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A man stood over the dissolving corpse of his enemy. The cheastplate of his armor had slashes gouged into it from the scythe that his enemy Nasshandra had wielded against him. His breathing was labored from the exertion of killing the two guards of the Throne of Want and Nasshandra right after one another. He heard a tapping of footsteps behind himself and turned with his Majestic Greatsword pointed towards the unknown threat.

The threat pounced at him in a flash of green and he dropped his blade in shock. Hugging his cheast tightly was his emerald herald. His Shanalotte, the woman who had been there for him since the beginning of his journey.

"Aden, I was worried." Her quiet voice told him. "I thought that Nasshandra might have killed you." She held him tighter as she said that. In response his steel gloved hands wrapped around Shanalotte's small frame.

"I could never leave you like that," he replied. "You're my reason to cling to sanity. To stop myself from hollowing every time I died." He removed his arms from the hug and lifted his steel helmet of the Faraam knights from his head. His spikey mane of white hair was released from the confines of his helmet while his red eyes stared into Shanalotte's uncovered brown eye. He pushed the bang of brown hair that covered her violet eye. His scar over his left eye was partially hidden due to the dim lighting of the throne room.

"Aden, what will you do now that you're here?" Shanalotte asked him.

"I wanted to end the threat that Nasshandra posed to the throne, other than that I planned to remain with you." He said to her softly. Shanalotte developed a small smile on her face at that revelation. In any other situation, she would have been appalled since that would mean her quest to continue the Age of Fire would be at an end, her mission that she was literally made for. But this one hollow, no this man Aden had managed to worm his way into her heart.

"Then shall we leave?" She asked. Aden was about to respond until an eruption of fire occurred behind him causing him and Shanalotte to be launched a few feet backwards. From the eruption a twisted and knarled mass of roots formed a face of a man that Aden had not seen in a while.

"Greetings young hollow! It is quite pleasant that you have managed to get this far, and with former king Vendrick's blessing no doubt!" The face said jovially.

"Aldia, it has been a while. But how did you know of your brother's blessing?" Aden asked while he and Shanalotte rose back to their feet.

"I knew of Vendrick's blessing the moment I saw those crowns you carry on you." Aldia replied while nodding his head towards the crowns tied to Aden's belt.

"Well Aldia, besides that I think that my work is done here. Me and Shanalotte will be leaving this place behind. The Age of Fire and all of it's cycles will continue regardless of my choice." Aden said to Aldia.

"Yes you are correct young hollow. But you do not know everything about the cycles." Aldia replied.

"What do you mean by that?" Aden asked.

"The Age of Fire can continue on forever if the right requirements are met." Aldia replied. Aden looked at Shanalotte who shrugged her shoulders. "You young hollow are that requirement." Aden and Shanalotte looked in shock at Aldia. "You see, every time there was a chosen undead who would rekindle the flame, they would always burn out in the end due to them hollowing, but you on the otherhand can't hollow because of those crowns you carry." Aden stood in contemplation of Aldia's knowledge and what he would have to sacrifice. He looked at Shanalotte who would once again be all alone if he left her. After enough time had gone by Aden looked at Aldia with determination.

"I won't sacrifice myself, I'll find another way." Aden replied to Aldia. The mass of roots then started to laugh. "What's so funny?" Aden asked.

"Who said you ever had a choice in the matter." Aldia replied with a sneer. From behind Aden and Shanalotte a root erupted from the ground and wrapped itself around Shanalotte before pulling her away from his hands. Shanalotte gasped at the discomfort of the burning root that was pulling her away from Aden.

"What the hell are you doing Aldia?!" Aden screamed at the face of roots.

"Oh young hollow, how naïve you are. I find it funny that you even believed that I was Aldia. But no." Aden brandished his sword in both of his hands.

"Who. Are. You?" Aden asked. His face paled as he felt the familiar rush of adrenaline course through his body.

"I was once a great king. I ruled as Gwyn former Lord of Sunlight and Cinder. But one day a fool like you came along and ended my reign. I do not expect you to know my name or titles but I do think you would know that I was the first to sacrifice myself to the Flame." The one known as Gwyn responded. Aden and Shanalotte's eyes opened wide at this revelation.

"Then why did you assume the name of my father?" Shanalotte asked angrily.

"It is because while I may have lost my body to the First Flame, I did not lose my soul. On the other hand Aldia lost his soul but not his body. So I did what any other man in my shoes would have done and took the empty vessel that remained." Gwyn explained.

"I don't care about any of that. What I care about is leaving this place with Shanalotte. You can keep your damn crowns if you want them!" With that Aden removed the four crown of each of the fallen kings and threw them at Gwyn. All of them landed in the lava that puddle around his face before sinking in.

"I'm afraid that the blessing of Vendrick can only be used by you. So that means that," More roots exploded from the ground. "You must be forced." Gwyn said menacingly.

"Bring it!" Aden replied. As soon as he said that the roots rushed at him. Aden used his sword's ability to flip over the first roots that came after him before slashing down and cutting them off from their source. More roots came at him from all around he instead let his right hand come off the greatsword and spun in a circle with his blade which chopped more roots down.

