Chapter 5: Grima's Everlasting Impression

Rating: T

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Hi everyone! I decided to update twice again because I felt bad for not updating the other request as well. Here you are dear!

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Robin has a nightmare about Grima and is comforted by Frederick and Morgan.

Incinerating fire, blood, bodies, demolished buildings, Risen, they were EVERYWHERE.

Robin whimpered in despair as she saw her beloved family and friend's bodies strewn about in a circle around her. Morgan and Frederick were the nearest to her, their bodies close together, face down, and their arms forever reached out to her as if they had tried to get to her before she killed them.

Gazing down at her body, she screamed as she saw blood all over her body. She knew- it was their blood.

She then felt a hand pat down gently on her shoulder, as if it was praising her for what she had done. Slowly turning around she screamed in anguish and terror.

Before her eyes, was an equally bloody version of her. But the more Robin observed, she could see that her doppelganger had an ominous, purple-black aura surrounding her and bloody red eyes that shone brightly in deranged delight.

Grima was standing right in front of her.

When Grima finally did smile, it made Robin's body freeze in pure terror. The toothy smile it gave was unnatural and full of sadism and revenge. As Grima grinned blood oozed out from its mouth and dribbled down its chin. The tactician could tell that it took pleasure in seeing her in so much distraught and torture. The next words Grima said terrified the tactician more than anything else.

"WELL DONE."

…Robin herself brutally murdered everyone and everything she ever cherished.

"…bin…Ro...bin…ROBIN!"

"MOTHER!"

Gasping like a choked woman finally being allowed to breathe, Robin shot up from the bed. She was sweating profusely and she panted as if she had ran a marathon. Eyes glistening in unshed tears and terror, the tactician looked around frantically.

She breathed shakily in relief as she realized she wasn't in a blood bathed destruction of what was left of Ylisse, but her own bedroom, safe and sound.

In addition, the two most important people in her life were right in front of her, worry etched across their faces as they each were holding both of her hands.

"Oh thank Naga…They're alive!"

Frederick and Morgan both hugged Robin tightly as the tactician started shaking, sobbing, and blubbering uncontrollably.

"You're alive…both of you are alive! I'm so sorry, I'm so, so, sorry…"

"Shhh...Mother…It's going to be okay…"

"Morgan's right honey, Grima can't reach you now, it's dead...and we'll both send it back to hell if it ever thinks of touching you."

Morgan and Frederick were very patient and were used to getting Robin soothed from crying. Both faced at each other with a melancholy gaze.

Although it has been seven months since Chrom dealt the finishing blow to Grima, Robin still felt guilty of not finishing off Grima herself. She had been having reoccurring nightmares weekly for the past four months. She informed them her dreams ranged from herself becoming Grima again and murdering everyone to Grima awaking from slumber in the future and decimating everything in its path.

…The nightmares are getting worse. By far this has been the most distraught nightmare Robin has been trapped in. She had been tossing in her sleep so violently that she even accidentally kicked Frederick out of bed. Her screaming had woke up Morgan and possibly their neighbors as well.

When she finally became reposeful, they slowly let go of Robin. Turning their gazes to her face, it felt like a sword stabbed their hearts repeatedly when they saw her try to smile- in a very tired, guilty, and broken way.

"..Thanks guys….I'm sorry for waking you up... I promise it won't happen again…please go back to sleep…"

Throwing his arms around her, Morgan softly objected.

"No mother…I decided I'll sleep here with you and father. We will make sure you get some rest tonight."

"…Morgan's right; you and I have a meeting with Milord early morning in two hours. Try to sleep love; we will be right beside you in your sleep..."

"….No, I will go study in the living room again until I fall asleep. Again, sorry for waking you…"

Both father and son frowned worriedly as Robin picked up her tactician book from the night-stand, gently removed herself from Morgan's embrace, and paced out of the bed room and out of sight.

Anyone could see the prominent dark circles that had grown under her eyes from lack of sleep. Robin, feeling guilty that she robbed the rest of her family from sleep an became terrified of the nightmares awaiting her if she went back into slumber, decided it would be best for her to keep her mind off of things by studying her tactician book in the living room until the morning hours where it was time to get the day started. In all, the tactician would get only about 1 to two hours of sleep almost every night; Three or four if she was lucky.

Frederick the Wary had begged Maribelle and Lissa to try to heal her to the best of their abilities, but to no avail. Robin still had woken up violently from her nightmares and apologized and thanked both women profusely for their help.

...The nightmares are getting worse; Something had to be done- and FAST.

"..Morgan, tomorrow come with me to my meeting with Milord. I need you to help bring something back to our house for Robin…"

Robin woke up with a scream and a violent jolt.

Breathing hard and gaze darting around frantically, Robin let out a sigh of relief when she realized she was safe at home.

"…It looks like a fell asleep reading earlier…"

Stretching her arms, Robin huffed irritably as she looked up at the clock. It was already 9:00 in the evening! She had missed the meeting with Chrom a couple hours ago, and slept through the entire day, AGAIN. Knowing Frederick, he probably covered for her. Even if she slept through the day, she still felt so exhausted.

Sighing slightly, she got up and prepared to make herself a very late dinner…And then possibly back to bed.

"…Morgan isn't home…I wonder if he went with Freddy-Bear?"

Shrugging slightly, she began to prepare food when she heard someone clearing their throat behind her.

Turning around, she saw her husband and son staring at her, waiting for her attention; Small smiles etched into their faces.

"…Wha-"

"Follow us!"

Trying to process their strange behavior, Robin swiftly followed them to her and Frederick's bedroom. When they stopped in front of the bed, she was perplexed at what she saw.

The mattress was…made of a different texture; To her, it looked like a huge, mattress shaped marshmallow. It didn't look like the rigid, coarse mattress that she was used to sleeping on. Upon further inspection as she felt it, the mattress felt definitely softer...like a cloud?

Perplexed, Robin turned to her family and waited for an explanation. It irritated her a bit that both of their faces were now into full grins…What were they hiding?

"Well mother, do you like it?"

"Allow me to explain love; I took Morgan with me to Ylisstol's castle for our meeting with Milord in your place. Morgan and I called an emergency meeting with all of the Shepherds pertaining about your nightmares. All of them wanted to help out so we went with Miriel into her lab to create a better mattress for you to sleep on. It took the whole day, but we did it. It's a new invention called the complete foam mattress. It's our gift to you, love."

"Yea, Miriel and father said it will make the bad dreams go away! Even Tharja and Henry hexed it to prevent nightmares from coming back! But to make sure it works properly, Father and I will sleep with you tonight so you won't get lonely. Haha!"

They both watched in joy as they observed Robin's face turn from complete confusion to utter jubilance. She loved her friends and family so much. All of this was for her?!

..Robin was truly blessed.

Thanking Naga silently for her friends and family, Robin embraced the two of the greatest people in her life. She also made a mental note to thank the rest of the Shepherds later…

As the family of three went to bed later on that night, father and son admired their favorite tactician as she gained her much needed slumber.

This was the first time in months that Robin gained a full night's rest.

Hi again! Haha yes two updates in a night! :) Enjoy guys!

Little thing about this chapter- It was inspired by the episode of avatar: the last airbender where Aang has trouble sleeping the night before the day he has to fight the Fire Lord on the Day of Black Sun. It was sweet how the GAang made him a bed out of sheep coats. :) Haha

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