Chapter IX

In the next few day the Shepherds did their best to locate Lucina's lost friends. Though they were about to run headlong into another war, Chrom and Vivianne wanted their daughter to be relieved by seeing her friends unharmed. After a few battles in different villages, they did manage it to collect some of Lucina's friends. The first one was Olivia's future son Inigo who almost knocked his mother over trying to hug her and his father Donnel. Maribelle's future son Brady bursted into tears seeing her which surprised Vivianne as he did not look that soft-hearted as he showed to be. Tharja's daughter Noire almost got hexed by her mother as she had been found by her father Virion and the former thought he was cheating on her. Nowi's daughter Nah was the complete opposite of her mother but the two of them looked the same when they started crying though Ricken did his best to calm both of them down. With the help of Miriel and Stahl's son Laurent they found the hidden village in the sandy dunes in the east and Sully and Gregor helped their daughter Kjelle to win a duel by supporting her. In the following days, they also found Panne's timid son Yarne who ran away from his mother across the battlefield, thinking she was an enemy until his father Vaike stopped him. Cordelia had problems in making her daughter Severa join them as the girl initially refused, even with Henry's help, until a certain Holland was saved. Cynthia, Sumia's daughter, almost battled the latter until she saw Gaius and recognized her father, falling down as she rushed to hug her mother. Lissa's future son Owain showed to be a quite colorful person and surprised both of his parents, especially Lon'qu who seemed to have a difficult time to get used to his son's behavior. Cherche and Libra's son Gerome was the last one of their friends' children to be recruited and the boy showed no interest in joining them, though after Cherche talked to him he accepted the invitation to join the Shepherds.

Though her friends were safe and joined the Shepherds, Lucina still showed concern as her siblings still were missing.

"I fear we might never find them." She whispered while being out in the town with Vivianne. The latter was staring at some clothes and turned her head to look at Lucina.

"What did you say, my dear?"

"I mean… we found everyone except of Morgan and Morgana. I fear they might have been taken somewhere else. I'm a horrible elder sister." Lucina bit her bottom lip so Vivianne walked over to her daughter and patted her head.

"Don't worry about it, darling. I'm sure we will find them - we have already found your friends so why should we not be able to find them? Just stay patient. And you are not a horrible older sister."

Lucina nodded at her mother's reassuring words and the latter put her arm around her daughter's shoulder and led her to another shop to keep her mind off things as she worried Lucina might overwork herself.

"Oh, this dress is very nice." Lucina said after a while and Vivianne turned to look which one she meant and stopped in her tracks. The dress she was holding was quite colorful and did not fit Vivianne's taste, she had a feeling Lucina was looking for a dress for her mother as she turned her eyes from the clothing and back.

"U-uhm... are you sure? This dress is quite... extravagant..."

"I know! It's very modern! Can you see all those giant polka dots? If you look carefully, you'll see that each one is a portrait of Aunt Emmeryn herself! I wager when Father sees you in this, he'll scream in delight!" Seeing Lucina's expression already made Vivianne almost laugh, but the imagination of Chrom's reaction of her in this piece of clothing nearly caused her to burst out laughing so she raised her hand and pressed the sleeve of her battle coat to her mouth to stifle the sound.

"I bet he'll scream." She whispered to herself and Lucina turned to her mother in confusion.

"Pardon, Mother? I didn't catch that."

"I'm sorry, Lucina... it's just that the dress is not... my style..."

"Oh? I was sure you would like it... Well, perhaps I will find another one." She smiled at her mother. "I'm really happy you came to the town market with me. I know it seems frivolous in times like these, but in the blighted future I come from I often fantasized of such simple pleasures."

"Why, Lucina. What a considerate daughter you've grown up to be."

Lucina giggled like a little girl and grabbed Vivianne's hand, pulling her deeper into the market.

Vivianne could see a few of her friends with her children in the market town as well. She spotted Henry with Severa walking around several accessories shops and Sumia stood alongside Cynthia next to a weapon's shop and looked through several spears. A bit further down were Maribelle and Frederick with Brady in a shop selling tea leaves. It made Vivianne happy to see her friends enjoy themselves during such a time and she was glad the children were also enjoying themselves, which is one of the reasons why Vivianne accompanied Lucina to the market.

