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After General Otto's death, the battle came to an abrupt end. Every remaining Sillfi soldier surrendered their arms. Robin looked across the battlefield and saw soldiers from both sides being treated.

"Ooow! That stings!" Nowi whined as Maribelle was treating the injury on her neck.

"It most certainly does not!" Maribelle responded. "Quit being such a child!"

"But it stings! I don't like it!" Nowi continued to complain.

"Jus settle down. I'm almost finished." Maribelle said. "I just need to make one more-"

"OWHAOWHA! That stings!" Nowi screamed, jumping up and down now.

Maribelle just glared at her. "I didn't even touch you this time."

Nowi stopped jumping up and down and gave an innocent grin. "Oops."

Robin snickered as he passed by the both of them. He eventually found Chrom speaking with Frederick, and Lissa was there pouting about something.

Chrom saw Robin approach. "Robin! Have you seen where Marth went?"

"She left?" Robin asked.

"As soon as all the fighting stopped." Chrom told him. "Didn't even say goodbye."

Robin snickered. "I got a feeling we'll be seeing her again." Robin's expression turned from lighthearted to a more serious tone. "What happened to Christina?"

"She's being treated for her injuries now." Frederick answered.

"We should just let her die." Lissa pouted.

"Are you serious?!" Robin asked. "Why are we helping her?! It's because of her that Vaike and Tharja are dead! This whole coup attempt was all planned by HER!"

"And that is exactly why we need her alive." Frederick stated. "We need someone to pay publicly for this treacherous act. We need to take her back to Ylisstol and put her on trial to pay for her crimes to show that such acts will not be tolerated and therefore discourage any future coups."

"I still don't like it." Lissa expressed. "I'm a peaceful person, but she tricked me and stabbed me! She deserves to die!"

"Don't worry, Lady Lissa." Frederick assured. "I'm sure there's no way she'll escape the execution squad."

"Where is she now, Frederick?" Chrom asked.

"In the dungeon being treated by the citadel's cleric." Frederick answered. "I currently stationed Donnel there so she wouldn't escape."

"Oh gods, she could be halfway to Plegia by now." Robin joked.

"Donnel has become a fine soldier." Frederick stated. "He would never let Christina escape so easily."

"Uh, I-I was joking, Fred-never mind." Robin said.


In the dungeon, the cleric had just finished treating Christina, who was shackled and in a cell. Once the cleric left, Donnel locked the cell door so she couldn't escape.

"Y'all ain't gonna try that funny business." Donnel said. "I'm watchin' you."

Christina just rolled her eyes. *I can outwit this halfwit in a second.* She thought.

She then heard the chorus of footsteps coming down the stairs. Chrom, Frederick and Robin came down and Donnel quickly saluted them.

"Yer majesty!" Donnel spoke.

"At ease, Donnel." Chrom said as he approached Christina's cell.

Christina was turned to her side with her eyes closed as if she didn't notice them come in.

"Is there something you need, your majesty?" Christina asked.

"After we get the situation in Sillfi sorted out, you are going to return to Ylisstol and be tried for your crimes." Chrom told her.

"Fair enough." Christina simply said.

"You're taking this surprisingly well." Frederick stated. "You do realize with Otto and all his other Captains dead, all the punishment on you will be that much more severe to send our message."

"I know." Christina said. "I deserve it."

"You won't even try to defend yourself?" Chrom asked.

"Defend what?" Christina questioned. "I'm solely responsible for everyone who died here..." She then looks down at the ground. "I guess that's how history will remember me." She mumbled.

Chrom sighed and turned to take his leave.

"Wait." Christina spoke up. "What about all the Sillfi soldiers?"

"They will be discharged." Frederick responded. "They're free to return to their families. We won't seek retribution against those who were tricked by Otto."

Christina sighed with relief. "That's good to hear..."

Chrom and Frederick left, but Robin stayed behind and glared at Christina. Christina didn't look at him, but she could feel his glare on her.

