AN: I do not own Fire Emblem or Touhou Project
I swear, the rate at which my story is viewed is very sporadic at times at times. Sometimes I get fifty views before it slows down, sometimes a hundred in a day. This time, Years Past Leo took three days just to reach 50 views. I honestly wonder what the heck is going on other than my story's obscurity getting the better of it… I don't like that.
But without further ado!
Let the Conquest begin!
Years Past: Camilla
Flying Lesson
BGM: Fire Emblem 8 Remastered - 7 Ties of Friendship
Camilla was sitting in her room, doing her hair as she looked in the mirror. It had been six years ago she had entered the Northern fortress, and just recently she, alongside her family had been allowed to leave for home.
As she brushed her hair she looked at the set of armor she had on a stand in her room. It had been a gift from her father when she had said she wanted to take lessons in wyvern riding. As she brushed her hair the door to her room opened and Camilla turned around to face the girl who had entered. "Ah, Beruka, how are you doing?" Camilla asked as she saw her retainer, who was wearing a normal cotton shirt and armored leggings. "King Garon wished me to inform you that Nichol is ready to teach you." Beruka said emotionlessly as Camilla frowned.
"Come on Beruka, perk up a little, at least show some emotion." Camilla said with a smile as she got up and walked to her armor stand and started taking the custom armor off it. "I will try lady Camilla." Beruka said, still emotionless as Camilla started putting on her armor.
Beruka stood in front of the door, watching as Camilla put her armor on over her clothing, walking over to the mirror and taking a good look at it before smiling. "Are you coming with me Beruka? Or do you have something better to do?" Camilla asked as Beruka spoke. "I have nothing better to do lady Camilla." Beruka said as Camilla frowned. "Then come with me Beruka." Camilla said as she started walking out the door, her retainer following her.
Camilla sighed as Beruka followed her, the young girl as emotionless as ever as Camilla shook her head. "What am I going to do with you Beruka?" Camilla asked herself as Beruka spoke. "Whatever you ask me to do lady Camilla." Beruka said behind her. "That's not what I meant." Camilla said as she shook her head, Beruka not asking what she meant as they walked out into one of Castle Krakenburg's many courtyards, where Nichol was, along with a young red haired girl and three wyverns.
"Princess Camilla. Glad to see you could make it." Nichol said as Camilla nodded. "And a good day to you sir Nichol, and you as well Jill." Camilla said with a smile as Jill nodded slightly. "Cheer up Jill, today you and Camilla are going to have a little test." Nichol said as Camilla walked over to the wyvern she had been working with for the past few weeks. "What kind of test Father?" Jill asked as Nichol huffed and got on his wyvern. "You girls are going to have a sparring match in the sky, try not to kill each other." Nichol said as Jill got on her wyvern as well. "Beruka, find yourself a wyvern and follow us if you can." Camilla commanded as Beruka nodded and turned to leave.
"Are you sure she knows how to ride a wyvern?" Jill asked as Camilla nodded. "Beruka has got more skills then I can count, she'll be fine." Camilla said, complimenting her retainer as the trio took off, Jill and Nichol following behind Nichol away from the castle. A few minutes behind them was Beruka, who had straight up taken a wyvern from the castles stables from its place among the horses and other wyverns.
Camilla would later get scolded for telling her retainer to do that by Minerva, who had to deal with the aftermath of Beruka knocking out two guards, and breaking another's arm on her way out.
But in the sky, Nichol, Jill, Camilla and Beruka flew Jill and Camilla flying opposite each other, Beruka on the wyvern she had taken next to Nichol as he stood up on his Wyvern's saddle, the great beast holding his weight easily as Nichol threw and arm out. "This sparring match will be a clean one, I want no blood and nothing permanent, from either of you. Understand?" Nichol shouted as Jill and Camilla looked at him.
"I understand father; I won't disappoint you." Jill said as she held her lance, which she had taken up instead of the normal axe that most riders used. "I certainly can't disappoint my daddy now can I?" Camilla declared as she held the training axe she had. "Begin!" Nichol called as Beruka watched with him.
