Disclaimer: I do not own Fire Emblem. I only own my OC's

I wake up in a dark and cramped place. I raise my arms up and feel the ceiling to confirm that I am indeed in a coffin, as I am way too familiar with the feel of all the curves and the absence of ventilation. I know I have to break out and find my way to the surface, before I use all the small reserve of air. A small feeling of panic bubbles from within me, but I work through it, acting as if it didn't exist. I've grown quite good at hiding my emotions from others and sometimes even myself.

I immediately try to find the hinges of the coffin, and begin to hit them with as much force I as can muster. Once I think they're about to blow, I scrunch myself against the wall they're attached to. I hit them a few more times, and with the last blow I manage to break them off. Part of the door is now slanted inside of the coffin, and the other part is slanted up, giving me a means to escape. Unfortunately I am now completely surrounded with dirt. I do my best with trudging through the dirt, and try to find a small pocket of air. I repeat this process in an upward motion until my hands find the surface. I pull myself out of the ground with a rather loud grunt. I check around to see where I was buried, and if anyone saw me.

I'm in the same village that I was in earlier, only now it's engulfed with rain instead of flames. I look down at myself to see that I am wearing the same clothes I was before I died, and that I remain shoe-less. I should fix that. I try to get as much mud off of me as I can, before setting out to find a place to get some new boots.

I wander past an all too familiar scene: Several collapsed houses with people running in every which direction trying to find their loved ones, small children trying to get their parents to wake up being too young to understand the concept of death, people uttering their last words to anyone willing to listen, screams of people who can't accept the fate of dying, wailing of people who are mourning for their loved ones, countless names being called into the wet air, and people digging through the remains of their house in search of their belongings or a loved one. They all wear the same pained and desperate expression, and most of them ignore me as I walk past them, that is if they'd noticed me at all.

But one didn't. It was a middle-aged man who was stuck under the carnage of a shop that had collapsed. He looks at me with eyes that worry, and grief or the other victims, but most of all they're filled with false hope. It feels strange to have such a look directed at me, but they make me pause my search and listen to him.

"Please...find my son...and bring him here...He...should be able to...treat my wounds...after he gets...me out of here." I draw my sword as an answer. He won't be able to survive with the wounds he has, might as well save him some suffering. The hope that once filled his eyes is replaced with fear. "What...What are you doing?...Please...don't kill me...I... have a family-" I quiet his voice as I stab his heart, and with a sigh I continue my search. I'm surprised to see another person looking at me, but his eyes are not blinded with hope, but with hatred along with fear, a look I'm much more accustomed to.

"You just killed my father!" Now that he mentions it, I can see the resemblance between the two.

"He would have died anyway. I just saved him from countless hours of suffering." My nonchalant tone seems to make him even more angry.

"I COULD'VE SAVED HIM! AND I WOULD'VE IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU AND YOUR CROOKED SENSE OF JUSTICE! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!" With that he runs at me with all his might. I decide to be nice and let him hit me a few times so he can at least get a taste of revenge. As soon as he's in range he lifts his fists and lunges at me. I prepare to be hit with his fists, but instead I'm hit with the feeling of Korosu worming her way out. I try to push her back down, but in that instant her will is stronger than mine. I black out for a second, and when I'm back I see the boy on the ground with his the arm he tried to punch me with a few feet away from him. He screams in pain, causing everyone to look at us. I look down at my sword to see it's bright red with the young boy's blood. I'm happy Korosu was only controlling me for a split second, but she still managed to do some damage.

I stand there for a few seconds, as the boy's screams begin to die out as death approaches him. Soon everyone adapts a new look of terror, a look I've grown far too accustomed to. They all scream and run away from me. Some of them even yell warnings for anyone else in the village to hear. This fits the script perfectly doesn't it, Korosu? I bet you're laughing your head off right now. History repeats itself, after all. That's one of your favorite lines isn't it?

I force myself to continue my search for some boots, and eventually I run into a small child. She's seems to be paralyzed with fear as I near her. "Please don't kill me, Miss. I'll let you see my collection of butterflies if you don't." Her eyes perfectly match the others. She begins to shake and whimper as I grow closer to her. "Please! I'll do anything." Her whispering increases in volume as I approach her and eventually turns into a full-fledged scream. Her screaming stops as I pass her without acknowledging her existence. "Th-Thank you, Miss! I swear you won't regret this!"

