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A faint light could be seen through the holes on the top of the tent waking Chrom from his slumber almost immediately he is aware of the sleeping girl at his side, last night wasn't just a dream but it actually happened it has been over a month since the last time they awoken together and he was lusting for her body again, her tanned skin against his, her soft and silky platinum-blonde hair now falling on her shoulders instead of her usual pigtails, her golden brown eyes looking at his with lust, desire and love.
He couldn't help but to cuddle on her just for a few more minutes, to smell her hair once more, just a few more minutes before both have to start preparing to march for yet another day, a few more minutes where everything is fine and he’s the happiest he’s ever been, but he knows that everything has to end, yet he doesn’t want it to end, until he hears the clapping of armored boots just outside of the tent janking him out of his bliss, and knows that he needs to move faster before someone finds him on Robin’s tent, it’s not that he doesn’t want to claim his love for her loud and wide for everyone to ear, but he knows that for now they need to be focus on rescuing Emm from Grangel, so he begrudgingly tries to make his way out her tent without waking her and making himself sure that there’s no one outside to see him exiting this early in the morning.
- ‘’I should really get back to my tent before Frederick or Lissa notice i’ve been gone all night’’ he murmured softly
-’’Yes you probably should do that’’ the soft voice of Robin answered him shocking him
-’’ Did I wake you?’’
-’’No, i’ve been awake a few minutes now but I wanted to keep you with me for as long as I could, we still have a week long march to Plegia’’ Robin answer looking at his blue eyes and leaning to kiss him again remembering how he embraced her last night
-’’ROBIN!!!,ROBIN!!!, we can’t find Chrom he wasn’t in his tent……..’’ Lissa just went barging through the flaps of Robin’s tent in a panic until her eyes catch Chrom and Robin under a thin blanket, her panic face quickly turning in a grin
-’’I’ll leave you guys alone’’ said Lissa while making her way back to camp a grin on her face
-”Lissa wait, this isn’t……’’ just as Chrom was trying to get out of bed in trying to stop her sister he stopped when he remembered he was still naked
-”You better go after her before she tells Maribelle or Frederick, Chrom” said Robin while keeping the blanket up to cover her body
-” Yeah, if Frederick got wind of us I’ll never ear the end of it, I’ll see you later my dove” Robin was left agape and red as a tomato at the sudden nickname while Chrom was exiting her tent while getting his clothes in a somewhat decent manner to pursue his sister
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-”Are you sure that she was truly her” a sly voice echoed in the throne room of the Plegian castle
-”Why, yes king Gangrel, I’m certain that she was indeed Robin, my little sister, the same that was kidnaped from our Grimleal temple 10 years ago, even if we haven’t seen each other in so long she was wearing the cloak from our mother, it was a dead give away” ,
-”Well if it isn’t ironic that she ended up in company of the very prince of Ylisse, I’m pretty sure Validar will be laughing at such turn of fate, if he weren’t dead already hehehehe”
-“What shall we do about her my king, she didn’t seem to recognize me when they rescued that Thamis noble girl we kidnaped”
-“That is of no consequence Aversa, if she never returns then she can’t challenge me for the throne, but say what would happen if the prince's little army were to learn that their precious tactician is actually a Plagian Princess?”
