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Chapter 3

A/N: Hey! Ho! How ya guys been doing?
Thanks again for those that have been following me. This story was done since 11/5/2013
But I only published it 'now'
I have no idea when this 'now' is but I planned on December.
I'll also be uploading a Winter Special of Lucia that'll be a tie-in from their date in Sage's Hamlet fic I wrote
So watch out for it!

Oh! Just to be clear! This happens before Chapter 1! Yes, my fic doesn't exactly follow a straight timeline since I jump from couple to couple. Don't worry though! When Anon comes back, it'll be smooth(!?) sailings from there

Random guest Yes, I shall be writing Robin's return. But I'll be going through everyone of the older generation before that.

For longest time and the longest while, the palace was finally quiet and peaceful and Queen Sumia breathed a large sigh of relief as she sat in the castle gardens with nothing but a book and some tea. She looked around the beautiful open garden on a perfectly sunny day that sported all sorts of flowers in almost every shade but had plenty of Royal blue, the same color as Chrom's and her daughter's and grand child's hair.

Sumia stopped herself. 'No. I should count Morgan as one of my daughters. After all, she's nearly the same age as us! I'm not ready to be that old yet! I'm just about to haven't had my second child yet! Though I suppose they'd all count as five and... Gods! What would the kingdom think of me!' Sumia reached for the nearest flower and started doing a flower fortune on the poor thing. She got a bad fortune.

'What?! No! A-Again! This time for sure!' Sumia reached for another flower and immediately started her fortune. As she neared her reading, a shadow flew over her and looked up. She shielded her eyes with her hand, even though the sun hid behind a cloud, it was still quite bright. The shadow started descending slowly to her and she realized it was a pegasus with a lone rider.

"Chrom? Is that you my love? I thought you still felt queazy with flying. Is that Samantha?!"
Chrom chuckled when Sumia recognizes her own personal pegasus.
Samantha neighed happily at her owners recognition as both her and Chrom landed in the gardens.
"I thought you might miss her, and I knew the castle herders have been strict with your visits to her. So why not bring her to you?" He said and dismounted from Samantha.
"Oh, Chrom! You're wonderful!" Sumia said as she rose to greet her husband with an embrace for a long moment. She withdrew but still held on to his hand as she patted a jealous looking Samantha. "Oh, Samantha! Don't worry! I love you too! It's just that I'm married now. You understand right?" Chrom watched his wife with glee and reminisce about how he fell in love with her. It took five or six pies, but he really should have noticed Sumia long before then. She is the most beautiful person, aside from Emmeryn, he has come to know and love. Add to the fact that her flower fortunes always help disheartened people, she has the ability to sneak joy up on people and make them smile.

"And what do you have behind you, my Exalt?" Sumia glanced at him with an inquisitive look.

Chrom gave another chuckle as he was caught red handed. "It's a little something me and Samantha picked out from the bake shop you and the girls love so much." he said, as he brought out a small white box wrapped in a red ribbon. "I thought we might enjoy it together. Just the two of us."

"Oh Chrom! I never thought you could be so romantic!" Sumia moved to embrace her husband. In truth, he had asked Morgan for help for that part of the plan. "But what about poor Samantha? The castle maids would just shoo her away."

"That's not why I brought Samantha." He said with a grin and a wink.

"Huh?"

Chrom swept Sumia off her her feet and placed her sitting with her legs to one side on top of Samantha. "Ch-Chrom?!" She said with a worried expression as he mounted Samantha. I'll have to thank Lucina and Lucia for this part of the plan he thought and peeked his wife on the cheek.

"You better hold on tight. It could get bumby." Smiling, he nudged Samantha off into flight and Sumia moved her arms around her husbands neck in shock and held on tightly, forcing another laugh to come out of Chrom.

" W-Where are we going?!"

"You'll see! It's a surprise."

Just then, an attendant entered the garden proper and saw the queen being 'abducted' and ran off screaming. The nearest guards just shared a shrugged as they were paid to pay the Exalt no heed as he took the queen on a date.

