This is the introduction of two new OCs I have. The first one is Aster and she is (SPOILERS!!!!!!). She (SPOILERS!!!!!!) and started to work with the Church of Seiros ever since. She sometimes speaks Latin (originally I was going to give her a language I made up, but that would be gibberish. I am using Google Translator for Latin since it is not easy to speak Latin even though it is a dead language.) And the second one is Rene, she was the adoptive daughter of a merchant family until they were slaughtered with Rene being the only survivor which awakened a negative side in her. She has a Major Crest of Ernest, which is the Crest Three Houses Anna has.
And sorry if it chapters like this one are short.
Alfonse could not sleep... even with the enemy wanting him to join their side, he would still pretend he was unconscious, but it would deprive him of sleep. He would feel weak, but he had to hide that weakness so he could keep fighting.
Suddenly, something was rolled onto him. It was an apple. He weakly opened his eyes and saw a young girl with completely white skin, long pink and blue tied in a small ponytail that reached onto her waist and reddish orange eyes. She had a sad smile.
"Eat up..." She said softly. "You must be famished."
Alfonse did not say anything as he grabbed the apple and took a bite.
"Forgive me for not being there on time." The girl sighed. "The Whirlwind Emperor and the Thunder Goddess must have been really aware of your struggles..."
The Askran Prince remained quiet as he continued taking slow bites on the apple and thinking of a way out.
"You want to leave this place, right?" The girl asked, which made Alfonse catch her attention. "Those cells have pipes that are made of powerful materials. No sword, lance or Axe can break through. Perhaps... magic might help. Step back, because this might hurt."
Alfonse stood up and took a few steps back as the girl used fire magic to melt the bars in the cell. As the cell was completely melted into molten copper, the Askran Prince carefully got out of the cell so he wouldn't hurt himself.
"Thank you..." He said quietly until he realized something. "I never got your name."
"Oh. Forgive me." The girl nodded. "My name is Aster. What is your name?"
"Alfonse..." The Askran Prince answered.
"It is nice to meet you." Aster smiles. "Oh. We should get out of here, luckily, I know one exit that no one else knows."
The pink and blue haired girl led the blue and blond haired young man towards a tunnel that the former took in order to sneak in and rescue the latter.
When they are almost out, Alfonse stopped in order to tend to an injury he got on his right arm.
"Oh my." Aster ran to him. "Are you hurt? Here. Let me heal you."
She then used magic to heal the injury on The Askran Prince's arm. The wound slowly disappeared until nothing was seen.
"Thank you." Alfonse smiled. "I see that you are worrying about me. Just like my sister."
"You have a sister?" Aster gasped.
"Yes." The blue and blond haired young man nodded. "Her name is Sharena. She is the Princess of Askr and she is really optimistic. Despite our arguements, I care about her deeply."
"I see." Aster said. "I got word from an ally of mine that she is in Garreg Mach Monastery, so I can lead you back to her and have you both reuni-."
"I will not allow it." A voice was heard.
Both Alfonse and Aster turned around and saw a man in black clad armor arrive. The man was holding a scythe and giving out a glare that terrified Aster.
"That boy is not going ANYWHERE." The man in black said. "He is coming back to Lady Thórr."
"The Thunder Goddess..." Aster shook in fear.
"So you work with Thórr..." Alfonse growled. "I told you I am not going back to her. Nor will I be joining her."
"Then I will force you!" The man in black charged at both Alfonse and Aster to attack them, but Aster uses her staff to create some minions that block the attack.
"Run!!" She said. "You have to escape!!"
"What about you?!" Alfonse shook his head
"Do not worry about me." The pink and blue haired girl turned to him and smiled. "I am a fighter as well. I can handle myself."
The Askran Prince hesitated because she was so kind to him. Thinking it through, he took out Folkvangr, rushed of to the man in black and took a swing with his sword, injuring his enemy's arm.
"GAH!!!" The man in black stood back as he was injured on his fighting arm.
"What?!" Aster was surprised. "They're after you!"
"They may chase after me all they want." Alfonse took a deep breath. "But I am not one to cower in fear. Nor will I leave behind someone who is in distress."
Aster was shocked -and speechless- when she heard that Alfonse decided to help her at the cost of his life.
"That is enough, Death Knight." Another voice was heard.
"Thórr." Alfonse growled.
Thórr arrived, Mjólnir in hand.
"I predicted that you would escape with that no good coward of a traitor." The War God crossed her arms. "So I decided that it would be better if we would instead... use you as a hostage instead of a minion."
Mjólnir then glows cyan and a lightining bolt was about to break the ground. Aster uses her staff to create a barrier that protects her and Alfonse. However, the bolt was too strong and the barrier broke, sending BOTH Asrer and Alfonse to the ground.
"AH!!!" The pink and blue haired girl screamed.
