Disclaimer: Okay. This chapter has actual spoilers for the Conquest and Birthright paths to Fire Emblem Fates. We're talking almost entire story wise spoilers. While I'm sure most of you readers already know of the two paths and the events that go down in them, if you HAVEN'T seen the paths fully and don't want to be spoiled, then you're being warned right here.
… So yeah, enjoy!
It barely took the afternoon of the same day as the Festival for Ragna, Corrin, and Azura to reach the field that Ryoma intended to meet the Nohrian forces.
However, it was obvious that they arrived a tad too late.
Even as they approached, it was clear that small skirmishes were already breaking out as the Nohrian forces pushed forward, meeting the defending Hoshidans,
"Oh gods, they've already started…" Corrin whispered as they approached, staring wide eyed at the fighting already breaking out between the two armies.
Ragna sighed at that, also staring at the fighting, "Couldn't have waited for 5 more minutes huh? Probably looking for you, Corrin" he commented, looking over briefly at Corrin to see her frown,
"I don't really want to be the cause of a war…" she replied with a whisper, again. Then, she took a deep breath, "We should at least try to get in and stop the fighting. If the Nohrian army wants me, then maybe I'm the only one who can stop this fighting" Corrin stated, causing Ragna's eyes to narrow again, this time at her, however,
"You mean you want to give yourself up, even though you know that Garon killed your father and probably knows you've learned about that because you're in Hoshido now?" Ragna replied bluntly.
In response, Corrin frowned again, then turned her gaze back towards the fighting, "... Yes" she replied simply.
For a second, Ragna just stared at the princess. Then, he sighed, looking away from Corrin, "Alright, fine, guess we just have to see if this shit doesn't go south" He replied. Once Ragna gave his acceptance, Corrin smiled, then began to run forward, right towards the armies, quickly followed by Ragna.
Azura was silent as the two spoke, staring at the fighting as it began, barely listening to Corrin and Ragna as they talked with each other. The fact that Nohr was attacking didn't unnerve her, nor was it the fact that Hoshido was meeting their force with their own. No, in unnerved her because Corrin would have to face a choice that could very well be the life, or death, of others.
Suddenly realizing that Corrin and Ragna were already nearing the armies in their run, Azura pushed aside her train of thought, beginning to move once more to follow the two.
As Ragna and Corrin got closer to the battle, it was clearer that, at least to their area, which was a bridge on a rather large river, the Nohrians were managing to push back the defending Hoshidan forces, pushing with sheer strength and ferocity. Corrin couldn't help but frown at the sight, then took a deep breath and picked up her running pace, "HEY! Stop fighting! Stop fighting and listen-" Corrin began, waving a single arm to try and get the two force's attention. However, while she did get a few soldier's attentions, the Nohrian soldiers simply took the distraction to push through the bridge's defences, pushing right into the other side and charging both Ragna and Corrin,
"Wait! STOP! Just listen, please!" Corrin yelled, her grip tightening on Yato as the first few Nohrians approached, the gap in the Hoshidan defence already beginning to fill itself back up to stop other Nohrians from charging through, leaving a small force of no less than 5 soldiers to face off against Corrin and Ragna, making it rather obvious that they weren't going to stop and listen to whatever Corrin had to say.
Ragna himself realized this before Corrin even caught on, sprinting past the princess and already pulling out his sword and slashing at the first Nohrian he got too, an axe wielder, forcing the latter to skid to a stop and block Ragna's strike, the force sending him skidding back. Two other Nohrians, another axe wielder and one with a sword, noticed their friend being attacked, and turned their attention to the red coated warrior, charging forward with their own weapons raised. The other two, one with an axe and the other with a sword, continued to their own target: Corrin.
