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Arianna: WOOHOO! I'm not sick, school is out, I've got the house to myself, and I'm actually typing this at a decent hour! LIFE IS GOOD!
Latisha: Ugh. Too much happy. Need…darkness… -curls into ball-
Arianna: Right….ummm….anyway…I realize the last chapter was pretty short and it didn't really get the plot anywhere.
Erk: Plot? There's a plot?
Arianna: I blame it on the fact I was sick. But I promise this chapter will be longer and it will actually go somewhere!
Erk: It can't go anywhere until you actually start the chapter.
Arianna: Oh, alright. Here it is!
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own Fire Emblem. Must I keep saying that?
Erk: If you don't want to get sued, you will.
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-: ERK'S POV :-
I was wet, cold, tired, and my head hurt. I shall now attempt to explain the insanity that occurred to put me in that condition.
- FLASHBACK -
We were still walking about. It seemed no matter how much we walked, no matter how much she talked, she never wore herself out. (I'm a poet and I didn't even know it. Heh). She suddenly started "awing" and saying "C'mere boy". I was scared for a moment, thinking she was talking to me. I looked over and saw she was on her knees, motioning for a ratty-looking stray dog to come to her.
"Serra, that might not be such a good idea." I said. As if anything she does is a good idea. "It might have some disease."
"Don't be silly, Erky." She giggled. "It's just a cute, little doggie."
That so called "cute, little doggie" was about as big as me, and foaming at the mouth. I tried to remember how long it takes for rabies to kill a person. Would I have enough time to get Serra to Ostia? I decided not to chance it.
"Serra," I said anxiously, "That dog has rabies! Lets go!"
But she continued to call to it. Until, that is, it lunged at her, snarling.
"EEEEEEK!" she screamed, "STOP IT, ERK!"
I grabbed for my Fire book, but before I could attack, it sank its teeth into her tent pack. She pulled it while screaming, but even though the dog winced at the high-pitchness of her voice, it refused to let go. She finally gave it up and the dog ran off into the woods. With her tent. She turned around and snatched my tent pack out of my hands.
"Stupid Erk! How could you lose your tent to a dumb dog like that? Were you trying to make it so you would have a reason to share a tent with me? Well, I won't, so you'll just have to sleep outside!" She hit me in the head with her staff. Then she walked to the side of the path and started setting my - now her - tent up. I stared after her, speechless. Then I started stammering things like "B-but-" and "Y-you-". I felt a few raindrops hit my head as she finished setting "her" tent up and walked into it, leaving me with nothing to do but sleep in the rain.
- END FLASHBACK -
At long last, it was morning. I prayed to Elimine above that we would make it to Ostia today, and this nightmare would end. I wrung the rain water from my hair and tried to remember the dream I had when I finally fell asleep. I remembered something pink. And something soft. I froze. Serra. I dreamed about Serra. And if memory served me correct, about KISSING Serra. I felt like I could vomit.
-: SERRA'S POV :-
I woke up feeling refreshed, but a little guilty. I remembered what I had done.
'Poor Erk. That was really mean of me.' I mused to myself. 'But what else could I do? I couldn't have slept in the rain! And I CERTAINLY couldn't have shared my tent with him. It wouldn't have been ladylike.' I walked out the flap of the tent to see Erk sitting on the ground. He was shaking his head and looked very pale. Uh oh. He might have got sick sleeping in the rain! Or maybe he was just remembering the spider from yesterday. I don't care WHAT Erk says, it was AT LEAST as big as a boulder. And it had fangs. I'm positive.
"C'mon, Erky!" I chirped cheerfully, "You can't stall for more time with me any longer! I must get to Ostia soon!" He stood up and followed, staring at the ground and still shaking his head.
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-: OUTER POV :-
(A/N: I think it's called a 3rd person point of view, but I never trust what I think. And outer is funner to write. Don't know why. It just is.)
Every good story has its villain. And Fire Emblem's villain just happens to be half crazy, half power hungry, and wholly ugly. Yes, it is the hideous thing known as Nergal. Now, you're probably wondering things right now like 'Isn't this an Erk/Serra story?' or 'Who cares about Nergal?' and even maybe 'What the heck does this have to do with anything?' But aren't you the least bit curious what Nergal was doing that year between Lyn's Story and Eliwood's Story? I mean, why didn't he just open the gateway once he had recaptured Ninian and Nils? Why did he wait a year? The following will be MY explanation. And for all you people who think that this is a waste of time, you'll just have to hold Kent and Sain's horses. As any avid fanfiction reader knows, anything worth reading is worth waiting for. Now that I've finished my speech, lets see my little side story.
