Chapter 1

The sun's blistering rays fell down upon Kain as he stood crouched behind a huge jagged rock. Sweat was slithering down his face from under his dragon-like helmet. He ripped it off with a bloodied hand and shook his blonde hair free. Withdrawing a bottle of liquid and a bandage from his item pouch he stood up and surveyed the area. The top of Mount Ordeals was a horrifying place aimed to test the challenger. Huge jagged rocks were scattered about and heartless undead slowly dragged themselves around, looking for something to kill. Kain looked down and tried to gage how far up he was; he decided on two-thirds and then began wrapping the bandage around his hand. A shooting pain ricocheted up his arm and he held back a wince. He took a swig from the bottle and returned it to his item pouch. He sneered as a demonic red caught his eye; five Bloodbones were walking towards him cautiously, their crimson armour glimmering in the sun. He sighed, no sooner had he dispatched a gang of Bloodbones another batch of the dreadful monsters took their place.

He put back on his helmet, picked up his double headed lance from the floor and gritted his teeth. The Bloodbones hesitated for a moment before charging at him their cutlasses raised above their eerie skulls. Kain jumped high into the sky, he closed his eyes slowly; there was something so peaceful about being so high above the ground. It was like he was leaving his worries behind as he soared upwards through the air, he could forget about being weaker than Cecil, the guilt that burned at his heart and his love for Rosa… Kain felt himself begin to descend and he gritted his teeth together and readied his lance.

The Bloodbones stared up at him stupidly but before he could move he smashed into them. Two Bloodbones exploded on impact resulting in a splutter of bones. The remaining two got up quickly and swung their swords towards a panting Kain. He flipped to the right to avoid their attacks but one caught him in the chest winding him severely. In his hesitation, the second Bloodbone raised his cutlass and swung It down towards Kain's head, he drew up his bandaged hand to protect himself. He swallowed a scream as the blade pierced his already wounded hand. The blood splattered onto the Bloodbone's skull and it twitched in pleasure. With an angry roar Kain rammed his lance upwards into the skull of the Bloodbone, knocking it clean off. With another roar he spun the lance round to smack into the other Bloodbone, knocking it so far back it fell off of the mountain.

Kain got up weakly to the sound of it tumbling downwards. The intensity of the pain in his hand made him collapse behind the Jagged rock panting. He closed his hand and concentrated and within seconds a green glow surround his injured paw healing it slightly. He rested his head against the rock, his helmet making a 'clink' sound as it hit the stone. The mountain was peaceful for a few minutes, allowing him to get back his breath but soon enough he heard the sound of footsteps as six more Bloodbones drew ever closer.

"This is going to be a long day," he muttered to himself.

Several hours later and the hot scorching sun had been replaced with the dull light of the moon and the freezing biting wind. Kain sat huddled up in his tent, his helmet; armour and lance were laid in a pile next to him. The mountain was surprisingly quiet, but for Kain the silence was worse as it allowed him to think. He closed his eyes and imagined he was back in Baron and before he knew it he had entered the world of dreams…

Kain looked down at the three children with pride. They were his children. The beamed up at him, their yellow locks tumbling at their shoulders. Kain looked around his house and found a woman sitting in a chair smiling at him shyly. The woman had long blonde hair half tied up and half falling passed her shoulders.

"Rosa…" Kain whispered.

She laughed and nodded before gesturing him to come closer. He obliged, standing before her with a burning want. She stood up and slid her arms around his neck and leaned up to kiss him. Kain leaned away in shock.

"But… Cecil…" he muttered.

"What about me?"

Kain turned around to see a man with shoulder length white hair and warm blue eyes standing in the doorway of the house ginning mischievously.

"You… and Rosa," Kain began.

"What are you talking about, old friend, I see Rosa as my sister, she's your wife. Go ahead. Kiss her. You know how much you've longed to."

Turning back to Rosa, Kain closed his eyes and brought his lips to hers, they felt delicate upon his and he shivered with delight. He ran his hands across her back, through her hair, along her neck but then her lips turned cold. He opened his eyes and reeled back in shock. Where Rosa had stood a Bloodbone now was. It had the usual skull but plump pink lips now danced grotesquely across its face.

Kain woke up with a start. He had fallen asleep on top of his armour, the spikes of which were pressing uncomfortably against his face. He got up and sighed. He understood the dream. It had plagued his nights many a time. His dream of him and Rosa together and happy while Cecil still remained his friend would never come to pass. He dragged on his armour, picked up his lance and headed out of his tent.

The sun was blazing in the sky again and six advancing Zombies signalled that the protection of the tent was over. Kain flew into the sky and watched as the zombies became smaller before charging back to the ground and skewering one of them. He shook the foul corpse off of his lance and used it to block the falling fists of two of the zombies but something was wrong. From the corner of his eye, Kain spied six more zombies approaching from his left side. He looked to his right and saw six more making their way towards him, their tattered clothes swinging in the wind. Kain spun his lance around knocking four away from him. The time had come to flee but more Zombies were now approaching from every direction and before he knew it they had overwhelmed him. He fell to the ground as the blows rained upon him like falling rocks. He almost smiled as the blood dribbled from his lips down to his chin.

"I'm sorry..." he whispered.

And yet more blows. His thoughts turned to Rosa as he heard the snap of his leg bone breaking. The thought of entering an eternal darkness and never seeing her beautiful face again seemed like both a blessing and a curse. He closed his eyes and let death take him. And yet more Zombies came. They crowded the area so much that Kain felt himself being pushed to the side as they all crowded to fit, before long Zombies were tumbling to their death off the cliffs. Kain dragged his nails through the dirt to try and cling on but soon he was tumbling down and down into darkness.

Author's note: Thank you for reading! I hope you are enjoying it so far. Any questions please PM me.