Hey guy's how have you all been? Good? Good.
I've been having a fair time myself, to be honest, though I'm gonna be honest about Fire Emblem Heroes... it's getting kinda dull for me.
Now I don't mean it's a bad game, it's still fun. But updates are getting further in between it feels like, plus truth be told I've cared less about the Voting Gauntlets ever since they stopped giving us orbs for doing participating.
Sure the Hero feathers are nice and all, but I'd rather have some Orbs because let's be honest folks, the Gacha system is a pain in the ass to work with sometimes... I got gyped out of Fell Robin F... A Perfect Unit immune to the Weapons Triangle and with abilities to counter act her other weaknesses.
Well either way, it's time for the return to Valla... And for some fluffy stuff ;)
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Corrin led us to the bridge suspended over the chasm, all while I was still trying to process the fact my mother was standing right next to me... Also how did I take so freaking long to remember her? Sure it was only a name I had to go on but seriously, how many people named Merdia are out there?
"The skies above Hoshido and Nohr are changing..." Ryoma said looking upward.
"It seems the time has come." Xander continued before looking at his sister, "Corrin, what do we do now?"
Corrin took a deep breath and held my hand, causing me to flinch, especially at the looks Ryoma, Xander, Camilla, and Hinoka gave me, "Well... Now we jump off this bridge. We have to reach the bottom of the canyon to continue."
this caused everyone to stop glaring at me and look shocked at us, save for Jakob, Gunter, Azura, Camilla, and surprisingly my Mom.
"Corrin, it's called the Bottomless Canyon." Takumi stressed, "By definition, we can't reach the bottom. You're asking us to kill ourselves!"
Gunter sighed, "Lady Corrin, you were prepared for them to doubt you, yes?" He asked
Corrin closed her eyes and nodded, "Yes, Gunter. I was prepared for this." She said looking at me with sorrow filled eyes, "I'm sorry I haven't been able to tell you the whole truth up until now. I'm certain that you'll be willing to jump once you know why I've been fighting."
This caused Azura to turn to Corrin with wide eyes, as well as me,"Corrin! What are you saying? You can't tell them everything here. If you do, the curse..."
This caused everyone to straighten up, "What curse? What is she talking about?" Xander demanded.
"If I speak the truth here, and not down below, a curse will trigger and I'll...vanish." Corrin said gripping my hand tighter, "But if that's the only way to convince everyone to jump, then I have to do it. Xander, Ryoma, Irwin, I'm counting on you three to finish what I've started once I'm gone... And apologize to mother."
Everyone is was silent for the time before Ryoma spoke up, "... I understand why you ask, but I refuse."
"Likewise." Xander said, "How can you possibly expect us to agree to that?"
Corrin looked shocked, "B-but why?"
Scarlet grinned ,"Ya big goofball." She said, "You really can't figure out what your big brothers are telling you? They want you to order them to jump off the bridge, not ask nicely."
"More or less." Kilvia said.
"What?" Corrin asked.
"Listen, Corrin." Xander said, "We've decided to trust you, no matter what. Now you need to trust us, trust that we will follow your orders."
"Exactly." Xander said, "If we had any doubt about you, we would never have come here."
"You're our little sister."Ryoma explained, "We wouldn't turn our backs on you now."
"Corrin, we should hurry." Azura urged, "I sense something...strange down below."
"Understood." Corrin said turning to the bridge's edge and readies herself, "It's time to go, everyone! Jump down into the canyon! This is the first step to peace!"
One by one, everyone rushes ahead of Corrin, Lucina and Merdia pausing for a minute... Athough when Takumi made to jump... I stuck out the butt of my lance.
"Gwaaha!" Takumi shouted as he folded over the rope and tumbled over the edge, I turned to see everyone remaining- Corrin, Scarlet, Lucina, Mom.
"What?" I asked, "He pisses me off."
Corrin chuckled at that as Merdia stood over the gap.
"Irwin... When we reach a minute of calm, I want to talk to you... and your girlfriend." Mom said before jumping over the bridge, leaving me and Corrin looking very red faced.
