Everyone was trying to come up with a plan on how to defeat Nohr and get Corrin back. Elise was their secret weapon since she knew more about Nohr than anyone else.
"Would you mind telling us where Corrin has been held all this time?" Hinoka asked
"It's obvious that she was raised at the castle of Nohr" Takumi said
"You're wrong. Big sister wasn't raised at the castle" Elise said
"Then where has been held up this whole time?" Ryoma asked
"She was raised and trained at the northern fortress of Nohr" Elise said
"Then that's where we shall go" Ryoma said
"Corrin isn't living in that fortress anymore. She was back at the castle the last time I saw her" Elise said
"What are we supposed to do then? We can't just charge in there" Sakura said
"Elise, you've lived in that castle for a long time. Is there another way to enter the castle?" Hinoka asked
"There's a secret passage that I know about" Elise said
"Excellent, we'll let you lead the way" Ryoma said
Elise looked down. She looked sad all of sudden.
"What's wrong, Elise?" Sakura asked
"I said I was willing to help all of you but I don't know if I'll be able to do anything if I run into any of my siblings" Elise said
"If we do come across your siblings then you can just leave them to us" Takumi said
"This is the plan. Elise will lead us to the castle and show us how to get in. If we ever run into any of her siblings then we fight them. If we do end up fighting them then we may have to separate. Elise, Sakura, Azura, I want the three of you to remain together. Elise will need back up" Ryoma said
Everyone nodded. Elise then stopped everyone because she needed to tell them something.
"Wait! There's something you all need to know" Elise said
Everyone stopped and looked at her.
"Whatever you do, please don't fight my father" Elise said
"So you're still attached to Nohr after all! We shouldn't have trusted you!" Takumi said
"Let's hear her out before we make any assumptions" Ryoma said
"I'm telling you not to fight him, not because of I love him. I don't want you to fight him because of his power" Elise said
"What do you mean?" Hinoka said
"My father, King Garon, is really strong. Ordinary weapons won't hurt him. We need to get through this mission without running into him" Elise said
"But if we end up running in to him then we would have no choice but to fight him" Azura said
"If that happens then all of you need to have an escape plan" Elise said
"We shall place our trust in you, Elise" Ryoma said
The group moved forward. They finally made it to the castle of Nohr. The Hoshidians were shocked at how big the castle was.
"I've never seen a castle this big before" Hinoka said
"I'm also sensing evil energy in the air" Sakura said
"Alright Elise, show us the secret passage" Ryoma said
"Right" Elise said
Elise managed to help them find the secret passage to an underground hallway in the castle.
"We're finally inside the castle" Takumi said
"It's even more ominous in here than it is on the outside" Sakura said
"Where should we start looking for Corrin?" Hinoka asked
"We can start with her room. We'll see if she's in there" Elise said
"Let's move forward then. But make sure to proceed with caution" Azura said
All of them started to move forward and made sure not to get spotted by any guards that were on duty. If there were any guards that would be blocking their way then they would just knock them out and move forward.
"This is a really big castle. Anyone could get lost in here" Takumi said
"If Elise wasn't with us then we would be lost for sure" Hinoka said
They soon came across some massive doors.
"Where do those lead?" Sakura asked
"That's the throne room. We shouldn't go in there because my father might be in there" Elise said
"But what if Corrin is in there?" Ryoma asked
"Then we'll just have to wait until she leaves. We can't risk fighting my father" Elise said
"We should split up and look around the castle. We can cover more ground if we go our separate ways" Takumi said
"We can't do that, Takumi. Elise is the only one who can navigates us" Ryoma said
"What about Azura? She used to live here too" Takumi said
"I was toddler back then. I don't my way around the castle" Azura said
"I'll lead you all to the rooms that Corrin would most likely be. We don't need to check the throne room. Father would be too strong for us" Elise said
"Father isn't in the throne room but he is still in the castle" A voice said
Everyone turned around and saw that it was Xander, the crowned prince of Nohr.
"Xander" Elise said
Xander glared at his sister. Elise could tell that her brother was livid.
"Elise, you allowed the Hoshidians to invade our castle. That is unforgivable" Xander said
Xander unsheathed his sword and charged at his little sister with an intent to kill. Elise just stood there frozen in horror. She was too scared to move. Luckily Ryoma was able to intercept his attack.
