Lost and Found
On a side note, I did not add Morgan. Morgan is going to show up in later chapters, but not as one of the future children that help stop Grima. Chrom and Robin never went to the ruins so they never found Morgan, however Morgan will show up in the series, or at least what I have planned for the series.
Chapter 5: City of Flowers"So you got your memories back", spoke Moses as he devoured the horde of nuts he and Robin had collected. His right hand was filled with his plunder, and his left was almost constantly in his mouth removing the shells of the nuts.
"Yes I did", spoke Robin as she zigzagged her way through the forest. She had to take special care to choose a rout with the least amount of logs and rocks as Moses proved incapable of watching his step as he feasted upon his meal. This very fact however began to get on Robins nerves as the trek back to the main road became quite tedious.
"So", spoke Moses as he tossed aside a shell from one of nuts. "Did you remember how you ended up in the field?" Robin stopped at Moses question. The battle with Grima flashed in her mind. She saw the sad faces of Chrom and the other shepherds as she faded into nothingness. Her final word bounced around in her head.
"Yes", she spoke in a somber tone. The sudden tensing of the conversation caught Moses off guard. He had no idea had no idea of how she had lost her memory, but clear now that there was some weight behind it.
"Did I ask a wrong question", asked Moses as he stopped chomping on his breakfast. Robin turned toward him and gave off a cheerful smile. Robin had picked up on how heavy the mood had become and decided it was best to lighten it as soon as possible.
"Nope", she spoke as she stole one of Moses nuts and threw it into her mouth. Immediately Moses switched to the defensive and began to guard his bounty with his left hand.
"Hay", screamed Moses as he turned his body away from the tactician. "These are my nuts", he shouted while pressing them tightly against his chest.
"Oh come on Moses", spoke Robin as she began to walk forward again. "It is just one little nut. It is not like I stole half the horde you are carrying."
"Yeah, but one of my nuts", shouted Moses as he emphasizing the word my! "You had your own nuts remember. Ya ate all of yours in one go, and now you have no more you want to eat mine. Well that aint happening squirrel woman. Theses nuts are mine."
"Squirrel woman", shouted Robin as she turned back towards Moses! "Her face lit up from a mixture of embarrassment and anger. "Who are you calling squirrel woman", she shouted.
"You", spoke Moses as he defended his nuts. "I saw the way you devoured those nuts earlier. You stuffed them all into your mouth and separated the shells from the seeds. Then you swallowed he seeds and spit out the shells. You eat nuts like a squirrel; hence I call you a squirrel woman."
"Shut up", shouted Robin in embarrassment red. "That is the way you are suppose to eat nuts."
"No it's not", spoke Moses as he tossed one of his morsels into his mouth. He broke the shell with his teeth and swallowed the seed inside. He then spit out the remaining shell on the ground. "That is how you are suppose to eat nuts", spoke Moses. "Not like a squirrel."
As Moses finished talking Robin snatched away two more of his defenseless nuts and stuffed them in her mouth. "Hay", shouted Moses as he defended the rest of his horde.
"Well what now", spoke Robin as her cheeks puffed with her stolen prize? " I thought you said I was not going to get anymore of your precious horde," spoke Robin as she spit out the two shells.
"Curse you squirrel woman", shouted Moses as he began to purposely lag behind. "That the last nut you are stealing from me."
"Whatever", spoke Robin as she brought the silly argument to an end. "I am not going to accommodate you anymore. Keep up or you will get left behind." As the words finished coming from her mouth Robin immediately changed course. She began cutting through the ticket and crossing terrain she knew Moses would have a hard time walking through.
"Tyrant", spoke Moses as he followed behind, stumbling over rocks and roots along the way.
After several minutes of trekking through the woods the duo had finally reached the main road. Moses had finish devouring the remainder of his nuts and was now focus on their new course of action.
"So", spoke Moses in a more serious tone. "Where are we heading", he asked? Moses at the time was just simply following Robins lead. He had no idea where they were going and to be truthful at the moment he really did not care. Getting home seemed far off to him, and a chance to see this new world was exciting.
"We are heading to the capitol", she spoke as she examined the road. She looked at the stones to determine the way they flowed. All roads lead away from the capitol. If you could find the patter of how they laid then you can determine which way was the capitol.
"The capitol", spoke Moses as Robin rose back up from the road. This was the first time he had heard about it. He had no idea if the capitol was even nearby. "Yeah", spoke Robin as she began to walk on the paved road. "There someone there I have to meet."
"You mean that Chrom fella", spoke Moses as he followed behind.
"Um, yeah", spoke Robin as she tried to hide the blush on her face. Her memories of Chrom rushed to the forefront of her mind. She took note however that it was hard for her to control her facial expression though she chalked it up to her loss of memory.
"Oh", spoke Moses as he smashed his fist into his palm. "I almost forgot. Did you remember anything about me, or at least anything about why I was in the field?"
