Hi, Fanfic readers! I'm very sorry for the late update. I was hoping to post the story two nights ago, but fell asleep before doing so, then, just yesterday morning before I came back from the Gym, my dad told me to put all my stories into my flash drive and that he needed to give my laptop to an close elder friend (Which I really don't mind as I understand how much he helped my family when we first started out and how he babysitted me when I was a child and my family both had work and grad college to attend, so I feel like I owe a lot to him too and was happy to let him have my old laptop with setting that he needed due to the bilingual setting that he was looking for. But I wish that my dad told me that sooner instead of just last minute!). So, I'll have to wait till I receive my new laptop (Which my dad ordered immediately just after applying for my membership at the gym. I'm grateful for it, but, after just paying for my membership, I wish that he could just wait a bit longer before buying for another computer. I know we're fine for now, but we still can't use so much money in such as short amount of time like that! I'm okay waiting a bit longer too! Still… in the end, thanks, dad.) Anyway, I apologize as I may have to post only two chapters this week. If I'm lucky, I might be able to finish three chapters and have them posted this week. I'll try to make the chapters longer to make up for this. Still, I had fun writing out this chapter, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I like writing this!

A Foretold Miracle

At the gates of Regna Ferox

It wasn't long before they finally saw the large gates of Regna Ferox in the distance. The snow reminded Kamui and Nohr's royal family of their kingdom, Nohr, that's been taken over by the danger. They're still unsure the state of the kingdom despite being told that the time there was stolen. The gates of Regna Ferox was large and towered over them. Upon reaching there, Chrom said, "Well, we're here. Regna Fe-"

Suddenly, a soldier and his comrades came out of a nearby bush and charge at him, but one of the man's attacks was quickly stopped by Lon'qu, who then pushed the soldier back. Owain quickly followed and helped his father as they quickly beaten the other soldiers. The man, who had stumbled onto the ground, looked up in surprise. He said, "Could that really be… Sir Lon'qu?!"

With a frown, Lon'qu growled, "Have you seen anyone with that name? You'll need more training before you can go against me again."

Frederick rode up to the man and said, "Why did you try to attack the Exalt? I believe we had this misunderstanding cleared up before."

Lon'qu said, "This time I even came with the Exalt, so there shouldn't even be any suspicions, either."

The soldiers got back up and sheathed their sword. The man said with a stern face, "There was an imposter that looked exactly like you, Sir Lon'qu. The same speech and style of fighting as well. So we let him in, but, when then West Khan saw him, he defeated the imposter quickly after a few words and the man turned into ashes as soon as it was cut down."

Surprised, Chrom said, "Again? But this time, it was Lon'qu?!"

Kamui said, "It happened before?"

Chrom nodded and said, "Well, yeah. We settled the matter then. I'm surprised someone dared to try that again.

Upon hearing what have happened, Lon'qu asked, "Then, is the West Khan alright?"

The soldier nodded and said, "Yes. He was unharmed. However, he said that the guards will have to tighten up their security once again. To get through, you'll have to go through the guards again."

Surprised, Xander asked, "So, you're saying that you won't be able to help us get through the gates?"

The soldier nodded and said, "Yes, I'm a soldier, you need the permission of the commander to do so. Even, I can't stand up against the commander. I need to get stronger to do that. So, even if I want to help you guys get through the gates, which I really do, I won't be able to do so."

Chrom nodded and said, "I see. So, we'll have to get through the same way we did before."

Corrin looked to the Exalt and said, "Which is?"

Robin nodded and said, "We'll have to fight our way and beat the commander to convince them."

"But won't that make it seem more unconvincing?", said Kamui shocked.

Chrom shook his head and said, "I recall that Regna Ferox is a militant nation. They value physical strength and skills above diplomacies and formalities."

Surprised, Kamui said, "That sounds a bit…"

Chrom laughed and said, "Barbaric? I can promise you that the people and the Khan of Regna Ferox are good people. I mean Lon'qu came from Regna Ferox and is the West Khan's champion as well."

Lon'qu nodded. Kamui said, "So, as long as we can prove ourselves and beat the guards and commander, then we can get permission and get through…"

Chrom nodded and said, "But, we should still try to talk to the commander and try to convince him first. There's still a chance that they may know who I am and the real Lon'qu is. I don't want to just go off and beat them without a chance to convince them that we are the real deal. I definitely don't want to antagonize the kingdom either."

They nodded and begin heading off to the gates. As they continued marching, Cordelia went over to the cart that held some of their soldiers, who were resting, including Kero and Sakura, who was still asleep. She took a look inside the hooded cart and saw the girl sleeping next to her older brother as he sat up and kept an eye out. Robin and Reflet gave him a spare light armor that surprisingly fitted him pretty well and a bronze sword to protect himself incase of an enemy attack. Cordelia said to him, "You know, Toya, you should take a break while you still can. You most likely won't join the next battle as we will probably be fighting soldiers. Sakura will be safe while we're all here anyway."

Hearing this, he look to his little sister before he nodded and closed his eyes with his back against the wall of the cart. It took a while before she heard him sleeping. She looked over to Kero, who was watching over Sakura in his plush form. Cordelia asked, "I've been wondering, but why are you in that form? Aren't you afraid of another attack by those Shadows?"

Kero looked up to the woman with a serious expression. He nodded and said, "Of course, I'm worried. That's why I'm in this form?"

Cordelia looked confused and said, "I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you meant…"

Kero said, "I'm in this form to save my magic. It takes a bit of magic to transform into my true form and use attacks. With the sun covered by the clouds, I need to stay in this form unless of emergencies. After all, my powers come from the sun, not my master. As long as the sun shines, I can get enough energy and power to maintain my form without disappearing."

Cordelia nodded and said, "I get it. So, with the sun gone at the moment, you need to stay in this form unless emergencies arise."

Orochi, who was also in the cart on the other side, have already heard of the guardians from Kamui and his twin sister. Upon hearing what he said, she asked with a smile, "So, you don't need to eat to sustain yourself, then?"

Kero nodded and said, "No, I don't."

"Then, how come you ate so much of the cookies and had meals with us?", asked Cordelia with a surprised look as she recall how he enjoyed eating the sweets she made.

Kero sat next on Sakura's shoulders and said, "It takes my mind off some things that I don't really want to recall, so I can focus on the present. It also helps when eating with someone. Also, our former creator, who created me, made me this way. So, just like Yue, I can eat, though he doesn't want to, and I love sweets and food."

Cordelia was worried about their food supply after hearing about this, but recall how Sakura asked, if she could borrow the oven and some ingredients when she made dessert last night and, after dinner was over, she made cookies. Then, she realized that those were probably for the little guardian, who now began to rummage inside the girl's bag and pulled out a card the girl had used against the shadows. He carefully place the card along with the others in the pocket of her red skirt that Cordelia gave her along with a white top. Later, he went back into her bag and pulled out a small pink cloth bag. He untied it and pulled out the cookies that Sakura made, then began munching on it as he had a serious expression. Seeing this, she can guess that he's been eating food to get out of his depression, since he's usually a really cheerful little guy around Sakura.

He must've had his difficult moments as well.

Suddenly, she heard Chrom shout, "We've arrived!"

