Chapter 7: Attack on Fort Greil
Titania awoke from her nervous night of sleep. It had been several days since Ike left with Innes and as deputy commander, she took charge of the smaller jobs. The red haired knight went over and saw the only job for the day was to take care of a small group of bandits terrorizing a local town. Simple enough for a group of seasoned fighters.
"Good morning Titania", a young brown haired girl said running up to her.
"Ah, good morning Mist", she said looking down at Ike's little sister. "Oscar" she called across the camp, "Ready your horse. You, Rolf, and I will handle the bandits today. We shouldn't need anymore to take care of them."
Both Oscar and Titania mounted their horses and carried a lance and axe respectively. Rolf grabbed his bows and a quiver of arrows and jumped on his brother's horse. Right as the two horses were going to leave a dark figure materialized in front of them.
"Identify yourself," Titania demanded.
"I don't see any purpose in telling corpses but if you must know my name is Knoll." Knoll then raised a hand and a dozen phantom warriors materialized
"Oscar, drop Rolf and go tell Mist and Gatrie to prepare for battle." Titania ordered. As Oscar went back to the base, Titania charged into battle. She sliced into a phantom and it collapsed to the ground. Another phantom attempted to impale her with its lance but she defected it with her axe, charged through him, and continued through two more. Rolf skillfully shot two enemy phantoms before they began to charge at him. One attempted to strike him with its sword but Rolf blocked it with his bow and fired an arrow into it. A phantom archer was about to shoot Titania but Rolf's arrow went through it before any harm could occur. The phantoms were disposed of before Oscar returned with Mist riding beside him and Gatrie keeping up as fast as his heavy armor would allow.
"Stay back Mist incase we need healed", Tatiana ordered and Mist retreated several yards from the battle. Knoll once again lifted his arms but this time summoned an army of over 20 gargoyles flying around them. Gatrie readied his lance and charged into the fray with Titania and Oscar rushing beside him. Titania wanted to get a shot at Knoll himself but could not see him through the monsters. Titania slashed through two of them before they took to the sky. They swooped down at the mercenaries and lances surrounded Gatrie. Luckily, his armor protected him this time, but this would not be an easy fight. During the fray, Titania heard Mist scream in the distance. She looked up to see Mist on the ground with her sword and staff lying beside her. Knoll was standing nest to her, his hand glowing with dark magic. Titania charged at him with her axe poised to strike at his heart. Knoll put up a shield of magic to block the incoming attack but the force of impact was so great it threw Knoll back several feet. Titania once again charged at him and she set her axe set to slice him right down the middle. She was stopped before she could reach him. Knoll's Nosferatu spell drained Titania's power and to follow it up he opened a portal of dark magic in front of him. His Gleipnir spell pelted the knight and she fell to the ground. He then went over to Mist and pulled a necklace from around her neck. He could feel great power coming from the medallion and it took all of his power to contain it. As he held the medallion, he felt several arrows pierce his back.
"You're lucky I can't fight you and control the medallion at the same time, but next time you're dead." Knoll said to the archer and teleported away.
Rolf went over to Mist and saw she was still breathing but wounded. Oscar faced a different reality went he reached Titania. She laid there with a sense of contentment that she died fighting for who she loved. Oscar loaded the corpse onto his horse and carried it back to the base. Gatrie carried Mist to safety and Rolf led the horses back.
AN: Yes, I know that at the end of PoR, the heron clan took the medallion but in this story, Mist kept it after the war. In addition, for those who don't know this fanfic takes place after PoR and has nothing to do with RD. Thanks for reading and please review.
