Disclaimer: I don't own neither God of War, which belongs to Sony and the Santa Monica Studios, nor Fire Emblem, which in turn belongs to Nintendo and Intelligent Systems!

AN: So my first story. Whew kinda weird. Normally I'm bashing bad stories of other authors , but now I write one. Take in mind, that I'm German, so my grammar is not really perfect. Have fun! (Author Notes are in italic, thoughts and dream sequences are in bold)

God of War: Blade of Olympus

Chapter 1 – A Girl from the Plains

It was a sunny day in the plains of Sacae. For Lyn, it wasn't such a happy day. She had lost her family and tribe a half year ago to some damn bandits. While she wandered through the green plains of Sacae aimlessly, she didn't notice a pale figure lying unconscious on the grass.

"What am I supposed to do now? I have no one to rely on. Father...Mother..." Lyn thought.

Lyn silently cried to herself as she remembers the dead faces of those, she cared for. She swore to herself, that she will revenge her tribe. Just now she noticed the man lying on the ground face first.

"Huh? What is that? A man?" Lyn wondered

She quickly ran to the white man (AN: Really white. You should by now, who the man is). As she observed the body of the man, she quickly realizes, that the white substance on the man's body was in fact ash. He was also very muscular, was bald and had two scars. One went through his right eye and another, giant one, across his abdomen. The most distinctive characteristic was the red tattoo, which covered nearly his entire left side of his body.

"I can't leave him like this. He will surely die either of dehydration or the bandits will kill him!" Lyn thought

Lyn tried to move him, which was easier said, than done. The man was heavier than looked. Lyn, of course, knows, that muscles are in fact heavier than fat (AN: That is the reason, why boxers today are all overweight. Believe it or not). After struggling to even move the massive body, she finally got him into her hut and laid him onto her bed.

"I should get something to eat. When he wakes up, he surely will be hungry." Lyn noted.

As Lyn leaved her hut (AN: What was the hell are the huts called again?), she didn't notice the man squirming as he laid there.

"Where am I? What is happening? Wait, I remember! Athena, she is no better than Zeus. She just used me, like all the other gods. I'm sorry Pandora. I'm sorry Calliope. I'm sorry Deimos, Lysandra and mother. I failed all of you. Damn it, I am even responsible for the world being on the edge of destruction. I can only hope, that I can now rest in peace. Hope...At least I have done something right in my life." The man thought to himself in his dream.

As the man slowly waked up, he struggled to open his eyes. As he looked around, he realized, that he was in some sort of hut.

"Since when is Hades such bright place, especially since I am not allowed to return to Elysion any more. Not that I deserve it." The man wondered.

While the man still studied the place he was in, Lyn entered her hut and saw him awake, She politely greeted him.

"Are you awake? I found you unconscious on the plains. I am Lyn of the Lorca tribe. Can you remember your name?" She said with big smile.

The man looked at her and estimates, that the girl was around 18 years old. "Calliope would be now the same age". He thought to himself. He realized, that she had asked his name.

"My name is Kratos." Kratos said with great speed.

"Kratos? That's an odd sounding name." Kratos was not amused to hear this. "But pay no mind. It is a good name." Lyn adds.

"I see by attire, that you are a traveller. What brings you to the Sacae plains? Would you share your story with me?" Lyn asks.

Only now Kratos begins to noticed his clothes. He wasn't wearing his loincloth any more. Instead he wore black pants, which are for him really uncomfortable, because he never had worn such clothes. To top that even more, he had a mantle around his neck. At least, he thought to himself, he was bare chested and he still had his favourite sandals.

"I-" Kratos began, but was cut short by some loud voices coming outside (AN: Can you believe such a thing. Voices, which are louder than Kratos. Ridiculous).

"Hm? What's that noise? I'll go see what's happening. Kratos, wait here for me." Lyn said, as she exited outside.

What Lyn saw there, shocked her to her very bone. Bandits were crawling all around her hut and she rushed back inside to warn Kratos.

"Oh, no! Bandits! They must have come down from the Bern Mountains! They must be planning on raiding the local villages. I... I have to stop them! If that's all of them, I think I can handle them on my own. You'll be safe in here, Kratos!" Lyn said

"Is this girl for real? I admire her bravery, but she will be surely killed by the bandits, if I don't help. She reminds to much of Pandora and Calliope!" Kratos thought and said: "No way! I'm going to fight with you! You can't take on a whole bandit group all by yourself!"

"What? You want to help? Well, can you use a weapon?" Lyn asked with an incredible face. She thought that he should be to exhaust to fight.

"Clearly, that girl doesn't know, that I am the God of War!" Kratos thought and said: "Just give me a sharp sword and I will show you, how good I am!"

"You can have the sword lying on the table there." Lyn said, as she points to the nihonto (AN: That's japanese for, well guess what, a japanese sword. Lyn swords always look like Katanas, Wakizashis, etc., so I think she has some spare japanese swords), still a bit doubtful.

Kratos took the sword in his hand and noticed how light it was. It felt like toy to him, but he saw that it was really sharp, so he was fine with it. At least he had some kind of weapon in his hands now.

