Comms and Other Long FE Oneshots

Old Tales and New Wishes

    *Serious, serious spoilers for Revelations ahead. Also, smol Shigure. Oneshot requested by Baneoflosorien on Deviantart.*

Shigure hurried into the sitting room of Valla Castle, his parents, aunts and uncles not far behind, leaving the loud celebration in the ballroom. Queen Hinoka closed the doors with a decisive slam, and the noise was completely shut out. "Is your voice going to be sore tonight, Mother?" Shigure asked in concern, looking up anxiously at who all of those guests knew as Queen Azura of Valla.

"Maybe, sweetie, though I'm used to singing." She gave him a wan smile. She'd been growing paler since she and Father had announced that he was going to have a little sibling soon and her belly had started swelling. "I'm more worried about your father and all of your aunts and uncles."

"My fingers have string indents!" Aunt Elise exclaimed, peering at her fingertips with wide amethyst eyes.

"S-So do mine... Too many duets." Aunt Sakura pouted slightly, though the expression faded when Uncle Leo took hold of both her's and Aunt Elise's wrists gently to have a look at their fingertips. "Are y-you all right? You and T-Takumi were resorting to doing the same strategies over and over again toward the end there."

"I wanted to see how long it would take them to figure out the King's Gambit." Uncle Leo rolled his eyes, letting go of the girls.

"I was using something I made up. It's simple and elegant, like Leo keeps insisting all of his chess strategies are." Uncle Takumi crossed his arms, shooting a glare toward Father. "We're awfully lucky we have great retainers to save us from all of our adoring fans that want to challenge our strategic thinking."

"Or want to watch Camilla do serious aerobatics when she's pregnant, and get disappointed when they get Beruka showing off instead," King Ryoma grumbled. "And while I don't deny I enjoy sparring with Xander-"

"It gets very old, very quickly," the Nohrian ruler agreed, also leveling a stern glare toward Father, who was beginning to turn pale.

"You know, darling Corrin, we had such a fun time at this celebration for the end of the war, we may have to host our own," Queen Camilla chuckled.

"We were planning that, weren't we, dear?" Queen Hinoka gave King Xander a small smile, and the latter nodded in agreement.

"I'm feeling something like ghost pains from all of transformations I'm going to have to do at these..." Father muttered.

"Oh, we'd never!" Aunt Elise gasped.

"I'm surprised we didn't get requests like that tonight, actually..." King Ryoma remarked dryly.

"For the glory of the peace and because I love you all, I'll come to your post-war parties if they happen. But you know," Father remarked, flopping into a chair with a relieved sigh. "I don't think I've ever appreciated Odin's love for theatrics quite as much as I do right now."

"Hey, Oboro and Hinata saved us just as much as Leo's retainer," Uncle Takumi retorted, and Aunt Elise giggled and Uncle Leo just shook his head. "Even if Odin is just using Hinata as a sort of prop in his magic... story... show... thing. Though I will admit that Niles is making the greatest sacrifice here."

"I don't believe I've ever seen him look so uncomfortable." A smile tugged at Uncle Leo's lips as he also sat down. "Figures that it would be modeling Hoshidan clothing that would get that expression out of him. Charlotte seemed fine with her job of modeling the women's styles, though."

"Charlotte will take any excuse to flaunt herself." Father waved a hand. "She's almost as bad as Laslow."

"No one is anywhere close to as bad as Laslow." King Xander shook his head ruefully. "Honestly, I still don't understand how she and Saizo get along enough to be married. And, Niles getting together with Oboro? I thought that was a practical joke up until the wedding."