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Distractions are my worst enemy, and I've been having a lot of them. Ah well, here's the next chapter. Wish some people would please review. So please, do read and review and all that fun stuff.

But without further ado!

Let the Conquest continue!

Owain Route

Chapter 1

A Recollection of the Past

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Owain was quiet as he sat in the coach with his sister and Inigo. Cynthia was outside on her Pegasus as the coach driver rode through the darkness. It had been hard to find someone who would take them to Windmire after learning about Cynthia's Pegasus. For some reason there was a stigma in most of Nohr's people against Pegasus riders. Something about another country… Hoshido.

"Brother? Why are we going to the capital of this world?" Morgan asked her brother as Owain looked up and sighed before putting his hands together. Inigo caught wind of his as he put his leg up on the seat.

"This isn't like you Owain, what's wrong?" He asked as Owain shook his head before putting his hands on his lap, frowning. "It's just… I don't know why we are here. Father taught me that somethings strange things happen for a reason, be it fate, a plan, or even just plain old luck… but that strange circle…"

Owain closed his eyes as he thought back to how they had entered this world. That Dragon Gate like ritual that had dropped them in this new world. Morgan caught on as she looked up at her brother. "It's ok brother. We'll find a way forward together." She said with a bright smile as Owain gave his own smile back.

Inigo then turned away from Owain and Morgan before looking out the window into the darkness of the forest. The eerie sight of little more than dead trees with the occasional 'Night Willow' as they were called being the only tree with leaves in sight. It was creepy to be sure. "That doesn't change the fact that there must be a reason we are here." Inigo said as Owain nodded.

"That's what I was getting at. Given it was similar to the dragon's gate… could it have been Naga?" Owain said as Inigo shook his head. "Remember, when we were trying to find the Dragon's Gate. It had disappeared. And in its place was that picture of two dragons, one black, one white." Inigo said as Owain nodded before Morgan spoke up.

"And after you touched it, we were transported here." Morgan said as Owain closed his eyes. "Thinking back… why did we drop in front of those girls." Owain said as Inigo and Morgan blinked at him.

"I'm sorry, but are you implying this has something to do with those thieves?" Inigo asked as Owain nodded. "Like I said, everything happens for a reason. And compared to anyone else we have seen in this world… those girls were very unique. The Anna look-alike archer, the girl with the knives… and the strange machine." Owain said as Inigo and Morgan nodded.

"It does seem to be the case. Are you saying we are following them? Trying to get answers?" Morgan said as Owain nodded. "So we search for our first contacts in this world. Hence Windmire, where the rumors say the machine was last spotted." Inigo said before he shook his head. "But remember, that girl, Arashi, she had that little device that made a massive laser. She's dangerous. They all are." Inigo warned as Owain nodded.

"Everything is dangerous Inigo, it's a matter of measuring the danger. We'll be fine." He said back before the coach driver called.

"We're almost to Windmire, so settle down until we're in the city. And make sure to keep that Pegasus on the ground, else the guard will be after you." He called again as Cynthia spoke up. "Alright sir!"

The Justice Cabal could only watch as their coach drove into the city. The lifeless streets all the same save for the occasional group of knights wandering the streets as the coach pulled into one of the central squares of Windmire, allowing Owain, Inigo and Morgan out before the driver took off, riding away with his coach as Owain adjusted his coat.

"So this is Windmire… quite dreary if you ask me." Inigo commented as Owain remained quiet. Morgan was looking around as well, the darkness of Nohr's eternal night lit up by the lanterns and lights among the streets as Cynthia sat on her Pegasus.

"For a capital city it doesn't seem lively. It reminds me of our time…" Cynthia said quietly as Owain closed his eyes. Nothing but darkness, bodies littering the streets, Risen roaming around freely. Even when there was nothing in their time's Ylisstol, it always remained a place of no happiness upon Grima's return. It was a place of sorrow. And somehow, this city had that vibe as well.

