Please read the first part to the AN.

Part 1-White Clouds: Great Tree Moon-Three Houses

Rs:

Knock Knock

"Rosaline?

Knock Knock

"Rosaline, are you here?"

I'm trying to sleep Mercedes!

Knock Knock

"I'm coming! Just give me a second!"

I finally get out of my bed and I walked to my door. I opened it and there stands Mercedes. She has her usual smile when I make eye contact with her.

"Morning Rosaline. I was worried for a second that you weren't in your room."

"Well I'm here so what do you want?"

That sentence came out more aggressive than intended but luckily Mercedes doesn't take it as me being mean.

"Well I was wondering if you would like to join Ingrid, Annie, and me for some tea?"

Today is our first day off since we started classes and I was hoping for some alone time. I want to say no but Dimitri would probably get mad at me.

"Yeah sure. When?"

She giggles at my question.

"Right now."

I don't say anything but my body language is screaming annoyed. Mercedes speaks up again.

"I'll be waiting downstairs."

She walks away from my door and walks down the stairs. I close my door and I start to get ready. Our first week has been filled with so many introductions and explanations that I feel like my head is going to explode. A new teacher only just arrived at the beginning of the school week. I think his name is Byleth. Dimitri told us that he saved his life and is the son of Jeralt. I still don't understand how that makes him a qualified teacher but Dimitri likes him. He joined the Black Eagle House while we got Hanneman as our teacher. I actually prefer him than the other two. Manuela doesn't seem like the studious type and I rather not have an inexperienced teacher instructing us for the year. The only thing that upsets me about Hanneman is his obsession on crests.

I put my hair in my usual braided bun and I do a quick check on my uniform. Looks fine. I walk out of my room and I headed downstairs. Mercedes is waiting for me at the end of the stairs and she waves at me.

"That was quick. You ready to go?"

"Yeah lead the way."

I'm getting slightly nervous for this. I only just met Mercedes and Annette a week ago. I don't know how to act with them or what I should talk about. The only saving grace is that Ingrid will be there with me. Honestly I was lucky that most of my house is filled with people that I know already. Mercedes seems like a kind person and she is best friends with Annette. I can't imagine Mercedes' best friend not being nice like her. Then again, if I look at my friendships with Felix, Sylvain, Ingrid, and Dimitri, I don't have room to talk. Mercedes interrupts my train of thought.

"Did you hear that a student came in at the first day of school. I wonder what made him join in so late?"

I did hear about him. A commoner who joined the Golden Deer. I haven't seen him around but then again I don't really try to talk to other houses. Although recently I have felt like someone had been watching me throughout the week.

"Maybe he couldn't find a quick way to arrive here so he walked."

"Hehehe."

"Did I say something funny Mercedes?"

"No sorry. It's just that you have never really talked to me before so this is our first conversation together."

My face reddens at her comment.

"I mean this isn't really a conversation if you just laugh at my answers. Plus we literally only said one sentence to each other so I don't think it counts as a conversation."

I try to sound upset but sadly it comes out sounding more like I'm angry.

"Your right Rosaline. Sorry."

Even though she just apologized she giggles one more time. We arrive to the courtyard where most students sit down and drink tea. I see Ingrid and Annette already sitting down. Annette quickly spots Mercedes and waves at us.

"Mercie! Over here!"

Mercedes waves back at her and she turns to look at me.

"Come on Rosaline."

She grabs my hand and takes me to their table. I try to hide my face with my hands but sadly that causes more eyes to be on us. We sit down and Annette flashes a smile at me. Surprisingly so does Ingrid. Maybe she is just happy there is some else she knows here.

"Did you have to wait long Annie?"

"No not really. Ingrid just got here and I only waited for like a minute. Or was it two?"

"I don't think that really matters Annette. I just came back from training with Felix so sorry if I'm a little sweaty."

"No it's fine Ingrid. That just shows how much effort you put in your training."

Mercedes is really good at just casually complimenting people. Annette quickly stands from her seat and she has a look of shock on her face.

"I forgot the tea!"

"Oh Annie. How could you forget the tea. It's fine. I'll go get the tea."

