This fanfic is rated M for mature audiences. Viewer discretion advised.
Dark Souls is owned by From Software as well as all of its characters.
I only own one OC, who is in his POV for the fanfic. (Billy Joseph)

With this out of the way, let's begin the story.

Chapter 1

It was a fine day back on the farm as I went to give some much-needed attention to my gardens. I had to weed out the stupid dandelions that kept on insisting to sap the nutrients away from the corn and yams I was making. I especially wanted the corn to get their nutrients, however, as they were the main source of money during the summer and fall for my farming business.

"Aha, lookie here, lil' dandie. Yer gettin' on mah nerves, so Ah hafta end ya. So sorry," I frowned at the first dandelion I saw, which was right next to one of the cornstalks. I grabbed it from the bottom and then carefully pulled it up, making sure to dig slightly in case I missed any roots. There were no more. I had gotten all of it. Once I returned the soil back to normal, I threw the dandelion into my small wheelbarrow I had that I would use for burning all of these worthless weeds. To farmers, dandelions were the worst weeds you could experience. They always demanded high amounts of water and nutrients for their short lives and they spread like wildfires in July. It just wasn't good having these yellow plants on the farm when we had a much better yellow plant that we sold at the market.

I continued weeding the gardens for a good half hour until I had gotten every single weed out of them. And only after that, I went to my nearby watering can to start watering the corn. I had about 5 rows of 10 cornstalks and then I had 4 rows of 10 yams. The final row was reserved for the grapevine, which was able to make the best wine your taste buds will ever experience. It then took a good half hour of watering on all of the different plants around the area. But after I was finished, I was taking the wheelbarrow to the burning pile when I saw something strange on the ground.

This item looked to be a small doll with a very strange head, a tail on the back of it, and having the body and clothes of a very cute woman... but it kind of made me curious about why this doll had strange scales on her forehead as well as that long, thin tail. "Hm... maybe this is worth a purty penny... er maybe lil' Lindsey lost it the other day... Ah'll see what she thinks," I smiled as I pocketed the doll and proceeded to burn the different weeds in the burn pile. Once the fire started, I stood by to make sure the fire didn't spread too far out and burn the grass. We were experiencing a slight heatwave lately and the last thing I wanted was for the grass to burn out of control. If it did, the garden and our profits would go right down the crapper.

Once all the weeds were burnt to a black crisp, I put out the fire with my watering can and then proceeded back to the house... but as I passed by the mirror that was in the door, I could've sworn I heard something... almost like a whisper. "Who art thou?" said a very calm and quiet woman, me wondering who it was that spoke.

"Huh? Is someone in here? Ah'm warnin' ya, Ah've been trainin' in fists! Where are ya?" I asked, wondering where the voice came from, knowing the voice was foreign and that it was an intruder.

"Where... where is my doll?" I heard the voice ask again, this time from behind me... but when I turned around quickly, all that I saw was my reflection in the mirror, almost as if my own reflection were mocking me... but then I gasped as I took the doll out of my pocket and my reflection moved all on its own! And then something surprised the shit out of me. A hand came out from the mirror from my reflection and tried to grab hold of the doll I had in my hand!

"H-Hey! Git offa me, ghost! Ah found this fair'n square! Git off!" I growled as I tried to pull on her hand some more, knowing that my reflection wasn't a male, but of a woman just by the voice alone.

"Return my doll, now. I demand it," the voice said with a more serious tone as something else then happened I didn't expect. Out of nowhere, the arms yanked harder than I expected and not only did it force me to fall into the mirror... I fell right through the mirror and gasped when I felt an extreme cold temperature nip away at my short-sleeved body. "W-Wha?" I heard a female voice gasp as I had to let go of the doll in order to cover myself with my arms to get some kind of warmth.

"W-Whut is this?! Where'd the warm go?... C-C-Cold ain't me s-strong s-s-s-suit..." I shivered as my teeth chattered with every stutter. It was only then that I tried to look around and I saw that the scenery was definitely not the farm or even Illinois. I was in some kind of blue-colored castle and there was a woman nearby... but I nearly fainted when I saw what she looked like.

Not only did this girl have the same exact look as the doll did with the scales on her forehead and the long, thing, white tail, but she was also covered in some kind of fluffy fur almost all over her body, save for her arms, legs, and face. Her dress only consisted of a long dress of blue as well as two small horns atop her head. But the one thing that almost made me want to think this as a dream? She stood at least 15 feet tall!

"W-Whoa... b-big..." I gawked when I saw her, almost falling unconscious before I remembered that if I fell asleep here, I may as well be taking a dirt nap. The air was that cold.

