[Assassination of Queen Elincia]

Thanks. I'll be continuing this at the weekend, as soon as I've mapped out how the next few chapters are going to play out. (:

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Dear Most Boring Name in the World,

Wahaha, I am Waha Kife. You may only refer to me as Waha Kife. If you call me anything but Waha Kife, you will be seriously punished. I mean seriously. This is not an empty threat. Also, don't quote me without changing the title of the quote to Waha Kife. Waha Kife. You better not leave or I will haunt you IRL. Seriously, not kidding. Anyway, enjoy your stay. You better...

With these tough economic times, you might want to consider using a Knife for protection instead of a Gun. You can conceal Knives easier and they are more lethal at close range. Unless you got a Gun to someone's head. Why am I capitalizing Gun and Knife? Just cuz. Is this paragraph relevant to the introduction? Shut up, you ask too many questions.

There are many dicks on this forum. Not the kinds that would be appealing to females or homosexual men. Many were weeded out by the travel back in time. Oh yeah, the forum is actually 3 months older than it appears. That's cuz of a bug that caused the site to have amnesia. I think. The forums reopened up in early January 2008, although it was open like 2 months before that. Somebody had server payment issues.

Call me Waha Kife. I know I said this already, but people still seem to call me by my screen name. Only people on my list can call me Knife. My list is in the "about me" section of my profile. You can still apply to be on the list, but remember to call me Waha Kife.

I've been here longer than 2 years (with a bunch of breaks in between), so respect mah senioritay. I never really did much. Oh yeah, I helped kick start a Fire Emblem fangame based on users on this site. I disappeared for 2 months and people assumed I was dead. I helped a lot of users get banned. Hell, I don't know why they still keep me here.

Why don't I change my display name to Waha Kife? Why don't you shut up? What? You never asked me? Bullshit, I can read your mind. I know your deepest fears. Like I said, if you go inactive, I will come for you IRL. Only I can do that. How come? Again, you ask too many questions (even though you didn't ask them).

Now I must end this rant, because you probably stopped caring about whatever I said. What was the point of writing this message? To test you. If you skipped everything, you can go fuck yourself. But if you took the time to read this, maybe we can be friends and maybe you could call me Knife. But whatever you do, don't get on my bad side or you will receive Waha Punishment™.

What is Waha Punishment™? You don't want to find out. The last guy who received Waha Punishment™ didn't post for an entire day. A week later, he got banned. Surely you do not want to suffer the same fate (or do you?)...

Damn, your name and intro post are so boring that I have no extra comment to add.

Signed,

Waha Kife

Thank you. I shall consider your words deeply.

To everybody else, thanks for welcomin g me too xD My favourite Fire Emblem character...I don't have one. I love many of them. But I suppose that I like the Greil Mercenaries as a collective more than anybody else, and in that group, my favourite is Rhys!

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Thanks for the warm welcome so far guys!

[Assassination of Queen Elincia]

You were right, it was very choppy and I hadn't realised until I gave it a thorough reading over. You'd think that being an English student I'd do that anyway but I guess I was excited to just get it out there.

Anyways, I've changed it up a little bit and hope it makes more sense now. Thanks for the kind criticism.

[Assassination of Queen Elincia]

My very first Fire Emblem fanfiction. Hope you guys enjoy, feel free to leave feedback here. :) Shall be updating this probably every 3 days or so, as I am juggling it with other stories and school work. Without further ado, sit back, and (hopefully) enjoy!

Assassination of Queen Elincia

Prologue

It was over.

It was all over.

How we were meant to anticipate the attack, I would never know. Like every winter night, Boyd and I had gone to bed four hours after darkness had set in, to get a good night's rest before the working day ahead. Titania was away, so we'd went to bed even earlier than usual. It meant we were more tired. We couldn't have picked a worse day.

When the night was its coldest, the first window smashed. My eyes jerked open and my head rose from Boyd's warm chest. I panicked when I saw the orange glow.

"Boyd, wake up. We're being attacked."

I was twenty two years of age, so I was no stranger to invasion. Although, this was the first time somebody had used fire against us.

"Boyd. Wake up."

"Mist, please, five more minut-"

Against my own will, I let out a squeal, as a dozen sticks of flaming wood flew through the cracked glass window and let our room on fire. Boyd didn't need his five minutes anymore; he flew right off the bed, grabbed his axe and ran into the main fort.

"Mist, get Florete, outside, run!"

I followed orders quickly and silently. I hadn't absorbed the fact that we were being hunted. On my way to the armoury, I saw Boyd take on three men wearing animal masks. I grabbed Florete, the only sword built for me, when I was grabbed from behind.