"No Mercie, I can't let you do that. I'm the one who forgot it. I was tasked to get the tea so I'll go."

"How about this, we both get the tea. Since we need the kettle and pot plus all of the cups, I think it's a two women job."

"I guess you're right Merice. Lets go. What kind of tea do you guys want?"

I was a bit startled when she asked us that question. It was like they were in their own little world and we were just watching them. Ingrid was the first to answer.

"Chamomile. If they don't have that then mint leaves is also fine."

Annette nodded her head to Ingrid's answer and she redirected her focus onto me.

"Umm. I guess whatever you recommend to me is fine."

I don't really drink tea and when I do it was my mother who picked the tea for me.

"Okay got it. We'll be right back."

Annette and Mercedes walk away leaving Ingrid and me alone.

"I'm surprised that your here Rosaline. I can't imagine you sitting down drinking tea with us."

"You know I can say the same thing about you."

"Well it's a little unhealthy if I'm constantly training."

"Or is it because you thought we would get to eat some food with our tea?"

Her races reddens which answer my question.

"The only reason I came was because Mercedes kept knocking on my door. Plus I should get to know some of the other people in the house. We are going to be here for a year so I should at least be friends with them."

After calming down she nods to my answer.

"That's true. I guess we are kinda lucky that most of our house is our childhood friends. That means that we should be able to work together fairly well tomorrow. That's if Dimitri had picked us though."

The House Rivalry Battle. Each house will send four students with their respective house leader and their teacher into battle. Dimitri already chose Dedue, Ashe, Sylvain, and Mercedes. He said that he wanted to battle with Ashe and Mercedes since they never have fought together. And Dedue and Sylvain are pretty obvious. The only person mad was Felix which was to be expected.

"Well Dimitri logic makes sense since it is just a more relaxed version of the Eagle and Lion battle we'll do later on in the year."

"I guess you have a point but don't you think he wants to win this first battle to show that we are the better house."

"He stills wants to win but I bet this just kills two birds with one stone for him. Win the first mock battle and bond with his new classmates."

I might be giving Dimitri too much faith if I think he can win a battle with people he has only met with Dedue and Sylvain. Then again I imagine the other houses don't have that many students who know each other so maybe everyone is in the same boat.

"I think I see Annette and Mercedes."

She points to two people holding a tea set and four cups. I squint my eyes and I see that they are not our classmates. One of them has a stupid looking hair cut while the other one has glasses. The one with the stupid hair cut towers over the kid with glasses. They walk to their table. Before I could catch a glimpse at what weirdos would want to sit with that tall guy, I feel Ingrid tapped my shoulder.

"They were behind those two."

I turn back to the where she originally pointed to and I see Annette and Mercedes. They arrive to our table and put all of their stuff on it.

"Okay so we brought Chamomile for Ingrid and I brought Almond blend for Rosaline. Since you said whatever I recommend, I chose one of my favorites. I hope you like it."

She gives me a big smile and I nod to her.

"T-Thanks."

Mercedes giggles at my stutter and the rest of the girls join in. This is why I don't socialise with people.


L:

I'm currently sitting with Claude while we are waiting for Ignatz and Lorenz to arrive with the tea set. Claude just arrive at the table even though we were supposed to meet up five minutes ago.

"Sorry. I was busy with some things that Manuela wanted me to do. You know how teachers are."

"Claude either you did some 'things' with Manuela or you just woke up."

"What are you talking about? Why would you ever think of that possibility. Being the house leader has a lot of responsibilities that I have to carry with me everyday. That includes being on call whenever a teacher is in need. And you know how Manuela is. She was pretty hungover today. She-"

"Enough Claude. Your cape is on the wrong shoulder and you don't have your earring on."

Claude quickly feels for his earring and his cape and realizes that I was right.

"Whoops. I guess you got me there. I was doing some 'stuff' with Manuela. You know how she is."

"Claude."

"Alright, I admit it. I just woke up. Are you happy now? I wasn't lying about the house leaders having a lot of responsibilities though. I was up last night helping Manuela. I-"

He stops talking after I give an angry glare. He just sighs and shakes his head.

