Where am I? Lucina thought to herself as she walked through the endless black void. Was she dead? Was this the afterlife? Why was she walking? And to where? A billion questions began to swarm her head. Was Cynthia okay? And what about Severa? The last thing she could remember was…
"U...les...e...alt!" A familiar voice rang out across the dark void and pulled the young lord from her thoughts.
Her head darted around as she tried to locate the source of the voice. However, all she found was darkness.
"You're fault!" the voice shouted again from all directions.
She stopped as her stomach twisted at the sound of those words. It was her fault.
"You're fault!" The voice began to repeat the phrase and grew louder every time
"You promised" a new voice spoke up and repeated once again alongside the other.
Soon after, more voices began to join the symphony. Agonizing screams of pain stabbed her eardrums as low moans and groans breathed down her neck.
"H-help me please!" "Gawds could you BE more inept!" "It hurts...please make it stop!" "I-I can't move!" "My daughter! She's still back there you have to save her!" "She's weak!" "Well, you should've tried harder!" "She was all I had left in this damned wartorn wasteland!" "It's all your fault!"
Lucina's hands moved like gates to quickly shelter her ears. Each word began to coil around her throat as air struggled through her windpipe. A million needles stabbed and twisted through her heart. Her body began to curl into a ball as she slumped to the floor with her eyes wound shut. Everything was her fault. It was all her fault.
"L-Lucy" She suddenly heard her sister's voice.
For a moment, the voices began to quiet down as Lucina opened her eyes and glanced behind her. She squinted as a glimmer of light began to tear through the darkness. She rose to her feet and began to slowly stumble towards the light.
Was Cynthia alright? She had to be but what if…
She stopped in her tracks as the sparkling light in the distance began to fade away. The voices once again grew louder and stabbed at her chest.
"L...u...y" Her sister's voice spoke up once again but fainter this time, "He...l...p"
Lucina gazed up at the dull light once more. Cynthia needs her. Her legs once again began to move on their own towards the dull fading light that glimmered in the distance.
"Lucy...He...p" Cynthia's voice grew louder and more clear as she continued forward.
Don't worry Cynthia! I'm coming!
She dashed headlong towards the light as her hand stretched out to grab it. However, as soon as she did…
"L-Lucy...h-help?" Cynthia said weakly as she lay there in a thick pool of blood and covered in arrows. The golden blade Falchion plunged into her chest, "Wh-why didn't you h-help?"
Lucina's hands immediately wrapped around her mouth as she looked down at the horrific sight. Intestines coiled around her throat and squeezed as if a noose hung around her neck.
"Why di...dn't….y...u..h..help?" Cynthia vomited blood before her body went limp.
"H-help me please!" "Gawds could you BE more inept!" "It hurts...please make it stop!" "I-I can't move!" "My daughter! She's still back there you have to save her!" "She's weak!" "Well, you should've tried harder!" "She was all I had left in this damned wartorn wasteland!" "It's all your fault!"
All the previous voices came rushing back as Lucina stumbled back and fell to her rear. N-no th-this can't be happening. Th-this isn't happening! This isn't happening!
Lucina's eyes shot open to the now hazy world around her. Her heart raced alongside the frantic breaths rising from her lips. Sweat poured down her face and onto the piece of cloth beneath her. She blinked as the fog cleared away from her surroundings.
"Where am I?" She asked to no one in particular.
Lucina winced as she tried to sit up. She gazed around at her surroundings. She looked to be in a large tent illuminated by the various candles strewn about the floor and ceiling. A pile of various flasks, as well as stacks of paper, rested on a desk stationed at the far end of the tent. Healing staves lined the walls and two other beds stood beside hers.
She glanced down at her body to see it almost completely swathed in bandages aside from maybe her small clothes. Was that all a dream? And why was she in a medical tent? The last thing she could remember was…
L...cy r...o...k? C...me..ge...u...p! pl...a...s!
That's right, Cynthia! Was she okay? Lucina tore off her covers and immediately tried to dash towards the exit only for a sharp pain to pull her into the dirt. A mess of noise rang through the tent as a couple empty flasks and staves fell to the floor. Lucina let out a groan of pain as she slowly peeled herself off the ground. She looked back down at the white chains that coiled around her body and bit her lip.
