New AN: Out of all of the old chapters I think I really like this one the most. It's where I was able to really shine by bringing in my original character Morgan into the fray. He's a lot of fun to write about, Melody as well.

AN: Back again guys! Hopefully I can get back into the groove and get the weekly updates again. Here's the next chapter, the one that you have all been waiting for...Entrance of Morgan and Melody. Since the story has different circumstances than the videogame, the dialogue will be different. Melody has her own paralogue that I created. It will hopefully be published very soon. :) Hope you like it! Extra will be included later to explain how they traveled back in time.

Side note: Theme song for this story, "At the Beginning" in the movie Anastasia. I think of this song when I'm writing this story. It fits the story so well.

*Disclaimer: I don't own Fire Emblem, Nintendo does. I just use the characters in my own creative story.

Chapter Fifteen

~Chrom~

The Shepherds were heading towards a massive ice fortress in the North in order to get an ancient artifact said to be there. Not all of the Shepherds were there, as some were still loading supplies onto the boats and others were out looking for any of the other future children. So today, their group was small. Chrom, Sumia, Lucina, Lissa, Lon'qu, Frederick, Olivia, Gaius, and Robin were all curious as to whether or not this ancient artifact existed.

Well, at least most of the group was excited. Robin had wanted to stay in Port Ferox to work on more strategy plans for when they eventually fought the Valmese. Chrom also had a hunch that Robin was just trying to avoid him and even though their relationship was over, Robin was still his tactician. For some reason, his gut told him that his tactician needed to go on this side mission. Chrom had a hunch that they would run into trouble that would require her strategic expertise.

'I wonder if we will find the artifact...'

~Across the ice field~

A tall, skinny, young man who looked about nineteen years old rubbed his dark purple hair. He sat up and looked around at his surroundings, scratching his head.

"Wh-where am I? How'd I end up here?" he asked aloud. He heard a groan behind him and he spun around to face a group of Risen shambling towards him. He calmly reached into his dark cloak with purple markings and pulled out a steel sword. "Bring it on Risen!" the young man shouted.

'I seem to remember how to fight, my name, my mother, and...MELODY! My sister...Where is Melody?!'

Morgan gripped his sword even tighter and ran at the Risen shouting in fury.

'I must find Melody! I promised that I would always protect her. I need to find her! My beloved twin sister!'

~Robin~

"Is this the place?" Robin asked.

"Yeah, it's got to be," Chrom said, looking anywhere but at Robin's face. "The townsfolk spoke of ruins in these parts that carry the legacy of the divine dragon. Of course, they neglected to mention that the place is crawling with Risen... I suppose we're just going to have to earn this treasure the old-fashioned way."

Robin nodded in agreement as she looked out among the icy blue ruins.

'I hate this distance that has grown between Chrom and I...but I don't know how to fix it...I did tell him that we were over...I guess it will take a while for us to be friends again...it's times like these when I wish I could have Morgan and Melody by my side...'

~Morgan~

"Footsteps! ...Probably not friendly. And likely more down those stairs..." Morgan said aloud, talking to himself. He tended to do that a lot, especially when he was thinking. At least, that's what Melody would always say to him. "Think, Morgan, think! How would Mom handle this? I don't know! I barely knew my mother, the last time I saw her was when I was really little...Ugh...How would Melody handle this?...I need to find her..."

Morgan slashed down another Risen in frustration and then he scratched the back of his head, squinting one eye and thinking hard about a solution. While he was thinking so hard, a group of Risen were getting closer and closer to him. Morgan looked up and refocused on the battle when he looked up and realized that he was now surrounded by a lot of Risen.

~Chrom~

The Shepherds became to fight the Risen that were close by in an attempt to get the treasure. At some point, Chrom had lost track of Robin, and in a way he was grateful. He had been working extremely hard to control his emotions but he was really glad for some time to himself. About halfway through the battle, Sumia had to head back to get some healing for some of her injuries and Chrom continued through the ice fortress on foot.

