Sonata of Memories
Disclaimer: I do not own ANYTHING Castlevania, except for a copy of Symphony's soundtrack. It is all copy-write to the God's at Konami. I also do not own The Vitruvian Man, which I believe I spelled wrong. That belongs to Leonardo DaVinci.
Full summary: A year after the events of Dawn of Sorrow, Soma Cruz finds that moving on with life is easier said than done. Now, another has stepped forward to try to reawaken the King of the Night. Soma finds himself in yet another battle to save what is left of his diminishing humanity. Characters from several games will come and go throughout the story.
A/N: Alrighty! So this is my first Castlevania fic. Please gentle. This game takes place two years after the end of Dawn of Sorrow. Everything in italics are thoughts. Oh and if anyone can tell me Joachim Armster's eye color, then I will send you virtual cupcakes. Anyway please read and review, and be gentle with your reviews please, because I'm still new at the whole fanfic thing. Sorry if Soma and everyone is OOC I'll try to get them more in character, but I had trouble getting this story started. The plot will pick up fairly quick in the next few chapters. Oh on last note. A sonata as defined by my computer is "A piece of classical music for a solo instrument or a small ensemble consisting of several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form". I chose the word Sonata because of the several movements part. Several different events will come together in this story to create one big event. Now here's the real reason you clicked this title…the story!
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Prologue:
Sigh. "Well, it's been about three years since IT all began. The dawn of my sorrows, and it's been around two years since IT ended for the second time…and yet; I still find myself asking…why?"
Chapter 1:
"Soma! Get up! You're gonna be late for class again!" Mina Hakuba stormed down the hallway of the small two bedroom apartment she shared with her life-long friend. "SOMA!"
Soma Cruz stared at the ceiling of his bedroom, sprawled across the bed as if reenacting DaVinci's Vitruvian Man. Only…Soma was wearing clothes. Mina opened the door loudly and stood in the doorway, hands on her hips. Soma could feel her glare and dared to avert his eyes to look at her.
"Soma," she started off calmly, "Get out of bed you lazy bum!"
Slowly, Soma rose with a loud sigh, he knew better than to make Mina any angrier. Although she rarely showed it, Mina could be as scary as Death himself when provoked. Soma sat up and moved his legs off the side of the bed, and slowly put his old shoes on.
"That's better." Mina smiled pleasantly. "Come on, I'll make you breakfast." And with that, Mina disappeared back down the hallway and into the kitchen. Soma couldn't help but smile to himself as she left.
Standing up, and walking slowly down the hallway, Soma entered the bathroom. He closed the door behind him in a trance-like habit, and found himself staring in the mirror. He knew full well that it was a pure miracle that he even still had a reflection. Tearing his gaze from the mirror to the now running water, Soma couldn't stop himself from remembering everything that had happened over the past three years. The images of monsters, blood, and creatures of the night flashed through his mind at light speed. Each image was dead silent and without color, like some old silent film, but; Soma knew just how recent those images were. He quickly splashed his face with cold water in order to erase them from the front of his mind. I wonder if I could somehow drown them out of my mind… he thought sullenly.
Soma had become so caught up in his thoughts that he hadn't heard the door to the bathroom open…or Mina sneaking in. Without warning she pounced on his back. Soma jumped and turned around, one hand in front of him to catch whatever had attacked. When he saw that it was Mina, he put his hand on his chest and tried to calm his breathing.
"Mina…please don't do that…" he breathed heavily, not looking at her for a single second.
"Sorry," Mina said empathically. "You...were remembering the old days again?"
"Yeah…"
"Soma, dwelling on the past is a great way to ruin what the future has to offer." As she said this, Mina turned and walked out of the room waving her index finger back and forth over her shoulder, as if telling Soma that he was bad for remembering. The truth actually was that she didn't want Soma to see how much it upset her that he couldn't move on.
Mina turned and walked back out into the kitchen, with Soma a few feet behind her. They both sat at the small rectangular table and ate their breakfast in dead silence, neither one looking at the other. To Mina's surprise Soma put down his fork before he had eaten half his meal.
"Sorry, Mina…I'm just not hungry this morning…Anyway, I need to be getting to class." Soma feigned a lightened mood toward the end of his statement, and Mina knew it.
"Alright, I don't have class till later, so, I'll see you sometime tonight. Oh," Mina paused as if remembering something. "If you get the chance call Julius…he called for you the other day." Mina smiled again.
Soma merely nodded his head before putting his plate in the sink, and heading for the door.
Julius, huh, I haven't talked to him in about a year…he used to call a lot…Just to check to check up on me. I still wish I could find a way to properly thank him for all of the help back then.
Soma began to descend the three floors to the first floor of the building; nodding a simple "hello" to anyone he passed. It was a small building and so most people knew each other… he felt it would have been rude not to acknowledge their presence. Soma walked outside into the mid-day air. It was a reasonably warm day, but with a cool breeze…a typical spring day. Soma walked down the sidewalk and to the bus stop. Most people in Japan…especially college students like him preferred using a bus rather than spending money on a car and gas.
It wasn't long until the bus came, and Soma got on…finding it as crowded as ever. Soma went to his classes, all the while still in a trance-like state. He was conscious enough to take notes, but to not really comprehend what he was writing. After class, Soma walked down the street to the nearby park, he figured he should go ahead and call Julius. Soma sighed deeply and pulled out his cell phone, and called the number he had listed as Julius's. The phone rang a couple of times before a click sounded, and a rather young voice answered.
"Hello?" The young girl's voice answered.
"Hi, is uh…Julius there?"
Soma could hear voices in the background, and something that sounded like someone tripping over something.
"Hello?" The familiar deep tone of the one and only Julius Belmont came through the phone.
"J, three guesses who this is." Soma grinned childishly on his end of the phone.
"Soma, my boy, how have you been?"
"Fine, I guess…hey, Mina said you called?" Soma asked rather than stated.
"Yes, actually I had been wondering if you had talked to Yoko lately."
"No, not since the incident with Celia two years ago…why, is everything okay?"
"Not sure really, she wanted to talk to you so I figured I'd have you call her. Something about your powers... She may just be curious as to how your doing… you know how nosey she can be."
"Unfortunately…yes, I do." Memories of Yoko probing into his personal life two years ago came flooding back. "I'll get a hold of her later. Thanks Julius. Oh and tell the grandkid I said "hi"."
With that, Soma hung up the phone, and leaned back against the park bench. He stared up at the blue sky and watched as some birds flew over head. I wonder, he thought What Yoko could want…If she's trying to get a hold of me…it probably isn't good. Best if I don't tell Mina just yet.
Soma reluctantly got up from his post on the bench and headed for the road, all the while dialing Yoko's cell number. He wasn't in the least surprised when her overly happy answering machine picked up. Hanging up the phone without leaving a message Soma figured he'd try to catch her at work. Soma hadn't talked to Yoko in nearly two years even though she worked in town…it was weird how things worked out.
Chapter 2: