Black Lord 500: Well it's finally time for the next chapter in my fic.

Nino: What took so long? It's not good to keep people waiting, you know.

Black Lord 500: Life. I had to move, I didn't have the Internet, Just started high school, and you all know what that means. My chapter updates will be less frequent from now on. Sorry to all my faithful readers. However, I shall try to update as often as I can. But don't expect too much from me. Oh and I am sorry if I haven't been reviewing your stories. As stated earlier, I have not had much access to the Internet.

Nino: Life sucks, doesn't it?

Black Lord 500: It does. The good news is, I have a new cell phone.

Nino: Cell phone?

Black Lord 500: This.

Nino: Wow! But can I ask you something? (whispers in Black Lord 500's ear)

Black Lord 500: I'm shocked Nino. No one told you about that? Well while I tell you about that, they can see the next chapter.

Nino: Black Lord 500 does not own Fire Emblem at all. Do NOT sue him. You won't get anything anyway.

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-Sword of Sprits-

"Lyn, isn't Lycia the other way?" Mack inquired. "Shouldn't we get there as soon as possible?"

"There is a Sacaen custom that I have to observe." She informed him rather proudly. "The people of Sacae go to this shrine to pray for safety at the beginning of a long journey."

"Aw!" Sain interjected. "How quaint! It is good to see that the ancient customs are still observed even out here.

"The teachings of Elimine do have the most followers in Elibe." Kent pointed out.

As the four of them were conversing, however, something was happening inside of the shrine.

"Old man!" a man in some mercenary's clothing shouted. "Stay where you are and shut up! You shall hand over that blade to me!"

"You may place any threat at me you would like." the old man responded. "But I shall not give up the Mani Katti."

The bandit man scoffed and said, "I am Glass, even gods fear me! My swordplay is peerless! This sword was made for a swordsman of my skills. I could best any foe with it."

"Use it for fighting! Sacrilege!"

"Enough talk. Give me the sword!"

The man reached for the sword in the stone. As his fingers touched the blade, he truly felt like he could beat anyone. He tried desperately to pull the sword out of the stone it was encased in, but to no avail. He could not get the blade of the gods.

"Damn, what's wrong? Why can't I get the sword!"

"The spirits of the blade have found you. The have witnessed your greed and hatred and rejected you."

"Grr! Listen you senile old fool, if you value your life, get out of my sight!" Glass also locked him in the closet.

As this was happening, a woman, hearing what happened in the shrine, rushed up to them.

"Pardon me you all, but are you headed to the altar?" she asked with a lot of worry in her voice.

"Yes ma'am we are." Lyn answered for them. "Why do you ask?"

"The priest there is in trouble! I beseech you all to help him!"

"All right ma'am calm down." Mack told her. "We'll help you, right Lyn?"

"Yeah."

The woman rushed off a house south of thier location, and this caught Lyn's attention.

"Mack, there are some homes to the south of us. The residents may have some information that we can use. We should visit the residents.

"Okay everyone, we are heading south to visit the homes. Eveyone ready?" Mack directed.

"Yeah!" Lyn Sain and Kent shouted as they went south, with Mack directly behind them. Lyn and Mack went into the first home. They met the woman from earlier.

"So you all will help the priest. Great!" she said. "Well you all can benefit from something I saw earlier. One of the shrines walls is cracked and poor in repair. You could break it if you hit it with your weapons.

"Thank you ma'am, we appreciate that." Lyn told her.

Next was Sain, who encountered an old man.

"You know sonny, mountains give you a terrain advantage, but they are a lot more difficult to traverse. And if you ride on horseback, you can't cross them at all. Keep that in mind.

And lastly was Kent, who saw a young woman.

"The Mani Katti is a blessed blade, one under divine protection. It's kinda strange though, that a sword can choose who will wield it. Don't you think that's strange?

"Yes it is." Kent agreed. "And thank you for the help."