-”Oh my, now that would be quite the show especially if we told them after the execution of their precious Exalt, I can already imagine the look on their faces when they start doubting each other, after all they only have been able reach this far thanks to her, and I might know a illusion spell just perfect for the occasion, only I’m going to need a lock of her hair ”
-” Are you going to use that party trick???, hehehehe It’ll be pretty hilarious to see them fall apart on their own, divide and conquer isn’t that what you usually say?” his laughter getting more maniacal when he remembers the spell Aversa used a few years back if she pulls it of then all of Robin’s accomplishments will be for naught and that amuse him to no end
-”Yes quite, but what shall we do with her when they abandon her?, do we take her to the Grimleal Temple? after all when she went missing we lost the vessel for Grima”
-”Leave her to the desert, with Validar dead we have no further use to those zealots, she’ll end in the most miserable way, abandoned by her so called friends in the middle of nowhere”
-”As you wish my king”
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-”Lissa you mustn’t tell anyone of what you see back in Robin’s tent, please I beg you”
-”I don’t know why you two must keep it hush hush, it’s great that you finally decided to grow a pair and go after her, I mean it was getting pretty tiresome to watch you with that lovey dovey look in your eyes whenever she entered the room”
-”What, that isn’t true, right?? please tell me I didn’t do that every time”
-”I’m pretty sure the only ones that didn’t notice where you and Robin, shesh you both were so dense’’
-”Ughhhh why didn’t you told me early, and here I thought that I was being subtle’’
-’’Hehehe you have the subtlety of a dragon in a crystal store, but fine I won’t tell anyone for now just promise me that you’re going to tell Emm about you and her or I will’’
-”Fair enough, but honestly I’ve already been thinking about that, I gave her my ring, you know, the one our parents had made for my birth, I wanted her to know that I want to marry her”
-”You already proposed to her??? oh this is better than I thought she’ll be my sister-in-law, ahhhhhh i can’t wait for your wedding when we get back home”
-” Yeah me neither” said Chrom with a face full of hope for their new found happiness
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The long week march was riddled with bandits, sand, a few new companions in a Plegian dark mage called Henry, a young girl with green hair and a mercenary that was protecting her from some cultist that where wearing cloaks eerie similar to Robins own and more sand, while the sun was setting after a gruesome battle to keep the young manakete safe from the cultist, Robin hoped to capture one of them, maybe they’ll know something of her past, but the only two that the Shepards managed to capture slashed their own throats so to no one’ll make them talk, so the shepards went to set up camp at the nearby oasis, the last stop until the Plegian capital, the rescue of Emeryn will start at dawn so everyone was expected to be well rested
-”I can’t believe they’ll go that far as to not being taken as hostages and this sand only makes it worse it’s rough, coarse and it gets everywhere” Robin said while washing her body in the bathing tent, the dim light of the candles and the cold water in the middle of the summer in the Plegian desert soothing her to sleep
-”You weren’t supposed to be alive” a loud voice jank her awake but she wasn’t in the bathtub anymore,a black void all around her, she didn’t know where she was but something told Robin that she was in danger
-”WHO ARE YOU?” Robin screamed in to the void
-”Tiny one you belong to me and you shall not escape from me” the voice keep getting louder every time it spoke and 6 red orb shone on the distance, those 6 orbs where observing her, the feeling of sheer terror creep on her spine, she knew that voice it was her own
-”Chrom…..Lissa……anyone……please” her voice trembling and her knees gave on her those 6 orbs were still on her and won’t let her alone
-”You are alone and you’ll be forever alone, after all you don’t belong to this world, you don’t belong with him,, so let's burn it all down” the 6 orbs where getting more and more close to her, Robin knew that if that thing got to her she’ll be no more, something in the back of her mind told her that she’ll disappear and be replaced by that thing, she wasn’t sure if it was herself before losing her memories trying to regain control of her body or something else entirely
-”NO, GET AWAY…….please” she screamed before her voice broke in to a whimpering sob, she didn’t want to go away, she was happy, she was with Chrom and was overjoyed to be with him, she haven’t even tell Lissa about it and ask her to be her maid of honor
-”Robin, Robin, wake up” Lissa's worried voice pulling her out of her sleep
-”Are you okay Robin?, you fell asleep in the tub and were crying in your sleep, did something happen?” Robin immediately jumped of the tub and looked around her, she was still in the bathing tent in the middle of the desert, she wasn’t in that void but more importantly she was still herself and started crying again, Lissa seeing that went to hug her worried something might be wrong
-”Robin, please what’s wrong, did something happen”
-”I’m fine Lissa. I'm just so glad to be me”
-”What do you mean by that?”
