So I'm not dead. School has just started... which means I will be dead soon. These will continue to come out. Just not as fast as they used to unfortunately my friends. So don't fret for I will fight the injustices of school and bring you chapters of this story. Why? Because I have nothing else to do with my life. Don't judge. I do sports and marching band too so that takes into not posting as much.
Quick little things about Travis in this story. He isn't done getting stronger. You'll see. Anyways, let's get started. Go, go, go, GO!
The march to Fort Steiger wasn't long or boring seeing as we were attacked by a couple Risen on the way. Nice change of pace from the normal soldiers and Grimleal we've been fighting for a while now. After four days we finally made it to the fort. I imagined it... bigger, scary, and with spikes on the walls.
This just looked like a boring stone fort to me. You'd expect Walhart, with his dreams of conquering to make his forts very menacing and big. Guess not. Not that it matters, seeing as by tomorrow morning it would be ours. Me and the other guardians started to prep our weapons and make sure our armor was in good condition. It was going to be a very tedious and possibly dangerous mission.
It was starting to get dark when I was done checking to make sure I was ready. I waited by a grove of trees for the others. Robin didn't give us any specifics. All that she said was, "Destroy and sabotage as much as possible, but don't get yourselves killed ok?"
Sounds easy but in truth it's going to be very hard. We had a plan that we were 90 percent sure would work. Anyone who was not stealthy would sneak in through cart. We 'borrowed' some uniforms and weapon carts from some Valmese who weren't going to need them anymore. We only needed two carts so Lon'qu and Priam would be driving them.
They were loaded to the brim with tomes for two reasons. One was to hide our members, and the other was so when we executed the plan we would light them and blow the place to the moon. While being at a relatively safe distance... hopefully. Me, Gaius, and my children would be sneaking in through the rear of the fort using hooks to climb the wall. We would kill the man in charge and then signal the others to run like hell.
The only reason we were bringing so many others was if we were to get busted then we had no back up and I'd much rather not get stuck in an enemy fort with a candy loving assassin and my children. That wouldn't end well. So for lack of better words, they were insurance of sorts. I refocused on the fort and sighed.
"Worried?" I looked back to see Nyroc eying the fort as well. I looked back at it and nodded slowly.
"Was it that obvious?" I couldn't see him but I knew he was probably cracking his signature grin.
"Yup. Don't worry. Your kids are going to be fine. I know you won't let anything happen to them. And, I'll keep my eye on Emmeryn for you, boss." That made me feel a little better but not much.
"I just hate it when they have to got into battle or anything like that. I worry about them ya know?" It was quiet and then Nyroc spoke.
"They feel the same about you. Why do you think they come into battle with you? They want to help to keep you safe, boss. You mean the world to them and vice versa. It's a vicious cycle." He ended with a chuckle and I did the same. There was more foot steps and I turned to see my children with Gaius approaching.
"Ready?" Gaius pulled his mask up and did the same with his hood. My kids pulled their masks up and that was the signal.
"You didn't forget the gear?" Gaius gave me a look that made it seem like he was offended. He even put his hand to his chest in a hurt fashion.
"How could you doubt me? Ya, right here." He showed the hooks to me and then tucked them back into his pack.
"Good, let's move. Nyroc, don't be an idiot."
Pssh. Me, an idiot? Nah." I was tempted to say, "Nah's here?" But knew the only ones who would understand were my children.
"Yes, you. Good luck." We left without another word towards the fort. When we finished circling around we closed in to the wall and knelt down in the shadows. (Quick note... I'm listening to Worth it right now... LOL)
Gaius handed a hook to everyone and I chuckled.
"Try not to fall off and break your leg again." He gave me a middle fingered response which caused me to laugh quietly. We backed up a little and twirled them. I released mine first and grinned when it stuck to the top. While me and my kids could fly up, wings tend to make noise when something is flying. This would be the best choice for infiltration.
I looked over and saw everyone was hooked up and waiting. I nodded and we all ascended to the top of the wall. When I reached the top I slowly looked over. There was a guard with a torch leaning against the wall. I looked to Gaius and he nodded. I reached over and stabbed the guard and puled him over. Gaius caught the torch before it could fall and held it up.
I heard the crack when the guard hit the ground. I climbed over and took the torch in my hands. Everyone hopped over and we stayed low. I looked around and just blew the torch out when I was sure we wouldn't get busted for it. I threw the wooden handle over the wall and turned to the others.
"We need to find a couple things. One, the leader, two any information on Walhart or his army. Since me and Gaius are more experienced we'll find and kill the leader. You two are in charge of finding and information." Nods were their answers and with that we split up.