"... What?" Christina asked.

Robin said nothing and just left.


"And then Kellam fall over and shield would go KAKOOM!" Gregor shouted. "Split in two!"

That night, a bunch of the Shepherds had gotten together, exchanging some stories. Some of the guys were drinking... some a little more than others.

"Gregor thought Kellam dead for sure!" Gregor continued.

"Figures." Kellam spoke up. "The first time you see me I'm at my most embarrassed."

"Then Gregor jump from 30-story wall and carry him on back! Gregor big hero!" Gregor exclaimed.

Nowi looked at Gregor with a puzzled look and then looks at Lon'qu. "How much of that was made up?"

"All of it." Lon'qu answered. "He broke his leg when he landed."

"That was nothing." Ricken said. "On the wall, I had to take 20, no, 30 archers, all aiming at us!"

"Wow! 30! That's amazing!" Nowi smiled.

"Kid, don't try to measure your manhood here. You'll lose." Lon'qu said.

Ricken's head fell and he turned red with embarrassment.

"How many did you kill, Lon'qu?" Nowi asked.

"... Too many." Lon'qu simply answered. "A warrior shouldn't revel in how many lives he's taken."

Virion put down his glass and nods. "Truer words have never been spoken. I fight with a bow and arrow because I do not want to see the face of these lives I'm taking. War is truly horrible."

Just then, Lissa comes up and looks around. "Hey, you guys seen Robin around? I want to talk with him."

"Uh, he went to the Naga temple nearby." Ricken responded. "Said he was going to bury Vaike and Tharja in the cemetery there."

"I see... thanks..." Lissa turned around and walked away.


Robin stood before the temple of Naga. It looked rebuilt on an old foundation, but the building next to it had been charred to ash and left untouched. Robin could swear he could see some sparks from a fire that happened decades ago in the wood. As Robin stared at the building, Libra came by and stood next to him.

"That used to be an orphanage." Libra said about the building. "It was said that a child here was practicing magic here and couldn't control it. Killed everyone inside."

"...Not everyone." Robin muttered.

"I beg your pardon?" Libra asked.

Robin shook his head. "Nothing."

Libra looked at him for a moment, but then back at the orphanage. "The priests say on some nights the cry's of the children can still be heard. Taunting the girl who killed them. Forcing her into a hell she can not escape."

Robin sighed and stretched his arm behind his head. "Yeah...that sounds about right." he muttered.

"Anyway, I finished putting Vaike and Tharja to rest." Libra said. "We will pay final respects tomorrow before we leave."

"I'll do that now." Robin said. Libra nodded and left. Robin went to the cemetery, he found two dirt mounds which were the resting place for Tharja and Vaike. He stood there for a long time in silence. He then felt a presence behind him and smiled to himself. "I thought you had disappeared on us, again."

Marth then stepped up and stood beside Robin. "I'm sorry for your friends. Where I come from, this is just all too common. I can sympathize."

Robin sighed and chuckled a little. "You know, Vaike was always one to take risks. One time, he tried to spy on our friend Sully while she was taking a bath. That's already a big mistake, but what made it worse was her horse."

"Her horse?" Marth asked.

"Now, I catch Vaike trying to peek on her and tell him to stop. While we argued, Sully's horse comes up and assumes both of us are trying to peek on her. Damn thing chased me across the camp and back again trying to kill me."

Marth chuckled a bit hearing the tale.

"And every time we march, the horse has a death glare on me, just waiting for an excuse."

"Oh gods!" Marth continued to laugh. "But what about Vaike? Did he get away with it?"

"Oh no, he got his. One day, he's taking a bath and every girl in the camp comes in and sees him. They saw just how... 'inadequate' he really was."

Marth couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Oh, that poor man!" She continued laughing.

"Yeah, he always got his in the end." Robin sighed again as he looked at Vaike's grave.

