Hey guys! Shidesu here, yes, i know, i´m late, BUT, this next two week´s will be the last before the winter break, so i will update this fanfiction more often without the stuff off the university, anyway, here´s the new chapter, i hope you enjoy it.

I dont own the fire emblem characters, the only thing I own is Wild


Chapter 11: Prelude to disaster.

It´s been five days since the shepherds and the Feroxi army left the West Palace, Wild suggested that if Flavia sent messengers to some points of the longfort, they could use this as a secured road, and if in every point Wild marked have prepared horses for them, then they could travel using this 'checkpoints' switching the tired horses with fresh ones, that way, even if most of the camp was asleep in the night, with some guards or shepherds in the reins, a march of eleven days to Plegia could be reduced to seven, wasting just 20 or 30 minutes to switch between horses, and two hours when they needed to eat or re-supply, the mounted units could use special wagons for their mounts, that way if they needed to fight or defend, they would be fresh, Flavia gladly followed his suggestion, and since they left, it have been the same routine for the last days, only taking breaks to re-supply or change the people who was driving the wagons.

Now, in this day, is the seven day since Emmeryn left them, only a week left, every day, hour or minute felt like an eternity, no doubt the Shepherds and the Ylissean army (or what was left of them) wanted to get back their exalt, but for now, they could only prepare for the fight, and follow the plan of the tactician.

However, there was a question that Tharja had, where was Wild? It's been three day´s since most of the camp saw him, and for her discomfort, she was one of them, again, she sat alone in the dinning tent, this was the third stop in the march, the most important too, when they finished, they would pick up all the tents and resume they march until the next day since they already are in Plegia´s Desert the checkpoints allowed them to move more faster that they tought, but even if she enjoyed to be alone, there was something that she wanted more than ever, beign with Wild, with her 10 sigh, she took another sip to her supper, looking down, she felt how the table moved, looking up, she saw Gaius, Ricken and Panne sat in the free chairs of the table

"Hey there sunshine, having a sour time?" The ginger thief said, twisting his lollipop

"…..what are you doing?" Tharja replied, with her typical cold glare

"Ouch! That hurt´s Sunshine, not even a "hi" to your old friend?"

"I dont care, but you´re not taking Wild dessert" She pointed in one of the pouchs of Gaius, as he looked away "Give it back and I'll let it pass this time"

"C´mon sunshine, i dont think bubbles would mind, besides, is only a muffin"

"Want to be hexed again? Maybe you didn´t learned your lesson of not messing with anything of my love"

"Your….Love?" Ricken pondered

"She mean the purple-haired Man-spawn" Panne replied as she took one of the excessive carrots in her bowl "Every time she is near of him, her heartbeat speed up, as she fell aroused around him"

"A-AROUSED?" Gaius questioned with a smirk in his face, as Ricken was confused "Dont tell me Sunshine that you"

"None of your business" Tharja said as she took the muffin off his hand

"C´mon Sunshine, you know i can keep a secret, soooooooo, have you….done it?"

"Done what?" Ricken asked confused

"That Tharja want to copulate with Wild and have his offspring's" It was Miriel who replied, as she adjusted her glasses and approached them "It´s fascinating how two different females can fight for the same potential partner, i admit i have curiosity of who he will chose, if he haven't performed the act already"

"He´s not" Panne replied, as she ate her fourth carrot

"How can be so sure whiskers?" Gaius asked

"For the scent, if the man-spawns had already copulate, i would smell his scent from her privates" Gaius coughed loudly, almost chowed for his lollipop, as Miriel looked away, a little embarrassed for the information, but Ricken was more confused, he couldn´t understand the whole conversation "And for the noise, i would hear it how the-"

"That´s enough Whiskers!" Gaius said "I didn´t knew you could do that, no doubt why Bubbles wanted you in the front lines"

"Ah, yes, now for the topic i was here" Miriel took out a book from her robes "can you give this to Wild? Is a book he requested, and tell him that we are leaving in 15 minutes"

"umm, Specs, are you sure tha-" Before Gaius could finish, Tharja quickly took the book, some strips of dried meat, fruit and of course, the muffin that Gaius tried to steal back, putting all in one bag (expect for the book) and leaved them "…ok, five honey cakes that Princess beat up Bubbles when she heard that He´s going to be alone with Sunshine" Gaius said with a smirk

"I dont get it guys, can someone explain me?" Ricken asked

"Im sorry Ricken, im afraid i can´t provide you that information yet" Miriel replied

"Huh?"

"Specs mean that you´re too young to know" Gaius said as again he was playing with his lollypop in his mouth, as he leaned back on his chair "I only hope bubbles can deal with her, in the meantime, any bets?"


"Mmmm…interesting" Tharja muttered as she was flipping through the book, it was rather enigmatic, probably a book of Miriel private collection, what bothered her wasn´t that she was talking to Wild, but the content of the book, in her life, she read all kind of books, she knew about the dark art´s more than anybody in her family, except for her grandmother of course, knowing all the spells, hexes and charms one person could do, this book was rather different of what Wild would read, and that worried her.

The book described the link of the mind and soul, how they interact, and the possible consequences and outcomes from different spells or hexes, and that topic worried her more than anything, was Wild being manipulated? How that was even possible?

The basics of the hexes are that you need at least a name, and the proper materials for the hex, but there was some details that could made people immune, specially two, one of them is if a person didnt had a name, or a wrong name, that person was immune, it was like trying to use the spell of a Thoron tome without the tome, even if one could focus the magic energy for the spell, without the tome to aim, the spell would never hit the target.