Corrin, seeing all this, sighed to herself, adopting her trademark battle pose, her sword hand to her side with her free hand lifted up, her arm right in front of her face. She didn't move, hardly at all, as the two Nohrians approached. All she did was stare as they got closer and closer. It was only when the one with the axe swung at her, widely from the side, that Corrin moved, dashing forward and ducking underneath the blade, then rising up and bashing Yato's hilt into their face, causing the Norhian to stumble back, grasping their now broken nose with their free hand, just as the one with the sword charged in. Unlike his friend, the sword Nohrian chose not to live himself completely open, instead jabbing his sword at Corrin's chest, watching as she sidestepped the jab. Instantly after, the Nohrian swung his sword to the side, forcing Corrin to duck underneath the blade. However, just as she began to rise up for another attack, the Nohrian brought the sword back, raising it above his head and slashing downwards. Seeing this, Corrin quickly switched her planned hilt smash to a simple sword swing, causing both the blades of the Norhian's sword and Yato's to clash, a loud, metallic ring filling the air.
With their swords now pushing against each other, the Nohrian began to put most of his weight onto his sword, trying to push right through Yato and to Corrin. Corrin on the other hand, quickly brought her other hand to Yato's hilt, trying to push back herself… But, sadly, finding it incredibly difficult as she was, slowly, brought to one knee. While Ragna's training had encouraged speed, it didn't exactly encourage strength…
But, it did also encourage creativity.
Just as it seemed like the Nohrian would manage to push right past Yato, Corrin suddenly threw herself to the side, quickly rising to her feet as the Norhian's sword fell through now empty air and into the ground. Before the Nohrian could pull his sword out, Corrin quickly spun around, once again smashing the hilt of Yato in their face. This time, the force created from the spin managed to knock the Nohrian out instantly, his body collapsing to the side. However, before Corrin could have a second to breathe, the other Nohrian, the one with the axe, had finally pushed aside the pain of a broken nose and had charged back in, swinging wildly at Corrin, causing the princess to jump back from the axe's blade.
Ragna himself was also forced to jump back from a Nohrian axe, holding his sword out to block a follow up strike from his friend, who had stepped by his friend to swing at Ragna. With a low growl, Ragna took a step back, just as the first Nohrian axe-man charged forward to try to keep Ragna on the defensive. In response, Ragna swung his own blade, clashing with the axe of the Nohrian, the two blades halting in each other's paths. At this time, Ragna spared a quick glance at Corrin, seeing the latter freeze in place for some reason, "Hey, come on Corrin we've got people to fight here!" Ragna couldn't help but yell out, just as he pushed the Nohrian axeman away. His yell seemed to get her moving, but she looked… Distracted.
Not good.
Turning back to his opponents, Ragna growled, stepping forward just as the Nohrian swordsman and other axeman charged, both swinging their respective weaponry at Ragna, the sword coming down at him and the axe from the side. Almost frowning, Ragna quickly sidestepped the sword, then spun his blade around, knocking away the axe that had been going for his side… Then he punched said axeman directly in the face, sending the latter flying through the air. Seeing this, the swordsman tried to rise to strike at Ragna's now vulnerable side…
Only to freeze when a naginata suddenly impaled him.
Hearing the sudden pained gasp from the swordsman, Ragna turned, seeing the naginata that was stuck right in the Nohrian's chest… And Azura holding it. In response to Ragna's raised eyebrow, Azura simply tilted her head in Corrin's direction, something that Ragna instantly got and nodded, turning to help out his distracted princess.
As Ragna left, Azura pulled out her naginata, "I apologize" she whispered to the Nohrian as they fell to their knees and then fell facefirst into the dirt. Then, the turned to the other Nohrian, who had just gotten back up to his feet after being pushed by Ragna, something that actually made him lose his balance. Seeing two of his friends out of the fight, the Norhian gritted their teeth, raising their axe. In response, Azura lifted her own spear… Right above her head. A strange battle position, but one that she was most comfortable with.
For a second, neither side didn't move, simply staring each other down, one with anger and the other with complete calmness.
Then the Nohrian charged.
In all honesty, it shouldn't have surprised Corrin that she was being able to fight the other Nohrian so well. Ragna's training made her a very good fighter overall.
Yet, as she forced the Nohrian to jump back from one of her slashes, she couldn't help feel a sense of deja vu.
The field of battle, the noises from said battle, the fact that she was fighting a Nohrian axeman specifically… It all felt so…
Familiar.
Suddenly, Corrin froze, her eyes widening from a realization. This may not have happened before, but she had certainly seen it days ago… In her dream, on the last day that she lived in the fort.