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Over on the Dread Isle, (or Valor, for all you technical people) Nergal, Ephidel, Limstella, Lord Darin, and his son Erik were all plotting some evil stuff. And possibly Sonia was plotting, too. Wait, no, Sonia wasn't there yet. She will be, though.
"What are we going to do tonight, Father?" said Erik.
"Same thing we do every night, Son." replied Darin. "TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!"
Nergal looked over his evil plans in his evil agenda book. He would soon have the siblings back in his ever-so-evil, and rarely washed, clutches. He cackled evilly, in that way most evil villains do.
"Ephidel," he said in his raspy voice, "Set the plans in motion!" and started cackling again.
"Wait! HOLD IT!" screamed a voice from the shadows. Okay, here she is. It was Sonia. "We can't yet!" she bemoaned despairingly.
Nergal was rather miffed that his evil cackling was cut short, but he recovered. "And just why not?" he demanded, hands on hips.
"Uhhhh…Lord Nergal." said Ephidel, looking at his master's hands. Nergal quickly removed them from his sides, looking about as embarrassed as an evil villain can look.
"Because," Sonia explained, "We don't have PIZZA!"
A shocked silence followed these horrible words. An evil, shocked silence, of course.
"N-no pizza?" stammered Ephidel in disbelief.
"How can we ever achieve world domination without pizza!" yelled Darin in distress.
But Nergal, ever the crafty villain, said quite simply, "Well, we will just have to buy one."
"WHERE?" asked Sonia "Where do you expect me to find a pizza in these times? Most people still think tomatoes are poisonous!"
"Silly creatures." Erik murmured, who was currently eating a handful of the little, round, red fruits/vegetables. Then he fell over and died from the poison. But of course, no one noticed, because no one cared. Especially his dad. As is proven in Eliwood's story.
"Well," said Nergal, thinking once more, "Then you can make one."
Sonia considered this. "That may work. But for a task as difficult as that, I will require assistance."
Nergal sighed and opened up his evil agenda book. "Okay. I'll order Jaffar to help us. He can slice pepperoni with those Edgy Killer thingies. Although this will put my plans back about, oh, say, one year."
"Don't worry," said Sonia reassuringly, "It's worth it."
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(A/N: Okay, back to the actual story.)
-: ERK'S POV :-
We were walking again and she was talking. Again. I should probably stop saying that. I think everyone realizes that by now. I was thinking that something was missing. Had we left something behind? I looked over at Serra, who was currently rambling on worse than any elderly person I've ever talked to. Her babbling was about lock picks, of all things.
"Serra, " I interrupted, stopping her in mid-rant about some guy named 'Matthew' back in Ostia who once picked the lock on her jewelry box, then pawned all her rings for gold. "Did we forget something?"
She stopped and looked down at her hands, where all she was carrying was her healing staff. Realization suddenly struck her face like lightning. "Oh NOOOOO!" she moaned, "I left the tent! Set up and everything! NOW what will we do?"
I sighed. I was so caught up in my horrible nightmare, that I had completely not noticed when we walked off and left the tent. "We'll just have to find a cave. Or if we can make it to the next town, we can stay at an Inn. I have some gold in my…bag…." I trailed off. My bag. Which was with my tent pack. Which was in the tent four hours back.
"GAH!" I screamed in frustration.
"It's okay, Erky." Serra said, patting my arm. "I'm sure I could convince the Inn owner to let a poor, pretty waif like me have a room for free. And you seem to be fine with sleeping outside." Then she went skipping along the path. "C'mon!" she called over her shoulder, "I know which path to take from here!"
I followed tiredly.
- A Few Hours Later -
"Ummmmm………." Serra said, looking around at the trees. "Can trees have twins, Erk?"
I gave her a perturbed look. What a strange question. "I'm not sure. I don't believe so. Why do you ask?"
She continued to turn her head back and forth, looking at the trees on either side of the path. " 'Cause these trees look awfully familiar and I thought maybe that was their brothers and sisters a few miles back."
I stopped. I looked at the trees. They did seem familiar. "Serra……" I began slowly.
"…yes?"
"These. Are. The. SAME. FLUXING. TREES!" I shouted, ready to tear my hair out. Except, I could never do that to my hair. It's so pretty and purple. AHEM. Ignore that last statement.
"Oooh….we're lost! This makes me so mad!" she whined.
