(After the battle of Chapter 21)
Silver, Chrom, Lucina and Frederick have just fought their way out of Validar's ambush. The rest of the Shepards covered their escape and they all got away. However Cordelia noticed Silver acting distant since the escape. She catches him just wandering around the camp by himself.
"Silver?" Cordelia approaches. "Is something the matter?"
"Cordelia," Silver brings his head up to see her worried face, but then turns away. "I'm sure you've heard by now what happened in the castle."
"Only that we lost the Fire Emblem," Cordelia recounts.
"It was my doing," Silver explains. "Validar used dark magic to control me." He looks down at his hand. "I fought his control as hard as I could, but…" Silver clenches his fist.
"Silver," Cordelia covers his hand with hers. "Don't blame yourself. Nobody blames you, everyone trusts you."
"I know," Silver can't bear to look at her and just stared at the horizon. "I'll do everything I can to get the Fire Emblem back. But right now, I just need some time to myself."
"Just know, I love you."
"I love you too." Silver silently pulls his hand away from her. He walks a few steps away until Cordelia is out of hearing range. "More than anything."
Elsewhere, Lucina sees Silver walking away from the camp.
Cordelia returns to camp, to be greeted by Morgan and Severa.
"Hey mom!" Morgan calls. "Have you seen dad? I haven't found him since the battle."
"He needs some time alone," Cordelia answers.
"Did something happen?" Morgan tilts her head. "That ambush seems pretty standard, and we didn't suffer any significant damage that I know of."
"…" Severa's eyes widened for a moment but quickly returned to normal.
"Severa?" Cordelia noticed her facial reaction.
"I-It's nothing, I just forgot to get my sword fixed."
"What's up with her?" Morgan wondered.
Silver wandered the field by himself in deep thought. (Can I really fight against Validar's control? Chrom put his faith in me. I wish I had the same confidence in myself.) An image of the Shepards and then his family flashed in his mind. (My friends, my family…)
"Beg pardon, Silver. Might I have a word?"
Silver turns and sees Lucina standing before him. "...Lucina. What is it?"
"It's about my father," Lucina speaks serenely. "I have memories of him, you know. From when I was little. Before he...died."
"I see..." Silver responded whole heartedly. (Come to think of it, my first memories are also of Chrom.)
"He was courageous, and kind, and everyone spoke fondly of him." Lucina continued. "People say he was brave right up until the very end. I always yearned to know him better. And now that I do... I can see that the world will be robbed of a very great man. ...I won't allow that to happen."
"I understand. You love him. ...We all do."
"Silver, I... Please, forgive me..." Lucina draws her Falchion and points it at Silver.
"Lucina?!" Silver twitched.
"Stay where you are, Silver!" Lucina bellows. "I have no choice. I must kill you."
"What?!" it took much of Silver's willpower to keep still. "What madness is this?!"
"In my future, you..." the Falchion shivered. "You are my father's murderer."
"No! That's insane!" Silver protested. "Why would I kill Chrom?"
"I was not certain myself, until now..." Lucina's eyes gleamed. "I knew he had been killed by his closest friend. Having witnessed your bond with him, I doubted it could be so..." She straightened her arm and her blade. "But today's events make it clear. You are at Validar's mercy. I suspect it's he who forces you to take my father's life, and very soon..."
"Lucina, wait." Silver tries to reason with her.
"If my father is right, then we can change our fates. If this dark future is to be averted, sacrifices must be made. I am sorry, Silver! I know this is murder, I... I know that..."
"Lucina, you don't have to-"
"Don't make it harder!" Lucina orders through her emotions. "Don't resist, and your death will be swift and painless. If you hold any love for Chrom, then let this be done..."
"Lucina!" Severa calls out as she rushes in. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Severa?" Silver wonders what she's doing here.
"Severa," Lucina begins. "You know what I have to do, you've been through the future with me."
"Like hell!" Severa screams as she pulls out her own sword. "I know where you're getting at, you want to save your father. Well, everyone wants to save their parents! Even me."
