"Wake up you fool!" hubert yelled. As i slowly opened my eyes. I slowly got up and yawned.
"You didn't set my bed on fire this time? Progress." i said.
"I just didn't want you to punch me again. I'm still recovering." hubert said. He left the room. I then put on my garreg mach uniform. This was the day we'd head for garreg mach. The emperor apparently went there when he was edelgards age. Now she is. I headed into the throne room.
"Farewell. My little princess. And good luck." the emperor said. Coughing. He's hasn't been in good health for a while. I just hope he lasts until edelgard graduates.
"Goodbye father. I love you." edelgard said. She turned around. She saw me and hubert and smiled. Her long chest brown nut hair. And the garreg mach outfit looked good on her.
"Please keep her safe. You two." the emperor said.
"Of course. Your majesty." hubert said.
"No need to ask. Your majesty." I said. We all then headed for the carriage outside. Got in. the driver then whipped the horse.
"Do you both mind if i sleep on the way?" i asked.
"Of course not." edelgard said. I closed my eyes and rested for the journey.
Castle in fhirdiad/athro pov.
"Not bad…you guys have improved." i said to sylvian ingrid and felix. They were on the ground from our training session. I got cuts and bruises myself.
"Why do we keep trying?" sylvain asked.
"Because. She said you could touch her boobs. If you win." ingrid said. Not hiding her disdain for sylvains perversion. I just laughed.
"I seriously can't believe you keep falling for that!" i said as i continued to laugh.
"One day. I will best you ice queen." felix said. Gritting his teeth in anger.
"It will be a while until that felix." a voice behind me said. I turn around to see dimitri. Alongside dedue. "We have to get going. So please my friends. Clean yourselves up. And get your uniforms on." dimitri said.
"Oh right. Today's the day we head for garreg mach…very well" i said as i hung up my training sword. I then headed for my room. And changed into my garreg mach uniform. I looked at myself in the mirror.
"Look at you. Ms virgin killer." i said. I really did look good in this outfit. I then headed for the carriage and got in. the driver whipped the horse.
"You'd think they'll be cute girls there?" sylvain asked. Only to get slapped by ingrid.
"You really do have a one tracked mind sylvain…aiming to be a knight still ingrid?" i asked.
"Yes…nothing will stop me." ingrid said. I giggled.
"You go girl!" i said. Sylvain was soon snoring.
"Fool fell asleep quickly." felix said.
"Indeed. So ingrid. Are you going to tell sylvain that you like him?" i asked. She quickly blushed.
"W-what!? I-i don't…" ingrid tried to deny. But i wasn't buying it.
"Of course you do! If you didn't. You would do what i do. Watch his flirting backfire with a bucket of popcorn." i said.
"I do question how you always seem to have popcorn when sylvain makes a fool of himself." dedue said.
"And besides…he was there for you when you needed someone most…" i said. Everyone knew what i was talking about. And looked down in sadness.
"Let's…not talk about that…" dimitri said. Voice full of pain.
"You're right athro…i'll reveal how i feel to him…some day…" ingrid said…
"You're one of the strongest women i know ingrid…you can do it." i said.
"Nowhere near as strong as you." ingrid said.
"Setting the bar high for yourself. Aren't you." i said. Sylvain woke up.
"What we're you all talking about?" sylvain asked.
"Nothing!" ingrid yelled. Causing sylvain to raise an eyebrow. I closed my eyes. To rest until we reached garreg mach.
House ordelia/ shujinko pov
"Shujinko! Put your uniform on!" lysithea yelled. As she covered her eyes and blushed. I was training with my shirt off. Must have worked up a sweat i quickly changed into my garreg mach uniform. Lysithea uncovered her eyes. And breathed a sigh of relief.
"You're adorable lysithea." i said. Causing her to looked at me angry. Even when she's angry. She's cute.
"Shut up and get in the carriage idiot!" lysithea yelled. Who am i to deny her? I got in as well as she.
"So we're gonna be apart of the golden deer class? Well. i'm hoping they'll be a colorful bunch." i said.
"I hope they let me study in peace!" lysithea said.
"You really need to work on your social skills." i said.
"You make any brownies shujinko?" lysithea asked. I pulled out one. Through the five years i spent as lysithea's bodyguard. I've gotten really good at making sweets. This girl has a massive sweet tooth. When i pulled out the brownie she ate it from my hand. With my hand in her mouth. I used a handkerchief. To get the saliva off my hand.
