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Pokémon Emblem: Princess Fates

Chapter 1: Fogs of War

Two staves, made of rock. The staves had wings as heads. A thunderstorm flashed overhead as two squads came together by a cliff: one of white and red, and one of black and purple. They met in the middle. Swords, axes, lances, spears clashed. Soldiers in red and black armor fought. A blond man in black armor on a horse wielded a large black sword as he hoofed to the front of the black armored soldiers. Lightning cracked the sky with booming thunder following. "For Nohr!" he shouted. His circlet on his head remaining still.

"For Nohr!" the soldiers repeated. They faced the red soldiers with a muscular brunette man wielding a large katana. He wore a red headpiece and some armor around white robes and garb.

"For Hoshido!" he shouted.

"For Hoshido!" his soldiers repeated. The new soldiers charged into the fray. A dragon and a Pegasus flew above the skirmish to fight in the air. A buxom purple-haired young woman in black armor swung an ax at a redhead on the Pegasus. The purple-haired wore armor around her voluptuous body, arms and legs. The redhead had armor around her arms and legs while wearing a red vest over a white long shirt with a scarf. Her naginata blocked

"Sorry, dear," the purple-haired teased. "But you won't be the dominant sky lord."

"Look who's talking!?" the redhead scowled. They broke away as the winged reptile hissed and the Pegasus neighed. A blond man in black robes and wearing a tiara swung his arm where beams of dark energy struck the red soldiers. They flew and fell in defeat and death. When the dust settled, the bodies had been scattered. As he watched, a blond girl on a horse strutted up. She wore some armor under a black coat and skirt with boots with pink linens.

"Leo!" she called to the tiara man. He turned to the girl.

"Elise, we could use some aid in the back line," Leo instructed.

"On it!" Before her horse could move, Elise spotted a white-haired man in black garb with a black breastplate that extended down his legs. He also wore a white sash around his shoulders. He aimed an arrow at her, causing her to scream. Leo spun and shot another ray as the white-haired fired the arrow. Both attacks collided and canceled.

"You try to hurt my sister, Takumi…"

"It's for all the times you fired your tomes at my sister, Leo!" snapped Takumi. The blond with a circlet and the brunette in the heavy red armor clashed swords, holding them in a struggle.

"Return Corrin to me, Hoshidan!" the blond snarled.

"Corrin is family, Nohrian!" the brunette shouted back.

"My family!" They broke and continued the fight as the Pegasus found a light redhead girl in white with a red armored skirt and white stockings.

"Sakura!" the rider called down. The light redhead looked up.

"Hinkoa, I'm sorry I'm late!" she pleaded.

"Hey, better late than never! We got some downed solders trying to help big brother! Think you can heal them?"

"I will!" As fast as her legs could go, Sakura found the soldiers and waved a staff with slips of zigzag paper over where a cascade of sprinkles scattered over the wounded soldiers. They rose and soon returned to the lead. Sakura ran around, believing more soldiers needed her aid. The struggle continued as rain, blood and weapons covered the land. Elise and Sakura found their swordsmen as they retreated yards away.

"Xander!" called out Elise. The man with the circlet turned to Elise.

"Are you hurt, Elise?" he asked.

"No, I'm good. Did you need a boost?"

"Nay… I'm still gonna kill him if to get to Corrin. Stay out of danger!"

"Okay!" On the other side, the brunette checked for wounds when Sakura arrived to his side.

"Ryoma!" she called out. The brunette peered to see Sakura with a soaked and worried face.

"Are the casualties too much?" he asked.

"It is a war for our big brother! Casualties come with it! However, it's not looking too bad!"

"Alright, go and see Takumi but tread lightly!"

"I will, big brother!" Finding Takumi, Sakura dashed to his side. Leo found the light redhead and aimed his arm.

"It would cripple you seeing a Hoshidan princess succumb to my magic," he taunted. Takumi turned to see Sakura and shot an arrow, striking his arm. The dark ray flew far from Sakura and exploded yards away.

"Takumi!" she called out. Takumi turned to Sakura, thankful to save her from injury.

"Be careful, Sakura!" he warned. Elise came by and saw Leo pull the arrow out of his arm.

"Let me help!" she requested. Her staff was aglow as she cast a healing light. The arrow wound vanished as Leo commanded the soldiers to attack but Takumi had soldiers backing him as well. Sakura and Elise found each other and stared. "Maybe I can claim you before my big brother!" Sakura held her staff up.

"Just try it!" she shakily challenged. Her horse kicked up while angrily neighing. Out of nowhere, a lightning bolt crashed just adjacent to her. Spooked, the horse bucked wildly, kicking out of fear.

"Whoa! Calm down!" The horse violently bucked Elise. She fell off but rolled when she hit the ground while her horse stormed out. Elise pushed herself up and wondered what just happened when Sakura sprinted to the blond, her staff ready.

"Prepare to meet the gods!" Hearing, Leo powered up another magical shot. Sakura saw Leo's arm with the black book in his other hand. Sakura began to step back when Hinoka swooped in and threw her naginata which distracted Leo and turned his arm slightly. Hinoka snagged her naginata before Leo ducked an upward swing. His orb misfired, launched prior to aiming back at Sakura. His orb struck just short of Elise, but the explosion launched Elise and Sakura over the cliff. The dragon and rider swooped after Hinoka.

"Don't drop your guard, sweetie!" the purple-haired teased. The skirmish continued, somehow not realizing a member of each side had gone over the cliff. Down in a foggy wooded area, Elise and Sakura laid strewn on the grass. One moaned before the other. Both Elise and Sakura were getting to their feet. Seeing who was there, they snagged their staves… and attack.

