AN: So I decided to make this part all in one go! No part 1, part 2 etc...
I was listening to the final battle theme while making this chapter...epic.
BTW...critical quotes, dual guards, dual support, dual EVERYTHING FTW!
I gotta confess something! Um I originally wanted to get a 3DS for Fire Emblem...BUT ever since E3 I kinda don't one a 3ds. I want the PS4 even more than ever. I blame Kingdom Hearts, Watch Dogs, Star Wars and all that...yeah...
Enjoy!
Chapter 28: Grima
"Hand H-Hungers!" Owain grinned.
"This is your last dance!" declared Inigo
"Hope you're ready!" taunted Cynthia
The battle on Grima's back was on the way. All of the Shepherds were facing endless waves of Grimleal soldiers. Taking one out will bring forth five more. There were runes around Grima's back to send in reinforcements.
"We gotta keep pushing!" Robin ordered.
The tactician noticed a javelin heading right towards her! She felt someone pushing her aside.
"I'll keep you safe!" Lucina smiled, parrying the spear out.
Robin started to glow pinkish around her and the tome on her hands was open. She smirked feeling a strong surge of power around her.
"Time to tip the scales!" she declared.
As thunder struck the enemy right in front of her, cherry petals started to go down.
"Robin, father is way ahead of us!" Lucina pointed out.
"Damn, Lucina, Owain, Nah, Noire, follow my lead!" the tactician ordered.
The formation was obvious, Chrom, Frederick, and Lissa took the lead, while Robin ad the children covered the rear. The rest of the Shepherds were in between covering flanks and taking heavy blows from mages and archers.
"M-Mother, I promised father to keep an eye on you!" Morgan caught up.
Robin and Lucina cursed to themselves. They all know how Chrom was well meaning but Morgan, right now, was just an obstacle to them. Robin knew she had to distract her own daughter.
"Ok Morgan pair up with me." Robin ordered.
"What?" the oldest princess wondered in confusion.
Robin only gave the girl a soft smile. The princess had no choice but to agree on whatever plan Robin had. She just hoped Morgan would not become sad from it.
"Morgan." Robin called out her child.
"Yes mother?" she asked with a smile.
The tactician held a loving gaze over her child. To be a tactician she must always exploit enemies weaknesses. Right now she hated herself for what she was going to tell Morgan. Lucina took note of how Robin is going to persuade Morgan.
"C'mon everyone, Robin and Morgan can handle to flank on their own let's help everyone else!" ordered Lucina.
"Right!"
At the middle, majority of the Shepherds were using full teamwork on defeating the Grimleal's best soldiers.
"What a cupcake!" Gaius smirked taking down another Grimleal.
"Gregor smash!" the elder mercenary laughed.
"How well will you die?" taunted Lon'qu slashing his enemies.
Within the middle group, was Chrom's harem. They were easily decimating enemy ranks with teamwork as well. Cherche, Sumia and Cordelia swooping down to either distract their enemies or finish them off. Nowi and Panne, in their transformed states, forcing enemies to bundle up, while Tharja and Miriel quickly finish them off. Meanwhile, Sully and Olivia were going back and forth between the multiple fronts, so the dancer could cheer and inspire her friends to fight more. All in the while, Maribelle, like the other healers, stood at the center ready to heal any wounds.
"Yay danger!" the dark mage sarcastically pointed out.
More and more enemies were charging up front. Miriel had her Valflame tome ready. "Begone, foul miscreation!"
As fire erupted all over the confused ranks, Sumia, Cordelia and Cherche took this as a chance to eliminate their weakened foes.
"For Ylisee!" the clumsy knight declared.
"That's quite enough!" Cordelia announced.
"I bid you farewell." Cherche calmly spoke.
In one fell swoop, the enemy lines were destroyed in a matter of seconds. The fleeing Grimleals attempted to run but were quickly intercepted.
"I smell your fear." taunted Panne.
"I'm gonna crush you!" shouted Nowi.
The Taguel and Manakete made short work of them. Everyone cheered on as they pushed forward even more. However more enemies kept on appearing
"R-Reinforcements!" Olivia pointed out.
They were getting weary but they knew they had to keep moving forward. The fell dragon's weak point was so close to them. Then Gangrel, Walhart and Aversa decided to go up front.
"Strike forth comrades, let us show this insignificant dragon the we humans are greater!" Walhart declared.