The other way was with a charm, a special one, since a hex manipulate the energy of a person, with a 'filter', in most cases a charm, one could be immune, since a charm 'purifies' the energy, they would need more than one caster to hex a person who was using charm to protect themselfess, and Wild had the more powerful 'cham' even if he didnt knew it, and her name is Heiwa, an ancient sword forged for a legendary dragon, even if it was a fell one.

Having Heiwa around him is more than enough to maintain him free of hexes, and even without her, there was still his robe, the robe of his mother, Wild have two charms, and that´s why it didnt make any sense at all, then, as if Naga itself guided her, she found the explanation of her troubles in the next page, with a bookmark.

"….fragmented soul?" she thought for a while, then she remembered something, the wound Wild had in his chest, it was that? For the task Wild entrusted her half year ago, she found out that when he was a child, somebody tried to kill him, aiming for his soul, and the divine voice saved him, of course, the physical damage healed, but his soul has? As she though more, she spotted the wagon of Wild, with Chrom outside, he was about to step inside the wagon when he saw her approaching, and with a smile he talked when she was near of him.

"Tharja, good timing, can you make sure Wild eat something? Lissa told me that he hasn't leaved his wagon, less set up his tent, we are leaving in ten minutes"

"That´s why i´m here" She replied showing the bag with food, hiding the book of course, the prince didn´t need to know what Wild wanted to read, not that he could understand it anyway

"Perfect, then i´ll tell the driver we are ready to go" with that, Chrom walked away, she waited for a while, until he was out of sight, and with a grin, she entered the wagon.

It was….actually, it was ordered, the bedroll in the middle of the wagon, and some books under the wooden seats, with the stuff of Wild on them, and the more important thing, Wild sleeping in the bedroll, with a pair of books in his chest, obviously he fell asleep.

With a smirk, she saw his sleeping face, that silly face he made every time when he was having a pleasant dream, how did that princess said it? A rubbery face if she remembered well, either way, seeing him like this always made her happy, she slowly approached him, leaving the book and the bag in the seat in her right, moving away the books that he had on top of him, she carefully sat on top of him, unbuttoning his blouse with care of not waking him up, until his chest was exposed.

She caressed the wounds he had, especially the one in the middle of his chest, passing gently her fingertips, then, she leaned her head on his chest, closing her eyes and hearing his heartbeats, and with that sound, she felt what she wanted, his soul.

"…perfect as always" she muttered, how his soul echoed in her mind, it was still wounded, but in one piece, she sighed relieved, not a single track of any spell or hex on him.

Snuggling on his chest, it was a feeling that she always enjoyed, feeling his warm was always nice, and especially after a long time, then for her surprise, when the wagon moved for the horses pulling it, he embraced her, mumbling some words she couldnt understand, taking her from her waist, pulling her even closer, even if he was sleeping, he sniffed her hair "...mmm…..desert….roses…." he mumbled "…Tharja…..scent…" she couldn't believe it, even in his sleep he could guess what perfume she was using.

She tilted up to see him better, and like if he was mocking her, he had that big grin in his face, a wicked idea passed for her head as she leaned back, this time, when he turned his face to his right, she took the chance to tease him, and gently bit him with her lips, playing with his ear pulling it side to side, his face blushed as she predicted, she loved to tease him this way, and she knew all his weak spots to do it.

Passing her hands over his chest, she continued pulling his ear, every time she gently did it, he opened his mouth with a slight moan, then she attacked the place she knew would wake him up, but still, biting with her lips the base of his neck, he slightly jumped from this, opening his eyes to see who was on top of him, when he turned to see she backed away her head, to make sure he know who was teasing him.

"Th-Tharja?! Wh-What are you doing?" He asked, half sleep, he tried to rose, but Tharja pushed him down from his shoulders, and again, she bit his right ear, making him moan again.

"This my love, is punishment" she replied as she bit again his neck.

"P-Punishment? F-For what?"

"For this" she bit his right shoulder, where was a burn, now healed, whiter skin that wasn't there the last time she checked "Im pretty sure you didn't had this, right?"

"Y-Yeah, th-thats right, i was burned in Sela, protecting C-Cordelia"

"Well, this is punishment for not taking better care of yourself" now she licked his shoulder, making him shiver "Besides, you haven´t eat anything right? Maybe i should eat you instead~" She quickly bit his ear, with a grin on her face when she saw how his cheeks took a deeper shade of red

"W-Wait Th-Tharja, Im sorry, wh-why dont we e-eat together?"

"Mmmm~ wait, i need my dessert~" Before he could react, she kissed him, locking their lips toguether, at first, in a tenderly way, savoring his lips and watching how by the second, he blushed even more when they looked each other in the eyes, she loved every second, how his black eyes with a shade of red were glowing with the light, and how his heartbeat raised more and more, she leaned back, leaving a little droll behind, closing her eyes and again, savoring it "mmmm~ delicious" she said as she was Licking her lips.

"Th-Tharja…." She looked down and grinned, how the Tactician of a army, a man that right now was the pillar of the royal house and the only person she didn't want to hex was pating, with dazzled eyes, how this man that survived so many task´s was in seconds in her hands, how easily she could make him feel embarrassed and couldn´t denied every move she made on him "What´s wrong my love? Cant keep it up?" she said with a snicker "Dont worry, as i said, i will take veeeeeeeeeeery good care of you, if you like, i can go slower" Licking her fingers with a naughty grin, as she blushed

"S-Slower? Wh-what do you want t-to do?" She let out another snicker "H-Hey, wh-what are you thinking in th-that head of yours?"

