Quick note to you all, I'm starting over since I feel the story would take too long to go anywhere if I kept the pattern it was going in. I think you will all find that this will be a greater improvement to the pacing and flow of the story. Anyway, enjoy.

Chapter 1: Shepherd Dizzy

Dizzy continues to follow the mysterious family from a distance. Every now and then, one of them looks behind to see if anyone is following them. Each and every time, Dizzy immediately goes into hiding before they can fully turn their head.

Most recently, the young man of the group dressed like his mother turns his head and says, "You know, guys. I think we really are being followed."

Everyone else turns to look in the young man's direction and Chrom says, "Yeah, I'm getting that feeling myself. You know what? Let's see if we can flush out our mysterious follower."

"Of course." says Frederick with a stern expression.

"Wow, I just come back into this world, and already, we have to deal with a stalker." says Robin. "If anything, I just hope its Tharja."

Chrom with his sword unsheathed, Frederick with his lance at the ready and the young woman with blue hair with her sword drawn slowly approach the tree that Dizzy is behind.

"We know you're there!" says Chrom. "We know you're following us! Come out of hiding, and we may talk things over!"

The young man then approaches them and says, "Dad, want me to use some magic to smoke'em out of hiding?"

"Might need to do that, Morgan." says Chrom. "Yeah, get out a fire tome, but don't burn down anything."

"Right." says Morgan getting out a red tome.

A fearful expression painting her face loudly, Dizzy hops out from behind the tree and says, "Wait! I give up!"

"You." says Chrom. "You're that woman."

"I'm sorry I was following you." says Dizzy. "I thought I was far enough behind, but seems you all have good hearing."

"We pretty much need it." says Chrom. "Comes with our occupation."

"In any case, I don't mean you any harm." says Dizzy. "I'm just lost and... I have no idea what your world is like."

"You mean to tell us that you're from another world?" asks Frederick.

"Yes." says Dizzy. "Naga brought me into this world, and... I don't know what to do. She said I was needed to defeat a great evil, and didn't give me any more to go on than that."

Chrom sheathes his sword and says, "Well, if Naga sent you, then I guess I shouldn't have any reason to doubt you. Of course, with those clothes of yours, it'd be pretty obvious you come from another world."

Chrom begins to walk toward Dizzy, but as he gets closer, Necro and Undine transform, putting on defensive postures.

Chrom rears back out of complete shock, and the others are also taken aback by this development.

"What in the world?" asks an absolutely shocked Chrom.

"Necro! Undine!" says a dismayed Dizzy. "You shouldn't have done that!"

"Sorry, Dizzy." says Undine. "But how can we trust these people when that man had his sword drawn on you?"

"But he doesn't have it out, now." says Dizzy.

"Can't say the same for that woman or boy." says Necro. "They look poised to attack at a moment's notice."

"Uh, well..." says Morgan.

The woman with blue hair sheathes her sword and says to Morgan, "Put away your tome, brother."

Morgan does as his sister says as he replies, "So what now, Lucina?"

"I guess we just earn this girl's trust." says Lucina.

"There." says Dizzy. "They put away their weapons. Will you two go back into wing form?"

"Very well." says Undine. "Call us if you need us."

After Undine goes back into wing form, Necro says to the others, "I'll rest for the time being, but if any of you decide to hurt Dizzy, you will feel my wrath."

After Necro goes back into wing form, Dizzy says with a sigh, "Those two are supposed to be my guardians, but I feel like I'm the one babysitting them. Doesn't help I also have a baby brother and son to worry about."

"Oh, so you're a sister and a mother?" asks Chrom.

"Yes, I am." says Dizzy. "As you probably heard, my name is Dizzy."

Chrom approaches Dizzy, but stops short.

"Don't worry." says Dizzy. "They won't attack you. I'll make sure they don't."

"Right." says a somewhat suspecting Chrom. "My name is Chrom. I'm the new Exalt of Ylisse."

"Ylisse?" asks Dizzy. "Is that the name of the world I'm in?"

"Well, more like the nation you're in right now." says Chrom.

"Oh, I see." says Dizzy. "I take it an Exalt is like a king?"

"More or less." says Chrom. "I am the primary ruler of the Halidom."

"Well, I guess I myself am a queen to a degree." says Dizzy. "My husband is the High King of Illyria."

Everyone goes into a shocked state from hearing this.

"So, you mean to say you're some form of royalty?" asks Chrom.

