Princess Lissa

"We'll see who's delicate! I may not be able to attack like Chrom, but when you get injured? I'LL be the one stitching your bones back together, care of my trusty staff!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [An RP blog for Lissa from Fire Emblem Awakening/just a general FE fandom blog]

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

Nowi handed Lissa a Valentine. It said... "A princess with a friendly smile, A healer who shuns all things vile, Like bear meat. Yuck! She hates that stuff. A pretty girl with frills and fluff! Happy Valentine's Day! ~Nowi"

Lissa took the Valentine and took a moment to read it.

"Oh what a pretty poem, Nowi!" she exclaimed.

"I simply must write one for you in return! Just wait a few minutes!" Lissa said as she hurried away to find some paper and a pen. She quickly drew a flower and then tried to think of a poem about Nowi.

"Hmm....I guess that sounds alright!" she mumbled to herself.

Once she was done with the poem, she hurried back to Nowi and gave her the paper. "It's not a very good poem Nowi, but I hope you like it!"

This was what Lissa wrote on the piece of paper:

"A little manakete so sweet. With big green wings that make her fleet. She likes playing all day long. And turning into a fearsome dragon. Happy Valentines Day Nowi! From Lissa"

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

Hey, Lissa! What's up?

Lissa heard a familiar voice. Turning around with a big smile she said.

"Hello Nowi! Nothing in particular. Maribelle let me off my studies for the afternoon, so I've been trying to find something interesting to do. I haven't really had any luck. Everyone seems so busy today...." she said with a sigh.

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

"Aunt Lissa!" Morgan excitedly hugged the princess, happy to see her again after so long. "I haven't seen you in a while! Uhm, I know that's kinda my fault because I've been kind of busy, but I'm glad to see you. Though, speak of being busy, I have some news you should probably know." Morgan didn't intend to do it at first, but his hands were hidden behind his back as he wrung them nervously. As he realized that they were hidden, he decided to keep them that way until he said what was going on.

Lissa was pleasantly surprised to see Morgan. Thinking back she realized she had been rather busy as well learning new healing spells that Maribelle insisted she should know off by heart. However she noticed that Morgan seemed uneasy about something and she began to worry that something bad may have happened.

"It’s quite alright Morgan! I was busy too… But tell me what is this news you speak of? Is it something of importance to the Kingdom? Has there been trouble nearby?" she asked, her voice a little too anxious than was becoming of a princess.

[morganthetactician]

"Uhm, well…" Morgan started off. "It’s not really of importance to Ylisse as a whole…but it’s really super-important to me and I thought maybe you should know too. It’s not trouble, either, nothing bad, I promise. I guess I’m just…not sure how you’ll react to it…" Morgan bit his lip, trying to figure out the best way to put this. Well, Lissa was probably one of the people who was less likely to freak out about the fact before Morgan even got to fully explain the situation, or even regardless of his full explanation. He probably didn’t have to tip-toe too much with it, just so long as he said it right.

"Well, part of why I’ve been busy is Amelia. I spend so much time with her, but she makes me so happy, you know. I hope maybe one of these days you’ll get to know her even better. Actually, it’s kind of important to me that you do, because uhm…" Morgan let out a heavy sigh and showed Lissa his hands, a ring on his right hand, sitting comfortably around his ring finger. "…we’re engaged. Now don’t panic! This isn’t going to be for a few years still, at least. Four or five at the very minimum. Nothing bad has happened either, I promise, Aunt Lissa. It’s just…sort of a promise for the future. And…yes, this was my idea, but I…I just…Aunt Lissa, I love this girl more than I can try to define with words. She fills a hole I didn’t even know existed, and believe me, there are a lot of holes there. I still don’t remember father, for instance. But…I know I can commit to this because I love her so much. I hope you aren’t upset at me for this…but I figured, since you’re my Aunt Lissa, you definitely deserve to know…"

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

As Morgan began his explanation, Lissa could already tell it was nothing bad. He was blushing and fiddling with his hands. However as soon as he mentioned Amelia’s name, Lissa quickly put two and two together and realized that something romantic had finally happened between Morgan and Amelia. She had noticed the two had gotten close, but the fact that they were already talking about marriage took her a little by surprise. However when Morgan had finished his explanation, her face wore a big smile and she gave the young tactician a great big hug.

"Ohhhhh! I’m so happy for you Morgan! I noticed you two seemed to be growing close and that you make each other happy! Though your engagement did take me a little by surprise, I am giving you my blessing!" she said proudly.

Donning a serious expression, Lissa continued. “Morgan, I am sure you well know that I am quite talented at many things, including pranking and healing….but what you may not know is that I am also Ylisse’s best Wedding Planner. You simply must let me help you youngsters plan your wedding in a few years time. I can picture it already….the flowers, the cake, the balloons.” as she spoke she did a little dance of excitement.

[morganthetactician]

Morgan’s eyes lit up when Lissa expressed her excitement and joy over this. “R-really? You aren’t upset at me about this at all?” Morgan hugged Lissa happily. “Oh, thank you Aunt Lissa, thank you so much. It…it really means a lot.” He knew Lissa still didn’t fully know close they had been in the future, but it really meant the world to Morgan. He’d always enjoyed all the time he’d been able to spend around his Aunt Lissa, even though she wasn’t really his aunt, but she’d been that way to him in the future. To have her approval made him so happy. 