"Hoshidan!" shouted Elise. She swung her staff, smacking Sakura in the face and slicing her cheek open as she fell to the grass. As she got up, her wound suddenly closed. In anger, Sakura aimed her staff.

"Nohrian scum!" she bellowed as she smashed Elise's face, opening a cut near the eye. She fell to the turf and winced. Her cut soon healed. Both continued to fight, clashing their staves. After a few minutes, they began to tire. Their arms ached.

"This is getting us nowhere…"

"Agreed…" The two looked up from where they supposedly fell from.

"Did we… how far did we fall?" Stepping to Elise's side, Sakura continued looking.

"I'd say… pretty high up… So are we dead?"

"No… Dead people don't bleed, right?"

"I suppose so… So if we are alive…" Speculations about their location began. The density of the fog made options limited. "We'll need to find our way back up to find our clans." Elise agreed to Sakura's plan.

"Okay, but how do we know that if we find one of our families, we don't imprison the other?"

"Like what you Nohrians would do to me?"

"Exactly!" Her words a curious confession, Elise covered her mouth. "I should stop… It's bad enough that our families think we're gone."

"Yes… and that we've already dealt with one tragedy, losing our mother… I don't think Ryoma wants another." Elise seemed to shutter at the information.

"I see…" There was more to Sakura.

"It brought out a force from Big Brother that I didn't think I'd survive from." This made Elise show concern.

"What… kind of force?" The thought made Sakura shiver.

"Corrin wasn't human…" The subtle response made Elise scared.

"Wow… I couldn't imagine… and I've been with Corrin all my life." Suddenly, she paused and believed a claim needed to be presented. "Because you turned him into that inhuman person!" Sakura gasped to the accusation.

"What!?"

"Admit it, you turned him into that thing you're claiming now about Big Brother!" Shocked, Sakura couldn't believe Elise's claims.

"But I haven't-"

"All you've said are Hoshidan lies!" She clenched her fists. "I won't need my staff to your face since it'll heal you! I can still fight with this!" Forced to a corner, Sakura had to defend herself and knuckled up.

"If my words won't get to you, Nohrian, maybe this will!" Both screamed and threw a punch. Both made contact… but not to each other. Elise and Sakura's fists struck the open hands wearing green fingerless gloves. Standing in the middle was a young man in a blue sweat-tee and denim pants, a green backpack and a red baseball cap with a green circular emblem in a black portion. Looking to Sakura, the young man had zigzags under his chocolate brown eyes and raven hair.

"No…" he scorned to Sakura before turning to Elise. "…fighting!" Elise and Sakura gasped to seeing a young man step in and stop their fists. They relented and dropped their hands. He turned to Sakura and her body shuttered at the sight.

'What?' she gasped in thought. 'What is happening? My heart's racing so fast for him!' Elise's eyes glittered at seeing him as a yellow mouse with red circular cheeks and a lightning bolt for a tail.

'Handsome!' she awed in glee. 'Where have you been all my life!?' The mouse reached the young man's side where he climbed to his shoulder.

("Ash, you okay?") it asked. The young man sighed to what nearly was violent.

"Here Pikachu and I am, heading home when this strange fog comes in and we hear you two in an argument," he groaned. Sakura became apologetic while clutching her chest.

"I-I'm sorry…" she stuttered. Ash glanced to Elise in a question.

"So, what's going on that you two wanted to fight each other?" he asked. Elise came forward to explain.

"I can start by saying that we're princesses of warring families," she started. "I'm Elise, youngest princess of Nohr." Sakura had to explain herself while her cheeks bled red.

"A-And I'm the youngest p-princess o-of Hoshido, Sakura," she identified herself. Ash and the mouse gawked to the titles.

"P-Princesses?" he shook. In an instant, Ash and the mouse bowed to a knee and all fours in respect of Elise and Sakura. "We weren't aware!"

("Please, forgive us!") the mouse squeaked frantically. Elise came to Ash's side and palmed his head while Sakura shook her arms.

"I'm sorry if it is a shock to you," she tried to ease.

"Yeah, you don't need to do that," Elise giggled. Ash stood to Elise before facing Sakura. Her attention was on the mouse.

"Can I hold your mouse?" she asked. Ash turned to the mouse.

"I don't think you'll mind, right, Pikachu?" he promised.

("Can I climb up?") the mouse asked as it trotted to Sakura. She lifted the mouse and petted its head. It let out a cute squeak.

"It's cute!" she cooed. "So your name is Pikachu?"

("That's right!") Elise giggled more to Pikachu.

"I can't argue," she agreed. "He's pretty cute. Of course, you're one who's not lacking in that department yourself." Ash scratched his face in embarrassment.

"Thanks, I guess," he shyly replied.

"No problem… By the way, what's your name?"

"It's Ash… I'm Ash Ketchum." Ash chose to change the subject. "Anyway, your families are at war with each other?"

"Yes…" Sakura confirmed. "This is what I've been told but Corrin is the centerpiece of this war between Princess Elise's Nohr family and my Hoshido family. I was told that Corrin was my Big Brother from my mother, the late queen Mikoto." Ash gulped to the news and Pikachu squeaked somberly.

("I'm sorry for it,") he comforted. Sakura hugged Pikachu, careful not to crush him.

"Well, I knew Corrin all my life so I didn't believe he was a Hoshidan," Elise explained. Ash studied the information from the princesses.

"Sounds like I'd have to talk to who's in charge of everyone," he pondered. Just then, a smoke bomb appeared and exploded. All turned their heads, keeping themselves from inhaling the smoke. "Don't… tell me…" Without warning, he was dragged into the smokescreen. What's going on that has Ash caught with Elise and Sakura? How did he wind up in the fog?

TO BE CONTINUED…

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