Fire Emblem Fates

Chapter 11: Invasion

"Mama, please! Show me the new book you found. Please!" begged the blue haired girl who has holding on her mother's soft hand. Lucina had just told her daughter of the book regarding the three ancient kingdoms. Morgan needed something to ease her mind of her father, so Lucina had given it to her. She couldn't wait to read about some ancient countries she had never heard about. She plopped on her bed and read the intro pages quickly. She was introduced to the world quickly, and had met the eight royals who would prove to be important. She instantly liked Leo and Hinoka, and thought they were both really cool and powerful. Leo especially had a lot of quotes in the book that had fascinated her. One of her favorites read,

"Fate is a funny thing, there are times when you wonder what it really means. But I know from experience that fate is no predetermined thing, and people can change it, as I learned from my brother."

She read on and got to a part where a rebel army leader, Corrin and his army of rebels are being invaded in their base which is in some sort of alternate dimension. Morgan's two favorite people in this army where the spunky Elise and the sarcastic and crude Jakob. These two always made her laugh and created some funny moments. The rebel leader and a master samurai, Hana had just left a little clearing from which they had a moment and were taken aback from the sudden arrivals.

"Where's Sakura? I need to find her soon. Come with me." Hana ordered, ducking behind the stables. Corrin checked to see if Subaki was still in there, but he was gone, along with his pegasus. Hana took a quick surveillance of the surrounding area and saw that the entrance to the base was huddled with a bunch of strange, purple soldiers. She saw that Arthur and Gunter were fighting against a knight and a fighter. She would've helped them, but she needed to know that Lady Sakura was safe first.
"Come with me, Corrin." she ordered, and she moved through the battlefield to gain a better view of the base. Corrin moved behind her, but he saw a wyvern rider charging at them, and he had to jump to parry the attack. Hana realized the dragon knight above them and pierced her sword straight through the underbelly of the dragon, hitting the rider and erupted the figure in purple ash. She dropped gracefully in front of Corrin, amazing him with her skill and precision. She rushed forward, still determined to find Sakura, with Corrin following her to make sure she didn't get killed. They were stopped when a pegasus knight stopped in front of them, and they recognized as Subaki.

"Hana, Sakura is near the hot springs. She is protected by Effie and Azura. I can't fly near their because their is way too many archers. I count about 20 foreign soldiers. The knight and the weird justice guy are protectThe other princess is running away with the butler and Kaze, but they are in no immediate danger. I can help them with some javelins if you want me too, while you guys help Sakura." Subaki explained.

"Yeah, you do that. Just stay back. There is too many archers for you to join the battle. Just scout out and relay information to our team." Corrin ordered, and Subaki complied, allowing Hana and Corrin to charge to the hot spring. "He never mentioned Felicia. I wonder where she is." Corrin wondered. Hana and Corrin were able to cut their way through anybody who opposed them. They finally saw the hot springs, and in front of it they saw a mob of the semi- invisible soldier's crowding around something. Corrin could barely make out some pink armor, and deduced that Effie was tanking all the blows while keeping Azura and Sakura safe behind her, while Sakura kept healing her.

Hana sprinted forward, yelling to get the attention of some of the warrior's and she cut them down. The archer's were at the back and they were easy pickings, but it was the others like the mercenary's and ninjas who were proving difficult for her. Corrin followed her and with his Yato he was able to kill any soldiers who tried to escape. Effie and Azura, when they saw they had back up and enough chaos to get in the fight safely, joined in.

"Corrin, let's do the Butterfly Pincer attack!" called Hana, confusing Corrin because he had no idea what she meant.

Once the group outside was done with their battle, they looked around to find Sakura, but could not find her anywhere.

"Where's Sakura?" Corrin asked, but his question was quickly answered when he heard a familiar scream from in the hot spring. Hana sprang into action, and Corrin followed after he told Effie and Azura where they could find Elise and protect her. The last of the invisible soldiers were dead, but there were some stray ones that were still attempting an escape. Hana found Sakura inside the pool, with the ninja treading forward in an attempt to kill her.

"I'm coming Sakura." Hana called and she dived in the pool. It was too late for her to realize that she's a terrible swimmer and she started drowning in the pool. The ninja looked back at her, realized her inevitable attempt to save the other and swam forward faster. Sakura was nearing the edge of the pool, her death also near. She closed her eyes to avoid seeing the ninja's shuriken piercing her skin. She kept them closed for a while, until she opened one to see what was taking the ninja so long, and saw her big brother, looking triumphant on deck. Sakura wondered what Corrin had done to kill the ninja. Hana was able to get out of the water, her face red either from the heat or embarrassment.

"What the hell was that? You like grew something strange from your hand and fired from it. How did you do that?" Hana asked.

"It was umm… well I don't know how I got the power, but I can like transform my body into different parts of a dragon. That was me transforming my hand into the mouth of a dragon and firing a breath of fire at the ninja. It was a lot more powerful than I remembered though." Corrin answered, leaving Hana shocked.
"I- It's true. Corrin can t-transform into a dragon. I s-saw it with my own eyes." Sakura said, clearly scared from her near death experience.
"And you, Sakura. Please never do that again! I was so worried. I had no idea where you where." Hana spoke, clearly still worrying about her best friend.

