Issue 7: Foreseer

Ylisse Capital

"…So…who's Morlun?"

BGM-Dragon Ball Super OST-Zero Mortal Plan

That was the important question Peter asked his spirit other inside the throne room along with the rest of his friends. They all want to know who this "Morlun" guy is and why he has it out for Spider-Man.

"The Devourer of Totems. An Inheritor. Morlun is the heir to a clan of immortal totemic hunters that feed on our kind across the multiverse for thousands of years. Species crossed between man and animal. A totem." Ero started telling the story of Morlun and his family.

"So Spider-Man, then?" Robin asked to make clear.

"Duh." Peter responded.

"I've heard of this, "Morlun," Exalt Emmeryn said on her throne, "He fought alongside the fell dragon all those centuries ago and almost brought ruin to this world, is that right?"

"Correct. It was thanks to me and the first exalt that we stopped their rampage. I for certain thought I got rid of Morlun for good. Either he got resurrected, or these Inheritors are truly immortal. Impossible to kill." Ero said.

"Not to mention extremely tough." Sonic added, remembering the massive beatdown the united heroes received when facing that immortal one-man army.

"Not surprising. They've fed on millions of totems, some which were gods. After they absorbed their life force, they become even more powerful, transforming them into the strongest hunters our worlds have ever encountered." Ero said with a stoic attitude.

"So why are they after Spider-Man?" Yang asked.

"You mean "Spider-Men," Ero corrected her, "Inheritors consider Spider-Totems to be the richest in nutriment. We have been their greatest prey. They have hunted us down more than any other totem in existence. Now Morlun is after us. Me and Parker."

"Probably because you killed him. I told you don't get me involved in your rivalries." Spidey complained upside from his web.

"Hmph. Morlun would've come for you sooner or later. You ARE the center of us spiders, remember?" Ero passively replied.

"And I remember I had a normal life. Now I have this crazy, immortal, vampire-version of Kraven the Hunter on my spider-tail." Spidey said in a joking manner.

"You have a tail?" Lissa asked.

"It's a figure of speech." Spidey said.

"Wait. What about me," asked Blake, getting the Other's attention, "Morlun mentioned that he fed on faunus, before? Does that make me a totem too?"

"In some way, yes. Your kind aren't so different from totems, which makes you a secondary target in Morlun's eyes," Ero answered, "There was a time, long ago, when Morlun visited a version of your Remnant. One completely populated by the faunus. But, in a matter of weeks, he DECIMATED the entire population," He said, silently surprising the cat faunus, making her shocked to the core of her heart, "Fed on different versions of you, your friends, your family. He practically destroyed that world, left it in ruin, just to satisfy his appetite."

"O-O-Oh my god…" Blake said, almost speechless, eyes widen and a single tear streaming down her face, devastated to her an alternate version of her family and race was destroyed by a single, hungry man.

"That's absurd! You're telling me we're dealing with a threat that could level whole civilizations in less than a month?! How could we beat such a foe who has aligned himself with the enemy?!" Frederick blurted.

"It's hard to say. I'm one of the only creatures that could deal pain to an Inheritor. Still, I've had a few close calls when dealing with these annoying hunters." Ero stoically replied to the wary knight.

"Even when we worked together as an army, Morlun overpowered us, easily, singlehandedly. There's no stopping him." Chrom said.

"And he'll keep coming. He has Parker's scent. No matter where in the universe, he will follow to finish the job. To finish the hunt. He might already be outside now." Ero said, frightening everybody to the core.

BGM End

"What?! Seriously?!" Ruby asked, scarily hugging Lissa.

"I wasn't until I did sense him a second ago, but don't worry, he's gone for the moment." Ero said with a chuckle.

"Not funny!" Knuckles shouted.

The Schnee Heiress quickly turns her head over to Peter and Robin, both who have been pondering hard on how to counter Morlun's invincible strength. "Come on, Spidey, you and Robin are the smartest tacticians we've got. There's gotta be something we haven't tried." She asked for anything that might help them.

"We've been thinking, and there are other techniques. The problem is we're dealing with an invincible foe with godlike strength none of us has ever encountered. Fighting to a draw may be the best we can possibly hope for, until we can find the other Chaos Emeralds, but even with them, our chances of victory are gravely slim." Spidey answered with a calm, matured tone to keep everyone from freaking out.

