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LinksTwin 2237; Thanks for the nice review! :D I'm glad you like my fic. Since you were the only one who asked for an Einherjar, and I quite liked the idea of having our meme boy with us, here you go!
Anon: Here you go! I'm sorry for taking a bit longer than usual, but I wanted to make a higher quality chapter than the rest. I probably won't update once a day like the first chapters since that'd just be me giving you guys garbage and I don't want that.
Chapter 5: I don't follow canon
You know, the game had you assume that they went to do this political thingy with Ferox right away, but it actually took two weeks before Emmeryn even told Chrom that they would have to leave for the Regna Ferox for a political mission. Huh. I had gotten into a sort of routine with the shepherds (which included Sully drilling me every morning into the fucking ground, saying that I needed to up my game if I wanted to be a true Shepherd) so I was sad to see them go, even if it was just for a while.
Yup. You heard me. I wasn't going as well.
Chrom said I was too young to go on their mission and needed more training, and for once I wasn't against that idea. I mean, the fact that he treated me like a kid still pissed me off, but I wasn't looking forward to killing real people and I still had the Outrealm gate to go to. I was mostly chilling at the garrison while getting to know people better. Some people I actually liked to talk to and was even friends with. I have actually made a journal about my relationship with people! I copied that one from Robin. I also wrote down all the details I had on the future so I wouldn't forget since I already don't remember pretty much the entirety of the Valm Arc aside from the fact that Walhart's the bad guy but not really. Anyways! The relationships:
Chrom 4.5/10
My relationship with Chrom is… shaky at best. Neither of us seem to know what to say in the other's presence since he knows my backstory so we just tend to ignore each other and try to go on with our lives. It could be worse, to be honest.
Support: N/A
Robin 8/10
Robin is actually a really cool person aside from being a bit meek! He told me that we all have our troubled pasts and we should not judge people from it. He even told me he had started to remember a little, and between those things, being plegian! I don't know what this means for canon, but I'm happy that he's starting to remember. And being the friend of everybody Mary Sue he somehow managed to drag me into this as well. Overall, I like him.
Support: C
Lissa 3/10
Lissa just downright avoids me. I think what I said might have shocked her, but I seriously have no idea how to proceed on this front.
Support: N/A
Frederick: ?/10
I… actually never spoke to the guy after the few words we exchanged the first night. I guess he's distrustful of me as per usual…?
Support: N/A
Sully: 7.5/10
I honestly can't decide if I hate her or love her (not in the romantic way, mind you). She's one of my teachers when it comes to spear, we make friendly banter, she's a cool person but she's way too aggressive sometimes. And tends to get drunk. That's something the game skimmed over. Overall, I can easily say she's a friend, just not one of the closest ones.
Support: N/A
Virion ?/10
I can never get a read of this guy. One moment he's acting smart and the other he just proceeds to dump all those smarts into the trash bin, especially when he's skirt chasing. I honestly have no idea what goes through this guy's mind, although he can't be that bad… I think.
Support: N/A
Miriel: 9/10
She's amazing. After three days she pulled me aside and… slapped me on the upside of the I asked her what that was for she simply handed me a mirror and told me to look in my eyes. I noticed that they were glowing green instead of the usual dull brown and I asked her what it meant. To her apparently magic is like a muscle. This is something that happens when you have an affinity for magic, but it never had a chance to manifest before, such as being healed (because your own magic helps a lot in that regard), protecting the body from other magic that assaults your body (something I've never encountered) or just simply casting magic. She was shocked to find out that the only magic I'd been exposed to until now was being healed once by Lissa's staff, and told me that if I ever wanted to be adept in magic I would have to get rid of my "Magical Atrophy", and she gave me a book that she had made just for me (That I was only to use only under her supervision) which basically made a constant stream of wind from the palms of my hands.
Using magic actually hurt and strained me a lot but she said that while I wouldn't be using my magic offensively anytime soon, I would soon stop aching from using magic. To fill the time that I was using magic she started teaching me magical theory, which almost immediately changed to making me learn the language after she realized I didn't understand Akaneian even though the magic books chants were surprisingly written in English. When I told her that I could understand what the books said she basically went starry eyed and dragged me off to the library to read for her. Most of the books were about mundane arguments, (but I actually found a secret book that I stole), but she was happy nonetheless.
I was pretty happy myself about having such a good teacher.