Me and Gaius had an easy time sneaking through the base undetected. We only had to kill a couple guards and with Gaius and his hidden blades and my occasional use of my rope dart it was easy. We eventually reached the main building of the fort and climbed in through the windows. We stuck to the shadows but knew things were going to get much more dangerous seeing as we were trapped in tighter quarters and that meant less options.
We heard the gate opening and we looked out the window we entered from to see the cart piloted by Lon'qu and Priam entering. Lon'qu was wearing Valmese armor and a helmet to hide his face and Priam was doing the same. I waved and Lon'qu turned towards us and I saw his head lower in a slight nod.
"He saw us. Let's move." We went down the hall and came to a corner. I looked around and saw a guard with two swords standing by the wall. I went back around the wall and clicked my tongue.
"Hmm?" He was curious. I clicked my tongue again and then I heard his footsteps closing in. I moved further back and then his shadow appeared on the floor. I saw his foot and he stopped. He took one more step before I flew around the corner and stuck him with my hidden blade. I pulled him back around the corner and set him down.
"What do we do with him?" I looked around and saw a window. I walked over to it and looked down. I saw Priam's cart and got a stupid idea. I whistled and Priam looked up. I waved and looked around. Nobody was around and I grinned. I motioned Gaius to bring the body over.
"Look out below." We dropped the body out the window and it flopped into the cart. We heard a couple muffled grunts. We chuckled until we heard a voice from behind.
"Halt." We slowly turned to see a man with a lance pointing right at us. I looked around and pointed to myself.
"Who me?" He nodded and I pointed to Gaius.
"It's his fault. Bloody bastard." Gaius shoved me and stuck his finger at me accusingly.
"My fault. Little shit, all this is your fault. If your gambling problems didn't always get the better of you then we wouldn't be here." I shoved him back and pinned him against a wall.
"Bullshit. You're the one who always says, 'One more round' it's all your fault." The guard watching us dropped his lance and just watched. Gaius shoved me back and I went right past the guard who was confused. I made eye contact with the guard.
"Arrest him." He looked very confused then looked at Gaius. Gaius pointed back to me.
"No, arrest him." I walked forward and Gaius did the same until we were right in front of the guard.
"Oh ya?"
"Ya." We nodded and I grinned under the mask. I'm sure Gaius was doing the same. We pulled out fists back like we meant to punch each other.
"Alright." We said at the same time and instead of punching each other we both sucker punched the guard in the face. He slammed into the wall and I checked his vital.
"He's alive." I fixed that with a quick slash from my hidden blades. Me and Gaius worked together to lift the man and threw him out the window and onto the cart. More grunts and groans. We laughed when a hand poked out from under the books, flipping us off.
"Stop fucking around." This only caused me and Gaius to laugh even more. When we stopped we continued on our mission. As we traveled down the halls we didn't see any more soldier, which was nice. We saw a door at the end of a hall that had two soldiers stationed on either side. They were heavily armored and looked ready to kill at a moments notice.
"What's the plan?" I started to think but when I couldn't think of anything I started to hit my head with my hand.
"Shit, not sure." There was a noise and we got ready for a fight. Rose and Riley popped down from the ceiling which allowed us to calm down.
"How has it been for you two?" They shrugged and pulled out some papers.
"These are the most useful documents we found, but even then they aren't that much. We thought the leader would have some nice documents so we decided to meet up with you two. What are you doing?" I pointed around the corner to the two guards and growled lightly.
"Don't know how to get close without blowing our cover. If we get busted then this whole thing could be a flop. We need a distraction. Any ideas?" It took them two seconds before they got a strange look in their eyes that scared me. Rose stood up and took her hat and mask off. She removed her over coat to show her grey long sleeve shirt.
"If there's something I've learned about men it's that they love young girls." I dropped my jaw when she said that. She used a hidden blade and lightly cut her thumb. She rubbed the blood on her lips and it made it seem like she was wearing lip stick. Gaius was entertained and Riley was shaking his head.
"At least this won't be like the time in Plegia."
"What happened in Plegia?" Rose blushed and looked away.
"Well, as you know, I don't exactly act like a girl and I may have gotten mistaken for as man." Riley groaned and rubbed his temples while continually shaking his head.
"Some hooker mistook her for a man and got a little... flirtatious. It was very funny." Rose hit her twin, still blushing.
"It was not. If you weren't there who knows what would have happened." I face palmed and just gestured to the hall.