"You're like the little sister i never had….considering my sister abandoned me like everyone else did." i said. The last part quietly.
"What was that?" lysithea asked.
"Nothing…" i said. Lysithea looks at me worried.
"One day shujinko…you'll tell me what happened." lysithea determinedly said.
"Yeah…" i said as i closed my eyes. To rest until we reach garreg mach.
Garreg mach audience chamber/ edelgard pov.
"Edelgard von hresvelg. The princess of the adrestrian empire. From this day forth. You will lead the black eagle house." the archbishop rhea said. I was in the room with two other people. The one next to me was a blonde man. One i recognized immediately as my step brother. Dimitri. The other was a man with tan skin. And short hair. He seemed rather easy going.
"Dimitri alexandre bladdyid. Prince of the holy kingdom of faerghus. From this day you will lead the blue lions house. Claude von riegan. Heir of house riegan. From this day fourth. You lead the golden deer house. May your time here be educational. May the goddess watch over you." rhea said. As we left the audience chamber. Dimitri then walked over to me.
"I'm glad to see you again edelgard. It's been a while." dimitri said with a smile.
"It has. And it's good too see you again as well. We will talk later. For right now we should go see to our houses." i said.
"So the princess of the empire. And the prince of the kingdom know each other? That's some interesting info. So how do you two know each other?" claude asked.
"We're childhood friends. That's all you need to know." i said.
"Good call. He seems like the schemer type." natsu said. As he approached.
"Oh you wound me. And what is your name my orange haired friend?" claude asked.
"My name is natsu tachinowarui. A vassal of edelgard. I have my own ambitions." natsu said. As we were approached a by a woman with long snow white hair. With a orange and blue eye.
"Well if vassals are getting an introduction. My name is athro diamond kotta. A vassal of dimitri. It's nice to know who my rivals are." athro said.
"Nice to meet you as well athro. I hope we can be friends in the future." Nastu said.
"Likewise. Vassal of the empire." athro said with a smile.
"Now that introductions out of the way. Let's go meet our classmates." natsu said. We all then went to our respective classrooms
Black eagles classrom/natsu pov.
As we entered the classroom we quickly got to meet our classmates.
"My name is ferdinand von aegir. I look to testing you as a leader edelgard." ferdinand said.
"Your going to be as annoying as your father aren't you?" i asked.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" ferdinand asked.
"Let's just say me and your father don't get along. I hope we do though." i said. As i offered a handshake. Which he gladly took. As the next introduction began
"My name is dorothea arnault. And let me just say. It's an honor to make your acquaintance. You've helped a lot of the singers of mittelfrank. I can't thank you enough." dorothea said.
"Just doing what i do best. Helping the common folk of the empire." i said. She giggled.
"I look forward to getting to know you this year." dorothea said. With a wink. I noticed edelgard looking at her angrily. I decided to move on to the next introduction before edelgard found an axe.
"My name is caspar von bergliez. Anyone gets in our way. I'll thrash em!" caspar yelled.
"Well your certainly your fathers kid…" i said. I know who his father is. He's the one who taught me hand to hand combat. And i could tell that aggression passed on to his son.
"Indeed he is….forgiven me my late introduction. My name is petra macneary. And forgiven me for my language. The fodlan tongue is new to me." petra said.
"Don't worry. Just give it some time. You'll get it eventually. Nobody will mock you." i said. She smiled. The next introduction began.
"I am linhardt von hevring…" linhardt said as he then yawned. "Pardon me…i think i'll go take a nap now." linhardt said as he went to a desk. And fell asleep on it.
"Wow. he's lazy. Gonna have to work that out…" i said. The final introduction began.
"M-my name is b-b-b-bernadetta von varley. Can i look away now?" bernadetta asked. I then approached her and gave her a hug.
"W-w-w-why are you hugging me!?" bernadetta asked as she panicked.
"You look like you really needed one." i said.
"T-t-thank you…" bernadetta said.
Class room of the blue lions/ athro pov.
I already know most of the people in my class but there were three new people.
"My name is ashe ubert. The son of lonato. I hope we get along." ashe said.
"So polite…we'll get along just fine." i said. As the next introduction began
"My name is mercedes von martritz…it's nice to meet you." mercedes said. With an angelic smile
"Wow…i didn't think it was possible for an angel to walk the earth." i said. As the next introduction began.
