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rainbow-firebird · 7 years ago

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Fire emblem: Shadows of Valentia - A drabble about Celica’s army

On a side note before I begin: I played and loved SoV so much, Celica’s army is my favorite. I got inspired a couple of nights to write this. I will finally dump it here. Hope you guys like it.

It has spoilers for the game too and some extra stuff. It considers having both Sonya and Deen possible too bc why not. No shipping, just family writing.

Celica and her army had just beaten Grieth and were heading out of the desert. On their way back, they return back to the fort they held for a while, to rest before they return and fight Terrors that had returned to the cemetery that blocks their path to the village.

They settle down across the fort, putting their stuff around the place. Before sleeping, Celica lit up a fire place to cook pieces of meat for one last dinner before she went back to plan their way ahead. All of them gathered around the campfire, having the Whitewings together in group next to Valbar’s group with Jesse trying to sit next to him as he was just shoo’d by the whitewings and Sonya. Boey, Mae, and Genny sit closer to Celica as usual. Atlas doesn’t know where to sit, but he is close to Jesse and Saber. Sonya sits on a random spot, right next to the Whitewings, with Deen right next to her, rather shy while looking as if he didn’t need anything else. All together they sat around the campfire. Celica looked at her group as she took bites from her small piece of meat. As there was a sudden silence she began to speak.

“I never thought I would be making this campfire with so many people this far away from home.” She spoke. “It feels…great. Back home I would only do this on my room with Mae, Boey, and Genny.”

“Yea, this time Celica made the fireplace because it’s usually Boey’s lame fire magic that does, there’s no way he’d made a fire big enough for all of us.” Mae added, unable to resist the chance to throw shade at him.

“That’s not true! I can make a fire place as this one! You saw me cast fire at an entire platoon of goons! I even saved your butt!” Boey answered a bit upset. Celica couldn’t help but crack a smile at Mae and Boey’s usual discussion.

“Look at how cute these kids are.” Sonya added. “I don’t understand how these children defeated Grieth.”

“Well, they're going to pay us well too so ...I can’t complain.” Deen was trying not to make any snarky comment. His job was to obey whoever gave him a solid sum of gold goins and nothing else.

“Is anyone else still hungry? I’m going to get some more.” Celica asked.

Everyone was saying they’re already ok.

“Are you sure?....Saber you’ve barely eaten two pieces of meat.”

“Me? I am fine Ms. Priestess, if you had an Ale that would be great however.” Saber said, while joking, with some truth behind it. “Just kidding, But I bet you I would be able to fight Terrors while hungover. Not like Terrors have any brain to use while fighting.”

“Alright…Atlas?”

“Milady I am ok, I usually do with this kind of portions, but when I return to town I will have a feast! Before we proceed to wherever you tell us to go, milady.” Atlas was quite compromised to work under Celica; he wanted to be efficient.

“Atlas, you don’t need to hold it, it’s still a bit of a long time, but we will certainly make a stop in the village…”

“You worry too much Lady Celica.” Valbar added. “We will be fine, and if someone isn’t, we’re still in good hands.”

“Of course! Lady Celica’s hands are most capable! It is no brainer why Mila assigned us this brilliant, strong, and beautiful lady as our leader! I am quite honored to serve such amazing lady and ---” Jesse was interrupted by Saber’s pat and squeeze on the shoulder while not even looking at him. “A-aah…”

“Oh you guys, thank you I am just doing what I can. Sure I will pay you in marks but I want to make sure you’re at your best. You still have homes and lives to return to.” Celica added.

“Come on, I will pay for these two boys right here, besides I really have no home anymore, so I am enjoying this while I can.” Valbar added.

“Valbar, please, I thought both of us were your new brothers. It doesn’t matter where you go, we’re your family for now yes?” Leon added, as if it wasn’t obvious he wanted Valbar to feel good about being near him.

“I mean I’m still here for the money, but so far this is the best job I’ve had.” Kamui added.

Celica couldn’t help to feel flattered and happy, knowing that she has kept some of her men happy during this mission makes her feel fulfilled. There was some quality time sharing each other’s dreams and hopes for the future, jokes here and there. It was a joyful moment.

“How about you? Do you need anything else?” Celica addressed the Whitewings.

“Catria wants some Altean pri—“ Est was interrupted by Palla, who patted her shoulder and spoke.

“We are fine, thank you Celica.” Yet Catria was briefly glaring at Est for that kind of remark. But in all honesty Catria thought from time to time about that prince, who was unfortunately already taken and will never return any feelings to her. “We can do with the portion given, we must save just in case. Besides the town isn’t that far away. To be honest I’m dying to try Valentian food. The one we had on the port was good.”

“We will get there quick and safely.” Celica added.

“I beg your pardon but, if I can makea remark, Celica you look tired, maybe you should take a rest.” Palla pointed out. “Even leaders need their time to rest. If you want I will take care of it.”

“I’m fine, thank you Palla.” But clearly Celica already had shade under her eyes and her eyes already half closed.

