Once upon a time
in a place far away
there was a child.
He had a father.
He had a mother.
He had a sister.
They all hated him.
Unanimously
utterly
completely
hated
him.
Because of a mark
on his back.
And to be hated like that
was the worst feeling in the world.
Once upon a time
in a place far from here
there was a boy.
He had a father.
He had a mother.
He had a sister.
Then one day
there was a medallion
and then he had no mother.
But he couldn't remember seeing that happen.
Seeing a blade in his mother's heart
put there by his father.
So his home still knew happiness.
His home still knew love.
Once upon a time
there was a hero.
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FE Valentines Contest Entry: Saving the Dove by RubyDragonCat, literature
Literature
FE Valentines Contest Entry: Saving the Dove
What had happened the day before had floored just about everybody in both mercenary groups. Boyd, the hotheaded axe warrior of the Greil Mercenaries, had gotten down on one knee in front of one of the wyvern rider siblings that led the Whitefires and proposed to her. Even Cerai was shocked...she had been seeing him as just another ally for the longest time. She enjoyed his company and they often bantered back and forth like an old married couple, but...she apparently hadn't seen that as love until now. She said yes to him and made a joke about the vulnerary she had lent him the other day: "There must've been something weird in that! ...I'm jo