Chapter 01: "Crossroads" ...Finally a working chapter title...
(Unwelcome Change)
BGM: WHITE KNIGHT CHRONICLES - Rapacci Wine Company (It may be spelled wrong on the official ost)
We rejoin the strangest family in all of Ylisstol getting ready to listen to another chapter of Robin's (absurdly long) story. This time however they are joined by a few others including, the sprightly sage Lissa, her husband Stahl the paladin, their son not future Owain, the Exalt Chrom, his wife Queen Sumia, and their two daughters not future Lucina, and not future Cynthia. The room was so packed everyone had to huddle together on the floor, waiting for the white haired man in the chair to begin.
After a few more moments of waiting Robin began to speak to his audience"Alright you guys since we have a few more people here tonight I thought we could do something a little different. Why don't we let all of the older siblings help out a bit today? After all this is the part where they, sort of, enter the story anyway."
"Gladly!" future Owain stated as he raised himself up a bit and raised his fist with conviction. "Where do we start our quest oh great speaker of history and wisdom!? Instruct us where to begin our epic tale of..."
The tactician stretched out his hands motioning for him to stop before he rambled on. "Alright Owain we get it, I just need you guys to help explain some things for the future parts. I can fill in for the rest okay?"
"Wait how do you know about the rest of the fut..." Cynthia questioned but immediately stopped once she remembered. "Oh wait...never mind..." Her voice trailed off disheartened.
Robin looked down at the ground and scratched the back of his head, "Yeah...Sorry you guys this may get a little...uncomfortable. Because of what I know from..." The tactician came to a pause.
"It's okay dad." Inigo spoke up, giving him an assuring smile. "That's all behind us now, we're all past it. Now let's not have a perfectly good story with friends and family held up by all of this gloom, go ahead and start."
"Your right, it is all behind us." Robin declared, "Now where was I?"
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BGM: ROUGE GALAXY - The Misty Town
After Robin had accepted Chrom's invitation to the Shepherd's the group began to discuss their next move.
"Did you notice, milord?" Frederick asked, "The brigands spoke with a Plegian accent."
"Plegian? What's that?" Robin questioned.
"Plegia is Ylisse's westerly neighbor. They send small bands into our territory, hoping to instigate a war." Chrom answered with a hint of disgust.
"And it's the poor townsfolk who suffer! Totally innocent, and totally helpless..." Lissa woefully added.
Frederick assured the yellow cleric, "They do have us, milady: Shepherds to protect the sheep. Do not be swept up in your anger. It will cloud your judgment."
"I know, I know..." Lissa assured. "Don't worry. I'll get used to all this."
A villager came running up to Chrom, "Milord, please! You must stay the night! We are simple folk of simple means, but we would gladly toast your valor with a feast!"
"A most generous offer, sir, and no doubt your hospitality would be grand..." Frederick assured the man "... But I'm afraid we must hurry back to Ylisstol."
"Dark meat only for me, medium well, and no salt in the soup. I simply— Wait, what?! We're not staying?! But, Frederick, it's nearly dark!" Lissa exclaimed rather concerned.
"When night falls, we'll camp. Eat off the land, make our bed of twigs and the like..." The tall brown haired knight guaranteed, "I believe you mentioned you would be 'getting used to this?'"
Lissa stated with a frown, "Frederick? Sometimes I hate you."
Robin smirked, "You've quite the stern lieutenant there."
"Yeah, well, 'stern' is one name for it. I can think of a few others!" Lissa grumbled.
"Frederick only smiles when he's about to bring down the axe." Chrom added.
"Duly noted." Robin confirmed with a small amount of concern in his voice.
"*Ahem*" Frederick cleared his throat, "You do realize I AM still present?"
"Oh, we realize." Chrom said with a smile.
"Heh heh." Robin chuckled
Frederick gave a sigh, "Milord remains as amusing as ever. Now then, shall we be going?"
"All right, all right. Ready to go, Robin? The capital isn't far." Chrom stated as the group got ready to head to the capital.
While the group headed out into the forest and set up camp, a different series of events were transpiring in the future.
