//------------------------------// // New Friends // Story: Fire Emblem: Waking in a New World // by Bishibosh the Shaman //------------------------------// Fire Emblem: Waking in a New World Chapter Five Twin blades clashed, the sparks lit the air in small flames. One blade lept into the air, and lunged at it's counterpart who in return twisted around the lunge and followed with a stunning riposte. The blade went flying in the air, but caught by it's master's hand mid fall. As blade and master fell down upon the opponent, both blades glowed with yellow and black lights. They collided and resulted in a minor blast. Only one blade stayed in master's hand. Lucina picked herself off the ground, retrieving her Falchion. Her Father and her always trained hard, resulting in what could be mistaken as a grudge match. She chuckled to herself, she would never be able to hold a grudge against her father even if he was the same age. Chrom now stood above her and reached out his hand. "Impressive display, you had me worried with that Aether" Chrom commended. "But it was far from perfect form, you let your guard drop in mid air. Any archers would have taken advantage of the gap in your defense." "I apologize father..." Lucina said. "Don't apologize to me, be grateful that you don't get that sloppy in the field." "I only get that way when we are sparring, you have no need to worry about my defenses in battle." "I know, I would kill for a chance to fight someone of your skills in real combat." Chrom laughed. Lucina smiled but did not agree with her father. She had no intentions on fighting him in real combat. A bout this time she noticed they had a single pony audience. A cyan mare pegasus flew above the sparring ground her father and her shared. She seemed mesmerized by their style. Lucina waved at the pegasus for her to descend. She did. As she got closer, Lucina recognized the rainbow mane and tail as the one who was with the group of ponies they saved. Finally they were within talking range. "Hello there, enjoyed the show?" Lucina asked. "Heck yeah, that was totally awesome! er... sorry I was spying on your training." The pony apologized. "No need for that, there is nothing secret about our fighting techniques. As for how 'awesome' it was, I must agree. That man is a force to be reckoned with. My name is Lucina by the way, what is yours?" "I'm Rainbow Dash!" Lucina smiled at the name as it obviously fit. "I'm the fastest flyer in all of Equestria!" "Ah yes, I know a little bit about pegasi. They certainly are fast flyers." "You have pegasi were you are from?" Rainbow asked with a giddy sounding voice. "Yes, even though they cannot talk, they are much larger with longer wings. But they are in every way majestic." "I may have to visit your world to try them out, so who was that you were sparring against?" "Oh just my dad." "Your Dad!? but you two are practically the same age!" "Yeah, well it gets complicated" Lucina smiled. "I'm actually from the future, along with many of the people we came with." "Ok... you lost me at future, but nevermind that. So when you lept in the air and caught that sword and slammed it down on your dad, that was totally awesome." Rainbow was in awe. "Thanks, but he parried it with the same technique. It barely did any damage to him at all, as it threw my back a ways. Still, I managed to do the Aether." "Is that what that move is called? Sounds so cool!" Lucina was glad the pegasus was there, it has been a while since she had a girl friend to talk combat with. Kjelle was always busy training and everyone else was just interested in other stuff. The pagasus told her of many things that day. "Yeah, I'm going to become a member of the Wonderbolts!" "The Wonderbolts? I'm afraid I haven't heard of them." "Oh. My. GOSH they are only the coolest pegasi ever! Ever since I can remember I have wanted to become one!" "Well that is certainly a goal I wish you well on. You certainly seem devoted enough." Lucina praised. "Oh, well thanks!" Rainbow said with a light pink blush on her cheeks. "Anytime, well I must be getting back to my father. He wanted to practice lance fighting this afternoon." "Hey... I don't have anything better to do, maybe I could watch?" "I don't see why not, come along then." Lucina made her way to the barracks and Rainbow followed her. These humans were fairly friendly once you got to know them, Rainbow thought. Donnel sat on the ground just outside the massive apple orchard. He watched the farm ponies working from morning till evening. It was late in the day when he was finally approached by a smaller one. It had a light yellow coat with a red mane and tail. Donnel didn't think he was ever gonna get used to talking animals but he just remembered Panne back at home and how strange she seemed to him, now they were practically best friends! "Hey there mister! Ma names Apple Bloom!" The little foul stated happily. "Well hi there Apple Bloom, I reckon you can jus' call me Donny." "That's ah funny name, Donny. I seen ya watchin us work so I thought maybe you was interested in helpin." "I don't know, you all seem to be gettin it done real good. But I s'pose it couldn't hurt. Farmin's what I do." "Oh your a farmer too? What kinda plants you grew?" "Oh mostly wheat and hay. We actually raised livestock more than anything!" Donnel said but then thought about what he said. "Uh of course never any ponies ya know." "Livestock huh, So you raised farm animals? Like chickens?" "Well them and cows, and pigs sometimes. But I did have a garden at one time that I grew some tasty vegetables in!" "Oh wow, you must be a great farmer then! Come on! I gotta have you meet my sister Applejack!" "I reckon there ain't any harm in it." Donnel and Apple Bloom made it to the big barn where Big Macintosh and Apple Jack were just cleaning up. Applejack took a look at Apple Bloom and shook her head. "Apple Bloom, ah told ya not to go runnin off and here you brought some strangepony over too? What am ah gonna do with ya..." Applejack scolded. "Pardon me mam, but she was jus beins friendly. I been watchin your family work real hard today, I figured maybe I could help out sometime. Farmin's what I used to do before I became a soldier." Donnel said. "I don't know, ain't ever seen somepony buck these tree's without hindlegs." "Oh just wait to see what I do there miss... I'm sorry, whats your name again?" "Ah'm Applejack, this here is my sister you already met, and that over there is Big Macintosh. Pleasure to meet you..." "Yall can just call me Donny. And I promise you won't regret lettin me help out on the farm, sometimes a guy just needs a break from fightin you know?" "Oh I can imagine, well how about you make it here by sunrise if you can and we will see what you can do." "I sure appreciate it mam." "You best know, I won't go easy on you just cause your not pony folk." Applejack sneered. "I wouldn't ave it any other way mam." Donnel smiled.