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lapinbunwrites · 2 years ago

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Title: Beach Time Fun

Ratings: Gen

Warnings: None

Fandom: Fire Emblem Three Houses

Characters: Mercedes von Martritz, Ashe Ubert, Annette Fantine Dominic, Ingrid Brandl Galatea

Additional Tags: Pre-Timeskip, Azure Moon | Blue Lion's Route, Fluff, Slice of Life, Friendship

Word Count: 1,706

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It was rare that anyone at Garreg Mach Monastery would be able to get any sort of vacation. Especially with everything that has been going on lately. Mercedes was really ecstatic and relieved that they were able to get some downtime; it was a great feeling being able to relax with everything horrible going on, and in between classwork and training. Mercedes was grateful that Byleth fought for them to have this downtime, she knew they had their fair share of convincing to allow their students the chance to relax at the beach.

The days leading up to their day at the beach, Mercedes overheard the conversations from her classmates. It was very nice hearing some of her friends being excited to go and how jealous the other students from the other classes were. She laughed as Felix was complaining to Sylvain, Dimitri, and Ingrid about he didn’t want to go or had the time to and Sylvain was trying to convince him otherwise. Her smile grew bigger as she overheard Annette and Ashe were excited to go, talking Dedue’s ear off of what they were going to do when they arrived.

Mercedes knew exactly what she was going to do when she got there. She was going to sit under an umbrella, sit on a towel, and drink a nice refreshing fruit drink. It sounded very relaxing to her. She couldn’t wait for that day to come. Everyone needed it, especially the friends she had that lived in Northern Faerghus.

Mercedes scattered about, making sure that she grabbed everything she needed to pack for her trip to Derdriu. She went in circles, triple checking that she had her swimsuit, hat, sunscreen, beach towel, and other miscellaneous things. She let out a little sigh of relief as she grabbed her bag before leaving her room to catch up with her class. Her face lit up as soon as everyone arrived at Derdriu. The capital was a lively place with its many shops, fresh and cool air, and with a nice beach with pristine ocean. It was a beautiful place to relax at.

She did her best to contain her excitement as her and her class continued to walk to the beach. She really wanted to see the many shops, to see what kind of sewing supplies they had to see if they were any different from the Empire’s and the Kingdom’s. Mercedes wanted to see the fashion styles that were prominent in the Alliance so she could sew something for her friends. The most important thing was she wanted to try some of the confections that Hilda suggested she eat.

Mercedes let out a sigh, she knew she couldn’t do any of that. Byleth wouldn’t approve of it, especially knowing it probably took a lot of convincing to let them all come here. They were only instructed to stay within the vicinity of the beach. She shook her head, still very happy that she was able to come to Derdriu.

She hummed as she laid her beach towel on the sand, and opened her umbrella. Mercedes watched her friends playing in the sun. Felix was competing with Dimitri in some water related event, and having Sylvain or Dedue watching over it. She laughed to herself a little, she knew there wasn’t going to be a fair match. She knew that they were going to pick sides. Only if Ingrid was there, but she wasn’t. She was on the sand with Ashe and Annette doing something else. Mercedes faintly smiled at Annette when she looked over to her.

“MERCIE!” Annette yelled at her, waving her hand towards her. “MERCIE COME HERE!”

Mercedes waved her off, not wanting to walk over to her. She loved Annette very much, but she knew that being around her meant more exercise. The trek to the beach was enough for her, she was happy where she was sitting.

“MERCIE! MERCIE!!” Annette kept yelling.

She let out a small sigh before getting up. Her irritation soon dissipated when she got closer to her friends.

“Was there something you needed from me?” Mercedes asked, greeting the three of them.

“We wanted you to come spend some time with us!” Annette chirped, letting go of Ashe.

“Yes,” he agreed, trying to compose himself from Annette’s shaking.

“She thought you were a little lonely sitting on your beach towel,” Ingrid informed, with a smile. “It’s a shame you would just sit there and not spend this wonderful day doing something.”

“It’s alright,” Mercedes reassured the three of them. “The trek here was exhausting enough so sitting down felt very nice.”

“Ah, well,” Ingrid sighed. “We wouldn’t want to bother you if that’s what you wish to do.”

“Yeah, we do like relaxing in our own ways,” Ashe said, making a jab at Annette.

“Why was that directed at me?” Annette whined.

“Because you were the one that insisted Mercedes come have some fun with us,” Ashe reminded her.

“Hmph,” Annette grumbled. “I just wanted to spend some time with her while we can.”

“That sounds…very ominous,” Ingrid blurted out.

“Heheh, well, thank you for your concern,” Mercedes said, with a smile. “Since you are keen on wanting to spend time with me, what did you have in mind?”