"Do you really want to know?" she leaned, with her lips near his right ear "You want to know?" she felt his heavy breath, how he tried to restrain himself, she knew he was having a hard time, how he hold her from her shoulders with his hands that were trembling, not knowing if he was thinking the same as her, she snickered again, temping him as she bit again his ear, waiting for his response, every second that passed, his temptation became more and more evident

Gulping he finally answered"…y-yes….i….i want…to know" he replied with a nervous voice 'Yeeeeeeeeeeeees' she thought, as again, she conquered his lips, now searching for his tongue, making him shiver when her hand reached his torso, passing her hand up and down, and with the other she was holding his head making sure he couldn´t escape for that decision, how he closed his eyes as she gently bit his lower lip, even if he surrender, it wasn't enough for her, not yet

"Tell me Wild" she said "What do you want to know?"

"Y-You know what i-i want to know"

"No, i dont" She has a mischievous smile "you want to know what im thinking now?" still with his eyes closed, he nodded "maybe i should tease you a little more" she licked his neck "Maybe i should just make you mad with me" as her hand reached his hand, holding each other "Should i make you mine right now?" Then she sat on top of him, he opened his eyes when she let go her hold "Or should i…leave?" as soon she started to rose, he took her from her wrist´s, Tharja was satisfied with those pleading eyes, like a child that just loose his new toy "Oh? You want me to stay?" Before he could replied, a growl from his stomach could be heard

"Oh my love, you´re really know how to ruin the moment" She said with a giggle as she reached the bag on her right

"….im sorry"

"Is fine, here, say 'Ahhh'~" She started to feed him, first one by one of the berries of the grapes she brought, even if he wanted to sit and eat for himself, Tharja didn't let him, sometimes she feed him holding the berries with her fingers, other times with her lips, she was having so much fun teasing him this way, always flustered when they kissed, maybe it was his shy nature when they had an intimate time, or maybe he was finally falling for her, either way, now she was having the private time she wanted, a real shame they were inside a wagon, she didn't cared for any eavesdropping, if she could, she would be the most loud as possible, that way the entire camp would know Wild was her property, but there was just a little problem

"Tell my love…. What do you think….about the bimbo girl?"

"That´s….unexpected, w-why do you bring it?"

"Because…." She pushed him down again, on top of him, on four, placing her right hand on his chin to get his full attention "….you two are now more closer….that i would like to admit, so tell me…what do you really think about her"

"I…well…i really…like her i guess" Silence, Tharja wasnt pleased to hear that, but then, why did he allowed her to do all of that? "i like her…and you…since a long time…you´re all what i have left…."

"…You mean….like a family…right?"

"Yeah, right now…even i think that´s too much…of what i deser-"

"Stop" Tharja laid her index finger in his lips "…Is because of this that you talk so ill about yourself?" Tharja held his right hand, caressing with her fingers the back part of his hand and after a few seconds, she frowned "Now, listen well….i don't care about this, even with this mark….i still love you" she then embrace him "You´re not like the others…you have a strength that most people miss, not for what the mark in your right hand means, but because you always tried your best…to save the other people that surround you…even if they don´t always know it"

"…and for that im….good?"

"for that and…" again, she kissed him, tenderly for a while "….because you always try to be a better man…even when you´re already a great man…"

"….thanks Tharja…" he returned the embrace, now he was more relaxed, as he was patting her head "you know…you can be really nice when you try it"

"Mph, be grateful my love…. This side of me is only for you" they continued to embrace each other, even if he felt depressed, She and Anna always knew what to say, but even so, there was still so many questions and topics he needed to discuss, but for now, the more time they embraced, the easier was for him to fall sleep, slowly closing his eyes, he entered the world of dreams under the comfort of the woman that love him.


"…..again?" Wild muttered, the same place, the dark, void full place on his head, as his voice echoed in that place, the same shadow welcomed him

"Oh~ nice to see you again~" the shadow said, as it approached him "saaaaaaaaaaaay~ you have my name this time?"

"Umm, no, i dont have time for this" Wild walked away of the shadow, searching for any exit

"That´s pretty mean! You know!" Pouted like a little child "You had a lot of time to think!"

"Look, it´s not the best time for this, if you really are me, then you know it"

"Come on! If you only think for a little while maybe you can guess it" the shadow replied, as she pulled him from one of his sleeves "Maybe i can invite Anna! She would understand me"

"Stop it, i dont have time.." Wild turned back to push her back, instead, he was caught off guard when the shadow transformed in Emmeryn "…for this…"

"Too busy planning my rescue sir Wild?" As she mimicked her voice and took his right hand "You really are diligent…..after all, you have to keep the promise of Chrom and Lissa, right?" Wild quickly retrieve his hand "After all…..you don't want t-"

"Stop it" Wild walked backwards "This is not funny"

"Its not supposed to be, do you remember right?" as she walked around him "i know how hard the weight in your shoulders are, sir Wild, but even if you fail, i will still forgive you"

"…I won't fail…not again"

She embraced him from behind, crossing her arms around his chest and resting her head on his shoulder "mmmm~ that´s pretty heroic, or stupid, either way, I love you, my love" it was Tharja voice, Wild dashed forwad, turning back to see her face to face, instead of that, his surrounding changed and she disappeared "Do you remember the first night we meet?"

