ROBIN'S POV

Emmeryn's final moments will forever stay in my memory.

We were running behind Basilio, trying to find the carriages that would take us out of 'this Plegian hellhole' as Basilio called it. Well, at least I was walking. Flavia and I had to tote Chrom and Lissa. Don't ask me how I ever managed to carry him. "Aww, damn!" Basilio yelled as three Plegians appeared out of the blue. Anger coursed through me.

Without realizing exactly what I was doing, I opened my Elwind tome and blasted the fiends off of their feet. I pulled out my sword and the rest was history. Chrom emerged from his stupor, and nearly grinned. He unsheathed Falchion and surveyed the Plegians that were pouring into our path. "FOR EMMERYN!" Chrom yelled, and charged into battle. "FOR EMMERYN!" the cry rebounded among the Shepherds as they ran after their soon-to-be exalt. I must say; the Plegians never stood a chance.

That is, until the commander came into play. Sully charged at him, swearing wildly, expecting him to fall like any other of his men. Instead, she gasped as he threw his axe like a tomahawk and nearly decapitated her horse. It did, however, embed itself in her arm. She cried out and took a tumble as she lost her grip on the reigns. Maribelle dashed over and raised her staff. The wound shone blue and closed, and Sully got up, still muttering curses. "Well then. YOU WANT A PIECE OF YLISSE, COMMANDER?" A voice I would hardly ever recognize as mine flew from my mouth. The man turned to face me, his axe back in his hand.

"You could have surrendered… fewer lives lost," he murmured. "But so be it! I will endeavor to bring you a swift end, Ylisseans!" then he ran at me, sending mud flying up from the wet ground. He never got there. I raised my hand and his axe went skittering with a blast from my Elwind tome. Before I got the chance to finish him off, Basilio did for me. With one fluid motion I wouldn't expect from the khan, Basilio scooped up the fallen axe and charged. "Time to die, pal!" he yelled, and hefted the axe. The man looked up and his eyes widened as the blade of the axe buried itself in his chest. He fell to one knee. "Hah… well done… Ylisseans. Please… spare my men…"

The man winced, smiling despite the situation he was in. then, his face went slack and he fell to the ground. Chrom looked him over without emotion. Just then, a heather-haired girl dashed into view. "Kh-khan Basilio! I-I thought you were-" Basilio cut her off with a hearty laugh.

"Me? Dead? To these Plegian clowns? Perish the thought!" he said between guffaws. "Now, let's get outta this Plegian hellhole!" See? I told you he said that. "Olivia here will be smugglin' us out!" so we followed the girl Olivia, who was dressed very, ahem, lightly despite the freezing rain towards a cluster of horse-drawn carriages. "Pile in everyone!" Olivia chirped, and climbed into the lead carriage. One by one, the Shepherds piled in and we began clip clopping away from 'this Plegian hellhole.'

LUCINA'S POV

Now that I was out of Plegia, dread really started to kick in. I stopped, sat down on a rock, and began to cry. Thomas sat down next to me, a lollipop in his mouth. "Look, Blue, I know you're upset, and I feel you, but we shouldn't stop so close to the border. "…I failed." That was the only thing that was going through my head. I could be sitting in a burning forest for all I cared. Thomas sighed and spit the lollipop stick out of his mouth. "Listen, Blue. Sure, Emmeryn died, but you still changed history, right?"

I sighed. "I only changed the method of her death. She still died either way." Thomas sighed again. "Stop being so down, Blue. You still have a bunch of chances to keep Grima under wraps." As soon as he said the name, a cloud wafted in front of the sun. Ominous.

"Well now I have no clue where Gangrel will DIE!" I said, jumping to my feet. Thomas smiled quickly, and then shook his head slightly. "We'll figure something out, Blue," "First we should probably find a place to crash, the sun's going down." My eyes widened. "That means Risen. Let's hurry." Thomas chuckles. "Shoulda brought that up in the first place." He said, and then we began dashing further into Ylisse, towards safety.

Jack's Corner

Hi guys! Managed to get an update in before tomorrow :P Anyways, I'm sorry I couldn't pass up using Basilio. He's in my top 5 favorite Fire Emblem characters. :P Behind Joshua, Sothe, Saleh, and Anna. Anyways, I am, like a friend suggested, going to advance some other relationships in the 2-year gap between wars. (Shoutout to my friend. We'll call him Ace :3) anyways, you can check out my profile to see MY canon pairings. Planning to end the war in the next chaptah or two. Adios!