Guest: It's very good. Please don't let Kaze die on the cliff please don't. Can you make a Teale x Flora?
Thank you! I don't know if Kaze will fall off the cliff or not yet, who knows? -sarcastically shrugs- For pairings, I haven't thought about a concrete significant other for Teale yet. I thought about just leaving him single because I love all the women in Fire Emblem, but I feel as if I would have to make a child OC for Teale and I don't really have the time to draw them up as of now, but I will think about it!
Guest: Is he already brainwashed by Garon? Will Teale join Hoshido in the conquest route? Can you make that Corrin or Azura will reason Teale back to normal?
OOooooo I don't knowww -another sarcastic shrug-
ARSLOTHES: Looking forward to the next chapter
Here it is!
Guest: Teale could Corrin meet in the hidden capital for the last fight
Please let Kaze live at chapter 15.
Maybe, maybe not~
Andromeda: When are you going to update? I want to know more
Andromeda: Please update
Here I am! I do apologize for the wait, I've been working 9-11 hour days since I have an unreliable coworker, so when I get home, I end up not doing anything but taking a nap or lounge around.
I have been meaning to write this chapter for a couple weeks now, but I've recently started new medication, working almost nonstop, and then had Thanksgiving, so I'm sorry this is a little bit late. ;;; I also injured myself at work after finding out that my foot was bothering me, so I made that a little bit worse by dropping a 30 pound box of cans on it... I didn't have to go to the doctor though, I'm not limping anymore and it doesn't really hurt!
I also forgot, but I do have a rough sketch of Teale drawn out, if you check out my tumblr blog called sarcasstic-meme, under a fire emblem tag. You'll have to search through it, but I hope you do like him!
Thank you for being patient with me, and here's another chapter of Fire Emblem: If Revised!
It had been only a couple weeks since Corrin's escape from the opera house in Cyrkensia and rumor of the mass murder of wolfskin near Kaen Peak. No doubt that the rumors were true, seeing as though his group had no other choices of escape. Iago had part in that plan, initiating a battle between the two forces and end Corrin's trail there, but of course, he succeeded.
As of now, I stood waiting in the grand hall of the palace with Flora after hearing that Corrin was spotted near our area. After our fight at the opera house, Father had been sent to Palace Macaroth, training mercilessly and waiting for the Hoshido troops to march through. All has been silent for the most part, and I was growing restless. Iago predicted that they would come this way, and though I despise the lizard, it seemed as though he was right.
Faint voices could be heard from the hallways and I watched as Flora became tense, a steel knife in her hand. I merely stood out of sight, leaning on the wall where my clothes I wore seamlessly blended into the shadows. Soon, multiple pairs of footsteps could be heard running our way.
"Intruders? Show yourselves!" She shouted, gripping her knife tighter.
"It looks like we have company. Brace yourselves and be ready for anything. Garon could have left a monster waiting for us. Or a trap. Or..." Corrin slowed down, his eyes widening. "Flora?!"
"Lord Corrin?"
"What are you doing here?!" Jakob asked, confused.
"Sister!"
Flora shook her head. "Why are all of YOU here? This is super dangerous! There's an unused room nearby- let's get out of here and talk." I shook my head. Flora hadn't noticed that I was listening in on her conversation. Quietly, I pushed myself off the wall and followed the small group into another hall that was only lit with a few torches.
"All right. We should be safe here for a while. It's so good to see you again, Lord Corrin!"
Corrin smiled. "You too, Flora. I miss everyone from Nohr. Except King Garon, of course. Anyways, what are you doing here?" I rolled my eyes at the exclusion of the king, finding myself smiling at the comment.
"After you left, everyone in the Northern Fortress was sent away. I got my orders to come here, and that was it."
"I'm so sorry. I know my decision impacted a lot of people."
"It's okay. I'm actually happy to be here. Your decision really opened my eyes to what was going on. Now I'm just glad I don't have to see King Garon every day..." Flora easily answered, closing her eyes. My eyes narrowed at their interactions, knowing full well that Flora knew Corrin was to be killed if confronted.
"I see. I'm glad to hear it, Flora."
She shook her head. "So... how did the rest of you end up here?"
