BGM-Fire Emblem Warriors OST-Fire Emblem Theme
Robin: Hello, I'm Robin. I'm a Tactician for the Shepherds, so let me know if you ever need a battle plan. Marth warned us that Exalt Emmeryn was to be assassinated. We thwarted the plot, but Marth was revealed to be a woman, and one with knowledge of the future. It's getting risky keeping her in the castle. For the time being, she'll have to stay safe in a secret location until we return from Ferox with reinforcements.
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Act 1 Issue 10: Incursion
Breakneck Pass, Kingdom of Ylisse.
BGM-Fire Emblem Awakening OST- "The Vaike never forgets! I just don't always remember."
The morning following the failed assassination plot, the Shepherd Avengers Alliance have been tasked to escort the Exalt to the eastern palace where she'll be safe while they request more Feroxi soldiers for the war. Their journey takes them through a treacherous mountain pass not far from the capital, but already heroes like Lissa are tired from all this walking on bumpy terrain.
"Ugh, my poor feet. I've got blisters the size of eggs!" Lissa complained, taking a moment to stop and rest and tend to her sore feet.
"Oh, it's not so bad, Lissa. Just a healthy little stroll!" Chrom casually said before turning to his tactician, "How are you holding up, Robin?"
Robin exhaustedly groans, "My legs feel like pudding…Your endurance astounds me, Chrom."
"Hah! Should I carry you?" Chrom joked.
"You can carry me!" Lissa quipped, which her brother doesn't take seriously as he continues walking ahead. "No, seriously. I would really be okay with you carrying me." She exclaimed while rushing to catch up with him.
"Not too late to help Ruby's group patrol the capital. Sonic can take you back." said Amy amidst a phone call with the scarlet huntress herself.
"Really?!" Lissa enthusiastically looks at Sonic walking near the girls.
"Nah. Ruby doesn't want me anywhere near her trying to prove she's better than me." Sonic quipped.
'And I will! I'm going to be a better hero than both you and Spidey combined! Just you watch!' Ruby's voice shouted out her dream from Amy's phone.
"Can't watch ya if you won't let me near ya to see that I'm still better than ya." Sonic teased to not only annoy, but to further motivate the huntress into accomplishing her goal.
"At least carry me around several times. It's hot and I want to feel that cool breeze." Lissa requested from the blue hedgehog.
"Sure." Sonic smiled.
"Yes!" retorted Lissa with an excited double fist-pump.
"No, Sonic, don't! We're on a mission! You two will just cause trouble!" Chrom argues against their stupid idea.
"C'mon, Chrom Dum, live a little." quipped Sonic, holding Lissa in his arms before running off through the mountains at blistering speeds, passing by Chrom as he spirals out of control from his sheer speed until he stops feeling woozy.
"How did King Marth tolerate him I'll never know…" Chrom scowled at the Legendary Hedgehog's annoying carefree nature.
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BGM-Fire Emblem Warriors OST-Tranquility
During the journey, Spider-Man is walking alongside Emmeryn checking something through his Webware that has the Exalt intrigued. "Is there a problem?" Emmeryn asked him.
"Not really. Been scanning the world for updates on the Genesis Portals. Their numbers stopped increasing and are now decreasing, but at a slow rate. Might have to do with us defeating Ultron last night since he was in control of 'em." Spidey told her.
"That is good news. And how are you feeling this morning?" questioned Emmeryn.
"To be honest, I'm anxious." Spidey rubs his masked head.
"Regarding Morlun?" Emmeryn guessed correctly.
"You guessed it." Spidey quipped, "I just know we're going to fight again during this war, but I don't think I'll be ready. He's unlike anyone I've ever faced before. His power is just out of this world. Even though I'm The Other, I may only accomplish delaying the inevitable."
"Do not forget you won't be alone. Your friends are more than willing to help you pass any danger." Emm reminded him.
"I know. Worried, but grateful they'll have my back. I only saved the dimensions thanks to my many friends, not because I'm the Hero-Spider." Spidey replied humbly.
"You are still concerned of your worthiness to your own legend?" The curious Emm questioned the hero.
Spidey frowns, "Hard convincing yourself when you became a hero out of guilt. Ever since everyone began referring to me as Hero-Spider, I've been pondering the true meaning of justice. With every victory birth sore losers, and those losers vow to have their revenge through whatever means necessary. Take Green Goblin for example. I stopped him from conquering the worlds and threw him in jail, yeah, but I did that so many times. And so many times he broke out and threatened my loved ones just to get to me. Even if we somehow defeat them, what will stop Morlun and Gangrel from doing the same? History will forever be doomed to repeat itself. Many people will continue to suffer. Should I quit being Spider-Man? Focus on becoming a scientist to better the world? Should I…take a life to ensure my enemies never return? How do I break a cycle of revenge?" He asked a very solemn question to the exalt.