Immediately, she returned to her place next to her children and grandchild. Chrom walked up to the longfort. As expected, the soldiers of Regna Ferox started mobilize upon seeing the large group. The Feroxi soldiers, who've followed them, was instructed by Lon'qu to stay to the side of the battle and out of sight at first, but the man, who led the group, shook his head and said that they'll rejoin the troop and assist their fellow soldiers in this fight, which Lon'qu and Chrom nodded as they understood why they'd want to do that. A woman with short blond hair and a large knight armor, like Kjelle and her father, Kellam, stood on top of the fort and shouted, "Halt! Who goes there?"

Lon'qu strode up and shouted, "Raimi! It's me, Lon'qu! I came here with the Exalt and his allies! I believe we sent the Khans a message about this two days ago!"

Raimi's eye narrowed at this and said, "Yes, we've received it, but how do we know for sure that you guys aren't imposters as well."

Chrom spoke up, "We've heard about that from one of your soldier we just defeated a bit back. I know that the West Khan was attacked by an imposter, but I can tell you that we aren't imposters."

Raimi shouted, "If you guys claim that you really are who you claim to be, then you must first beat us to get past the gates. I've witnessed the Exalt's strength in the past, so I'll know if what you say is true, if you can beat me and my troop first!"

With that, the Feroxi soldiers got their weapons ready. Chrom frowned and said, "But-"

Reflet said next to him, "Chrom, we really don't have a choice. We don't want to do this to, but it doesn't look like we'll be able to convince them as much. You're going to have to prove to Raimi that you really are the Exalt by fighting her."

Chrom looked Robin, who nodded in agreement, and shouted, "Alright, then. Shepherds, let's go! Bring down the soldiers!"

The group head out and began to head towards the soldiers. Virion stayed behind with Orochi to protect the cart with Yue and Kero, who peeked out of the cart to assess the situation. Kero asked with a worry look, "Is it always like this between them?"

Virion shook his head and said, "Normally, no. However, with someone pretending to be either the Exalt or one of our men, things like this would probably happen. However, before all this, it's only happened once in the past. After that, we were able to go through with no issues. It's been a while since this happened."

"I see."

"I see the little lady is able to sleep through all this noise.", said Virion with a surprise reaction after checking on the two sibling.

Toya had a hand on his sword as he stayed alert of any possible attack. Kero just sighed and said, "That just show how much magic she used earlier. When she first started to change the cards into how it is now, after changing her first card, she was fell asleep as soon as she got the card back and didn't wake up till the next day in the late afternoon."

"That's a long time. Did that continue to go on afterward?", asked Orochi, who over heard the conversation.

Kero nodded and said, "Yeah, but that's only because she used a large amount of magic and mental energy when she changed it. She wasn't that strong back then as she is now, so it got us really worried when she suddenly had to change them day after day from mysterious incidents around her town. We made sure to bring her home and let her sleep afterwards. She's gotten stronger now, but, from how she had to use the cards earlier, it consumed a lot of energy and magic when she used it on such a wide range and for that long."

From hearing this, Orochi grew interested and asked, "How long have she been practicing magic now?"

"About three years now."

"I see. So, she only just started practicing."

"Yes, but she didn't use her own magic till she had to start changing the cards to their current form. She started out retrieving the cards she accidentally scattered and used the cards power through what magic was left from our previous master for about a year."

She nodded and said, "So she didn't start using her own till a year later. It's no wonder she'd be so exhausted if she had no history of ever using it till then. It should be fine if she keeps practicing at a pace."

Suddenly, Yue, who's been on the look out, shouted, "Look up! Here comes some arrows!"

They looked up and got ready to move out of the way only to realize that there still people in the cart.

"Shield!"

A large bubble formed around the group and the cart. It deflected the arrows and fell to the ground. They looked to where the voice came from and saw Sakura with her star wand. When the arrows ended, Sakura called back the card and they quickly moved the cart to the trees. Robin and Chrom, who saw this, breathe a sigh of relief and hurried back to the fight. Reflet brought down the archers with his Elthunder as his sister used Elfire. Corrin was in her dragon form as her brother used his sword to defeat the soldiers that can at him with weapons of their own. Chrom was making his way to Raimi as she gave orders to her men, but it wasn't long till he got to where she was with the help of Sumia, a woman with wavy light brown hair, wore women's armor with a pair of wing that tied her hair back as small white pearls tied her front locks of hair, and rode an armored white pegasus. He clashed with the commander of the troop. It wasn't long before Chrom finally beaten their commander and his shepherds and allies brought down her troop. With the battle done, Virion and Orochi moved the cart out into the open as Lissa, Elise and Princess Sakura went around healing the wounded, including the Feroxi warriors and their commander. When that was done, she walked up to Chrom, then bowed and said, "A apologies to you again, Exalt Chrom. I doubted what you said and had to check to be sure."

Chrom shook his head and said, "Well, does this fight clear the doubt?"

Raimi nodded and said, "Yes. The moment I crossed swords with you I knew. I'll escort you and your allies to see the Khan. They've been waiting for you."

"That would be much appreciated. Thank you, Raimi."

With that, the commander bowed and took her leave with the group following her behind. It wasn't long before they reached the throne room. Raimi said, "Please wait here while I summon the Khan."

She bowed and left the group. Kamui asked Chrom, "They aren't here? Why's that?"

Chrom said, "I think they should be out training."

Kamui nodded and said, "I see. This is a militant nation after all. I wonder what kind of people are the Khans."

Chrom smiled and said, "Oh, you'll see. I can tell you that she is a strong fighter."

Kamui frowned as he thought aloud, "So, she's a really strong woman."

"Why, thank you very much for the description, Chrom!"

They looked and saw a woman with dark tanned skin, blonde hair, wearing red and white metal armor, and a silver sword in hand. She came in with Raimi next to her. Chrom said, "I see you're done well, Flavia. Training again?"

Flavia smiled and said, "Of course! I also received message of you and your friends' arrival. Still, I'm surprised to hear of this. People of another world… You do realize, if it weren't for Grima and your daughter's and her friends' arrival, none of us would've believed it."

Chrom said, "I know. It sounded to be far off, but it's the truth as you can see."

"I know."

She looked at Kamui, his siblings, and friends, then said, "But, really. Nohr, Hoshido, and, the hidden kingdom, Valla. I really thought those were just bedtime stories that kids listen to. It's a shock to actually see people from the place. Then, again, with Grima resurrected and all that, it really shouldn't have surprised me that much."

"Is the three kingdoms really so well known here?", said Kamui a bit shocked, "I was so sure that no one would know of the existence of our world. I never expected our kingdoms is so popular."

Flavia laughed and said, "I don't know of its origins, but the story of those kingdoms are well-known in this world. Very few people haven't heard of the kingdoms or how Nohr and Hoshido waged war only for it to be resolved by two people, who found the Hidden Kingdom and brought together warriors from both kingdoms to defeat the dragon, who started it all and hidden the kingdom in the first place. Many of the children loved that tale and now I see people, who came from those lands."

"I-I see…", said Corrin nervously smiling upon hearing the Khan, "Anyway, about the person who attacked you, did you get to see the imposter's face after Khan Basilio defeated him?"

The East Khan shook her head and said, "Nope. It turned to ashes after he was cut down."

Reflet grimaced and said, "So, it really wasn't exaggeration. Then that means it were was a Shadow."

"A shadow?", said Flavia with a questioning look, "You mean those monsters you mentioned in the message?"