"I'm sure we'll figure something out. This isn't the first time we've been put in a jam." Sonic said to lighten this moody mood.

"For now, we should focus on the war ahead. Prep our defensives. Get everything set for the many battles we're to face." Robin told everyone.

"Indeed, but how? King Gangrel now controls power and men we're not accustomed against." Emmeryn wondered how they can beat Gangrel's army when they've been upgraded with high-tech weapons using chaos energy.

"Sir Spider. Can you and Tails use your "tech" and the Chaos Emeralds we have to upgrade our weapons as well?" Frederick proposed to the outworldly scientists.

"We'll try." Tails responded.

"Now we're working as blacksmiths? Do we get paid?" Spidey joked.

"Only if we win this war." Frederick sternly answered.

"Awesome. Hope we don't get paid minimum wage." Spidey said a joke, confusing the Ylisseans what "minimum wage" is.


Later that night

After what feels like 12 hours of reinforcing the kingdom's army with upgraded perks to their weapons, an exhausted Spidey and Tails join Robin and Blake for a stroll around the castle courtyard. "Oh man, my back…" Spidey pushes his aching back forward to relieve stress, "Who knew being a blacksmith could take so much out of you when you're frantically stressed out if a killer hunter wasn't spying on ya."

Robin chuckled, "But thanks to you two, our army will prove a lot more proficient against the Plegians." Robin said to cheer the spider up.

"Yeah, maybe."

"You alright, Blake? You seem just as stress as Spidey." Tails asked in concern for his glum friend.

"I'm the target of an inter-dimensional faunus hunter. I can barely sleep, not knowing this Morlun could show up during my sleep and take me out." Blake responded.

"He's mostly after me. You're just the appetizer." Spidey said before earning a light punch to the arm by an irritated Blake, not like being called an appetizer. "Hey!" Pete whined, rubbing his bruised arm while Tails laughed.

Ignoring their childish conflict, Robin notices a sighing Chrom standing by his lonesome in the middle of the courtyard. "Chrom?" He said. Chrom turns to Robin and the others as they approach the prince. "What are you doing out so late?" He asked.

"Oh, hi, guys. Just... dueling with some unpleasant thoughts...," Chrom answered, looking a bit depressed, "Tomorrow we march to Regna Ferox to request additional soldiers. But there's something you all should know first. ...Not everything Gangrel said was a lie. The last exalt, my father, waged war on Plegia for many years. The violence... It was a brutal campaign, ending only with his death 15 years ago. Plegia rightfully remembers their suffering, but his war was no kinder to his own people. As the fighting dragged on, our army became more and more diminished. Farmers who could barely wield a pitchfork were conscripted and sent to their deaths. Soon there was no food at all, and the kingdom began to collapse. I was young, but I remember those dark times. ...I know how they affected Emmeryn." He explained the story of the previous war to his friends, which does its job in worrying them to the heart.

"That's so sad. Such an experience would change anyone." Tails said, looking quite sad.

"Indeed," Chrom quietly nodded as he continues his story of the past, "When our father died before her 10th year, he left her quite the legacy... Plegia's desire for vengeance... Our own people's unbridled rage... My sister became a target for blame on all sides. Her own subjects began to hurl insults—and stones. She still bears the scar from one... But she never let them see her pain. Only Lissa and I understood."

"It must have been so hard." Blake said, comparing his war story to the stories she heard about the Great War from Remnant.

"I cannot claim to know how she does it," Chrom continued, "I could not greet such hostility with warmth and patience. While our people mocked and vilified her, she reached out and healed them. She brought soldiers home to their families. She ended the war. And when Ylisse's spirit was mended and the people "forgave" her? ...She never resented them for it. She represents the best part of the halidom—the part most worth protecting. She IS peace. But some men would take advantage of that. Men like King Gangrel. The day he understands peace will be the day death gives it to him. ...So perhaps I must be death's agent. Emmeryn would never order him killed, nor would I wish her to." He said.