"Planner?…p-picture it? Well…" Morgan scratched his head. "Er, it’s like you said, it’s not for a few years. We don’t want to get too ahead of ourselves Aunt Lissa. You’re probably gonna have to talk with Amelia on planning too, when that time comes, but…I’m pretty sure she won’t mind, honestly." He beamed at Lissa, hugging her still. "I’m so glad I wound up here in the past…I got to find all of you and we were all able to stop so many bad things from happening…and, well, I met the love of my life. I guess time works in weird ways, huh?" 

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

Lissa laughed. Morgan looked so confused. "Don't worry Morgan, I only jest. I can wait a few years" she said with a wink, before continuing in a more serious tone, "Fate works in mysterious ways Morgan. I suppose you and all the other children came for the future for a very important reason. Or maybe the gods decided to give you a second chance at having a normal childhood? Perhaps the chance to be with your parents once more is a reward for a great task you must help accomplish. But in either case, I am just happy to have all of you around!"

[princeofrenais-blog-deactivated]

"Uh...I think I'm lost."

The prince furrowed his eyebrows at the stranger. She certainly did seem lost. Her clothing seemed rather fancy, somewhat regal even. If he had to venture a guess, she was likely not from Renais…or from Magvel for that matter. Well, Ephraim had seemed to make a habit out of helping lost ones who wound up in Magvel by random chance, particularly because he kept wounding up in other places by random chance himself. Why stop now? He sighed before henstepped toward the lady. "Excuse me miss," Ephraim started, rather politely. "Might I help you? I believe you said you’re lost?" Luckily the creek running through the area wasn’t very wide or loud so the prince didn’t have to speak over it. "I might be able to help you navigate yourself or at least figure out where you are."

[princeofrenais-blog-deactivated]

"Er, Lissa, I really think you shouldn’t-" Ephraim started to protest, about to reach for the wine, but before either of them could grab it, one of the workers had taken it out of reach. Ephraim nodded slowly and breathed a sigh of relief, mouthing the words ‘thank you’.

"Oh dear…it seems to have run away." Ephraim turned back to face Lissa as the pitcher was promptly taken away. "You seem a bit tired fter eating so much and drinking those two glasses of wine." Princess Lissa was most certainly a light drinker, that was for certain. Oh well, at least that would keep her from drinking too much, maybe? "Perhaps a nap would do you some good? We have quite a few guest rooms in the castle, after all."

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

Lissa was feeling very confused and the funny floating feeling she felt wasn't helping much either. She was sure the bottle of wine had been right there, but now it was most definitely gone. Lissa could also hear Ephraim saying something, but

"H-hang on a second Prinsh Ephraim. That wine bottle has disappearsh again. I'll find it though, if my name isn't Lissa!" she said as she managed to stand up. However her feet were also being just as naughty as the wine bottle and they simply wouldn't move right. Lissa promptly fell flat on her back.

Everything was beginning to get foggy and she dimly remembered Ephraim mentioning a nap. In fact, she decided that a nap was a great idea.

"Heyy, Prinsh Ephraim. You know, taking a nap wasn't a bad idea after all." she mumbled before falling asleep.

[dorimogemon]

Lissa in all of her class outfits!Disclaimer: Reclassing Lissa to any of these classes in-game will probably yield a different palette. “Ally Blue” is boring so I took liberties with that.

this series of images is now sectioned in a tag on my tumbl called class change!!

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

"Aunt Lissa!" Morgan excitedly hugged the princess, happy to see her again after so long. "I haven't seen you in a while! Uhm, I know that's kinda my fault because I've been kind of busy, but I'm glad to see you. Though, speak of being busy, I have some news you should probably know." Morgan didn't intend to do it at first, but his hands were hidden behind his back as he wrung them nervously. As he realized that they were hidden, he decided to keep them that way until he said what was going on.

Lissa was pleasantly surprised to see Morgan. Thinking back she realized she had been rather busy as well learning new healing spells that Maribelle insisted she should know off by heart. However she noticed that Morgan seemed uneasy about something and she began to worry that something bad may have happened.

"It’s quite alright Morgan! I was busy too… But tell me what is this news you speak of? Is it something of importance to the Kingdom? Has there been trouble nearby?" she asked, her voice a little too anxious than was becoming of a princess.

[morganthetactician]

"Uhm, well…" Morgan started off. "It’s not really of importance to Ylisse as a whole…but it’s really super-important to me and I thought maybe you should know too. It’s not trouble, either, nothing bad, I promise. I guess I’m just…not sure how you’ll react to it…" Morgan bit his lip, trying to figure out the best way to put this. Well, Lissa was probably one of the people who was less likely to freak out about the fact before Morgan even got to fully explain the situation, or even regardless of his full explanation. He probably didn’t have to tip-toe too much with it, just so long as he said it right.

