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Sage's Hamlet 2

After the two had made amends, Robin saving Lucina's wavering resolve, they headed towards Lon'qu and Lissa's tent for Owain's big reveal.

In truth, Robin didn't know how he managed to get through to Lucina. In a fit of unjustified rage, he had recklessly challenged her to a small duel. Emotions flared high, but in the end, the matter was settled. He had tried to calm her down through scientific theory, but figured Time Travel was a subject best left to Miriel. Instead, he reached out to her with more humanistic approach. He knew despite what cruel schemes the laws of the universe had thrown at them, what really mattered to them was their own lives and those they cared for. Science be damned.

The tent finally came into view. The two peered inside, expecting to find the family in joyful tears. They were instead met with the sight of Chrom, Lon'qu, and Lissa sitting down awkwardly as they listened to Owain's ramblings of his quest for peace and justice.

Nearly 20 minutes had gone by since Chrom brought him here, and Owain had yet to reveal anything substantial.

"Who's side of the family does he get that from?" Robin whispered to Lucina.

She shook her head as she entered the tent.

Chrom looked up in surprise."Lucina! ...Are you..."

Lucina walked up and hugged Chrom tightly. "I'm sorry father... I didn't mean it..." she said with remorse.

Chrom's face softened. He kissed the top of her head as he returned the hug. "Don't worry about it, princess. No matter what, you'll always be my daughter."

Lon'qu and Lissa didn't know what it was about, but they exchanged an affectionate smile.

Owain turned to Robin," I take it that this was you're doing," he said, impressed.

Robin merely smiled.

Breaking off from her moment with Chrom, Lucina turned around towards Owain. "Owain, can you continue?"

"O-oh, yes! How could I forget? ...You see, I had just chanced upon the mystic-"

"For goodness sake. The real reason we're here." Lucina said, growing impatient.

Owain straightened up. "Okay, okay. Uhhh, Lissa, Lon'qu... This may sound quite strange..."

"Granted, not as strange as Lon'qu getting married." Robin cut in.

"I'll gut you..." Lon'qu growled.

Robin put his hands in front defensively. Chrom let out a chuckle.

"I'm your son from the future." Owain said. He stared at his parent's faces. They were painted with shock.

Lissa's eyes moistened as she got up. "...Y-you're my son?" she asked. Lon'qu stood up and put a hand around his wife.

"Yes, mother" Owain smiled.

Lissa jumped into Owain's arms, crying happily.

Owain shed a few tears himself, as he hugged his mother for the first time in years.

Lon'qu stood in front of them, unsure of what to do. Lissa turned and pulled him into a group hug.

"Father?" Owain said, looking up at him.

A soft smile graced Lon'qu's lips, as he nodded and hugged his wife and new found son.

Robin, Chrom and Lucina smiled at the sight.

After the newly reunited family recovered from their moment of joy, Lissa spoke up. "Owain. Son, do you have..."

"The brand?" Owain asked as he exposed the mark on his arm.

Lissa teared up once again. "So you knew..."

Owain nodded, once again hugging his mother. "You've told me as much in the future, that you're brand had never surfaced. When mine showed it itself... you were laughing and crying for an hour without pause!" he concluded, laughing while tears ran down his face.

"You know, I was hoping that I would've grown out of the crying thing..." she said with a smile.

"Worry no more, mother. You are indeed Chrom's sister. My brand is proof that we are all linked by blood."

Lissa dug her head back into his chest, Lon'qu joining in once again.

Lucina and Chrom chose to join in as well. Chrom was happy his sister's qualms about her lineage had finally been settled.

Robin stood alone at the tent's entrance. 'I'm beginning to wonder if this will start to become a trend in this family' he thought humorously.

Robin left them be and went off to find something to eat.

Robin sat in the mess tent, chowing down on a bowl of soup and steak that Libra and Maribelle prepared.

Owain and Lucina walked in and took a seat next to Robin.

Libra noticing they entered, brought over a tray of food for Lucina and Owain. Although he had never seen Owain before, he figured that if he was Robin and Lucina, he must have been a new friend.

"That went well," Robin said offhandedly, attention consumed by his food.

"Yeah, it did," Owain said happily. He turned to Lucina. "And cousin, thank you... for letting us meet them." he smiled..

Lucina nodded "I too couldn't resist it. I missed them more than anything. After I told them who I was, I almost left too. But... I'm glad someone was there to stop me." she smiled as she ate a spoonful of soup.

Robin smirked as he cut into his steak. "Where's Chrom and your parents?" he asked Owain.