She's mad? SHE'S mad? I'm fuming! "You told me you were certain this was the correct path!" I snapped bitterly.
She looked at me shrewdly. "What's your point, Erk? What are you trying to say?"
THAT YOU'RE A FREAKIN' ANNOYING MORON! That's what I wanted to say. I said instead, coldly, "I heard that someone was needed to escort a frail, Lycian priestess to Ostia…."
She sighed in a 'we've-been-through-this-before' way. "Yes, and I'm that priestess." Then she smiled at me sweetly. NO ONE had the right to smile at me like that after ruining my life so royally. Even if the smile did make her look sort of cute. UGH! KILL THOUGHT! DIE THOUGHT!
"Frail? You?" I replied. "Serra, you have no need of any escort to protect you. Even the most hardened criminal would flee in terror after five minutes in your company." Yeah. It was a little harsh, but it was the truth. "I'll return your money. Gladly. NOW, will you please go on to Ostia alone?" I asked hopefully.
She got upset. "NO! You're my escort, Erk! MINE!"
Oookay. A little possessive.
"You're so clean and tidy." She continued, "A noblewoman like myself can't be seen without a proper escort. Your personality's nothing special, but you're not bad to look it."
Did she…just…compliment me? Yes, in a tiny way, she had. "I believe that's my line." I said evenly. "And I have to take you all the way to Ostia? I only hope my nerves can endure the journey." I grumbled. They were already fraying. But, she was in 'La-La-La-I-can't-hear-you-because-it's-not-something-I-wanna-hear' mode.
"What are you mumbling about? You're so gloomy!" she complained. She then noticed a commotion somewhere further down the path. "Hm? Something's happening over there. Let's take a look!" she said excitedly, already running off. I dragged along after her, mumbling to myself.
"Ah. Of course. The first opportunity to get involved in trouble, and she jumps right in." I grumbled. "No amount of money is worth this. Hoo…" But maybe we could ask the people for directions. I stopped and looked up to see a small group of people arguing with some bandits.
"Wow!" shrieked Serra, who was standing right beside me. "A fight! A fight! Erk! Take a look! Fighting those bandits… It's a young girl!"
I looked closely and saw that it was, in fact, a woman fighting. She looked like she was Sacaen. She had long, dark-green hair, pulled back in a ponytail high on her head. With her were two knights on horseback, an archer, a pegasus knight, and a big man with an axe. There was also a strange girl with long, brown hair and a green cloak shouting orders to the group. They did not look like they needed our help. And they looked a little busy to help us. I was about to grab Serra and continue on our lost way, when a bandit noticed Serra and me.
"Eh? What's this?" he grunted. "You in league with that she-devil?"
She-devil? If anyone is a she-devil, it would be Serra. That woman with the sword definitely didn't look like a devil. Although her mother might have taught her better than to walk around in dresses slit clear up to almost her waist.
"Hm?" Serra gasped, drawing my attention back to the approaching bandit. He looked angry and had his axe raised.
"Ah…this is so wrong…." I sighed. I readied my spell book.
"Gyaaa! I'll take care of you with one swift stroke!" then he ran toward us with his axe swinging.
"Eeeeeek! Eeeeeek! EEEEEEEEEEEEEK! ERK! HELP ME!" Serra screamed, almost busting my ear drum.
"So…loud…" I said, my concentration momentarily broken, but I quickly snapped back into action. "Serra! Behind me!" She hurriedly obeyed. "You there!" I yelled to the bandit. "See if you can match me!" Then I attacked.
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'Oh no….' I thought to myself. 'What have I got us in now?' The heat from the flames of Erk's attack stung my eyes. In the distance, I heard the green-haired woman shout "Look! Arianna, someone's over there!" Hopefully her group would help us out. I had no idea how strong Erk's abilities were. For all I knew, he was still a level one mage!
(A/N: -cough- He was! –cough-)
As the bandit ran back to his gang, Greenie and crew came running over. "Um, excuse me….hello?" said the sword-woman.
"Hm?" I said. I think I said that not too long ago, also. I really needed to broaden my interjection vocabulary. It seemed to only include 'Hm?' and 'Eeeek!'.
"Why are you fighting these bandits?" she asked.
"…..It just happened." Erk replied. Awww…how sweet. He wasn't going to tell them it was all my fault. Well, if he wasn't going to blame it on me, maybe I could blame it on them! That way, we could guilt them into helping us get to Ostia!
