Samus and Zelda sat in the Pizza
restaurant in Hyrule, seeing Byleth and Edelgard take their seats. “Are you two sure Yang and Blake won’t get
jealous?” asked Edelgard.
“I told them I wanted to get to
know you two better, we’ve fought together a lot, but I don’t think I know much
about Fodlan.” Replied Zelda.
“They’re spending time with Yang’s
sister and their other teammate, they’ll be fine.” Smiled Samus. “So, I hadn’t heard of Fodlan until your
‘pack’ appeared here, what’s the concise history?”
“Well, we actually are re-writing
Fodlan history.” Began Edelgard. “But
over 1,200 years ago, a civilization existed on Fodlan, in harmony with the
powerful being Sothis.”
“However, her daughter, Seiros,
seeking her power, killed her, then the King Nemesis in order to subjugate the
people of Fodlan under a class system of nobility and the idea that possessing
a crest made you inherently better than someone without one.” Added
Byleth. “Seiros spent the next 1,200
years in several guises as the leader of her Church, making sure everything was
under her thumb. It…should I tell them
this?” she turned to Edelgard.
“I’ll tell this. My Uncle had decided to try to experiment
with crests to create a supreme ruler for the continent. Many people died under his reckless
experiments and I was also one of his experiments. I decided at that point to change Fodlan
society to end the focus on crests and remove the Church of Seiros for
preaching that Crests were so important.
One night, Byleth saved me from bandits, then becoming my professor. We fell in love, I confided in her and she
defended me from Rhea, the current identity of Seiros. Seiros knocked Byleth out for five years in
our next battle, but when she returned, we picked up where we left off and
defeated our foes, getting engaged the day after we ended Seiros’ draconic
Immaculate One form.” Explained Edelgard.
“And are the people happier now?”
asked Samus.
“They are free to complain without
fear of execution, anyone can rise to be an advisor in a city, state or the
whole nation of Fodlan and many freedoms your people enjoy are now available to
everyone in Fodlan.” Smiled Edelgard.
“Hard to believe that a place like
that would exist in this day and age.” Muttered Samus.
“Some people willingly choose
obedience to a dictator, setting up a long-term reign of their family simply
because they don’t challenge status quo.” Replied Zelda.
“Status quo doesn’t work if it
victimizes people!” stated Edelgard. “No
one knew what happened to me or my family until I took a stand!” Samus backed away from the enraged Empress.
“I’m sorry that happened to you,
it obviously hurt you a lot.” She stated.
Edelgard rubbed her eyes. Byleth
turned to Samus and Zelda.
“All her siblings were subject to
the same experiments, there were ten of them.
And all of them…were killed.” She said sadly. Samus and Zelda gasped.
“No wonder you didn’t mention that
at first.” Replied Zelda.
“I’m so sorry. I can somewhat relate. Ridley…that space dragon in Smash…he killed
my parents in front of my eyes. Ever
since then, I’ve wanted to end him, but they keep reviving him!” said Samus. Edelgard touched Samus’ hand. She smiled softly at her.
“Us four, we’ll stick together.”
She stated. “We’ll stop our foes,
together.”
“Together.” Smiled Samus. Zelda and Byleth brought their hands to
Edelgard and Samus’.
“Together.” They agreed.
The End
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