"Somewhat." says Dizzy. "It's really hard to explain."

"In any case, do you want to meet the others, Dizzy?" asks Chrom. "For the most part, I can tell you're not a bad person, even if your, um... 'guardians' are quite protective of you."

"I would love to meet them." says Dizzy. "I always enjoy making friends."

Dizzy then goes over to Chrom and the others join with the Exalt and Gear.

"For the most part, you found my wife before I did. It's a long story as to what happened prior to that." says Chrom. "Her name is Robin."

"Pleasure to meet you, Dizzy." says Robin with a bow.

Dizzy bows back and says, "Good to meet you as well. I would've woken you up, but... I was afraid about startling you with my appearance and features."

"Don't worry about it too much." says Robin.

"The delicate one is my little sister, Lissa." says Chrom with a slightly mischievous smile.

"Chrom, would you stop calling me delicate? Gods!" says a perturbed Lissa. She then smiles at Dizzy and says, "Ignore my brother, Dizzy. He's rather thick-skulled."

"Well, you bounce back fast." says Dizzy. "And I'll keep that in mind."

"The other two with blue hair are my daughter and oldest child, Lucina and my son, Morgan." says Chrom. "Believe it or not, these two actually come from the future."

"Time travelers?" asks Dizzy.

"Well, I don't remember much except for mom." says Morgan. "But yeah, Lucina and I apparently came from the future."

"Guess he picked that up from me." says Robin. "I too started out with amnesia."

"How horrible." answers a saddened Dizzy.

"Oh don't worry." says Robin. "I'm more or less over the grief of my missing memories."

"Same here." says Morgan with a smile.

"I have to say, Lady Dizzy." says Lucina. "You don't seem surprised that Morgan and I traveled through time. Then again, you did cross worlds, but even then, I get the feeling you know some people that are similar."

"Yeah, I do." says Dizzy. "Their names are Axl Low and I-No. The latter comes from the future, but the former, surprisingly, comes from the past."

Shaking herself out of his sudden stupor, Chrom says, "And last but not least, this is our fellow knight and guardian, Frederick."

"Pleasure to meet you, milady." says Frederick with a bow.

"Same here." says Dizzy with a bow. "I know a man named Frederick, as well. Well, his name used to be Frederick, but now, he goes by his earned name of Sol Badguy. He can be nice, but he's got quite an attitude."

"With a name like 'Badguy', I suppose he would." says a joking Chrom.

"All joking aside..." Frederick starts to say. "...I must know what you are, Lady Dizzy. I need to ascertain if you're truly a good person, or if you're someone the Shepherds will have to deal with."

"Shepherds?" asks a confused Dizzy. "You're going to send sheep-herders after me?"

"Not the same kind of Shepherd, I can assure you." says Chrom. "To put it in a better way, we just need to know what species you are. I have to admit, we've never met anyone with your features before, especially one with 'living' wings."

Dizzy sighs and says, "I can assure you that I AM half-Human."

"So you do have human in you." says a curious Chrom.

"The word, 'half' doesn't exactly instill one with comfort and peace of mind." says a curt Frederick.

"Well, I was getting to that." says Dizzy. "As for my other half, I'm what's known as a Genetically Enhanced Augmented Retroframe."

"Huh?" asks a confused Robin.

"Yeah, I didn't get any of that either." says a worried and confused Lissa.

"For a more abbreviated term..." Dizzy starts to say. "...I'm a Gear."

"A Gear?" asks a confused Chrom. "Does that mean you're some form of shapeshifter?"

"That's ONE of my abilities." says Dizzy. "It's hard to explain to a person that's never heard of a Gear, let alone an entirely new world."

"I've heard of gears that are used in machinery." says Chrom. "But never heard of a living person calling themselves a Gear."

"Definitely." says Frederick. "I'm finding this all a bit hard to swallow."

As that was going on, Morgan starts to walk a little in the direction the group was going in and seems to be smelling something.

"Hey, everyone." says Morgan. "Do you smell that? Smells like something is burning."

Just then, he notices the town ahead is in flames.

A wide-eyed Morgan goes, "Guys, we might have a problem!"

Everyone looks in Morgan's direction.

"Oh no, that same town is on fire!" says a shocked Lissa.

"Not more brigands!" says Chrom. "Shepherds! To arms!"

"Right!" says Frederick.

"Robin, I hope your combat and tactical skills haven't diminished during your death!" says Chrom.