"I guess nothing goes past you Leo."

"I told you to stop calling me that."

"Sorry but it's easier to say than Leonardo. Don't you think?"

Before I could answer Claude perks up and points towards our left.

"The tea is here."

I turn to see Lorenz and Ignatz walking towards us. I tilt my head slightly and I see two other girls behind them with a tea set as well. I think they are from the Blue Lions. I follow them with my eyes and before I could see who they were sitting with Lorenz places the tea set on the table.

"Sorry for the wait. Ignatz could not decide what tea he wanted."

"Yeah sorry guys. There were so many options I had no idea what to pick."

"I, on the other hand already knew what I wanted from the minute I invited you two. However…"

Lorenz glares at Claude.

"I didn't know Claude was coming as well. This does explain why Ignatz grabbed four cups instead of three."

His voice had an annoyed tone to it. Are they not friends? Claude said that he already confirmed it with Lorenz that he could come. I give Claude a confused look while he laughs at us.

"Come on guys don't look at me like that. We have to look like a cohesive house. Especially in front of the other houses."

He points to another table. We all look at the table and I realize that it's the one with the two Blue Lion girls. They also have a table of four and they seem to be laughing except a red haired girl. She looks embarrassed but she still has a smile on her face. I turn back at Claude.

"See. They are laughing and having a good time even though they only just met this week. I bet if they looked at us they would think we are complete strangers. We have to look good so come on Lorenz just chill out. We can enjoy a nice conversation with tea just like everyone else. I think it would be really unnoble of you if you just kicked me out."

Claude really does have a way with words. I was quickly fascinated by him when I originally met him. Even though I can't tell when he is lying to me, he still knew how to make me feel at home here at Garreg Mach. I arrived the day class started since I was ambushed by some bandits on the way to Garreg Mach. I would have taken longer but somehow Claude found me and helped me out with the bandits. I was grateful for that and during the walk to Garreg Mach, he explained everything that I needed to know about the Officer's Academy. Apparently he got in trouble for leaving during class without telling anyone but he never told me that. I only heard about it from the other students. Ever since then I've been hanging out with him whenever we both had free time. I imagine he is only doing it so I can feel less nervous around here but I'm still grateful nonetheless.

"I agree with Claude. We should just enjoy tea with everyone here Lorenz. Like you said when you invited me here. I should get to know my classmates better."

Lorenz clicked his tongue to Claude but he nodded to my explanation. I guess they are not on friendly terms.

"I guess you are right Leonardo. Just for today I will sit with you Claude. It is the noble thing to do."

He sits down with us while Ignatz already served us our tea.

"Sorry Lorenz. Claude told me not to say anything to you so I just kept my mouth shut. Leicester Cortania for Claude and Sweet-Apple blend for Leonardo."

I thank him before I take a sip. I'm not one for sweets but today seems special for me. I see that everyone sips their tea as well. This peaceful scene does look nice. Claude is the first to speak.

"That hit the spot. Anyways we better hurry up or we will miss the meeting."

Everyone gives Claude a confused look. Ignatz asked the question we all were thinking.

"What are you talking about Claude?"

"I guess I forgot to tell you guys. We are having a meeting to discuss our plans for tomorrow's mock battle. It starts in two minutes so we better hurry."

Claude then chugs his tea and places it back on the table.

"C'mon guys drink up. We don't want to be late."

I see Lorenz shake in anger while Ignaz is trying to drink his tea as fast as he can but choking on it instead. Damn it Claude.

After a lot of shouting from Lorenz and stares from everyone else, we walked to our classroom. Lorenz is still fuming over our cancelled tea time while Ignatz is trying to calm him down. Once we arrive in class, to my surprise, everyone else is waiting for us. Hilda is holding Marianne which makes me think that she dragged Marianne here. Raphael is eating some meat while standing up. Lysithea was talking to Leonie about who knows what. Once Claude entered the room he started to speak.

"Okay everyone listen up."

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Claude. We all circle around him while he stood next to the chalkboard. He has the map drawn and has each house's starting position even though we were never told where the Black Eagles or Blue Lions would start. I wonder how he figured that out.