"That's not true!" I exclaimed. "Those ruffians thought that we were with you! You got us into a terrible situation! Now, how are you going to get us out?" I demanded, while glaring accusingly at the whole group. The pegasus knight hid behind her steed. I thought for sure we had them. But then, Erk ruined it all.
"Serra, if you'd not been so meddlesome, this all could have been avoided." He told me. Then he turned to Greenie. "My apologies. Please trouble yourself with us no more" He turned back and started to leave.
"But….if you're going to have to fight anyway, shouldn't we team up?" Greenie said to his back. "It will end things faster, right?"
Hm. She had a point. Plus, I could tell Erk was not thrilled with the idea. It would get him back for ruining my plan. Stupid Erk. Didn't he know it was perfectly fine to take advantage of people if it was to help yourself? It was in Elimine's holy book. Of course, I may have that a little wrong. I fell asleep in class the day they were teaching that part.
"That's true." I said, making my voice sound falsely excited. "Yes! That's a good idea. Erk!" I snapped, pulling him back to us by his cape. "Go and help these ladies."
"But I….." he started, than seemed to realize he was at a loss. He sighed for the umpteenth time since I've met him. "Fine!" he agreed angrily.
"Very good." Greenie said, smiling. "My name's Lyn. So, tell me, will you join arms with us?" she asked, pleasantly. Erk just glared back at her grumpily.
"Yes, we'd be GLAD to." I said. Atleast, I would be. He he. "My name is Serra. This is my escort, Erk." I said, gesturing to the pouting mage. "Be a good boy and go fight now, Erk." I said as condescendingly as I could. Then I patted him on the head. He just sighed again.
Lyn explained about the people in her group and ran off to the battlefield with the others. I went over to the cloaked girl who seemed to be their tactician. "Hello." I greeted her cheerfully. "You're Arianna, right? I'm Serra. Nice to meet you." She just nodded. "By the way, see this contrary mage here with me?" I motioned with my hand toward Erk. He was attempting to tear a piece of his cloak off with his teeth to wrap around his wounds from the bandit's axe. "His name is Erk." I looked for a reaction in the tactician, but she just continued to stare blankly at me, waiting for me to continue. "I think he's been hurt. I am Erk's employer. 'Master', I suppose you could say. What I'm getting at is…I was thinking of healing him free of charge. I know. I'm generous to a fault." I smiled at the tactician. Still no reaction. She just kept staring at me. Was there something on my face? "Hm? Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked. It was getting a little creepy. "Praise my generosity! Anyway, that's the deal." I walked over to Erk.-: ARIANNA'S POV :-
'Phew. She finally went away.' I thought in relief. Then I took the earplugs out. 'Good thing I brought these along. I would have gone deaf listening to her without 'em! I didn't hear a word she said, though. I wonder what she's going to do. Oh well.' I rushed off to direct my small mercenary group in battle.
-: ERK'S POV :-
Bite. Pull. Pull. Pull. The stupid cloth would not tear! I had to stop the bleeding soon, though. I saw Serra running toward me. 'I should be able to bleed a little longer.' I thought, getting ready to run for it. But she got to me before I could move.
"ERKY! I'm going to heal you!" She shrieked.
'Huh. As if I would let her. She'd probably get it wrong and kill me!' I struggled to my feet and tried to limp away. "No thanks, Serra! I'll just die!" I yelled back at her.
"Don't be silly!" She answered, easily catching up to my injured pace. "Just hold still!" She raised her staff. I cringed in terror. "I'm going to use my staff!" she announced to the whole battlefield. "WATCH IN WONDER!" Then I was blinded by a bright light. Everything around me faded away. When it came back, I immediately jumped to my feet and took off running.
"YOU COULD ATLEAST SAY THANK YOU!" she screamed at me.
I paused.
I was healed! Serra actually did something right for a change! "Thank you!" I yelled back to her. I spotted the tactician standing near the knight in green.
"No I will NOT kiss your injuries, Sain!" she was saying to him. I decided to run over and introduce myself and my power so she could plan how to best use it in this battle.
"But Lady Arianna, I am certain your sweet kiss could heal all my wounds, no matter how ghastly or fatal they are!" He said, with a strange twinkle in his eye. But she just whacked his horse and sent it running, dragging Sain along, who had been standing on the ground, holding the reins.
"You are Arianna?" I said, startling her. "I am Erk. I'm not sure how I got in this mess." Actually, I was quite sure how it happened. Serra. As is the reason how most of my most recent problems have happened. "If I am going to fight, however, I will show you the true power of magic!" I said in a noble voice. For some reason, she started to laugh. "What is it?" I asked, rather offended.