"Did you hear something?" a familiar voice spoke up from outside.
"Sounds like it came from inside" Another voice spoke this time male.
"Really?!" The familiar voice spoke as Lucina heard a light thud followed by a splash of water.
"Hey, Cynthia! Great, now I gotta fetch some more water"
The tent flaps flew open as a certain blue-haired girl with short pigtails rushed inside. Lucina gazed up at her sister as their eyes locked. For a brief moment, a loud silence overtook the room as their respective brands began to flood with tears.
"Lucy!" Cynthia cried out as she threw herself forward and wrapped her arms around her older sister.
Lucina flinched at the sudden embrace as her sister began crying profusely into her shoulder.
"Y-you're o-okay…" Cynthia managed to get out between sobs.
You're okay
Those two words sent a soft warmth to surround her chest. There she was, her younger sister, alive and well and sobbing into her arms. She fretted over nothing it seems. A soft smile curved on Lucina's face as her arms began to gently wrap around Cynthia. Perhaps she wasn't such a failure after all.
Severa bit her lip as she stood just outside the medical tent. Cynthia's sobs rang clear into her ears like nails that screeched down a chalkboard. A few tears rolled down her cheeks as she gripped her left hand that seared with pain. It wasn't fair! None of this was fair!
"E-Everything...w-will...b-be…" She began to mutter to herself, "...o-okay…"
She repeated the phrase over and over as its meaning dug deeper into obscurity. Those words she said to Cynthia and now to herself. Will everything be okay? How could she know for sure? What if everything got worse? She was never gonna find her and if she did…
"Are you alright?" The pain in her hand chomped down even harder as a dark voice rang in her head. "Shouldn't you be happy? Everything is fine"
"Y-yeah...I'm alright..." She whispered in response.
"Are you sure?" The voice asked again, "Maybe you should just…."
"No, not yet" She cut off the voice, "Just a little more, we should see something soon...Everything will be okay…"
The voice faded away and with it, the searing pain in her left hand also disappeared.
"Where are you, Morgan?" She whispered into the air. "Please be okay…"
"So that's what happened" Lucina tightened her grip around her thin sheets. So it wasn't entirely a dream after all.
"Yeah more or less" Cynthia nodded, "We're lucky Brady and Gerome arrived when they did"
Lucina nodded, "indeed we're lucky to know them" She looked up towards the roof of the tent, "though now I'm worried about the situation in Ylisstol"
Cynthia raised an eyebrow, "how so?"
"It's been almost a week since we left and I told the council we'd return within two days" Lucina sighed, "They'll most definitely be cross with me once we return" Her eyes then glided down to Falchion propped up against the side of the tent.
And how would she even begin to explain what happened with Falchion? Cause if it is true that the blade has no longer…. She gripped the cloth in her hands once more.
"Oh, who cares what those old geezers have to say!"
Lucina's gaze snapped back to Cynthia who shot a beaming smile at her older sister.
"I mean you're fine right? So it doesn't matter how angry those stuck up advisors get so as long as you're okay everything will be okay"
Lucina looked at her sister for a moment as her infectious smile began to tug at her own lips. She was right everything will be okay so long as they're both fine. A soft smile curved onto Lucina's face, "Thank you, Cynthia"
Hello, again people so yeah that was chapter 6. A relatively light-hearted chapter without much progression but sometimes you need chapters like these. Also, I know I promised some of the other kids would appear in this chapter but hey I at least name dropped Brady and Gerome right? Oh well, They'll appear either next time or in chapter 8 that much I can guarantee. Anyway, I'm not sure how I ended this one kinda felt rushed. I might rewrite it at some point. Regardless thanks a bunch for 1700 views! I'm grateful for that and every review I get. Chapter 7 may take a bit because I'm starting a new project that's gonna be a prequel to this story. That's right, I'm gonna be writing a story about the original awakening timeline so look forward to that. Anyway, I hope enjoyed this one and I'll see you all next time so take care.