Lucina hadn't known much about the story of The Pheraean army other than they won against overwhelming odds against Bern and that they had a talented leader. That leader was of course, Roy.

However, seeing him in battle was on her to-do list. she is rather curious as to why Anna called him weak.

"So you're Roy huh?" Lucina tried to feign ignorance.

"Indeed I am. Have you heard of me?" Roy asked quite curiously. He thought maybe she had due to his Father's exploits.

"Um.. well I-"

"Lord Roy! the break is over, we must make haste to castle Pherae!" Marcus appeared seemingly out of nowhere.

While Roy was slightly startled, Lucina quickly jumped up and unsheathed Falchion, pointing it in the direction of where she heard the voice.

"Whoa! Its alright Lucina, His name is Marcus and he is on our side!" Roy was quite amazed by how fast and precise her movements were. Meanwhile, Lucina lowered her blade, and quickly apologized.

"I-I'm sorry! I don't do well with surprises..."

"No harm done Milady. It was rather rude of me to barge in like that." Marcus then turned to Roy and said, "Pardon the interruption Lord Roy, but we really must be going."

"Of course, shall we then?" Roy turned to Lucina, "It seems you know what you're doing with that blade rather well. You can join us if you like, we offer money, housing, or schooling for your services."

"Yes, I think I will join you. where are we headed?"

Roy balled his fists and responded, "To Pherae, we have a castle to reclaim."

On the way to castle Pherae, Lucina was on horseback with Roy. She wondered what gods or godesses they worshipped. More pressingly, she wondered if they knew of Naga Or Grima. 'Perhaps these are questions for later, they might not worship anyone.' Though she could not help but wonder if the brand in her eye would give her away. 'Naga is a divine dragon... the people killed dragons in this world, it was called the scouring. Oh gods, if someone recognizes the brand, will they kill me?' She really wanted to put on the butterfly mask Gerome gave her but was afraid it may raise questions. 'Gerome.. I hope the others are okay. I was fortunate enough to land near Pherae'

"So, tell me about yourself Lucina." Roy started, then continued with "I am quite curious, and that... weird thing in your eye is quite interesting. What is it?"

'Well, he sure is perceptive, I'll give him that.'

Lucina wondered how much she should tell him. She decided to be a bit on the vague side of things. "It is..a birthmark I suppose."

"Birthmark? What does it mean?"

Lucina thought for a few seconds. "In my country, it shows that we are of royal blood."

"Ah. So you are a princess then?"

"Yes, i'm the Princess of Ylisse."

"Huh? Ylisse? My apologies, I haven't heard of such a place."

"Ah.. um about that... it is a little hard to explain."

"It's okay, you don't have to tell me everything. So you're a Princess? Well you sure look like one." Roy blushed immediately upon saying those words. "S-sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Lucina's face was crimson, mirroring Roy's. "N-no it is alright, I know you didn't mean anything by it.. So you're a Prince Correct? I heard Marcus call you 'Lord Roy'.

"Well.. sort of. I'm the son of the marquess of Pherae."

There was sort of an awkward silence a little afterwards. Until a certain Paladin called out to Roy.

"There it is Lord Roy, castle Pherae!" Marcus gave the order for everyone to rally around Roy for the strategy plan.

"Lord Roy, we must make haste, Lady Lillina and Lord Eliwood are in there! Lance and Alan had scouted the area and came back to report.

Roy was quickly giving out orders to all the troops and they started moving out.

"Lucina, stay with me, we have the advantage because they're wielding axes!"

"Right!" Lucina turned to Roy and saw he was struggling with a bandit. She quickly dashed to him and saved him.

"Urg..Thanks for the save."

Roy looked mildly injured. Lucina gave a nod and returned into the fray, taking out multiple foes at once.

Roy was amazed by just how strong Lucina was. He wouldn't be surprised if she could take them all on herself. To him, her battle prowess rivaled that of Marcus.

Lucina wasn't tiring out anytime soon. even though she just came here from the future, these bandits were total pushovers. she had not even broken a sweat. 'Roy struggled against only one of these bandits? That will not do.'

After about 2 minutes, the battle was over, much to the surprise of both Lucina, Roy and his comrades.

"Um.. that was it?" Wolt asked Bors.

"Erm, I suppose so. Sir Marcus, what happened to all the enemies?"

Marcus pointed to a bloodied Lucina who had already taken down the bandit boss and the bandits surrounding the destroyed village.

"I have no idea where she came from, but her techniques are flawless, she was striking very disciplined, precise, quick and accurate...I think she could even best me in a duel..." Marcus stated with surprise showing.

"Y-ya think so?!" Wolt asked mouth agape. "Roy, did you find her? You sure are talented at finding pretty women. Why don't you try to woo her? Heh, that is if she doesn't beat you into the ground first."

Roy's face turned a dark red as he said embarrased, " W-woo her!?" Roy stuttered. "I think we're getting a little bit ahead of ourselves!" Wolt raised his eyebrow at that and said, "So you are interested in her?" Roy flinched and said, "N-no, that's not what I meant!" Wolt guffawed saying, "Relax Roy, it was just a joke." "Well I-I didn't think it was that funny.." Roy responded, With Wolt giving Roy a playful punch on the arm.