"Oh, Mother! Mother! Come over, please!" She heard Lucina call her and turned to approach her daughter who was waving at her.

Once they finished their business in town, Vivianne and Lucina returned to the camp and Chrom approached her with a content expression. Knowing Chrom, she knew something good has happened. He told her he received information about a certain gem called Naga's Tear which would help them and they agreed on searching for it. The leads led them to an abandoned shrine where the Shepherds were attacked by Risen. Vivianne split the group and commanded Chrom to go in the eastern part of the shrine with some of their allies and her husband did what she told him, leading his group. The Risen were tougher than they looked and he could see a group of the monsters attacking two youths. The two of them were fighting with all their might, yet there were too many Risen for them. Chrom did not think twice and rushed to help them. With quick movements, his blade ripped through the monsters' bodies. As soon as the last Risen disappeared into nothingness, he put Falchion back in its' sheath and turned to look at the two youths. It was a boy and a girl, the boy looked steadfast and held an arm before the girl who had a timid expression on her face. The two looked familiar and Chrom needed to think for a moment until he realized that they were similar to Vivianne. Their facial features were almost the same as his wife's and they had her beautiful brown eyes but both of them had the same cobalt blue hair as Chrom had. He had a hunch who those two might be, but he wanted to be entirely convinced they were the twins Lucina has told them about. His future children.

"I'm glad to see you both safe."

"W-who are you?" The boy asked and Chrom noticed the two of them were wary around him, he understood they were more cautiously and wanted them to trust him more.

"I'm Chrom. What are your names?"

The boy was reluctant to tell Chrom their names but the girl stepped forwards, looking shyly into his eyes.

"My name is Morgana and this is my twin brother Morgan. But unfortunately we don't remember more than that..."

"Morgana!"

"That man saved us. I think we can trust him." Morgana looked to her brother for a moment, shaking her head and Chrom smiled though the fact they didn't remember disturbed him slightly.

"You don't remember?"

"No. We woke up in a field with most of our memories gone." Morgana had a sad expression on her face and Chrom withstood the urge to pat her head. This would make it worse for him to find out whether they were his children, but he had a feeling he had to reassure them.

"Seems like I have a gift to find amnesiac people. I found someone very dear to me like that as well. Her name is Vivianne."

"Vivianne?!" Morgan shouted, having been quiet and the twins stared at Chrom with big eyes.

"Yes. Do you know her?"

"Of course we do! She our mother!" Morgana beamed at Chrom, her smile also reminded him of his wife.

"Your mother? Then you are truly... I mean you're my... our..." He stopped, the twins did not remember anything and it was a blessing they remembered their mother but they probably had no idea they traveled back in time and it hurt him they didn't remember him yet he had to tell them what was going on. "I need you both to calm down and listen. Vivianne is my wife which means you're my children from the future."

"The future?!"

"Is that why we can't remember anything?"

"I don't know. Do you remember an older sister named Lucina?" Chrom's heart sunk when he saw the two of them shaking their heads. Remembering how Lucina felt about their disappearance, he could imagine she would be heart-broken they couldn't remember her.

"Well, at least you remember your mother. I think it's best when you come with me, once you've met Vivianne things might clear up. And stay by my side, I don't want you hurt."

"Oh, don't you worry. I can defend myself." Morgan said with a smile and dashed onto the battlefield. Morgana did not follow him and stayed by Chrom's side.

She might look a little bit timid, but she was a great fighter and Chrom started to feel proud to see that his future twins also grew up to be such prudent people, but as both are also Vivianne's children he wasn't too surprised.

"Kyaah!" Morgana shouted as she was hit by a Risen's attack on her shoulder and so Chrom put his arm around his second daughter's shoulder and pulled her against his chest, his sword striking the monster in the face, decapitating it.

"Are you all right, Morgana?" He asked worried, looking at her. Morgana only nodded.

"Y-yes, don't worry, Father." She shrugged it off in a similar manner to how Vivianne ignores her own injuries during battles and so the two of them kept battling together. Though Chrom had his hand full fighting, he watched out for Morgana who apparently refused to leave his side – Morgan has ran ahead to the huge group of Risen where the other Shepherds were fighting. Morgana was fighting similarly to Vivianne with her magic, but it was not as strong as her mother's though she did her best.