"Can we just get this over with please. I don't like the idea of my daughter acting like a hooker." Rose gave me a thumbs up. She walked around the corner and walked with a strut that confused me.
"Where the hell did she learn to act like that?" I looked down to see Riley was looking around the corner with me. Gaius' head was above me so we must have looked comical.
"When you walk around the world looking for your father from the future and you see a lot of people strutting around like that you tend to pick up on it. Rose may be a major tom boy but she has a girl side as well. She just doesn't show it and it is really clumsy." As if on cue Rose almost fell over.
"She prefers her normal walk to that of a slut strut." Rose entered the light and the guards got ready. She seductively put her hands on her hips.
"Is that how you treat a lady?" They lowered their weapons and smiled at her.
"How should we treat you?" She almost stalked closer in a manner that made me realize that after this me and my daughter are having a talk.
"I think you know." They came up to her and smiled. She placed a hand on the cheek of the left one. Then she stabbed him on the neck with her hidden blade. The other was completely oblivious. Rose quickly stuck him in the neck before backing up. Both men fell to the floor dead. Us three walked around the corner and Riley gave Rose her coat, mask, and hat back.
She was wiping the 'lipstick' off her lips while grinning at me.
"Good use of your womanly features, but do we need to have a talk on how you learned to act like that? And if you ever do something like that with Morgan-"
"Daaaaaad." I raised my hands in surrender and sighed.
"Ok, ok. Still." She shook her head and chuckled while pulling her mask up.
"D.A.D.D." I hate my sister for teaching her that. I'll have to get back at her somehow. We piled up to the door and I slowly opened it. There was a women looking out the window. I stalked in and waited against the opposite wall in silence. She sighed and turned to me.
"I knew you would strike. You've made quiet a name for yourself Drakaryn. Despite me telling my men of you and how dangerous you are it seems they completely ignored my warnings." She walked over to her desk and opened a drawer. She pulled out some papers and held them out to me.
"Kill me if you wish, just do me a favor." I took the papers in my hand but she held on. I nodded for her to continue before she gave a slight smile.
"Kill that bastard Walhart for me ok? He made me take this position because of the authority I have so as to keep his army in line. I have no love for his cause. So I thank you." She released the papers and I looked at them. Information on Yen'fay's army and Walhart's. This is information that Robin would have a hay day with. I looked up at the women and nodded.
"If you wish to live then come with us. In the morning this fort will belong to Ylisse. Well, what's left of it." She went back to the window in thought and then turned back.
"No. I will stay here. Thank you though. If I am still alive in the morning then I will surrender. Tell your leaders to ask for that much at least." I bowed a little and left without a word. When I exited the others were waiting for me.
"Are we really gonna kill her?" I looked at Rose and shrugged.
"I'm not sure. If she lives then we won't kill her. If she dies then we can't save her. For now all we can do is return to camp." Rose dropped her head and nodded. Sneaking out was always easier then sneaking in. I stayed behind a little longer to kill the gate guards so as to allow everyone to escape. When I killed the guard at the controls I slowly opened the gate.
Lon'qu noticed and gave the signal to Priam. They both tapped their carts and everyone quietly filed out and made their way to the gate in the shadows. Everyone, even Emmeryn, were hard to see as they snuck along the edge of the wall to the gate. It helped that I put out a lot of the torches and killed most of the archers. Once they were clear I lowered the gate and made my way to the cart. I looked up and saw the women looking down at me from the window.
She nodded and with that I lit the flame in my hand and threw it into the cart of tomes. I threw another into the other cart, spread my wings, and flew away as fast as I could. I heard an alarm bell go off and I knew they had seen me. Wouldn't mater in a couple seconds. I heard a few arrows whiz past me and I flew higher to safety. Wouldn't want to get this far and then get hit with a stray arrow.
I landed by the others and we watched the fort. It exploded and it was bright ad beautiful. How many had we just killed though? If those people were like that women then we had just killed innocents. The only people who weren't cheering was Gaius and my children. After a few minutes we returned to camp. Robin and Chrom greeted us and gave us our congratulations on the successful mission. I just nodded and returned to my tent.
I looked at the mark of Naga and focused.
"Naga, are we in the right?" The glowing got brighter until I heard her voice.
"There is not a right or a wrong. Only the light and the dark. What you did earlier was only bringing the end of the darkness closer. While it may seem wrong, just remember that I will tell you if you are doing something that you should not."
Those words helped. Quiet a lot actually.
"Thanks. Will I get stronger? I know I'm strong now, but being stronger would help tremendously. Especially in the siege against Walhart, and the final battle against Grima." There was silence before Naga's voice rang out again, but I could tell she was uncomfortable.