"My name is annette fantine dominic…i came her alongside mercedes. But i hope we become friends." annette said. I patted her head.
"You are adorable." i said. Causing her to blush.
Class of the golden deer./shujinko pov.
"Welcome to the golden deer house. Shujinko and lysithea. I hope you two don't mind that we're a rowdy bunch." claude said as he finished his introductions.
"I will..but he won't" lysithea said.
"What can i say? I was hoping for a wild bunch." i said.
"And you got it. And now for the rest of the introductions." claude said.
"My name is hilda valentine goneril. Please don't expect much from me. Just because i'm the sister of holst." hilda said.
"Is holst in the golden deer class?" i asked.
"No but–" hilda said. But i interrupted her.
"Then you'll pull your own weight. Or i'll kick your big butt." i said. Causing her to pout.
"My name is lorenz hellman gloucester. A nobleman. I would teach you about the pride of the nobility if it so pleases." lorenz said.
"Uhh. no thanks." i said the next introduction began.
"My name is leonie pinelli. I'm a student of the legendary blade breaker. Jeralt eisner!" leonie yelled
"I don't even know who that is." i said. She was about to argue with me until the next introduction began.
"My name is raphael kirsten. Look forward to sparing with you shujinko!" raphael yelled.
"Same to you big guy!" i yelled.
"My name is ignatz victor…i'm not sure how useful i'll be…so please go easy on me." ignatz said.
"Don't worry…we'll boost your confidence." i said with a smirk.
"My turn next i guess…my name is marianne von edmund…please don't pay attention to me..i'm not worth it…" marianne said. I walked up to her and hugged her. "...why are you hugging me?" marianne asked.
"You look like you really needed one." i said. She didn't struggle. Guess she really did need this.
"Thank you…" marianne said while blushing.
A week later./natsu pov.
The week past on. Classes haven't began yet. So i got to know the other houses. Felix and Lorenz are both their houses resident assholes. But aside from them. Everyone i've met from the blue lion house is honorable. Kind. and joys to talk too. The golden deer are definitely a rowdy group. But I don't mind that. Better rowdy then boring. I feel a really strong connection to athro and shujinko though. Like we all have this bizarre connection to a power not from this world…i can figure that out later…honestly…i'm hoping that fodlan one day unites as one. Just so i can hang out with my new friends from the other houses…my time here will…certainly be memorable…as i wrong the hallway i hear edelgard.
"Uhh…agh….fath…save." edelgard muttered.
"Edelgard?" i asked. As i knocked on the door.
"No…agh…huh!? Who's there!?" edelgard demanded.
"It's me. Natsu. Can i come in?" i asked.
"Yes." edelgard replied. I entered and found her in a red nightgown. "What are you doing here?" edelgard asked.
"I was just wandering the halls…i couldn't sleep…you were having a nightmare. Weren't you?" i asked.
"Yes. the same one from that time….they're just worthless dreams of the past. Talking about it won't change the past." edelgard said.
"Edelgard…those memories haunt me as well…i've had nightmares of your dead siblings demanded to know why i didn't save them…on how useless i am…that i can't protect anyone…but i know that's just my insecurities trying to get the better of me…but there right…i couldn't do anything for them…and i'm sorry for that…" i said. As i felt tears coming from my eyes. I really wish i could have done more. Edelgard hugged me.
"You couldn't do anything for my siblings…but nobody could…you saved me from that fate…and i can't thank you enough for that…thank you…my knight." edelgard said. I hugged her back.
"Edelgard…once I graduate…I'm going to become an imperial general. And then I'll hunt those snakes down…they'll pay for what they've done." i said.
"Natsu…i don't want you to die…don't go searching for revenge…" edelgard said.
"It's not about vengeance edelgard…as long as they're out there. Atrocities like what happened to you and your siblings will continue to happen. Those bastards…there arrogance knows no bounds…there pure evil…someone has to stop them from hurting people…i owe all their victims that." i said. She looked at me in the eyes. And blushed. She then looked away.
"Natsu…can you stay with me? Like you did when i was younger?" edelgard asked.
"...of course." i said. She smiled. Both me and her got in the same bed. I continued to gaze into those beautiful light-violet eyes. Until her eyes closed. And began to breathe softly. My own eyelids grow heavy. As I let my consciousness fade…
