Disclaimer: You know that stuff. I don't own Fire Emblem or its characters. I do own Jullian.
Author's Note: ...that was way longer than a week. Sorry for the delay, and here's the story.
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Two Swordmasters
Part V
After breakfast, they continued walking up the mountain. They were half way up the mountain by night. They were making good speed, but they will have to go around the whole mountain a few times because of the longer path.
After thinking about it, they decided to sneak to get the flower at night. After all, this is the base of the mountain bandits. Taking them all with only four people would be suicide. But they knew if they don't sieze them, they will just continue killing innocents.
"Maybe we could get the flower, go back to the village, heal Jullian's brother, and get an army to attack?" Rebecca suggested.
"That might work... but it is likely they will be ambushed." Erk said.
"Then why don't we fake some travellers," Rebecca again suggested. "Don't they attack travellers?"
"And..."
"And then have warriors hide behind bushes or something and attack when they are close."
"Actually, that might work." Erk stood up as if looking for something. ".........Hey! Who took my Fire Tome?!"
"It should be......HEY! WHERE'S MY KILLER BOW?! IT TOOK ME WEEKS TO PAY FOR THAT!" Rebecca searched around for her bow when she notices footprints.
"What the hell..." Rebecca calls to Erk, "Hey, Erky!"
"Don't call me that." Erk walks next to Rebecca to investigate what she saw.
The both of them follow the tracks only to find something unexpected.
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"Lyn... look..." Jullian points to a flower. "They say this flower only blooms once every two months on the 15th day of the second month..."
"Wow... but doesn't that mean that we only have 15 days left?"
"Yeah. But it should be easier."
Lyn walked closer to Jullian. "Jay..." Her new nickname for Jullian.
"Lyn?"
"Tell me about background. Like your home village."
"Well, I live up in the Western Mountains. My village--Airithin--was destroyed a years ago when I was young. There were only 15 survivors. Me, my brother, and some friends. We slowly rebuilt the village one house at a time. Some of our older friends started a family, and later the village population grew.
"Ty, Airy, and Marla travelled around to seek lost travellers and brought them back to town. In one year, we had 50 more people in our growing town. But even then, we kept our existance hidden. Our location was hidden and not easily found. And up in the mountains, we found..." Jullian caught himself. He thought if he should really tell Lyn a secret his town had kept.
"Huh? What did you find?" Lyn was curious.
"..." Jullian hesistated. "We had found mines right under the town square. We had found gold and silver in this tomb. We received information from our spy, Garren, that Lycia and Etruria was on a secret mission to find this tomb...the same one we had right in our village. After that, we kept our existance a secret. We knew bandits would once again raid us. In fear of that, we trained and recruited mercenaries and soldiers to protect the village. We were able to contain a 50 man army, and it's probably even more now as we speak.
"Even though we kept our town a secret, we told only one other village. A town that has always supported us, Earthin. But they too kept themselves away from the outside world. They did have spies though."
"Where's Earthin?" Lyn asked as she took an apple from snatchel.
"It's on the other side of the mountain. In fact, we made a tunnel through the tunnel so it made it easy for us. We always trusted them, even when our fore fathers created their settlements. We kept close contact with them and often visited each other. Earthin was actually more defensive and hidden, so the bandits were never able to attack them. When Airithin was attacked, Earthin was attacked a few days later, so they had to rebuild as well, but they didn't suffer as much casualties as we did.
"Earthin later helped us after the creation of our tunnels. After that, we focused on military as well. Like I said, we hired mercenaries. Earthin helped us too after they rebuilt their town. Before we left, I think my brother, who was sort of the leader of Airithin, was talking about protection from bandits. I heard them talking about a new tribe of Sacae. They said they too kept themselves hidden, but they had grown so quickly. They said Airithin and Earthin made allies with them and help their growth in return that they protect the road to our two villages. I was caught by Jordan eavesdropping after that, and that's all I heard."
"Haha" Lyn laughed.
Jullian raised his eyebrows. "What's so funny?"
"I can tell you're very nosey," Lyn replied.
"I guess you can say that..." Jullian laughed quietly after awhile.
Lyn offered Jullian an apple, but he refused. "I'm sorry, Jay, go on."
"Well, a few days after that, I asked Garren about that tribe. He didn't tell me much, but he said they were nomads from Etruria. He said most of the people living there had Lycian, Sacaen, Bern, and Etrurian blood, so I'm guessing they're from pretty much everywhere. Before he left, though, he said this tribe was working on a secret weapon. He said something about a portal, but I'm not really sure."
"A portal, eh?"
"Yeah, maybe it has to do with magic..."
"...or dragons?"
"Maybe. Who knows?"
A sudden chill came and Lyn got cold.
"Lyn, are you cold?" Jullian offered her his cloak.
Lyn gladly took his cloak. "Thanks."
After that, the two of them just sat together. After a while, Lyn got tired and slept on Jullian's arms. Jullian was also tired. He was too tired to go to camp that he just slept there with Lyn lying in his arms.
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Finally. Sorry if it seems rushed. I'm pretty sure the next chapter will be done in a few days, or weeks...or months.
