Thanks for reading! Honestly, FE9 to 14 are 50-50 to me but the wikia, serene forest website and some forums helped!
Super Smash Bros. reference! And if you a fan of a certain game, especially the seventh installment, this one is a spoiler.
Disclaimer: See prologue, SSB belongs to Nintendo and Final Fantasy belongs to Square Enix. These two games are only mentioned in this fic for fun.
Candidate no.3: Brenya (or Roy's operation: humilate Zephiel)
"Welcome back to the Camus Awards!" Camus announced. "Because of what happened last time, the maintenance repaired some portions of the stage which is destroyed by Lord Eliwood can now be used once again. Also, thanks to his son; the Young Lion Roy, Lord Eliwood finally calmed down!"
Audience (SSB contenders seat):
Roy sat down between Marth and Ike (he was in the middle). "Where have you been?" Ike asked the redhead.
"To the outrealms." Roy answered. "I went to the toy store and bought some plushie for father."
"By plushie, you mean?" Marth asked. He and the Radiant Hero turned around and look at Eliwood, hugging a moogle plushie (A/N: Moogles are cretures from Final Fantasy series) and fell asleep. The two turned back to Roy.
"Let me guess," Ike said, annoyed. "You went to Cloud's world, aren't you?"
"Errrr...yes?" Roy answered.
"Roy, we all knew that Ike has a grudge against Cloud Strife for defeating him in the Smash Tournament." Marth reminded him, putting an air quote in Cloud's name.
"But, Cloud said to me that he wanted some peace offering to Ike." Roy explained.
"Then, tell Cloud this: I peace offered him a picture of him in a wig and a dress and I will send it to his archnemesis Sephiroth for laughs." Ike said.
"Is that blackmail?"
"At least he didn't try to kill me while I'm here. Don't forget your rematch against Roy Koopa, Roy. That koopaling is giving you a one hell of a whack."
"Nope. I don't want to be 'barbequed' by Bowser, thank you very much."
"What's wrong, scared?"
"Shut up!"
"Guys," Marth said. "We are outside of the tournament and we are attending the awards. I don't want Camus to be upset. And Roy, do you know that Leif is glaring at you?"
Roy looked at the Jugdrali seat and Leif is glaring at him with menace. The three Lords sweatdropped.
"I thought that was old news." Ike said.
"What's old news, Sir Ike?" Lucina asked the Radiant Hero.
"That Leif is supposed to be included during the Melee tournament, but the Hands chooses Roy to compete instead" Ike explained to her.
Corrin approaches them and seats down besides Robin, exausted. "What's wrong, Corrin? You looked exausted" Robin asked.
"Camilla almost suffocates me with her...well, you know." Corrin replied. The others sweatdropped.
"That's your overaffectionate Big Sister to you." Roy commented.
"Says the Lordling who is the only child." Ike teased.
"Hey!"
Audience (Jugdrali seat):
"Leif, stop glaring at Roy." Seliph reassured his cousin. "That is already an old news."
"Old news?" Leif said to his cousin, annoyance is written to his face. "If Roy didn't compete, Jugdral still have some representative in that tournament."
"The reason why you didn't choose to compete in the tournament is because your magic stat sucks." Ares teased him.
"You're not helping, Ares." Seliph said. "And besides, Roy didn't compete in the third tournament because of political disruption back in his home. That's why he was replaced by Ike."
Leif only sulked. "But I want to compete."
"In reality, I want to compete too Leif, but it is the bosses who makes the final decision." Seliph explained.
Ares pats his friend on his shoulder. "And besides, you're great. You restore your kingdom and help us end the war. Be proud of that."
"Thanks."
Onstage:
"Are you ready to meet our next candidate?"
Everyone cheered. It is louder than ever.
"I want Eldigan to be next!"
"Linus!"
"Take Senator Hetzel next!"
"Lady Isthar!"
"The pride of Grado should be next!"
Camus sweatdropped at the demands of the fans and audience. "Next candidate is one of the Wyvern Generals of the Kingdom of Bern and the only female among them." Everyone hushed, the Bernese cheered.
"I know who it was." Roy said.