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BGM: FIRE EMBLEM AWAKENING- You Can't Escape Fate
The entire city of Ylisse burns as the army of the undead known as Risen continue to storm into the capital, pushing the remaining Ylissian army deeper into the castle. Screams of those caught in the tremendous blaze or far worse, at the hands of the Risen continue to cry in agony until they are silenced forever. Inside the palace, soldiers are in a desperate battle with the Risen as they continue to skirmish within the very interior of the castle halls. A Risen knocks a soldier on to the floor, striking him with its axe as the man cries out in pain, then the creature delivers a killing blow. Another Risen pins a female soldier to a wall, inspecting her as she whimpers in terror. The Risen suddenly groans in confusion and pain as a the tip of a blade has just pierced its back. Just as the creature looked down at the weapon, the wielder of the sword spoke.
"I believe the woman you want... is ME!" Lucina asserted as she moved the blade up through the Risen's chest to the top of its head, killing the foul thing as it faded into a purple smog.
Lucina turned around and talks to the woman. "We can't let these things win." She turns, slashing her sword Falchion through the air in front of her. "Now grab a sword... and FIGHT!"
"Aaa..At once Lord Marth." The female solider responded to Lucina with a nervous quiver and salute.
As the two women return to battle, more unholy creatures enter the fray, rallied by an unknown force. The fight continues on as one solider shouts out, "We must hold this spot until the last few commanders reach Lord Marth! Do not falter men!"
"Right!" The troops holler in unison, "In the name of the Hero King Marth! For victory! Yaaaaaaah!" The Ylissians call out in defiance of their undead adversaries own drive forward.
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Elsewhere in the castle four strange looking young men are racing up a set of stairs to the throne room where the battle is taking place.
"The sounds of battle are getting stronger." A tall hairy man with rabbit like ears says to the group. "My fur is starting to stick up. It sounds like a lot of em. I'm getting nervous."
"Ah, get over it ya fluff bag." A different man with a gritty looking face commented. "We aint got time for it... sides, my gut is churning from the thought of all those Risen too."
"Well who cares how many there are?! My cousin is still up there with all of her troops still waiting for us!" The yellow swordsman Owain added.
"He's right Luci...Marth needs us. We need to get the last stone to her or else..." Inigo stated just before a fierce rumble interrupted him and started to shake the whole palace.
(Cut off BGM)
"It's him." the azure swordsman spoke with a cold breath, his eyes narrowing at the thought. Without hesitating Inigo called out to the others before quickly running off, "I'm going on ahead!" As he left, a thin red trail of light seemed to be left behind him, along with tiny green particles that faded away.
"Hey what's his deal? He seemed kinda different there, right?" the man with the intimidating face asked the others as they keep on running.
"Yeah I saw it too Brady, my instincts are telling me something's up." The long eared man responded.
"I agree Yarne, it would seem that our comrade Inigo is not himself. We must press on, not just for our friends..." Owain unsheathed his sword, "...But for the future! With the last gem stone in our possession we can finally...ACK!" Owain was cut short by a bright flash emanating from the stone in his pouch and the entire castle.
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Just before the shaking started, back in the throne room...
BGM: FIRE EMBLEM AWAKENING - The life force here shall renew me!
Lucina pulled her blade out of a Risen on the floor only to turn and deflect the axe of another Risen past her. As she moved the axe head past her, she cut across the mobile corpse's back and slid behind it. The swordswoman got back up, preparing to block another charging Risen's attack when a massive explosion hit the castle. Lucina called out in pain as the blast sent a huge cloud of dust and debris into the room knocking everything in the room back. From the dust cloud, a colossal winged serpent like figure with horns could be seen descending upon the castle, its sheer size dwarfing the entire city. Lucina slowly started to climb back on to her feet, a powerful voice came from the gigantic dark figure. "So ends the human race. The future is built upon the past... But your kind shall never see it!"
The swordswoman held Falchion in front of her as she searched the surrounding dust cloud for the source of the voice. She turned around and began to tremble as she saw it, the Fell Dragon Grima with three enormous pitch black eyes with blood red pupils gazing upon her. He called out to her, his voice coming from the air all around. "Your mother and father... ...are dead, tiny one."
Lucina grit her teeth and trembled as she attempted to keep her sword up at the sight of the dragon while Grima began to laugh. He reared back his head preparing to strike and spoke once he had stopped moving, "And now it is your turn..." The monster lunged forward and shouted " ...to DIE!"
(Cut off BGM)
Lucina could do nothing but hold Falchion out in front of her and yell in defiance and fear as she stared at a most certain doom. Mere moments before the dragon's attack would surely end the lives of everyone in the castle, a red streak of light came out of the surrounding smoke in the throne room and moved toward Lucina. It caught her attention as it cried out to her with a familiar voice. "Lucinaaaaaa!"
