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Entry one: Fire Emblem: Darkness Strikes
Author: Jatstheking

It was about 9:00 AM in the morning and Victor and his mother were at their house. The sun was shinning and it was a great day. The trees were whistling with birds in them. Victor woke up with his teddy bear at his side and his blankets, which covered his body. He had brown hair and brown eyes. He wasn't really tall but a normal size. Victor didn't know what was going to happen today but today was when darkness struck.
Victor woke from his bedroom. He yawned and walked out side of his house, which was near to the Lord Eliwood of Pherae Castle. Victor was 16 years old and had hair that was brown and almost blonde color. Victor wore clothes that were normal, and he had his favorite clothing that he wore a lot. This was his brown cloak that he got from his dad when he was a kid he keeps it like a treasure and loves it very much. Victor's dad has been dead since Victor was 5 and he always loved the cloak.
While Victor was rubbing his eyes he walked toward a well to get water. Then he looked at Lord Eliwood's castle. Lord Elbert was the lord but has been dead for about seven years now and his son Eliwood took over the job as lord of Pherae
"Man what a great castle," Victor said whit a smile. He got the water from the well and he went inside to see his mother.
"Good morning Victor how are you today?" Victor's mom said. She was Lea who was 40 years old and was a very healthy person.
"I'm doing good mom so what about break-" Victor didn't get to finish his sentence because there was a rumble that shook the ground.
"Mom what was that!" Victor asked getting afraid
"Victor I want you to stay in the house do not go outside…Okay?" Lea told him.
"Okay mom but-"
"Just stay inside." Lea went outside to see what was happing. It was a fight… Some people in dark clothing that looked like dark magic wielders started destroying the homes of other people. They saw Lea and the aim and targeted at her.
"Flux!" One dark wielder shouted. Lea screamed and fell.
"MOM!" Victor yelled after coming out side when his mom told him not to, "Mom mom! What happened?"
"Victor," Lea whispered. "I love you more then anything I want you to be safe. Live a good life." She died in Victor's arms and Victor could feel the dead weight on his arms as she laid there to rest. Victor started crying and couldn't move, but there were still dark mages there…
"Flux!" The dark mage shouted again. Victor still wouldn't move he started shaking and was about to get hit.
Then a boy in blue armor and a red on the inside and blue on the outside cape came in a stuck a sword through the dark mage's heart. The mage started to bleed and fell over and died. The person in blue armor was Eliwood son the Lord Elbert. He just saved Victor's life without a second of thought.
"Wait your Lord Eliwood!" Victor said astounded.
"Yes," Lord Eliwood answered. "And if you want to live come with me now and take this weapon." As Eliwood through Victor the weapon he got a glimpse at what it was. The weapon was a dagger or a thief's knife. Victor always thought that a thief was a cool person or job to have so his dad thought he a lot about being one.
"I don't have a lot of training though." Victor said while holding the dagger down to get ready to attack.
"A little is better then none!" Eliwood answered back while stabbing another dark mage in the back. Victor was ready and was angry at the mages for killing his mom. He wanted revenge for his mom and would get it at all cost. He jumped for a strike at a mage. The dark mage didn't see it coming so Victor got a fast strike. He put the dagger through the mages head and the blood from his head fell out and he died.
There was only three mages left. Two of them looked at Eliwood with fear and one looked at Victor in fear. The three mages ran away and went back to where they came from. Eliwood and Victor laugh at them running away, and started talking.
"Well your not as bad as I thought you were." Eliwood said smiling at Victor.
"I could get better though," He answered. "I only got a little training from my dad about being a thief. Just the basic like sneaking around and using a dagger in trouble."