Those Stone walls, the light from the candles of the streets, and the moon in the sky, Wild looked around, to find his reflection in one of the Windows of the streets, his hair and his clothes changed, short hair, the attire of a student, with the crest of the school in his right shoulder, the books in his left hand, and the dark robe with the hidden dagger in his inner pocket, the face of a Wild of 16 years old, he was in Plegia, in Calther to be precise, the day´s when he was a student with his step-family

"C´mon little lady, why you dant want to have a nice time with us?" that voice, he remembered that voice that came from one of the sideways of the streets, a feeling of disgust and anger filled him, he ran to the direction that voice come from "It´s dark, nice, and im impatience"

"Stay away" a feminine voice warned him

"Look, we can da this nice and quick, or you can have a little rough time with me and my friend"

"I prefer to date a frog, now move stupid man"

He heard the sound of a punch, Wild gritted his teeth's, he know what would happen if he didnt hurry up "you have a little dirty mouth dant´cha? Should i have it a better use?"

"STOP" Wild looked the scene, hidden in one of the alley´s of the streets, there was a girl with black torn clothes, barely covering her chest, what the remains of her robe covering her legs, black long hair and what angered him, the mark of a punch in her right check.

In front of her, two men, one of them was thin, with similar height as himself, for his clothes and his tome, he was a mage, probably just one of the few that survived the war with Ylisse, just some random mercenary, in the other hand, Wild knew who the other man was

A tall and big man, almost 2'0 meters of height, muscular and tanned skin, scars on his chest and the outfit of a berserker, his name is Kal´hee, one of the men that were training in the militia, but with the cunning of a brick, and with less charm of a wyvern, it was obvious why he didnt last long in the army

"Well, what da we have here, the step-son of Mustafa, this is my lacky night" Kal said "wait a litta longer, you can enjoy the show"

"STAY AWAY OF HER" Wild shouted, Kal and the mage just looked confused at first, but with a grin he laughed

"We have a litta hero here? Kha ha ha ha, want to try your luck litta man?"

"Try me"

"Well, well, dont we felt a litta cocky? Want me to break some ribs?"

"Ok, im out" the mage said walking away "Maybe we could handle the girl, but assaulting her and now attacking the son of the general? Sorry man, but you are alone"

"What are ya doing? We have a job to do!" Kal yelled, but the mage was already out of sight "….whatever, more gold for me then, now litta fellaw, ya can walk aw-" Wild didn't waste any time, before he could finish, he was already attacking him, Kal dodged the punch´s Wild was delivering, enjoying the weak streng of his punch´s "Ha! Litta fella, you need to better than that!" his greater mistake was when he stepped back, Wild took this chance to attack seriously, He kicked the foot that kal was moving, making him to lose his balance, before he could regain himself, Wild sucker punched his gut leaving him airless, grabbing his collar and pulling him down with a quick elbow to his neck, Kal was knocked out before he could do or say anything.

Wild was frustrated, this man deserved more than just a battle of seconds, all the things he did and said, fortunately for the brute, there was something more important than him, turning to the corner, Wild saw how the girl was shocked, with a sigh, he approached her, she retailed, moving away, just to realize the wall behind her

"Sigh* so i assume this wasn´t a rescue" she said when Wild took off his robe "So… after all, men are the same, just thinking…." Wild gently covered her with his robe, closing it with care, making sure she wouldn´t be uncomfortable "….of themselves…."

"…Sorry, i couldnt make it before he hit you"

"…why are you doing this? Is there some plot behind….this?" she grabbed the robe, protecting herself from the cold night breeze

"No, i swear all i wanted to do is help you" Wild extended his hand, with a bright smile, she looked for a few seconds, before she grabbed his hand

"…Thank´s" She said, approaching the unconscious man on the floor, she asked "Did you kill him?"

"No, he deserves more punishment…but right now, you´re more important"

She didnt turned back to see him, Wild could see how her ears turned a little red, but after a wicked snicker, she took a pair of hair´s from the fallen man "Well, that´s fine, if you had killed him, i couldnt hex him"

"R-Right…let's just…get out of here, i will make sure that he will pay for what he tried to do, shall we go…."

"…..Tharja, my name is Tharja" she had a slight smile "Thank you for saving me…..Wild"

As that smile was marked in his memories, his surrounding´s melted away, again, that dark place, stunned for a while before reacting, he sat on the floor, scratching the bridge of his nose, before a familiar voice called him again

"That was pretty cute actually" looking up, there was again, that shadow, this time with the form of Tharja, the present one "A little cliché if you ask me, but again, im you"

"…..why do you do this to me?" he lay down, hiding his face under his arm "Why now?"

"Because you wanted it this way" She sat on top of him, passing her arms over her body, Wild could see her movements "You…We always do what is right, and never ask nothing in Exchange, you know why?"

"….."

"Or course you do, but you don´t want to admit it, just said already"

"…..I….I can´t, you can't be th-"

"Oh~ but i am" She pulled his arm, now she was Tiki, with a playful smile "Now you realize it, but you´re still afraid"

"…."

"Afraid… how ironic, the sentiment that most people search and youre afraid of it, is in your reach and you push it away"

"I….I dont deserve it"

With a frown, she rose, humming a melody, a familiar one "Come here my little star~ where did you go?~" Wild rose up, taking her from her shoulders, her face at first was one of concern, then one of affection, caressing one of his cheecks, she continued "Don´t leave behind~ come and take my hand~"

"Stop it"

"You want to shine at my side?~ Come and let our heart´s fly away~" She embraced him, still not knowing what to do, he had his arms around her, gathering the strength to push her away, but something didnt let him "Let our brave hearts lit up the dark night, and fell in love with our dreams~" she whispered in his ear "Let hold hands until the next dawn~ Will you stay at my side little star?~"

"…stop it already…."

