Alicia: Well, this is going to be an interesting chapter, eh girls?
Melody: Yep. Unfortunately, this one's not about the summit between Salem and Ozpin, but a continuation of the story. So, commander, want to do the disclaimers?
Anna: Yep! *Ahem* Fire Emblem and all related elements are property of Intelligent Systems and Nintendo. While RWBY and all related elements are property of Rooster Teeth Productions, and the late, and amazingly great, Monty Oum. Enjoy!
[Nohrian Naval Warship, Unyielding Rage]
[Adam P.O.V.]
After that, admittedly rash attempt on my end, I awoke to the feeling of my arms in chains. And, despite my best efforts to free myself, it was in vain.
"Don't waste your breath, Taurus. I've tried melting the chains on my wrists, and something's suppressing our Auras." I heard Cinder whisper, when we heard a gruff voice outside.
"Hey! Keep quiet! I don't need to let you know what Nohrian law says about unruly prisoners, do I? Didn't think so." The voice said, before it faded away with a murmer of, "Fucking animal."
'I guess that, without our weapons, we can't do anything.' I thought, sleep overtaking me.
[With Jaune and Company...]
[No P.O.V.]
Below deck, on the ship meant to carry him and his comrades to Cheve, one Jaune Arc was buys trying not to vomit.
"Jaune, I told you to take that motion sickness medicine before we left port." Corrin lightly chastised her lover, rubbing small circles on his back, as poor Jaune was busy dry-heaving into a bucket.
"W-well, I thought I could... HURK! I thought I could tough it out..." Jaune replied weakly, his face as green as Kaze's hair.
"Yikes, I had heard that the Arc family was cursed with motion sickness, but I didn't think it'd extend to Crocea Mors' latest wielder." Falco snarked, as he and Sakura walked up to the couple.
"Well, I'm just lucky that we arrived in time to catch the damn thing." Raven said, as her and Qrow walked up to the group.
"Corrin, you should probably rest while we have this opportunity to do so." Sakura advised as Qrow took a sip from his flask.
"I'd take her advice, considering that we've kinda been fighting non-stop since we started riding this insane roller coaster." Qrow added, "What, between the Nohrian army trying to kill us, the Hoshidans hunting us..."
"Not to mention the Mokushujin, and the Creatures of Grimm, the army's kinda running on fumes at the moment." Falco replied, "Plus, a nap would probably help Jaune with his motion sickness."
"You guys are right. Jaune and I will make sure to take a nap soon. Thanks." Corrin responded with a bow, grabbing Jaune by the arm, and walking him towards their cabin.
[Some time later...]
After a while, Jaune, Corrin, Jakob and Felicia were standing on the top deck. Jaune, looking much better than he was before.
"Jaune, are you feeling any better?" Felicia asked, concerned for her friend's well-being.
"Yep. I guess I just needed a small catnap." Jaune replied with a chuckle, while Corrin lightly smacked him on the arm.
"Don't let Blake catch you saying that." Corrin said with a small giggle of her own.
"Pardon me for the interruption milady, but the captain says everything is going well." Jakob reported, a small smile adorning his features, "We should reach port by tomorrow."
"I see. Thank you Jakob." Corrin replied, as Jaune began stretching.
"Yeah, the sooner we're on dry land, the better." Jaune added, "Especially for Neptune."
"I heard he was holding onto the mast at one point." Felicia said, a small laugh escaping her.
"Hey, not to interrupt, but, does the sky look darker to you?" Corrin asked, as everyone else looked up, and indeed, the sky, and the boat began to rock slightly.
"And, the boat's rocking. Oh no." Jaune groaned, his face becoming green again.
"Looks like a storm's coming. We'd better get inside now before it lets loose." Winter advised, everyone now noticing she was with them. Then, without warning, the boat violently shook, causing everyone to almost lose their balance!
"WHOA!" Jaune yelled, quickly grabbing Corrin before she could literally hit the deck.
"Whoa! What the hell's going on?!" Sun asked as he and Morgan rushed to the top deck, both of their clothes looking disheveled.
"The boat just lurched to a stop!" Jakob yelled/replied, "Are you all right, milady?" He added, as Jaune helped Corrin regain her footing.
"Yes... I'm fine, thanks to Jaune." Corrin answered, as everyone else ran topside to see what the problem is.
