Cynthia
"Oooowah!" I rise up from my bed yawning then rubbed my eyes and began stretching my arms while doing some jumping jacks right after it.
The village chief was very kind of him to give us a stay for the night on this local motel for FREE! They gave us some colorful fuzzy pajamas that we wore for the night and took a nice bath. Not only that but those delicious meal we had for dinner as well, poor Owain though. I slightly jabbed him with my fork a bit hard yesterday for teasing my Morgan.
Morgan... I wonder if he's awake right now! Could've paid him a visit last night, but that cute boy fell asleep hard when he landed on the bed, Lucina told me. I wonder how everyone's doing right now, that's if they're even awake.
Each of us are given our own rooms for the night, except Lucina is sharing with Morgan's. My room is adjacent to Morgan's and Owain's. On my left side is Morgan and Lucina's and I'm about to check up on them to see if he's up, after all I have to thank him for saving me yesterday.
I left my room and checked on Morgan, so I opened his door quietly and swiftly. "Good morning Morgan! Us mighty heroes need to be up, I hope your— Uaaagh!"
*SLAM!*
I immediately went outside his room and slammed his door shut!
I couldn't believe what I saw! My cheeks began to heat up, bright like a ripe tomato. The sight of Morgan was so... Heroic. He was probably changing into his usual clothes as I saw him shirtless, those sexy rock hard six pack abs of his. N-not to mention them thick wide pecks of his! I've always wondered what Morgan's body looked like behind that thick coat of his, well it turns out that Morgan has a rather delicious muscular body. I shook my head to stop thinking anymore of Morgan before my thoughts get any lewder! By the way I think Lucina is already awake, since I didn't get a glimpse of her inside their room.
Morgan
Huh? I wonder what Cynthia wants? She probably forgot to knock before entering, let's see if she's still outside. I took my time to get by the door and opened it, checking if she's still there by any chance.
"Oh hey Cynthia is there something you wanted fr—"
"Kyaaaa!" Cynthia left screaming after she saw me open the door and ran back to her room.
"Do I smell bad? But I took a bath last night!" I sniffed my body especially my armpits to see if I was rotten, but all I smelled was the lemon scent from the body wash. Or maybe it's because I'm ugly? I went back to my room and put on my tank top shirt, now I have to change my pants and meet Cynthia in her room.
Cynthia
I can't believe I acted rude in front of Morgan, I ran away screaming from him. Now he must've been thinking that I find him ugly. Darn it! I can't get the image of a beefy shirtless Morgan in my head!
*KNOCK! KNOCK!*
"Cynthia? It's me, Morgan. Are you alright?" His voice was muffled because he's outside of the door, but I can still hear him clear. I took a deep breath and practiced my heroic stance before opening the door. When I did welcomed him, the sun's rays from the window shun upon him making him sparkling hot as he leaned on the door frame. This felt like one of those situations from the fanfictions that my mother kept reading on her spare time!
"Y-Yes Morgan, I-I'm a OK!" I let out a nervous laughter which made the situation awkward but Morgan doesn't seem to notice it. Good thing that he's such a big dork.
"Luci woke me up earlier, she told me that the motel is serving us free breakfast for saving their village. Let's have some nice goodies before heading to Regna Ferox."
"O-Ok, let's have breakfast Morgan..."
—10 Minutes later at the dining hall—
Lucina
"I hope you youngsters enjoy our delicious meal we're serving you, it our way of saying thanks for saving the village from those bandits."
This offer is seems a bit too much for a reward, the entire dining hall is open to us.
"I thank you my dear sir, but this looks far more than a breakfast for just the four of us." I'm not going to lie, there's a long table with tons of food on top. It feels like a...
"This feels like a buffet!" Morgan shouts! Just the exact word I was looking for.
"Well I'll you youngsters at your meal, enjoy it!" The village chief gives a happy smile before leaving the room to the four of us.
Owain
"Oh 'tis a fine meal for young warriors like ourselves." Not gonna lie, breakfast surprisingly appears greater than the dinner we had eaten last night.