Support: B
Vaike 6.5/10
Vaike's been trying to be a "big brother" and a "role model" for me these weeks. He's a decent guy, but I seriously don't wanna find myself becoming a Vaike v2 so I've been mostly avoiding him. Sorry bud.
Support: N/A
Stahl 7/10
He does his thing and I do mine. It happened once or twice that we hung out but that's really all I have to say about the green cavalier. He's a nice guy.
Support N/A
Sumia 7.5/10
I actually met Sumia more times when going to the stables to see Zephyr. She's like the sweetest girl in the world, and I actually enjoy her company a lot. I've been helping her with the pegasi once or twice and she tried (and failed) to help me with Zephyr. I wish I had spent more time with her, but alas.
Support: N/A
Ricken ?/10
Who? I honestly couldn't find the guy anywhere in the garrison. Was he doing something else in this time period? I honestly have no idea.
Kellam 8/10
The guy's a really good friend. Has sound advice whenever I don't know what to do, has been training with me and teaching me how to wield a lance properly (my form was apparently horrible even if I thought it was at least ok) and is always willing to listen whenever I feel down or angry about something. He's a nice guy.
Support: C
Zephyr ?/10
He's a fucking lunatic. Sometimes it seems he likes me, then he hates me, then he likes me again. He hasn't let me ride him even once though, the asshole.
And yeah. That's about it. I'm having a chill breakfast (instead of sully breaking me fast, heh) while the shepherds are departing. Most of them say goodbye on the way out and I replied in kind but that's about it. Feels kinda anticlimactic considering this is an expedition that will serve to get us new political allies. Now that I think about it, I won't get to meet Lucina till WAY later on in the story, which is a shame. Now that I think about it… is there a future me? Did he sacrifice himself as well for the children?
But right as I'm musing the complications and divergences from canon that would come with if I played any sort of role in the future, Stahl comes out running "Ahh I'm late! Oh no! The muffins and cakes!" He had a toon tear rolling out of his eyes as he managed to grab only a pair of muffins before running away. Miriel made me promise to do the exact same exercise I've been doing for the past week without trying to break my limit while Kellam put a hand on my shoulder and wished me good luck for my own mission.
Sighing, I finished my breakfast before sitting up to go to the stables (the horse ones this time). I had business to do as well. Chrom (in his immense generosity) said I could pick a horse to go to the Outrealm gate faster to discover if I could go back to my world, so I simply took a horse at random and mounted it the way sully had showed me. It would take three days' worth of travel to get there if I didn't press the pace. I packed rations, water, the remaining little bit of elixir and obviously my lance (Also I had a javelin now, yay!)
And I went. On my way there, literally nothing of interest happened aside from me passing by Southtown to sell the secret book I stole to an Anna (skill is one of the most useless stats in fire emblem anyways) and so I went to the port to get a passage from another Anna (I'm fairly sure they reproduce the same way cells do). I was about to go find a place to chill when suddenly I slammed into a woman, who dropped a tome and a few cards came out of it while I dropped my own tome that Miriel lent me for practice. She looked a LOT like Aversa. Actually, I'm fairly sure that this is the Aversa that stole Old Hubba's cards. But I'd be suicidal to try and take her on so…
"My apologies." She said after gathering her cards and as I was about to reply she was already gone. Weird I thought, but I simply picked up my book and noticed the card that was hiding right under it.
The card was face down, and scribbled in pen was written Our Boy. I smiled. I guess my luck was turning up today. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket? It's not any day you get an Einherjar at random, and a prince at that. Despite the fact that I wanted to summon him badly right now, I doubt that he would take kindly to just being stared at. Not that I had any idea of how to summon him. And we were likely gonna fight soon anyways.
The following day we (me, really, I hadn't seen any passengers on that boat) reached the island where the Outrealm Gate was on. And… it really was the only thing on the island. Stretching for about 20 kilometers, the island had no structure beside the massive gate that contained a portal that just couldn't decide if it was 2d or 3d, switching every few seconds or so.
"Boo."
I jumped away from whatever was behind me with a shriek and as I turned I saw that a redhead was currently laughing and holding her stomach.
"I-heh- I'm sorry, but you were so engrossed looking at the gate that I couldn't resist." She snickered. "Anyways welcome to the Outrealm gate, yadda yadda, what is your business here?"