"A powerful Sage, she leads the last remaining army of Bern even she knows that some members of the army have families waiting back home; which results being perished in the hands of the Eturian Army led by General Roy. Please welcome and give a round of applause to General Brenya!"
Everyone clapped as Brenya enters the stage.
Backstage:
"Show-off." Isthar muttered.
"If you planning something, Thunder Goddess, I hope that it would not be succeed." Mardock warned her.
"Leave the ZephielxBrenya blackmail to Lord Eliwood's child." Linus said, nursing his brother's black eye. Isthar scoffed.
Audience (Villains seat):
"Hey, Zephiel!" Validar called the King of Bern. Zephiel turned to him. "Is Brenya your girlfriend?"
"No." Zephiel answered. "She's my subordinate. That's all."
"Liar." Zelgius (AKA The Black Knight) muttered under his breath.
Onstage:
Brenya sat down as the interview begins.
"General Brenya, how do you feel being a Camus Candidate?" Ogma asked.
"At first, I felt that I don't deserved being a Camus Candidiate." Brenya answered, her hands fidgeting in her lap. "The only person qualified to that is Galle, but since one of the qualifications required is that you have a well being to your subordinates, giving them the chance to back out of the battle; I felt proud to be one."
"Next question." Tiki continued. "You are the only female among the Generals, right? How do you adjust to your position?"
"I remained calm while talking to my subordinates. I talked to General Murdock often. General Narshen is always giving me annoying vibes everytime I talked to him."
"Narshen is the epitome of CREEEEEPY!" Roy's voice echoed from the audience, laughter soon followed.
"Shut up, Lycian brat!" Narshen shouted at the SSB seat.
"Next question!" Est continued. "Bern is surrounded by mountains, right? How come have you been dubbed as the Most Powewrful Kingdom in the coninent?"
"Since King Hartmut's time, the Kingdom of Bern is considered as the most powerful kingdom in the continent. The mountains that surrounds the castle served as a good defense against invaders. In order to defend the castle, wyvern knights are roaming throughout the kingdom."
"And that's the reason why my army has some difficulties entering the castle!" Roy shouted from the audience.
"Next question." Jeigan continued. "You said earlier that you don't deserved being a Camus candidate because you only cared for the well being of your subordinates. Why?"
"Because I-" But Brenya's answer was cut off when Roy shouted: "Because Brenya is in LOVE with ZE-PHI-EL!"
"WHAT?!" Zephiel yelled, face bagan to turn red.
The audience suddenly began to tease the former King of Bern, particularly the villains seat because of Roy's statement.
"HAH! The truth came out!" Ashnard said.
"I told you! He's lying!" Zelgius admitted.
"Admit it now, Zephiel! You like Brenya, haven't you?!" Julius teased.
"ADMIT IT NOW! ADMIT IT NOW! ADMIT IT NOW!" The audience cheered as Zephiel's face turned red as a tomato in both embarassment and anger. Embarassment because Roy humilated him and anger because he wanted to kill the said lord later.
"Errr..." Brenya was confused, her face is red as a tomato. Minerva asked her last question. "It is true that you like King Zephiel?"
"She likes him, Minerva! Said king won't admit it!" Roy shouted, followed by the teasing and cheering of 'admit it now!' from the audience.
Zephiel can't stand the humilation anymore. He brandished the Excassus, stands up, approached the SSB seat and shouted:
"ROY OF PHERAE! I SWEAR THAT IF I JOINED THAT TOURNAMENT, I GONNA CLEAVE YOU IN HALF FOR HUMILATING ME!""
Roy shieked an unmanly 'eeeeeepppppp!', stands up and began to run for his life. Zephiel began to chase him, waving his weapon in hand.
"Well," Corrin said to his fellow FE representatives. "Roy's operation: Humilate Zephiel is a succees."
"But in the end, Roy is the one ended up being chased by said King." Marth said.
In the Elibean seat, Eliwood is muttering in his sleep. "Because Roy found some letters in Zephiel's old bedroom after the war."
"This is the Camus awards! We will be right back after making sure that Lord Roy is still alive!" Camus announced when Brenya stands up and exited the stage.
Backstage:
"You did this, do you?" Brenya asked.
Murdock only shrugged. "It was His Majesty's fault that he lay those love letters in the cabinet. That's the reason why General Roy found them."
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