OSKAODAWODKAOWDK. Halloween special is here! 5 days 'til Halloween and….I'm just so excited for this idea I have!

Anyway…I really have nothing else to say here….Oh well. This chapter is a special and is not completely relevant with the story. Meaning that some extras will be in there including Cordelia and Maribelle. For purposes!

Please R&R!


"So…." I turned to Frederick, "Where are we?"

We had come upon this manor on the way to Ferox. In one word it was big, that's a given. Although spooky would be more fitting. In a way it reminded me of both the Snowpeak Ruins from Twilight Princess and The Manor of Lost Souls that you/we'll find Nah in.

"Le Manoir des Amants Perdus," Frederick simply said.

We were here because we needed shelter from the storm and a place to rest. Honestly, I thought this was a good idea until we entered. I'm just getting this haunted house feeling and something else is making this all a lot worse than it has to be. Still; I'm grateful for the shelter and warmth.

"This place puts the 'creep' in 'creepy'…." Rei said, choosing to clutch Brandon's arm this time around.

"Rei, let go!" He struggled.

"Nu!"

"Nothing's going to happen, Rei," Chrom muttered.

Stop trying to be brave Chrom; we can all see that you're reaching for Falchion.

"Yes, the appearance of supernatural activity is highly improbable," Miriel said.

Sumia shuddered, "B-but what if something does happen?"

"Nothing ol' Teach can't handle!" Vaike said, "I keep ya'll safe!"

"I highly doubt that, Vaike," I said, "It takes strength and wits in equal measure to beat a foe like a ghost or monster. And frankly, you're a bit of a dunce."

"Hey! Don't doubt the Va–!"

The door slammed behind us the somehow lit candles blew out. A scream was heard. It sounded a lot like mine, but I know I didn't even make a sound.

"G-guys?" Stahl said, "My stomach has a bad feeling about this!"

"Your stomach always has a weird feeling, Stahl! You're always hungry!" Rei screamed.

"Stahl's right," Frederick murmured, "Something seems incredibly odd about this place."

"What did you say this place was called, Freddy?" Rei asked.

"Don't–Ahem. It's called Le Manoir des Amoureux Échangés,"

"That sounds French…Damnit! I can't remember what I learned in that class!"

"Class?" Chrom asked, "I hadn't heard of that language before now. Who taught you it?"

"….Um. My teacher?"

I facepalmed, "No shit, Sherlock."

"Oh? Well exc–!"

"SHH!" Sumia said, "I can hear something!"

Everyone remained silent as the sound of creaking wood became louder and louder until it was seemingly right behind us. A chill ran down my spine as I felt someone breathing on my neck. It's just Rei….right?

"E-Erin! S-stop breathing on my neck!" Rei yelped.

"That isn't me! Do you guys feel that?"

"On three we turn around," Robin said, "One, two, thr–."

Something blunt hit me on the back of the head and I immediately crumpled to the floor, losing consciousness. Through it all, I think I vaguely heard the rest of the Shepherds meet the same fate.


"AHHH" I screamed as I woke.

Wait…

That wasn't my scream.

That lights are back on! Now to get out of–

Why am I lying on the floor over there when I'm right here?

I reached over and poked 'myself' before jumping back and screaming again.

I saw 'myself' and the other Shepherds stir.

"By the gods, milord…" Sully said, "It isn't fitting for the prince of the Halidom to scream like that…"

"Yeah, jeez, Captain!" Frederick said, "You scream like a girl!"

"…Is there a reason why I see myself?" Rei asked.

"I dunno, Rei…"

…My voice sounds different…

"OH MY GODS! I'M A DUDE!"

"Of course you are, Chrom!" 'Miriel' said, "Has my rival lost it?"

"I'M NOT CHROM, MIRIEL!"

"…T-Teach isn't Miriel!"

"I think the correct was to name the situation is to say that the improbable has come true," 'Vaike' said, "Our bodily structures have been…reciprocated…"

"That's the reason why I'm in this lowborn (Where the hell did Mari come from?!) brute's body?!" 'Robin' exclaimed.

"HEY! Don't insult the tactician who leads you into battle!" 'Maribelle' said evilly, whacking her parasol lightly in against her hand.

"I'll take what's mine, Robin!" Robin-Maribelle made a grab for his parasol. (Body-Person. His or her depending on the body's gender)

"Well…" Me-someone decided to speak up, "That's solved…Now who's who?!"

Turns out (thankfully) that everyone was just simply swapped, not mixed up. Meaning that Vaike is Miriel and Miriel is Vaike; not Vaike is Sumia and Miriel is Vaike. Got that? I sure don't.