Chrom and Sumia flew over and out of the city as Sumia took in the feeling of flight with much joy and laughter. "It's been so long since I've flown like this! Gods do I miss it!" She look at her husband and leaned against him "thank you Chrom..."

"Don't thank me yet. I'm still taking you somewhere and we're still eating the cake." He kissed his wife intimately and as they flew over the skies. It was a completely different feeling as their hearts race from promise and excitement of such rare opportunities as this. Chrom guided Samantha south, towards a thick forest, dense with tree's, and since spring came so late, flowers were in full blossom atop the trees. Chrom decided to fly low and slow as they could enjoy the flight longer. Sumia gazed all around her took in the sight. Few things were more beautiful than the castle garden when Chrom showed it to her the first time, but seeing the trees in full blossom of flowers in the shades of pink spring to heavenly blue as they flew over them was something else entirely. She already felt like the luckiest girl in the world ever since he proposed, this just felt a little bit unfair to all the other girls.

"There it is! I was worried I took a wrong turn there! Hahaha." Chrom said as they arrived to a large lake in the middle of the forest. The lake was crystal clear and gently reflected the blue sky with its softly rolling clouds. At the center of the lake was a small island with a lone tree off to its side with a small bed of flowers growing on the opposite side of the small island.. Sumia noticed a table and two chairs already there with a single swing was tied on the tree.

"Wh... How did you... When?" Sumia asked.

"It took me half the day yesterday taking two trips to bring everything and the rest of the day tying the swing. I hope it's to your liking."

"Oh it is! It seems to simple and yet... Oh, I just don't have a word for it!"

Chrom landed Samantha gently, dismounted and helped Sumia down as she fixed her dress. He offered his arm as she embraced it.

"Let's see... I don't have a word for either... but... what about a gesture?"

"A gesture? What could it possibly be?" Sumia said, playing dumb as she already had an idea what gesture it was.

"This." Chrom spun her to face him and held her gently with one hand as the other still held their cake, being careful with it, and kissed her with as much passion as he could. In many ways, they were still madly in love with each other as much as when they first started. Sumia returned the affection but was interrupted by Samantha.

"Oh-!" Sumia exclaimed as Samantha nudged both of them.

Chrom laughed. "Alright Samantha, will keep our distance."

"How'd you know what she was saying?" Sumia asked, with a hint of jealousy.

"Lucky guess? I'd do the same if I saw my close friend kissing right in front of me." They both laughed. "Come on. Let's enjoy the cake."

The couple proceeded to the table and the chairs. Chrom opened the cake that was already sliced and had two sets of forks. The cake was covered in white icing and had strawberries on top. The two each took a slice as they talked about things they've been doing separately since their return from Grima. Chrom talked about his visits among the people and his travels to check up on his surrounding provinces. Sumia talked about the books she's been reading and she was especially fond of a certain series that had a baby boy who had defeated a powerful evil sorcerer and grew up being hailed as the "boy who lived". She then talked about how much of a handful Lucia's being, even with her older self babysitting her. Cynthia and Owain's escapades certainly didn't help.

"Where did the girls go to today anyway?" Sumia asked.

"Oh they just went to the market place, all four of them, plus Owain. Gerome's playing nanny so he'd probably keep an eye on them."

Sumia laughed at the mental image of the ever serious Gerome being pulled in all directions as Lucia wanted to go to a toy shop, Owain to a weapons shop, and Cynthia to whatever takes her fancy. " I'm sure Lucina and Morgan are behaving themselves. I went with them a couple of times and Morgan often just visits a book shop. Lucina however..." she trailed. Thinking about her eldest. She just wasn't the same since Grima.

Chrom sighed, knowing full well that the person affected the most was Lucina. She had wept for days when Anon sacrificed himself. Even after that, once she finally calmed down, she was relentless in finding him. Wherever he may just pop up. It took Morgan, Sumia, Cythia, and Nah to convince her to go back home at castle and rest. Still, she had ordered patrols be sent out regularly for Anon but none were successful. Chrom had an idea of where they might find him, but he wasn't there. Yet. "Don't worry. She'll get through this. We have to believe in her strength as well as Anon's promise."