BGM: Wild Outlaw - Fire Emblem Fates
Almost instantly both wyvern riders were flying at each other, Jill holding her lance at her side as Camilla held her axe back, ready to swing. The two passed each other in midair, to the two of them time slowed for a moment as they stared at each other, Jill's face one of determination to win, and Camilla's in a small smirk as they tool their swings at each other.
Jill's wooden lance slammed against Camilla's wooden axe, the two wooden weapons bending slightly as the two girls struggled for a moment before they let go, their wyverns flying past each other before circling back around for another attack.
Camilla flew higher for a moment before having her wyvern dive bomb towards Jill, who commanded hers to fly out of the way slightly, Camilla missing by a few inches as Jill tried to smack Camilla with her lance, but only managed to graze her armor, not even denting the metal with her wooden lance as the two circled back again for another attack.
This time Jill took to the offensive, flying under Camilla and getting behind her before charging, but Camilla had her wyvern move out of the way of the charge before she put her wooden axe out to try and clothesline Jill. But Jill ducked under the axe and smacked Camilla with her lance in retaliation, nicking her armor but it was still a clean hit as both riders flew away again.
Beruka and Nichol were left to watch as this pattern continued for a few more minutes, one of the girls would assault the other, only to be countered and then assaulted upon, but even so Jill was using the greater reach of her lance to counteract the advantage Camilla had with her axe, managing to get more clean blows in then Camilla did.
"Alright girls, that's enough." Nichol shouted, Camilla and Jill stopping on their wyverns in the midst of their next attacks. "Alright father." Jill said, putting her lance on her back as she flew over to Nichol, Camilla following her as Nichol smiled.
"Good work Jill, even though you had a weapon disadvantage, you turned it into an advantage in the air." Nichol said as Camilla huffed. "Camilla, do you want to know why she was winning?" Nichol asked as Jill smiled at her father's praise.
"Lady Camilla was using a weapon with short reach, in the air the weapon triangle means little if your opponent is of a similar skill level, in an aerial battle of attrition it comes down to whoever has the longer weapon, which allows a greater reach in the air." Beruka said suddenly surprising Nichol as Camilla smiled.
"She's right though, in the air the normal weapons triangle means nothing, it comes down to who has more experience and greater reach with their weapon, or sometimes just plain old luck." Nichol said as Camilla and Jill looked at each other before glaring at each other. "But that is only with wyverns, against any Pegasus rider the wyvern would win due to having the more durable mount and heavier armor." Beruka said as Nichol nodded.
"How does she know all this?" Jill asked confused as Camilla smiled. "My retainer has a lot of skills under her belt, I said so earlier didn't I?" Camilla said proudly as Beruka continued speaking. "It is often assumed that the weapons triangle applies to all areas of combat, when in reality it only applies on the ground, in the air and at sea it has different forms." Beruka said emotionlessly as Nichol nodded.
"Again, she's right, in the air the best weapon is the one with the longest reach, so bows, magic and lances are the best weapons in the air. However, the Nohrian wyvern knights use axes because they are often used in ground combat, unlike the pegasi of Hoshido. There are many times where I've had to get off my wyvern in the middle of combat and fight on the ground while my wyvern fights on the ground with me." Nichol said as Jill and Camilla nodded.
"But that should be enough for today, let's head back." Nichol said as he turned his wyvern around and started flying towards the castle, Beruka, Jill and Camilla following him. It didn't take them long to reach the castle and touch down… and to see that Minerva was standing in the courtyard looking like she had been run ragged.
"Camilla… you and me are going to have a talk about your retainer." Minerva said as soon as Camilla had gotten off her wyvern. "Sorry Lady Camilla." Beruka said, still emotionless as Camilla was led by Minerva to where Garon currently was.
Three Retainers: The Bloodthirsty Beauty
BGM: Dusk Falls - Fire Emblem Fates
For Camilla it hadn't even been a week since her lesson with Nichol that the strange group had arrived and the first of them, Shigure, had performed astonishingly well. And now it was time for the next competitor. "So Minerva, what's the form say?" Garon asked after Leo had left to go see Shigure. "It's for the group's sole female… some girl named Soleil. Again no last name given." Minerva said as she held up the notes she had.
