New AN: I'm not quite sure whatever this nonsense is, it was something I tried for this chapter as a different form of author's note. I quickly discovered it wasn't much my style. I'll be sticking to author notes like this one for the rewrite and any future stories.
K: WAAAAAAHHHHH! I'M SO SORRY! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK ME THIS LONG TO UPDATE ;( I APOLOGIZE!
Morgan: I keep telling you, it's not your fault. You had homework to do K.
K: But I feel so bad...so many people have been waiting for this chapter...I hate homework...and school...
*Breaks into tears*
Morgan: *Slowly pushes K out of the room* Sorry about that...she needs to calm down for a bit. This is the new style of author's note that K is going to try, so I get to be the first cast member. As you saw earlier, K apologizes from the bottom of her heart for not updating in a while.
In addition to this chapter coming up, K has been lengthening the other chapters, fixing grammar, and adding detail, so look forward to those soon as well.
K: *crawls back into the room* I'm okay now...
Morgan: Are you sure K? Your eyes are a little red.
K: Shut up Morgan! I'm fine! Besides we need to start the chapter.
Morgan: Okay, if you insist that your fine.
K: *Glares at Morgan* I'm fine I swear. Now everyone's been waiting long enough for this chapter so without further ado here it is, finally.
Morgan: Disclaimer, K doesn't own Fire Emblem, Nintendo does. This is her own creative adaptation of the story.
Chapter Twenty Two
~Sumia~
Sumia walked through camp, not knowing what to think with all the crazy events that had been happening lately. They had been finding time-traveling children one after the other around the contient after they had found Lucina.
In addition to that, they had found Morgan and Melody, Robin's children. Just recalling that caused dread to spread throughout the queen's body. Finding not just one but two children of Robin pointed to the one truth that Sumia refused to acknowledge.
'If this had really happened...if Chrom had really...if they had really...no...no Sumia, don't think like that...Chrom's your husband...he chose me...he loves me...'
The more the peagsus knight tried to convince herself of these facts, the more she felt uncertain.
'I'm just going to go and confront Robin...no wait...would she even tell me anything...should I go talk to Morgan...would he tell me anything...if I tried to ask Chrom, he would just avoid the question...or give me a half answer...although anything is better than just sitting here...I'm going to go find Chrom...'
Sumia walked towards the tent she shared with Chrom, her eyes set in determination, her feet making soft crunching sounds on the dry grass. She was going to find out the truth.
However, when Sumia got to their tent, Chrom was nowhere in sight.
"Where could he be?" Sumia wondered aloud. "Maybe he went for a walk?" So the queen grabbed her spear just in case she ran into a stray Risen and headed towards the forest trail.
She walked down the forest path with quiet footsteps, somehow managing not to trip as she made her way down the path.
Sumia heard a loud clang that sounded like weapons clashing and some voices shouting deeper in the forest. Alerted to the danger, Sumia tightened her grip on her spear and ran forward towards the voices.
The young queen ran through the trees and as she got closer to the voices, she expected to see one of the Shepherds fighting off a group of Risen. However, what Sumia saw in the forest was completely different.
She saw her daughter Lucina swinging her fists at a man with dark purple hair, whom Sumia identified to be Morgan. The pegasus knight vaguely registered Robin off to the side and Chrom on the floor near Robin. Chrom looked like he was unconscious.
'Is Chrom okay? I hope nothing happened to him...why on earth is Lucina trying to punch Morgan what happened?!'
Sumia tried to step forward to intervene in the fight but her legs wouldn't obey her body. She remained frozen in her spot behind a tree.
"Why...did...you...punch...my...father..." Sumia heard Lucina seeth as she threw punches at Morgan.
Morgan easily dodged all of the punches and from what Sumia could see from her hiding place, the purple haired man's face was expressionless and neutral.
"Why...why...Marc...tell...me...why...you..know..how...much...my...father...means...to...me..." Lucina prompted as she threw more punches and kicks.
'Wait...Marc? Isn't his name Morgan? ...Why does Lucina seem to believe his name is Marc?'
Sumia saw her daughter try to throw another punch but, Morgan's hand met hers and pushed back. "I have my reasons," Sumia heard him say.
'Wait...Morgan punched Chrom...what on earth is going on here?'
Lucina stopped attacking Morgan and just stared at the young man. "You have your reasons?! Are you going to tell his daughter those reasons?!" Lucina asked him angrily.
Morgan scoffed, "He can tell you himself, when he comes to. Ask him who I really am."
'Who Morgan really is? What does that mean?'
"But aren't you Marc," Lucina said. "The aspiring tactician who joined our 2nd generation Shepherds with his twin sister, Meredy. The man who saved our lives with his strategies."
"Well, most of that is true," Morgan said. "Except for my name."
'So is his name Morgan? ...what's going on...'
"Then what is your name?" Sumia heard Lucina ask with a tentative voice.
"Morgan," Sumia heard her husband say.
Sumia quickly looked over to her husband, curious as to what Chrom was going to say.
Lucina asked, "Father, you're awake, are you in pain, does anything hurt?"
Chrom looked up at Morgan and said with determination in his eyes, "Morgan...Exalt...my son...That's his identity."
"Wha...What?!" Lucina exclaimed.
'What?! What did Chrom just say? SON?! But...but...but...Lucina is our daughter...just Lucina...and Morgan is Robin's son...he definitely can't be Chorm's son...right?! It's not possible...'
