I look over the documents with my best friend Chrom. "The terms sound favorable, but…" I start off, then notice he is giving me a rather strange look, "What?"
He smiles and shakes his head, "Sorry, I'm still getting over the fact you're back."
Right, I vanished in a mist of purple flames after killing Grima, only to return about six months later, "Chrom, you've had over a year to adjust to that."
"I know, it's just… you seemed like you just faded from existence, and the only things that showed you were with us were the memories we made... along with your family." He flinched when he brought up memories.
"Don't worry, I'm here to stay," I clear my throat, "Now, about these…" I was about to continue when the door all but slammed open, my daughter Severa is wearing a frown, much more intense than usual. "Is something wrong?"
"Damn straight there's something wrong!" She all but snarls, "There is this creep here claiming to be my husband and I can't get him to leave!"
I share a quick glance with Chrom, "I'll get Frederick." The Exalt says.
I shake my head, "Have him get Cordelia, I'll deal with this… man." I have a dangerous glint in my eyes, the type of cold glare I save for my enemies, "Where is he? No one causes my family distress."
For a half-second I see her beautiful smirk, the only thing that remotely says she my daughter. "This way." The frown returns just as fast. I over hear Chrom giving his retainer instructions, but it is background noise to me. Severa stops at the courtyard, "Him!" She points at a dark-red hair man with the armor of a… Pegasus Knight? Morgan stands on the opposite side of the courtyard.
'Men can't be Pegasus Knights… so he is twice as delusional, one for claiming to be my daughter's wife and another for thinking he can be a Pegasus Knight.' I nod, "I got this."
"Teach him a lesson." I hear her mutter.
I don't recognize the man's armor, but in that moment, it doesn't matter. I flash an insincere smile, "Hello, sir. May I ask who you are?" There is a venomous undertone in my voice that I don't bother to hide.
"Greetings, my name is Subaki." He nervously smiles. "May I ask…"
"No, you may not." The smile is quickly exchanged with a frown that would match my daughter's, "I will be asking the questions here. Who are you to claim to be my daughter's husband?" I hear Morgan shuffle closer, clearly interested in how I am going to handle this man.
He frowns, "I am not claiming, I am her husband. We are visiting from Hoshido."
'Where? No, never mind this man is obviously…' I shake my head, "Listen, I don't know what sort of deranged mentality you have that makes you believe such a ridiculous lie, but I will tell you this. If you cause my daughter such distress again, I will find a way to get you thrown into jail." My glare doubles as an aura of magic surrounds me, "And trust me, not only will I find a way, but it will be a long sentence."
"Daughter? Wait, you're…"
"Don't change the subject." I point towards the exit, "Leave, before I actually get angry." I pull out my trusty Thoron tome, "Or I will fry your ass."
"Hold." Frederick returns, "There seems to be an… issue." He enters alone.
"Is Cordelia out?"
"What the hell!?" I hear my daughter yell.
"Gods!" My wife soon follows.
I turn and see… I rub my eyes and look again, "What? Severa? Two Severas? Did our daughter get a growth spurt?" I look at Cordelia, then see, "And two Cordelias?! Gods, I must be the one with a mental problem, Frederick, please tell me I am seeing double." I must have spent too much time on reading.
"I'm afraid not, Robin." He shakes his head, "I was hoping you would have some… insight on this."
"Father!" The other Cordelia runs towards Subaki.
"Gods, when I get my hands on that one Anna." The other Severa goes towards Subaki.
"Father, what is going on?" Morgan approaches me.
"This is just…" My Cordelia shakes her head as she walks towards me and grabs my hand, I gently squeeze it.
"I don't even…" My Severa gets closer, but stays a few inches further away.
And everyone is looking at me. "Guys, I know I am considered smart, but I'm not all-knowing." Then my brain catches that one tidbit, "Wait, Severa… the one that is with Subaki. What do you mean 'That one Anna'?"
Now all eyes are on other-Severa. She sighs, "Just… call me Selena." She starts, "Listen, I left with Owain and Inigo to help out a guy named Anankos and didn't bother telling anyone else. We finished the mission over in Valla, I fell in…" She pauses, "The point is, the Anna over there told me she could send my family and I back to Ylisse, and I decided to show them around."
"So… you are an alternate version of my sister?" Morgan's eyes light up.
"You left without telling me?!" Cordelia asks before regaining her composure, "No wait, you will leave? Or…" I understand her confusion. "Are you a future version of my future daughter? I mean…" Words fail her.
"What is with all the…" Lucina enters while carrying the baby-Severa. "Um…" Her eyes scan the room. 'Great, now there are three Severas…'
An awkward silence follows, but it is my wife who speaks up again as her eyes glisten with tears, "You… gods, I don't care if you are an alternate version. Why would you just leave without telling me? The other me?"
"Perhaps we should talk this out… over some tea?" Frederick offers.
"Yea…" Both Severas, 'No wait, one of them is Selena,' respond at once, then glare at each other.
'Why is it that the weirdest things happen to the Shepherds?' I shake my head as I mentally prepare myself for what has to be the most confusing situation I have ever found myself in.