"Prince of Nohr, I challenge you to a duel!" Ryoma said
"Very well, I'll get rid of you first prince of Hoshido" Xander said
"Everyone! Get going! I'll hold him off!" Ryoma said
Everyone did what they were told and ran off.
"Will Ryoma be okay?" Elise asked
"Don't worry about him. He can handle himself" Takumi said
The group still continued to search for Corrin. Elise was trying to think of the most likely place where she would be. They started off with her room and she wasn't in there. They tried Elise's room next and she wasn't in there ether. But they were spotted by another familiar face to Elise.
"So the you have returned you naughty child" A voice said
That voice belonged to none other than Camilla.
"Camilla" Elise said
"You're a very naughty child, Elise. Allowing Hoshidians to infiltrate our castle" Camilla said
Camilla brought out her axe.
"It's time for you to die" Camilla said
Camilla ran towards Elise with her axe ready. Hinoka managed to intervene.
"Everyone keep looking for Corrin. I'll stall her as long as I can" Hinoka said
"Stall me? You won't even last a minute against me" Camilla said
"Everyone go now!" Hinoka said
Everyone ran away and left Hinoka to fight Camilla alone.
"Let's keep looking for Corrin. Then we can go back to the others" Azura said
"Right, we can't let this opportunity go to waste" Takumi said
Elise led them to Camilla's room and Xander's room. Corrin wasn't in either of those rooms.
Elise was about to lead them to the throne room but Leo was found them and blocked their way.
"Leo" Elise said
"I'm going to finish what I started with you, little sister" Leo said
Leo was about to cast a spell but stopped and jumped out of the way. Takumi shot an arrow at him to stop him from attacking his sister.
"Your fight is with me" Takumi said
"Interesting. Let's see what you can do" Leo said
"You guys know the drill. I'll hold him off while you search for Corrin" Takumi said
They ran away and left Takumi to fight Leo on his own.
Elise, Azura and Sakura were the only ones left.
"Let's hurry" Azura said
They went to King Garon's room. Elise peeked inside and saw that her dad was in there. She saw that he was the only one in the room. She sighed with relief. She then led them to the throne room, hoping to find Corrin there. Sure enough, Corrin was in there.
"Big sister!" Elise said
Corrin turned around and saw that Elise was there. She was not expecting to see her back here in Nohr.
"What are you doing here, Elise?" Corrin asked
"I came to take you back to Hoshido" Elise said
"Big sister, please come back" Sakura said
"You brought Hoshidians here?! You've really stooped low Elise" Corrin said
"Their nice people! A lot nicer than the people of Nohr" Elise said
"Corrin, please listen to her. She risked her life to bring us here" Azura said
"Elise risked her life for nothing then. I'm not going back" Corrin said
"Corrin, please understand that your mother is waiting for you" Azura said
"She's not my mother" Corrin said
"Yes she is!" Sakura said
"Enough! If you really want to take me back to Nohr then you're going to have to take me back by force" Corrin said
Corrin brought out her sword and was ready to use it against them.
"Elise, Sakura, get ready" Azura said
"Big sis! Please! We don't want to fight you" Elise said
"It's no use Elise, Corrin is no longer willing to listen to us. We'll just have to use force" Azura said
Corrin charged towards them and Azura managed to counter her attack with her lance. Sakura shot some arrows at her while Elise used a fire spell against her. Corrin and Azura jumped away from each other.
Sakura shot some more arrows at her but Corrin deflected them with her sword. Azura casted a water spell while Elise casted a lightning spell. This managed to hit her and caused her to get knocked back.
"Not bad" Corrin said
The three of them stared at her.
"But not good enough" Corrin said
Corrin changed her arm into a dragon talon and launched a dark beam at them. Elise countered with a light spell and the two moved canceled each other out. Corrin rushed at Elise and knocked her back with her dragon arm. Elise fell on her side. Sakura rushed over towards her.
"Elise, are you okay?" Sakura said
Elise managed to get back up and looked at the youngest Hoshidian princess.
"Don't worry Sakura, I'm fine" Elise said
"If you say so" Sakura said
Elise and Sakura jumped back into action and fought against Corrin the best they could. Sakura managed to hit Corrin with light arrows. Corrin retaliated by hitting her with a dark beam.
"Hang on Sakura!" Elise said
Elise summoned her staff and started to heal her. Sakura was surprised that Elise could heal.