I pass many people who either run away, hide, beg for their lives, or a combination of them. One of them screams, "Monster!" before attempting to kill me with an arrow. Am I really a monster? I know I'm not, but the line between us is slowly blurring. Is it blurred already? Is there still a noticeable difference between Minea and Korosu? Am I more parts Minea or am I more parts Korosu? How much of me is left? How long do I have left? If I killed that boy, what's going to stop me from killing Chrom? Do I have as much control as I think I do? Just how far gone am I?...Someone please kill me.

After what feels like an eternity, I reach a shop that isn't burnt down. I walk inside to see a man checking over his things. I guess he has no loved ones to worry for. He turns around at the sound of the door opening.

"Hello, and welcome to-" He stops his normal routine as he seems to realise that I'm the one who everyone is running from. "Are you the one they told me about? You are aren't you? Please don't kill me! I may not have a family or any close friends, but I don't want to die! Please, I'll do anything! I'll even let you take whatever you want for free! Isn't that a good deal? Come on you have to have come into this store because you wanted to buy something, right? Just tell me what it is, and it's yours! Absolutely no cost!" If I was really Korosu right now, he'd be dead already, but since I'm not and I have no currence that this world uses I take him up on the offer.

"I'd like to get some new boots."

"See! I knew it! Come this way, beautiful, I have an array of boots to choose from! What kind do you want?"

"Black, leather, steel-toed boots."

"Good, good. We just got a shipment of those! What size are you?"

"I'm a size ten."

"Okay...let's see..tens….Ah right here! Go ahead and try it on, princess." They way he keeps on calling me things like beautiful and princess annoys me. I ignore that asI put the boots on and walk around in them a little. "How are they? Comfortable?"

"Yeah. I think I'll take them."

"Good! Now off you go! Have fun killing people or whatever it is you do! Bye-bye!" He pushes me out of the store and locks the door as soon as he slams it shut.

The town, now looks deserted, like it was abandoned years ago. The only exception being the bodies that still litter the ground. The rain is pouring even harder now. The sight alone is enough to explain my feelings. I look up to the rain, and allow the raindrops to act as tears. Possibly the saddest thing about this entire scenario is that it's not enough to make me cry.

As soon as I got out of the shop I ran and ran until I entered the forest I am currently in. Some of the trees are on fire, but the ones that are are a comfortable distance away. There are Risen just about everywhere you turn, but none of them seem to notice me. There are a few people scattered here and there fighting the Risen but they're outnumbered. I draw my sword and prepare to help Lucina, who is in the middle of two Risen. She manages to finish off one of them while at the same time dogging the others attack. Maybe she doesn't need my help after all. She kills the other one, right before I reach her. I stop and open my mouth to say something, but I become speechless when she attacks me without hesitation. The only thing that prevents me from dying is my reflexes, which trades a fatal blow to the heart for a painful hit to my arm.

She attacks me again, but this time I'm prepared and I manage to block it without any injury. Why is she attacking me? Is it a problem with the timeline or something else? This time when I try to talk I get all of the words I wish to say out of my mouth. "Lucina, what are you doing?! I'm an ally!"

She appears shocked as she mutters, "This Risen can talk! But how?"

"I'm not a Risen!"

"Of course a Risen would say such a thing!"

"I'm not! What can I do to prove that to you?"

"You can start by unarming yourself." I do as instructed, and even kick my weapons as far away as possible for effect. As soon as I look back at her from where they landed I notice I have a sword at my throat.

"What would make you think that I'm a Risen in the first place?"

"I'm the one asking the questions here."

"Okay, fine." We stand in silence as Lucina closely inspects me. When she's done she lowers her sword.

"I'm sorry to scare you, but in this dim lighting I couldn't tell a difference from you and the Risen."

"And why would that be?"

"You're completely covered in mud, giving you the appearance of a Risen from a distance."

"Oh...Well I guess I'll have to fix that."

"How do you know my name?"

"What?"

"Earlier you said my name. How did you come to know it?"

"It's complicated, but don't worry I won't tell anyone anything. I promise. Just trust me on that."

"And why should I trust someone I only just met?"

"Wow. You may be Chrom's daughter, but I guess you didn't gain that aspect from him."

"It would also be nice if you told me how you came to know that as well."

"I already told you, it's complicated." She glares at me for awhile, but I refuse to add anything more to what I already said.

"Fine. You can keep your own secrets, I guess, as long as you keep mine."

