New AN: And now both of the twins have made their entrance. Again I really like this chapter, it's definitely going to be made a little longer in the new version of the fanfic.
AN: Hey guys! I did promise another chapter, so here it is. Morgan jumps in to protect his little sister. Chrom finally finds out the truth of his children...What will happen due to Melody's amnesia? Chapter start!
Disclaimer: *I don't own Fire Emblem, Nintendo does. I just use the characters in my own creative story!
Chapter Eighteen
~Melody~
Melody slowly blinked her eyes open and took in her surroundings. At first it was just a breathtakingly beautiful lake, but then Melody noticed the Risen. 'Wait how did I know they were called Risen?' Melody shook the feeling away and was instantly awake and stared at the battle scene before her. For some reason, the Risen weren't attacking her, either because they hadn't noticed her, or they were too focused on the man with bright, blue hair.
Melody had this terrible headache but she pushed it aside since she was on a battlefield.
She saw the blue haired man look at her and then shout at the remaining five Risen, "Come and get me, Risen!"
Melody watched amazed as the blue haired man managed to fight off all five Risen and she found herself cheering him on, even though she didn't know him. Her head throbbed again at that thought. 'I guess I do know him from somewhere...but where?'
Then Melody gasped when she saw the Risen start to get nicks on the young man's skin and she had to put her hand to her mouth to stop her scream. One of the Risen swung its steel sword and knocked the man's flashy sword up and as the blue haired man stumbled backwards, another Risen started to swing its silver axe toward him.
Melody was instantly on her feet and as if on instinct, she reached into the pouch at her side. 'Has that always been there?'
Her hands pulled out a big tattered book, and automatically flipped it to a page. It was written in this ancient runes but Melody could read them. 'Where did I learn how to do this?'
Melody put her hand on the page and her hand buzzed for a second and it felt like energy was coming from the book into her hand. She thrust her hand outwards towards the Risen and opened her mouth to shout loudly, "Oh mighty Earth, open up in rage and hoist up your flame! Flame of Death! Exhaust this foe with your Inferno! Ignotius!"
'What on earth am I saying? Wha...Oh my gosh!'
A huge wall of fire appeared in the spot where the Risen were once standing and Melody felt a surge of satisfaction to see them go up in flames.
'I have no idea how I did that...did I burn the young man?'
At this panicked thought, Melody gazed worriedly at the spot where the blue haired man should be and sighed in relief when she saw him standing a few feet away from where the blaze had occurred. He had a look of shock on his face but he seemed unharmed which was a good sign.
The blue haired man just seemed to stare at her for a moment before shaking his head and looking up at her.
"Um, thank you," the blue haired man said with a small, smile. "You saved my life."
Melody dusted off her coat and smiled back at blue haired man and asked, "No problem, I didn't burn you did I?"
'I really hope I didn't burn you...'
"No, you didn't," the blue haired man said. "I'm very surprised that you were able to control that spell so precisely. You are quite the accomplished mage."
'A mage? Is that what I am? A mage is a magical attack unit who can read tomes and cast magic...Wait, how did I know that?'
"I guess I am, although to be honest, I don't remember anything," Melody admitted sheepishly, running a hand through her hair.
The blue haired man looked at her in surprise, "Then you don't have any memories?"
"I literally don't remember anything beyond waking up in this field and seeing those undead things," Melody admitted. "The fire spell I did was sorta out of instinct."
The young man appeared to be lost in thought for a second before asking, "Do you remember your name?"
"Yes, I think so," Melody said, thinking for a bit.
'Why do you have to think? ...You know that your name is Melody...However, if you act too sure he won't believe your no memories story, even if it is true... I know nothing about this guy...he could be a bad person...I'd better proceed with caution...'
"Melody? Yes, that's it. My name is Melody."
The young man's eyes widened in surprise before quickly returning to a neutral expression. "I see," was all that the blue haired man could manage to say.
Melody put her hands on her hips and looked at the young man with a look of amusement. "Now, you aren't just going to ask a young woman for her name, without giving your own name in return?" she teased.
'I feel like I know you but I'm not sure just yet...'
"Ah, I'm sorry, my name is Chrom," he replied with a smile.
'That sounds really familiar...I wonder why...'
Chrom continued, "And apparently finding amnesiacs is one of my special talents. I met someone...someone very dear to me, in the same way. Her name is Robin."
Melody clutched her head and squinted her eyes shut as soon as Chrom said that name. Chrom reached out with his hand to touch her shoulder in concern.
'Ugh...that name...it triggers memories...this headache...it won't stop...'
"Are you okay?" Chrom asked.
"Aaahhh...my head...it's throbbing..." Melody managed to say.
'I'm not sure why, but his hand on my shoulder is comforting...but this headache...it's insane...'
Then, Melody felt his hand leave her shoulder and the headache subsided enough for her to look up. She saw Chrom hit his head on the ground a few feet away and she gasped. Then she noticed another person in the scene, a young man, a bit taller than her, wearing the same coat as she wore. He even had the same shade of hair, just well you know shorter.
'Who is this young man? Why does he look exactly like me?'
Melody looked at the young man's face which was scrunched up in a look of anger. "Stay away from my sister," the young man growled.
Melody saw Chrom weakly try to sit up before passing out on the ground, most likely from the force of the blow landed by the back end of the purple haired man's sword.
