A/N: Hey again readers hope your enjoying the story so far. School is coming so this stuff may get slowed down but I'll keep going. As usual I own nothing but me in this fanfic because Nintendo and Intelligent systems already do. Oh and I finally have a Beta by the name of Galdr. Now on with the story!
Damn the game makes the hike look like a couple of seconds but in reality try a few hours and you'll get it right. Soon enough it was night and Lissa says with an annoyed face " I told you it's getting dark already!" and then the bugs come out which grosses Lissa out especially when it gets in her mouth which I chuckle a little evilly which earned a glare from Frederick and Chrom says " Come on Lissa, hardship builds character." He said and asked if she wanted to gather firewood to which she declined after possibly swallowing said bug. Then Raven brought up the subject of food and she was hungry and my gut growled "guess that makes to of us." I say. Frederick says "Yes, I should think a little hunting and gathering is in order." Then asks who wants to clear a campsite. Frederick stayed behind to clear a campsite while the rest of us went hunting. I partner up with Raven. Chrom was keeping Lissa close by due well plain old protective brother-dom and yes I just made that word up and will stick with it. Raven asks "So…you holding up after last battle? It seemed like it was your first time fighting and killing someone." Damn caught might as well spill it "Yeah. It was my first time…k-killing a-another…." I just breakdown after that with a distant knowledge of Raven comforting me. After a while I pull myself together and we ran into Chrom and Lissa who had a bagged a bear. We head back to camp and start eating and Lissa is right this stuff is nasty, it is majorly dense and most of said density was fat. Yeah I didn't like it but me and Raven couldn't get anything and we're both hungry. So here I am choking it down with Raven going at it hungrily. "Mmm, it's been too long since I've had bear meat. Delicious!" Chrom said which got Lissa to launch her to complain about Chrom's tastes as she says "Pass! …Gods couldn't you spear us an animal normal people eat for once?" she continues "I mean come on! Who eats bear?! You're meddling with the food chain." She looked to Raven for support but she was eating it hungrily but I said "for the record I'm not fond of it either but it's this or go hungry. Although Frederick doesn't seem to like it either…" I said with Frederick throwing up the "filling lunch" defense in response. We goof around a bit us newbies getting to know the others with Chrom and Raven getting along particularly well. Soon we decide to hit the hay. I know that I won't get a full night's rest so I'm getting as much as I can.
Damn me for being right! First I feel the ground rumbling, then I wake up to Raven and moreover Frederick panicking. Wondering where Chrom and Lissa where probably. "Guys quiet. I think I heard something." I wasn't lying and knew what the sound was just need to know where. There it is again. The ringing of metal against metal, the cursed sound got seared in my skull in that last fight.
We rush through the burning forest and find them in a very large clearing. As soon as we get in Frederick asks in a panicked voice "Milord! Milady! Are you hurt?" and Lissa looks over to us fear in her eyes "Frederick! Raven! Dravin!" just then something belts out an unearthly howl. We look towards a Risen. It wasn't a pleasant sight. The bodies had some rot on them and the armor was damaged and their skin deathly pale, with a dark aura and glowing red eyes. I said "Whoa! What the hell are those things?!" even though I knew full well what they where but it came out anyway.
And of course Raven said though with a scared look on her face, not that I blame her, and shaky voice "Are such horrific creatures commonplace in these lands?" and Chrom answered "their not from Ylisse I can promise you that." Frederick looked relived as he said "No one is injured, then? Thank the gods…" and Lissa said of course "Thank the masked men who saved me! If it wasn't for them I'd be…Hey, where did they go?" wait there were two this round? In game it was supposed to only be one. But Frederick said "We can worry about him later, AFTER we put these...things…to the blade." With my train of though cut this cues my second battle's start.
Raven noticed two crumbling ruins that weren't that big but where sturdy-ish looking and asks "Are those…" but Frederick answered yes to them being abandoned forts and Raven saying they'll offer distinct advantages and it being a good idea to occupy when possible. We b-lined it straight for the nearest Fort and bunker down there. Good thing too because one of the zombie movie laws work here. The particular one here is zombies come in hordes. Well at least it was one horde and not that big but still it was BIG. They came at us in a half running half shambling towards the fort we're in. soon they come in the fort through the only entrance. The suckers where pretty weak and we dispatched them easily but the guys kept coming and it started wearing me down…wait is this a strategy from a Risen?! The Risen are supposed to be big time idiots!