"…I wish I have an answer for you." Emmeryn admitted somberly, "My methods for peace and justice haven't been exactly perfect either, as this war has emphasized. Simply killing our enemies won't make a difference. It'll just lead to more war, which leads to more tragedy. But for you to ask such a question at a young age…" Emm smiles, "I believe you are closer in finding the answer for peace after war."
"You really think so?" Spidey responded.
Nodding, Emm tells him, "Unlike me, you are a warrior with the heart of a king. You seek out peaceful solutions and use your immense power to fight for those who cannot defend for themselves. You are hope. A leader driven by such an innate tenderness for others that your kindness is contagious. From that behavior, good is born. It fosters resolve and determination among the people. A benefit to all. What you lack is the unwavering pride in oneself."
"Pride? Like…that of the Hero-King?" Spidey asked confusedly.
"For one, stop comparing yourself to him. You will never be the Hero-King, and I refuse to believe you are this 'Shadow Arachnid' King Gangrel claimed you to be. You are the humble hero that touched the heart of the Divine Dragon. No need to change. Keep an open mind and don't forget to have some faith in yourself. Extraordinary things can happen if you believe in yourself. As for obtaining pride, continue working alongside Chrom. Learn to be a warrior from him, as he is learning to be a hero from you." Emmeryn advised him how to improve himself of being a warrior hero.
"Is that so?" Spidey glanced at the Ylissean Prince ahead, "Might as well continue hanging out with him then until he gets sick of tolerating me."
Emm giggles at his little joke, "He has much to learn of your jovial ways. The day will come when Chrom ascends to the throne. You are the best role model for him and Lissa. Cherish your benevolence, Spider-Man, for it shall illuminate the path you are meant to trek."
"Thanks for the encouragement. I won't let it go to waste." Spidey promised her, vowing to gain pride over his own legend.
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Halfway in their trek through Breakneck Pass, the Ylissean Hierarch that's walking amongst the army is starting to look concerned about something. "Hmm…" He keeps shooting nervous glances at the nearest mountains as if he's expecting someone, but what he didn't expect was Frederick noticing his troubles.
"Is something troubling you, Hierarch? You keep glancing up at the peaks." Frederick asked him.
"Hmm? Oh, I'm just a b-bit nervous I'm afraid. Gh-ghastly times, these!" claimed the Hierarch.
"Chrom, who is that?" Robin asked his leader.
"The hierarch? He's been a friend of House Ylisse for many years. He guided Emmeryn during the early years of her rule." Chrom briefed him, "Why do you ask?"
Robin remarks, "I can't quite put my finger on it, but something feels."
"WOOOOOOAH!"
BGM-Fire Emblem Warriors OST- Justice RIP (Nohrian Storm)
The unified screams of Sonic and Lissa were heard by the Alliance as they turn to the direction they were coming from. The frantic duo returned from their little run around the mountains earlier than they wanted, and it's all thanks to an army of Magitek-empowered Plegians that are in a relentless pursuit for their hide. Just one glance at Chrom facepalming at the trouble they brought and Sonic was quick defending themselves, "To be fair, they were going to ambush us!"
More Brigands run toward the group, with one of them tauntingly laughing, "Time to die, princey!"
"Damn! How did they know we were here?" scowled Chrom, swiftly whipping out his blade to defeat the brigands, "Everyone! Prepare for battle!"
In mere frantic seconds, the Heroes were forced to take up arms as the Plegian Army has taken over all but their territory in Breakneck Pass. As the fighting between them commence, Vasto, the high-ranking Commander of this attack, flies over the battlefield with his wyvern to sniffingly taunt the heroes for falling into their trap, "Ahhhhhhh…Smell that, men? The winds of fortune are blowing our way!"
"Hold, sir!" The Hierarch suddenly approaches the commander from the ground, "I am the man King Gangrel told you about! Did you not receive orders to take me into your protection?" He reveals his betrayal to Ylisse to save his own cowardice life, much to the exalt's gasping shock upon hearing this from her longtime friend.
"I've orders to protect a man, true... But I see no man here! ...Only a pig! A rasher of traitorous bacon that sold out his own sovereign! And what do we do with little piggies, mmm?" Vasto voiced his disgust for his cowardness.
Nervously, the Hierarch retorts, "Well, you…I mean, perhaps…You let them go free?"
"Oh, are you a chicken now? Bawk bawk!" Vasto enjoyably mocks him, "We've a whole barnyard in our midst! Well, it don't matter what you are. The axe will fall just the same!"
"EEEEEEEEEEK!" screamed Hierarch before a nearby brigand kills him with a swing of his axe.
"Right! Now for the main event. By moon's end, they'll be erecting statues of me in the capital! Ho there! Ylisseans!" shouted Vasto, gaining the attention of some heroes that are disgusted by his murderous ways, "Give me the Fire Emblem and your wench of a ruler, and spare yourselves a gory end!"
"Phila, take Emmeryn to the rear of the column. We'll fend off these blackguards!" ordered Chrom, glancing at her big sister being hurried to a safe zone before focusing his fierce attention on the foes that dared to ambush them.
