A/N: So guys, this will be my first fanfic. so hope you'll like it and reviews will be appreciated. Criticisms will also be aprreciated so that I can improve on my work.

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Prologue:

At the top of the Ostrheinsburg castle, the Azure Knight, Nightmare stands tall, waiting for his opponent whom he had been expecting to come.

After a while the man had reached the top of the castle. He is a man who once held Soul Edge for his own personal desires. The man is a pirate who wields two swords, with one sword, having a pistol in its handle, and who's skin appears to be really frail and seems to be purple in color which could be compared to a corpse. His eyes seems to be all white with the pupils nowhere to be seen. He is known as the Dreaded Pirate, Cervantes de Leon.

FLASHBACK

Seven years ago, a boy named Siegrfried Schtauffen embarked on a quest to find the cursed sword in belief that he would be able to resurrect his father who was murdered by himself. He then encountered the pirate who was holding two swords with Soul Edge fused to them.

With madness, denial, anger and pride, he defeated the pirate and took the sword for himself. Upon taking a good look at the sword, Soul Edge suddenly began to fuse with his arm. As the young knight tried to struggle, the sword continued to take over his whole body until finally it took complete control. His body transformed into a being with dark purple armor, blood colored hair, spiked covered body and a helmet with a horn sticking out in the front. But the most horrific of all was his arm. His once human arm was now a grotesque, monstrous arm with three fingers in them accompanied with three claws. From that moment on, the boy was known as the Azure Knight, Nightmare.

Throughout the years, he killed a lot of innocent people to satisfy the hunger of the sword and created havoc all over Europe.

END OF FLASHBACK

"I've come to take back what is rightfully mine Azure Knight", stated the pirate. "Soul Edge has been apart for too long from its true master."

"Hmm.. The Dreaded Pirate", growled the demon. "Your greed and pride will give satisfaction to my great hunger". Preparing for battle, the monster held Soul Edge and entered his stance.

With the pirate doing the same thing, the two warriors clashed weapons and commenced battle . As the battle proceeds, the Azure Knight got the upper hand by unleashing a strike that knocked the pirate down.

"You are defeated, now I shall feast upon your soul."

Before the monster could give the final blow, he suddenly stopped and began to growl in pain while holding his head upon hearing a voice in his head.

"You shall not devour another soul again. This is my body and I'm not going to let it claim another life for that cursed sword". A person inside the Azure Knight tried to fought the monster psychologically, trying to take control of the body.

"I am control with this body. You're just a weakling who cannot take hold of the power you possess."

"Well let's see how much of a weakling I really am". With a loud cry, the person that was long forgotten banished the demon from inside as he threw the sword away from him.

Suddenly, the once Azure Knight transformed back to the human who originally owned the body, Siegfried Schtauffen. His armor going back to it's silver color, his hair returning back to it's blond color, his arm transforming back to normal and his eyes turning from two orbs of light to its original green state.

As he stood and removed his helmet, his hair was greeted by the blow of the wind. "Finally I've escaped from that prison known as Nightmare, created by Soul Edge. With this, I shall start to atone for everything I've ever committed whatever it takes."

Because of exhaustion and still familiarizing with his reclaimed body, he failed to attend to Cervantes who quickly ran towards Soul Edge.

"Alas my precious sword, you've returned to your proper place". While holding Soul Edge, the pirate suddenly pulled another sword similar to Soul Edge from his pocket and hoist the two swords together. Glowing brighter and brighter by the second, the pirate could feel that the power that he once lost has finally returned.

As the pirate approaches the exhausted knight, he remembered the pain that he had caused him and the fact that he stole Soul Edge from him seven years ago. "Well well well, what do we have here? If it isn't the Azure Knight, no wait, it isn't WAHAHAHAHAHA! Now to repay the pain you''ve caused me seven years ago!

The pirate then raised one of his sword and slashed Siegfreid vertically from his chest to his stomach, turning his armor to shreds and left the knight gasping for air.

Panting hard to catch his breath, Siegfried stared at the pirate while he approached the knight to give the final blow.

"Do it. Finish me off. After all the things that I've done I don't deserve to live." The knight closed his eyes and prepared for the sword to pierce his body. Surprised that he was still alive, Siegfried opened his eyes and stared at the knight while the pirate chuckles. "HAHAHAHA. Even at the point of death you still uphold the codes of honor that all you pathetic knights follow. Very well then consider your wish granted."

The pirate unleashed an upward slash that sent the knight flying off the edge of the castle. The attack left a deep bloody wound in his upper body.

The last image of Cervantes of the young knight was him crashing down to the abyss below the castle.

"See you again in Hell! HAHAHAHAHA!"

The knight then crashed down to a river and lost his consciousness. His body drifts with the river's currents sending him to who knows where.

A/N: Hey guys chapter 2 is comming up. I will really apreaciate your reviews.