I smell a trap. Is that more of that unearthly howling of the risen from the inner fort? Yep and here they come! Well at least I can say what's happening now. Someone or something is controlling these goons but enough thinking it's time to get your head back into the game or battle B-Dravin. Okay from the look of things we're all tired from lack of sleep and fighting these things none stop. Raven notices this too and orders "fall back! Re-group and form a defensive circle!" she shouts and we do. Lissa is in the center and rest of us facing outward and doing better fighting all together keeping the zombies off. Soon enough I hear Sully come in roaring "Outta my way freaks!" and charges through the zombies that where Risen to us. I get a better look at Sully and she looks about the same in red Cavalier armor with tomboyish spiked red hair and red eyes. She apologizes repeatedly to Chrom before noticing us. "Who are the new guys?" Chrom introduced me and Raven but before we got to say anything Virion comes in all his long Teal haired frilly neck-tie-thing with arm armor and bow in hand. He of course B-lines it to Sully "milady!" he begins in his French sounding accent "Life is Long but beauty is fleeting! Leave war to the warriors love. A beauty like you need only wage love." Wow this guy really is a major womanizer and he is about to continue before I interrupt clearing my throat "Dude if you haven't noticed we're in the middle of a battle here!" he sheepishly settled down. I pretend to just notice the bow "archer?" I ask and he said "yes the Archest of Archers! I am Virion he who Strides across history's largest stage…" I said "ahem. Battle remember Virion." He once again sheepishly settled down then suddenly shot an arrow just brushing my ear! I hear a thunk and the hiss as a risen goes from zombie into a plum of purple smoke. "Okay guess you weren't lying about the archest of archers thing. Listen we need some support from the walls so mind getting us some." I say more of an order than question which he obeys surprisingly. "Okay only one left…" Raven said. Soon the last one came and it was none other than the now terrifying Risen chief. The reason he's terrifying is that up close the guy looks like a giant Frankenstein like the original book version creepily human like but not one at all. The thing had a giant ax that had seen three to many battles but was still together and deadly looking. The thing roared like a demon and charged us causing a breakage in the defensive circle formation and a near hit to Lissa from the ax. But Frederick took it for her and only flinched a little. The guy is ssssoooo OP this early in game. I swear the guy is the perfect newbie trap –focus B- I mean Dravin deadly monster coming after everyone! We play Bull fighter with the beast who at least in personal combat your standard Risen intelligence level which is a mobile weapon wielding rock. We are able to get glancing blows or shots in if your Virion or Raven. Raven's eyes light up and a plan springs in her head. Now I'm feeling sorry for the Chief. She starts shooting out orders "Frederick, Sully take out the legs! Chrom, Dravin the arms! I'll finish it with a lightning spell to its center. Virion and Lissa you distract it." And so we executed her plan with Virion shooting arrows and Lissa generally looking like a target with Frederick and Sully soon stabbed it with their lances in two different legs crippling it. Then me and Chrom rushed it to take its arms out and we hit our mark. Chrom just stabbed through and disabled the arm; I on the other hand hit a stitched area and severed the lower portion of the arm. We almost immediately get out of the way because Raven start chanting the spell. In the last battle I was to busy either not dying or trying to figure out how to save the village maiden so I didn't see her cast any spells. I have to say it is impressive. Runes float and dance in the air around her with sparks hoping off of them and her hair floats in the air from the energy in the air. Then the lightning gathers in her hand as she chants the spell the lightning forming around her hand and soon she let the bolt loose and it flew straight into the thing's chest. It collapsed in a heap and seconds later dissolves into the purple mist. I let out a relieved sigh as Chrom said almost as exhausted sounding as I felt "I think that's the last of them." Signaling the end of a battle.
As if cursing us a voice that sounded strangely familiar resounded "You thought wrong!" suddenly a guy in all black demonic looking armor covering from head to toe appears on the wall with a wicked looking blade that seems similar to my own. He leaps down and charges us heading straight for Raven. "Raven look out!" Chrom yelled and ran after the Black armored dude, both of us running after him as Raven turned in surprised with him nearly on her but I tackled him from behind, throwing him off balance and sending him into a face plant. He raised his head and looked at me and I felt pure, long standing loathing emanating from behind the face covering helm. "You will pay dearly for that…" he said menacingly and threw me off and got up meanwhile I was slightly dazed and he planted a foot on my chest with his sword on my throat. The others started moving in but he roared "try it and your friend here meets a messy end!" They backed off ever so slightly trying to figure out a way to bail me out of a nasty end as I was doing the same when suddenly a fire stream grazed him, barely missing me, caused him to back off and cursed "Damn them! There were supposed to be enough Risen to keep them busy! At least long enough to my assignment. Maybe have some fun…." He growls as Marth/Lucina come sweeping in with another hooded and masked figure that wasn't in the game. He takes a few steps back "You runts won this round but I'll be back. And far better prepared so watch out." I get the feeling of focused loathing coming from him straight at me and the hooded masked guy. "Especially you two. I have scores to settle with the both you…" he then casts teleport to get away. We wait a few more seconds on edge in case another surprise attack but nothing comes and we relax a little, letting out a sigh of relief. "Alright now I think that's the last of them." Chrom says. Fredrick tenses probably thinking Chrom jinxed it but once more nothing comes at us. He finally nods in agreement "yes it seems so. I believe these two…." He refers to Marth/Lucina and the hooded and masked figure. "Have taken care of the rest." Lissa says "Um, I didn't get thank you earlier for rescuing me….so thanks." Then Chrom spoke up in a grateful tone "Strangers I owe you greatly for rescuing my sister's life. Might I have your names?" after a moment of silence Marth/Lucina in their rugged noble gear says in a cool and collected voice "you may call me Marth." And then the other guy who I just noticed had gear similar to my own "just call me Cain" him sounding much more casual but still had a determination as Chrom looked at them questioningly "Marth? Cain? After the heroes of old?" They simply nod and then they simply head off to who knows where with Lissa shouting "Hey! wait!" and Fredrick puts a hand on her shoulder "Relax my Lady I don't think this is the last we shall see of them." Oh Fredrick you have no idea. We head to our little camp area and pack up our gear. We are soon back on the Trail to Ylisstol. Towards the Capital of Ylisse. Back on the path to war.
A/N: DUN DUN DUN! Who is the masked figure? Who is the new enemy? You'll have to stay tuned to find out. But that aside I am soo sorry it took this long to get a new chapter done. School started and it can drain a lot out of a guy. I am really sorry you all had to wait. I'll try and do better in the future. But on the bright side I can do this in one of the classes I have so I'll see guys again hopefully soon. Oh and please Review it helps get my butt in gear to do this. Ciao.