"Sounds like someone I would enjoy." Camilla said with a smile as Xander sighed. "Of course she would want to female." Xander complained as Celsius shouted something from the arena. "She wants her own amazon brigade! I don't blame her!" Celsius shouted as Garon blinked. "I TOLD YOU TO NEVER SPEAK OF THAT AGAIN CELSIUS!" Minerva shouted down into the arena before she devolved into a coughing fit, prompting Elise to get off her mother's lap as Garon helped keep the ill strategist up.
"Come on then! Bring it on!" Celsius shouted, ignoring her sister's coughing so that the next contestant would come out, the soldiers, the knight, and the fighter all getting back up and groaning in slight pain from their fight with Shigure. "I really hope this doesn't hurt…" The fighter complained, thinking he would need better armor… and probably some actual armor for his chest.
BGM: You of the Dark - Fire Emblem Fates
On the other side of the arena the next contestant walked in, a sword at her side as she stretched her arms, her waist length neon blue hair waving behind her slightly as the girl stretched her back before smiling at her opponents. "So you all are my opponents right? Good." Soleil said with a smile, not even waiting for a confirmation as she pulled her sword out of its sheath and flashed as rather creepy smile. "Try not to bleed too much." She said as one of her eyes twitched, unnoticed by anyone as her smile grew wider.
Soleil ran towards the first soldier, ready to stab him with her sword as he raised his shield, blocking her blade as he tried to stab at her chest. Soleil simply pulled back slightly before ramming her shoulder into the soldier, knocking him down before putting the tip of her sword to his stomach, the man cringing as the sword cut into his skin, drawing a little bit of blood as Soleil smiled. "Stay down and you won't bleed too much." She said as the solider gulped and nodded, Soleil pulling her sword off his stomach as the soldier covered the small wound.
As she got off the poor guy two other soldiers tried to attack her, alongside the fighter who had tried to circle around her. Soleil had simply smirked before she ducked under their lances and flipped her sword into a reverse grip in her hand. Spinning on her heel she managed to cut both the men in the stomach and got them to back off so they wouldn't end up injured any worse.
By this time the fighter was behind Soleil, remaining silent as he got ready to swing his axe at her back without harming the girl, which Soleil didn't notice as she kicked one of the soldiers away with her heeled boot before stabbing the other in the arm, getting him to drop his lance as he started bleeding.
Soleil then felt something collide with her back, the blue haired girl being sent skidding along the ground before she righted herself as she looked up at who had attacked her. The fighter that had gotten behind her had swung his axe like a club, using the wooden end instead of the metal head to hit her. Soleil shot up with a slasher smile on her face as she ran towards the fighter, who got ready for another swing as two more soldiers came up behind Soleil.
Soleil however paid them no heed as she ran up to the fighter as he swung his axe like a club, only for it to be knocked out of his hand by Soleil punching him in the face before stabbing his shoulder to keep him down as the man groaned in pain as he held his bleeding shoulder.
Soleil simply smiled as she turned around the two soldiers stopping, one of them a bit unnerved by how creepy Soleil's smile was. "Bleed for me a little bit more now, will you?" Soleil asked quietly as one of the soldiers ran at her. Soleil was quick to turn his charge against him as she held her sword out in front of her with one hand, the soldier stopping to keep himself from being impaled on the blade, only for Soleil to slam the side of the blade into his head, knocking him out as he bled a little from the head wound.
At this point the remaining soldier was shaking as the knight stood next to him, ready to defend his last remaining ally as Soleil looked up from the man she had just knocked out. "Time to play is it?" Soleil said in a sing song voice, her smile never leaving her face as the soldier gulped.
Soleil ran at the duo as the knight held up his heavy shield, Soleil jumping up and landing on the shield with her heeled boots before jumping of it onto the soldier next to the knight, who screamed in sheer terror as the knight was left to stare at what just happened.
