Lucina was walking through the camp sight with her head bowed and her hands behind her back, thinking about what happened today in the battlefield. Her father just saved her life, which was understandable, being his daughter and everything. However, when she came to the past, it was so that she would save her parents and alter the future.
Since then, she's been looking after her parents and aunt even after the war of Plegia, but once she revealed herself to be a daughter of the future, Chrom and Sumia have been doing everything they can to look after their future daughters. Lucina even started to wonder if coming to the past brought more complications than she and her friends wanted.
"This has been such a turn of events... and not for the better, I don't think. I know that they want to protect us because we are their children, but..." Lucina thought aloud to herself, when she noticed the tent she and Cynthia shared was lit. She stepped to the tent, wondering if Cynthia was inside, and sure enough, she found her younger sister sitting in a corner, twiddling her fingers with a sad frown.
With a sigh, Cynthia said aloud "I'm nothing but a screw up... How could mom and dad ever spawned someone like me..."
Confused as to what Cynthia was moping, Lucina walked in asking "Cynthia? What are you doing in here by yourself?"
Cynthia looked up at Lucina and said "Oh... Hey Lucy..."
"Why are you sitting in the tent all by yourself?"
"What else can I do, other than sit around doing nothing." Cynthia answered.
Lucinda was now even more confused, with a hint of concern. She sat next to Cynthia and asked "Cynthia, what are you talking about?"
Cynthia didn't really want to talk about her little incident with their mother. "I'd rather not talk about it."
Lucina then placed a hand on Cynthia's shoulder in hopes of comforting her and said "Come on, Cynthia. You can tell your big sister. I'm pretty sure whatever it is you did, I'll understand."
Cynthia looked at her older sister who looked back at her with sympathy and then said "Well, okay. You see, earlier, when we were fighting off the Risen, mom came and rescued me, but then she fell off her horse and she fell on her."
"Oh, I-I see."
"It's My fault she got injured, Lucina!" Said Cynthia. "If I had been more alert, then maybe..."
"Cynthia, it wasn't your fault." Lucinda assured.
"How can you be so sure?!" Cynthia asked in doubt. "I always mess up everything! Maybe it would have been best if I'd stayed in the future."
"Shocked and angered, Lucina said "Don't you dare say that!" Cynthia became surprised at Lucina's words. "I wasn't going to leave you in the future where there is nothing but doom and despair! Clumsy or not, I am never going to leave you!"
"L-Lucy." Cynthia was now feeling guilty for making her sister angry, when their parents, Chrom and Sumia came in the tent.
"Girls? Are you in here?" Chrom asked.
Lucina and Cynthia were surprised to see their parents come in on their little conversation. "Mother, father?" They both said in union.
Chrom and his wife walked inside as he asked "Are we interrupting something, or is now a good time to talk?"
The two sisters looked at one another then at their parents again with Lucina saying "No, not really."
They not stood up as Cynthia asked "Did you want something?"
Sumia held on to Chrom's hand as she explains the reason they came to see them, saying "Girls, your father and I have been talking about the battle today, and we've been if there was something troubling both of you."
Chrom gently clutched on to Sumia's hand as he added "We were wondering where if it has anything to do with coming to the past to insure the safety of the future. If you girls want to talk about it, just let us know."
Lucina and Cynthia looked at one another before narrowing their heads to the ground in shame. "Actually, maybe now would be a good time." Said Lucina.
"Alright, we're listening." Said Chrom.
"Mother, father, you are aware that me, Cynthia, our cousin Owain, and our friends came here to prevent the future that was Grima." Lucina began.
"Well, of course we are. You all came to keep us all safe from impending doom." Said Sumia. "And needless to say, we were happy to meet our children from the future. Though Miriel is sceptical of the whole time traveling idea."
"Yes well... There's one thing that's been bothering me." Lucina confessed.
"And that is?" Chrom asked.
"On the dawning morn, I mistakenly revealed that I was your daughter."
"Ah, yes. That was sure a day to remember." Said Sumia.
"Since then, both of you have been keeping me close by every time we come into battle. The same thing happened with Cynthia."
"Well, of course we do! You two are our daughters." Said Chrom. "It is always a parents duty to protect their off springs!"