"Deal. Now let's go and kick some Risen butt!"

(Recommended music: Two Steps From Hell - Archangel)

"Agreed." We run together towards a few Risen that are in close proximity to each other. The first Risen I encounter wields an axe. It swings at me before I have an opportunity to attack forcing me to dodge. I try to slice it's head open, but it manages to block my attack and force me backwards a few feet. It runs toward me and tries to kill me before I recover, but I manage to recover faster than he had anticipated. I exploit the opening it created in it's attack, causing it to turn into black smoke.

I look for another enemy to decimate and find a Risen with a sword already running at me. I run towards it until we are close enough to lock blades. I decide I want to make the first move this time, so I slash at it's chest. The Risen blocks it and Jabs at me. I jump to the side, and make a jab myself. My sword digs into it's undead body, but doesn't kill it. The Risen swings at my side while it's open. I try to block the attack, but my sword is stuck inside It's body. I let go of my sword and roll to the ground. When I get back to my feet I notice that a small chunk of my hair has been chopped off.

"Thanks for the haircut.", I say as I get a throwing knife for each hand out. The Risen is far too close for a throwing knife to be of any use, so I'll have to use it like a dagger again. This time the Risen goes for an upward slash, which I block with both of my knifes. I try to push upward to ready myself for the next attack, but as soon as I do I feel the Risen's sword slowly slip to edge of my knifes. I find a way to use this to my advantage as I jump back, while forcing my hands outwards. This throws the Risen off balance and gives me the opening I need to kill it. I throw the weapon in my right hand at it's head, causing it to dissipate, just like the other Risen.

Another Risen sees that I killed one of his buddies and rushes over to get revenge. This one also has a sword. I throw the remaining knife that I have at the Risen, but it easily dodges my attack. I run forward, unarmed, towards both my sword, and the Risen. I can only hope I'll make it to my sword, before the Risen reaches me. We meet in the middle, right where my sword now lays. It makes a side slash at me, but I roll onto the ground. In mid roll I grab my sword, and go in between the Risen's open legs.

This situation seems kinda familiar doesn't it? As soon as I get up I whirl around, holding my sword outwards in hope that I'll be able to cut it's head off. Instead of feeling my sword rip through Risen flesh, I feel it hit metal. Before I even see it again, I'm forced back onto the ground by a powerful push. The Risen makes a downward slash at me, but I hold out my sword to block it holding one side with each hand. This isn't looking very well. My sword slowly gets closer and closer to my body. If this keeps up I'm going to die again! To prevent that from happening I kick the Risen away from me. Neither of us are able to take advantage of each other's openings as both of us are recovering from the previous attack. We end up attacking each other simultaneously. I attack with a right sidewards slash while it attacks with a left sidewards slash. Our swords sink into each other's flesh, but since I attacked a little before it did, I end up as the victorious one.

I put my hand in the gash at my side to try to stop the bleeding. It's big, but not big enough to make me stop fighting. I take a deep breath before I head back into the fray, but out of nowhere an arrow impales itself into my left hand. A small scream emerges from my throat, as I feel the pain rush all the way up to my shoulder. I run behind a tree as another arrow whizzes past my head. As soon as I have some cover, I break off the part where the fletchings are and pull the arrow out of my hand, or rather push the other half through my hand. As soon as it's gone I test my hand. My middle finger is now completely immobile, but my other ones are aren't that bad. I guess I'll be constantly flipping off whoever I'm fighting. I'm fine with that.

I stick my head out to entice the archer to shoot another arrow at me. It works. So well, in fact, that if there wasn't a small branch in front of my head, I'd be dead. As soon as I calculate the spot where the archer was from the angle of the arrow, I grab another throwing knife. I fling my body slightly out of the cover of the tree to throw the knife. I then, return to the cover of the tree as fast as possible. I poke my head out to see if I managed to kill the archer, and almost get killed by another arrow. However, this time the angle the arrow came from is different. Are there multiple acheres, or is there one archer that's on the move? I throw another knife at the direction this arrow came from, and soon after test to see if I killed anything. Nothing comes at me so I move away from the safety of the tree.I guess there was only one after all.