"Severa, don't do anything rash." Silver tries to calm his daughter down.
"Shut it dad and let me save you."
"Hah!" Lucina thrusts forward.
Severa blocks the attack.
"Severa!" Lucina pushes with all her might.
"I won't let you..." Severa pushes back. "Kill him!" Severa's strength overpowers Lucina.
The girl in blue jumps back. Severa gives chase.
"Severa! Lucina!" Silver reaches for his blades, but just as he draws them, he sees the two emblems patterned on both of them, his own and Cordelia's. (If nothing I do can prevent Lucina's future, if my death can save everyone...) He puts the swords back into their sheaths and chases after the two girls.
"Ugh," Lucina struggles against Severa's powerful strikes. "Who taught you to fight like that?"
"My father!" Severa unleashes a swift but powerful five hit combo.
(The Astra technique!) Lucina is barely able to block the five hits, each attack pushes her back a step. The last hit knocks her away, her foot slides on the ground, raising dust and dirt into the air. Lucina quickly charges as Severa was recovering.
Severa blocks Lucina's Falchion, which felt heavier. The blue girl jumps back and quickly follows up with a charging slash. Severa's guard is broken as Lucina flew past.
The two girls turn around to face each other. Lucina jumps into the air as Severa tosses her sword upwards then jumps after it. Lucina goes into a spin while Severa catches her sword in mid air.
"Severa! Lucina!" Silver rushes to where they'll land.
*CLASH!*
"Father!" Lucina backs off her Falchion from Chrom's.
"Mother!" Severa pulls back her weapon from her mother's lance.
Chrom and Cordelia were standing between their respective daughters and Silver, whom would have taken both swords through him without intervention. A pegasus neighs from above.
"What is going on between you two?" Cordelia asks.
"It's not their fault, Cordelia." Silver confronts the red haired knight. "This started because of me, I'll take the blame."
"… Alright."
*POW*
Silver is knocked to the ground by Cordelia's fist.
"What in the world are you thinking?!" Cordelia yells at him. "Do you know how worried I was?!"
Silver places a hand on his face.
"Don't just decide the future for us on your own! We need you! I need you..." Cordelia breaks down.
"Mom..." Severa tried to hold back her own tears. "Please don't start crying... otherwise I'll..."
Chrom moves to confront Lucina.
"...I can explain," Lucina looks distraught.
"There's no need," Chrom consoles her. "Lucina, I know your heart is in the right place... But I trust Silver. You cannot shake my faith in him."
"This is not about trust!" Lucina cried back. "He'll be the death of you!"
"Silver and I have held fast through good times and ill..." Chrom explains. "We swore to be two halves of a greater whole. You underestimate the strength of those ties, the bonds we share. I believe in them more than some foretold 'destiny.'"
"That is easier to say when you haven't seen it yourself..."
"Lucina, aren't our ties stronger here now than they were in your future?" Chrom asks. "You said so yourself. In this flow of time we are bound tighter than ever, you and I. Not just as father and daughter... But as friends. We can change things—we already have...and we will again."
"..Very well, Father." Lucina looks at the scene of Silver's family in a tender moment."I pray... That is, I trust the both of you will prove me wrong. And that this future will fall to pieces before your bond ever would."
XXX
(After Chapter 23)
The Shepards were able to retrieve the Fire Emblem, but despite their well laid plans, the shadow dragon has returned. With the emblem in hand, they make for the divine dragon's shrine.
"Silver," Cordelia floats closer to the tactician.
"H-huh?" Silver breaks out of his silent thought.
"You're spacing out again," Cordelia tells him. "You know how much I hate that, especially with what's happening recently."
"I'm sorry," Silver apologizes. "But this is something that I can't get out of my head."
"…"
"You saw him too, right?"
"Yeah," Cordelia remembers the events of the previous battle, and the… being that became Grima. "But now that we have the Emblem, we'll be able to perform the Awakening."