"Hey, come on Corrin we've got people to fight here!"
Hearing Ragna's voice, Corrin snapped back into reality, realizing that the very Nohrian axeman she was fighting had charged while she was distracted. Entirely on instinct, Corrin jumped to the side, just barely avoiding the Nohrian's strike, even if her arm got scratched slightly by the axe's blade. With no hesitation this time, Corrin slashed at the Nohrian, causing them to step back and block her strike with their axe blade.
Which also left them completely open when Ragna suddenly came out of nowhere, punching the side of their face so hard that an audible crack filled the air as the Nohrian flew off several feet.
Shaking his hand off, Ragna put his sword back on his back, "May have hit him a bit too hard there…" He muttered, trying to ignore the small glare from Corrin. With a glance, he saw that Azura was already doing well against her opponent… Which left him able to speak directly to Corrin, despite the war that was breaking out around them, "Any reason you stood their looking off into space in the middle of a battle?" Ragna asked, gesturing to the carnage that raged around them.
In response, Corrin hesitated for the briefest moment, trying to decide if she should answer honestly or try to avoid the question. She picked the former, "Yes. I've seen this happen before Ragna" Corrin replied simply.
For a second, Ragna didn't reply. All his did was stare at Corrin. Then he frowned, his eyes narrowing ever so slightly, "... What?" He asked, mostly confused by Corrin's statement, and slightly agitated by the response.
At that, Corrin quickly began speaking, "Remember the day when we left the fort and I was a bit distracted? I was thinking about a dream I had… About this same exact place. Well, not exact, but fairly close. If I'm right… the river should be evaporating in three… Two…" Corrin explained, pointing towards the large river nearby. Just as she hit two however, a sudden flash of white light came from said river… Before it suddenly, and quickly, evaporated, leaving absolutely no water behind.
With that sight, Ragna stared in surprise for a second. Then his face returned to it's normal expression, "... So you had a vision about this?" He asked, watching as Corrin nodded, causing Ragna to sigh a put his hand to the side of his face, "... Well that's fucking perfect…" He muttered.
Corrin, in response, frowned for a second, only to snap her fingers at a realization, "Wait, this means that my siblings, my Nohrian siblings, are here as well! We can try and talk to them about stopping the fighting!" Corrin stated.
In response, Ragna's hand fell, "... And you actually think that's going to work? That they'll just talk it out after years of anger towards each other?" Ragna replied, watching as Corrin frowned again,
"If I'm the cause, or at least one of the causes, of this anger towards Nohr and Hoshido, then I'm probably one of the few who can try to fix the bridge between the two. We have to at least try Ragna" Corrin explained.
For a second, Ragna didn't respond. Instead, he looked over at the other side of the river, where flashes of lightning and darkness flew up into the air. Then he sighed, "Alright, fine, we'll try to talk it out. But the second it seems like they're going to attack each other we're getting out of here" Ragna stated, making it clear that he was going to offer no alternatives to what Corrin was about to try to do.
At that, Corrin sighed with relief, then smiled, "Thanks Ragna. Now, let's go try to stop this" She said, then began to run past Ragna, straight through the evaporated river and towards the energy that was being flung around. Ragna himself wasted no time in following, keeping a steady pace behind her.
Azura, on the other hand, pulled her spear once again out of her opponent after quickly saying a small apology once again, watching the Nohrian fall to the ground like his other friend. Then, with a glance, Azura noticed both Ragna and Corrin running towards where Ryoma and the others were… And where the Nohrian royal family was as well. With barely any hesitation, Azura stepped away from the now dead Nohrian, running after both of them.
Once the two arrived, the saw a fairly interesting scene. Facing each other were 8 people, 4 on each side. Corrin, and Ragna, recognized all of the people there. The Norhian family, Xander on his horse, Camille on her Wyvern, Elise (strangely without her horse), and Leo, on his own steed. On the other side was the Hoshidan family, Ryoma, Takumi, Sakura, and Hinoka.
Once the two were just mere meters away from the showdown between the two families, all of them noticed them. Well, to be exact, Corrin.
