Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Robin's POV

On our way to Plegia to meet with Validar we were forced to make a pit stop to deal with some pirates ransacking the coasts. They were easily dealt with the real problem started when we were regourping in town.

"Hmm…" Chrom squinted.

"What are you looking at?" I asked.

"That guy over there…sure feels familiar." He said.

I followed his eyes to see some bum sitting near some crates on the dock, her was disheveled, wore a tattered cloak and seemed half dead.

"Chrom wait up!" I yelled walking after him.

Chrom walked up to the man and demanded he look at him.

"Go away…" the man grumbled.

"Are you…Gangrel?" Chrom gasped.

"I said leave me alone." The man turned his head and pulled his hood up.

I took a moment to get a look at him, it was definitely Gangrel, he smelled like sweat, his hair was a mess, and he had awful stubble on his face, he had clearly been here for a while.

"Gangrel we know it's you." I sighed "Stop hiding your face."

"How are you alive?" Chrom asked.

"You already killed me remember." Gangrel showed the scar on his chest "What I'm doing no isn't living…I'm just going through the motions, my life is over."

Well this is depressing.

"What is wrong with you?" Chrom said "You sound pathetic."

"I'm a husk of a man." Gangrel said "No land, no people, not even a single coin of gold. I move crates at a dock to get by…I've fallen."

"Ironic…you learning about falls." Chrom scoffed.

Gangrel looked up at him "You've changed too…you're more like your sister than your father. He would have killed me before introducing himself."

"I'm trying to save the world." Chrom said "I don't have time for Vendettas."

"Oh how gracious." Gangrel growled.

"Enough of this." Chrom sighed "This is just sad, if you want to make yourself useful come with us?"

"Chrom?" I gasped "Are you sure that's a good idea?"

"If what's coming is Coming we need all the people we can get, and as rude as he is…Gangrel can fight." Chrom shrugged "We don't have a choice."

"Don't waste your time." Gangrel got up "I'm not helping you, let the world fall apart for all I care."

"He's gone." I said as Gangrel rounded the corner.

"Damn…perhaps it's for the best." Chrom sighed "I'm not sure how Lissa would have reacted had I tried to ally with our sister's killer."

"I'd be the one to deal with that fallout." I sighed.

"Well she is your wife." He smiled.

Later

In our continuing journey to Plegia we ended up getting stopped to help a temple where some of the residents had been kidnapped by Grima worshippers.

"Do you know where they went?" I asked.

"One of the girls escaped she might be able to tell you, but she's the quiet type so…I'll just bring her out." The elder said.

The man walked into another room and came back with a woman, he was tall, slender but attractive, but her face…

"Lady…Emmeryn." I spoke softly.

She's identical.

"Emmeryn?!" Chrom looked at her "Sister…"

"EMM!" Lissa cheered "It's me, I mean I'm a little taller and more womanly but you recognize me right? Say something!"

The woman just stared blankly "Sis-ter?"

"She doesn't recognize you." I told Lissa "Maybe it's just someone who looks like your sister."

"What trickery is this!" Chrom snapped.

"I-I-I." the woman stuttered "Wh-who…?"

"Answer me!" Chrom yelled.

"Chrom stop it." I walked in front of him.

"Please sir you're upsetting the girl." The Elder explained "She can't comprehend your words."

"Explain." Chrom glared.

"I don't know much, just that this woman isn't from around here, she was like this when she arrived, she is a grown woman but speaks like a child, I don't know what drove her to this state."

"She likely hit her head during her fall." Panne spoke up "I'm afraid her brain has likely been severely damage…her mental state is as they said she is like a child."

"I-I…" Emmeryn stuttered.

"Oh God." Lissa hugged me and started sobbing into my chest.

"Chrom I understand how hard this is but the enemy is coming, we can't stand around." I said.

"You're right, we'll deal with this situation after the Grimleal are out of the equation." Chrom nodded.

Chrom and I got everyone into position and ready for battle.

"Wait what the hell do you mean she's gone!" I heard Chrom yelled "How does one mentally handicapped woman just walk off?!"

"I turned away for a moment and she was gone." The Elder explained "I'm so sorry. Perhaps she thought the Grima Worshippers had come for her and as trying to spare others."

"Fan out and Find Lady Emmeryn!" I yelled.

"Right!" everyone split up.

Everyone headed out to search for Emmeryn, systematically dispatching of Grimleal as we went.

"Anything?" Chrom asked as Gaius arrived.

"Nada."

"I found her!" Cynthia yelled circling around "A half mile Northeast!"

"Move!" Chrom dashed off.

"Hang on!" I said chasing after him.

Chrom and I weaved through the trees of the forest on our way to Emmeryn, it didn't take us long to break through the tree line and spot the woman getting surrounded by Grimleal mages.

All three had surrounded her and were charging up spells "Die!"

"We're not gonna make it!" I yelled as three bolt of lightning shot off.

"EMM!"

"HYA!"

Suddenly all three blots converged on one point and were absorbed by a sword.

"Incredible!" Chrom smiled.

"Damn I am pathetic, getting off my butt to save you of all people…" Gangrel looked at Emmeryn "I'll take care of this, just stay behind me."

Gangrel held his sword like a dagger before running forward and jamming it into one of the enemies heart.

"RAHH!" he let off a lightning blast from his sword and fried the second before blocking an new attack from the last mage.

"AHH!" The mage yelled as Gangrel glared at him.

"You're an eyesore!"

Gangrel flipped back and sliced the enemy's chest wide open.

"Hmm…it's done." He said wiping his sword.

"Gangrel…" I just looked at him.

"This doesn't make us friends…got it." He growled walking off "But if you're going up against impossible odds, then throw me at those odds so I can die like a man."

"T-Th-Thank you." Emmeryn stuttered as he walked passed.

He stopped for a moment "Hmph…Seems I'm not the only one to have fallen off after all this time, in our time it was the Mad King and the Sagely Exalt…now it's the Bum King and the Idiot Maiden."

Later

"I'm torn Robin." Chrom said "If her memories come back, the pan might be worse."

"It may…" I said "but remember when I worried about my memories returning you assured me you'd be there, why should this time be different?"

"I want her back, I want her to remember Lissa and Me, I want her to know Lucina and hear all the stories of our adventures…I want her to talk like normal again." Chrom frowned "But all these things mean I'd have to return her to the world that killed her once already, and given her handicaps the world would be even crueler."

"This isn't going to be easy."

"Tell me Robin." Chrom sniffled trying not to cry "I don't know what to do."

"Chrom…" Lissa sniffled with him."

"Don't…Cry." Emmeryn squeaked out.

"She just…" Lissa gasped.

"She spoke." I said.

It was a little garbled but…

"Oh Emm!" Lissa hugged the woman "You always know just what to say, I knew you'd come back!"

"We have no reason to cry." I smiled "The world needs strong people."

"Right!" Lissa nodded.

"Well then let's make haste for Plegia, I'd hate to keep Validar waiting." Chrom smirked.

AN

Thank you for reading. Feedback is appreciated. Feel free to message me any questions or concerns.

I knew I wanted to do Gangrel and Emmeryn's side stories so I decided to tie them together like this.

Till Next Time!