*MUNCH* *MUNCH* *SLURP!*
Oh... It's Morgan eating like a wild animal, from the looks of it, Maribelle didn't give him enough lectures on the etiquette of fine dining like Lucina and I had.
"No matter! My stomach hungers for the flesh of 'tis meal, just as my sword hand thirst for it's victims!" I grabbed the knife with my sword hand and slashed the fried egg and bacon into pieces! I scooped them up with my spoon and ate it with honor.
"Jeez Owain, you make it look like you're battling the food as if they were a threat." Cynthia comments, but it hurts my pride! I felt the shattering code, defeated my a mere bacon and egg...
Morgan
"Nom, nom, nom. *Inaudible noises* *GULP* Aaah~ that was delicious! We should set foot after we're done eating." I took the a piece of the chicken's leg and hungrily feasted on it, not leaving a single piece except for it's bones.
-After Breakfast-
Lucina
"Thank you so much for your hospitality! You're a very kind village chief to us children" I said while bowing for respect for his care.
The chief waved his hands,"no need to thank us, it's the least we can do for youngsters like you." With one last look around the village, we left on our journey to save the world. We started our march once more, this time without stopping. I'm pretty sure that we're extremely near as the weather in the village is very chilly with the wind, hinting that snow should be close if we continue further.
Morgan and I wore our masks again and I tied my hair and hid it with my clothing, making it look short.
Lucina
Our party had set foot to pay the bordering kingdom for a way to help our parents, so far we've come a long way from the village and Ylisstol. Not far from our view, over the horizon the wide walls of Regna Ferox is seen from our position. I just hoped that Owain has some knowledge to get us in there undetected.
Cynthia
Wow! Morgan and Lucina have some weird mask on. I wonder if their planning a new group. But wait, could it be? That Morgan is leaving the 'Justice Cabal'!? I have to know, like right now!
"Umm Morgan? What are those masks that you and Lucina are wearing? Are you starting a new group with Gerome?" I shyly asked him.
"Oh this mask?" Morgan points at the one he's currently wearing, it's so difficult to see his facial expression with that mask hindering his eyes from us. "This mask is just a thing Luci came up with to hide our identities from mother and father. Not to mention, I go by my alias known as 'Alm'!" He exclaims the last part with full of joy, it's shows that he's actually pretty heroic than I am.
"Oh I was just worried, thinking that you've left Owain and I for a new group."
"WHAAAT?! I would never leave the Justice Cabal!" Morgan lets out a surprised tone from his voice while the mask still hindered his expression.
Lucina
"Owain, you've lived here for a long time. Do you still know the border patrol's routine and route?" It would be a vital for us to sneak past the border without having to fight our way through.
"Hngh?! Oh yes! 'tis my father was once a guard in those very same wall posts, waiting hungrily for action!" Ok... What I need is valuable information, not a backstory...
"For the day is nearly noon, the guards will be hungering, not for battle but for food! And thus we can make haste past the walls!" As I can see, Owain is still making weird poses with his 'sword hand' near his face. But at least we have a plan and that it's near high noon. I can't wait to get out of this cold weather, unlike Owain who's used to it.
It took a lot of effort for us to stealthy sneak past the guards, especially with Cynthia around! The pavement we were walking on is flat and that there weren't any obstacles and YET! Cynthia happens to trip over nothing! One of the guards were alerted and came by to check our path, we were so close on being busted. Until Morgan snuck behind the guard and gently poked the guard with the tip of his levin sword while emitting 50,000 volts, knocking the guard out.
Cynthia tried to contain her laughter at the sight of the guard dancing as Morgan electrocutes them, Cynthia is so going to get us killed. It's a good thing that we got inside the East Khan's castle, with one innocent bystander knocked out cold.
Owain
We actually got to infiltrate the Basilio's palace, now Lucina and Morgan just have to execute their plan of their to help out our parents and the future.
It feels weird to be back here in this very place, I grew up here after Lissa moved in with Lon'qu after getting married after the war. This brings back so much memories.
