I do not own fire emblem.

Story Summary: AU: In a World where Sitri is Rhea's Daughter and fought in the war of heroes and raised Byleth with the Argathians are a much more significant threat than anyone realizes how will the region react when it fully engulfed in chaos.

Chapter Summary: Byleth is born, but there is a problem; however, the Goddess intervenes to save her life. Jeralt and Sitri decide it is a good idea to visit Sitri's uncles Macuil, Indech, and Cichol (not known as Seteth yet)

Chapter 1: The Birth of Byleth

Day 20, Horsebow Moon Imperial Year 1159, Garreg Mach Monastery

Inside an ancient building, a building that is twenty-six years from being a thousand years old. In this old but well-kept building, there was a room that laid a woman on a bed. This woman was heavily pregnant with her first child, and she was the daughter of the archbishop. Her name is Sitri, well that is what she goes by now her real name is Athena, and she is not human, but a creature called a Nabatean, but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.

Now Sitri was in a great deal of pain; it was because she was in labor. But the archbishop was there alone to guide her daughter through the common practice of giving birth.

"Please, Sitri, just breath; it is going to be okay," said Archbishop Rhea as she is trying to calm a panicking Sitri down, which is a tall order at the very moment.

"I...am...trying...mother," said Sitri in pain and hyperventilating

"don't try Sitri, breath Byleth is almost here just breath in through the nose out through your mouth," replied Archbishop Rhea

Just then, a man with blonde hair and a blonde beard walked in. he was wearing an orange tunic with armor plates on both his arms and legs on his back; he wore a shield that bore the Crest of Seiros on it. His name was Jeralt, and he was Sitri's husband and the captain of the knights of Seiros; well, today was his last day at that job because he decided to retire to help raise his child.

"Sorry I am late, I had to fight bandits on my way here," said Jeralt

"Jeralt, thank the Goddess you are here. I thought you were going to miss the birth of our child!" said Sitri, still in pain but not as much as earlier has the last contraction subsided.

"Sitri, I wouldn't want to miss that you know me," replied Jeralt

Just then, Sitri started to yell in agonizing pain. Jeralt immediately grabbed Sitri's left hand.

"Sitri, squeeze my hand; take the pain out in my hand!" yelled Jeralt, desperately attempting to ease up the pain his wife felt.

Sitri took this advice and grabbed Jeralt's hand; she squeezed it as hard as she could with the intense pain that she was in. She could feel that she was very close to having her child in her arms. She just needed to push harder. But as she was about to give her final push, everything went purple—Time Froze for everyone except for Sitri.

Then Sothis appeared to Sitri, Sothis being the progenitor Goddess.

"My, My, it seems that we are having a bit of trouble, are we. my name is Sothis, my dear grandchild," said Sothis

"Sothis! But how! am I able to talk to you? Everyone is frozen in place! plus I saw what Nemesis did to your body!" said Sitri, full of shock in her face

"Sitri that matters not, I froze time with a divine pulse now. I am going to help you. How may I ask by merging my heart with your child to give me a permanent connection with your child and save the child from death and turn the child into a full Nabatean? It will also make everything go smoothly from here on out," replied Sothis " In return, I ask that you keep my Great-granddaughter safe."

"Thank you, Sothis, for everything; it was good seeing you again, and I promise Byleth will be safe with Jeralt and me," said Sitri

"Good, when time resumes, you will give birth to a healthy girl. Keep her safe also, keep this conversation a secret, please," said Sothis; then she disappeared, and everything returned to normal.

"Sitri, Push you are almost there!" yelled Rhea

Then Sitri felt an immense pain coming from her belly. She pushed with all her might remembering what Sothis told her. She held and squeezed Jeralt's hand as hard as she could during the entire process. Moments later, she heard a cry that sounded like it came from a Baby. The baby was born.

Rhea then grabbed the child, who had light green hair, and pointed ears. Rhea grabbed a cloth, wiped the green blood from the child, wrapped a blanket around the baby, and handed the child to Sitri.

"It's a girl; congratulations, you two. I am going to leave you to rest. if you are going away to Ramire Village to stay, you need to recover for tomorrow." said Rhea before she walked out the door

"Bye, mom!" yelled Sitri

The next day

The next day, Jeralt and Sitri were in the stables. They were preparing to leave for their new home in the quiet village of Ramire. Sitri was currently carrying a Sleeping Byleth. Simultaneously, Jeralt was busy packing the wagon with things they needed for the three-day journey that lay ahead of them. For them, it was going to be a long journey ahead of them.

