Dragon Wings of Fate
A Super Smash Brother Story
Written by MegaSalamence64
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ElysiumXVI (Chapter 16): Well, The reason that Scorn was even a general in the first place as he was one of Galeem's Father's generals before his death. She was often tempted to demote him several times but he always found a way to save his own sorry hide before the previous chapter (Eg: Capturing Morgan despite his sister being the one the Empress of Light wanted is what spared Scorn's hide from being demoted previously.) Hope you can understand this.
Author's Note:
Hey guys, I'm back with another chapter of Dragon wings of Fate, Nothing much to say here other then the fact this chapter has some action scenes for you guys.
Notes:
Bold means Dragon type Pokémon and Manaketes in their true forms talking in their native tongue.
Italics mean Telepathic/Flashbacks.
Chapter 17: Calm before the Storm part 2
"My Empress, The Prisoner you asked for is here." Said a Solider to Galeem as he approached her in her throne room.
"Good, Bring her in now." Said the empress of the Luminary Empire as a grin of sadism appeared on her face. "I want to see her now."
"Understood my Empress," Said the Solider as he whistled to his men to bring in the prisoner their leader has demanded to bring in.
Four soliders soon brought in a scarred white haired woman with manaketes of the age of 20. She was wearing a similar robe like Morgan as her brown eyes were clearly burning in anger as she gave a glare at the Mistress of Light sitting on her throne as her red eyes gave an arrogant look back at her.
"You clearly are going to regret this Galeem." Hissed the White haired woman as she struggled against the chains she was shackled by. "You may have my son captive with me and my Husband, But Lucina will end your twisted Plans."
"Oh how cute for you to say that Robin," Sneered Galeem as she descended from her throne towards the Queen of Ylisse as she stroke the latter's chin with her nails. "You clearly putting all your eggs in one basket, which in this case is your unstable dragoness of a daughter."
"Watch your tongue you witch." Robin hissed back towards her captor as she bore out her fangs. "She WILL warn the Smash bros alliance and stop you."
"Or will she?" Answered back Galeem as she let out a chuckle. "You are aware of the curse of Grima? The one your father has said before you and your husband killed him."
"I was surprised your daughter was the one with more draconic blood then Human blood." Continued the Golden haired empress as she walked around her prisoner with glee as the later gave a glare back. "I was expecting your son be the cursed one instead my fair lady,"
"You won't be harming either of them Galeem." Robin snarled back at her captor. "Even if Lucina's draconic instincts are harder for her to control, She WILL Stop you!"
"My apologies to pop your precious bubble my fair queen," answered back the golden haired mistress as she pointed her staff at Robin's neck. "But sooner or later your Daughter will go feral from her draconic instincts."
"Even so, She isn't bonded by some scripted fate." The white haired Plegian countered back as Red eye tattoos slowly appeared on her face. "She can overcome the curse and stop you."
"Or while she?" Galeem countered back as she pulled her staff back from her prisoner's throat cleary having some degree of satisfaction at what she is about to say. "She has clearly have more of YOUR cursed blood rather then her Precious Father's, face it Robin, Your daughter's destined to finished what You and Grima has Started."
Anger was the only thing on Robin's mind as she let out a bestial howl and was ready to break her chains as her nails slowly become draconic talons, until a solider shot a sleeping dart at her back stoped her from doing so.
As the Queen of Ylisse then slowly succumb to the venom, She managed to utter a few words back, A defiant look still remaining on her face as she fell.
"No she will not…" Uttered the white haired Manakete as she fell unconscious as Galeem then gave a look back at her men.
"Take this beast back to her cell you fools." Hissed the Golden haired Empress as she her minons gave the nod back, taking the Unconscious Queen back to her cell. "I'll deal with her and her husband another time."
As Robin was later dragged back to her cell, Her claws and tattoos still remaining. Galeem then looked back at what the former has just said as she looked back at a Painting of a Large purple four wing Dragon hanging on one of the walls in her throne room.
