"Come home already you damn dragon! No, not Fae!" Times like these are when he wanted to throw his phone at the wall. As much as he loved Fire Emblem Heroes, the gacha summoning feature was something he didn't enjoy. Honestly, who liked leaving things to chance? Gamblers, he figured. He was glad he wasn't one. "Alright, one more time. Come on green... Yes, three greens!"

One disappointment later...

He wanted to cry. Well, not really. That'd just be sad. "That's not Grima." Stupid 5-Star Amelia. He didn't care that this was his first Amelia, he wanted that Fallen Robin already. He sighed in defeat, summoned on the remaining two orbs (Peri and Gordin), and checked his remaining orbs. Seven orbs left. Seven does not equal twenty, he expertly deduced with his advanced mathematical prowess. Now, how to get thirteen orbs? Chain Challenge and Squad Assault were the only reasonable options left. Now if only he had the teams to actually beat some of those Lunatic maps. He had a handful of five stars, but was still uncertain if he could get clear those maps.

Eh, just keep playing until he found a way to win, he decided. Brute force was often the answer. To be fair, it worked for him so far. Those cleared maps proved it.

He lied on his bed and continued playing the game.

Until a blue light caught his attention. "Huh?" He looked around and saw the blue light surrounding his entire body. It shone brighter until it completely enveloped his body. "What the f-" He decided too late to jump out of bed and he disappeared entirely from his room.

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"Oooh!... -here? Then... -lly worked?-" Who was that? Why was it so brig-

"AH!" He shielded his eyes. He could still faintly see the light, so he kept his hands to his face. It took a moment for the light to die down, but he put his arms down once it did. His vision adjusted, and he found the source. Standing a bit away in front of him was a redheaded (with literal red hair) woman wearing gold and white armor, along with a cape, carrying an axe in her left hand and something (he couldn't tell just yet) in the other. He recognized the woman after a second.

Anna! That's Anna from Fire Emblem Heroes! He stared at her with wide eyes and he couldn't find it in himself to say anything. He questioned to himself what exactly was going on. First a mysterious light decided to kidnap him and now he was staring at a Fire Emblem character. What happened?

"Oh Great Hero from another world!" He realized that Anna was now standing, or rather kneeling directly in front of him. "Thou hast come so far to fulfill your role in our legend. For our kingdom now stands on the very brink of ruin, and thou... And thou..." He saw Anna was looking at him, just staring at him.

"Uh, what?" He asked weakly, still in shock of the situation.

"Hold on. Are you really our Great Hero? You don't look like the thee-and-thou type?" Anna questioned with a doubtful frown.

"I'll give you that one." He examined himself. A simple white shirt, black pants, and black sneakers didn't really scream royalty or whatever was considered a "Great Hero" or whatever. He looked back to Anna, and suddenly his thoughts made a connection. "Anna, are we in Askr?"

"Huh? How'd you know?" Anna had narrowed her eyes. Crap, how was he going to explain? "I never told you my name or where we ar-"

"FOUND YOU!" The two turned to see an axe fighter running towards them, clearly ready to cut them (or at least Anna) down.

"Drat! How did one of those Emblians get here already?" Anna forced the item in her right hand onto him and gripped her own axe with both hands. "Stand back and don't go anywhere! I'll take care of him somehow!" She ran towards the enemy and engaged combat. He turned his focus on item in his hands. Both of them actually.

"My phone?" He didn't realize that he was still holding onto it when he was summoned here. He examined the other item. It looked like a slightly more complex white and gold handgun. "The Brei... thing." How was it pronounced? Still, it basically confirmed his thoughts.

Somehow, he was in Fire Emblem Heroes.

The sound of metal hit his ears. He turned his head to see Anna and the axe fighter now actually fighting each other. Without thinking, he pocketed his phone, held on to the gun, and ran towards the fight. He took the time to notice his surroundings as he ran, and found that he and Anna were in a temple. He turned back to the fight and watched the two axe wielders swing their weapons at, the blades hitting as they kept trying to kill the other. That's when he realized something important. "Oh crap, I don't have any weapons." He stopped a fair distance away and watched, waiting for an openi-

And it's over. Anna swung the blood off from her axe, with some drops landing on the axe fighter's slashed chest. "Whew! He's taken care of him!"

"Yep." Anna instantly turned around, axe ready to strike. He raised his hands (half) jokingly. "Don't kill me."

"Oh, it's you." Anna lowered her weapon. "Didn't I tell you to stay put?"

"Thought I could help somehow. Guess you didn't need it."

"I'm not the commander of the Order of Heroes for nothing," Anna stated with a somewhat smug grin. Then, she dropped it for an interrogating face. "Now, I have to ask. How'd you know about Askr and how did you know who I am?"

Aw crap, he thought. He was hoping she'd forget. How should he answer? He didn't want to sound more suspicious. He needed to plan out his next words.

Or wing it. "I met one of your sisters." Easy part done. "And I kind of had a feeling I would be here sooner or later." Try never actually.

"You knew you would be here? Are you some kind of seer or prophet?" Anna questioned. Guess she accepted the sisters answer.