"Sheesh, I was a dead man, but now I think I have something to live for." muttered the ex king of Plagia.
"Is this something, actually someone?" teased Aversa.
Gangrel's face suddenly became flustered and told the woman to keep it down. While the two argue, Walkhart kept an eye on the upcoming forces. He had a grin, seeing all the numbers.
"Enough babbling you two!" Walhart yelled out. "We must do our duty!"
All three of them stared at the charging horde of Grimeal troops. All of them knew it was thanks to Chrom, they lived. Despite their past sins and misdeeds, Chrom was willing to forgive them. However deep down within them, they were desperate to search for their purpose. Gangrel was now a dead man, he wasn't supposed to be alive at all. Aversa desired a normal life and to get rid of anything that involved dark magic around her. Walhart refused to die and now he wondered if he would be able conquer new lands once the war is over. Avera and Ganrel has smirks forming on their faces while Walhart kept a stoic expression.
"Eenie Meenie Moe!" Gangrel pointed which one he would kill first.
"Down you go." mocked Aversa with her smile, channeling dark magic.
"I am inexorable!" Walhart thundered out, crushing foes with his mighty stead.
While the three of them held out this group, Lucina and her siblings were making their haste to meet up with their father. The girl smiled seeing everyone fighting with everything they got. It wasn't like in her time, where hope was dead.
"C'mon!" Lucina yelled out.
As they got closer and closer towards Grima, Lucina noticed something about all the guards around Grima. Instead of being Grimleal soldiers, they all had menacing glowing eyes.
"How dare you!" Lucina seethed at the sight.
However what angered the girl wasn't just the fact they were risen. They were people she knew so well.
"Do you like what I did, girl." Grima chuckled. "These risen are my elite guard, nothing will pass them!"
Chrom, Frederick and Lissa stood by Lucina's side. Everyone had the same shocked expression.
"W-What?"" gasped Chrom.
"No way!" Lissa denied.
"Impossible." Frederick narrowed down his eyes.
Grima started to laugh at the shocked Shepherds in front of it. As the laughing slowed down Grima just smirked at all of them.
"Yes I kept your father's body, girl. Now he is one of my elite guard, just like your mother and the other wives." explained Grima.
Next to Grima, were older and dead risens of future Shepherds! They stood there silently, just glaring at anything that goes against their master.
"Unfortunately I couldn't get all of them, their bodies were too crushed." described Grima.
All of Chrom's harem arrived as well and gasped at the sight in front of them. It was like staring at a mirror, though the mirror was reflecting an uglier version of them.
"By the gods what matter of lookalikes are those!?" demanded Maribelle.
"This dark magic is really starting to make me mad." Cordelia glared.
"So that's me in the future, huh?" muttered Tharja.
Most of the wives had determined glares towards their risen versions. With all of their weapons ready, they glanced at the hesitant children.
"Lucina, Brady and each of you." Maribelle started. "Assist your father against the legendary fell dragon, while we will handle these."
"B-But mother-" protested Lucina.
"But nothing, we will end their misery!" Nowi declared, already in her dragon form.
As all the children ran, they had a quick glance as their mothers were already fighting their risen versions. The bodies of the mothers that took care of them when they were actual children. It frightened them, since Grima made their corpses as risens especially their own father.
"Lissa stand stand back!" Frederick commanded his wife.
"I-I can't move!" a scared Lissa shivered in fear.
The risen Chrom was giving the two a very hard time. Both of them were truly shocked and afraid of who they were fighting. Frederick though didn't show any fear though Lissa was visibly shaken. Lucina cursed to herself.
"W-We should've burned the bodies!" Lucina shouted dashing past her uncle and aunt.
"You gotta be kiddin' Luce, no way to get them bodies since those blasted risens." Brady pointed out.
"J-Just the s-sight s-scared me!" Noire stuttered out.
"Come we must end this faster then!" Gerome rallied them up. "We will not let fate win once again!"
As they dashed through more risen guards, Lucina and her siblings finally saw Chrom struggling against both present and future Grima.
"What's wrong, can't hit the form of your beloved?" taunted Grima.
Chrom was taking many deep breaths and glared at it. He struggled to get up.
"Father!" Lucina screamed out, approaching the man,
"Lucina..." Chrom breathed out.
The girl glanced at all of her siblings and was in for a shock. Instead of cowardice or hesitance, everyone was glaring outright at Grima. She recalled their fearful expressions whenever they stared at Grima's true form terrorizing the skies but right now it was different. Lucina stood in front of siblnigs and pointed her sword at the catalyst of these events.