"Elise you can heal too?" Sakura asked
"Don't sound so surprised. I'm full of surprises" Elise said
They immediately got back into the fight. Azura managed to hit her with a water spell and Corrin countered with a dark beam that hit her.
"I refuse to lose" Corrin said
"Big sis! Please stop!" Elise said
"Shut up! I don't want to be told what to do from someone who only plays games" Corrin said
Elise knew that she was at fault for all the hate that she was receiving but she couldn't back down now.
"I understand that you're upset about that, but I'm trying to change myself" Elise said
"You'll never be strong because you lack true strength" Corrin said
"That's not true! I can become stronger if I try" Elise said
"Me too! I want to become stronger too and I believe that I can do it" Sakura said
"We're not weaklings Corrin. Surely you can see that" Azura said
"True, you managed to last this long against me but this ends here" Corrin said
"Well said, Corrin" A deep voice said
Everyone turned around and saw that it was King Garon.
"Father" Corrin said
"Father!" Elise said
"Allow me to handle this" Garon said
Garon summoned an axe and swung with so much force that it created a shockwave that knocked everyone back. Garon approached Elise with a furious look in his eyes.
"Not only did you come back here but you brought the Hoshidians with you. You're a traitor!" Garon said
Elise decided to stand up for herself even though she knew that could end badly for her.
"Traitor?! You were the one who exiled me and tried to have me killed!" Elise said
"All you did was play around. I let it slide too many times. I will make up for my mistake by ending you!" Garon said
Garon lifted his axe and was about to bring it down but was stopped by an arrow. He looked over and saw that Sakura was the one that interrupted his attack.
"I won't let you hurt her" Sakura said
Azura got back up and was ready to fight as well. Garon had no choice but to call for back up.
"MY CHILDREN! COME TO ME!" Garon shouted
Xander was still battling Ryoma. They were evenly matched. The Nohrian prince then heard his father shout that he needed help.
"We will settle this later, Prince of Hoshido" Xander said
Xander fled but Ryoma chased after him.
Hinoka was still fighting Camilla and she was starting to get tired but she still pressed on. Camilla then heard her father's cry for help.
"Looks like you get to live for today" Camilla said
Camilla fled but Hinoka chased after her.
Takumi was still fighting Leo. Leo heard his father's cry for help.
"Consider yourself lucky" Leo said
Leo fled but Takumi chased after him.
Garon then called for Lilith. The blue haired maid appeared.
"Lilith, Corrin take care of those two, I will deal with Elise" Garon said
They nodded and went over to attack them. Garon once again raised his axe and brought it down but Elise was able to create a fore field to block it.
"Trying to protect yourself against me? How cute" Garon said
The Nohrian and Hoshidians appeared in the throne room and saw all the commotion.
"My children help me take care of Elise" Garon said
Xander, Camilla and Leo went over to attack Elise. But her force field managed to block their attacks. However Elise wouldn't be able to keep her shield up for much longer. The Hoshidians stepped in and fought them to stop them from attacking Elise.
Garon kept attacking her shield until it had crack in it. Garon was then able to destroy her shield.
"It's over Elise! You lost!" Garon said
Elise knew how strong he was but at this point she didn't care she was going to fight back with all of her strength. She launched a light spell at him and it actually managed to knock him back. She then casted a strong wind spell that managed to slightly damage him.
"It appears that you have gotten stronger. Would you like to return to Nohr under my command? I'm willing to forgive you if you turn on the Hoshidians now" Garon said
Elise glared at her father. She didn't even need to think about.
"I would rather be with Hoshido. They're a lot nicer and don't have any corruption there" Elise said
Garon looked at his youngest daughter with a look of fury.
"How dare you! I offer to take you back and you refuse!" Garon said
"You care more power than anything else. Why would I want to return to a place that only wants power?" Elise asked
"Very well! I gave you a chance and you wasted it! Prepare to die!" Garon said
Garon covered his axe with dark magic and charged at Elise. She responded by shooting light magic at him. Garon cut right through her attack and slashed her. It was so strong that it knocked her through the wall. Ryoma saw this and knocked Xander back and went over to help Elise.