BGM: G-GUNDAM - "G" Title
The streak of light faded into the shape of a person as it tackled her from the side, knocking both of them onto the ground as a white light began to glow from Falchion and the castle itself.
Grima's attack made contact but not with the castle, instead the Fell Dragon crashed into a magic barrier of light that suddenly formed and surrounded the castle. As he collided with the force field he began howl with pain and anger. "Naga...YOU SHE-DEVIL! MUST YOU ALWAYS STAND IN MY WAY!?" Grima roared then disappearing into the smoke and ash that blotted the sky around the capital.
"Wh-what? What happened? What was that?" The blue haired swordswoman wondered as she lifted her head up off the ground and looked around surprised to still be alive. She then noticed that someone was resting their head on her gut and recognized him immediately.
"Inigo!? What are you doing?!" She yelled as she shoved him off and lifted herself up.
"Hmm...?" The white haired young man wondered as he lifted his face off the ground. "Did I make it in time? Are you alright Lucina!?"
BGM: DARK CLOUD - The Spirit King
"Yes I'm fine. My question is what were YOU doing just now!?" Lucina asked with a hint of red appearing on her face.
"You mean saving your life?" Inigo said with his usual friendly smile. "You know most people would say thank you, but your safety is all that really matters."
The swordswoman just shook her head, "You didn't save me something else did...I remember a warm red light and then a bright flash from my father's sword and now... I don't know? Now there is this bubble around the castle. Look."
"Well the last thing I remember feeling the ground shake and running up the stairs as fast as I could, then I saw you about to...Wait, bubble?" Inigo stated rather confused.
"You guys alright?" the two turned to see Owain, Brady, and Yarne all running into the throne room. " Are you two okay!? What happened here!? Where's Grima!?" The yellow swordsman questioned the two as he looked around rather excited. "And what is that!?" He pointed up at the force field that was now sitting around the palace.
A gentle voice called out from the air, "That is my doing young warriors."
"Lady Naga?" The group responded.
"Indeed. With the four remaining gemstones of the Fire Emblem now being present here, I was able create a protective barrier that could destroy all of the Risen within its borders and keep Grima out. I have had the rest of your comrades below in the castle crypt to prepare the ceremony for your departure from our time. You must hurry to them, even with all of this power Grima will still find a way in, I know it.
"Yes ma'am!" The young Shepherds answered and headed off to the crypt to meet their friends.
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BGM: DARK COULD - The Corridor of Time
Sometime later in the depths of the castle, the group from the throne room met up with the other surviving Shepherd children, Kjelle, Severa, Gerome, Laurent, Cynthia, Noire, Nah, Marc, and Morgan.
As the group was waiting for the late comers to finish the setup with the last stone, Marc sighed as he looked around at their group's dreary stone surroundings. "So this is it then? This is the last thing we'll see before we go back in time? Well that stinks."
"Good riddance to it. Wouldn't you agree Minerva?" Gerome coldly stated as he sat next to his wyvern. "Raaaw!" She replied.
"Agreed." Laurent nodded.
"Yeah, who needs this crummy life anyway?" Severa added, putting her hands behind her head.
"B-but what about the people here? W-what's going to happen to them?' Noire asked, looking around nervously.
"Who knows? No one has ever done this before." Nah responded, shaking her head.
"Whatever happens it's for the better, right?" Kjelle noted.
"Yeah we can keep this all from happening, then things will go back to the way they used to be." Morgan said with a hopeful smile.
"Alright everyone that's enough talk, get ready!" Lucina ordered as she walked over toward the others. "From now on we must be careful, any unnecessary interaction could have unknown effects."
She reached into her pouch and pulled out a butterfly shaped mask and secured it to her face, "We only need to do one thing, stop Grima's revival and the events that lead to it, nothing more! Even if we see...them..." Her voice became quiet, "don't go after them...no matter how much it hurts...We have to stay strong!... We're ready Lady Naga." The group began to walk over to a circle drawn on the floor with white powder and strange symbols all around it.
BGM: DARK CLOUD - Kings Curse
As they gathered in front of the circle a voice called out from nothingness as the room began flooding with shadows, "He he. So you want to break rules and change history? Interesting... Let's see how you do... Open the door to the past, and realize how powerless you are!"