"Dey said dey'll be hurr in a liddle." he replied with a mouthful of food.

The three enjoyed their meal, perfectly satisfied with their lives at the moment.

"Hello Robin, Lucina" Cordelia greeted as she sat in front of them. The two greeted her back.

"Hey aunt Cordelia!" Owain said with a grin.

Cordelia dropped her fork. "A-aunt? Oh my, who might this be?" she asked Robin and Lucina.

Lucina elbowed Owain. "It's supposed to be a surprise!" she whispered.

"Sorry!" he whispered back, rubbing his side.

Robin spoke up,"Cordelia, keep this a secret for a little while longer bu-"

"Hello everyone!" Sumia said as she sat down. "Robin, Lucina, what a surprise to see you both here!" she said dramatically, putting her hand in front of her mouth.

This time Cordelia elbowed Sumia. "You're coming on too strong!" she whispered to her.

"Sorry!" Sumia whispered back, rubbing her side. "Who's this? A new ally?" she asked referring to Owain.

"Hey aunt Sumia!" Owain said with a grin.

"Aunt?" Sumia asked.

Lucina elbowed him once again.

"Sorry!"

Robin cleared his throat. "Like I was saying, keep this a secret for a little while lo-"

"Everyone! I've got something to announce!" Chrom said as entered the tent.

Robin decided to just drop it as he scarfed down the rest of his soup.

Somewhere in the multitude of alternate worlds, this same conversation took place in an endless loop.

All Shepherds looked towards their leader.

"These two have got something important to say." Chrom said as he held open the flaps of the tent.

Lon'qu and Lissa walked in.

All eyes looked at the two expectantly.

Lon'qu wrapped an arm around his wife, Lissa bouncing with joy.

"Everyone.." Lissa spoke. "I have a child!"

After a brief pause, the room roared with applause, cheers and whistles.

"Lon'qu! You're cured!" Vaike yelled. Gaius and Gregor snickered.

Normally Lon'qu would've glared daggers, but the joyous moment left him only shaking his head with a smile.

"Congratulations, Lissa! How far in are you?" Anna asked.

Lissa laughed. "Far in? He's already about 18!"

The cheers died down as everyone stared at Lissa's flat stomach.

'Idiots!' Robin thought, as he nearly choked on his steak from laughter.

Chrom slapped his forehead. "No, everyone, she hasn't been with child for 18 years..."

The Shepherds looked at one another in confusion.

"What this means is we have another Lucina situation." Chrom explained. "We've just found another person from the future. He's sitting right over there." Chrom pointed at Owain.

All attention was directed towards the new child of the future.

Owain was struggling to pull his right hand away from his bowl of soup and over towards his steak.

"..."

"..."

"..."

The room lay silent until,"Ha ha, boy fights with own hand!" Gregor laughed.

The room erupted in cheers.

People around the room got up to gather around Owain's table.

"Okay Owain, it's fine now." Lucina said.

Owain got up and introduced himself to the Shepherds shaking their hands and hugging them.

As the small celebration died down, everyone went back to their own businesses in the tent.

"Wow, so I'm an aunt too now? This family just keeps getting bigger and bigger!" Sumia said cheerfully.

"Heh, I hear you." Chrom said sipping some wine.

Amid the cheery atmosphere, Cordelia rested her head in her palm, a bittersweet smile on her lips. Cordelia was beyond happy that Sumia finally achieved her lifelong dream of having a warm, loving family. And while her friend's happiness was one of the greatest gifts she could ask for, it couldn't help but make her think about emptiness of her own life. Cordelia too longed for a loving family of her own. She remembered the nights where she nearly cried herself to sleep after finding out Sumia was engaged to Chrom. And all though she had eventually learned to accept it and now offered them her full support, it did nothing to fill the void in her heart. She did find comfort in one person. They had gotten to know each other quite well in the years following Gangrel's defeat. He wa-

"Hey beautiful." Gaius said as he took the open seat next to Cordelia.

"Gaius! Hello." she said.

"What's eatin' at you? It's not doing much to help that pretty face of yours." he said with a grin.

Cordelia flushed. "Th-there you go again trying to flatter me."

"It's not flattery if it's true," he said with a sweet smile as he rested a hand on hers.

"Gaius..." she breathed, smiling at the thief lovingly.

Although everyone was already aware of the 'close relationship' the two had, that didn't stop Cordelia from blushing like mad and denying it whenever the subject was brought up.

Sumia smiled at her two friends. She knew how much of a romantic Cordelia was, so she was overjoyed when Gaius began to be more open with his feelings for the red head.

