Fire Emblem Fates
Chapter 6: The Lie
2 years prior to the events of the story
"Corrin. I'm coming darling." A blue haired maid said as she came rushing down the hallways of the Northern Fortress, with her cleaning supplies ready to clean up her Master Corrin's bedroom. Her sister Felicia was on her way as was the butler Jakob. "Man is Jakob dreamy." Flora thought to herself. "But I can never be with him. After all, Corrin comes first." She finally got to her master's chamber and began cleaning right away. Corrin was on his desk studying up for his next test with Leo. When Flora entered the room, Corrin immediately ended his studies and leaned on his desk watching Flora clean his room.
"Man, is she gorgeous!" Corrin thought to himself. Corrin had loved Flora for awhile now and had already planned to get married to her once he got out of this fortress and live in a big castle and protect her with all his might. Corrin even practiced his proposal in the front of his mirror to make sure it all went smoothly.
Then came the next maid, Flora's sister Felicia. She was also pretty and always made Corrin laugh when he needed to. Corrin often debated which one he would take to be his bride for marriage, but in the end he took maturity over silliness. Jakob then entered the room, and he was Corrin's only real friend and helped give him advice on girls and cleaned up his room along side Felicia and Flora. After they were finished with my room, Flora and Jakob left the room to go tidy up my siblings Xander, Camilla, Leo and Elise while Felicia helped me go change into my armor to go train with Gunter. She always took her time carrying the pieces of armor as she didn't want to drop and break them. She passed down the armor plates and insisted helping Corrin to put on his armor, but Corrin wanted to show his maturity and declined the offer. Once Corrin had finished putting his armor on, Felicia insisted on walking with him to his practice and this time she was persistent enough to win Corrin over. They walked down the hall and Felicia noticed the sudden silence in between both her and Corrin and she asked,
"How's your training been going so far Master Corrin."
"Good, good. Gunter's been helping me so one day Father will have no choice but to let me go onto the field to help fight for him." Corrin responded, determined.
"That's really awesome. Has Xander inspected you recently, because I've been hearing a lot of praise from him." Felicia said.
"Yeah, Xander goes whenever he's not busy, and he always coaches me through the sparring matches." Corrin said, proud.
"Aw, I'm so proud of you Master Corrin! Before you know it, you'll be the greatest fighter in all of Nohr!" Felicia said excitedly. Corrin blushed.
"Please don't give me any false hope Felicia. Practice is no walk in the park and Gunter usually ends up beating me in the end." Corrin responded, upset.
"Aw, that's alright Lord Corrin." Felicia countered, now holding her arms around Corrin, hugging him close to her as in to comfort him. "You'll get there with time and effort, remember that no one is born with gifts, but they have to work to get to the spot they want to be in." Corrin felt content with having Felicia there, her arms around him, comforting him as she tried to make him happy. Sometimes Corrin forgot he was trapped in a castle for a long time, since all of the people around him always made his life better. Between Jakob, Felicia, Lilith and Flora as well as Gunter and his siblings, Corrin felt like he had all he could want. Except for true freedom. And this was what he was fighting for. This was what all of the sparring sessions with Gunter, all of the studies with Leo and the lectures by Xander and Camilla were for. What kept Corrin going forward and keeping him going, what got him out of bed everyday. Corrin looked up at Felicia to see her bubbly yet cute face smiling at him, meeting her blue eyes dead on. Both of them blushed together and laughed it off, and when they finally got to the arena, Felicia dropped him off and made sure he had his bronze sword all prepared for Gunter. Once Corrin went off to go to practice, Felicia thought about him while walking back to her quarters. She got to her room to see Flora cleaning it all up, and plopped herself on her bed. Flora noticed Felicia's slight dissatisfaction and asked,
"What's wrong Felicia? You seem upset."
"No, it's nothing." Felician replied.
"No this is definitely something. Come on, tell me. What's got you all worked up, you seemed fine in the morning." Flora persisted.