Lucina then retorted "But your children, who came from the future, also have a duty to protect our parents!" Hearing that made Chrom and Sumia realize she was right. Lucina and the other children have traveled to the past in order to keep their parents safe from their coming demise. "We were supposed to be the ones making sure that you don't die in the hands of Grima. We thought that by fighting alongside you would help, but... but maybe... maybe it was a mistake."
"Lucina, what are you saying?" Chrom asked in concern.
"I'm saying that... Perhaps doing so may have brought more stress to you than you already had then." Said Lucina, holding her hands together in shame.
"Lucina, don't be ridicu-" Chrom was about to say, when Cynthia interrupted him.
"Lucian's right, dad!" Cynthia began. "Mom even got hurt trying to protect me! I even easily mistaken some creep to being you, dad. And I was fighting against you all because I goofed. I'm nothing but a... a screw up."
Then suddenly, Sumia shouted in a stern tone "That is enough, Cynthia!" Cynthia, Lucina, and even Chrom looked at Sumia in utter surprise of her out burst. "How dare you say such negative things about yourself! My girls talking about how terrible they are, that is the last thing I want! I don't ever want to hear anything self negative from either of you again! Do you understand?!"
Feeling guilty, Cynthia held her hands up to her chest and said "M-Mom... I-I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..."
Sumia then embraced both of her daughters in a hug, shedding tears as she said more calmly "You are both our pride and joy. Our brightest hope. If we lost both of you... we... We..." As their mother cried, it made both girls realize how important they were to them.
Now crying along with their mother, Lucina said in sobs "Mother... We're... We're so, so sorry..."
"We're sorry mom... We didn't realize..." Said Cynthia as she sniffled.
Chrom went over to his wife and daughters and hugged his family. Once they were done crying, Chrom said to the Lucina and Cynthia "The thing is girls, we don't want to see either of you die trying to protect us. If anything, losing a child is more devastating than losing a parent. Do you understand girls?"
Lucina took a breath and said in a half whisper "Yes father."
"Yes, dad." Said Cynthia as they took in the moment before pulling away.
Sumia wiped the tear stains off as she said "Do you girls feel any better now?"
Lucina and Cynthia also wiped their tears before they answered "Yes, mother."
Sumia then smiled and said "Good. I feel better too."
"Well, this conversation had more sentiment than I had thought." Said Chrom.
"Yeah, it sure did." Said Cynthia. "I'm sorry for being so negative."
"It's alright, Cynthia." Chrom assured with his hands his younger daughter's shoulders. "Just so you know, we love you girls so much."
Cynthia smiled at her father as she said "We love you too, dad, and mom."
Afterwards, Chrom remembered something else on his to do list and said "Hey, we better get going to the war room for a meeting! Frederick would be pretty worried."
"Yup, he sure would." Cynthia commented with a giggle.
Later that night, most of the soldiers were getting ready for some sleep, while others were on night sentry patrol. Lucina and Cynthia were in their tent, with their armor and equipment off and laid securely on the side. Once they had the sheet over themselves, Cynthia spoke "Um, Lucina?"
Lucina gave her younger sister her attention and said "Yes, Cynthia?"
Cynthia twiddled her fingers and said "Um... About what I said earlier, the thought of leaving me in the future. I just want to say... Well, I'm sorry."
Lucina smiled at Cynthia and stroke her pigtails as she assured "It's alright. I know you may think that you are too annoying or too clumsy, but to me, you a far more tolerable and more useful than you think."
Cynthia then smiled, puttting Lucina's awkward way of putting words together aside, knowing that she means well. "Thanks, Lucina."
"You know, we have pretty good parents, don't we?" Said Lucina.
Cynthia nodded her head and said "We sure do." She then embraced Lucina in a loving hug. "And I have the best sister in the whole world!"
Lucina returned the hug and said "I'm not so sure about the best, but thank you." She then placed a kiss on Cynthia's forehead. "I love you, little sister."
"I love you too, big sis." Said Cynthia in response. They then laid their heads on the big pillow, falling asleep with Cynthia feeling safe and secure in Lucina's arms.
Hope you've all enjoyed this short but tender moment. There will be more coming along the way. (R&R)