Robin nodded and said, "Yes. From our experience with dealing with them, we learned that, when they're stuck down, they turned to ashes. But how did they know of Lon'qu? It wouldn't surprise me if they pretend to be Chrom or one of other Shepherds, but Lon'qu have stayed in Regna Ferox . They only got here recently."

Flavia sighed and said, "I don't know about that. It would probably be more convenient for them, since he's the West Khan's right-hand man and one of the Shepherds that helped defeat Grima. Not only that, he's also the former champion of the West Khan. Speaking of that, Raimi."

The woman bowed and said, "Yes, Khan Flavia?"

"Can you escort Lon'qu and his family to see the West Khan? It would be best as the tournament with the tournament being tomorrow."

Surprised, Chrom said, "The tournament is tomorrow?"

Flavia turned to Chrom as Raimi and Lon'qu left with his family following along. She said with a smile, "Yeah. The tournament is tomorrow. I know that this is a short notice, Chrom. But can you participate in this tournament as my champion again? If you do so, I will be able to get you ships to take you to Valm."

Chrom said, "This again? Well, alright. I'll do it."

"You sure about this?", said Kamui a little worried, "We really haven't heard of who this champion is too."

Chrom nodded and said, "I know and I'm curious about this too. Flavia, you said that Lon'qu is no longer Basilio's champion? Who was able to beat him?"

With a serious look in her eyes, she said, "We're not too sure who he is as he have a black robe over him, but he's beaten the former champion in less than a few minutes from what I've heard."

Stunned, Reflet said, "And I take it that it's not an exaggeration?"

Flavia shook her head and said, "I don't know, but it seems that it may be true, even Lon'qu was shocked."

With a questioning look, Chrom said, "He told me about the tournament being near, but not that he wasn't the champion this time. Why didn't he told me that?"

Flavia shook her head and said, "I don't know why. You're going to have to ask him that later."

Chrom nodded and said, "Alright. I'll do that when I see him. I hope it's not another masked man."

Flavia laughed at this as Lucina turned slightly red in embarrassment from the memory. Them the Khan nodded and said, "Anyway, I'll meet you tomorrow morning at Ferox Arena. Since you've only just arrived after a long journey and the tournament's tomorrow. You should rest till then. Unless, you still have something to talk with me about, such as those shadows."

Kamui said, "That maybe a good idea. We should warn them about them and what have happened in our world."

Flavia raised an eyebrow and said, "So there is a big reason why you guys came to this world you guys came here after all."

Kamui smiled and said, "You can say that…"

Frederick walked up and said, "Milord, should I take the Shepherds and the people from the other world to a nearby tavern?"

Before Chrom could answer, Kamui said, "It should be fine for us. We can still enter the alternate dimension that Lilith can teleport us to."

Chrom smiled and said, "Ah, you mean that astral dragon that helps you? I see. Alright, then."

Kamui turned and said, "Kaze, can you make sure that everyone gets back there?"

The ninja nodded and said, "Understood."

Leaving the royal families, twin tacticians, and their retainers the group begin to walk out of the room. Cordelia called out to Sakura and her group over. She said, "You guys will be staying with us and Robin's family again. Toya, Yukito, Syaoran, stay around Gaius and Marc. Sakura, Keep, you guys will come with me to the tavern. It'll be bad if you two get lost here. Syaoran, you too. You may have a blade, but you're still too young to be walking around on your own."

The group nodded and went with them. Flavia watched the girl and the plush toy leave and said, "Is that the girl, who made a shield against the barrage of arrows? I'm surprised! I thought she'd be interesting, but she looks like a normal little girl!"

Reflet nodded and said, "Well, it's a bit of a long story for her, but she's only started practicing magic three years ago."

Flavia laughed and said, "Of course it would be quite a story! However, I believe that I should be hearing what news the other group from the three kingdoms have to say first."

The royal twins nodded and Flavia began to listen as they start explaining the situation.

In Regna Ferox

Yuki and Dove was with her friends, Kana and Ahna, who were finally able to take Yuki over to see her teachers, Kero and Sakura. However, they were told that Orochi will have to accompany them, if they wish to go. The three didn't really mind as much, although Yuki was slightly nervous meeting her. It wasn't long before Severa came to lead them outside of the alternate dimension to where the two were outside with her mother. They were in the back of the tavern in an open space. Cordelia smiled upon their arrival and shook hands with Orochi as she said, "It's nice to meet you. My name is Cordelia."

Orochi stared for a bit, then smiled and said, "It's nice to meet you, too. I'm Orochi. I take it that the guardian will be teaching Yuki as Miss. Kinomoto is still learning?"

Kero shouted with a wide smile, "Of course!"

Yuki looked around, then said, "He isn't here today?"

Curious, Ahna asked, "Who?"

"Oh. You meant Yue.", said Kero, "No, he wanted to use a little energy as possible, so he's resting for today."

Yuki nodded and asked, "So, um, what are we going to learn about today?"

Kero nodded and said, "Today, I'll be teaching you a bit more about magic and we'll be determining what type of power you have today."

Kero looked over to Orochi and said, "We got their permission for this, right?"

Orochi nodded and said, "Of course. I'm curious as well. If her abilities are similar to your world. It's be quite a sight to see."

Kero smiled nervously and said, "I don't know if it'll be that much of a sight, but let's see how things go."

Yuki tilted her head and said, "I thought you said that my magic is a balance of Ying and Yang. Isn't that what my power is?"

Kero nodded and said with arms folded, "Yes, but, after your last lesson, we realized that you may have something else as well."

Her eyes widen and she asked with fear in her voice, "Is that really bad?"

Kero thought for a bit tilting his head as he did so and finally said, "I'm not too sure unless we take a closer look at it."

He looked up and saw her worried face. He flew towards the girl and, with an attempt to cheer her up, said, "We'll have to take a look at it first. Then, we'll see, but whatever the case is. We'll try and help you control it, alright?"

Hearing this, the girl smiled a bit and nodded.

"Alright!", said the plush toy clearly trying to keep the girls spirits up, "Lets continue our lesson for a bit longer. Then, after we cover that up we can start checking. Let's go!"

With that, Kero started teaching the little girl about how magic is used and the cost of using magic from their world as well as it's consequences while Sakura help the little girl whenever she got stuck on something. As they did so, Orochi was looking over to the woman with narrowed eyes. Cordelia caught on to this and asked, "Umm… is there something on my face, Orochi?"

Orochi shook her head and smiled as she said, "Oh! No. Sorry about that! I just thought you look a lot like someone I know."

Understanding her reason, Cordelia nodded and said with a smile, "I see. You're talking of my granddaughter, Caeldori, right?"

"Wait. She's your granddaughter?! Then, that was… and you're…"

"I'm Severa's mother, although she actually come from the future of this world. I believe that she told me she called herself 'Selena' back in your world. She was the girl who helped me escort you guys here."

"What? Then she told you everything already? Then, have she told the royal family?"

Cordelia shook her head and said, "I don't think so. She told us that they told the royal family that they'll tell them tonight. They were permitted by King Kamui to tell their families first."

Upon hearing this, Orochi nodded and looked back to the little group of children as Kero began talking about magic. She said, "I see. That's good to hear, at least. Lady Sakura of Hoshido was really worried when one of her two loyal retainers disappeared without a word. It was unusual since Subaki and the other retainers were two of the most overprotective and loyal retainers always taking care of the Princess."