"Ugh fine. But only because I really need advice on this." Felicia compromised, signalling Flora to close the door. She did as told, and they both sat on the bed, like two little middle school girls gossiping about daily middle school lives.
"Alright, Flora. I've been holding this out for a long time, but... " Felicia gulped, trying to figure out a way to say this.
"You can tell me Felicia. I'm your sister. I promise I won't judge you." Flora added.
"I love Corrin!" Felicia blurted out, shocking Flora.
"Oh dear!" Flora murmured, and then she noticed her little sister was crying in her corner. "Felicia please don't cry. It's nothing to work yourself over. I know that loving a royal is forbidden and if King Garon found out, he would probably execute you. But Felicia, trust me when I say everything will be fine." Flora said, but Felicia only seemed to cry louder.
"But Flora… It's so hard to keep this from him. I mean… I'm with him everyday and I have to pretend like nothing's wrong when something is. Please, Flora. Help me. You were always better with boys than I was." Felicia pleaded, practically begging her sister for help.
"Of course I'll help you Felicia, after all, that's what sisters are for. But I would hardly consider myself good with boys." Flora informed, referencing Jakob. "So, what's your plan? To keep it in, or to tell him how you feel?"
"I don't know. I mean, wouldn't telling him end up going pretty bad for me? I don't want to change things when they're going so well between me and him." Felicia asked.
"Well, the worst thing he can say is no. Felicia it's important for you to tell him how you feel. For all you know, he could have the same feelings for you. You'll never know until you ask." Flora advised. Felicia remembered the small moment she had with him today, when they both stared at each other, face to face. Flora, seeing Felicia contemplating the advice, added, "Just tell him Felicia. No matter what, I'll always love you." Felicia gathered up the courage to tell him and left the room to prepare for when Corrin got out of his practice.
"You must strike determined to defeat the opponent Master Corrin." Gunter instructed, as he and Corrin sparred on the field. "Make sure to keep your sword up and fight with resolve."
"Okay, okay Gunter. I just want to make sure I don't hurt you." Corrin replied worried.
"Never mind that. You should be worried about the damage I can do to you." Gunter scowled, making Corrin put his sword up. Gunter charged on his horse towards Corrin, his lance outstretched. Corrin was getting ready to intercept Gunter's attack,
"That horse has been giving me some trouble. Maybe if I can dismount him…" Corrin planned, and charged back at Gunter. Gunter used his horse to leap at Corrin, but Corrin rolled under, and then struck his horse just hard enough for Gunter to lose balance and fall along with his horse. Corrin raised his hands up in victory, happy he was finally able to beat Gunter. "I'll have to tell Felicia I won!"
he thought.
"Congratulations milord. Maybe from now on, you will have to spar with your older brother. He should give you a sufficient challenge." Gunter applauded, filling Corrin's pride.
"Yeah it'll be fun to spar with…" Corrin said before a sharp pain filled his head.
"Milord are you okay?" Gunter rushed to Corrin, worried.
"Yeah, I think so. The horse's hooves just struck my head. I'll be fine though." Corrin shoved off the pain and went back inside to change.
Felicia rushed over to the door, really excited that she was finally about to tell Corrin how she felt. She turned around the corner to see Jakob awaiting his master.
"Felicia! What are you doing here?" Jakob asked, confused. Felicia had to think fast.
"Oh, um. It's my turn to pick up Corrin." Felicia replied.
"You liar. It's my turn. You dropped off Corrin." Jakob declared.
"Oh, uh didn't you hear? Me and Flora made the decision to change the schedule of picking and dropping Master Corrin off. From now on, we each get a day, and therefore today's mine. I thought Flora told you already." Felicia quickly responded, waiting for Jakob to call bull, but she was surprised when he said,
"Oh okay. I guess I'll have to ask Flora what my day is. What am I supposed to be doing now?" Jakob asked.
