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Morgan's POV

"Nothing again…" I sighed "I'm gonna lose it trying to remember you. Why…"

"Don't cry." Mother said putting a hand on my shoulder "It's okay."

"I know I must have loved you too…I feel awful that I lost all our memories." I cried "I feel like I'm letting you down."

"Morgan…"

I wiped my nose on Mother's dress "Sorry…I just got upset."

"GAH!"

Suddenly it was like a spike drove through my head.

"Morgan?!"

"Morgan…I love you"

"AH!" I gasped when the pain subsided.

"Are you alright?" Mom asked.

"I just…remember something." I said still stunned "You smiled and said you loved me, you looked older but it was you for sure! Thank you so much mother!"

If I can get this memory back I can get the rest back too.

"Well I'll be here to help you when you need it." Mom smiled.

"Thanks a lot Mom." I smiled "Oh I noticed something in the other day can you take a look."

"Hmm?"

I lowered my coat over my shoulder "There's this thing on my back.

"Ha!" Mom gasped.

"Is it bad?"

"No it's good." Mom smiled "On your scapular, that mark is the Brand of the Exalt, it shows the bloodline, Owain and Lucina have one and you do to, which means we're related."

"I wonder if Kjelle has one." I hummed.

"I'm not sure I never asked." Mom hummed with me.

"I'm gonna go find out!" I said running off.

"Just be careful!" Mom yelled.

I skipped off and found my heavily armored cousin sharpening spears.

"Kjelle!" I called.

"Oh hey there Morgan." She said putting the lance down "What can I help you with?"

"My Mom was telling me about the Brand of the Exalt, I was wondering if you had one too?"

"Yes I have one." She smiled faintly.

"Can I see it?"

"I guess." She said "Come inside the tent."

We went inside and Kjelle started to take off the heavy parts of her armor, and then the less heavy parts till she was in the tight under armor outfit.

"Wow under all that armor I would have never know you were so pretty." I smiled.

"Thanks…I think."

"It's right here." Kjelle said lowering her shirt "On the top of my left breast."

"Oh yeah, cool." I nodded "Thanks bunch."

"Hope that helped." She smiled.

I went off to do other things for a while; we were in the final preparations to leave for Valm so I tried my best to lend a hand. Inigo insisted on helping me for a while and then stopping for tea, I believe he was trying to flirt with me. I sent him off to do other things.

I worked super hard…so much so that I lost track of time. I wanted to remember more so I thunked myself a few times.

"Hmm?"

"Morgan?!"

Someone was shaking me.

"What, am I asleep?" I mumbled "I don't remember being tired…oh right I was bashing my head in."

"What the heck are you doing!" Owain snapped "Knock it off!"

"But I was trying to get my memories back, I remembered something about Mom today and I wanted to remember more. I mean I would never bash my skull in for kicks."

"Never do it ever!" he yelled "Stop being stupid!"

He took a deep breath "Look I get it, you want to remember, but stop being reckless."

"But I want to remember more…" I frowned.

He hugged me "I know Morgan, I want that for you too, but I want you to be safe, I'm your brother so I gotta look out for you. In the future Mother and Father were gone and it was just me and you…I need you to be safe, I can't lose you too."

"Okay…I'm sorry Owain." I said hugging back.

"Good girl."

"I feel a strange sense of siblingship with you right now." I smiled "This feels good. I want to be close, maybe I'll remember more again. Scold me more Owain!"

"Uhh…I'm not…"

"Owain!" Severa yelled "What the hell are you doing to your sister?!"

"It's not!" he yelled.

"DUNCE!" She walked up and kicked his shins.

"Owowowow!" he yelled.

"Don't mind your brother Morgan." Severa said grabbing his ear "I'll keep him in line."

I blinked and looked at the two "You guys are cute together."

Severa's face slowly turned red "AHHHHHH!"

I walked off, Severa was still yelling at Owain about something. I skipped off to Father's tent where I asked if we could play a mock battle.