"There is. While Drakaryn are draconic they have a human nature. You have Primal Reversion where you almost completely revert to your draconic side. In that form you are in control but you still have limits. There is another form you can take where you completely revert. You become unstoppable and your power knows no limits."
"What's the catch?" There was a pause before I heard a sigh.
"You can't determine friend from foe. Only destruction is on your mind. You become much more violent and won't stop until you either gain control again, you tire out, or someone is able to break you out of your stupor. There was one Drakaryn before you who was able to achieve this. He was the Avatar to the Drakaryn people when their world still existed. He only used it as a last resort when he was beaten and at deaths door.
While it saved him, it ended many lives. I tell you this so if you every have to then you know to tell everyone to run away as fast as possible. It is the only way to keep them safe. Total Reversion is not something that you can use without a care, and while I know you will be careful with this power I just wanted to tell you so if you didn't have a choice you would have a general idea of what to do."
That was... cryptic and dark. at least I know now.
"Thanks Naga. How much stronger has Grima become?"
"Not much, but you need to try to end this war as soon as possible so as to stop her from getting any stronger. The faster you fight her, the better. Might I recommend you get training in different fighting styles?" That's not a bad idea actually. I know just who to ask too.
"Very well. Keep me updated on events. I'll end this war ASAP." There was one more thing I needed to ask her.
"Is there a weapon of sorts that is effective against Grima? If so, can I have it? Please?" There was a laugh and on my desk a green light shone down.
"The book of Naga. Now seeing as you know almost nothing about magic I suggest you get some training with it." The light faded and I saw a book was light blue with a dark blue mark of Naga on it. It emanated magic power. I grabbed it and put it in my coat pocket.
"Thanks." Like that the conversation was over and the glowing stopped and it was silent again. I laid on my bed and let sleep take me. It was getting easier and easier to fall asleep fortunately and that was definitely helping me. I was more active and did things faster and better. Thank you Robin and your infinite knowledge of stuff.
"Lon'qu, I need your help." The Swords Master turned to me and grunted.
"I want you to teach me better sword fighting techniques and stances. If we're going to win this then I'll need every tool I can muster to get. I'm not asking to be as advanced as you but have enough skill for it to make a difference." The former champion stared at me before drawing his sword and almost cleaving my head off.
"You have great reflexes so that will help. I'm no teacher but I do know the secrets to sword fighting, and I will show them to you." I had two things running through my head at this time. This could go either really well and I could become even stronger then before, or I could die before even reaching Grima. Only time will tell.
"Ouch. How is it I can beat Chrom but not you?" I slowly sat up after getting my ass kicked by Lon'qu. Twice. He offered his hand and I took it happily.
"You show great promise actually. You mastered the stance in almost five minutes and the fighting techniques that would classify you as advanced in ten. I'm just more accustomed to this fighting style. With practice I'm sure you will beat me one day." I felt better about myself now.
"But, not today." And now my self esteem has just plummeted to the ground.
"Asshole." He cracked a grin as I started to walk away. Now I know who I need to find. Just two more people and then I'll be good to go.
I walked around camp until I found the man I was looking for... hanging upside down in a tree?
"What are you doing?" He opened his eyes and grinned.
"Hey Scales. I saw some candy and it turns out it was Sully's so she hog tied me and hung me up here. Funny right?" I face palmed and then took Fang of Nyx and cut him down. He landed on his head and stood up a few seconds later.
"I need you to help me Gaius."
"If it's stealing candy then I demand a fifty percent cut." I chuckled and pointed to his sword.
"I want you to train me to fight like how you fight." The thief turned assassin eyed me closely and I sighed.
"I'll give you my desserts for the next three days." Gaius pointed his thumb up.
"Four?" Up.
"Five." He nodded. Greedy bastard sure knows how to haggle.
"You have to train me how to be proficient and then above average ok?" He nodded and drew his sword. I did the same with Fang of Nyx and almost immediately he shook his head.
"Nope. Hold the sword backwards with the sharp side away from your arm." I did as he said and it felt strange. Hopefully this helps me in the long run.
"Damn. You learn fast. Almost as good as me but not quiet." I had once again got my ass kicked. I knew I was never going to live this down. In my defense I was using fighting styles that were strange to me though. If I was using my real fighting style then I would have kicked their asses. I stood and sheathed Fang of Nyx.
"Thanks for your help. I'll expect you to train me tomorrow as well. No skipping out or I'll hang you in a different tree, one that is much higher and maybe above water." This caused the candy lover to pale. While Gaius was not as scared of water anymore he still didn't like it that much. He nodded quickly and then took off running.
