, forget it! What's done is done, and it was too late for me to change my mind, besides, I already liked her, and there was no way for me to change that, either...


{PoV Change here, so you don't get confused}

Lyn turned to see Rei Kira come out of the, ah, tent -for lack of a better word {It's a Ger, I know}- her face and features hidden mostly by a worn travel cloak. Only her face, and some hair was apparent from under the hood. Looking at her, she could have been taken as either a man, or a woman.

A slight bulge under the cloak, showed that she had remembered to get the satchel Lyn had asked her to carry, so that she could fight without worrying about the supplies.

Lyn began to speak, "If you want to help, Rei Kira, I could use your advice," she said, trying to let Rei feel helpful, at least, even if she wasn't doing much, as she looked at said cloaked figure.

Rei nodded, getting closer to the younger girl (though she herself still looked pretty young, since Lyn looked quite mature. She wondered if Lyn was around her age...?) and she continued to speak.

"I'll protect you, so stay close to me," she said, as the two of them looked around.

"I'll have to be closer to the enemy," muttered Lyn, as she saw their enemies from where they were.

They were quite a ways off.

Rei nodded, and they got closer. Unfortunately, one of the bandits had noticed them, but luckily, he had thought he'd be able to take care of a woman and a weaponless person, and so had said nothing to his comrades. (Rei's cloak had been flapping as they walked, which was why he knew, and also one of the reasons why he had seen them from the edge of his vision, seeing the dark cloak.)

"Uh-oh, that bandit's spotted us!" hissed Lyn, as she struggled to unsheathe her sword, as the Bandit charged, holding his axe high, and ready to strike.

Somehow, Lyn managed to doge, and pull her sword out, but not before the bandit scratched her, cutting easily through her nomadic clothes.

Blood could be seen, seeping slowly from the wound, as Lyn stifled a yell, which would have alerted the other bandits, and speared the bandit through the gut with her sword.

He looked at her in shock, dropping his axe, as the light in his eyes died out.

The Bandit was dead.

"Victory!" Lyn grinned, before wincing, and grimacing for a moment from the pain of moving. "Oh, but I've been injured," she said gritting her teeth against the pain. "I'll need a Vulnerary,"she said, looking to Rei.

"Do we have any?" she asked, figuring it was like in a game at this point, just deciding to go with the flow, because apparently, one could still feel pain, and die.

Lyn nodded, but carefully, holding the wounded area gingerly, "I'm carrying a couple of Vulneraries in my satchel," she said, "They should heal me up," she said in a way that told the elder that her wound wasn't that serious, and more like it was a scratch, than a gash.

"Will you get one for me?" she asked, in too much pain to move much, as she tried to staunch the wound at her side. It was lucky the Bandit had not sliced far enough to get her stomach.

Rei nodded, secretly a little relieved, but didn't show it, saying "Of course," fumbling a second with the buckle to open the satchel, before she handed one of the two bottles inside to Lyn, guessing that they were the 'Vuneraries' since there was nothing else in the bag, and they looked the same.

She watched, with mild fascination, as Lyn took the Vulnerary, and the wound healed before her very eyes.

Lyn sighed, "Thank you, Rei Kira," she said, gingerly moving her body, to test it, nodding in satisfaction and stoppering the bottle, before handing it back. "Now, let's go get that Brigand over by that Ger!" she said, determination burning anew.

Rei guessed that the round building the ruffian that she also guessed was the 'brigand' was standing in front of was the Ger.

And so they approached the leader of the bandits...

The brigand growled, baring his teeth in a grin, as he saw the two girls.

"Who do you think you are? You think you can stand up to Batta the Beast?" he said, laughing, as he gave Lyn the time to pull her sword out of its scabbard, clearly thinking that a 'mere girl' could do no real harm to a big bad bandit like him.

"We'll see," was all she said, before she moved in to attack.

They parried blows, but just barely enough to block, which meant they were now both wounded.

Oddly enough, the severity of their wounds were about the same –nothing too serious.

Batta grinned, twirling his axe like it was nothing as Lyn pulled back, confident that he could win.

It was obvious that Rei wouldn't be able to attack, since she had no weapon. (Any weapon would have left a distinct shape under her cloak, and he was experienced enough to be able to tell)

"Whew!" she managed, watching Batta, as she pulled back, just far enough to be out of earshot so that she could speak privately to Rei. "He's tough," she said.

"It all comes down to this next blow," she continued, still watching Batta warily, as he continued to twirl his axe lazily, while she spoke to Rei.

"Rei Kira, if I fall, I want you to flee," she said, looking the other straight in the eye, "You must escape!" she said, but before either of them could say anything, Batta decided to attack, seeing that she wasn't looking at him anymore, and more than willing to cheat in this battle.

Besides, he didn't want her to use any Vulneraries, did he? That would put him at a disadvantage, since he had nothing to heal himself with.