"Well, part of why I’ve been busy is Amelia. I spend so much time with her, but she makes me so happy, you know. I hope maybe one of these days you’ll get to know her even better. Actually, it’s kind of important to me that you do, because uhm…" Morgan let out a heavy sigh and showed Lissa his hands, a ring on his right hand, sitting comfortably around his ring finger. "…we’re engaged. Now don’t panic! This isn’t going to be for a few years still, at least. Four or five at the very minimum. Nothing bad has happened either, I promise, Aunt Lissa. It’s just…sort of a promise for the future. And…yes, this was my idea, but I…I just…Aunt Lissa, I love this girl more than I can try to define with words. She fills a hole I didn’t even know existed, and believe me, there are a lot of holes there. I still don’t remember father, for instance. But…I know I can commit to this because I love her so much. I hope you aren’t upset at me for this…but I figured, since you’re my Aunt Lissa, you definitely deserve to know…"

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

As Morgan began his explanation, Lissa could already tell it was nothing bad. He was blushing and fiddling with his hands. However as soon as he mentioned Amelia's name, Lissa quickly put two and two together and realized that something romantic had finally happened between Morgan and Amelia. She had noticed the two had gotten close, but the fact that they were already talking about marriage took her a little by surprise. However when Morgan had finished his explanation, her face wore a big smile and she gave the young tactician a great big hug.

"Ohhhhh! I'm so happy for you Morgan! I noticed you two seemed to be growing close and that you make each other happy! Though your engagement did take me a little by surprise, I am giving you my blessing!" she said proudly.

Donning a serious expression, Lissa continued. "Morgan, I am sure you well know that I am quite talented at many things, including pranking and healing....but what you may not know is that I am also Ylisse's best Wedding Planner. You simply must let me help you youngsters plan your wedding in a few years time. I can picture it already....the flowers, the cake, the balloons." as she spoke she did a little dance of excitement.

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

"Aunt Lissa!" Morgan excitedly hugged the princess, happy to see her again after so long. "I haven't seen you in a while! Uhm, I know that's kinda my fault because I've been kind of busy, but I'm glad to see you. Though, speak of being busy, I have some news you should probably know." Morgan didn't intend to do it at first, but his hands were hidden behind his back as he wrung them nervously. As he realized that they were hidden, he decided to keep them that way until he said what was going on.

Lissa was pleasantly surprised to see Morgan. Thinking back she realized she had been rather busy as well learning new healing spells that Maribelle insisted she should know off by heart. However she noticed that Morgan seemed uneasy about something and she began to worry that something bad may have happened.

"It's quite alright Morgan! I was busy too... But tell me what is this news you speak of? Is it something of importance to the Kingdom? Has there been trouble nearby?" she asked, her voice a little too anxious than was becoming of a princess.

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

"Ah! What is this light I spy yonder? Wait, it is but my legendary hero of a mother! How do you fare in this morning?" Owain greeted the petite princess as he walked into the med tent.

Lissa was up bright and early because she need to catalog how much of the medical supplies had been depleted that week and then to figure out how much she could restock using the funds that Chrom provided her with. It was tedious work, Lissa never really enjoyed working with numbers. Today was going to be a very, very long day.

Suddenly she heard a very familiar and comforting voice. Owain’s visit was a rare treat and she was always happy to see her son from the future. Owain had a bright and cheerful disposition, which never failed to cheer her up, though his eccentricities were oftentimes quite confusing. Lissa dropped what she was doing straight away and ran up to Owain giving him a big hug.

"Oh, hello Owain, my legendary hero of a son! Hee hee. I am very well today, but rather bored. Have you been keeping safe Owain? And…have you perchance grown a little? You seem a little taller to me…" she grinned.

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

Lissa ignored Owain’s complaints and only let go of his hand when they reached the Training Grounds. Going over to the weapon storage tent, she knelt down beside one of the bins of full of blunt training weapons. Rummaging around underneath it, she dragged out a brightly polished battle axe.

She carried it over to Owain, trying her hardest to keep her balance and to not fall over. She held it up proudly so that Owain could see the rather crookedly engraved words “The Great Axe of Beheading” on it’s hilt.

"So what do you think Owain? I tried my best to come up with one of those "majestic names" you are so fond of!" she said with a proud smile.

[bloodoftheexalt]

Owain furrowed his brow as he watched his mother trying to find something among the piles upon piles of weapons stored near the grounds, and was promptly left with his mouth agape when the princess returned with a rather large battle axe, in peak condition.

"Mother, that is a beautiful weapon!" Owain declared, a smile finding his lips as he noticed the name that was engraved on its hilt. "It’s… perfect! O how sharp ‘tis the song that its edges sing! How heavy with urgence it’s swung across the air!" he narrated, gesticulating freely.

"Honestly, I’m impressed! I can’t have you showing me up on the naming department, mother!" he admitted, before handing the axe back to her hands.

Owain noticed her uneasiness when holding the axe, however, so he figured he should ask. “Er, it’s not that I’m doubting your capacities - after all you are my legendary mother - but… can you… even wield that thing?” he inquired, tilting his head to the side.

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

"Weeeellll. As legendary as I am sure I am.....mastering that axe is not an achievement I have yet attained!" Lissa lamented. Then suddenly she smiled cheerfully.

"But that's where you come in Owain....I was hoping you could teach me how to wield it in battle. I've been practicing a little, but I'm really not that good. Here let me show you!" Lissa called back to her son as she began to drag the axe out of the tent.

She headed over to the log she had set up earlier for practice and after making sure that Owain was watching, began her umpteenth attempt to hit the log. However in her eagerness she had put a little more strength into the swing than usual. The axe began to slip out of her hands and instead of hitting the target it flew rather gracefully into the air and buried itself in the ground a few meters away from where Lissa was standing.

