//------------------------------// // First Encounter // Story: Fire Emblem: Waking in a New World // by Bishibosh the Shaman //------------------------------// Fire Emblem: Waking in a New World Chapter Two Twilight laid out on the soft grass with her friends, a long day of preparing for a long night. She couldn't remember the last time her friends had just had fun together, the campfire stories and songs still rang in her ears softly and the s'mores sat in her full tummy. Now they all laid there staring into the night sky, searching the blank void for the different constellations. "Is that one? I think I saw it move!" Pinkie asked, fighting the boredom of star gazing. "I didn't see anything move Pinkie," Twilight said, still staring at the sky. "But I saw it! It totally floated across the sky! I bet it was..." Pinkie shot up from the ground and stood in front of her friends as she lowered her voice to a spooky low tone. "Our visitors..." Rainbow burst into laughter as she heard Pinkie's claim. "Pinkie Pie, I think the we would know if we were getting visitors." "Yes, quite darling. Why don;t you lay back down and relax like the rest of us?" Rarity smirked as she lay on her cushioned mat. "But I know they are coming! I had twitchy-twitch-a-twitch in my... Oh!" Pinkie gasped as a lightning bug landed on her nose. It unfolded it's wings and let out a soft yellow glow. Twilight felt a smirk coming as she noticed the bug on her friends nose. "Looks like your visitors weren't quite from another world like you thought." "Um Twilight... do stars get bigger?" Fluttershy softly asked, staring into the night sky. "Well, over time they can. Why do you ask?" Twilight asked, smiling that her friends seemed interested in stars. "Well... that one is... getting really... big..." All six ponies watched in awe as a white dot appeared in the night sky. It stretched out into a bright line and unfolded into what looked like a huge eye. The pupil seemed to stare into each ponies mind. They all stood silent, well until... "LOOK AT THAT! IT'S SO BIG AND GOOGLY!" Pinkie shouted as she bounced towards the eye. "Pinkie wait!" Twilight shouted back, but her friend was already down the hill. "HI THERE BIG EYE BALL THING! I'M PINKIE PIE AND I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO WOAH!" Pinkie's tail began to twitch uncontrollably, causing her to rush back up the hill. "Girls! I went to go see the giant eyeball thing and the wierdest thing happened! My tail twitched! But I didn't see anything fall and... whats wrong, is something spooky behind me?" "Uh Pinkie...I think our visitors are here..." The six ponies backed up the hill as dark blots came crashing down from the eye. The creatures shambled to their two feet, in their hands were a variety of weapons. Some held axes, others swords, and more fell from behind with bows. Twilight acted fast as she lept to the front of the group, Applejack and Rainbow joining her. The creatures advanced on their position. The light of the warp flashed in each of the humans eyes, landing on the soft ground. Chrom checked around to make sure they were all there. All nine of his friends were accounted for, and not a moment too soon. Dan grabbed his shoulder and pointed towards a hill. "Chrom, more of the pony people, and look what's closing in on them." Dan watched as the ponies defended their hill. One of the flying ponies was making assaults on the lines while the others focused on defending their friends. He had to admire it's bravery, but flinched as he watched it fall from the air. Probably hit with an arrow. "One's hurt!" "We need to get down there fast, Shepards, Attack!" Chrom raised Falchion in front of him, signifying the charge. From behind him came his army. Priam and Donnel charged in first as they were followed by Nowi and Maribelle, both riding on Maribelles horse. Behind them Morgan and Noire took position on a nearby boulder, showering the risen with magic and arrows. "Look out sis!" Morgan shouted as flame erupted from the ground, incinerating a risen fighter that droped next to Noire. "I can't believe they would attack such adorable creatures like this... THEY WILL FEEL MY WRATH! BLOOD AND THUNDER!" Noire screamed as her alter ego took over. "Adda girl sis, you show em." Morgan chuckled as she charred another risen approaching their position. Mirabelle reared her steed as a risen swordsman swung, he barely clipped the strap holding her armor on. Nowi lept off the horse at the rear, clenching her dragon stone. In a flash of light, the small frame formed a massive dragon and engulfed the swordsman in flame. Mirabelle noted the ponies up top the hill. "Nowi, be a dear and clean up these disgusting creatures for me. I fear our friends need my aid." Maribelle scoffed as she spurred her steed through the battlefield. "Yeah! Nobody gettin passed Nowi!" The manakete enthusiastically shouted as she flayed another risen. The risen themselves were successfully flanked on both ends as Donnel and Priam pushed them away from the ponies, slaying a good few as they