Garon walked towards Elise. Her black dress was missing. It was completely destroyed by Garon's attack. Her shoes were also destroyed. Now she was only wearing a black short sleeved shirt, black bloomers and black stockings. Her hair was undone as well. She was losing a lot of blood. She even had blood coming out of her mouth. She got up and saw that her father was approaching her.
"Look at how pathetic and weak you look" Garon said
Elise managed to cast a dark spell. She launched it at Garon but the Nohrian king managed to deflect it.
"Still have some fight you huh? Well not for long" Garon said
Garon swung his axe at her and Elise was knocked back again. She hit another wall but she didn't go through like she did last time. She slid down the wall and landed on stomach. She could no longer move.
"Goodbye, Ex Princess of Nohr" Garon said
Garon raised his axe again and brought it down but something stopped it. The king looked and saw that it was Prince Ryoma who had stopped his attack. He knocked Garon back and stood in front of Elise.
"If you want her you're going to have to get through me first" Ryoma said
Garon was surprised to see that this Hoshidian was acting as Elise's shield.
"Why are you protecting her? She's a Nohrian and you're a Hoshidian. You're natural enemies. So why?" Garon asked
"She's not a bad Nohrian. She was the kindest Nohrian that I've ever saw. I saw how badly injured she was. I also saw how hurt she was after she was after her entire kingdom turned their back on her and tried to kill her. She liked to play games! That's no reason to kill her! She was willing to help us get Corrin back to us! She was also crying after she learned that all of you hated her. She was depressed and now she's here trying to help us get Corrin back. Since she not wanted in Nohr, she was welcomed in Hoshido. I see Elise as another sibling that I want to protect" Ryoma said
"So you're willing to protect her because she was willing to cooperate with you? Because you saw how much she had suffered?" Garon asked
"That's right! I want to protect her smile!" Ryoma said
Garon started laughing like a maniac.
"What so funny!" Ryoma asked
"Those are very pathetic reasons to protect her. Stand aside and so I may finish her off" Garon said
"I won't let you harm her anymore" Ryoma said
"Very well! Then you will die with her!" Garon said
Garon couldn't get very far because he was shot with a light arrow. He turned around and saw that it was Sakura. Ryoma saw that his other siblings were also there. They were standing in front of Elise. The young blonde looked at them in awe. She never knew that Hoshido had so much love. She smiled. She was happy that she got to spend time with them.
"All of you will die!" Garon said
Elise didn't want them to die. So she casted one last spell. Everyone was surrounded in a bright light, which forced everyone to cover their eyes. When the light died down everyone saw that the Hoshidians and Elise were gone. Garon knew that it was teleportation spell. He told everyone to get back to their duties since he didn't know where they would be.
The Hoshidians looked around and saw that they were back at the border of Hoshido.
"What happened?" Sakura asked
"We somehow got transported back to Hoshido" Hinoka said
"But how did it happen?" Takumi asked
Everyone heard a cough and looked over to see that there was badly injured Elise lying on the ground. Everyone went over to check on her. Sakura started to heal her right away.
"Elise, did you save us?" Sakura asked
Elise looked at her and smiled.
"So you saved us. Thank you" Azura said
Elise closed her eyes and passed out. Sakura was started to panic.
"This is bad! She's starting to slip" Sakura said
"We need to get back to Hoshido and get her treatment right now" Ryoma said
They managed to make it back to Hoshido. Elise managed to survive in injuries but she wouldn't going back on the battlefield for a while. Sakura watched over her.
Elise had a bandages wrapped around all of her limbs, her stomach, chest, head and neck. She small patches on both of her cheeks.
When Elise woke up she was in pain but she looked around and saw that she was back in medical room of Hoshido. Sakura saw that she was awake and went over to see her.
"Elise, thank goodness you're awake!" Sakura said
"Sakura?" Elise asked
"I was so worried that you wouldn't wake up" Sakura said
"How long have I been asleep?" Elise asked
"For three days" Sakura said
"Really?" Elise asked
"Yes, you were fatally injured and almost died but we managed to save you" Sakura said
"Thanks" Elise said
"Of course" Sakura said
"I'm sorry" Elise said
"Sorry for what?" Sakura asked
"I'm sorry we couldn't get Corrin back" Elise said
"Don't worry, we'll get her back someday. For now you need to get some rest" Sakura said
"Thanks Sakura, you're a great friend" Elise said
Elise went back to sleep and Sakura continued to watch over her.
