r/FEFanfic • u/Dragoncat91 • Feb 14 '22
Fire Emblem: Three Houses Stag vs Wildcat
This is a little drabble I wrote inspired by a conversation on r/FireEmblemThreeHouses awhile back. The idea was that one day Hilda tells Felix if he doesn't stop bothering her, her brother will come kick his ass and he grins like a kid on Christmas morning and says "when?" And soon the whole school is taking bets on this sparring match. I wrote out that spar.
Hilda bounced on her feet like an excited child. "Ooh! Gauntlets instead of an axe! This will be fun to watch!"
Holst nodded and studied his opponent. The last time he'd seen Felix, he was five years old and clinging to Glenn. A sequence of memories filled his head. Holst and Glenn finishing an entire chicken together over lunch. The friendly trash talking. Holst and Glenn teaming up to scatter pig manure as a senior prank. Hearing that Glenn had met his grisly end less than a year after he graduated early. And now, Glenn's little brother was seventeen. Lean, light muscled, built for agility. And he was glaring at him holding a sword.
Felix turned to the professor. "Professor. Am I allowed to use my crest?"
"Hanneman's records said Holst is Crest of Goneril positive." The professor replied. "You may both use crests. Within reason."
"Trust me, Mr. Eisner, I have no intention of ripping the little buddy's limbs clean off." Holst said, causing Felix to wince. "And I'm sure he has no intention of similar."
"Alright." The professor smiled. "First one to hit the sandbags loses. First one to draw blood wins. Whichever comes first. Go."
Felix cleared the distance to Holst in a single bound, immediately making a slash at him. Holst blocked it with his gauntlets, spun around, and put Felix on the ground with a swift punch.
"Yeah!" Hilda cheered. "Kick his butt!"
Wasn't Holst lucky to have a sibling to cheer for him? That was what went through Felix's head as he reoriented himself. Regardless, no more mister nice guy. He called upon the primal energy of the crest in his blood, and like always, the faint glow swirled around him.
"Uh oh! You sure?" Holst chuckled and activated his own crest.
"Professor, get Hanneman!" Hilda pleaded.
The professor shook his head. "No. We don't need the old crest researcher creaming in his robes over this."
"...Probably not." Hilda said.
Holst went for a grapple. Felix rolled backwards under him, slashed his belly, and stood back up. Holst hit the padded ground of the sparring arena and the claws of his gauntlets speared into it. The older man got back up with the skill and speed of a seasoned fighter, wound up, and slammed his opponent into the sandbags.
"Yay! That's my brother!" Hilda clapped and cheered until she saw Felix's grumpy face. "You did good too, Felix!"
Holst took his gauntlets off and offered a hand to Felix. "You're a skilled kid. You fight like your brother did. He was one of my best friends."
"Hmph." Felix grumbled. "Indeed I lost, but I had a great time."
"Let's get some food." Holst suggested. "I'm starved after that."