"I'm sorry, but it's a long story, and right now we need medicine for my brother." Ryoma interrupted. "Can you help us?"
"Yes, of course. Nobody works at the apothecary anymore, but it's fully stocked. I'm sure I can sneak out whatever you need."
Ryoma looked down at the blue haired maid. "You'd do that for us?"
"Of course! Any friend of Lord Corrin's is a friend of mine. After I get the medicine, I'll show you how to sneak out the back door of the palace. Prince Teale is residing here at the moment, but he should be asleep at this hour."
"Thank you, Flora. You may be saving my brother's life." Ryoma smiled.
Corrin stepped forward. "Wait, you said Teale was here?"
"Yes, he was sent here almost immediately after he had returned from Cyrkensia. All that he said was that he had orders from King Garon to train harder after his last battle with you, Lord Corrin." Flora responded. "Now, we must-"
Before she could finish, a burst of fire exploded near the group, startling them into grabbing their weapons. In a flash, Iago stood in the hall, smiling wickedly.
"Iago!" Corrin said, glaring at the man.
"Hello, Corrin. Happy to see me again?"
"What do you want? You're massively outnumbered here."
Iago merely laughed. "Oh ho! So quickly you begin speaking of battle. Where's the witty banter? One mustn't leap straight into battle without a little banter. It's uncivilized! Also, as usual, you're badly misinformed. You're the one who's outnumbered."
"How did you know we were here? Were you the one who attacked the hideout in Cheve?"
"Oh, I'd love to take crdit for that, but I'm afraid it belongs to one of your friends."
"What are you saying?"
Flora stayed silent, glaring at the tactician before her. "Ah, dearest Flora. I didn't realize you were here. Kicked out of Garon's inner circle, were you?"
"I don't have anything to say to you." I raised an eyebrow at her disobedience.
"Ooh, saucy! I like it. Maybe I'll kill you last." Iago commented, licking his lips.
"Iago, I'm ordering you to leave at once! I am an official employee of this palace, and you are NOT. Remember, this is King Garon's royal villa. What would he say about you destroying it with a battle?"
"Oh, you're so wrong. I can do anything as long as I get results. Like this- see?" He summoned another burst of fire, this time hitting Flora, who yelped at the injury before falling to her hands and knees. "That's for talking back. Now, who's next? You'll all bed the knee before I'm finished."
"Lord Corrin... RUN!" Flora shouted before another fire spell knocked her to the side, unconscious.
"No! Flora!" Felicia kneeled by her sister, grabbing her hand.
"She's just taking a little nap. Now, I'm feeling all bantered out. Let's get down to business."
From the spot where I was standing, I could see Corrin's hands visibly shaking. "You'll pay for this, Iago."
"Wonderful. A pithy final statement from our hero. Unfortunately this is no fairy tale, Prince Corrin. King Garon would like your head on a platter, and I'm not one to disappoint him."
"How's this for pithy? GET HIM!" Corrin ordered as soldiers filed out of multiple rooms, Iago fleeing to the main hall of the palace. Shaking my head, I followed the tactician, careful to stay out of the way of anyone fighting. I had decided that it was most likely a good idea to stay out of the way and merely observe the events that are bound to happen here. Once again, I had found a good spot in the main hall to observe Iago and Corrin's army. Cracking my neck, I sat down, crossing my legs and laying my sword over my lap. From the upper level I was on, there weren't any soldiers and it would be easy to see and hear the soldiers fighting with one another.
It soon became apparent that Iago had larger numbers, yes, but he was out skilled. Corrin's troops obviously had training and were here to fight, not for glory like Nohrian soldiers were when they had become soldiers. Corrin walked calmly into the great hall, his eyes landing on Iago.
"And here we are, at last. I've been waiting for you." Iago nearly purred.
"I'm done talking. It's time to finish this." Corrin stated, readying his sword.
"Oh, I agree. HAH!" The tactician barked out a laugh, casting a spell that I recognized as Ginnungagap. Leo had told me that it was a downright nasty spell for someone to be on the receiving end of. I watched in fascination as a dark blast with multiple colors erupted near Corrin, who easily dodged it. Before I could even blink, Corrin had struck down Iago, much to my surprise. I tilted my head as Corrin confronted him once more.
