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Note: Thanks for the reviews!
A fan of fire emblem: I took your advice and sort of modified the in-
game scripts to suit my story better. I think it has a little more
originality to it now.
The Story Master 125: Thanks for reviewing, I'm glad you like the Sain
and Florina pairing as well.
Silent Trowa: I'll keep it up! Thanks for the review!
Chapter 3: Morning Before Departure
"That has got to be the longest night I have ever had..." Sain said to
himself as he watched the sun rise. His eyelids drooped. The entire night he was only half-awake, thinking of what he could say to Florina. Sain didn't see Dorcas approaching until he was actually standing in front of him.
"Good morning. Sain, is it?"
Sain was shaken from his small rest. "Hunh? Wha? Whossat?"
"It's I, Dorcas. I have returned to travel with your group."
Sain wiped his brow with his hand. "Oh, right...Well, uh, I'm not sure if they're awake, but you can go in. I'm on, er, watch for tonight."
Dorcas walked into the fortress, mumbling something about food. Sain shook his head. "I wonder what we'll be doing next..."
"Sain?"
"Whoa! Ahh!" Sain was drifting off again when he heard a voice behind him.
"Easy buddy. It is only your tactician."
Sain sighed. "Ah, Ryan. Nice morning, eh?"
Ryan looked at the sky. "Yes, it is a nice morning."
When Ryan didn't say anything else, Sain thought he'd ask him a question. "Ryan, where were you last night when I escorted Lady Lyndis into the fortress?"
Ryan smiled. "Ah, that. I was planning our route to the castle...we should be in Caelin in a couple of weeks, if our circumstances are and stay fair."
"And if they don't...?"
Florina slowly stirred awake. As she opened her eyes, she saw that she was all-alone in the big fortress room. She lifted her head off of her Pegasus. "I wonder why they didn't wake me..." She thought out loud. She saw Kent's horse tied up to one of the few remaining pillars. She did the same with her Pegasus and went out front.
"If they don't, then it could take as long as a month," Ryan was talking to Sain. "Ah, Florina! Good morning. Everyone's around back eating breakfast if you wish to join them."
Florina decided against it. "No, I'm not really hungry..." She sat down on a large stone. This would be a good time to talk to Ryan about the plans.
"Suit yourself...I'll be back there."
Florina got kind of nervous and disappointed when he left. She wanted to talk to him. Staying alone with Sain...It didn't feel right. However, Sain was half-asleep as it was. She almost thought he was sad...
"Nice sunrise, isn't it..." Sain said.
"Y-yes, it is..." Florina responded, looking at the sky.
For 10 minutes (which felt like 10 hours to Sain), there was an awkward silence. Both just looked at the clouds, too nervous to speak. Florina was scared to talk to him because he was a man. Sain was scared to talk to her because he didn't know what to say.
"So...Florina, do you...have a...are you, uh," Sain didn't know how to ask her if she was in love with someone already.
"D-Do I w-what...?"
"Do you have a...," he paused for a minute and looked her, "a boyfriend?"
She had never blushed so hard in her life. If she was any redder, she would have been the color of the clouds above her. "Sain! That...T-that's none of y-your business!"
Florina stood up to walk away. "Wait, Florina! I was just curious! Wait, don't leave! I still want to talk to you!"
Florina rushed back into the fortress, Sain on her tail. "Florina! I need to know!"
She stopped and turned around. "Although it's none of your business...No, no I don't...H-Happy now?"
Sain couldn't help but grin a little. "But that d-doesn't mean you can hit on me m-more than you a-already have!"
She stormed off again. "No, Florina! It's not like that! Florina! Damn it..."
He sat down and buried his hands in his face. "I never thought such a simple question would make her so mad..."
"Lyn, may I have a word?" Ryan approached Lyn.
"Yes, of course Ryan!" Lyn stood up from the rock she was sitting on with Kent and walked away from the fire. "What is it?"
"Well, I wanted to ask you if-"
"Lyn! Lyn, where are you?"
Florina came dashing out of the fortress worked up about something. "Florina!? What's wrong!?"
"Oh Lyn...It's Sain, he...he asked if I..."
Lyn hugged the Pegasus rider. "Oh, Florina...I'm sorry...Don't be mad at him though, he didn't know...It's okay, don't cry. I'll speak to him."
"T-Thank y-you so m-much..."
"Ryan, we'll speak later."