The moment I step away from the tree, an axe comes hurtling at me. If it weren't for my reflexes than I would be impaled by it. The Risen that attacked me previously is preparing for another attack by the time I finish dodging. I block it's thrust, but I lose my balance and fall over. I roll to the side as dirt from where I used to be is launched into the air. I get up in a spinning motion, causing the Risen to replace my spot on the ground. I immediately follow up with a jab to the neck, but my sword gets deflected. I attack again, and this time my sword strikes home only to get caught by the Risen. He forces me to the ground with him. We get back to our feet at the same time. I do the thing it probably expected me to do the least, and dive towards the ground. To be more specific I dive towards his legs slashing my sword out so that it cuts off his legs on my way down. I immediately get back up, and turn around. I stand above the Risen and say, "Game over.", before finishing it off.

I once again scan the area for any more Risen. I spot one a few trees over to my right. It's an archer, and it's preparing to shoot me. It takes a few seconds for me to process that, and dive out of the way of an arrow. Is that the same one from before or is it different? There's really no way of telling, but it really doesn't matter. What does matter is that I kill it. This time I'm not going to let luck decide who is going to win. I charge straight at it with as much speed as I can muster. It only has enough time to try to hit me once before I make it. He gets one arrow off, but I block it with my sword. I wing my sword at it's neck, thinking that it's bow is useless in close range combat. What was I thinking? Of course it could still be used in close combat, just not like how it's normally used.

The Risen raises the bow up to his neck, causing me to hit the bow instead . It's using the bow like a quarterstaff. What the heck! I thought I was actually going to get one easy kill, but no such luck! I pull my sword back and jab at it, hoping that if it tries to block this this time my sword will cut through both the bow and it. The Risen moves the bow toward my attack, but instead of blocking it allows my sword to pass the bow just a little and then yank it away from it's body. This forces my arm far away from me with great force and speed, causing me to pull my muscle. I lose my balance for a bit and almost fall over. The Risen takes advantage of this and swings his bow over my head and chokes me with it.

My first instinct is to grab at the bow and try to pull it away, but when that doesn't work and I see the edges of my vision start to fade, I decide to elbow the Risen instead. This works much better, as I feel the pressure on my neck subside. I turn around and point my sword at it while gasping for air. I am a little dizzy, but my vision is fast to recover. The Risen doesn't allow me any time to recover as it swings at my head, but I dodge by rolling onto the ground. I get back up as fast as I can and return the favor. It tries to block my downward slash, but I'm sure I put enough strength in it this time to break the bow. Of course I overestimated my abilities, or rather underestimated the strength of the bow. It miraculously stays intact, and instead of breaking is pushed downwards with great force into the the Risen's head causing him to pass out. As soon as it's limp body is on the ground, I jab it in the heart.

When I look up I find there there aren't too many Risen left. Instead of rushing into battle, I let one it come to me. I don't have to wait long as one Risen is already charging at me. This one just so happens to be carrying a sword. As soon as it approaches me it tries to cut off my head, but I dodge by jumping to my left. I make a side slash at it's chest, but Risen blocks it. I draw back my sword and try this time for a downward slash, but the Risen simultaneously makes an upward slash. As soon as our swords make contact they are flung away from the force of the other's attack. I use this momentum to add strength into my next attack, which is another side slash. The risen seems to have the same strategy as, once again, our swords are flung away from each other when the make contact. The only difference is, this time, the force is strong enough to knock me to the ground. I seem to be spending too much time fighting from the ground. The Risen jabs at me but I use the kinetic energy I acquired during the fall to perform a backwards somersault. I get up as fast as I can, but I fumble a few steps backwards almost falling back down again. This turns out to be a good thing seeing as if I had not stumbled, my head would've been chopped off. As soon as I gain my balance back, I thrust myself, and my sword, forward with a jab. The Risen blocks my attack and forces me to the right. However, I still continue to press forward into a diving roll. I let the roll smoothly transfer me back onto my feet. I turn to face the Risen, and look it directly in the eye. I'm ending this here. I rush back toward it, and make a side slash. It easily gets blocked, which only strengthens my frustration. I push it's sword away from it's body, and continue this motion in a circle until I come back toward it and cut off it's head. Note: when angry your strength increases.

The next Risen I see wields an axe. This time I'm the one charging straight at it. I use the force that I had during running to jab straight at the it's heart. It catches my sword on it's axe and twists me onto the ground. I don't see what it does next, but I know it isn't good, so I dive in between it's legs. Unfortunately, my sword isn't held out so I can cut off it's legs like I did previously, but not dying is definitely better than landing a blow.

