Sorry about this chapter being a bit shorter than normal, but I thought it would be better to split up this part rather than not.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fire Emblem: Fates. I only own my OC's Lenalee, Natalia, Orihime, Kaede, Eros, Ragna and Christian whilst Ryuga is owned by U-Know Yunho, Hajime is owned by Heatnation, Sakurai is owned by Metal Flash, Asami is owned by AceGab, Julius, Boudica, Lancelot, Fabius and Varro are owned by Ownage Fanfics and Gabrielle is owned by Discombobulator 0329. The opening is Snow Fairy by Funkist and the Ending is Believe by Kalfina.
Opening:
Fairy, where are you going
hikari zenbu atsumete kimi no ashita terasu yo
Oh Yeah
kikoeten no ka kono koe wa?
Oh Yeah
karetatte sakebu kara
Oh Yeah
kikoeru made kimi no kokoro ga
Oh Yeah
Oh Yeah
tsuki to taiyou no haitacchi
wasuremono wa nai desuka?
okashii na kimi ga inai to
hoshii mono sae mitsukaranai
Snowing sunao ni
egao ni nareta no wa
futari yorisoi
kasane atta "jikan" ga aru kara
Fairy, where are you going
hikari zenbu atsumete kimi no ashita terasu yo
Don't say goodbye
Chapter 5: A Vow Upheld Part 1
I strolled through the halls of Castle Krakenberg as I lead Xander's guest towards the throne room where my General and his siblings were waiting for this special person's arrival. Though go be honest I really didn't quite understand why he had requested this person out of all the capable soldiers that could have done the job (such as myself). This person was a male and he quite unruly grey-blue hair and was wearing traditional black armor that was in the style of a cavalier. He had quite a surprised expression on his face as we walked on, but given that he has never come to this place I guess it wasn't that shocking for him to wear it. But I needed to know a few things about him before letting him go see my Master…
"So, what's your name boy?" I asked stoically trying to conceal any feelings of jealously I had towards the boy.
"Huh?" the boy replied, obviously my simple question appeared to go over his head.
"What is your name?" I repeated with a hint of annoyance laced in to my tone this time.
"Oh! Its Silas, I'm a cavalier from a lower branch of the military unlike you miss…" the boy, Silas, replied before he trailed of as he did not know what to address me as, I was going to call him out on it but since I never told him my name it was understandable that he didn't address me as my title.
"My name is not miss! It is Gabrielle! I'm the first commander of the First Division of the Nohrian Military" I told Silas with a flick of my hair and a small smirk that I allowed to slightly show of my superiority, "I'm the closest member of Prince Xander's private corps and I'm also one of the strongest members of this military so I will ask you nicely to be careful when around me boy!"
"Of course Commander Gabrielle!" Silas said with a bow and I allowed a genuine smile to appear on my face and then I regained my composure as we continued down the hall to the throne room.
When we finally reached the black and ominous doors that led into the throne room. I took a minute to take a breath and pushed open the steel doors with great force. Whilst the King was absent from the room, all the other members of the Royal Family were present with all of them wearing grim expressions on their faces. I also noticed that besides the two princes and two princesses there were the commanders and generals of the other divisions of the military. This consisted of: Lazward my fellow commander (but where was Pieri?), Luna and Belka from Camilla's Division (the 2nd Division), Odin and Zero from Leo's Division (the 3rd Division), Effie and Arthur from Elise's Division (the 4th Division) and finally the General of the 5th Division, Alphonse, and the commander of said Division, Fen. I was shocked to see all these people here and that's when I noticed the tears that Lazward was wiping away from his face…but I had a job to do so I wouldn't question him now.
"Lord Xander" I said to my master and he looked at me grimly, "I have brought the soldier that you requested from the lower ranks."
Silas stepped forward and kneeled down on the floor in front of Xander and the eldest prince only looked at the boy with some sort of familiarity and I then noticed the look of regret that Silas wore on his face as he lifted it up to make contact with Xander's cold and unmoving gaze, "Milord…please forgive for my unappreciated action years ago…I…only wanted her to experience the outside world instead of being cramped up in that Citadel for her entire life…"
I stared completely confused at the cavalier kneeling on the ground beside me. He obviously knew Xander decently well and I saw the faces of Camilla, Leo and Elise light up slightly at the mention of whatever action he did that caused Xander to have some sort of business with the young adult. Xander cleared his throat and placed his armored hand on Silas' shoulder, causing the boy to look up at the Prince with a tear-stained expression.