The main mission is to rout the enemy, but it's easier said than done when the enemy is empowered by cosmic crystals. Dark Plegian Soldiers quickly push some Ylissean Soldiers to the corner, killing a few until they were knocked back by the combined power of Blake and the transformed Panne.
"What is this dark power I'm smelling from the enemy?" Panne questioned.
"Must be the Magitek we were warned about. ISO-8 corrupted by magic and science." Blake mentioned. To combat their dark power, the Faunus takes out a purple ISO-8 crystal that was procured and purified following the Battle of Border Pass, "Let's give them a taste of their own medicine."
Empowered by her own cosmic crystal, Blake fires off an incredibly wide blade beam that stuns a horde of enemies that makes it far too easy for Panne to decimate. Other heroes begin showing off their ISO-8 Power too, to even the odds against the Plegians. Sully powers up himself alongside her horse for a tremendously powerful energy charge, ramming through many crowds like a battle-loving bullet train. Though he is small, Ricken unleashes some massive power, calling down several lightning bolts in rapid succession on the target area.
"Stealin' then usin' our Magitek?" taunted a Plegian Barbarian locking axes with Frederick's, "And you Ylisseans pride yourselves as goody two shoes!"
"Would you prefer falling to our Anti-Magitek Weaponry?" snarked Frederick with an axe that had been upgraded by the scientists and sorcerers of his army to better counter Magitek-empowered enemies, overpowering his foe and defeating him with a devastating windy slash.
"To think there was a spy among us. Sorry we were betrayed by your sister's old friend." Sonic said to Chrom, as the twin blue heroes are back-to-back fighting against a wave of corrupted bandits.
"No need for apologies! Using fear to turn friends to foes! The Mad King's corruption knows no bounds!" Chrom scowled.
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Amidst this intense battle, a new Ylissean player appears at exhausted speeds. A beautiful and redheaded Pegasus Knight Paragon suddenly flew around the safe zone where Emmeryn is being protected by her soldiers, huffing until her horrified eyes noticed her allies are fighting Plegians, "No! Plegians here as well?! Prince Chrom! Captain Phila! Beware! Enemy reinforcements to the rear! They'll be upon us soon!"
"Is that…Gods, Cordelia?!" Phila recognized the pegasus knight.
"Cordelia?" A curious Spidey commented.
"She's one of my knights. Young yet, but quite gifted. But she was stationed on the border…Why…? Oh, gods!" To her own horror, Phila reacted in shock upon realizing what might've happened to Ylisstol, "Could it mean…?"
Minutes Earlier…In Ylisstol.
'How're the skies lookin', Tails?' Ruby contacted the fox cub patrolling the skies of the capital in his Cyclone's Plane Mode.
"Infested with a few harmless Genesis Portals. Besides them, all is quiet." Tails reported with a smile, "You?"
To protect Ylisstol in the Exalt's secret absence, a patrol team was put in charge that includes the aforementioned Ruby and Tails. Weiss patrols the north. Vaike patrols the west. Virion patrols the east. Maribelle patrols the south. And Knuckles patrols the castle as if he's guarding the Master Emerald. "Peaceful here in central Ylisstol." Ruby reported from the center of the city.
'It's boring where I'm standing! Should've gone with the others. No doubt they're having fun fightin' all sorts of crazy!' Vaike complained.
'Can always count on Sonic bringing in trouble.' Knuckles quipped casually.
'Dangit!' Vaike retorted.
"Relax, Vaike. Just keep patrolling your area and you'll eventually find something to have fun with." Ruby cheered him up.
'Don't jinx us, Ruby!' Weiss reprimanded her partner.
'We have enough worries on our conscious, thank you!' Maribelle joined in the scolding.
"Sorry, sorry." Ruby sheepishly scratches the back of her hair.
BGM-Super Dragon Ball Heroes OST-Inevitable Shura
Unbeknownst to the entire populace of Ylisstol, a mysterious threat is spying on them all high in the stratosphere. A mischievous Crown Prince Hedgehog that is raising his hand up in the air to charge a dark blue aura around his body, disrupting the atmosphere with his own supreme power that casts an ominous thunderstorm for all in the capital to witness.
"Maidens! Prepare yourselves for some unpleasant weather!" Virion noticed from his rooftop.
'Tails, what's going on?!' Ruby requested a report immediately.
"I'm detecting a sudden energy spike!" Tails detected with his onboard sensors, "Coming from…" He then shoots a confused look at the upper atmosphere that has himself saying, "Space?"
As fast as lightning bolts from the heavens, the capital was bombarded by a massively stunning rain of dark energy waves. Where was once buildings were explosions that crater the landscape, scaring countless civilians to flee screaming for their lives until many of them were caught in the bombardment. Ylissean Soldiers hurry to the rescue of numerous people until they were surprisingly assaulted by a swarm of Corrupted Plegians that used the bombardment as cover for their raid on Ylisstol.
