Hurrah, this is my first fic that I've wrote…well, ever. Look forward to me writing more fics in the near future, alright? Mainly HectorxLyndis, with some others involved as well if I feel like it (ErkxSerra, KentxFiora, you know the works). I don't think there are going to be any spoilers, but one can never tell if there are, so just be warned. If there are, then those who've beaten the game or made it to chapter 31: Light shouldn't fret.Also, just bear with me that someone found out about Uther's death and told Hector about it. Yo Erk, the disclaimer if you will?
Erk: I don't wanna do it.
Fine, I'll just tell Serra where you are while she's on a sugar high.
Erk: OO;; Destin doesn't own any of the characters or areas or plots except for his own, they all go to the makers of the game!
Good boy…but Serra found you already.
Erk: I hate you…I hate you very much.
Talking
Thinking
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Hector lay awake late at night thinking about the events that were to happen the next day. They were all so close to the Dragon's Gate, having landed the previous night on Valor Isle. His mind had been preoccupied for the longest time, thinking about what might happen if they didn't win the oncoming battle against Nergal and the dragons, and what would become of Ostia if he happened to fall in the battle. The death of his brother, Lord Uther, was still fresh on his mind like always, and it seemed like he could do nothing to stop the flow of memories coming back to him.
"Lord Uther's death got you down still Lord Hector?" A young man stepped into Hector's tent. He had dark brown hair, reaching past his shoulders and tied back to keep out of his eyes, and he wore a woolen green cloak. His deep hazel eyes took in the surroundings of inside the tent. He grinned somewhat when he saw that the tent was messier than his own.
"Aye, I've been thinking about it for the past few months now Destin…it doesn't matter what I do, the thoughts keep coming back." Hector looked at the tactician with a saddening look in his eyes, one that would have brought the smile off of Sain's face even. "It's just too hard thinking about if I died while fighting Nergal, there's no one to take place as Marquess of Ostia. Destin chuckled lightly, earning a confused look from Hector.
"Lord Hector, you don't have to worry about that. You're not going to die…if anyone dies, it will most likely be someone careless. I haven't come this far to let you, Lord Eliwood, or Lady Lyndis die at the hands of the Black Fang." Hector seemed to cheer up a little at Lyn's name, having fallen in love with her a while back. "Besides, I'm not going to get any of you lost like I did last time…although Wallace didn't even need my help to find himself lost in that forest. He did himself in well enough." At that, both of the men laughed cheerfully.
"I don't know how, but you always manage to get me out of my moods whenever I have them." Hector smiled and picked up his Wolf Beil, beginning to sharpen it on a sharpening stone. "How much longer until we need to begin preparing to break camp?" Destin thought carefully, wanting them to get enough sleep, but not wanting to risk an ambush.
"Two or three hours at the most Lord Hector. Just like you, Lord Eliwood hasn't had any sleep. I'm going to go try and talk to him, so he actually DOES fall asleep. Oh, Lady Lyndis was wanting to talk to you?" At that, the tactician left Hector's tent, and voices were heard outside the flap. Hector looked rather startled. Lyn wants to talk to a guy like me? She was the one saying that I should stay away from Florina because of how much of a lunk I am!
"Hector, can I come in?" Hector sat up, startled at hearing the voice of the blade lord from outside his tent. His mind quickly tried to work out some kind of excuse to keep her away from him, but his instincts reacted before he could come up with one.
"Of course Lyn, it's open" He mentally cursed himself immediately after speaking. The last thing he needed was to see Lyn and make himself even more nervous than he already was. Lyn stepped inside with all the grace of a Sacaen, until she accidentally tripped over a small box inside the great lord's tent. Hector stood and caught her before she fell face-first to the ground. Damn it's a good thing I caught her…don't want her getting hurt now. Destin'll kill me if I let Lyn get hurt.
"Ehh, thank you Hector. You really need to clean up in here you know." She giggled, not letting go of him, and then blushed when she realized that he was still holding her. "Um, you can let go of me now." He jumped back quickly, blushing and apologizing, which only made her giggle even more. "I don't think I've seen you blush before Hector. You really should more often, it makes you cute." At this, she was laughing, his face as red as Kent's armor.