"Silas…I don't have any grudge against you." Xander told the boy and pulled the young cavalier up from his kneeling position and confusion then appeared on the boy's face, "In fact quite the opposite…I was and still am grateful for what you did back then…"
"Are you fucking serious! Truly Xander-san!" Silas cried out with joy and I had to stifle a laugh when everyone grimaced at the use of his profanity when talking to the prince and Silas apparently realised his choice of words were exactly the best as he saw the look on Xander's face that read '…really?' and he apologized, "AH! Forgive me! I was just a bit relieved…"
Xander only let out a sigh, "moving on…I need to say that I need you for a very important mission and despite some of my siblings and fellow officers' disagreements, I think you are quite capable of carrying it out."
I then looked around and saw that most of the commanders and the four generals had looks of disappointment and disagreement on their faces – mostly predominant on Alphonse's and Leo's faces – and they looked at Silas with agitation. I myself didn't know what Xander wanted the boy to do exactly but I could summarise that the others all knew what Xander was planning.
"Xander, what exactly are you planning?"
Xander looked up at Gabrielle with a stoic expression and breathed a sigh of annoyance at having to repeat his plan to all those present again, who weren't exactly on board with his idea, just so he could tell his commander what he was planning. He was just planning on telling her later, but he also knew he couldn't discuss the situation with Silas in private then either.
"Alright Gabrielle, Silas I need you to listen closely to this plan, especialy you Silas." Xander said as he ran his things through his hair.
Both the Cavalier and the Revenant Knight nodded in understanding and relaxed themselves so that they could listen to whatever plan the Prince had in mind for the young adult. Xander then took a deep calming breath so he wouldn't break down.
"Silas, do you know what recent development occurred in our war?" Xander asked, trying to ignore the pain and anger that he was currently holding up inside of him and when Silas shook his head with confusion on his face, "Alright then, this made be hard for you to believe but your childhood friend, Princess Lenalee, and my…sister…has left Nohr and decided to join the Hoshido…"
Silas was taken aback at the statement that Xander made and stood up in outrage, "…you're joking right? You have to be joking! Why would Lenalee do this! She loved her family and everyone here! Why would she join the enemy?"
Xander just looked at the boy which caused him to silence his outrage at the apparent 'joke' and Xander took another calming breath and then answered Silas' question, "Lenalee was not born here Silas. She was born as the third child of the Hoshidan Royal Family…"
Silas just collapsed back onto the floor with disbelief in his eyes and his fist clenched together in anger and sadness, "No way…Lenalee, she is really a Princess from Hoshido…its-"
"It's hard to believe, we all were shocked when she decided to join the Hoshido and her apparent real family instead of choosing us and there by forgoing her loyalty." Xander told the knight as he looked at his family who al looked depressed at the mention of their sister…no the mention of Lenalee made it so much more difficult for him to continue but he needed to push on, "Father is enraged by that action and has ordered her execution hense forth unless she beg for forgiveness at his feet…"
Silas then gasped in realization as he thought of his childhood friend's stubbornness and that no matter how hard he tried to dissuade her when they were children, she always stood by her beliefs no matter how hard anyone tried! So given that she was supposedly a Hoshidan Princess and had chosen to stand by them and fight for them, she wouldn't come back at all.
"But that would mean…Lenalee would never…" Silas muttered and stammered as he tried to form a sentence but all that came out were broken words, "I know…she'll never…"
"She'll never give up on her decision?" Alphonse interjected, breaking Silas' stammering and all the others present silence, "Trust me we know full well that Lenalee wouldn't give up even after Xander threated to drag her back by force if he had to…"
Leo also nodded at his fellow Generals statement, "And when Lenalee refused to change her belief, my big brother was prepared to kill her so that her shame wouldn't have to remain…but that bastard Prince Ryoma had to go and save her life!"
"Not to mention that three of our Nohrian trainees were also taken to Nohr as well!" Alphonse reminded everyone present.
"Which ones?" Odin voiced with concern in his voice.
"Christian, Natalia (Odin gasped in shock) and...Orihime!" Lazward replied, obviously angry at the situation since he was good friends with all three of the people he mention.
"So...that just means more reason to make sure such retribution is taken in to effect!" Leo yelled with anger radiating off the young prince.
Silas flinched at the anger in the younger Prince's tone. Obviously, Leo wasn't exactly over Lenalee's choice to fight for the people in Hoshido. And it appeared many others weren't exactly over the situation either – Elise and Camilla had looks of discomfort and regret evident on their faces, Leo and Alphonse had distain and anger on theirs, Fen, Belka and Zero didn't show much emotion, Lazward, Odin and Luna had mixed emotions of anger and yet sadness on their ones, Effie and Arthur were to busy trying to comfort their commander to worry and finally Xander's face was cold and calculating, but his eyes showed deep feelings of pain and regret – and the cavalier could tell that the commander beside him, Gabrielle, was also angry with Lenaee's decision.