"Everyone, evacuate the city! Tails, find out who attacked!" Ruby urgently ordered her forces, evading dark blue flaming patches to help rescue civilians.
The Huntress's efforts were suddenly stopped upon noticing Tails dropping next to her in his Cyclone's Walker Mode. "They're HERE!" He expressed their assailant is coming to them.
Side by side with stern grunts, the duo Avengers glare at their Silhouetted Dark Enemy crashing themselves down from the skies with explosive force. The smoke clears, and to the heroes' absolute horror, it reveals Grimadoom the Hedgehog standing before his army of Corrupted Plegians.
"It can't be…" Tails muttered, realizing that Grimadoom is here and has formed an alliance with Plegia.
Sporting his usual sinister smirk, the Dark Hedgehog lets out a taunting laugh that infuriates the heroes before him, "YO, Avengers. Long time no see. Did you enjoy the fireworks?"
"Y-You…!" Ruby glowered with fierce rage while whipping out her scythe, with her and Tails ready to combat the unstoppable power that rivals that of the Legendary Super Sonic.
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Now…At Breakneck Pass.
BGM-Spider-Man: Web of Shadows OST-Boss Fight
Spider-Man and Yang decided to perform a crazy stunt of the Huntress riding him like a hoverboard whilst the Web Warrior glides toward an epic aerial battle between Ylissean Pegasus Knights and Plegian Wyvern Riders using his Web-Wings. As they near one Wyvern Rider, Yang grinningly leaps off her ex-boyfriend to kick off the pilot so she may have fun riding the roaring dragon.
"If you were colored black yellow, you'd be a dead ringer for a bumblebee." Yang joked, forcing the wyvern to obey her every command as she flies in supporting Pegasus Knights with relentless shotgun blasts.
Like the rest of their forces, the wyverns have been empowered by Dark Magitek, with several expelling fire breaths of darkness that nearly shoots the gliding Spider-Man out of the sky. Swiftly he was caught by Cordelia and perches atop her pegasus, trying to greet them both saying, "Hey, nice to meet you-." only to yell, "OOOOH MY GOD!" as the knight spurs into high gear dodging countless fireballs from numerous Wyvern Riders alongside enemy reinforcements.
All around the field, the relentless flaming barrage pins down most heroes except Sonic. He light speed dashes past obstacles, using that same radical speed to assault several Wyvern Riders before shouting, "SONIC WIND!", and consuming dozens more in a massive airborne tornado.
"CHECKMATE!" shouted Robin riding alongside Sumia's pegasus, unleashing his Arcfire spell to empower Sonic's tornado with flames that'll certainly dominate the Corrupted Plegians.
"I'll splatter you across the canyon floor!" Corrupted Vasto threatened amidst his high-flying battle with Cordelia and Spider-Man. Sparks fly from clashing weapons that signify the Wyvern Rider rivaling the prodigy strength of the Pegasus Knight, briefly locking blades and enduring a blitzing thrust from her before barraging her with brutal axe swings that pushes to the defensive.
"I heard legends of you being a master crafter with webbing. Can you craft a bow and arrow?" Cordelia asked her spidery passenger, knowing wyverns are vulnerable to arrow shots.
"Faster with magic!" quipped Spidey, using Arachnus to craft a webified bow and arrow.
"Then get ready for an opening!" Cordelia ordered.
At full confident speed, Cordelia charges straight for the smirking Vasto commanding his wyvern to slow her down with a roaring fireball barrage. His assault doesn't slow her down one bit as the prodigy spirals around all with relative ease, shouting, "NOW!" at Spidey.
Amidst a spiraling dodge, Spidey readies his web bow and arrow. And with the aid of his Spider-Sense, he has a clearly perfect shot of Vasto's wyvern. "BULLSEYE!" He fired the one shot that greatly wounds the wyvern, "And they say Hawkeye is the world's greatest marksman."
With his wyvern weakened, so is Vasto as he can't control his mount any longer. This was the perfect moment for Cordelia to finish them both, barraging them with swiftly powerful, beautifully coordinated lance strikes that ends with her smacking them onto a mountain in embarrassing defeat. Right as they slide down the mountain, both the dead wyvern and its weakened rider crash onto rocky terrain where Sonic stands with Stahl ready to gloat.
"Caught us by surprise and you still lost! This war is as good as won!" Sonic gloated.
"You doves think…defeating me will change anything? Heh…" Suspiciously enough, Vasto smirks through his grave injuries, "Even now, my brothers storm across your precious border…Go on, dear exalted coward! Run! Flee while they slaughter your subjects! Save yourself…Let their faith in you…bleed away…with the rest…" He proclaimed that the Plegians will win this war, before succumbing to his injuries and leaving both Sonic and Stahl deeply concerned.
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BGM-One Piece Pirate Warriors OST-Conflict and Pressure
Once more, the Alliance won a battle that forced the Plegian remnants to retreat from Breakneck Pass. "…They're gone." Chrom noticed somberly, with his heart telling him this victory was hollow at best.