"So this is the map that we have to work with. I heard the Blue Lions are going to use Dimitri, Dedue, Mercedes, Sylvain, and Ashe. Oh and obviously Hanneman will be there as well. I don't know for sure what team the Black Eagles will use so I can only guess. Edelgard and Teach will be there. Hubert will obviously be there as well. That leaves three spots open. So…"

He turned around and started to write next to the map drawing. He made three lists. Magic, bow, and other. He wrote some names under each list and then turns back around to us.

"Linhardt and Dorothea are the magic users. Bernadetta uses a bow but Petra can use both a bow or a sword so she is hard to label. Caspar uses gauntlets, Ferdinand uses a spear, and Richard uses a sword. Since Hubert is already there I bet Edelgard will want a healer which is Dorothea so she'll be on the team. They will want a bow user so maybe… Bernadetta since she is the better archer against Petra. Edelgard, Hubert, Dorothea, Bernadetta, and Teach will be on the team, so who is going to be the last member? I don't think they'll put in Ferdinand since they probably want another heavy hitter. So it's either Caspar or Richard. Hmm."

Claude put his hand on his chin while thinking. I didn't have a clue on how Claude reached these conclusions so I don't even think about it. I look around and the only people thinking about this is Lorenz and Ignatz. However Marianne looks like she wants to say something. Hilda also notices this and she speaks up.

"Marianne, what is it? Do you have something to say?"

Everyone looks at Marianne and that makes her even more uncomfortable than before. She fidgets while standing and avoids eye contact with everyone.

"...umm…"

It looks like she just wants to run away from the attention. Claude tries to encourage her to speak.

"C'mon Marianne, you can tell us anything. I don't know about Lorenz, but I promise I won't make fun of you."

Lorenz was about to retort but Ignatz tries to calm him down. Since everyone else has their attention towards Lorenz and Claude, Marianne slowly starts to speak.

"...Ummm...I think...it's going to...be Richard."

Everyone returns their attention back to Marianne. She once again starts to fidget and it seems like she regrets speaking. Claude is shocked by what Marianne said.

"Why do you think that Marianne?"

Marianne still avoided eye contact but she spoke up again.

"He...told me."

Hilda was the first one to respond to her.

"Wait what?! You actually spoke to him?!"

"Umm...yes."

Everyone was surprised by what she just said. I've only just met her but I find it surprising that she spoke to someone outside of our house. Claude's eyes widen and he turns around to look at the board. He wrote each team on the board and he turns back to us.

"Okay so thanks to the lovely Marianne we know our opponent teams. Well one of them is more of an assumption but still. Now all we have to do is decide our teams. I will obviously be part of the team, as will Manuela. Marianne you will be on our team since you are our only healer so your in."

"...but."

"No butts Marianne. Your on the team and that's final."

Marianne looks like she just wants to crawl into a hole. Claude continues his plan.

"Lysithea, you be on the team since you are the best magic user here. Plus maybe they won't attack you since they might think you're a kid."

"Claude! Stop treating me as a child!"

Claude just laughs at her and he continues his plan.

"Okay so now I will include Raphael since he is our strongest guy here. You can counter Dedue."

"That's fine by me Claude. As long as you buy me food afterwards."

"Of course Raphael. I'll pay for everyone's meal if we win this."

Everyone cheers for this except for Lorenz who is still upset with him.

"Okay now the final member is the last thing to decide. I'm pretty sure Hilda doesn't want to join the team."

"Of course not Claude. I'm too frail to be on the battlefield."

Claude just rolls his eyes at her and continues on.

"So Hilda is out. Ignatz is out since I want another close range fighter so sorry Ignatz."

"It's fine Claude. I just want our house to win so you decide what is best."

"Thank you Ignatz. Anyways, so it's between Leonie and Leonardo."

"Umm excuse me Claude but you forgot about me."

"Did I Lorenz? Whoops. As I was saying, it's between Leonie and Leonardo."

"I will not accept this Claude! You have poked fun of me far too many times today!"

