(A/N Quick thing- I got the though of this story from wondering who the 'Specter' character was I saw in some Cuphead stories. Thus, this first chapter of this story called A Blind Knight. It was oringally just a oneshot, but I got carried away. There won't be many author's notes, so enjoy.)
Mist covered the area. Well, it wasn't really mist, it's more of a dark lightning-like aura, but everyone just calls it mist and so did he.
He sat on one of the platforms, wind blowing by the large rock behind him. The grass was a haunting red, stone a dark brownish-gray. The sky was still setting, but it always seemed like that due to the mist.
He sighed, clutching his scythe. His cloak was a haunting red with a gray stripe going down the middle and golden-bronze armor being seen under. He also had black cloth on his arms and hands, scythe the same haunting red with a sharp blackish-golden-bronze metal part and hard wooden holding part coming down from that.
Something startled him, making him look over. White smoke was seen in the distance, almost having a light-blue tint. He floated up and went over to where the smoke was coming from.
After a bit of catching up, he noticed that the white smoke was coming from a... light blue train?
Something noticed him before the train screeched to a halt. He did so, watching as the train slowed down. A light blue ghost with eyes on its hands but it still had an eye hold on its head put its body out of the train.
"Hey there! Sorry for passing by here, but you know where we are?" the ghost said, looking at him.
"You're at the Lich Yard, part of the Valley," he answered, motioning towards the stage behind him.
"The Valley? You mean we aren't on the Inkwell Isles anymore?" the ghost replied.
"Inkwell what?" he asked, confused.
"Er... well... looks like we're lost," the ghost muttered.
"LOVELY!" the front of the train suddenly screeched, startling him.
The head, arms, and hands of a skeleton wearing a conductor hat popped out. "That's great. The Inkwell Isles aren't even connected to a different body of land yet we're here."
Two heads that looked like maroon lollipops with yellow eyes then stuck out from the train. "No fun! We were used to be there by midnight!"
"Who are all of you?" he asked, now confused.
"HEAD OF THE TRAIN!" the front of the train, now being seen to have eyes and teeth, yelled.
"Blaze Brothers!" the lollipops added.
"T-Bone," the skeleton hummed.
"Blind Specter," the light blue ghost replied.
"Oh fates, we're both going to be called 'Specter', our we?" he whispered.
"Hmm? What's your name again? Did we ask?" T-Bone asked.
"I am Specter Knight," he answered.
"Specter? Knight? Call we just call you Knight?" Blind Specter asked.
"No," Specter Knight replied. "I'm guessing you won't take kindly to the name 'Blind'."
"Got that right!" Blind Specter replied.
"So, is there anyway out of this place to get back to the Inkwell Isles?" T-Bone asked, looking at Specter Knight.
"I'm only familiar with the Valley and a bit of those different worlds Shovel Knight, Plague Knight, and Tinker Knight visited," Specter Knight answered.
"Different worlds?" Blind Specter said, confused.
Specter Knight sighed. "Look, you wanted to get to this Inkwell Isles place, right? Do you know how you got here?" the red cloaked phantom asked.
"CUPHEAD!" the Head of the Train screeched.
"Also technically Mugman," the Blaze Brothers added.
"Annoying as heck," Blind Specter added.
"Err... basically, we just heard of these two cup brothers called Cuphead and Mugman coming so we decided to get ready and boom a portal that lead us here," T-Bone explained.
"Sounds like no fun," Specter Knight scoffed, though he didn't really care.
"You're trying to tell," Blind Specter replied.
"Dealing with the Devil was a bit odd, I tell you," T-Bone added. "Wait, how did we go about talking about how we got here to the Devil?"
"Logic," Specter Knight answered. "Maybe you should turn around and try to find that portal."
"IT DISAPPEARED!" the Head of the Train replied, screeching again.
"Yea, the portal disappeared when the Phantom Express entered this world," the Blaze Brothers confirmed.
"I'm not too sure if-" Specter Knight started but was cut off by a flash of light in the distance. A purple portal appeared, and it didn't seem that far away. "Huh. That might be it. A bit convenient and uncanny, if you ask me."
"Not too sure if 'uncanny' is the right word. Maybe to you, but who cares?" T-Bone hummed. Specter Knight clicked, floated up next to Blind Specter, transformed into his playable form, and landed on the train. His playable form had more of the golden-bronze armor showing, no gray stripe, and himself holding his scythe behind him.
"If you want to get home, you better get going," Specter Knight said, taking into notice the four's(five's?) confusion.
The Head of the Train nodded as the Blaze Brothers, T-Bone, and Blind Specter went back into the train. After a puff of white smoke, the train started up and headed towards the portal.
He felt the wind rush against his armor and cloak, black clothed hand touching the top of the train to stay stable. Specter Knight then tapped something on his cloak, letting the colors of the armor and cloak turn to the colors of the Cloak of Clemency. However, after a few seconds, he went back to his original colors. Seemed like a better deal, for it wasn't like he was going to get into battle.
Soon, he noticed that the tracks went into the portal. His eyes widen as the portal grew closer and something keep him from moving.
Specter Knight covered his eyes as the train rushed into the portal, the light of it shining.
-()-
Two cups, one in red and the other in blue, walked up to a house-bridge thing that looked like a dice.
"Are you sure we have all the contracts, Cuphead?" the blue one asked as the red one mentally counted the contracts they had.
"We have all five, Mugman," Cuphead answered, looking at his brother. "Now to go to the Die House so we can move on." Mugman nodded and they went to the odd looking house.
The brothers entered it, seeing an odd man in purple clothes and a die for a head. "I take it that you've gotten all of the contracts?" the dice person asked/
"Yea, King Dice. Let's us into Inkwell Isle Two," Cuphead replied.
King Dice giggled a bit before moving out of the way of the door in the back. "Good luck."
The brothers ignored him and entered into the next isle.
As soon as they entered, a haunting red figure dropped out of something vortex like and purple. Cuphead point a finger at it as Mugman looked at it in confusion. The figure groaned, pushing itself up.
"Oh fates that hurts..." the figure whispered to itself, a black clothed arm going over its chest. It noticed them. "W-Who are you two?"
"I'm Mugman, and this is my brother Cuphead," Mugman explained, handing moving to let Cuphead know to not shot at the figure.
Cuphead did so before asking, "Who are you?"
"My name is Specter Knight, from the Lich Yard," the figure answered.
"Lich Yard?" the brothers asked in unison.
"...Apart of the Valley?" the figure continued.
"You're in Inkwell Isles, but this is Inkwell Isle Two," Cuphead explained.
"Ah. Someone told me about you two and these Isles, BUT THEY BROUGHT ME HERE WITH THEM!" the figure hissed.
"Woah! We're just trying to not lose our souls to the Devil!" Mugman exclaimed.
"Lose your souls?" the figure realized. It looked at them. "Then be glad you have a choice in that matter. You could of may of well be in the afterlife, like me."
"How?" Cuphead asked, both brothers surprised.
"Long story short, a dang cursed amulet that turned a legendary hero into an evil jerk," the figure explained. "And it wasn't me."
"That's dark..." Mugman muttered.
"Hey, how about we help get you home after we make sure we don't lose our souls to the Devil," Cuphead offered.
He thought about. Specter Knight seemed to have smiled. "I don't see why not."