"Your Grace! My prince! Run! As far and fast as you can!" Cordelia pleads to them as soon as the heroes regrouped, "More Plegians are coming, not a half day's march behind you!"
"Cordelia, what are you doing here? ...Tell me the border remains secure!" Phila asked her best student.
"That I could, milady! But it would be false..." With a heavy heart, Cordelia briefs everyone of what is happening back at Ylisstol, "Gangrel himself led his might against us! The end was upon us when my knight-sisters begged me fly and warn the exalt... I should have stayed... I should have stayed! Ah, gods, I can still hear the screams…"
"What happened to the Avengers that were patrolling the city?!" Spidey asked her.
"I don't know, I don't know! The whole city was suddenly bombarded from space what it seemed!" Cordelia retorted.
"There's no way that possible, even with their ISO-8!" A worried Sonic commented.
"Someone get me in contact with Ruby's group! NOW!" Spidey urgently ordered his fellow Avengers.
"I've been trying! No one's answering!" Yang retorted with fearful concern for her little sister, and for her ex-boyfriend when she sees him getting frustrated with these despairful times.
"Peace, Cordelia. You did your duty." Phila calmly said to comfort her student, "The sisters rightly prized your youth. You've many years yet to keep their legacy alive."
"But I abandoned them! I'm weak…Their legacy deserves better." retorted Cordelia, beginning to get teary-eyed.
"Sometimes fleeing takes the most courage. They knew that. Now pull yourself together. Let the faith they showed in you give you strength." Phila told her with a reassuring smile.
"Captain Phila, I…How can I go on like this? They were my…my family…" Cordelia weeps profusely into the comforting arms of her captain as she is now the sole survivor of her pegasus squadron, "Gods…Oh, gods…"
"Damn those monsters!" Chrom furiously expressed, with Spidey sharing his frustrations with raging grunts that has him pacing a bit to try and think of a way to save the city before it is too late.
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Unfortunately, after a moment of peace to think about her next action, Emmeryn solemnly announces, "I must return to the capital." to friends and family alike that are caught in utter surprise of her risky idea.
Phila immediately tries arguing against her, "Your Grace, I cannot advise-." only for her exalt to stop her with a somber retort.
BGM-Fire Emblem Awakening OST- "Dry your tears, love. This is not good-bye."
"I should never have left. If it's discovered I'm away…The people could panic more than they already are. Riot. More Ylisseans could needlessly die." Emmeryn said while readying to give something royally important to her brother, "Here, Chrom. I entrust this to you."
From the Exalt to the Prince is the legendary golden shield that the Prince just couldn't believe he's actually holding with his own two hands right now. "The Fire Emblem?" Chrom remarked.
"Take it to Ferox—to safety." Emmeryn ordered.
"And leave you? No, Emm." Chrom refused.
"No part of House Ylisse matters more than the Emblem. It possesses tremendous power. But too much blood has been shed over it already. I hope it finds a better guardian in you than it did me." Emmeryn said gloomily.
"Emm, come on. You can't…Don't talk like that! You sound like you're ready to give up…" Chrom retorted worriedly.
"I am not giving up, Chrom. I am only giving what I can." Emmeryn proclaimed.
"Emm, please! This is madness!" Chrom argued.
"Sis, wait! Let me go with you!" Lissa requested with great concern for her sister.
"Stay with Chrom, Lissa. I command it." Emm ordered her.
"This isn't fair! It's not fair! I know our people need you, but we need you, too!" Lissa refuted with tears swelling up in her eyes.
"Dry your tears, love. This is not goodbye." Emmeryn smiled to try and cheer up her little sister.
"Then allow the Avengers to make sure you'll see your family again! We're MORE than capable escorting you back and forth safely!" Spidey offered to the exalt, feeling fierce sympathy for the royal family since no one was around to protect his Uncle Ben the day he lost him.
"And attract Morlun to endanger yourself and the city? You too are a target, Spider-Man." Emm argued, being hypocritically concerned for his safety.
"Doesn't matter where I am! I'm endangering EVERYONE just breathing in this dimension!" Spidey retorted furiously.
"I still forbid your company!" Emm said, subtly getting annoyed with his stubbornness.
"At least let Sonic and Yang go with you! I still have friends defending your city! And if you refuse that, then we're ALL coming with you! Us kids have a hard time obeying orders! You may be the Queen of the kingdom, but it's an Avenger's duty to protect the world AND its people, and those people include you!" Spidey responded with such defiance that made the exalt admit defeat in their argument.
"…As you wish." Emmeryn sighed, "And thank you. Sonic and Yang can accompany me."
"You can count on us. Chrom, Lissa, don't worry. We'll make sure NOTHING happens to your sis!" Sonic promised to the royal siblings, giving each of them reassuring smiles.
"Please…" Lissa claps her hands, begging the Avengers to protect her big sister.