Lorenz starts to walk towards Claude but I quickly stopped him. Everyone else also went to stop Lorenz but Claude raised his hand.

"Okay everyone calm down. Let's just take a second to chill out."

He stopped talking for a few seconds and then continued on.

"Alright since Lorenz really wants to be on the team, I'll ask the both of you if you have any objections."

He points at Leonie and me. Leonie speaks up before I could even think of an answer.

"Yeah I want to be on the team. What if Captain Jeralt is watching the battle? I want to be able to impress him."

Claude nods his head and then looks at me.

"Well if they want to participate so badly it's fine if I'm not on the team."

"Oh c'mon Leo. Don't say that. I was going to originally pick you for the team before Lorenz interrupted me."

"Ohh."

That's all I could say since I didn't know how to respond to that. Lorenz was going to say something but Claude beat him to it.

"Okay, how about this. Hilda come over here."

Hilda points at herself in confusion and Claude nods at her. She walks over to him and he whispers something to her. She just nods her head.

"I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 13."

"Claude don't be ridiculous. It's not very noble of you to decide just purely on-"

"7!"

Leonie shouted her number and Lorenz jumped at her voice. Claude merely nodded and then looked at Lorenz.

"13!"

Claude then looks at me. I try to think of a number but then I noticed Claude pointing downwards with his eyes. I see that he is holding up, or I should say holding down, some of his fingers. I give him a serious look and he just smiles at me.

"3."


Rs:

Since I wasn't chosen to be on the team, the rest of us got to watch on the sidelines. The Black Eagles won the mock battle. To my and everyone else's surprise, Byleth, their new teacher, seemed like a tactical genius out there. It's like he knew what everyone else was going to do before they did themselves. He took down us first which made me upset. Then the Golden Deer were last. It's not like he only targeted us but we were the first house to lose all of our members. The three house leaders are talking to the new teacher while Dedue, Mercedes, Sylvain and Ashe walk towards us. Ashe is the first one to talk.

"Sorry guys. We didn't think the new professor would be so good."

"Yeah he really knew what he was doing. Plus his class was really good too."

Dedue just nods to their comments. Felix speaks up.

"I told the boar that he should have put me on the team if he wanted to win. Plus I really wanted to go up against the new teacher. He seemed like he would pose a challenge to me. That Richard guy also looked acceptable."

"Wow, praise from Felix is pretty rare. But not as rare as your beauty Rosa so maybe you should stop the frowning. It will ruin your good looks."

"I told you to stop calling me that Sylvain."

I didn't know I was frowning at all. Maybe it's because Felix mentioned Richard. After the battle was finished I noticed that he kept looking at me. I asked Ingrid for his name and she said it was Richard. Was he the same guy who kept staring at me during the week as well? He doesn't give off a stalker vibe like Hubert or Lorenz does but looks can be deceiving. I wave off that thought as Dimitri walked back to us.

"Sorry everyone. I have failed you as a house leader with this defeat today. I can't believe we were the first house to be eliminated."

Ingrid puts her hand on his shoulder.

"It's okay Dimitri. It was only our first house battle so I don't think you failed us at all."

Sylvain puts his hand over Ingrid's hand.

"I'm with Ingrid here. So what we lost? We still have the battle of the Eagle and Lion. Plus I'm pretty sure this was just a relaxed mock battle. We'll beat them next time."

Ingrid pulled her hand from Sylvain's hand and hit him with it. Even though she looked angry I could see a definite hue of red on her face. Annette also tried to make him feel better.

"Plus I heard they will be holding fighting tournaments every month. I bet we can win some of those as well."

"Hmm I wonder if they will have a sword tournament? Maybe then I can find some worthy opponents."

We laugh at Felix's comment which upset him even more. I then hear Hanneman call me over.

"Miss. Aubin, a word please."

I walk over to Hanneman leaving the rest of my house and their banter. I'm happy that Dimitri is laughing with everyone. I know he takes failure pretty hard sometimes so I'm glad that he can still smile after a loss. Maybe the Blue Lions can help him more than I thought.


