Hello everyone!

Severa: Finally, 7! It's been more than a month!

7: Again, homework, classes, tests, etc.

Lucina: But didn't you find a new game? You were watching that video series the last while.

7: That's another part of it, I found a playthrough of a game called Trails of Cold Steel and I enjoyed the characters.

Severa: Is that why we have them on as new cast members?

7: Yep! But, I won't be writing their story until I have the full picture of the games. Besides, I love you guys too much not to see this and its sequel to fruition!

Lucina: Good, I'd like to see the end of this. Though I must say, Lady Laura is very pleasant to talk with and I find Sir Rean to be quite friendly. I even saw Severa playing lacrosse with Lady Alissa and Sir Gaius earlier.

Severa: Yeah, they're fun. Hopefully our readers will give your one shot a look. Anyway, let's get to Cynthia's birthday party!

7: (Good thing Laura and Rean kept quiet on that, Severa would have killed me.) Oh! Before I forget Sev, Kiwi wants to see you after the chapter ok?

Severa: *Frowns* Ok… can't see why she'd need to see me though.

Now! Onto the show!

Bells and Drums

After their emotional reunion, Severa sat down with her father and tried to explain why she couldn't tell him more of her past: why she came here, her companions traveling Ylisse, or even a warning of the danger ahead. She didn't tell him about Lucina, but instead referred to her as 'leader'. Saying too much could alter the future in ways they couldn't predict, and things were questionable enough as they were.

Robin didn't really enjoy this explanation, but he conceded out of respect for all the things his dear girl had gone through. They'd chatted after that and he'd listened to everything she cared to tell him, smiling all the while at seeing the beautiful, smart woman that his baby had become. Or would become, technically.

"Just so you know, I can't stay with you guys until my group reunites. Oh, and don't tell Mom anything about this." Severa interjected in a brief lull, making Robin jolt from his daze.

"But… but why!" Robin asked. "You just came back to us! Why shouldn't you stay with us? Why shouldn't I tell your mother? Having you here is a gift beyond anything I can think of!"

Severa sighed at his upset face, she did want to stay but…

"I can't be a model for you guys to raise mini-me, you have to figure that out on your own. That's why I can't stay with you. You'll see me at the palace and at work, I'm still part of the Shepherds after all, but I won't give you any advice on how to work with her or anything like that. There's no point being a parent with shortcuts, you'll just have to learn."

She saw Robin nod in understanding at that, at least he accepted that much. Now for the hard part.

"I… don't want you to tell Mom about me because I… I'm scared."

Severa felt tears in her eyes as she admitted the one thing she didn't want to say. She'd tried to come up with other reasons, and even had several valid ones, but she felt the confession come forth unbidden.

Robin looked at her in surprise. He hadn't expected her to be so honest when it came to this, but he held his silence as she composed herself.

"I'm… scared of losing her again. I'm scared of losing you again. I've already said goodbye to the parents I had, but now I can have them back? Only to possibly lose it all again? I don't want that; I can't take that. Just talking to you like this has been a struggle Dad, I want to stay, but I can't. You need to parent this Severa, not me. As I said, I'll visit every once in a while and you'll see me for work, but I just can't stand losing you both again."

As tears fell down her cheeks, Robin stood up and enveloped her in a warm embrace, stroking her back tenderly.

"It's alright my dear." He began softly. "While I'm sure your mother would be just as happy as I to meet you, I can understand what you think. We won't ask you to help us raise yourself, odd sounding as it is, and we won't ask you for advice. All I want is for you to be your wonderful self and enjoy your time with us, all of us. Besides, now we have a babysitter in case no one else is available."

Severa choked out a small laugh at that, it was so like him to try and lighten the mood.

"Now chin up, we still need to get you a place to stay until we find your leader, the work of a tactician never ends. While I'm sure your mother will be angry beyond words for me keeping this to myself when you feel ready to tell her, I can't wait to welcome you home for good."