'Once I get my hands on that daughter of your Robin, she will be leading my army of Dragons soon enough.' Thought Galeem to Herself as she let out a dark smirk on her face. 'Oh how ironic, Me, a woman of light wanting to use a dragon of darkness to bring the world to it's knees.'
"My empress, the body you asked for is here," Said another solider as he entered the throne room with several of his man carrying a coffin into the throne room. "We have recovered it from Colony 9 as you requested."
"Good, At least he was nice enough not to massacre the body like a certain someone." Galeem answered back clearly having some vemom towards her recently demoted general when it comes to his hatred for Dragons.
"You all shall handle searching for the second Monado now," Said the Empress of the Luminary Empire to her troops. "If you happened to see that blond haired boy currently carrying the first Monado, Kill him and take the blade from him."
"Yes my liege," answered back the solider as he and his men left their mistress's throne room.
Once the soliders have exited the throne room, Galeem then looked back at the coffin as inspect it carefully, Making sure it was genuine and not something her men have faked to save their hides.
After she inspected the coffin, Galeem then Opened it up to reveal a woman inside it, her dark blond hair being the most prominent feature of her face aside from an opened wound caused by a sword in her stomach.
'That little boy who currently has the Monado thinks he has won.' Thought Galeem to herself as she used her staff to levitate the coffin off the ground as a golden aura surrounded it.
'But he will soon be in a world of pain once he sees something he wished he would never forget." The Empress thought to herself as a dark smirk on her face soon appeared on her face as she left her throne room with the coffin levitating behind her. A sinister plan she has planed just for Shulk brewing in the back of her mind.
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"Your ready for this Lucina?" Said Shulk as he helded the Monado in one hand with a look of confidence on his face. "Cause just because this may be training match doesn't mean I would be holding back!"
"I could have said the same for you Shulk." The Ylissean princess answered back as she held Falchion in her hands as well. "Don't hold anything back right now just because this is a practice match."
"No problem." The Blond haired man answered back. "You may be a Dragon but that doesn't mean this fight will be one sided."
"Fair enough." Lucina answered back as held her father's blade with grace as she dashed towards Shulk. "En garde*!"
The latter quickly countered back with the Monado as he blocked his foe's blade his own sword.
'Alright, So far despites it unusual size and mechanical looking properties, The Monado can so far held up to a real sword.' Shulk thought to himself as he held his newfound blade against Falchion.
He then quickly did a counter slash back at his foe's sword as he moved some distance back.
'I never really see Lucina swing her sword that much, But she does feel pretty stiff with it right now.' Thought the Blond haired man as he dodged a counter slash from the Ylissean princess which was rather basic for a warrior of royal blood. 'Almost like she only used it recently.'
Before Shulk could further think Lucina's sword fighting skills, She then fired her tail spikes at her foe whom he blocked with his sword as she then afterwards dashed towards him with Falchion in her hand.
'The Monado appears to be fairly light compared to most swords.' Thought the Blond hair man as he dodged a slash from the sword wielding Manakete.
"Not bad Shulk." Lucina answered, as she looked back her opponent with as took a defensive stance with her sword. "For someone whom doesn't look like much of a sword fighter that is, you seemed to be able to hold your own."
"I have some practice myself." Shulk Countered back as a red aura soon activated around him as the monado opened up to as it's laser blade soon becomes active. "But it's time to get serious!"
"Bring it!" Said Lucina as while this was a sparing match between them, her draconic blood was burning up as she dashed towards her opponent as sapphire scales started to appear on her back.
Above the upper part of the deck, Krystal, Toon Link, Agumon and Dreepy were obsevering the sparing match between the two swordfighters.
"Come-on Shulk, Give it your all!" Shouted the orange dinosaur as he waved his arms in the air. "Show Lucina who's number one on this ship!"
"Agumon, This isn't a death match you know." Toon Link answered back to his friend as pat him on the head with a smile. "No need to get so worked up over it."