R:

I can't believe we won the mock battle. It was even more surprising that Edelgard chose me to be on the team. I think it was our professor who contributed the most to our victory. He taught us very well during class but who knew he was an expert tactician. I guess it's one of those see it to believe it type of things. We still only won by the skin of our teeth. One of the Golden Deer put up a real challenge against me. He used a sword like me. He was shorter than me and he had black short hair. I never caught his name. I didn't really get a chance to speak to any of the Golden Deer which sucked since I wanted to talk to Marianne as well. She told me she had absolutely no interest in participating today so I wonder what changed her mind.

Edelgard just finished her victory speech and we are heading back to our dorms to prepare for our feast later today. I feel a cold stare behind my head so I turn around. I see Dorothea talking to Edelgard. Edelgard notices me staring at the two of them and reaches a different conclusion than what is really happening.

"Actually Dorothea, I have some business to handle with our professor, but Richard is here so you can talk to him."

She winks at me and walks past me. I just shake my head at her after she left. Dorothea has been giving me the cold shoulder all day.

"What were you two talking about?"

"Nothing."

That's how all our conversations have been today. One worded answers and end. I don't know what she is upset about. The day after we reunited, she would be the first one to greet me in the morning. We always ate at the mess hall together and I would help her with her studies. Today she has not started a single conversation. I know it's just better to leave her alone so I just increase my pace leaving her behind. Two outcomes are bound to happen. Either she doesn't say anything or…

"Let me ask you something."

Luckily she can't see my face since I roll my eyes. I stopped walking and turned around. She also stopped walking. I just stare at her until she finally asks her question.

"Who is this Marianne girl?"

"What?"

"I was told that the reason the Golden Deer knew our team layout was because you told Marianne."

"That's not true at all. I only told her I was on the team and that's it. Who told you that anyways?"

"That's a secret and not the point."

"Well I don't know why this matters. Even if I told her our entire plan, we still won."

"But barely."

"It doesn't matter. A victory is a victory. Plus it's honestly just a relaxed mock battle so it doesn't matter in the long run."

She just scoffs at my answer and turns her head away from me. I don't understand why she is mad about this.

Unless.

"Is this more about Marianne and not about the battle?"

Her nose crinkles to my question which answers mine.

"I can't believe you. Just because I talked to Marianne shouldn't make you this upset. I can talk to other people here just like you can. I mean you talk to every guy here apparently. Trying to look for a suitable partner. I know I'm not on your list since I'm not a noble so don't get upset if I talk to other people."

I said more than I wanted to say but it's too late now. She turns to me with tears beginning to form.

"Well you know what. I can talk to whoever I want. The reason why I…"

She stopped talking and just walked away from me. I contemplate on chasing her but I know I should just give her some space. We used to fight when we were kids so I should let her be. I sigh and begin the walk back to my room. Hopefully tonight's feast is not going to be weird.

"Wow that was hard to watch. You know she likes you right?"

I turn around and I see a guy with orange hair that is more red than Ferdinand's. The way he has his uniform is similar to the way I have mine. He walks towards me.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Sylvain from the Blue Lion House. I saw you out there and I was impressed. You held up well against Dimitri."

"Thanks?"

I was confused as to why he is talking to me since I can tell he has something to say.

"Do you want me to help you with your lady problems? I can say that I am an expert on the subject."

"I think I'm fine but thanks anyways."

I rather not receive advice from a stranger. I begin to leave but he puts his hand on my shoulder.

"Hands off."

I give him a death stare and he lets go with a smile on his face.

"Sorry about that. I just wasn't finished talking."

He lets go and steps back. He stops smiling and his face changes. He has the look of man ready to fight. I was taken aback by this.

"I came here because one of my friends thinks you're stalking her. I mean I understand admiring a beauty like Rosaline but she is getting uncomfortable with it so I came here to tell you to stop."

I knew this would happen with my starring. I feel embarrassed by this but I know I can't tell him the truth.

"Sorry, I'll stop. I just heard many things about her and I just wanted to know if they were true."

"You know your not good at lying."

Jeez this guy. I was just trying to end this quickly but I guess not. I'm not going to continue to look at her but I can't think of a good lie.