"Its good your alive right now though the basics saved your life."
"Yeah," Victor sadly said. "But my mom is dead…"
"Well Victor I better tell you what's happing here okay? But first we can bury your mom and let her rest in peace.
"Thanks Eliwood…" Was all Victor could say he walked to his mom who was lying on the ground.
"Mom," Victor gasped. He started crying over his moms body and cry for a minute. "I will defeat who started this and he will go down. I'm here with Eliwood the lord of Pherae and he will also help me defeat this person. I don't know what might happen but I promise I will avenge you." Victor cried over his mother's body. As the teardrops hit the ground he played back what happen and how his mother died. He knew what he had to do.
After the burial of Victor's mother Eliwood and Victor started talking about what was happening and what they had to do.
"Okay," Eliwood started to say as Victor and him were eating bread and some soup for breakfast. "Now I know you just got into this mess and all, but I feel that you would be a great-"
"Don't even start," Victor told him. "I want to beat these bad guys for all they did to my mom. You don't need to try and make me come on your team I want to join."
"Really! That’s good well I don't think you know him fully but the person trying to kill you and mostly me is king Zephiel."
"Oh!" Victor answered. "I know him he's that king of Bern guy right?
"Yes. And he became really vile over the years. Zephiel now thinks that humans are useless and wants to make as better by killing us all."
"Useless! Who does he think he is!" Victor exclaimed. "I think the world would be better without him!"
"I also think this," Eliwood answered. "And he now wants to take over Elibe. My son is 7 years old now and I want him to be safe."
"I got it so far Eliwood, but how do we get to Zephiel."
"Well Zephiel is really behind all this."
"What?" Victor asked. "But you just said that he's trying to take over all of Elibe!"
"I know," Eliwood answered. "Right now Zephiel isn't making his move. He's letting other people try to do all of this. Once Zephiel makes his move that's when things will get really messy. He's only letting other pawns do his work so he won't have to until he wants to."
"Okay," Victor said. "So were not trying to kill King Zephiel but the pawns he are using instead?"
"Right," Eliwood answered smiling that Victor got it. "When he does make that move that's when will strike."
"How long do you expect it will take until he does make his move?" Victor question.
"Oh I don't expect him to do any of the sort until about 7 years from now."
"Why not?" Victor said getting confused
"Well its all about strategy he know that me a Hector will-"
"Wait!" Victor shouted. "You mean Hector of Ostia"
"Yes, Well if were really old he could defeat us and the world would crumple so we have to watch out."
"I get it now!" Victor exclaimed happily. "So since he doesn't want to get whipped he covers behind other people!"
"Exactly!" Eliwood said smiling at Victor. "But we still have to defeat the next enemy."
"Oh yeah…sorry" Victor said embarrassed. "Well how do we do that?"
"Okay Victor," Eliwood got up from sitting down. "We'll have to get our buds Rath, Hector, Nino, Matthew, Heath, and everyone else to beat whoever were up against. Are you with me?"
"Really!" Victor was astounded. He got to go on a quest with Eliwood, Lord Eliwood! "Okay I got to get my weapons and my teddy bear and I will be ready to go!"
"Okay Victor meet back here in 30 minutes." Victor and Eliwood went separate ways. Victor got his thief weapons that his dad gave him and his teddy bear and was ready to go. When he got back to where he and Eliwood were talking Eliwood was there with his horse and a second horse for Victor to ride on.
"Okay Victor lets get going." Eliwood told him and got on his horse. Victor packed his stuff in the bags for the horse to carry and Victor and Eliwood were off. They rode for a couple of days and nights when they finally got to where there first destination. The first spot was Ostia where Hector lived. When Eliwood came to the door Hector opened up.