"GAAAHHHHH!" Me-Chrom yelled, "Why does everything hurt?!"

"…PFFT," I laughed as he well to the ground, "Looks like Chromina's on her time…"

"…You witch!"

"Can't help it! It's nature's wonderful cycle!"

"Y-you do this? Every month?!"

"Meh…It takes a certain level of badass to survive…" I laughed silently before looking around, "Hey…Where are the others?"

"What, Eren?" She asked.

"Hey! It's Erin!"

"Oh, so you can call me Chromina; but I can't call you anything else?!"

"Yup!"

Chromina rolled her eyes, "Whatever you say…Eren…"

We eventually found a passage and decided to follow it in hope of finding the other Shepherds. It was dark and spooky and…spooky and dark…I'm not a big fan of the horror genre. I couldn't sit through Sphere without ducking behind a pillow…Those jump scares.

In short; I'm somewhere in between wetting myself and having a conniption.

And now I really do have to use the damn restroom. Frick.

"What's with the face?" Chromina asked.

"…I'm currently trying to keep you from wetting yourself…."

"…"

"…"

"…"

"Now that I think about it…." I murmured, "This is all your fault…Just had to use the spooky mansion as shelter, huh?"

"My fault?"

"We could've used the tents, but nooo we had to break into a mansion!" I whined, "Like, who does that?!"

"We didn't break in! The doors were unlocked!" Chromina protested.

"Isn't that still considered breaking and entering?! We technically entered without permission!"

"…I hate your technicality…"

"I hate having to be in here," I replied, "But we can't have everything we want handed to us, eh?"

Chromina winced.

Woooops. Looks like I….struck a chord? Is that how that phrase/expression/whatever works? Meh…I'll just act clueless now.

"Did I say something?" I tilted my head, "'Fraid I'm a bit spontaneous sometimes–,"

Or is that from being in Chrom's head?! Oh gods…

"–and don't think things through. I apologize if I said anything; I can be such a ditz…"

"N-no, you didn't," Chromina offered a reluctant smile.


Rei's PoV

"AHHH! I'M A DUDE TOO!" I screamed and looked around, realizing that everyone, but my double was gone, "Hey! Where'd everyone go?!"

My double raised her head, "…Food?"

"…Stahllia?"

"…Reinold?"

"Okay…WHERE'S EVERYONE?!" I looked around frantically, "…I'm starving…"

"Welcome to my world…"

"Damn. Must be hard…"

I spotted a corridor and motioned Stahllia to it.

"Are you sure going down there is a good idea?" She asked.

"Don't worry, I gotcha covered!" I chirped before skipped awkwardly down the hall, "I love horror!"

"…So that's what me being cheerful looks like…" I heard Stahllia mutter before she began to follow me.


Brandon's PoV

Where did Cordelia come from?! I mean, she wasn't here before and doesn't come until Chapter 7: Incursion…

I'm such a nerd. I can't believe I remembered that.

"So…Cordelio? Where'd you come from?"

"Cordelio? …Never mind. Um…I don't know. I think Captain Phila sent me here to…It's slipped my mind, Brandy..."

"Well, what matters now is getting to the others. Let's just focus on finding them…"

I'm in Cordelia's body…Oh my gods…

"Are you all right? You look feverish!" Cordelio said.

"N-nothing! Nothing at all!" I pointed towards a random corridor and pushed him towards it, "L-let's go this way!"

"Am I really like that…? I need to fix that…" Cordelia murmured as we made our way down the corridor.


Lucas's PoV

"Oliver?" I asked Me-Olivia, "You see the scary monsters too, right?"

"Y-yes, L-Lucille! A-are those R-Risen?!"

Thankfully, they hadn't noticed us yet.

"Wait…What are we even doing here?" I asked.

"I-I d-dunno!" He continued to stutter.

I facepalmed. She/He's making me sound like a spluttering mess. No offense Oliver, but I'm embarrassed for both of us.

"Calm down."

He continued to shake in fear.

"Do you want me to hold your hand?" I offered.

He nodded slowly and I held it. Anything to help Oliver feel comfortable I suppose.


Olivia's PoV

All part of my elaborate plan!


Kellam's PoV

….

….

"The curse didn't even notice me…Forgotten again…"


Dylan's PoV

"Wow...This place really lacks rainbows and sunshine!" I muttered, half-sarcastically.

"Heh heheheheehehehehhhh!" I turned and saw my double…When did I have pale skin?!

