Ken awoke, yet again, somewhere unfamiliar to him. He could tell it was a bedroom, but he couldn't tell much more about it. He felt blood drip from the side of his mouth. What exactly happened? He wondered as he wiped the blood from his mouth, only to
find his jacket arms cut to shreds. He removed his jacket to find bandaged wrapped around his arm. He could vaguely remember a fight, an unfair one of he had to guess.

"Good, you're finally awake." As that was said, the tall blonde man walked into the room, followed by a short blonde girl. The blonde man seemed to be looking at him with a mix of curiosity and awe. The blonde girl gave him a warm smile, and went to examine
his bandages.

"Wh... What happened?" Ken croaked, his throat parched. "Wh... Who are you?"

The man smiled. It was an unsure, not reassuring smile, but it was still a smile. "You were knocked unconscious by Leo's spell. You've been down for about a day and a half. I'm surprised you're not dead. As for who I am, Crown Prince Xander of Nohr at
your service." He stated with a little bow for emphasis. Ken looked at him, puzzled. "Nohr?" Xander looked back at him, confused. "Yes, you are in Nohr. I take it you are not from here, judging by your clothes. Where are you from, exactly?"

It took Ken a moment to process that statement. Nohr? He had never heard of such a place, not even in fairy tales. "I'm from Japan, your majesty."

Xander sighed at the honorific. "Please do not call me your majesty. Just call me Xander. We have treated you wrongly, so we will pay accordingly. We will let you go."

"Go where?" Ken asked.

"It's obvious you came from Hoshido, just by looking at you." He seemed to not believe Ken's statement. "Might I ask your name, before we send you off?"

"The names Ken. It's nice to meet you, Xander-sama." Ken put his hand out for a handshake. Xander shook, a sign of a new friendship. "However, I have nowhere to return to here. I came here with a band of friends, and we were separated. Will you help me
look for them?"

Xander looked at him confused. "I can tell this is not an easy tale to believe. However, if you say you have nowhere to go, you may stay. However, you will become one of my retainers, basically, a loyal 'servant'. Do not worry, I will not treat you as
such." Xander reassured Ken. Ken really did not want to become Xander's servant, however, he really had no choice as he was stuck here, with no weapon or food. Ken nodded, making sure Xander knew he would take the deal. Xander smiled.

"Good young Ken. However, we have a mission. We must go to the bottomless canyon to back up Corrin, another princess of Nohr. Let us set off at once!"

Yukiko stood outside, looking across the canyon at the carnage that was happening. There were men dead on both sides, more on Yukikos side than the other one. Across the side there were two men and one woman. The woman looked much stronger than the men.
The woman was short, had waist-length black hair, a black ribbon and a black eyepatch. She stood a across from Yukiko and put her hand up. Out of the tip of her hand came a white dragon, about the length of from where Yukiko was standing to where
she was standing. The dragon filled a hole in the canyon as the girl walked over it. Does she have a persona as well? Yukiko asked herself. No matter, Yukiko could beat her, even with only Konohana Sakuya. She concentrated on summoning Konohana Sakuya,
imagining a card in front of her. She used her hand to break the card, causing Konohana Sakuya to appear. "Agi!" Yukiko yelled as a ball of flame appeared by the girl. The girl stumbled a bit, obviously taken aback, but she didn't stop. Instead, she
jumped sideways, avoiding the fire and landing on solid ground a few feet from where Yukiko was standing. She swung her sword, and Yukiko blocked as if she had a fan in her hand. She closed her eyes, but to her surprise, she heard a clink. The other
girl grunted, her voice surprisingly deep for her height. Yukiko opened her eyes to see she actually had a fan in her hand, Sakuya nowhere to be found. Yukiko concentrated on her fan, deflecting her opponents attacks. "Careful Sempai!" Rise yelled.
"There are more of them, one of the with ranged weapons!" Yukiko looked over her fan only to find a dagger whizzing by her face, bringing blood to her cheek. She gritted her teeth, feeling the sting. She kept blocking the opponent in front of her,
protecting the commander at all costs. She only miscalculated one thing. There were three of them. She felt pain shoot through her thigh as she looked down. There was a spear head, sticking about 5 centimeters out of her thigh, her blood dripping
down it. She got double vision as the lance was pulled out, allowing blood to freely run down her leg. There was another jab, but Yukiko couldn't tell where. She fell, clutching her leg where it had been stabbed. From the searing pain in her upper
body whenever she moved her shoulder, she could tell she had been stabbed multiple times in the arm, particularly the shoulder. She looked for Rise, who was looking for a hiding spot. Yukiko tried to focus on her as the pain became to much for her
to bear.