Day III
As the sun rose to begin a new day, The Shepherds awoke from their slumber. The morning was so nice they almost forgot the events of last night, almost. First came the fun part of the morning, the dying of their hair. None liked to give up their colour, but their rainbow hair would show themselves from miles away. This morning was full of sorrow and regret, but one idea lifted everyone's spirits. Robin had taken another glance at his map of New York and discovered a little known piece of artwork called the Statue of Liberty.
"It says here that this is an important piece of art history. Let's clear our minds and see it. Besides, these outrealmers wouldn't appreciate art if they have a T.V. right in front of them!"
Was Robin ever wrong! After taking the ferry across to Liberty Island, the Shepherds were shocked to find a swarm of tourists all taking photos of the iconcic statue.
"Damn it Robin, I thought this was a less-than public event!" Chrom angrily whispered.
Within seconds of his whisper, a little boy tugged at his mother's shoulders
"Mom, it's the crazy cosplay guy! I'd know that voice from anywhere."
All eyes immediately turned to The Shepherds, including those of the security guards. Within seconds, Lucina climbed to the edge of the boat.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Robin asked!
"Drastic times call for drastic measures!" Lucina replied and jumped into the water.
"If you can't beat them, joining them!" Anna added, also deciding to jump into the water.
Immediately, the security guards saw the events and yelled:
"WE HAVE A WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST! WE SUGGEST YOU COME QUIETLY!"
As you know however, the Shepherds are anything but quite. Within seconds Robin and Chrom jumped into the water with Frederick following shortly afterwards. They caught up with the group and collectively swam to the shores of Liberty Island. Within seconds, they were helped up by a tourist. However, much like The Shepherds, this visitor was far from regular.
"Her left eye, look at her left eye!" Lucina yelled surprised.
Upon closer examination of this tourist's left eye, a mark of Naga was clearly visible.
"Uh yes, it seems you've found the mark of Naga! I'll explain shortly Lucina, but in the meantime, it would be in all our best interests to get out of here!
The mysterious tourist was more observant than any of the Shepherds as she immediately noticed the guards coming in from each side. Thankfully, she had her trusty motor boat conveniently nearby.
All The Shepherds hopped onto this tiny motorboat which lead to a very comedic trip. The Shepherds tumbled like Jenga blocks as the currents shifted, but bigger thoughts were on each of their minds. But little did they know, the answers would be there shortly.
As the Shepherds arrived at the Tourist's hotel room, she revealed to them once and for all.
"Hello Shepherds, you may not know me but I know you! My name is Laura and if you haven't gathered from my eye and my voice, Lucina and I are doubles!"
"I read about that! DON'T TALK TO HER! RUN!" Robin added
"Woah, hold up! You have no reason to fear me! I once stumbled upon your world years ago. However, the time was different, it was dystopian! I don't know if you remember me Lucina, but I was there!" Laura added.
"I'm sorry Laura, no. I guess the amnesia of my daughter Morgan and Robin, my husband has worn off on me!"
"Well, have you played Fire Emblem: Awakening!? I was the one who told the writers your story all from merging my mind partly with Lucina!"
Immediately, a thought dawned on Robin that hadn't before:
"Our 3DS!"
Robin immediately turned out his pocket to see if the 3DS had survived the jump into the water. By some miracle of Naga, it had!
"Nice 3DS, you've got there! Mind if I show it to my friends?" Laura asked
"What types of 'friends' do you have?" Frederick countered
"Let's meet them!"
Laura directed the Shepherds down the hallway to a conference room. Upon opening the doors, the Shepherds met Laura's special friends.
"Shepherds, I'd like you to meet Matthew, Brandon, Karen and Kyle!"
"Look at Matthew's arm, he has the mark of Naga!" Chrom whispered to Robin.
"What about Karen? she's counting her dollars like coins!" Anna added
"That Kyle, he sounds just like me!" Frederick stated.
Robin was too busy looking at the hand of Brandon. He clearly had the mark of Grima in the same spot that he had. Words struggled to escape from Robin's mouth but he finally found the courage to say:
"I read 'The Rules of Travelling to Outrealms and its Many Risks' and I don't have a good feeling about this!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
End of Chapter 3
Autosaving
World Map Has Been Updated!
/Author's Note/ The stakes have definitely been raised. First of all, thank you once again for your favorites, follows and reviews, I greatly appreciate them! As for this chapter, I finally wanted to tie the prologue into the story itself. This chapter has already introduced the doubles and more surprises with them await. Also, did you recognize the names of the doubles? They share the same names as the voice actors and actresses for the main cast of this story, but they will be in first name only. Laura is different from Laura Bailey, etc. but I wanted to pay tribute to the hard working voice actors and actresses who help bring these games to a whole new level. In the meantime however, I'm and I hope to see you at the next chapter!