Tacticians
This is my first fanfic so I hope everyone likes it. Well read on.
Disclaimer: I still don't own Fire Emblem.
Chapter 3: Introductions
"SO! Where do we start?" Dew asked.
"Well, normally I would first introduce you to the lords, but you already met them," Rane replied as she thought about who should suffer next.
"Mmmm-hmmm…sooo? Who's next?" Dew asked.
"THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO THINK OF!" she yelled. She was very frustrated and was not in the mood to deal with her little sister. Dew however was unfazed by her sisters outburst.
"…Have you decided yet?"
"NO!"
After a few moments of silence, Dew went on with her endless string of questions. Rane did not hear them though. She closed her ears very tightly and tried to concentrate. This worked for a grand total of 4 seconds until Dew realized that her big sister was no longer paying attention. She began to tap her shoulder and tug on her robes.
"WHAT?" Rane finally yelled when she could take it no longer.
"…Have you decided yet?" the small girl asked cheerily.
"YES I'VE DECIDED! I'VE DECIDED! OK?"
"GREAT! Who is it?"
"GENERAL WALLACE!"
"OK lead on…Rane" she said and then broke into a fit of giggles.
Rane just rolled her eyes and continued walking. Luckily Rane had a good idea of where General Wallace might be, so it didn't take them long to find him in the training grounds.
"ARE THERE UNICORNS HERE? I WANNA RIDE A UNICORN! DOES THE TACTICIAN GET TO RIDE A HORSE? I'M GONNA NAME MY HORSE CHIP! DO I GET TO HAVE A DOG? IS THERE ANY CANDY AROUND HERE? I'M STARVING! WHY'D YOU NAME YOURSELF RANE? ARE YOU MAD AT ME FOR STEALING YOUR JOB? DOES THE TACTICIAN HAVE TO WEAR GREEN? I WANNA WEAR PINK! HEY DO YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON SOMEONE HERE? OOOH YOU DO! I KNOW YOU DO! WHO IS IT? DON'T TELL ME! I'LL FIND OUT FOR MYSELF!"
"GENERAL WALLACE!" Rane yelled accidentally taking her frustration out on him.
"No need to yell! I'm right here!" He scolded her.
Rane sighed. "I'm sorry General. Marcus would you come over here too." She called seeing the paladin. "I would like to introduce you both to your new tactician. This is my sister, Dew."
"Very nice to meet you Lord Wallace! Lord Marcus!" Dew said curtsying.
"Show off" Rane murmured under her breath.
General Wallace and Marcus shook her hand and said their greetings.
"OK come on we've got more people to meet." Rane finally interrupted.
"All right. It was very nice to meet you m'lords!" Dew said curtsying once again. Rane grabbed her sister's arm and practically dragged her off.
"THAT WAS FUN! Now where are we going?"
Rane had been prepared for this question and promptly replied, " we're going to find Jaffar and Nino." She had decided this in hopes that Jaffar would see the problem with this new tactician and assassinate her… Or at least make her run back home.
"OK!" Dew said playing with a lock of her hair that had fallen out of her ponytail.
Rane, to keep her sister from talking so much, decided to tell Dew some things about the people in the army. Fortunately the siblings found the two rather quickly. They were sitting in a small patch of flowers. Nino was ranting on and on about how much she loved flowers. Ran started having second thoughts about her plan. "If Jaffar can put up with Nino, maybe he can put up with Dew," her mind told her. "No, no. Dew is at least seven times worse than Nino," she reassured herself. "Yes, but if she puts on another act…" her doubts argued back. Her sister nudging her brought her back to reality.
"Oh… uh, right. Jaffar, Nino, This is your new tactician, my sister Dew.
"Hello!" Nino said cheery as usual.
"Hi!" Dew replied.
The two began talking on and on about how much they loved the flowers.
Rane changed her mind. "Jaffar could kill me instead," she thought. "Or maybe both of us, but Dew first. Or maybe me… He could kill Serra then me then Dew." Rane shook her head to clear it then decided it was time to go.
"BYE!" Nino yelled after them. "Say goodbye Jaffar," she whispered to the assassin. "JAFFAR SAYS BYE TOO!"
Rane rolled her eyes wondering for the thousandth time if Nino really could understand Jaffar or if she just put words in his mouth. "Oh well," she thought shoving the thought aside for a different time.
"Where to next?" Dew asked after she finished telling Rane how much she enjoyed meeting Nino.
"Here," Rane replied stopping.
Dew looked around. All she saw was a large tree next to her. No one was in sight. "Here?"
Rane nodded.
"What? Are you planning on killing me or something?" Dew questioned wandering about her sisters sanity.
Rane ignored this question. "MATTHEW!"
Dew looked at her sister. "Yep she's gone crazy!" She thought.
"BOO!" Someone behind Dew yelled and grabbed her.
"WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Dew yelled half jumping out of her skin. Rane and Matthew burst with laughter.