The circle on the ground ignited into white flame as the four gemstones floated up off the ground and began to spin. The gems went around in a circle spinning faster until they suddenly stopped moving. Then a bright flash extinguished the flame and a large crystalline eye had appeared in the middle of the stones. The eye floated and stared out into nothing until its pupil began to widen and it fired a white beam across the room, hitting the air. Where the laser had hit a white rectangular portal formed and soon after, the crystal eye disappeared.
The glowing door was the only source of light as a man wearing a familiar black and purple cloak stepped into view. The man's face and bodily features were veiled by the darkness that seemed to emanate from beneath this robe, all but his piercing red eyes. As the figure began to examine his appearance, he spoke aloud in a distorted voice. "Yes...It has been a long time since I have taken this form...how...cumbersome."
He reached out his right arm and stared at his hand, turning it over and continuing to analyze his body. "It will suffice." As turned his attention toward the group of young Shepherds, someone in the began to speak up.
"You... First you've taken away my mother and now you've shamed my father's image by wearing that cloak!" Inigo stepped forward his hands clenched with rage. "I won't forgive you for this!"
"OH? So you're that man's eldest son... Well isn't this a wonderful surprise." Grima spoke with malicious grin, "I'll have you know that took this robe from your father's body after I bested him on the battle field. Those who are no longer here in this world have no use for such things! I am simply putting it to better use!"
He turned and glared at Lucina/Marth's sword. "Just like you're precious 'hero' over there." The Fell Dragon mockingly stated, "And the rest of you as well! We all take from the dead what they do not need, that is the way of the world! A world that will soon be mine, now then stand aside!"
As he began to move forward someone's voice called out from the gemstones on the floor. "I think not!"
"Wha!?" Grima questioned as a ring of light materialized around his feet, stopping his movement and binding him in place.
"Hurry young warriors! The portal has been set before any of the events leading to the Fell Dragon's resurrection take place." Naga informed the young Shepherds, "Go now! Before Grima can fulfill his plan to ensure his revival, I can only restrain him for so long!"
Marc and Morgan looked at each other and made a break for the gateway but Grima turned to see them and growled, "Not so fast CHILDREN!"
(Cut off BGM)
He raised his arm and shot out a black-purple colored beam that pierced through their heads causing them to fall limp into unconsciousness. The inertia from the attack carried the twins forward while the beam continued after it passed through them hitting the portal. The twins remained silent as they fell and tumbled into the now distorted portal and disappeared without a sound.
"Marc! Morgan! You bastard, what did you do to them!?" Inigo demanded as he ran forward with his sword. Grima stood still and simply raised his hand, releasing a cloud of purple magic that froze the young man in place as it swirled around him. (Think of Robin's grab from Smash bros...but with better range and speed)
BGM: WHITE KNIGHT CHRONICLES 2 - Beating the Darkness (闇の鼓動, Yami no Kodō) [I found the right name this time, no erroneous translations here.]
"You foolish boy, haven't you realized only my movements are restricted to this spot?! I'll bet your father would be very disappointed in your tactical assessment of an enemy." Grima began to tighten his grasp causing the cloud to constrict Inigo.
He looked back at the struggling young man and paused for a moment, "Hmm, your siblings...it would seem that I wasn't able to completely stop them from reaching past but they are not where they should be... the portal has become unstable...Yes... I have an idea. Why don't you GO JOIN THEM!"
Grima shot black bolts of energy through Inigo causing him to spit up blood and pass out. He floated the young swordsman's body up with the cloud and discarded him through the portal, then proceeding to turn his attention back toward the group. "And as for the rest of you, consider this my parting gift ..."Grima spoke as he began to charge up another magical attack, while the group readied their weapons. "Hmm... I shall be merciful since you have served me in your own way. Your reward will be without pain!"
Grima released an enormous wave of shadows pouring over the young warriors, quite literally drowning them in it. As the group struggled and suffocated, Grima began to howl with a sickening laugh. Just as he began revel in his victory over the last of the Shepherds however, he felt something strange begin to overcome him. "AH HAHAHA!...HRNG! GYAA!"
BGM: GUNDAM SEED DESTNIY- Fields of Hope (instrumental)
"WhAT!? YOu!... YoU ShOUldN't bE!...aBLe tO!... dO tHiS! ARGGH!" The dark figure had begun to writhe and kneel down in pain, releasing the group from the shadows and grasping his head. As he began to fight against the pain, powerful magic began pouring out of him shaking and the catacombs.
The group began to catch their breath with some members coughing up blood as they recovered. "What's happening?!" Owain asked, glancing over at 'Marth' who was wiping some blood off her mouth.