After walking for a bit on foot, Chrom saw a figure in a familiar cloak fighting with a steel sword against a group of Risen. Robin was completely surrounded by Risen and since she was using her sword that meant her temporary battle tome had been worn out. He started hurriedly fighting his way toward her in order to give her a new thunder tome.

'I'm...I'm coming...Robin...'

"Robi-" Chrom started to say, but stopped as the figure he thought was Robin lowered their hood. Chrom was shocked that the hood lowered to reveal short, dark purple hair instead of long, bright purple hair. A shiver went through Chrom, as if he should know this person but he didn't know him at the same time.

"Mmm? Who are you?" the young man asked with a confused face. Then Chrom thought that for a split second he saw recognition flash across the young man's face, but it disappeared almost immediately.

"I would ask you the same," Chrom replied. "More importantly, why are you here? This is hardly a safe place to be wandering alone."

"I...have my reasons," the young man said. "And I can handle myself, so no, I don't need any protection." With that the young man walked turned briskly, his cloak swishing after him as he walked boldly towards more of the Risen. As the young man turned something bright blue flashed in the sunlight from the young man's hand.

'Was that a ring? Why was he wearing a ring?'

Chrom watched in awe as the young man cut down row after row of Risen, with a swordplay style that was Robin's yet not Robin's at the same time. The prince knew he had to talk to the young man again but when Chrom looked up to follow him, the young man had disappeared.

"Argh, where did you go?" Chrom asked aloud.

"Where did who go?" Chrom heard his wife say behind him.

"A young man," Chrom said, scratching his head as he turned to Sumia. "He was fighting the Risen all by himself just know and I had a short conversation."

"And he just disappeared?" Sumia asked.

"Yes, I don't know where he went," Chrom said, looking around again.

"Do you know his name?" Sumia asked.

"No, I was about the offer him help since we are both attempting to kill these Risen, but the young man refused my help and walked away," Chrom said.

"Well, I hate to interrupt your conundrum, my love, but we need to focus on these Risen," Sumia said as she sliced down an approaching monster. "We can look for your mystery man later."

Chrom just sighed and rushed off with Sumia to fight the other Risen hordes in their search for the artifact.

~Robin~

Robin rushed off as soon as the battle started in the opposite direction as Chrom did, this was a battlefield, she couldn't afford to be distracted by Chrom and his insanely handsome face. She pummeled any Risen that came near her with a thunder spell.

'Stupid Chrom...stupid Chrom...Stupid heart...stop beating so fast...focus Robin...focus on the battle.'

Robin continued to run through the ice fortress taking down any Risen that dared come near her. Then a huge hoard of them rushed at her and she quickly formulated a Mjölnir spell to strike them all down. "Take that you ugly things!" Robin shouted.

However, her spell missed the last Risen at the back of the group and it started to charge towards her. Robin's face paled and she swayed a little.

'Crap. I used too much mana...I can't move...Am I...Am I going to die here?'

Suddenly, the Risen got split in half and turned to dust immediately. Robin stared in awe at the figure before her. It was a young man who looked about the age of nineteen and he had...dark...purple...hair...Robin gasped and put her hand over her mouth.

'It this who I think this is? No, it can't be...Is this...Morgan...my Morgan...my son...'

~Morgan~

'That encounter was way too close for comfort...who thought that I would run into my father...he looks just like the pictures that mother put in my box that I opened when I was ten...this really is the past...maybe now...I can save my mother...she dies because of father...I will save her...if I ever have to see Melody's crying face ever again...I will never forget that day...when we found our mother's body...no don't think about that Morgan...focus on finding Melody...and avoiding father...and finding mother...'

Morgan ran faster and faster through the field, slicing down Risen as he went. Then he saw her. His mother. Robin. There she was. His mother. The one who promised to come back but never did. The one that he never got to meet up until now. He watched in awe as his mother's bright, purple hair and her cloak swirled around her as she struck down Risen with her thunder tome. Morgan smiled to himself.