"Corrin, there you are! Just in time too. It's time to beat back the Norhian assault, and defend Hoshido!" Ryoma said, turning to Corrin and raising his sword at Xander.
"There you are Corrin, I'm glad you're unhurt. We have the Hoshidan forces right where we want them, we can end this war here and now!" Xander yelled, his horse stamping its hooves as it's master pointed his own sword at Ryoma.
At this, Ryoma turned back to Xander, his eyes narrowing, "What? Corrin is of Hoshidan blood. She is a princess of Hoshido! You have no power over her Norhian." Ryoma stated, causing Xander to also turn to Ryoma.
"On the contrary, Corrin is a rightful princess of Nohr, and part of our family. You are the real deceivers." Xander replied.
Now it was Hinoka's turn to get angry, "NORHIAN SCUM! First you kidnap her, now you lie to her?! Corrin is MY sister, not yours!" she yelled, gripping her naginata tighter than before.
Instantly afterwards, Camille spoke up, "You are mistaken. Corrin is my sweet little sister. You may not have her." she said simply, which only further angered Hinoka. However, before the princess could speak, Ryoma turned back to Corrin,
"Don't be fool by their words. You belong with your true family in Hoshido!" Ryoma yelled, holding out a hand for Corrin, despite the latter being quite a fair distance away.
Suddenly, Xander did the same, his sword dropping to his side as he also held out a hand, "We have loved you and raised you since you were a child. Come home, little princess. We can live as a family once more!" Xander said.
"Come home to Hoshido, Corrin!"
"No Corrin, Nohr is your home!"
"Holy hell this is one crazy family reunion."
Those were the last words that were spoken before Corrin's world suddenly went dark.
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But this time, she didn't wake up.
Instead, Corrin found herself slowly spinning in a dark void, the question of which side she had to pick seeming to hang up above her head. On one hand, she had her adoptive family, the one that she had grown up with all these years. Turning back on them would be like casting aside all of the things that they had done to her. But, if she did return to Nohr… She'd have to face her father, who may have tried to kill her with Ganglari.
On the other, there was her birth family, the one that she should've grown up with, who've spent most of their lives trying to find her. She had next to no memories about them, but she felt like she recognized them… And she also felt like it was something she should do to at least honor Mikoto's death. But at the same time, they were almost complete strangers to her.
To pick her adoptive family, or her birth family… The choice had to be made…
But at what cost.
Suddenly, with that thought, another realization passed through her head, this time even larger than the last. People would die depending on her choice. With that realization, a series of scenes began to fill her vision, now clear on what was happening.
Takumi, stepping between a full force of Hoshidan swordsmen, his bow flaring to life as a green energy quickly formed into a bowstring and arrow for the prince, "You abandoned your family, and Hoshido" he muttered, lifting his bow and pulling back on his arrow, "... Now, pay, for your betrayal!" He yelled, already aiming at his target… Corrin.
Leo, walking through what seemed to be a graveyard on horseback, the ground and stones around him seeming to break apart and levitate in the air as he advanced, "Nohrian law is blunt on the subject of traitors. There is only one punishment" Leo explained, lifting a hand towards Corrin, "... The punishment is death"
Xander slashing at Corrin, determined to finish the pain she had brought upon both him and his family… Only to watch Elise dash in front of Xander's path… Taking the sword's slash for herself, rather than Corrin.
Ryoma, on his knees, lifting his sword with both hands, aiming the blade downwards… At first, "I cannot fall into the hands of an enemy. So I…" Ryoma began, then quickly plunged his sword into him, causing lightning to begin arcing out of the blade, "Fulfill a Samurai's… Final DUTY!" Ryoma then yelled and, with a roar, pushed his blade sideways, causing even more lightning to fly out. For a second afterwards, Ryoma merely let out strangled gasps of air. Then he looked up at Corrin and smiled slightly, "I'm counting on you…" He said… Then fell face first as his life drained out of him.
Flora with someone Corrin barely recognized as one of Leo's retainers, Jin, both standing in a complete blizzard, "I can't let you live Corrin. I'm sorry" Flora stated, the blizzard picking up ferocity, even if Corrin herself couldn't feel it.