"But, Chrom, I told you, killing won't solve anything, even to those that deserve it," Spider-Man sincerely starts talking, "I know what you and your family have gone through. The people of New York hates me. Quite a number to this day, even after I've saved the city countless times. I've lost my uncle to a common thug when I could've prevented it. I've lost my best friend and the love of my life to a madman because they were so deeply connected to me. I've even put the whole world at stake because of my mere existence. I repeatedwanted to take out my anger on those that made my life a living hell, but I can't. That's not who I am, and that's not who YOU are either. I don't care if the people of the world don't want my help, I'll still do the right thing. We've all been granted remarkable gifts. It's our job to use them wisely, to be responsible with them. Show that we can be better men."

"Well spoken, sir."

"Huh? Is that-?" Everyone turns around to see the mystery swordsman himself, Marth show up out of nowhere as part of his contract.

BGM-Fire Emblem Awakening OST-You may call me Marth

"Marth…" Chrom said when they confront the masked man again.

"Good evening to you." He kindly greeted them.

"Hey, butterfly face. How's it goin'?" Spidey greeted his fellow masked friend.

"Fine. Thank you for asking." He replied while touching his own face to make sure there's no butterfly, not understanding Peter was just making a joke about his butterfly-looking mask.

"Marth? But, how did you get here?" Blake asked.

"The cleft in the castle wall, behind the maple grove." The masked swordsman stoically replied, slightly surprising Chrom of that location.

"There? But how would you…? Ugh." Chrom said, taken-back.

"You know the place, Chrom?" Robin asked his friend.

"Yes. I bashed in part of the wall while training the Shepherds. It's only a small hole, and I'd thought it well concealed, but..." Chrom said, a little embarrassed.

"You are such a klutz." Spidey joked.

"Like you are one to talk." Chrom retorted, getting a short laugh from the webhead.

"Your secret is safe with me. I come here only to warn you." Marth said.

"Warn us? About what?" Tails wondered.

"The exalt's life is in danger." Marth said, surprising the five of them.

"What, Emmeryn? That's absurd. She's guarded at all hours." Chrom responded.

"What if... What if I told you I have seen the future? Would you believe me? A future where Emmeryn is killed. Here. Tonight." Marth replied.

"Yes!" The three D-Avengers in the area nonchalantly said in response to her little foresight, surprising the other three, including Marth himself.

"W-Wait? You actually believe me? Just like that?" Marth said, a little shock, almost to the point of his voice changing to sound girl-like but quickly fixed it with a fake cough.

"Buddy, we're friends with an old mystic hag glued to her chair 24/7 that has psychic powers and likes to nag at me a lot, and for SOME REASON, never participated in the lottery." Spidey told the surprised Marth.

"O-kay…" Marth carefully said, having no idea how to respond to that bizarre explanation.

"Still, though, I pay for some proof. So whaddya have, foreseer?" Spidey asked.

BGM End

Marth slowly draws out his blade, causing Chrom and the others to get tense, taking out their own weapon, all but Spidey, who remains confident behind a smirk, standing their motionless with his arms crossed, calm and simple, as if he could tell what's about to happen.

"I'm about to save your life…From him," Marth said. Out of nowhere, an assassin bursts from the bushes, charging at the masked warrior. He tosses his Falchion into the air and then leaps after it, catching his sword and bringing it down on the Assassin, striking him with enough force to render him unconscious, "Don't worry. I respect your code not to kill. I trust this proof will suffice?" He asked.

Chrom stays silent for a bit, "…Yeah."

"Spidey, did you know?" Blake asked the spider with the spider-sense that warns him of incoming danger, hence why Peter stood there so confidently.

"I just wanted him to show off. By the way, heads up." The Amazing Hero-Spider nonchalantly warned the surprised Marth of another assassin leaping from the bushes. He turns to parry, but accidently trips over the fallen Assassin's sword, allowing the other Assassin to slash his mask in two, revealing that Marthy boy here is actually a Marthy woman with long, gorgeous hair. Spidey quickly distracts the assassin with web balls so Chrom could easily knock him out. They all turn to face Marth in surprise to see he's actually a she.

"Wait, you're—You're a woman?" Chrom asked with such surprise.

"And quite the actress, too. Honestly, I'm surprised you didn't figure it out until just now," She smiled, now sounding more like a matured 16-year-old girl, as she turns to the unsurprised webhead standing beside her, "But you figured out who I was, didn't you?" She asked him.

"The only thing I need to figure out is your real name. Do you have a business card, sweetcheeks?" Spidey asked, just as explosions rocks the whole castle. "What was that?! Is it Morlun?!" He exclaimed.