'Melody's fighting style really is just like mother's.'

Morgan closed his eyes as he remembered fighting with his sister. Knowing exactly where she would strike and covering for her blind spots while she did the same for him. He imagined himself by his mother's side, protecting her from anything that could harm her. Then Morgan heard a shout from across the field.

"Take that you ugly things!"

Morgan's eyes shot open from the shout as he watched his mother do a Mjölnir spell. He gasped, knowing that the spell wouldn't hit all of the Risen that were charging towards his mother. Melody had tried the same spell before and she missed one Risen and almost got fatally wounded. He was able to get there in time to slice the Risen with his sword. Morgan knew that his mother would miss at least one of the Risen so he ran towards her, his steel sword out and gleaming in the sun.

He was a few paces away when he saw the panicked look on his mother's face as the remaining Risen started charging towards her. Just as Morgan had predicted, the spell had missed one Risen and his mother was out of mana. She tried to pull her sword out in time but Morgan knew that her sword wouldn't make it. Morgan kept running and closed his eyes, activating a skill; the young man flew forward with his sword out as cherry blossoms exploded around him. He cut the Risen straight in half and breathed a sigh of relief as the Risen disintegrated into purple smoke.

Morgan stood there proudly with his steel sword at his side, he looked off into the distance for a bit and then turned his head to find his mother staring at him with wide eyes.

'Crap. Does she recognize me? ...What do I say? ...What can I say? ...I mean in this time, I'm still a baby...about a year and a half old I think...and suddenly I'm nineteen...This won't be easy to explain...have they run into the other future children...have they met HER! ...Can I just walk away?'

"You should be more careful when using that spell, miss," Morgan finally said.

'Really?! That's the best that you could come up with, Morgan. Melody could think of something way better...hmm...now how to leave without her asking any questions. I can't meet Mother right now

"I have to get going," Morgan said, drawing his hood up and starting to walk briskly away, but he felt a soft hand grasp his. He looked back in surprise to find his mother examining his ring.

'Crap. I forgot to take that off...now she definitely knows who I am...'

"This ring..." his mother said slowly. She walked closer to him and looked at his face, she lowered his hood and stroked his dark purple hair gently. Morgan's instincts told him to run away, and find Melody, instead of meeting his mother. But for some reason Morgan couldn't bring himself to move. Robin then slid his coat off of his arms to check his left shoulder.

'You really are my mother...only you would know what this ring means to the two of us...only you would know to look on my left shoulder...It's wonderful to finally meet you...my dearest mother...'

His mother looked up at him with tears in the corners or her eyes as she slipped his coat back on. She looked him straight in the eye, her brown eyes piercing his, asking a silent question.

Morgan smiled and nodded at his mother to confirm her silent question. Tears flowed down his mother's cheeks and she stepped forward quickly and gave him a hug. The young man smiled, thinking how funny it seemed that he was taller than his mother. He stroked her hair gently and comforted her while she cried happily. Then Morgan felt his mother squeeze his right hand.

Morgan knew immediately that his mother was asking about his other half, his beloved sister, Melody. He squeezed back to tell his mother that he had not found Melody yet.

Morgan whispered in Robin's ear, "I promise you this Mother, I will not rest until I find her and our little family can be whole for the first time. I promise you. I will find her."

AN: Aww...such a cute reunion...what will Chrom's reaction be when he finds out the mysterious stranger is his son...when and where will Morgan and Robin find Melody...how will the others take the news that Robin has children...how will Chrom take it? Lisa? Frederick? Sumia? Lucina? i can hardly wait for the next chapter. It should be up next weekend. Thanks for reading. Be sure to write a review with any suggestions or criticisms that you might have. I read all the comments and try to reply to them asap! Luv you guys!