"Really? I thought that Subaki was a retainer from Nohr, like my daughter. Then how did they actually got to know each other if they're from different kingdoms?"

Orochi smiled and said, "Oh, it was when Lady Sakura joined King Kamui and Lady Corrin's force. Princess Camilla joined were partnered up during some of the battles, so I guess it started out there? I don't quite know as I had my own business during the war as well."

Cordelia nodded and said, "I see. So that's how."

Orochi asked, "So, how did you and your husband met?"

The pegasus rider's face grew red and said, "Well, umm… that's…"

"HEY!"

They turned around to see a mad Kero waving his tiny plush arms. He shouted, "I've been trying to get your attention for the last ten seconds!"

"O-Oh, Kero. W-what is it?", said Cordelia surprised seeing his face.

Kero folded his arms and said, "I'm going to have Sakura and her cards help figure out her ability. Will you guys be watching, or not?"

Orochi said, "Of course, I'm going to supervise this. If you have a spell that actually does that then, alright."

Kero nodded and flew over to the kids. Sakura looked over to the plush toy with her star staff in her hands and asked nervously, "So, what do I do?"

Kero smiled and said, "Don't worry~! Stay confident. All you need to do is relax and concentrate on the cards. Then, tell the cards what you want to do. All Yuki need to do is stand with you in your magic circle. If you're connection to the cards are strong, then you'll be able to hear what they'd have to say."

Determined, Sakura nodded her head and said, "Alright!"

With that, Sakura turned to Yuki after the others backed off with Ahna holding on to Dove.

"Wait!"

They turned to see Nyx and Owain out of breath. Catching his breath, Owain said, "How come I, the warrior chosen by the darkness, was the last to hear of this?!"

Orochi shrugged her shoulder and said, "I was told to tell you, Owain, but, after finally finding you, you were busy practicing your dark magic and theatric quotes that you didn't hear me. But, I'm glad to see that you made it, Nyx, but why the rush? I can always tell you the results."

Nix nodded and said, "Yeah, I was hoping to get here on time."

Then, she walked over to Orochi and whispered, "I don't know if it just me, but I got a strange feeling, although I do trust the group."

Orochi nodded and said quietly, "I see. I was doing some fortune telling yesterday and I got a strange fortune that didn't quite make sense."

Nix had a worried look and said, "Let's talk about this later. I don't want to worry the kids."

Orochi nodded and said to the group, " Alright. I'm pretty sure we can start now."

Kero said, "So this is everyone?"

Owain nodded and said, "Yes, you can start now."

With that, Sakura faced the little girl. She held up her wand in one hand and her deck of cards in the other. She started chanting as a magic circle with a moon, sun, and a large star in the center, "Oh cards. With your might, reveal the power of the one in front of me, under the name of your master, Kinomoto Sakura!"

A gust of wind blew around them surrounding Yuki and Sakura. The cards flew out of her hand one by one and encircled around the little girl as she watched in wonder. One by one the cards came out of their card form and rotated around the little girl, which began to frighten her a bit. Sensing her fear, an elegant fairy with long blond hair, feathered shoulders, large green wings, green wing-like marks on her forehead, and wind trailing behind her flew towards the little girl and gently touched her cheek. Yuki was surprised by the gentleness in the eyes of the fairy, who smiled at her. Yuki smiled back and began to relax a bit. Then, balls of fire began to form around her to her surprise. Then, an adolescent angel with bright orange wings, elf-like ears, a circlet with a red jewel around his head, flames for hair, and fire trailing him appeared in front of her with an arrogant grin on his face as Yuki watched him.

Alarmed, Orochi opened her mouth only to be stopped by Kero, who said with a serious look in his eyes, "Don't worry. It's just one of the pranks that he likes to play. Firey won't actually hurt her for real. He likes to show how powerful he is than the rest of the main elements, but he'll stop soon."

Nyx frowned and said, "And if he doesn't?"

Kero turned to the woman and said, "Then, either I or the other cards will bring him down from his high horse."

Just as he said, Watery put out the fire and gave him a glare as she bared her fangs at him. He became annoyed seeing that his flames have been put out and flew off as he took one more glance back at the little girl. Watery looked back to the girl and narrowed her eyes for a bit before nodding. The young mermaid quickly flew off as water trailed behind her. Then, an elegant woman in an flowing robe adjourned with crystals that was also around her chest, forehead, collar, ears, and both sides of her tied up hair floated in front of Yuki. She stared at the girl, who only looked back at her and said with a smile, "Hi! I'm Yuki!"

"Yes, We know, little one."

As the woman flew off, the owner of the voice floated down. It was another elegant woman, but this time with pale wavy hair, a spiky crown, and wore a long flowing dress with a pattern of the sun on her chest. Next to her was a regal woman with flowing straight black hair, and wore a flowing black dress much like the other woman next to her with a spiked crown on her head. Across her chest was five white gems. Together, the two looked quite alike. The woman with a wavy hair said with a gentle smile, "I am Light."

The woman next to her nodded and said with a small smile, "And I am Dark. Her sister. We are told by our master to come and see what powers you may have."

Light chuckled seeing the nervous girl and said, "You need not to worry. We won't harm you while all of us and our mistress are here."

Yuki relaxed as Light came closer and patted her head gently. Then, a white bird with red eyes flew closer to her and perched itself on her shoulders. It examined her for a bit before rubbing its head against her cheek, which Dove started growling in the distance. The bird lifted its head to the growl and flew off with the other cards as they flew around and began interacting with her for a bit. Light flew back towards Yuki and looked at her for a bit longer before smiling and said, "I'm afraid I can't tell what you're future holds, but remember this, Yuki. You are your own person. Your soul, your body, and heart are yours. The darkness that hunts you now will come after you again."

Dark came forward and said with a calm gaze, "However, just as there is darkness…"

"There is also light.", finished the elegant woman.

With that, the two floated off only to be replaced by a small little girl, who was barefooted, had a pair of wings on her head, wore a white dress decorated with a pair of wings on the collar, and a five point star on her forehead, and held a red heart shape with wings on both sides and a small star crown on top. The girl looked at her with curiosity and then smiled and said, "Don't worry! As our mistress always says 'Everything will be alright'!"

After saying that, they all began to return to Sakura's out stretched hand in their card forms and the magic circle disappeared. With that, Sakura nodded, smiled and said to Yuki, "Yes, I think that everything will be alright too."

Hearing this, Yuki smiled. After seeing that it was done, Dove jumped out of Ahna's arms and into Yuki's clearly thrilled to be back with its dear friend. Wain approached the two and said, "That was an amazing display of magic! Don't tell me you are chosen by the stars like my dear daughter?!"

"Yes, that was quite a display of magic."

They turned to see Reflet with the royal families and their retainers, only this time the East-Khan wasn't there. Cordelia smiled upon seeing her husband and stood straight after realizing Chrom was next to him. Chrom said, "It's alright, Cordelia. We're only here so see what was going on."

Nyx frowned with a worried look and said, "Did the magic interrupted your conversation with the Khan?"

Kamui shook his head and said, "No. We were just down with it when Leo felt a strong magic. We saw some thing glowing behind this building and came over to check it out. I'm surprised that it was Miss. Kinomoto."

Embarrassed, Sakura said with a bow, "I'm very sorry! I really didn't mean to cause you all to worry like that."