Severa sniffled into his shoulder for a few moments until she composed herself. She pulled away from her father with a small smile before hearing faint crying. "Well, looks like mini-me wants some attention. It's kinda late too, so I'm going to sleep and head back in the morning. Good luck."

She left for a guest room with a small wink as Robin sighed at her cheeky response. He took it in stride though, quickly finding himself holding his newborn and rocking her to sleep again.

'These are going to be an interesting few years huh?' He thought as little Severa looked up at him sleepily.

And they would be. Soon after settling into her new room, and her older-self found a room in the Shepherd's garrison, Severa proved to be a bundle of energy that demanded attention at any time, from deep night to bright noon. Robin and Cordelia learned the true definition of tired in those first few months as Severa kept an irregular sleep schedule, able to take a ten minute nap and then stay up another four hours.

In the meantime, life moved on for the other Shepherds. Lissa and Donnel were soon engaged and married to the sound of money changing hands. Others followed their trend over the next year. As Severa first began to walk, to the great delight of her parents, Cherche and Nowi gave birth within a few days of one another, to the great pride of Vaike and Frederick.

As Lucina began to ride with her mother and Severa began to read, Nowi found she could not return to her child form, now permanently locked into her adult shape unless she returned to dragon form. The situation perplexed the scholars amongst the Shepherds, and even the elder Severa had no idea what happened. But, life called them away from the mystery as more of the couples brought children into the world as months turned to years. Chrom and Sumia welcomed their second daughter, Cynthia, to the family while Robin and Cordelia welcomed their second daughter, Morgan.

But in this time Robin did not stand idle. He sent out more informants and spies across the country and abroad, hearing rumors that not only had the Valmese continent been brought under one rule, but a large fleet was under construction as well. The estimates gave them another two years from the most recent report before they could confirm if their fears were true. But Robin still coordinated with the Khans, Chrom, and Severa to make sure they were prepared for an invasion.

But one day, Robin found himself chasing the naked butt of his youngest through the house, the little girl screaming that she didn't need a bath. Severa had only paid lip service to not wanting to bathe, but she practically jumped in when she was told she could bring Mr. Fin to Cynthia's birthday party later that day. Morgan, on the other hand, refused to be bathed. She loved swimming and playing around outside, but something about baths just rubbed her the wrong way. She'd even been caught hissing at the tub on more than one occasion, but that was Severa making her think hissing would scare the tub away.

Just barely whiffing as Morgan turned on a dime, Robin was finally able to catch her after she found herself in a corner. "Alright Morgan." He panted, she was faster than her size belied. "Bath time. And no, you can't bring your ball into the tub with you, it'll get ruined."

Morgan tried her last resort, teary puppy eyes and a trembling lip, but it failed to impress Robin after having to deal with Severa two years longer. Lifting her up around her waist, he carried the squirming four-year old to the bathroom upstairs where Cordelia was drying Severa.

Seeing her youngest being carried in like a log, Cordelia couldn't help the laughter that escaped her as Robin gave her an embarrassed smile.

"Morgy!" Severa cried in annoyance, "It's Cynthy's birthday today! We need to be present…. Prese… presentable!"

She grinned proudly at using the word correctly, making Cordelia rub her hair affectionately. "It's ok Severa, I'll make sure she gets clean. Now go with your father and get ready, we need to leave in two hours."

The little girl nodded and dashed to her room, towel wrapped around her like a hood. Robin handed the squirming Morgan over to Cordelia and left to help Severa, but not before hearing a swift reprimand from Cordelia render Morgan tame.

Chuckling to himself, Robin entered Severa's room to see her attempting to put her dress on upside down. She'd figured out her underwear, but not that the skirt fell around the legs. Pulling her out, he helped her put the dress on correctly and got her into her socks and shoes. He didn't help her on all of them immediately, only helping when she couldn't figure out how to tie a bow or couldn't reach something.

Finally, he started to comb her verdant purple hair, untangling every rat's nest he could find. After a few minutes he looked to his daughter. "So, what kind of style would you like?"

Severa's face scrunched up as she thought on it, making Robin smile at her adorable expression. "I want pigtails! Long ones!" She finally decided.