"I commend you young hollow, but you do not nave what it takes to defeat me." Aldia stated to Aden. Aden hardly paid it much mind as he continued to slice down the flaming vegetation surrounding him. He felt a rising pressure from the ground and tried to jump away from it due to expecting another root. To his surprise it was a flaming explosion which launched him a few feet backwards until he was on his back.

"Aden!" he heard Shanalotte scream. Aden tried to lift himself upwards but a root crashed down onto his body.

"Give up young hollow and make this easy on yourself." Gwyn told Aden. Aden in his addled mind thought of his offer.

"Aden, do not give up. Show me that the man I chose to fall in love with is still going to honor his promise of taking me away from Drangl-!" Shanalotte shouted out to Aden until she felt the root that held her tighten, cutting off her breath.

"Quiet dragon-spawn. I will not have you give him any ideas." Gwyn angrily said to her.

"Gwyn or Aldia or whoever the hell your name is, I am going to shove my sword where your eye should be for doing that to Shanalotte!" Aden said as he used his sword to pull himself off the ground.

"Now eat shit and die!" Aden shouted before charging at Gwyn. His muscles protested violently at moving but Aden ignored it, his mind swam due to being slammed into the ground but his rage tempered it, his right arm was unable to grip his sword due to being broken from the root falling on him but he only needed one hand to finish his battle. He rolled around the many roots that tried to crush him and dodged the explosions that came from the ground until finally he was at Gwyn's face and he stabbed at the glowing hole where Gwyn's eye should be. A scream was heard as his sword plunged into his foe he did not know if it was he or Gwyn who screamed.

Finally the light in Gwyn's eye died out until it became black like the abyss. Aden pulled his sword out before collapsing to his knees. The roots that were summoned by Gwyn disappeared which freed Shanalotte who ran towards his side.

"Aden my love, where did you put your life gems?" Shanalotte asked worried. Aden couldn't tell if he said anything as his lips moved but apparently he did because Shanalotte pulled his last gem out. She removed his sword from his left hand gently before putting the gem in his hand and crushed it. Aden slowly started to feel the effects of the healing as he could now think clearly and his right arm could now be moved without feeling too much pain.

"Shanalotte, lets go home." Aden said to her meekly. Shanalotte nodded before she put his sword in his left hand in order to use it as a crutch. She lifted his right arm over her shoulders and they both pushed themselves off the ground.

As they were leaving they did not notice as the face of roots started to twitch. The couple instead slowly made their way to the great arch until a mass of roots from the ground and blocked the entrance. The couple looked back in fear as Gwyn became surrounded by fire. This fire started to burn down the roots that made up the head of Gwyn. "Young hollow, I am tired of playing this game! IT ENDS HERE AND NOW!" Gwyn shouted before roots grabbed the wrists and ankles of the couple and lifted them both a few feet off the ground. They both struggled but in the end they were utterly helpless.

Before them the face of roots was now ashes but what was left was a giant of a man. He wore what remained of royal garb that was white with ashes. His face was one covered in a mass of hair that made up his beard and head. "Look and tremble for you now see the face of Gwyn!" The man, no god stated to them. Gwyn looked down at the crowns or at least what remained of the slag that made them up. A tut tuting sound could be heard from Gwyn as he picked up the slag and walked towards the couple.

"This could have been easy but you had to make it difficult for me, now I must do the same." With that he stuck his hand that was covered in slag through Aden's cheast. Aden screamed.

"What are you doing to him!" Shanalotte cried out in terror for Aden as his screaming went on with Gwyn's hand inside his cheast.

"I am just making sure that he cannot abandon his duties." Gwyn replied before pulling his hand out of Aden's cheast. Where there was once slag there was now nothing. Aden's cheast on the other hand was glowing red with the molten metel inside of him. Gwyn then threw a flame before Aden which started to heal his wounds. Aden still screamed in pain as the metal cooled inside himself. His vision was darkening from the pain that he felt but he kept himself awake.

"Aden it is time. Now accept your throne." The roots released Aden which caused him to collapse on the ground. Gwyn then grabbed Aden by the fur that was strapped to his armor and dragged him towards the door to the throne. All around them the cheast's of the stone golems turned blue and they all moved before converging into a platform before the two. Aden tried to fight back but any struggles he made Gwyn just ignored until he dragged Aden to the throne. And threw him upon it. Aden looked up as Gwyn walked away and the doors of the throne closed before him. No this is not how it should end. Aden pulled himself off the throne and dragged himself on the ash covered floor towards his slowly closing exit.

He wasn't going to make it. "NOOOOOOOOO!" Aden reached out futilely as the door was closing. He could see the tears falling from Shanalotte's eyes from here.

"Do not worry young king, I will take care of your dragon-spawn for you." Gwyn said as he looked hungrily at Shanalotte's form.

'This can't happen! This can't be happening! Noooooooooooooooooo!' Aden thought as the doors finally shut. He was alone. He screamed and raged as he bashed his hand against the door. After a time he stopped. He felt tears start to drip down his face. The bleakness of his situation finally settling inside himself. Then he felt the fire and turned to see his throne ablaze. The flames hungrily licking at the chair before they spread outwards. His thoughts before the pain hit him was to be with Shanalotte. Then he screamed.

Chapter One is Done. Pretty depressing. But hey, welcome to Dark Souls. This will be a multicrossover so wait. Also, I'm back.