Phila steps up to her queen saying, "Your Grace, the pegasus knights will also accompany you to Ylisstol."
"Very well, Phila. Thank you." Emmeryn said gratefully.
"I will keep the prince and princess safe, Your Grace. You have my word." Frederick promised.
"I know you will, Frederick. Thank you." Emm replied.
"It is my honor." bowed Frederick.
"Cordelia." Phila turns to her depressed student, "You will stay here with Chrom and Spider-Man."
With a surprised gasp, Cordelia retorts, "But, Captain-."
"I know your heart is heavy, but this is how it must be. Your knight-sisters will be with you in spirit, wherever you go." Phila assured her with words that the prodigy finally takes to heart.
"…May they give me strength. As you command, Captain. I will pray for your safety." Cordelia declared somberly.
"Come, Phila. Sonic, Yang. We must go." Emmeryn announced, ready to return to defend her capital.
"We finally reunited, just to separate again…" Amy muttered, sad that the Avengers have to disassemble once more for the kingdom's safety.
Hearing her words causes Chrom to furiously snap, "No!" at her sister's group that were about to leave, "You don't have to go! This is absurd!"
"Chrom, you don't-!" Emmeryn tried calming him, but he wasn't having any of that as he continues expressing his frustrated feelings.
"Walking to your own death will not bring peace to anyone! Ylisse needs you. WE need you! Be selfish for once in your life!" Chrom argued.
Emmeryn pauses, then, shows to her distressed siblings a calming smile of comfort, "…I love you, Chrom. Both you and Lissa are my everything. As for the peace I seek…You cannot see who it is for." She claimed, adding to the increasing confusion of her brother, "I have to go. I'm sorry—I truly am. Let us embrace again in Ylisstol when you arrive with Feroxi reinforcements. I know you will come."
The Exalt has made up her mind. There's nothing no one can say to change it anymore. Not even from her own brother and sister, both who are immensely reluctant in respecting her wish. "…This is a terrible plan." Chrom muttered depressingly.
Before leaving, however, Emmeryn embraces her family with a farewell hug that they too are reluctant to let go. "The blood of the first exalt flows strong in us. You and I will keep Ylisse safe. I believe it with all my heart." Once they stopped hugging and are about to go their separate ways, Emm tells her loved ones, "Safe journey, Chrom. Safe journey, Lissa. And Spider-Man…" She offers a smiling farewell handshake to her inspiring hero since childhood, "Believe in me as I believe in your strength and justice to end this cycle of revenge. Restore the balance between our two worlds. Accept the Hero-Spider that you are. Until we meet again, watch my family and the friends I have made in my absence."
Hesitant. Reluctant. Fearful of breaking a promise. Spider-Man carries all of that alongside a heavy heart after mustering enough strength to accept her handshake. "I promise. Stay safe, Your Highness." He said to her with solemn luck.
Alongside her escorts, Emmeryn part ways with her family for one last attempt at parleying with Gangrel. "Emm…Emm?! Ah…" Chrom wanted to go with her, desperately. But he stopped himself. For now, he places his trust in the Avengers to protect her sister. As well as place his respect for his sister's wishes.
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Later…At Regna Ferox.
Felt like forever since the remaining heroes have been in Ferox waiting for the Khan to assemble her forces for the war. Spider-Man, Chrom, and others are trying their best remaining calm and patient, relaxing in a longue chamber but ready to spring back into the action the split second they are ready to return to Ylisstol.
"Still no response?" A concerned Blake asked Amy, who has been trying to call Sonic and the others for an update on the Ylisstol situation.
"No…" Amy shakes her worried little head after failing to get in touch with her friends.
"B-but she's safe inside the castle, right?" Lissa retorted to her friends, "Phila, Sonic, Yang will protect her! Ruby and the others too! And Khan Flavia is assembling her best troops as we speak. We'll make it back home in time. I know we will!"
"THAT'S the spirit, Lissa! Gotta remain hopeful! Us Avengers have been in situations WAY WORSE than war with a Mad Clown like Gangly! I mean my world was nearly eaten by a purple-hatted cosmic giant and we survived that! And your sister is the toughest woman there is! She'll be fine!" Spidey cheered up the princess with pure optimism to keep hope alive for everyone. He turns his head to Chrom pacing around in silence, "Gotta agree with me, Chrom. You know your sis better than anyone!"
Chrom doesn't respond. He's too distracted by his incredible concerns of his big sister that he's making his little sister worry about him. "Chrom? Say something!" Lissa exclaimed.
Finally, Chrom seemed to have heard her upon halting, "…I'm sorry. Lissa. What?"
"Ugh, fine! Never mind! Let me know when you get out of your own head for a second!" The annoyed Lissa retorted, with her brother returning to his silent brooding.
Having grown sick of his brooding, Sumia approaches him with the one thing that'll help him, "Snap out of it, Captain!"
BGM-Fire Emblem Awakening OST- "Agh! Won goph in mah mouph! Blech! Ptooey!"