Smiling again, Robin gathered her hair into the twin tails she wanted, careful to make them perfect the first time. Holding the first steady, he reached over and picked up a pair of hair clips from her dresser, pausing when he saw the ones he grabbed.

Cordelia's old set, the ones she had before Robin's gift years ago. Seeing them ignited a warm sense of nostalgia in his heart, but he moved them into place just below the tails and finally finished Severa's hair.

"There you are, my dear." He began, noting how Severa beamed at her reflection. "Absolutely wonderful, don't go and steal Cynthia's thunder ok?"

Severa only giggled in response, jumping from her stool to do a little twirl. "Come on daddy it's teatime!"

Robin smiled as he let her pull him over to a small table that he'd made her just a few months ago.

"You sit here daddy." Severa began, directing him to one of the small chairs.

"Mr. Fin sits here." She placed her favorite plushy across from him.

"And I sit here!" She finished, plopping into her seat with a grin.

"Alright milady," Robin began with a tease in his voice. "Shall I serve first or would you prefer to start?"

Severa looked at him confused for a moment before realizing what he meant, quickly adopting a 'posh' tone "I will serve the tea Sir Daddy, and it must be done properly!"

She then picked up a small tea pot and began to pour invisible tea into the little cups on the table, sitting 'properly' after giving what she thought was an appropriate pour.

"Now then! What are your plans for today Daddy?" Severa asked with all the poise she could muster, though Robin had to hold in a chuckle.

She looked like she ate something sour.

"Oh nothing taxing milady," Robin began, pretending to sip tea, "Just going to visit Princess Cynthia for her birthday."

Severa gave him a nod but scrunched up her face a moment later, nearly making Robin hug her right then. She then pointedly held out her pinky finger while giving him a pouty glare.

Robin only chuckled before sticking out his pinky finger like asked, only to be rescued by Morgan bursting into the room.

"Daddy!" She cried, jumping into his arms, "Look, look! Mommy made a braid!"

Morgan pulled back and showed the braid wrapped around her head like a laurel, jumping out of his arms to spin around and show off her little green dress. Robin laughed, they were so excited to go even though they'd seen the royal siblings a few weeks earlier.

"Morgy!" Severa shouted, "You can't just hop into a party without an invitation! That's not nice!"

Morgan looked at her sister with slight mortification, tears beginning to gather in her eyes. "I-I didn't know."

Severa opened her mouth to retort, and most likely send Morgan into a fit, but a look from Robin made her quickly change her words. "It's ok, just remember to knock ok?"

Morgan instantly lost her sad face and jumped into the seat Robin once occupied, completely engrossed in the world of make believe with Severa as Robin joined Cordelia at the door.

"They're still so lively." He murmured as he pulled Cordelia close to him, both watching the girls play.

"Almost as bad as when Morgan learned to walk." She murmured back, leaning into the crook of his neck with a content smile.

Robin smiled at that. Morgan had learned to walk earlier than most and had led her parents on more than one merry chase through the house. It only got more chaotic when Severa found out that Morgan always followed the ball.

"Well I think we should get ready ourselves." Cordelia sighed contently, removing herself from Robin's side.

"I'll stay here with the girls," Robin began, shooting her a smile. "I'll make sure they don't ruin their clothes."

Cordelia gave him a kiss before disappearing down the hall and into their room, leaving Robin to watch his daughters discuss the finer points of mud castles.

About forty-five minutes later he heard their bedroom door open and his angel exited in all her glory.

A light purple strapless dress fell down to her ankles where her long legs ran all the way down into a pair of white heels. The back had a train of lighter fabric fall down to her heels and a pair of white gloves running from her elbows down. To finish the look, her hair was tied into a loose braid that fell over her shoulder, the clips he'd given her shining.

"You look so pretty Mommy!" Severa cried once she saw Cordelia, dashing into her mother's leg with Morgan right behind her. Cordelia smiled as she stumbled from the two running into her, patting their heads softly.

