Chapter 2:
All Of Us Gather Up
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~Aika & Aria~
"...A-and that's my story," Aika muttered, with her voice barely coming out as a whisper. Explaining her whole story to someone was something, but still dealing with the aftermath was another; something that still scared her to death - literally. Surprisingly, Aria heard her well enough the entire time. “I know it’s hard for you not to forget that... Horrible experience. But your story kinda reminds me of a friend I know… Well, two at least,” Aria looked up to the twilight skies. “Both of them… They were merely puppets or vessels to darkness.”
"I'm sorry about that…" Aika said with pity for them, and for herself. "Oh, don’t feel sad about my friends.” Aria rubbed Aika in the back, comforting the royal, making her glare at Aria. “Why are you saying that?! A-aren’t they your best friends?!” Aika yelled at the light-haired-blond female. Aria gave her a small smile. “Because… Thanks to my heart and my friends, all of our hearts are connected together,” Aria said lightly. “My friends are my power, and their hearts turned back into the light, as long our words can reach them.”
Aika's expression softened at Aria's words as she averted her gaze. "If only defeating Grima could be that easy," she muttered halfheartedly, with a hint of shame and guilt. She soon scoffed at the thought of actually defeating the Fell Dragon by herself as she kept her gaze averted. “Is something the matter?” Aria asked with concern. "It's nothing to worry about, really," Aika replied with a small smile. "I'll just have to deal with everything instead of focusing on the past, right? After all, I can't just leave the future to waste!" She pumps her fist to the air.
Aria looked at her, knowing fully well that Aika was not fine. She could tell that something must have happened between her and the Shepherds. But in the end, Aria let it slide, fully known she doesn’t want to talk about it. Hopefully, they can find anyone if this new world they are on.
Suddenly, they can hear a loud, female scream somewhere around the area with them. “Did you hear that?” Aria asked. "Of course I did! I'm not completely deaf!" Aika replied sassily with slight panic. “Let’s go check it out! Maybe they know what is this place!”
Both girls ran towards where the scream was heard.
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~Miku, Sienna & Kiran~
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“And that’s how each timeline is connected or non connected,” Kiran spoke, answering both of the girls questioning. "Oh...that makes way more sense," Miku muttered. "Yeah. I was a bit confused at first too…" Sienna replied. "Wait, so in a way, we're kind of the same people...but we're not?" She asked Kiran, still slightly confused about the different timelines. ”No, we’re different people with our own personality… But we all have the same fate and destiny.”
"Ah. That's...interesting. But how do you know about all of this?" Sienna asked. “As I said before, I came from another world that I know what will happen to Chrom and Robin’s fate, yet… I was meant to destroy the whole timeline worlds. Because of a deadly flower…” Kiran answered the blonde's question. Miku's eyes widened with shock. “Wait… YOU’RE MEANT TO DESTROYED EVERY SINGLE TIMELINE WORLD BECAUSE OF A TINY LITTLE FLOWER?!?!" She screamed at Kiran. “Sadly… Yes…” Both Sienna and Miku saw the pink flower on her left eye. Her left lavender eye that was supposed to be there.
"J-jeez...I'm glad you didn't, but I'm sorry…" Miku said. "We live in such a desolate world, don't we…?" Kiran nodded. Sadness filled her eyes, only leaving sigh that had escaped from her mouth. "Well, we're still all here, so that means you were able to fight it off, right?" Sienna asked with hope in her tone. “Yeah, I was. But I can’t hold it much longer if I go back to my world. If I did, I need Chrom to kill me with his Falchion… Or Naga using her Divine Dragon Breath.”
