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Summary: Cassandra now realizes that the deadly warrior Nightmare is the same warrior that is known as Siegfried Schtauffen. Four years prior, Sophitia, Cassandra's sister, tried to save Siegfried but failed...Can her sister do what she could not?
"Grace & Love."
Cassandra looked up into Nightmare's now uncovered face. Her fears had to be correct, this was the warrior known as Siegfried. She tried fiercely to stand but the pain in her ankle was too great.
"Worthless scum! I'll kill you and rip your soul from your body!" Nightmare screamed as he looked back down at the woman. He raised his sword to attack her again.
"Die!" He raised the sword above his head and slashed forward. Cassandra closed her eyes, fearing for her life. Unknown even to herself, she began to whisper the only words that came to mind.
"Sophitia, help me." As the words left her mouth she felt the wind from the blade brush against her face. After many long seconds and feeling no pain Cassandra opened her eyes to see the blade mere inches from her face.
She looked into the eyes of the warrior and saw the confusion in his eyes. His eyes showed signs that he was trying to remember something.
"...That name...what was that name?...Who is that?" Nightmare's voice no longer held the cold fierceness it usually did. At Cassandra's silence Nightmare became more frantic for answers. "Tell me!"
"Sophitia. She is my sister. Four years ago she traveled in search of Soul Edge, and she told me she met you."
"She met...me?" Siegfried looked to the ground trying hard to remember his forgotten memories. "Sophitia..?"
******
~Flashback~
A woman with long blonde hair jumped at him, her sword and shield raised to attack. He raised the demonic blade to defend against her blow. Once the two blades hit, it was his that won and pushed her away from him.
She landed on her feet and looked at the dark knight. "The sword is pure evil! It controls you! This is not who you really are!"
Nightmare chuckled and looked at the blonde female warrior. "Explain your foolish theories." Sophitia gaze lightened. "I can see it in your eyes. Behind those blood red eyes are confusion, a desire to remember who you really are. The sword has taken over your body, but not your mind. You are not this monster that stands before me."
Nightmare was somewhat surprised at the woman's words. 'She is wrong, I am Nightmare! I am the Azure Knight!' Yet as he thought this, something else came into his mind. One single word appeared into his mind and would not go away. 'Siegfried.'
Nightmare grasped his head as pain soured through his mind. Why could he not remember? "Siegfried...My name is Siegfried..?" He did not sound too confident in himself.
"That sword has taken you over. You are Siegfried, not Nightmare!" His anger began to rise again at the woman, but it was also pointed to himself for not knowing what was happening in his mind.
"Silence woman! You know nothing!" Nightmare screamed at Sophitia as he clutched his head. He desperately searched his mind for answers. 'Why can I not remember anything before I acquired Soul Edge? What has happened to my memories?'
He brought the sword up in front of him so he could look into the demonic eye that was on the blade. He felt a sudden rush of evil energy flow through him. That is when he understood, the sword had been feeding him energy this entire time, all the while deleting memories from his mind.
'The sword IS evil!' Siegfried threw the sword against the far wall of the shrine as he willed the bond between he and the sword to be broken. He felt the power of the sword leave him and he fell to the ground unconscious.
*****
Once Siegfried awoke he was still lying in the shrine from earlier, but it was night as he saw from looking outside. He felt a wet cloth oh his face, and he felt the presence of another person beside him. He looked up to see the same blonde woman who he was fighting before.
"Your finally awake, I was beginning to worry about you." The woman said as she smiled down at him.
"...I...I want to thank you...for helping me. My real name is Siegfried Schtauffen."
"There is no need to thank me, you are the one that freed yourself from the swords control." Once she said that, Siegfried turned to look and the sword remained where it was when he threw it.
"If it were not for your words, I would have never realized the truth." Siegfried began to feel the memories flood into his mind. Many memories of which he didn't want to remember, his fathers death played through his eyes. The deaths of so many people that he killed as Nightmare.
He closed his eyes trying to slow the flow of memories making their way into his mind. He tried concentrating on the woman before him.
She smiled at him again when she noticed him looking at her. "Oh, I almost forgot my name is Sophitia Alexandra." Siegfried tried to understand her reason for helping him.
"Why did you try to help me?" Sophitia took the wet cloth from his head and placed it by her side. She took a deep breath, and tried to think of a good answer.