Up in the box Minerva had her mouth hanging wide open in shock as Garon held a hand over Elise's eyes to keep her from seeing what was happening in the arena, Xander had averted his own eyes as Camilla smiled as she watched Soleil get to work. 'She'll do nicely.' Camilla thought with her own smile as up in the stands both Kaze and Jakob were covering Corrin's eyes to keep him from seeing the blood, Corrin not objecting to it knowing his own fear of blood. Silas was trying his best not to puke as Flora and Felicia covered each other's eyes. And down in the arena Celsius was left staring in shock at what Soleil was doing to the poor soldier she had jumped on. "That… is messed up." Celsius said aloud as Soleil stopped, wiping some of the blood off her face from what she had just done to the poor guy she had jumped on, the knight having run away in his heavy armor to avoid a similar fate.
"Isn't violence usually the answer?" Soleil asked as she got up, a few blood splatters on her clothing as she held her sword in one hand and pointed it at Celsius, her face in a cocky grin as Celsius huffed and held her personal sword in front of her. On the ground the soldier was knocked out, several cuts along his body from Soleil's handiwork alongside a rather crudely drawn face of blood cut on his stomach.
"What the hell happened to you to make you like this?" Celsius asked bluntly as Soleil shrugged. "Lot of things, I don't want to talk about it. Can we fight now?" Soleil said, never losing her happy go lucky attitude as Celsius readied her sword.
The two girls ran at each other, Celsius ready to swing her sword as Soleil got ready to counter, only for Celsius to feint by pulling back and causing Soleil to trip up, ending with Celsius sword to her neck before either of them had even started to fight. "And you lose. This is for what you did to that poor guy." Celsius said as Soleil shrugged on the ground.
"Enough… we need to get these men to healers." Garon said as Camilla left the box to go get Soleil for herself only for Minerva to stand up next to Garon with a fortify staff in her hands. "They'll be fine… we might need to provide some compensation for the abuse these poor men are being put through." Minerva said as her staff lit up, the men in the arena being healed by its power as Garon turned around. "Where is Camilla?" He asked as Xander finally brought his hands off his eyes. "She was here a moment ago." Xander said confused as Soleil was led out of the arena… by Camilla.
The Arena: Morgan
BGM: Training - Fire Emblem Awakening
"And now for the next one of this… Justice Cabal." Minerva said, annoyed after the mess Owain had made with her sister. "Isn't his sister going next?" Garon asked as Minerva nodded. "Morgan… I swear one day we are going to find last names for these people." Minerva complained at the fact that, once again, there was no last name given for either the girl or Owain. "You have no right to complain, seeing as how you don't tell anyone your last name." Garon said as Minerva rolled her eyes. "Star." She said as Garon blinked. "What?" Garon asked in a little bit of shock as Minerva sighed. "That's my last name, and my sister's, now can I complain?" Minerva asked annoyed as Garon rolled his eyes. "Carry on then." Garon grumbled in annoyance as Xander sighed.
Down below the usual group was assembled, five soldiers, a knight, a fighter who had acquired himself some armor for his chest somewhere along the line, and Celsius, alongside Beruka and Soleil for this fight, as Camilla wanted to test Morgan. "Are you ready Morgan?" Garon shouted into the arena.
"Yes sir!" Morgan shouted back from her position opposite the group in the arena. On her back was a sheathed iron sword and she had a yellow tome in her hands, her father's Thoron tome. "Then let the battle begin!" Garon proclaimed as the fighting started.
BGM: Duty (Ablaze) - Fire Emblem Awakening
The second the battle had started Morgan had opened the thoron tome, and had already aimed her hand at a soldier, a runic circle forming in front of her hand before a laser of lighting blasted out of the runic circle the beam slamming straight into a soldier and sending him flying into the knight, who grabbed the soldier and stopped his unexpected flight.
"My brother specializes in his swords… I took the magical route." Morgan said as the soldiers all looked at her before running at her together. The soldier she had sent flying getting up with help from the knight as the fighter once again tried to circle around Morgan, who was standing her ground with the thoron tome, which she had let her brother use last match but now it was her turn.
Spinning around she pointed her hand at the fighter, a laser of lighting flying out from the runic circle floating before her hand and sending the fighter flying into the side of the arena groaning in pain as he fell off the wall and onto the dirt floor. The other soldiers all approached her quickly as Morgan turned around again.