Lissa grumbled a little, but then headed over to the axe and began her attempt to free it. "Do you have any ideas for how I could improve Owain?", she called back over her shoulder as she struggled with the excessively large weapon.

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

♫

Lissa put the last bunch of wildflowers into the already overflowing basket.

"There….that should be just about enough!" Lissa said with a satisfied smile. She then picked up the basket and began to head back to camp. Unfortunately, the heap of flowers in the basket completely obscured her field of view and just as she the edge of the camp, she accidentally tripped over a tent peg. Her first priority were the flowers, so she managed to keep the basket from tipping, but fell in the process.

"Pheww….thank god the flowers are fine…." Lissa said after she surveyed the damage…."If only there was someone else I could trust with such an important task" she added loudly for the benefit of anyone that was around.

[morganthetactician]

Morgan laughed and nodded, grinning. “Don’t worry, Aunt Lissa, I was already planning on doing that if he did decide to do something too foolishly heroic. I gotta admit, he and Cynthia are really really brave though. They’re almost fearless even. It makes me wonder if I should be more like them sometimes. I mean I tend to really think things through before I do them when it comes to battles. But I guess that’s because I’m a tactician. I don’t know…what do you think, Aunt Lissa?”

"Oh wow, those are some really good flower chains!" Morgan gasped, looking at all the ones she’d done, rather quickly too. "Er, I’m just working on this last one. Almost done…" He couldn’t quite seem to finish threading it all together. His fingers were a bit tired after doing this so much though, and he couldn’t quite keep the grasp he wanted. He set the incomplete chain down and stretched out his fingers a bit "Hmm…my phalanges are tired. Phalanges means fingers! It’s such a funny-sounding word though, isn’t it?"

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

"I think you act exactly as you should! A good tactician really has to be on top of everything going on in the battle. What use would a tactician be if they ran headlong into a battle with heroic shouts of glee, completely disregarding their surroundings? Personally I think that would make you perfect target practice for all the enemy archers. So…..don’t you go doing that, alright Morgan?" Lissa said with a concerned frown. She then began to inspect Morgan’s work.

"Hmm. I think you are doing a great job! You have worked really hard to make these, so I can finish that one off for your!" she said with a smile as she began to add flowers into Morgan’s last chain.

"Phalanges is indeed a very funny-sounding word. You are very learned Morgan. I wish I was half as dedicated to pursuing knowledge as you are.” Lissa said absentmindedly as she finished off the last chain.

"You can start draping these flower chains everywhere, while I go get some jars." she told the young tactician, before heading off to the tent where all the cooking utensils were stored.

[morganthetactician]

Morgan smiled at Lissa before she left the dining tent for the moment. “…Aunt Lissa…thank you. That really means a lot. I’ll keep doing things as I have been. And I’ll keep learning more funny-sounding words too so we can laugh about them!” There it was again. That smile, that cheery tone in his voice. It was hard for him to not be happy for long periods of time, especially around someone so positive as Lissa.

Morgan began to drape the flower chains as Lissa had asked him at good places for them to hang. He made sure to keep them out of the way of where people’s heads would be though. It wouldn’t do any good to have them be knocked over after all, and he had to mind how tall some people were, such as Lon’qu. He smiled when he was finally satisfied with the placement of a few of them and continued on.

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

Walking into the storage tent Lissa glanced over it's contents. There were no vases. In fact, there was nothing resembling a vase. There weren't even any empty glass jars. Just pots and pans. Enough pots and pans to provide Donnel with headgear for the rest of his life. Lissa thought with a smirk.

"Weeeelll, I guess pots and pans will just have to do!" Lissa said, as she began to pick up the smaller and less dented ones and attempt to stack them. Once she had eight of them, she picked up the stack, which wobbled precariously and slowly made her way back to the dining tent. When she got back to the dining tent, she realized that she wouldn't be able to get into the tent.

"Oh Moooorrrgggaaan! Be a dear and help Aunt Lissa so she doesn't fall over for the second time today!" she yelled out, a little anxiety audible in her voice. The pots were rather heavy and she wasn't sure how much longer she would be able to hold them.

[ganxrel]

Chit Chat | Lissa & Gangrel

thebestslackerinallylisse

"Well, if it isn’t King "My hairline is receding and I’m not even 30". Pleased to see you too."

"My sister was a great, no a MAGNIFICENT ruler, and I do indeed want to be just like her, but I would rather….make my mark in history a little less dramatically. But while we are on the subject of jumping off of cliffs…well, I’ve noticed how Plegians are always competing with Ylisseans. I have the better army, I can sow more chaos and dischord than you, blah, blah, blah. And so I was thinking we should also compare rulers. So how about YOU jump off cliff and we will see who did it better: you or Emm?”

Lissa’s anger died a little after her vent and she regarded the king with a mixture of interest and disgust as she waited to see how he would respond.

Ugh, how rude. Still, he didn’t force Emmeryn to jump of the cliff. Nor did he want her to fall off the cliff. “Now look here you brat!” The amount of agitation in his voice calmed to a much gentler approach. A light cough given off. "One’s fall isn’t as great as one’s rising. Unlike you, I never had a true mother or father. And I never grew up in the laps of luxury. As well as your sister had a choice. It was either for her to jump, or just hand over the Fire Emblem. No problem, yes? Me? The thought of your sister hurt me even more? Do you think I wanted war? Why, I would never harm a Ylissean even if my life depended on it! My motifs were simple. Use your little noble lady to try to convince you to hand over the emblem. Yet my army was so blood thirsty they had wanted to slaughter them all. And a man who refuses the call of his army is seen as week and feeble. So I had only played along with their demands. Trust me, if I had wanted Emmeryn, I would have sent archers to shoot her down on the spot. You Ylisseans are too one-sided, not ever seeing through another’s eyes." Gangrel only gave a simple sigh. In his mind, and in his own opinion, he wasn’t the one whom needed to apologize. It  was those filthy rich bastard Ylisseans.