"Lady Naga must be keeping Grima occupied. Let's go now everyone!" 'Marth' ordered.
"What about the distortion?!" Cynthia worried.
Naga spoke to the group once more, "The portal is stable enough! You maybe few years at most and the location's may differ, but it will become worse if you wait! Hurry!"
"NO!" Grima angrily grunted at the group, still holding one hand on his head as he was still racked with pain. "I'm not letting you off that easy." He raised his other hand and motioned as a horde of Risen began to charge out from the darkness.
"GO! LEAVE NOW!" the shadowy figure commanded as the horde of Undead swept past the young warriors and into the portal. The children began to dive after the Risen into the unknown, all except for Lucina. She stayed behind trying to slash her way through the oncoming group of Risen, and keep them from reaching the past. As more of them slipped through she turned to the portal and saw two very familiar blue and yellow figures on the other side. Her eyes widened at the sight of the two figures struggling against the Risen and she bolted out through the gateway. This left Grima all alone as a sinister grin took over his face as the entire castle was now beginning to collapse.
"Finally all alone, you simple minded humans." The ring around him shattered as he stood up, removing his hand from his head just as the pain stopped. "So that was it?" Grima questioned as if asking the air. "That was why you used the last of your power, to give them a chance to fix your mistake? That's fine, all that means now is you won't get in my way anymore. Your broken, there is nothing you can do. That's too bad though, I enjoyed our little struggles."
The portal had changed again revealing on the other side a white haired man wearing the same cloak. The young white haired man seemed to be in a hurry as he ran through a field of grass, something held under his arm. Grima smiled as walked through the portal and released a wicked roar as fell through to the place he had seen before him.
He called out into the void, "I AM THE FELL DRAGON GRIMA AND WE WILL BECOME ONE ONCE AGAIN! ...ROBIN!"
(BGM ends here)
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Back in the 'present'
"ROBIN!" Robin yelled as he woke up in a cold sweat and out of breath. He looked around and realized that he was at the camp with Frederick and the others...Who now seemed to be missing. And upon further inspection...the forest was on fire!
BGM: G-GUNDAM - Second Sign of a Crisis
"Whoa..." He looked around in awe and noticed Frederick still sleeping, "Hey Frederick, wake up! Chrom and Lissa are missing and the whole forest is ablaze, I think they could be in danger!"
The knight sat upright quick as a spring and turned toward the tactician with an intense glare, "Milord and lady are in danger?"
Robin looked at Frederick rather confused on how someone with so much armor could have moved so quickly, "Uh...yeah. Hey how did you do that?...AH?! Hey?!"
"No time to explain!" Frederick answered as grabbed Robin by the sleeve and tossed him over the back his horse like a saddle bag with one swift motion. "We must find them before that happens!" The knight proclaimed as he saddled up and quickly road off with the still dazed tactician slumped over in tow.
The two managed to find Chrom and Lissa in a clearing not too far away.
"Milord! Milady! Are you hurt?" Frederick asked as Robin un-gracefully fell off the back of the horse and landed on his face.
Lissa cried with relief "Frederick! Robin! Oh it was terrible first there were these fire balls from the sky, then the ground started to crack, and then there were these monsters that came out of this big eye in the sky!"
The tactician picked himself up off the ground and looked around the see the grotesque things around them begin to approach.
BGM: WHITE KNIGHT CHRONICLES - Attack
"Are such horrific creatures commonplace in these lands?" Robin asked.
"They're not from Ylisse, I promise you that." Chrom assured as he pulled out his sword.
"No one is injured, then? Thank the gods..." Frederick sighed with relief.
"Thank the masked man who saved me!" Lissa smiled, "If it wasn't for him, I'd be... Hey, where did he go?"
"We can worry about him later, AFTER we put these...things...to the blade. Eyes open, now. We know nothing about this enemy." The knight pronounced to the others.
"Right." The blue haired swordsman nodded.
Robin noticed something across the battle field "Hmm? Are those..."
"Abandoned forts, yes." Frederick answered.
"Then we should take shelter in them whenever possible. No doubt they will offer distinct advantages in battle." The tactician told the others as they prepared for battle.
The three combatants formed up under Robin's orders using the trees like cover to hinder enemy movement and to stay "out of range" of the creatures.