Corrin smiled and said, "It's alright. As long as everyone is alright."

Aha ran up to Kamui shouting, "Dad! Dad! did you see that?! It was so cool and pretty!"

Kamui patted her head and, as she pouted, he said, "Yes, Ahna. We saw everything. It was indeed pretty."

Impressed, Orochi asked Sakura, "Where did you get those cards, Miss. Kinomoto?"

Kero said, "That's a long story."

Reflet laughed and said, "Yes, I recall you told me that you found them in your Father's study?"

Leo and Nyx stayed quiet as they continued to talk. Orochi raised an eyebrow and asked, "Your father's study? I recall that magic isn't well known in your world. Is your Father also a mage?"

Sakura shook her head and said, "No. Father worked as a professor at a school teaching history. So, he have a lot of stuff and books in his studies. I only found the book when I heard noises in his study when no one was home."

Chrom frowned and said, "Noises? What kind was it a thief then?"

Sakura said, "No. I didn't find anyone down there, but a book containing the cards. I didn't know that then since it was locked, but it was glowing. So I took it out and it unlocked by itself."

Confused, Orochi asked, "It was glowing and it unlocked itself when you held it?"

Sakura nodded, then Kero said, "That's because the cards recognized her power and chose her to be their master, but something happened and we had to go all around her town looking for all fifty-two cards."

Chrom frowned and said, "Great. How did that happen?"

Kero looked to Sakura, who only laughed nervously and said, "I kind of… accidentally used Windy's powers when I said her name out loud… and blew away the other cards from the book… which flew out of the house."

Leo smiled and said, "I take it that was your first time using magic then?"

Kero nodded and said with a sigh, "Yes, she was pretty clumsy and didn't know of magic till I had to teach her. I also had to teach her how to catch the cards as they were causing mischief around town without a proper master or seal then. It was her responsibility as the new master and the one who scattered the cards in the first place."

Reflet smiled and said, "But, from what I heard, Kero, you were partially at fault for not guarding the cards that time, but sleeping on the job."

Kamui frowned as the thought dawned upon him and said, "Sleeping? Wait, don't tell me that noise was probably…"

Sakura sighed and nodded. Kero said, "W-well, it was boring with nothing going on. It couldn't be helped that I slept for thirty years."

"THIRTY?!", said Chrom shocked upon hearing this, "I bet you've had enough sleep then."

"W-well…"

Inigo frowned and joked, "That's some dedication there…"

"Inigo!", Shouted his sister.

Inigo shrugged and said, "Right. Sorry about that."

"Kero. What do I do now?"

Kamui nodded and said, "Right, I remember that you asked for permission to see her powers."

Kero nodded and said, "Alright, Sakura go over to the table. Do you remember how to use the Sakura cards another way?"

Sakura nodded and said, "I think so."

She walked over to the nearby wooden table and set down the deck of cards face down. She said, "So, I only use my left hand to shuffle the cards and put the back together."

Kero nodded as she did as she had just said. Then said, "So, I continue and split the deck into three groups."

She split the cards into three and said, "The put them back together in any order and pull them out."

Unsure of what to do next, Sakura looked over to Kero, who said, "Okay, one card goes above the center. Next one is in front of you and the next on the bottom. One to the bottom left and in front of you again…"

They continued as nine cards formed the shape of a diamond and the rest were left aside. Then, Kero said, "Okay, now say the words."

Sakura nodded as she closed her eyes and said, "Cards of Sakura, Answer my Query."

The cards glowed and Sakura continued, "Show me the true power of the one before me."

A gust of wind blew around her. It dissipated as the cards stopped glowing. Sakura opened her eyes and said, "Umm…I'm supposed to flip up the top card, right?"

Kero nodded and Sakura flipped it over. The card showed a tall somber figure, bearing a mysterious appearance in a black cloak and hood. Above the pink card was the symbol of a sun and below it was the moon. On both sides had a five point star each and on a pink banner pattern below in black was the words, The Shadow. Kero said in surprise, "Shadow?! But that could mean the unknown or something that'll come eventually."

Orochi asked, "And what would that mean here?"

Kero turned and said, "It means something is about to happen soon and the cards are unsure of what it is."

Kero turned to Sakura and said, "Sakura, what about the three cards? They should talk about her abilities."

Sakura nodded and turned the three cards in the middle row. On the left was Firey, next was Fly that was the bird that Yuki met earlier, and the last was Light. Sakura tilted her head upon the combination of cards and said, "I can already guess that Firey meant that have abilities with fire and I can assumethat Light here shows that she is more dominant with her light and dark magic since she's close to Dark, but why is Fly here?"

Kero thought for a bit with his arms crossed with a serious expression as he sat on the table. Then, he looked up and said, "Maybe it have something to do with flight or wind, but that's not making much sense… Anyway, what's the last card at the bottom say of what may occur?"

She flipped the last card showing the same little girl that Yuki met last before they returned to the mistress. Her card had the words, "The Hope". Seeing this, Kero said, "Hope? So, I'm guessing something good happened from the unknown? Or does it refer to someone?"

Sakura thought for a bit remembering the past when she caught the card and transformed her. A thought hit her and she said, "What about a mi-"

A scream was heard and the group turned around to see the same man with black hair, black robe and blue eyes! In his arms was an unconscious Yuki! Hinoka shouted, "You again?!"

Ahna and Kana was thrown aside only to be caught by Owain, who happened to be in the direction. The man turned around and was about to leave through the ripped hole he came from.

"Wait!", said Corrin as she ran to stop him.

She grabbed the man by the collar and held him back from going through the portal. Taking the chance, Kamui ran to help his sister with Yato in hand. The man grabbed her wrist and threw her towards her brother, who caught her instead. The man try to take this chance to leave, but was stopped by Saizo, who stood in his way. However, the man started saying something and the ground began to shake causing everyone to start losing their balance. He quickly took this chance to escape, but, this time was stopped, when the portal suddenly closed before he could enter it.

"Yeah…I don't think you should be leaving without returning the child first."

The ground stopped shaking as the spell wore off and they all looked up to see a brown hooded man with blue hair sticking out of the hood standing in front of the twins. The man in the black robe quickly threw down something and smoke covered the surrounding. Ryoma shouted, "He's trying to get away!"

Sakura quickly shouted, "Windy!"

The same elegant fairy flew out of the card and became one with her wind as she blew away the smoke revealing the man fighting against the masked woman! The man scowled and shouted, "Damn it, you again!"

The woman remained silent as she locked her sword against his. Before he could back off, she punched him in the stomach with one bare hand causing him to drop the little girl and, with her leg, kicked the man's feet off the ground. The man collapsed on to the ground. As soon as he tried to get up, he found himself staring at the blade of her black sword as the tip was about an inch away from his neck. The man in the brown hood walked up to the woman and said, "I'm impressed! That was quite on the dot when you brought him down. However, I doesn't seem like you are of this world, are you?

With her mask covering up her face, she said, "Take her back now!"

"Don't mind if I do!"

Suddenly, another man much like the one they were fight, but with wavy black hair and glasses, appeared out of nowhere and ran for the girl. Before any of them could do anything, the other man grabbed the blade of her sword and with a smile lunged forward stabbing himself in the throat. By then, Kero had already transformed and obscured his mistress's view as he growled, "Whatever you happens, stay where you are until I say so."