"Even still, this foreboding feeling of mine just won't go away."
"It'll be alright, we're all here after all."
Silver looks up at Cordelia, her smile warms his thoughts.
"Heehee," Morgan hovers on her griffon nearby. "Having a cute moment?"
"C-cute?" Cordelia is startled by Morgan's appearance and words. "I-I'm just cheering him up."
"It's still pretty cute to see, don't you agree Robin?" Morgan's griffon screeches.
"Robin?" Silver repeats. "So you finally decided on a name?"
"Yep," Morgan answers. "It only took a couple days and lots of head smashing."
"Head smashing?"
"Morgan," Cordelia's voice stiffened. "What did I say about pounding your head?"
"You wouldn't believe how many times I found her sprawled out in the ground," Severa comments when she catches up on foot. "She's a real handful, I'm real glad the both of you are here to help me take care of her."
"Hey!" Morgan cried as the other three giggle.
"What made you choose Robin?" Silver ponders.
"It just randomly came into my head after I woke up from one of my knockouts," Morgan answers. "I don't know why, but I feel connected to that name somehow."
"So it's something from your memory," Silver deduces. "That's wonderful Morgan!"
"I know," Morgan agrees happily. "Now if only I knew what it meant. Do you know anything?"
"No, unfortunately," Silver answers. He turns to Cordelia and Severa. "What about you two?"
"I have no recollection of a 'Robin'," Cordelia replies.
"Same here," Severa adds. "There's no 'Robin' that I know of, present or future."
"Really?" Morgan is confused. "But that just makes it more mysterious."
"At this point in time, being full of mysteries is one of your biggest points." Severa teases. "You'll probably disappear if we solve them all."
"Ah! I didn't think about that!"
"And you're supposed to be the smart one?"
Severa and Morgan chuckled together. Cordelia smiles, as does Silver.
(Despite the despair that they faced in the future and here, they are still staying strong. The future… we swore to protect the future for the children with everything we've got. Everything…) Silver sees Severa playing with Morgan. (But whatever I give, it will be worth it. For them and their futures.)
XXX
(After Chapter 24)
Chrom had successfully performed the Awakening with Naga, the divine dragon. But with renewed hope came terrible news.
"Alas, Grima cannot be slain." Naga explains. "Sleep alone can be your victory. Just as your ancestor put the fell dragon to sleep a millennium ago. But you must weaken him first. Only as the final blow can my power be used to bind his."
"Isn't there ANY way to destroy him for good?" Lissa asks desperately.
"There is, perchance, a power that could end Grima." Naga answers. "However... 'Twould be his own."
"...He has to kill himself?" Frederick asks.
"Yes," Naga answers. "And he never would he do so of his own volition."
Silver looks at the sigil on the back of his hand. The rest of Naga's words don't reach him. Cordelia covers the sign, and shakes her head.
XXX
(After the battle of Chapter 25)
"Is that all the enemies?" Chrom asks out loud.
"There's no enemies in the immediate vicinity," Frederick reports.
"Everyone," Chrom addresses his Shepards. "Get what little rest you can. We will need all our strength."
"Father!" Morgan hops off of her mount near her father.
"Morgan, did you need something?"
"There was something… off, with your strategy in the last battle."
"Huh?" Silver tries to recall the last battle.
"Our offense was stretched too thin," Morgan explains. "Especially on the right flank. While it did grant us a quicker victory, our army is more worn out from having to fight a lot harder than they really should have. Overall it looked… sloppy. I-I mean, you probably have some deeper meaning in doing that b-but-"
"No, you're right," Silver interrupted. "It was sloppy. I should've thought out my tactics more so that everyone's less fatigued."
"Is everything okay?" Morgan asks worriedly. "Every battle so far you've been able to keep your thoughts away from your strategies."
"But this is different from the rest, it's… heavier."
"I've got an idea to get your mind off it," Morgan pulls out a tome.
"There's something written in that tome that'll help me out?"
"No, I'm going to hit your head with it."