"Clean the the main hall." Felicia responded, getting better at lying to Jakob.
"All right. Send my regards to Master Corrin." Jakob said and then he left. Felicia now eagerly awaited her master, reciting her speech. Corrin came out of the changing area, and saw Felicia and came over to her.
"Hey Felicia. I'm ready to go." Corrin said, shocking Felicia.
"Aahhhhhh! Master Corrin, please make sure not to scare me again." Felicia lectured, but really she just didn't want Corrin to hear her practice. "So, how did practice go? You didn't get injured did you?"
"No, no real injuries here." Corrin replied.
"Alright, well I have something important I need to tell you." Felicia said, sweating underneath her maid outfit.
"Yeah, can we just go to my room first. This bag is really heavy." Corrin said, signaling the bag on his back.
"Yeah, yeah. That's fine." Felicia said. On the way to Corrin's room, Felicia re recited her speech in her head to make sure it was all refined. Corrin noticed Felicia being quiet and asked,
"Are you okay Felica? You're awfully quiet."
"Yeah, yeah. I'm just thinking about something." She replied.
"Is it the important thing?" Corrin asked, earning a nod from Felicia. "Well, if you want, you can just say it now."
"No, it can wait. I don't want you to have to keep lugging that big bag with your armor." Felicia replied. When they finally got to Corrin's room, Corrin set his bag down on the ground and said,
"Alright, what was it you wanted to tell…arrgh" Corrin screamed in pain as he put his hand to his head.
"Milord, are you alright? You said you weren't injured." Felicia said, quickly using her ice powers to cool him off.
"I thought it was fine and I didn't want you to worry." Corrin replied and he then fainted on his bed.
"Corrin? Corrin!?" Felicia said, shaking him.
2 hours later
"Ugh… Felicia?" Corrin said sleepy.
"Yes, yes I'm right here, Corrin." Felicia said wrapping Corrin in his blankets.
"What happened?" He asked.
"You fainted due to your injuries. I'm sorry I was not able to prevent it." Felicia said, upset.
"It's not your fault Felicia." Corrin replied.
"No, yes it is. Because I wasn't able to stop it with my ice powers. Please accept my apology Master Corrin." Felicia said.
"Yeah it's alright Felicia. Don't feel bad. I hate seeing you upset." Corrin said, causing Felicia to blush suddenly.
"You what?" Felicia asked, surprised.
"Oh I guess I kind of spilled the beans. Felicia, I care about you. A lot… and I have for a long time. I have always loved, for as long as I remember." Corrin confessed, causing Felicia to blush a darker shade of red.
"Oh! Oh! Corrin I love you too!" Felicia said, nearly crying tears of joy.
"Then Felicia, would you do me the honor of taking you out on a date?" Corrin asked.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes. A thousand times yes." Felicia screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Alright let's go to the kitchen. I think we have enough skills between the two of us to make ourselves our own meal." Corrin said, and he looked at Felicia.
"I think I'm having trouble breathing." Felicia said. "This is the happiest moment of my life!" Corrin then grabbed Felicia's hand and hurried her down the halls to the kitchen. He then grabbed the butter and showed Felicia,
"What'd you say we make a biscotti toscani?" He asked her.
"Of course, anything with you Corrin!" Felicia said gleefully. They took out the rest of the ingredients and started baking the biscotti together. Felicia is normally not that great of a maid, but with Corrin there to see her every move, she had to make sure she didn't mess up. Corrin was also working fast, impressing Felicia with his skills in the kitchen. Felicia started putting the eggs and cream in the bowl and got ready to beat them with the eggbeater, until Corrin came over and stood behind her, both of his hands on Felicia's arms, guiding her and keeping her close to him. Felicia started to blush, and with Corrin's hands started her strokes across the eggs and creams. "Gosh, this day could not have gone by any better." She thought, picturing her wildest dreams not even coming close to the amount of happiness she is in right now. Once they finished, Corrin cut the dough into two equal pieces and gave one half to Felicia. They placed them in a place to heat up and waited for them to finish heating. They sat around the kitchen and started talking,
"Felicia?" Corrin asked.