Owain leaned to side towards Lucina. "Hey, they're not together yet?" he whispered.

Lucina shook her head.

"But aren't you all headed to the village tomorrow? Severa and Kjelle are there! For that matter, what of Stahl and Sully?" Owain whispered.

"...It'll be fine. " Lucina said confidently. "They deserve to meet with their parents too."

The rest of the night was filled with happy memories. So much so that one would have ever have that the group was in the midst of a world war.

The early morning sun peeked over the horizon.

The Shepherds had begun packing up for their trip to the village of Sages.

After a filling breakfast, the group set out on their journey.

To avoid the monotony of the marches, the Shepherds learned to cope with their boredom through weaving tales and telling jokes to one another. Before they knew it, the small hamlet in the hills came into view.

As their large group arrived, many of the village's inhabitants came out of their homes to greet the travellers.

A Sage walked up to the group."Hail travellers. Welcome to our humble village. " he greeted, extending a hand.

Chrom shook the man's hand. "We thank you for the warm welcome. We're just passing through, but we were wondering if you knew of any way we could cross the massive lake between here and the Mila Tree."

The man looked surprised at Chrom's request. "The Mila Tree you say? But that area is occupied with Valmese forces! Surely you're mistaken in trying to head there." he said with concern.

"Worry not, we're part of the Ylissean army." Chrom explained.

"Ylisse? You've come to help us?" he asked in surprise. It appears word of Valm Harbor's liberation had not reached their small village.

Say'ri walked up to them. "Aye, the Ylisseans have offered to join with the Resistance to put an end to Walhart's tyranny." she explained.

"Both Resistance and Ylisse? This is of great news to us all. Walhart has rolled through many countries, annexing them into his empire. We're lucky the Valmese have little interest in our meager village." the Sage said.

"Yes, and we plan to make sure that they never do." Chrom smiled.

"You have our thanks. Although I'm sure Ylisse has their own reasons for fighting, know that all people of Valm, who still hold the ideals of freedom in their hearts, are with you." the Sage said.

Chrom nodded in appreciation. "It's an honor. Now, as for the lake..."

"Seek no further, friend. We will provide you with our fishing vessels tomorrow. In the mean time, I urge you all to spend the night here. We've a vacant lodging house in case travellers such as yourselves would make way through here." the Sage offered.

"That would be a great deal of help. Thank you." Chrom said.

The Sage nodded. As he looked upon the many Shepherds, he saw a familiar face. "Owain? Gods, so this is where you've run off to. Your friend's were sick with worry!"

Owain walked up to front of the convoy. "Ahah, sorry about that, Bora."

The Sage, Bora, turned back to the Shepherds. "I apologize if my friend here has caused you any inconvenience. He's been staying with us for the last year and a half, and we here take responsibility of our own."

Lissa spoke up. "Don't worry, he's my son!" she said with a smile, hugging Owain.

Bora looked her up and down. "You're son? But you appear no older than he!" he pointed out.

Robin took it from there. "Well it's a bit complicated. Let's just say it's the work of immensely powerful magic."

Bora put on a thoughtful look on his face. "A child and mother with no difference in age... powerful magic... I don't mean to pry, but could you be speaking of time travel?" he asked.

Robin was stunned. "Yes, actually. I hadn't expected anyone else to just come to that conclusion so quickly. You know about it?"

Bora smiled. "We're a village that prides itself in its magic after all. Of course I've heard a tale or two, even read about in various ancient writings... but to think that this young man was the product of such marvelous phenomenon..."

"Believe me, we were all shocked when we found it." Robin chuckled.

"Ha, I would imagine so. Regardless, it warms my heart that he's been reunited with his family. Would that also be the case for his two friends?" Bora asked.

Robin thought about what he meant. Then he remembered that Owain had mentioned two other children were with him. "I believe so, from what I recall at least."

"Very good. Now, let me delay you no further. Make yourselves at home." Bora said.

"You have our thanks." Robin smiled.

The Shepherds set up camp right next to the village entrance. It was decided that the women would have the lodging house, much to the men's disappointment.

What they hadn't noticed was two young women had wandered into their campsite.

"Gawds, Kjelle. I know you just finished training and all, but will it kill ya to fix yourself up once in a while? Our parents our here for crying out loud!" the red head whined.

"Hm? Why do I need to do that? If they've traveled all the way out here, I'm sure they're just as dirty as I am."

"Hmph, being a tomboy doesn't give you the right to let your appearance go." the red head huffed.

