I realized I never stated how any of my characters look like besides Flare wearing a bandanna, so here is a quick note for yall (and a 2nd obvious giveaway on a couple pairing)
Adia has orange short hair. Anna has medium long light blue hair. *cough*ifyoudontknowitskentyoufail*cough*
Oh yea, Farina wears a bandanna too, but some of her hairs sticks out.
Also, from a previous review/critique i got before, I've shifted everything to the present tense. I was wondering as I'm so used to typing said instead of says but I'll get over it.
After meeting and joining with the twin Pegasus sisters, and a late arrival of Flare's mother, Farina, Flare and Lark decide to head to the twins' house to recuperate and resupply themselves.
"Ahhh~ Home sweet home!" Anna jumps off her Pegasus and dashes to the door of her house.
"We weren't even gone for 4 hours!" Adia walks behind her.
"Mother! We're home! And Flare and Aunt Farina are here too!" Anna knocks on the door.
"She won't hear you from outside." Adia face palms. The door opens shortly after Anna's knocking.
"Anna, you shouldn't knock so hardly on the door!" the Pegasus twins' mother steps outside. "Farina… What do I owe this visit to?
"Are you saying visiting my elder sister is not worth visiting, Fiora?" Farina pouts.
"Beside it being 5 years since I last saw you, I feared you dead! You are always living such a dangerous life of piracy!" Fiora says in a disapproved voice.
"As if being a mercenary isn't dangerous! Let's not have this have this argument again, we have a guest too."
"A guest?" Fiora notices Lark for the first time "Oh! Parden my manners!"
"My name is Lark, thank you for your hospitality" Lark bows, trying to ease tension.
"Did you get lost in the blizzard?"
"Sort of…" Lark says hesitant. Flare cuts in.
"I found him collapsed nearby our shelter house. Now I'm going to escort him to Lycia."
"Near our shelter house you say…" Fiora starts to ponder the thought.
"Well let's go inside now! We don't want him to collapse again now!" Flare says wanting to sit down actually.
They walk into the house. Flare goes to sit down and leans back on the chair to stretch his back. The Pegasus twins go look out the window, Fiora and Farina discuss matters in the kitchen. Lark walks up to the Pegasus twins, attempting some small talk.
"This is the first time I've actually met a Pegasus knight."
"I assume you've learned about us from wherever you studied strategy?" Adia says turning her head towards Lark.
"I've mainly just been learning from my father actually. We used to travel around the continent. He said it was good to expand my horizons so I can understand tactics more easily." Lark says.
"I see, I guess that's the same with us. Anna and I have been training with our mother to become Pegasus knights. Family decides what we become." Adia says straightforward.
"It's not like it's a sure thing that family decides what you become." Lark tries to suggest.
"But it doesn't make sense to not do what you are born to do. I was born to be a Pegasus knight." Adia dutifully says.
"Mother mother!" Anna bursts out in a panic "There are soldiers outside the house!"
"Soldiers?" Fiora and Farina both say in unison. Fiora walks to the window, Farina follows her.
"Are you sure the General's mistress is here, cadet?" the commanding figure asks.
"Yes sir! This is the house of the wench who leeches off him lives here!"
"Form up! We are to raze the house and the surroundings!" Soldiers form up around the house and more set up a perimeter.
"This is bad, real bad!" Flare said trying to keep his composure.
"Mommy… I'm scared" Anna clings onto her mother.
"We should… get out" Adia says intimidated by the numbers of soldiers. Lark stops looking at the window and turns to everyone.
"I have a plan to stop them."
"With these numbers?" Fiora bursts out "We should just escape with all our lives!"
"I think our lives are what these soldiers want, I saw torches out there! They plan to raze the area down completely!" Lark says foreseeing the worst.
"Let's hear Lark out, he might actually have a good idea." Flare says trusting Lark's judgment.
"There are two groups from what I saw. One is going to assault the house, and the second group will be setting up a fire in the perimeter to ensure the entire area is burned down. If we want to stop the fire, Fiora and Farina have to rush out there to stop them. You two are much more experienced at fighting and riding a Pegasus that it's more suited for you two. The rest of us will defend the house until the perimeter has been cleared, then we will break west to Remi."