"What the hell happened?" Leo asked, as Odin began giving Sun a nasty glare, having a guess as to WHY Sun and Morgan had their hair and clothes messed up.
"I think we might've hit something." Blake answered, as Coco went to look over the side.
"Like what, an iceberg? It's not even winter!" Yang shouted, as Coco looked down, and saw some patches of ice.
"Um, you're not exactly wrong, Yang!" Coco yelled, as everyone went to where Coco was, only to notice that, indeed, their ship was caught up by ice.
"Where in the world did all this ice come from?!" Michaiah shouted, as Morgan felt like the temperature was slowly dropping.
"More importantly, is anyone else getting cold?" The young tactician asked, as she rubbed her arms.
"Yeah, now that you mention it, it IS getting rather brisk..." Niles replied, before Ruby cut him off.
"Niles, now isn't the time for double-entendres!" Ruby yelled.
"Now how could this be? It's impossible for it to get this cold this fast!" Jakob shouted, as Kuai Liang stepped forward.
"Not for the Ice Tribe..." Kuai Liang replied, as Felicia solemnly sighed, knowing the who the culprits are as well.
"Wait, someone's coming this way!" Velvet shouted, as Falco looked in the direction she was pointing, only for his eyes to go wide.
"C-Camilla?!" Falco shouted in shock, as Camilla did indeed fly in on her wyvern, landing on the deck of the ship.
"Ahh, Corrin, Leo... I'm so glad to see you two are unharmed." Camilla said in a motherly tone, "Ever since your dreadful confrontation with Xander, I've wanted to see you two."
"Camilla..." Corrin trailed off, as the eldest Nohrian princess looked at Jaune.
"Oh, dear, Jaune! My how strong you've gotten!" Camilla said.
"You've come to kill is, haven't you?" Leo asked accusingly, making everyone sans Camilla look at him in shock.
"Camilla, are you really...?" Falco trailed off, looking at his girlfriend in disbelief.
"Unfortunately, my darling little falcon." Camilla replied, "It will be easier for both of us to fight if we don't cling to sentimentality." She added, as Falco could feel his heart begin to shatter, slowly.
"Sister, can't you see that Jaune and I are trying to do something good for both kingdoms?" Corrin asked, trying to persuade her sister from any rash action.
"Camilla, please listen! Father has gone absolutely mad!" Leo pleaded, actually on the verge of tears, and while it stung for Camilla to harm her siblings, and her beloved Falco, she had orders, no matter how monstrous they were.
"I hear your words, but Father has demanded that you both be put to death." Camilla replied, her tone remorseful, but firm, "Corrin, Leo, I love you both so much-from the bottom of my heart. But that doesn't mean I can disobey a direct order from Father. It's a tragic end to things, but since you both betrayed Nohr... I have no choice." And with that, Leo's heart, as well as trust in his eldest sister, instantly crumbled to ashes.
"You're wrong, Camilla!" Jaune shouted, "Corrin, Leo or myself haven't betrayed you or anyone else! If Garon gave you orders to kill Corrin and Leo, your own siblings, then he really must be a piss-poor excuse of a father!" He finished, his eyes having a golden glow around them.
"Flora, would you be so kind..." Camilla trailed off as Corrin and Felicia became wide-eyed.
"Yes, milady." Flora replied coldly, as a blizzard suddenly appeared, and Flora appeared on the ship.
"Gah!" Corrin yelled, the cold quickly hitting her.
"Lady Corrin, I cared greatly for you back in the castle." Flora said, her tone, cold as ice, "But I will show you no mercy. Nor will I allow any harm to come to Lady Camilla!"
"Lady Corrin, Jaune, get back! It's too dangerous!" Jakob advised, as he, Kuai Liang, and a reluctant Felicia jumped in front of the two.
"Flora, cease this madness!" Kuai Liang shouted, his voice cracking somewhat, "Have you come to kill us as well?!"
"Don't tell us the ocean is frozen because of you?" Jakob asked accusingly.
"It is." Flora answered, "King Garon has commanded that the Ice Tribe eliminate Corrin and Jaune." She added.
"And what happens if you do?! You think Garon will spare our tribe?" Felicia shouted, speaking up, "That man, that... that fucker, he'll just wipe us out, regardless!" Felicia added, actually swearing.
"Felicia, you don't understand-"Flora started, before Felicia shouted, cutting her sister off.
