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Christina walked up the castle stairway. Flipping through her dark tome and re checking the contents as she left and entered a corridor.

"I don't need to watch anymore of this massacre." She said to herself. "Once they're gone I won't have to think about-"

"Tell ya what, when this is all over, why don't you join the Shepherds?"

Christina flipped around in a panic to see where the voice came from. There was no one there. "...Who-"

"Is that all? I thought it was something serious."

Christina turned around again and saw no one. "R-Robin? What is he-"

"You have the chance to be marked in History now. Don't fail me."

"G-General?" Christina kept turning around trying to find out where the voices are coming from.

"Should we ask her to play with us?"

Christina froze.

"Who is she?"

"She told me her name...I don't remember."

"Leave her alone. Looks like that's all she wants."

"No..."

"...Help..."

"...Please..."

"What's your name?"

"...I told you...Christina..."

"STOP IT!" Christina screamed as she began flailing her tome around. She was trying to hit something she couldn't see. "STOOOOP!"

"You are Sick!"

"Get out of my Head Robin!" Christina cried. "GET OUT!"

"You're allowing people you've known for years die...and You betrayed the one person who offered you redemption...why?"

"Because I have to!" Christina shouted.

"Why do you have to?"

"I JUST DO!"

"Not good enough! Why? !"

"I DO!"

"WHY? !"

"AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Christina scream echoed throughout the fortress as she fell to her knees. Crying her eyes out she threw her tome against the wall.

"W-w-wh-wa-wha-what can I-I do?" She asked. The voices didn't answer back. "Please don't leave now...I don't want to be alone again..."


At the third gate, Chrom, Frederick and Kellam finally arrived. They saw the mass of dead soldiers around the area. Maribelle was tending to Gregor's back and trying to heal the wounds. Lon'qu had a bandage over the area of his face that he got punched in and was drinking down some vulnerary. Ricken had bandages over his hand, but he was wimpering over Vaike's body which they brought back to the gate.

"Vaike..." Chrom spoke.

Ricken looked up and saw Chrom, his eyes glazed over. "He... He didn't make it..."

Chrom took a step forward and took a look at his rival/friend. He kneeled down beside him.

"How did he die?" Chrom asked.

"The archer captain gave us trouble." Lon'qu answered. "He took him out at the cost of his life to save Ricken."

Chrom looked over at Ricken, who was close to bursting out in tears. Chrom put his hand on Ricken's shoulder and no words needed to be said.

BOOM!

A part of the fortress above them blew away. No large chunks of rock fell, but the Shepherds grabbed their weapons and prepared to fight as smoke came out of the destroyed area.

"Down we go!"

Robin dropped down onto the wall, followed by Tharja, Sully and Stahl.

"Robin?" Chrom asked. "What were you doing in there?"

"We took a detour." Robin answered as he slid down a ladder to meet them. "We stopped by the gift shop. Didn't know if we should get you a T-shirt or a hat." When Robin got off the ladder, he saw Vaike's corpse and his expression sank. "Oh, gods..."

"Yeah, we were pretty overwhelmed." Lon'qu stated. "We were able to hold them off and I don't think there are any more left in the castle."

"We need to hurry and get to the harbor soon." Chrom said. "We don't know when Otto might attempt to storm the fortress."

"Wait, Chrom, there's something you got to see first." Robin said. "Hey, Marth, toss me that journal!" Robin looks up at the wall to see Tharja climbing down the ladder, but no Marth. "Where did she go?"

"Oh, so Marth WAS with you, just as Christina said." Chrom said.

Robin froze for a second and turned to Chrom. "You guys ran into Christina?"

"Yeah, she and Lissa should be catching up to us-"

"You left her alone with Lissa?" Robin asked. "Damn it! Okay..." Robin quickly paced around and thought to himself. "All right, I'm gonna run back in there and see if I can't find Lissa! You all stay here! I'll be right back!" Robin starts running in the direction Chrom and the others came from. "Don't open that drawbridge!"

"Hey, Robin, wait!" Chrom shouted.

Robin already ran into the fortress.


Lissa swung her axe, trying to keep the Risen back. She was swinging wildly with just one arm while her other arm was putting pressure on her wound to slow the bleeding.

"Stay back!" Lissa screamed as she swung the axe. "Stay back, you ugly... hrrm... uglies!"

The Risen stopped for a second and looked at each other as if they were confused. The leader then swung his sword and knocked the axe out of Lissa's hand, which also knocked her backwards. Lissa fell onto her back and crawled back to keep away from the Risen until her back was up against the wall. The Risen approached her, put his hand on her hair and pulled her head up, exposing her neck. Lissa whimpered as the Risen blade came close to her.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!"