"This is far too dangerous for you kids! I'll clear the perimeter alone, Farina you should watch over them." Fiora objects to putting her daughters in this danger without supervision.
"You can't clear the perimeter fast enough. We need both you and Farina there."
"Mother!" Adia firmly says "Anna and I have been training since we were thirteen! For 3 years we've been honing our skills to the point we're now mercenaries of the 5th squad! We are capable fighters who you can rely on, mother!"
"Adia…" Fiora slowly says. Anna pushes off from her mother with a determined look on her face.
"Adia is right! We have trained mother! I may not be a fighter alone, but I can definably fight with my sister, and you, mother!" Anna says with confidence. "I won't be a little girl that needs protecting forever."
"Alright Anna, Adia, you girls have grown up so much already." Fiora says defeated. "Adia, go to the storage room, I left two lances specially made for you two." Adia heads to the storage room.
"Fiora, let's go drive these soldiers out of here!" Farina beckons Fiora to stable door connected to the house. Fiora follows Farina as Farina opens the door to the stable.
Adia returns with 2 lances in her hands. She hands one of the lances to Anna.
"These lances… have been forged to be lighter and stronger." Adia mentions to Anna.
"Whoa… I can swing this so much faster" Anna swipes with the lance, getting a feel for it.
"You two should name them, as custom forged weapons usually deserve a name. Even if it is an iron lance, it was still custom made for you." Flare states.
"That's a good idea!" Anna jumps on the idea instantly "I'll call mine…. 'Irony'" Anna thinks she has an ironic name for her lance. "You should call yours 'Lancer', Adia! We'd be the Irony Lancer combo!" Anna giggles at the thought.
"Anna, this is serious... but Lancer is a good name, so I will take it." Adia holds lancer in the air.
"Alright guys, let's get ready to defend this house!" Lark rallies them up.
"Fiora, take this" Farina said handing her a shield.
"This is… Farina! This is your dephi shield!" Fiora confusingly says.
"Adia and Anna need you more than anything, Fiora. Flare still has Dart, so he won't be alone even if I'm gone."
"Don't say things like that Farina! We will all make it alive through this! I won't let anyone die." Fiora is determined.
Farina and Fiora jump onto their Pegasus and they fly off.
"Sir! The perimeter has been secured! Our archers are on standby to shoot down any Pegasus knights that fly out."
"This is too easy." The commanding figure sighs "You, Daruck, are to go assault the house and kill everyone in there! I'm heading back to camp"
"Sir!" Daruck salutes. "Alright men! Let's go get an easy pay raise!" Soldiers surround the front of the house. "You two, barge in now!"
Two soldiers go to the door, one starts to go for a kick but then the door burst open putting the soldier off balance then with a quick follow up swipe from Flare, killing the first soldier.
"I don't think so! I will drive you soldiers out of here!" Flare angrily says. Flare then jabs the end of his halberd into the other soldier's abdomen to knock him back through his guard. As the soldier clenched his gut from the sudden strike, Flare follows it up with an execution chop on the soldier's head.
"Resistance?" Daruck smirked "Pitiful fools don't know what you are up against. Alright! Men, charge at them! We severely outnumber them!"
"Flare! One of those soldiers has javelins! Try to get some for your cousins!" Lark says.
Flare nods as three soldiers charge in towards him. As they close in, Adia's Pegasus flies in and she stabs the soldier in the neck, killing him on the spot. With the soldiers' attention occupied on the surprise attack from Adia, Anna flies in with her surprise attack stabbing the soldier on the left with a fatal strike. The lonesome soldier now panics from the sudden slaughter on his two fellows and puts down his weapon and runs away. The soldier trips over himself and looks back to see if he's being chased. Adia gives him a death stare and he starts getting watery eyes. Adia turns her head and goes to pick up carrying bag filled with javelins and ties the two corner ends to her pegasus's saddle. The soldier gets up and runs away while Adia and Anna fly away into the forest surrounding the house to prepare their second air strike.
"What is this?" Daruck grabs the soldier who ran away and holds him up in the air "Who said you could run away?"
"I'm sorry s-sir! I just… p-p-panicked…" the young soldier begs for his life. Daruck throws the soldier onto the ground.