"No, but the real answer is going to be too long to explain, so let's just say yes." Anna still looked at him with suspicion, not satisfied with the answer. He sighed. "Look, doubt me all you want. Just know that I'm going to be helping you out from now on. You're fighting Embla, right?" He raised the "gun" in his hand. "I'll join you."

Anna looked a bit surprised by his declaration. Soon, she relaxed slightly and chuckled. "I won't turn down free help. Welcome aboard." The two nodded to each other. "By the way, what's your name? I'm Anna, but you knew that."

"Kiran." Might as well go with that default name.

"Got it. I'll be relying on you Kiran." Yeah, relying on a guy with no fighting experience to lead the soon-to-be Askr army of Heroes to victory. No pressure. "What do you know of our situation?"

"Embla's "recruited" Heroes from a bunch of different worlds, and you guys are freeing them," Kiran remembered.

Anna nodded. "Right. We in the Order of Heroes believe that Heroes should live free. Our enemies, however, enslave them - the fiends. This realm has gateways to the worlds where Heroes come from. Have you heard of the World of Awakening? How about the World of Birthright? Or the World of Conquest?"

"I'm familiar with them." And Revelations (Was there a world for that here?). That's where the list of games he played ended though. Unless FEH counted.

"Well, there are so many more!" Anna pointed a finger at Kiran. She frowned grimly, her finger now on her chin. "We don't know how many Heroes the Emblian Empire has, but we have to free them all, and fast. The Emblian Empire will soon invade Askr."

Kiran "hmm'd" in acknowledgment. He raised a clenched fist. "Then we better get going." Anna agreed with a nod. Kiran then looked at the "gun." "Now, how do I make this Brei-thing work?" He didn't have any orbs on hand.

"The Breidablik," Anna corrected. "That's the name of the divine relic. It fires something out of it, according to legend, but Breidablik doesn't look like any bow I've ever seen. The legend also calls it "the true key", which, if raised high, will summon the Great Hero who can fire it. I was desperate for help, so I performed the summoning ritual like the legend said, and now you're here." Kiran nodded at the explanation. Still, he didn't have any orbs. Actually, the first summon is always free, so maybe that logic applied here too? Maybe? "So it's all yours now. Hopefully you can figure out how to-"

"THERE SHE IS! GET HER!" Kiran and Anna turned to the noise and saw two Emblian soldiers, another axe fighter and an archer.

"Drat. More of those Emblian soldiers. I can't defeat them all by myself, and you're not equipped to help me." Anna gripped her axe and lightly pushed Kiran back. "You run while I hold them off. Take Breidablik and get out of here, Kiran!"

The Summoner shook his head and stepped beside the commander, Breidablik pointed at the soldiers. "I'm helping out."

"No, I won't let you get hurt! The Order of Heroes needs you alive!"

"I'm helping. Besides, I won't be fighting." If he remembered right, then Kiran was suppose to summon Virion to assist Anna. Still, how was he supposed to do that again?

"What do you mean?" Suddenly, Breidablik began to shine. Oh, that's how. Wait for it to do something and pull the trigger. Kiran did just that and smiled with anticipation. "What's that?! That bright light, coming from-" A ball of light shot out of the relic, traveled a few feet, and transformed into a blue portal. Kiran, Anna, and the Emblian soldiers stopped and stared at the summoning portal, and it was not too long before a man jumped out, landing on his feet, and the portal disappeared.

It was silent before Anna asked in disbelief, "How'd you do that? You summoned a Hero, Kiran! You just picked up Breidablik, and you're already able to use it!"

"Beginner's luck?" Kiran shrugged. More like plot he thought. He looked at the summoned Vir-

Virion didn't have white hair. Nor that familiar Plegian robe. "Robin?!" How did he summon the Shepherds' tactician? That wasn't how it was supposed to go, according to the story. Wasn't the "archerest of archers" Virion suppose to be the Summoner's first summon?

At the call of his name, the tactician turned his head slightly. "Robin?" He turned around fully to face Kiran and Anna. He had a odd smile on his face and his eyes were closed. When he opened them, Kiran noticed that they were shining red. "I am the wings of despair. I am the breath of ruin." A sinister purple aura emitted from "Robin." Kiran gasped, and he could feel his mind almost shutting down. His body was still and he felt cold. He could feel the sweat starting to trail down his face. A single thought was left in his head as he stared at the Fallen Robin.

Shit.

"I am the fell dragon, Grima. Pay me the respect I am due, and I promise you a painless death."

Omake

It was silent before Anna asked in disbelief, "How'd you do that? You summoned a Hero, Summoner! You just picked up Breidablik, and you're already able to use it!"

"Beginner's luck?" Kiran shrugged. More like plot he thought. He looked at the summoned Vir-

"I am Odin Dark," a blonde dramatically announced. "Mage of Nohr! Twilight trav-"

In a flash, he was gone, and he seemingly dissolved into paltry amount of feathers.

"What just happened?" Anna cried out in shock.

"I sent him home," was Kiran's dull response, Breidablik pointed where Odin was.

"Why?! He could've helped!"

"Habit," Kiran halfheartedly said. "And honestly, you're better off without him."