Both Kratos and Lyn ran outside and soon Kratos saw two bandits. Kratos could only grin in amusement. Two bandits weren't really a threat to someone like him. So he came to the idea, to see how Lyn would fare against them.

"Lyn, I will stay back and watch you fight. If it gets to hot for you, I will jump in and help you." Kratos said with a little bit of arrogance in his tone.

Lyn couldn't believe what she just heard. First he wanted to fight and then he just stood in the background? She quickly comes to the solution, that Kratos wants to see how well she fights. As she drew nearer to the first bandit, the bandit spoked:

"What, a girl? Ha-ha, this will be easy. C'mon, sweety show me what you got!" The bandit said with complete ignorance. He swung his axe like a stupid animal. Lyn had no problem dodging the first swing, but was slightly hit by the second one. Of course the bandit was eventually gutted by Lyn fairly easily.

"That girl knows how to properly swing a blade. The only thing she lacks is strength." Kratos thought to himself.

Lyn couldn't believe how easy this was. Sure, she was hit by the axe of the bandit, but it wouldn't leave a scar. She took out her vulnerary and tended her wound. It quickly closed entirely, leaving no scar behind.

"Now let's get to bandit over by their hut!" Lyn said as she and Kratos approached the hut with the bandit leader

"Who do you think you are? You think you can stand up to Batta the Beast?" Batta said and swung his axe the same time as Lyn swung her sword. They both were hit simultaneously and Lyn was more injured than Batta.

"Whew! He's tough... It all comes down this next blow! Kratos, if I fall, I want you to flee." Lyn said with a pain-stricken face. Kratos was even less amused by this bullshit. He thought that now the time has come to intervene.

"Stay back, Lyn! I will deal with this bastard! He will pay for what he did to you!" Kratos was even asking himself why he cared about Lyn so much. Maybe she was really reminding him of his deceased daughter.

Before Lyn could react to even Kratos speech or Battas' next attack , Kratos had already blocked Battas' attack with one arm.

"Wha-" Before Batta could even end his dialogue, Kratos cut him with one mighty swung of his toothpick in half, as guts and intestines flew all over the place.

Lyn looked wide-eyed at the brutal scene before her eyes. She couldn't believe how strong Kratos really was. She totally underestimated her. As Kratos turned around and approached her, she suddenly saw only black...

Lyn awakened in her hut and saw that her wound that Batta inflicted upon her, had healed.

She looked around and saw Kratos eating a fish at the table.

"So, finished your beauty sleep?" Kratos said with a full mouth and a smug smirk.

"Yeah..." Lyn said sleepy. "Say, Kratos. You have much experience in fighting, I can see. Would you allow me to travel with you?" Lyn said with a hidden glint of hope in her eyes.

Kratos was first shocked to hear this. Had she already forgotten what happened yesterday? She had seen how dangerous he was. Isn't she at least a little bit scared of him? And what about her parents? If she was his daughter, he wouldn't just let her go, without knowing the guy she's travelling with.

"What about your parents? I don't really think, they would just let you go with a stranger. You should first ask for their permission." Kratos said and noticed how Lyn's eyes began to sadden. For the first time, since Pandora's death, he felt guilty.

"What... You want me to get permission from my parents? My mother and my father... died six months ago. My people-the Lorca—they don't... I'm the last of my tribe. Bandits attacked, and... they killed so many people. The tribe was scattered. My father was our chieftain, and I wanted to protect our people. But I'm so young and our people are so old-fashioned. They wouldn't follow a woman. No one would follow me." Lyn said with so much grief in her voice that it even melted Kratos stone hard soul. He felt incredibly sorry for reminding her of this tragedy. He laid his arm on her shoulder to comfort her (AN: Don't expect to much from Kratos. He's only opening slowly to her.).

"...I'm sorry. I've been alone for so long... No. No more. I will shed no more tears." Lyn said determined. An awkward silence followed as she finally began to speak again: "Thank you. I'm better now. Kratos, I want- I must become stronger, so that I may avenge my father's death! Yesterday's battle taught me something. I won't become stronger by sitting here alone. Kratos, tell me you'll train me, that you'll let me travel with you!" Lyn said and Kratos could have sworn that he saw the flames of hope in her eyes.

"If your so eager to come with me, I will not stop you. But keep in mind, that your training will be the hardest you'll ever get!" Kratos said with a little admiration towards Lyn.

"You will? That's wonderful! Thank you! Oh, thank you!" Lyn cried and began to hug Kratos. Kratos, not expecting such a move, was mildly thrown off guard. He thought, that she really was a long time alone.

After finishing the hug Lyn began to speak again "We'll be better off working together, I know it. You'll be my Sword master and I will be your loyal student! We can do it! Right?" Lyn said with so much enthusiasm that it brought a rare smile to Kratos face.

"Maybe it's a good idea to take her with me. She will learn how to take care of herself and maybe I can find, how I got to this place." Kratos thought to himself.

Postscriptum: Whew, guys! This is it. My first chapter of my first story. Please read and give a constructive review and not such bullcrap like: "Awesome", or "Cool", or "I f***ing came while reading this story!". A Good constructive review is the best award a writer can get. Until next time!