Lucina looked over the pit next, "Once more I'm jumping head first into the unknown." She murmured, "Only this time it's not to save what I had lost."
With that she made a swan dive off the bridge.
Corrin held my hand as we turned to Scarlet, who was pinning a rose onto her chest.
"What's that, Scarlet?" Corrin asked.
"Oh, it's a custom among the knights of Cheve." Scarlet explained, "Whenever one faces some monumental event, it's tradition to pin on a flower. You're pretty special, Corrin. Getting everyone to follow you like this. But...you're not quite as special as Ryoma!"
The three of us then jumped off the cliff in perfect synch... However my guard was not down.
I had one more person to save.
Scarlet.
[Corrin P.O.V.]
As I fell with Scarlet and Irwin a voice rumbled throughout.
"I AM THE FORGOTTEN DRAGON." The voice called from... Behind me!
I looked back to see a new figure covered in shadows falling toward me from above.
"THE BETRAYED KING. THE ENTOMBED GOD." The voice said as the shadow stretched out his arm, flames appearing on his body, "IN THE NAME OF THE KING OF VALLA. I SENTENCE YOU TO DEATH!"
In the next moment I found myself struck by the flames, not enough to kill, but enough to injure me a fair amount.
"Ahhh, that hurt! Who in the world is that? That didn't happen the first time I jumped down here..." I murmured to myself as the figure prepared to attack again.
"Corrin! Watch out!" Scarlet shouted and tackled me out of the way.
"NO!" I heard Irwin shout as he slammed Scarlet out of the way and curled up behind his shield.
I lost consciousness as the flames blasted against the shield.
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I woke up and immediately found Irwin sprawlled across the grassy ground of the floating island we were on.
"No." I gasped standing up and crawling over to him, "No no no no no no no!" I cried pulling the man I had fallen for into my arms, "This can't be... Irwin please!" I cried.
"Princess Corrin!" Scarlet shouted as she rode up on her Wyvern, attacking one of the snipers that had appeared to attack me in my moment of weakness.
Ryoma and Xander showed up too, along with Azura and Gunter, I barely heard them until Azura put her hand on my shoulder.
"He's..." I started looking up, then I noticed that mage that had attacked us last time we were here, "It's her!" I shouted pointing at the woman, "She's summoning the Vallites to us!"
"Then we'll take her out!" Scarlet shouted... Right before a Vallite Heroes was sent flying into the endless sky.
"Sorry I'm late I-" Merida started before seeing Irwin in my arms, "IRWIN!" she cried dropping her axe and taking her son from my arms and putting her head to his chest... Before crying and... smiling?
"He's alive..." Merida said crying before she stood up, "I need a healer."
"I'll take care of him." Azama said approaching us.
"It looks like the sigil in the center is protected by this sturdy barrier." Azura said tapping the stone dome behind me, "I sense Dragon Veins nearby...in the eight forts. Use those to remove the barrier. Be careful. We'll need to split up in order to activate each Dragon Vein."
Merida stood up and picked up her axe and put it on her back, "I'll handle the forts, you people just get ready to attack the summoner."
Ryoma looked at Merdia in shock. "You can't be serious, against that many?"
Merdia looked at Ryoma and grinned, just as Irwin woke up, "Never underestimate a Goldoan Black Dragon... Especially after she's regained her power from sitting on the Throne of Truth."
Irwin choked as he shot up, "You're WHAT!?" He shouted wide eyed.
[Irwin's P.O.V.]
[You can now use the Skill 'Ire']
[Ire deals 3x Normal Damage]
"You're a Goldoan Black Dragon Mom!?" I shouted in shock.
Mom just smiled, "How else do you think I'm so strong?" Mom asked, "I've been stuck using this axe for so long, I'm admittedly a little hesitant to part from it, but I'm itching to spread my wings again... Why don't you just sit back and watch... And try not to catch flies."
With that Merdia stepped through on of the warp panels in the area and appeared in the bottom of the eastern area.