"I thought you come here!" Hector said happily. "Come in Eliwood come in…wait who's this guy?"
"He's one of our new recruits Hector, this is Victor."
"Well hello Victor," Hector said. "How do you do? I know what's happening Eliwood. I already got my team set up and are with me right now."
"Wow! It's really you Hector!" Victor rejoiced.
"Yes, of course it is!" Hector said smiling at Victor. "Oh and Eliwood I only brought the best five people I could think of. Hope you don't mind."
"Doesn't matter to me," Eliwood answered. "I don't think this guy could be any harder the Nergal do you?"
"Yes you right. Victor now it's time for you to meet your new members."
Five people walked out of a door and were in front of Victor. One had a bandana that was brown and brown sort of clothes that made him look tough. The second was a girl who wore a blue mage cloak and had reddish brownish hair. The third was a guy with black and white hair and black armor.
The fourth was a thief it looked like with a brown cloak that was like Victors dad. Also the last was a girl with a cleric cloak on and brown hair. Victor knew who they were at once.
"Those are some of the people who helped save the world from that evil guy Nergal! In order the people are Rath, Nino, Heath, Matthew, Serra!"
"This kid knows his stuff Eliwood." Rath said while looking at the kid. "So are we heading off or what?"
"Yes we are!" Nino said happily ready to do another mission.
"Then off we go," Heath said while going to get his dragon. "I'll be in the air if you need me call me with this dragon whistle.
"Another thief just like me I'm honor Hector honor." Matthew said while looking at Victor with a great big old smile. "I'll teach him everything I know!"
"Man I hope my dress doesn't get dirty!" Serra said with a grumpy face like she didn't want to be here. All eight of them went on there horse (or in Heath's case dragon) to go to Bern to fight whomever they had to. Rath rode with Nino and Matthew rode with Serra everyone else rode by himself or herself.
The eight people rode for 2 weeks day in and out and were finally at their destination, Bern Castle, they were ready to fight and defeat who was causing all the trouble. Victor got his daggers ready and was remembering what Matthew was teaching him in thievery.
"Remember Victor, sneaky that's the main goal of a thief."
"Okay," Victor nodded. "I'll remember."
The castle was big and had guards around the perimeter of it. Eliwood got of his horse with Hector and everyone else.
"There is the person we came here to beat," Eliwood told everyone. "Inside that house heavily guarded. During our travels I found out who started this. His name is Zawn and they say his is really powerful."
"Well then," Rath asked. "What is our strategy going to be?"
"I got one!" Victor exclaimed, "I know this whole castle front and back so I thought of a plan to help us out!"
"Really?" Hector asked surprised by Victor's exclamation.
"Yeah," Victor said. "See if we put two people out front that can beat up the guards the other people can get through. We'll need a healer too…just in case. Then will have to go left to get to the Kings chambers which is going to be guarded by flying units and priest"
"Keep going…" Nino said.
"Well once we get past those people we need a big person on a dragon or something to hit all the soldiers without getting hurt as much.
"I see…" Heath answered
"Then we need some people to get past the doors which are usually locked and then the in the kings chambers there should be Zawn the guy were looking for.
"Wow Victor, I can't believe that you could do that. That plan of yours is full proof!" Matthew happily rejoiced.
"I haven't seen anything like that since Jats the great tactician." Heath told Victor.
"Jats? You mean Jats Takata?" Victor asked
"You know him?" Eliwood answered.
"Know him I'm his son!" Victor told him, "He died when I was 5 though. My mom said bandits attack the village and he got hurt badly and fell ill.
"Jats died…" Nino said looking to the ground.
"It was a while ago anyways don't worry about it." Victor said to everyone and the mission started.
"Okay guys remember the plan I'll go through it when we get to each spot okay."
"Okay…" Matthew answered. "But this plan better not fail but I believe in you Victor."
"Lets go guys." Eliwood said. The group got into position and the first mission was to get past the gate and soldiers guarding the castle.
"First up is Eliwood and Hector beat the guards to let the rest of us through." Victor told Hector and Eliwood.
"Got it." They both said at the same time. Eliwood went first and the guards got their weapons out fast.
"You Lord Eliwood you shouldn't be here!" one solider said to him.
"Yes, but there is something inside the castle that must be stopped," Eliwood answered to him. "So without us wasting time I will charge in with my friend Hector of Ostia. And my healer Serra."
"What!" the guards yelled. Eliwood and Hector ran at the soldiers at full speed. Eliwood with his rapier ran and stabbed two soldiers at once and the blood hit Eliwood, which splatter on his clothes. Hector one the other hand was with his mighty axe the Wolf Beil hit four soldiers and they all fell at the hit. Most of the other soldiers ran away but some didn't want to give up. Serra kept healing Eliwood and Hector and also used her light magic on the soldiers.
"We got this bunch cover you guys go inside." Hector yelled toward Victor and the rest of the group. "Follow behind us so you can get through the door."
"Okay guys." Rath said. "Lets go!" The rest of the group ran inside behind Eliwood Hector and Serra. When the group got safely inside Victor started remembering what to do next. He told the group, "Over to the left is where we go next… there will be Pegasus knights and Wyvern too. Just in case priest will be there to heal and use light magic. This is where Rath and Nino will rampage over the flying units and the priest because you guys can kill them easily."
"Okay easy enough." Nino said while Rath nodded.
"Ready guys the left stop should be right…-!" Victor stopped in his tracks because he saw 40 maybe more different types of flying units and priest ready to attack.