"But-"

Kero said sternly, "No, Sakura. From this point, it would be too dangerous for you to see your ears too and wait for me."

The girl only nodded. Suddenly, Yue came running over from the tavern building only to see the bloody view of the man and the woman's sword. As the man died, he started laughing hysterically. However, her attention was else where. Quickly, took out her sheathe and threw it at the other man's leg really fast. Shockingly, it went stabbed through his leg making him fall before he could even get close to the girl. She turned to the hooded man and said, "NOW!"

The man nodded and quickly picked up the little girl, then he ran all the way to Corrin putting the unconscious girl in her arms. He looked over to the wide eyed Owain, who had been trying to wake up the kids till he came. Reflet turned over to Yue and Cordelia and said, "Quick, take Miss. Kinomoto and get her out of here!"

They nodded and grabbed Sakura as they ran back into the tavern with Kero still blocking her view. The woman pulled her blade out of the dead man's neck, who then turned into sand. Quickly, Chrom ran over and was about to swing his sword when the man ducked and brought out his own sword from beneath him. Before the man could get the sword into his skull, however, a bolt of lightening came from the side and shocked the man. The man fell unconscious. Chrom shouted, "Quick, tie him up before he gets up."

"Not a good idea, Exalt Chrom."

They turned and saw the woman walking over to the group. With a questioning look, Chrom asked, "Oh? And why's that?"

As they were unable to read her expression, she said, "They can use magic without a medium like a tome or staff. It wouldn't surprise me if he actually escaped and used the portal again."

"But-"

The woman sighed and said, "Fine, but, just remember, I warned you. Even if I didn't do the job, He will."

"Who's He?", asked Chrom as the woman turned around to leave, "Wait!"

However, the woman kept walking and disappeared in the shadow of a large tree. Chrom was about to run over to the shadow.

"Don't!"

They turned to see the hooded man. He continued, "She too maybe from another world."

Xander said, "How do you know that? Who are you?"

The hooded man looked over to Kamui and Corrin. He smiled and said, "I'm sorry. I can't answer your questions right now, King of Nohr. Even with the curse gone and the truth can finally be known now, there's something I must do to protect those dear to me, but maybe they can."

He took a quick glance at Owain and Inigo, who only stared in shock. The warrior nodded and, before any could stop him, the man quickly left the scene.

"Who was that?"

They turned to see Kero with a surprised Severa. Before any could say anything, Severa shouted, "Inigo, Owain! Stay with them!"

Before Inigo can stop her, she disappeared after him in a hurry.

Xander looked to Inigo and said, "I take it that you three know that man."

Inigo nodded and had a hand on his head. He said, "But… he's suppose to be dead. Especially with the Silent Dragon dead…"

"Wait! You mean he's the one who…", said Chrom shocked, "But you told me that he's suppose to be dead."

Owain nodded and said, "Yeah, he should be… no, he couldn't have survived that!"

Leo said, "Owain, you're not making any sense."

Inigo smiled and said, "Yes, we apologize for this. It's not night nor is Beruka here, but maybe we should tell you more about ourselves and how we got here."

Chrom nodded and said, "Lucina, Geromone, can you go fetch Beruka and Subaki? At the very least, they should talk with the royal family members that they served."

The two nodded and ran off to the tavern. Kamui said, "Okay, please go on."

Inigo nodded and said, "We already told our family about this, but, like we said to some of the royal family members, we are indeed the three retainers that once served the royal family of Nohr…"

They went on and told them who they really are, what happened that night before they disappeared from their homeland, and the mysterious hooded man whom they've just met. Surprised, Takumi said, "Hold on, you said that the man died in the ambush. If that's true, then why was he here?"

Owain shook his head and said, "That's what we thought too. There's no way he could've survived against that many opponents in that condition either. So, we don't know how he survived."

"Yeah, we thought he was dead the whole time till now."

They turned around to see Severa. Inigo said, "Severa, did you find him?"

The girl shook her head and said, "No, he managed to get away from me in an alley."

Inigo frowned and said, "What is he doing here though?"

Xander said, "So, can you to explain how you three suddenly got to the throne room of Nohr out of nowhere? And what were you doing there suddenly asking our father to accept you to become the retainers of me and my siblings?"

Inigo smiled and said, "Oh, that. When they ambushed us, they told us that the man's twin children, whom he believe was the last hope to stop the Silent Dragon, was kidnapped from his family in Hoshido. When the man regained his memories, it was already too late with the Silent Dragon being so strong that his sane self, that, in the end, he had to help his wife and his newborn children to flee from the land to Hoshido away from the influence of the Silent Dragon."

Shocked, Corrin said with a frown, "Wait! That sounds a lot like…"

Inigo nodded and said, "He was shocked to hear of this, but, since we trapped, he teleported us to Nohr, where his twin kids were suppose to be, and told us to find and protect his children as retainers of Nohr. Well, he vaguely told us where we were going to be and didn't tell us anything else of his children, but he suddenly teleported us to the throne room leaving himself to deal with the ambush sent by the Silent dragon. After that, we only assumed that he was dead and believed it when we defeated the Silent dragon."

They were silent till Kamui said, "Say the reason you became retainers in the first place…"

Severa nodded and said, "Yes, it was to find and make sure his kids were safe."

"Yeah, it was suppose to be,", said Inigo, "but, since there can be more than one twins in Nohr, we guessed that it may be King Kamui and Princess Corrin after learning that they were sent to the Northern Fortress and not allowed to come to the main castle nor out of the place. So, we watched over them whenever we came with the royal family, but, when they were sent into battle, we couldn't really follow them and, when we heard that they went of on their own, we can only guess that they must've known the truth, but stayed by your side. We believed that our thoughts were right when milord and his siblings joined their group and arrived in Valla for the second time. Only, we didn't know that they way to Valla was to jump through the canyon."

Leo sighed and said, "So, you mean to tell me that you knew this whole time and didn't tell us."

Camilla nodded and said, "Well, I can guess why."

The three didn't say anything. Kamui asked, "So, you guys assume that the hooded man from earlier may be in fact our biological father?"

Inigo nodded and said, "Yes, milord."

The twins thought for a bit as their siblings remained quiet. They've heard from the siblings of Hoshido of how the twins came to be in their family and now watched the twins. Finally, Corrin said, "It's quite a bit to processes all of this, but I'd really like to talk to that man the next time we meet."

Kamui nodded and said, "Yes, me too. If he left our mother for such a reason, then it'd make sense. He didn't seem a such a bad person when we met. I have a lot of questions for him though."

Azura understood and said, "However, what I'm confused about is how did Anankos separate himself from the Silent dragon, when they were once one identity."

"I have a theory, although it's based of from our world."

They turned to see Kero still there in his plush form with arms folded and a serious face. Chrom nodded and said, "Go ahead."

Kero said, "In our world, I recall a powerful witch, also a friend of our former master, saying that the body and mind think differently."

"What do you mean?", asked Kamui.

"For instance, in a scenario, where you are forced to accept something, you do it, but, in your heart, you strongly reject it. Then, when you are forced to act on it, your heart intervenes and you act on how you feel subconsciously. It may be the same for him. The hooded man, Anankos, may actually be the heart that that still wants to guide and protect humanity as the one you fought was the body that is fueled by hatred on humanity. In normal cases, he would've become nothing more than a ghost, but, since he was so powerful, he may have made a human body for himself. That would make some sense, if it follows that."