"Okay sure." He said "I just finished the prep for tomorrow so it'll be nice to have a cleanser."

We set up a board and began moving pieces one at a time.

"I'd drawn your forces out to here and then ambush out from the woods." I said declaring my intentions.

"Then I move…here and now I've sandwiched you in." Dad smiled.

"You win again." I sighed.

"Look at it this way." He said picking up the general "These are just toys on a board, not real lives. In the real world I'm responsible for the army's survival, I can't afford to make mistakes…I already did that once."

"Impossible, you never fail Dad!" I yelled.

"Well I failed once." He frowned "And someone very important to your mother paid the price…but you can't let things like past mistakes and pressure get to you, little games like this are good to help analyze and prepare."

"Thank you Father, I'll be sure to reread some of the books." I smiled "I'll best you one day."

"We'll see about that." He smirked "I'm always accepting challenges. That's enough for today, it's late."

"Okay, see you tomorrow!" I cheered heading off.

As I skipped back off to bed I found Inigo moping about.

"What's wrong?" I asked "Did someone turn you down?"

""Huh? Oh Hi Morgan, Uhh yes something like that happened."

"Jeez your slipping, two failures in one day, first me and now a total stranger." I laughed.

"Not very funny." He sighed.

"Alright let's go." I said.

"Huh?"

"I'll go out with you." Shrugged "But not for tea, I don't remember much about food so I want to try new things, so let's skip the tea and just have dinner instead."

"Very well." He laughed "Where do you want to go?"

"How about you say how much you can afford and I'll choose after that.'

"This is starting to sound expensive…" he gulped.

"Oh boy I'm excited!" I cheered.

Robin's POV

"She sure is full of energy, just like her mother." I laughed "But still…that was close, I was one move away from losing. I her to push herself a little longer, but she's catching up to me so fast."

I got back up and sat at my desk, looking over the plan for the war.

"Maybe I need a push…I can't afford to get lax or make a mistake."

I looked up.

"I won't let anyone die…not again."

Later

"Good Morning Father." Owain waved as he walked by "I've been meaning to ask how your shoulder is?"

"It's good thanks, it wasn't much of a wound to begin with." I shrugged.

"Good…I don't know what I'd do if…"

"If what?" I asked.

"If…you got killed again."

"So that's what this is about, I die protecting you in the future." I sighed.

"The Risen attacked…" He frowned remembering the bad future "You saved me but were gravely injured in the process. We got separated and…that was the last time I saw you."

"At least I died protecting you." I smiled "Which means I died with no regrets."

"So yes…when I saw you get hit, it just all flooded back at once."

"I'm sorry I dredged up painful memories." I frowned "But I'm also sorry I left you in the future."

"Father no!" Owain yelled "You didn't leave, I never felt alone! You and Mother lived on in my heart!"

"So all this talk of the blood of heroes…you were talking about me and Lissa, that's really sweet." I smiled.

"I know I-"

"Wait!" I said "Why the hell does our blood start raging at the drop of a hat? Lissa and I don't seem like the type to have such…unruly fluids."

"Well part of that rage is just for…effect." Owain shrugged.

"What?!"

"The point is I'm proud of my bloodline. When I remember my parents I become unstoppable! Besides I didn't come all this way to watch you die again. From now on let's fight injustice together!"

"Sure son…sure…but you know that you're more than just my legacy, you've done plenty in your own right. And I'm proud of you, Lissa is too."

"Aw Thanks Dad!" Owain grabbed his chest "Blood surging…again! You've sparked the tinder in my soul and set me ablaze!"

"Good to see you back to your old self." I sighed.

"Oh gawd he's doing it again!" Severa yelled.

Later

"This view is breathtaking." I gasped as we stood on the boats "My troubles feel a lifetime away…"

"URK!" Frederick leaned over the side.

"Seasick Frederick?" I asked.

"Not usually."

"HeHeHe…" a certain dark mage snickered.

