Chapter 2
Sister's reunion
Sophitia was inside her house, looking after her children, who have fallen ill due to the reappearance of Soul Edge, she grew concerned that they would die because of her battle many years ago with that pirate. She sought comfort in her husband. "They are getting worse by the day… I hope they will last…" Rothiron looked at her and smiled "They will be fine… they'll get over this" Sophitia looks at him "and Cassandra… she ran off with my weapons, who knows what she's up to… do you think she would?" He put his finger over her mouth "Your sister is strong, don't worry about her" He then kissed her. "I guess…. sigh I guess your right…." She stands up and stretches, then looks at him "I'm going to bed" Rothiron waved to her.
Sophitia is rolling around in her sleep, she is having a nightmare.
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In front of her lies the village… it burns a blazing red….as though a war has gone on in the village below. She runs inside and sees her children and her husband slaughtered. "Sophitia!" she sees Cassandra running towards her… with a giant eye following her… the eye then engulfs Cassandra and rushes towards Sophitia, she then hears a maniacal laugh, with the shadow of a monster looking at her. "Sophitia!"
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She shoots up, it was just a dream "Sophitia!" but that wasn't! She unlocks the door and sees Cassandra standing in front of her. "Sister!" They hug each other, both of them starting to get weepy. They both come in and sit down.
"Where did you go Cassy? You're hurt!" Cassandra covers up the graze on her arm. "It's nothing…. I went to sort out your problems…. But I failed…." Sophitia looked shocked "You went after him!" Cassandra nodded "I didn't win… he was going to kill me!" She huddled up "He had his sword over me… his eyes… he was really going to do it!" She then relaxed "but… he let me go… he had a different voice he let me go…" Sophitia got up and knelt down in front of her… "That knight…. Nightmare… he wasn't always a monster you know" Cassandra looked at her sister. "I… I battled him once in the past as well…."
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Sophitia stood at the ruins of the once great Ostrheinburg Castle… but her resolve never wavered… she knew what must be done. She ventured into the ruined castle. "I sense a great battle was once fought here…" She hear a voice call from behind her "And so it did…"! That's when I saw him… he stood there with Soul Edge in his hand. "The soilders of this fortress where under my command at one point… then I killed their leader, stole his sword and left them for dead!" the fiendish monster just laughed. "And… so now you have come now, holy warrior... we meet again" Sophitia drew her weapon "You can still free yourself from the sword… let it go!" Nightmare just growled at her and held up his sword "You will feel evils true power!"
Sophitia and Nightmare battled for many hours, but in the end… the monster got the better of her. He stood above Sophitia, he looked at her and laughed. Suddenly, he let out a painful cry… he then spoke to the young woman, but his voice was human. "Please… help me… save me from this hell!" She saw his eyes for the first time… She could see the pain he bore with this sword, but the redness was returning though, he was turning back into the monster she knows as Nightmare.
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"So I ran as far as I could, but I can never forgive myself for not being able to save him…" Cassandra suddenly realised something. "So that's why he said 'you hath returned…'… he thought I was you!" Sophitia nodded. "He sensed something in you that he thought was only in me I believe. Anyways, time for bed… night Cassy!" Sophitia walked into the other room. Cassandra sighed… "That monster… why did he let me live?" She fell asleep on the couch.