"To tell the truth, I don't understand myself. I just could tell in your eyes that you were not the monster that you showed on the outside." Siegfried nodded his head, accepting her answer.
'Thank you Sophitia.' Siegfried thought as he closed his eyes preparing himself for more rest. But before he went to sleep he barely heard her silently whisper.
"I will try my hardest to save you Siegfried. No man deserves to be controlled as you were." After hearing that, Siegfried fell into a slumber filled with nightmares and hopes of redemption.
~ End Flashback ~
*****
Siegfried looked down at the woman at his feet and was shocked at the resemblance to her sister. Siegfried shook with anger as he looked at the sword in his grasp.
With a scream of rage, Siegfried lifted the sword high into the air and began to smash it against the hard shrine floor. He felt the sword scream in pain and try to stop him, but Siegfried was not to be denied. 'I WILL DESTROY THIS ACCURSED SWORD ONCE AND FOR ALL!'
"How dare you try to control me again! I will make sure you never harm another human again!" He smashed the sword against the ground again, and felt the blade crack. The blade shattered and he felt the life drain from it.
Once Siegfried saw that the blade was destroyed he released the hilt and fell to his knees. He had been taken over again, even after all of Sophitia's efforts to save him.
He returned to his feet and walked over to Cassandra, who was still quite surprised at Siegfried's actions. "Please...allow me to help you." Siegfried said with a weak voice. Apparently his emotional state was weak after being released from Soul Edge's power.
Cassandra nodded her head and Siegfried gently lifted her into his arms. He walked over to a large pillar and set her up against it. He inspected the injuries he had given her, the most major wound was the broken ankle.
"I will try to help you as best I can." Siegfried said silently, he lowered his head as he felt tears burn his eyes. "I can only beg your forgiveness..."
He felt her raise his chin to look at her. They looked into each other's eyes for a moment before she finally spoke. "Siegfried...you're finally free."
Authors notes: I'm glad to see people are reviewing and I thank you all. I will probably be ending this story soon with the next chapter or two. I have not yet decided if I want to continue this with an Action packed big story, but I am still considering what to do. Again thanks and I look forward to see more reviews.
Until next time!
Summary: Cassandra now realizes that the deadly warrior Nightmare is the same warrior that is known as Siegfried Schtauffen. Four years prior, Sophitia, Cassandra's sister, tried to save Siegfried but failed...Can her sister do what she could not?
"Grace & Love."
Cassandra looked up into Nightmare's now uncovered face. Her fears had to be correct, this was the warrior known as Siegfried. She tried fiercely to stand but the pain in her ankle was too great.
"Worthless scum! I'll kill you and rip your soul from your body!" Nightmare screamed as he looked back down at the woman. He raised his sword to attack her again.
"Die!" He raised the sword above his head and slashed forward. Cassandra closed her eyes, fearing for her life. Unknown even to herself, she began to whisper the only words that came to mind.
"Sophitia, help me." As the words left her mouth she felt the wind from the blade brush against her face. After many long seconds and feeling no pain Cassandra opened her eyes to see the blade mere inches from her face.
She looked into the eyes of the warrior and saw the confusion in his eyes. His eyes showed signs that he was trying to remember something.
"...That name...what was that name?...Who is that?" Nightmare's voice no longer held the cold fierceness it usually did. At Cassandra's silence Nightmare became more frantic for answers. "Tell me!"
"Sophitia. She is my sister. Four years ago she traveled in search of Soul Edge, and she told me she met you."
"She met...me?" Siegfried looked to the ground trying hard to remember his forgotten memories. "Sophitia..?"
******
~Flashback~
A woman with long blonde hair jumped at him, her sword and shield raised to attack. He raised the demonic blade to defend against her blow. Once the two blades hit, it was his that won and pushed her away from him.
She landed on her feet and looked at the dark knight. "The sword is pure evil! It controls you! This is not who you really are!"
Nightmare chuckled and looked at the blonde female warrior. "Explain your foolish theories." Sophitia gaze lightened. "I can see it in your eyes. Behind those blood red eyes are confusion, a desire to remember who you really are. The sword has taken over your body, but not your mind. You are not this monster that stands before me."
Nightmare was somewhat surprised at the woman's words. 'She is wrong, I am Nightmare! I am the Azure Knight!' Yet as he thought this, something else came into his mind. One single word appeared into his mind and would not go away. 'Siegfried.'