Alfonse struggled to get up. He was at a disadvantage because he was very sleep deprived and famished before Aster rescued him.
Aster, on the other hand, did not hesistate to pick her staff up and use Fortify to heal herself and Alfonse.
"I see that you both are fighters." Thórr growled. "Looks like you will leave me no choice when it is time to make you both helpless."
The Goddess of War then used Mjólnir to create a powerful wind to separate Aster from Alfonse.
"NO!!!" Alfonse screamed as he tried to reach his hand out for Aster.
Aster extended her hand back, but the force of the wind made the hand reach futile and she was sent flying.
"ASTER!!!!!" Alfonse screamed her name as she was blown away.
"You will never see her again." Thórr smirked. "But perhaps, we would use you as bait for the Knights of Seiros."
Alfonse growled as he stood up and grabbed Folkvangr. He then charged at Thórr, but the Teal haired woman used her axe to send him flying.
As the Askran was going to continue fighting, dark magic appeared and grabbed him on a chokehold. He tried to scream, but what came out was a whimper.
"You should have been a good boy and joined us." The blue cloaked man walked in.
"I thank you for the back up, Whirlwind Emperor." Thórr smiled.
Alfonse's eyes widened in feaf once he sees the masked man -the Whirlwind Emperor-.
"You will watch as the Death Knight and I kill all you love." The Whirlwind Emperor said.
"Share...na..." Alfonse tried to speak. "Ki...ran..."
The Askran Prince then lost consciousness. The Dark magic was halted and the man in black -the Death Knight- grabbed him.
"Any signs of power on the Sword of the Creator?" Thórr asked.
"Sadly, no." The Whirlwind Emperor shook his head. "Not even with her Crest, it does not react to me."
"It seems that we will have to think of something else." the Death Knight said. "Like sealing the Holy Masoleum."
"Indeed." The Whirlwind Emperor said. "Perhaps we should use the prisoner as a bait for the sister he always wants to see."
"Perhaps." Thórr nodded. "But we shall not worry about that traitor of Aster. She will not be able to see him again."
Meanwhille, hours later, Aster was woken up by something. She looks around and sees that she is in the Imfirmary.
"You're awake." Yuri was visiting her. "You worried us when Constance found you unconscious."
"Ignosce me (Forgive me)..." Aster sighed.
"We got word from Lady Rhea that the blond and pink haired girl's brother is still held hostage." A red haired girl crosses her arms.
"I have tried really hard, Hapi..." Aster shook her head. "But the Thunder Goddess was too powerful."
"At least you did your best, Astra." Hapi nodded.
"We will have to wait for Lady Rhea to talk about our mission." A teal and green haired girl said.
"I believe so, Rene." Yuri nod. "And that boy's sister will like to hear this..."
At night, Kiran was writing on some notes about Zanado, the Red Canyon.
"You never tire yourself, do you?" Sothis' voice sighed.
"I am a hardworker." The Summoner shook their head. "I cannor stop myself from what I do. Ugh! Now I sound like Annette."
"Of course..." The Beggining sighed. "You are an overachiever and so is she. Then again... I saw strains of white hair on both the girl and the Blue Lion House leader."
"According to the Lysithea that was sent to Askr from a Fodlan in which the Allience won, she and Edelgard must have gotten it from Crest Experiments." Kiran scratched his head. "And I am pretty sure Dimitri and Annette went through the same in this world."
"Correct." Sothis added. "You have become even smarter!"
Meanwhille, Sharena was at the cathedral, praying.
"Sharena?" Ashe said as he and Beles entered the building. "Are you praying?"
"Yeah..." The Askran Princess nodded. "I have been sleepless for nights, so the only thing that keeps me calm is going to pray at the cathedral. Oh, look at me. I'm supposed to be optimistic and yet, I cannot stop worrying about my brother..."
"I know how you feel." Beles sighed. "Sometimes, I worry about my brother since he cannot express himself. I even worried about my father since he was so focused on raising me and my brother."
"What about you, Ashe?" Sharena asked Ashe.
"I spent most of my life raising my brother and sister, Zachary and Aliana, or Zach and Ali in short, but since I know Lonato is taking care of them while I study here in the Officers Academy, it calms me down." Ashe says. "Bell even took care of them when Lonato and I were away."
"Bell?" Sharena tilted her head.
"That's what I call Beles." The kindhearted student blushed. "Captain Jeralt also calls her that. I never got used to calling her a Professor, so I call her Bell."
"I see." The Askran Princess smiled. "That is a cute nickname."
"Thank you." Beles smiled. "By the way, we should go to bed. The next month will be a hectic month."
"Yeah." Sharena nods. "Maybe they can find my brother's location."
"You'll find him, Sharena." Ashe smiles.
Sharena feels a little calm after the heartfelt conversation she had with Beles and Ashe. Even though they both may be from different houses, it made Sharena happy to be friends with them.
TO BE CONTINUED