"Wha-"Silver sidesteps a swipe aimed for his head.
"Come on dad," Morgan pleaded. "I can't learn from you if you're not on your best."
Silver smiles. "To be honest Morgan, I don't think there's any more you can learn from me. The last few mock battles we had were really close. You had me rethinking several moves at once."
"R-really?"
"Yeah," Silver ruffles Morgan's hair. "You're ready, you were more than ready some time ago."
"B-but… I didn't think of those plans myself. My friends helped me."
"That's all the better," Silver places a hand on her shoulder. "It shows how close your bonds are with each other, no strategy can make up for that. I'll be asking for your help in the upcoming battle. It's too big for me alone."
"I-I don't think I can…" Morgan humbly replies. "This is all too sudden for me."
Silver places his other hand on her and looks her straight at the face. "Just believe in yourself, and trust in your friends."
A loud, monstrous roar tears through the skies.
"Yikes! What was that?!" Lissa panicked.
"The dragon's call!" Lucina answers.
XXX
(Before the final battle.)
The shadow dragon launches a surprise attack on the Shepards, rendering them heavily weakened. Grima offered Silver that chance to merge and save his friends, but the tactician refused without hesitation, knowing full well that it was a false promise. The shadow dragon then unleashes his dark power on Silver.
"Father!" Morgan calls out as her father is engulfed by a sphere of black energy. She rushes out to where it is and is forcibly pushed back by the dark magic.
"Morgan!" Severa rushes to her side and pulls her body up. "Are you alright?"
"H-he's in there..." Morgan struggles to get her words. "He's... fighting... and losing... Grima will... Grima will..."
"Silver!" Cordelia cries out. "You have to fight back!"
"Listen to what mom says you idiot!" Severa follows. "You have to fight back! Keep fighting!"
Everyone else calls out to Silver with what strength they have.
"I can hear you!" Silver summons his willpower to rise.
"What?! No!" Grima rages. " You are mine now! The dragon's grip cannot be broken!"
Silver gets up to one knee, as everyone's voices reach him. However only three voices were loud and clear, and had the most impact to him.
"We're all right here by your side!"
"Cordelia…"
"If you don't come back, I'm never going to forgive you!"
"Severa…"
"Father! You mean everything to me! I can't lose you again!"
"Morgan…" Silver pushes himself up onto his feet.
"How?" Grima bellows. "Where are you getting this power from?"
"I can hear them... I hear my friends! And my family!"
"Stop this at once!" Grima rages. "SILENCE those wretched voices! You are all powerless! Frail! Insignificant!" Grima jumps to Silver. "You are NOOOTHING!"
Silver grips both of his Crimson Edges. He slashes the image of Grima, shattering it completely. His blades reflected a crack in the darkness. Silver turns around and sees a shining glimmer headed for him, through it was a hand that was reaching for him…
"Silver!" Cordelia sees a hand reach out from the dark energy. She immediately grabs the hand. "Ngh!" She struggled to pull Silver out of the dark energy. "Hold on!" Cordelia tightened her grip and her footing. "I'm not letting you go!"
"Mom! Dad!" Severa rushes to Cordelia's side and grabs her father's hand. "You can't disappear on me like this dad! Not again!"
"Silver!" Chrom notices Silver's other arm reaching through the energy. "I got you! We started this together, now we're going to finish it together!"
Lucina rushes to her father and pulls on the arm. "I won't sit by and watch as the dragon takes another life in front of me! I'll protect everyone's future!"
"FAAAAATHEEEEER!" Morgan screams as hard as she could.
The energy sphere shatters, Silver comes flying into the four people pulling him, knocking them all into the ground.
Silver quickly gets off of them, "Everyone…"
"Silver!" Cordelia embraces him quickly.
"What took you so long?!" Severa cries as she got up. "We've got a battle to fight!"
"I'm sorry," Silver breaks from Cordelia. "I'm alright now." He turns around to see Grima at the other end of the battlefield. "I will fight alongside everyone until my last breath."