"Guys this is our stop." Victor said walking backwards.
"Already ahead of you" Rath answered while he had his bow and a arrow strung back to shoot. Rath shoot it in the air and a wyvern hit the ground and started bleeding. Rath and Nino started to shoot one after another of arrows and. Fling! * Boom! * Blast! * The fire and arrows kept coming. You could see the Arrow pierce the skin of the people and the blood fall out as the priest/pegasus knight fall to their knees. The arrows and fire was like watching bombs hit the ground.
This was the only chance that heath Matthew and Victor got. They need to get through the people kept coming and they couldn't get through at all. Victor was looking both ways to see an entrance they could get through. Victor didn't see anything at all and he was worried about the situation.
"Well," Nino asked. "You wanting to get through or what? Will make a line for you guys to get through ok?"
"Thanks Nino," Victor answered. Rath and Nino started to kill of enemies in front of them. Rath was twirling his arrow for more movement and shot 2 at a time. The whole row of people in front of them soon fell in seconds. Nino and Rath nodded at Victor to tell them that they did their job and that they could get through.
"That's all we can do," Rath told Victor. "So hurry because more people will come any second."
"Good," Heath said while nodding. "Come on guys get on my dragon will ride through there so fast they won't catch us." Victor and Matthew looked at Heath who was smiling at the door. Victor got on his dragon with Matthew and flew through the straight line that Rath and Nino made. As Heath's dragon flew Rath's horse stood up on its back legs and let out a loud neigh.
"This is much faster!" Victor yelled to heath as they flew through the doors into the main hall.
"Great isn't it?" Heath answered back. When they both looked forward they saw the next part of their mission. There were many knights and soldiers line up with spears in their hands. Most had javelins to throw at flying units that came by.
"Well…well…" heath sneakily said. "Hold on guys cause we're going down."
"What!?" Victor asked. "I'm not-!" He didn't get to finish because they went down so fast he could only breath. Heath got his spear out and held it down. While doing this he told Victor and Matthew, "This will get a little bumpy when I fly upside down so be ready." Again Victor looked shocked because he didn't think he would go upside down.
Heath went upside down and started stabbing the knights and soldiers one after the other. The other soldiers that were at the ends started throwing Javelins and short spears at heath but missed completely. Heath was so good in fact that every person he struck with his spear die after the hit because as Victor could see it the blood loss would really defiantly kill them. The flying was easy and Heath landed at the end by the King chambers door.
"There you guys go," Heath told them. "I will finish up my job here while you guys fight Zawn in there okay?"
"Okay Heath thanks," Victor answered. And he and Matthew unlock the door while Heath flew up in the air again and threw all his lances at every single knight and soldier at the ground. Heath had a lot of lances with him and he kept throwing one after another not missing one target.
As Matthew and Victor went to the Kings chambers all they saw was a big room that looked like it was made of crystal itself. The walls and ceiling were so shiny that they both had to cover their eyes. The only thing that was in this room besides all the shiny chandeliers were two chairs… One was empty and the other had a person sitting init.
"Glad you could come," the man said that was sitting in the chair. He was a middle age man and he wore a golden cape with 3 golden rings on his right hand and a crown that looked to be for a king. He wore red clothes that fit very easily on him and he had a sword sheath on his hip. His eyes were icy blue.
"My name is Zawn and I am the leader right now of this land called Bern."
"Zawn!" Victor shouted. "You have killed many countless lives and one of them was my mother! I will not let you continue this!"
"Who are you to stop me I am a ruler and you’re a little brat."
"So," Matthew said. "You kill lives and you don't care about them?"
"They don't matter," Zawn answered. "They are weak and we don't want weak in the land of Elibe."
"That's crazy!" Victor yelled. "No one is perfect!"
"Yes, some people are like me." Zawn told them coolly. "If you want me to prove if I can take you both on right now."
"Bring it…" Matthew answered bringing four killing edges out.
"Victor take two of these and use them well." Matthew said while tossing them to Victor. Victor grabbed the killing edges by the handle and looked at them. They were curved and they were really sharp at the end.
"These will do Matthew thanks." Victor answered. Zawn smiled at the competition and took his sword out of his sheath. It was sliver and very deadly at the look of it. Victor took a breath to loosen up and relax. He wanted to get this man back from killing his mom and he wanted to save the world. The 3 people stared at each other for a minute and took deep breaths. The noise was so quiet that you couldn't here anything.
"Go…" Victor whispered and Matthew disappeared. He reappeared behind Zawn and swiped at him. Zawn quickly dodge and threw a sword from his waist at Matthew. Matthew quickly moved from the sword, which hit the ground with a clang. Victor took his chance to attack at this time. His ran up to Zawn who was still in the air and threw some daggers at him. Zawn dodge in mid air and Victor jumped toward him.
In the air Victor and Zawn started to kick and punch each other. Victor got kick in the gut and hit the ground with a large thump. Zawn gracefully flip and landed with falling at all. Victor stood up and grabbed his ribs because they were bruised. He coughed out blood and fell to the floor. Matthew saw this and started to get his chance at Zawn again.
