The last chapter was for an idea for The Dragon Prince. Here's a draft for it, in the event it does go through....

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The next morning you woke up to see Cori enter your room, frantic.

"What's wrong?"

"Takumi lost his Fujin Yumi," Cori muttered. "He's looking for it."

You get out of your cot and head to the door. "Let's check the courtyard to be safe."

Cori nods and follows you. As you two run towards the courtyard, Kaze appears in front of you.

"Lord Ryoma requires your presence. It's of upmost importance."

You blink before following him to the throne room, where Ryoma, Hinoka, Sakura, Takumi, Azura, and Cora are standing. In Ryoma's hands were a strange device.

"Do you know what this is?" Ryoma asks.

You shake your head. "No, I don't."

The object begins to glow and flies out of Ryoma's hands. It expands, and suddenly, you see the Bottomless Canyon.

"What the..." Hinoka whispers.

"Embrace the dark, you call a home."

A voice comes within the device, and a man steps into the view of the Bottomless Canyon, his back towards you.

"Gaze upon an empty white throne.

A legacy of lies, a familiar disguise."

The man turns to face you, and you see light blue eyes and dark blue hair stare back.

"Sing with me a song of conquest and fate,

The black pillar cracks beneath its weight.

Night breaks through the day,

hard as a stone,

Lost in thoughts all alone."

After finishing, the man begins to talk.

"Greetings Nohr and Hoshido. I am Ike of the Greil mercenaries. I need you to come to the Bottomless Canyon immediately. Without your retainers, or else you won't get these back."

Ike holds up two things - a book, and Fujin Yumi. Cora and Takumi make strangled sounds.

"You don't have much time. Hurry!"

Ike disappears, and the devices lands on the ground.

Azura is visibly pale, and Cora is frowning. "That was Leo's Bryhnhilder....."

"We need to get Fujin Yumi back!" Takumi interrupts angrily. "How do we accomplish this?"

"Simple," Hinoka replies. "We do as Ike says."

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This is just a way to get some of the characters together to fight against Leora. She probably left the Nohrian mansion at this point.

Although you can guess at who "Ike" really is, given that she gave the Nohrians and Hoshidans video devices, like a tablet or something. I might have Cassandra reappear and drop at hint at her identity though....

I can't use this in The Vampire's Servant/The Prince's Alchemist because they have Heroes.......

Edit: Given that I made this description super vague, the girl in question is Echo, who is posing as Ike. How she got the weapons is currently undecided.