-”I…..I…..I, Lissa i’m afraid”
-”what for, you have me, Chrom and all the shepards to help you so don’t worry Robin whatever it is we will help you, specially Chrom and I” Lissa said while winking her eye at her in response Robin held her tighter to her still crying
-”I’m afraid to remember who I was before knowing you and Chrom, what if I wake up one day and I’m a different person, what does it mean for the me that loves Chrom”
It took until late in night until Robin finally composed herself, she need to focus on the siege of tomorrow, all of the shepards counted on her, so she decided to call everyone to go over the plan just a bit before dawn they need to get to Plegia before noon
Robin started the meeting, the plan was easy enough they’ll split in 3 groups, Chrom, Cordelia and Robin herself will lead a different squad, Chrom, Vyke, Sumia, Virion, Henry, Miriel, Maribelle, Donnel, Gregor will be front assault and will draw the attention to them while Cordelia, Nowi, Sully, Stahl, Panne, Ricken flank the army from the right and Robin, Lissa, Frederick, Lonqu, Gaius, Kellam flank to the left making a pincer move, Cordelia and Sumia will keep the perimeter clean from their vantage point in the air
-”Right, everyone let’s go over the plan once more, we’ll keep it simple, our objective is to rescue Emm return to camp to regroup and run to Flavia forces in the west when they pursue us, we don’t want to get surrounded in the middle of the capital, for that we’ll use a pincer move, we just need the diversion while Phila rescues my sister and when she is at a safe distance we retreat and see each other on Flavia’s camp on the sunset” Chrom added full of confidence that Robin’s plan will rescue her sister each squad was going to be a fair distance to each other to cover most of the capital but every team could see the square where Emm is going to be executed to keep track of the situation of Chrom’s squad at all times
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The assault was going smoothly just as Robin planned, Chrom squad lead the charge drawing the enemies to him while both Cordelia’s and Robin’s flank both sides so they wouldn't be overrun but then it happened, when Phila’s Squad went to rescue Emmeryn at top of one of Grima’s horn, Aversa looking from one of the balconies of the palace summoned a squad of archer risens out of nowhere, everyone was taken by surprise, when Phila and her knight-sisters were shoot down and slammed hard in the Plegian streets killing everyone one of them, with just one move all of Robin’s plans were crashing into themselves while Gangrel was laughing
-”Bwa ha ha! oh, did an army of living corpses just APPEAR out of the blue?! truly, the heavens smile upon mighty King Gangrel on this day! bwa ha ha!” his laughter loud and obnoxious while Aversa rolled her eyes and returned inside the palace, her work done for now, At top of one Grima’s horn Emmeryn looked in horror how Phila and her squad were killed, her brother was surrounded having broke formation of his squad rushing to her, in her mind she knew what she must do to protect her family, something she should’ve done when she was taken hostage knowing her brother will come for her
-”Wait, King Gangrel, is there no hope you will listen to reason?” Emmeryn's voice was loud and clear
-”You mean listen to more of your sanctimonious babble? I think not, Plegia heard much of it when your father the ravager invaded our lands with his inquisitors, so no, all I want to hear is the thunk of arrows, and a splat as you hit the ground, unless someone were to give me the Emblem….NOW!!!”
-”Fine I’ll do it…..” Chrom answered full of frustration
-”Chrom, thank you, now I know what I must do” Emmeryn interrupted him before he could surrender the Fire Emblem
-”Emm what are you?”
-”Plegians I ask that you hear the truth of my words, war will win you nothing but sadness and pain, both inside and outside of your borders, free yourselves from this hatred! from this cycle of pain and vengeance, do what you must…. as I will do, see now that one selfless act has the power to change the world”
-”Emm no…no…NO!” Chrom screamed in a panic as he rushed to where her sister was and start to fall to her death, Lissa being with Robins squad looked in horror how her sister jumped on her own to her death while Robin pushed her on Frederick’s horse, she needed to call the retreat while she still can save the others
-”Bwa ha ha! how disgustingly noble ah so ends Emmeryn, Ylisse’s most exalted, but you know prince this couldn't be possible without help, let me present you my niece she was most helpful keeping track of your army movements” Gangrel said while moving to the side to reveal behind him no other than Robin, she was wearing the same kind of dress that Aversa wore, but Chrom could recognize her face everywhere, after all it was the face he awoke to for the last week, what was she doing on Gangrel side? Where was Lissa and Frederick? Was everything a lie then? Was she always a traitor? Was it all a plan to kill him, Lissa and Emm at the same time? all the thoughts rushed on his head and blinded him with rage
-”AHHHHHH, ROBIN, GANGREL YOU’LL BOTH DIE TODAY” he couldn’t believe that those nights with Robin where all a lie but his doubt quickly turned to anger
-”Hold it boy, we need to escape while we can, the plan has gone sour and we need to regroup” Basillio grabbed Chrom by the shoulders before he could go deep into the Plegian forces that guarded the capital
-”What about Cordelia’s squad and my sister??? we need to go after them” Chrom screamed angrily at Basillio