Matthew jumped and threw and dagger that spread into two swords at Zawn. Zawn dodge the first and didn't see the other one coming.
"Gotcha." Matthew said smiling. Zawn moved just in time to only get a cut on his cheek. Zawn eyes went red blood red and he ran at Matthew with his sword. Mathew swiftly moved out of the way and Zawn totally missed him. Zawn still tried to hit him and Matthew kept moving and moving not getting hit at all. Victor got up and shook his head to get the momentum back in his body.
Matthew was still dodging Zawn when victor came to help. Victor blocked a hit with his sword so Matthew could slice him. Zawn hit victor with his sword against Victor's swords and Matthew came behind him. Matthew looked at Zawn and smiled at him. Zawn then smirked and Matthew got a confused looked on his face. At that moment Zawn took his swords and move quickly behind him to slash Matthew. He barley missed getting Matthew's cloak.
"Ready Zawn…" Matthew asked. "Lets end this! ASSASSIN STRIKES!" Matthew moved so fast that it looked like he became two people. He then disappeared and in a second was above Zawn. He lunged down holding his swords to cut Zawn's head off. Victor looked to see what happen but only black and red came over him and Victor couldn't see.
Victor looked to see what happen after the dust and darkness went away. The sight was not pretty at all. There was blood and lots of it Zawn fell to the ground and so did Matthew. The only problem was this…Zawn didn't have a hole or anything in him…Matthew had a sword through his stomach… Victor shocked looked at Matthew who cough out blood and took out the sword in his stomach.
"Matthew!" Victor yelled. "Matthew ar…are…are you okay?" Matthew eyes squinted.
"Victor buddy I'm not going to be okay I tried my hardest though…" Matthew smiled. "Victor you have been great and I hope you know…that…"
"DON"T DIE MATTHEW!!!" Victor screamed. "MATTHEW!"
"Victor be good and save the world. Zawn is not dead yet. I know you…can…defeat…him. Oh and you can keep my cloak…me and your dad always were …a like…Bye….Vic…tor…"
Matthew closed his eyes and dead weight came upon Victor's arms. Zawn was behind Victor at this time and he laughed.
"Well I guess this guy was really useless," he smirked. "I thought that move would do something to me but I guess it didn't ha!" Zawn looked at Victor who was just sitting there. Victor kept quivering and started crying on Matthew's face. Victor clutched Matthew's cloak and stood up not facing Zawn.
"What you going to cry? You little baby," Zawn snickered. "Come on I said I was perfect." Victor turned around and Zawn lost the smile in his face. Victor was so angry he went berserk he couldn't stand it anymore. He took Matthew's cloak and put it around him. He stared at Zawn with his eyes. His eyes change from brown to ice.
"YOU KILL MATTHEW!!!!" Victor screamed at Zawn. "I can't forgive you for this my two favorite people in the world gone!" Victor lunged at Zawn and caught him by surprised. Victor sliced Zawn's hand off and he fell to the floor. He grabbed his hand and looked at Victor who was in his rampage. Victor came and Zawn slashed at him. Victor blocked with his sword and shot at Zawn with incredible speed.
Zawn dived under Victor and tried to stab him in the back. Victor jumped and shot his killing edges at Zawn. Zawn got hit in the cheek again and started to bleed. Victor came and punched Zawn fight in the face. He picked up his swords and looked down at Zawn.
"Assassin strikes…" Victor whispered. Then Victor flew in the air and did the same move as Matthew did. Victor was above Zawn and lunged and him. Victor's swords hit Zawn and he died. Victor got up from his attack and he looked at Matthew.
"I saved the world Matthew I did," he said while crying. At that moment Eliwood with hector and Serra came in with Heath, Nino, and Rath as well.
"Serra!" Victor said while running to her. "Serra! Matthew-"
"Don't even try," Serra said glumly. "I can only heal if someone is wounded not dead… I'm sorry Victor." Victor shocked by the answer Serra gave started crying on Matthew lap. He didn't want a thief that taught him almost everything go away. Matthew was like a father to him.
"Victor… I know how you feel to lose a love one." Eliwood told him. "I lost one in my life to, but I know he's in a better place now trust me on that."
"Eliwood?" Victor asked
"Yeah?" Eliwood questioned
"Can we have a proper burial when we get back?"
"Yes, We will defiantly. Also if you want we will do one for your mother too."
"Thanks." Victor said. The ride back was a quiet one and Victor didn't say much. Once they got back to Ostia they had a proper burial for Matthew and Lea, Victor's mom. After the burial Victor kept the cloak of Matthew to remind him everything he taught him. Victor and the rest of the group stayed at the house of Ostia for a while.
When Eliwood and Victor had to go they gave there good byes too the group.
"Bye guys!" Eliwood said to them, "Nice job we saved the world again."
"No problem!" Hector answered, "Saving the world is a job of ours."
"Thanks guy I own you a lot…" Victor said. "I wouldn't be able to get through this without you guys and your help."
"Ha!" Nino laughed. "Without your tactician genius we wouldn't be alive at all we own you our lives for that plan."
"That's the truth." Heath added.
"Thanks guy really," Victor smiled back. Eliwood and Victor rode back to Pherae, and once they got back they talked. Eliwood was happy and quite pleased that they won. Victor got his revenge basically but lost a friend within the time.
"Victor," Eliwood asked. "I know you had a few rough times lately but would you like to stay at the House of Pherae?"
"Really why?" Victor questioned.
"Without your help I wouldn't be here," Eliwood answered. "You would be a great new addition to our team and who know Zephiel might strike again."
"That would be awesome!" Victor said cheerfully. And so for a time Victor stayed at the House of Pherae. Victor still doesn't know what's to come. But even so Victor has his team and if Zephiel strikes the team will be ready at all cost. Hopefully it won't be till later on.