"mmm….i cant do that, if i stop now, you might forget again, dont you?" Wild pushed her away, now she have the form of Anna, with her whimsical smile "Just a little more, you know you want this, you cant keep the lies forever"

"…..you…...me….We know why sealed this feelings, i don't deserve it"

"….that´s not true, that´s the biggest lie you told yourself" again, she embrace him, Wild just stood there, motionless, looking at the void, after a few moments, she started to dissapear "…..I hope the next time, you can say my name….." that was the last he heard before he woke up.


"…..mmhng" Wild groaned, as he opened his eyes, after a few seconds, he realize he was still in the wagon, but for the darkness of the place, it was already night time, feeling more exhausted than refreshed "….it´s that weird dream fault" he muttered, his comment meet the slight moan of a person, looking down he saw a figure on top of him even with his blurry vision, he remembered that before he fell asleep, Tharja was with him, for his surprise, when his vision returned, instead of black hair, it was red with a ponytail, it was Anna who was happily sleeping in his chest, he tried to rose, but something retained his left arm, looking at his left, he paled when he saw Tharja using his arm as a pillow '…im dead' he thought, slowly, Anna looked up, she still had sleepy eyes, but when his eyes meet "mmm~ good night~" she muttered

"A-Anna, wh-what are you doing?"Wild whispered

"mmm~ is not obvious? Im sleeping….shhh~"

"No, Youre not! Why are you here?"

"…to sleep with my cute little step-brother of course~" she gently moved up, and before he could say or do anything, she bit his rigth ear, Wild barely contained his voice "mmm~ not fair, you have to let out that silly voice"

"O-Of course no, if Tharja wake up, IM DEAD"

"aawww, you´re such a joy killer"

"…..please tell me that you´re not drunk again"

"Of course no…..i just wanted to spend the day with you" there was an awkward silence, Wild didn´t knew what to say, she slowly laid her head in his chest again "…i heard everything"

"…wh-what?"

"I heard what you said this afternoon" she clenched to his blouse, and with a giggle she continued "Im really, really glad…."

"Umm, im happy that you are, but please…. Could you…get off?"

"No way~ hang it there for a little while~"

With a sigh, he just looked at the ceiling, patting her head, gaining a slight moan of her, but since she didn´t said anything, against it, he continued for a while, he really was in a complicated position, blinking a couple of times, he turned to his left, frozen when he saw the eyes of Tharja, obviously she was aware of what was happening, but with a frown, she just get closer to him

"Just for a while….i will allow it, don't get so comfortable with her…" she whispered

"…."

"mmmm~ i love that face" Tharja muttered, as she delivered a Kiss on his cheeck, if Wild was confused, right now he was totally lost, did Tharja screw up a hex? Or this was a dream? Still confused, he looked away, to notice a certain princess in the flap of the wagon, her face was priceless.

Her half right was sparkling in excitement, with a toothy grin, and a slight flush, the other half was angered, Wild could felt his piercing glare, her wrath and fury for having Tharja aside of him, as the seconds passed, Lissa tried to control herself, mixing the two faces he made, turning out in something only naga could describe, it would be comical if Wild wasn´t seconds away to die or worse, forced to marry Anna, that could be the same that dying, but in Tharja hands, or hexes.

"Pardon my rudeness mylady, but is Wild awake?" It was Frederick, he opened the flap, staring for seconds at the scene, with his same stoic face, but for his eyes, Wild could tell he was surprised, with a cough, he processed "umm…. Excuse me for interrupting your…courtship? But im affraid Chrom needs you right now Wild"

"Im….kinda stuck, cant fell….my arm….or hip"

"YOU´RE THE WORST WILD!" Lissa shouted as she jumped waging her staff, everyone in the camp could heard the yelling and ruckus inside the wagon, followed for scream of someone beign hit very hard, undoubtedly Wild voice.


"…..Are you sure you´re right?" Chrom asked raising a eyebrow, trying to no chuckle for the big slight red mark in Wild left cheek as the two were walking in the middle of the night

"Im fine….i just hope the aim of your sister won't get better" Wild replied scratching the his lower back, funny, Lissa couldn't hit any target with a simple fire tome, but when Wild tried to ran away of the waggon, Lissa threw her staff with such energy and precision that Virion would envy "i didnt need that kidney anyway"

The bluenette chuckled, and for his pleasure, there was still another comment he could add "…Soooo, two timer Wild? I would never guess you would be bolder than Virion"

"Chrom….please, nothing happened"

"Oh? What can you say Tharja?" She was happily clenching to his right arm, with a smirk, and a blissfull smile

"…mmm~ sorry, i cant said that loud" She replied, burying Wild´s arm in her chest, Wild face palmed with his free hand

Before Chrom could say anything more, Wild did a signal with his hand, everyone crouched at this.

20 minutes early

The scout patrols spotted a village, in normal circumstances they would just past aside of them, but as the patrol described what was happening, either Chrom or Wild couldn´t just ignore this.

A group named the "Grimleals" were attacking the small village, with the havoc in the capital of Emmeryn execution in the next full moon and the lack of any army or signs of any security, the bandits always found a way to take advance, even in this desert, but there was something odd about this group.