I looked down… "This isn't my body…"

"Now that I have a double, I can perform experiments!" The other person exclaimed…with glee.

I did the first think I could think of since my weapon was on that other person. I bolted.

And they followed. Of course. Frick.


? PoV

….

…..

Who's this weirdo with the crows next to me?!

"BLOOD! RISEN!" He smiled maniacally as I just facepalmed.

Great. I'm stuck with a combat masochist!


? PoV

"I'll make sure to give you a mighty fine deal for this spell tag!"

"…"

"Come on! A girl's gotta make a little money!"

"…"

"…"

"Why am I offering myself merch? Since when was I a she?!"

"…You aren't one of my relatives?"

"…No."

"Oh. Well. This is awkward."

….

….

….

"ANNA AWAY!"

"HEY! WAIT! THAT'S MY BODY YOU'RE IN!"


Third Person

One by one the Shepherds worked their way to the center. The first group to enter was the one consisting of Chromina and Eren; followed by Reinold and Stahllia. Reinold then attacked his best friend, Eren, trying to eat him because of the lack of food. It didn't work well because Eren just so happened to have the dull Falchion in his hands.

"Umm….Chromina?" He asked, "That's odd…So only one with your soul could wield it?"

"Apparently, the spirit of Mila rests within the ancient blade. So, yes, she chooses her wielders' spirits and creates a bond."

"Well, damn. How did Falchion end up here though? Didn't those people in Valencia own….Oh…right. Hero-King Marth had it! I'm so stupid sometimes!"

Reinold sighed, "Only you, Eren, only you."

As the two groups conversed; the rest of the Shepherds made it to the center. Gaius, who shouldn't be there, tripped, making the surrounding people think he was Sumia. The thief simply stood, sighed and dusted himself off. A few seconds later, three unknown newcomers entered, along with three more future Shepherds that certainly did not belong.

Since it was dark, Eren couldn't tell who these three newcomers were or what they looked like; however what he could see was that there were two guys and a girl.

He continued to ponder what exactly was going on until he was disturbed by a violent quake. Soon Risen rose up from the floors of the mansion, accompanied by some skeleton like monster and wolves made of flame. The Shepherds were certainly outnumbered, but they had defeated more than this and with the added help they were sure to prevail.

"Chromina! Catch!" He tossed her the sword, which she caught and held out awkwardly.

Due to the difference in her size and the weight of the sword she had to adjust her stance, which was hard since her normal one had taken years to perfect.

"Nya ha hah hah!" An annoying little voice laughed, "Looks like we've hit a dead end. I hate to be cryptic about it, but we may be feeling more than Chrom-nic pain!"

That made no sense! Eren thought, He used the word cryptic wrong!

"THAT WAS HORRIBLE!" Everyone said simultaneously.

"Nya ha! Then how about this?!" 'She' turned to a Risen and fired some crows and dark magic at it, "CAW! CAW! MOTHERFLUXER!"

The crowd 'meh-ed' before beginning to attack the Risen.

"Reinold!" Eren called to his bestie, "Ninja mode! GO!

"All ready on it!" Reinold jumped and dropkicked a Risen in the face before his friend came in with a punch that sent it flying right into one of the newcomers' ranges. 'She,' who had switched with a dark mage, fire a thunder spell before slitting its throat with an iron blade.

The fight continued for a short while longer. After all the fighting was over, the mansion creaked before beginning to crumble. Bits and pieces came crashing down and hitting the Shepherds one by one….


Erin's PoV

My scream filled the air, as did every Shepherd's. Except for Frederick. He's too boss. That was one hell of a nightmare! If you'd call it that. Whatever deity of this universe is horrible at horror. Humor is pretty bad too, but horror is a lot worse.

I let out a sigh and leaned forward in the bedroll as Rei cheered happily.

"I got it guys!" The Shepherds turned their attention to Rei, "This mansion is roughly translated to the Manor of Lost Lovers…Odd name isn't it?"

I leaned over and whispered to Rei, "You Google Translated it didn't you?"

"Yeah…When I popped it in at first it said something about sex and affairs….like the word amorous. And then I was like screw it and fiddled with it until I got a reasonable answer."

"Le Manoir des Amants Perdus….Huh…"

"There isn't supposed to be capitals in it either or it messes up the whole translation…"

"Hm…Good to know…"

The Manor of Lost Lovers….? Reminds me of RomeoXJuliet for some reason. Is there something more to this mansion than we know?

There was.

What I didn't know was that each Shepherd had the same dream….