Jeralt then sat on the seat in front of the wagon and grabbed a rope to guide the horses carrying the wagon. "Sitri, are you ready? We don't have all day, you know?" he asked.

"yes, I am," Sitri replied as she sat on the seat next to Jeralt with Byleth in her arms.

Then Jeralt took off, and they shortly passed the gatekeeper who Rhea was standing next to. "Bye, mom!" Sitri said while waving at her.

They were soon were in the city outside the monastery. They passed the markets. Then they gave the residential zones. Eventually, they came to the outer walls of Garreg Mach guarded by several gatekeepers, who let them pass through to the forest that lies outside the walls of Garreg Mach.

When they finally got far enough, and Jeralt was sure nobody was around because they were deep enough in the middle of the woods, Jeralt asked, "So why does Byleth have pointed ears? and why when she was born, she was covered in green stuff?"

"I guess it was inevitable," Sitri said as she closed her eyes and let out a sigh. "Because I am a child of the Goddess, also known as a Nabatean."

Jeralt shook his head in disbelief and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Remember all those years ago when you took a blow for mother and that blow nearly killed you? " asked Sitri

"Yes, but what does that have to do with anything?" said Jeralt

"A lot actually, your life was saved because mother gave you her blood to save you; in the process, you gained the Major Crest of Serios. That is because mother is Serios herself," replied Sitri

"So that explains that but not the green stuff and the pointed ears," said Jeralt

"So us Nabateans were created by Sothis the Progenitor Goddess. We are not human but have human characteristics. but you can tell the difference if you know what you look for." Sitri said, who paused to take a sip of water from her canteen before continuing, "for example, we have pointed ears, green hair, green eyes, green blood, are teeth are sharper, but that is only when we get our third set of teeth, and we can transform into a dragon, and sometimes take on dragon characteristics in are human form."

"can you control that form?" asked Jeralt

"Yes, Jeralt and Byleth will have one as well, but I will need to help when that time comes to control herself." replied Sitri " I promise you I am keeping no more secrets from you."

"Okay, so tell me if Rhea is Serios that makes you..." said Jeralt, but Sitri cut him off before he could finish that sentence and said, "that makes me Athena, my cousin Cethlenn, my uncles Macuil, Indech, and Cichol now there not much in the public eye but there still around we should see them in a few moons, Cichol is in Zanado taking care of Cethlenn who is in a stasis sleep last I heard, Indech is in Lake Teutates, and Macuil is in the Sreng desert. Also, for reasons, do not call me Athena."

"Sitri, I would like to that side of your family," said Jeralt, "but let's wait until Byleth is a little older. Also, let's set up camp for the night it's getting dark out.

While Jeralt set the campfire and started to set up the tent, Sitri began feeding Byleth. Once everything was all set, Sitri went inside the tent carrying Byleth and slept with Byleth in her hands. Jeralt then proceeded to sit, and eventually, he fell asleep.

Flashback to the War of Heroes Battle of Gronder Imperial Year 46

In the Field, there were three massive armies. These armies were easy to tell apart. With one army wearing White and red with a two-headed eagle on their shields, the military was called the Adrestian Army. They were led by five beings known as the Goddess children; they were called Serios, Athena, Indech, Cichol, and Macuil.

The Second Army was the army of Argthia. They were wearing black, and all had masks that made it look like they had a bird's beak over their nose; nobody led them because they were merely on loan to the third army.

The third army was the Army of Nemesis, the king of liberation, and They were wearing grey armor that had spikes on them. They were led by five of Nemesis's ten elite generals, Blaiddyd, Riegan, Lamine, Goneril, Daphnel.

The battle lines were drawn, and a great battle was about to begin. The question was who will remove the first blood. Then the army of Nemesis started firing arrows at the Adrestian Army. Next came a massive bolting spell from the mages of the Argathian Army. This was countered when a Massive contingent of horseback riders did a calvary change. This included Valkyries, Holy Knights, Dark knights, Great Knights. They Charged into the Archers and mages, killing a great deal of them but then retreated when some horseback rider ran into Lancer, killing the horseman.

Then Blaiddyd ordered the entire army to advance. He was in front of the military with Areadbhar. He charged forward on his horse, pointing his lance at the Adrestian Army.