Chrom could only grim-faced when the patrols delivered their reports, they were sacrificing people in the center of the village, Chrom didnt knew how much time they were doing it, but this was unheard, at least in Yllistol, and for the report, they would eradicated the entire village.

Just when Chrom was about to say anything, it was the first time that he saw his friend, his tactician, his brother in arm´s to have a face full of hatred, it was the act itself that made him react like this? Or was the group? The lost lives that Wild always tried to save when there was the chance? Either way, when Lissa, Frederick, Flavia, Basillio and himself saw that face, the one calm and kind presence that Wild had, was replace with one that Chrom couldn´t describe better than just rage itself, with a face that he thought never see in his friend.

Wild scratched his temples, the face that he made lasted just a little less than a second, but everyone could felt it, and if it was nothing, he relaxed his face, obviously trying to calm himself, with a long sigh, Wild started to formulate the strategy, not waiting for the khan´s or Chrom approval,

It was rather simple, Lon´qu, Panne and Gaius would be the "A" group, their misión would be eradicate any ambush and hidden enemies, Group "B" will the ranged attack, Miriel and Virion with Anna support would attack and create a distraction, lastly, group "C" and "D" would be skirmish group, the members of the group "C" would be Chrom, Wild, Tharja, Cordelia, Sumia and Donnel, Striking fast for one of the weakest sides of the zone, "D" group that would be formed by Frederick, Lissa, Maribelle, Stahl and Kellam would be supporting the "C" group, but their principal mission was to rescue the villagers, making sure to move between the alleys and streets of the village to move quickly, without not much to say, they departed.

Present time

It was alright? even if Wild didn't said it, there was something wrong, he acted serious in Maribelle rescue, but this time, was different, before Chrom could continue with his thoughs, the sound of a snapping fingers took him out of his head.

With a signal of his hand, the "A" group moved away, followed for the group "B", there was not coming back now, everyone prepared for the battle.

As Chrom and the others moved foward, there was something that disgusted him, and for the faces of his comrades, them as well, the smell of decaying flesh, it was disgusting in some much levels, all ot them used handkerchiefs to covers their faces, unfortanly, it wasn´t any rotten flesh.

"….Gods, what the hell….." Chrom muttered as the moon lit up the alley they were walking, a scene that was disturbing, the corpses of decaying people who tried to fight back and were killed in the spot, now, filled with flies and void less faces

"…..keep moving, we can´t do anything for the dead, only for the living" Wild replied with a cold voice, Chrom was surprised for this, but without much to say or do, they continue following him.

As they moved forward, the only thing that was increasing was the number of corpses, right now, the air smelled like iron, and the stone streets were covered with traits of blood, Chrom could only imagined how their last moments were like, and he wasn´t the only one thinking that, yes, they killed before, but even if they were brigands, they buried them, this 'grimleals' just opened the chest of their victims, and let them to rot in the open.

"My dear brothers and sisters!" a booming could be heard behind of the buildings "May Grima sate his bloodthirst this night! Because now, in this darkness, we will finally sacrifice this divine dragon"

"LET ME GO, YOU, PPWW" The voice of a girl resonated just a few moments in the streets, when the shepherds approached, hiding behind some shops , they saw what was the market, all the shops burned, and pushed away to have a perfect open zone to place a stone table, in the table was a green haired girl, with clothes that were barely covering her and a man that was trying to shut her up tying a rope in her mouth, around the table, there were several dark mages, covering their faces, looking down and chanting words that Chrom couldn't understand, but what surprised him was their outfit, the robes they were using, were the same that Wild was using

"Hey Wild, why are the-" Chrom whispered, but was interrupted for Wild

"Using the same robe than me? I tell you later, for now, we have a job to do" Chrom was about to stan up, but Wild placed his hand on his shoulder, Chrom was confused, but when Wild pointed to one side of the place, Crom saw several villagers tied up, beign guarded for some grimleals "We cant just charge blindly"

"Then what you suggest?" When Chrom asked, a light blind him for a moment, looking up, he saw Gaius and their group hidding in the roof of one of the buildings, with the "B" group, with a thumb up the ginger thief smiled

"….wait for my signal, until that, stay here" Wild hide his face under his hood, and walked to the group before Chrom or Tharja could say anything

"My dear brothers, now i shall continue with the ceremony" The strange men continued "For generations, we tried to correct the human mistake to oppose Grima, now, in this night, we have one of the graters honors, we will sacrifice one of the divine dragon kind" He exclaimed, followed for the chant of the group "Now, we shall begin the ritual!"

One of the men walked in still looking down, carrying a black knife, with a shape similar to a levis sword but smaller in size, the man that was preaching smiled "Now, Grima, our lord, we, your humbles servants will offer this creature to sate your thirst" the man took the knife, raising it, preparing for stab the girl who was crying right now "In this day, with one less creature like this insulting your lands, we plead to heed our call!"

"Sorry, maybe another time" a voice replied, taking off of guard the men, now he was shaking his arms, looking down, he encountered the root of his fears, as a black sword pierced his chest from behind "Now, be gone" the sword was drawed and in a flash, he cut him diagonal from behind, before the dead man could fell, someone grabbed him from his head and threw him aside, revealing a grimleal, with a familiar black sword, as the others grimleals started to look up, the grimleal that killed their leader from behind was taking his hood off, revealing that was Wild, Chrom took this as his signal to attack, before the grimleal could react, using Heiwa, Wild cut the ropes and carried the girl using both of his arms.

