Cordelia I
On a sunny afternoon, a redhead could be seen in the barracks of the Pegasus Knights inspecting weapons and equipment.
Let's see here, this bronze lance needs to be replaced… Oh and this training dummy won't last another hit… hmm and Aurora probably needs to get brushed, as the last mission ruined her mane Cordelia mused.
Also -
"Cordelia! Where have you been? I have been looking for you for the past hour."
Cordelia jumped in fright at the voice interrupting her thoughts. She looked around to see Phila, Commander of the Pegasus Knights, standing in front of her.
"Commander Philia! My apologies, I have been here in the barracks doing weapon inspections. What can I do for you?" asked Cordelia.
"Oh Cordelia, you do not have to do that. Anyway, I am going to need help with the new recruits. We are short of someone who would demonstrate aerial maneuvers and I need you to demonstrate," Phila said
"No problem Commander. I am about to finish inventory stocking anyway. I will be there at the training grounds after this." she replied.
"Thank you!" Phila stated, before leaving the barracks.
"You did great today, Aurora!" Cordelia said to her Pegasus as she brushed her mane.
The Pegasus gave a gentle neigh in response to the praise and the brushing. Normally the day would end after having dinner and chores done, but Cordelia insisted on staying a little while to tend to her Pegasus. Truth to be told, she has another purpose of staying up a bit late: to distract herself. Given her talent and dedication, she earned the title of "Knight Paragon" among her peers. But before being praised positively, she was ridiculed by the senior knights. That was a long time ago, but she kept telling her it was in the past until she witnessed one recruit being ridiculed for their talent and then suddenly the memories were coming back again.
Sensing that something was wrong with her partner, the Pegasus gave her a gentle nudge just to assure her.
"I'm fine," she said as she continued to groom her pegasus until she got tired and went to bed.
The Next Day
The Pegasus Knights were having a strategy meeting. Typical talk of bandits terrorizing the Ylisse - Plegia border, from the looks of it, the attacks were becoming more frequent. Guess we should take more precautionary measures. When the meeting was over, she was about to get out of her seat and prepare for the day when Philia said to her and her seniors to stay put.
"Thank you for listening and sorry for the sudden second meeting but I have another thing to say. This is mostly for our experienced knights," Philia said.
"There is another threat in Ylisse. Some undead creatures attacking villages and the commonfolk. "Risen" is what the council named them. They were first spotted West of Ylisstol by the Shepherds. And just now, we have received word from Prince Chrom and his Shepherds that they have spread as far as the North Road. I want you all to be cautious because these creatures look human but they are actually undead - like creatures," Phila commanded.
At the mention of Chrom and The Shepherds, Cordelia immediately seized up. Being a bit of a worry wart, she can't shake the feeling of Sumia, her best friend, being hurt or. She had heard disturbing rumours surrounding the fire around the West of Ylisstol.
"To believe in rumours is a load of pegasus dung." she often said to herself. Yet she can't remove the feeling of unease.
Thankfully before the meeting ended, Philia reported that there were no casualties but they should take extreme caution and if possible avoid coming into combat with the Risens since they still have little knowledge on their behavior.
"Thank Naga that Sumia is unharmed!" she sighed in relief.
A/N
I'm alive and sorry for the long time to update. This one is quite slow paced but I will see how the story would go.