So, while I know this wouldn't get a lot of views, since it is technically my first story on the site, I'm happy to see people actually try it out! I was real worried that there would be no interest, but I'm glad to see that is not the case. Anyways, before I start the chapter, allow me to just make note of a few things going onward.
First of all, Gera and Lowe will not be the stories only OC's, as not everyone from Fates will being joining the party that will form up by the time stuff happens later. Most of the cast will be Fates, but there are some characters who will be original joining in as well.
Also, while I didn't see anyone say anything about it, I just want to make sure people know that when I write Wyvern Elise, I'm giving her… I guess you can say in accent. Someone will explain it in the chapter, but I'm saying it here so that I don't get someone asking me about it in the reviews. It's a dialect choice that I'm going with for her, and while I won't go too hard on it every character will have some noticeable changes in terms of speaking when they get transformed. You'll notice different ones when different species are done.
Anyway with that said, onto the chapter!
Castle Krakenburg - Throne Room
Xander wouldn't say that he had seen everything, but as he was Elise's brother, he liked to think he knew about everything she attempted to do. It wasn't so much that Elise was a troublemaker and prankster, but more that she at times acted far younger than she was. He remembered many times during the march through Valla where Elise would take people from both sides of the war and make them play games with her. It wasn't that big of a deal when they were nowhere close to being in harm's way, but Xander knew that when Elise was around, he should expect trouble to follow.
None of that, however, would have told him that said younger sister would be dragged into the room as a wyvern. None of that told him Camilla would have found a heart seal able of permanently changing a person's species. Most of all, none of this could have made him question his families own sanity, as Elise tried her best to pronounce words Xander could barely make out, Camilla treated her as even more of a baby than usual, and Leo was doing his best to not cuddle her by pacing back and forth.
"So, let me get this straight Elise," Xander said, doing his best to hide his disappointment. "You thought it was a good idea, for whatever reason, to use an item that you have never seen before."
"'Ey, ri've ssseen it berforrre," Elise said, her muzzle touching the ground as she saw how upset her brother was. Xander did his best to try and understand what she was trying to say, though it was proving surprisingly difficult. "Ri've jussst, never ssseen ar hreart ssseral like thart before."
"For all of our sakes, can you please at least try to pronunciate?" Xander replied. "I swear I'm gonna have a headache trying to translate every little thing you say."
"Now now, Xander, don't get too mad," Camilla said, hugging Elise despite the wyvern's protests. She collapsed to the floor, her wings proving to not be enough to keep her upright.
"Honestly Camilla, I'm more surprised that you actually let something like this happen," Xander told his sister, watching as Camilla seemed to overwhelm Elise with her attempts at love. "I mean, if I heard correctly, she took it straight from your hands. How are you so okay with this when our own sister is literally a dragon!"
"But ri rwant to ber a dragon, Xarndrer… Xarn… Xan," Elise stopped her explanation as she heard how badly her own brothers name came out of her muzzle. For a few minutes Camilla and Xander just watched, the latter actually feeling depressed at how hard it was for her to do. "Xander. Ri did irt! You sssee that Xarndrer! I… darnm irt. Ow!"
"No Elise, bad wyvern," Camilla said, shaking her hand after slapping Elise. She would need to remember her sister's skin wasn't as soft as it was before. "You may not be a human, but that gives you no excuses to stop acting like a lady. You hear me."
"Sssorry Cramrirra… sssorry," Elise replied, finding herself in an apology loop as she heard her get her own sister's name wrong. "Ri rike bering a wryvern, burt my mourth isss making me sssound wreird."
"Well of course it sounds different, and while we can fix some of it, I don't think it will go away completely," Leo said. Nearly everyone was surprised when he started talking, having completely forgotten that he was even there. "I guess the best way to think of it is to think about it like an accent. Some accents are not very noticable, while others are so hard to understand that some people can't make sense of what you are saying. I guess you're new form kind of has its own accent, such as the prolonged "s" that you make as well as the "r" that you drop before certain sounds, such as when you tried to say "I" but ended up say "ri" instead."
"Ssso, ri'm ssstuck sssounding rike thiss?" Elise asked, getting a nod from Leo. "Wrell, ri guess irt courld be worssse."
"We can touch it up a bit, make it so you can at least speak more… understandably, but nothing can be done since the accent is based on you having a muzzle," Leo replied. "Though, Camilla, you have that note you mentioned on you, right? The one that came with the "dragon seal" Elise used."
