Yep this is an OC story, BTW, my OC is Swedish so any "Bold Dialogue" means speaking in Swedish, I'm doing this because I know nobody who speaks Swedish and I don't trust google translate.

Disclaimer: All I own are the OC's nothing else.

I started to feel a cool breeze and grass on my face. I heard birds chirping and leaves rustling in the wind. Slowly, I sat up and looked around. I was deep in a forest, no one in sight. Based on my inventory I was still in SAO. My map data said I'm at "Syvendy's Forest Area - Hollow Area". This was not in the beta, I doubt even Argo herself knows about this. I still had supply of crystals. I tried teleporting to floor 1, where my main base is located, but I had no luck.

"Shit." I swore. I figured that actually exploring would do some good.

After walking for what felt like hours, I arrived in what appeared to be a fruit orchard. I walked under a tree, when I felt someone was watching me. Dodging a large axe, I pulled out dagger. I recognized the attacker, he was Mentha, one of the several beta testers, he ruined the experience for a lot of players in the beta, he was a griefer and a PK'er. Of course that was before PK'ing was considered murder.

"Well if it isn't Lukas, still can't speak?" He said with his typical "trying to start a fight tone", one I've heard time and time again. He decided to jab at my accent, since I'm from Sweden.

"If it isn't the scrub who couldn't get past the first floor in the beta...nice axe, compensating for something?"

"You asked for it Swed!" He readied his axe and swung it at me. I dodged his swings, when he missed a baseball bat swing and I went for his exposed left flank. It landed and he certainly felt it. He tried to shake me off, but a long weapon doesn't help much when you're enemy is on the inside. I finished him with a slice to the throat, he vanished into pixels. I put away my dagger and kept going, I looked around and several mobs looked foreign to the game and I didn't see a dungeon anywhere.

"Why can't I shake this feeling I'm not in Aincrad anymore...?"

Aincrad a few months earlier

It was at least 9 months ago when I joined the assault team. Let's just say things started to feel a whole lot like school was, a lot of getting into fights, although less physical. The only other I got along with were Klein, leader of Fuurin Kazan, Agil, shop owner and probably one of the biggest guys I've seen, and Kirito, fellow beta tester and better known as the Black Swordsman. I honestly think a lot of these players on these teams probably would try and kill me if they thought they could get away with it, heck I bet the vice commander, Asuna, would allow it, we don't really have the greatest of relationships. Let's just say I've had to stop myself from slapping her once or twice. I tried to avoid causing too much trouble since Krito might take a good amount of heat, it's because of him I was even part of the group.

That day an old friend was paying the assault team a visit. His name was Frukt, I met him in the old guild I was in. Frukt had a heavy addiction to soda pop, in fact his avatar's name is actually based on a brand of Russian soda. Frukt, was probably the best spy in SAO, if you needed someone to infiltrate a guild, or acquire dirt on someone, he was your guy. Don't worry he would never stab his friends in the back.

"Hey Frukt, what brings you here?"

"Just business... I've got information on Laughing Coffin I was asked for." Yep the assault team was planning a crusade against Laughing Coffin, the murder guild, I don't have good history with this guild.

After the briefing

"Hey Kirito can I talk to you real quick?"

"Oh, sure, what is it Lukas?"

"I know the orders were to capture them, but any of them cross blades with me, I'm killing them...I want to know you won't stop me."

"...Alright, but I don't think it will sit well with the others."

"Heh, since when have they gave a shit about what I did?" I decided to get myself ready. Little did I know that would be the last time I would see them in SAO.

The Crusade Begins

Frukt had told the assault team about the guilds base, a cave in one of the lower floors. The one who led us thought that that they would surrender to a higher leveled team, he was dead wrong. The members of the guild launched an ambush on the assault team. At least 4 of the crusade members had been killed. At least 6 of the Player Killers were killed, I probably killed at least a third of that number. A third LC grunt tried to get me from behind. I countered with a punch to the gut and plunging my dagger through his neck. I felt a hand grab my shoulder, apparently Kirito was right about my actions not sitting well with the others, as high and mighty Asuna decided to confront me.

"What are you doing we supposed to-!"

"Get off me!" I shoved her aside. I watched as Klein managed to apprehend a few grunts, I watched Kirito kill a grunt. Of course I was snapped back to the situation at hand pretty quickly

"Traitor!" I turned to see and sword wielding grunt charge me. I blocked his blade and kicked him back. He came at me again with an overhead slash I stabbed my blade into his arm causing him to drop his sword. I grabbed his sword and slashed him in half.

Eleven or so of the crusaders died at least 20 LC members died, I killed 5 of them.

"So what I didn't follow orders, those guys deserve the death penalty!" I was having it out with the Vice Commander again. She was giving me shit about not sticking to the plan.

"Even if they did you're no better by killing them!" She spat back at me, I decided to leave it at that.

"I'm sick and tired of this shit!" I said out loud but no one understood it.

Back at the Hollow Area

Last thing I remember was being sent on a mission with Kirito to scout ot the area the crusaders struck, since then my mind's been hitting a wall. Did something happen during that mission? I thought I would try and contact Kirito or Frukt, but for whatever reason the message button was gone.

"Just great, fucking great." I muttered to myself. I did notice that based on what Frukt's location said, it looked like the assault team passed floor 74. Hard to believe it's been over 2 years already. I closed my menu and kept moving.

Well theres the prologue, what I'm trying to do is bridge the gap between canon SAO and non cannon SAO Hollow Fragment, give me some critique, I'm not a big writer so feedback helps.