Just as Flora finished talking, Jin stepped forward, quickly pulling his blade from his sheath, the blade itself shining despite there being no sunshine, "I have to liking towards the King. Nevertheless, it is the Tribe's duty to bring an end to you" He stated, holding his blade out and pointing it at Corrin. Despite being just a vision, Corrin swore she could actually feel the cold coming from the blade.
Then there was Hakumen, standing stock still as he stared at Corrin in a hallway's dim light, "... Ryoma had hoped that you would never have to face me. Even in death he refused to call for my aid, despite everything…" Hakumen stated, lifting his hand above his head and grabbing the hilt of his sword, "However, it would appear that I am the only one that can end the path of destruction you have caused, Princess of Darkness" He added. Then, he, somehow, swung his blade out from his sheath, the sword cutting right through the walls around him without slowing down at all, "... You may be the child of the late Queen. But my protection does not extend to traitors" Hakumen explained. Then, he lifted his large sword in front of him, the flat tip of the blade nearly touching the ceiling as Hakumen put his other hand's fingers on the blade, "I am the White Void…" Hakumen began, the structure seeming to shake as he spoke.
The throne room of Nohr, almost completely spotless and devoid of life, with the exception of one person sitting on the throne. Garon. Seeing Corrin enter the room, Garon seemed to smile, lightly tapping the end of his large axe on the floor. Almost instantly, the ground began to crack open, the crack itself quickly trailing down the stairs and into the main floor until it was halfway to Corrin. As that happened, Garon himself stood, laughing quietly as he held out a hand, "I'm SO glad you could make it home" Garon stated, smiling widely at the end.
The throne room of Hoshido, almost spotless save for the quickly evaporating pile of… Goo in front of the throne. Then the sounds of a slow, dramatic clap and footsteps approaching from behind her, "Bravo, bravo, you managed to kill a god damned King. Guess being a traitor comes easy to you, huh?" a voice said, taking no time for Corrin to recognize them.
Terumi.
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"So you've figured it out, haven't you?"
Then the darkness returned as a new voice, one that Corrin didn't recognize at all, spoke, causing Corrin to turn her physical body around to face them… Seeing a smaller girl with long, blonde twintails, wearing a mostly black dress with several red and white colors along it. In particular, the girl had a rather large umbrella in her hand,
"... Yes, I… Think do, at least" Corrin replied, watching the girl sigh in slight frustration,
"Then I suppose I'll have to explain it to you. You have two options here, with the consequence of either option being unavoidable death to others. You can pick Nohr, and watch as thousands die in the coming invasion against Hoshido. Or, you can pick Hoshido, and be forced to watch the deaths of those close to you" The girl explained, "... Which one shall you choose?" she then asked.
In response, Corrin grew completely silent as her face became conflicted with the choices. This went on for what felt like a full minute, before Corrin's face slowly turned into one that had no confliction, and was completely set,
"Neither"
For a second, the girl didn't respond to Corrin's single word answer. Then, she smiled, albiet barely,
"Perhaps you're not as hopeless as you appear"
And just like that, a flash of light filled her vision completely.
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"Corrin, come back to us!" Ryoma yelled, praying to the gods above that Corrin wouldn't turn her back on them.
"Corrin, make the right decision, please" Xander yelled as well, hoping to himself that Corrin would come back to Nohr with them.
Corrin herself looked back and forth between the two, at first seeming to be conflicted… At least, from Ragna's point of view. Then, she took a deep breath, "Ryoma. I can't fight my Nohrian siblings. They may not be my blood family, but they've cared for me all these years. I can't just raise my blade against them" Corrin said, her statement quickly causing Ryoma to stare in shock.
Xander, however, smiled to himself, "Well said little Princess, and a good choice-"
"But I can't fight against Hoshido either. I haven't lived with them long, but they're my family as well. I can't lift my blade against them either" Corrin interrupted, looking towards Xander as she said that. Like with Ryoma, Corrin's statement quickly caused Xander to become lost for words, staring at Corrin in shock. With a sigh, Corrin decided to continue, "I won't fight either of you, and I won't pick a side. I don't want you guys to fight each other, there has to be a peaceful solution to this! If we can just-" Corrin began.