Sumia nodded. Hoping to finally see her daughter recover soon. But as she thought about her situation, sadness filled her. "Oh, but I can't stop worrying about her. I mean, I've tried cheering her up but she just pushes me away sometimes. I mean, if I had lost you... I don't even know what I'd do!" A tear fell from one of her eye and wiped it away immediately.

"I know. It's not easy for me either. Everyone of the Shepards were close to him. But Lucina refuses to share her pain except with Morgan and Lucia. All we can do is trust all three of them."

Sumia nodded again. "I swear, when Anon gets back he's getting a royal slap from me!"

Chrom chuckled at the memory of Sumia's slap/punch. "Get in line dear. Everyone wants to punch some sense into him. In the meantime, you want to try the swing?"

"Okay." Both of them rose and Sumia headed to Chrom's handmade swing. Deciding that the heavy topic will not change no matter how much they worry. They could only hope. The swing held her weight and Chrom readied himself behind her.

"Ready?"

"Ready!"

Chrom gave her a gentle push and Sumia swung forward and laughed. "It feels different from flying!" She came back and Chrom caught her and pushed her again.

"How so?"

"I don't know. I don't have a word for it. I may have a gesture!" Sumia swung back again and Chrom caught her as they kissed again, giggled, kissed, and withdrew breathless.

"You know... We're alone out here..." Sumia started, eyes closed and expectant from Chrom who was mere inches away.

"No eyes on us..." he supplied.

"Yes... just us." Sumia got impatient and reached around her husband and grabbed his bottom which shocked Chrom

"S-Sumia?!"

Sumia just giggled and started tracing patterns around his butt and nibbled his ear. Chrom released a helpless moan as he could not resist his Queen's very forward attacks which were so unlike her in public. This was something only for him to see. Just him.

Sumia just giggled at Chrom's helplessness, and breathed on his ear. Chrom finally grabbed his running wit, and caught his hidden passion. He nibbed on Sumia's neck and lifted her off from the swing and let it's momentum drive it's course. Forgotten. He moved from her neck and traced a kiss from neck to ear and back down to her collar bone and nibbed once more as she finally released her moan.

They reached the base of the trees trunk and laid her down and kissed her lips while he positioned one his leg in between hers. He laid his hand on her hips and traced her figure to her breast and squeezed. Sumia's legs tensed and released another moan as they got deeper and deeper into the mood.

It was Sumia's turn to attack and moved her hand to his chest and unbuttoned his shirt. She moved to kiss his bare open chest and resisted any and all Chrom's attempt to stop her. She licked her way from his neck to his chest and nibbled on his nipple. He exhaled deeply from Sumia's attack and undid the lace on her dress as it exposed her bare shoulders.

That was the limit of Sumia's bravado as she stopped her dress from revealing her bosom, but Chrom gently grabbed her arms and held her against the truck. They kissed then struck there tongues out and continue to kiss in the open. Still holding her hands, he moved to her bare, exposed breast and started his counter attack on her nipples, licked around it, nibbled, and sucked loudly.
"Ah~ C-Chrom" Sumia moaned loudly as he sucked her breast. Her released her arms and cupped both of them and kissed her. Sumia's legs started tensing, contracting, and stretching in sequence as pleasure ran through her whole body.

Chrom finally relented and released her. Sumia wasted no time and reached for Chrom's pants and unbuckled his belt. She looked into his eyes as she grabbed his loins. "It's been so long!" Sumia said as they kissed and traveled further into their passion.

The sky turned golden as they finally finished and got dress. They shared one more intimate kiss under the tree and moved to remount on Samantha. They flew in the sky in comfortable silence as Sumia was still breathless from their passion and her hair a mess from their love making. By the time they had reached the castle, twilight had set and Chrom decided to take her directly to their bedroom.

"I'll see you at dinner then, my love?" Sumia asked as Chrom helped her get down from Samantha.

"Of course." Chrom said with a promise.

Sumia turned to Samantha and patted her neck. "Thank you my friend!" And hugged her mount around the neck with Samantha neighing in reply.

