Chapter 9
Destiny toll…
Sophitia and Cassandra found the cave where the footprints of an armoured man had walked into and decided to investigate. They saw the remains of Astaroth, lying on the floor. Sophitia walked up to the floored golem, he suddenly started to move. "Blasted Nightmare… he should know better then to try and take my soul… you!" Sophitia kicked Astaroth in the face. "You killed my family!" Cassandra had to drag her sister off Astaroth… he could not get up. Cassandra walked over to Astaroth and asked "You fought Nightmare… where is he now?" Astaroth replied "He is headed to Spain… to meet up with Cervantes De Leon…" Sophitia could not believe what she just heard! She thought that he had died at the hands of her and that ninja so many years ago. Sophitia ran up to Astaroth and impaled her sword through his head. "Rothiron… I have avenged you and our children… rest in peace…" Cassandra noticed a boat at the harbour inside the cave… Nightmare must be walking, due to the footsteps leading outside the cave through the other side. The two sisters got on the boat and set a course for the Spanish harbour where Cervantes was known to be around.
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Cervantes stood alone at the helm of his ship, The Adrian, looking towards the rising sun. His eyes where closed, he was trying to envision what would happen in the near future. He foresaw a knight, two holy warriors… but he sensed another party was involved… something not yet foreseen by the turns of time… "I believe we shall need some help with this…" He looked to his sword and looked up again "I believe that we can get through this…"
Isabella came out from the deck and stood alongside her father "I see you have finally decided to join me… my child" Ivy looked at her father and replied "I have a lot of time to consider what you have told me… and I will help you… for now!" Cervantes looked at Ivy "I wouldn't have it any other way" Ivy walked back into her cabin. Cervantes looked up and started laughing.
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Nightmare looked up into the night sky, despite the burning buildings surrounding him he could see the stars. When he closed his eyes he could sense Cervantes… the link between the two swords is strong… they both know an encounter is coming… but Nightmare could also sense something was not right… that there was someone else involved in the fray of things… he knew he would have to deal with the source of his pain soon enough… He walked out of the burning village, he was nearing his destination slowly.
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The two sisters had arrived at the Spanish port there was no sign of Nightmare, the entire port was deserted. "This is the place where I defeated that dreaded pirate" Sophitia told her younger sister. "Right over there, on that platform was where I shattered one of those demonic blades" They walk over, onto the platform when Sophitia spotted something stuck in the water.
She went to pull it out, whatever it was, it was heavy! She and Cassandra pulled out the heavy object… it ended up to be the top half of a Zweihander! Cassandra wiped of the moss and mildew which had gathered on the blade… Sophitia found the other half of it embedded in some wood stuck against the stairs leading to the platform. They lay the two pieces together and saw an inscription on the hilt.
'To my son, Siegfried. I will probably not be around for most of your childhood, but, I trust that you will become a strong, willing young knight. With this ideal, I entrust upon you this blade, The Faust. May it help you to achieve your dreams! Fredrick Schatuffen'
"Oh my word…" Sophitia sat down next to her sister… Cassandra could not stop reading the inscription. "I-I knew I saw something happening after that pirate had been defeated." Cassandra looked up at her sister briefly, before looking back at the sword. "I remember watching the port while the ninja was removing some of the shards of Soul Edge from me… I saw a young man carrying this sword to the port, looking at the blade that was left behind. The body of the pirate rose and attacked him… the boy won, but his blade shattered with the final blow on the flaming corpse of the dreaded pirate. I passed out due to the pain then"
Cassandra looked at her sister and said "That's why you recognised him slightly… he was that young boy who beat up a monster to bet a sword… only to become a monster himself…." Sophitia shook her head "His eyes… I also remember his eyes… from our battle in Germany… those eyes where full of pain…" Cassandra started to cry. Sophitia hugged her sister "its ok… we will find him… well find him…" Sophitia took her sister into a nearby house and put her down to bed. Cassandra fell asleep. "He wont be the same sis… it will be hard to make him see… to make him see what he has given up on by taking that blade again…"Sophitia set down on the couch next to her sister and fell asleep.
The next few chapters is where things will soon start to make sense. As you have seen, I have brought in two more characters into the fray of things. More are to come, please tell me your thoughts.