Silently Marching, our Quest for Revenge

"Hey! Assbutts!" Vincent shouted as he walked into the tavern.

Every pirate inside turned to look at him. "I'm looking for the Pirate Lord," Vincent said.

"And why would the Pirate Lord want to see you?" a voice came from the group.

"I'm sure Captain Colby would find it in his best interests to see me," Vincent smirked.

There was a collective gasp. No one normal knew the Pirate Lord's true name.

"Settle down everyone, Vincent, let's get a more private location," a large man stood up.

Vincent nodded toward the Pirate Lord. Of course he'd been there the entire time, Matts was never wrong about things like this.

Colby took him to a side room of the tavern, "Assbutts? Really?"

Vincent grinned, "It works."

Colby sighed, "What do you need?"

Vincent grew serious, "We need a boat back to Ylisse. Fast."

"Why," Colby said.

"Plegia will try to raise the Fell Dragon, Grima," Vincent stated with certainty.

Colby laughed, "You're joking!...Okay, you're not. I can get you a ship. I'll captain it, I need to go to Ylisse anyway."

Vincent nodded gratefully, "Thank you. You're saving the world with this."

"If this goes south, I have an escape plan ready," Vincent said to Chrom as the Shepherds approached the Plegian castle.

Chrom nodded. Vincent kept alert, there was no way getting the final gemstone of the Fire Emblem was going to be this easy.

The entered the castle and were led to the throne room. There, Validar and the servant pegasus bitch that Vincent didn't know her name stood.

Vincent stood near the back, keeping his eyes on the people around the room. This wouldn't usually be a problem except for the fact they were trying to remain hidden. And failing.

"Give me the Fire Emblem, Chrom," Validar said.

"No," Chrom stated in reply.

"This is over then, guards! Seize them!" Validar shouted.

"Now!" Vincent yelled. All the magic users in the Shepherds cast their respective specialty at the various guards emerging.

"This way!" Vincent shouted and ran down a wide hallway.

They encountered various groups of enemies, but nothing extremely challenging. But when they got to the entrance of the castle, all hell broke loose.

There must have been every single guard in the castle at the gate. They were going to be hard pressed now.

Vincent looked around to make sure his team was alright. Everyone was ready, including Syrenne, who had been taught how to use her sword on the long boat ride over.

"Almost there! Everyone, to me!" Chrom shouted as he began cutting his way through the numerous Plegians. The Shepherds began grouping around Chrom and made a huge dent into the Plegian guard.

But the Plegians suddenly stopped attacking. Vincent looked behind him, Validar stood with his hand outstretched. "This is your last chance, give me the Fire Emblem."

"Never!" Chrom shouted.

"Very well…" Validar smirked.

Vincent doubled over with pain and grabbed his head tightly. This feeling…!

"Bring me the Fire Emblem, Vincent," Validar laughed.

"Agh!...Someone, stop me! Kill me! Do something!" Vincent yelled, but no one did anything. Vincent walked up to Chrom and punched him in the face and grabbed the Fire Emblem. He began walking to Validar with the Emblem held out.

"Good job, my son," Validar smirked.

"I will not stop until I have killed you, you bastard. Better watch your back!" Vincent hissed as a new wave of pain caught him by surprise.

"Did that orange haired assassin surprise you? I have his family here, but from what I heard, you killed him. Good job, he was getting on my nerves," Validar grinned evilly.

"You blackmailed Gaius!?" Vincent shouted.

Validar nodded. "I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth!" Vincent yelled with twice as much vigor. He took two steps toward Validar without realizing it was of his own free will.

Validar laughed, but looked slightly nervous. He disappeared with a blast of magic. All the Plegian guards vanished too.

Shit! Shit shit SHIT!

Vincent fell to the ground, no longer being controlled.

Vincent stood on a hill near the Ylissean castle. He didn't want to face Chrom or any of the other Shepherds. Hell, he didn't want to think about anything.

"Vincent, may I have a word?" a voice came from behind him.

Vincent looked behind himself to see Chrom's daughter, Lucina. "Yeah, what do you want?" Vincent said in a bored tone. He didn't turn around.

"It's about my father," she said.

"What about Chrom?" Vincent said with slight intrest.