"That's very nice of you to say Severa, but I think it's time for us to put on the finishing touches while daddy gets ready ok?"

She received a pair of nods and felt herself being dragged to the dresser in Severa's room, leaving Robin to go get ready in his own clothes, a simple suit with a larger dark purple cloak.

Giving his reflection one more look in the mirror, Robin exited and the room and found his family waiting for him at the end of the hall.

Cordelia walked up to him with a sly smile, eyeing him from head to toe.

"I don't know if I've ever said it, but you clean up very well handsome." She said teasingly, making Robin chuckle.

"Oh just a couple hundred times whenever we do formal things, not very often." He replied as he wrapped his arms around her waist, her arms going around his neck

"Well I need to tell you more often." She muttered as they leaned forward, but a screech made them stop.

"MOMMY! DADDY! DON'T DO THAT! MORGY'S WATCHING!"

An hour later

After a relatively peaceful carriage ride, the family arrived in Ylisstol. They entered the courtyard of the castle shortly after arrival and were greeted by the royal family.

"Sev!" A voice cried out, a blue blur slamming into Severa after she exited. "And Morgy!" The voice continued, swiftly enveloping Morgan in a strong hug.

"Cynthy!" Severa cried in reply, joining the hug. Robin and Cordelia chuckled at their antics before smiling at Chrom and Sumia, Lucina standing between them.

"Glad you could make it early!" Sumia greeted as they walked up to their friends, hugs and greetings exchanged quickly, "We only have Lissa and Donnel here right now and Owain isn't much of a playmate yet."

"Well let's not keep them waiting." Robin chuckled as he watched Lucina give her mother's dress a tug, receiving a smiling nod before dashing off to join her sister and friends.

They entered the foyer where a call grabbed their attention, Lissa walking up to greet her friends with Donnel holding little Owain against his shoulder. The toddler looked at the new people with curious eyes, turning to his father and asking, "Papa, who dat?"

Donnel chuckled at the question, pointing to Cordelia first, "That's Aunt Cordelia." And then Robin "And that's Uncle Robin. Say hi."

Owain looked at them for a moment before turning away shyly with a whispered hello. Lissa giggled at her son's shyness turning to Robin and Cordelia with a radiant smile, "He's not normally this shy, just give him about an hour and he'll be his usual dramatic self."

She stuck her tongue out teasingly to her son, who responded with a raspberry of his own. Donnel let out a sigh that bespoke long hours of dealing with two clowns.

"Anyway, did either of you hear from Vaike or Cherche? They said they'd be able to make it today, but they're running late." Chrom asked, speaking for the first time in a while.

"Nope, can't say I have," Robin responded, "But if I had to guess, Gerome was fighting against having to wear a bowtie as hard as he possibly could."

This brought a new round of chuckling. Gerome had inherited not only his father's hair and strong jaw but his dislike of superfluous clothing. At least he could wear a shirt without complaint.

"Speaking of other people," Cordelia said, looking around. "I don't see Nowi or Frederick, I know they were going to be here and I wanted to see how Nah was doing."

Sumia looked confused for a moment before she had an epiphany. "Oh that's right! Nah had some minor food poisoning two days ago, they won't be here until later."

Robin and Cordelia nodded in understanding and minor surprise. Nah, the name decision still baffled most of the Shepherds, had an exceptionally strong stomach so the news was rather strange.

The group moved on to other topics of conversation as they moved into a sitting room to wait for their other guests.

Meanwhile, the girls were currently playing a little game of musical chairs, with Morgan providing the music on a piano. Cynthia, Lucina, and Severa slowly circled the two chairs as Morgan played her simple tune, as concentrated as they could be.

Then the music stopped and they dashed.

"No fair Lucy!" Severa pouted as Lucina sat proudly in the chair, having successfully wrestled Severa off. "You said not to hold shoulders!"

"I wasn't holding your shoulders Sev." Lucina answered primly, smirking. "I grabbed your arm, that's not a shoulder!"