"I-I'm s-sorry. The ninja charged at me and I had nowhere else to run. I'm so sorry." Sakura apologized.

"It's all right Sakura. There is no need to apologize. You're still alive and that's what counts." Corrin said, comforting his little sister. Corrin realized Hana staring at him hugging Sakura, giving him a skeptical look. The three exited the hot spring, and saw that the remainder of the purple soldiers were gone and Subaki was waiting for them.

"Oh thank the lord. Sakura, thank god you're okay." Subaki exclaimed.

"That's why I'm a better retainer, because I go and help her." Hana taunted, earning a look from both Sakura and Subaki. The four went to go meet up with the rest of the team at the mess hall, and everyone sighed a sigh of relief that Corrin was okay. However, only Kaze seemed relieved that Sakura was safe too.

They ate a good dinner and before long Sakura asked Corrin to walk with her to her room. She got in her bed and asked Corrin to sit by her bedside. She said,

"You used to sit by my bedside whenever I got a nightmare." Sakura recalled, still shocked from her earlier encounter, but she seemed more calm with Corrin beside her.

"I sure wish I remembered those years. They seem like so much fun." Corrin lamented.

"Why don't you remember your time with Hoshido?" asked Sakura.

"If I knew, I would tell you." Corrin asked, but the tent flapped open before he could say more.
"I may have an idea of what happened to you to cause you to lose your memory." Corrin and Sakura looked at the newcomer, to see the bubbly Elise. "I don't know if this for fact, but I remember there was one day I was travelling across the castle and I found you locked in a room. The following day, Leo was talking furiously to Iago about something regarding you Corrin. Leo said that he would be the most qualified to visit her and that she would never agree to the conditioning if Iago went. Iago then mumbled angrily but complied to the arrangement, and Leo took you away later that day. You came back and you were totally different, you didn't recognize me at all." Sakura and Corrin looked at each other in disbelief as the normally gleeful Elise looked upset, even guilt that she withheld the information. Elise continued "I talked to Leo about it and he said he took you to the 'Scarlet Sorceress'. I still have no idea who she is, but she seems really powerful. Oh and for the record, Corrin sits at my bedside when I get nightmares too." Elise said, a bit more playful than a moment before.

Corrin was surprised by the new revelation, and wondered who was the Scarlet Sorceress. Corrin was then tackled by Elise, and before he knew it, he had the sad Elise in his arms.
"I'm sorry I kept this from you big brother. Xander told me not to tell you. He said it was for your own good." Elise said. Corrin was shocked, but he just patted Elise's head and said,

"It's okay Elise. I understand. I'll just ask Xander or Leo next time I get the chance." Corrin noticed Sakura moving uneasily in her bed that she now shared with two people. Corrin opened his arms and invited his other younger sister to join in the group hug. Corrin hoped this would soon become a family hug.
"I hope someday we can have hugs with everyone. Ryoma, Camilla, Takumi, Hinoka, Xander and Leo. This is what we're fighting for. The unification of Nohr and Hoshido." Corrin thought.

It was not long before Sakura and Elise slept out of exhaustion from the fight. Corrin wanted to pick up Elise and put her in her room, but the sight of his two little sisters sleeping like that brought happiness and joy to him that he had to leave her there. Corrin walked out of the tent to be surprised by Hana, who seemed like she was waiting for him.
"You sure we can leave that Nohrian in Sakura's room?" Hana asked.
"Of course, there both my sisters and I trust them to not kill each other. Sakura and Elise harbor no ill feelings towards the other." Corrin compromised, and Hana shrugged. Corrin quickly remembered something that happened in the fight today and had to ask of it.

"Hana, what was that Butterfly Pincer Attack you mentioned in the middle of the fight. It sounded like some sort of maneuver that I was supposed to know, but I don't recall learning it. What is it?" Hana seemed disappointed that Corrin remembered that, but she said,

"You don't recall learning it, but you did. There is something I haven't told you about, regarding your time in Hoshido. I knew you, in fact we were quite close. You and I always partnered with each other every time for the partner sparrings. The Butterfly Pincer Attack was an attack we performed whenever we could flank an enemy. Our attack never failed and we never lost a partner spar. We were quite the team!" Hana smiled her signature smile. Corrin was still surprised that he had known the samurai before he was kidnapped.

"Is there anything else I should know about my past you can tell me." Corrin asked, not convinced she was telling the full truth.
"Uh, no I don't think so. Well, I mean I got really upset when you were kidnapped. But, no I think that's all I can say." Hana said. Corrin still thought that she was holding something back, but decided to back off the issue. Corrin left and as he was walking down to his tent when he ran into someone he didn't expect to see, Felicia.

"Felicia! What are you doing here?" Corrin asked. Felicia was collecting her thoughts.
"I can't tell him Iago pulled me out of the astral plane to avoid me dying from the invisible soldier." she thought, and decided to say, "I was preparing food for tomorrow in the mess hall. Is there anything I missed?" Corrin decided not to say anything about the attack to not worry her.