*Tmp! Tmp! Tmp!*
We quietly sat back behind the corner inside the palace as we heard sudden loud footsteps. It sounded like two people are strolling towards our way. I took a little peep and my eyes widened and a single tear escaped my eyes. "Father..." I muttered softly, but it was loud enough for Lucina and the others behind me to hear it.
"Owain, is it your father around that corner? Uncle Lon'qu?" Lucina silently whisper a question as I wiped the tear off my face and gave her the approval of being correct.
I grabbed my cousin's wrist not before I get a say, "just be careful Lucina. You too Morgan. Please go easy on my father and try not to give Basilio a heart attack when you two pop out of this corner." It's best if Cynthia and I just hid behind, I might accidentally shake Lon'qu with me calling him 'father'.
Lon'qu
"Hmph!?" I stopped dead on my track and Basilio followed my action, something feels off. It's like there's someone around that corner with their shadow's figure stretching out. I rapidly took out my killing edge from its sheath and held it steadily.
I took a quick breather before speaking. "Show yourself intruder! I know you're there." A foot came out from the edge and soon the figure appeared before us, but what shocked us was that the figure was small one, then another one came out, this one appears to be taller than the other purple coated one.
Both looked very similar with those blue hair color and the same masks that they wore. They had to be assassins if they managed to sneak past this far, they must be here for Basilio!
"Why are you here? What is your purpose assassin?" I let out a small growl while speaking in a low deadly tone.
Lucina
I placed my grip on Falchion's handle, readying to challenge Lon'qu. "Peace, we are not assassins, we came here to bargain."
"A bargain? Interesting... Perhaps the two of you are here to challenge my champion?" Basilio questions.
"Yes, my partner and I are planning to dethrone your champion. In return, you'll make us your current representative for the next competition against the West Khan!" I just hoped my bartering works.
"Hmm~ Interesting! Very well young lads! That is if you can beat my champion, Lon'qu! Ha ha."
Lon'qu walks up to Morgan as he measures my brother, staring at him with cold deadly eyes. The scene is frightening, Lon'qu is a giant compared to Morgan, making him look like a complete midget while my brother keeps his happy smile. We separated our distance, the upper hand has to be with us children, it's 2 vs 1, Morgan and I should win this handicap.
The battle began when the three of us drew our blades and charged at each other. Morgan's lightning speed was first in the fray of challenging Lon'qu. Both swords clashed as sparks came out from Morgan's levin sword, my brother swings horizontally aiming to injure Lon'qu's midsection but was blocked rather dashing. I got distracted by sheer amazement that my brother, Morgan was able to keep up with Lon'qu that he parries Morgan away and kicks me in the stomach, losing my balance for a second.
I coughed out a few times before regaining my stance and aimed my Falchion while Lon'qu's busy with Morgan. I ran towards my uncle and leapt into the air, rolling a few times before shouting, "Aether!" Lon'qu elbowed my brother to the chest and knocked him back. But my attack was immediately blocked after landing, Lon'qu stared at my mask as if he could see me then suddenly he backs off, lowering his guard.
Lon'qu panics and points his finger at me in surprise. "Wait a second you're a woma—"
Before he could even finish his sentence a loud spell was casted, "THORON!" There the next thing that happened is that Lon'qu was blown away into a wall by Morgan, now unconscious from the powerful spell.
Then there was silence from the entire audience, including from Owain and Cynthia who were spectating us.
"HOLY CRAP! You children managed to beat my champion!" Basilio's jaw dropped in shock and surprise.
Morgan and I took a moment to breathe before Basilio congratulates us, shaking our hands.
"Well a deals a deal! You shall be now my champions for the tournament! Sir... What are your names?" Basilio scratched his bald shiny head not able to call us by our names.
A small grin appeared on my face and thus I revealed our 'name'.
"The name is Marth, this small boy beside me is Alm."
"Greetings to you Marth and Alm, I hope you win me this tournament and I shall reward you gladly afterwards." I turned to see Morgan excitedly jumping, our plan is going very smoothly. Now it's just a matter for our parents to appear in the tournament later on sometime soon.
***Note(s)***
I originally planned to post this as two parts, like in Wattpad. But instead I just combined the two for this one.