"Yet it's finally time to head right at the enemy." Chrom murmured "I suppose we should be grateful that the Plegians delivered their ships as promised. I've never been to sea before, never really fancied myself a sea captain."

"This is my first voyage as well." Lucina smiled "By my time all ships were destroyed, smashed in port."

"Lucina there's something I've been meaning to ask for a while…" Chrom said "After you stop the assassination, why didn't you stay with us?"

"I thought there was no other choice." She frowned "I did not want to risk altering history more than I needed to. I was only seeking to divert the events that would lead to Grima's return."

"Wait so what does that have to do with the guys that tried to kill Chrom in the garden?" Lissa asked "What was gonna happen if you didn't save him?"

"He would have received a grievous wound." My niece from the future explained "and those wounds would have played a part into the tragedies that followed."

"I guess it's a good thing you changed them." Lissa nodded.

"If they had changed…" Lucina looked down "the river of time will always pull to the original course, the exalt's death…I only stalled it, but in the end I was not able to prevent Aunt Emmeryn's death."

"You tried." Chrom smiled.

"I was certain that it was over and I'd had saved the future." She frowned "but time only flows back."

"This is why I told you not to interfere." Gerome said from across the ship "Fate is irreversible."

"Gerome…" Lucina sighed "Not now…"

The blonde haired man walked off.

"Perhaps my task is too great." Lucina frowned "I replay the events over and over…if I had only done something different…"

"Don't beat yourself up over it." Chrom said "You managed to save me."

"You're being too kind Father." She sighed "Nothing is certain, another may take your life yet."

"You're sounding like Gerome now." I smirked.

"May I ask." Chrom said "How do I die?"

"I only know rumors about how everyone's parents die…Gerome's go of to defend, abandoning him but dying as Heroes, Noire's father dies and Tharja loses all sanity, Nah never knew her parents, Virion and Miriel die defending their land, Olivia and Donnel are pulled back to fighting, Sumia dies in battle just like Cordelia and Stahl. Yarne remains the only Taguel after his parents die holding off the Risen and the Longfort. Maribelle and Ricken are taken out when the council is attacked, you and Mother fell in a great battle…or so I was told. Gaius…what happens to him is best left unsaid."

"What about us?" Lissa asked slightly nervous.

"Auntie you…are killed when the palace is attacked, and Uncle…Just disappears."

"Huh?" I said confused "Owain said I died protecting him."

"You drop off the face of the earth." She frowned "you are the only person we…never found a body for."

"So I die in battle." Chrom said.

"I was told…you were betrayed by someone very close to you." Lucina said.

"GAH!" I hissed when I felt a pulse in my head.

"Robin?" Chrom came to my side "What's wrong?'

"My head…" I groaned "It's fine…just a migraine for a second."

"…" Lucina looked at me "After you all dies I took the name Marth, gathered my friends and fought back. I no longer need that illusion, I fight as Lucina now. A name that reminds me of my parents strength."

"So what are the others like when their not so focused, interpersonal relationships?" I asked.

"Well you've seen Owain and Severa." Lucina said "She pushes him around a lot…"

"Yes those two." Lissa sighed "Have…some sort of relationship."

"Yarne and Nah are close, being transforming pals." Lucina said "Uhh…Brady and Noire split the infirmary a lot…Gerome…is pretty much secluded no matter what but he and I have been friends since we were young."

"And what about that?" Chrom said pointing to two talking children.

"Tsk." I clicked my tongue.

"Ha…" Lissa giggled "Is Daddy getting protective?"

"Hmph…" I pouted "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh Inigo and Morgan?" Lucina said "They didn't usually talk much, not that I remember anyway."

"Your hero has returned!" Cynthia said landing her Pegasus on the deck "The fleets match, ship for ship. But they got way more people, at least double!"

She flies like her mother and scouts like her father…this kids something else.

"Their ships are super full!" the girl said.

"An attempt to board will only get us slaughtered." Chrom grumbled.

"Well we have to try." Flavia said, she was unfazed by the children, having been informed about them earlier "Plegia didn't offer men but they sure were generous with the oil."