"Unloyal!" Several grimleals shouted, charging foward and as they advanced to the table, one´s were killed for a volley of arrows, others for fire balls, confused the grimleads looked up to see their attackers, and find dead when Chrom group attacked from behind, the few grimleals that were behind Wild were shaking in terror, in seconds they lost more of the half of their group, Wild slowly turned back to see the remaining grimleals, with a killer glare "….shouldn't you be running away? Or want to join your subjects?" with that phrase, the remaining grimleals fled, stumbling in their movements and screaming in terror, again Wild did it, he finished the battle in seconds

"uggg…..im…im s-sorry" the girl said clenching to Wild blouse, first he was confused, but after a few seconds he sighed

"umm…..is fine….don't worry"

"im…im so sowrrry" she replied now crying

"Um Wild, is everyt….." Chrom approached, sheathing falchion, just to find that when Wild half turned back, his blouse and pants were stained "…did she just p-"

"Im sowwyyyyy!"


"Umm….i should be doing that" the Green haired girl said behind Wild, who was washing his blouse, pants and the girl clothes

"Is fine….really, you should be in the tent, with only that you will catch a cold" Wild didnt turned back, how could he? The girl was using his robe to cover herself, dear naga, right now Wild was washing his clothes too (not before to take a quick bath and new clothes) with her small clothes in a big bucked filled with wáter "Tough, i never would guess that yo-"

"I SAID IM SORRY!" the greenette shouted with a big red flush and giving weak hits on his back, Wild chuckled with her behavior

"Ha! Having troubles with the little lady?" Both looked back, to see Flavia with a grin, and with a bag

"Im not little! And my name is Nowi!"

"Sorry to ask this khan Flavia, but you have what i wanted?" Wild asked raising a eyebrow, the khan laughed again, and handed the bag to Nowi

"Of course, here´s your new clothes, i hope you dont stain them" Nowi frowned at this moment, and hiding behind Wild, she did a 'hiss' sound "Hey, that´s not the way to thank a friend"

"A….friend?" Nowi pondered for a moment "So…you are a friend?"

"Um…...yeah" Flavia replied a little confused, but after a few moments, Nowi eyes were sparkling, taking Flavia hands,, she started to dance around

"Yay! Friend, new friend!" the greenette yelled happily

"H-Hey! Stop it, Wild! How do you control this little girl?"

"Hey! Im not little!" Nowi puffed her cheeks "Im much, much MUCH older than you"

Flavia had a stoic face, looking to Wild, the tactician only nodded to the claim that Nowi made

"She´s a manakete" Wild said

"A manakete? That´s very rare Robin" A voice behind Flavia exclaimed, making the little manakete jump and hide again behind Wild, it was Frederick who spoked, Chrom and Basillio walking aside of him as they approached "I never thought that i would ever see a manakete"

"A manakete?" Chrom asked

"Is like Panne, but instead of a bunny, she transform into a dragon" Wild replied, as he handed the washed clothes to Nowi, who took it but was still behind him

"A dragon?" Chrom raised a eyebrow "Then why she didnt fought back?"

"Because the meanie people broke it!" Nowi shouted "they broke it with my sparklies!"

"T-They brokre...the dragon?and s-sparklies?"

"A bag full of metallic or shining ítems, she really loved those, and for the 'dragon' she mean her dragonstone" Nowi quickly nodded, Wild scratched the back of his head "it's a shame that all of those were broken….oh! by the way Chrom, the reports are already done?"

"Yeah, that´s why we came, here" Chrom took from his pouch with the reports of the patrols and handed it to Wild, after a few moments of reading, Wild frowned

"So….we could only save about 20 people of 120…." Wild was flipping through the pages, its been a hour already, the few villagers that survived were thankful for their presence even it they were from Ylisstol and Ferox, but they couldnt save more than 20, when they arrived there were about 60 villagers, but thanks to the grimleals, there was a bigger problem

"i know….i just cant comprehend why only 20 people were saved"

"Unfortunatly, is simple, they were cursed"

"Cursed?"

"Aye milord" Frederick replied with a sigh "even with half of the village, most of them were cursed, i believe Wild know exactly how and why"

Chrom was waiting for his answer, even with the look that Wild didnt want to replied "…..is because of Grima"

"Grima? How the fell dragon have anything to do with this?" Chrom asked

"They were going to use Nowi and the others as sacrifice" Nowi clenched to his blouse, Wild just carefully ruffled her hair "Since Grima used the fear of his enemies to become stronger, they think that if they hex their sacrifices with a special curse that fill them with fear, the sacrifice would be more valuable for Grima"

"So that´s why they literally died for fear? And the reason why Tharja is assisting with the un-hexing?"

"Yeah….i just wish we could be here sooner"

"You can't save them all little lad" Basillio injected "You´re good, but you have to learn your limits"

"I know khan Basillio, i know….still…."

"Please, stop with the self-pity, it don't suit you" Flavia said "20 people will live, the other 40 at least could die without fear in their last minutes, is better than nothing"

Wild stared at the khan for a moment, and after a few seconds he sighed with a slight smile "Thanks, it mean a lot from you"

"Im sorry to interrupt the moment milord" Frederick said "But i believe there was a man that wanted to talk with Wild"

"Oh, thanks Frederick" Chrom said "That man was with the villagers, he said that he have information for you"

"Did he say his name?" Wild asked

"Yes, his name is Gregor, you know him?"

Wild thought for a moment "…..no, i believe no, but it will be interesting to know what he have to say, where is him?"