"You're all on your last breaths!" Grima bellowed.
"Children of man," Naga's spirit speaks to the Shepards. "Take my power! Rise now, and face the fell dragon!"
The whole army is healed thanks to Naga's power. They rise up, ready for the final battle.
Chrom walks up alongside Silver. "You ready, partner?"
"More than ever…" Silver turns around to face the army. Everyone was raring to go, they all know what's at stake, they all know what they need to give. No words were needed, they trust him, they believe in him. "Chrom and I will battle Grima. Everyone, we'll need you to open a path for us and watch our flanks. Cordelia, Sumia, you two stay beside us in case enemies get through. Morgan, you take the children and defend our backs. Think you can handle it?"
"No," Morgan shakes her head. "At least, not alone…"
"Don't worry," Cynthia cheerfully reassures Silver. "We'll be there for her!"
"Go," Severa encourages her father. "We've got your back, and each other's."
"Silver," Lucina walks up to the tactician. "I would like to fight alongside you and father."
"... Alright," Silver nodded. "It would feel kind of wrong not to let you fight with your father."
"Thank you."
"Are you done getting your hopes up?" Grima asks. "Good, then I'll enjoy crushing you all the more."
"Alright Shepards," Chrom readies his sword and walks ahead of the army. "The future is ahead of us, and its right through him! Let's go!"
Chrom, Lucina and Silver furiously assault Grima's body. Grima manages to dodge and deflect their blows, while his Risen and Grimeal forces continuously intervene. Silver manages to get close to Grima and his attack is blocked by a dark magic sword.
"I will make sure you die last," Grima taunts. "After I watch you despair as I kill all your friends."
"You're the one despairing Grima," Silver counters.
"That will soon change..." Grima blows Silver away with a massive energy blast. He scans the skies and finds his target battling a heavy knight. Grima's hand glows with magic.
Silver follows his gaze. "Cordelia!"
"Suffer!" Grima fires a large dark energy ball at the falcon knight.
Cordelia hears the warning but it's too late to respond in time. The energy ball explodes into a large dark cloud.
"Wallow in anguish!" Grima bellows.
The cloud quickly disperses, Lucina drops to her knees and falls to the ground.
"Lucina!" Chrom cries.
"Look closely, descendant of Naga," Grima taunts. "That is the only future awaiting this land! As long as I exist, nothing but despair awaits!"
"Cordelia! Sumia! Get her out of here!" Silver calls to the two knights.
"What what about-?" Cordelia tries to reason.
"Don't worry about us! Just don't let her die!"
"Understood."
(And also, so you can't stop me...)
"You dastard!" Chrom recklessly charges.
"Chrom, wait!" Silver follows, gripping his Killing Edges.
Chrom slices through some of Grima's guards. Silver follows immediately and overtakes him. Grima sidesteps, Silver passed the doppelganger. Grima counters with a magical blast that the tactician avoids, but runs into some incoming armored guards. Chrom attacks furiously, Grima avoids and parries with magic fireballs and a solid shadow blade.
Silver deals with the distractions as swift as he can, aiming his pointed swords at weaknesses in their armors. He returns to the battle against Grima.
"Chrom!" Silver attacks Grima from behind with a downward cross slash.
Grima avoids it easily and flies behind Silver. Silver twists his blades so that they're flat against each other. Chrom rushes to Silver, he places a foot on the tactician's blades. Silver pulls up the swords as hard as he could, Chrom soars upwards.
Grima looks up, and prepares a counter. A flash catches his eye, the dragon narrowly avoids Silver's attack. Chrom spins downwards and strikes Grima hard. Grima stumbles back, feeling the damage from Naga's divine power cut through the skin of his chest. His army gets in the way of Chrom and Silver while he retreats.
"We're almost there!" Chrom tells Silver as they stand back to back, surrounded.
"Then we need one last push, are you up to it?"
"Lucina was willing to give more than she could, how can I call myself her father if I don't do the same?"