Lucina had no idea that the battle was over. Though they were easy opponents, she felt sick to her stomach, and she knew why. She had never killed before. The Risen were already dead and lives were valuable to her. she almost threw up when her mind came back to the gruesome images of battle until she saw the others come up to her. She cursed at herself when she realized she got carried away and left them behind.

"Um.. h-hello Lucina.. How in the world did you do that?!" Roy asked, bewildered.

"Do what?" she asked feigning confusion.

"This.. all of this. Marcus is our finest soldier and he wouldn't be able to pull that off as easy as you did!" Lucina was blushing at the compliments then realized what they were for. She suddenly became crestfallen.

"Roy.. have you ever... killed before?" Roy's expression mirrored hers. "No.. no I haven't." Roy then put a hand on her shoulder then said, "I haven't killed before, but there will be time for mourning later. Don't worry Lucina, I feel the same way, but I promise you that my comrades and I will help you carry the burden. Killing is by no means justifiable. But we will do whatever it takes to protect the ones we care about."

"Roy... thank you.. truly." Lucina said with a smile.

Everyone was checking for any injuries while Roy went inside the castle to greet his father Eliwood and Lillina, his childhood friend.

"Father! Lillina! Thank the gods you two are safe. I feared I wouldn't make it in time!"

Eliwood turned around to face Roy "Roy, is that you?

Lillina ran to Roy and gave him a bear hug then she went outside to meet with Bors.

Eliwood breathed a sigh of relief, "Roy, thank you for coming this far, I apologize.

Roy shook his head, "No father it is alright, more pressingly, how is your health?

Eliwood grinned "I'm still alive, see? But Roy, you know why I called you here right?"

Roy nodded his head "Of course father, I am to lead Pherae's army in your stead and meet up with the Lycian Alliance Army."

"Indeed." Eliwood balled his fists, "As you may know, Bern has started to conquer Lycia. So we must follow the ancient rule and send our military to protect Lycia!"

"Of course father! I won't disappoint you!"

Eliwood looked at him with a smile which was soon replaced with a deep frown. "I really didn't want to send for you because you were studying.. but I am too ill, I would only get in the way of everyone else..."

"Father..." Roy turned and saw his friend from the entrance.

"Mister Eliwood, I will accompany Roy!" Lilina said with determination. "My father is in charge of Lycia's main army."

She then shuffled her feet nervously "A-and I've been practicing my magic recently, I could be of some use to Roy.."

"No Lillina, You will return to Ostia."

"What? Why?"

"With your father's absence, there is nobody sitting on the throne of Ostia. The people must be feeling nervous and uptight." Eliwood continued. "Since you are the daughter of the marquess, I imagine you would ease the tension of the people." Eliwood shook his head with a smile. "Not to mention, your father will kill both me and Roy if something happened to you." Eliwood became serious again. "So, am I wrong?"

"...No sir." Lilina then turned around to make a request of Bors.

Eliwood turned back to his son, who was listening in silence. "Roy, you must go to the Bern border to meet up with a mercenary group that I arranged a contract with. Merlinus will accompany you, he should helpful with his knowledge." Roy then stepped forward and gave Eliwood an intense bear hug, much to his dismay. "Ngh.. Roy you realize that I am ill correct?" Though he said that with a stern voice, he had a smile on his face that would not come off. "Oh.. sorry father.. but anyways, thank you for everything, I hope I can live up to your expectations."

"Don't worry Roy, i'm positive you'll do an astounding job. Now go, you have quite the journey ahead of you. Go and fight, show them just who you are, the next marquess of Pherae!"

"Yes father!! I will bring peace to Elibe!!

and with that, Roy went outside to meet with the others when he was stopped by Lilina. "Roy.. be careful" she gave him a quick embrace. "I know Lilina, I will. You be sure to stay out of trouble alright, safe travels." Lilina was about to leave until she caught sight of a blue haired woman whose hair looked almost identical. 'Who is that? We look pretty similar.' She decided to make conversation with her.

Lucina was enjoying looking at the waters next to the ruins of the village. She heard footsteps behind her, she put her hand on the hilt of Falchion, but turned and saw a youthful girl around her mid teens and she quickly relinquished her grip on Falchion.

"My apologies, I thought you may have been an enemy." Lucina said averting her gaze.

"Er, it is fine, I don't believe we've met before. Are you a new recruit in Roy's army?"

Lucina turned to look at her. She had Hair only a shade lighter than hers, a tome in her left hand, and elegant headband, though she was wearing a cloak that mages commonly wear.

"A-are you okay?"

'I really need to stop doing that.'

O-oh, sorry about that, yes I just joined with him not too long ago.

"I see.. In that case.." She extended her hand to Lucina. "My name is Lilina, I'm Roy's Friend!"

Lucina took the offered handshake.

"My name is Lucina."

"Well it was nice meeting you Lucina, pardon me, but I must be going to Ostia to 'ease the tension of the people' or so Mister Eliwood calls it." Lilina gave a slight pout and a sigh. "I know he means well but I want to be useful. Anyways, I shouldn't trouble you with this, farewell Lucina.

"Farewell..."

And with that, Lilina took off on horseback while Lucina thought about what she said. She only read parts of the history books, but she had a gut feeling Lilina was in trouble.

'Well, Sir Hector is her father. I think she will be alright.'

She then heard the order made by Roy that they were ready to march.

A/n: welp, there goes another chapter. i'm ok with how this one turned out. I hope to improve though.

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