"So how about you really tell me why your stalking her."

I can't tell him the truth so I'm stuck with nothing.

"Look I'm being honest here when I say I'll stop. I just kept looking at her because…"

I couldn't say anything. Lying was not something I learned while on the field. Sylvain started to walk towards me and I just let him do what he has to do. Unlike last time I let him put his hand on my shoulder and he looks me in the eye.

"I get you man."

What?

"What?"

"I mean you like her right? Who wouldn't? She is a beauty. Her red hair matches her attitude and she really knows how to fight, which is always a plus. I can tell you suck at talking to girls so I can imagine you can't talk to her. You should have just said that in the beginning."

Maybe I should just ride this while I have the chance.

"Yeah you got me."

"Man I was scared that you were some creep but I can tell that your not like that all. You're just a shy guy. But I have to say that just staring at girls is not the right thing to do. You come off as creepy and she'll send a friend to beat you so you better stop that."

Did he just admit that he was going to beat me up right now? I just nod at his advice.

"Okay well I'm glad this is over with. Don't worry I won't say anything to her. You have my word."

"Thanks man. I owe you."

"You sure do. Well if you ever want any advice just come and ask me anything."

"You got it. Well see ya."

I quickly turn around and walk away. That was a close one. I can't believe how amateur I was. She noticed all my stares. I don't know why I can't decide on what to do. Maybe I should send a letter to Captain Veltus and ask her, if I should tell Rosaline the truth about her family.

AN:

Okay let me do some explaining. I made some changes to the story and I want to tell you guys what they are. Byleth meets the leaders on the night of the 19th and decides on his house on the 20th. After that classes start the 21st. Rosaline Aubin family is made up. Aubin is one of the crests that are lost to history. I decide to use that as a house name for her. Since in the story I won't explain it, I'll do it now. They are the original house to have Arianrhod. In the game it's the capital of the County of Rowe but in my it originally was the County of Aubin. I won't say much else as you'll learn the rest of it throughput the story. Also I'll tell you the heights, and ages the of the characters since the game tells you that through the roster page. Richard "Veltus" is 6 foot 2 and is 18. Rosaline Aubin is 5 foot 6 and is 17. Leonardo "Lovell" is 5 foot 8 and is 17.
That's all the plot important stuff the rest is just me writing the usual AN so you don't have to read this if you don't want to.
Aright hello. Welcome back to my story. This format for this chapter is kinda how I want to write some of the chapters. Please tell me if this good or would it be better for just one perspective per chapter. I'll still write both ways but I'll write more the one which people like. Hopefully you people will like the other OCs that I created. I kinda wanted to blast through the Great Tree Moon so I can have more Calendar time to work with. Sorry about not writing the battle. I'm not truly confident on writing actions but trust me I'll write the other battles out. I apologize to all the Ashe and Dedue fans since I don't know much of their characters. I've only beating the Black Eagle route and I'm currently on the Golden Deer route. Work and school only give me so much time to play the game. Don't worry though hopefully by the next time their in the story I'll know enough about them to write them. Now I will reply to the comments/reviews since I finally have some.

blueassassin996: You are the reason why I started this chapter with the Rosaline so feel proud about that.

AbleGem: I actually forgot that I never explained how he looked like but at the same time I think it's unnatural to either describe how Richard looks like to himself or for someone to to describe him out loud. Hopefully in this chapter you know what each character looks like now.

VGBlackwing: Not gonna lie. I don't know what you mean but I'm glad it's a win-win for you.

Saber309: Thanks for your support and hopefully you like Rosaline and Leonardo even though they have had less screen time so far compared to Richard.

Nozo: I agree with you on the OC fics in general. Some of them that I have read which aren't fire emblem related just feel like a self insert with every girl in the series liking the OC. I won't lie and say that I'm slightly giving the OCs my favorite characters as their romance options. I'm glad that you don't see my story as that. I feel honored that you think Richard could fit in the game so thank you.

That's all I have to say for now. Sorry for the long AN. Hopefully you keep reading this because I'm in this for the long haul. Thank you for your time and have a wonderful day.-Omas125