One of the soldiers stabbed at her with his lance, Morgan sidestepping out of the way before putting her hand to the soldier's chest, the soldier only having a moment to hold fear in his eyes before being sent flying into the stands, landing on his back indented into the stands, groaning in pain as up in the private box Xander winced from the loud crack that had occurred. "We are going to need to clean that up…" Garon complained as Minerva groaned in annoyance. "That's the second time this has happened… where do we find these people." Minerva complained. "The men or the people fighting them?" Garon asked. "BOTH." Minerva complained as she leaned back in her chair.
Back in the arena Morgan had already made short work of the soldiers and the knight, leaving Soleil, Beruka and Celsius her only remaining opponents. Soleil was already running at Morgan, the young yellow haired girl grabbing her sword off her back and holding it with two hands to block Soleil's blade, struggling against the stronger girl as Beruka circled around her with an axe.
Morgan struggled against Soleil as Beruka swung at her back, forcing Morgan to roll out of the way as she felt her iron sword tumble from her grasp, springing back up she watched as Soleil picked up the sword with a smile before throwing it into the stands as Beruka stood next to her emotionless. "Looks like you don't have your sword anymore, happy times for me!" Soleil said happily as Morgan pulled her thoron back out, already holding the book open with a runic circle forming in front of her, only for Beruka to throw her axe at her, breaking her concentration as her hung onto her tome.
"Now let's play like lady." Soleil said with a smile as she started walking towards Morgan with Beruka as she was about to open her tome again… only to close it and put it at her side. "Fine, you want to go. I've got more than a few tricks." Morgan said as Soleil ran at her.
Morgan dropped and rolled out of the way of Soleil's swing as Beruka ran towards where Morgan sprung back up, grabbing her by the arm before having to left go and grasp her hand in pain. "After all, my brother isn't the only one with the flames of Ignis." Morgan said as the blue flames made themselves apparent around her as Beruka grabbed her axe from the dirt and Soleil ran at her again.
Morgan sidestepped Soleil's strike as Beruka swung at as well, the two girls working in tandem to keep her on the defensive as Morgan grabbed their arms, burning them slightly before letting go and grabbing Soleil's sword from her hand, accidently melting the sword's handle slightly from the heat of the flames before using the sword to block Beruka's axe, only to get punched in the back by Soleil, who ended up burning her hand slightly from doing that.
Morgan then backed off, Soleil and Beruka forming back up as Soleil held her hands up in case she had to punch Morgan as Beruka held her axe in front of her, ready to fight. "That's enough." Celsius said as she walked between the girls.
All three of them watched as Celsius stepped between them, facing Morgan with her sword in her hand as she turned her head towards Beruka and Soleil. "My turn." Celsius said as Soleil smiled and backed off, followed by Beruka slowly as Morgan stared at Celsius, the flames of Ignis still surrounding her as Celsius pointed her personal sword towards her.
BGM: 04: Ice Fight - Red vs Blue Revelation
Celsius and Morgan ran at each other with their swords swinging, a loud clang of metal and the flying sparks evident as the two girls clashed, Celsius holding back to give Morgan some form of chance as they struggled against each other, or rather Morgan struggled against Celsius. "You really shouldn't try to win a struggle against a stronger opponent." Celsius commented as Morgan pushed against her sword, her magic backing up her strength, but not doing well as the flames around her continued to burn.
"What else can I do? I get too far away to cast, you'll attack me somehow, I struggle against you, I lose. This is the only chance I GOT!" Morgan shouted as she pushed against Celsius with all she had Celsius not even bothering to push back as the smaller girl started pushing her sword back slightly, but not a lot. Morgan was sweating as she slowly let one hand off her sword, trying to keep Celsius' focus on her sword as she put her hand just above Celsius' stomach.
"I can see what you're doing you know." Celsius said, surprising Morgan as her spell in her hand crackled, about to be unleashed as Celsius finally started pushing back against her, easily knocking her sword out of her hand as Morgan let go of it, only to shove her open hand in front of Celsius' chest. "THORON!" She shouted.
