Authors note: Hi! I'm back after my exams and have a new extra-long chapter for you. Took me ages to write. After this, I am hoping to post every week or so, whenever I feel the need to be creative. By the way, I do not own Fire Emblem or any of the characters in it other than the OC's that will appear later in the story. Also, I'm going to try something to show a passage of time or a change in location. It looks like this (…). Hope you enjoy!

Fire Emblem Awakening: Defying Destiny

Everything changes part 1

"Mmm… It's been too long since I last had bear meat. Delicious!" Chrom happily stated as he chewed his meal.

It had been a few hours since the battle in Southtown.

Night had soon fallen after leaving the town and Robin and the others had decided to make camp for the night in a small copse of trees, much to the happiness of Lissa who had been complaining about something or other the entire journey. Chrom had finally caved in when she started complaining about the bugs. Once they had found a decent spot Chrom ordered Frederick to collect some fire wood with Lissa whilst he and Robin went hunting, much to Frederick's disappointment, Chrom was trusting a man he had only met that day to go hunting with instead of his faithful knight. Despite what Robin had done to aid them that day, Frederick still did not completely trust him.

Either way Lissa and Frederick were able to collect a bounty's worth of fire wood, which Frederick took great pleasure in lighting. It scared Robin to see the normally composed knight smiling maniacally as he lit the wood.

Chrom and Robin had had a rather successful hunting experience, catching a rather large and fat bear. The bear had come out of nowhere and had attacked Chrom from behind. Robin, at the last moment saved him, by using his new trusty arms blade to slay the beast by piercing its heart. Once the pair had finally managed to drag their catch back to the others they were greeted with mixed reactions. Both Frederick and Lissa were surprised when Chrom and Robin re-entered the camp hauling a bear as their kill and congratulated them for it, but both of them seemed to eye the bear with disgusted glances. Regardless, the bear was skinned and cooked by the joint efforts of Frederick and Chrom.

The group was now sitting around the fire eating their portions of bear. Well to be more precise, Chrom and Robin were the eating their portions. Lissa had only taken a few nibbles and was grimacing at her food and Frederick hadn't even touched his.

Chrom noticed his sister's face and decided to question her on it.

"What's wrong, Lissa? Dig in."

Lissa gave a loud groan. "Pass!" She exclaimed putting down her food. "Gods, why couldn't you spear us an animal normal people eat for once?"

"Well it was all we could find and technically the bear found us. If it hadn't been for Robin the bear would have eaten me for dinner instead of the other way round." Chrom calmly replied.

Lissa pouted. "I know, but I mean, come on! Who eats bear?! You're meddling with the food chain." She turned to Robin for support. "Right Ro-." She stopped when she found that her new friend was pigging out on his portion of bear meat like his life depended on it, in fact he had almost finished.

Chrom couldn't help but smile at the sight of Robin lousy table manners, even Frederick gave a sly smile as Robin stuffed his face. Lissa sighed. "I suppose a person would enjoy just about anything after not eating for days…"

Chrom shook his head in exasperation, fed up of his sister's complaining. "Just eat it Lissa. Meat is meat." He said.

"Since when does meat smell like old boots?!" Lissa exclaimed, making some of the birds around them fly from their perches. Robin, who was just finishing off his meat when Lissa had cried out dropped his food in surprise and it hit the floor. He looked at it sadly, tears practically in his eyes. Lissa just continued with her rant "Wait I take it back- old boots smell better!"

Frederick decided to give a small lecture.

"Every experience makes you stronger, milady. Even those we don't enjoy." He said calmly.

Lissa gave Frederick a sly look and pointed to his portion of bear. "Really?" she said in her best sweetest voice. "Then why don't I see YOU eating, Frederick?"

Frederick gave a rather embarrassed smile for having been caught out by the young girl making both Robin and Chrom snigger.

"Me? Oh, well…" The knight started trying to come up with an excuse. "I'm-I'm not hungry." He finally said. "I…I had a large lunch! Yes, quite."

"Yeah right, Frederick!" Lissa cried.

"Excuse me?" Robin chimed in, causing both individuals to look at him. "But if you aren't going to eat can I have your portions?" He asked hope evident in his eyes.

Lissa sighed. "Sure." She said giving Robin her portion which he was quick to take breathlessly thanking her. "Geez, Robin how can you eat that, it's disgusting?"