The End

Entry three: Battle for the Gates of the World
Author: Hoch_Anrufer

A brown hawk circled over the mountainous regions that were now Bern, searching with its incredible eyes for a small speck of food, yet found none. All the game had been scared off, and by the tremor it could hear from even in the air, it had a notion why. But yet, even its curiosity was not sated, as it flew lower to get a better look. After all, if it was yet another of the numerous earth quakes, it wouldn’t hurt it in the air. It was now just twenty feet above the ground, still circling, still looking for whatever had caused the lack of game. As it circled, it felt something different, something unnerving. And within a moment, it knew what it was. The arrow pierced its side, impaling it thoroughly, as the bird dropped to the ground, dead.

The longbowman of the Shinnlos tribe, Gut, sighed, and turned back to his comrades. “It was just a hawk, not a wyvern.” He hadn’t thought so before, but considering the fact that the Krieger tribe had tamed the wyverns, he wasn’t going to take any chances. Their chieftain, Malak, had issued the order that their entire army be moved to this wide spread valley, to battle with the dangerously growing Krieger clan. “We defeat them here,” the chieftain had said, “and our recognition will grow beyond the mountains, into the plains, and into the widest spreads of the tundra.” It was a large claim to be sure, but it was enough to ensure the loyalty of his soldiers.

The Shinnlos tribe was rather large, larger than the Krieger clan at least, and its army was about three hundred strong. Their location was near a rather large hill, upon which their archers were positioned, in order to guard from wyverns. Down below, soldiers, cavaliers, myrmidons, and even a few hired mercenaries lay in wait for the enemy. Malak sat upon his prize horse, Maras, wielding a lance in the middle of the cavalier column. ”They’re coming!” an archer beside Gut called, and as Gut looked more closely, he saw it to be true.

“Einfacher, all positions ready?” Elibe, the Krieger Clan leader, asked his hoplite officer, whom nodded in acknowledgment. “Yes sir. The myrmidons and archers are stationed behind the hoplites, waiting only to move in after the phalanx is broken,” the officer finished. “Good,” Elibe replied, as he placed his helmet atop his head, “I leave you to worry about things on the ground. The wyvern company will move in after Starker takes care of the archers.” With that, his wyvern, Drache, took wing, and flew up to the rest of the company, some twenty wyverns and their riders. The force of the Krieger clan was at least two hundred and seventy strong, not that much smaller than the Shinnlos, but still, every man counted.

“Forward!” Einfacher commanded the hoplites, the one hundred and fifty lance phalanx slowly moving forward at this command. The officer heard a command from the Shinnlos ranks, which followed with a volley of arrows. “Shields up!” he called, while raising his own. The arrows crashed against the well-made shields uselessly, making a ‘tink’ sound that he had come to love. “No damage.” he thought to himself, as the volley ceased, and the phalanx moved forward once again. Another order came from the Shinnlos lines, and what followed, Einfacher nearly laughed. A Calvary charge, led by Malak himself, was riding towards the phalanx, their line of soldiers running behind. “Fool,” Einfacher thought, as he ordered the phalanx to cease movements, and prepare. “Brace!” was all he said, and the meaning was clear.