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

Lissa's eyes went wide with surprise. Was she mistaken....or was there a hint of regret in Gangrel's voice? Lissa knew never to judge a book by it's cover, but if Gangrel was a book, then his cover practically screamed don't read me and run away while you still can.

"All Emmeryn ever wanted was peace. You know that after my father died she ended the war. Was it that hard to leave well enough alone? If you had wanted the Emblem that badly, then you could have sent Emmeryn a missive and explained your reasons for wanting it. Emmeryn was a just ruler, she would have considered your request without bias. Though if Plegians truly are as blood thirsty as you make them out to be, I guess that would have probably ended with you jumping off of the cliff." Lissa said with a sigh, before shrugging.

"Let's leave the past in the past. However....I think it's unfair for you to say that the views of Ylissean people are one-sided. I heard that you rose up through the ranks, originally a street urchin. I think that is a commendable achievement. I truly did nothing to earn a royal title, but I try my best everyday to live up to the job. As for parents....I never knew my mother. As far as I am concerned Emmeryn was the closest thing I ever had to one...." she trailed off quietly and then frowned.

"As for my father. I wouldn't wish for anyone to have a father such as he. I saw him maybe once before he died. As for his legacy...."the butcher king". Emmeryn had to work so hard to undo his wrongs. I think it was the fact that he had all that power that corrupted him. Power is truly a terrible thing if one does not know how to handle it. Now if two kings who earned themselves titles like " the mad king" and "the butcher king" ain't enough to prove that I don't know what is."

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

Lissa rummaged around in her bag pulling out various items that really shouldn’t have been able to fit in there including an...

[grimastruthinylisse]

Dark Mages Just Want To Have Fun | Lissa & Validar

[grimastruthinylisse]

"Now, now," he said as he regained his composure, "No need to fret so. I've prepared for situations like this." He closed his eyes as he said this, a mirthful grin plastered on his face. As his concentration grew, the cards began floating out of his hand and lazily levitated around him. After a good half minute of this, his eyelids flew open, his eyes white with magical energy. The deck flew back into his hand, and with a flick of his wrist, the formerly black cards were a familiar crimson red, emblazoned with the All-Seeing Eye.

"There, that ought to do it…"

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

Lissa's eyes went wide with wonder. Had Validar truly magicked the normal cards into Tarot cards...or had he been making fun of her from the start? She shrugged, after all it didn't really matter now that she would actually get a reading of her future. Unless.... Lissa's eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"I hope what I just saw wasn't Dark Magic Validar......buuuut I'll overlook it just this once!" she said with a dismissive wave and a mischievous grin. Taking the cards out of Validar's hands she shuffled them and picked out 3 and gave them back to the Dark Mage.

"Here you go! This one is past, this one is present and that one's future!"

[caterpie]

By 「yoruumi」

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

♡

The first thing Lissa heard was chirping birds. Bright light was shining on her face. That must have been what had woken her. Yawning and stretching she opened her eyes.

Only then did she realize that she wasn't in her tent and that Lon'qu was sleeping in the bed beside her. Lissa shuddered as she imagined the chaos that would result if he found out that she had spent the night in his tent.

Panicking, she jumped up from the bed and grabbed her healing staff, ready to sneak out quietly before he noticed.

[swordmasterofdawn-deactivated20]

Milkshake

Edward was pretty sure this was the tenth time he was blushing today. He stared at the milkshake on the table before them, and then back up to the blonde girl. 

Even if he had offered first to buy them milkshakes, Lissa was a hard girl to argue with, and in the end she had left to get them some. Saying something about using Chrom’s money. She had returned with only one, and with a lovely smile on her lips. 

He gave her a warm smile and reached out to squeeze her hands. “Thanks” He mumbled softly and leaned closer to press a gentle peck on her cheek. “Want the first sip?” 

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

Lissa blushed a little when Edward kissed her cheek and looked down nervously at her skirt. “Well…I could go get two straws…and we could both have a sip at the same time?” she said turning red as the strawberries that were in the milkshake. Quickly jumping up and grabbing them, she stuck them into the milkshake. Closing her eyes she began to count off the deciding moment “On three ok Edward? Ooooneeee, twooooo, threeeee…..”

[swordmasterofdawn-deactivated20]

They both moved forward at the same time and took a sip from the milkshake. Edward opened his eyes and looked at her, just inches away from him. He smiled and slowly pulled away. “You were right, this milkshake is amazing!” He grinned and leaned forwards again to take another sip. 

"You know.." He paused and averted his eyes. "Spending so much time with you has been really great" He mumbled softly and started chewing on his lip nervously. "You are like this amazing, pretty girl and I am… well. I am me" He chuckled nervously and scratched the back of his head. 

"Thank you, Lissa. Really" He looked back at her. "I appreciate it" 

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

Edward caught Lissa off guard. “N- no, no, you have it all wrong Edward! I should be the one thanking you!” she said quickly, before blushing at her forwardness.

