LUCINA'S POV

I don't think I've ever been happier in my entire life. Robin, smiling like a fiend, led me down to the castle gardens in a way that was not unlike Aunt Lissa, saying "Almost there, Luce. Almost there." Then, he dropped the mine.

"Lucina! The tides of fate have reunited us once more!" an umber-haired kid said, flourishing his right hand as he appeared in the doorway, grinning. I nodded happily. "Owain, always a joy." Owain laughed and beckoned the two of us through the door.

I screamed. With delight, of course. I took in the room full of my comrades, until a dark blue mob of hair obscured my vision. "Yes, yes Cynthia, glad to see you too!" I said hastily, before she crushed my ribs. Cynthia let go smiling brightly as always.

"Ah, Lucina, dazzling as-" I cut Inigo off with a glare. He smiled sheepishly and backed away. "Glad to see you haven't been cut into a million bloody pieces." Said Severa, flipping her hair behind her shoulder. I smiled. "Glad to see you haven't changed a bit." I replied. "The mask has no more use, I see?" Gerome said, nodding from the other side of the room. I shook my head. "It got split in two by the assassins who were after Emmeryn." Gerome nodded. "Glad to see it offered some means of protection." I looked around for a minute, taking in the array of faces. Then, a closet door at the far end of the room started rattling.

"IS ANYONE THERE?" A distinctly female voice called anxiously. "FATHER? RO- GAH!" Alexis stormed in there with a metal pan. (Taking care to obscure the view from everyone) "Ok, Ok, sorry." The female voice said, a lot more subdued now. Alexis walked out with a smile on her face. "Good to see you again, Lucy." Serena shot an apologetic glance my way. "It is nice to finally see you after so long." She admitted, fingering the axe strapped at her waist. Inigo gave a short whistle, causing several nasty glares to go in his direction.

Robin cleared his throat awkwardly. "Who's in the closet?" the entire room (save Joshua and Sean) stared at him awkwardly. "The wicked?" Cynthia supplied. "Pretty women?" Inigo said unconvincingly. "Test subjects." Laurent confirmed, his eyes darting to the left. "So… evil female test subjects?" Robin said flatly. There was a murmur of nervous assent from the group. "Sounds about right." Do you DOUBT us?" Severa spat.

Robin merely started walking to the closet. "PHALNX FORMATION!" Kjelle barked, thrusting her spear into the air. "SWORD HAND! CAN'T CONTROL!" Owain started screaming above the clink of weapons. "WHERE ARE THE WICKED?" Cynthia wailed. "INIGO GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!" someone shouted. Kjelle, Serena, and Laurent were the only ones to assume some sort of defensive position.

"Alright, Christian! On three! ONE! TWO! THREE!" the closet door fell down and two figures, male and female, fell down, panting. They both leapt up. "Oh, what a relief it is to see-" The boy began, but the two of them were immediately tackled to the ground.

Inigo grinned sheepishly at the two of us. "So…. New lover, Lucy?" he said, still smiling. I gasped in a mixture of shock, disgust, and anger. "How DARE you!" I nearly screeched, and he leapt back. Still cursing silently, I looked up. The two newcomers were gone, and another door had opened.

Robin cleared his throat. "Miss, please remove your spear from my neck, if you'd please." Kjelle mumbled an apology and sheathed her spear. "Everyone, I demand to know what just happened." I said assertively. "Wow, look at the time." Joshua said, looking at his bare wrist. "Incredible, time seems to pass at a faster rate when you are enjoying yourself!" Laurent said, scrawling something in a notebook. I sighed, knowing I wasn't going to get anything out of them.

"Shall we go, Lucy?" Robin said, laughing slightly. "Lucy? Say that on the battle field, Ro-Ro." I said, remembering the name Lissa had used. His face turned stark white. "She did NOT tell you!" He yelped, and then dashed away from the room yelling Lissa's name.

I looked around the room, taking in everyone who was now chattering away. It honestly seemed like a dream come true. Until Joshua appeared at my side. "Over here. I think we should all tell you what you need to know." He said solemnly, and together we walked into the center of the room.