Nightmare grasped his head as pain soured through his mind. Why could he not remember? "Siegfried...My name is Siegfried..?" He did not sound too confident in himself.
"That sword has taken you over. You are Siegfried, not Nightmare!" His anger began to rise again at the woman, but it was also pointed to himself for not knowing what was happening in his mind.
"Silence woman! You know nothing!" Nightmare screamed at Sophitia as he clutched his head. He desperately searched his mind for answers. 'Why can I not remember anything before I acquired Soul Edge? What has happened to my memories?'
He brought the sword up in front of him so he could look into the demonic eye that was on the blade. He felt a sudden rush of evil energy flow through him. That is when he understood, the sword had been feeding him energy this entire time, all the while deleting memories from his mind.
'The sword IS evil!' Siegfried threw the sword against the far wall of the shrine as he willed the bond between he and the sword to be broken. He felt the power of the sword leave him and he fell to the ground unconscious.
*****
Once Siegfried awoke he was still lying in the shrine from earlier, but it was night as he saw from looking outside. He felt a wet cloth oh his face, and he felt the presence of another person beside him. He looked up to see the same blonde woman who he was fighting before.
"Your finally awake, I was beginning to worry about you." The woman said as she smiled down at him.
"...I...I want to thank you...for helping me. My real name is Siegfried Schtauffen."
"There is no need to thank me, you are the one that freed yourself from the swords control." Once she said that, Siegfried turned to look and the sword remained where it was when he threw it.
"If it were not for your words, I would have never realized the truth." Siegfried began to feel the memories flood into his mind. Many memories of which he didn't want to remember, his fathers death played through his eyes. The deaths of so many people that he killed as Nightmare.
He closed his eyes trying to slow the flow of memories making their way into his mind. He tried concentrating on the woman before him.
She smiled at him again when she noticed him looking at her. "Oh, I almost forgot my name is Sophitia Alexandra." Siegfried tried to understand her reason for helping him.
"Why did you try to help me?" Sophitia took the wet cloth from his head and placed it by her side. She took a deep breath, and tried to think of a good answer.
"To tell the truth, I don't understand myself. I just could tell in your eyes that you were not the monster that you showed on the outside." Siegfried nodded his head, accepting her answer.
'Thank you Sophitia.' Siegfried thought as he closed his eyes preparing himself for more rest. But before he went to sleep he barely heard her silently whisper.
"I will try my hardest to save you Siegfried. No man deserves to be controlled as you were." After hearing that, Siegfried fell into a slumber filled with nightmares and hopes of redemption.
~ End Flashback ~
*****
Siegfried looked down at the woman at his feet and was shocked at the resemblance to her sister. Siegfried shook with anger as he looked at the sword in his grasp.
With a scream of rage, Siegfried lifted the sword high into the air and began to smash it against the hard shrine floor. He felt the sword scream in pain and try to stop him, but Siegfried was not to be denied. 'I WILL DESTROY THIS ACCURSED SWORD ONCE AND FOR ALL!'
"How dare you try to control me again! I will make sure you never harm another human again!" He smashed the sword against the ground again, and felt the blade crack. The blade shattered and he felt the life drain from it.
Once Siegfried saw that the blade was destroyed he released the hilt and fell to his knees. He had been taken over again, even after all of Sophitia's efforts to save him.
He returned to his feet and walked over to Cassandra, who was still quite surprised at Siegfried's actions. "Please...allow me to help you." Siegfried said with a weak voice. Apparently his emotional state was weak after being released from Soul Edge's power.
Cassandra nodded her head and Siegfried gently lifted her into his arms. He walked over to a large pillar and set her up against it. He inspected the injuries he had given her, the most major wound was the broken ankle.
"I will try to help you as best I can." Siegfried said silently, he lowered his head as he felt tears burn his eyes. "I can only beg your forgiveness..."
He felt her raise his chin to look at her. They looked into each other's eyes for a moment before she finally spoke. "Siegfried...you're finally free."
Authors notes: I'm glad to see people are reviewing and I thank you all. I will probably be ending this story soon with the next chapter or two. I have not yet decided if I want to continue this with an Action packed big story, but I am still considering what to do. Again thanks and I look forward to see more reviews.
Until next time!