Lyn walked into the fortress to find Sain sitting in a corner tossing rocks mindlessly at the opposite wall. "Sain! I need to talk with you, right now!"
"I didn't mean to do anything..." he stared blankly at the wall.
Lyn had very little patience, for she was already frustrated with Sain. "Hey! Look at me!"
Sain turned to look at her, as she demanded. "Yes, Milady?"
"Did you ask Florina if she had a boyfriend?"
Sain groaned. "Yes..."
"Sain...There's something you need to know about Florina..."
Sain stood up. "What is it?"
Lyn got a sad look on her face. "Florina...She had a relationship before, around 7 years ago...Her boyfriend...He..."
"What..."
Lyn's frustration was replaced with misery. "He hit her...A lot...She told me about it after she left him..."
"Ah! What a lout I am! I should have known better...I shouldn't have-"
"Sain, it isn't your fault. You didn't know. You couldn't have known. Until know, it's only been her secret with me..."
"As it will stay, Milady."
Lyn patted Sain on the shoulder. "Like I told you last night...You need to be nice to her. Don't ask her anything about men. If there's ever a moment that I'm not protecting her, than you should."
"Milady..."
"Now, Sain, why don't you go get something to eat? I know you're hungry."
Sain nodded his head. "Am I! I'm famished! There better be some leftover..."
On his way back to breakfast, he bumped right into Kent. "Sain! Watch where you step!"
"Kent! Where are you going?"
Kent blushed. "I'm, er, going to go get, er, my horse!"
"Lady Lyndis talked to me just recently, if that's what you meant."
"Kent looked as red as Florina did earlier. "No, of course not! Sain, mind your manners!"
"Yes, yes Kent...I was going to ask you...But it looks like you're in some need of help. If you run into any lady troubles...You know who to call!"
Sain winked and walked out by the fire so Kent couldn't hurt him. "Wil, lad! What's here for breakfast?"
Wil smiled apologetically. "Sorry, Sain, we're all packed up and getting ready to leave..."
Sain walked back into the fortress to get his horse, two organs reversed. His stomach empty, his heart half full.
It's not a chapter in FE7! W00t! I'll pick up there after this one...Review!
Note: Thanks for the reviews!
A fan of fire emblem: I took your advice and sort of modified the in-
game scripts to suit my story better. I think it has a little more
originality to it now.
The Story Master 125: Thanks for reviewing, I'm glad you like the Sain
and Florina pairing as well.
Silent Trowa: I'll keep it up! Thanks for the review!
Chapter 3: Morning Before Departure
"That has got to be the longest night I have ever had..." Sain said to
himself as he watched the sun rise. His eyelids drooped. The entire night he was only half-awake, thinking of what he could say to Florina. Sain didn't see Dorcas approaching until he was actually standing in front of him.
"Good morning. Sain, is it?"
Sain was shaken from his small rest. "Hunh? Wha? Whossat?"
"It's I, Dorcas. I have returned to travel with your group."
Sain wiped his brow with his hand. "Oh, right...Well, uh, I'm not sure if they're awake, but you can go in. I'm on, er, watch for tonight."
Dorcas walked into the fortress, mumbling something about food. Sain shook his head. "I wonder what we'll be doing next..."
"Sain?"
"Whoa! Ahh!" Sain was drifting off again when he heard a voice behind him.
"Easy buddy. It is only your tactician."
Sain sighed. "Ah, Ryan. Nice morning, eh?"
Ryan looked at the sky. "Yes, it is a nice morning."
When Ryan didn't say anything else, Sain thought he'd ask him a question. "Ryan, where were you last night when I escorted Lady Lyndis into the fortress?"
Ryan smiled. "Ah, that. I was planning our route to the castle...we should be in Caelin in a couple of weeks, if our circumstances are and stay fair."
"And if they don't...?"
Florina slowly stirred awake. As she opened her eyes, she saw that she was all-alone in the big fortress room. She lifted her head off of her Pegasus. "I wonder why they didn't wake me..." She thought out loud. She saw Kent's horse tied up to one of the few remaining pillars. She did the same with her Pegasus and went out front.
"If they don't, then it could take as long as a month," Ryan was talking to Sain. "Ah, Florina! Good morning. Everyone's around back eating breakfast if you wish to join them."
Florina decided against it. "No, I'm not really hungry..." She sat down on a large stone. This would be a good time to talk to Ryan about the plans.