"Don't worry, Chrom!" says Robin. "I still got my weapons and I'm ready to serve!"

"Hey, let me help you all!" says Dizzy ignoring the part about Robin's "death".

"Can you fight?" asks Chrom.

"A little." says Dizzy. "Mainly, it's Necro and Undine that fight for me. But yes, I do have my fair share of combat abilities. What I lack in skill and technique, I make up for in sheer power."

"Not the best answer in the world, but I suppose it's better than nothing." says Chrom.

"Let's hurry!" says Lissa.

After that, the "Shepherds" and Dizzy all rush to the town.

The town is being overrun with several gruff and unsavory men in grungy clothes and mismatched armor, each one using a different weapon.

"I thinks it's about time we make the Ylisseans pay for destroying Plegia as they did, men!" says the man who looks slightly fancier, despite his gruffness. "Rob the people and burn everything to the ground! They'll know not to come to our land anymore!"

The townsfolk are running and panicking for their lives.

Very soon, Chrom's group and Dizzy arrive in the town.

A lone villager sees Chrom's group and let's out a big smile as he says, "It's the Shepherds! We're saved!"

"That's right!" says Chrom. "Leave those brigands to us! The rest of you, get to safety!"

As the townsfolk evacuate, Chrom says, "Ready, everyone?"

"Ready!" the other Shepherds shout.

"Dizzy, I hope you got what it takes to deal with such thugs." says Chrom.

Frederick adds to that, "Milord is right. These brigands will give you no quarter, so don't give any in return. It's kill or be killed."

"I don't exactly like killing." says Dizzy. "I try to avoid it by any means necessary."

"Well, I don't think these criminals will share your pacifism." says Lucina. "Let's just hope your powers will be enough to at least ward them off."

"Don't worry, I've dealt with far worse people and creatures in my world." says Dizzy with a smile. "A few brigands should be no trouble."

Just then, a brigand sees the Shepherds and says, "Looks like a few more came ta'..." However, he then looks closer and says, "Blimey, it's tha' Shepherds!"

"That's right!" says Chrom. "And if you stay here, you will die!"

"Necro! Undine! Let's go to work! I have need of you two!" says Dizzy.

Necro and Undine transform and Necro says, "Say no more! I was getting kind of bored, anyway!"

The brigands looks even more scared as he says, "Wha... what tha' hell? What in tha' world is that?"

"Distracted?" asks Chrom. "That's going to cost you!"

In a flash, Chrom charges and cuts the brigand down.

"Auuugh!" shouts the dying brigand.

As he collapses to the ground, another one close by says, "You'll pay for that, ya' dastards!"

"You got a death wish, we shall grant it!" says Robin as she readies a yellow tome with a symbol that looks like a cross between a lightning bolt and an arrow. As she sees the brigands rushing at them, she flips open the book, starts to make hand gestures and says, "Thoron!"

Out of the magic circle created by the palm of her hand, Robin lets fly a long beam of electricity, sending one of the brigands fly away via dead on impact.

The brigand crashes into the building, and having him cough up blood before falling to the ground.

"Yup, Robin's still got it." says Lissa with a cute yet fierce smile before hefting her axe to go to battle herself.

"Let's get to it, then!" says Lucina as she charges into the fray behind her father.

"Right behind you!" says Morgan arming himself with his red tome.

"Dizzy, you'll be with me!" says Frederick.

Nodding, Dizzy, along with Frederick charge into battle, with Dizzy floating a few inches off the ground.

Robin sees five axe-wielders coming from the right towards the group and she shouts, "Chrom! Lucina! To the right!"

"On it!" replies Chrom.

Chrom and Lucina go to dispatch the axe-wielders. One tries to swipe at Lucina's head, but she pulls it out of the way in time, and counters with a stab to the man's chest.

After driving her sword in deep, basically turning the brigand into a kebob, Lucina kicks the brigand off the end of her sword, forcing him to the ground.

One tries to attack Lucina from behind, but just as she's about to react, Chrom chops the brigand's axe hand off.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiieeee!" screams the brigand.

Silencing him, Chrom slashes the brigand's throat, making him keel over.

Knowing to leave those guys to Chrom and Lucina, Robin then starts to fling more Thoron beams at some sword-fighters and tome-users headed her way.

She sees a cavalier charging in towards Morgan, and seeing Lissa is close by, Robin shouts to her while pointing to the mounted knight, "Lissa! Take him down!"