And the question that would decide my fate from now on.
"Does the gate lead to Earth?" I asked. Internally, I was sweating cold. Despite how much I liked it here I can't deny that I wouldn't enjoy a lifetime of war against a possibly world-ending god. But would I truly be happy on the other side living a life I didn't enjoy in a world I gave up on?
Thankfully, the Anna took the choice of answering that question from me.
"Sadly, no. Earth is a particularly difficult dimension to pinpoint, and the gates appear all over the place for just a few seconds. The longer one lasted two weeks and it began pouring travellers in the sea like there was no tomorrow in a few dozen timelines."
Wait, so Asleep and all the fanfictions that came from there are real? Damn. I never got to finish reading it. (Hint hint please continue writing it whoever's the author hint hint)
A part of me was relieved though at the fact that I didn't have a choice. It made things a hell of a lot easier. The only thing I had left to do now were…
"Could you please load Champions of Yore 1? And I'd need to see whichever other map I can do." Anna rolled her eyes in response.
"Yeah, go break the fourth wall, why don't you? It's not like you have to repair it, it's always up to us Annas…" She grumbled.
"Oh, please, like you don't do that yourself enough." And then she was suddenly in my face looking at me with the scariest expression I had ever seen.
"We tap at it. TAP AT IT. You fucking barrelled into it with a sledgehammer!" She shouted at me.
"Meep." I muttered, suddenly feeling a whole lot more intimidated. Never be said that Annas aren't scary.
"Whatever, for free you can do "Champions of Yore 1" where you can bring maximum 7 units, "Trial of Spirit" where you're on your own, or… maybe…" She suddenly was behind me whispering in my ear "would you like to try "Apotheosis"? I'm itching to pick up my lance again you know…" And I was suddenly left shuddering.
"Yeah, no thanks. What is "Trial of Spirit"?" I was curious. I'm fairly sure that this was never a thing in Awakening.
"Ah, your other timeline self told me that I could let you access to that when, and I quote "He will be able to hear the voice of the wind". Paid a pretty penny too." She shrugged. "You don't look like you'd be strong enough to do it anyways." And what kind of cryptic bullshit is that? But something else came to mind.
"My other timeline self? So this means this is the timeline where Lucina came back?" I asked. Maybe there was some hope then!
"Yup. You won't have to watch your friends and family get slaughtered. You've already done that once." Wow is this Anna bitter. Why do I get all the grumps?
Wait. Family?
"Wait, what?! Does that mean I get married?!" I asked, panicked.
"Ah, but that would be telling." She said with a sly smile.
Oh no.
I really can't imagine myself with a wife. And a child? Please. I'd be a terrible father. I don't even know HOW should I look after a baby.
And then I sneezed.
Somewhere in the north
"ATCHOO!" A young girl sneezed. She had bright green hair, an overall medium build hidden by the large cloak she wore. She was right out of a cottage in the woods, the whole area coated in snow for kilometres. "Are you alright, buttercup? It mustn't do you go good to stay out here in the cold. How about a cup of tea inside?"
"Hm? Oh. Thanks Inigo. Don't worry, I was just thinking about my father. I'd love a cup of tea with you." She smiled back at him.
"Then let us get inside! We're sure to catch a cold if we stay out here in the snow. Hell knows Uncle Nick would come back from the grave just to tell us "I told you so."
"Yeah. Let's go and get warm." She cast one last look at the sky before hurrying inside after Inigo.
"Well, anyways, could you load Champions of Yore 1? I want to build a small party before heading to the first paralogue."
She grumbled something unintelligible under her breath, but took out a tome I didn't recognize and fired it at the portal. Then she was suddenly behind me and pushed me inside before shouting "Have fun! Try not to die out there!"
From my suddenly being thrown into the portal I didn't have time to think about a position to land in and so I faceplanted. It seemed like it was gonna become a recurring theme.
Getting up, I saw that I was near a house, but no Old Hubba or really any of the girls in sight. The only thing of interest was the village near me, so I went take a look inside. The streets were empty.
"Hello! Anyone there? A battle is likely to take place soon, so you may want to close the gates!" A villager popped out of an alley and came towards me.
"Be welcome, warrior. We know ye're no brigand. You clearly didn't come here to pick a fight with us. Accept this as a wee token of our gratitude. ...Why're we grateful? How should I know? I just hand out the wee tokens!"