"Are you telling me that Lenalee…doesn't have a chance of surviving then?" Silas asked quietly, trying not to show the feelings of sadness in his voice, "I mean if she goes up against anyone of the people here and whoever the King sends will have the intent of killing her…?"
The others looked at Silas and many tried to seem composed and calm, but their eyes (commonly known as the gateway to the soul) showed anger, glee, hatred and much regret as everyone thought of the possibility of an encounter with Lenalee and/or her friends that also betrayed Nohr. Silas ony shook of the negative feelings and looked at the cold Prince Xander with complete and utter determination in his voice, "What do you need me to do?"
Xander was taken aback at the determination that radiated off the young soldier, almost reminding him of what he was like when he was younger…it felt extremely nostalgic and even more so…it reminded him of Lenalee's determination when she was training under him and even somewhat like Christian as well…but he shook it off and placed his armoured hand on Silas' shoulder, "Silas…I need you and only you to go to where Lenalee is going and bring her back here!"
"But if I do that…she'll die!" Silas exclaimed, "King Garon would make sure that any disobedience is 'taken care of' and thereby she wouldn't even have a chance to explain her actions!"
"I know full well what my father would do to her…but I might be able to work something out!" Xander explained with desperation evident and Silas swore that could see feelings of romantic intention highlight when he spoke of his traitorous sister, "that's where you come in Silas…"
"I need you to go to Fort Tenjin in Hoshido, this is where Lenalee is supposedly heading to meet Sakura, the youngest child of the Hoshidan Royal Family" Xander continued his explanation of his simple plan, "given that Fort Tenjin is a medical clinic…they barely have any available soldiers that aren't injured especially after the battle we recently had."
Silas nodded in understanding, "So you essentially want me to take a small team to Fort Tenjin and then while those soldiers are fighting, I sneak in and grab Lenalee…?"
"More or less that's the idea, given that they could spot your team before you arrive…you'll have to be prepared to fight" Xander replied, "I'll make sure that you have some of my men so that you're not completely dammed if you have to fight against someone of a high standard."
"I understand Xander-san…I'll go prepare myself now…I won't fail Nohr" Silas declared before excusing himself from the throne room and heading to his were his horse was waiting for him at the stables.
He couldn't lie that memories of Lenalee and him when they were small ran through his head. He remembered the events that led to his separation from Lenalee and how that she had saved his life when he was threatened with execution. He remembered the tearful farewell that both children shared with each other and his promise to her that he would become stronger for her and only her. That's how he became a Knight…that's the whole reason he started on this path…and now he was asked to perform something that would go against his best friend, but…
"I will never abandon the vow I made for Nohr…"
"But can I go against my promise with Lenalee?"
Mada nani mo shiranai
Futari datta
Hidarite de hakanaku
Kyomu wo masagutta
Wazuka na kattou ga
Kimi no te wo shibatte
Mirai no sugata wo azamuku
Mamoru koto sae shiranai kedo
Itsuwari no omoi demo kamawanai
Ikite mitai
Jibun wo
Megurikuru
Toki no naka de deatta
Kimi to ita boku wo shinjiteiru
Kono yume ga yasashiku hateru made
Kirihirake aoi hibi wo
fight your fate
Shizuka na yoru ni
Sotto tomoshita
Kotoba datta
Tsumetai ame no you ni ochiru
Shiroi tsuki no hikari no naka de
Shinjiru koto
Dake wo shinjita
Mabushii hodo tsuyoku
Yoru wo terasu hikari datta
Omoi wo tsunagu yo
Mada boku wa shiranai
Kanashimi ga sadame no hate ni kaku
Kyomu no sugata wo
Negai no zanzou ga
NOIZU no you ni futte
Furubita omoi mo mienai
Soredemo kimi ga waratta kara
Doushite mo suterarenai mirai
Ikite yukou
Jibun wo
Sugite yuku toki no naka de deatta
Kawariyuku boku wo shinjiteiru
Kono yume ga hateru sono saki made
Kirihirake aoi hibi wo
fight your fate
So Silas is now heading to meet up with his childhood friend in the worst of ways…whats going to happen?
And what did he mean by Xander having romantic feelings for Lenalee?
Have to read the next chapter to find out!
-This is Mockingjay 3.75 signing off!