"Wha…you…but I…" He was speechless from her actions. Finally, a grin broke out on his face and he looked at her with a somewhat dangerous look in his eye. "Tell anyone anything, and I'll tell the whole camp that I saw you trying one of Isadora's new lip gloss things." That shut her up quickly, her face turning redder than Hector's, and a pout forming on her face.
"You know that I was doing that because I thought it smelled nice!"
"Uh huh, sure you did. Were you puckering your lips as well to try and waft the smell towards Pent?"
"Shut up about that!!!" While they were arguing, Kent poked his head into Hector's tent.
"Could you two keep it down please, I'm sure everyone on the island can hear you two screaming…I wouldn't be surprised to hear people in Badon asking what that yelling was about from the middle of the ocean." With that, Kent went back to his station in the camp, before deciding to wake Sain up and give him the misfortune of having guard duty in the early hours of the morning. Both Lyn and Hector were blushing now at Kent's comments, both realizing that they had been acting like children over a new toy.
"I guess he's right…we were acting kinda childish…" Hector looked at Lyn in apology.
"True, and since he happens to be in my service, I guess it effects me more than you. I'll try not to yell at you next time. Anyways, I have to be getting back to my tent so I can try and get some sleep. See you in a few hours Hector." With that, Lyn leaned over and softly kissed Hector on the cheek before running out with a refreshed blush all over her face again. Hector touched his cheek and stared out the tent flap after she had gone.
"Did…did she really do that?" He shook his head slowly. "I'll never understand women." Looking one last time at the tent flap, he took his tunic off and tried to get a few hours of sleep.
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Over in Eliwood's tent, Destin and the young lordling himself were busy discussing battle plans for the next day.
"I understand why you think that Lord Eliwood, but I still think that Vaida and Rath should be guarding Merlinus during the fight, because we don't know where they're going to come at us from." Destin frowned as Eliwood shook his head, wondering what he had in mind this time. I hope it's better than last time when he suggested that Karel and Bartre guard Merlinus…the tent nearly got destroyed, and we had to actually pay Merlinus for damages done.
"I think it would be better to leave Lucius and Oswin to guard Merlinus, because that way we have someone who can fight the weapon-users, and someone who can fight the magic-users." Eliwood looked at the map of the area carefully, thinking hard.
"If we do that, then we lose a healer, and we also lose the defensive power that Oswin has when he's in the front lines." The talk went on throughout the night, the two of them finally agreeing to the plans that were made.
"I suppose that we should be rousing everyone else then?" Eliwood nodded, and Destin's face broke out in a wide smile. "You have to wake up Nils and Raven if anyone." Destin began to chuckle at Eliwood's groan. Nils didn't like getting woken up, and he usually proceeded to beat his flute over the head of the person who woke him up. Raven was a light sleeper, and had his sword at your throat if you were the one to wake him up…unless you were Priscilla, then he just asked if anything was wrong. "I'll go and tell whoever's on guard duty to begin waking other people up as well. We meet in front of your tent in half an hours time to tell everyone else the plans."
"Agreed…but why do I have to wake up Nils and Raven?" Destin laughed loudly at Eliwood, becoming amused by the knight lord himself whining about what he was required to do.
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Well, so far so good from what I see, and my friend thought it was pretty decent for a first fic. Like most other people who write fics, I'll post the next chapter after I get say…5 reviews. Please no flames either, I can understand if it's helpful criticism, but I don't think saying "Hector seems like a weakling" or "Lyn would never act like that" helps me any. Thanks and I hope to be writing more. I have a humor fic in mind right now actually…
Erk: Just as long as you don't end up making me do anything too dumb. I'm much smarter than you may think.
Trust me Erk, I think you're smart enough as it is. You don't talk much, so that's what makes you smart.
Hector: What about me eh? Sure I may say brash things, but I'm really sensitive inside!
…Hector, don't make me laugh please. So anyways…
Hector and Erk: Please review (Erk: If you don't, I'll fry you with bolting because you're more than 3 squares away, and I have no more range limit!)