Corrin nodded and said, "I guess that would make some sense."

"On the other side, we now know how our brother Kamui and sister Corrin, as well as their children, can change into dragon. If your biological father is one of the first dragons, then it'd make a lot of sense."

They nodded. Chrom smiled and said, "Anyway, lets first get this man behind bars first."

They look to the man still on the ground as the retainers were tying him up. With Yuki still in her arms, Corrin looked to the children and saw that they were still out cold. Worried, she ran over to them and asked, "They're still not awake?"

Owain shook his head with a worried look and said with a frown, "I'm afraid not, milady."

Hearing this, they quickly ran over. the children was still asleep as Sakura quickly examined them. She shook her head and said worried, "Aside from a couple bruises, they're alright. They should've been woken up a long time ago."

"Wait.", said Kero as he darted over to the children, "I feel something."

He touched their forehead and said, "I thought so."

Anxious, Kamui asked, "What wrong with them?"

Kero looked to them and said, "I feel that man's presence in them. They're cursed by him."

"What?!", shouted Corrin, "How do we get rid of it?!"

"Normally, when the person who cast the curse dies, the curse disappears with them, but the man is still here and I think he trapped them in a dream with him along in it."

"Wait! So, he's still here?!", said Kamui and grimaced, "If we get rid of him, then?"

Kero looked at them and said with a serious expression, "Someone needs to go into their dream and took out that man before he gets the kids."

Everyone grew silent and Leo asked, "Great! How do we do that?"

Kero shook his head and said, "I don't know, either. None of us have the power to go through dreams. I know someone, but I don't know how to contact him."

Ryoma ask Orochi, "Do you know how to do it?"

Orochi shook her head and said worried, "I can probably see their dream, but I can't enter it to make damage on a soul."

Leo frowned and said, "I can't do that either. Nyx, do you have any ideas?"

The woman shook her head. Ryoma said, "For now, let's see how the kids are doing right now. Orochi, can you do that, at least?"

Orochi nodded and said, "Let's first take them into their rooms and I'll go get the equipments."

Chrom nodded and said, "I'll first take this man to the Khans and ask them to throw him in the dungeons before anything else happens. Then, I'll talk to my other mages. Reflect, can you get Lucina and Germone to take them to the royal family as I do this."

Reflet nodded and Leo said, "I'll show you the way there."

Kero said, "I'll go check on Sakura. She collapsed again earlier from using too much magic."

With that, they quickly left in their own respective directions.

Outside of the tavern

It was night time by the time Ryoma and Xander came to see Chrom and his twin Grandmaster. Seeing them without the twins, Chrom frowned as he can only guess, "I take it that they're still unable to break the curse on the kids?"

Ryoma shook his head and said, "No, I'm afraid not."

Xander said, "How are things on your end?"

When Chrom shook his head, they frowned. Chrom said, "The man woke up, but he won't talk either."

Suddenly, a Feroxi soldier ran up to them and said, "Exalt Chrom! The Prisoner! H-he escaped!"

Shocked, Chrom shouted, "What?!"

Quickly, the three ran to the castle and saw Flavia talking with a man wearing a pale yellow armor, a black eyepatch on his left eye, and a large axe in hand. Next to him was Lon'qu and a man with his face hidden by the white hood. Chrom said, "I'm here. Is it true that he escaped?"

They turned around and saw him with the kings of Nohr and Hoshido. Flavia nodded and said with a frown, "Yes, I'm afraid so. The ropes were burned, but the gate was still locked. I don't know how he got out. Basilio, what do you think?"

The man shook his head and said, "I don't have a clue either. I can only assume that he really went through a portal or something that you said they can do."

Chrom scowled and said, "That was exactly what that woman warned us about."

The hooded man said, "Um… Sir, about our discussion, should we talk about this tomorrow morning?"

Basilio nodded and said, "Yes. I'll talk to you tomorrow before the match and tell you more about it."

The hooded man bowed deep and walked away. Chrom said, "Was that…"

Basilio smiled and said, "Your next opponent? Yes. He's a mystery for sure, much like how Lucina once was only she spoke more than he did."

Lon's bowed and said, "My apologies, Chrom sir. It slipped my mind to tell you of him."

Chrom shook his head and said, "It's alright, Lon'qu. Anyway, back to the matter at hand, we should let Kamui and Corrin know of this quick!"

Flavia said, "You three go! We'll look for that prisoner."

They nodded and ran off with Xander and Ryoma leading the way.

In the Alternate dimension

Corrin and Kamui was standing next to the beds of the children as they watched over them. Orochi sat between the kids' beds with eyes closed. Finally, she opened her eyes and said with sigh of relief, "They've hidden themselves from the man. They'll be alright for now."

Kamui nodded and said, "I see that's good. You should take a break, Orochi."

Corrin nodded and said, "Yes, you've been working hard since this afternoon without a single rest. We'll watch over them."

Orochi nodded and left. Then, Kaze and Midori came in. Seeing him, Kamui said, "Kaze, Orochi said Kana and Ahna will be fine for now. They've hidden themselves in the dream."

Kaze smiled and bowed, then said, "Thank you, milord."

Then, they went over to Kana. Midori watched over her little brother with a worried look and said, "Is there really no way to wake him up with herbs?"

Kate shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not. Midori, believe in Kana. He will come back. He's gotten stronger these past two years too."

He whispered to his wife, "Yuki, is currently with Prince Leo and his family. They've offered to watch over her for today."

Corrin nodded and, like that, they watched over the children through the night. Azura and Shigure came in to watch over Ahna. She looked over to her sleeping daughter with a sad expression. She looked over to Kamui, who said, "Not yet."

Then, a black hole appeared out of nowhere and out walked the man that was caught this afternoon. Shocked, Kamui shouted, "You?!"

Everyone immediately pulled out their weapons and got into battle stance. However, with one swing with the man's sword, everyone was thrown back against the wall! They looked up in surprise and saw him start walking up to the little princess with a smug grin. Kamui quickly jumped to his feet and charged at the man with his sword in hand ready to strike. The man calm moved to the side and dodged the strike. He spun his sword and tried to quickly stab him in the back. Corrin screamed as she got back up with her silver sword and charged, but she knew she wouldn't make it. Suddenly, the tip of the blade stop before it got to his back. They looked up and saw the swordswoman grabbing the blade with her bare hand much to their surprise. Blood began to trickle down the blade as Kamui took this chance to strike the man. Seeing this, the man let go of his sword and dodged the blade to charge at the woman. Quickly, she let go of the sword and grabbed the man by the collar and swung him over her and pushed him to the ground with her hand forcing his face to the wooden floor with a thud. Before he could attempt to get up, she pinned him down with one leg stomped on his back stopping him from escaping. Suddenly, the door swung open, then Ryoma, Xander, Chrom, and the other royal siblings came charging in shouting the twins' name only to be met with the scene. Chrom noticed the man and said, "You! You actually got here?!"

Hearing his voice, the man clicked his tongue and tried to shake the woman off only to be met with the floor again with another thud. Seeing the man captured, they breathed a sigh of relief, when the woman suddenly shouted, "He's going to bite his tongue off!"

"What?!", Chrom shouted.

She lifted the man's head up and tried to stop him, but it was too late as he body slacked. The man died with blood coming out of his smug smile. She said, "Damn it!"