"It's someone worse! Let's go!" Marth said, rushing alongside her friends to the castle.

"What's worse than a dimension-hopping vampire that eats spiders?!" Spidey asked while web-swinging but receives no answer as they hurriedly make their way to Emmeryn's chambers.

BGM-Fire Emblem Awakening OST-Now, that's a declaration of war if I've ever heard one!

At another part of the castle courtyard, a dark-clothed sorcerer who goes by the name Validar is seen commanding his assassination team to infiltrate the castle to kill the exalt while also carrying the purple Chaos Emerald to boost his magic. "Remember, I want the Emblem in my hand and Emmeryn dead on the floor. Let nothing distract you from either purpose." He ordered one of his assassins.

"As you will it." The grunt rushed inside the palace, passing by a red-headed thief called Gaius who is also taking part of the assassination army.

"Woah, woah, did I just hear that right? We're to KILL the exalt? I'm just here for the plunder. You know, line my pockets with some royal goods. The exalt's such a sweet lady... Sure, I'll rob her blind, but I'd never harm her!" Gaius sighed before joining his fellow members inside the castle.

Inside the castle, outside of Emmeryn's living quarters, Knuckles and the rest of the united heroes are seen pummeling the intruding assassins. "This is for disturbing my sleep!" The hot-headed echidna slams a horseback henchman to the wall.

Meanwhile, Sonic's having fun taking his time beating on the goons, as they stand no chance against his dizzying speed, until he sees Spidey and the others arrive with the unmasked Marth. "Hey, Marth. Looking a lot feminine since I last saw ya. Decided to get a makeover?" The hedgehog chuckled, kicking a mage in the face. "So what's your name, kid?" He asked.

"That's not a priority right now!" Marth replied.

"I dunno. We have time." Spidey joked on the ceiling, irritating the unmasked lady.

"Emm!" Chrom shouted to his sister, who is safely locked behind her doors, surrounded by Weiss' Arma Gigas summons as guards.

"Chrom! Take Lissa and flee while you still have time!" Emmeryn quickly advised, not wanting to see her family get killed protecting her.

"No! We're not leaving you! Just stay where it's safe!" Chrom told her.

"The assassins should scatter if we can defeat their leader." Robin suggested an excellent plan.

"Haha! This should be a cakewalk. Robin. Yang. Let's go for a night on the town with this loser while everyone else is cooped up with dozens of assassins." Spidey ordered.

"It's about time we went on another date." Yang joked with a smirk, reloading her gauntlets.

Back outside, Validar is using the Chaos Emerald to scan who might dare interfere with his plans and comes to wonder why Chrom isn't dead yet. "Hmph! Two assassins and the little princeling was not even wounded? …Wait. Some of these actors do not belong on this stage…" The mist inside the Chaos Emerald changes to show him Spider-Man fighting against his army and is deeply displeased. "Bah! It's the accursed Spider from another world! So he has returned. And wait, what's this," The emerald shows him of Robin fighting alongside Spider-Man, and unlike before, he is tremendously pleased with this discovery, "Ho ho! Can it be?! After years of searching… Tonight, fate truly piles gifts at my feet!" He laughed.

Inside the castle, Marth was busy fighting magic mooks with the help of Weiss, Lon'qu and Knuckles when she noticed her sacred blade glowing from the centerpiece of the hilt. "Falchion is gleaming…" She said, eyeing it closely.

"What's wrong?" Chrom asked, nearby.

"It's not your concern." Marth replied.

"Seems like nothing ever is with you." Chrom responded.

"My apologies." Marth kindly retorted.

"Just stay at Emmeryn's door with the others. We'll handle the killers." Chrom told her, working together with Sumia and Tails to dispatch the assassins.

BGM End

BGM-Grandia 2 OST - FIGHT! Ver.1

"Chrom, please! Flee while you still can! You each have but one life, and I do not wish it weighed against mine!" Emmeryn pleaded with the heroes to run away, not caring about her own life as those protecting her are risking their lives for it.