"In the medical tent, if y-"

"Oh! Are we leaving? Let me chance my clothes!" Nowi interrupted and ran inside the tent, closing the flap.

"…..say Wild… isn´t she a little to attached to you?" Chrom said with a grin

"…..maybe" Wild scratched the back of his head again "She just…want to be near me"

"har har! Having troubles with the little lass boy?" Basilio laughed "You sure are popular like me in my younger days"

"He´s not like you old oaf" Flavia injected, they were about to discuss, but Nowi jumped out the tent, with new clothes, a green dress that ended in her ankles, with a White ribbon in the back of her waist, it wasnt her type of dress, but was good enough to move, before Wild or Chrom could talk, she grabbed Wild from one of his wrist and happily dragged him toward the medical tent

"W-Wait Nowi, you´re going to fast"

And as fast as she grabbed him, they went to the camp, Chrom and Frederick chucked "…say milord, shouldn´t we warn him that Tharja and Lissa are in a foul mood for the way he carried Nowi?" Frederick asked

"…..Im pretty sure he can survive Frederick, for now we should prepare for tomorrow march"


"H-Hey Nowi, calm down" Wild said, she was about 10 centimeters shorter than him, but she had a lot of energy, dragging him around the camp, and in the way she did was kind of embarrassing

"But you need to talk to him right? Lets…ugg" Before she could continue, the ribbon in her waist felt apart "WAAAA! THIS DUMMY THING KEEP FALLING!" Nowi waved her hands in frustration, for his side, Wild was trying to not laugh "HEY! ITS NOT FUNNY!"

"Sorry, Sorry" Wild was hiding his smile under his hand, but after a few moments, he cleared his throat "…turn around"

"Huh? What? What are you doing?"

"Just stay still…." Wild started to carefully tie the ribbon, for naga, were did Flavia get this clothes? The set was awfully detailed for a normal suit, even less for a battle, when he was about to finish, the scene was strangely familiar, it was….nostalgic? Blinking a few times, the green dress turned into a red one, like a dream the environment changed, looking around, he wasn't in the camp, not even in the night, he was in a familiar room, with a familiar smell

"What´s wrong Wild? Why did you stopped?" a voice called for him, looking in front of him, there was Tiki, showing her back, holding her long hair aside, using a red dress "Weren´t you going to zip the dress?" she asked with a giggle, looking to his hands, they were smaller than he remembered, Wild shook his head, just to feel how somebody behind him rested his head on his right shoulder "Yeah, why did you stopped? Nervous?" turning to his right, there was that shadow again, this couldn't be possible, he wasn´t sleeping, this would be happening even when he was awake? Again, he shook his head in disbelief "You cant escape forever….the sooner you face me, the better will be"

...As soon it started, it ended, he was again in Nowi back, tying her ribbon "Hey! Are you done? Is….umm….well…is not bad" Nowi said, with a slight pull, Wild finished

"There, better? Is not to tight right?"

"Na~ah, is fine….thank you" Nowi continued dragging him around, he didn't even bothered to complain, his mind was in another place, the delusion would disturb him even here? He thought until they reached the medical tent, with his 10th sigh, they entered.

"Hey! My dear friend, over here!" A man with orange hair, with mercenary outfit and some bandages over his head called him, with a big grin on his face , he was sit in one of the beds of the tent

"Umm….you´re Gregor right?"

"Yes friend, im gregor, you must be Tactician, yes?" Wild nodded "Great! Gregor was searching for you, until Gregor was captured for those bad guys in the village"

"You mean the grimleals?"

"Yes friend, they were very bad people, good thing you and friends arrived just before they killed the little lady"

"Hey! Im not little" Nowi puffed her cheeks "Im much, much older than you"

"Ha Ha! Gregor know that, but Gregor is afraid that youre much, much smaller than other people, still, Gregor have not time to discuss this, Gregor have a important message from his boss"

"Your…boss? You mean your contractor, right?"

"Yes, Yes, you see, Gregor is sellsword, very good, and very strong, but after two weeks of searching, Gregor thought that it would be late, good thing that lady fortune blessed us"

"Umm….lady fortune? Exactly what are you talking about?"

"Gregor is talking about the Goddess in trouble" Wild had a stoic face, this man wasn´t making any sense "Gregor know that face, is face that you dont understand Gregor, right?" Wild nodded again, scratching the bridge of his nose "Well, maybe will be easier if you see Gregor note" The mercenary took a paper from his pouch, Wild took it and started to read, the stoic face changed for one full of worries, biting his thumb, he closed his eyes, how much times he sighed that day? Well, this for sure would be the longest and painful, and Chrom wouldn't like it when he heard that all his plans changed, the only thing he could do now, was a risky gamble, one that Price could be to high to pay, with his clear mind, he sighed, the day kept getting more and more longer that he wanted, placing his head on his hand that were on his knee, he muttered

"I just hope I can survive this"


AAAAAAAAAAAAAND THAT´S ALL FOR NOW!

Few, yeah, i know, know, almost a whole month without updates, but i was very, very busy with the school, so i hope you can understand me, anyway, i hope you enjoy the new chapter, next chapter will be update the next Wednesday, if i can update it sooner i will.

I know, the battles scenes maybe were to short (a lot compared with the one in the firs chapter) but i promise i can get more detail if you want, send me PM or Reviews with your opinions guys, any help is appreciated! Anyway, without anything more to say, if you excuse me, im going to bed, SHIDESU! OUT!.