"What about your sister? Didn't you join just to take care of her?" Daruck turns and faces away from the young soldier. "Run away, you worthless peasant. As a traitor, you have nowhere to go now." The soldier whimpers a little on the ground, then gets up and runs away from the battle.
"Sir! Orders to deal with the traitor?" Daruck's standing officer asks.
"This wasteland is a deathtrap alone, he won't get far." Daruck smirks. "Alright men, charge the forest! Pegasus knights can't use the forest to their advantage!"
Fifteen soldiers surround the house and forest together. Lark gasps at the sudden influx of the soldiers and Adia and Anna fly over to Lark and Flare at the house. Anna was in front in a panic as Adia followed her just to stick together.
"That is way too many soldiers for just three fighters!" Anna starts breathing heavily.
"Calm down, Anna" Flare tries to be comforting but still focused on the battle. "Don't let the numbers scare you, you gotta hold on."
"They won't be able to blitz in if we defend the front. We need to hold the fence basically. They won't be able to get through the forest fast unlike the clear path in front of the house. We have to clear the soldiers in front before the soldiers on the side reach us." Lark calmly says. "Flare, Adia, you two will guard the front. Adia, give your javelins to Anna, let her throw them from behind you two."
Adia unhooks the bag of javelins from her saddle and hooks it onto Anna's saddle. Flare stands at the gate opening alongside to the left of Adia. Anna positions herself behind them in the air to keep an eye out. Four soldiers make their way towards the gate Flare and Adia guard, with their lances in hand with a rally cry. The one in front gets rudely interrupted mid charge with a javelin hitting him in the leg. He does a roll on the ground and the soldier directly behind him trips over him. The other two soldiers continue their charge towards Adia and Flare. One soldier makes a lunge at Flare while he just brushes off the lance with his halberd then slams the lance away, pulling the soldier with him. In his open pose, Flare slices the soldier's hand, handicapping his ability to fight. Flare then sweeps the end of his halberd to trip the soldier off his feet and chops his neck. The other soldier makes a novice charge straight at Adia, but he falls off balance from Adia's Pegasus flapping his wings. Adia then flies up as the soldier is getting up to his proper stance, then charges down with a stab that pierces the soldier's basic armor. Adia kicks off the soldier lodged in her lance and flies straight ahead towards the soldier who tripped. She does a low slice with her lance, cutting the soldier at his neck.
Out of the forest, a soldier jumps out and charges at Anna through the gap Adia left open. Flare turns around as the soldier runs farther away from him towards the house. Anna's Pegasus neighs as the soldier makes a lunge at her. Anna screams, holding onto her Pegasus so she doesn't fall off. Flare quickly arrives on the scene. He severs the unaware soldier's head off. Anna quivers as her Pegasus calms down.
Flare turns to Anna. "This is no time to be scared! I can't always rush in to save you like this!" He then turns to Lark "The soldiers are making is through the forest now!"
"I noticed! Damn, we still have so many-" Lark stops talking as he hears Pegasus wings that shouldn't be there. Flying from the south, Farina is seen flying towards them. "What is she doing back here so fast?" Farina lands the moment she reached the house.
"We have to get out of here now! The fire has started! I managed to prevent the west side from burning so we should escape while we can!" Farina says urgency.
"What about Fiora?" Lark asks to inquire.
"She flew off to Edessa to get reinforcements. I'll explain more as we get out of here! We have to break west now!" Farina reaches out Lark. "You'll ride with me, come on."
Flare jumps onto Anna's Pegasus in response to Lark getting onto Farina's Pegasus. Farina, Adia, and Anna then fly off west with the opening Farina made.
"Sir!" a soldier says. "Three Pegasus were spotted flying west while one was spotted flying east! The one flying east easily brushed off any arrows shot at her as if they were nothing!"
"So we seem to have underestimated the number we were against. I noticed there was a second experienced Pegasus flying around which alone had me concerned about this battle using only fresh recruits." Daruck paces back and forth. "Let us retreat for now. The objective was met that we burned down the area. I'm sure we'll meet them again to finish this."
All the neck shots: Well i'm assuming soldiers wear armor, even if its basic, so aiming for the neck is the most lethal place to aim for. I'm going to hate knights and generals later on though ._.
Bag of javelins: Well you need to carry them somehow... javelins are light too since you have to throw them, i figured they are just considered heavy cause you carry so many of them.