His question hit Robin like a ton of bricks. She had completely forgotten about Moses' problem. The only thing she had been focusing on was getting back her memories. She turned and looked at Moses and shook her head. "Sorry Moses", she spoke as she stared into his dark brown eyes. "I don't remember anything about you, nor do I know why you were there in the field."
"Dang it", spoke Moses under his breath. He was hoping to find out something about why he was here, and not at home eating his sandwich. "Well can you tell me what you do remember", he asked hoping to find a clue in Robin's words.
For a moment Robin remained silent, but eventfully she decided it would be best if he knew. They still had quite a way till the capitol, and telling him of her story would speed up the journey.
"I remember a battle", she spoke starting off her tale. "It was a battle with a great evil that had brought blight upon the land. Do you remember those monsters", spoke Robin as she turned toward Moses?
"You mean the ones that attacked me last night", spoke Moses as he recalled the battle.
"Yes", she spoke as she began to move back into her tale. "You see that evil brought those creatures into the world, and began to use them as its personal army to dominate the land. Chrom, and I set out to quell this evil, and with the help of the Shepherds", she spoke only to be interrupted by Moses
"You brought shepherds with you", spoke Moses as disbelief filled his eyes. Her tale was already hard enough for him to believe, but bringing sheep herders to a battle was the last straw.
"No," shouted Robin as she attempted to clear up the misunderstanding. "The Shepherds are an elite group of soldiers that serve under Chrom. They are the finest troops in all of Ylisse and are not sheep herders." Ylisse thought Moses as he absorbed this information. It was the first clue to where he was.
"Oh", spoke the Burly man as he left Robin continue, but in the back of his head he began to doubt Robin's tale.
"Like I was saying", spoke Robin as she went back into her story. We moved out to face this evil, but where meet with the challenge of slaying such a huge creature as it was the size of a mountain."
"A mountain", shouted Moses in surprise. Even more doubt rose up in the back of his mind. Robin however expected his shock expression. This was the most fanatical part of their quest, and she knew full well it would be hard to believe.
"A mountain", she spoke reassuring him of its size. "To make it worse it was dragon", she added leaving a pause for Moses outburst of surprise. "The dragon was too large to simply slay with a sword, and flew to high for us to reach it. All seemed lost till Lady Naga was stepped in and used her divine power to."
"Lady Naga", spoke Moses interrupting Robin again. "Is she some noblewoman or something", he asked? Robin was quite surprised. She knew Moses was not from Ylisse, but she did not know how far from it he was. His question about Lady Naga told her he was outside the influence of her teaching. Walhart, of all people, knew who lady Naga was. For him not to he had to be from an entirely different continent.
"Umm," spoke Robin as she searched for the right words. "Lady Naga is a dragon", she spoke while rubbing the back of her head. "She has divine power just as Grima has power over the risen."
"Grima", spoke Moses with great surprise, but a familiarity could be heard in his voice! It was the first time Robin saw him react to something that he knew. He clearly knew who Grima was, but did not know who Naga was. This was a puzzling discovery for the silver haired tactician.
"Oh, so you know of Grima", spoke Robin. She was expecting a confirmation of her hypothesis, but was only met with a puzzled stare.
"No", spoke Moses with an unsure tone. "I have no idea of who Grima was", spoke Robin as he stared at the ground. "But there is something about the name. I can't tell you why, nor can I explain it but something about the name Grima sounds familiar." Moses was more confused than Robin. The name Grima, though he had never heard it in his life stuck to him. There was something in the back of his head telling him that this was important. It was something that he needed to know.
"Well", spoke Robin in her attempt to start back up the story. "With the help of lady Naga we reached the back of the dragon, and set out to fight Grima himself."
"Wait", spoke Moses as he interrupted again. He saw a frown cross Robin's face as he soon realized she was growing weary of his interruptions. "This is the last question", he spoke while holding his right hand out in defense. Robin let out a sigh and nodded letting Moses know he could speak. "You said Grima was the dragon, but now you say you fought Grima on the back of the dragon? So you are saying you fought Grima the person, on the back of Grima the dragon?"
"It is complicated", spoke Robin. She did not even bother to explain to him her whole situation with Grima. She knew he would not understand, nor did she want to even bring that part of the story up again. "To make a long story short", spoke Robin as she rushed the tale to completion. We defeated Grima, but in order to insure he would never return to the world of men I sacrificed myself to be rid of the fell dragon forever."
"Sacrifice yourself", shouted Moses. "Why the hell would you do that", he shouted. For some strange reason her decision bothered him. The idea of Robin sacrificing herself to end Grima did not sit well with him.
"Because it was right", spoke Robin as she turned toward away from Moses. "I had to", she spoke as she grabbed her arms. "What is one life in comparison to that of thousands? I know that there are people who cared about me, and people who loved me, but I could not do it. I could not live knowing I could save thousands of people the hardship and pain of fighting Grima. I couldn't live knowing I passed this curse down to the next generation. I had to", she spoke again as tears began to run from her eyes.
