Y'alls are buttholes, because hardly anyone reviewed. So, I'm going to have no sympathy if I get someone saying, "UGH SANE! THIS IS BORING. GET TO THE CANON STUFF." Or "SAAAAAAANE-KUN, WHY AREN'T YOU DOING MORE OF THE PERSONAL STUFF? WHAT HAPPENED TO BEVVV?" (Yeah, she's so awesome her name deserves three V's.) So I'm just doing whatever. Deal.

There is no use in pretending we are sane, for sanity is fleeting and rare. There is no use in pretending we are whole, for life shatters us without prejudice.

After Emmeryn's death it became apparent I had many demons to still overcome. Livvy's ever present voice in my head wasn't as docile as I believed it to be, and in my own ignorance I had let it fester, and slowly consume me. I began to spend many hours a day meditating, to not only cleanse myself emotionally, but mentally as well. I found that through meditation I was able to reach extreme calms, and states of coherency I hadn't experienced in a long time. My relationship with the Shepherds also drastically changed. I dropped the charade of being Robin, and explained my story to them the best I could. I spared no details, not even the fact I was Grima's vessel. There were immediate hostilities naturally, and it hurt me to discover that Lon'qu became colder to me after my confession. Yet despite the coldness that now emanated from my comrades, a greater trust seemed to slowly befall us as well. For I had been able to confess my soul if you will, and in such a personally risking deed, I had proven that I was the person I chose to be, not the pawn that I had been placed in this world to be.

Chrom married Sumia less than a month after Emmeryn's death, and shortly after that Sumia's pregnancy was announced. There was much celebration, the whole kingdom rejoiced. Gifts came from the kingdoms of Ferox, Valm, and even Plegia. It seemed after the announcement of Sumia's child, my comrades rushed to settle down to lives of their own as well. Gregor and Nowi became married, as did Sully and Kellam, Stahl and Maribelle, Panne and Gaius, Virion had even briefly returned to Ylisstol to ask for Olivia's hand in marriage, which she accepted. I was invited to all the weddings, and subsequently all the parties. After a time I began to put on weight once again, which Lissa found no reason to keep to herself.

"Geez Sane, you're looking a bit more today. Does this mean I'm going to be getting your clothes?"

I wasn't oblivious to the fact I had put on some weight, but I hadn't realized it was really enough for Lissa to so rudely call to attention.

"Hey, this is like ten pounds at most okay? Besides, there's nothing wrong with a girl having a little bit of fluff."

I was too distracted by other matters however to really take Lissa's words to heart. With the news of all the engagements, Lon'qu had been fairly quiet. Our relationship was a strange one, during the day we hardly interacted, unless we happened to be training together. At nights he would often stop by my room and we would talk for several hours, but moments of intimacy were far apart. Lissa bringing up my weight brought unsettling thoughts to me.

"I'm not... Unattractively fat, am I?"

Lissa seemed shocked by my asking.

"What brought that up Sane?!"

Few people knew about my relationship with Lon'qu. Sure, there were snickers and rumours of our involvement, but no one knew that we were indeed a couple.

'Hell, I'm not even sure if we're a couple anymore...'

Lon'qu was hesitant to talk about his personal life, and I stayed quiet out of respect for him, although if I had my way I would've shouted it to the heavens when we were intimate the first time in Regna Ferox, months and months ago. But, I wasn't about to spoil my relationship with Lon'qu for my own insatiable hubris.

"I don't know Lissa, I just feel like... Someone's treating me differently lately. I think it's because I've gained weight."

Lissa shook her head, almost aggressively.

"Don't be crazy Sane! The weight looks good on you, like you're a big cuddly bear!"

To prove her point, Lissa wrapped her arms around me in a tight squeeze.

"See? Comfy!"

I chuckled.

"Alright Lissa, I believe you."

She let go of me and smiled.

"It's Tharja, isn't it? She hasn't been sneaking around."

I furrowed my brow. Lissa was right, ever since I started being with Lon'qu, Tharja had stopped hounding me. I decided it must be because she knew about my relationship with him. I took it upon myself to go find Tharja, and see why I hadn't seen her sneaking around. Surprisingly, it wasn't hard at all to find her. It was as if she knew I was looking for her and she met up with me outside the castle.

"So you've noticed I've been leaving you alone." She said.

I nodded.

"Yes... In all honesty I'm upset with myself I didn't notice sooner. I suppose if I had I would've been worried."

Tharja looked at me with interest.

"Oh? Well this is a surprise. I had assumed you were too busy with Lon'qu."

Tharja sounded slightly wounded when she spoke, but her face hid any emotion well. I, myself, felt my face fall slightly.

"Yes, well... I do value your friendship highly Tharja, I truly do." I sighed.

"I hadn't realized you were hurt by my relationship with Lon'qu."

Tharja was silent for a moment.

"I'm not hurt." She said slowly.

"I suppose I'm... Disappointed I missed my chance." She fixed me with a mischievous grin.

"But that doesn't mean I won't still be sharing your bed from time to time."

I should've told her that it would be unbecoming of me to share my bed with her when I was in a relationship with Lon'qu, despite the fact he wasn't sharing my bed with me, but instead I just smiled.

"Alright then, that sounds doable."

I was perhaps during the last few weeks of the fall, the air was cold regularly, and the occasional frost dusted the ground, when there was a commotion at the stables. Chrom ordered all the free Shepherds to assemble immediately. By the time I got there, there was a lot of confusion. From what I could gather, a large Wyvern had shown up and was making a nuisance of itself. It hadn't attacked anyone, but it was scaring horses and the stable hands were too terrified to make it back to the castle. When I joined the other Shepherds that were crowded around around the Wyvern, I pushed my way to the front of the group and gasped. Although it had been at least a couple months since I had seen her, I would never forget what my Wyvern looked like.

"Ptera!" I shouted in joy.

I rushed forward, wanting to get to Ptera as soon as possible. She lowered her head and let me embrace her neck. She made a soft growling sound and nuzzled me as I loved on her.

"Oh I've missed you so much! Oh I'm so glad you're okay! Ah, my darling Ptera!"

Chrom cautiously approached me.

"Sane, this is the Wyvern you befriended in Regna Ferox, isn't it?"

I nodded.

"Yes, oh, I thought she had died months ago when..." I trailed off.

"But she's back now, this is so wonderful!"

I looked at Chrom, eyes gleaming.

"We have a place for here, right? I can keep her?"

Chrom chuckled.

"Of course Sane, I wouldn't dream of making you give up your Wyvern."

I squealed excitedly then jumped at Chrom, completely forgetting he was technically a married man. Chrom didn't seem to mind though and laughed.

"I guess we should figure out where to keep her?"

Ptera had her own special little stable built, since there was really nowhere in Ylisstol that had Wyverns. I noticed that Ptera seemed a little shaken up still, despite the fact she was alive and well. She would often look around, and seemed skittish when I left her after our daily flight practices. However, she seemed to mellow out significantly about people approaching her, however I was the only one she ever let ride her. There was once I convinced her to let Lon'qu on her back, but only once. I'm sure the only reason Ptera let him on her back was because the two of us were riding together. I tried to let Ptera take Tharja or Lissa up with me, but she wasn't having any of that.

'I guess Ptera is secretly shipping Sane'qu?'

And short chapter is short. But I wasn't really ready to post and a friend of mine was all, 'Miss Sane more liek Miss Bae now post' and here it is. Yayayayay!