Disclaimer: I don't own Fire Emblem, I only own my characters.

I feel like making a large update today, so after this I'm putting in Lyn's first chapter.

Thanks to Draknal for the tips. I'm taking them into consideration with this next leg of the fic.

A little bit of trivia: the characters aren't based on my friends, except for Jack, who in real life doesn't have the same name. The names of the sacred swords obviously come from Final Fantasy, and some of the characters' names are from a game called Riviera

THE TACTICIAN'S WISH

Prologue 4: A Girl from the Plains

After the small skirmish:

"Eiji, is that Myrmidon...Hiro?" asked Kyo

"Looks like it milord, he's wielding a crimson bladed katana, just like Mua told us. I'm surprised he's still alive, though, being banished at the age of 5 and all. And that he'd turn out to be a tactician! I thought he was going to be a hermit with his personality!" replied Eiji. "I'm even more surprised that he's your sister's girlfriend!"...Eiji pondered. "How did you know he was in trouble, milord?"

"I...don't know. It's like my sword was telling me to go this way. Must be some type of mystic link."

"um...Fiaa.." a Pegasus knight flew close and called to Kyo's group and landed nearby.

"Florina! What are you doing here?" Fiaa replied to her fellow peg knight.

"um...I'm looking for a person...and I'm heading to a nearby village to look for information...um.."

"Still afraid of men I see," replied Fiaa, noticing that Florina looked intimidated by Kyo, Eiji, and Kyo's wyvern, Noah. "We're going to castle Pherae now. I wish you good luck in finding whoever it is you're looking for."

"Thank you! Oh, Fiaa?"

"Yes?"

"I heard that the house of Ostia is willing to pay big for some wyvern and peg knights. I think you should go there...and um...I would have told Farina but she wasn't to be found anywhere..."

"Oh...I thought she would be back by now..." Fiaa was disappointed to hear that her best friend hasn't returned. Then Florina left.

"House of Ostia, eh? Maybe we could get some help from there, or at least sell our services there, milord," suggested Eiji.

"You're right. My sister can wait; she can take care of herself."

With that, he and Eiji got on Noah again and Fiaa got on Brilliante, and they headed towards the House of Ostia.

Back at Lyn's place:

"ARGH!" Hiro yelled as he tried to get off the bed, and fell down to the ground immediately. He just noticed that his left leg was broken. '#$!& !' he cursed, and pulled himself up using his arms.

Lyn turned around. "uh...I don't think you should get up yet."

"You're right. Say, what tribe are you from?"

"I'm from the Lorca tribe...and you?"

"I was adopted into the Sargus tribe, which was almost completely wiped out except for me and 2 of my friends...There was a long story behind it that I'm not too fond of telling or even remembering. Wait, I heard that the Lorca tribe was attacked by bandits."

"That's right...my parents died during the attack," was Lyn's reply.

"Oh...I'm sorry to hear that." Hiro and Lyn then heard a loud noise coming from outside. "hm?...What was that?"

"I don't know. You stay here, and I'll go check it out. You're in no condition to leave the bed," Lyn said with a concerned look.

"I'll hop on my good leg."

As the two exited, Lyn walking and Hiro hopping out, they noticed 2 brigands. Lyn thought that they were from the Bern Mountains, and that they were there to raid the nearby villages.

"Hiro, I have to stop them! You don't look like you're in any shape to use a sword, so stay close to me and I'll protect you."

"Are you sure you can take them? They look really tough. Look at them; they have muscles on top of muscles! And those Iron Axes look bloody sharp! I'm going to help you! I can use magic as well!" Hiro then reached for his Fimbulvetr tome, which wasn't there. "WHAT? WHERE DID IT GO!"

"When I found you, you only had your sword on you," replied Lyn.

"Damn. Well, I'm a tactician by trade. I can't help you directly, but I can give you battle advice," said a rather disappointed Hiro.

"Okay, thank you. That would help! Let's go get them!" and with that they took off towards the first bandit. They then jumped behind a rock near the brigand.

"He looks tough, but I think we can take him. Lyn, he hasn't spotted us yet. You look like a fast runner, so while he's looking the other way, I'll boost you up over the rock and you run up to him and stab him in the back of the head. Can you do that?" was Hiro's strategy.

"Yes I can. Just tell me when," replied Lyn.

Hiro then looked over at the bandit, who was staring at the mountains for no apparent reason. "Now!" Hiro took out his sword and held it parallel to the ground. "Run and jump on this. This should give you a boost large enough to land you about 5 feet behind him." Lyn dashed and leapt onto the blade, and sailed clear of the rock and landed behind the bandit where Hiro predicted she would land. As the bandit just heard the sound and was about to turn around, he saw a teal blur at the corner of his eye. He then swung his axe around quickly, and hit something. Lyn screamed in pain because of the strike, but immediately thrust her Iron Sword through the bandit's heart.

"My arm..."

"Lyn! You okay?"

"I'm fine, but...my arm...it hurts a lot," Lyn said as she pointed at her bleeding left arm. "I have a vulnerary in my satchel. Could you give it to me?"