Lyn managed to dodge, just scratching his chest as she did, and almost automatically did a quick turn to stab her sword through his chest before he could raise his axe again, and jumped back -far enough to be out of range, should he decided to take her down with him.

But luckily for the girls, 'Batta the Beast' was too shocked to even think of that.

His eyes were wide with shock, as he stared at the sword sticking out of his body, then Lyn, reaching a trembling hand to touch the wound, staring incredulously, when his fingers came up covered in his own blood.

"What-?" he stared at them, his shock apparent in his wide eyes, unable to blink, or to do anything to staunch the flow, knowing it would be useless. Although he was also seemed to be too mystified by the epiphany that he was now dying.

And that he had been done in by a mere chit of a girl.

"How... How did you-" blood bubbled up to his lips, choking him, and preventing him from speaking anymore, as he fell to his knees, his eyes blank as he fell to the ground, dead.

'Batta the Beast' was no more...

Lyn stared at him for a long while, and Rei said nothing, realizing the turmoil the other girl was in.

"Whew! That was close," said Lyn, after a long moment of silence, relief evident as she fell on her bottom, and looked up at Rei. Shock that she had succeeded after all there as well, which had caused her legs to give out.

The battle was over, and she had come out victorious.

"I sorely underestimated him -sorry if I worried you, she said, trying to grin at Rei.

Rei smiled, shaking her head, "It's alright," she said, "You're alive now, and that's all that matters," she said, and Lyn nodded absently, but Rei already knew she wasn't listening, as the other girl stared at the sky.

After a moment, she began to speak again, but more to herself than to Rei, as if speaking her thoughts out loud.

"I'll need to become stronger," she said, "if I'm going to survive..." she looked speculative as she thought, "Strong enough that no one can defeat me..." she said softly.

Rei waited patiently, as her new friend... Friend? Yes, definitely. They were friends now for sure...

Now, she let her friend continue to think.

At last, though, she seemed to remember where they were, and grinned apologetically at Rei, getting off the ground, and going over to the dead bandit, pulling her sword out with a bit of trouble, before she wiped it clean.

"Sorry, she said, "Let's go see if any of the people here need help," she said.

"And to tell them that the worst is over," added Rei with a small smile, as Lyn grinned.

"Yes, let's," she said as the older woman's lips quirked into a smile, and the two women walked to the Ger...


"...Good Morning, Rei Kira! Are you awake yet?" an obnoxiously cheerful female voice woke her, as she opened her eyes, staring -well, glaring- blearily at the green haired woman, her mind taking a while to remember everything, as she forced herself up, covering a yawn.

Lyn grinned at her companion apologetically, "The fight yesterday must have taken a lot out of you," she said.

There was a few seconds of silence, as blank, storm-gray eyes stared into bright and cheery sea-green, while the other's words processed in her mind.

"Oh, no," she said, covering up another yawn, "I'm just not a morning kind of person," she said, so that the other would understand, and hopefully not be offended by her lack of -or short, clipped- answers.

Lyn nodded, smiling, and there was another moment of silence, as Rei finally got out of bed.

"Say, Rei Kira..." said Lyn at last, startling the other, and making her turn to look at the green-haired girl, looking at said girl quizzically, as she silently urged her to speak.

She did.

"I... want to talk to you about something," she said, a bit hesitant at first. "You have experience in the ways of war, I can see," she said, while Rei thought about how wrong that sentence actually was.

In truth, it had all been from games she had played, and a lot to do with any anime, or manga that she would read, which were usually had at either action, adventure, or romance -one of the three at least.

A slight pang went through her again, as she remembered her 'real life', all the things had had been considered mundane, then...

But she said nothing, covering the emotion up, as the other continued to speak.

She had not actually heard most of it, though, so it had taken her quite by surprise when Lyn finally got to the question she had been building up to ask.

"Would you allow me to travel with you?" she asked.

Rei blinked, and pretty much automatically blurted out her next sentence, immediately regretting it when she saw the pain in her friend's eyes, "But shouldn't you speak to your parents about that first?" she had asked, thinking that any parent would want to know this sort of thing... right?

But now she wondered what could possibly have happened to the obviously -well, not quite so obviously, since Rei only looked maybe nineteen, when she was, really, twenty-one- younger girl.

"You... want me to get permission from my parents...?" she said, as the older woman began to think of scenarios of why the girl would be acting like this.

But she nodded, though a little reluctantly, "Yes," she forced herself to say, though she was now looking at the other worriedly. "Unless you can't…?"

Lyn took a deep breath before she began to speak again.

"My mother and father... they... died," she said quietly, "six months ago."

Rei was about to say she was sorry, when she saw the other's inner struggle, and bit her lip to prevent herself from saying anything.

Pity was not what the girl needed right now.

