"You're right, Corrin, this isn't you," said a clear voice that Corrin had learned well. "Don't worry, you'll be fine. I'll just be borrowing your body for a bit." Dion said, as something flashed before Corrin's eyes, and suddenly the anger he had silenced, but so had himself. Dion knew he couldn't use the Yato, so he let the sword hit the cold hard ground.
Azura looked at Corrin's body, but she knew, that wasn't her husband. She rushed quickly to Ryoma's side, and the man looked at her confused.
"So Aion, you'll play this game with me, won't you?" Dion asked, using Corrin's voice, but his eyes weren't red anymore, but clear black. Aion laughed.
"So you'll take over the one who has similar powers to you? How pathetic," she said, looking him directly in the eyes. Ryoma, and Xander wanted to attack Dion for taking their brother's body, but what could they do without harming him?
"Don't attack him," Azura ordered, cutting of their trains of thought.
"But why Azura? Isn't he harming Corrin?" Ryoma asked, looking at Azura.
"He is, but isn't at the same time. Just trust me," Azura said, looking at Corrin's controlled body.
Dion looked blankly at his sister, he sighed, and called upon a black spear. Corrin's body wasn't trained in spear work, but he'd make it work, since this was the only manakete around here with an extremely high level.
"Still won't you play this stupid game with me, like you've always have?" Dion asked, a bit amused.
"Play with you? You aren't the same as me!" She yelled as she charged at him.
He dodged her and landed a small attack on her side. She grunted, but still kept attacking Dion, he took several hits to his arms, and chest. But he kept fighting, since this wasn't his body, and he was going to protect it. Since he felt terrible for using for his own will, but his own vessel was badly damaged from his own fight he had with her a few days prior.
Azura started to sing. Causing Aion to scream in pain. Hinoka, Robin and Camilla did their own attack. Robin and Camilla had used a powerful thunder spell on Aion, and Hinoka rushed in quickly to just attack. She screamed once more from the pain.
Ryoma and Xander saw an opening they were going to take. The managed to hit her slightly, but it was still better then nothing! And they didn't know it, but reinforcements started to come through the woods. Takumi, Leo, Oboro, Elise, Tharja, and a few others had arrived. They had caught word of what Corrin's plan was.
Takumi and Leo saw Corrin fighting Aion head on.
"Don't be fooled, you two. That isn't Corrin," Azura said with a odd coldness in her voice, looking at the boys as she was picking up her Blessed Lance ready to fight. They looked at her confused, but carried on.
Aion was attacked at so many different angles, but she ran before the morning even came. Everyone was exhausted.
"COWARD!" Dion yelled, hoping she heard it. They must have been close too. He sighed, and looked at Corrin's damaged armor, there wasn't much blood. He was relieved.
"You're Dion, correct?" Azura asked, approaching him.
"Yes, you are right. I'm surprised you could tell," Dion said, looking at her golden eyes, she didn't make an expression at all.
"Will you give Corrin back to us? You caused him anger he hardly ever had, and he needs to come back," Azura said.
He sighed, "sadly, he was emotionally damaged by my anger, so he needs time to rest," Dion stated, he felt terrible, "take me to Valla, and I can safely give his body back though, but he won't wake up straight away."
They managed to get him back to Valla, where he separated from Corrin's body, and whatever psychical wounds was taken by Dion, since it wasn't Corrin's wounds. He left them to take care of Corrin, he wasn't burning a fever, but his dreams were plagued with red. Azura tried all she could to calm down the anger that Dion had injected into him.
"Can you get me some chamomile, Ryoma?" She asked, trying to get Corrin to calm down, but she lacked the proper herbs.
"Of course. Anything else?" He questioned, making sure he would know anything else.
"Lavender."
He quickly vanished to Hoshido to get the herbs.
"Xander and Hinoka, please get some water, enough for a bath," she ordered, they didn't bother to ask why, they just had to do so quickly. Sakura and Elise were healing the wounds of Dion, which they weren't deep, and he couldn't help, but watch the busy royals trying to help their brother.
The dreams of red turned into a violent blackness, and Azura tried to fight her own pain. Hopefully the herbs would be here soon, Hinoka and Xander along with a few other people arrived with a whole ton of water in a huge wooden tub, she sighed with relief, but the herbs arrived shortly after.
"Anything else, Azura?" Ryoma and Xander asked at the same time, causing them to look at each other in surprise.
"I need only Elise and Sakura for this part," she said, starting to crush the herbs together, and threw some into the water, and the rest was put into his mouth. Forcing him to swallow the crushed herbs, once the girls got him into the water, Elise and Sakura to charge the water with healing energy, and the dreams of hatred, pain, and redness ended.
She sighed with relief, and stayed close to him all night. Even to join him in the water, and slept with him.