Sumia took a few shaky steps forward, as her entire body shook with an indescribable emotion on her face. The young woman was so distracted that she couldn't put her feet in the right place and ended up tripping and falling face flat on the ground.
Her fall only made a small sound but due to the overwhelming silence of the night, the crash sounded loudly throughout the forest. Sumia looked up to see four pairs of eyes on her. Robin, Morgan, Lucina, and...Chrom.
Sumia managed to say in a shaky voice, "Chrom, what are you saying...Son? We have a daughter, Lucina, just a daughter..."
~Chrom~
Chrom looked over to the source of the noise that had sounded like a fall. His eyes widened when he saw Sumia, who must've tripped over something, lying on the ground.
'...she heard everything...didn't she?...What do I say now?'
"Uh, hi Sumia are you okay?"
'...Really...REALLY? That's the best you could come up with Chrom...You're pathetic...this is just going to make her even more mad...'
~Sumia~
Sumia, who had managed to stand up on her shaky feet, stared at him in disbelief for a few seconds while Chrom looked at her nervously.
Then, she exploded.
"CHROOOM! OF COURSE I'M NOT ALRIGHT! What do you mean son? We just have a daughter...one daughter...Lucina...you...you... you...lying, cheating, good-for-nothing, prince...you...you BASTARD! I HAD A FEELING THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING! I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT BUT...but...but it has been happening hasn't it." Sumia shouted all at once, a turbulent of different emotions evident in her voice. Near the end her voice got quiet and she didn't know what else to say.
Her heart felt like it was going to break into a million pieces. Everything that she had feared was happening was all true...Chrom only ever loved Robin. Then what was she to him?
'Was I ever anything to him? Did he ever actually mean any of those 'I love yous?' He can just go ahead and marry Robin then... Since he loves her so much. He can live with his preferred family. Make Morgan heir to the throne...He should just leave now...But what do I do now? I just can't believe...that my fairytale wasn't real...'
Sumia sank to her knees again and she started crying quietly on the floor.
~Chrom~
"Ah, well uh you see..." Chrom stuttered.
'What do I say...It's not like I can just say 'Hey Sumia, yeah Morgan's my son, Melody's my daughter and I slept with Robin the night we got engaged...I've always loved her more than you...I CAN'T SAY THAT...but what do I say...I can't undo what I said...'
A sharp laugh cut into Chrom's musing which caused Chrom to look to his right at the source of the laugh, Morgan.
The young man laughed and said in a voice filled with disdain, "Ha, I don't consider this man as my father."
'I wonder what I did to Morgan in the future...He seems to really hate me...'
Robin looked over at Morgan with concern on her face and a hint of sadness, but she didn't seem too surprised at Morgan's declaration.
'Does Robin know why Morgan hates me?'
Morgan continued to speak, "The only parent that I acknowledge is my mother. That man is not my father."
~Lucina~
Lucina's head flashed over to Marc and she pushed herself to her feet and ran over to Morgan with blinding speed.
The princess put her face right next to Morgan's, glaring at him with her bright blue eyes. He stared back calmly with his dark blue ones. Normally being this close to Marc or Morgan or whatever his name really was, would make the princess' heart beat really fast, but all she felt now was fury.
"My father," Lucina seethed. "Is a great man, he definitely didn't do anything in his life to deserve a son like you. If you even are his son! As far as I'm concerned, you aren't worthy to even be his son. I'm actually having a hard time believing your little tale. I don't see the family resemblance. My father is much too kind to be related to a sarcastic know-it-all like you!"
When Lucina was finally done lecturing Morgan and giving him a piece of her mind, the princess was out of breath. She stepped back slightly and looked at Morgan, expecting him to be looking guilty or at least sad.
But no, the cocky bastard was smirking at her. He thought she was amusing.
'What on earth is wrong with him? How can he be smirking? Why the hell is he smirking at me?! Does he find me that amusing?! What happened to the kind man that I met in the future? What happened to the man I fell in love with?"
Lucina glared angrily at the young purple haired man. She was ready to start lecturing Morgan again and start telling him off for smirking at her but Morgan beat her to it.
Morgan just shifted his tactician's cloak off of his shoulder and revealed his brand on his left shoulder.
"This proves my lineage," Morgan stated. "I hate my father and I refuse to acknowledge him as such. However, this mark makes it impossible for me to deny it outright. I'm related to you princess. Or should I say... half-sister?"
Lucina stared at the brand in shock.
'Morgan has a brand...so father isn't lying...Morgan is his son...Robin is his mother...Morgan is my...my...my... stepbrother...it can't be...it just can't...'
K: This is such a short chapter...
Morgan: K, it's fine, you can always post some more after APs are over.
K: But I wanted this one to be a long chapter to apologize for not updating in forever.
Morgan: Try telling your homework and tests that. You have work to do, now shoo.
*Pushes K out of the writing room and into another room that has papers stacked high to the ceiling*
K: But Morgan! I don't want to do all this homework and studying.
Morgan: No objections! Get your stuff done so you can add more to this chapter later.
K: Fine...
*Closes the door*
Morgan: As K kinda of said earlier, she apologizes that this chapter is so short, but she has a lot of things to do right now. There will be more added to this chapter around May 14th.
Thank you to all of the people you have liked, favorited, followed, and reviewed K's story so far. She really appreciates the support and she loves getting feedback from everyone.
See you next time!