Robin spoke through mouthfuls whilst knocking his head. "Amnesia, remember? I have nothing to compare it to so for all I know this could either be the most delicious thing I have ever eaten or the biggest bunch of crap."

This caused the entire group, even Frederick, to laugh.

"At least it appears that I have a good sense of humour." Robin thought to himself. He looked around the small group. Everyone there was a good person. He knew that he was lucky to have met them.

The group continued to chat for a little bit until Frederick went to check on his horse, which he had left to graze by some trees. Robin asked him why he didn't tie its reins to the tree, but Frederick simply glared at Robin and claimed that it would not leave its master as it was a faithful animal. "Like rider, like horse." Robin had muttered under his breath. Soon everyone began to grow sleepy. Lissa was the first to fall asleep and Frederick soon followed, having been ordered by Chrom to get some rest. That soon left Chrom and Robin. The two continued their conversation for a few minutes until Robin decided to ask Chrom about his sword. During the battle in Southtown, Robin had noticed that Chrom's sword was unique and seemed to be rather special.

"Chrom, can I ask you something?" He asked

"Of course, Robin, what do you want?"

"It's about your sword."

"Oh?" Chrom said with a raised eyebrow, his hand slightly shifting towards the hilt of his sword in a protective manner.

Robin noticed his friend's movement and put his hands up in an offended manner.

"Relax, I just wanted to ask about it, it seems to be quite special."

Chrom seemed reassured and smiled unsheathing his sword to show to Robin. "This is Falchion." His voice sounded very proud. "It is the divine blade that the Hero King Marth used to slay the fell dragon almost a millennia ago, in times of great strife it is said that Naga herself will grant blade and wielder power in order to defeat their enemy, however there is a condition to be met that only the exalt knows." Chrom explained happily to his friend, a hint of bashfulness in his voice.

"If the exalt is the only one who knows the secret of that sword then you must know her quite well for her to allow you to wield it." Robin replied, admiring the sword. It was a golden double-edged sword with a gap near the hilt, the hilt itself was designed in red cloth and could be used in two hands or one. On the top of the hilt was a golden cap. It completed the whole regal look, in Robin's opinion. "It sure does look nice." Robin stated.

"Yes it does." Chrom replied with a smile. "And only I can use it." He said smugly.

"What do you mean?" Robin asked curiously.

"Never mind I will tell you some other time, maybe." Chrom teased knowing that it would bug Robin until he told him his secret.

"Oh come on, Chrom." Robin pleaded. "Pretty please."

Chrom laughed quietly so as not to wake the others.

"That's just pathetic you know. C'mon lets go to sleep." He said. And with that he laid his body down and went to sleep and began to snore.

Robin chuckled and laid himself down too and faced the starry sky for what seemed to him like hours.

"So, this is my new life?" He thought. "Looks like fun. Now if only I can get Chrom to tell me what he meant." Robin grimaced. "Grr… this is gonna bug me for ages." Robin was about to fall asleep when he heard a twig snap from within the barrier of trees around them. Robin's heart missed a beat. He jumped to his feet and unsheathed the arms blade from his side, questioning whether to wake the others or if he was just being paranoid. Everything was silent for a few moments. Robin breathed a sigh of relief. It was nothing. He was just being stupid. He was about to go back to sleep when a figure stepped out from the darkness. Robin let out a gasp. "So there had been someone!" he thought. "Who are they? Brigands looking for revenge from earlier?"

The figure did not move nor reveal itself. It seemed to be wearing a hood so their face was obscured.

"Who are you?!" Robin demanded. "Show yourself!"

The figure finally stepped out of the darkness revealing it's features. The figure in front of Robin seemed to be identical to him at this moment. Other than the two tufts of long brown hair. The figure wore exactly the same clothes that Robin did, all the way down to the shoes on his feet and the cloak on his back. The figure raised its arm and beckoned Robin forward.

"If you wish to know who you are, then follow me." The voice was flat but feminine.

"That answers one question then." Robin thought to himself in shock. "But can I trust what she is saying, does she really know who I am?" Something about the female seemed to calm him for some reason. Like they had met before.

"How do I know I can trust you?" He asked the female, but she had already retreated into the darkness.