"Vulnerary?" Hiro was puzzled at this new word.

"A vulnerary is a healing medicine that can cure any wound, but not poison and the like. It's like a cleric's healing ability, but is actually a sweet drink instead of a staff. Can you reach for one?"

"Sure." Hiro took out a small golden bottle and gave it to Lyn. Lyn drank it. Then immediately, the wound started to close, and eventually disappeared, like it never even existed. "That's new." Then they went towards the other bandit.

"HAHA!" The bandit laughed as he just struck down the owner of the ger he occupied. "Weaklings! Fear the might of the Taliver bandits!" He turned to see 2 Sacaean warriors walking...no, one of them was hopping on one leg towards him. "Hahaha! A woman warrior, and a cripple! This'll be fun. HEY LADY! Why don't you ditch the cripple and be my little sex slave and I'll spare you! No one can defeat Batta the Bandit!"

"...is he serious?" Hiro sweatdropped at hearing the cockiness of the bandit. "Well, Lyn, he might actually be tough. He looks much stronger than the last bandit; that much is certain. We also lost an advantage we had in the last combat; he already spotted us. I have a plan. Lure him here so we can both take him on."

"Can you actually fight on one leg? Vulneraries can't cure those you know; otherwise I would have given one to you," Lyn replied.

"..." "Well, I have a good throwing arm. I can throw my sword at him, and while he's distracted, you go in for the kill."

"...maybe I should see your throwing arm first..."

"fine." Hiro chucked his Muramasa at a nearby rock, but as he couldn't get a good stance with only one good leg, he fell and it landed way off target. "...plan b then."

Then Hiro yelled, "HEY, FUGLY!" Batta turned towards them after beating on the owner of the ger some more. "YEAH, YOU! WHY DON'T YOU COME OVER HERE AND SAY THAT TO MY FACE?"

"Why did you do that?" Lyn grimaced.

"While I'm talking to him, I'll tell you to go check up on the ger. While I hold him here, you sneak behind him and stab him."

"Got it." She said as Batta closed in.

"Alright, I will! CRIPPLE!" He yelled as he saliva landed on Hiro's face. "Lyn, check on the ger."

"Okay." As Lyn tried to walk behind the bandit, Batta immediately punched Hiro away and swung his axe at Lyn, who dodged it. Hiro couldn't dodge the punch because he couldn't jump or roll away fast enough with only one leg. "Heh. I'm not that stupid you know. It looked like the little lady was going to hit me from behind."

'Damn,' Hiro thought.

"Don't worry Hiro, I'll fight him off!" With that, Lyn dashed at the bandit, and rolled to the side as he swung his axe at her. She then slashed her sword at his gut, which made a little cut as the bandit stepped backwards. Lyn then took this instant when the bandit flinched to try a stab, but the bandit was able to recover quick enough to move to let it only make a less fatal wound: a deep cut on his side. Pissed, he tore off his shit, and let loose a kick at Lyn, who was again dashing at him, and not expecting it, flew backwards. Batta then swung her axe at Lyn, who was able to dodge a would-be fatal blow, but was cut deeply on her side.

"ARGH!" Lyn screamed in pain as she back dashed. Hiro then reached for a vulnerary in his satchel that Lyn gave to him, and chucked it at Lyn. Lyn caught it while rolling away from a strike from Batta's axe. It got stuck in the ground. As Batta was trying to get it out, Lyn drank the vulnerary, and got up the same time Batta got his axe out. Batta then went into a whirlwind (think Barbarian from Diablo II) and tried to chop Lyn into little pieces. Lyn rolled under the attack, and then cut deep into one of Batta's legs. Batta screamed in pain, and Lyn took this chance to stab his heart.

"Ugh...Damn..." And with that he fell.

"Good job, Lyn. You saved us," Hiro congratulated the Sacaean plains girl.

"Thanks, but I wasn't careful enough. He could have killed me if not for the vulnerary. Looks like you do have a good throwing arm...I won, but I almost got killed. I need to get stronger to be able to survive."

"You're right. What do you plan on doing now, now that bandits are here?" Hiro asked.

"Maybe I should go to the nearby villages and warn them, but that was the last bottle of vulnerary I had. Maybe we should get some more at Bulgar. Have you been there before, Hiro?"

"Yeah, I've been there a couple of times to get a few magic tomes."

"Hiro... I want to ask you something."

"Shoot."

"Um...I need to get stronger if I'm going to be able to protect this land. I'm impressed with your skill and maybe if I travel with you I'm going to get stronger. Can I follow you in your travels?"

"Sure, but shouldn't you at least tell the chief of the tribe?"

"The chief of the tribe was my father. As I told you, he already died...thanks to those bandits. I want to protect the people, but they wouldn't accept a woman to be their leader. And as you can see, I'm nowhere near strong enough. That's why I want to travel with you," Lyn finished and then cried.

"...Alright."

With that, they packed up their things, and walked / hopped towards Bulgar.

End Lyn's Prologue