"Yes, milord." Felicia responded.
"Well for starters, please you can stop calling me 'milord.'" Corrin chuckled. "But I just wanted to ask you something. How long have you loved me? I remember that I have loved you since the moment I had laid my eyes on you, basically as long as I can remember."
"Oh gosh, Corrin. I think it all started when you, me, Flora and Jakob taking a picnic to the garden. Xander allowed us to go for over- exerting ourselves with our daily duties. We laid out the picnic mat and Flora got the supplies out to go prepare the food, and Jakob was running late due to an accident regarding a kitchen mess." Felicia explained, blushing in embarrassment because she was the one who caused it, not Jakob. "And you started laying on the mat, staring at the sun in awe. You started telling me a story about how you saved your friend's life by standing up to the guards who were about to execute him. After that, I told you a story about my father and the Ice Tribe and apparently it bored you because you fell asleep." Corrin blushed in embarrassment. "But you fell asleep on my lap, and the way you were, so innocent and pure. I saw a good man underneath you, one who will always do what is best no matter what. A true hero. That's what I love about you. I stroked your head and felt it was my duty to preserve your innocence and beauty, and to protect you from all evil. But never once did I predict that this would happen! I always thought a maid could never be with a royal, but then today happened! Corrin I love you!" Felicia finished telling her story, proud she got it off her shoulders. Corrin just looked at the way she told her story, and her cute and pretty appearance in her maid outfit. Corrin was then compelled to walk towards Felicia, and embrace her close to him. He hugged her and swayed her gently side to side. Felicia buried her head in his chest and when she looked up she stared straight in the face of Corrin, the man she loved and him back at her. He took one moment and he closed the distance between his face and hers. He closed his eyes and kissed her. Felicia was surprised at first, not knowing what to do, but the longer Corrin kissed her, the more she felt at ease and she began to kiss him back. They both fell in a passionate kiss where Felicia had her hands around Corrin's back and Corrin's around her waist. They felt locked together, unable to move apart. Corrin took of his shirt and then carried Felicia, still in their kiss, all the way over to the table and laid her down and then himself climbed on the table, and continued to caress her. She then got up and and reversed the cycle, with her on top of him. They continued their dance for a while longer, until Felicia stopped and said,
"I thought that was how the night was supposed to end." She giggled.
"Oh yeah. We still have the biscotti's to eat." Corrin said, and got off his love and walked over to the biscotti's who were a tad bit burned but still consumable. He got the plates out and put his shirt on, while Felicia set up the table. She was still really flustered about what just happened, but she was able to do it relatively fine. He placed the biscotti's on the plates and opened the chair up for Felicia to sit in and then sat down.
"Bon appetit!" Felicia exclaimed and she reached for a bite, until she noticed Corrin staring straight at her. "Corrin you're making me blush." Still no response. "Corrin, is everything alright?" Felicia asked, starting to get worried. She got up and waved her hand in front of his face, but she still got no reply. She started to get worried and was debating whether she should ask someone for help, until a voice came from the corner of the room,
"My, my. Did you two put quite the show." Felicia knew that voice. The figure came out of the shadows and revealed himself as Iago, Garon's right hand man and master sorcerer. "Hmm, and how you two were just so passionate in that last scene, I do give your performances a 10/10." Felicia was confused not knowing what he was talking about.
"What the hell do you want!?" She yelled louder than she have.
"Good heavens, does the maid have an attitude!" Iago taunted with a smirk.
"What are you doing here? Can't you give me and Corrin some privacy?" She responded getting angry.
"What, so you two can continue this 'affair'?" Iago snarled back, shocking Felicia.