"Who's this jumpy one?" Matthew asked between laughs.
Rane stopped laughing enough to see her sister practically in tears. Suddenly pity welled up inside of her. She wiped her eyes and cleared her throat. "This, Matthew, is your new tactician and my little sister Dew."
"Oh… Why aren't you our tactician anymore?"
"…Weren't you there this morning?"
"Well, yeah, but I figured you were just kidding. You've never really left before!"
"Yeah, well, I wasn't planning to, but she took my position while I was unconscious."
"Matthew heard the hurt in her voice. "I'm sorry," he said with a sincere smile. Rane smiled back. She'd always liked Matthew. "Well, anyway," he said turning his attention back to Dew. I wish you luck."
"Thanks!" Dew said cheerily.
Matthew looked her over for a few seconds, then turned back to Rane. "Don't worry," he whispered in her ear. "I give her two days." He winked and then began to climb back up the tree. "See ya later!" He called back to them and then was gone from sight.
"Bye Matthew!" Rane called after him.
"Bye Matthew!" Dew echoed.
The two turned to leave. After a while Rane noticed that Dew wasn't talking. She looked at her sister. Dew wore a huge smile. It was almost scary.
"What are you so happy about?" curiosity had got the best of Rane.
"I figured it out!" She said proudly.
"…Figured what out?" Rane asked not sure if she really wanted to know the answer.
Dew didn't reply for a long time. Finally she decided to say something. "You…" Dew made a very long pause wanting to see if it would frustrate the older girl. When Dew saw it didn't she continued, "You like Matthew!"
"WHAT? No I don't! I mean as a friend, yeah, but I… he…I don't like him like that.
"Suuure ya don't… But I think he likes you!"
"Whatever," Rane said deciding to ignore this foolishness.
The two walked on in silence for a while. Rane looked at the sky. It was almost dinnertime. She could introduce Dew to anyone they didn't meet at the cafeteria.
"PENT! LOUISE!" Rane yelled spotting the two taking a walk. She ran ahead of her sister to greet them.
Louise gave her a hug and Pent lightly ruffled her hair. Rane smiled up at the young married couple. She liked to think of them as her adopted parents.
"Oh, right. I almost forgot. This is my little sister Dew.
"Nice to meet you!" Dew said curtsying. "I'm your new tactician!" she added seeing that Rane had forgotten this information.
"Well I'm sure you'll be a good one if you're anything like your sister." Louise said leaning over to look the child in the eyes.
"She's not," Rane mumbled to herself. Pent caught this and winked at her.
"Well I'm sure you have a lot of people to meet, so you'd better be on your way." Pent said. Louise stood up and nodded.
"OK," Rane said disappointed to have to leave so soon.
"It was a pleasure to meet you both!" Dew said putting on another act.
"Yep let's go. Bye," Rane said wanting to get out of there before Dew 'took them from her'. The couple waved to the two girls and began to walk away.
"I like them!" Dew chirped.
"Yeah me too," Rane agreed.
"What next?"
Oh uh. How about Ninian and Nils?"
"OK!" Dew agreed and began skipping and humming to herself.
The siblings found Ninian and Nils sitting in a field, Ninian quietly reading her book and Nils playing the flute.
"Hey Ninian! Nils!" both looked up from what they were doing. "This is my sister Dew. She's the new tactician."
"Nice to meet you," Nils said rising to his feet. Ninian stood as well and waved.
"Hello," Dew said. Nils took her hand and bowed. Rane caught her sister blushing. Rane smiled at Ninian who had noticed this also.
"Well we'd better be going dinner will be starting soon."
"OK!" Nils said smiling as always.
"She'll need her hand back," Rane said with a small laugh. The younger two blushed. They all said goodbye and then parted.
The girls had walked almost two minutes when the dinner bell rang.
"Well you're awfully quiet," Rane commented as they turned towards the cafeteria.
"Mmmm-hmmm," Dew said not even realizing what Rane had said. Rane laughed.
They were almost to the Mess Hall when two cavaliers stopped them.
"And what do we have here! Lady Rane! And who is this beauty with you?"
"Hello Sain. This is my sister and your new tactician, Dew."
"Ah, Dew, what a lovely name! So fitting! I can tell where she gets her good looks from!" He said turning to Rane and bowing to kiss her hand, then doing the same to Dew.
Kent jumped off his horse deciding it was time to interfere. He pushed Sain out of the way and bowed to the two ladies. "My apologies," he said standing back up.
"No need to apologize!" Dew said. She had quite enjoyed the attention.
"Well, we must be off. We have patrol during dinner time.
"Alas, our time together was much too short! I shall count the minutes, nay seconds, until we meet again. Farewell my lovelies!" Sain had climbed onto his horse and Kent kicked it before Sain could say more.
When the two had gone, Dew broke into hysterical laughter.
Well there's chapter 3. It was a lot longer than the others. Please review.