"Sorry, Your Grace, but your life is more important than all of ours combined. We're not turning our backs now, not when it's so easy taking down these jocks!" Weiss replied, holding her rapier for battle. The versatile Ice Queen uses her glyphs to electrify her opponents before she and Marth blitz them with blurring speeds of wonder, all while the roaring Knuckles punches the ground so hard he causes a tremor that trips the incoming assassins to the floor like fools, leaving them to the powerful blows of Lon'qu.

While she fights, Marth catches a quick glimpse of Sonic and Ruby combining their speeds to transforming into a colorful dual-missile projectile, plowing through enemy lines with a laugh, leaving them below Frederick's mercy. "Pick a god and prey!" He shouted, using his new electric lance the science bros created for him to blow away the pathetic mooks with a striking thrust.

Marth stands in awe at the strength of the Avengers. 'Amazing. I wasn't expecting these Avengers to be so strong.' She thought before focusing her attention to the fight, but while her team fights, Knuckles notices a humanoid female beast warrior entering the battle from a door.

"I knew there was wisdom in slipping in with those rogues. Look at how these man-spawn claw at each other like savages! I will repay my warren's debt and then wash my hands of their race." This she-beast spoke.

"Who're you? Another assassin that feast a clobberin'?" Knuckles wondered, repeatedly slamming his fists, slowly approaching this woman with every intention of knocking her out, but before he could move another two feet, Marth stops him.

"Hold! Panne is not your enemy." Marth stopped the echidna from moving any further.

"Panne? You know her?" Weiss asked the female swordsman.

"I know…of her. And I knew she would come here tonight." Marth told her.

"Oh yeah? How do you know?" Knuckles asked, not convinced.

"I swear to you, Panne is an ally." Marth said.

Just then, Spider-Man and Chrom start speaking to Weiss through her earpiece. 'Sounds good enough for me. All right, everyone! For now, we leave this Panne character be.' Chrom said.

"Wait. Are you sure, Chrom?" Weiss asked.

'Marth has earned our trust. She enjoys her secrets, I know. …Like her gender, for one.' Chrom replied.

'Not to mention she saved our lives like, what, twice already? No one with a cute face like that would lie. She's good, I say.' Spidey also agreed, getting a kind smile from Marth, despite being weirded out by their highly advanced communication device she's not used to.

"Chrom. Spider-Man. …Thank you." She replied.

"So what can you do?" Knuckles asked Panne. The female beast person simply grunts to his question before transforming into a giant beast that resembles a rat in her clothing using what she refers to as a Beaststone. In her new state, Panne brutally beats down on the assassins with a double beast kick, sending them smashing through a number of walls in the castle.

"Does that answer your question, red beast?" Panne turned to the surprised echidna.

At another part of the castle, Chrom is flying with Sumia on her pegasus to defeat these assassins plaguing his home. He uses his sword to slice through all their weapons at windy speed, leaving them distracted for Tails to consecutively spin attack the losers. Eventually they come across Gaius, easily beating him with Tails' blaster.

"Drop your weapon, now!" Chrom threatens the thief, pointing his sword close to the down man's throat.

"Easy there, blue blood. I'm not here to hurt anyone." Gaius holds out his hands high to the sky as if he's surrendering.

"But you're siding with assassins! Why do you do it?" Tails asked the thief.

Gaius sighed, "Believe it or not, just trying to make a living. I'm a thief, see? Bust open doors, crack into chests... that kind of thing. This lot said they wanted to break into some kind of vault. Nobody said anything about murder. I'd just as soon sit this one out."

"Hmm... Then perhaps you'd be willing to prove your good intentions?" Chrom responded, thinking of an idea.

"Beg pardon?" Gaius replied.

"We need all the help we can get to save the exalt's life. You appear capable, and we could use any information you have about our foes." Chrom offered.

"Oh, right—those good intentions. Fine then, I'll prove my sincerity... if you sweeten the deal." Gaius agreed, only if he gets paid.

"You want gold? ...Fine, you scoundrel. Let me just—oops." Chrom accidently drops a couple of wrapped candy balls to the ground, leaving him and the other two to help him pick them up.

"Looks like you dropped something. What's in the satchel, mmm?" Gaius wondered.

"Nothing—candies from my little sister. I'm sure you—."

""Candies"? As in, sugar candies?" Gaius starts to gush when he heard Chrom mentioned "candies."

"Well... yes. I assume they'd be sweet? But—."