"No, YOU don't understand! You, we, Jakob, all three of us swore an oath to Lady Corrin!" Felicia yelled, "You can't just, back-stab your liege like, like some kind of expensive whore!" She added, "Garon is a monster, using your love for our tribe as a bargaining chip! Has your complete and total disregard for any common fucking morals blind you to your duties as a retainer? Or has everything been an act?" She finished, tears streaming down her face.
"I'm sorry, Felicia, truly... but I cannot listen to you." Flora replied coldly, "Nothing you, Kuai Liang or Jakob say will change my mind. For the good of the Ice Tribe, I must chill my heart and do what's commanded. Even if it means killing my own sister." She finished, Jakob and Kuai Liang shocked into silence, as Felicia, finally snapped.
"Fucking damn it, Flora!" Felicia shouted, as a purple energy surrounded her body.
"Uh, F-Felicia..." Velvet murmured, as Felicia's eyes began glowing, and Felicia began to levitate off of the deck.
"I thought we could talk this out, but NO! YOU go on and decide to follow Garon's orders! Even disregarding the pleas of your childhood friend, your crush, AND your twin sister!" Felicia shouted, as a massive storm began to form.
"No fucking way..." Qrow breathed, as Summer, Tai, Raven and even Falco all looked on in both awe and fear.
"I just... I can't... I... I... AAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" Felicia stammered out, before a bloodcurdling scream erupted from her throat, followed by a massive burst of power, before the storm finally dissipated, Felicia being rendered unconscious, the young maid falling towards the deck.
"Felicia's the Summer Maiden..." Summer said quietly, the realization hitting her, her team and Falco all at once.
"FELICIA!" Fox shouted, leaping into the air, catching Felicia, before landing back onto the ship, Falco and team STRQ letting out a collective breath none of them knew they were holding.
"Summer, Maiden...?" Ruby asked, trailing off, Summer looking at her daughter, knowing she'll have to explain everything, but everyone was brought out from their shock, by what sounded like a velociraptor.
"What in the hell was that?" Niles asked., as several more velociraptor-esque sounds began rising up into a chorus, as several humanoid shapes are seen circling above the ships like vultures.
"Um, what in the hell are those?!" Leo shouted, as the shapes began to descend.
"I have no gods-damned idea, but I get a bad feeling we'll find out." Takumi replied, as one shape dive-bombed down, towards the Unyielding Rage, and snatching up one of the Ice Tribe members.
"AHHHH-!" Was all that was heard, before his screams were cut off with a sickening *CRUNCH* and his body dropping into the frozen sea.
"What the..." Jakob breathed, both in shock, and horror, as more of the shapes began descending towards their ship, landing right next to Camilla, knocking her off her wyvern, and hitting it to the side.
"CAMILLA!" Leo shouted, as the Grimm made itself more visible. It has the lower body of a bird, a hawk, to be specific, a vaguely humanoid upper body, with a vaguely feminine shape, black wings with three claws for hands, and a vague human-esque head, although, with the beak of a vulture, and the traditional mask worn by the Creatures of Grimm.
"HARPIES!" Summer yelled, as all the Harpies above the ships suddenly descended, beginning their onslaught.
"Everyone! Get ready to fight!" Corrin ordered, the others grabbing their weapons, as the Harpy that knocked Camilla to the ground, began clumsily walking towards her, Camilla backing up in total fear.
"Lady Camilla!" Flora shouted, running towards the Nohrian Princess, only for another Harpy to fly right in front of her, blocking her path.
Camilla, in a desperate attempt to fight back tried to find her axe, to no avail, as, without her realizing it, the axe had been knocked into the water when the harpy forced her off her wyvern, the poor creature now being torn apart by the Grimm, and Camilla was helpless to stop the monsters from tearing her mount to bloody pieces, Camilla, resigning herself to her fate, over the din of battle, and the dying screams of her wyvern, closed her eyes, as the Harpy readied to strike her down with its clawed foot... only instead of hearing her own flesh be torn asunder, all there was, was the dying howl of several harpies, and when she opened her eyes...
"Falco?!" Camilla gasped, as, indeed, Falco stood, Shadow Talon in hand, and several dissolving harpies as proof.
"Camilla, are you alright?" Falco asked, as he helped the princess off the deck.
"Y-yes, but, my... wyvern..." Camilla trailed off, as she now saw her wyvern, or rather, what was left of it.