Just as Flavia enters the chamber, she bears witness to Sumia punching her captain across the face with the force that causes everyone around them to flinch in shock. "OW! …What the hell was that for?!" Chrom retorted while tending to his pained face.
"Oh no! …Did I do it wrong? Captain Phila said sometimes a good slap will break someone out of their doldrums." Sumia said.
"Sumia, when you slap someone, you do it with an open palm. You just punched Chrom in the face!" Amy remarked deadpannedly.
"Um…It's the thought that counts?" said Sumia, sheepishly poking her fingers at each other.
"That's what I call tough love. You like that in women, dontcha Shy Blue?" Spidey teased while elbowing the prince.
"Gods, your jokes suck more than this pain…" Chrom snarked with an annoyed glare at the webslinger.
Flavia laughs as she joins in the teasing, "What's wrong, my dear prince? Sometimes love hurts! You're lucky to have strong women like these, and not just dainty flowers about. In any case, I bring good news." She happily announces, "The Feroxi army has finally mobilized. Every last man is itching to fight. I must say, I'm looking forward to savoring a skirmish or two myself."
"You're coming along?" A surprised Spidey questioned.
"Of course! A khan must have her fun. I'm even bringing my insignificant other." Flavia responded.
"Your who?" asked Blake, since she's new to Ferox and its Two Khans.
"Basilio. The oaf isn't good for much, but he might stop a few stray arrows." Flavia joked.
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Shortly after, the party heads to the throne room where the West-Khan has been waiting impatiently for them. "Chrom! Spider-Brat!" insulted Basilio, leaving Spidey annoyed by his disrespect as he continues talking, "Good gods, I've been looking for you everywhere!"
"Is something wrong?" Chrom asked, having a bad feeling of what he's about to tell him.
"Our scouts have reported back. Dark news, I'm afraid…" With slight hesitation that's going alongside his grim tone, Basilio informs the heroes that, "Ylisstol…has fallen."
BGM-Fire Emblem Awakening OST- "Something is very wrong."
"WHAT?!" Chrom exclaimed, horrifically surprised from what his ears had just heard.
"You're kidding! Emm and my friends! Please tell us what happened?!" Spidey urgently asked.
"Your friends were forced to flee when things got too hairy even for them. The Plegians captured the exalt and retreated back across their lines. Gangrel has declared she's to be publicly executed within the moon." Basilio told everyone.
"E-executed?!" Chrom shouted with more surprise than he was a moment ago.
"Ooooh…" The news was too much for Lissa's innocent heart to endure as she faints into Robin's arms with Amy rushing to comfort her.
"Lissa? Lissa!" A concerned Robin shouted.
"She's okay! She just fainted!" Amy frantically assured him.
"This is impossible! I REFUSE to believe my friends were beaten so easily! Just…what happened? How could Gangrel be so strong?!" Spidey questioned with extreme disbelief, wanting to know exactly how events played out in Ylisstol.
Suddenly the door into the throne room was kicked open an extremely angry Blue Hedgehog that survived the battle, "Because that jerk of a king somehow formed an alliance with Morlun and Grimadoom!"
The party were quick to face Sonic, who returned alongside Yang after managing to rescue Ruby's badly wounded group. "SONIC! RUBY! You're all okay!" Blake exclaimed in great relief.
"We've been worse…" Ruby groaned through her intense pain.
"Wait-wait-wait! You mentioned Grimadoom! He's HERE?! With Morlun?! BOTH working with Gangrel?! WHY?! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?! Did he know we were here?!" Spidey exclaimed frantically, utterly astounded from hearing Grimadoom is in this dimension.
Knuckles replies, "Not at first. That maniac just wants to have fun and thought war would be the best kind! That's why he helped Gangrel start it by handing him Magitek, and somehow convinced Morlun to join. You'd think those two would be at each other's throats considering he's a Totem."
"He let us off easy, on the condition we tell everyone he wants a one-on-one match with Sonic. If Sonic wins, he'll let the exalt free. If he doesn't, well…" Weiss stops herself with a sadden frown, hesitant to finish but it didn't matter since everyone got the gist of her words.
"This's all just a game to that monster!" Spidey growled angrily.
"Who IS this Grimadoom?!" Chrom intervened, "To us he sounds like your world's Fell Dragon!"
To get his Ylisseans friends up to speed on the extremely dangerous threat they will soon face, Spidey projects the hedgehog's hologram with his Webware for them to stare in amazement, "This is Grimadoom the Hedgehog. He's a Bio-Android. A clone. Created from the cells of our worlds' mightiest to be the ultimate killing machine. Dude's a madman. Has godlike power to conquer whole dimensions, yet prefers to start fights just to prove he's better than everyone!"
"Why didn't you tell us of him sooner?!" Chrom scowled, letting his emotions get the better of him as he's blaming the Avengers for him losing his sister.
"Not like we KNEW he'd be here causing trouble! Their alliance surprised all of us!" Spidey retorted with a glare that's warning the prince to back off and not start a scene.