SEAN'S POV

"So, what do you need to know?" Joshua said solemnly, in a manner than was incredibly unlike him. "I would like to know who the two people in the closet are." Lucina said flatly. I shot a warning glance to Kjelle who shot one to Cynthia who flourished her hands. "They're… THE WICKED!" She cried dramatically, flourishing her hands. Lucina stared at her hard.

Cynthia's lip trembled. "OK OK I'M SORRY THEY'RE-" Nah cut her off there. "Descendants of the two travelling dragonkin from the Lycian League, Ninian and Nils." She said smoothly. Lucina nodded sarcastically. "Ok, then why did you hide them?" Well, there went the 5-second cover we had applied. Cynthia flourished again, but Brady smacked her with his staff. "She ain't gonna believe your half-ass tall tales, Cynthia." He said gruffly. Lucina glared at him.

It would take a miracle to save us, and heck; we're pretty good at miracles. So what would happen next but a terrible-yet-glorious one? Lissa charged into the room out of breath. "Brady, we need you." She said, panting. Brady looked at her. "Why's that?" He said, picking up his staff from the ground.

"I just found Robin collapsed in the hallway. I have no clue what's wrong!" The words tumbled out of her mouth and in the same second the two of them were running out of the room. A flurry of different glances flew across the room every which way.

"I'm… Going to my own room." Lucina said suddenly, and dashed out like somebody was chasing her. Inigo let out a short peal of laughter. "She's meddling with the timeline…" Gerome muttered under his breath. Cynthia just seemed to catch on, and gasped. "YOU MEAN SHE-!" Laurent put a gloved hand over her mouth. "Be silent, she's probably still within earshot."

We sat there in silence for a minute or two, until Joshua broke the silence. "Serena, Alexis, what did you do with them?" he said, studying their faces intently. Serena elbowed Alexis, who had burst into laughter. "We put them in a bedroom and told them their parents would see them soon."

Joshua's face contorted into one of shock and rage. "I don't know if you went through this, Alexis, but the rest of US had our parents DIE! SO THAT ISN'T FUNNY!" he practically screamed. Alexis stood in silence. "I… I'm sorry." She said, and sat down.

ROBIN'S (Slightly blurry) POV

I was lying in a bed. Possibly my bed. I wasn't sure. I was vaguely aware of three or four people hovering around me, but it seemed a lifetime away. The scene got darker and darker, and one by one, the people watching over me left. "…Night….see….survives…" I caught a distinctly female voice mutter as she left the room. I sat there in silence for hours. Or minutes. I wasn't really sure about that, either. Everything was quiet. I listened to the sounds of the night for a while. Then, the hallucinations came.

First, the assassin we killed in the castle came. "Ah hah… you wish to know of your past? Grab my hand…" His hand hovered a few inches away from my own. I lunged for it feebly, but it vanished to mist, along with him.

Next came Emmeryn. "Who…" she murmured, eyes shut, a frown of confusion etched on her face. I could only look and look as she turned to smoke. Next came a collage of images I wanted to claim, but couldn't. A toddler, sitting in a lavish crib, wailing. The same toddler, a little older now, clutched in a woman's arms as she ran through a stormy plain. The same boy, about 5 years old, his feet in a stream, was laughing as the water bubbled over his toes. A little ways away, the woman sat smiling.

Then, the boy, about 12 years old, was running as the screams of the woman rang out from the forest behind him, which had burst into flames. The images faded as something touched my cheek. I opened me eyes, which I self-consciously clenched shut.

She was standing there. Not the woman from the illusions, but the person who regularly appeared in my happier dreams.

She noticed my eyes opening and she shied away. I shook my head weakly. She returned to my bedside, frowning. "You better pull through this, Robin." She said faintly, shaking her head as she spoke.

I found the strength to smile. "Of… course." I muttered, although the words could have formed in my head. She bent down, and my dulled senses were given a minor kick-start. "Good. I won't let you get away that easy." She said, grinning. Then, she kissed me lightly, and was gone.

My eyes shut again, and I found peaceful sleep.

Jack's Corner

It has begun. Anyways, if you can't guess who 'she' was then you need to read the first word of the title. Or read the reviews. Or glance at my profile. Either of them. So yeah. Enjoy! And thank you for the 13 people who submitted OCs, which are now closed. I have a bit too many xD