Disclaimer: I Do not own Fire Emblem. I wish I did, but who doesn't?

This story does not involve FE 6 in any way or form.

Prologue Part 2: Recovery

by gokart48

"Like this Mark?" She had her sword fully extended and barely kept her balance.

"Your arm should not be so rigid, holding the sword should feel comfortable at all times, just because you would be facing a spear man does not mean you must have your sword as far out as you can. While you are at a disadvantage, you still can not wield a weapon that goes against its strengths."

"Okay, I understand, but what do I do when he attacks me?"

"oh that's simple all you need to do-" Just an hour after I agreed to travel with her we were already discussing strategies and techniques. It would have been even quicker, but I needed some time to prepare a few lessons. I'm not a teacher but I did have a gift with the sword, and I already had a presentation of her skills. I felt bad because there was no way I could stand up, let alone show her what to do, but at least I could watch her swordplay from inside the tent.

"Very good, the spear man would have never seen that coming, and even if he did, there wouldn't be very much he could do to stop you."

"Thanks Mark, I never would have thought about that...whats next?"

"That's enough for now Lyn."

"But I need to get stronger!"

"You wont get stronger by running yourself into the ground, you have already trained for 3 hours and night is about to approach. I know your eager to learn, but a fighter needs to know that patience is just as important on the battlefield. Now come inside and drink some water, you can try to hide it, but I see how tired you are." Her talent was just as vast as her potential. I just had to make sure that it didn't consume her, last thing she needed was to follow the mistakes I made...


The fire was rampant everywhere, but all I could feel was the chills down my spine. Heh heh heh, and you thought we wouldn't find you?It appears your "brilliant" diversion has failed you. A pity too, those poor defenseless people... Erwin come over here, it seems this man has a problem with his back, can you heh heh target the problem? Yes sir at once, how deep would you like the treatment? Oh not too far, we wouldn't want him to be paralyzed now would we? Of course sir, there would be no fun if he couldn't feel whats coming next.


I woke up gasping for breath and I was sweating all over. I needed to calm down or my wounds would open up. In and out, sigh deep breaths "keep it together...I-Its over now" it was only a whisper but I realized I might wake up Lyn if I said anything else. It was still dark and the sun was only starting to rise. "Unh" the adrenaline was wearing off and the pain was racing in. Thinking to myself

'I will stop them one day, but I can't let Lyn get caught in the middle. I'm sure she will understand when the time comes, after all there is only so much I could teach her. Okay... I'm better...I suppose I wont be having any decent sleep for awhile...or at least until I pass out again.'


"Good morning sleepy head."

"umnh... what time is it?" I slowly opened my eyes and to see Lyn's smiling face, she was obviously excited for more training today. Once again I found my self staring and this time my mouth was open. I looked away and quietly cursed myself.

"Its past 8, I didn't want to wake you, but if you slept any longer you would have missed breakfast."

"I suppose I am a little hungry, but don't worry I'll pay you back for it." She smiled again and helped me get into a sitting position.

For the next couple of days we fell into a routine. I would have a nightmare, she would wake me up 2 hours later, we would eat, then I would train her, I spent some of the day resting, and the rest was listening to Lyn and her tribe. I didn't mind, it seemed to ease her burdens having someone to talk to. Then the next day I was finally able to mount Winston and move with no pain (as far as Lyn knew). It turns out he ate every blade of grass in sight since Lyn found us both, and even poked his head through the tent a couple times to check on me. We both agreed to travel to Bulgar and then visit a famous Sacaen shrine. After that we would decide where to go from there. It bothered me that she would have to travel on foot while I was on Winston, but we were going the same pace, and my sprained leg probably would have rejected walking after 5 minutes.


"Mark! Over here! This is Bulgar, the biggest city in all of Sacae. We should purchase supplies for our journey."

It was a nice city, smaller than I was accustomed to though. About 600-700 people lived there and the town was well stocked with equipment for travelers. I would be able to buy a new cloak to replace my rags, and pay for all the other resources she had to use...to save me, but It was going to be hard to explain why my ...pursuers didn't rob me.

"See anything you like Lyn?"

"Nothing that wouldn't take too much space to travel with."

"I see, well I have to find somewhere to buy clothes, shall we meet back here in an hour?

"Okay, I have somethings I need to get as well."

"Oh, I'm going to get the vulneraries to replace the one I used too, so don't worry about stopping there, and take this... don't worry about using it just buy something nice for yourself.

She was confused and was about to say something when I handed her a pouch. I left before she could react, but it was clear when I glanced back that she was stunned seeing 500 gold inside. She was probably looking for me, but I was already limping inside the crowd and out of sight. At least I had time to prepare for the questions that would soon follow.

Surprisingly, they had a similar green traveling cloak at the tailor. I inspected it carefully before I was satisfied.

"I'll have to make a few pockets but it will do, at least I wont look like I was mauled by a bear now." I sighed looking at my rags one last time, then realized I needed to transfer all of my stuff to my new cloak...this will take awhile. After that was finally done, I hurried to the vendors for the healing salves, and headed back to meet up with Lyn.

"Hey Mark, over here!" She waved her hands, and clearly wanted to talk...sigh...I reached her, and prepared for the bombardment of questions.


I hope you have enjoyed the story so far, because now we venture into the 1st chapter!

As always, a review is very appreciated, and I will use your advice the best way I can.