A/N: Thank you to all who have reviewed my story. I hope it will continue. If it does that means the story continues. Chapter 2: Sword of Spirits will feature my muses in the author's note section.

Erk: Oh joy.

Shut up! You're not suppose to be out yet! smacks Erk Anyway...On with the story

Erk:sigh He forgot the discalimer again. Note: He does NOT own Fire Emblem. He's as broke as you can get...

Chapter 1: Footsteps of Fate

"Durim, Tyrac! Over here!" cried out Lyn as she made her way through a large group of people. Close behind her was her little sister and Durim and Tyrac catching up to them.

"This is the largest Sacean village. It's quite easy to get lost if you don't know the area so you might want to stay close." informed Crystal. Suddenly a voice directed to them broke through the crowd.

"Oh my! The heavens have surely graced me by allowing me to me in the presence of such beauties!" exclaimed a brown-haired cavalry knight wearing green armor. He rushed in his eyes having the slight glint of lust in them.

"And where might you be from, sir knight, to speak so boldly?" questioned Lyn.

"I am from Caelin!" happily proclaimed the lusty knight.

"Caelin?" began Tyrac. "Is that not a territory part of Lycia?"

"Why yes it is!" happily answered Sain. "Home of the most brave and chivalrous knights!"

"From your example I say it would be home to callous oafs." coolly responded Crystal.

"Oh! You two are even more lovely when you are angry." happily sighed the green armored knight.

"Come, I grow tired of this fool." growled Lyn. "Let us leave." By her word, Crystal and Tyrac followed Lyn as she walked deeper into the village center. Durim, however, stayed behind for a few seconds glaring at the knight.

"Don't go near them again." firmly ordered Durim. "If you do so again in such a manner I will cut your throat." With his threat still lingering in the knight's mind Durim left and followed the others.

"Sain you fool!" scolded a commanding voice. The green armored knight turned around to see another knight approaching him. This one had vibrant red-orange hair that brushed at the top of his line of vision. The second knight also wore red armor that was shaped the same as the first one's armor.

"You are not to constantly flirt with women!" scolded the red armored knight.

"Ah, but Kent my boon companion, it would be discourteous for me to not acknowledge such beauty." sighed the green armored knight whose name was apparently Sain.

"What do you know of courtesy!" angrily questioned Kent, the red knight. Suddenly he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to see a green-haired Sacean.

"Excuse me but your horses are blocking the road." informed Lyn.

"Ah, pardon me." apologized Kent, walking to the side of the road with his horse close behind.

"It's good to see that not all knights of Lycia are fools." sighed Crystal. Kent looked more intently at Lyn and Crystal.

"Hm…Have we met somewhere before?" politely asked Kent. The feeling of familiarity seemed to nag at his mind.

"Hey!" cried out Sain. "I saw them first!"

"Hmph! It looks as if I was wrong about you knights." grunted Crystal. She turned to her sister and said, "Come. Let us leave them."

"No! Wait-" but before Kent could say anymore Crystal, Lyn, Tyrac, and Durim had left.

"Sain you lout!" yelled Kent.

"What?" asked Sain. "I thought you said you weren't interested…"

"I am NOT!" bellowed the red knight. "I think they may be…"

"Be our mission?" questioned Kent's companion. "You must be joking!"

"You know me Sain. I don't joke about these things." was Kent's response as he got on his horse and trailed Lyn.

"Quick!" called Lyn. "We are being followed!"

"Is it the knights from the village?" wondered Crystal.

"No." grimly reported Durim. "These men are out for blood." Suddenly a group of bandits stepped out in front of the retreating group. One of them, wielding a large axe, stepped forward.

"Ah, you must be Lyndis and Crystalana." growled the bandit.

"What did you call us?" questioned Lyn.

"Sigh… I don't like killing girls but…the things I do for gold." sighed the bandit. He was about to signal for the rest of the bandits to attack when Kent and Sain rode up to Lyn on their horses.

"What's this!" angrily questioned Sain. "This many people against women! Cowards, every one of you!"

"Gr…Not knights." growled the bandit leader. He retreated until he was far enough away that everyone else could barely hear his next order. "Everyone attack and don't hold back!"