"I lost to you once, monster. I shall not lose again!" she shouted out. "Die now, that our future can live!"
"You cannot slay what may never die!" chuckled the fell dragon at the proclamation.
Everyone had their weapons at the ready. Despite the chaos and battle going around them, Lucina could only hear her and both Grimas' breathing. With a quick gesture with her head, everyone attacked.
"All must end!" Gerome scoffed.
As Minerva quickly swoop down to land a strike, present Grima roared and many spikes emerged ready to aim at the masked rider. Then Gerome felt Miverva being pushed aside by two pegasi.
"Na ah!" mocked Cynthia.
"W-Wipe that smile off!" glared Severa.
"I'm not smiling." he muttered towards his sisters.
He sighed in relief but he nodded towards them. All three of them had the same thing in mind due to their position. All three of t hem were surrounding future Grima. It was always said this move required three sisters of pegasus knights, but under these circumstances they all made an exception.
"C'mon already!" an impatient Severa shouted.
"Alright!" grinned Cynthia as she points towards her brother. "C'mon Gerome say it!"
"Fine." he sighed. "Come sisters, this is our chance!"
Suddenly all three of them were quickly swooping down. All three of them screamed out the attack. "Triangle Attack!"
Grima felt two lances and an axe going through it. It's eyes widened slightly at how much pain it felt.
"Damn you!" Grima growled, it's host's eyes glowing menacingly.
"Noire, Laurent, Brady, Nah, now's the chance!" Lucina ordered her siblings.
All four of them readied their tomes, and dragonstone. As Nah transforms into her manakete form, everyone else was chanting their spells.
"I grow weary of you!" Laurent fixed his glasses.
"Blood and thunder!" Noire's darker-self emerged with a grin.
"Get busy dyin'!" demanded Brady with a dark glare.
"I am so strong!" Nah shouted out.
As four blasts of energy head straight for Grima, Lucina nodded towards the others. There was so much smoke covering Grima after the explosion. Unfortunately Grima chuckled at the attack.
"That's all?" it mocked. "You children have escaped my grasp but now it's time for you to join your parents!"
It suddenly felt slashes all over. Grima can feel many swords lances and even claws ripping it's cloak apart. The fell dragon could only roar in pain.
"No, you go extinct!" Yarne snarled in rage.
"Victory is mine!" Kjelle announced full of determination.
"I'm a man of passion!" Inigo yelled out.
"Behold!" Owain grinned.
Grima could suddenly feel fataiuge coming over host's body. It snarled to itself for having such a weakness. It then noticed two figures sprinting their way towards it's battle. Grima's eyes slightly widened at one of them.
"Morgan, my child..." Grima whispered until it shook her head. "Pathetic weak willed woman, you still resist?"
"Morgan c'mon!" Lucina cheered on, her falchion ready.
"Sorry I'm late Lucy, but mother is right!" Morgan smiled at her oldest sister.
Both eldest and youngest smiled to each other, then they stared at the panting Grima.
"W-Watch my back Lucy!" request the tactician in training.
"I'm right here." her sister reassured her.
Morgan's body suddenly started to glow pink. Her tome was glowing very brightly as well. She opened it and casted away. "Checkmate!"
"Ignis..."Grima muttered in shock.
As the blast from Naga'a book hit Grima, Lucina seized the chance for another strike.
"I say when it ends!" she screamed out striking Grima.
Then Morgan casted another attack.
"This ends here!" she yelled out.
Lastly Lucina dealt another deadly blow. She was then shocked on who decided to help her.
"Hope will never die!" she cried out.
"Anything can change!" Chrom shouted as well.
As Grima finally got on it's knees, it glared in defiance at Chrom. Chrom slowly approached Grima, his exalted Falchion glowing with gleam.
"Your end has come Grima, I'll put you to sleep." Chrom breathed out ready to deal the final blow.
Before he could do anything, he felt his arms being pulled back. Chrom turned around in shock to see who was preventing him from dealing the finishing attack.
"M-Morgan?!" gasped Chrom. "I thought you wanted memories with you, me and your mother?!"
"I-I'm sorry father, but your way i-isn't the best solution to this problem!" apologized the young tactician. "T-Tactician a-always have to think w-what best for everybody despite a-any personal feelings!"