"Brother… We should find somewhere to stay." Morgan said as Owain nodded. "Hopefully there is a decent inn around. This is a capital city after all, so there should be somewhere for us to lay our heads." Inigo said as Cynthia spoke up.

"What about me? They aren't going to allow us to bring my Pegasus near anything." Cynthia said as she petted her faithful mount's mane. "We'll just have to find somewhere that will let us rope her outside." Owain said as Cynthia nodded.

"Perhaps we could try asking the local guard, explain the situation to them?" Morgan suggested. "Like the guard are going to believe we came from not only an entirely different time, but another world. No one's going to believe that." Inigo said as Owain shook his head. "You mean to explain that we are just travelers looking for somewhere to sleep for the night." Owain said as Morgan nodded.

"Much simpler." Cynthia said as Inigo shook his head. "The problem lies with the fact we are armored and equipped. They aren't going to buy we are simply travelers, especially with you carrying swords like that, let alone Cynthia's Pegasus and your robes." Inigo said as Morgan huffed.

"Why do you have to go and make everything much harder!" She shouted at him as he rubbed the back of his head. "I'm just pointing out the faults in your plans. Your father may have been the greatest tactician of our age but neither of you have had as much experience actually leading an army or making plans. And in the short time we were able to spend with our parents, a majority of it was spent on the battlefield." Inigo said as Owain sighed. "Look… let's just find somewhere to stay." He said before leading Inigo and Morgan onward, Cynthia close behind as they started to wander the streets of Windmire… thoughts flowing through Owain's mind.

BGM: A Legacy Reborn – A Fire Emblem Orchestration

A final battle. The stuff of legends. It was the day that the shepherds were making their way towards Grima. They were going to slay a god. Owain was going to find where his father and uncle had disappeared to. They had gone ahead of the main army towards Origin Peak. It was there… where Owain had witnessed his father's choice.

Owain was standing back as he watched his father and uncle look out from the hill they were standing on together over Origin Peak. Grima's massive form flying over it as Chrom spoke.

"Origin Peak…" He said, uncertainty in his voice as he griped the awakened Falchion, the original version of the sword Owain's cousin Lucina held. But with those two words Naga's voice had permeated the air.

"The Fell dragon is indeed here. Remember Awakener! The power I gave you cannot destroy Grima." Naga's voice said as Owain felt strange. It was obvious Grima was here, given he was flying over the mountain itself! Why did Naga feel the need to point it out?

"Your power can only put him back to sleep…" Robin said as Owain watched his father, who was seemingly responding to Naga's voice. "Correct Fellblood." She had responded as Robin visibly winced. Owain had as well. It had been a shock to discover his own linage was tied directly to Grima himself when his father had revealed it to them from Validar's own words.

"So you know of my lineage…" Robin said quietly to Naga as she spoke again. "You possess power not so different from my own." She said, not even actually responding to what Robin had said.

Chrom had at this point stamped his foot before crossing his arms in frustration. "Gods! We must find some way to break this unholy cycle! We can't just keep putting Grima back to sleep every few centuries. Else we merely will his vengeance to our descendants." The anger was visible in Chrom's voice as he said that. Owain could feel it.

Robin was quiet, lost in thought before thinking on Naga's words. "… I may have a way Chrom. To break the cycle." He said, almost solemnly as Chrom turned to his constant companion and best friend, even brother through the marriage Robin had with his sister Lissa. "What Robin? Do you have a strategy?" Chrom asked, hope in his voice at the words Robin had said as Owain listened, still farther back away from his father and uncle's vision.

"The other me, Grima's avatar, claimed that the dragon and I were the same, right? If I strike the final blow, he would be killed by his own hand…" Robin said as Chrom smiled before putting his hand on Robin's shoulder.

"Robin! Ingenious! Naga? Will it work?" Chrom said, to excited for normal words at the thought of being able to end the Fell Dragon once and for all. Naga's own voice then rang through the air at that. "…Perhaps." Uncertainty tainted her divine voice as Owain continued to listen. "But there would be consequences. The heart of Grima and the heart of Robin are inexorably linked… Dragon and man can no longer be separated." Robin closed his eyes at that as Chrom seemed to realize where Naga was going as well from his gasp… as had Owain as he took a step back in shock… He could understand what this meant.

