Tides of Fate: A Fire Emblem Awakening

Fan fiction

Prologue: A Horrific Scene.

"How much longer must this battle rage on?" Robin thought as his best friend and current ruler of Ylisse, Chrom, faced off against Validar, Dark Sorcerer and King of Plegia. For every sword swing Chrom threw against Validar, the evil King countered with a shield of his own dark magic, known as Grima's Truth. Robin prepared a blast of his own magic, the powerful Thoron, when he noticed that Chrom had been knocked back several feet. Validar laughed as he prepared a ball of dark energy. "Chrom, no" Robin exclaimed as he threw his magic bolt at Validar. Validar barely had time to sidestep out of the way before a look of pure terror and spread across his face as Chrom ran through his torso with his blade.

Validar slumped down in defeat as Chrom sheathed Falchion, the legendary blade wielded by Marth, the Hero-King, 1000 years ago to end a war spanning several continents. Before Chrom could relax however, Validar rose up, screaming "This isn't over, DAMN you both to HELL!" as he fired a dark magic sphere straight at Chrom. Before Robin could even think about moving, he pushed his friend out of the way, taking the full power of the dark magic himself. The King of Ylisse helped his friend back up, stating" Thanks friend, I could have been killed if not for you. That's the end of him."

All of a sudden, however, as if out of nowhere, Robin felt a dark power in his head. "Now's your chance, kill the King!" The dark voice screeched, as Robin attempted to gain control. "No I won't, get out of my head!" The dark voice growled in anger. "If you're too afraid to strike your friend down, then I will!", as the dark power took over Robin's body. "Robin, what's wrong? Hang on I'll-, as Chrom said these words, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, like a needle but much worse. He looked down and saw a Lightning bolt lodged in his ribcage. Robin could only watch in horror as his friend utter these words:"This isn't your…fault. Please…promise me you'll…escape from this wretched place. Now…go." Chrom then fell down, his breathing ceasing, as Robin cried in anguish, a dark and cruel laugh heard faintly in the background.

All faded to black…

End of Prologue