"Well you would do the same if it's your friend out there, Right?," Said the Digimon as he then saw Dreepy cheering with a similar excitement as well. "Like Dreepy here."
"Well he does got a point there Toon." Said Krystal as another memory from her past regarding the Brown Fox resurfaces, This time however, He was accompanied by a Blue humanoid Falcon wearing a similar attire as the two talk like old friends. "Friends can be like that at times.
"That's actually pretty true Krystal." Said the Hylian with a smile to the Blue vixen with a grin on his face. "Before I left New Hyrule, Me and Terta are pretty close."
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'So far so good.' Thought Greninja to himself as he looked at the engine room's workings. 'No damage so far…'
As the Ninja frog looked around the engine rooms of his captain's ship, he then looked back the machinery powering this thought to be wooden ship. He recalled Lucina Draconic traits and her more vicious behavior when fighting with her.
'Compared to the likes of say Taguels, Manaketes aren't usually the animalistic type.' Thought the Ninja frog Pokémon to himself while as he recalled the Sapphire hair princess's more feral behavior when she attacked him.
'But Lucina seems more like an animal then most manaketes.' Greninja thought back to himself as he recalled her slitted eyes, her ability to breath fire in her human form and her scales appearing on her checks. 'Even if she seems to be a half breed like… like her.'
The Memory of the light blue haired woman and her son soon reappeared in the former general of Dharkon's mind as he cringed back at his more merciless nature at time.
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"I you know what's good for you, Surrender now or prepare to enter the gates of the afterlife." A Younger Greninja answered to the cornered Woman in front of him, Her face clearly being scared of the Assassin in front of her.
"I never give in to your army after what they have done to my husband." Said the Woman as Greninja approached her with his blade almost directly at her throat.
"Sorry but I have my orders." Said the Ninja in a grim tone as he raised his weapon at the young light blue haired woman's throat. "You either surrender or die here."
"Never!" Yelled the woman as she stared back her would-be executor, While his eyes where clearly on the side of darkness, There was a feeling of sadness coming from him. "I won't turn my back on my husband."
"Suit yourself." Said the Ninja in a frim tone as he was ready to end the life of his master's tragets, The woman closed her eyes as she was prepared to embrace death itself.
"STOP!" Yelled a small voice as Greninja halt his attack as a small red haired boy quickly appeared in front of the woman as he looked back at the Ninja frog, Tears streaming down his eyes. "Don't you hurt my Mother!"
"Stay out of the way kid, I you wish to even be breathing right now." Snarled Greninja as he held his blade. "I have my orders,"
"If you want be so badly, then take me and not my Son!" The woman Greninja sent to kill yelled back.
Upon hearing this, Greninja started to hesistate a bit as he questioned himself at the people in front of him. 'You have your orders, Do not let Dharkon down.'
But the boy's tears and the fact his Mother was willing to sacrifice herself to save him has shock his precesption of how his was raised to see the world, Where his master told him that it's everyman for themselves.
The woman was willing to risk her life to save her son from death. Something Greninja often was unaware of before as he closed his eyes and made a decision.
"Leave now, And get far a way from this place." Said the Ninja Frog as he dissipated his blade and left the area with a smokescreen. "Before my comrades find you."
As The Ninja vanished into thin air, The Mother quickly grabbed her son and fled the area before the water type Pokémon's allies could come and kill them.
As he watched the two people he choosed to spar fleeing the area, Greninja then looked back at the ground from a tall pillar to see a small blue stone where the Woman was once was.
'A Dragonstone?' Thought the Ninja to as he waited until his former targets where gone to see the strange blue gem even further.
Once they were far from his sight, The Ninja quickly decended from the pillar he was observing them from as he took the Stone laying on the ground, Quickly grabbing it before his comrades could discover it.
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'Back then, I only followed orders out of loyalty for him.' Greninja thought to himself even further as he recalled the bloodbath he once caused out of Loyalty to the Man whom took him in. "He raised me to be his best hitman, His enforcer to elimate the competition,"
"But that Manakete and her son, They helped me see things from a different prospective." Thought the Water Ninja Pokémon to himself as he took out the Blue gemstone he carried with him since then.