"I'm sorry, but that sounded very corny." She giggled. I was very put out. Hmph. I'll show HER! I stomped out on the field. "HEY BANDITS!" I yelled. Everyone stopped and looked over at me. "Ya wanna know something?" I said. Even Lyn's group had stopped to see what I was doing. "YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF SISSIES!" I yelled mockingly.
"Um…Erk. It's okay. I'm sorry." Arianna said nervously behind me. But it was too late for that. All the bandits had left their fight and were stalking toward me. And they all looked mad.
"You're gonna learn why people fear the Ganelon Bandits!" yelled their leader. I grabbed my Fire book and attacked him.
-NO DAMAGE-
I must've went very white. "Uh oh…." I said, trembling. I backed up very slowly, bumping into Arianna, who had frozen behind me.
"He he he…." Laughed the bandits, closing in on us. I said my prayers in my head, closing my eyes. Why did it have to end like this? If Elimine could somehow save me from this, I would kiss Serra! Just then, I heard Arianna shout behind me.
"Kent! Hurry! With your sword! ATTACK!" she screamed, turning around and running. The knight in red armor slashed at the bandit leader.
"Wil!" yelled Arianna, now further away, "SHOOT!"
Arrows suddenly embedded themselves into the bandit leader. He cried out then fell backwards. "Blaaaaah….scum…you're all scum…." he moaned. He fell limp and died. The bandits ran away.
"Nicely done, Arianna. That should just about do it." Lyn said. Then she looked around. "Arianna?" I looked and saw that by now, Arianna was just a speck in the distance. Serra came running over.
"What a surprise. You are very strong, Lyn." She said in admiration. Then she glanced over at me as if to say 'unlike-a-certain-mage-I-know'.
"Your staff is a wondrous thing. Healing powers amaze me." Lyn said to her. Hmph. I don't see anything too amazing about healing magic. Anima magic is much more interesting.
"Only those in the service of good can wield them." said Serra with a smile.
"Then what are you doing with it?" I mumbled under my breath. Luckily, she didn't hear me though. I think Arianna did, though. She gave me a reproachful look. Little snooty girl.
"You helped us tremendously. Well, it's time for us to go." Lyn said. And was it just me, or did she sound a little happy about that? I certainly was.
"Take care. Goodbye, Lyn." said Serra, sniffling back sobs. She knew them for, what, thirty minutes?
"Fare you well." Lyn said. "You too, Erk." she added as an afterthought.
"Goodbye." I said a little gruffly. They walked off along the left path. Luckily, we were going on the right one.
"Well, let us be on our way, Erk." Serra said mournfully and trudged toward the right path. I followed in a rare, joyful mood. I saw that knight in green from earlier, Sain, approaching us. A feeling of dread crept into my stomach.
"What have we here?" he said, looking at Serra. "Another wildflower? Perhaps a butterfly? What an absolutely delectable creature!" I looked around trying to spot who he was talking about. He couldn't possibly be talking about SERRA, could he?
'Oh, sweet Elimine, I believe he is.' I thought to myself in amazement.
"Oh my! Are you one of Lyn's companions?" Serra asked him innocently. Couldn't she see he was flirting with her? For some reason, that fact bothered me.
"Please, call me Sain." he said, taking her hand and kissing it. She giggled. I wanted to throw up.
"I'm Serra. I serve House Ostia." she replied. He looked at her with a dazed expression on his face.
"Serra….what a lyrical name." Sain said dreamily. Gag. "I am in service to Castle Caelin." Serra looked at him, surprised.
"Oh! So is Lyn a member of the marquess' family?"
"She is the granddaughter of our lord, the marquess."
"Hmmm….such an important person." Serra murmured, pensive. At this point I got very nervous.
"Serra…what deviousness are you contemplating now?"
She laughed in a 'tee heeing' way. "Having a person of power in your debt is never a bad thing!"
Oh no. Not this again. "You can't be serious….."
"Oh, Sain!" she said, turning back to the puzzled knight, "Do you think we could join the Lady Lyndis' company? She seems like such a nice person, and I would ever so much like to help her." she lied convincingly. Not that it takes much to convince Sain of something when it comes from the mouth of a pretty girl.
Sain's face immediately brightened. "Of course! We couldn't be happier! Why, we were only just saying how we need some more fighting power!" he said joyfully. Somehow, I got the feeling he was lying, too.