"You're right, everything she did was for the future, our future, so that hers can never come to pass. Our lives, our children... It's time to return the favor!"
Chrom and Silver start battling the army surrounding them.
"Lucina!" Morgan flies over to where Cordelia and Sumia lay Lucina, as Libra and Lissa healed her.
"Morgan!" Cordelia calls her daughter. "What are you doing here?"
"There's fewer enemies back there," Severa comes and answers, she kneels next to Lucina. "What the hell were you thinking you idiot!?"
"Nothing..." Lucina's eyes started to open. "You wouldn't do..."
"It was still stupid!"
"Lucina," Sumia comforts her. "Don't strain yourself."
"We all came back... ready to risk everything... to protect the past... in order to save the future..." Lucina sits up.
"Silver what are you doing?!" They hear Chrom yelling.
Everyone turns to see Chrom on the ground, with Silver pointing the Falchion at him. All of Grima's forces lay around them, along with two broken Killing Edges.
"Chrom!" They all see Silver say something to Chrom, but couldn't hear it. Silver turns to the group around, while dark power smokes out around him.
"F-father?!" Morgan voice shivered.
Cordelia's eyes widened, reflected in them were Silver's smile.
Grima holds chest, breathing hard. He slowly gathers magical power in one hand.
Silver charges towards the dark dragon with the Falchion in hand.
"BUUURN!" Grima fires a giant magical fireball.
Silver throws the Falchion into the fireball, causing a massive explosion. A large cloud emerges from the blast, which Silver runs into. Five semi transparent Silver's fly out of the cloud then disappear.
"WHAT!?"
Grima is attacked five times by the tacticians. The final Silver, stays solid behind him, holding a Crimson Edge.
"...NNGH...AAAAUGHHH..." Grima roared in pain.
"For once, I'm glad you and I are the same. Now I can give my life to protect those I care for..." Silver stabs his Crimson Edge down. He turns around to see Grima's body begin to vanish. "The evils you would visit on this world are unthinkable... In some way, I-we share the blame. It's only right we meet our end together…" His own body smokes, he checks his hands and finds them disappearing into the air.
"Silver!" Cordelia runs towards him as fast as she could, with the rest of the army far behind her.
Silver opens his arms… Cordelia runs through him and falls down. Everyone else stops. Morgan tears up and leaned into Severa, Severa pulled her younger sister close. Silver's body releases more dark smoke and his body becomes more transparent. Cordelia pushes herself up from the ground, tears drop onto her gauntlets.
"Father…?" Lucina looks at Chrom, whom could not hide his disbelief.
"'Thank you, Chrom,'" Chrom started saying. "'For...everything... tell my family...my last thoughts were of them...'"
Cordelia stands up, without turning around. "I love you…"
Silver jerks around, seeing only Cordelia's red hair, as well as the sun breaking through the dark skies ahead of her. Sparkles flew from her face. He walks towards her slowly, then wrapped his arms around her as best as he could. Cordelia closes her eyes, even though she couldn't feel his body, she could feel his warmth…
Silver reluctantly pulls back his arms. He walks through Cordelia, and she opens her eyes. Silver heads towards the light in the sky. He didn't turn back, he didn't want to see her face in sadness. He just ran, into the light, and disappeared…
Cordelia notices the Crimson Edge and picks it up.
The dragon they were riding on rumbled and roared…
The Shepards have gotten off the giant shadow dragon safely. They watched as the dragon disintegrated into bones. Chrom delivers a speech to everyone, and they all say a word about Silver except for Cordelia. She was silent, staring at the Crimson Edge.
XXX
(Post-game)
"Thanks again for letting us use your home as a base on Valm," Lucina thanked Virion as he was setting up a board with Morgan.
"The honor is actually mine!" Virion returns. "But whatever is the reason for creating your new Shepards?"
"We did not want to burden our younger selves with our presence," Lucina explains. "And we have not found a way back to our own time."