The man's body turned to sand under her. Kamui walked over to her as she got up and said, "Thank you very much for saving me back there! We should have someone take a look at your hand. It was still a bit reckless to grab the blade with your bare hands."

The woman shook her head and said, "It'll be fine."

Chrom shook his head and said, "You should still get a look at it."

The woman hesitated, but Sakura came up and said, "May I take a look at your wound?"

The woman sighed and said, "Fine."

With that, she took off her gloves and showed the young princess her hand. Sakura looked at it and asked, "How did you get this jewel in your hand?!"

Surprised to hear of this, they leaned over to see that in the middle of her palm just below the cut was a large tear shaped jewel that went through her hand. They could see the floor through it. It was a beautiful clue jewel that was clear like crystal. The woman sighed and said, "It's a birthmark from my homeland. My father had one too, though it was different, and some of his distant ancestors."

Chrom thought for a bit and said, "Interesting. It's seems much like our brand."

Corrin said, "It's beautiful."

"Anyway, can you please take a look at the wound now?", said the woman, "I'd like to put my glove back on."

Sakura nodded and said, "Alright. Hang on for a second."

As she healed her wound, Chrom said after shaking his head, "To have your sheathe as another blade and to throw it like that, then to grab a sword to stop it… Just where did you come from and who taught you to fight like that? Also, how did you get here without a guide?"

The woman didn't say a word.

"Apparently, much like your friends, she too comes from a different world as well. Also, I was the one who brought her here."

They looked and saw the hooded man from this afternoon. Kamui's eyes widen and said, "You're the man from this morning!"

The man smiled and said, "Yes, Kamui. I am."

With the healing done, the woman said, "I was told by him that a couple of children fell victims to that mad man's curse and followed him here."

She looked over to the children and said, "To break this, either them or someone else must cut him down in their dreams."

Surprised, Kamui said, "Don't tell me!"

The woman nodded and went between the children's beds. Kaze and Azura tried to stop her, but was stopped by Kamui. Slowly, she sat on the floor with her back against the wall. Soon, they saw that she was breathing steadily. Chrom said, "Will this really work?"

"Well let's take a look, shall we?"

They turned to the doorway and saw Orochi standing there with a crystal ball. Kamui nodded and said, "Alright. I'd like to see the situation as well."

Orochi nodded, then came in and sat in front of the woman as she set her crystal ball down and said chanted something. The crystal ball lit up and Leo said, "Didn't think we'd use the crystal ball again."

Corrin closed her eyes and started muttering some words in prayers to see her son again. Suddenly, Yuki, who was holding Nyx's hand, said, "I think it'll be alright."

They look to the little girl, who continued, "I believe that she can bring back Kana and Ahna."

Hearing her words, Corrin realized that it wasn't just her. Everyone was hoping for the children to wake up soon as well.

In their dream

Kana grabbed Ahna's hand and started running across the grassy plains of Valla.

Trees. Trees. We need to hide!

It's been hours, since they were trapped on this land. There were no bridges to get off this floating island of Valla's land. With his sword knocked out of his hands and Ahna's dragonstone shattered, the two ran. It was a while since the man found them. They felt like he was fooling around with them as if they were nothing more than mere children playing a game of hide and seek. Suddenly, they realized that they've ran into dead end on the edge of the floating island. The two quickly turned around and saw the man smiling as he approached them. He said, "Oh, my. No where to hide now? I guess it's time for our little game of tag to end sadly."

Without weapons, the two stand next to each other in battle stance. However, the man thrust his sword into the ground and the land cracked. The ground beneath them gave way and they began falling down much to their horror. Ahna screamed as the plummeted through the clouds. Kana grabbed Ahna's hand and tried to will himself to become a dragon without the stone, but, much to his disappointment, it was futile. Suddenly, a streak of white flew past them! They turned to the direction it flew, but saw nothing. Unsure of what to do, they suddenly landed on something warm. They held on tight to it and saw that they've landed on a huge white wolf the size of Ahna's dragon form! It have beautiful clean white fur and white flames shooting out from beneath its paws! It looked back at them with pretty multicolored party eyes, then flew back up to the land. Upon reaching the land, the wolf said with a femine voice, "Get off and hide yourself behind those bushes. I'll deal with that fool. Everything will be alright."

With that, the two jumped off and hid themselves behind those bushes as she instructed as they watched her and the man. The man looked startled to see her, but smiled and said, "Do you really think you can beat me in that form?"

The wolf said nothing, but raised her head pointing her snout high into the air and howled loudly. Suddenly, the ground shook and pillars of white flame burst out from around the two of them startling the man. Before they knew it, she was already in front of him. The white flames embraced her as she took on the form of a flaming white wolf with huge white wings on her back. Before the man could attack, the flame pillars suddenly took on the forms of chains and bind the man as he cursed at her in agony and swore to take her life. The wolf walked up to the man and said, "You, who also possess a soul and enjoy the feeling of taking away a life with no feeling of guilt or remorse shall face your slow death in the darkness of death. There, I'll give you the final judgements till then you'll will stay in the darkness!"

With that, the wolf stomped the ground with one of her front paw and the earth cracked creating a large black hole in the ground despite the lands of Valla floating in midair. The chains then dragged the man down into the hole as steam came up from the binding of his chains. Slowly the heat began to dissipate and the wolf returned to her previous form. She nodded over to her direction and the two ran over to her. Ahna asked, "Thank you for saving us, but where are we?"

The wolf looked at them and said, "You are in a dream."

Shocked, Kana said, "A dream."

The wold nodded and said, "Let me explain."

The two nodded and she continued, "The two of you are in a dream together by the curse of that man ever since your fight against him when he tried to kidnap Yuki. She's fine, but you two have been sleeping ever since and wouldn't wake for hours. I came from outside when I heard the news that the two of you were cursed by that man and came here to free you two. Both of your families have been waiting for you two wake up all those hours you were asleep. Go see them when you wake up. They're all extremely worried about the two of you and haven't left your side since it happened. With the man dead, your curse is now broken. You'll be able to awaken on your own."

Shocked, the two looked at each other and nodded. Then, Ahna turned to the wolf and said, "Thank you very much, umm…"

"You're welcome, young princess. Now hurry. Your families are all waiting for you."

They nodded, then closed their eyes and took a deep breath. When they opened it again, they saw the white ceiling of a medical room. When they sat up, Corrin hugged Kana with tears in her eyes as did Azura with Ahna. Chrom, who saw all this from afar, said, "I'm glad to see that the children are alright now. I just wish she could just tell us her name before she left, at least. That man was gone too."

Yuki said, "I think we'll see them again."

He turned to the little girl, who said, "I get the feeling that we will."

He smiled, then patted the little girl on the head and said, "Yes, I'm sure we will, too."

Orochi smiled and said, "I think that this was the Hope that Sakura foretold. A miracle."

She turned to look at the princess and her cousin chatting with their family members.

Hi, readers! I hope that you enjoy reaching this chapter! Until I get my new laptop, I'll be using my MacBook and typing out the next chapter. Again, sorry for the really late update. I hope this chapter will make up for it as I type the next one. Again, I'll go back to the chapters every now and then, and update changes in my chapters to improve it. You don't need to look back and read it over again to see the changes as it's not required. I hope you enjoy reading the chapters again! I post the next chapter as soon as I can! See you then!

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