The first thing, charged out at Chrom with its axe and swung down only to miss and have Falchion slash across its torso. Robin followed up with a quick blast of electricity to the face causing the creature to fall over and dissolve into a cloud of purple smoke. Another came out of the bushes only to be cut down by Frederick as he rode past. The Shepherds moved through the trees to reach the clearing where one of the small abandoned forts was to take shelter and wait to figure out a more solid plan.
BGM: ROUGE GALAXY - A Disquieting Atmosphere
As group went in to take shelter, the sounds of more creatures could be heard roaming about, unnerving the little yellow cleric. "Just how many more are out there?...These things give me the creeps with all that moaning and groaning, it's gross."
"Hmm, let me see." Robin answered as he closed his eyes and stood still. After a few moments of concentration he opened his eyes. "Still quite a few left, and they are getting closer."
"Right. So remind me Mr. Robin." Frederick noted, "How did you do that?"
"No time to explain." He replied with a bit of a smug grin, "But short answer is, it's magic." Robin was about to speak again but stopped and turned to look behind the fort, "Someone else is coming, wait... is it more than one?"
The group turned to see a rather tough looking woman wearing a red suit of armor riding down the hill at rear of the small fort. She had noticed the group from the back and called out to them, "Captain Chrom! Wait! I'm coming!" the woman spoke to herself, "...Agh, I knew I shouldn'ta left 'em...huh? What the?" The woman reared the horse to a stop as noticed the grey skinned creatures approaching the opposite side of the fort.
"All right, you ash-faced freaks! Which one of ya wants to try my lance on for size first? I know just the spot for it: shoved right up your—" She was cut off however by the entrance of another who came running out of the forest.
"Hold, milady!" The rather fancy looking man spoke.
BGM: GUNDAM BUILD FIGHTERS - Fellini's Graceful Assault
"Muh?" The woman bluntly responded.
"Life may be long, but attraction is fleeting! Would you leave me in your sweet dust? Leave war to the warriors, dear bird! A beauty such as you need wage only love." The strange man held out his hand.
The red armored lady gave a confused look. "The hell are you?!"
The bowman questioned, "Is the lady intrigued? Of course you are—it's only natural. I am myth and legend! I am he who strides large across history's greatest stage! The man who puts the 'arch' in 'archer'! My name, dear lady, is Vi—"
"Sorry, Ruffles—no time for this. Onward!" The woman stated as she began to trot off on her horse toward the others.
The light blue haired man cried out, "Virion! ...Er, my name. It's Virion. W-wait! Where are you going? Pray, at least tell me your name!"
The red armored woman stopped her mount and rode back toward him, "I'm Sully. ...And I'm a Shepherd."
" 'Sully'! How divine! A starkly beautiful name, as befits its owner, truly. Will you marry me, my dearest Sully?" Virion asked as he pulled out a flower from his sleeve.
"Will I what now? Oh wait, I get it... This is a joke. And when I put my boot through your face—that's the punch line!" Sully asserted.
The blue archer continued, "I realize my manly figure and noble bearing can be overwhelming. 'Tis common! So please, don't feel pressured to answer right a—"
Sully inerupted, "How's THIS for an answer?!" and proceeded to kick him in the face while she sat on her horse.
Virion was knocked over and into the dirt, "OOF! G-goodness, but those shapely legs certainly can kick, can't they..." He stumbled to get back up, "P-please, milady! Allow me to accompany you, at least! Mine is a cold, empty world without you. I shall be your most willing servant, and you, in turn, will give my life purpose..."
The armored lady gave a heavy sigh, "Fine... Anything to shut you up. ...What? Stop staring at me like that!"
Chrom signaled over to the two newcomers to enter through the back and met their new allies.
BGM: GUNDAM TARGET IN SIGHT ( It's called Gundam Crossfire in America) - Hunch
After the group had gotten acquainted, Robin quietly went over a battle plan while the 'ashy' creatures continued to wander around in front. It didn't take Robin too long to explain to everyone what to do for the plan and they were ready in a matter of minutes.
"Everyone ready?" The tactician asked the group as they formed up after their brief discussion.
"Of course." Virion confidently answered, readying his notch and aiming over the wall.
"You bet." Lissa gave a thumbs up.
"Whatever you say guy." Sully shrugged.
"On your mark Milord" Frederick stated toward Chrom.
"Fire! " Chrom gave the order and Virion began firing his bow at a pair of nearby creatures catching them off guard, while Frederick and Sully came charging out the front gate. They moved up and lanced the two monsters as they were still in shock from Virion's arrows.