As they walked through camp, several other Shepherds gave them a few odd looks. However, they passed them off as just two girls from the village coming to greet their visitors.

"Severa, should we really be doing this? I mean Lucina told us that we should avoid revealing ourselves to them." Kjelle asked.

The red head now identified as Severa, folded her arms. "I don't see Lucina anywhere. Do you? Besides, we're not gonna tell them we're they're kids, we're just goi-"

"Severa?" Kjelle asked, noticing her friend had abruptly stopped. Kjelle followed Severa's gaze to two figures sitting beside each other by the Shepherd's campfire. "It's them... Severa, it's your-"

The red head turned around and walked away.

"Severa!" Kjelle called after her.

Severa ignored her friend. It had been her idea to go into the Shepherd's camp in order to see their parents. But the moment she had caught sight of them, she... She suddenly bumped into someone.

"Severa?"

Her eyes widened. "Owain? Where the heck have you been!?"

Before he could respond, he was moved aside by a certain blue haired princess.

"Lucina!?" Severa said in surprise.

"It's nice to see you, Severa." Lucina said with a smile.

Severa hugged the princess. "Geez, where've you been the last few years? You think you can just up and disappear because you're our leader?" she asked angrily.

"I apologize, but I had no control over where I landed after the jump. I have scoured Ylisse looking for you all."

"Hmph, well... I guess I've got no choice but to let you slide... this time..." she said, arms crossed.

Lucina smiled.

"Hey!" I voice called to the three. Kjelle ran up to them. "Well isn't this a touching reunion," she said.

"Hello, Kjelle. It's been a while hasn't it?" Lucina said friendlily.

"You bet it has. I hope you haven't gotten rusty over the years, 'cause I've only gotten stronger." Kjelle grinned.

"Oh? Well I'll make it a point to let you put your words to the test later. As for now, you came here to meet your parents I presume?" Lucina asked.

"H-hey! Don't make it sound like we're the ones in the wrong! How long have you been with them anyhow?" Severa defended.

Lucina shook her head. "No, you misunderstand my intentions. I believe you should meet your parents." she explained.

"You do? But what happened to 'changing only what's necessary'?" Kjelle asked.

Lucina gave a sigh. "Listen, there's been a lot that's happened. Too much for me to explain at this moment. What I can tell you is that... it's okay. To meet them that is."

"Hmph, fine. Then I guess I have no choice." Severa huffed as she walked back towards the center of the camp.

"Where are you going?" Lucina asked.

"What does it look like? I'm meeting my parents." Severa said.

Gaius and Cordelia sat together by the fire.

"So Gaius... did you need something?" Cordelia asked.

"Um yeah..." Gaius said nervously. He looked up at her and noticed something in her hair. "Hey, you're wearing the ribbon I bought you! I'm surprised you still have it." Gaius beamed.

Cordelia smiled warmly, fingers twiddling the ribbon. "Hee Hee, you noticed? Of course I still have it. It was a present from you after all..."

"Heh, looks beautiful on you. Although you always look beautiful to me, with or without it." he smiled softly, scooting closer to her. Gaius slowly grabbed her hand and squeezed it gently.

Cordelia was as red as her hair. She boldly intertwined their fingers. "You're very charming when you put your mind to it."

"Only when I put my mind to it?" Gaius smirked.

Cordelia giggled.

Gaius leaned in closer to her, planting a kiss on her cheeks. Cordelia closed her eyes.

When she opened, Gaius was staring into her eyes lovingly.

They leaned close once more, sharing a soft kiss, holding each other in their arms.

*ahem*

The two snapped from their passionate moment to find a red pigtailed girl in front of them. Her arms crossed, an annoyed look on her face.

"Damn it, kid. We're busy here." Gaius groaned.

Cordelia giggled.

"Well isn't that all fine and dandy! You two here having the time of your lives, but have you any idea what I've been through the last couple of years!?" the girl said, eyes slowly beginning to water.

Gaius was clearly annoyed. He got up and grabbed the girl's hand. "Look here kid. I don't know who you are, or what your deal is bu..." Gaius stopped. He felt something familiar on the girl's hand. As he looked down, he saw the item in question worn on one of her fingers.

Gaius fished around in one of his pockets. His jaw dropped. "N-no way..." he gasped.

Cordelia sat up. "Gaius? What's wrong?"

Gaius spun around, shoving the girl's hand in front of Cordelia. "S-she's wearing my ring!"

Cordelia's eyes widened. "...Your ring you say. I see... So what was I to you Gaius?" she asked, as tears streamed down her face.