"It looks as if we will have to fight." sighed Kent. "You should stay behind travelers. We will take care of this."

"Why should we stand by and let you do all the fighting?" questioned Lyn. "You will follow me!"

The red armored cavalier sighed. "This is getting us nowhere."

"I can guide your actions." announced Tyrac.

"And who might you be?" questioned Sain.

"I am Tyrac, a tactician that is traveling with Lyn." answered the tactician. "Now since we are outnumbered we'll have to use the terrain as our advantage."

"The trees." quickly said Durim.

"What?" asked Sain.

"Trees can give us cover from the bandits. They all use axes and since they are bulky the thick forest will make it difficult for them to attack." coolly responded Durim. The young swordsman's temper was short. Even though he had known Sain for just a few moments he already hated him.

"However since you and…" Tyrac's sentence slowly trailed off. "I'm sorry what, are your names?"

"I am Kent and this is my companion Sain." informed the lead cavalier. "We are now in your service."

"Right. Anyway since you and Sain both ride horses it will be difficult for you to ride throughout the trees." continued Tyrac. "You will need to go on the road for maneuverability. I want you to head straight for the bandit leader. However he has a large pack of bandits nearby…"

"We can handle it!" exclaimed Sain.

"Lyn, Crystal, and Durim will stick close to you but in the trees. When you and Sain start to engage the main bandit group they will sneak around and attack from behind." continued Tyrac.

"Sounds like a good plan." complimented Kent.

They then set off and executed the plan perfectly. The only one to receive injuries was Sain but that was because he decided to try and kill a bandit with his lance. The bandit had pulled Sain off of his horse by grabbing the lance and pulling. Luckily Kent was close by and killed the bandit before it could do serious harm to the foolish knight.

After all of the bandits, including their leader, were dead the knights and Lyn's group met together.

"I think that's the rest of the bandits." panted Lyn. "Now…I believe you two need to tell us what your story is." She said as she pointed at Kent and Sain.

"As my companion has probably told you before, we hail from the Caelin, a territory deep within Lycia." began Kent.

"About two months ago Lord Haussen, Caelin's Marquess, received a letter from Lady Madelyn." continued Sain.

At this both Lyn and Crystal visibly stiffened. That was their mother's name.

Sain seemed ignorant of this fact and continued with the tale. "Lady Madelyn had fallen in love with a Sacean nomad over twenty years ago. Marquess Caelin refused to let her marry him since he was not of a royal bloodline." continued Sain. "Furious at this, the lady ran away to the Sacean plains. Both depressed and angered by the lady's brash actions, he simply declared he no longer had a daughter."

"But when he received a letter two months ago that all changed." spoke up Kent. "It was a letter from his daughter. At first he was reluctant to read it but when he did he was overjoyed. He had learned that his daughter was happily living on the plains with two daughters named Lyndis and Crystalana."

"He sent us to retrieve the family so he could see them but when we learned that the Lorca tribe had been destroyed we almost lost hope." sighed Kent.

"But then we were lucky enough to learn that the two daughters were still alive. And that's how we came to find you…" informed Sain.

"Our names to the tribe were just Lyn and Crystal…" muttered Crystal. "But when it was just our family we were called Lyndis and Crystalana."

"Can you excuse us for a few moments?" inquired Lyn. The two knights nodded and the other four walked a few meters away.

"I'm sorry Tyrac and Durim but we have to go to Caelin." whispered Lyn. "I must see my grandfather."

"I understand." replied Tyrac.

"This changes everything. We won't be able to travel the lands as we planned…" mumbled Crystal.

"Not true." grunted Durim. The other three turned and looked at Durim, searching for an explanation.

"You may have to go to Caelin but that doesn't mean we don't have to go too." continued Durim. "Right brother?" Tyrac grinned as he realized what Durim meant.

"Y-you mean you still will come with us?" stuttered Crystal. Durim nodded and Crystal leapt forward embracing Durim.

"I can't express my thanks to both of you." said Crystal. "Thank you so much."

And thus the sisters discovered their lineage and a new path was laid before them.