"I only heard records of her being the Half breed that Dharkon wanted dead.' Greninja thought to himself as he raised his pocketed the stone back to where he put it. 'But nothing more.'
'If Lucina is truly a Half breed, Then she should be more Human then what she has been shown.' Thought the Ninja to himself as he then heard the clashing of swords above the deck.
'Well, I guess I better check up on her and Shulk then.' Said Captain Falcon's first mate as he dashed up towards the upper deck.
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"Heh, Your really have to admit, You really do know how to keep me on the edge Lucina," Shulk Answered back to his opponent as he clashed his blade with hers.
"I could say the same with you Shulk." The Manakete answered back as she pushed her blade against her foe's. "
"Well that's not true, You did managed to surprised me even after I figured it out." The blond haired man countered back as he pushed his sword forward.
"Well, Then let's finished this." Said the Sapphire haired princess as she pushed her blade against her sparring partner's laser sword.
Sparks were flying as the older draconic blade clashed with the more advanced sword of foresight as despite this match was a practice match, A spark of determination was burning in both fighter's eyes, more so with Lucina as the pupils in her eyes became their feral cat slits form.
The Sapphire haired Princess then suddenly felt the world around her burn, Flames stoking all around the ship in her vision as a draconic voice soon filled her mind.
'Embrace it, Embrace your draconic side.' Uttered a voice in the Ylissean Manakete's mind as she stumbled back from the sword clash with Shulk looking in concern for his new friend.
"ArGHhhH!" Roared the Sapphire haired ylissean as she dropped her sword as fell down to her knees as she closed her eyes.
"Lucina! Are you alright?" asked the Blond haired boy as he looked back in concern for the Manakete.
"I'm fine Shulk," Lucina wheezed back as she slowly got back up as she looked back at him, while the pupils in her eyes were still in their cat eye slits. Her brand was still located in her right eye. "I Felt my blood burning all of a sudden."
"Take it easy for now." Said the Blond haired scientist as he helped her out onto her feet, His checks started to blush as red as a tomato while doing so.
'Keep it together Shulk, No sudden moves on Lucina.' Thought the Monado wielder as he saw Krystal, Toon Link, Agumon and the Dreepy approaching him and the Sapphire haired manakete.
"Hey Shulk, Is there something wrong?" Agumon asked his buddy as he approached him with some concern.
"Well yes," Said the Monado wielder as the woman next to him was trying to stand up straight despite her hazy mind. "But we should help Lucina first."
"Alright then, At least she didn't try to BBQ you at least." Said the Dinosaur as to his blond haired friend with a smirk on his scaly face. "But seriously though, what happened?"
"I'm not so sure myself," Rasped out Lucina as she managed to returned her sword back to its scabbard, Her voice still distorting between her human and dragon ones. "But I did feel like my blood was burning with the heat of battle."
"Really, How so?" Questioned Toon Link with a look of confusion on his face as then noticed a brief purple light flashing form the sapphire hair Manakete's left hand which vanish before anyone else could noticed. "Did it happen before?"
"No, It didn't," Said the Ylissean Princess as she slowly got back up, Her voice slowly returning back to normal with some heavy breathing in her throat, "Even during fights before this, I didn't feel any fire burning in my blood."
"So why now did your blood started boiling like that?" Krystal questioned her newest crewmember as the latter turned back to her, Her eyes still in their feral state.
Before Lucina could answer back about her burning blood, Greninja then made his presence know to the others as he appeared from the door leading to the rudder of the ship.
"Well, Alright guys, I checked the rudder and the good news is that Viper didn't try to ambushed us while we are searching for the Monado." Said Greninja as he approached the group.
"So that means we will be heading off soon?" Said Agumon as he suddenly felt a grumbling sound from his belly, A sheepish smile appearing on his face as he looked back at his companions. "Anyone else hungry?"
