Hey people what's up. I'm back again with a another chapter of lost hope. I know I said I'd be updating on a bi-weekly basis but I had a lot of free time this week and was able to finish this one a little early so I decided why not post it. Anyways as I've stated in the past all critic is appreciated and I hope you all enjoy.
"Geez the city is in ruins what happened?" Kjelle asked as she walked along the burned remains of several buildings.
"Obviously a ton of risen came and laid siege to the place" Severa said as she walked close behind.
"Y-ye-AACHOO!" Noire said before sneezing as she walked beside Severa.
"Eww gods Noire warn a girl next time you sneeze like that!" Severa said as she stopped to wipe some of the stray saliva off of her.
"S-sorry Severa" Noire sniveled as she rubbed her nose.
"Ugh it's fine but now I'll have to clean myself up when we get to the castle" Severa said as she continued walking.
"I'm sorry" Noire repeated.
"Geez stop apologizing; I said it's fine alright" Severa responded.
Strange though I'd usually have worse nasal problems after that sneeze due to the hex but now, Noire thought noticing how unusually clear her nose was.
Must be nothing, She continued before shrugging and continued walking.
Kjelle simply rolled her eyes at this display and kept walking. Kjelle then suddenly heard something that caught her attention causing her to stop abruptly.
"Kjelle why are you stopping? we have to hurry to the castle and report to Luc-" Severa said stopping behind Kjelle.
"Shhh" Kjelle cut her off as she carefully scanned the surrounding area.
"Hey! Don't 'shh' me" Severa said angrily with a enraged expression and making a fist.
"Um Severa I don't think-" Noire said trying to calm Severa down.
"Hey Kjelle are you listeni-" Severa said angrily before being interrupted by a few growling risen charging at them from the side.
"Ahahhh!" Noire screamed in terror; as she reached for her talisman and bow.
Kjelle acted quickly and readied her lance whilst glaring at the risen. Severa now aware of the threat pulled out her steel sword and entered a combat stance.
"AHAHAHA!" Noire laughed maniacally as she shot an arrow with extreme speed and precision.
The arrow pierced through the air striking one of the risen and killing it instantly.
The other two went after Severa and Kjelle. The former ducked under the risen's initial swing and slashed forward.
The risen groaned in pain before dissipating into darkness.
Kjelle with surprising speed stabbed forward using the lance's long reach to kill the risen before it had a chance to strike.
"Well it seems there were risen here after all" Kjelle said taking a more relaxed and passive stance.
"Certainly explains the lack of people" Severa said sheathing her sword.
"Yeah" Kjelle nodded in agreement before turning and walking toward the giant structure in the center of the city. Severa soon followed suit.
"AHAHA-huh?" Noire continued laughing before noticing the other two continue walking.
"H-hey you guys wait for me" Noire said returning to her usual meek self as she ran after them.
(In Front of the castle doors)
The castle of Ylisse was a strong and regal building. It stood valiantly amidst the chaos of the apocalyptic future mostly unscathed and aside from slight damages it was mostly intact or at least the front of it looked that way. Strong stone pillars held up the porch roof that darkened the area right front of the castle. In between two pillars and a little farther back were the large castle doors that lead into the throne room.
"There aren't even any guards around." Severa said looking around the castle porch. "The risen must've really done a number on this place."
"Yeah guess the risen were too strong for them" Kjelle said as she stopped in front of the castle doors.
"Y-yeah" Noire nodded in agreement as she caught up to them.
Severa went up and knocked on the door and the three girls waited for a couple minutes but there was no response. Puzzled and slightly annoyed Severa Knocked again and another few minutes passed with no response.
"Why isn't anyone answering?" Noire asked in confusion.
"Yeah there's gotta be at least one knight in there and I doubt Lucina's dead" Kjelle added.
"Maybe we're not knocking hard enough, let me try" Kjelle suggested walking up to the door.
"Okay but you probably won't have any more luck than me." Severa said stepping to the side.
Kjelle then smashed her hand on the wooden door causing the sound to reverberate around them. A couple minutes later and no response.
"That's strange I was sure that would get their attention" Kjelle said shocked as she pulled away from the door.
"Hmph well there's no point in hanging around here" Severa said as she turned and walked towards the stairs. "They're probably in the chambers beneath the castle"
"Yeah let's go" Kjelle agreed as she did the same.
Noire however was a little distracted as she looked up and stared blankly at the porch roof. Hmm strange that transformation hex should've kicked in by now.
"Hey Noire you coming?" Severa called out to the meek archer snapping her back into reality.
"O-oh right" Noire said ran to and down the staircase.
"Say Severa, I've noticed something strange that's been happening to me recently" Noire said as she caught up to Severa.
"yeah like what?" Severa inquired.
"W-w-well it's just that recently I've noticed the curses placed on me have started to become less potent and some have even stopped entirely." Noire explained.
"Hmm that is kind of strange" Severa said crossing her arms, "but now that you mention it, you have been acting a bit more lively recently"
"So you've noticed it to" Noire said as they continued walking.
"Well I wouldn't worry about it. I mean isn't it a good thing that all your mother's hexes are starting to wear off" Severa said trying to cheer her up.
"Yeah but it's just that..." Noire trailed off before she stopped walking.
"Just what?" Severa asked turning her head towards and stopping next to Noire.
"I don't know it's just that I've grown so accustomed to living with these curses it just feels strange to not have to deal with them" Noire said looking up at the dark sky. "I've also started to think of them as a sort of momento of my mother y'know"
"Yeah I guess that's true. I mean all I have to remember my mother is this ring" Severa said as she looked at the ring in on her right hand. "Though it's not like I miss her or anything"
"Oh well I-" Noire started to say.
"I mean it was all Chrom this and Chrom that with her" Severa said cutting Noire off.
"She didn't pay any attention to me and she was soooo perfect! Gawds it makes me sick just thinking about her" Severa continued to rant.
"Severa" Noire said faintly.
"I mean all I wanted was…" Severa trailed off her eyes sliding to look downward.
"Hey are you two coming or what?" Kjelle suddenly called out to them.
The two girls then looked in the direction of Kjelle's voice.
"Ugh yeah we're coming" Severa answered.
"Come on Noire" Severa said before running towards Kjelle.
"Um right" Noire said as she followed close behind.
(In the underground bunker)
"Yes Lady Lucina along with Lord Owain and Lady Cynthia all left for Regna Ferox in search of aid not too long ago" a Ylissean guard explained to the three girls.
"That's just great, we came all this way" Severa said in a frustrated manner. "Now what do we do?"
"W-wait til they get back" Noire suggested.
"No that would take too long; I say we go after them." Kjelle said.
"I'm with Kjelle on this one" Severa nodded in agreement as she turned to face the other two. "They may need our help."
"Yeah I guess so" Noire said.
"Well it hasn't been too long since they left" the guard spoke up, "if you leave now and hurry you could probably catch up to them by night fall"
"Thanks" Severa turned her head and nodded gratefully.
She then turned back to the girls and shouted, "alright let's go!"
"Yeah!" Kjelle said enthusiastically raising her lance in the air.
"Y-yeah" Noire nodded in agreement.
The three girls then turned and moved down the hallway towards the exit and set out on their journey.
Well that was unexpected wasn't it? Well I decided to be a little evil and decided to make whoever's following this story wait a little longer for the conclusion to chapter five. Not to worry though as that chapter is about halfway done and I will be posting it in about 3-5 days instead of two weeks cause I got a lot of free time coming up due to spring break. So anyway that's all from me take care