"Camilla, I am so sorry we weren't able to save it, but right now, we have to focus on driving the Grimm back." Falco said, resolute, "And besides, I can't very well let my girlfriend get torn apart by hellish freaks, without giving her something." He added, holding out a ring, making Camilla look at Falco, dumbfounded.
"Falco, is this..." Was all Camilla got out, before Qrow interrupted.
"NOW'S NOT THE TIME!" Qrow shouted, shooting a Harpy down with Harbinger's shotgun, before changing it into a scythe, and charging in against the Grimm.
"He's right, best saved for when we're NOT about to be slaughtered by overgrown sparrows." Falco joked, as Flora stepped forward.
"Lady Camilla, I'm pleased to see you unharmed." Flora said, bowing, as Camilla dusted herself off.
"Thank you Flora." Camilla said curtly, before they heard a massive explosion coming from near the Unyielding Rage.
"Oh no! The prisoners!" Flora shouted, as, in the background, Takumi shot down three harpies simultaneously.
"How many?" Falco asked, looking towards team CFVY, who were covering Fox and the still-unconscious Felicia, "Fox! Get Felicia below deck! Don't let the Grimm anywhere near her!" Falco ordered, Fox rushing below deck, Coco providing cover with her minigun.
"A-anyway, there's only six." Flora said, answering Falco's earlier question.
"Six?!" Falco answered, as Pyrrha knocked a harpy down, allowing Takumi to finish it off.
"And they're all from Remnant." Camilla added, making Falco look at the Unyielding Rage in shock, before snapping out of his stupor.
"Kuai Liang!" Falco shouted, the ice-based retainer appearing in an instant.
"What are your orders, General?" Kuai Liang asked, kneeling in front of Falco.
"Can you make a bridge of ice connecting our ship to Camilla's flagship?" Falco responded, and, even with the mask, Falco could tell that his retainer had a small smirk adorning his face.
"Mere child's play, for one like myself." Kuai Liang replied, gathering up as much energy as he could, raising a massive bridge of ice that spanned from the ship the army was on, to the Unyielding Rage.
"Oh my, your retainer's as skilled as you made him out to be." Camilla said, impressed.
"Of course." Falco replied, as more harpies began to descend upon the couple, Falco quickly shooting them out of the air. The youngest Branwen's situation not going unnoticed by Corrin.
"Looks like Falco had Kuai Liang make an ice bridge." Corrin noted, as Jaune bashed a Harpy in the face with his shield.
"Yeah, but we can't exactly help right now." Jaune replied, as he saw Blake, Leo, Sun, Morgan, Ike and Michaiah rush across the bridge, "Although, maybe we don't have to..."
[With Cinder and the others...]
While the battle was raging outside, Cinder and her five companions were, asleep? Ok... Anyway, their little group beauty nap was suddenly interrupted by an enormous explosion that rocked the entire ship, jolting the six villains awake, Adam actually having a pot fall on his head for good measure.
"OW!" Adam yelled, the pot smashing itself on top of his head, and when Tyrian saw Adam's face morph into a scowl, Tyrian couldn't help but start cackling.
"If I have to die, listening to his annoying hyena laugh, I'm going to haunt somebody." Emerald mumbled, as the group now heard the screeching of the harpies.
"What in the hell was-" Was all Mercury got out, before a Fighter from the Ice Tribe crashed through the deck, right next to the six, a Harpy on top of him, before the Harpy used its beak, to tear out the man's larynx, killing him almost immediately.
"Oh, fuck." Emerald whimpered, but, just as the Harpy looked at the six, it suddenly received a sword blade in its back, courtesy of Ike. The Grimm evaporated with a small wail.
"Nice save Ike!" Sun shouted, patting the mercenary on the shoulder as Michaiah, Morgan, Leo and Blake followed the two.
"I agree, I just hope the guard still has-" Leo said, before noticing that Blake froze in fear.
"A-Adam?!" Blake shouted, her ex-partner looking at her, his face forming a small, twisted grin.
"Hello, my love. Come to rescue me?" Adam asked condescendingly, Blake's face morphing from one of fear, to one of unrestrained anger.
"Rescue you? Why in the world, would I ever, EVER, rescue you, you, spiteful, sadistic bastard!" Blake spat, as another explosion rocked the ship, Morgan, placing a hand on Blake's shoulder.
