(The scene opens to show the set of children from the previous chapter walking together on a road through Hoshido)
Asugi: It feels like we've been going for ages...
Shiro: It's been too long since we've had the chance to stop and rest.
Midori: We can't quit yet. We're getting closer... The sooner we get there, the sooner we'll be safe.
Caeldori: But it won't do us any good if we're exhausted upon arriving.
Tempest: We're about an hour short of the halfway point.
Galatea: This is taking a lot longer than I would have hoped...
Rhajat: The suspense is killing me.
Asugi: But we don't really have a choice on waiting or not. We'll find the answer when we're meant to.
Caeldori: You can't really be satisfied with that, Asugi...
Midori: Of course he isn't. None of us are.
Rhajat: But there isn't much we can do about it until we can find the help we need and get back there.
Shiro: If we're lucky, we won't have to deal with any other attacks.
Galatea: I wouldn't be so sure we'll wind up that lucky.
Tempest: It seems like everywhere we look, we find areas crawling with those invisible soldiers.
Asugi: I wish we knew where they came from...
Caeldori: I've never heard of anything like them.
Rhajat: I've been studying dark magic all my life, and I've heard about nothing like those things.
Midori: Great... Just great.
Shiro: Stop. I hear something.
Galatea: I hear it too... It sounds like rustling.
Tempest: I see what you're talking about. Look.
(Tempest points to a small group of invisible soldiers standing nearby)
Rhajat: Great. We can't catch even a moment of rest, can we?
Asugi: Did you expect anything else? Hoshido is in a state of panic.
Midori: How did I get the feeling we would find them again...?
Caeldori: I think we all knew this was inevitable... We just didn't want to believe it would happen again.
Shiro: Regardless of if we were in denial or not, we can't just stand around here and wait for them to take us out.
Galatea: You've got that one right, Brother. If we stay still for much longer, they're going to attack, and we'll be at a serious disadvantage.
Tempest: In that case, we'll just have to defend ourselves.
Rhajat: I have a bad feeling about this.
Asugi: If these things want to be fierce, then they'll have us to contend with.
Midori: I didn't think our training was sufficient enough for one battle, much less multiple...
Shiro: Who cares about that right now? Hoshido is counting on us to find backup and take back the palace from those beasts.
Caeldori: Shiro is right. We'll have to hide our fear for now and fight on in spite of it.
Galatea: Is everybody ready?
Tempest: It's not like we have a choice... To arms, everyone!
(The battle begins. The map is set on a road in Hoshido. Invisible soldiers are scattered about. The objective is to rout the enemy. The map is set up in a way that makes it appear similar to the map from Chapter One, another battle set on a road far from civilization in Hoshido.)
(After the battle, the seven stand together once again)
Galatea: I'm glad that's over and done with...
Shiro: Same here... Wait. Do you guys hear that?
Rhajat: Is it those invisible things again? I'm sick of dealing with them already.
Asugi: No, it's not... It sounds like talking.
Tempest: Is it just me, or do those voices sound oddly familiar...?
Midori: Oh, they surely do... If you ask me, they seem like...
Caeldori: They seem like the children of the people we're trying to find!
Shiro: And if the other kids are here, that must mean that their parents are as well!
Tempest: We can't get ahead of ourselves. What if something bad happened to their parents as well? That would leave them alone just like us.
Caeldori: We don't have any other options at this point... We have to find them and see what's going on.
Asugi: I'm with Caeldori on this one. We don't have another choice, so we might as well take this opportunity head on and roll with it.
Rhajat: It's better than being attacked by those invisible monsters again...
Midori: A little optimism is just what the healer ordered for us all anyways.
Tempest: Alright... I'll trust your judgement on this.
Shiro: Let's try to avoid being too loud in case there are more of those soldiers lurking around though.
Caeldori: Good idea. We don't want them to spot us.
Rhajat: Why are we still standing around here talking?
Asugi: If they're nearby, the end of this conflict could be close too, so why wait?
Midori: I agree. Come on! Let's wake up from this nightmare at long last!
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Oh Midori if only it was that easy
-Digital
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Fire Emblem Fates Rewrite
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