"This is it, Iago. Now, I just need to know one thing. Answer truthfully, and I'll be merciful. Who told you that we were here?"
Iago coughed roughly before laughing, shaking his head weakly at the prince.
"I assure you, you have nothing to laugh about. Tell me now! Or else..."
"Or else you'll have to doubt your own people. Right?" My eyes widened in surprise at Iago's answer.
"What?!" Corrin exclaimed, his grip on the Yato growing tighter.
"You, betrayer of Nohr, are now being betrayed yourself. Now, I think I'd like to savor the irony just a while longer, so... Good bye!" Just like he had entered the palace, the tactician disappeared in a bright flash.
Corrin ran forward, examining the area. "How can he just... disappear... like that?"
"When will you learn, young prince? You think that was really me? I almost feel bad for you." Iago's voice rang through the empty palace. "From this moment on, you'll never be able to let your guard down. Who will be the first to stab you in the back? Who can you really trust?"
"Shut up..." My brother muttered, shaking his head.
"Very well, Corrin. Good luck." It was once again silent as Iago was truly gone. Corrin groaned, obviously irritated with the situation at hand. Before they could leave the grand hall, I made my way quietly and quickly to Flora, who was still unconscious. I sighed, crouching down on the ground off to the side as Corrin and a few of his troops followed. Flora groaned, informing me that she was in fact, alive.
"Flora, are you all right?"
She gripped her head as she sat up. "Yeah, I think so. What happened to Iago?"
"He's gone. We had him for a second there, but then he slipped away. In any case, he can't hurt you anymore."
"Oh, thank goodness."
"Unfortunately, he left us with some rather troubling words. He implied that there's another traitor among us."
Takumi shook his head, facing Corrin. "Come on, Corrin! Do you really believe that? He's just trying to mess with your head."
"You're probably right. But I have to admit... I do feel a bit uneasy."
"That's not like you at all. You usually trust everybody!"
"I know, but it's just that..." Corrin stopped once he heard Takumi start breathing heavily. "No! Is your fever coming on stronger?"
"I feel so... sluggish..." Takumi muttered before collapsing to his knees.
"Takumi!" Corrin called out. Sakura crouched down to his level, putting her hands on Takumi's face.
Her eyes widened in surprise. "Oh, this isn't good- his fever is s-spiking. We really need that medicine!"
"All right, now that Iago's gone, I should be able to get into the apothecary. But... I still don't know what I'm looking for."
"O-of course. I'll come with you. Let's go!" Corrin had grabbed Takumi and put one of his arms around his shoulder as he followed the girls to the apothecary. I sighed, pushing myself up from the ground to follow them. It seemed that they were all too distracted with the younger prince being sick that they didn't notice that I had been watching them this whole time.
Once they had all gotten to the small medicine room, Takumi was placed on a bed where Sakura was already waiting with the medicine in her hands. Once he had taken the medicine, Takumi seemed to doze off to sleep within a few minutes.
"It looks like he's sleeping soundly. So the medicine must have worked."
"Y-yes. He should be fine now. He just needs plenty of rest."
"Thank you, Sakura." Corrin smiled at his younger sister.
"Yay! Oh, I'm glad he's doing better." Flora cheered, a smile on her face.
The white haired prince turned around. "Yes, thank you for your help, Flora. I hate to think about what could have happened if you hadn't been here."
"Please, don't mention it. We're just lucky that Lord Teale was sleeping this whole time. So... what are you going to do now, Lord Corrin? Iago knows exactly where you are..."
"Yes, that's true. But I thiknk we have to stick to the original plan and head to the capital."
"Oh... I see. I guess I was kind of hoping that you'd stop by my village first."
That caught Corrin's attention. "Really? Why?"
"To be honest, I don't feel safe here anymore. I want to go home! But it makes sense for you, too. the Ice Tribe village isn't controlled by Nohr. You could take shelter there and plan your next move. And Takumi could get some much-needed rest." Flora offered.
"But what if King Garon finds out that your village is cooperating with us? Aren't you worried about what could happen?"
"I think the village will be all right. It's full of strong warriors! If soldiers were to invade, the villagers would simply freeze them in place!" Felicia comforted her sister with a small smile on her face.
Corrin laughed softly. "I guess that's true."