Severa opened and closed her mouth several times trying to find an answer before giving up and skulking to her sister's side. Lucina let the smirk drop at seeing her friend upset, jumping from her seat.

"Hey, Sev…" Lucina started, only to be stopped by an upset grunt from Severa. Lucina waited a moment before trying again. "Hey, Sev, I'm sorry. You're right, I cheated so you can take the chair, it's only fair."

Severa stewed for a minute before slowly shaking her head. "It's ok Lucy, I'll just have to beat you in the next game is all."

Lucina smiled and gave her friend a hug before running back to help Morgan and Cynthia move the chair away, the two young girls trying to use the 'heave ho!' adage to help them move the heavy object. Severa stewed for another moment before going to help as well, the four moving the chair with much grunting and work, at one point lifting Morgan and carrying her along as she held onto the chair.

They eventually ended the game, Cynthia won, and moved on to something else. They were trying to decide between a small tea party or a round of hide and seek when a voice from the foyer called a greeting.

"Nowi! Frederick! I thought you were coming later!" Chrom called out to the approaching pair, though as they drew closer he could make out bags under Nowi's eyes. The happily skipping little girl holding her father and mother's hands told Chrom everything he needed to know.

"Hello Nah." Sumia greeted gently as she joined her husband, a blinding smile greeting her in turn. "I heard you were sick recently, are you better?"

The young girl nodded vigorously in response, already jumping in place with excitement. Then she saw the other children enter the room and she gave her mother and father pleading looks.

"Go ahead Nah," Frederick answered, smiling gently. "Go have fun."

Nah smiled again before dashing off to join the newly energized group, soon disappearing around the corner to much shouting and cheering. Frederick led Nowi to a chair and sat her down, his wife swiftly sinking into her seat in an undignified heap. Robin looked at her with concern as her head lolled back, and he would later swear that her soul attempted to leave through her mouth and Frederick wrestled it back in.

"Is she ok?" Cordelia asked, swearing to have seen the same thing as her husband.

"She's just tired." Frederick answered, adjusting Nowi's dress back into its immaculate position. "Nah has proven to be a rather upset patient, she held Nowi up the last two nights with constant screaming and crying while she fought off the food poisoning."

The parents nodded in understanding, most children didn't handle sickness well at first, especially if it's painful. Robin could remember when Severa had an ear infection and she was screaming constantly until the medicine Lissa gave them worked its magic.

Hearing the rattling of wheels outside, Robin offered to greet their newest guests. He exited into the courtyard to be greeted by Vaike, Cherche, Maribelle, and Gaius along with their kids. "Hey everyone! Glad you could make it!"

Vaike gave a wave in greeting as the others moved to join Robin inside, updates and greetings exchanged as they joined the rest. Gerome and Brady were soon left to join the girls in their play as the adults began to catch up with everyone else, tales of child rearing and hijinks consuming their time as more guests made the party grow ever larger.

The kids in the meantime were greatly enjoying themselves, racing in the courtyard, playing hide and seek, tag, and all other childhood activities they could think of. Now they were having a race where one of them had to carry another one over their shoulders. Lucina was currently attempting to drag Owain, the closest they had to dead weight, over her shoulder, but the little boy was having too much fun trying to be a caterpillar to cooperate. Severa was attempting to hold up Nah, but she was trying to imitate Owain to the best of her abilities.

In the end, Gerome won by holding down Inigo in a fireman's carry.

Their next contest was a test of strength, they had to pick up Morgan and hold her as high as they could. Morgan took offence to this, but she was convinced with the promise of pudding. Cynthia took her turn first.

"GrrrrraAAAAAHAHHHHHH!" She shouted as she lifted her friend over her head, face red with exertion as Morgan added to the scene with a dramatic pose. The others clapped in awe while Nowi, who'd come out to check on them, collapsed in a fit of laughter.

Cordelia, curious, came out to see the commotion and nearly joined Nowi on the floor. The scene was just so cute, a near perfect rendition of the scene from Cynthia's favorite book. Though she couldn't remember Simba trying to imitate one of Lon' Qu's sword forms.