Eventually, they reached the one Risen who was the one leading the other Risen, Chrom gripped Falchion tighter.

"Are you ready, Morgana?"

"Yes, Father." She chuckled and nodded, gripping the thunder tome in her hands tighter. Chrom charged at the Risen Boss with Morgana following him. He swung Falchion in his usual fighting style and Morgana threw lighting at the creature. With her support, Chrom was able to defeat the Risen and as it disappeared, a gem appeared which he quickly caught. It was shaped like a tear and was pale green in color.

"What's that?" Morgana asked, her brown eyes wide. She reached out to it, but withdrew her hand.

"That's a special gem called Naga's Tear. From what I heard, it's able to enhance one's abilities." He explained and watched Morgana who was staring at the gem with sparkling eyes so he told her to reach out her hand. She did what he ordered her to do and put the gem in her hand, causing her to gasp.

"Are you sure you want to give it to me?"

"Of course. See it as a present from your father." Chrom smiled and patted her head, Morgana only giggled as she wrapped the gem in a handkerchief and put it away in her coat pocket. "Come now, let's go and join your mother."

Chrom lead his daughter to the rest of their group who were talking with Morgan. Once the boy saw his sister, he ran up to her with a happy expression and bombarded her with questions how her fighting went and which spells she used and which not. From what Chrom saw, the two of them were more talkative once they opened up to someone – which they were doing really quickly. Smiling, he ordered his group to return to Vivianne's.

Lucina was the first one to notice Chrom returning with her siblings, her eyes lit up in relief and she looked like she was going to start crying. Not wasting a second, she ran towards Morgan and Morgana, wrapping her arms around both, hugging them tightly.

"Brother! Sister!"

Morgan and Morgana looked at each other before they stared at Lucina in perplexity. Chrom has partly told them they had an older sister named Lucina so they didn't wriggled out of her hold, but still looked uncomfortable which Lucina apparently noticed.

"What's wrong? Don't you recognize me?"

"Uhm..."

"Er..."

Chrom could see they tried to find words to explain Lucina that they couldn't remember anything besides their mother and each other, so he stepped in to help them.

"You see, the two of them seemed to have suffered under the circumstances of time traveling and lost their memories. It's a blessing they at least remember each other and Vivianne." He put his hands on the twins' shoulders and Lucina stepped back, almost as if she received a blow. She had a shocked expression on her face which changed to a heartbroken one.

"I... I see..." Based on her expression, Chrom could see she was thinking the same he was before; why the twins couldn't remember her and why they only remembered their mother.

"Come on, don't look so sad. We'll solve everything." Morgan grinned a confident smile at his sister which caused Lucina to put on a melancholic smile on her lips.

Vivianne who had been standing close and watched the exchange, admired the twins and couldn't help but to feel affection towards them. Though both of them were suffering from amnesia like her – which had shocked her – the two of them were quite upbeat and for some reason it made her feel proud.

Morgana was the first one to notice her mother standing not so far away from them and her face lit up.

"Mother!" She bellowed and ran over to her, throwing herself in Vivianne's arms, almost toppling over. Vivianne caught her future daughter stumbling backwards to keep her balance. Morgana wrapped her arms tightly around her mother hiding her face in the latter's bosom and Vivianne moved her hand up to pat Morgana's head though it was difficult to move while being bear-hugged.

"Oh, Mother! I have missed you so much! I thought I'll never see you again." Morgana gripped Vivianne's battle coat and in the same moment Morgan practically jumped against her, his arms encircling both her and his twin sister but unlike her, he was beaming brightly.

Vivianne giggled when she saw how happy those two were to see her and hugged her future children back with love. She did not need any kind of confirmation to know those two were truly her flesh and blood, her heart told her enough.

"You look younger than I remember. I guess we're really stuck in the past." Morgan said after a while and let go of his mother. Morgana also let go, though more hesitantly.

"Yes, but don't worry about it. Of course I'm shocked you traveled back through time, but it doesn't matter from which future you came. We're making sure everyone's future is going to be a bright one."

"Then let us help you, Mother! We have both striven to become like you!" Morgana smiled. "Together we're going to do it!"

Vivianne looked at the two of them in astonishment but then she chuckled and stroked over their heads.

"You two really come after me."