Author's Note: ...that was way longer than a week. Sorry for the delay, and here's the story.
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Two Swordmasters
Part V
After breakfast, they continued walking up the mountain. They were half way up the mountain by night. They were making good speed, but they will have to go around the whole mountain a few times because of the longer path.
After thinking about it, they decided to sneak to get the flower at night. After all, this is the base of the mountain bandits. Taking them all with only four people would be suicide. But they knew if they don't sieze them, they will just continue killing innocents.
"Maybe we could get the flower, go back to the village, heal Jullian's brother, and get an army to attack?" Rebecca suggested.
"That might work... but it is likely they will be ambushed." Erk said.
"Then why don't we fake some travellers," Rebecca again suggested. "Don't they attack travellers?"
"And..."
"And then have warriors hide behind bushes or something and attack when they are close."
"Actually, that might work." Erk stood up as if looking for something. ".........Hey! Who took my Fire Tome?!"
"It should be......HEY! WHERE'S MY KILLER BOW?! IT TOOK ME WEEKS TO PAY FOR THAT!" Rebecca searched around for her bow when she notices footprints.
"What the hell..." Rebecca calls to Erk, "Hey, Erky!"
"Don't call me that." Erk walks next to Rebecca to investigate what she saw.
The both of them follow the tracks only to find something unexpected.
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"Lyn... look..." Jullian points to a flower. "They say this flower only blooms once every two months on the 15th day of the second month..."
"Wow... but doesn't that mean that we only have 15 days left?"
"Yeah. But it should be easier."
Lyn walked closer to Jullian. "Jay..." Her new nickname for Jullian.
"Lyn?"
"Tell me about background. Like your home village."
"Well, I live up in the Western Mountains. My village--Airithin--was destroyed a years ago when I was young. There were only 15 survivors. Me, my brother, and some friends. We slowly rebuilt the village one house at a time. Some of our older friends started a family, and later the village population grew.
"Ty, Airy, and Marla travelled around to seek lost travellers and brought them back to town. In one year, we had 50 more people in our growing town. But even then, we kept our existance hidden. Our location was hidden and not easily found. And up in the mountains, we found..." Jullian caught himself. He thought if he should really tell Lyn a secret his town had kept.
"Huh? What did you find?" Lyn was curious.
"..." Jullian hesistated. "We had found mines right under the town square. We had found gold and silver in this tomb. We received information from our spy, Garren, that Lycia and Etruria was on a secret mission to find this tomb...the same one we had right in our village. After that, we kept our existance a secret. We knew bandits would once again raid us. In fear of that, we trained and recruited mercenaries and soldiers to protect the village. We were able to contain a 50 man army, and it's probably even more now as we speak.
"Even though we kept our town a secret, we told only one other village. A town that has always supported us, Earthin. But they too kept themselves away from the outside world. They did have spies though."
"Where's Earthin?" Lyn asked as she took an apple from snatchel.
"It's on the other side of the mountain. In fact, we made a tunnel through the tunnel so it made it easy for us. We always trusted them, even when our fore fathers created their settlements. We kept close contact with them and often visited each other. Earthin was actually more defensive and hidden, so the bandits were never able to attack them. When Airithin was attacked, Earthin was attacked a few days later, so they had to rebuild as well, but they didn't suffer as much casualties as we did.
"Earthin later helped us after the creation of our tunnels. After that, we focused on military as well. Like I said, we hired mercenaries. Earthin helped us too after they rebuilt their town. Before we left, I think my brother, who was sort of the leader of Airithin, was talking about protection from bandits. I heard them talking about a new tribe of Sacae. They said they too kept themselves hidden, but they had grown so quickly. They said Airithin and Earthin made allies with them and help their growth in return that they protect the road to our two villages. I was caught by Jordan eavesdropping after that, and that's all I heard."
"Haha" Lyn laughed.
Jullian raised his eyebrows. "What's so funny?"
"I can tell you're very nosey," Lyn replied.
"I guess you can say that..." Jullian laughed quietly after awhile.
Lyn offered Jullian an apple, but he refused. "I'm sorry, Jay, go on."
"Well, a few days after that, I asked Garren about that tribe. He didn't tell me much, but he said they were nomads from Etruria. He said most of the people living there had Lycian, Sacaen, Bern, and Etrurian blood, so I'm guessing they're from pretty much everywhere. Before he left, though, he said this tribe was working on a secret weapon. He said something about a portal, but I'm not really sure."
"A portal, eh?"
"Yeah, maybe it has to do with magic..."
"...or dragons?"
"Maybe. Who knows?"
A sudden chill came and Lyn got cold.
"Lyn, are you cold?" Jullian offered her his cloak.
Lyn gladly took his cloak. "Thanks."
After that, the two of them just sat together. After a while, Lyn got tired and slept on Jullian's arms. Jullian was also tired. He was too tired to go to camp that he just slept there with Lyn lying in his arms.
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Finally. Sorry if it seems rushed. I'm pretty sure the next chapter will be done in a few days, or weeks...or months.