"Therefore, slaying Grima would also cause Robin's own life to cease." Naga finished as Robin spoke up, opening his eyes. "… I realized that. And I am ready." Robin said as Owain covered his own mouth, barely able to keep himself from straight up running to his father and shouting at him not to sacrifice himself for this.

"There is… a chance you could survive, but it is small indeed. You have bound your heart to those of many in this world, and those of the future past. Should those ties prove strong enough, they may yet keep you in this reality." Naga said as Chrom turned to Robin, even now hope wasn't lost… but then Naga continued. "But I would not give you false hope. The chance you would live is insignificant. In truth, you will almost certainly cease to exist." She finished as Owain slowly stepped back, farther and farther away from this conversation as Robin grunted, closing his eyes as he hung his head and gripped his knuckles.

"Robin would cease to exist?! No. We'll find another way, we can still put Grima to sleep." Chrom said, trying to bargain with Robin not to go through with this plan as Robin spoke up. "Chrom, wait. You're not thinking clearly, about the bigger picture. Think about what your sister would have wanted." Robin said as Chrom growled, Emmeryn's death still very much a sore spot.

"Emmeryn would never have asked you to do this!" He shouted at Robin. "But what is one life… when weighed against the world and the future." Robin said. Owain realized it as well. A sacrifice for the ultimate advantage. Grima's inability to return ever more. A sacrifice, that in Robin's mind, was well worth his death.

"Stop it! You're one of us! You'll ALWAYS be one of us." Chrom shouted at Robin before putting his hands on Robin's shoulders to try and shake him out of this insane plan. The one that would end in his death. "There has to be another way. We just have to find it. Promise me Robin." Chrom said as he held his head, starting to cry at the realization his best friend, the one who had helped him keep going through everything that had happened. Was about to basically commit suicide. "Promise me Robin. Promise me you won't do this! Think about Lissa, your son! Your daughter!" Chrom shouted at him, trying his hardest to bargain with Robin to keep him from going to his death, even if it meant permanently saving the world.

Robin held his head for a moment before raising his hands to Chrom's own and removing them slowly from his shoulders before looking up at Chrom. "You… have been so very kind to me Chrom, always… But this is my decision." Owain's father's words punctuated by the determination to see this through to the end.

"Robin…" Chrom said as Naga spoke once more. "The time for deliberation is over Awakener, Fellblood. The Grimlead have found us." Naga's voice spoke again as Luncia came running up the opposite side of the hill towards her father and uncle. "Father! We're under attack!" She shouted as Chrom took to his sword. There was no more time for words at the moment. Now was the time to fight for their lives as he and Lunica ran back towards the field of battle, Robin remaining behind a moment longer before speaking.

"I know you're there Owain… and I know you heard all of that." He said, Owain walking up the hill towards his Father as he turned around to face his son from the future. "Father… you're… not going to do this? Right?" Owain asked… uncertainly clouding his voice.

BGM: And what if I can't? what if I'm not worthy of her ideals? – Fire Emblem Awakening.

Robin's snow white hair was waving in the wind as he stood face to face with his son from a future past. "Owain… I'm… glad I got to spend time with you, and with Morgan." Robin said, trying to find words as Owain shook his head before putting his hands on his father's shoulders.

"You cannot do this father! If you did… I would never forgive you! Mother wouldn't forgive you! Morgan wouldn't! We've already lost you once!" Owain said as tears fell from his eyes. "We can't do it again! I won't allow you to disappear again!" Owain shouted at his father as Robin smiled at him before hugging his son, who was still hanging onto his shoulders.

"I have to Owain, I can't allow anyone else to face this monster anymore. To know I could have saved the world and choose only to save myself." Robin said as Owain kept crying, his tears falling onto the shoulder of his father's robe.