"Alright that's enough everyone!" She called out after she got a hold of her giggles. "It's time for cake!"

The kids let out a great cheer as they hurried back inside, Cordelia shaking her head in amusement as she helped Nowi back up. They joined the others around the table with Cynthia at the head, plates and utensils spread out and ready.

"Where's the cake mommy?" Cynthia asked Sumia, who only smiled before pointing to the door. In walked Stahl and Virion, the former with a cake and the latter with a bowl of pudding. Panne followed them out a moment later with a bowl of fruits and candies with Maribelle rounding them out with a pair of tea pots.

After everything was situated, they sang 'Happy Birthday' and began to divide the cake and other goodies amongst the guests as everyone began to converse once again. Then came the time for gifts and Robin chuckled as Sumia scolded Gregor and Miriel for giving her a wooden lance and practice tome. The last thing the excitable girl needed was the ability to conjure fire.

Robin's thoughts were interrupted when Gaius appeared beside him and placed his mouth to his ear. "I just got word from my informant in Port Lao. The Valmese have built a fleet for the purpose of invasion… and it'll be here in three months."

Robin felt the floor drop out from under him, nearly collapsing in place if not for a supporting hand from Gaius. "I…. I need to talk to Katarina. Tell Chrom to meet with me later tonight, after the children are asleep."

Robin left swiftly at that, ignoring the concerned look that Cordelia shot him as he made his way towards the Shepherd's barracks, not even noticing Cordelia follow after him.

He burst into the barracks and stormed to the upper floor, slamming open Severa's door and making her jump slightly from where she'd been studying a book on 'The Invisible Kingdom'.

"Jeez! What's with the entrance!" She cried as Robin looked at her with an anger she never remembered seeing in his eyes before.

"You knew they were coming." He stated, the demand in his voice clear.

"How could I not." Severa stated simply, narrowing her eyes at her father. "I was born shortly before the war started! The Plegian War was still going on when they came for Naga's sake!"

"But if you'd told me we could have prepared! We could have put up coastal defenses, built our own fleet to counter! So many lives could have been saved! Now I have to send people to their deaths Severa!"

Severa felt herself deflate at his burning eyes, catching a glint of betrayal in them, but she pushed on. "Do you really think that doing something like that would have done anything? All it would have done was give them more incentive to attack with greater force! We wouldn't have a chance against that kind of attack! Regardless of how much we prepared! At least now their guard is down and we can use that to our advantage! Don't think I haven't thought this through Dad!"

Robin held the anger in his eyes for a few more moments before they extinguished themselves, tears taking their place. Robin bent over and let tears streak his cheeks for a moment before speaking.

"I just don't want to rob anymore children of their parents, spouses from their loved ones, I don't want to tear apart families dammit!"

Severa stood and gave Robin a hard hug, letting him calm down. After a moment, he spoke again. "I don't want to have to leave all those kids at the party alone. I don't want to take their parents away from them and leave them to wonder if they'll ever see them again. I don't want to be the one that created such a miserable life for you Severa!"

Severa pulled away from her father for a moment before giving him a smile. "It's ok Dad. You're not the same person that left me alone so long ago. I know that we'll be able to take them on and win, and then we can come back and really begin our lives ok? So let's get on it! We have planning to do!"

Robin smiled at her after a couple moments, nodding his head when he heard a dull thud and crying outside the door. Surprised, father and daughter exited the room to see a sobbing Cordelia on her knees.

"You heard everything didn't you?" Severa asked rhetorically, her only answer increased sobs. Sighing, Severa walked over and sat down across from her mother, compassion and sadness in her eyes.

"I'm really sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I asked Dad to keep my true identity a secret from you and the others until we met up with the rest of my group so please don't be mad at him. I… know it's a lot to take in and you probably don't believe that I'm the same little girl playing in the castle now, but… here I am."

She received no response, Cordelia's head still buried in her hands. Severa sighed and stood up, looking to her father with pain shining in her eyes. "I… guess she just needs time to process it."