“Yes darling, you already need your beauty sleep.” Sonya spoke. “We will be fine, you already seem to have done your job for too long I can tell.”

“Come on lass, I know you wait until the last soldier that ain’t on watch falls to sleep for you to take your break.” Saber added. “We don’t want a sleep deprived leader out there, this has been going for weeks already, in fact, since you left the castle.”

“That’s actually true.” Boey agreed. “Celica, we will take care of it. Let us do it this once. If something comes up we promise to let you know.”

“If that something get out of hand, which I doubt we would let that happen. You rest soundly, and we will take care of it!” Mae joined the efforts to get their tired leader a break.

“I guess you guys are right. You’re more than my allies, you’re my friends, and I need to care for you all. After all you’re here to help me, and I want to help you back. Many of you are here instead of staying with your family, so I promised I would get you around safely.” Celica added, rubbing one of her eyes.

Saber huffs. “I always have to take this in my hands. Alright everyone, dinner’s over, you three have patrol this time, lass is going to sleep.” He scoops Celica up, carrying her bridal style to her place to sleep.

“S-saber please this isn’t necessary! The town is nearby and I ---” Celica pouted.

“I hate to differ but he’s right, Celica you were going to stay awake, let me help you sleep.” Genny sided with Saber in this.

“Leave this to us! we’re heading to guard this instant. Let’s get moving it is our turn.” Valbar commanded.

“Aw yea an extra coin!” Kamui yelled, while an ear pull followed from Leon.

“We will be heading to sleep somewhere in the other room, we will wake early to change shifts before sunrise.” Palla notified and signaled her sisters to follow her. Sonya, Deen, Jesse and Atlas followed the Whitewings and would share the room with them as well.

Saber carried her into the tactics room further in the fort where Celica, Mae, Boey and Genny would follow. “Alright, that’s going to be an extra 10 silver marks for transport…Just kidding, I couldn’t help to keep on seeing you as a wreck. Good night, lass.” Saber left the rest to Genny.

Genny, as a good cleric, pulls a bag with herbs, recurring to aromatherapy to help the group sleep. Those herbs she often had because she could spend a whole night writing, so to let herself sleep she relaxed with the pleasant smell of the herbs. She however didn’t took long before curling on her improvised bed floor, looking adorable as she did so.

Celica thought she should deposit some faith on her new friends as a leader should trust their loyal men and women. She went to sleep with that idea, relaxing a bit…but still having trouble as Mae and Boey would argue. It wasn’t until Saber had to shut both of them up.

Celica finally had her good and refreshing sleep after so long. Thankfully, Valbar and his men had no encounters with thieves or goons. They were lucky not to encounter any Terror on the graveyard in their way back to the village. Soon, Celica just told her allies that they will all have a day or two to rest before they moved north.

Leon took advantage of the very single leisure day to go shopping and not only for himself but for everyone. He actually got along with Sonya quite well as both enjoyed going for beauty products and overall caring for their image. Atlas got to see his family briefly during this time, inviting Celica, Genny, Boey and Mae to meet the bunch. The family was quite rowdy, but rather happy to see the heroes that brought the family back together.

Saber headed to the nearest tavern and got himself a good chug. Jesse happened to follow him as he was getting along with him, as well as a curious Kamui. To their surprise, the cold and stoic Deen also joined their drinking day fun. It all ended in Saber and Deen saving Jesse’s butt from some lady he flirted with who happened to have a rather burly husband. Kamui decided to stay sober and enjoy the lunacy drunk people do. The gang of mercenaries seemed to enjoy hanging together.

While Leon was off with Sonya for beauty tips and even Sonya encouraging Leon to tell Valbar how he feels, Valbar decided to spend his day with the Whitewings, helping the sisters out with shopping for supplies and visits to the blacksmith. He was quite the gentleman in helping them out with the heavier stuff. In the meantime of their walks, the Whitewings told Valbar about their job back in Macedon and he was pretty impressed. He even joked in saying “if you have trouble with pirates, just call me and I will swim all the way to Archanea to kick their butts!” With Grieth out of the way, he felt more in peace with what happened, and his temporal family in Celica’s army helped him heal better. This group didn’t took long before they met with Leon and Sonya who then tagged along.

On sunset the group reunited, wondering how they would all have a well-deserved sleep after such a long trip and the brief leisure. They were perhaps too many for the local hostel to take in, so they decided to camp outside Atlas’s house. Everyone agreed in having Celica enjoy an extra bed inside the house while the rest camped outside, despite Celica wanting to stay outside with them. They all gathered for another campfire before sleep, where they got to know each other better and kept on chatting. Celica was pretty happy that her bunch had grown a lot and also grown very close. While she knew she had to carry the task to find the Mother as fast as possible, she doesn’t know what will happen next when the mission is over, and the payment to the mercenaries wasn’t even on her thoughts either. She just enjoyed the moment with this new small family she has made.

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