Robin stared out over the seas. He'd always loved sailing. On the ocean, all of their troubles and worries felt a million miles away, and to Robin, there were really very few things more beautiful then the sunset over the ocean waters.
Morgan had inherited this same love of the ocean from him. The two of them leaned on the edge of Anna's boat, watching the wake of the water behind them and the endless sea in front.
"Hey, father..." Morgan piped up. "Was grandpa mad? When he found out about you and mom?"
Robin laughed nervously. "Well, actually, he found out about us the night we met you. See, you were with Sumia at the time and..."
Robin and Lucina sat in his tent, their eyes shooting awkwardly to each other, then to the rings they both kept concealed under gloves, then just anywhere around the tent.
"...We're going to have to tell him. Tonight." Lucina spoke up eventually.
Robin sighed. "I know, I know... It's just... How do you tell someone you're going to marry his daughter?"
He'd hoped to have a bit more time before telling Chrom. After all, they'd only been engaged for a week! The only people in camp who knew were Sumia and Inigo!
Still, Morgan's sudden appearance meant that their options were to either tell Chrom about their relationship... Or let him figure out just why the new girl who called Robin "father" bore a striking resemblance to Lucina.
Lucina took Robin's hand in hers and smiled at him. "I'll be with you. It'll be best for him to hear it from both of us."
Robin smiled back at her with the biggest grin he could muster. His face still held a hint of nervousness, but he was happy. Happier than he'd ever been. "I still can't believe it, though. We have a daughter! I know it's not the most ideal of circumstances, but either way, it's amazing!"
"And I can't wait to meet her!"
"You'll love her! She's so smart! And she's great with a sword; she got that from you. She's so enthusiastic, too! And... So happy! We did well raising her. Er... Will do well...? I'm not sure. The point is, she's absolutely perfect!"
"Morgan, right?"
"Yeah. Morgan. Our daughter." he said, trying out the words on his lips. Daughter. Gods, I have a daughter. It was weird, gushing about her to her own mother. ...Our daughter! Today is so... WEIRD! But so WONDERFUL!
"She um... She's got amnesia, unfortunately. She doesn't remember anything but me. But still, she's really thrilled to meet you!"
Lucina frowned at him. "But I can't help thinking... If she doesn't remember me..."
"Morgan's yours, Lucina. Definitely. She's got your hair, looks a lot like you, she fights just like you, and to top it all off, she has the Mark of Naga on her hand."
Robin leaned in to kiss his fiance, only interrupted by a sudden voice from outside his tent.
"Robin? Are you in?"
The mage quickly backed away from Lucina and stood up.
"Uh... Yes... Chrom! Come in!"
The prince peeled back the flap of the tent and walked inside.
"Hey, Chrom! Lucina and I were just going over formations for tomorrow's training skirmish."
Lucina nodded in agreement.
Chrom peered at the tactician, mildly suspicious, primarily because... Well, there was no training skirmish scheduled for tomorrow. He quickly brushed it off though. Robin would never lie to him! He must be mistaken on the day!
"...Right... Robin, I have to discuss something with you. The new girl we met today. You recruited her, right?"
"I... Yes, I did. Her name's Morgan."
"Okay... So this 'Morgan'... Who is she?"
"Oh... You know, travelling mage and swordswoman. Very talented. I think she'll be a great help!" Even while trying to hide just who Morgan was, Robin couldn't help inflecting his voice with incredible pride.
"Well, here's the thing. Sumia's been showing her around, and I tried to introduce myself to her earlier. Well... Sumia stopped me before I even got a good look at Morgan and said I should talk to you about her. So... Why can I not meet this girl?"
"Erm..." Alright, Robin. You can do this... "She's uh... She's my daughter, Chrom."
"Daughter!?" Chrom said, taken aback. "I didn't even know you were married! How could you not tell your best friend? Who's the lucky lady?"
"Well... Um... I'm actually not married, just engaged. And- And... And we'd only been engaged for a bit, you know... And um... Erm... She's great, and I- I really care about her... You know... Like a lot... A lot a lot..."
"Let me guess!" said Chrom enthusiastically. "It's Say'ri, isn't it?"
"Heh... No, not exactly..."
"Tiki? It's definitely Lady Tiki. I see the way you two are around each other. It's gotta be her!"
"Tiki, huh?" Lucina chimed in, narrowing her eyes on Robin. "I'd like to hear more about this one, father... What makes you think Tiki and Robin are a couple?"
"No!" shouted Robin defensively, giving his fiance an apologetic look. "Tiki and I have nothing going on!"
"Hmmm... Tharja?" guessed Chrom.
"...She's married with a daughter."
"Huh... Well, there must have been a reason Sumia was hiding her from me... You know... She really seemed fond of the girl... Almost as though..." Chrom thought out loud. His face scrunched up as he put two and two together. Robin winced in visible pain as he saw Chrom coming to his (wrong) conclusion.
