Disclaimer: None of this belongs to me. All Namco.

I'm hoping this would surpass my saga, "Will Not Be Anyone Else' in skill and original format…

And yes, a Cassandra/Link pairing later so live with it.

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Prologue

Cassandra Alexandra received a kiss from her father. "Don't worry about Sophitia, Cassandra. She'll come back soon." Archelous Alexandra assured her with much confidence, stroking her on the face. "She couldn't live to be without you much longer."

The 14 year old accepted this with doubt. Sophitia Alexandra, her only other sibling and her older sister, had been gone for months without telling anyone where she was. She was even inconsiderate enough not to leave a note! However, her father was right-as usual. Sophitia and Cassandra were extremely close and dearly loved each other very much.

"Now go outside and get some fresh air. I have a meeting with someone." Archelous patted her on the cheek, leaving her. She obeyed, walking into the huge, bare backyard, making a face. "I ask Father to make this into something nice-like a garden- and he never listens to me. It's rather depressing to see just grass." She murmured, brushing the ground.

Walking around, Cassandra tried to release her loneliness into the wind, trying to keep a positive mind like her sister always did. The Grecian heiress was at a forever loss without her beloved sister here safe with her.

"And she promised that she would fight me when she got back!" Cassandra added to her long list of 'Why Sophitia had to come back'.

It was true. Secretly, the two were training to become the greatest swordfighters in existence with their swords and shields without their father's consent. At night, before Sophitia left, the two would always sneak out of their bedrooms and go outside to practice their fighting skills, trying to mimic the warriors that passed by their house every so often. Cassandra believed that Sophitia had gotten one warrior- his name was Rothion Delago- to teach her how to properly use a sword and shield. Cassandra also guessed that Sophitia and Rothion were secret lovers (or at least flirters with each other), which is why Rothion even bothered.

Lying on her back, looking up at the blue sky, Cassandra vowed that when Sophitia came back, she was to teach her all she knew about sword fighting. Strangely, Cassandra found that her sword and shield disappeared along with the rest of her, assuming that Sophitia had been itching for a good fight.

"But I want to fight too! It's not fair, Sophitia always gets the good stuff! Why can't I enter in a fight…?" Cassandra grumbled, unhappy. She may be a little spoiled, for being the youngest child but it was true. Sophitia always got everything!

"She should come home so I could give her a piece of my mind!"

It was right on cue.

The ground began to shake violently, making the young Grecian extremely frightened. Her eyes darted to the house, where her father was- could this an earthquake! Or a fury of the gods! But why wasn't Archelous coming out to get her if it was?

Could she only feel it! It was so strong…!

Rolling over instinctively, fearing the ground would spilt into two, Cassandra felt a force stronger than she, pushing her back into the ground, as if a two ton statue had been placed on her back.

She was actually afraid that the power of it would snap her spine in half.

Then the power reach its critical climax, shooting straight upwards, creating a spilt between the two grounds. It bounced Cassandra up high, making her fall towards the Earth on her stomach.

"What the HELL is going on!" She hissed, struggling to breath. The rumbling stopped but the effect of it survived for another three seconds. That was when Cassandra realized she was not alone.

Slowly turning her head, Cassandra saw a man with cold, blue skin levitating above her, estimated about 5 feet. His outfit consisted to a cape and a pirate hat, but the origin of it did not seem Greek at all, more like a Spanish armada.

"Who…who are…you?" Cassandra croaked out, staring bewildered up at him. The pirate bowed as if he was addressing a little girl.

"My name is Cervantes De Leon, Dreaded Pirate of the Seas and Prince of the Bloodbath…not rather fond of that last name but…" Cervantes grinned evilly. "And you are Cassandra Alexandra, are you not?"

Her eyes widened. "Yes. Ho-how did you know my name?"

"I know of your darling sister, Sophitia. Now, you seem like a rational young lady…" Cervantes explained rather amused, making Cassandra worried/angry.

"My sister! What have you've done to her? Where is she!" She cried out, lunging towards him before he easily moved out of her way. "Be patient, my child. All good things come in time. Now, do you know where your sister currently is?" He scolded her, watching her shake her head. "No? I didn't think so."

Snapping his fingers, a limp bloody body appeared in his right arm, holding high above his head. "Now do you know?"

"SOPHIE!" Cassandra screamed and got up. "Release her this instant!"

"No, I don't think so. Your sister played with the fire, she got herself burned. You are apparently the smarter one, you stayed safely away from me and the sword." Cervantes gleefully said to her, watching her horrified face.

"I don't give a damn about you or the sword! Release my sister, please!" She wailed out and Cervantes cocked his head. "You're very pretty for a girl, do you know that? I could allow this worthless bitch to live if you promise to…"

"Not on your life! Let her go!" She cut him off, trying to reach her. "Too bad, girl. You should learn that you can't always get your way and that in order to get your way, you sometimes have to go through the mud-" Cervantes stopped and frowned at Cassandra, who was obviously not listening to his lecture and fruitlessly trying to grab her sister.

"Well, I give you wisdom and advice and you turn it down. Ungrateful Alexandra." He coolly said, letting the body out of her reach. "Here, since you want it so bad…"

Cervantes threw the limp body of Sophitia to Cassandra, crashing into Cassandra and making her fall backwards. Cradling her sister, Cassandra held her very close.

"Oh Sophie…! Don't worry, you're going to be alright…"

"Cassie," Sophitia coughed, blood spilling at her lips. "I'm so…sorry. Please forgive me…"

"I don't care about that…just hang on…" Cassandra frantically tried to keep her sister alive, kissing her on the head multiple times before she heard an evil cackle.

"Touching. Really. Now you are both going to learn that when you decided to cross my path, you will pay dearly." Cervantes said and two swords appeared in his hands. "Hand her over nicely, Cassie."

"Damn you!" Cassandra snarled, holding her even tighter. "Father, Father…! Come quickly…!"

"Father, father!" He mocked her, "No one's coming, girl! Hand your sister over now!"

"NO!"

"Fine so be it!" He lunged at the two, forcing Cassandra to roll over to the left, trying hard to protect her sister from fatal harm. But Cervantes grabbed her by the collar and flung her over his head, landing on the opposite side of him.

"No…no…please…let her live!" Cassandra begged trying to get up before she realized her leg had shattered.

Cervantes raised the sword high above her sister's still twitching body.

"Please…NO! NO…NO, NO, NO! STOP IT PLEASE…! NO!" Cassandra's bloodcurdling screamed echoed through the land.

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