Flavia exasperates, "The dastards aren't even trying to be subtle anymore."
"I agree. It's an obvious trap." Robin remarked.
"Clearly a provocation—a hot brand to the buttocks!" Basilio stated, "We should consider our options carefully before jumping to any—!"
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"Shepherds! Avengers! We march to Plegia!" Chrom announced to his friends' mild surprise.
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Basilio calmly exclaims, "Ahem! Well, that would be ONE option, yes…But perhaps we've seen enough royalty waltzing into traps one for one way already, eh?"
"I don't care if it's a trap, Basilio. They're going to murder my sister!" Chrom retorted furiously.
"Peace, Chrom. Breath a moment." Flavia intercepted to try and calm him down, "No one's suggesting we don't act. We're simply saying we should act WISELY. We'll need guts AND wits in equal measure if we're to save your sister."
"The khans are right. I'll think of something, Chrom. I promise." Robin declared, swearing to save the exalt.
Finally calming himself down, Chrom gives a solemn look to his tactician, "…All right, Robin. I leave it to you to formulate our strategy."
"Are you certain you're up to the task, Robin?" Flavia questioned concernedly, "It won't be easy. You hold the exalt's life in one hand, and all of ours in the other."
"A responsibility I do not take lightly. But I am equal to the challenge." Robin acknowledged with stern confidence.
Admiring his determination, Flavia laughs, "You've got stones, at least. I like that!"
"No hesitation, no mincing words…He's either a genius or a fool! I suppose we'll find out once we march." Basilio grinned.
"And what of you, Avengers?" Flavia turns to the outworldly young heroes, "Grimadoom and Morlun. We are dealing with the strongest demons this world has faced since the reign of the Fell Dragon. Is your technology up for an ultimate battle?"
Sharing confident smiles and smirks with his fellow Avengers, Spidey smirks behind his mask coolly retorting, "Give us a few minutes in the fitting room."
The Dimensional Avengers stand in their own fitting room, each of them holding a case containing a new outfit with upgrades crafted from the best Avengers Technology and Ylissean Magic could combine together.
Armed with his Twin Rings, Sonic smirks into posing in his new blue Lord-classed costume based on the Prince of the Aytolis Kingdom.
Equipped with her Crescent Repulsor Rose, Ruby strikes a pose in her own scarlet Lord-classed costume based on the Princess of the Aytolis Kingdom.
Their new War Outfits just keep on coming. Dramatically back-to-back, equipped with Energy Ball and Myrtenaster, Tails and Weiss put on their Mage and Princess-classed attire that are based on their iconic colors and respectively of that of Ylissean Mages and the Caring Princess of Zofia.
Before wielding her Piko Piko Hammer, Amy dresses similarly to the Hoshido-raised Lady of the Lake in her beautiful Songstress outfit. With her Gambol Shroud sheathed, Blake puts on the finishing touches of her attractive Ninja uniform based on the Traditional Ninja of Hoshido.
Raring to go with his Shovel Claws, Knuckles smirks in a costume similar to Basilio's Warrior uniform. Yang is the same with her Ember Celica, grinning with excitement in a Fighter-stylized outfit based on females from Three Houses.
Most of the Dimensional Avengers. The Shepherds. Their massive army of Feroxi Soldiers. The whole Alliance waits patiently out in the snow ready to mobilize. All they're missing is one Her-Spider to make his dramatic entrance. Swinging toward the rendezvous point is that Hero ready to fight with his Arachnus, armored like a God of Spiders from a dimension where Asgardian settled on Earth after Ragnarok. The Amazing Spider-Man stands side-by-side to Chrom proclaiming, "Hold onto your tassets, gang! We've got an exalt to save!" as both leaders are determinedly ready to lead their forces against the Plegian Army and their Outrealm allies.
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KFX Here: The Exalt has been kidnapped! A perfect excuse for the Dimensional Avengers to wear costumes based on classes and famous heroes across the Fire Emblem Universe (with the exception of Spider-Man because he's the main character):
- Sonic: Lord based on "Rowan" from Fire Emblem Warriors
- Tails: Mage based on Fire Emblem Awakening
- Knuckles: Warrior based on Fire Emblem Awakening
- Amy: Songstress based on "Azura" from Fire Emblem Fates
- Ruby: Lord based on "Lianna" from Fire Emblem Warriors
- Weiss: Princess based on "Celica" (from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia) and her promoted class from Fire Emblem Warriors
- Blake: Ninja based on "Kagero" from Fire Emblem Fates
- Yang: Fighter based on Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Spider-Man: Lord based on the Midgardian "God of Spiders" Suit from Marvel Future Revolution
- Grimadoom: Crown Prince based on "Xander" and his promoted class from Fire Emblem Warriors
Not a request or anything, but I would love for someone to draw the Dimensional Avengers in their "Fire Emblem" Outfits. No doubt it'll look cool.
Next Time: Servants of the Fell Dragon!
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