Camilla nodded happily, taking said note out of who knows where and handing it to Leo. Without a second thought, Leo decided to read it allowed for his siblings.
To the Nohr Royal Family
You don't know us, but we most definitely know you. Your exploits in trying to bring your country to a new and better future has not gone unnoticed by the gods. As such, we give you this gift, a dragon seal. As you would imagine it is similar to a heart seal, but instead of simply changing the users class, it completely changes them into a dragon, permanently. Well, maybe it's a dragon, we honestly don't know which one we gave to you. It could be a horse, a pegasus, or something else, but you won't know unless you check the beast carved onto the front of it.
We know you are probably asking "why do this" or something along those lines, and the simple answer is me and my sister are bored. If you want to talk about it, travel across the ocean to the Sierlend Isles, that is where we are. However, we hope that whoever decided to use our precious gift is happy, as we truly meant no harm upon you all. To whoever was lucky, hope you enjoy your new life!
From, Gera and Lowe Ara
P.S. Just so you know, even we can't turn you back.
Xander sighed as Leo finished reading, his fears being extra confirmed with that last sentence. Elise would not be able to go back to being a human, something that he wasn't exactly happy about. Yet, looking back to Elise, she wasn't upset it all one bit, seeming to actually be even happier as she heard those words. Xander couldn't understand the princess-turn-wyvern as she attempted to jump into the air in excitement, which only ended up hurting her slightly as she couldn't place her wings right in time. Much would have to be done, but looking to Leo, he gave a stare that seem to be all the younger prince needed.
"You really think Hoshido got one of these?" Leo asked.
"I don't think they did, I'm certain they did," Xander explained. "The perpetrators, Gera and Lowe, said they didn't know what kind we got. That could only mean that someone else we know must have gotten them too. I would surprised if Hoshido didn't get one."
"Whrat if sssomeone there arleady usssed one?" Elise asked.
"Then we use what little knowledge we have, do the neighborly thing, and give them a hand," Xander replied. "Leo, you and your retainers will ride to Hoshido and inform the royal family of what happened here. I'll send someone ahead to inform them of your arrival."
"Of course," Leo replied with a quick bow to his brother before rushing off, knowing he would need more than just a tome to defend himself with.
"Camilla, I'm gonna need your help in figuring out how to renovating Elise's room," Xander continued, looking to the oldest princess. "While she may be a wyvern, and she will need to be outfitted as such for any battles or other such occasions come up, but I refuse for her to suddenly be put with the other wyverns in the stables. She is still our sister, and a princess, and therefore it is our job to make sure her room is comfortable for her when she comes back."
"And me?" Elise asked, getting excited to learn what she would be doing. "Whrat am I gonna do?"
"Elise, while I know I just said you wouldn't be treated like any other mount, I'm gonna send you to Mozu, Jakob, and Felicia in Corrins outrealm castle to be outfitted properly," Xander looked to the wyvern, noticing her muzzle hanging open in disbelief. This was clearly not her idea of "fun" or help. "I know you don't like it, but think of it this way: instead of merely being seen as just a mount, they will help you find a way of showing your status in your new body as well as outfitting you for any occasion. Mozu is well verse with animals, and while her experience with wyverns is limited to her time battling with us, she will no doubt be able to help you figure out etiquette and get accustomed to this… body," Xander mentally shook away any bad thoughts of his sister no longer being human, knowing it wouldn't do any good to show weakness at a time like this. "Also, while wyvern bodies are far different from human ones, you must still have presentable attire for formal events, battle, and other occasions. Jakob and Felicia, as clumsy as the latter is at times, I would trust no one else with making attire for you."
Outrealm - Corrin's Castle
"And thartsss hrow ri end up in thisss sssituration," Elise explained to the farmer and butler in front of her.
Not moments after she arrived did hell break loose in the castle courtyard, Jakob and Felicia quickly taking up defenses before Elise explained what was going on. While they were shocked at first, Elise's childlike carelessness about the situation instantly told them she wasn't lying. It had taken time to explain everything, especially since it was at times really hard to understand her, but in time Elise managed to recall everything to the people in front of her.
"That's… quite the story," Mozu replied, her head swimming as she collected what she was told. "So, King Xander wants us to help you with wyvern stuff while he and Camilla take care of your room?"
"Ri guessssss ssso," Elise said, looking away. "Sssorry if this is toor murch for you all."