My face slams into the dirt. I pull myself up to my feet, wiping the dirt out of my eyes so I can see, and turn to face the Risen. The first thing I see is an axe hurling towards me. I jump backwards in order to avoid the attack, and prepare to give this thing some of it's own medicine. I make a downward slash, but the Risen doges it making me lose balance, once again, and plummet to the ground. Another thing to note: when angry, your ability to think clearly when angry decreases. Equivalent exchange I suppose. The Risen prepares to finish me off, while I prepare to block, but before a winner is decided a sword protrudes from the Risen's chest. As it fades into smoke it's revealed that's the one who stole my kill was Lucina.

(End music)

"Hey I could've killed it! Why'd you steal my kill?"

"Are you sure about that? Things didn't seem to be going very smoothly for you."

"Yeah, I'm sure."

"Whatever you say."

"Let's just meet up with Chrom and the others."

"Good idea, but you might want to get some of the mud off of yourself first."

I do my best to get all of the remaining mud off of me as we make our way towards a small group of people. It looks like they just finished killing the Risen chief. Frederick starts a conversation as soon as we join them.

"It seems all the creatures are vanquished. These two young warriors took care of the others."

Lizza twiddles her finger's as she says, "Um, I never got to thank you...for before. So...thank you. You were very brave."

Chrom smiles at Lucina. "You saved my sister's life. My name is Chrom. Might I ask of yours?"

"You may call me Marth."

Chrom looks at me. "And what about yours?"

"The name's Minea."

"Minea? You know, I met someone not too long ago with that name also."

"That was me."

"No, way. She died. You couldn't possibly be her."

"But, I am. Remember, I was really badly injured, so you took me to Lizza. Then when a bandit tried to use her as a hostage I pushed her out of the way and became the hostage myself?"

"Yes, of course I remember that, but you died! How are you still alive?"

"I have absolutely no idea. These things we fought used to be living people right? maybe I'm a fluke in the system or something?"

"So you're suggesting your one of the things that tried to kill us?"

"Yes, but that doesn't mean I'm going to try to kill you."

"Okay...I'm still a little confused here."

"Aren't we all."

"It seems that most of the injuries you had sustained before you died have healed."

"All of them, actually, the ones I have now are from this last battle."

Fredrick, of course, doesn't trust me. "My lord. if she really is a Risen then there's absolutely no way we can trust her."

"Come on, if I really was one of those mindless things then why am I talking and not trying to kill you?"

That only seems to strengthen his suspicion. "So your saying your not a Risen now."

"I'm saying that I'm a normal human being that just happened to be brought back to life from a fluke in the process that makes Risen."

"That seems a little far fetched to me."

"It's the only answer I can come up with, so if you have a more logical reason go ahead and say it." This seems to shut him up.

Chrom agrees with my logic. "You pose a good point, but that still doesn't stifle my curiosity."

"Well, I don't have the answer so I can't tell you it, okay. I'm just as confused as you are right now."

Lucina changes the subject. "Perhaps we should try to figure out this mystery at a later date. Right now it's important that I warn you that this world teeters at the brink of calamity. What you saw tonight was only a prelude."

Lizza tries to make sense of what lucina just said as she walks away. "Huh? What's teetering where now? Hey, wait!"

Kei finally decides to join the conversation. "Not much for conversation, is he?"

Frederick still seems to be suspicious of me, but moves on none of the less.. "It appears his skills lie elsewhere. I wager we'll hear his name again...But for now I'm more concerned about the capital. We should make haste."

"Good idea, but...umm…"

"What is it?"

"I haven't had anything to eat in a long time, and I'm starving! Do you guys by any chance have any food?" Frederick sighs, while Chrom laughs. I scratch the back of my head. "No, but seriously. I'm starving."

Once his laughter calms down Chrom says, "Okay, we'll find you something to eat."

"How long do you think that's going to take?"

"No idea." Everyone starts walking away, so I follow them. I don't get what's so funny to them, but I don't care to know either.

Ya know, I bet that to anyone watching me right now I could pass as a normal, happy human. Unfortunately it's anything but true. Man, if only it were true. Then a lot more innocent people would still be alive.

Wow. That was probably the longest chapter I've ever written. I tried to have some character development in the beginning if you could tell. But, yeah. When I started writing this I didn't think it was going to be this long. I wonder if that's going to turn into a trend. Nothing wrong with that, I suppose. But, anyway, I hope you liked this chapter! And as always feel free to ask me any questions or tell me any of your comments. Bye-bye!