"My people -the Lorca-" she said, "they don't..." she stopped, taking a deep breath, before looking straight into Rei's eyes. What came next, would possibly shatter her heart.

"I am the last of my tribe."

Lyn held her head high, looking proud, but her eyes could barely mask the pain she was feeling. Rei could tell she was trying to be brave -keyword: trying- but the slight trembling in her voice, lips, and hands gave her away.

"Bandits attacked," she said softly, foring herself to continue, barely noticing when Rei took her hands in her own, squeezing them reassuringly.

"They attacked, and... they killed... so many people," she said, ending in a whisper that Rei almost didn't hear, as the green-haired girl closed her eyes, forcing herself to relieve the painful memories -unable to see Rei's worried look.

She kept her eyes closed as she told her story, forcing herself to tell it as if it was not her own story, but another's. Rei didn't stop her, knowing from experience that talking about something was better than forcefully keeping it in.

"The tribe was scattered. My father was our Chieftan, and I wanted to protect our people...

"But I am so young... and my people were so old-fashioned..." she took a deep, shaky breath here, tears threatening to spill even through her closed eye-lids.

"They would not follow a woman.

"No one would follow me..."

Lyn stifled a sniff, "...I'm sorry," she said, voice soft but slightly hoarse, "I've been alone for so long..." she said, looking at Rei with wide, pain filled eyes as she tried not to cry, no longer hiding her pain.

She took a breath and closed her eyes, forcing herself not to cry, "No... No more," she said, her voice trembling, but strong, determined. "I will shed no more tears," she said, voice soft, yet strong.

There was silence, as Rei held her friend, comforting her silently, as she fought to be strong. But it was hard for the girl, who had been younger than her, but had gone through so much worse...

Anger flared in her mind at her people's old-fashioned beliefs. And how could they have left her alone? Couldn't they see her pain? she thought.

At last, Lyn was able to relax, and calmed down. Her eyes were still slightly red-rimmed, though.

"Thank you," she said quietly, pulling away from the other's shoulder, where she'd been leaning into. "I'm better now," she said.

She obviously wasn't completely better, but Rei let it go, knowing that dwelling on it would do no good.

"Rei Kira, I want-" she stopped, taking a deep breath before going on, becoming more like her normal self. Or rather, as normal as Rei knew her in the two days she'd been there.

"I must become stronger, so that I may avenge my father's death," she said, facing Rei. "Yesterday's battle taught me something.

"I won't become stronger by sitting here along," she said. "Rei Kira, tell me you'll train me -that you will let me travel with you," she said.

Rei thought about it for a moment, as Lyn watched her with unwavering eyes. She knew this would be good for the other, even if she couldn't really help the other train much, she knew enough from about this sort of thing to be able to help at least a little. (And people said Anime and Manga were a waste of money!)

At last, she nodded, "Alright," she conceded, deciding to do as much as she could to help her troubled friend.

Lyn immediately cheered, relief evident in her voice. "You will?" she said -she had not been quite so sure as she had seemed. "That's wonderful!" she exclaimed, "Thank you! Oh, thank you!" she exclaimed, taking the other woman's hands in her own, and acting like an overgrown child.

When she realized what she was doing, she immediately forced herself to calm down, much to Rei's amusement, though she couldn't hide the new sparkle in her eyes. "We'll be better off working together, I just know it!" said Lyn, with such surety that if Rei had not figured that she would be better off anyways since she knew almost nothing of this world, and had an doubts, she would have been cured of that thought immediately.

But Lyn was still speaking, "You'll be my master strategist, and I will be your peerless warrior!" she said, completely confident despite the silliness of what she had said, and Rei couldn't help but smile.

"We can do it! Right?" said Lyn, grinning.

Rei smiled back at her, "Of course!"


A/N: I'm going to give you the original 'preview' for what would happen the next 'chapter' of the game from the game. ^^

And... here we are:

The apprentice tactician Rei Kira and the young sword fighter Lyn.

A strange pair on an even stranger journey.

To prepare for the long road ahead, the go to Bulgar, the commercial center of Sacae.

Unbeknownst to Lyn, she will discover something that will alter her life forever.

And there we are, the original Preview FROM THE GAME. Everything but the name, since you can choose your own name for the Game. Name, gender, and 'birthday' are all chosen before you actually start playing the game, and you choose it! ^^ You only get seven spaces for the name though. ^^ So for my character's name, it was actually "ReiKira" with no space between the first and last name. XP

Anyways, I'll let that little 'preview' be your hint. And end things here~

Please Rate and Review now~! XD

And just one more thing: POVs. Either Third Person or Rei's... possibly Ryousuke's when he comes in. ^^ But unless I say otherwise, that'll be how it goes~ I think you all are smart enough to figure it out~ -winks-

Edit: I kept the preview bit for the end of the chapter, so… yeah. They'll be staying. =P

That's it, really.

~~ Murasaki Argenteria [12/17/2011]