Marth then calmed herself and tried to keep her stoic persona, though it's kind of lost at this point.

"What about Tharja? You two were close?" Marth inquired.

Robin took an even heavier sigh this time. "I guess you could say that... She was my own personal stalker."

"Your personal stalker?"

"When we met her, she was fighting for Plegia. She didn't want to fight for them, so she came to our side rather easily, so we were all very suspicious of her. So when I caught her following me around camp every second of every day, I became concerned. And I became immediately concerned when she said she was in love with me. I even think she might've put a curse on me."

"A curse?"

"A love curse. Trying to make me fall for her."

"Well... did it work?"

Robin stared at Tharja's grave and thought for a moment. "... Maybe..." He said sadly. "Oh gods..." Robin rubbed his head. "I'm going to miss both of them. It's not going to be the same."

Marth said nothing more and just stood there while the two paid their respects. The entire time, Lissa had been hiding around the corner spying on them, feeling happy yet a little bit melancholy as well.

*I shouldn't interrupt them.* Lissa thought and she turned to leave.

"Robin!"

Lissa quickly turned around to see Donnel running though the cemetery, breathing hard.

"Robin, I've done gone somethin' stupid!" Donnel exclaimed.

"Calm down, Donnel." Robin told him. "Breath, breath. Tell me what happened."

"That dang girl, Christina! She ask for some water, so I get it fer her and when I get back, she's gone!" Donnel said, his voice gathering speed in the end.

Lissa felt her heart race hearing that, thinking that this person could escape.

"Okay, Donnel, you find Chrom and the others. Tell them to search for her." Robin ordered. "She couldn't have gotten far. I'm gonna run to the cell and see what happened."

Robin and Donnel ran off in different directions and Marth noticed a third set of footsteps running in another direction.


Frederick and Chrom came down into the dungeon to see Robin in Christina's cell with his hands against the back wall.

"What happened?" Chrom asked.

"One moment." Robin continued to search the wall. "Should be right... here!"

Robin pushed in the wall and a secret door opened that could fit a large person through.

"A secret passage?" Frederick spoke.

"Damn it! This is all my fault! I should have known!" Robin cursed himself. "Last night I had the architectural plans and they had every secret passage on here! I should have known that was in this cell!"

"Do you know where it leads to?" Chrom asked.

"Um..." Robin thought for a moment, snapping his fingers trying to remember. "Uh, that harbor! She' going to the harbor!"

"But Otto burned all the boats to prevent our escape." Frederick pointed out.

"Not the boats that sent the citizens out of the city." Robin also pointed out. "The boats are bringing the people back tomorrow. She'll hide out there until morning when the boats arrive and steal one."

"Not if we get her first." Chrom said. "She's cornered and our search is narrowed. Let's gather everybody and find her!"

Frederick nodded to Chrom's request and the two headed up the stairs. Robin stayed behind and waited until they were gone. Robin then kneeled down to the secret passageway and saw a secret hole that was half uncovered. It was a small hole that could fit a small person.

"So that's where you really went, huh?" Robin muttered.


Yavoul. The section of the city supposedly 'Attacked by the Risen' was still in it's damaged state. Underneath some of the debris a secret door was forced opened and Christina crawled out, carrying her tome, a sword and Otto's diary.

She dusted herself off and looked around. "The Shepherds have to know I'm gone by now." she said to herself. "Hopefully they fall for that ruse and are heading to the harbor. Clear across the City." She spotted the destroyed section of wall and the forest in the distance. "Home free."

Christina began walking to the forest when Robin appeared from behind one of the burned houses. He was between her and the exit.

"Not yet." Robin told her.

Christina drew her sword. "Out of my way Robin!" she said.

"We've been through this." Robin sighed. "You're not going to kill me...why is that by the way?"

Christina kept her composure. "Because you're too damn cute." she said.

"Oh, thank you." Robin said. Her comment made her smile, but he quickly turned serious. "I can't let you just walk away."