From across the way, a much larger looking one of the beaststook notice and growled/howled to the others as it saw the pair of riders come out from the group's hiding place. It raised its tomahawk in the Shepherd's direction and the other creatures began running over toward the fort. Frederick and Sully began to pull back inside while leaving the gates open behind them.
The first one through the entrance didn't find the riders but instead found Lissa standing alone in the middle of the small court yard. It lunged for her only to have an arrow nail it in the eye, while the two that followed suit were ambushed by Chrom and Robin as they came out from behind the doors of gate. The two shut the doors behind the creatures sealing the others outside and rushed forward stabbing the two that entered in the backs.
"Alright now their numbers should be lower now, we can take them!" Robin exclaimed to the group as Chrom and him finished off the two monsters.
The blue swordsman gave a friendly thumbs up toward tactician and then raised his sword up in the air shouting, "Shepherds forward!"
BGM: FIRE EMBLEM AWAKENING - Conquest (ablaze)
The group formed up and charged forward toward the front gate while it was still closed. First were Frederick and Sully who rode headfirst and smashed through the door with their spears, running two of the things through on the other side. Robin and Chrom ran out next, giving a hearty battle cry as they charged out into the clearing and held their ground. They began fighting two beasts with their blades while Virion slipped out of the fort, taking shots at the ones throne off by the sudden Chaos. Frederick and Sully had begun to circle the field, wounding and herding monsters toward Chrom and Robin at the center where they could finish them off. This continued for a few minutes as the Shepherds had finally gotten the upper hand and all was going according to plan or so it seemed. That was when a large hatchet came flying from across the field and lodged itself in Virion's shoulder as he attempted to notch another arrow into his bow.
"Argk!" the blue archer yelled as he fell over and hit the ground.
"Mr. Virion!" Lissa cried out as she ran over to him with her staff and began to cast a healing spell on him.
"This is nothing my dear...Truly..." Virion winced as Lissa began to pull out the axe, "Why it takes more that his to stop...Ow! Ahh! That hurts!"
"Yeah Yeah, whatever tough guy." Lissa responded while she tended to the wound, "You know you're lucky you had this shoulder pauldron or this could have been much worse...Hrm... Now just where did that come from?" She wondered as she looked around the battle field. That was when she saw it, the fearsome creature that was responsible for the attack.
BGM: G-GUNDAM - A Promise Made in the Midst of Intense Fighting
It was unlike the as it others wore no armor whatsoever and was more muscular with a much more pale color to its skin. It walked around with a hunch despite not having any visible reason to and began to lurch toward the two defenseless Shepherds. It reached over its back and pulled out another throwing axe, this one much more imposing than the last and then dragging it across the ground as it continued to move toward its 'prey'.
"Ahh! Chrom! Someone! Help!" the yellow cleric screamed out to the rest of the Shepherds who were still busy still fighting the monsters.
"Hmm?" Robin noticed the shriek come from Lissa's direction, while his blade was locked with another creature. "Chrom finish off this one here! I'm going after their commander!"
"Go ahead, I got this!" the blue swordsman responded as he slashed another beast in half, reducing it into another cloud of smoke.
"Thanks." the tactician responded, sidestepping and releasing his sword from the creature's causing it to stumble forward. Robin ran off toward the apparent leader of the things while Chrom rushed over and blocked the creature's path. As Robin ran over to the two downed Shepherds, he could hear the large monster yell.
"Ryaaargh!" it groaned, raising its tomahawk into a throwing position as the two attempted to flee.
"No you don't!" Robin shouted, hurling a used tome at the monster to draw its attention away from Virion and Lissa as they continued to fall back. The tactician then drew his right arm back and began to chant something that had returned to his memory. His right hand began to glow with the same yellow-green light as before as the symbol on his hand once again began burn red. "Alright you monster, get ready!..."
BGM: G-GUNDAM-Overcoming a Burning Hatred (Shining Finger theme)
"This hand of mine glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip tells me to defeat you!...Now here I go, SHINING FINGER!" The two ran at each other, with the monster swinging down and Robin dodging to the side only to grab the monster's face with his Shining Finger hand. He held the creature by head and slammed it into the ground with a powerful crash. The thing released a sound of pain and confusion as it felt its head and body began to burn up from the magical energy emanating out of tactician's palm. Robin released all of the energy gathered in his hand at once causing an small explosion where the creature's face was, destroying the head completely. It made a "Nnh...aaagh..." noise from its throat hole while its body twitched before fading into a purple cloud of ash.