The Krieger archers fired upon the Calvary, the volley bringing down some thirty horsemen, a successful volley, and then they fired yet again, bringing down twenty-two more. The remainder came ever closer to the phalanx, and then, with an epic crash, collided with the hoplite’s lances. “Break phalanx!” Einfacher called, still recovering from the blow, yet he stood up anyway, stabbing the first Shinnlos he could find, then swinging his javelin to the left, throwing the corpse into another cavalier, knocking the man off his horse. Battle clashed all around him, but his only concern at the moment was keeping himself alive, and saving as many of his men as possible. He knew the myrmidons would arrive soon, as well as the wyverns, once the archers were taken care of. As a soldier approached, Einfacher quickly drew back his lance, and threw it, impaling the other in the throat, killing him instantly. Not wasting a single moment, he drew his sword, and was in the fray. The cavalier he had knocked down was now on his feet, and swung downwards upon Einfacher, only for his blade to meet the officer’s. Einfacher retaliated with a slash across the stomach, and a stab to the chest, which was all that was needed, and left the man to die.

Gut looked down upon the carnage below, not believing the fact that the red-clad warriors of the Krieger clan, even at fewer numbers, were near slaughtering the green-clad Shinnlos. At that moment, he heard the whinny of a horse, and screams bellowed from his fellow archers. As he turned, he saw the source of the commotion, the regiment of the Krieger cavaliers, charging the flank of the archers. He quickly fired upon the lead cavalier, striking him in the shoulder, but still the man rode on. At this, Gut drew back in shock, as no one had survived a shot of him before, let alone not be knocked off his horse. The cavaliers rammed into the other archers, some seeming cavaliers having bows, and firing. Two arrows struck Gut in the chest, causing him to fall back from the sheer force and pain of it, What irony it was, that one whom had killed so many with but a single arrow, had fallen against the very thing that made him great.

Starker, the cavalier officer, pulled the arrow from his shoulder, grunting from the pain, but setting it aside, to deal with later. He looked up to see the wyvern company had descended, tearing up the Shinnlos even more than the infantry had. “We fight yet again!” Starker shouted out towards his men, making himself heard over the numerous screams below. There was no time to rest, but a battle to finish. He and his men charged down the slope, cutting off the Shinnlos from any means of escape. This battle would be won momentarily, and it opened up the gate-way into the plains, and after the plains, possibly the entire continent. “Sieg für Krieger!” Elibe shouted, in their language, translated into ‘Victory for Krieger!’

Entry five: Pink Sugar Heart Attack
Author: Danni-chan

“Ah…!” Lyn fell to her knees. Lundgren…he was just too strong for her. She gripped her arm tightly; the wound was severe and it bled heavily. Her vision was even beginning to blur a little…The last fleeting image she saw before she lost consciousness was Kent running towards her and calling her name, and she slipped into darkness. “I’m sorry…”

Kent held her in his arms, cursing Lundgren for his power. None could match him. The situation seemed hopeless. His lady’s granduncle smirked at him, and readied a deadly-looking spear. Kent, leaving Lyn with Serra (luckily, Lyn was unconscious and didn’t have to hear the nervous Serra prattle on even more, if that was even possible), stood his ground and braced himself for the attack. Until…

“STOP!” Lucius quickly slid between Kent and the villainous Lundgren.

”Lucius? What are you doing? He’s too—“

Lundgren, who had stopped charging due to the surprise, interrupted Kent with a malicious laugh. “A little monk? Is that the best you can do?” But Lucius had a secret weapon. He hadn’t told anyone about it, afraid his secret would be exposed…but the time had come to reveal his true identity. From a pocket in his robe, he drew a…

”A wand?!” Kent and Lundgren stared at him, wide-eyed in disbelief. It wasn’t just a wand…it was a pink wand, topped with a decorative heart. Serra paused from her job of healing Lyn, squealed, and began chattering about how adorable Lucius’s wand was.

And his foolproof plan had only just begun.

“Elimine Prism Power Make-up!!” he yelled, brandishing the wand, and he began to spin around pointlessly as brightly-colored lights engulfed him. He emerged with pigtails and a sailor suit, covered in ribbons (pink, of course!). “I am Bishonen Senshi Sailor Lucius!” announced Lucius proudly. “Defender of love and destroyer of all evil! And that means you,” he added, winking and posing in an attempt to be cute. “In the name of Saint Elimine, I will punish you!”

”What the—“ he started, but Lundgren was too slow to react.

”PINKU SUGAR!” screamed Lucius in a heavy Japanese accent, spinning pointlessly once again.

”HEART!” He suddenly stopped, pointing the wand in the direction of a dumbfounded Lundgren,

“ATTACKU!!!” and a blast of pink light emerged from the little wand and hit the villain in the heart, sending Lundgren flying backwards.

”NOOOOOooooo!!” The usurper’s body crumbled into dust as the light quickly swallowed him up.

There was a long, long silence as everyone stared at Lucius, who had a hand on his hip and the other triumphantly holding his wand above his head.