"You're not gonna stop me!" Christina said. "I will not be put on trial and be remembered as the organizer of some failed coup!"

"Christina... Your plan killed a lot of people here. Two of which were my friends. You don't have a choice."

"Sure I do." Christina said. "It's right behind you between those trees. I get out of here, I start over and I don't ever have to relive this."

"Just like you don't have to relive destroying your orphanage?" Robin asked.

Christina's hands shook a little at the very mention of that.

"You can't escape that, can you?" Robin asked. "I've seen you space out this entire time. You were flashing back to that moment. The moment when you couldn't control your magic and they paid the price for it."

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW?!" Christina screamed, holding the sword with both hands. "They made me an outcast! They made me sit by myself in agony! They wouldn't even remember my own name! THEY DESERVED TO DIE!"

"And Crellan? Did he deserve to die?" Robin asked. "The father-to-be who you've known for years? The one who actually bothered to learn your name? And all the other soldiers you fought with?"

"You don't understand!" Christina looked she breaking down. "Sometimes I just can't-my mind, it just flip-flops! I don't know! But I deserve a second chance! Everyone deserves a second chance!"

Robin shook his head. "I'm sorry, Christina, but I can't let you go. Please. Put the sword down."

Christina continued to hold the sword, her hands shaking with indecision.

"You heard him! Put the sword down!" Lissa had appeared with an axe right next to Christina's neck, shaking as much as she was. "Put it down now!"

Christina's breath was quivering. "... Fine." She knelt down and put the sword down.

When Christina kneeled, Lissa still held the axe to her neck seething with rage.

"Lissa, you too." Robin calmly told her.

"You can't be serious!" Lissa exclaimed. "She killed out friends and we're just going to let her live?!"

"Remember what Frederick said." Robin told her. "We're going to trial her and she's not going to get away with any of this."

"That's not good enough!" Lissa shouted. "Vaike is dead! Tharja is dead! And she still has her life! How is that FAIR?!" Lissa began to break down in tears. "All of this is her fault! She doesn't deserve to have any chances! I need to cut her head off RIGHT now!"

"Listen, Lissa..." Christina spoke up. "You are not a murderer. Don't become one-"

"SHUT UP, YOU HYPOCRITE!" Lissa screamed. "WHY SHOULD I LET YOU LIVE WHEN YOU ALMOST KILLED ME?!"

"... You shouldn't..." Christina simply responded.

"You're damn right..." Lissa raised the axe up.

"Lissa, if you kill her, you will BECOME her!" Robin yelled.

Lissa stopped mid-swing, just glaring down at Christina.

"Like it or not, Lissa, she is right." Robin continued. "You are not a murderer. But if you swing that axe down, your hands will be stained with her blood just as much as hers are stained with Vaike and Tharja's." Robin took a couple of cautious steps forward as he spoke. "This is not who you are, Lissa. This is not the sweet, delicate princess that cares for everybody, that makes sure everybody is all right. This is not the Lissa with the quick joke to lighten our moods, that is the Lissa we all want. Not some cold-hearted killer." Robin got close enough and actually put his hands on the axe. "Vaike taught you to use an axe so you can protect yourself and all of us. Not so you can kill in cold blood."

Lissa was clearly conflicted over what she wanted and what she needed to do and broke into tears. She let go of the axe and began crying into Robin's chest, hugging him.

"Uwuhah, I am NOT delicate!" Lissa sobbed.

Robin sighed and hugged the crying princess. Christina looked up at the two sharing their moment, quickly reached her tome and Otto's diary and ran. Robin watched as Christina ran through the gaping hole in the wall and disappeared in the black forest.

"Ugh!" Robin groaned.

"She got away, didn't she?" Lissa asked, continuing to cry.

"Yeah..." Robin simply responded. "But I promise you, we'll find her and make her pay."

Lissa gave him a light pound on his chest. "You better. I'll never forgive you if you don't." She still cried.