OKAY! THERE SHALL BE PROGRESSION! I apologize for the lack of movement within the story. I just didn't want to get every chapter last for one story chapter. So I thought..Oh hey! Side quests! Oh hey! Halloween Special! You can see how it went from there. So instead of a full chapter of Halloween, I'm going to have the story progress! Down below!


Erin's PoV

Still…Where'd I get there clothes?

I had been pondering that for the past three days. As if that's the most important problem in the world. I tend to make the tiniest things the biggest problems. I can be weird like that. Like I'd overthink. Still; even the littlest things make an impact.

How is any of this relevant? I apologize for my frequent tangents. I really need to work on not doing that.

We had slowly been picking our way through the icy mountains and tree filled landscape of Northern Ylisse. On the way there was little trouble with brigands and some very interesting predicaments. I started a prank war with Lissa. I used to be unprankable, but now this little princess has stepped into the picture. Robin had scolded us countless times. That was until Lissa had pulled the ultimate cold water/ bath prank on him. It was totally worth getting sent to death in the next battle.

Speaking of next battle…That would probably be at the Longfort, right? With Raimi and those people? Sumia would then come to the rescue with her pegasus; who I had insisted she'd name Lovebirds. …That cutscene title could have a different meaning and I'm going to believe it and not that they're adding to the fact that they're shoving Chromia down our throats!

"Hey? Chrom?" Robin asked the lord of the year, "That's Longfort, right?"

"Yes," Chrom replied, "It's guarded by East Ferox's finest."

"Are you sure East Ferox's finest will let us into their country unhindered?"

"Honestly, I don't know," Chrom sighed, "Negotiation has never been my strong suit…."

I waltzed forwards with Rei, "Princey, you can handle it. They're a country filled with warriors. They'll probably want to talk about men and men stuff….Ya know what I mean, Rei?" I turned to my petite friend.

"You just stereotyped a whole country…" She murmured, "Hey, Captain?"

"Yeah?"

"If they attack us; can I blow them up?" She raised her Fire tome and cackled maniaclly.

Chrom remained silent as Robin facepalmed and Frederick (who came out of nowhere) glared at Rei.

"Of course not, Rei!" I said, "Don't kill our possible future allies! And if you blow them up with fire, they'll stereotype Ylisse as a country of pyromaniacs who double as demolitionists!"

I remained silent as Chrom began to look very uncomfortable and even squirmed a bit…

"…OH. MY. GODS. It's true?! You're demolition experts?!" I asked and continued to giggle maniacally as I thought of blowing stu- "AH! Rei's gotten into my head!"

"Oh no…" Robin muttered, "Looks like we'll have to dispose of this test subject too…."

"WHAAAT?!"


After nearly an hour of slap therapy from Rei, I'm ready to go! I'ma gonna take on these warriors and I'ma gonna win! It'sa gonna be so fun!

That's my Mario impersonation…

Anyway, we had just approached the base of the ginormous fort.

And then we were spotted.

"Hold there! Move one more step and you'll die where you stand, brigand!" Raimi yelled from the top of the fort.

Next to her was a dude I had never seen before. He was tall. About six feet. His hair was dirty blonde and….I can't really see from here, so I'll make a wild assumption and say he has blue eyes. Maybe blue-green? I'm just going from most blondes that I've seen. Rei for example.

He also wore something similar to that dude from Assassin's Creed….Um…

Brandon, the god of freaking kill-everyone-games, spoke up, "Wow! He looks like Ezio Auditore!"

Rei shook her head, "Nah, it's just the outfit."

"If he doesn't kill us, this is the beginning of a wonderful friendship!"

"Well, he's dressed like an assassin dude!" I said, "He's obviously going to try and kill us!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk…" Brandon said, "Have you now shame, dear friend? An assassin does not simply–."

"Oh, cut that crap!" I cried, "If I hear another Game of Thrones reference, I will cry as I rip both of your heads off!"

"You're just jealous be–."

The lances came zooming down at Chrom. I was actually genuinely worried for his safety right now and felt a strange tug in my gut. I dunno, but I think Brandon and Rei felt it to because they were trying to keep themselves from running forwards like idiots. Or just brave fools.

Sumia! Now would be a great time to save Chrom!

WHOOOSH!

Sumia's pegasus flew down as she pulled him up onto the saddle and brought him to safety. The usual scene played out as they threw more javelins before Sumia landed safely in an indentation in the wall.

Frederick let out a sigh of relief and Lissa immediately ran to Chrom to see if he had any injuries. Rei, Brandon and I followed as well.

"Captain! Are you all right?" Sumia asked, blushing a bit.

