The Princess and the Mercenary
Lyndsay: I thought you said you were taking a break from this story.
Me: Shut up, Lyndsay. I do not own any Fire Emblem character mentioned. Only Lyndsay and more people I make up along the way.
Chapter 4
What the hell is Ranulf doing here? I haven't seen him in about eight months. Then, I start talking about him and he appears? Yeah right.
"Lyndsay, can you get off of me?" He asked. I realized I was still sitting on him. I got up and brushed of my dress and helped him up.
"Ranulf, what the hell are you doing here?" I asked, as I crossed my arms.
"I also come out here to check on Mist and Rolf. No one told me they hired a nanny to replace me." Ranulf snickered. I blushed.
"I am not a nanny." I told him as I pointed a finger at him.
"Sure your not." He rolled his eyes. I slapped him in the back of his head. His hat flew off in the process.
"What the hell was that for?" He asked, as he picked up his hat.
"For calling me a nanny." I told him. He then punched me slightly in the arm. I smirked and grabbed his blue tail, that was flailing around, and gave it a good yank. He yelped in pain.
"Come on. Really? The tail? You always do that. Even when we were kids." He whined. I giggled.
"Of course. It's your only weakness when your human. He grumbled something I couldn't make out.
"So why are you really here?" He asked.
"To help out in the Simbodia-Daein war." I told him.
"Why would you want to help out? Your only a girl." He told me.
"Hey, your talking to the girl that kicked your ass when we were kids." I jabbed a finger in his face. He chuckled and tried to bite my finger. I retrieved it quickly. Then, I heard Mist and Rolf scream. I whirled around to see them running toward us.
"What's wrong, Mist?" I asked, as she ran behind my back.
"Daein soldiers! We heard them marching this way." She told me.
"Why would they be coming here? I thought the mercenaries were in the capital." Ranulf said.
"If it's the same person I ran into at the forest earlier, then he isn't looking for the mercenaries." I growled as the Daein soldiers came out of the forest. There were about thirty of them.
"Mist, Rolf. Run to the field and hide there until I come and get you." I told them sternly. They nodded and took off into the forest.
"Well, we meet again, Princess Lyndsay." Matha told me, his voice wrapped around with fake niceness.
"The Greil Mercenaries aren't here, Matha." I told him.
"What makes you think were here for them. We are here for you." He told me. My face and heart fell.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Ranulf demanded.
"Lyndsay is destined to marry King Ashnards son, Sileve. Why do you think Simbodia and Daein are at war?" He sneered. I felt like punching this guy in the nose.
"Enough talking. Either come with us or prepare to fight." Matha told me as he drew his battle axe.
"Fight." I responded. I turned into my beast form and growled dangerously at him. I looked over at Ranulf, who was also in his beast form. We both lunged at the soldiers and started slashing, cutting, biting, and killing the soldiers.
About a half an hour later, there were only about 6 Daein soldiers, plus Matha. He looked pissed off. They were all badly wounded, as were we. They looked as if they were ready to admit defeat.
"You might have won the battle, but you haven't won the war." He told me as he and his men disappeared in the forest. We both went back in our human forms and fell on our knees.
"Man, that was brutal." I told him.
"Tell me about it." I looked at my body and saw at least a million little cuts and gashes. I stood up and walked to the forest, with Ranulf close behind.
"Hey, if the mercenaries knew that the commander of the troops wasn't there, wouldn't the head back here?" Ranulf asked me.
"You know, I never thought of that." I told him. I felt more comfortable in my beast form, so I switched back. I smiled to myself and broke into a run. Ranulf was also in his beast form and he was running at my side. We stopped at the edge of the field and listened in to make sure Ike and all of them weren't there. When I didn't hear anything, I stepped out of the forest and on the clearing. I looked around for Mist and Rolf. I howled slightly and they both stepped out from behind a bush. I walked over next to them.
"Is this your wolf form, Lyndsay?" Rolf asked as he petted my fur. I purred slightly at the touch. I signaled them to get on my back and they looked really excited. Rolf got on me and Mist got on Ranulf. We both took off toward camp. I could feel Rolf tensing up slightly on how fast I was going. I stopped on the outskirts on camp and heard loud talking. Mostly an argument. Rolf got off of me and I turned back to human. I stepped out of the forest, with Mist, Rolf, and Ranulf at my sides. They stopped talking and looked at me.
"Where the hell did you guys come from?" Boyd asked, a little shocked.
"The clearing." Mist told him.
"Why were you at the clearing?" Ike asked, obviously not happy.
"I had to get Mist and Rolf. We were attacked by Daein soldiers." I told them. All of their mouths dropped.
"You were? Was the commander with them?" Tatania asked me. I nodded slowly.
"Then they must be after Mist or Rolf. You know, to use them as hostage." She told us. I was outraged.
"Now, hold on. What makes you think that their here for them?" I asked them, a little upset.
"It makes sense. They know were on to them and they want to make us surrender." Oscar told me.
"What about me? They could be here for me! I mean, I am the damn pr-" I was cut off when someone clamped their hand over my mouth. I was still yelling words, that I soon regretted and glad Ranulf covered my mouth. Once I stopped yelling, Ranulf removed his hand and glared at me. I glared at him right back.
"Your what?" Gatrie asked. I went red with embarassment. Luckily, Mist jumped in to the rescue.
"She's the primary source here at camp. If anyone should be getting kidnapped, it should be her." Mist told them. It wasn't the best lie in the world, but at least they bought it.
"Well, tomorrow we make another trip to the capital. This time, everyone is coming with. Including Mist and Rolf. They can hide in the Crimean castle with Karin." Ike told everyone. Everyone agreed and we all went to our tents. I collapsed on my cot and started to drift to sleep. Well, I was until I heard my tent flaps open. I opened one eye, and I saw Soren.
"Oh man, Soren. I am really not in the mood for a fight right now." I groaned.
"Lyndsay, you need to be more cautious about what you say. You're going to blow both of our covers. And I have something to tell you." He told me. I sat up and eyed him.
"You finally got a girlfriend!" I cried. I dodged a rock, that whizzed past my head.
"No, you idiot. We found someone on the trail." He told me. He then led me to a tent and lying on the bed was a huge surprise to me.
"Roy?"