Fire Emblem: Crossed Fates
Chapter 4: A Snowy Enemy
Update: These 'Morgan' Chapters will be relatively shorter than the others, at least until Chapter 12.
"And we're here!" Hinoka shouts, enthusiastic to help the wounded villagers. Ready to get started, she jumps out of the carriage, ordering men around, having them lift medicine and supplies towards a big shack towards the middle of town, probably where the wounded are. Once that's settled, she comes back to me. "Hey, Morgan. Can I get your help? Me and some of my men are going to scout the border of town to look for monsters, and get ready for building a barrier."
I nod. "Of course. I'm not here just to watch, after all." I giggle. As we go and gather men who are done with setting up and are ready in case we get in a fight, we exit the snow covered, run down village.
Speaking of which, the village is VERY run down. It's covered in about three feet of snow, and only has about six buildings. Four houses, three intact, while one has a small hole in the wall. Maybe from the monsters?
One of the other buildings, the big one, about as eight times as big as one of the houses, is a big empty building where the sick and injured lie in wait of supplies. We made it just in time, as luckily no one had died yet. The other building, even bigger than the make-shift hospital, is a church. Probably for Sunday worship, as most churches are. I wonder if their religion is the same over here, since it's the other side of the world.
As we hike through the hills, no monsters are in sight, luckily. However, as we marched around town, we heard some noises in the distance. After making a quick loop around the town, we head back. Ordering people around, me and Hinoka pick up as much wood and nails and hammers as possible, walking back to the border of town.
It only takes a few hours to prepare the barrier. At least the town is defended. But, as we returned to town, that was the least of our worries.
In the center of town, the townsfolk who are still healthy put together a feast for us to enjoy. As we munched away at the steak, potatoes, corn and carrots, I had a bad feeling, as if something bad was about to happen. And I was right.
Once the meal was done, and some of the village women started cleaning up the feast's leftovers, someone decided to pay the village a little 'visit'.
Hinoka and I quickly run over to the gate we built, noticing a figure with a pure white hood. "Hello," Hinoka greets the visitor. "What brings you here?"
She picks her arm, and points at me. "Her."
Hinoka looks at me. "Morgan? Why?"
The hooded woman shakes her head. "She shouldn't be here."
I raise an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
She draws her sword. "You shouldn't even exist, child of Grima!" She quickly jumps over the gate, swinging her sword down in front of me. I jump back, just barely missing the tip of the blade. I quickly pull out a Thunder tome. My father made this tome to be able to use almost every kind of Lighting tome in one. It's been very useful so far.
"What-?" I jump back again and again, as the mysterious figure tries to slice me with her sword. Suddenly, Hinoka tries to stab the mysterious person, but she jumps back, dodging her spear. I look at Hinoka. "Get out of here! She's too dangerous!"
Hinoka shakes her head. "No way! You'll die!"
I laugh. "I don't think so. Now get out of here!" Hinoka frowns in disapproval, then runs off. I turn towards the snowy figure, who has her sword in front of her. "Who are you? How do you know my lineage?"
"Ha!" The person laughs, "You remember how you're mother got here? And you? I'm just like them, like you. From the future." She shakes her head. "Just not from the future of Grima."
My eyes widen. Like us?! "No way…" I put my book in front of me. "Then why attack me?"
She laughs again. "Oh Aunt Morgan, you don't understand, do you? In the future, you kill mother. And I'm here to stop you! Even if it means my cousin won't exist!" She runs forward, then jumps in the air, winging her sword down on top of me; or at least, trying to. I jump back dodging the blade yet again.
"You should know that doesn't work! Arcthuder!" I shout, casting the spell. A ball of pure lighting fires out of the book, barely missing the person. As she tries, and fails, to hit me, I pull out my small blade, and block a couple of her strikes. She jumps back, and sheaths her sword with no apparent reason.
"I've no reason for this. The Nohrian monsters will kill you anyways." She turns around, runs, and then jumps over the gate.
Monsters?! Crap, we need to evacuate the village! I quickly run over towards Hinoka. "Hinoka!" I shout, running over and waving my arms. "We need to evacuate the village, more monsters are on their way!"
"Morgan!" She says cheerfully. "You're alive! What happened? Where'd she go?!"
I shake my head. "I don't know. But that doesn't matter right now! We need to get everyone out of here!"
She raises an eyebrow. "Why? What's going on?"
"I don't know completely. All I know, is she said something about, 'Nohrian Monsters', coming to kill us or something. I have a bad feeling she's right."
Hinoka shrugs. "Calm down, it's just paranoia or something. How about we go scout around and see if it's tr-"
Suddenly, a women screaming sprints down the hill. "Nohrians! Faceless! By the river!" She points up the hill, and sure enough, at the top of the hill, are big, burly men, with sacks on their heads, and their almost completely naked.
"Crap!" Hinoka shouts. "We aren't prepared for this." She turns towards the soldiers. "Evacuate the village!" She looks around quickly. "Where's my sister?!"
"Right here, big sis!" Right behind Hinoka is the same young, longer red haired girl from yesterday is there.
"Oh Sakura, there you are!" Hinoka hugs the person. "Come on, I'll send a messenger to get big brother. Let's get out of here!" With Sakura on her heels, Hinoka runs off towards the gate. I quickly follow. Is this 'big brother' person Corrin? And is William with him? I hope they get here soon.
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