Amazingly enough, I STILL do not own fire emblem.... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

chapter 4: the clearing

Kent wandered around the camp, looking for Lyn. He needed to ask her for her assistance in some matter. He seemed ill. His face was lined, eyes half closed, and his Skin was pale. He had been stationed on guard duty the previous night, and had Obviously gotten no sleep. "Lyn!" he cried out, "where are you?". Lyn was busying herself with the cooking for the day, anything that could take her mind off of the creature.

Lyn left the food to boil and approached Kent. Kent said to her " Lyn, I have been looking for you, there is something suspicious that I saw last night, you should see it too.". She responded "Alright, take me to it.". Kent led her out of the camp, and deep into the forest on the south side of the camp. He led her to an opening. She walked to the center and asked "well, what is it?". Kent simply laughed, and a strange voice came from his mouth "Foolish child, cant you see, there is not hope for you!" Kent's face began to sag, his skin dripped as if it were spilled molasses. and then all at once, the mass of gooey flesh dropped off, and revealed what Lyn had feared most. The creature emerged. "Now you see child don't you?" It said in a mocking manner. Lyn said, with tears in her eyes "yes, I see fine!", she took out the Mani Kati and began to charge at the creature. It laughed as it shot out long shadowy tendrils, grabbing the sword right out of Lyn's hands. "ha!, I get stronger with each person I kill, don't you see?, their strength becomes mine! Hm, for example, Fimbulvetr!". An icy wind knocked Lyn against a nearby tree. "Lord pent.......YOU SHALL PAY" Lyn pulled out her silver bow, and with deadly accuracy fired a single arrow into the creatures forehead" The creature dropped Lyn's sword. She grabbed the Mani Kati and slashed at the monsters throat. It fell to the ground and said "ha ha ha ha, you may think you have destroyed me, but this was only a decoy, Go back to camp, im sure you will like what you see.". With a sudden rage she had not felt for years, she took her sword and thrust it into the shadow's neck piercing and pinning it to the ground. It squealed, then the shadow departed, leaving he sword in the ground. She grabbed he sword, and ran back to camp. As she approached, she saw the shadow fly towards her. She ducked and watched it disappear into the woods. She went into the camp, and saw her remaining paladin Sain's remains impaled with a spear in the middle of the camp. A puddle of blood surrounded him, Then, his remains were taken away to be buried. Lyn approached Eliwood. "Kent and Sain are dead" she said with out emotion. She left the room, and haded for her tent.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOT AS GOOD AS THE OTHER CHAPTERS I KNOW, However I need the opinion of my readers, should I up the rating on this? Also, I know it is far away, but who would you like to see survive for the final battle?