Fire Emblem Three Houses Blue Lions One-Shot Stories

Story 2: Beauty and the Boar, Part 2: The Castle in the Woods

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 Usually he would be at the central church by now. The horse was confused, however, Jeralt was sure he was on the right path. "Relax, we took a detour, of corse it's going to take a little while longer." He said to his horse. The horse didn't really feel better by that comment but continued anyways.

It was getting colder. Way colder. It even started snowing. There was an odd presence nearby that Jeralt felt but shrugged it off. The feeling only grew as they continued. Then, a loud wolf howl pierced the silence. Jeralt looked behind him and saw a pack of wolves, bloodthirsty and hungry, behind him. "So this is what that feeling was." He mumbled. He whipped the reins. "Hurry! Straight ahead!" He yelled.

The horse started running at full pace. The wolves followed them, slowly catching up. The wolves were almost close enough to attack the both of them when Jeralt saw something that looked like a gate not too far ahead of them. "Perfect, shelter." He said. They ran into the gate and into a courtyard covered with snow. The wolves seemed a little afraid to go near the gates. Jeralt didn't care why they stopped, he was glad the wolves weren't a threat.

He looked up and saw a run-down castle. "Huh, this isn't the church." Jeralt said. He guided his horse to a spot near the entrance stairs and gestured him to sit down. Jeralt entered the dark castle. Even though it was dark with only the moons light as the only source of light, it was incredibly dusty. Cobwebs covered every corner and the carpet was torn up in places, as if a beast clawed them. Jeralt wandered around the entrance hall and stumbled across the foyer. A fireplace with a fire was nearby. Jeralt warmed himself by it for a few minutes.

Meanwhile, there were someone, or rather something that was watching them. Behind the doorframe, an enchanted brass candelabra and blue wood stained clock were watching the surprise guest. "Felix, do you see this? What would His Highness think?" The candelabra asked.

"Shhh, be quiet Sylvain. Besides, the boar would probably be livid." Felix whispered.

Their conversation didn't go unnoticed. Jeralt heard something and walked in the direction he thought he heard it. The enchanted objects stood still in their spots and acted like normal housewares. Jeralt looked down and noticed them. "That's strange, I don't think these were here when I entered." He picked up the candelabra and stared at its intricacy. It looked like it had eyes and metal shaped like hair.

It stared at Jeralt before saying "Hello there." suddenly. Jeralt was startled and threw it down and its three flames were extinguished. It quickly got back up and relit its flames. "Eh, kinda expected that reaction." It said.

"Sylvain, you are an idiot." The clock scolded. Jeralt was confused. A talking candle and clock? Wolves not entering the grounds? Is this place haunted? Or is it enchanted? Whatever it was, Jeralt needed to escape, and fast. He took off running towards the exit.

"Great job Felix, you scared him." Sylvain argued. Felix only rolled his eyes and said nothing. Jeralt was back outside and retrieved his horse. He was making his way out when something caught his eye. A rose bush. He remembered Byleth's request. He quickly tried to cut one off of the bush with a dagger. He was almost out of the courtyard when a dark shadow approached. He turned around and gasped.

A hideous beast stood before him. One eye was even covered, implied that he lost it. The beast grabbed Jeralt by his shirt. "So, you think you can get away that easily?" The beast asked menacingly. Jeralt was too nervous to answer. Before he knew it, he was being dragged along back into the castle. "I know exactly what to do with petty thieves like you." Jeralt's horse was able to get away. He ran back to the village to warn Byleth on what has happened.