-”Don’t worry about them Flavia and Marth are already on their way to help them escape”
-”Fine, Shepards pull back!!!” begrudgingly Chrom called the retreat but fury and frustration clearly on his eyes
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Meanwhile Robin’s squad was being overrun with Plegians reinforcements, Sumia, Gaius, Frederick, Kellam and Lon’qu were keeping them mostly at bay, but Lissa was in shock having witnessed the death of her sister while Robin tried to snap her out of it
-”Lissa!, Lissa!, answer me please, we need you”
-”She died no, no, no Emm please don’t leave us” Lissa’s voice barely more than a whisper
-”Sumia take Gaius to the roofs, we need an escape route now!” Robin yelled orders with Lissa still in her arms and the pegasus knight took the thief with her before taking flight again, suddenly Lissa felt a sharp pain on her cheek, Robin slapped her to snap her out of the grieving trance she was
-”Lissa we need to get out of here I need to know that you can move, I’m not going to loose you too” Robin looked her at the eyes, Lissa saw that she was crying too, while she was still a bit dumbfounded for the slap but with enough clarity to know that she was right, they needed to escape and fast
-”Bubbles, we have a clear path 2 streets to the left, we need only to push though, that girl Marth is there she cleared the path for us” Gaius voice sounded from atop the rooftops and Sumia with Gaius took the lead as to mark the way they needed to head, Robin grabbed Lissa’s hand and make her climb with Frederick’s horse, then she pulled a Thoron tome from her coat and started blasting the reinforcements, her magic was so strong that it began to burn her fingertips and through her gloves making them fall apart, her left eye and her nose began to bleed having burst a blood vessel, she felt a excruciating pain on her head, but it’ll be something that she can worry later, for now they just needed to run before more troops came their way, almost collapsing she was caught by Frederick before hitting the floor and pulling her on his horse
-”Frederick?, where is Lissa?” she asked barely keeping conscious having used all of her magic power to blast an opening
-”She went ahead to heal Lon’qu and Kellam, I should give you an stern talk about slapping her, but seeing that we we’re short on time and it did work in getting her to safety, I’m willing to let it slide until we get to camp”
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True to Gaius, Marth was waiting for them, when she caught a look at Lissa running beside Lon’qu she knew that they just needed to retreat to camp , none of them objected either to crestfallen or exhausted to argue with her, their small group could sneak easily through the dusk light and the dunes, but still need to make haste since they were being pursued by Plegian soldiers, few of the more loyals to Gangrel, rain started to pour as if the sky itself was weeping for Emmeryn’s death, making their tracks harder to find giving them more time to gain distance between them, Lissa hugging Robin under her coat as a makeshift umbrella until they could see their camp
-”Thank you Robin” Lissa said with a small voice between sniffles and tears, her sister’s death still hang on her mind but when she saw the ring on Robin’s hand she felt relieved to be beside her sister-in-law to be
-”Don’t worry Lissa I’ll could never leave you like that, and I’m sorry for slapping you I panicked”
-”Don’t be if you wouldn’t have done that Kellam and Lon’qu might have bleed out before we escaped” Robin sighted at her words, Lissa was right, she didn’t notice in her panic trying to snap Lissa out her grieving shock but both Lon’qu and Kellan had some deep wounds keeping them safe, but they where safe for now their pursuers were a couple hours away but that was more than enough time to get to camp and retreat with Flavia’s forces
When they reached camp everyone felt the solemn mood, everyone was downcast most of the tents were already on packed, they didn’t lose a minute and were just about get on their way, until Robin caught Chrom discussing with Sully
-”Cordelia is dead we need to get going we can’t go to the middle of the desert to search for her corpse” Chrom yelled
-”The arrow hit her pegasi she could’ve survived, Virion went in the direction she fell” Sully yelled back at him
-”Then he’s dead too”
-”Chrom!!” Lissa screamed at her brother and went running to him, he immediately hug her back, relive in his face seeing her younger sister safe but the look on his face went from relieve and happiness to anger when he saw Robin just behind her
-Chrom, I’m glad you’re fi………” she couldn’t finish to speak , everything seemed to slow down, she could see horror in Lissa and Sully faces, she could see Kellam and Frederick running to tackle him, Marth running to her side, Lon’qu grabbing Lissa’s hand and his blade drawn in the other pointed at Chrom, Gaius pulling Sumia behind him and his dagger readily pointed at Chrom, she knew they were screaming by their faces but she couldn't hear any of it, then a sharp pain in her chest assaulted all of her senses, she couldn't breath, the air was burning hot in her lungs, she looked at the right side of her chest, Falchion firmly on Chrom’s hand was piercing her, she couldn’t even begun to imagine why was this happening, her eyes went from looking at the sword to the face of Chrom, his eyes full of hate, hate for her, then she collapsed on the sand, she could hear Chrom scornful voice at her, only one word directed at her lying on the sand quickly turning red under her
-”Traitor”