And then Mom spread her arms as he body began to glow... her form began to expand, growing taller, more muscular, more draconic.
In less than a minute Mom had taken the form of a massive black dragon with a crown of horns on her head, her wings spread wide and lifting her from the air. And the hiss-like roar she let lose shook the many floating island.
"By the gods..." Xander breathed.
"That's... Your mother?" Lucina asked as she approached, looking awestruck as Laslow, Selena, and Odin stood next to her.
"Meep." Odin squeaked.
At that moment Mom looked down at her enemies, black flames forming in her mouth before she opened her maw, letting a beam of her black flame-like breath tear through the forest at mountains on that island, the Vallites dumb enough to be in that blast were vaporized in an instant... Along with the doors, front walls, and back walls of any fort that was in the path.
"I believe..." Takumi said, "I need to apologize to you Irwin... For being such a jerk to you and Corrin."
Corrin just smacked Takumi in the shin, "You're just saying that so she won't filet you." Corrin said.
Mom stepped into a fort and roared, the Dragon Vein inside activating quickly and destroying a chunk of the structure behind us.
After several minutes of complete carnage Kilvia spoke up, "What the hell? She should have reverted by now, she's not Goldoa's Queen. King Kurthnaga is still living a healthy life, heck I heard he even fell in love to another Dragon that had lived in the desert." She said.
I pulled out a telescope I had gotten from Anna after the last time we were in the Astral Plane (I had also bought a Ring to propose to Corrin when Mikoto wakes up, for her blessing of course because I doubt Anankos would be willing to give it.) and looked through it.
I focused of Mom's arms and soon was a bracelet wrapped around one of her wrists.
"A Laguz band." I said, "She's limited her power so she could keep that form up."
"You're telling me this isn't your mother full power!?" Leo shouted in fear.
"I need to count my blessings I'm alive then." Camilla muttered looking at Merdia in pure fear.
It didn't take much longer for Mom to march through the rest of the surrounding area, activating the rest of the Dragon Veins.
"The path is open!" Corrin said standing up, "Let's go. Lucina, stay here and keep Irwin here."
"Oh come on!" I cried out, "I can fight."
"I'd rather not let your mother scold me either way." Corrin admitted.
"Fair enough." I relented, no fighting for me then.
A few minutes later Corrin came back.
"I've explained everything to the others." Corrin said lifting me up as Mom landed next to me, "Now we are heading to the Astral Plane, that way we can take some time to recover from this gauntlet of fighting, and work on getting each others trust."
"Fair enough." I said.
"I'm..." Mom huffed, "I'm going to need a bed... I've forgotten how tiring that is."
"Get some rest Mom." I said hugging her as Corrin regrouped everyone and opened the Astral Plane.
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"Corrin! Corrin!" Lilith shouted as she rocketed toward us, "She's awake! Queen Mikoto is awake!"
"M-Mothers... Awake?" Corrin asked as tears slipped from her eyes.
Lilith nodded, "She said she wanted to speak to you and Irwin... Separately from the others." Lilith explained.
"What why!?" Takumi demanded.
"Mikoto... She said there were things she needed to tell Corrin, things she can tell you herself once she's learned." Lilith said.
"So why am I coming along then?" I asked as some of the others began to spread about.
Lilith just shrugged, "Dunno. All I know is that I've sent her to your Private Quarters Corrin."
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"Mother!" Corrin shouted as she burst into her room and tackle hugged her mother, tears slipping from her eyes.
"I'm so glad you're safe Corrin." Mikoto whispered hugging her daughter, pulling her to sit down on her bed, "I was so worried you would die."
Corrin the broke the hug and half heartedly hit her mother's shoulder, "I was worried I would lose you and Irwin that day!" She shouted, "Don't you ever do that again!"
Mikoto smiled, "I won't Corrin." Mikoto said, "Not until I've had a chance to meet my grandchildren in person that is."
Corrin then turned bright red and began to sputter.
"Don't try to deny it." Mikoto said, "Lilith told me you two confessed to each other, in fact Irwin even has a ring picked out for you."