“There is a sandcastle competition further up the beach!” Annette chirped. “We were about to go there and compete.”

“Oh! How lovely!” Mercedes said, clapping her hands. “I would love to join.”

“Yay! Let’s go!” Annette said, rushing towards the competition, being followed by Ingrid and Ashe.

Mercedes followed the group to the site where the competition was being held. There were so many people here competing, it was very nice to see. She was glad to see so many people able to relax, even in these trying times.

A judge came over to the group, giving them a few tools to help them out, and read the rooms. Mercedes chuckled as Annette rushed over to an open spot of sand, only to be followed by Ashe and Ingrid. It was funny to her, watching the three of them having no idea what to do. All they were digging a hole in the ground and placing sand into a couple of buckets.

“Have you guys never built a sand castle before?” Mercedes asked, joining them and sitting on her knees.

“No,” Ingrid replied, watching the sand fall through her fingers. “I’ve never spent much time at a beach. Spending most of my time in Northern Faerghus, we didn’t really have good weather to do so.”

“Ashe and I never had the time and means to get to a beach,” Annette replied, her expression growing grim.

“Oh, I’m sorry guys,” Mercedes said, sorrowfully. “Why don’t I teach you guys how to!”

They all smiled and agreed to it. Mercedes smiled as she began working, filling the hole that they made and patting the tight enough for it to stand firmly on the ground. She began to instruct the other three on what to do. It felt nice watching her friends building a sandcastle, watching them stuff the sand into the tiny little buckets. It was very calming to hear her friends laugh as the sand they stuffed into the bucket crumbled as soon as it came out.

Mercedes did her best to help out where she could. It was hard when Ashe and Annette started to mess around, having a little sand fight. She let out a sigh of relief when Ingrid tried to help her when she tried to help sculpt the sandcastle only for it to backfire. Ingrid, in the rare times that it has happened, had lost her footing and fell on half of the castle.

“Oh no, I’m sorry Mercedes,” Ingrid apologized profusely, wiping the sand off herself.

Mercedes could sense that they were worried about the growing silence. Thankfully it was cut off short when she burst out laughing.

“I’m sorry,” Mercedes tried to say through her laughter. “I don’t mean to laugh.”

“Heheheh,” Ingrid laughed along. “It’s fine.”

“Do you think we have time to fix this?” Annette asked, forming the sand into part of the castle.

“I think it’s lost,” Ashe said, jokingly.

“Heh, not if we talk like that!” Mercedes said, helping Annette.

“I hope Dimitri isn’t nearby,” Annette smiled.

“Why is that?” Mercedes asked, messing with a different part of the castle.

“Because he would be very disappointed by Ashe and what he said,” Annette teased.

“Heh, good thing he isn’t,” Ashe smiled, helping them fix the castle.

“He truly would be,” Ingrid teased.

The four of them rushed to finish their sandcastle, proudly showing it off to the judges. It wasn’t all that fancy, half of it had some design to it and was sculpted. The other half was lopsided and started to crumble by the time the judges came by. They didn’t win by any means of the word, they didn’t even come close. To cheer themselves up, they stopped by a stall selling fruit drinks and treats.

“Ah man,” Ashe whined, taking a sip of his drink. “I wish we could have won.”

“It would have, if you and Annette didn’t get distracted,” Ingrid teased, biting into her cold treat.

“Hehehe, he challenged my little sand knight to a duel,” Annette laughed. “I couldn’t turn him down.”

“Hehe, Mercedes chuckled, sipping her drink before taking a bite of her treat. “I don’t mind. I had fun with you guys. It has been a very relaxing day.”

“Good!” Annette chirped.

Ashe and Ingrid nodded before eating their treats. They talked and talked as they walked back to their classmates. Mercedes laughed some more when she saw that Sylvain was being buried under the dirt by Felix, which must have been some sort of punishment that he got from Dimitri.

She skipped over to them and helped Felix cover Sylvain with dirt as everyone stood by and watched. While he was stuck in the ground, making him suffer while they all swam in the sea, made up some beach games, and messed around. They stuck around until sundown before digging up Sylvain from his sandy grave and heading to an inn that they stayed at for the night.

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I am finally able to post up my gift to emeslines on Twitter and IG for @fefanevents sunny summer exchange! I got to write about some of the Blue Lion's since they have some of my fave characters! So I had fun writing these guys together having some fun at the beach and just chilling with each other.

#my writing #fire emblem three houses #ashe ubert #ingrid brandl galatea #mercedes von martritz #annette fantine dominic #fire emblem #fire emblem fanfiction #fire emblem 3 houses #fire emblem 3h #FE 3H

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