"All the boys I had met before..well they were like roosters. All puffed up around their stupid titles and fiefdoms, strutting around and trying to outdo each other. What care I for their riches, if they can’t even hold a conversation longer than a sentence if it isn’t about how wealthy they are? What good are all their castles and lands to me if I can’t have fun with them doing the silly things that make me happy?" Lissa said with excitement, almost upending their milkshake.

"Ahh, I’m not making much sense am I? I guess what I am trying to say…is that you are one of the best friends I have ever had. You are kind, caring and intelligent…." Lissa trailed off, too nervous to look Edward in the face. "A-..and I think you are pretty handsome too!" she squeaked out before burying her face in her hands, embarrassed at her forwardness.

"Aahh, you probably think I’m so silly right now!" she said as she peeked out at him.

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"I didn’t do it."

"I know you didn’t" Edward said and sat down beside the princess. "But people will always try their best to break you down" He carefully, yet awkwardly placed his hand on her shoulder. "They will always find ways to put blame on people who deserves it the least" He sighed. 

"But you are better than that. We both know that" He squeezed her shoulder gently, hoping it wouldn’t weird her out. 

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Lissa had buried her tear streaked face in her hands, but she found Edward’s presence and kind words consoling. Soon her tears ran dry and she managed to look up.

"It’s really NOT fair, just because someone’s stupid prank almost led to five tents being burned down…..I know it was serious and all, but Chrom, Frederik and Robin all assumed that I did it straight away *sniff* and I just got so upset and I got so angry………at Chrom most of all, because *sniff* I thought he at least would think me more responsible than that. You don’t think I would be that irresponsible, do you Edward?" Lissa asked through her tears of frustration.

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"They were being very unfair towards you" Edward agreed. "I mean no one got hurt, and we managed to stop the fire before it did any serious damage!" He said with a smile, feeling braver as he carefully wrapped his arm more supportively around Lissa’s shoulders. "So no, you’re not irresponsible. Accidents can happen to us all" 

He had never thought he would feel to comfortable with a princess, but Lissa was really calm and friendly, and Edward found he liked her better and better.

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

Edward’s words were reassuring and after a little while Lissa finally managed to dry her tears. She

*Sniff* “Edward, I’m so glad you were here for me!” she said blushing a little. “You were a regular knight in shining armor…much more knightly than Frederik!” she said with a wink, before standing up and brushing her the dust of her skirt.

"So here’s your reward!" she said giving Edward a quick peck on the cheek and turning her back to him so that he couldn’t see how red her face was.

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Edward’s eyes widened at the sudden peck on his cheek. He turned to face her, but met only the back of her head. “L-Lissa” A deep blush crept over his face as he looked away as well. 

"Uhm… I-I-" He swallowed nervously. He had never been good with girls, or romantic things in general. "A-any time" He chuckled awkwardly and scratched the back of his neck. "I-I-uhm-I don’t like to see you upset" He bit his lip. "I-I-" He stopped himself, feeling his cheeks burn even more. "I-I like it when you laugh" He finally dared to look back at her. 

Darn, her brother was going to murder him. 

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

"Awww, that’s so sweet Edward! I always find it easy to laugh and act more down to earth when I am with you." she said with a sweet smile, before sighing. "Some people in the court try to be friends with me just for status. When that happens I feel like they don’t see me for Lissa, just as some sort of figurehead. I get the feeling that you like spending time with me just because I am Lissa…." 

She shook her head vigorously to clear her head of all these sad thoughts, making her pony tails bounce around excitedly.

"Well, if you like it when I laugh, I guess I just thought of the perfect thing to do….we should prank Robin. I guarantee that we will both be laughing when we see his face. Hee hee" Lissa giggled mischievously

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"Prank Robin?" Edward asked. He had met the tactician a couple of times, but never really talked to him. He knew, though, that the tactician was very dear to Chrom, and that the exalt would probably murder him twice if he joined Lissa in pranking Robin, still…

He gave her a smile. “As long as you protect me from your brother’s wrath” He gently elbowed her in the arm. Honestly he was really worried about Chrom.

"So, what kind of prank did you have in mind?" He grinned and shifted a little closer to her.

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

"Pffftt. Don’t worry…if Chrom catches us, you make a break and run for it. I’ll distract him long enough for you to escape. Besides Chrom is just like a bit fuzzy teddy bear inside, he would never do anything too scary. I mean this prank is really very harmless.” she said nudging Edward back with a wink.

Lissa then did a double take and checked the surroundings suspiciously. It most certainly wouldn’t do to have anyone finding out about their prank before they got away with it. She was also making sure Chrom wasn’t anywhere in sight. Edward’s fears were not without merit, but she didn’t want him to get scared or anything like that.

Lissa then leaned in close to Edward and whispered, “Well, ‘tis the season when frogs serenade each other with love croaks and lay lot’s of eggs. My frog down the collar trick is getting a little old now, so I think frog eggs in Robin’s boots might just do the trick. Hee hee”

One could never be too cautious when it came to a successful prank and Lissa wanted to make sure that Edward had fun so that he would join her on more pranking missions in the future. Lissa was in need of a helper on her escapades and Edward seemed perfect for the job.