"Who art thou?... And what is thine accent? It is foreign to my ears," the woman asked, her voice just as calm as before.

"I-I'll answer you if you c-can d-d-do somethin'... f-fer me," I chattered my teeth again. I wasn't used to chilly weather like this, especially when exposed to it right after being in a hot sun for five hours doing various jobs. Yeah, I also did some other duties other than gardening before I was pulled into whatever frozen hell this was!

"What is thy request?" the woman asked, me now understanding she was one of those ye olde English types. Oh joy.

"... C-Can I... Get warmth?... anythin'?" I gasped as I started to feel like I was going to sneeze.

"Oh!... Um... Here," the giant woman said as she took off her dress and handed me it as some kind of warm cloth, me gasping at how warm it felt... it was almost like it was a heating pad! It made me immediately warmed up in a snap... I didn't even have the time to remark about how good she looked without it, mostly because I was so relieved from the chill in the air and the fact that her body was covered well enough by the fluff that covered it all up.

"T-Thanks... Thought Ah'd be colder'n an ice cream cone..." I sighed as I wrapped the dress around me and smiled as I felt warm all over.

"You're welcome... where dost thou come from beyond the mirror?" the woman asked me, almost as if she had no idea herself.

"Illinois. Ah was just finishin' work on the farm before ya drug me into this freezin' cold place. What is this place anyways?" I asked her with curiosity.

"You are in my domain. The Painted World of Ariamas... it is only able to be traversed by those that carry my doll or by those that I find faith in... you must be quite confused... but it seems you come from a different dimension than this one... how odd..." the woman said.

"And yer name? What's yer name?" I asked her.

"My name... it is Priscilla. I am the keeper of this world, after my late father died from invaders... but you seem to not be one such invader... you are unarmed and confused... and you appeared right by my side rather than at the entryway between this realm and the realm of Lordran... do you also come from Lordran?" the giant woman asked while introducing herself.

"Lordran? Who the hell's a Lordran? Ah come from the United States of America. Land o' the free, Home o' the brave. The most free country in the whole world back where I'm from," I smiled with a smirk.

"Hmm... your dimension is much different than this one, then... would you like to return back to your world from here?" Priscilla asked kindly with a kind smile.

"Um... would I ever be able to see ya again?" I asked her politely.

"Hmm... I can sense a great spirit within you... you are obviously very strong... if I should require assistance, I grant you this gift so you may come to my aid... what is thy name?" Priscilla asked me as she waved her arms in the air and I swear that I felt my eyes freeze solid for a second before I gasped at some kind of power flowing within me... I had no idea what it was, but this girl must've been some sort of magician.

"Name's Billy Joseph, miss Prissy. So what's that feelin' that just overcame me right now? Some kinda hocus pocus?" I asked, Prsicilla smiling and giggling when I called her Prissy.

"It is a special power that will call you to my side if ever I have an intruder that makes it past my mother at the bridge. I am able to hold most off with my mother, but I am fairly frail in comparison in the fighting department. You shall accompany me with other fighters that I have deemed worthy of protecting me. I shall give you a thirty second advance notice to aid me so you can finish up whatever you may be doing to prepa-" Priscilla was about to finish before she gasped and I did too when I heard a very loud roar sound in the distance.

"Oh my... an intruder has made it past my mother! I implore you to assist me in this battle, Sir Billy," Priscilla said with concern as she waved her hands and I gasped when I suddenly gained a large sword in my hand and that I had a shield in the other. "Calling allies... please assist me in battle. I am under attack by an intruder," Priscilla said as I then saw three different white lights appear followed by three different faces appearing, all of them looking to be completely coated in armor as well as have their own weapons. One had a large staff on her and she was cloaked in blood red attire. Another had armor covered in spikes and had a large, spiked sword. And the last one looked to be a pretty tall human that had a large sword and quite the powerful-looking whip on his person. He also had a cloak on and a strange hand that I saw crackled with flames.

"What is this? Dungeons an' dragons?" I asked when I saw all of these different people appear.

"Is this the intruder, milady?" asked the thorny knight as he brandished his sword.

"No, he's your newest member of my royal assistants..." Priscilla said as she then pointed to a nearby door and I saw a very mean-looking person emerge with blood all over his body. He looked very deadly, especially with his spiked, crystal shield and his gigantic club that looked way too heavy to hold in one hand. "This is the intruder," Priscilla said with a cold gaze as she grabbed a scythe from nearby that was as big as I was! Whatever was going on, I knew I had to defend this large, gorgeous woman. And besides, that club looked quite heavy, so I was sure I could get around this wuss quite easily.