Chapter Seven: Confusion

(Robin's POV)

"What do you think, Robin?" Chrom asked

"Yeah, I guess we could help out, I see nothing wrong with trying in any case." I answered

We were nearing Ferox when a group of traveling merchants, fearing for their goods, had asked us to help them. Apparently, there was a master thief on the loose that had not only robbed one of the khans, he had also escaped from prison just a few hours ago. The merchants had given us a crudely drawn wanted poster and told us that the thief was supposedly leaving town soon.

"All right then, I'll gather everyone and bring them here for a quick briefing after which we'll search the surrounding area." Chrom said and quickly left to find everyone.

I took another look at the wanted poster and couldn't help but think that the thief looked slightly familiar.

Must be my imagination.

(Hershel's POV)

My life officially sucks. Right now I'm hiding out in a cave a little ways outside of Ferox, I'm a fugitive, and to top it all off, Frey followed me for whatever reason and he had the nerve to make himself look like me.

"Why do you have to look like me, again?" I asked with a sigh

"Because I can and because I want to."

"…I can respect those reasons…" I said "But what do we do now? I mean, we can't hide forever."

"Weeelll, we could just grab the bag of goods that I stole and hightail it over to another country." He said while scratching his chin.

"Remind me why you stole the goods in the first place."

"Because...I could and because I wanted to?" He said, making his answer sound like a question

"You know, even though I think those are respectable excuses, that does not mean you can use them for everything."

"But-"

He was cut off by someone outside the cave. "We know you're in there, thief. So come out or we're coming in!"

"What do we do?" Frey whispered

"How the heck am I supposed to know?!" I angrily whispered back. "You're the reason we're in this situation in the first place!"

GAH! What can I do except surrender? There has to be another way!

"I have a plan." Frey whispered with a smug grin on his face

Oh? All right, let's see what he does. "Go for it." I whispered

Frey stood up and began his plan. "We surrender!" He yelled

…..WhhaaaaaaaaAAAAATTTTT! That was the plan!? Ugh, it's not like we could do anything else though, I guess.

We walked to the exit of the cave and to my surprise, there were no Feroxi guards, instead, I found Chrom, Robin and the rest of the Shepherds waiting outside.

"Oh…hi Chrom." I said a little awkwardly.

"Hershel? You're the thief? And why are there two of you?"

"Well, funny story." I began "I got arrested for the theft, but my doppelganger is the one that actually committed the theft."

"Throwing me under the bus? That's low." Frey said.

I turned to look at Frey "…The heck is a bus?" I asked

"Ya know…I'm not sure." Frey said with a thoughtful face as he scratched his chin

"O…kay, but that still doesn't answer why there are two of you to begin with."

"it's because we're uh, twins! Yeah, twins." Frey said with a bit of panic in his voice. He leaned over to me and whispered "Play along if you want your cut of the goods."

I was getting a cut of the goods? Somehow it seems wrong to take them since they were stolen…but what do I care? It's not like they can pin anything on me, now that I have a 'twin'.

"Yeah, we're twins." I said with a convincing smile.

"How come you never said anything about a twin before?" Robin asked with suspicion written all over his face.

"First of all; you never asked. Secondly; I had amnesia, remember?"

"I suppose." Robin said with only slightly less suspicion.

"You know Robin; you're starting to act like Frederick more and more." I said

"I resent that!" Frederick and Robin said in unison.

"Well," Chrom began "Regardless of whether he's your twin or not, you did admit that he committed the crime, so we're going to have to turn him over to the Feroxi soldiers."

"I would like to add that Hershel was my accomplice." Frey said

The prison door made a loud clanging sound as it closed.

"Great job, Frey." I said as I glared at him. "Now we're both in jail." I looked around the cell. I think this is the same cell I was in before. Mmm, I missed you, soothing grey walls.

"Well I couldn't let you out of my sight; you might've left without me."

"Why do you keep following me anyway?"

"I told you back when we met in the forest, I need a travel partner."

"Why?"

"Because."

*sigh* "Whatever." I better get to work on a prison shank.

(?'s POV)

Haha, excellent, I have successfully trapped someone else in here with me. I now have company to entertain me.

"Um, excuse me but, who are you, where are you, why can't I see you, and where am I?"

"Who I am is irrelevant at this point, I'm over here, you can't see me because we are essentially nothing and we have no bodies, and you are in a void of pain and despair."

"Oh…but if we don't have bodies, then why can I hear you?"

"Because it's not so much hearing as it is telepathy."

"Ah, I see. Well, I would love to stay, but I really must be getting back to my own place and time."

"You will do nothing of the sort, I brought you here for a purpose, and you will not leave until that purpose is fulfilled. Besides, Jagen, nobody will miss you, and trust me, I mean no one."

"I'm not so sure-"

"DO NOT DEFY ME!"

"Oh…okay."

Excellent, I have already bent him to my will. The world will soon be mine.

A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. This is probably my second favorite chapter and it was pretty fun to write. Tell me what you thought about this chapter through review or PM, let me know what I can improve on as well.

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