As everyone exited the homes and shared information the bandits advanced on them slowly. Mack noticed this and saw the fortresses north of his team's location. He remembered that fortresses provide extra defense and people could recover their strength inside the fortress walls. So he ordered his comrades to seize the fortresses. As they were faster than the approaching bandits, they were succesful. And being the idiots the bandits are they approach despite the territorial advantage they had. Mack slashed a few times with his Serpent Fang and killed one of the approaching bandits. The other one was aiming at Lyn, but Kent impaled him with his sword first. Sain took the opportunity to attack him from behind which led to the bandit's demise.

"Okay everyone, there is that cracked wall." Mack pointed out. "Since there are mountains to the south, Me and Lyn can go that way, but you two should break the wall down. But be careful, there may be enemies inside.

"Don't worry Mack!" Sain replied. "Me and Kent can handle ourselves."

"Yes, we can." Kent agreed. "However mountain climbing is treacherous. You all may take awhile. Do we have permission to finish off the leader of the bandits?"

"Of course." was Mack's reply.

Mack and Lyn walked south to climb the mountains. Mack began panting halfway through the arduous climb. Lyn however, was doing it with no trouble.

"Something wrong?" she asked. "You look really tired."

"No I'm pant okay. What about pant you?"

"Mack, if you are tired, don't be afraid to tell me. I won't think any less of you. Besides, I'm sure you aren't from Sacae, so you probably aren't used to a lot of mountain climbing, if any."

"Well you got me there. I'm not really. Well we should pant hurry on."

By the time Mack and Lyn were done climbing the mountain, Kent and Sain were ready to face the boss, Glass, who was sitting on the throne, but got up and readied his sword, seeing as there were unfamiliar people in the room.

"Remember Sain, lances are good against swords, we should have a lance ready." Kent informed him.

"Just sit back, relax, and watch a master of the lance at work, Kent!" Sain told him.

Sain rushed up to Glass and impaled him with the lance. However Glass was still ready for more. He launched a counterattack by jumping in the air, but Sain raised his lance and Glass was stabbed-where it hurts. With a piercing scream, Glass was killed. Lyn and Mack walked in the room after that and Lyn went to unlock the priest's room.

"Oh, thank Saint Elimine!" the priest exclaimed with relief. "I am glad that man was defeated."

"I am glad sir." Lyn told him. "Now I have a long journey ahead of me. Would you allow me to lay my hands on the Mani Katti and pray?"

"Why yes, by all means." The sword began to glow as Lyn approached the shrine.

"Milady, that sword, was meant for you. Please, take it with you."

"No, I couldn't do something like that." Lyn said.

"It is the sword's wish." the priest told her. "If you require proof, draw it from the scabbard."

Lyn did so but she was hoping that the priest was wrong. However as she feared, he was right. But as Lyn felt the sword, an unfamiliar feeling went through her body. It truly felt like she was destined to wield this blade.

"You are right, it came out effortlessly."

"Amazing!" the priest began. "I never thought that I would meet the wielder of this blade in my life. I am fortunate to see your sword reach your hands. But it is time for you to go, because as you said you have a long journey ahead of you."

As soon as Lyn exited the shrine, she told everyone else what happened.

"Well we should hurry on." Kent told them.

The group left rathe hastily to reach Lycia and Lyn's grandfather in Caelin. However as she did this, something was happening there.

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-At Castle Caelin-

"Lord Lundgren, I bring news." a messenger said. "The girl is on her way here. She is traveling with Kent and Sain. What shall we do sir?"

"Bah!" the man known as Lundgren interjected. "She'll have to pass through northern Bern, and it's full of bandits. She won't survive. I'm more concered about my older brother. His life must end quickly. There must be no blunders with the poison.

"He suspect nothing milord, and continues to drink it."

"Excellent! Soon all of Caelin will be mine!"

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Black Lord 500: And that's where babies come from, Nino.

Nino: Oh. I always wondered about that.

Black Lord 500: By the way, I learned through the grapevine that I can't respond to reviews. Sorry everyone.

Nino: When is the chapter when we learn more about Mack?

Black Lord 500: Soon, Nino, soon. Oh and I plan to intrduce some more OCs from Mack's world if any of you cared.

Nino: Read and Review! It takes the stress of high school off of Black Lord 500's mind.