"Oil…" I hummed tapping my hand on my new armor "Perhaps…"

I had been given the armor a few years ago, when I was given the formal royal title of Grandmaster.

"If we can burn their ships they'll have nowhere to escape to." Flavia suggested.

"What are you gonna do roast us all like hams?" Basilio yelled.

"You got a better idea oaf? It's not lie we have catapults." She sighed "The real question is how to get the oil on their ships."

"Hmmm…"

"Father?" Morgan walked up "Do you have an idea?"

"Maybe…" I leaned down and started drawing on the deck "Morgan I want a second set of eyes on this."

"Of course." She crouched "I see…well it can work, but…"

"If we come at it like this."

"You're a genius Dad!" Morgan yelled "I agree this is the plan!"

"What are you two thinking?" Lissa asked.

"We can't avoid it, so let's let our ships get caught in the blaze." I smirked.

"Why would we…" Basilio let out a sigh "You know I know better than to question Robin, especially not with that look in his eyes."

"Chrom this is my idea." I said looking at the deck.

"You having a plan is music to my ears." Chrom smiled.

"We need to disrupt the chain of command." I said "Our strongest can board the ship and kill the general, you'll have to head the squad, but you are the leader so…"

"I'm ni charge don't try and order me not to go." He smirked "I'll lead the charge."

"They we have a chance." I smirked back.

"You've changed since that day in the field." He smiled "Our fate lies in the hands of you. Destiny is a strange beast."

"Now you sound like Gerome." Lucina mumbled.

"It's not destiny." I said

"Hmm?"

"I don't believe in destiny and scripts of fate." I said.

"Oh! Oh!" Morgan raised her hand "Is this the invisible bonds speech?"

"Yes sweetheart, but you're stealing the moment." I sighed.

"What do you mean?" Chrom asked.

"There is a tie between us, something that keeps us together. And invisible string so to speak…it give us strength." I said "We forged weave that string, and we strengthen it. We preserve or break them based on choices, not destiny."

"I think the salty air is melting your brain!" Chrom laughed.

"Don't laugh!" Morgan pouted "I like that speech Dad."

"Well enough philosophy for one day." I said standing up "We have details to plan and a team to put together."

"Indeed we do, oh Robin, if we are bound by ties, I'm glad mine are with you."

"Me too!" Lissa said kissing my cheek.

"Now then look alive!" Chrom yelled "There's work to be done!"

"So…" Chrom asked as we walked "Who's boarding."

"Me, you, Lissa, Lucina, Owain, Sully, Stahl, Miriel, Lon'qu, Panne, Virion, Cynthia and Morgan."

"Sounds like a plan." He said "Let's hurry up people!"

Later

We took one of the smaller vessels over to their ship and our attack team boarded. They immediately threw across gangways to meet us in combat. They had three ships to our one, so we split up to take out the various boats. Lon'qu, Panne, and Stahl took the ship to the right, Cynthia, Lucina, Owain and Morgan took the south and Lissa, Chrom Sully and I took the west, Virion and Miriel stayed at the center for support.

"One ship against three, are you fools?" The enemy commander asked as I dodged his sword.

"Nah." I shrugged "I'm a genius."

I raised the Levin Sword and bolt of lightning crashed down, eliminating the enemy.

"He's done!" I yelled "Give the signal!"

"Change course and ram them!"

We pulled right at them.

"Here we go!"

"Jump!"

The ships collided and exploded into a huge fireball. The sea was covered in scorching flames which licked at the skin. The sea looked less like water and more like lava.

"Success!" Morgan cheered.

"Holy cow!" Lissa yelled "It's like the sea is one fire!"

"You actually did it." Flavia said in shock "You turned half the fleet into giant bombs. No one would have ever considered this!"

"We won today, but the war still looms." Chrom said "We'll have to continue to their main harbor."

"This place smells like smoke and burning bodies." Basilio coughed "Let's go."

"Full speed for Valm!"

AN

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