Robin was torn. On the one hand this may be his one and only chance to learn who he was, on the other it could be a trap. "Oh what the hell" He thought to himself running after the mysterious girl sword in hand in case of danger. "I get the feeling I'm going to regret this."

(…)

Chrom woke with a start. Something seemed off to him. There seemed to be a slight chill in the air and around him there was little noise other than the light snoring of his sister. The fire seemed to have died long ago. However Robin was missing.

"Robin!" He cried, hopping off the ground to search for his friend. "Robin!" he cried again desperately. He looked over the area around the camp and felt for his sword, nothing but Robin seemed to be missing, meaning that he hadn't betrayed them. "Best take a look around." He began to walk away when his sister began to stir. Lissa got up and rubbed her eyes with a yawn. She turned towards her brother, who looked like a child caught doing something naughty.

"What's wrong, Big Brother?" Lissa asked sleepily.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you, but… Something is amiss… Robin seems to have wandered off" Chrom told Lissa worriedly.

Lissa gasped and looked around, confirming what Chrom had told her.

"ROBIN!" She cried out. "ROBIN!"

Frederick woke, grabbing his lance as he did so. "Milord, Milady what's wrong?!" He asked. "Are we under attack?"

"Frederick it's terrible!" Lissa cried. "Robin's gone missing."

"What!" Frederick exclaimed in surprise. "That no good dastard, I knew he couldn't be trusted."

"Frederick!" Chrom shouted at him. "Don't jump to any conclusions just yet. There has to be a reason why Robin ran off."

"Yeah, there has to be!" Lissa chimed in. "He doesn't seem like the kind of person to leave his friends!"

Chrom nodded. "Exactly." He confirmed. "Let's split up and look for him. Frederick you head that way." He pointed to the left. "You will be faster on your own with your horse."

Frederick nodded and bowed "Of course milord." With that he mounted his horse and headed out the way he had been told.

After he left Chrom turned back to Lissa. "You and me will head this way." He said gesturing to the right. "Let's hope we find him."

Lissa nodded and grabbed her staff. "Ok let's go."

(…)

Robin proceeded further into the woods, trying to locate the mysterious woman who claimed to know his past. He had lost her trail and was beginning to get annoyed.

"First she tells me to follow her, then she just vanishes." He thought to himself frustrated, silently cursing the woman under his breath. He looked around the area he was in one last time. Nothing.

"Grr... this is pointless!" He was exhausted from lack of sleep. "I should just head back to the others. Get some rest." He was about to head back the way he had come when a voice stopped him in his tracks.

"I thought you wanted to know your past?"

Robin wheeled around, arms blade in hand ready to strike, only to find that the woman had seemingly materialised behind him.

"Well it would be helpful if you hadn't run off." He said with a sigh, lowering his sword but not sheathing it. Robin eyed the girl with suspicion. He was definitely feeling nostalgia, he was certain he had known this person in the past. "Who are you?" He asked, trying to sound friendly.

The female however took a step back, as if someone had struck her around the face. "You really don't remember?" She asked, sadness seemed to flood her voice.

Robin shook his head. "I am truly sorry." Despite being hooded, Robin could tell that she was trying to fight back tears as her body was trembling. "Why don't you tell me who you are? It may help me remember." Robin asked, trying to comfort her.

The woman lifted her head and her eyes seemed to meet Robin's from beneath the hood.

"No."

"What?" Robin asked confused.

"I said no!" The woman cried. "You must prove yourself in combat if you wish to know your past!" She reached in to her cloak and pulled out a tome similar to Robin's but something seemed off. Robin could sense a strange power emanating from it. Robin sheathed his sword drew his own tome from his pocket, ready for the oncoming assault.

The woman began to chant an incantation.

"Oh holy thunder, hear my cry, come to me now in this time of need, to protect and defend me, to be my blade. Come to me now heroic bolt, `Supirion!"

Suddenly electrical energy sparked through the area striking the tome. Robin stared in awe as the tome disappeared and in its place a sword of pure electrical energy.

"Wha-how did you do that?" He exclaimed, awestruck.

"You should know. After all you are the one who taught me." The female replied grasping what appeared to be the hilt of the energy weapon.

"I-I did?" Robin wracked his brain looking for the memories she claimed he had. He found nothing, much to his dismay. "Damn! Wish I could remember how to do that." He chuckled

"Shut up." The woman said angrily, pointing her weapon at Robin. "Now, prepare to fight!"