"Ooh, this is exciting! I've always wanted to show you my home village, Lord Corrin. Remember how we used to dream about this, Flora?"
"Yes. Yes, we did..." Flora muttered, looking at the ground.
"Very well. This should throw the Nohrian army off our track, at least for a while. Thank you for the offer, Flora." Corrin nodded at the blue haired maid.
"Of course! It's my pleasure."
"Let's give Takumi a few more minutes to rest and then get moving." Corrin ordered.
Takumi groaned from his bed. "Be careful..."
"Takumi? What do you mean?" Corrin stepped closer to the bed.
"Brother... something's not right... Look behind the curtain... Outside the door..." He groaned once more. I tensed up after hearing him tell them my location, holding my breath for a moment. Maybe I needed to talk to them after all.
"He's delirious! Did that make any sense to anyone else?" Pausing for an answer, Corrin sighed. "That must be some fever dream he's having..."
Sakura shook her head. "I-I don't know, Corrin. He sounded lucid for a second there..."
"Yes, I suppose he did..."
I scoffed as I turned the corner, shaking my head. "I'm not sure, it seems like he's pretty aware in his sleep." Everyone's attention turned towards me as Corrin instinctively put a hand on his sword.
"Teale, you-"
"Oh, hush now." I waved my hand. "Your brother is sleeping, right? Give him some time to find some energy before you guys head out."
"Lord Teale, how long have you been awake?" Flora asked, visibly nervous.
I sighed, crossing my arms as I leaned on the door frame. "I've been awake most the night. I sat on the sidelines and merely watched what happened. Iago doesn't play fair, does he?"
"I don't understand, y-you're not going to attack us?" Sakura quietly asked, stepping out from behind Corrin.
"I don't have a reason to, not right now. Besides, I'm asleep right now. I had no idea that any of you are here right now." I smirked as Corrin relaxed.
Corrin was silent for a moment, before smiling softly. "Teale..."
"Just because I let you off this one time doesn't mean I'm going to go easy on you the next. And don't think that I'm on your side, I just don't fight people when they're already down." I looked away, scrunching my nose. "Even so, if you do have a traitor, there might be the possibility that Father will somehow find out that I let you go, and I'll be severely punished."
"Then why not attack us now and end it here?"
"I may be a soldier and a prince of Nohr, but I still have a conscious." I glanced over to Takumi as I noticed him fingers moving. "Looks like he's waking up. You all better head out soon before any more soldiers come around."
Flora stepped forward. "Lord Teale, are you sure you don't want to come with us?"
"I'm sure. Now get going, I need to go to bed some time tonight." I sighed. "I need my beauty rest, damnit..." I had mumbled to myself, but Corrin obviously heard me from the smile growing on his face.
"So I see that Xander still hasn't taken care of your cursing habit."
I could feel my ears growing warm as I glared at Corrin. "W-what's it to you? So what if I have a foul mouth?! This habit isn't anywhere near as bad as some of the other ones out there!"
Corrin laughed before walking over to me and placing a hand on my shoulder. "Teale, thank you so much."
"No problem, brother. And you better get going or else I'm going to have to kick you out." I stepped out of the way as I watched Corrin and his siblings leave. Felicia followed close by as Flora paused, looking at me. I nodded to her before she walked out of the room. Once their footsteps disappeared, I sighed. It was too bad, really. To think that we would have to fool them right in front of their faces, just because Corrin was so willing to trust people from the moment he met was his flaw, sadly. In this world, not all people are meant to be trusted, something I had learned from a young age. Most people would be wary of newcomers, or even enemies they once lived with for years.
Reaching my arms over my head, I stretched before leaving the apothecary. Even with this plan going accordingly, I doubt that I'll be able to get any sleep tonight. I somehow felt guilty after witnessing tonight's events. Corrin was so determined to stop King Garon and end this war, trying to gather all the allies he could, even if they did side with Nohr. He's the enemy, going against my home, our home, and yet, I...
I somehow wanted to be by his side.
I feel like this chapter is kind of shorter than the other ones, but I'm starting to get tired and I need to wake up early for work... Nonetheless, I hope you all enjoyed, please let me know what you think! I'll try and update again really soon!
R&R and thank you again!