"Sorry father but we can't let another generation suffer the hands of Grima!" Inigo smiled.
"Grima must be dealt with by us and us alone." Gerome muttered.
"Sorry pops but I ain't lettin' more future folks die." a sheepish Brady said.
"Father, we understand why you would want to kill Grima but your motivation is more selfish." Lucina started. "If we let you deal with it, then another generation must suffer but if we l-let Robin handle t-then there is..."
Lucina and all of her siblings' tears started to fall down. None of them wanted any this but this was the only choice. She gestured towards Robin, who was slowly approaching Grima.
"For once, I'm glad you and I are the same." Robin admitted solemnly, taking out a tome.
"No that tome, i-impossible!" Grima shivered in fear.
"In some way, we share the blame." Robin continued as she flipped many pages.
"No, no, no to be defeated by mortals, to be defeated by the one I should have posses!" Grima shook it's fist.
"It's only right we meet our end together!" Robin shouted out, using Grima's trurh against her future self.
"No!" denied Grima.
"Here's how it's done!" smirked Robin.
As the dark tome's enchantments finish off the dark dragon. Grima's malicious eyes suddenly became filled with peace and acceptance.
"T-Thank you." the other Robin breathed out as her body quickly faded.
Robin can only nod back with tears slowly falling down as well. She stared at her own hand as it slowly became transparent.
"Robin no!" cried out Chrom.
She could feel the man's arms going around her outline. The tactician could hear his breathing but she could feel it.
"M-Mother t-thank you!" Morgan shouted as tears fell down uncontrollably.
Robin turned around to the sadden king in front of her. As she realized her hand going through his face, Robin smiled at him.
"Thank you Chrom, for everything." she said sincerely.
"Robin..." Chrom trailed off, he could feel her ghostly lips over his.
"Tell the others, my last thought were of them and tell Morgan and her siblings to take care of themselves." Robin requested. "May we meet again, in a better life. I love you."
He tried to hold unto her for as long as he can. Once he heard her last words, Chrom could no longer feel Robin's warmth and presence. She simply vanished within his arms. The man only stood there in pure shock, not even realizing they were no longer at the fell dragon's back, not noticing his children's comforting words, not hearing footsteps approaching them.
"C-Chrom!" Sumia shouted out in relief.
"Thank the gods you are alright." Cordelia smiled.
"It was crazy fighting ourselves." Nowi sighed.
He was relived no one died at the battle. It was a miracle. He glanced at all of them celebrating at their victory.
"Robin did she really?" Panne wondered.
"A sacrifice we must all honor for our friend's sake." Cherche smiled warmly towards Chrom.
"That woman would not wish to see her beloved depressed." Maribelle pointed out.
Chrom could only sigh and stare upon the setting sun. He knew all of the Shepherds were right behind him. Then he realized, he forgot a vital information that was needed to be heard.
"Naga said Robin would still have a chance on coming back." Chrom informed everyone with a tired smile. "As friends and love ones to her, we must keep strong with our bonds. This was what grant us our victory and this will give Robin back to us!"
Then he heard everyone's vows to never forget the tactician. Chrom will gladly admit it was thanks to Robin's efforts that they were here today. He stared at the sky with a smile.
"Robin I know you can hear us!" Chrom shouted towards the sky.
"M-Mother I'll wait for you for however long!" Morgan shouted out too.
Suddenly everyone was shouting towards the sky as well. From promises to jokes on good times, everyone wanted Robin back. Chrom then clutched his chest, where his heart beats.
"You will always have a place here with us." smiled Chrom.
He turned towards his wives and children with a smile. Then he turned back towards the sky.
"Remember that, always."
END AN: Well that's that, thanks you reading this chapter, this part is over...OF COURSE IT AIN'T DONE! We still got plenty of scenes of see and jokes to laugh!
I guess I should have told you guys some of the children changed classes in between chapters, like Severa being a pegasus knight and Noire as a dark mage.
Holy Naga! I asked-no wait it looked like I was begging...ANYWAYS I was so excited for 200 reviews but we passed it! Even if it was barely passed 200 we still passed 200 reviews! Yipee!
Hey I got another confession. I originally planned this fic as Chrom's harem being only the possible wives but then I was like screw it add Cordeilia so she could be happy, then Cherche, for the lol, finally I was like screw it he's GONNA MARRY THEM ALL!
So yeah, that's all I gotta say about this chapter so...
Enjoy your day/night!