"IT'S A DEAL!" Gaius agreed to join the superhero club, greatly shocking Chrom and the others he would so willingly work with them because of some candies.

"You're actually going to work with us…just because of candy?" Tails asked with a deadpan stare.

"I said "sweeten the deal", didn't I? Don't get me wrong, I'll take the gold, too. Later. Unless you've got more of these. ...Have you got more of these?!" Gaius replied.

"Um…I'll ask Lissa." Chrom said, sweat-dropping.

BGM End

Outside at the courtyard, Validar starts to worry as his assassination plan is beginning to fail. "No. Emmeryn was supposed to be an easy target. There was no way they could've known." He said, worried.

"Probably because someone spoiled the plan on Facebook and got popular within the hour."

Validar turned to the joking Spider-Man standing beside Robin and Yang, all three confronting this dark magician. "If it isn't the "Legendary" Spider-Man. You will pay for this heinous assault!"

"Assault? You're the one trying to kill a queen after hours, dude." Yang quipped.

BGM-Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions OST-VS. Mysterio-Arcane God (Ultimate)

"I will destroy you!" Validar fires a dark blast of evil magic at the dodgy heroes.

"Not before we destroy your plan, Dark Elf!" Spidey retorted, firing a web line to pull himself up front of Validar so he could deliver an arachnid beatdown, uppercutting him to the skies with a spider-kick, allowing Yang to follow up with rapid-fire barrages of punches that slams him back to the ground.

"Get off me, vermin!" Validar blasted Yang away just before he feels a web-line attached to his chest that throws him across the courtyard and its many statues. "Die, Spider!" The dark mage blasted Spider-Man away, leaving just Robin to fight this madman. "Well, well…hahaha! Oh, I know you…Submit to me, and perhaps I might honor you with the truth!" He cryptically said to the great tactician.

"Don't know what you're talking about, and frankly don't care!" Robin said, angering this mad sorcerer.

"Then perish by my hand!" Validar launches a blast of dark magic at the tactician, but Robin tactically blocked it with a magic fire wall surrounding him. This time, the dark villain unleashes a powerful stream of dark magic with the power of his Chaos Emerald. In response, Robin counters with a horizontal lightning bolt, clashing magic with magic, with neither side letting up, that is until Validar is blinded by gooey webbing.

"How'd you like my magic? I call it: Webcur!" Spidey quipped, with him and Yang back on their feet.

"Webcur? Is that the best you can come up with?" Yang asked about her boyfriend's lame joke.

"Can I just throw you already?" Spidey said, immediately wanting to change the subject.

"Don't touch anywhere inappropriate!" She joked. Spidey grabs her vibranium arm, using all his strength to throw across the field to plow right at Validar, smashing him through a number of small buildings. She quickly formed a holographic shield using her gauntlets to block a counterattack from the angry sorcerer. Robin shows back up and surrounds Validar in a screeching hurricane, keeping him stunned enough for Spidey to deliver the final blow.

"Kumodama!" Spidey shouted, blasting Validar away with a dark and dense energy sphere from his hand, almost vaporizing the villainess sorcerer from the resulting explosion.

"No... This is... all wrong... How could... you have known the plan..." Validar weakly said before disappearing into nothingness, leaving nothing but the purple Chaos Emerald behind.

"Wait a minute! We didn't kill him, did we?" Spidey asked, really wishing he didn't just kill that man, despite being a villain.

"No. It didn't seem like it. I don't know why, but I fear we may see him again." Robin assured the wall-crawler.

"At the very least we got this," Yang picks up their third Chaos Emerald from the ground, "And the exalt's safe. It would seem the remaining goons are high-tailing it back to elementary school."

"Hehe. All right!" Spidey said, happily, giving the other two a victorious high-five.

BGM End


Shortly after the failed assassination attempt

Chrom, Ruby, Robin, Phila, and Emmeryn are all standing in a corridor of the castle. "Thank the gods you're safe!" Chrom said to his dear big sister, eternally glad she's still alive after that short crisis.

"It is you I have to thank, Chrom." Emm smiled.

"I beg your forgiveness, milord! I failed in my duty—they should never have made it into the castle in the first place." Phila apologized to the prince for failing to see how this invasion got through unnoticed.

"It's not your fault. You did your best. It's not like you saw the future like Marth did." Ruby said to brighten the spirits of the guardian pegasus knight.