Dion was put under watch, he didn't much care if they wanted to go that route, he would admit. He didn't handle it well, so it was not uncommon for humans to just be scared, or worried about his actions. Maybe he should just vanish again, but then they might not trust him, considering what he did to Corrin. He was surprised they weren't trying to kill him for treason, or something like that matter.
Though he did get glares from Ryoma, Camilla, Xander and Hinoka on their way home.
He sighed once more, turning his head out to the stars. They looked extremely peaceful...
Morning came, though not to Azura's surprise, Corrin hadn't woken up yet. And the chamomile and lavender bath had helped, causing his dreams to be plain, and empty. She didn't make a noise or expression, she just kissed him lightly, hoping for him to awaken soon. She changed out of her wet clothing into a more white dress with soft blues, with a flower design. She didn't want to leave him, but she needed more herbs from Hoshido, just something to help with sleeping.
When she finally arrived to Hoshido, Sakura and her son, Saizo, were in the garden. The shy girl jumped when she saw Azura, not expecting her to be here.
"Azura," Sakura started, trying to get over her small scare.
"I'm sorry I scared you, but I need some more herbs for Corrin," she said, but her expressionless face startled Sakura once more, and the girl did her best to get more herbs. Sakura had pulled out more chamomile, lavender, and passion flower. Azura bowed, and left quickly.
Sakura was surprised how quiet Azura was, she would have spoke at least a little.
When she got back to Valla, Corrin was oddly awakened, but his eyes were full of pain. "Azura, good morning," he said, trying to get changed of his soaking wet clothes. But she didn't let him, she hugged him, almost with tears in her eyes.
"I was worried, Corrin," she admitted, tightening her grip on him.
"I know you must have been. Ever since we met Dion and Aion, we haven't caught a break, all we get is pain. And I'm sorry," he replied, as hugged her back.
Dion looked at Corrin, who looked a little better, but Corrin looked at him with a glare.
"Will you explain this all to us, before we get more hurt, and lose more lives?" Corrin questioned, holding his wife tightly, and he didn't seem to want her to see him. However she didn't mind, he had all the right to be angry, after what they had just went through.
"Fine, but gather everyone you want before I do."
Corrin brought all his siblings, and the people who fought the war with him. Chrom did the same thing, but children who fought him, only Lucina, Morgan, Yarne, and Nah cared to show up. Xander and Ryoma were confused about the fact that those children who had the same names as Chrom's and Robin's children. Since they had so many meetings, but now wasn't the time to be thinking about that.
Dion looked at them all, and he sighed.
"So as you know, Aion is a liar, and traitor, but I can assure you. She wasn't always like this," Dion started, having everyone listening carefully. He sighed once. And started.
It had started around of the eve of a lot of dragons births, as far as Dion and Aion were concerned, they related, not by any blood. But of the moment they were born, since dragons, depending on their origins can be born from just magic, or parents. Dion looked at his younger sister, who at the time was always shunned by other dragons, expect by Anankos, who always showed them kindness.
As time carried on, the more Dragons started to get involved with humans, and that started to get hatred for some dragons. Though he was a Dragon of Time, they hardly had the chance to remember him, and his sister has similar powers, but unknowing to them, she could control people. Change their memories, and make them forget.
As the started to get around five hundred years old, Aion started to have fun... killing the children of the dragons, the manakete. Making people take them as slaves, or worse. Dion started to get disgusted with her, and he went back in time to help the children of dragons she had effected through time, and she started to grow more insane with the amount of hatred she was growing.
She had lured so many other heroes trying to get them to kill her, but they had failed. However, he had managed to prevent her from ever showing up in their worlds again. Though each time he did that, it had only brought him closer to death, and this had been happening for too long.
Dion stopped himself before he revealed something he couldn't. Since it wasn't his place. Everyone waited to make sure he was done talking.
Corrin started, "how long has she been doing this?" Corrin asked with a grave look on his face.
"Long enough, Corrin," Dion replied, truth be told, he had lost more of his sense of time, so he couldn't tell him even if he wanted too.
"Then do we truly kill her?" Chrom asked, looking at Dion, walking forward, getting Dion to look at him with surprise.
"I don't know if that would stop her, she had nearly been killed once. But only once, and I don't remember much of that. Since she has messed with my own memory," Dion reported, causing them to look at each other, hoping one had an answer for this.
"So, we just have to help you remember that correct?" Azura asked, causing Corrin to look at her and the others to look at her.
"Yes. But if we do kill her," he stopped himself. "No, if we do, then perhaps we can stop all this tragedy for the manaketes."
So the goal was set. But still questions were growing. However, he couldn't explain more without screwing up the hard fought peace.
Author's note: Still having family issues. I write to maintain my sanity through it all, though since the issues have gotten just slightly better. I might be able to write chapters faster, But no guarantees.
However, thank you for reading, and the reviews. Along with the favorites, and follows.
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