Lucina pointed her Falchion at Vincent's back. "In the future, you are the one who kills my father."

Vincent turned to look her in the eye for the first time, "And…"

"I can't allow that to happen," Lucina said firmly.

"Alright," Vincent clapped his hands together. "If you try to kill me, I'll kill you. How does that sound?"

"You…you'd kill the princess of the realm?" Lucina said, surprised.

Vincent nodded with no doubt, "Yep. If that blade ever comes near me, I will strike you down. If I kill Chrom in the future, I won't now. Simple as that. But if you make any indication that you are trying to kill me, I will not rest until you are dead. I am Vincent, the Tactician of Insanity, if you test me, you will lose."

Lucina had taken a few steps back, "But…I won't let you kill Chrom!" She tried to look powerful again with her Falchion.

"Oh, shut up!" Vincent growled and waved his hand, knocking the sword out of her hand. "I don't have time for your childish games. Don't talk to me again."

Vincent walked away from the blue haired princess, not knowing the enemy he'd just made…

Remy sat down at the tavern with Jessie. The two of them were waiting for Lowell and Syrenne.

"So Remy, how're you doing this fine day?" Jessie asked.

"…Why are you even asking?" Remy said with a faint grin. "You don't care."

Jessie shrugged her shoulders, "Probably not, but small talk can be useful."

Remy laughed. Jessie followed up, "What happened to father the other day…"

Remy grew serious, "I know. I never knew that happened to him in our time. Of course, we never saw the other children much in our time…"

Jessie nodded, "Couldn't trust anyone in that time."

"'Cept Lowell and a few others," Remy said thoughtfully. "Your darling Lowell."

"Remiel! Shut up!" Jessie hissed.

"Woah! Calling me by my full name! Pretty harsh," Remy quirked a smile. "You're just happy that you and he are now much closer in age."

"I am going to punch you so hard you'll deserve the name, the Mad Hero," Jessie growled.

Remy chuckled, "I gave that name to myself. Father was the Tactician of Insanity, so I was going to be the Mad Hero. You could never land a hit on me either way."

"You are so going to get it," Jessie smirked.

Remy didn't show it, but he was very frightened now, "Well…maybe. I told father the other day that he was called the Tactician of Insanity the other day. He laughed so much, he's been using a lot."

"That is so like him," Jessie giggled.

"We interrupting anything?" Lowell said.

Remy shook his head. Lowell sat down by Jessie and Syrenne sat down by Remy. Remy shot Jessie a knowing look. She responded with a kick under the table.

When Remy looked at Syrenne, he still couldn't imagine the woman next to him used to be in a prison cell. For example, her next words didn't show it at all.

"Oi! Barman! Give us the best you got!" Syrenne shouted with a grin.

Everyone learned a lot about Syrenne on the boat ride. Like she enjoyed drinking. A lot. No one had any idea why or how, given that she was locked up in a cell for more than two years.

When the barman brought them their drinks, Syrenne drank hers very quickly. Remy never had seen anyone best the Vaike in a drinking contest, but she had.

Lowell picked up his beer. His hand was shaking as he picked it up. He looked slightly in pain as he brought his shaking beer up to his mouth and took a sip.

"Is everything alright Lowell?" Jessie asked worriedly.

Lowell began to nod, but his head shook instead, "I'm trying to give up my pipe."

Syrenne held up the pipe everyone was accustomed to see Lowell smoking. "You can all thank me for that."

Remy laughed. Lowell swore softly and Jessie tried to hide her laughter.

"Still can't believe you two are from the future," Syrenne wondered aloud.

Lowell spoke up, "Chrom's been going on hunts for the remaining children. He found his other daughter, a knight. A mercenary (She's a bit of a bitch), a tanguel, an archer (She has issues), a mage and a manakete."

Remy counted on his fingers, "That's all of them."

For a brief moment, he thought back to Syrenne's reaction when he said some of them were from the future.

"What the bloody hell are smoking?"

"Too bad we don't know any of them well," Jessie said.

"We'll have to get to know Inigo though," Remy smirked.

Lowell chuckled. Syrenne looked puzzled, "Um…hey? Need context of the situation!"

Remy and Jessie looked at each other. "You explain," Remy said with a smile.