"Are you being hunted or something?" Serra asked in concern.
"Yes, it's an inheritance dispute." he said way too happily. "Assassins everywhere!"
Wow. REALLY sounds like something I want to get involved in. Sheesh. Does this fool truly think we're that stupid?
"Oh my! In that case, my healing staff and Erk's magic should come in handy." Serra chirped. Oh no. Oh NO. I will NOT get involved in this!
"Well, I, er... it sounds... dangerous." I stammered. I wanted to scream.
"Your staff and magic would be extremely helpful! Please wait here! I will go and speak with Lady Lyndis on your behalf." Then he rode off before I could get another word in.
"Unbelievable..." I said in shock. This is not happening. THIS IS NOT HAPPENING.
"This is fantastic, Erk! Our good deeds will earn us gratitude beyond imagining!" Serra giggled. I wanted to strangle her.
"I... I... I think I'm going to be ill." I said. This was happening. "WHY ME?" I screamed distressingly. "Of all things, a mage like me, stuck with a lowly mercenary gang! BEING CHASED BY ASSASSINS! AGH!"
"Actually," said a rather annoying sound that sounded like the male version of Serra's voice, "We're a legion!" That archer from before came walking up with the rest of the group behind him. "Lyn's Legion! Clever name, huh?"
Looking from the cowering pegasus knight, to the beaming Lady Lyndis, to the glowering Kent, over to the pervert Sain- WHO WAS FLIRTING WITH SERRA AGAIN- up to the quiet axeman, and finally down to the little freak in front of me, I thought this was more like a band of losers than a legion. I started to wonder if I'd ever see Etruria again. This trip just seemed to get longer…and longer…and longer….and longer……
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Arianna: WOW! That took a long time. A lot of it was conversation from the actual game. The next chapter should be more original stuff. I did try to add in some humorous thoughts, though.
Erk: I'm going to barbeque Sain.
Arianna: You do that. I'm going to go visit the outside world.
Latisha: Not until you do review responses!
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-:Nevian:- I'm glad you thought it was. –shudders- Personally, I can't stand spiders. They're like insect vampires, sucking the blood out of their victims. I would have been running and screaming with Serra. (Although my scream wouldn't have been screechy) Anyways, thanks for reviewing!
-:The Story Master 125:-Don't worry about poor Erky. Things will eventually get better for him…………..maybe. Thanks for reviewing!
-:Knight-Lord-Eliwood:- Yes, that spell is very friendly. In fact, I just went out to lunch with it a few days ago, and it is quite an interesting spell. Although I don't think that's what you meant. Thanks very much for reviewing!
-:potter29vo:- Cheap thrills. Getting a review answered. I'll try not to forget the story in the future. Although I do seem to get a little off track sometimes.
-:DTN:- Waaaait a second. I just realized who you are! You have stuff on devianART! That's where I've seen that name before! I'm a big fan of your Fire Emblem fanart! Especially your JaffarxNino stuff!
Erk: Okay, Arianna. Let's move on.
I like almost all the same Fire Emblem couples as you! I was sooo glad to see a PentxLouise fanart! And that MatthewxLeila one! My favorite was your A support for Jaffar and Nino, though! And their 'S' support was really funny!
Erk: BAD ARIANNA! Stop being an annoying fan and get back to your responses!
-sigh- Okay…. Thanks for reviewing!
-:Sparky:- Wow, you mean I'm actually good at something? –shocked- Thank you! And thanks for reviewing!
-:Scarabsi:- Yes, I have wondered. Terribly unfair to poor Erk if you ask me. There's a full body picture of Bartre, but they couldn't have made one of Erk? Thank you so much for caring about my sickness. I'm such a whine, complaining about being sick in a fanfiction. Thanks for reviewing!
-:Rockie1:- No protests from me. Thanks for reviewing!
-:Shadow Mewtwo977:- Thanks! And thanks for reviewing so many times for my stories. I really appreciate it!
-:changeofheart18782:- Hopefully he won't be tormented for TOO much longer. Eventually they'll have to get along, or this wouldn't be a romance fic! Thanks for reviewing!
-:BrightBlueInk:- Please do convert to the ErkxSerra fandom. I love Erky, too, but since he's fictional and we're not, it always made since to me to put him with another fictional character. Although the way I act when Erk accidently gets killed in my game, you'd think he was real. And yes, I'm trying to make Serra have a little intelligence. Thanks for reviewing!
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Arianna: I'm gonna go outside and run around for awhile. See you next chapter!
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