"If it's still there," Morgan comments as she made her opening move. "The future as you all know it may no longer exist since we changed the past. Of course Laurent would say that I have no significant proof of that. And I'll pinch his nose before he starts getting long winded, hehe..."
"There's also another reason..." Lucina started to say, but trailed off.
"You feel, indebted to Silver?" Virion inquires while making his move
"The only goal I had, the one that we all had, was to stop Grima." Lucina explains as Morgan moves her piece. "But only Silver could realize it, and he did."
"Silver did what he did for his own reasons," Virion tells her as he makes his move.
"But I-"
"Not another word, my lady," Virion interrupts. "Your honor and duty is admirable, but do not forget that Silver has his own honor. You must realize his own wishes for the future, not dwell in the past."
"You're right..."
Lucina sat down and observed Virion and Morgan's match.
"So, how is your mother?" Virion starts a conversation with Morgan.
"She's still feeling down," Morgan answers. "She's visiting that one cliff a lot. The one where father proposed to her. Lady Sumia has taken over the training of the Pegasus Knights."
"What about your sister?"
"Severa's trying to hide it, but I can tell with the way she fights that she's still grieving too. I had to keep her near the back, but just in the front enough so that she doesn't figure out what I'm doing."
"What about you?"
"I... try keep my mind off of it."
Virion emerged victorious.
"Aww..." Morgan whined.
"Do not fret," Virion consoled her. "You held firm on your defense, but the offense was too weak. And your father could never beat me at first."
"Father never defeated me this fast," Morgan sighed. "I'll never be able to match him."
"Of course not," Virion bluntly tells her.
"Sir!" Lucina cries out at him.
"Relax," Virion raises a hand. "I merely meant that she should not be striving to be her father, but her own person. My victory in this mock battle is only due to my knowledge of her father's basic tactics. Though I did not recognize several moves where you nearly had a comeback."
"I think I know what you mean," Morgan rearranges the pieces. "It was this part of the battle, right?"
"Yes! It was exactly that."
"But the strategies you used there..." Lucina replays the battle in her mind.
"Yeah," Morgan smiles. "It was one of the tactics that you, me, Severa and Cynthia came up with."
"And therein lies your greatest strength," Virion tells her. "Your father, while a great and brilliant man, would rarely ask others to help with his strategies, preferring to bear the weight on his own."
"My father was like that?" Morgan asks.
"Yes," Virion smiled. "Do not misunderstand though, he was still one of our closest friends, and he tried being with us as much as he could. But with you, you work with your friends to improve your strategies. In a way, you are already better than your father."
"Really?"
"In some ways," Virion corrected himself. "If you wish, you can challenge me again and improve even further."
"Dear," Virion's wife suddenly came up to them. "We have an urgent message. From Chrom."
"My father?" Lucina looked up.
Virion takes the letter and reads. "Well... I don't believe it!"
"What is it?" Morgan asks.
Virion hands the letter to Morgan. Morgan reads it quickly with Lucina behind her. Both their eyes widened.
Sunrise, Cordelia lands her pegasus next to a path up a cliff. She walks up the path slowly.
At the top of the cliff, a shine blinds her. There was something reflecting the light towards her face. Cordelia manages to walk towards the source of the reflection. It was a sword, a familiar sword. She pulls it out of the ground, it was the Crimson Edge.
Rocks and rubble crumble behind her and a body fell down. "Ow..."
It was someone that looked like Silver. "Hi..." He smiled and waved from the ground.
Cordelia dropped the sword and walked over as the person stood up and dusted himself. She touched his face gently, her eyes quickly overflowed with tears. They embrace each other.
A shooting star rips through the sky as the red sun rises...
XXX
Note: That last scene was the inspiration for the whole fic. It was fanart of Cordelia looking over a cliff when the Avatar appears behind her and they embrace. If you haven't seen that, please do, it's beautiful. (it's in two parts though)
About that FFX rip off, that scene was the only thing that came to my head when I wrote that, I wasn't able to think of any other scenario that had the same impact.