One more person and I can relax. Once more I walked around camp until I found him.
"Ricken, I need you to train me in the art of magic." He looked up at me and raised an eyebrow.
"Right now?"
"Right now." He groaned and stood up. We walked to an opening and he took out his Bolganone tome, while I took out the tome of Naga. Ricken eyed it closely and seemed to be entranced by it.
"Where did you get that tome?"
"Naga." The mage said no more and started to cast a spell. I felt the ground below me heat up and I regretted my decision to get training from him. Should have gone to Lozbel.
On my ass again, with a laughing Ricken standing over me.
"While you are pretty good for using magic for the first time you still suck. We'll practice again some time and eventually you'll get better." He walked away laughing and I laid on the floor, tired as hell.
"Oh the shit I go through to help people." I stood and walked to a tree and just relaxed underneath it. A nice nap would do me good right now. I fell asleep easily.
I woke up to someone shaking me. I opened my eyes to see Emmeryn smiling at me.
"Robin needs all the Shepherds, come on." I yawned and did my regular stretching before willing myself to my feet with silent cussing. I followed Emmeryn to where everyone was meeting. Robin was standing on a chair and waiting for everyone, mostly Vaike, to be quiet. Miriel smacked him in the back of the head and he got quiet.
"As many of you know, Walhart is coming towards us and we have no way to fight back against his whole army effectively. So we're splitting our forces, one will go and distract him while the other heads south to fight Yen'fay's army. Basilio is heading north with Khan Flavia. We march towards Yen'fay tomorrow morning. So get your things ready."
Grim news but I knew what was going to happen. I saw Lucina and she looked skittish. Emmeryn noticed as well and we walked over to her.
"Something wrong, Lucina?" The future child turned to us and nodded.
"Basilio dies out there. I tried to convince him earlier but he wouldn't listen. No matter how hard I try the future just seems to be unchanging." I had been having internal battles the entire time I was here on whether to tell some one like Robin everything that was going to happen. But the only things that would come if that is failure. As much as I wanted to tell Lucina the Khan would be fine I knew it wouldn't be wise to do so.
"I'm sure he'll be fine. He's too stubborn to just roll over an die." That seemed to help her a little but she was still worried.
"All we can do for now is just keep fighting to end this war and then kill Grima." The future princess nodded before straightening up and letting out a tense breath.
"Thank you. I will take your advice. I'm glad you're here now." She left, head held high. I chuckled and bent back seeing as my back was still tense. I then bent forward and grabbed my toes. I flapped my wings out and groaned.
"Damn that feels awesome." Emmeryn chuckled and stared at me.
"Will Basilio be alright" I looked around to see if anyone was near.
"Don't tell anyone. Robin has a plan, and it is awesome." Emmeryn asked no more questions and we just gathered around a fire that was being set up. The war would start to wind down soon enough and that was something I was looking forward to. I looked up and was curious.
"Something up?" I looked at Emm and shook my head.
"Just wondering what some of the other Avatars could be like. It's a huge multi universal thing out there. Wonder if I'll get to meet any." Maybe one day. For now I would just enjoy the peace and continue to train. It would be a few days before we reached Yen'fay's army. Plenty of time for me to perfect my new fighting styles and magic. Would it be enough? Only time will tell I guess.
Hi... I'm Batman. I'm serious, next time you get saved by me you'll be singing a different tune. I guarantee it. Anyways, how was that! Will Travis ever Total Revert? We'll see then won't we? Muahahaha! Sorry. I'm loving this story right now. Well, I love all my stories, but I was in the zone when typing this one, let me tell you. I hope you are all well, I mean this. I don't like it when people are sad. Why? I'm a good person, I don't need a reason why. Free hugs for everyone, my treat! *Gives internet hug*
Don't judge me. If you are a judger or a flamer then... You get a monster bear hug.
Travis: You're hella weird.
LucarioKid: Considering we're the same person, you just shot yourself in the foot dude.
Travis: ... Dammit. Fine, hugs for everyone.
LucarioKid: Don't act like you don't like hugs.
Travis: I have no idea what you are talking about.
LucarioKid: Bring it in me! *Hugs Travis*
Travis: Mental barriers breaking... feeling... happy. Fine I like hugs!
LucarioKid: I knew it. Anyways, all y'alls-
Rose: Keep calm and may the Aura be with you,
Riley: And may the light of the Seneschals guide you.
LucarioKid: T-that's my thing. I need a hug.