"…Marth?" Emmeryn responded, wasn't expecting the Hero-King, or someone with the name of the Hero-King, would actually have been here.

"Yes, I would speak more with…Um…" Chrom turns to Ruby and Robin, "Guys, where's Marth?" He asked.

Robin takes a quick glance around, "Hmm…An excellent question. She was here a moment ago…"

Chrom shakes his head tiredly, "…Not again!" And then runs out, to see if he could still catch up with Marth before she could leave.


BGM-Fire Emblem Awakening OST-"You may call me Marth"

Out in the courtyard, Marth is walking away from the castle, believing her work here is done. She takes a silent moment to take another look at the beautiful castle she sadly has to walk away, but as she turns her body around, she is extremely caught off-guard by an upside down Spider-Man hanging off his web.

"Yo! Hehehe! Did I scare ya? Sorry about that. I usually only do that to those that have a bad habit of walking away without saying goodbye." Spidey said, hopping down from his web line.

"Yes, I'm afraid I have a few bad habits." Marth said, looking to the ground.

"Good ones as well," said Chrom, who managed to catch up with the two teens, "You saved my life, as well as both of my sisters. Is there some way I can repay you? Some favor I can grant?" He asked the hero of the day."

She smiled, "Hearing you offer is reward enough."

"But there must be something…" Chrom starts talking before Marth interrupts him.

"I already have what I came for: history has been rewritten." Marth said.

"Rewritten? What, are you a time-traveler trying to save the future from certain doom?" Spidey asked, which does worry Marth a bit that the detective bugman may be onto something.

"N-No. I just…know of what's to come in the future. A reliable source told me." Marth nervously replied, but Spidey barely believes her given his experience with time-travelers, but decided to keep quiet about it.

"And what future averted?" Chrom asked, oblivious this Marth is actually a time-traveler.

"After the exalt's untimely assassination, the Fire Emblem would be stolen. This, in turn, would lead to a great war, and soon to the end of mankind itself. ...But I'm sure that sounds like madness to you." Marth explained.

"…Heh. When your friends with a weird guy like Spider-Man, I'll believe any madness." Chrom smiled.

"Are you making fun of me?" Peter asked but gets no answer besides a few chuckles from the swordsmen.

"Somehow I know I can trust you. And I hope someday to repay your favors." Chrom said.

"Perhaps one day you shall. Until then…" Marth resumes his leave out of the castle, but before she could take another few steps, Spidey stops her.

"Wait!"

"Huh?" Marth turns around only to catch a small red-and-blue mechanical ball in her hands. "What's this?" She asked, only to be surprised when it transforms into a small, mechanical spider-bot.

"It's one of my spider-drones. It'll keep you company. Use it to contact us if you've found any Chaos Emeralds. I have a blue-haired hunch we're gonna need them." Spidey smiled behind his mask.

The Spider-Bot cutely walks around Marth's shoulders to the top of her hair, getting her to giggle, then notices Peter's fist up close to her figure. "What're you doing?" She asked.

"It's a fist bump. Ever heard of it. A sign of promise we'll see each other again." Spidey said. Marth smiles, grasping his meaning, colliding her fist with Spidey's a little too hard, "Ow. You didn't have to do it so hard." He said, rubbing his fist.

"Sorry. I'll…see you again. Thank you." She said before walking away with her new mechanical pet.

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Back inside the castle corridor, Panne is seen being thanked by Emmeryn for her part in her protection, standing beside Phila and Robin, as well as Blake and Sonic, with the faunus interested in this person that reminds her of, well, her.

"Brave taguel, there are not words enough to express my gratitude." Emmeryn thanked the beast lady.

"So you know our true name?" Panne asked, intrigued.

"Taguel? Are they like me?" Blake asked the gracious exalt, comparing her status as a faunus to Panne.

"No, but we do smell similar, you and your blue furball friend, as well as that spider person." Panne answered.

"Are they any more of you taguels?" Sonic asked.

"I would like to know myself." Robin said, interested.

"No. I'm…I'm the last taguel," Panne replied, shocking the three that are clueless about taguels, "We are shape-shifters. Most of your kind calls us "beast" or "coney" in the midst of their hunt. I only helped because my warren owes Ylisse a debt. Do not think us friends, you and I!" The taguel said.