Gaius groaned. "No, Cordelia that's not what I meant..." he said as he pulled out the object in his pocket and held it out to her.

Cordelia wiped her eyes and inspected the item. She looked back towards the girl's finger. "T-they're the same! What are the chance?"

"That's not it! I made this ring! For you!" Gaius said.

Cordelia covered her hand with her mouth. "You made me a ring? But that means..."

Gaius rubbed the back of his head. "I've been trying to find the right moment since we left Ylisstol. The reason I called you here was... to ask you if you'd marry me." he said, blushing. "You're real special to me Cordelia. I know I'm not exactly him, but I can't live the rest of my life knowing that I didn't at least try to win you..."

Cordelia smiled softly, walking over to Gaius and kissing him on the lips. "He hasn't been on my mind since I met you..." she breathed. "I'd love to be your wife, Gaius. I love you." she smiled.

Gaius smiled stupidly, kissing his new fiancee.

Severa, clenched her fists.

"Wait," Gaius said, breaking the kiss. He turned to the girl, who was now trembling, tears dripping down her face. "That means she's..."

"She's our daughter..." Cordelia said, breaking into tears.

Severa sniffled,"It's about time you jerks noticed."

Gaius and Cordelia pulled the girl into an embrace. All crying tears of joy. Cordelia and Gaius laughed like idiots, while Severa tried hard not to smile.

After the hug ended Severa spoke up. "Daddy? Mind if I talk to mother in private?"

Gaius grinned. "Daddy, huh? I like the sound of that. Fine, but don't take too long, we've got a lot of catching up to do." he said as he left to give his two girls some space.

When she was sure Gaius was gone, Cordelia turned to her daughter. "I'm glad you came to us."

"...lonely..." Severa mumbled.

"Hm?"

"I SAID, I thought you'd be lonely, so I came here to see you! ...You're welcome." Severa said, looking away.

Cordelia smiled. "That's very sweet."

Severa frowned. "Don't mock me! You don't care! You don't care at all..."

Cordelia leaned down to her daughter's face. "How could you possibly think that? I'm thrilled beyond words to meet you."

Tears dripped down Severa's face. "T-then why'd you leave me? You said you had to go off and fight for what mattered, and you never came back... You picked Chrom! You already had me and dad!"

Cordelia looked down for a bit. "You have me at a disadvantage. I can't exactly speak for my future self. But when I said I was fighting for what mattered, I probably meant you. It's always been my dream to have a loving husband and a beautiful daughter like yourself. I'd want nothing more than to build a world where you could grow up happy and strong. I'm sure your father would want the same."

"You think I didn't know that? I mean I DO know that but..."

"I'm sorry I wasn't a better mother to you." Cordelia said sadly.

Severa wrapped her arms around her mother in a fierce hug. "You're still MY mother, which make you the best mother in the world!"

"...and the luckiest it seems." Cordelia said, hugging her daughter tightly.

"...Oh mom! I missed you so much! I'm s-sorry I was so mean..." Severa sobbed. "I don't want to lose you again! Promise me okay? Promise you won't leave!"

"I promise." Cordelia said tearfully, rubbing Severa's back.

Despite the awkward meeting, the two couldn't be happier.

A/N: Owain was reunited with Lissa and Lon'qu, Severa with Cordelia and Gaius.

Even when he's married and has a kid, Lon'qu's rep as a gynophobe won't leave him be!

Yes, the village of Sages is filled with Bros and Good Guy Gregs. Says so in the maps description too.

I changed Gaius and Cordelia's S support quite a bit since Severa was there, but still added in the fact he gave her a ribbon and made her a ring from scratch. I also managed to slip in Severa's dialogue with Cordelia from the Paralogue 'Ambivalence'. I know I said I didn't want anyone rushing into marriage, but the thought of Severa interrupting Gaius's proposal, and standing awkwardly by as her parents made out was just too fun of an idea to pass up. I hope Gaius/Cordelia didn't seem too rushed, as I tried to sprinkle mentions of their relationship around the previous chapters. Back story behind it was that they pretty much were a thing during the 2 year timeskip after the Plegia Arc.

This particular arc will be pretty long given that I need to go through all the kids meeting up with their parents and what not. Fear not! If you remember, Sage's Hamlet was also a battleground in the game!

Only 3 new future children this arc, so you'll have to wait until after the battle at the Mila Tree before more show up.

Kjelle's next up, wonder how that'll go...

I hope you enjoyed it!

Til next time!