Transcending history and the world, a tail of swords and souls eternally retold.

Soul Edge: The Sword of Damnation, and Nightmare's weapon of choice

Soul Calibur: The Holy Sword, created solely to destroying Soul Edge, and held by Siegfried.

The Master Sword: The Blade of Evil's Bane, and Link the chosen wielder.

Ganondorf: an evil man whose plans have yet to be put into action, but his sights have been set on the Soul calibur's wielder.

Chapter I

Old Evils, Old Heroes

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"With this, it ends." Siegfried Schtauffen didn't look back as his past fell with a clank of metal on stone.

"Our kind should not exist in this world," he said after he turned around. "Not ever again." Siegfried placed his crystal sword point down in the stone atop the tower where he and Nightmare had fought. Letting go of the handle he waited for what he knew was coming.

Clapping could now be heard behind him, but he didn't turn.

"I must admit," said a voice, "I didn't think you could defeat him, but you did so you must be overjoyed by this." Siegfried noticed that his sword hadn't incased him in crystal yet. "Or is there another threat that you need to see to?"

Siegfried turned around to face the voice, grabbing Soul calibur because he sensed an evil aura. "Who are you?" he asked a man in full black leather and blood red cape. He stood nearly seven feet tall, with red hair and beard, his skin tanned from being in the sun most of his life, and yellow eyes. The handle of a long glowing broadsword was clearly visible at his side.

"My name is not important, yet," the man said. "But I already know your name, Siegfried Schtauffen. The azure knight: Nightmare." The man said the last name with a dark smile.

Siegfried raised his sword. "Do not call me Nightmare," he yelled.

"But of course, you escaped the sword's curse, didn't you?" The man raised an eyebrow.

"Who are you? I'll ask you only once more."

The man's smile grew. "My name is…. Ganondorf."

"What do you want?"

"Revenge." The smile disappeared into a sneer. "On a boy who took away my future, my power, and my life."

"Revenge is a self destructive thing. It will turn you into a monster just like it did me."

"Then you will not help me?"

Siegfried looked Ganondorf in the eyes before answering flatly. "No."

"Then you leave me no choice." Ganondorf raised his right hand toward the corpse of Nightmare. Three golden triangles appeared in a triangular pattern on the back of his hand, the top one glowing more brightly than the others, Nightmare began to move, slowly at first. Siegfried moved quickly to attack the dark man. Ganondorf sidestepped the attack and kicked Siegfried in the back. Siegfried did not expect to feel that much force from one kick as he was sent flying across the tower. "You have some skill to be sure, but you lack true power, the kind of power those chosen by the gods wield." He showed the back of his right hand as he clenched it into a fist and the three golden triangles reappeared.

"Who the hell are you?" Nightmare asked as he got up.

"I am your friend, Nightmare," Ganondorf said without turning away from Siegfried. "And I am here to help you."

Nightmare laughed. "I need no one's help," he said.

"That is not what I would surmise, given the corpse you were only moments ago." He turned to face Nightmare. "Now that you are whole again, thanks to me, perhaps you would help me with my revenge."

Nightmare's eyes lit up with red at the word revenge. "Who is it?" he asked.

"A boy by the name of Link."

Nightmare laughed again. "I will fight no mere boy."

"This boy has a strong soul and a heart of light. He is one of three chosen by the gods and holds a magic sword of light, much like your friend Siegfried, only this sword is one of time as well." Siegfried was thinking fast as Ganondorf continued. "This boy is the only known descendent of a man who was called the 'Hero of Time'. This boy is the 'Hero of Twilight'."

"And why can't you kill him?" Nightmare mocked. Behind his dark-blue full helmet he was smirking. "As you said, you are one chosen by the 'gods'."

"You dare mock me?" Ganondorf roared.

Nightmare raised Soul Edge with his monstrous right hand and pointed it at Ganondorf's throat. "Yes," he said. "I dare."

Ganondorf, however, was not going to let die his one chance at revenge. He sighed as he made up his mind. "We have a common problem," he said. "You have just been defeated by this man." He pointed a finger at Siegfried, who was thinking of a way out of this. "And I by this boy. I will help you, and you will help me."

"And why would I need your 'help'?"

"You have failed to destroy this man, and I have failed to kill that damned boy. Together we will be able to see that both our dreams come true."

Siegfried's mind was going so fast a man who could run around the world in less then a day would be left in the dust. He didn't know of this boy, nor did he know what the man before him did. What he did know was that both of those monsters together could surely defeat the boy. 'The hero of time?' he thought. 'I feel like I've heard this name before.'

"You imply that I should know this boy," said Nightmare, voicing Siegfried's thoughts.

"You know of his ancestor," Ganondorf replied. "As the Hero of Time he was able to go into the future and seal your sword away." He cocked his head to one side. "Haven't you ever wondered why Soul Edge has never been complete before?"

"That boy?" Nightmare's rage grew with his realization.

"Yes," he said simply.

Nightmare roared in anger. "I will rip out his soul and feast on his flesh," he shouted to the stormy sky. Ganondorf smiled. He had succeeded.

"We shall leave now," Nightmare stated. "After that we will resurrect Soul Edge, completely and fully."

"Then we shall go." Ganondorf raised his hand and a portal appeared at his feet. "We shall enter the realm of Twilight," he said to his new ally.

'I know of that realm.' Siegfried thought in a panic. 'That is a realm of peace and prosperity. He must be a peace loving man. I must warn him!'

As Ganondorf and Nightmare were about to enter the portal, Siegfried rushed up, pushed them both out of the way, and entered the door to Twilight, the portal closing behind him.

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Meanwhile, in the realm of Twilight, Link stood on a balcony overlooking the realm in his new black and silver tunic. Although he didn't want to call it what it was, he was the ruler of this realm. By marrying Midna he had become the Twilight king. A light being becoming king created many problems within the Twilight courts, and they'd only gotten worse with the latest development.

Midna was pregnant.

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All right, here it is. Short, I know, but this is more of a 'hay, this is what's going on here,' kinda chapter. Read and Review please. I'd like to know how you people think about this.