"With pleasure!" says Lissa as she charges in and brings down her axe, cutting the knight's horse, causing him to fall off.

As the cavalier tries to stand up, he's too late to be ready for Lissa's next swing. He uses his lance to guard himself, but Lissa uses her axe to chop the spear in half.

Aiding his aunt, Morgan blasts the cavalier with fire magic, roasting him alive.

"Wow!" says an amazed Dizzy. "These people aren't even Gears! In fact, they're not even metahumans! And yet, they fight so ferociously!"

"Don't get distracted, Dizzy!" says Frederick impaling a swordsmen with his lance. "Stay focused on the battle!"

"Uh, right." says Dizzy. "What should I do?"

"Take out those distant mages!" says Robin. "If you have long range on you, then that should take care of them!"

"Necro! Undine!" says Dizzy to her wings. "You heard her!"

"I thought we'd never get our chance!" says Necro as he lets loose a big orb of fire and shoots it at the mages.

Seeing how big the blast is and how fast it's coming, the mages try their best to run away from it, but it hits them, burning them and sending them flying.

"Holy cow!" says Lissa with amazement over "Dizzy's" attack. "Now THAT was a magic attack!"

"You ain't seen nothing yet, honey!" says a proud Necro. "Why don't we give them a few more examples of our power, Undine?"

"As long as we don't cause too much destruction." says Undine.

"Right, mother." says Necro.

Some archers begin to appear and Robin says, "Archers to the front left!"

"I'll deal with them!" says Undine.

As the archers are about to let fly some arrows, Undine immediately releases a cold blast at them, their hands and bows suddenly encased in ice.

"Ubelievable!" mutters Robin.

"What sorcery is this?" shouts an archer.

"You'd better worry less about what sorcery it is and more about your own lives!" says Necro.

The brigands look at Dizzy as Necro produces a large hand axe in his right hand.

"Just don't kill them if possible, Necro." says Dizzy.

"As you say." says Necro with a sigh. But then his skull-face shows itself to be maliable as he smiles wider than normal and says, "But it doesn't mean we can't have fun."

As Dizzy begins to charge, Undine produces a white sword in her right hand and shield in her left.

Seeing Dizzy charge for them, the helpless brigands start to run away.

"Don't leave yet!" says Necro. "I still want to have my fun!"

After saying that, Necro swings the axe, releasing an energy wave to that sends the archers flying away.

"You're a monster!" says a charging sword-fighting brigand.

As the brigand tries to slash at Dizzy, Undine blocks it with her shield and says, "You call her a monster, but last I checked, she didn't attack an innocent village!"

Throwing the brigand's sword slash away, Undine use her own sword to disarm the brigand. After that, she puts away the sword and shield, and strikes him down a lightning blast.

"I'll kill you!" shouts a sword-fighter that manages to slip through Necro's defenses, and tries to cut Dizzy by bringing his sword down onto her shoulder.

However, as he does, he becomes horrified by the result as his sword not only didn't cut her, but it also shattered upon impact.

"What?" says a terrified brigand. "What manner of demon are you?"

"I'm not a demon." says Dizzy. "But I'm not a saint, either."

And with that, Dizzy holds out both of her hands and releases a light blast that knocks the brigand a few feet off the ground before he lands on his back.

Just then, an axe-fighter tries to rush at Dizzy to attack her from behind.

"Now, I've got you!" says the brigand.

Before he knows it, Dizzy's long tail turns into ferocious beast with saber-like teeth as it stretches and grabs the brigand without the teeth actually impaling him.

"You shouldn't have done that." says Dizzy looking behind herself with a sorrowful expression.

Before the brigand can say anything out of the fear he's feeling right now, Dizzy's tail throws him far away.

"That was incredible!" says Chrom. "I've never seen such abilities in my life!"

Frederick can only give Dizzy a cautious and worried glare.

Dizzy then turns to the brigand leader, who looks like he's about to pee his pants when she does.

Throwing his axe down, he shouts, "I SURRENDER! I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE!"

Screaming, the brigand runs away.

Dizzy sighs out of relief as she falls to her legs with her hands over her chest and says, "Thank goodness that's all over.

Putting her hands to the ground and closing her eyes, she starts to pray.

"Oh heavenly father, please help those who lived to find a new way in life. And for those that died, make sure their souls will be reborn as truer people." Dizzy prays. "I pray for the day the madness of warfare and destruction comes to an end, and that everyone can disregard the attrocities of fear, greed and hatred. Please let this world, my own and many others that are possibly out there know peace. I ask these all in your name. Amen."