Chrom remounted and kissed her hands as he flew off. Sumia entered their room and retrieved a shawl and wore it over her shoulders and fixed her hair in front of her dresser. She styled it into a loose braid and let it fall to one side. As she checked over herself to remove all evidence of her and Chrom's passionate afternoon, she straightened her dress and held her belly. It was too early to tell, but she knew Cynthia will be growing soon.

Sumia was finally ready and proceeded to exit the room to meet with her very lively, very large, and apparently growing family. She remembered she was doing a flower fortune before Chrom arrived but forgot what it was. Deciding it wasn't important, she continued on to the dining hall.

It was lively as ever. Apparently, Sumia took longer than she thought as she was the last one to arrive. Chrom sat at the head table and was merrily talking to Lucia, Lucina's younger self. Lucina and Morgan sat together with Cynthia and Gerome across from them and lastly the last pair Owain and Kjelle who were sitting across from each other. Sumia took her seat besides Chrom and the two gave a knowing look which was seen by basically seen by everyone. Small giggles were passed from all the women except Lucia who was innocent to everything. Sumia blushed and had a hint as to what the flower fortune was about. Thankfully, Owain gave everyone some news.

"Oh! I just remembered! Mom sent me a letter!" He said as all eyes fell on him and he evidently enjoyed the attention. "Mom and Dad are passing by Dali where Henry and his family are staying living. They're doing well and Panne seems to be fitting in with the other villagers. Let's see... What else was there..." Owain said as he reached for the letter in his pocket. "Umm... They got into some trouble with bandits, and pops got jailed once, uhh... and apparently they're going treasure hunting. What?! I should have gone with them!"

"So, nothing out of the ordinary then?" Kjelle interjected, which gave everyone a chuckle.

A knock came from the kitchen door as one of the chefs announced the food was ready and served it among the royal family and friends and dinner proceeded as normal with the children retelling of what they did and poor Gerome was left sighing left and right. Cythia produced a gift for him, Morgan talked about the various books she found and offered a few to Chrom and Sumia. Lucina chatted with Lucia about the things they both enjoyed with Lucina warning Lucia about a lot of things, Owain soon started going on about his "sword-hand" while Kjelle told the truth, even though Owain often placed Kjelle in the spotlight of his story.

Chrom caught Sumia smiling thoughtfully at their family and reached for her hand. "Something on your mind?" He said.

Sumia just shook her head. "I was just thinking of how lucky I am, my love."

"Hmm... What about... You know..." Chrom said as quietly and discretely as he could. Sumia just giggled at his attempt.

"Too early to tell. But perhaps."

"Good enough for me! Everyone!" Chrom said out loud, taking everyone's attention. "I'd like to announce, that in a few months time, Lucia will be having a little sister!"

The table cheered, but they already knew. They did it for Lucia, who was over joyed at the prospect. "REALLY? I'M GOING TO BE A BIG SISTER! Hear that Big sisters! I'm going to be just like you! Yipee!" Her big sisters, Lucina, Cynthia, and Morgan all congratulated her.

"So what are you naming her?" Cynthia asked as she beamed in anticipation.

"But you already know." Chrom said simply.

"I want to know too!" Lucia said.

"Very well. Sumia?"

Sumia smiled at her daughters. "We've decided on calling her Cyndie."

Lucia and Cynthia cheered as the table chuckled at the two of them. And so night went on in the palace. As lively as ever.

Author's Note: 3000+ words... I feel like I want to add more, but the plot is laid out and all. And I really don't want to write the sex scene. I don't feel uncomfortable with it. It is rather... difficult, I would say. In any case, if any of you were looking forward to that, and got disappointed by it not being there, I apologies. Perhaps in the future I'd be more comfortable writing it, but for now I had to cut it short.

So why Chrom and Sumia? They just simply felt perfect. I think everyone would agree on that, with the way Sumia plays out her role as a Shepard. Also, as she got married, she evidently lost her tripping powers. Wonder why.

Next up! Marribel, Stahl, and Brady and their troublesome noble family! Oh, and those of you reading Sage's Hamlet I'll give you chapter 2 tomorrow! And it's the longest one I've written yet! Look forward to it!

Rankin, out!