Hello! Here's the newest chapter. Its a tad short, but it was either going to be a short chapter or a really, REALLY long one, and since I'm lazy, I decided to make it short. Don't worry, I have up to Chapter ten written out, i just need my editor to get off his lazy ass and continue working for me. ANYWHO... Enjoy the latest installment of Shackles of fate, and don't forget to Review my work with all the hate for my lazy ass :3
Chapter 6: The Road Home
Night fell on the party as they journeyed to the Capitol.
"Milord, may I suggest we make camp? Its dangerous to travel by nightfall." Frederick remarked.
"Agreed. Robin, why don't we go hunting? Frederick can make the fire and clear a campsite for us." Chrom said.
"I can help with the fire," Robin replied. "I'll just find a nice tree branch, hit it with a Thunder spell, and bam!"
"Instant forest fire" Frederick replied sarcastically.
"Oh… yes, I suppose that could happen…" Robin said, clearly mortified. "Uh...I'll just go hunting with Chrom, then."
A few hours later, Robin and Chrom sat around a roaring campfire, courtesy of Frederick, eating a large brown bear that Robin had killed with his magic.
"Geez. Why can't you kill us an animal that normal people eat? I mean, who eats bear? This is screwing with the food chain…" Lissa complained.
"Just eat, Lissa. Meat is meat" Chrom remarked between mouthfuls.
"In what universe does meat smell like your old boots?! Wait, I take that back. Your old boots smell better! Right Robin? Um...Robin?"
*Munch, Munch*
"Oh." Lissa said, obviously deflated. "Well, I guess you'd eat almost anything after lying in a field for who knows how long.."
"C'mon Lissa, you should eat," Chrom replied in Robin's stead.
"Yes, milady. Every experience makes us stronger, even those we don't enjoy. I do believe you mentioned 'getting used to all this'?" Frederick remarked with a bemused grin.
"OH YEAH?!" Lissa cried. "The why don't I see YOU eating any, Frederick?!"
"Oh, I...um… I had a rather large lunch today! Yes, quite." Frederick recovered hastily.
"Yeah, right." Robin pitched. He finally appeared to have finished a rather large portion of bear, and was at last contributing to the conversation around him. "You're just afraid of bear, aren't you?"
"Not at all! I just thought I'd leave more for the rest of you." Frederick replied with a grimace.
"Frederick, just shut up." Everyone laughed in unison at the Lieutenant's discomfort as Frederick fidgeted and blabbed incoherently at this latest response.