"It will be like a hero of legend. One who gives his life so that everyone else will have their happy ending. Be proud of your father Owain… Be proud he's deciding to defy destiny's hand to prevent tragedy." Robin said as Owain closed his eyes.

"But there heroes in the stories you read me always lived… The legends I've been told… they've always lived. The tale of the Sacred Stones. The legend of the Binding Blade. Of the Blazing Sword. In all those legends I've been told the hero always lived… why does yours have to be different father!" Owain said as he hugged his father back.

"Why do you always have to die…" Owain said as Robin kept his hands on his son's back. "I wish it didn't have to be this way. But I will make sure that your future is bright once more. That you and Morgan can live without a looming threat over your head. That is my wish… my desire… Is to make sure you are all safe." Robin said as he slowly let go of Owain, Owain slowly letting go of his father as Robin tugged at his robe. His heavy grandmaster's robe that had been decorated with various bits of armor and metal, alongside regalia to help in defending Robin from attack.

Owain watched as his father took off his ever present robe, revealing his lightly armored chest underneath and his plain clothes, something that belonged on any normal soldier, rather than a grandmaster tactician. Owain could only stare as Robin handed him his robe, Owain grasping it as his father looked him in the eyes.

"Consider this my final gift Owain. I give you my legacy. For what little it's worth. I'm glad that I've managed to spend this last few months with you and your sister, and the past few years with Lissa." Robin was smiling as he said that, but Owain could see the tears in his father's eyes.

"Now let's go… It's time for our final battle. The stuff of legends right?" Robin said as he turned and started walking down the hill towards the battlefield, Owain standing atop the hill as he looked towards the sky, towards Grima's massive form as he closed his eyes and slowly put on his father's robe. "Yes… The stuff of legends…" Owain could only say that quietly as he closed his eyes before falling to his knees. He was going to lose his father again…

BGM: Warmth is Gone – Fire Emblem Fates

"I believe this inn should suffice." Inigo said as Owain looked up, being brought out of his memoires from his last true conversation with his father was Inigo and Morgan stood in front of an inn that had a stable build into the side for knights who needed a place to stay for the night. Cynthia was still on her Pegasus as Owain nodded. "It should, let's see how much it is to check in." Owain said before leading Morgan and Inigo inside, Cynthia remaining outside as she sat on her Pegasus next to the door before huffing. She never got to do the fun stuff like this.

"So how much would it be to stay a night?" Owain asked the owner of the inn as he shrugged. "Depends lad, how many are you staying with?" He said as Inigo spoke up. "There are four of us, and our fourth person is still outside on her mount." Inigo said as the Owner nodded.

"About four hundred fifty gold should suffice." He said as Owain reached into his robe before pulling out his gold back and opening it. He could already tell their funds were slowly dwindling away like this. "I suppose we should tell you right now. Her mount is a Pegasus." Inigo suddenly said as the man looked at him like he was crazy. "A Pegasus? In Nohr, and more importantly, in Windmire? Are you insane lad? No Hoshidan would be caught dead in this capital." He said as Morgan spoke up.

"She isn't Hoshidan, none of us are. We're from far away." Morgan said as Owain went along with it. "Across the sea so to speak." He said as the man nodded. "Travelers from across the sea than? Meh, I've hosted weirder. Just tell the lass she can tie her mount in the stables and then come inside." He said as Owain handed over the gold to the man.

"Glad he understood our situation." Inigo said as he, Owain and Morgan walked away from the desk. "Our lie more like it." Morgan muttered as Owain shook his head. "Partial truth." He said as they walked outside to get Cynthia. After getting her Pegasus into a stable they all went back into the inn to get some rest for the night. Owain wasn't sure how well he would be sleeping that night though…

(Stage Clear)

AN: Yet again, another chapter that just destroys my heart while writing it. The original conversation had been altered slightly from Awakening and I'm not sure how well Owain and Robin's own conversation was, but I'd like to think I did well enough. But anyway, that's the first Justice Cabal chapter done. And next up is Chapter two of Arashi's route.