'Wait...did he just say sister?'
The young man turned towards her, returning his sword to the sheath at his side. He looked at her and smiled brightly, "He didn't hurt you, did he Melody?"
'Ok...how does he know my name? ...Is he my brother? ...argh my head is starting to hurt again...'
"I'm sorry, I don't know who you are," Melody admitted.
"It's me, Melody, Morgan," the young man said. "Don't tell me you forgot your own twin brother?"
"Twin?!" Melody exclaimed in shock.
"You really don't remember? This isn't a joke right? If it is a joke, it isn't funny..." Morgan said with a look of worry on his face.
"I really don't remem- arghhh..." Melody started to say before another headache hit her with full force.
"Melody! Melody, are you okay?" Morgan exclaimed worriedly.
~Morgan~
'She doesn't know who I am...How can she not know who I am?'
Morgan looked over at his father, anger burning in his eyes.
'Did my father...did this man...do something to my sister...to my little sister...to my Melody...'
He instantly ran over to Chrom and grabbed the man by the scruff of his shirt. He was just starting to regain his consciousness.
"What did you do to my sister?! What have you done to her?!" Morgan exclaimed angrily.
Chrom looked at him confused for a bit, and then the prince wore a look of defiance. "I didn't do anything to her, she had amnesia Morgan. Robin had amnesia when I first meet her."
Morgan's eyes flashed with worry but then regained their anger. "How do I know that isn't a lie? What if this is permanent?! What if she never remembers me?!"
'I can't lose Melody...She's all I have except for Mother...'
Morgan felt a soft hand touch his arm and he looked back to see his sister looking at him.
"Please, Morgan, Chrom didn't do anything to me... I think it's the memory loss, but I have these huge headaches...I remember my name and I remember you now...Not everything about you, but I do remember who you are now. I think it's only temporary, I know that I'll remember more things with time."
Morgan smiled a little in relief, letting go of Chrom's shirt. The prince stood put and dusted himself off and stared at Morgan with a questioning glance.
Morgan stared back with disdain. "Even so, if he did anything to you, even if he is our father, I wouldn't forgive him. Not if he had hurt you."
"Father?" Melody echoed.
"F-father?!" Chrom exclaimed shocked.
'Oh crap...What on earth did I just say? ...It just sorta slipped out...it's what I was thinking...I was so worried about Melody I didn't carefully select my words.'
"Ah, I mean, that is to say..." Morgan tried to fix his mistake but there was no way he could undo what he had said.
"Morgan," his mother called. "Are you hurt? We need to get all the Shepherds healed!"
Morgan sighed with relief when he heard his mother's call, this was just the excuse he needed. "Come on, Melody, I'll introduce you to our mother. I promise I will get your memories back."
Morgan started to pull Melody away from Chrom, but a hand grabbed Morgan's other arm. Morgan turned around and stared at his father.
"Wait," Chrom said. "What you just said...Am I really your father?"
'Well, there's no turning back now...'
Morgan slowly slid his coat down and showed his father, his Brand on his left shoulder. Then he readjusted his coat to hide the Brand and walked away from his father, pulling Melody with him.
"Morgan," Melody said, when they were out of earshot of Chrom. "Why do you hate our father?"
Morgan took a deep breath and slowly explained, "That man is no father to us, everything will become clear when you regain your memories."
"But, he looked really happy, shocked, but happy when you showed him that mark on your shoulder. It matches the one on his right shoulder actually. Why does he seem so happy? What does the mark mean?" Melody asked.
Morgan smiled a little bit at all of his sister's questions, she had asked him these very same questions when they were ten years old, two naive little children, first opening the boxes left for them by their mother.
"The answer to the first question, is an answer only mother and father can give. The mark is the Brand of the Exalt, our father is the Prince of Ylisse, and we are his children. Anyone of the House Ylisse bloodline inheirits this mark somewhere on the body. It is a proud symbol and it links us to our father. Yours in on your right hand." Morgan said.
Melody nodded along with what he was saying, "This all sounds very familiar. I know that you answered these questions for me before."
Morgan laughed and said, "Yes, I did. I'm glad you remember." He ruffled his sister's hair.
"I promise, Morgan, I will do my best to regain my memories," Melody declared with a smile.
Morgan laughed at his sister's antics and ruffled her hair again.
~Chrom~
Morgan slowly slid his coat down and showed his left shoulder to Chrom, and the Prince was shocked to see the Brand on Morgan's left shoulder. Morgan quickly readjusted his coat to hide the brand and walked away from Chrom, pulling Melody along with him.
'Father...huh?' Chrom smiled at that thought and he felt a surge of love flow through him and a sense of deep relief. Robin did love him, she didn't find someone else.
'Morgan and Melody are my... my son and daughter.'
AN: Success! Chapter published in one day! I have made up for the weeks that I missed. I hope you enjoy! Next chapter, Melody meets her mother, Morgan tries to figure out a way to cure Melody's amnesia, and the news that he is Morgan and Melody's father finally sinks in for Chrom. Wil the other Shepherds find out? How will Sumia react? Frederick? Robin? Lissa? Lucina?Next chapter should be up by Wednesday! Follow, Favorite and Review plz! Thank you to all the people who like the story! :)