In one swift motion Chrom drew Falchion and pointed it at Robin's throat.
"I swear to the GODS, Robin, if you have EVER touched Sumia-"
"DEAR NAGA CHROM YOU'VE GOT IT ALL WRONG LUCINA HELP HELPHELPHELPHELP!"
Lucina drew her own Falchion and crossed her father's blade.
"FATHER! DROP YOUR SWORD THIS INSTANT! MORGAN IS NOT SUMIA'S DAUGHTER!"
Chrom lowered his sword hesitantly. "I... Fine. I may have overreacted. I shouldn't have accused you, Robin. I'm... Sorry."
"Good. Now give me your sword." Lucina demanded.
"...Lucina?" Chrom asked in confusion.
"Father. Your sword. Now. If you're going to use it to threaten your friends, I think it's best that you give it to me. At least until you calm down and stop acting so childish."
Chrom handed over Falchion dejectedly. Out of the three of them, Lucina was undoubtedly the most intimidating when she wanted to be. She smiled and winked at Robin as he breathed a sigh of relief. At the very least, with Falchion out of the picture, Robin would survive the night.
"Fine then. Who is Morgan's mother?" Chrom adopted a strict, no nonsense tone, clearly unhappy with his sword being taken away.
"Well... Like I said... Morgan isn't Sumia's daughter... Because-"
"Tiki!" Robin interrupted quickly. "You were right, Chrom! Hahahaha! It was Tiki the whole time! Now let's all just-"
"Oh, come off it, Robin!" Lucina snapped at him.
She removed her glove to show off her engagement ring.
"It's me! See? Robin and I are in love and Morgan is my daughter!"
"And that's why... I was... Knocked unconscious the first night you came back..." Robin said, drawing his story to a close.
"You told me you were ambushed by Risen. Riding wolves." responded Morgan.
He shrugged. "I... Didn't really know what to say to you. I'd only known you for a few hours at that point. ...Chrom's always been a better hand to hand fighter than me, anyways..."
Morgan chuckled to herself. "It's funny, it always seemed to me like Grandpa approved of your relationship with mom!"
"Well, he did." Robin corrected her. "What he didn't approve of was hiding it from him. Chrom's always valued honesty above pretty much anything..."
Robin groaned in pain as he finally opened his eyes and looked up to see... Six blue haired figures staring back at him!?
No, wait. It was just two. Three times each. Robin groaned again and rubbed his head.
"I see you're awake now." Chrom said cheekily.
"Hiya, Chrom. Lucina. Where's Morgan?" Robin asked.
Lucina gestured behind her to a figure wrapped in a familiar robe asleep on a cot across from him. Between Robin's desk and his now three visitors, his already crowded tent barely held any room to breathe.
"It was a bit late to set up another tent, and she wanted to be here..." said Lucina. "She kinda just... Collapsed the second we brought a cot in here."
"Poor thing. Big day, huh?" responded Robin.
"I uh... Yeah. I know from personal experience that time travel takes a lot out of you."
"Huh." He smiled and closed his eyes. "You know, Chrom, even with you knocking me out, I think this is the happiest day of my life. That I remember, anyhow."
Chrom sighed to himself. "I am very sorry about that. Believe me, Sumia and Lucina have already told me how much of an idiot I was being."
"Not Morgan? I figured she'd give you an earful too..."
"We decided it'd be best to not tell her exactly what happened." Lucina said. "Didn't want her to get the wrong idea about Chrom."
"Lucina..." Chrom said. "Could you give me a minute alone with Robin?"
"I'm not leaving." Lucina responded. "You'll kill him without me here."
"...I told you, Lucina. I'm okay with this."
"I'm not sure I believe that."
"Wait wait wait..." Robin butted in. "...Did you just say you were okay with us? Being together?"
"Well, yes!" Chrom laughed. "I can't believe you thought I'd disapprove! Robin, there's no one I'd rather trust my daughter to! Besides, Lucina is an adult, and she's earned my trust. She can make her own decisions."
Robin's face told Chrom he wasn't at all amused by the fact that he'd been knocked out for nothing.
"...I punched you because you lied to me. You kept this from me. I approve of your engagement to Lucina. In fact, I give you my blessing. But don't lie to me about it."
"...You're an asshole, Chrom."
"I uh... May have freaked out a little when you two told me, and I'm sorry. It was a kneejerk reaction."
"...Fine. ...I accept your apology." Despite the circumstances, he was glad to have Chrom's approval.
"Good. Anyway, I just wanted to talk about... Ylissean law."
"...Where are you going with this, Chrom?"
"Oh, nowhere! I just wanted to share some interesting little pieces of information with you." he said, smirking. "For instance, did you know that torture is still technically legal in Ylisse? It hasn't been used for over a century now, but I could make an exception if I felt like it! Isn't that interesting?"
