A/N: Ahh a new chapter already? You might ask but still remember this is a prototype-ish fic I might not be satisfied with what I've done so far but I will update the chapters
Chapter 1: The first real test; escaping from the army
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'Are we far away from the village?' Rei asked herself then she looked at the map to find which path leads to the palace
'Ohh… we're near the palace than I first expected…and that means…oh no'
"Alice! Let's move quickly we have no time to lose."
"Ok Sis but wa-" Alice was too late her sister already tripped "-tch out… I should have warn you sooner, I'm sorry Sis" Rei stood up "Its ok. I'm fine see?" Rei pointed to herself "Now let's move." then they went on to the palace
As soon as the two saw the palace they saw the palace in siege and then saw two figures running away from a man on a Wyvern
"Such terrible wounds, and still he holds to his duty? How entertaining. Fly away, little man. Fly away. Try to outrun death. More time to savor the hunt... and the kill." The knight in purple armor said to the two figures running
"Oh no we're too late let's warn the ummm…" Rei searched for her map "Frelia?" Alice asked "Yes, umm let's warn the Frelians."
[Scene Change: Near the Frelian Border]
As soon as the two made it to the passage to the Frelian Border they noticed the two figures earlier a closer look to the figure on the right, was a heavily armored Paladin and the figure on the left looked like a woman then they heard them talking
"Princess, are you injured?" The Paladin said
'Princess? Wait is that Princess Eirika that mom used to talk about?' Rei thought
"What? Oh, no... I'm fine, Seth." Said the supposed princess "But you look so pale..." said the paladin which is known as Seth
"I'm fine... Fine. ...This is war, isn't it? It's not at all like the games I used to play with my brother or Lyon. I never thought- I didn't know it would be this...savage. Are words useless? Is strength all that matters? It's so sad... Why would the Grado Empire do this? To what end would they start a war?"
"Princess..."
"...Don't worry, Seth. I won't give in to sorrow. Let's get moving. I'm not broken, and I won't stop until I see Renais restored. I won't stop until I'm reunited with my father and brother."
Alice thought for a moment then asked Rei "Should we go with them? I think they're going to Frelia too and the man-" Alice pointed to Seth "-looks like he's hurt."
"Well….alright let's go and ask them if we can come and help them." Rei said as they began to run to the two people hoping to catch up with them but as soon as they caught up Seth unsheathed his Silver Sword and asked "Who are you two? Are you associated with the Gradian army?"
"P-please Good Knight, p-please d-don't hurt us." Alice said as she hid behind Rei "We mean no harm, we are Renians. My name is Rei, Rei Hikari and-" Rei points to her sister who was behind her "this is my younger sister Alice. We had come to warn the king about the Gradians but unfortunately-" She looked at the burning palace then back at the two "-we saw the palace in siege so we thought if we could warn the Frelian king about this they would be prepared."
"Seth. Lower your weapon I see that they mean no harm." She commanded "My name is Eirika I am the princess of Renais and this is Sir Seth the General of the Knights of Renais. We too also want to warn the Frelian king about the Grado forces attacking. If you want you could come with us." Rei nodded as she said "Yes, we would like that and if you require an able fighter and a capable tactician, I am of service as a thank you for letting us travel with you."
"A tactician?" the princess asked "Yes, Princess Eirika." Rei replied "Eirika is fine, but what does a tactician do?" the princess asked again "Ummm…ummm… a tactician is someone who….who has a grasp of the situation and plans out a strategy to keep their forces safe and to defeat their enemies."
"Well it is good to know that you would keep all of us safe."
"May I ask why have you brought your sister with you even though she might get hurt?" Seth asked
"Umm…ummm…it is…it is…it is because our mother said to me that if I would travel I would travel with Alice, protecting each other while also helping others in our own way" Rei explained
"Anyways let hurry to the Frelia or else the Gradian forces might attack Frelia any moment now." Alice said then turned to Rei and whispered "Sis, I have a bad feeling that we might have a battle as soon as we get to the border…."
"Don't worry I'm here remember ill protect you if it's the last thing I do." Rei said with a smile assuring that they would be fine
"Ummm…Sir Seth?" Rei asked "Yes?"
"Ummm…what is Frelia famous for I mean what are their strengths? Since it's my and Alice's first time to travel away from home and I want to learn about the strengths of the nation to improve my strategies."
"Well-" Seth began "Frelia is a nation with pride of its Pegasus, they have the strongest Pegasus knights capable attacking swiftly and quickly getting out of a bad situation." Then Rei thought and was about to ask what are Pegasus "If you are going to ask about what are Pegasi, they are winged horses they are strong against Magic but are weak to archers."
"Ohhh. Thank you Sir Seth. It was quite helpful." She smiled at Seth
"Umm…h-here-" Alice gives Seth an Elixir "-t..that would treat your wound" she pointed to a bloodied hole in his armor
"Thank you, you are truly a kind girl." Seth smiled at her
'Innocence.' Seth thought
Our heroes cross the bridge and went on to Frelia as quickly as they can to warn the king but they would soon find out that they were already too late the Gradian forces have reached the border 'Mulan' first and seized it
End of Chapter 1.
A/N: You might see that Alice doesn't say anything much but I'll fix that someday if I could think of a better dialogue for her…
And there you go the finished first chapter which comprises the Prologue of the game in the next one the chapter I would make it longer