"I've heard enough!" Xander suddenly interrupted, causing Corrin's speech to quickly sputter out, "I can see what you're trying to accomplish here Corrin, but as your older brother, it is my duty to teach you the truth" He said, lifting his blade towards Ryoma, who quickly raised his own,
"Not while I stand, Nohrian filth. Corrin is finally back with her family, and I WON'T let you take her away again. She's coming back with us, even if we have to drag her back with us" Ryoma stated.
At that, Corrin stepped forward, raising a hand to try to get the brother's attention, "Wait, no! Xander! Ryoma! Stop-" She began, only to be cut off when Ragna stepped in front of her, pulling out his own blade,
"Try it assholes. She made her choice, and if you aren't going to respect that then I'm going to introduce you to the god damned dirt" Ragna stated, grabbing the hilt of his sword with both hands.
"Ragna, now is not the time to try and help!" Corrin said, pushing past Ragna, "Xander, Ryoma, please just listen! We can still talk this-" Corrin began, only to be interrupted once more when Ryoma and Xander suddenly charged each other, signalling the charge of both armies, "Oh GOD DAMMIT" Corrin yelled in frustration, about to continue yelling at the two princes to get them to stop…
Only to be stopped herself when Ragna put a hand on her shoulder, pulling her back, "Alright, negotiations are over, we're leaving. NOW" He stated, letting go of Corrin's shoulder, "We still have a chance to get the hell out of here before this shit becomes too chaotic. But we have to go now Corrin" He added.
For a second, Corrin was about to retaliate and ignore Ragna to try and get both sides to resolve the fight peacefully. Then she sighed, mostly in frustration, "You're right… We need to go" Corrin said, turning around fully to see Azura finally catching up with the two,
"I heard everything. While there is a way to get their attention, it would likely be no use" Azura stated, "... I myself have made my choice. I'm going with you" she added.
Almost instantly, Ragna frowned, "... I would completely object but we do not have the time. Let's go!" Ragna said, then began to run off to the side of the battlefield, where both of the armies didn't have much troops to stop them. Quickly, Azura and Corrin ran after him, determined not to get sandwiched in between two armies.
As the three ran, the battlefield around them began to truly become chaotic. Magic being flung at each side along with waves of arrows, lightly armored samurai taking on heavily armored knights. In the midst of all the fighting, the royal family and their retainers were clearly becoming a force to be reckoned with, with the exception of the little sisters, who were mainly healing the main force and were guarded by their own retainers. Ryoma and Xander fought each other, blocking and dodging each other's strikes as their retainers charged each other, the knight Peri charging the ninja Kagero and Laslow taking on Saizo.
Leo, on the other hand, stormed into battle against the regular troops, launching waves of magic with his retainers. Odin assisted his lord in launching magic, while Niles fired arrow after arrow at the enemy's ranks. Leo's third retainer, the blue coated swordsman from the Ice Tribe, Jin, did his own job to protect the three from soldiers who tried to stop their onslaught, slashing through them with his blade faster than they could react.
Hinoka, on the other hand, went fully in with her retainers, leading the charge as Setsuna fired arrows at her opponents, and Azama calmly healed from the back lines. To her side was Tsubaki, who tore through the Nohrian forces with a combination of swordsmanship and magic.
Camilla herself was doing the same, quickly becoming a force of destruction on the field, tearing through the Hoshidan forces with barely any assistance from her retainers, Beruka and Selena.
Takumi simply fired arrow after arrow into the Nohrian ranks, protected by his retainers, Hinata and Oboro, the latter of which was more than happy to finally be tearing through Nohrian ranks.
Tekeshi himself chose to lead part of the Hoshidan charge, alongside his two brothers, Takeo and Takehiko. The three mainly fought together, letting each other cover each other's backs as they fought against the Nohrian charge.