"Father!" shouted Lucina. "Don't you dare!"
Robin, however, grinned, picking up on his friend's sarcasm.
"Robin," said Chrom, falling into a more serious tone, "you are a dear, dear friend. But if you ever hurt her, I will end you. Goodnight, you two!"
As soon as Chrom left the room, Lucina wrapped her arms around Robin.
"I'm so sorry for the way my father is acting. I swear I won't let him torture you!"
Robin just started laughing. "Lucina, I'm sure he was joking about the torture."
"Do you think?"
"Yeah."
She laid down in the cot next to him, and neither of them cared that there wasn't nearly enough room.
"Morgan is wonderful. She's everything you said she was!"
"I'm so glad you got to spend some time with her. She's perfect."
"I'm... Worried, though. ...I don't know how to raise a child... I didn't have the example of my parents to learn from."
"Don't worry, Luce. We'll do fine. We were... Will be... Will have been great parents! At least, Morgan seems to think so. ...Will have thought so? Dear Naga, this time travel business is frustrating..."
Lucina laughed that rare laugh of hers. "You get used to it. ...The thing is, though, she thinks you were a great parent. ...She doesn't have the slightest idea what kind of mother I was..."
"I'll be right there with you, Lucina. Trust me. We'll do fine."
She smiled back at him.
"You know..." Robin spoke up. "Before you told us all you were Chrom's daughter and joined the Shepherds, we had a betting pool going on just who or... What you were."
"Is that so?" she asked.
The tactician nodded. "There were three main theories. Some thought you were some sort of angel sent by Naga. Then, there were those that thought you were a ghost. And finally, a lot of people thought you were just an ordinary swordswoman with a knack for theatrics."
Lucina chuckled to herself. "I'm glad my disguise was so effective! ...What did you think?"
"Well," he continued. "At first, I thought you were a ghost. You could disappear so easily, and you seemed so detached from everyone... I thought only a ghost could do that. Then, you joined us, and I thought you were just a regular swordswoman. An incredibly talented swordswoman from the future, but otherwise normal. Now, though..."
He leaned forward, wrapped his arms around her, and kissed her.
"Now I see you really are an angel."
She grinned and blushed at him.
"I love you, Robin."
"I love you too."
The new parents laid there in silence for a while, until both had fallen asleep. Robin first, then Lucina. As far as they were concerned, they were the happiest people in the world.
"...Could that ending have been any more lovey-dovey?" Morgan finally spoke up.
"Look, it's my recollection, and I'll end it how I want to!" protested Robin. "Would you rather I make up some grand tale instead?"
"Nope!" the young girl responded. "Lucky for you, I happen to like sentimental stories."
Robin laughed and pulled her into a hug. "Good. You know, I don't tell you this enough, but I love you, Morgan."
"Love you too, dad!"
A/N: Paralogue 2! Woo! I see a lot of people in Robcina fics portray Chrom as an overprotective father who is pissed at Robin, but it always seemed to me that Chrom, although very hotheaded, trusts the women in his life to make their own decisions. He wouldn't be mad at Robin for being in a relationship with Lucina. He would, however, be mad at Robin trying to keep him in the dark about it. And poor Robin would be terrified to tell Chrom. So I rolled with that.
SO HEY. THAT FIRE EMBLEM 14 TRAILER LOOKS AWESOME.
Review responses: WOW I got a lot of reviews! I love it!
To Vastler75, Exactly! That chapter came together when I realized that A) Lucina needs money, B) Her marketable skills mostly revolve around fighting/survival and C) She's quite the actress, too. I'm glad people were fooled by it, at first. That was entirely my intention, I love messing with people!
To Zallow, Lori, and blueeyes, Thank you all so much! I'm glad you're enjoying it!
To Dane Namor, Yep! That was exactly the intended response! I wanted to make her seem more than a bit out of character at first and then explain why she was acting like that. It was a fun chapter to write!
To Kimran, Thank you so much for reviewing all the chapters! There are a few specific things I'll address, as it were...
Chapter 4 - One thing I always worry about when writing is giving characters a good balance of flaws and assets. As you said, it's very much a way to make a character seem "human." Really the only way to do so, in my opinion.
Chapter 5 - I actually based this Robin on Smash Wii U Robin. His animations (see: dash attack) indicate that he is much more of a mage than a swordfighter, since his swordsmanship is awkward and unorthodox. So I ran with that.
Chapter 7 - Indeed, poor Robin! He loves Morgan and Lucina, but not their sense of fashion. :P Ah well, dealing with terrible clothing choices is a small sacrifice to make to make them happy.
The reason I chose a new Anna instead of the old one we know is because I think it might feel a little contrived to have the old Anna randomly be there.
To TheLegendaryBladeFalchion, Well, I hope this lives up to your expectations! :p
Thank you all, and see you again in a bit!