The laser of lightning blasted right into Celsius, Celsius struggling against it for a moment before being pushed back by the extremely powerful magic, but the spell did more than just knock her down as Minerva and Garon looked down over the balcony of the private box. "SISTER!" Minerva shouted as she tried to climb out of the box and into the arena, only getting over the edge of the box before her hands gave out and she tumbled into the arena, hurting herself slightly before she got up and ran towards Celsius as fast as she could.
Celsius was on the ground groaning in pain with a small hole straight through one of her lungs thanks to Morgan, who was panting and sweating as Minerva held her recover staff over Celsius, healing her as Morgan fell on her back, her flames being snuffed out as Beruka and Soleil pulled her out of the arena to see Camilla.
"Are you okay?" Minerva asked as Celsius' wound closed up thanks to her own recovery and Minerva's staff. Celsius put her head up, and coughing up a little bit of blood onto her shirt and onto Minerva before speaking. "I'll live… that hurt…" Celsius complained as she fell on her back and groaned in pain as Minerva healed her sister. "Is she okay?" Garon called from the private box as Minerva looked up and nodded, Garon sighing in relief as he turned towards Xander and Camilla… who had left. "She keeps leaving." Garon complained as Xander sighed. "I know father." Xander said as Elise giggled from her spot behind Xander.
Down in the arena lockers Morgan had been propped up against a wall as Camilla walked in, the fourteen year old girl smiling as she looked at the panting Morgan. "I'm very impressed Morgan, very impressed." Camilla said with a smile as Morgan tried to smile before the pain caught up to her. "She managed to injure Celsius, that is no mean feat." Beruka said emotionlessly. "She blew a hole in her lung that her sister is probably healing already, I wouldn't call that a mean feat." Soleil said, complain more about the lack of blood then the fact Morgan had injured Celsius. "Name the last person who had left any form of damage on Celsius." Beruka said emotionlessly as Soleil struggled to find an answer. "The only person who has is the one who gave her that scar on her arm." Camilla said as Morgan looked up, still panting. "Did I… win?" Morgan asked tiredly as Camilla shook her head. "Sorry darling, all you did was merely injure Celsius with a point blank, and might I add really powerful magic spell. But you impressed me that's for sure." Camilla said as she held her hand out to Morgan. "Welcome to my group of retainers Morgan, it'll be fun." Camilla said with a smile as Morgan grabbed her hand and allowed Camilla to pull her up from her position on the floor next to the wall.
(Stage Clear!)
AN: ABOUT DAM TIME! I have spent so long going over this chapter to get it right, or as right as I could get it without dragging it on forever. Now I want to get several things out of the way. One, Beruka doesn't have her own segment in the chapter because it will happen during the great thieves arc. Two I spent FOREVER trying to figure out who would be Camilla's second retainer, I started with Velouria, then went to Mitama, then Rhajat, before finally settling on Soleil, who if anyone can figure out who her mom is, will find she has more than a few… issues. Best expressed by her love of blood and committing a mook horror show. And finally Morgan, who blew a hole in Celsius' lung… at point blank, with a 4thtier spell, made of iron Celsius clearly is. Also compared to Owain, Morgan doesn't have Aether… yet and she's more magically inclined then physically, which is why she struggled against Beruka and Soleil more than say… Owain would have… actually Owain would have slaughtered them, bad example. Sorry Camilla didn't get a lot of screen time in her own chapter, but this is starting to drag on a little bit.
Still, please leave your reviews down below. I check all of them I would really appreciate the criticism.
But before I leave, the Unit Roster for Camilla and her crew.
Unit Roster
Camilla
Class: Nohrian Princess (Wyvern)
Skills: Nobility
P.S: Rose's Thorns
Inventory:
Beruka
Class: Wyvern Rider (Axe)
Skills: Strength 2
P.S: Opportunist
Inventory: Iron Axe, Throwing Axe
Soleil
Class: Mercenary
Skills: Good fortune
P.S: Sisterhood
Inventory: Steel Sword
Morgan
Class: Tactician
Skills: Ignis
P.S: Tactical Mind (double effect of terrain bonuses)
Inventory: Iron Sword, Thoron