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Edward wasn’t so sure about the running away thing, that would only give Chrom more reasons to chop him into pieces. But if trusted Lissa, and if anyone knew Chrom it was Lissa. 

As the blonde princess leaned closer, Edward felt his cheek blush up again. And when she started to talk about serenades and love calls, the blush only turned a deeper shade of red. He shook the feeling off and gave Lissa a smile. “Sounds like a plan” He chuckled nervously. They were rather close after all. 

"I take it you are a prank master then" He mumbled softly. His fingers aching to touch her cheek, but that would be inappropriate now, or would it? He had no knowledge when it came to romances at all, and he really didn’t want to push his luck.

"So… are we going to do this then?" He grinned instead. Letting his hand rest on the ground instead. 

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

"I am indeed Ylisse’s prank master and you can be my loyal sidekick. I’ll make a master out of you yet! So, let’s go Edward, time’s a wasting and those frog eggs aren’t going to catch themselves." she said with a laugh.

However she remained seated on the ground, while Edward stood up. Instead she held out one of her hands and turned a little pink. Lissa never really spent that much time around boys her age, only ever seeing them at the annual gala balls that were held at the castle. Her tutors had always warned her to “act like a lady”, but in truth she really wasn’t sure how to act around Edward.

"Could you please…help me up Edward? Hoop skirts aren’t the most practical object of clothing around and well…you know hee hee". she said, giggling nervously.

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"Uh...I think I'm lost."

The prince furrowed his eyebrows at the stranger. She certainly did seem lost. Her clothing seemed rather fancy, somewhat regal even. If he had to venture a guess, she was likely not from Renais…or from Magvel for that matter. Well, Ephraim had seemed to make a habit out of helping lost ones who wound up in Magvel by random chance, particularly because he kept wounding up in other places by random chance himself. Why stop now? He sighed before henstepped toward the lady. "Excuse me miss," Ephraim started, rather politely. "Might I help you? I believe you said you’re lost?" Luckily the creek running through the area wasn’t very wide or loud so the prince didn’t have to speak over it. "I might be able to help you navigate yourself or at least figure out where you are."

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"My goodness, you do seem to have quite an interest in food." Ephraim chuckled as he replied to Lissa. He shurgged. "I am able to do some work in the area of food as well, though not so much with pastries or baking in general, I must admit. My cooking knowledge more applies to hot stovetops and things of that sort. Most people thought, when I was younger, I would hate the idea of learning about it, and at first, so did I. But as I grew to appreciate the food we ate, I guess I grew somewhat to appreciate making it as well."

"From what I can tell, yes, Magvel and Ylisse aren’t too far off in quite a number of ways." The prince replied, nodding slowly. "Our chickens? No, they don’t have four legs. That seems kind of silly to think about. After all, everyone knows all chickens have six legs.” He burst out in laughter. “Kidding kidding. Our chickens have two legs, much like the ones I’ve seen in Ylisse-” Ephraim was interrupted when plates were placed in front of them and he smiled, thanking the cooks for their good work. “Well, here we are. Certainly smells good, doesn’t it?” He was already half-expecting her to dive straight for the chicken, and if she did,he wouldn’t really mind much.

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*munch* *munch* *munch* *munch*

Lissa finished off the last morsel on the plate before Ephraim even had time to pick up a fork. She giggled as she daintily dabbed at her mouth with a napkin. “Hee hee. Well, I don’t know about smelling nice, but I have to tell you…it tasted deeeeelicious! You should hurry up and try it Prince Ephraim!”

Realizing she was thirsty, she reached for a nearby pitcher and poured some of the contents into her wine glass. Fingers crossed that it’s not lemonade. Her glass filled with wine. Chrom had never let Lissa have any alcoholic beverages before, but Chrom wasn’t here now and she had heard good things about wine. She took a sip and found that it had a pleasant fruity taste. Draining the glass she poured herself another.

"So how are you finding that chicken Ephraim? I really think you should compliment your chef, because it certainly beats Chrom’s army ration food." she said, her face a little flushed from the wine.

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Ephraim laughed when he saw Lissa was already done. “I guess your big interest in food definitely goes beyond preparing it, that’s for sure.” He chuckled and replied. “Well, I’ve had the chicken before, and it is rather nice, I must say. Army rations aren’t the best thing, that’s true, but you have to have something to go on when traveling. It certainly is better than nothing…” The prince paused and furrowed his eyebrows upon seeing Lissa drink the wine. He gently grabbed the pitcher and moved it away. He almost grabbed her glass too. “Er, if I might make a suggestion, you shouldn’t drink so much wine so fast, Princess Lissa…” Ephraim sighed. He wished he’d known they had set wine out, or consulted him on what drinks should be available beforehand. If anything happened to Lissa because she had too much to drink, Chrom might not be quite as pleasant with Ephraim as he had been upon their meeting prior.

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"Your suggestion is duly noted Prinsh Ephraim.." Lissa said with a nod.

She had begun to feel a little light headed. She wasn't sure why, but she drank some more of the wine, in the hope that it would make her feel better. Before she knew it, her glass was empty already.

Now where has that wine gotten off to? Don't tell me it ran back into its pitcher again. Naughty wine, I'm gonna go get you back into the glass. Lissa giggled at the thought, before looking around for the offending vessel. I coulda sworn it was standing right there. Or was it here? Or there? Naughty wine.