And then he basically kicked me out giving me a Killer Lance.
"Wait! What am I supposed to do with… this…?" But he had already closed the gate.
And then from behind me a shrill cry rang out.
"Huff, huff, huff- Warriors? Warriors from afar?! Oh, thank the- wait." He suddenly got up looking a whole lot better. "Where are the Shepherds, they were supposed to be here by now. Hey young boy! Where are the Shepherds?" He asked me. I just shrugged and said "I came here alone. Well not exactly alone, but for now it's only me. Aren't you getting chased by a bunch of princesses right now?"
"Right! We haven't much time! Now please, O mighty-" but I cut him off.
"Yeah yeah, I know who you are, who they are. Please Old Hubba, cut to the chase." He gave me a dirty look. What can I say? I've heard this stuff a million times now!
"Fine. Way to ruin an old man's fun. Hear me, O ruler of ancient Altea and true lord of the Seven Realms... I summon thee, Marth, the Hero-King! Come forth and grant us your protection!" And then a young man with hair bluer than Chrom's appeared out of thin air. He was wielding Falchion
"As you wish. I will answer your call."
Then everything changed when the Renais Nation attacked.
"Brigands! I am Eirika of Renais, sister to Prince Ephraim."
Then everything followed script, old Hubba being a perv, Eirika getting offended, yadda yadda. Then he summoned Ike "I'm being called for a battle? I see." He looked towards me. "Can I assume we're gonna be fighting together? I would like to know who I am up against beforehand." I simply pointed with my thumb towards where the girls were. "Them." He hummed and replied "I see. If my style gets in your way, don't be afraid to say so." He offered a hand. I suddenly imagined him wearing sunglasses and chuckled, shaking his hand. "Sure."
Then came Alm. He was a lot quieter than the other, just staring towards the enemy encampment. "Let's just get this over with." He said. At first I was puzzled, but as I followed his line of sight I noticed that he was staring right at Celica, who was staring right back with cold, hard eyes.
Then I remembered having an Einherjar myself. "Oh! By the way, I have an Einherjar too. How do I summon him?"
Old Hubba looked towards me and said "Ah, just ask him for his aid. He'll come out." He waved a dismissive hand. I shrugged. Seemed easy enough. I took out the card and lifted it.
"Roy's our boy!" I shouted. Then a feeling as if a piece of my very soul was getting torn apart and I suddenly felt nauseous. I dropped to the ground and let out all of my lunch onto the ground.
"Need a hand?" Someone from above me asked. I looked up and a redhead, no older than me was staring at me with a kind smile.
"Yeah. Let's get this party started."
A/N So much in this chapter! \^-^/ We took a peak at a future character, we're about to get into a fight, a timeskip, a new member of the party, this chapter feels so much better than the others (I took my sweet time with it) And I finally got reviews! :DD Here are the new stats, I'm also including Roy's because yes. I'm honestly quite baffled that Roy's stats are so low at the beginning, considering I even had to tone down his level by 2 but using the stat calculator (at least the loadout I'm currently using) you'll see that he actually surpasses Nick in the long run so don't worry. I had to buff Roy's blade because in Awakening it's a (un)glorified Steel Sword and Fire Emblem Steel succ. No omake this time because I can't think of anything funny happening in an alternative dimension. Also, I still have issues with the name so please give me something decent, or tell me if you like the current name. Ninni51 out. *drops mic*
Nick
Lv 6 Exp 39
Class: Soldier
Hp: 22/22
Str: 10
Mag:7
Skl: 11
Spd: 12
Lck: 5
Def: 7
Res: 15
Skills:
-Riposte: If engaged in combat this unit takes/deals -1/+1 damage.
Items:
-Iron Lance Mt 6 22/40 Hit 85%
-Killer Lance Mt 10 30/30 Hit 85% Crit 30%
-Elixir 1/3
-Illusion Charm
Roy
Lv 9 Exp 0
Hp: 27/27 85%
Str: 11 55%
Mag:1 35%
Skl: 13 70%
Spd: 12 55%
Lck: 6 55%
Def: 8(+2) 40%
Res: 9 25%
Skills:
-Dual Strike+
-Aegis
Inventory:
Roy's Blade: Mt 10 40/40 Hit 90% Bonus +2 to Defense
Vulnerary 3/3