"Nonsense, Lady Elise, it is our pleasure," Jakob replied, giving Elise a pat on the head. "Or, would that technically goddess? I mean, dragons of all kinds are worshipped as long hold intelligence, so-"
"Maybe we can discuss at a different time, and besides, Lady Elise isn't a god," Mozu told the butler as she checked out Elise's new body. "So… what is probably the weirdest part about being a wyvern?"
"Defernitely the wringsss," Elise said as sat back on her hind legs, holding her wings up. She attempted to use them like normal hands, trying to grab and hold things, though they would either not move one bit when she pulled it towards her or falling away the minute she tried to pick it up. "Irtsss rike, they wrork the sssame as my handsss, but are ress usssefur. That, or probrabry my voice."
"That makes sense," Mozu replied. "So, you will need to learn to fly and everything, but since you will need to carry people, I better find a saddle and all of that stuff for you. I know we still have some stuff from the invasion of Valla."
"In that case, we will also use that time to get measurements for clothing," Jakob explained. "It will take time, as well as trial and error, until we get something that fits right, but we will have clothes fighting of a wyvern princess, right Felicia?"
"You got that right!" Felicia replied. "Don't worry Ms. Elise. Will help you in every way we can!"
Elise simply smiled as they made there way to the stable. Though the wyvern was scared, she was also excited for what was in store. A whole new life was ahead of her, and when the time came she would make sure to thank whoever Gera and Lowe was. She could only image what kind of remarkable, smart, and wonderful individuals they were if they could do stuff like this.
Sierlend Monastery
Naga literally kicked the door down to Gera and Lowe's room, showing a force of strength that not many usually got to witness. The two manakete siblings watched as she watched in, or at least Gera did, Lowe being to transfixed on Mozu trying to figure out how wyvern saddles worked. Gera lightly punched her sister in the shoulders, finally getting her attention. The moment she spotted Naga walking up to them, she gulped, knowing that a visit from the manakete was not usually a good thing.
"Gera, Lowe, we need to talk," Naga said to her fellow manaketes. "More specifically, we need to talk about your latest actions interfering in a continent you do not govern."
"Oh come on Ms. Naga, it was only oof," Lowe tried to reply, getting elbowed in the shoulder in by her sister.
"Technically, Ms. Naga, with Anankos dead nobody rules over the continent of… whatever continent Nohr and Hoshido are in," Gera explained. She hadn't realized it till now, but both she and her sister had no idea what continent the two countries were located in. "That and, well, we took precautionary measures to make sure that not everyone involved with the war would be transformed. Their will and should still be leaders on both sides."
"As much as I'm happy to hear you at least tried to think it all out, it doesn't change the fact that there is a much more immediate things you should be doing than turning princesses into dragons." Naga replied, her face showing that she really did not know what to think of the siblings in front of her. She was aware that the two were pranksters, but she hadn't realized until it was too late what this could mean.
Gera and Lowe looked at each other, each trying to think about what was possibly more important at the moment. They wanted at least one more transformation before giving Anita her wish come true, and there was an event they needed to go to. The two manaketes thought over it for a bit, before the answer hit them in an interesting way. The entire ground shook as what was no doubt a cannonball sounded in the distance. Gera was the one to gulp this time, knowing that there were recent events she had failed to keep up with.
"What was that?" She asked Naga.
"That… is an enemy force trying to break their way in," Naga explained. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but while you two were so busy watching two other countries slay a mad dragon, a war started between to of the islands you maintain."
Gera and Lowe once again looked at each other, before looking back at Naga.
"Oh."
And so, the second chapter is done. I don't really have too much to say this time, especially since I don't need to talk about any new transformees this chapter, but we might find out about one next time. You can probably see an actual plot start to form with the stuff going down with Gera and Lowe, and while we won't immediately get back to that, know that this won't be the last we see of that war.
Also, I didn't mention it before, but I might do supports every now and then between chapters to write something small and fun. Just so you know.
Once again, I would you all to request who you would like to see transformed and what they should be transformed into. Do you want it to be a dragon? A pegasus? Another Wyvern? Tell me in your reviews or pm them to me. Either way, I can't wait to see what you guys ask for.
Next time, Elise and Mozu bond as the former gets use to being rided, Leo arrives in Hoshido, and a mysterious new figure makes there presence in the royal family. Oh, and perhaps a TF as well. See you all then!