The tactician gave an exhausted sigh as he stood up from the small hole he made in the ground where the thing used to be, and looked at his hand. It had returned to normal as if nothing had happened, the crest on his hand was its usual shade of purple as well. He moved his cloth arm guard over the mark to cover it and looked around to find his new allies.
BGM: GUNDAM-X - You Must Find Out for Yourself
He'd found them all regrouping with Lissa and a now healed Virion on the path that lead to the edge of the forest. As he met up with the others there was a new person he had never seen before. That was when Frederick spoke up, "It seems all the creatures are vanquished."
He motioned over to a mysterious masked 'boy' standing next to him, "This young man took care of the others."
"..." the stranger didn't speak.
"Um, I never got to thank you...for before." Lissa spoke with a blush, "So...thank you. You were very brave."
"You saved my sister's life. My name is Chrom. Might I ask yours?" Chrom added, holding out his arm for a hand shake.
The masked shook his head no and simply replied, "You may call me Marth."
"Marth? After the heroic king of old?" Chrom questioned, "You certainly fight like a hero. Where did you learn your way with a sword?"
'Marth' shook his head again, "I'm not here to talk about me. This world teeters at the brink of a horrible calamity. What you saw tonight was but a prelude. You have been warned." He turned around toward the forest and walked off.
"Huh? What's teetering where now? Hey, wait!" Lissa called out as 'Marth' left.
"Not much for conversation, is he?" Robin noted.
"It appears his skills lie elsewhere. I wager we'll hear his name again... But for now I'm more concerned about the capital. We should make haste." Frederick insisted.
As the group walked off Robin couldn't help but think about how odd that boy was, if it even was a boy. He seemed rather feminine and 'his' hair was the exact same color as Chrom's, that oddly dark shade of blue. However his focus was broken by the casual banter of his new comrades as they all headed toward the capital.
BGM: DARK CLOUD 2 - Peace of the World
Lissa started talking about how weird everything had been lately and started rambling on about how just before they found Robin on the side of the road they met with some visitors from another kingdom. They helped the visitors deal with some invisible animals or something, and Chrom joined in mentioning how some of them had strange requests for them fulfill later. As Robin listened to them he munched on some leftover bear jerky which scooted Frederick away almost like he hated the smell of it. Robin looked over at who Virion was arguing with Sully on how perfect they were and some stuff about love or whatever. The tactician couldn't help but smile at all of his new companions wondering himself how weird his own life had just gotten to be.
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BGM: DARK CLOUD - The Daily Life
The real present...
"I think that's a good stopping point for today what do you guys say?" Robin asked his audience after noticing the time on the clock. While there was a sigh of disappointment given by the children and grandchildren (also Lissa and Owain), it was followed by a series of tired yawns and stretches. Soon even the rest of the adults started to get tired and yawn so it was rather clear that Robin was telling the truth. Everyone started to get up and began to exchange their good byes for the night, and talked for a bit just before heading out into the other areas of the castle.
As they left Robin stepped out into the hall and called out to them, "If you thought that was good you'll just have to come back and finish the rest."
The tactician's family stepped out with him and waved, "Thank you, till next time everyone!"
BGM: G-GUNDAM - Flying in the Sky (just let this play out)
Authors Note: Hey everybody sorry if this chapter took so long, finals and Christmas ate up most of my time so consider this my late gift to you all. So hey, I've decided that I may wind up combining a few chapters like the child recruitment ones or chapters that are a bit short just to speed things up as I don't have the time I thought I would to work on this. And another thing you may have noticed if you are listening to the audio version is that there aren't sound effects everywhere... The thing is I've decided to only add them in some areas because it saves me time, I know it would sound better with more audio but I have to cut corners to save time. The audio I just a fun little thing I thought I'd try but it's starting to shift my focus and I don't want it to keep slowly my progress the way it has been. So to summarize, the BGMS will stay but I won't go ALL OUT on the extra audio. Oh and one more thing, I am considering giving characters last names and I want them to be based off Gundam characters. For example Robin (and by extension his family) would have the last name Asuno, like the protagonist family from Gundam Age. (Also that would make his initials R.A. like the legendary Amuro Ray's initials A.R. except backwards) So if you find any Gundam Character last names that would be fitting of other characters leave a comment and I'll give you credit if I decide to use it.
Anyway thanks for the read, till next time...
"Ze Docter, is operating!"