"Sometimes the only way to heal our scars is to make peace with the demons that created them."
Edelgard Von Hresvelg had seen
some truly strange sights since being summoned to the Order of Heroes in
Askr. She’d teamed with the legendary
heroine Lucina and her old friend Petra, sure, but had also had Mercedes and
Annette from Faerghus at her back in combat.
Some of the combat scenarios were also strange, Harvest Festival Heroes
looking for candy, Princesses of Hoshido and Nohr in Hot Springs, versions of
people she knew at Garreg Mach Monastery at the beach, warriors dressed as
seafaring pirates even! But this had to
take the take. Their opponents were
ninjas. Ninjas! She had seen several warriors train to be
ninjas, Petra and Shamir once attempted to be ninjas, but instead, her
opponents were Lyn with Florina, a woman named Lavaetin she had never seen
before, Zihark, who looked a bit like the Hero from Dragon Quest and even
weirder, a ninja version of one of her own teammates for this mission,
Hana! Edelgard had fought doppelgangers
of herself in the dream realms, yes, but never a version of herself who didn’t
wield an axe of some sort. And speaking
of her team, it was the strangest that she had ever been a part of, making her
wonder if the summoner had truly lost his mind after his nightmare.
Hana, a samurai from Hoshido was
there, brandishing a large sword, but standing next to her was a brash redhead
with her hair in pigtails. She insisted
on being called, “Selena,” and their dialogue suggested this team didn’t have
firm legs to stand on. “Move your fat
ass, you Hoshidan Hippo!” snorted Selena.
“If anything, I’m underweight,
you nasty Nohrian!” replied Hana. “When you’re
defending the beautiful Princess Hinoka, you must be in tip-top shape.”
“Hinoka’s a flat-chested loser
with no personality, Camilla calls me her ‘little fireball.’” Replied Selena
with a snort.
“Probably because you’ll burn the
place down, you hothead!” shouted Hana.
“You want to get in a duel, right
here, right now?!” barked back Selena.
“Children, children, please, save
your brutality for our opponents.” Said an older voice as two women in bikinis
appeared on the battlefield. Which
brought Edelgard to the worst part about this team. Ordinarily, a team with Byleth would be a
dream come true, but this wasn’t her wife.
This was a Byleth she met in the Beach realms and she came with a
fighting partner. And back home, this
fighting partner created the society responsible for the scars hidden under
Edelgard’s armor. Back home, this was
the beast she and Byleth put down with their weapons for a free Fodlan. This was Rhea, and no matter how kind her
smile, how soft her curves, seeing her mad Edelgard angry and seeing her touch
HER WIFE made her FURIOUS! “Hi, Edie,
glad you could join us!” smiled Rhea.
Edelgard took off her armor on her left arm, revealing scars from the
scalpels when she was a child.
“Your sick obsession with crests
did that.” She stated angrily. “My uncle
wanted to know what happens if someone gets two. ALL THEIR SIBLINGS DIE AND I HAVE TO REMEMBER
THEIR PAIN FOREVER, YOU WITCH!” Rhea
frowned.
“I’m sorry. I’m not the Rhea you know, I didn’t create
that society, but I don’t blame you for being mad.” She said. “Can you turn your rage towards our
opponents, I want to help you today.”
Edelgard paused, putting her armor back.
She had already teamed with Mercedes and Annette in these realms, why
not even Rhea if she was willing?
“All right, but no tricks.” She
said. Edelgard headed to Lyn and
Florina, their shurikens harmlessly bouncing off her armor before she clobbered
them with her axe, defeating them.
Lavaetin hit Rhea and Byleth with a Shuriken, but Byleth got her feet
wet with seawater before a light from the sky knocked out the lava
princess. Hana faced her counterpart,
doing respectable damage with her sword, but was no match for her four ninja
axes. Zihark also took out Selena.
“Which one should we go for?”
asked Rhea.
“I always relied on Byleth’s
strategy, she’s the best tactitian I’ve ever met.” Replied Edelgard.
“Rhea and I will go after Hana,
you pursue Zihark, Selena didn’t damage him as much and you deal more damage.”
Said Byleth. Edelgard nodded, smashing
the ninja with her ax while Byleth and Rhea used the same attack as before to
defeat Hana. “We won!” smiled Byleth.
“It may take me some time to
fully trust you, Rhea,” began Edelgard.
“But this was a good first step.”
“I’m glad to hear that. You don’t live in my realm, so you don’t need
to worry about your autonomy.” Smiled Rhea.
“I’m not, I just wish it was
summer back home so my Byleth and I could wear bikinis.” Smiled back Edelgard.
“You could come visit!” offered
Byleth.
“I’ll pass, no offense, but two
identical Byleths might be confusing.” Edelgard Admitted. Rhea and Byleth giggled at that. Edelgard felt less tense as she reappeared in
her Castle, relaxing in a comfy chair as Byleth came over.
“Good day at Askr?” she asked.
“Better than I expected.” Was all
Edelgard said in response.
The End
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