She finally spotted it next to Ephraim. Stretching out her arm and leaning over her plate, she tried to grab it but missed.

"Ooohh. You are a naughty pitcher of wine aren't you? Trying to run away from Princess Lissa of Ylisse of all things? I command you to remain in one place! Heee hee " Lissa said with a laugh as she tried to grab the pitcher a second time.

[thebestslackerinallylisse]

♫

Lissa put the last bunch of wildflowers into the already overflowing basket.

"There….that should be just about enough!" Lissa said with a satisfied smile. She then picked up the basket and began to head back to camp. Unfortunately, the heap of flowers in the basket completely obscured her field of view and just as she the edge of the camp, she accidentally tripped over a tent peg. Her first priority were the flowers, so she managed to keep the basket from tipping, but fell in the process.

"Pheww….thank god the flowers are fine…." Lissa said after she surveyed the damage…."If only there was someone else I could trust with such an important task" she added loudly for the benefit of anyone that was around.

[morganthetactician]

"Thanks, Aunt Lissa! And don’t worry, if anyone’s not old, it’s definitely you. You’re still really young and full of energy! Like me!" Morgan grinned at her. "You were even like that in the future, though you became a lot more serious as things started to happen. Partly because you had to and partly because…" Morgan looked around before he whispered. "…because you’d admired Emmeryn and wanted to be like her But don’t worry, when you first told me that, you told me not to tell anyone else you said that, and I figured the you of now would probably want me to keep that to myself for now." He smiled softly at Lissa. She had no idea just how graceful and strong she was capable of being…but she’d learn. At least, Morgan hoped she would…without having to go through so much tragedy to learn it.

"Yeah, I always spent a bunch of time around Owain, Cynthia, and Gerome." Morgan replied with a nod as he continued to make some flower chains. "That stuff I’ve managed to remember. It’s kind of nice to remember fond days with my friends. It helps me keep my spirits up during the day! …and, when I’m looking for things to get everyone else, it sort of helps to remember what sorts of things they like, too." He chuckled a bit. "As for the Justice Cabal…" Morgan smiled, but laughed again, "Well, it was something Owain started when we were young. It was always him, Cynthia and Gerome…the three members of the Justice Cabal, a legendary team, devoted to keeping justice! It always seemed a bit childish to some of the others, especially as we got older- Severa in particular, for starters -but Owain always stuck to it. In truth I always kinda admired them and…I guess maybe I was a bit jealous that I didn’t get to be part of it. Gerome…quit for a while though. Actually, it was around the time when he stepped out when I joined in. It took a lot of convincing after he became a lot more serious because of what happened, but we managed to get him to join us again. Now it’s the four of us, sticking together as a team. But don’t worry, nothing dangerous. Owain hasn’t dragged us out into any big danger on our own…at least not yet. I wouldn’t put it past him though. But, I have to admit, it’s nice to have a good energy to face injustice and bad things like he does. Better than not having any at all, right?"

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"Hmm, you are right, I do admire Emmeryn. She is beautiful, graceful, intelligent not to mention you can really tell that she is the Exalt just by looking at her. She has this aura around her…. Hopefully I can live up to your expectations once again in this time." Lissa said rather thoughtfully as she finished up another flower chain.

However she cheered up when she thought about Owain. She was glad that the war had not robbed him of his cheerful disposition. “I’m glad. It seems that the Justice Cabal is just Owain’s way of saying that you are some of his closest friends….. Just be sure to let me know if he…you know…decides to do something heroic that could…have a less than pleasant ending…”

Standing up, she brushed a few loose petals from her skirt. “Well I think I have enough flower chains here now. How are you going?”

[morganthetactician]

Morgan laughed and nodded, grinning. “Don’t worry, Aunt Lissa, I was already planning on doing that if he did decide to do something too foolishly heroic. I gotta admit, he and Cynthia are really really brave though. They’re almost fearless even. It makes me wonder if I should be more like them sometimes. I mean I tend to really think things through before I do them when it comes to battles. But I guess that’s because I’m a tactician. I don’t know…what do you think, Aunt Lissa?” "Oh wow, those are some really good flower chains!" Morgan gasped, looking at all the ones she’d done, rather quickly too. "Er, I’m just working on this last one. Almost done…" He couldn’t quite seem to finish threading it all together. His fingers were a bit tired after doing this so much though, and he couldn’t quite keep the grasp he wanted. He set the incomplete chain down and stretched out his fingers a bit "Hmm…my phalanges are tired. Phalanges means fingers! It’s such a funny-sounding word though, isn’t it?"

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"I think you act exactly as you should! A good tactician really has to be on top of everything going on in the battle. What use would a tactician be if they ran headlong into a battle with heroic shouts of glee, completely disregarding their surroundings? Personally I think that would make you perfect target practice for all the enemy archers. So.....don't you go doing that, alright Morgan?" Lissa said with a concerned frown. She then began to inspect Morgan's work.

"Hmm. I think you are doing a great job! You have worked really hard to make these, so I can finish that one off for your!" she said with a smile as she began to add flowers into Morgan's last chain.

"Phalanges is indeed a very funny-sounding word. You are very learned Morgan. I wish I was half as dedicated to pursuing knowledge as you are." Lissa said absentmindedly as she finished off the last chain.

"You can start draping these flower chains everywhere, while I go get some jars." she told the young tactician, before heading off to the tent where all the cooking utensils were stored.