A sense of guilt rose I Moses stomach as he watched the tears run down her cheek. "Hay", spoke the burly man as he slammed his palm against Robin's back. "At least it worked out in the end", spoke Moses in his attempt to cheering up Robin. "You saved the world and the future generations, plus you came back to the ones you love. Well sort of", spoke Moses as he rubbed the back of his head. "You still have to track them down and meet them again, but I bet they will all be happy to see you again."
Robin wiped away the tears from her eyes and began to move forward again. "Then we best hurry", she spoke as the duo came over a hill. As they crossed its threshold the capitol came into sight.
"That is the capitol", spoke Moses as he stared at the city. It was the first time he had ever seen a walled city and the sight of which was quite grand.
"Yap", spoke Robin as she led the way. The capital was not far off, and with it was Chrom the man she had loved, and her daughter Lucina.
As the duo arrived at the gate they were greeted by two knights dressed in navy blue armor. "What business do you have here", spoke the first knight as he pointed his lance at Moses. Robin was stopped by the other knight who simply crossed his lance in front of the door way.
"What the hell", spoke Moses as noticed the difference in the way he was treated. He raised his hand to grab the spear when his arm was grabbed by Robin.
"We are merely travelers", she spoke while squeezing Moses arm. The latter of the two squirmed from the pain as Robin talked to the guards in a cheerful manor. It took all the strength Moses had to break away from Robin's grasp, and even then his arm still ached from the pain.
"Travelers", spoke the first knight as he stared at Moses. He took note of the two swords strapped to his left and right side. "And what business do travelers have being so armed", asked the guard as he pointed to the blades at Moses' sides.
As Moses opened his mouth to speak he was punched in the ribs by Robin. From this point on Robin had no intention of letting Moses do any talking. "The roads are dangerous", spoke Robin as Moses held his side. "There are bandits and Risen about we need our weapons to keep us safe from harm."
"Risen", spoke the second guard as he turned toward the first. "There have not been any risen attacks since a decade ago." His words caught Robin off guard. A decade she thought to herself as she pondered his words. Up until they fought Grima the risen had always been a constant threat. The only solution she could come up with was that the risen had stopped attacking after the fall of Grima, and the fact time must have flown by after she vanished from the world. The thought of it however scared her as she did not know how long, or what point in time she was. There was a chance that Chrom and her dreariest Lucina would not be waiting for her.
"I can't tell", spoke Moses, breaking Robin's thoughts and angering the guards. Without warning Robin smashed her fist into his stomach silence Moses once again.
"What my traveling companion meant to say is that we were attacked last night", spoke Robin making up for Moses brashness. "We were passing through the forest and made camp when two of their ilk fell upon us from the woods."
"Truly", spoke the second knight as he stared at the duo. They seemed addled enough to have been attacked by risen, or at the least the man was. Robin looked fine and spoke with common sense. Her companion on the other hand must really be on edge if he was arguing with a guard.
"I don't believe you", spoke the first Knight, but a quick glace from the second mad him change his tone. "But", he spoke while staring at his partner. "I have no reason to stop you at the gate." As he finished his words his partner removed his lance from the entry way. "However I will say this maiden. Keep your friend under control, or you both might be spending time in the dungeon." As the knight stepped aside Robin walked through the gate followed by Moses. As he passed he and the knight exchanged glanced and Moses entered the city.
As the duo walked out of ear shock of the knights Moses let Robin have it. "What the hell Robin", he shouted but was quickly shot down by the silver haired maiden.
"I should be saying that to you", she spoke while getting into his face. "What kind of behavior was that? That was a guard you dolt. Do you want to be thrown in the dungeon?"
"Hay he started", spoke Moses as he was now on the defensive. "He pointed the spear at me first, not the other way around.
"No dough," shouted Robin. "I would point a spear at you two. You don't have the friendliest appearance."
"Ouch", spoke Moses as Robin took a shot at his looks. He was about to retort back, but was bumped into by a young boy.
"Hay", spoke Moses as the young lad fell to the ground.
"Moses", shouted Robin as she took a knee to help the young boy up. "Hay kid are you alright", she asked as she helped the young man off the ground.
"I am fine", he spoke as he quickly dashed back into the crowd.
"Weird kid", spoke Robin as she turned her attention to Moses. "Watch were you are going Moses", she spoke, but her words were met with an empty expression as Moses continued to follow the boy with his eyes.
"Moses", spoke Robin as she stared at her companion with a bit of worry. The burly man simply patted his right hip with his hand and continued to follow the lad with his eyes.
"Son of a bitch", spoke Moses as he suddenly took off ramming his way through the crowd.
"Moses", shouted Robin as he disappeared into the crowd. The fool she thought to herself as she swiftly followed behind. What set this off thought Robin as she made her way through the crowd?