"Well, I'm pretty hungry myself." Said Toon Link as he approached his friend. "Your on cooking duty today right."
"No problem Toon," Said the Monado wielder as he placed his deactivated sword on his back. "I promised I won't burn the ship down."
"Well, We should get ready to prepare dinner now." Said Krystal with a chuckle as she looked back at the group with Agumon currently drooling about eating some grub after the events that occured recently "Before Agumon starts going into that phase again."
"Then let's go." Said Shulk with a small laugh as he entered a door on the ship as his other crew mates soon followed behind him… Save for Greninja as the latter was still keeping a good eye on Luicna as she followed the group as well.
"Hey Greninja, Are you coming?" Asked the Blond haired scientist back to his Amphibian crew member.
"I'll pass for now." Answered the Ninja Frog as he then looked back at Lucina whom was taking slow steps at the moment. "I need to talk to Lucina for a while."
"Okay then," Said Shulk as he then looked back as the Sapphire haired princess as she looked back at him.
"I'll be fine Shulk," Said the Manakete back to her new friend as she walked towards the Ninja frog with slow careful steps. "Just go on ahead for now."
Shulk then gave one more look at the Princess of ylisse before catching up with his comrades in preparing dinner for the night, Unaware that his checks were blushing as he turned away from the latter, Which Agumon has briefly noticed before the blushes disappeared.
As soon as he crewmates have left the area, Greninja then gave a look at the newest member on board his captain's ship, his eyes focusing directly on the manakete in front of him.
"Shulk may not have noticed it yet, But I noticed your fighting style for a lack of a better word, Draconic," Said the Ninja as he gave a look at Lucina's sword. "You seemed to be for lack of a better word, Stiff when you fight in your human form."
Silence then fell upon the Sapphire haired princess as she then looked back at her necklace with a grim look on her face.
While a part of herself agreed with the Ninja Frog Pokémon as she felt that she was too reliant on her draconic powers since she feels more like herself in her dragon form. She knew that she can't over relied on her Dragonstone as she could become a Dragon permanently or worse, become degenerate.
"I suppose your right Greninja." Said the Manakete as she looked back at him. "So I guess that you are going to train me?"
"Yes," Said the Ninja frog with a nod. "Since your valuable to whatever Galeem is planning right now, I figure that you need to practice fighting outside your dragon form for now."
"Understood." Said the draconic princess as she looked back the Pokémon with a nod back. "Thank you."
"Don't thank me just yet." The Ninja frog answered back. "Let's go meet up with Shulk first, Tomorrow we shall start your training."
Lucina then gave a nod back as she followed the first mate of Captain falcon to where his other members are at, but not before she gave a glanced to the open sea.
'If I want to save my family, I need all the training I could get.' Thought the Sapphire hair Manakete to herself as she soon caught up to Greninja as he entered the kitchen of the Falcon. 'Hopefully it could work out.'
*Is En garde a word used often in the Fire Emblem series? It is a series focusing on the medieval age.
Author's Note:
Yup Robin makes her apperance in this chapter, Since this story is AU, There will be some changes to her chracter but hopefully I got her right.
As For the Sparing match in this chapter, the Burning Blood part is inspired by Sub-Atomic Grape's Blood of Dragon Fanfic. Again, Great Chrobin Fanfic that really explores the Family dynamic of that couple well. Check it out when you get the chance.
Yeah, This will be the first instinct of Lucina's more inexperience with a Sword in this story. She will be improving overtime however.
Speaking of which, I hope I didn't make her a Mary sue. Any advice to avoid this potential problem will be apperciated.
Yes, that was Fiora's dead body in this chapter, Galeem has some pretty nasty plans for her in order to eliminate Shulk and obtained his Monado along with getting her own version of the blade. (Since there are three Monados in the canon Xenoblade game, I guess this is understandable.)
What do you think? Is there anything to improve on? If not, See ya. ;)