Robin sighed and readied his tome. "Alright. Come at me."

The woman did not reply. She simply lunged towards Robin, swinging her sword. Robin blocked it with a blast of his thunder tome. But the woman kept on swinging making it extremely hard for Robin to block. If it kept up, this girl was going to break through his defences. He needed to turn the tables on this situation and quickly. But how could he? Due to her unrelenting assault all he could do was block. If the sheer force and speed of the attacks weren't enough, this woman wasn't leaving many openings either. However, fortunately for Robin, the woman's fighting style was almost a copy of his own, she was just adding a few individual touches. That meant that if he knew his style of sword fighting as well as he thought he did, amnesia or no, then she would...

The woman jumped in to the air, raising Supirion above her hooded head.

"Perfect!" Robin thought. Using what energy he had left, he dashed out of the way of the attack ending up behind the girl as she and her sword came crashing down. Not wasting any time, Robin fired a shot of thunder towards the girl, striking her in the back. The blast had not been very powerful, due to Robin not wanting to hurt her, however it was enough to send her flying several meters. She managed to stay on her feet, but the hood that had been covering her face fell, revealing her features. Robin stared at the girl. She was a young woman around his age, if he knew how old he actually was. Her hair was done up behind her head in pigtails that came down to the base of her neck, in order to keep it out of her eyes. Despite the fact she was currently in combat, her features taut with concentration, she was quite good looking. However it filled Robin with dread to finally see her eyes. They were filled with sadness and hardship; it seemed as if hope had left them completely. Robin wondered what this girl had been through to have eyes like that. But there was something else about her. Tears formed in Robin's eyes, but he had no idea why. Suddenly he doubled over in pain as lightning pierced his brain. Some of his memories flashed before him painfully. Times of him as a young boy, practicing magic and sword skills with a young girl. His twin sister. New memories came to him; times of pain and strife as he remembered the night when they were teenagers, his sister was stolen from the house they had once lived in by strange men. He had never seen her again after that day. Her name had been...

"Vi-Violet?" The name weakly left his lips. "I-I remember you."

The girl stood still. Tears of joy streamed down her face. The electric sword discharging, changed back into the tome it had once been. She ran towards her brother and pulled him into a warm embrace crying into his shirt.

"You-you remember me? That's wonderful, you ha-have no idea how much I've missed you." Violet sobbed.

"C'mon let's head back to the others, I'm sure they will be thrill-"

"No!" Violet cried stepping back from Robin. "You cannot go back to those, people!" she spat the last word. "You will return with me to our master. Once we are back you will be able to return to your training in order to fulfil your destiny."

Robin was confused. "What are you talking about? What master? And what is this destiny you speak of?"

Violet shook her head. "Brother, this is no place to talk, we must make haste back to master or else he will be angry." She began to turn and walk away, but Robin stood his ground.

"No."

Violet stopped mid-step. "What?"

"I said no. Violet, I will not come with you until you tell me what you are talking about."

Violet turned around and begged. "Please Robin; come with me, all will become clear if you just follow."

Robin shook his head. "I can't. Now, I am going to head back my friends. You are welcome to follow me if you want, but either way I'm going with them." Robin began to walk away but now it was Violet's turn to stop him. A bolt of electricity struck near his feet, stopping Robin in his tracks. He turned once again to find Violet holding her tome.

"I'm afraid I cannot let you do that Robin. You are meant for great things and I have orders to bring you back. Now you can either come with me peacefully, or I will have to make you."

Robin glared at his sister. "You can try." He unsheathed the arms blade and held it in one hand. He kept his tome in the other. "Shall we resume where we left off?"

Violet nodded and sent blasts of electricity flying towards Robin, which he managed to skilfully avoid. He raced towards her not stopping for an instant. He swung his blade with speed and accuracy then followed with a blast of thunder from the tome making sure to keep Violet on the defence. He was forced to mix up his moves as he knew that Violet would know his fighting style. He kept swiping the sword, waiting for Violet to slip up. Both siblings lifted their hands at the same time and sent thunder magic towards the other. The blast collided resulting in a explosion that sent both individuals flying back from each other. Robin realised that his current strategy wasn't working; Violet was a worthy opponent. She was able to use the tome to its full potential and she utilised any asset that she could exploit. She knew Robin's plays like the back of her hand, so Robin tried something he hoped she wouldn't see coming. Charging towards her, he sent a blast of thunder at her feet sending dust flying, obscuring him from her. Getting close, Robin decided to take a move from Chrom's playbook. Charging through the dust he barged into her, using his full weight, causing her to stumble and fall to the ground. Robin was over her in seconds pointing his sword at her throat and pocketing his thunder tome. He looked her in the eyes.

