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Time for chapter 2 of Displacement!

Thank you to all my readers and especially my reviewers: DarkShroudedSky and OmegaSaxon

This chapter will obviously include more interactions with other characters.

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Without further delay I give you the next chapter

Displacement Chapter 2: A Long Time Ago In a Galaxy Far, Far Away…

"Hello? You awake yet? Hellooo?" A female voice called out to me in my sleep.

"Yeah mom I'm up. I'm not gonna miss my classes today. Now let me sleep another five minutes." I replied with my eyes still shut. That was the weirdest dream I've ever had. Me, in Path of Radiance? Ha! I laugh at the very idea!

Then I heard a rather girly giggle and my eyes shot open. It wasn't a dream! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

The source of the voice I had heard revealed itself to be a brown haired girl, wearing a yellow shirt, a blue scarf-esque thing, white arm covering things, and a white skirt. Oh shit, it's Mist the obnoxious cleric girl that I never used because Rhys is better and I rarely use healers in Fire Emblem games.

"Mist, go get some water for our patient." A red head wearing white robes said to Mist.

Speak of the devil

"OK! Be back in a minute!" Mist said cheerfully as she ran out of the room.

"You've been out cold since Ike found you and the Prin… girl in the forest. By the way, what might your name be?" Rhys asked.

"My name is Aaron." I replied. Almost forgetting that I wasn't supposed to know his name I asked, "What's yours?"

"I'm Rhys and the young girl is Mist. I'm a mercenary in her father's company." Rhys said in reply.

"Where am I now?" I asked. They don't need to know that I already know everything that's going to happen.

"You're in our fortress; it's our base of operations." Rhys replied, "You're well enough to see Commander Greil now. Once Mist gets back with the water I can take you to see him in his office."

Ohh yeah, I forgot Greil's still alive. They haven't met the Black Knight yet. I'm not very far into the game story am I? "That sounds good to me Rhys. I think I should see him too." I said.

At that point Mist came skipping into the room with a wooden bucket of water in one hand and a tin cup in the other. Stopping at my bed, she dipped the cup into the bucket then handed me the cup. "Here you go sleepy, drink up!" She said smiling.

Taking the cup, I said, "Thank you Mist." I drank the cup of water quickly, just realizing that I was extremely thirsty. After drinking the water I sat up and looked around noticing that I was in a rather dark room. "I think I'm ready to meet the Commander now. Can one of you take me there?"

Rhys looked at Mist and said, "Why don't you take him to your father, Mist? I still have some works to do in here."

"Sure thing, Rhys! Come on!" Mist said as she basically pulled me out of bed, quite the feat for so small a girl considering I weigh more than 180 pounds, and out the door. As I stumble out into the bright sunlight I yelled, "Oww! Much too bright!" At that I heard Mist giggle. Thankfully I was soon in a darker building that was lit by candles and torches.

We stopped at a wooden door and Mist knocked saying, "Father, the boy we found is awake! He's here and wants to meet you."

A gruff, low voice replied "Let him in." Walking in the door I see a large man behind a desk that looks entirely too small for him. So this is Greil, he seems a lot bigger than in the game. Greil stands up and walks around the desk holding out his hand for shaking. I shake the offered hand firmly as I usually do and my hand is practically engulfed by the Commanders massive one. He smiles and says "That's a nice, firm handshake you have there boy, you can tell a lot about a man by his handshake."

At that I mentally groan and face palm. Of course he would say something so clichéd. "Thank you Commander Greil" I reply, "My name is Aaron. I would like to thank you for helping me out while I was unconscious. I will repay you in whatever way you see fit."

When I saw that Greil chuckles, a very low sound, and says in reply, "Actually, I do have an idea as to what you could do. My son Ike saw how you killed the soldier that attacked you and the Princess, he thought you were pretty good, if a tad scared looking. I would like to see exactly how well you fight with that strange sword of yours, and based on that, I might hire you. I will, however, take out the cost of taking care of you from your first payment."

I smile and say "Thank you Commander. I should inform you that I was never formally taught, however, I will try the hardest I possibly can. I'm grateful for your generosity."

This time Greil laughs, a loud booming laugh, and says, "I admire your eagerness boy. It should be fun to see how well you progress as we train you. We'll see if you live up to what you just said! If you feel rested enough we can begin your training now, starting with gauging your current skills by dueling with my son Ike."

I give a big grin and nod my head eagerly, "I'm ready to train now if Ike is. I look forward to my training." I start to turn in order to head out the door, eager to duel Ike. I wonder if I can beat him.

Before I can leave, Greil puts a restraining hand on my shoulder and smiles, "First you'll want to put your armor back on." He tosses the brigandine I had been wearing earlier to me. "Here. You'll probably need it."

I slip my arms through the holes and tighten all of the straps until they are snug while allowing me almost full movement. "That's probably a good idea commander." With that I walked out of the office, down the hallway, and out into the courtyard.

Commander Greil, having followed me outside, yelled "Ike! Come over to the courtyard now!"

A voice from outside the fortress yelled in reply "Coming Father!" After a few moments Ike ran in through the Southern gate. Catching sight of me he grinned before stopping in front of the Commander. "Yes Father?"

"I want to see how well Aaron here fights; you two will spar seeing as you are probably the closest to his level." Greil grabbed two wooden swords that had been leaning against a wall and tossed one to each of us. "Here you two go. We don't have anything that comes any closer to the style of the sword you use, Aaron, so you'll just have to make do with what you get." He pointed to two spots approximately 30 feet apart. "You two stand in those two positions to start. When I give the signal the duel will commence."

Ike and I went to opposite spots and faced each other. Greil raised both of his hands up, and after a few moments swung them both down yelling, "Fight!" Immediately the Mortal Kombat theme song begins running through my head.

Ike and I charge at each other with our wooden swords over our heads. At this point the back of my mind is filled with images of the fight scene between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader near the end of Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

On that note Chapter 2 is finally finished!

Sorry for the delay. Not only did I get slammed with a severe case of writers block, an amazing amount of things happened to me at once. Needless to say, I was not able to write very much at all in the past two and a half weeks or so. I hope you'll forgive me.

With that in mind, I believe I can manage to get at least one chapter out per month. This is subject to change as my life changes, but it is the best estimate I can give you.

In case you were wondering about the last couple of paragraphs, it is actually rather likely that I would think of those two things in that situation. My mind happens to work that way, for good or for ill.

Thanks for being patient! I hope you will continue reading!

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