Robin nodded sympathetically, kneeling down to give his wife a gentle hug as Severa began to walk away. She stopped when a soft whisper reached her ears.

"So many birthdays… So many playdates and games… I'm sorry Severa…"

Severa felt tears run down her cheeks as she tried to suppress her emotions, but failed.

Turning on a dime, Severa fell before her mother, taking her hands in her own. "You have nothing to apologize for Mom! I'm the one that asked Dad to keep my identity secret! I'm the one that tried to distance myself from you! I'm the one that should be apologizing!"

Severa couldn't look at her mother's face as her words continued to spill forth, "I didn't want to get close again! I didn't want to lose you or Dad again! I was selfish to think that I could stay away from you, to not love you as my parents! I… I was so scared! I'm still scared! But… I'm most scared that you'll hate me for keeping this from you for so long… p-pl-please don't hate me Mommy!"

Severa began to sob at her mother's feet, feeling unworthy to even look at her face. She felt a soft hand cup her cheek after a moment and her mother's voice tickled her ear. "It's ok my dear, I'm just… so glad to have you here, and so relieved to see that my daughter has far exceeded me in every way I can imagine."

Severa felt her face pulled up and she finally met her mother's shining eyes, tear tracks plain on her pale cheeks.

"I'm so proud of you Severa, you have been so brave for so long and now… We can be a family, for good this time."

Severa only smiled at that, burying her head into her mother's shoulder as she sobbed. Robin soon enveloped them both in a hug as they shared Severa's first moment with her family. They had a lot more to do before the Valmese arrived and they would need to finally explain this to the other Shepherds, but right now that didn't matter.

Severa finally had her family back, and now she made the resolution to find Morgan again as soon as possible.

She would not rest until this family, and all the others, were whole once more.

Ch End

Well….that happened.

This was originally just going to be a fun little chapter before we started the Valm arc, but it just kind of evolved past that into my current offering to try and apologize for my long delay. Writer's block and work are no fun for anyone.

Lucina: That last part was beautiful 7, you even made Fie shed a tear.

7: Woo! High praise!

Lucina: Also, have you seen Severa anywhere? She hasn't gotten back from her meeting with kiwi.

7: Can't say I have. Wonder what they're doing?

Severa: Kiwi I'm so confused why are you angry?

Kiwi: You can't just keep dumping these emotional scenes on me Severa! It's always you and Robin or you and Cordelia just have the most beautiful scenes and it makes me cry and ruins my day!

Severa: What- that's not my fault it's Seven's fault!

Kiwi: It's your fault! Fight me

Severa: I'm not gonna figh-

Kiwi: *punches Severa*

Severa: Okay I see how it is, bring it you damn fruit!

*Kiwi and Severa proceed to wrestle and shout at each other screaming random things about emotional scenes and Seven's writing talent*

7: Well… That solves that mystery.

Lucina: Don't worry Sev I'm coming! *Dives into the fray but is swiftly ejected*

7: Let's just let them sort this out ok?

Anyway, today we have Cynthia doing our outro! Hit it!

*Lights turn off and dramatic music begins to play. Suddenly, a figure swoops in off a Pegasus and lands in a crouch on the stage*

Readers and Reviewers of all thing fanfiction! I bring you a call to arms! We have nearly reached the 100 reviews, follows and, favorites mark and we need your help!

*Figure rises dramatically and strikes a pose, revealing Cynthia in knight regalia with a big spear*

Only you can push this squad over the edge and into the hallowed realm of one hundred reviews! Go my friends! Nd leave your thoguhs and ideas in that box of justice! Charge!

*Runs off the stage with a great screen of flower petals*

Lucina & 7:….

7: I give it an A for effort and a C for execution.

Lucina: Agreed.

Cynthia: Hey! I worked hard on that!

*Proceeds to bicker with writer and sister*

Robin: Haven't had to do this for awhile *ahem* Than you all for the support you've shown the story so far! Review responses will be held until next chapter due to time constraints so we will see you all in the next chapter!

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