"No, you don't!" I scolded, thanking Ashunera for my hard head, as I rammed my skull into his neck. With this moment of weakness, I twisted round and punched my attacker square in the jaw. Quickly, I snatched a bag of necessities from the shelf and turned into the mess hall to help my husband.

The mess hall was empty.

Apart from the flames creeping from every window, it was dark and lonely. I knew that as soon as I left through one of the main exits of the fort, I'd be dead meat. Before he left, Ike had weakened some of the bricks to allow for easy escapes. On the far corner of the mess hall was a set of bricks that he had worn down enough so as not to affect the structure, but weak enough for me to kick through. I knew my foot would bruise, but I needed a sneaky escape. Clearing some of the bricks, I found myself in the stables.

"Mist, where are you?" Boyd called with urgency. I grabbed my horse and rode into the field surrounding the fort. She was getting older and weaker. Over in the distance, my husband's head was being covered with a large black sack. Five men were attacking his body. Before I could do anything, he fell to the ground.

"Get him out of here!" One of the men barked. "And find the sister of Ike!"

"She's right here!"

I turned my horse around and let out another shameful squeal as burning wood was thrown at me. Luckily, I managed to jump off my horse in time, rolling across the ground and keeping a good grip on Florete. I had two choices; get to Boyd or escape. If I went for Boyd, I could do nothing about the savages who had stolen his axe, and also raided our armoury as well; I could see Mia's old sword being held like a prize by a rather tall, dumb looking man. No, I couldn't go for Boyd, and he would never forgive me. I launched myself into the small forest of trees around the fort, and darted off. I dared to shoot a glance back. These raiders meant business. My horse was writhing on the floor. Shot down with a powerful crossbow. I bit my lip to stop myself from wailing, and carried on.

Within seconds I was on the other side, in a small grazing field for the cows. Through another line of trees, my eyes made out the small outline of the old schoolhouse Rhys had used his wages to build. I contemplated hiding in it, before mentally hitting myself.

Beyond that was a large sea of trees, and with that, the undergrowth. Once again, I thanked Ashunera for my strong legs and athletic body, which let me spring into the under and navigate through quickly. For a strange reason, I thought about the last time we had been raided, only six months ago.

Ike, the leader of our small crew, had charged head on into the three dozen fools, attacking relentlessly. He was of no use to me right now; he had left Crimea for lands unknown.

Soren had barked orders before hiding behind Gatrie and tossing wind spells at the enemy. Right now, Soren was with Ike, and Gatrie was wasting away in a bar in Melior. He visited us maybe once a month. Usually in the hopes of finding a job, so he could get paid, and return to Melior where he'd drink himself sick again.

Shinon and Rolf had climbed onto the roof of the fort where they rained arrow after arrow onto the unsuspecting idiots. I knew that if Shinon's plans had worked out right, he would be in Daein right now, raining arrows down on the rebels that were rising there.

Rolf was probably being paid by a corrupt lord to fire them right back at him from the opposite side.

That night, Titania and Oscar had no time to grab their horses, so they had charged right behind Ike, reminding us that they were strong with or without horse. Still to th is day, Titania was with us, but in body only. Her mind was always with my father's grave, in Gallia. Oscar was working for Elincia now.

Finally, I thought of Rhys, poor, nervous Rhys...he'd grabbed Mia in a surprise act of passion, kissed her, before following instructions and darting into the sea of trees where he'd ambush the enemy with light magic. During her fight with those raiders, Mia came to a sudden realisation and fought harder than ever before.

A month after that raid, Mia and Rhys were wed.

I was alone that night. I'd twisted my ankle mere minutes before, and I was useless. Ike ordered me to hide out in the armoury. Boyd wasn't with us; he'd been on another job, and when he returned, he held me like never before. He said he never wanted to lose me. Before long, there were two married couples in the Greil Mercenaries.

That was the past, and this is now.

'Mia is missing in action', I told myself, 'and Rhys never came back from searching for her. Boyd isn't going to hold you this time.'

Whoever these guys were...this time, they had got the best of us. I needed a plan.

I'd go to Oscar in Melior, tell him of the situation and request Elincia's aid. If that failed, I'd seek down Gatrie and demand he helped. Yes, that was my plan. Just get to Melior before these savages found me and burned me alive like they did my horse.

I ran for three straight days, before I got to Melior.

And what I saw there was far, far, worse.

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Hello, my name is Drew and in case you couldn't tell I am new to these forums. I have stalked for long enough so I thought I best register. :D

I have been playing Fire Emblem games for around two years now. First game was Path of Radiance. Since then, I have also played and completed Radiant Dawn, Blazing Sword, Sword of Seals and Sacred Stones. Have played, but not completed, Shadow Dragon. I mainly write fanfiction but will obviously contribute to topics that interest me. Hope I enjoy myself here!