"I don't understand…" Robin responded, looking confused.

"Yes, it's precious little your kind seem to understand. It was man-spawn like you that invaded our warren and slaughtered my people." Panne said.

"What?! Is this true? Who would do such a thing?" Emmeryn said, shocked.

"Ha! Do not act so shocked. You are all the same. Right down to your base desire to ruin and destroy all your touch—even each other." Panne replied.

"...There is truth to your words, perhaps. I'm told that, in taguel society, everyone is treated as an equal. Mankind could learn much from your warren. The words may come too late and mean too little, but I am deeply sorry. We have stolen your friends and family and made the world a lesser place." Emmeryn said, feeling a deep sincere and sadness for this lone taguel, despite having no fault in the matter.

"Your Grace—you had no fault in this!" Phila said to her queen.

"You claim to be blameless, and yet you would apologize? Pah! Your words are but wind." Panne said, still not believing a word this man-spawn speaks.

"I know... But they are all I have." Emmeryn said, really wishing she could something more of her.

"Please, believe her. I know what you've been through. My race has also faced discrimination and even been hunted. But these people, my friends, they are different, if you accept them." Blake sincerely said to the taguel, sharing her pain of discrimination as a faunus to her, hoping she would accept.

Panne thinks for a moment, "...You seem sincere. All of you, even the man-spawn. You feel my pain as your own. ...I've never felt that before. Look at me. ...See what I am. I will never trust mankind. But you... Perhaps you truly are not like the others." She said with a kind smile.

"You'll fit right in. Some humans are pretty cool. And considering you're the last of your race and there's an invincible animal hunter on the loose, we need to stick together." Sonic grinned.

"All we ask if a chance to earn your trust." Emmeryn said.


Void of Darkness

In some dark void filled with nothing, a staggering Validar limbs on a leg, trying to comprehend his giant failure, "Nngh…How?! My purpose is too significant... to be thwarted... here... Aaargh..." He said. Then, the beaten sorcerer notices a humanoid figure covered in the shadows approaching him.

"Validar." The mystery being spoke in a chilling tone.

"What? Who are you... Where did you... come from?" Validar asked.

"I am the power that compels you. You will not perish here. It is not written. You must live on to author a destiny greater than you know." This shadowy person said, getting an increasing rise from Validar, now starting to recognize who this being is.

"I-Impossible! It can't be you! It can't be…"

"I am the wings of despair. I am the breath of ruin. I am the fell dragon, Grima..." The resurrected fell dragon of old, Grima, reveals himself to his servant, spelling a dark doom that the world will soon have to encounter, and possibly tremble before.


Castle Corridor

The exalt is currently in a discussion about the recent assassination attempt on her life with her trusty bodyguard, as well as with her younger brother, his guardian, and the legendary webhead.

"It will take time to investigate how the assassination plot got so far. We have no leads at present." Phila informed them of what they know so far.

"It was Plegia! I'm certain of it. They'd do anything for the Emblem." Chrom believed.

"Are you sure? That guy we fought didn't look like your average Plegian working under Gangrel." Spidey said, thinking another play is at work.

"Even still, Emm can't stay here. It's too dangerous. You have to come to Ferox where it's safe." Chrom said to her exalted sister.

"And leave the people undefended? War is at our borders, Chrom. Do you expect Ylisse to stand against Plegia without a leader? They must know their exalt stands with them." Emmeryn replied.

"But if something happens to you? What then?" Chrom asked.

"Your Grace, perhaps you might relocate to the eastern palace for the time being? The other kingdoms would know nothing of it. You would be safer." Frederick suggested.

"Yes, please. At least that. I can't leave for Ferox with you right in harm's way." Chrom said.

"…Hmm. Very well." Emmeryn eventually agreed.

"Don't you worry, your majesty. It'll be a walk in the park. We'll make sure everything goes A-Okay. You have my word." Spidey gives her a thumbs up as a promise.

"Thank you, Spider-Man." She smiled.


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Ruby: Hey! It's me, Ruby. We're escorting the exalt to a safe place until we get back from Ferox. What? Not again. The Plegians have got us surrounded. No, Lady Emmeryn! You can't go back now! It's too dangerous!

Next time on D-Avengers: The Fell Awakening:

Incursion

Ruby: What?! You're here too?!