"I told you Violet, I'm staying where I am and if you don't like that then I'm sorry."

Violet looked up from the sword to her brother and tears began to fill her eyes.

"Very well, I see your skills are still as impressive as ever, Brother." She hissed the last word, getting up from the floor. Robin made sure not to give her the chance to trick him. "I shall leave you be for now, however when you are ready to admit that you have made the wrong decision, I will find you." She tossed her tome to the floor. "Take that with you. It's yours anyway; it was my last reminder of you other than your teachings. With your memory loss you're going to need it. You may relearn some of your old tricks." Suddenly bright light encircled Violet. "Until next time, Robin." She said sourly as she disappeared.

Robin was left alone inside the clearing. He was disheartened; he had found family and a link to his past and managed to piss her off. Now he had lost her as quickly as he had found her. He sheathed the arms blade and picking up the tome Violet had left him, he quickly flicked through it. The tome was filled with scribbled notes of different spells and incantations. Even though Robin could tell that he was the one who had written the notes, he could not decipher the text. Maybe it was because he had lost his memories that he was no longer experienced enough to read them? Robin pocketed the tome with the other, and turned only to find Frederick and his horse ahead of him.

"What were you doing just now? You look like you have been through hell." he asked

"You don't know the half of it." Robin said with a sigh. "Boy, have I got something to tell you and the others."

Frederick eyed Robin suspiciously, then directed his horse to turn. He gestured for Robin to mount up behind him.

"Very well, milord and lady are currently looking for you. We shall wait for them at the camp. They will want to know that you are safe, they were very worried about you."

Robin nodded and climbed in to the saddle. He was almost thrown off again as the horse galloped through the trees. He grabbed Frederick to keep himself steady, screaming in terror.

(...)

They soon reached the camp. Robin dismounted and quite literally kissed the ground, thanking Naga that he hadn't died on the wretched creature. Fredrick laughed, watching Robin.

"I must say Robin, you seem quite adept in sword play, but you can't handle a small horse ride?"

"Do you have any idea how fast that devil was going? I thought I'd lose my head, we went under so many branches!"

"Do not speak ill of my steed Robin, he is a fine companion."

"Wow! You sure are protective of that horse, aren't you?"

"Gabriel has saved my life many a time, he is a true friend." Frederick proclaimed proudly.

"Gabriel?" Robin sniggered, rising from the ground, brushing the dirt from his knees. "Anyway, we should wait here for Chrom and Lissa, they should return soo- aghh!" A piercing pain shot through his right hand.

"Robin are you alright, sir?!" Frederick asked concerned.

"Yeah, but I have the feeling something terrible is about to happen!" Robin said, wincing as he held his right hand. He could sense the mark beneath the glove was glowing.

"You need to sit down."

"No, we need to find Chrom and Lissa, I think they are in danger!"

Just as Robin spoke those words the ground began to shake. It split open, spewing lava and sending fire shooting into the sky. It was as if hell itself, was trying to fight its way out of the ground.

Both Fredrick and Robin could only stare in horror as the world around them looked set for destruction. Over the tops of the trees they spotted a glowing blue light. Robin could feel it in his very being that Chrom was over there.

"We need to go to that light." He said plainly.

"Pardon?" Frederick replied still in shock.

"Chrom is over there, I can feel it." Robin began running in the direction of the light.

"Robin, I'm coming too!" He heard Frederick call after him. "If milord and lady are in danger then I must reach them as soon as possible!" Robin heard the sound of hoofs then felt Frederick's gauntleted hand grab him by the back of his cloak and hoist him upon Gabriel's back as they hurtled towards the source of the danger.

"Hold on Chrom, Lissa we're on our way!"

Authors note: Ok guys that's the first half of Everything Changes. Next chapter Robin meets "Marth" and the main pairing will sort of begin. I hope you liked Violet. I worked hard thinking up her personality. As always leave your reviews and I will write soon. Bye!