Entry seven: Fire Emblem: The Three Lords
Author: Mitsuharu Saito

Disclaimer: The characters from Fire Emblem are the property of Nintendo, not myself. New characters will be introduced as the story goes along.

Major Characters:Marth from The Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light

Roy from Sword of Seals

All Characters from Path of Radiance

Prologue: The Rising of a Darker Army

War had finally ended. The war, which began so long ago by the nation of Daein was over. Daein had once been the strongest military power in the continent, but they were slowly diminishing one by one to a group of mercenaries. They were known as Griel’s mercenaries.

Under the command of Lord Ike and Princess Elincia, the mercenaries gradually grew stronger and stronger with each passing month until they had enough military strength to take on and defeat Daein’s military of generals, horsemen, and bishops. The king of Daein, Ashnard, fell to the company of beorc and laguz and the war ended.

However, The Black Knight, the most feared knight in the entire continent, somehow survived the siege of Daein and headed east, into the mountains. There, the knight recovered his health and assembled an army far greater than those of Ashnard’s army. At a rapid pace, regular archers became snipers, horsemen assumed the rank of paladin, and Mages trained themselves into Sages and Bishops. The Black Knight’s task was to establish an army strong enough to overwhelm the army assembled by Lord Ike and the people of Crimea.

The task of assembling and training survivors of the war and those who feared the growth of Crimea’s political and military power took five years to complete. The Black Knight had grown much stronger since his last encounter with Lord Ike and his abilities had increased tenfold. He wanted revenge for the destruction of Daein; he wanted to destroy the leader of the Greil mercenaries.

One evening, on the top of Orpheus’s mountain, the Black Knight overlook at his subordinates training below, his second-in-command, General Ulysses, was at his side, carrying a map of the continent under his right arm. A tall man of 23, he had been by the Black Knight’s side since the beginning Daein’s conquest of Crimea, but was his military advisor then and was forbidden from actual combat. Now, he had as much power as the Black Knight in terms of leadership skills and military units. He wore a smug look on his face.

“So, most gracious leader, are you pleased with the efforts of our men. These five years have been excruciating, but all of them are much stronger than those of Griel’s son, Ike,” he said slyly.

The Black Knight turned to face his companion and exclaimed, in his usual dark, whispery voice, “I have indeed been impressed with the amount of work these rebels have been able to produce. However, after experiencing the power in which Griel’s son possess first hand, this army had no chance in hell to defeat the mercenaries, my friend. In due time, we will commence an attack on the nation of Begnion, which houses much of Crimea’s military strength. If that nation is in unable to fight, we will have the upper-hand in our rebellion.”

General Ulysses looked at his superior, slightly confused. “Attack the nation of Begnion instead of Crimea? I understand what you are getting at, but I am not truly convinced that this particular strategy will work. There are many of Ike’s mercenaries guarding the eastern border of Begnion, one of whom is that traitor, Jill, the daughter of the deceased Wyvern Lord, Shiharam, at Tor Garen--”

“My point exactly, General Ulysses.” The Black Knight took the map away from his second-in-command, and opened it, pointing to Tor Garen. “This is where we will make our first assault. Jill was foolish for joining the Griel mercenaries in the first place, and we will use the same strategy used on Ike’s army to us at the beginning of Daein’s fall.”

Ulysses shrugged, and thought deeply for a moment. “I do remember hearing General Haru of the Sniper division saying that one of his command was overseeing the fortress from the mountains. He reported to me that she was the only one guarding it at the moment, and there in nobody else around for miles. Did you commission for that to occur?”

“I did, my friend,” replied the Black Knight. “It was necessary precaution to make before sending our men into a battle we have no chance in winning otherwise. Tor Garen is the barrier between what was once Daein and Begnion, but it is also the barrier next to the mountains. If Tor Garen falls, our army can surge into Begnion with little defense in the heart of their capital.”

Pleased with explanation, General Ulysses rolled the map up again, grinning. “In that case, shall we commence?”

“Yes. Leave General Garrison’s and Yvark’s brigade alone for now. The rest are under your command. Go now, and destroy Begnion once and for all!”

“YES SIR!” And with that, General Ulysses left the Black Knight on Orpheus’s Mountain, whom awaited the news of the beginning of a third war between the laguz and the beorc.

Uy, my head -- 50 minutes of reading straight -- but I've cast my vote...

Naw, your mind must be better than I.

Hm...how long shall it be until the next vote is cast...?

Stupidity knows no bounds -- you were talking to Eternal_Dume, weren't you? Gack... I should just shut up for the following week...

fixed it