Chrom, oblivious as ever, replied, "I'm fine Sumia. There's no need to worry. Though I wouldn't be fine if it wasn't for you and that ornery pegasus from earlier."

"Yeah!" Lissa cheered, "You were amazing Sumia! You were all like whoosh! And Chrom was like Ahhh! And Fredders was like oh f–." Lissa quickly stopped herself from saying the word before continuing, "I wanna be a pegasus knight now!" She turned to her brother with a pout, "Can we please, please, please get a pegasus?"

Chrom shook his head with a smile, "No, Lissa."

"Aww! There go my dreams of being a legendary pegasus knight like Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Greaaaaaaaat-Grandma Caeda…"

"…If you find a pegasus…You can keep it Lissa."

"Reaaaalllllyyyy?!"

"Yes…"

Lissa skipped in place before Robin told her to pair up with Sumia. She had no objections.

"She's never finding a pegasus, is she?" I asked.

"Nope," Chrom smirked, "Pegasi can't be found just anywhere. Only members of the royal pegasus knights can find them without trouble. It's a secret kept within the order."

"Really? Wow…Is Ylisse the country of many secrets too?"

"Well…though I hate to admit it…There are many well-kept secrets in Ylisse."

"Wow…"

Robin turned to us, "If you chatterboxes are done talking, you're needed over there with Rei and Brandon."

"YES SIR! TACTICIAN OF AWESOMENESS, SIR!" I saluted smartly and walked over to my friends.

As soon as the battle began, I don't know how they did it, but Miriel and Robin put up a sort of 'electric fence' made of wind and thunder magic. It kept javelins from hitting us from above, more soldiers from the top of the fort and kept the ones we were currently facing trapped. A stroke of genius on Robin's part.

"Hyah!" I struck aimed a stab/punch with my iron sword at one Feroxi soldier's gut. He easily parried and forced me back before aiming a slash at my torso.

I jumped back and the strike missed by the cloth of my shirt. Literally. It only grazed my shirt sleeve, tearing it still.

The soldier seemed to grow cocky and began to move quicker, he was a swordsman after all. He could've been using a quarter of his speed and I wouldn't know.

Fine if that's how he wants to play–

*Yelp*

I cradled my gashed arm and narrowed my eyes at the dude angrily. …I wish I knew how to activate those powers I had during the 'time we set up camp and bears attacked' (*wink, wink*). That was so useful then, so why not now?! No fair!

Water and air are two different things…but they have many similarities. Water and air adapt to the 'area' they are in. If it is your wish and desire to protect, you'll be able to activate such power…

HUH?!

.

Hm…Must've been one of the random anime quotes that repeat themselves in my head sometimes…

Whatever.

OH. RIGHT…OW!

Oh…Chrom killed them. Thanks!

I quickly ran to where Lissa was and she healed me.

"Thanks Lissa!" I said before running back into the fight with my sword hand twitch–*shot*

I ran at the nearest myrmidon and yelled, "The stars have foretold it!"

*CHOP*

EWWWWWW!

ASJDWDJIWDJOAWJKDWAJDOWAISJOADOIWJFDAWFSTAWRDTARWDAWTDATWDFAWYTDF

I decapitated him with my crit! EWWWWWWW!

As I gagged another axeman came up behind me and the only thing that saved me was someone talking about me.

"ACHOOO!"

The axeman jumped back in surprise and dropped his axe. I turned, ready to go for the kill, but stopped myself. That one guy was an accident. This one doesn't deserve the same fate.

"Go! Run off! I'm not going to kill you…What's the point of killing future allies?"

He slowly nodded, gulped and ran off.

After a while we had made it to the second floor where Chrom had finished off Raimi with a rapier that he had somewhere….Where'd he keep that?

Anyway, Raimi lead us into the country with this new guy, Dylan. I honestly have no idea who he is or what he's doing here, but I can say something. He does not belong here. And neither do Rei, Brandon and me…


And scene! I apologize if some of the humor seems forced. As I sort of said in between the lines, I'm not much of a comedian. If I did make any of you laugh (Hopefully, not in a mean, you suck way!) then mission accomplished! If I didn't I'll try harder next time! I'll try to get a few chapters out and then we'll get the Thanksgiving Special around that time. I honestly have no ideas for that. Mr. PhantomGalaxy13, the author of System Restoration (Who doesn't know this dude?!) already took the turkey hunt idea, so that's out. Any suggestions for that would be appreciated (Please send by PM) since it's just as much the readers' story as it is mine, if that makes any sense!

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