A large slash came from behind the Risen as they turned into a purple haze. Lissa saw through the haze and saw Marth save her life. The Risen then quickly gathered to attack Marth, but she fended them off with ease and defended Lissa. As Marth fought off the Risen, it seemed that more kept appearing out of nowhere.

"I'm going to cut you a path!" Marth said to Lissa. "Once I do, you get to the gate with the others!"

"But what about you?" Lissa asked.

"I'll be fine." Marth said before cutting down one Risen, then another and then another, creating a path. "GO!"

Lissa got up, still holding her wound, and ran off as Marth held off the Risen. Lissa got away, but Marth became surrounded.

"I guess I'll die here then..." Marth muttered.

Marth went to charge at the Risen, but a force of dark magic hit the Risen, almost hitting Marth. Marth turned around, noticed the Risen had stopped moving and saw that Christina had cast a spell as if it intended to hit Marth.

"You..." Christina said. "This is all your fault! If you didn't interfere, everything would have gone perfectly!"

Marth then turned to Christina and held up a blade stance. "Your plan was doomed from the start. "Your own vanity made it so."

"SHUT UP!" Christina yelled as she shot another blast of dark magic at Marth.

Marth held up Flachion and the magic hit the blade, which blocked the magic force. When the magic stopped, Marth jumped across the distance between them and slashed at Christina. Christina used her tome to block the sword and she kicked Marth in the stomach. Christina gathered dark magic in her hand and charged at Marth while she was recovering, but Marth rolled out of the way and Christina punched the floor as a result, which caused a crater to form where she had hit. Chrisitna quickly jumped out of Marth's range before she could attack again. The two women then stared each other down, waiting for the other to make her move.


Lissa ran down the corridors, becoming a little lost, so she stopped and looked around.

"LISSA!"

Lissa turned her head and saw that Robin was coming toward her. "Oh, thank heavens." Lissa sighed.

When Robin got up to her, the first thing he did was check her injury. "Wow, this is bad. How are you able to walk?"

"I'm tougher than I look." Lissa answered. "But that's not important. Robin, Christina's a traitor."

"Yeah, I know." Robin told her. "Where is she?"

"I don't know, but that Marth person is back there fighting off the Risen." Lissa responded. "You have to help her."

"Okay." Robin said. "Now you go down this corridor here and then take the first right. That should take you to where the others are waiting. And have Maribelle heal that."

"All right. Be careful." Lissa told him.

"You too." Robin said and the two ran off their separate ways.


Christina and Marth stared each other down in a small arena-like area surrounded by Risen.

"Don't you understand what you're doing?" Marth asked. "Your actions will lead the world to ruin!"

"Ruin?" Christina asked. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"If you take the Fire Emblem and revive Grima, it will bring about the world's end."

"Revive Grima?" Christina asked. "Who would try to do something stupid like that?"

"But you're a Grimleal-"

"No, I believe in Naga. I was raised by her temple. Don't try to confuse me with all the bullshit of reviving the fell dragon!"

"But the Risen here..."

"Just because I can summon the Risen doesn't mean I am a Grimleal. It's something I learned from my tome."

Marth thought for a moment. A smile crossed her lips as she chuckled.

"What the hell's so funny? !" Christina asked, irritated.

"You honestly have no idea, do you?" Marth spoke. "It seems you're just a pawn."

"I am not a pawn!" Christina yelled.

"General Otto would think otherwise." Marth said as she pulled out the journal. "We found this in a secret altar to Grima. It has everything you should know." Marth tossed the journal to Christina's feet. "Take a look."

Christina looked down at the book, pure fright of the truth in her eyes as sweat peaked down her neck. She clenched her fist and released another burst of magic at Marth. Marth barely had enough time to block the attack and fell off balance.

"I DON'T HAVE TO!" Christina yelled, shooting another blast of magic immediately after, which Marth blocks. "I KNOW THE TRUTH!" Christina fired another blast of magic at Marth, who could feel the strain on her back ankle as she doesn't have time to adjust her defensive stance. "I'LL HELP THE GENERAL BECOME KING AND WHEN HE DOES, I'LL BECOME QUEEN!" She fires a large magic blast that knocked Falchion out of Marth's hands and behind a horde of Risen. "And I WILL BE remembered for it!"

Christina shot another blast of dark magic at Marth, which hit her and Marth could feel the life being drained out of her. That happened for a few seconds, then Christina used a force of magic to slam Marth into a stone wall and Marth falls over. Christina could hear the brief gasps in Marth's breath, indicating she was not dead yet. With a few deep breaths, Christina took a step back.

"Risen, finish her off." Christina ordered.

Two of the nearby Risen drew their weapons and approached her body. Before they got within a foot of her, a sword cut through both of the Risen and they disappeared in a purple haze. Chrisitna tried to steady her breath when she saw the wielder of the blade.

"Robin..." Christina muttered.