Chapter 3: The Nightmare
By the time they got to the woods outside of Altea, it was night. "We should sleep here." Roy replied while getting off his horse. "Good idea." Ike replied while lying down in the soft grass, and soon, the trio drifted off to sleep. But Marth, didn't make it to Dreamland.
"Come forward young prince." a sweet voice called to Marth. "What?" Marth asked a little confused. "I'm no prince. I'm just a sixteen-year old boy." he replied with a small smile. "Come and I'll prove it." The Voice replied a little darker which scared Marth a little.
Soon they walked into a gold room that looked like a treasury room. "Is this the royal treasury room?!" Marth asked a little shocked. "Yes. Why so shocked?" The Voice asked.
"Well I… Wait! Is that the Falchion?" Marth asked walking over to it.
"Why yes." The Voice answered sounding even darker than earlier, but Marth hadn't noticed. Then he picked up the Falchion, only for it to disappear out of his hands. "What the… what happened?! Hey!" Marth cried as ropes surrounded his now crisscrossed wrist, bounded his ankles; knees; and legs making him fall to the ground, then surrounded his torso, locking his arms in place. "Let me go!" Marth cried struggling against the ropes, which he found was very hard. "No need to struggle Prince Marth!" The Voice cackled as Roy and Ike appeared before Marth, bound by chains and wounded. "Aiku! Roi-kun! Let them mph!" Marth cried as a gag soon entered his mouth making his voice muffled. "Mphhh!" Marth cried as he watched the horrible sight of The Voice (who now took a human form of a girl with pale skin, black hair, and purple eyes) took out a blade and stabbed Roy and Ike, who soon disappeared into thin air. "Mph! Argh!" the prince cried under the gag, still struggling against the ropes. "You might want to save your breath my prince." The Voice cackled once more as the floor disappeared from under Marth, causing him to fall into darkness as the ropes and gag disappeared from the now unconscious prince's body, as he fell into nothing. Forever.
"Aiku! Roi-kun!" the young prince cried out, startling Roy and Ike, who came running towards his friend and hugging him. "Marth! What happened? You-you're traumatized!" Ike cried looking at the frightened, shaking male. "I-I had a bad dream." Marth whimpered, clutching Ike's cape for comfort.
"Well what was it about?" Ike asked concerned about his friend's condition.
"All I remember is I was all alone against this monster. I found the Falchion and tried to use it, but it disappeared. Then I was bound with ropes and gagged and you guys tried to save me but you were killed, and then… then" Marth chocked as he started to cry.
"It's okay now." Roy replied with a smile joining the conversation. "We're both here."
"Yeah. So let's put this all behind us, and keeping going. If leave now, the meeting should be starting by the time we get there." Ike commented helping the young prince up.
"Alright then. Let's go." Marth replied mounting his horse, and trotted off.
Sorry guys, I made a small edit 'cause I skipped a chapter, so this is now chapter 3 instead of 2. So reread if needed