"Blake, whatever issues you have with this Adam guy, we can deal with later. We need to deal with the present threat first." Morgan advised, the young Ylissean tactician placing a hand on Blake's shoulder, calming down the Faunus, even if only for a moment.
"You're right, Morgan." Blake replied, slicing at Adam's chains with Gambol Shroud, as Sun just kicked the chest containing the villain's weapons opened, tossing Adam Wilt and Blush.
"Thank you Blake." Adam said, before Blake gave him a nasty glare.
"If you do any anything to harm my friends and teammates, I won't hesitate to kill you myself. Are we clear?" Blake spat as the ship began to shake.
"What was that?" Michaiah asked, as Cinder, Emerald, Neo and Tyrian all grabbed their weapons.
"I don't know, but we'd better get back to the others before-" Morgan got out, before a massive roar, one sounding like a resin-coated leather glove being dragged along the loosened strings of a double bass (A/N: Essentially Godzilla's roar.).
"Uh, what the fuck was that?!" Mercury shouted, as they saw from the hole above them, the harpies disengaging from their attack, almost like they were fleeing from something.
"A sign that we need to GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!" Sun answered, as the group of twelve ran back above deck, and, out in the horizon, could see, what essentially looked like the dorsal fin of a barracuda. And that the thing was getting closer.
"Ah man, RUN!" Morgan shouted, as the group ran up to the ice bridge, the six heroes running onto it, but not the villains.
"What the hell are you guys doing?!" Sun shouted, as the roar was heard again.
"This, doesn't look stable." Mercury replied, the roaring getting closer.
"It's either cross the ice bridge, or become fish food! Your choice!" Leo yelled, as the dorsal fin descended back beneath the water.
"There's no time to argue!" Cinder shouted, "We have to leave, NOW!" She yelled, following Blake and the others, Adam, Neo, Emerald, Mercury and Tyrian following right behind her. And just in time, too, as the mysterious seaborne Grimm had, using its dorsal fin, completely destroyed the Unyielding Rage, sinking it beneath the waves.
"MOVE!" Adam ordered, the twelve running across the bridge, fortunately, making it back to the army's ship, just as the rest of the Nohrian fleet was sunk.
"Morgan!" Yelled the shrill voice of Selena, rushing towards her friend, and tackling her in a hug.
"Heh, good to see you too, Severa." Morgan whispered, low enough that not even Blake or Velvet could hear, returning her friend's hug. Unfortunately, their touching reunion was cut short by the roar of the Grimm.
"Oh, shit." Jaune swore, as the Grimm began to swim closer, and, suddenly it dived back below the sea.
"W-we should probably get the hell out of-" Sun started, before what looked like a dagger made of bone was flung.
"GAH!" Saizo yelled, as the dagger made contact with Saizo's left lung.
"SAIZO!" Ren yelled as several tentacles began rising from the sea.
"Lilith, get us the fuck out of here. Lilith get us the fuck out of here. LILITH GET US THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!" Corrin yelled in a panic, just as Felicia and team CFVY returned to the top deck, right as Lilith managed to transport the army (now including Cinder and company) to the Astral Plane.
"Lady Corrin, Lord Jaune, are the two of you-!" Lilith began, only to notice the gravely wounded Saizo, "Oh no!"
"Come on! Let's get him to the infirmary, ASAP!" Winter ordered, as several Einherjar clerics grabbed the critically wounded ninja, taking him towards the infirmary.
"Lilith, I need you to check to make sure no other Grimm entered the castle!" Corrin ordered, the dragon nodding in confirmation, And, as for you five," Corrin added, looking at team STRQ and Falco, "You need to explain what the hell's going on!"
"Listen here, princess-!" Raven began, only for Summer to silence her.
"Can do, Corrin." Summer replied with a sigh, "Now, I need to ask you all, what is your favorite fairy tale?" She asked, her eyes steeled in determination.
*Alicia, Anna and Melody are busy partying, for, some reason.*
Alicia: Oh, hey! Don't mind the party. We're just happy Tronmaster got the chapter-
Anna: KINGDOM HEARTS III HAS GONE GOLD!
Alicia: Y-yeah, the chapter's out, and by the time it's out, Kingdom Hearts III has completed development, and has pretty much gone gold.
Melody: Also, people, Tronmaster's writing the stories himself, he just likes to include us.