pushed them towards the bulk of their army. The two heros then blocked off the path to the ponies blocking all attackers. "You should put more force in your attacks. Remember, your blade is an extension of your arm. It is part of you!" Priam instructed as he fell two attackers. "An... extension... of... my... Ah ain't never heard it put that way before." Donnel commented as he blocked a blow with his shield. "Just pretend it's a really long finger and smack things with it!" Priam laughed as he knocked a risen in the face with his shield. "You mean... like this?" Donnel asked as he shot his sword arm out and cleaved through two risen. "Something like that." Priam chuckled, impressed by the farmer's ability. Chrom and Lucina took position square in the middle with Dan and Nowi who were dealing with advancing risen with magic and dragons flame. The twin Falchions slicing all that came within reach. "Remember that trick I showed you? The cool one." Chrom asked as he slashed down on an approaching risen. "Yeah, are we doing it now?" Lucina responded as she also slew another risen. "Worth a shot!" Chrom backed to Lucina and tilted Falchion down towards the ground. Lucina followed up by flipping over her fathers back and slicing down a risen in front. Chrom used the leverage and his extra weight to smash Falchion into the ground, crushing two more risen approaching. Maribelle approached the hill, scorching risen along the way. As she reached the top of the hill she saw the group of five ponies gathered in a circle. Huddling for protection. "Are any of you hurt? I have healing magic with me, don't fret" She stated, receiving blank stares of disbelief. She had thought they couldn't understand her until the purple one spoke. Twilight charged her horn as the creatures approached. She thought about warning them but by their dead expressions she figured it wouldn't work. Instead she blasted the ground beneath them hoping to startle them. They remained unphased. She usually didn't enjoy resorting to violence but these things were dead bound to attack. She blasted one with her magic and it flew back. She watched as it shambled it's way back to it's feet. She didn't know what else to do. Applejack had already bucked one who got too close, but with similar results. Rainbow even took to the skies to dive bomb a few, still ineffective. What were these things? They were unreal, like a nightmare. "Twilight look!" Rarity exclaimed as a group of bright lights amassed on the opposite side of the field. Ten or so more bipedal creatures, the light revealed weapons and armor but the darkness shrouded them. They looked just like the creatures attacking. Twilight was charging another burst of magic when she noticed more monsters fall from the eye. The eye closed, but she was focused on the new monsters, they pulled out bows and pulled arrows. She saw the angle of the arrows and let out a terrible shout. "RAINBOW GET DOWN!" Before the pegasus could react, an arrow pierced one of her wings, sending her to the ground. Luckily she was flying towards them and only crashed a few meters away from the group. The five ponies moved over to defend their wounded friend. Fluttershy hugged to the back, too terrified to deal with the fight. Twilight looked back up in time to see the monsters with bows fall to the ground in a burst of smoke. Arrows planted in the ground where the monsters heads would have landed. She watched as the lumbering monsters were cleaved in two by two larger shadowed creatures. The monsters retreated towards the field where Twilight saw a display of flashing lights slicing and cutting any monsters who got close enough. Those farther away were consumed by fire from nowhere. She was about to turn to her friend when a massive pony rode towards them, one of the creatures on it's back. The creature spoke. "Are any of you hurt? I have healing magic with me, don't fret?" It said with a refined feminine accent, the six ponies stood there speechless for a few seconds before Twilight approached. "My friend, Rainbow, she is hurt." "Don't worry darling, I will take care of her." The creature said as she climbed down from the pony. "Rainbow, such a lovely name. You may call me Maribelle." She said as she held her staff out. Magic shone from it's head and covered Rainbow in light. After a few seconds in the light, Rainbow got up and shook her head. "I... I feel... great! What was that?" Rainbow asked. "Just a little healing magic, It's kind of what I do." Maribelle said as she remounted her steed and pulled a book from it's saddle bag. "Now be the adorable darlings you are and keep your heads down. A lady has work to do." The ponies watch as Maribelle covered the field ahead in flames, killing any remaining monsters climbing the hill. The battle lasted only a few minutes more before the creatures cleared out the monsters. Twilight and her friends stood behind Maribelle as they watched two others approach. One was tall, with a long elegant sword. The other shorter, in a robe with a book. Twilight still felt uncomfortable.