"Suit yourself...I'll be back there."
Florina got kind of nervous and disappointed when he left. She wanted to talk to him. Staying alone with Sain...It didn't feel right. However, Sain was half-asleep as it was. She almost thought he was sad...
"Nice sunrise, isn't it..." Sain said.
"Y-yes, it is..." Florina responded, looking at the sky.
For 10 minutes (which felt like 10 hours to Sain), there was an awkward silence. Both just looked at the clouds, too nervous to speak. Florina was scared to talk to him because he was a man. Sain was scared to talk to her because he didn't know what to say.
"So...Florina, do you...have a...are you, uh," Sain didn't know how to ask her if she was in love with someone already.
"D-Do I w-what...?"
"Do you have a...," he paused for a minute and looked her, "a boyfriend?"
She had never blushed so hard in her life. If she was any redder, she would have been the color of the clouds above her. "Sain! That...T-that's none of y-your business!"
Florina stood up to walk away. "Wait, Florina! I was just curious! Wait, don't leave! I still want to talk to you!"
Florina rushed back into the fortress, Sain on her tail. "Florina! I need to know!"
She stopped and turned around. "Although it's none of your business...No, no I don't...H-Happy now?"
Sain couldn't help but grin a little. "But that d-doesn't mean you can hit on me m-more than you a-already have!"
She stormed off again. "No, Florina! It's not like that! Florina! Damn it..."
He sat down and buried his hands in his face. "I never thought such a simple question would make her so mad..."
"Lyn, may I have a word?" Ryan approached Lyn.
"Yes, of course Ryan!" Lyn stood up from the rock she was sitting on with Kent and walked away from the fire. "What is it?"
"Well, I wanted to ask you if-"
"Lyn! Lyn, where are you?"
Florina came dashing out of the fortress worked up about something. "Florina!? What's wrong!?"
"Oh Lyn...It's Sain, he...he asked if I..."
Lyn hugged the Pegasus rider. "Oh, Florina...I'm sorry...Don't be mad at him though, he didn't know...It's okay, don't cry. I'll speak to him."
"T-Thank y-you so m-much..."
"Ryan, we'll speak later."
Lyn walked into the fortress to find Sain sitting in a corner tossing rocks mindlessly at the opposite wall. "Sain! I need to talk with you, right now!"
"I didn't mean to do anything..." he stared blankly at the wall.
Lyn had very little patience, for she was already frustrated with Sain. "Hey! Look at me!"
Sain turned to look at her, as she demanded. "Yes, Milady?"
"Did you ask Florina if she had a boyfriend?"
Sain groaned. "Yes..."
"Sain...There's something you need to know about Florina..."
Sain stood up. "What is it?"
Lyn got a sad look on her face. "Florina...She had a relationship before, around 7 years ago...Her boyfriend...He..."
"What..."
Lyn's frustration was replaced with misery. "He hit her...A lot...She told me about it after she left him..."
"Ah! What a lout I am! I should have known better...I shouldn't have-"
"Sain, it isn't your fault. You didn't know. You couldn't have known. Until know, it's only been her secret with me..."
"As it will stay, Milady."
Lyn patted Sain on the shoulder. "Like I told you last night...You need to be nice to her. Don't ask her anything about men. If there's ever a moment that I'm not protecting her, than you should."
"Milady..."
"Now, Sain, why don't you go get something to eat? I know you're hungry."
Sain nodded his head. "Am I! I'm famished! There better be some leftover..."
On his way back to breakfast, he bumped right into Kent. "Sain! Watch where you step!"
"Kent! Where are you going?"
Kent blushed. "I'm, er, going to go get, er, my horse!"
"Lady Lyndis talked to me just recently, if that's what you meant."
"Kent looked as red as Florina did earlier. "No, of course not! Sain, mind your manners!"
"Yes, yes Kent...I was going to ask you...But it looks like you're in some need of help. If you run into any lady troubles...You know who to call!"
Sain winked and walked out by the fire so Kent couldn't hurt him. "Wil, lad! What's here for breakfast?"
Wil smiled apologetically. "Sorry, Sain, we're all packed up and getting ready to leave..."
Sain walked back into the fortress to get his horse, two organs reversed. His stomach empty, his heart half full.
It's not a chapter in FE7! W00t! I'll pick up there after this one...Review!