Corrin's head snapped to me, bright eyed, "Y-You do?" She asked.
Mikoto looked to me and nodded with a smile.
"Well... I was hoping this would be a bit of a surprise but..." I said putting my lance on the wall and pulling out the boxed Ring from my Inventory, and held it out to her, opening it.
The Ring was a solid gold band, with a black gem and a blue gem circling each other, "Princess Corrin of Hoshido and Nohr, will you marry me?" I asked.
Corrin took the ring and slipping it on her finger, before knocking the box out of my hand and kissing me on the lips, "Of course I will." she said.
Mikoto chuckled, causing Corrin to squawk in surprise, "I'm happy for the two of you." Mikoto said, "However Corrin, there is one thing I have to tell you, and since you've Lilith has Linked this Plane to Valla it is safe for me to say these things to you."
"Umm... Okay, what are you saying mother?" Corrin asked as she pulled me into the bed with her.
"Corrin." Mikoto said, "My sister was Queen Arete of Valla, that makes you a member of Valla's royal family, however you weren't born in Valla, it was Hoshido you were born in. But you aren't Sumeragi's daughter."
"I-I'm not?" Corrin asked, "But if Garon wasn't my Father, and Sumeragi wasn't my father, then who is?"
"Corrin." Mikoto said, "Your father created a physical form that housed what sanity he held onto, I fell in love with him, and when he told me who he was I couldn't see him any different that before. His human form holds many traits similar to you, his hair... and the fact he hated shoes."
I could see Corrin wiggle her toes at the mention of that, "Mother..." Corrin said.
"Corrin, you're father was... No." Mikoto said, "Your father is the very same being you seek to slay to save this kingdom and himself from his mad power."
Corrin's eyes went wide as she paled, "Mother... Are you saying my father is..."
"Yes Corrin." Mikoto said putting her hands on Corrin's lap, "Your father is the Silent Dragon Anankos. That is why you can take the form of a Dragon, it is because you are the direct descendant of a Dragon."
"M-My father..." Corrin said looking at her hands, "He's..."
"Out of control of himself." I said pulling Corrin into a hug, "He needs peace, he needs his daughter to save him from himself."
"No doubt Anankos would have cared for you well Corrin." Mikoto said hugging Corrin as well, "If it weren't for the destruction of his Dragon Stone you would have been born here in Valla, raised as a Vallite Princess along side your cousin."
Corrin then broke her hug from her mother, "Is... is that part of why you had Azura kidnapped?" Corrin asked, "Because she was your niece... My cousin?"
"Partially." Mikoto admitted, "I wanted you back most of all, but they couldn't find you, but when I heard Azura was there without my sister I ordered her kidnapping, sadly I do not believe Arete mentioned me to her."
"Do you plan on telling Azura?" I asked.
"Tomorrow." Mikoto said standing up, "Despite being in a coma I do feel the need to sleep, and so does everyone else in the camp." She said walking to the door, stopping just before she opened it, and turned back to us, "Plus I feel that you two would like some alone time for... Activities."
Corrin and I were both blushing as she left.
"Well..." I stammered looking at Corrin.
Except I don't think Corrin was in control at the moment... All I saw in Corrin's eye's was a Dragoness that has found her mate...
And now she want's to claim him.
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Well folks that's the chapter.
I may one day include the Corrin x Irwin Lemon over on my Ao3 page, but that's not what want to ask you people.
As you may know, in Fates you can currently forge your weapons to a state of +7
It takes well over a hundred weapons (So make sure you've got Armory Shields to give to appropriate people to get discounts) And a hell of a lot of gems.
So please, if ANYONE knows how to get or give extra building for the remaining gems please let me know (And if you want to send food buildings I won't object.)
I have access to Emeralds, Quartz, Rice, and Berries.
My Castle Address is 08609 - 70464 - 58581 - 09469
And it has just been updated, so please Visit and Battle as often as you'd like if you want, cause remember, we both get rewarded for visiting and fighting each other.