Soon enough though, the three managed to sprint out of the army's clashing, continuing to run to gain more distance from the large scale fighting. The only exception was Azura who slowed to a stop as she felt a presence behind her. With a barely audible sigh, the songstress turned… Seeing Hakumen standing outside of the fighting, his sword already drawn as he stared at her, unmoving. The two continued to stare at each other for a few seconds, then Hakumen sighed, "... So you have made your choice then?" The white samurai asked, watching as Azura nodded in response, "... Very well. I shall not attempt to stop you" Hakumen stated, turning around to face the carnage erupting from the fighting, "... Though, pray we do not meet again, Azura" Hakumen stated. Then, he stepped forward, walking back into the fighting.
Azura watched Hakumen go, then turned around just as he began to swing his blade at the Nohrians. With a sigh, Azura began to run back after Ragna and Corrin, trying to make up for some lost time.
About 10 minutes later, the three finally came to a stop, Corrin nearly falling over from the constant running while both Azura and Ragna seemed barely out of breath, "... Alright, seems we're in the clear… For now" Ragna stated, turning to face Corrin and Azura, "Guess we need to-" He began, cutting himself off when he noticed someone running towards them, grabbing his blade just before he recognized the figure as they got closer.
Jakob.
"Perhaps you could slow down next time you all decide to run a marathon" Jakob stated, slowing down as he reached the group, also barely out of breath as he spoke.
Hearing Jakob's voice, Corrin took a deep breath, straightening herself and turning to Jakob, "Nice to see you again Jakob, but… Um… Why are you here?" Corrin asked, watching as Jakob barely resisted the urge to roll his eyes,
"Simple Lady Corrin. I'm returning to your services" Jakob replied, bowing ever so slightly to Corrin. Then, he looked at Azura and narrow his eyes slightly, "... And who's this?" He asked, almost expecting Ragna and Corrin to answer his question.
"I'm Azura, former Princess of both Nohr and Hoshido" Azura replied, staring at Jakob with her trademark calm expression, being met with Jakob's stare as well as the butler put his hand up to his chin,
"... I see" Jakob replied, then glanced at Ragna, "Ragna" he said simply.
In response, Ragna folded his arms, "Nice to see you too asshole" Ragna said with the smallest hint of a smile. Then, before anyone could say anything, Ragna frowned, looking at Corrin, "Alright, so what's the plan now? We're officially traitors to both Nohr and Hoshido. Well, you and Azura are, but me and Jakob are still likely labeled as traitors to Nohr" Ragna explained.
Corrin herself frowned at that, thinking hard on the matter, "Well, I was thinking we could lay low for a bit…" She began, looking down at the ground as she thought.
In response, Ragna couldn't help but sigh, "And where the hell do you plan on 'laying low'?" Ragna asked.
"I don't know yet!" Corrin replied, a hand quickly tightening into a fist as she struggled to think of a plan, only to quickly lessen said fist, "There was somewhere I was thinking, but I have no idea how to get to it…"
"I know somewhere"
Suddenly, Azura's voice pierced through Corrin's response, causing everyone to turn to the blue haired songstress, "It's a place no one would think to look, that no one but a select few know about. Not even Ryoma" Azura explained, looking at the other three, "... It will take some time to get there, but when we do we'll have time to 'lay low'" She added.
For a second, everyone was silent as they processed this. Then, Corrin nodded, "Alright, lead the way then" Corrin replied, watching Azura nod in response and turn to begin leading the small group… At least, before Ragna cut in,
"... Hate to ask this, but perhaps we should stop at some form of village. I happen to be starving from nearly 2 god damned days without food"
Author's note: And so, the Revelations path has been chosen. Not the longest chapter, but I decided that it would be best to have one run from two armies instead of trying to fight to get the leader's attention. I do hope it was good nonetheless. The "My Fort" thing will be introduced later, but not right now.
There is one thing I want to ask though. Even though I'm writing out Revelations as the path for the story, I do have ideas present for Conquest and Birthright, so I shall ask: Would you guys, as readers of the story, like to see a rundown of what the path for Conquest and Birthright would be for Fire Emblem Fates: Calamity, in the form of a complete summary of the story without going into extreme detail about everything, or should I wait until after Revelations is over, then go on to fully write out Conquest and Birthright for FE Fates: Calamity?
Or should I just not do either and leave the events of both paths to your imaginations?
Either way, the choice is yours.
… So yeah, I hope you enjoyed this shorter than what you've been getting so far chapter.