"What'd you mean 'affair'?" Felicia asked, feeling like something bad was about to happen.
"Well, my dear. I'm afraid this has been all but a ruse. One I created myself. This man standing before you here has been me in temporary control of Corrin's body. What you just experienced with him has been nothing short of a lie." Iago cackled after saying this. Felicia, realizing that all of this, what seemed to be the best day of her life, was all a fraud, an elaborate ruse created by Iago, crumbled down to the floor and started tearing up. "Aw, poor baby girl. Don't worry, the show will go on. Thanks to the wonderful plot created by Iago himself, the show will continue."
"But… why? Why would you do this to me? Do you hate me or did I do something to you to deserve this torture?" Felicia asked, barely getting the words out through her tears.
"More like you have something I need, dear. And now I have come to claim it." Iago said.
"Why would I give you anything after the shit you just pulled." Felicia barked.
"Oh, my dear. Please, watch the language. You're being recorded!" Iago said, and magically pulled out a crystal ball. He flickered the ball with magic and the ball began to replay everything that happened in the kitchen, from the baking to the making out. Felicia started bawling again. "Now I could do two things with this ball. I could take this King Garon, and he will personally execute you, your sister and your tribe. Or I could give this to Corrin, and show him everything you did with him over the past 2 hours. Sure you'll rat me out to him, but your precious Corrin will never ever see you the same. OR there is a third option. One in which you work for me." Iago instructed.
"Why (sniffle) would you want me to do anything for you (sniffle)." Felicia asked.
"As a spy of course! I want you to report to me everything unusual you see around here. From your sister to the butler. I want to know what everyone's thinking and why." Iago ordered.
"For what?" Felicia asked.
"So I can toy with them like I did to you today. I love tormenting others. Plus I sense change coming soon, a war on the brink of revelation. Having a spy could be the deciding factor to help Nohr triumph over Hoshido." Iago spoke. Felicia sadly nodded her head, still tearing up. In order to add more insults to injury, Iago took out another crystal ball and placed it on the table. The crystal ball depicted Corrin practicing his marriage proposal to Flora, and this was the last straw. Felicia broke down in full felt tears, realizing the real Corrin didn't love her, but her sister. "I spotted our little Hoshidan practicing his proposal to his favorite little maid. And it wasn't you. Oh, how I love creating drama." And with that, Iago left, leaving Felicia crying on the floor.
Present day
The group had gonna back to the normal world, ready to begin their trip to Fort Jinya to attempt to convince the Hoshidans to trust them. They stopped to camp, and Felicia snuck out her tent late at night and went into the forest. She stopped when she saw Iago,
"Please, my darling maid. What sort of juicy info do you have for me?" Iago asked.
"We are going to Fort Jinya to attempt to persuade the Hoshidans to join our cause." Felicia explained, cringing at the thought of her telling him this information behind Corrin's back.
"What cause, may I ask?" Iago questioned.
"Azura believes that some invisible force is controlling the war, and now we are on our way to convince the Hoshidans of this." She explained.
"Alright thank you for this. I will tell Garon the plan to intercept your forces." Iago said, smiling.
"Wait! I want to proof. Show me my sister alive." Felicia said, impressing Iago.
"Well it seems the maids grown a spine. Very well." Iago said, showing a crystal with a picture of Flora, tied up, gagged and in an awful place. Iago had to capture Flora following Felicia's escape to keep her under his control.
"Oh Flora, I wish you didn't have to be caught up in all this." Felicia mumbled and with that Iago took his leave and Felicia was left alone in the woods at night.
"I promise, Corrin and Flora. I will redeem myself. I will make it up to you Corrin, and I will save you Flora." She promised and went back to camp to rest.
Hey guys, so huge Felicia chapter here today. This will create some much needed conflict within the team early on and causes Iago to take a central antagonizing role right now. Next chapter will follow up on Robin and Owain's storyline. Hope to see you guys next time and see ya later!