Athena charged with her sword in hand, Macuil right behind her. At the same time, Serios ordered the Adrestian Army to charge into the Army of Nemesis. Cichol, with his lance from above, led the Wyverns, Pegasus, and Falcon knights. As the Catapults started to fire into the Adrestian Army, Cichol knew he needed to take them out, so he took his flying units and started to take them out one by one.

Serios, with her sword and shield in hand, charged at Blaiddyd, Knocking him out of his horse. Then a relentless brawl began between Serios and Blaiddyd, lance vs. sword. All around Serios, dead bodies were everywhere, leaving little room for movement. Have they continued to match each other blow for blow?

Riegan was constantly firing with Failnaught Killing a lot of soldiers. When he saw Serios Fighting with Blaiddyd, he aimed at Serios. But before he could fire, he was hit by the shield of Athena, sending the bow flying almost a hundred feet into the air. Athena then attempted to stab him with her sword, but he avoided it by rolling away. Lamine seeing her Comrade in danger, fired an abraxas spell at the back of Athena.

Cethlenn, after seeing the chaos of what was going on, decided she had enough. A bright green light surrounded the battlefield. White scales began to form on her skin. Her nails began to sharpen and turn into claws, and she grew large. Wings began to form. Cethlenn turned into a dragon that was at least two stories tall. When the Transformation was complete, she was already mid-flight, So nobody suspected her, especially with the confusion of the battle.

The dragon flew angrily around the Army of Nemesis and the Argathians and fired a beam of light from its mouth directly at a large group of soldiers. This scene repeated itself repeatedly until half of the Argathian Army and the Army of Nemesis were killed. Cichol flew; it was at that point Blaiddyd ordered a full retreat when the army entirely retreated. Yells of celebration began in the Adrestian Army.

Meanwhile, Cethlenn flew forest and then collapsed midair detransformed in bright green light. Cichol on his Wyvern chased after her, but he couldn't catch her in time; she was severely injured from the fall and forced into a stasis sleep to regenerate her body.

Day 21 Harpstring Moon Imperial Year 1160

Eight months have passed since Jeralt and Sitri has moved out of the monastery and into Remire Village, And Byleth is now eight months old. Jeralt was holding Byleth while sitting on top of a dragon. This dragon had blue and green scales all over its body, a long tail with four horns coming out of the end of its tail. It had four wings, each wing with feathers on them. Its head had four horns coming out the top of it. This was Sitri's dragon form, and they were going to visit Macuil so he could see Byleth, and they should be landing shortly.

After they passed what seemed like an endless sea, they entered a very desert-like area. This was the Sreng desert. Then they entered into a temple area in which Sitri landed. "Jeralt, you can get off my back now we're here," Sitri said in her draconian voice.

After Jeralt got off Sitri's back, Sitri flew in a circle around Jeralt, then a green light surrounded her, and as she landed, she was in her human form and on her two feet.

"Goddess, I am never going to get used to that," said Jeralt

"give me Byleth. and follow me," said Sitri as she took Byleth from Jeralt and began to lead him into the temple, which leads to stairs that led underground. She then got to a door and knocked on it. "Uncle Macuil, I know your in there. Open the door. I have someone to show you. Don't worry, and mom is not with me."

Then the door opened, and out came a tall man with short light green spikey hair. he looked at Jeralt and said, "Who is he."

"He is family, my husband, your brother-in-law, and the father of my daughter," Sitri chirped.

When she said, her daughter Macuil looked at her shoulder and saw the small sleeping child she was carrying and said, "come in, it's a family reunion. I see Cichol, Cethlenn, and Indech are here as well; they will be happy to see you, Athena."

The pair went in and sat down there; they saw a young girl and two men, one had concise dark green hair, and the other had long wavy hair that covered his ears. The girl's name was Cethlenn, the guy with the short hair was Indech, and the guy with the long hair was Cichol.

"ATHENA!" yelled Cethlenn with excitement as she rushed over to Sitri.

"Shhh! Cethlenn, not so loud Byleth is sleeping." said Sitri making Cethlenn quiet down a little before she moved on to say, "Well everyone, this little one is Byleth, my daughter, and this guy right here is my husband, Jeralt."

So the group chatted and played with Byleth and Cethlenn until nightfall, when it was time for Jeralt and Sitri to go back, taking Byleth with them. They didn't leave empty-handed Macuil gave Sitri a sword and shield to give to Byleth when she is ready. Indech gave Sitri a Bow that she should provide Byleth when she can train with it.

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