Undine hugs Dizzy around from behind her neck while Necro gently strokes Dizzy's hair.

"That was a lovely prayer." says Robin.

Dizzy looks to see the others come up to her from behind.

Dizzy the says after a bit of silence, "Necro, Undine, you may rest now."

"Sure thing, Dizzy." says Undine.

"Well, that was fun." says Necro stretching his limbs. "Call us if you need more bad guys dealt with."

After that, Necro and Undine go back into wing form.

"Why did you pray for the brigands?" asks Frederick. "Such lowlives made their choice, and will never be seen as anything else but beasts by innocent people."

"Everyone bears a certain burden, and no one is truly beyond forgiveness." says Dizzy. "We all have a certain amount of guilt. All that matters is how we deal with it and how it affects others."

"You say you're not a saint, and yet, you play the part of one very well." says Frederick.

"A true saint does his or her best to not hurt others." says Dizzy. "I've hurt many people, so I'm beyond consideration for sainthood."

"You know, if Emmeryn still had her full self, I think she'd like you." says Chrom. "She'll like you anyway, but I wish she was fully aware of herself to understand such things better."

"Anyway, we better help with the village." says Lucina. "Many of the townsfolk put the blazes out, but we need to make sure the place is kept safe from any more of these types of attacks."

"Right you are, Lucina." says Chrom.

As everything looks to be in shape, Chrom's group and Dizzy are in the main square of town.

"Well, glad this town didn't suffer as much as it could have." says Chrom.

"Yeah, and we're glad to have such help!" says Lissa. "We were not only lucky to get our master tactician back, but we also got help from such a person like Dizzy!"

"Yeah, I have to admit, those powers defintiely impressed me, Dizzy." says Chrom. "Is that the kind of stuff you're capable as a... what did you call yourself again? A... Gear?"

"That's right." says Dizzy. "And whether it be good or bad, those are just a few examples of the powers I'm capable of. There's so much more I can do, or rather both Necro and Undine can do. And even then, I can still do a good bit on my own."

"I have to say, you have so many gifts that I totally pale in comparison." says Robin. "If you knew tactics, I might become completely useless."

"Don't say that, mom." says Morgan.

"Don't worry, Morgan." says Robin. "Just a case of hyperbole."

"At any rate, the Shepherds could definitely use the help of someone as powerful as you." says Chrom. "So how about it? Will you join us?"

"Me? Join the Shepherds?" asks Dizzy. "Does that mean there will be more fighting?"

"I'm afraid so." says Chrom. "But that's just how things go. At any rate, I'll be sure that we take the biggest load. Don't want to burden you with any fights and deaths you don't want to be a part of."

"Thank you, my Exalt." says Dizzy with a bow. "In that case, I gladly accept."

"Wow, I'm so excited!" says Lissa. "We get Robin back AND we get a new Shepherd! And a powerful one to boot! The gang is going to be so amazed when we get back to Castle Ylisse!"

"Agreed." says Robin. "I can't wait to see how everyone is doing."

"I can assure you it's going to be an event you'll never forget, dear." says Chrom.

Dizzy just smiles pleasantly.

"Excuse me!" says a voice.

Everyone looks to see a village man.

"Yes? What is it?" asks Chrom.

"I couldn't help but notice that was the legendary Robin among all of you." says the village man. "That is her, right?"

"Yes, I'm Robin." says Robin with a bright smile.

"Incredible!" says the villager. "You've done so much for us and the whole word! If you all stay for the night, I trust you that we'll make it all worth your while."

"Generous, no doubt." says Frederick. "But we must be on our way to Ylisstol."

"Right." says Chrom. "Exaltly duties and all that, you know?"

"Aw, too bad." says the man. "Next time you visit, though, you must stay and take a sampling of our humble town."

"We'll definitely consider it." says Chrom.

"Thank you, milord." says the villager with a bow.

"In any case, we need to be on our way." says Frederick.

"Right." says Chrom. He then turns to Dizzy and says, "Ready to go, Dizzy? It shouldn't be too far from Ylisstol. We should be there before evening sets."

"I'm ready." says Dizzy with a smile. "Let's go."

And with that, the Shepherds leave the small town, along with the new member they've recruited.

To Be Continued in Chapter 2.