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Hi everyone this is my first fan fic so please be gentle. I will accept criticism especially if it helps my writing. I have had the idea of what would happen if Kratos had also had a daughter and what would happen if Mithos helped raise her to work for Cruxis. Some secrets will be revealed later. Please review so I know if I should keep writing. Spoilers in the first chapter so stop reading if you haven't finished the game yet.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the TOS stories, plots, characters, etc... (too bad)

Chapter 1 : Prologue

Many years ago, deep in Iselia forest, a man and a woman were very much in love. They meant everything to each other. Then, one day a young boy entered their lives, his name was Lloyd. His mother and father loved this young child more than life itself. One year later, and another child entered their lives, a young girl named Storm. The man, his wife, and their two beautiful children were the happiest family around, until one day, a year later, when everything changed.

It was a hot, sunny summer afternoon when the worst day of Kratos' life went terribly wrong. He was out gathering food for dinner that night when he heard a group of soldiers moving through the forest. He immediately dropped everything he was doing and, grabbing his sword, ran in the direction of the noise.

"Our sources indicate that they are hiding somewhere around here! Now spread out and begin searching," bellowed a Desian commander as his army began to search the area.

"Not again," Kratos murmured under his breath as he hid behind a nearby bush.

Kratos began to sprint back to the small cottage his family called home. As soon as he arrived he burst through the door and frantically started packing things.

"What are you doing?" questioned his wife, Anna.

"They've found us," Kratos replied as he stuffed some clothes and food into a sack. "Go and grab the children, we've got to go."

"Not again, we were just starting to settle in," Anna groaned.

"I'm sorry, I'll make it up to you some day," Kratos replied as he kissed his wife.

Soon, they were all packed up and ready to make a run for it. Kratos boosted his wife onto Noishe's back along with his three year old son and two year old daughter. He hopped on and was about to take off when suddenly they were spotted and soon surrounded.

"Give up Kratos, you can't keep running from Lord Yggdrassil," remarked the very cocky Desian commander, Kvar.

"I refuse to work for him any longer. The things he does are wrong and I cannot be a part of his plans anymore," Kratos bravely replied.

"It's not just you I want Kratos. I would also like to have my special Exsphere back if you don't mind. You wouldn't want anything bad to happen to your children, would you?" Kvar threatened.

"Don't you dare threaten my family!" Kratos replied as his eyes burned with rage at the man who dared to put his family in danger. But, before he knew it one of the Desian soldier's ripped young Lloyd out of Anna's arms and another took Storm.

"Turn yourself in and we might be able to spare the lives of these inferior beings," Kvar said.

Kratos had had enough of this guy and decided it was time to take things into his own hands as he raced toward the men who held Lloyd and Storm captive and began slashing them mercilessly with his sword. After the men, were dead Kratos embraced his two children but was horrified to see Kvar with Anna held captive.

"Kratos, Kratos, Kratos, I knew you would fall for the bait but now I have what I really came here for," Kvar smirked as he ripped Anna's exsphere off of her hand.

" No, Anna!" Kratos screamed as he watched Anna transform into a hideous monster.

Anna began to rampage through the forest destroying anyone in her path. She soon came upon Kvar who was holding her exsphere and he dropped it as she knocked him to the ground. Kvar, terrified of the monster he created, decided to retreat for the moment.

"Anna stop this madness, look at what you're doing!" Kratos yelled as he desperately tried to reach the woman he had come to love so dearly while also fighting back a group of Desians.

Suddenly, Anna turned and began to make her way toward the two terrified children huddled by a nearby cliff. Just as she was about to attack, Noishe jumped in front of the children and took her hit. This attack brought Anna back momentarily.

"Kratos...please kill me... before I hurt our family...please," Anna whispered using the last of her energy before she was taken over again by the Cruxis crystal.

"I don't think I can..." Kratos muttered to himself. Soon, though he rushed at her as his fatherly instincts took over as Anna prepared to attack Lloyd and Storm again. As Kratos killed his wife she fell over the cliff bring Noishe and the children with her.

"No!" Kratos yelled at the top of his lungs as he watched his family plummet to the bottom of the cliff.

After fighting off the remaining Desians and monsters at the bottom of the cliff, Kratos began to desperately search for any signs of his family. After what seemed like hours Kratos stopped his searching as he fell to his knees as he began to openly weep for his lost loved ones. He felt as if he had just lost a huge part of his soul that could not be replaced when he finally accepted the death of his wife and children.

Suddenly, Kratos heard a very faint sound coming from somewhere nearby. It sounded like a child was crying. Kratos scrambled to his feet and used his very acute hearing to locate the source of his daughter's crying. He scooped up the sobbing two-year old who immediately clung to her father's neck. After checking her over and finding her completely unharmed he decided to search the area some more in hopes of finding his son as well.

"Kratos I see you have managed to escape Kvar once again but you will find I am not so easy to run off," an eerily familiar voice said behind Kratos. The voice sent chills up his spine and caused the hairs on the back of his neck to stand erect.

"Mithos, haven't you tormented me enough? Why can't you just let me live in peace?" Kratos groaned at the young child.

"I can't just let Origin's seal wander around unguarded. I can't risk your life. Now drop that inferior being and let's go back to Derris Kharlan. You have nothing left," Mithos replied to his once good friend.

"If I go my daughter will go as well. My life means nothing without her and I do not think I can live without her," Kratos insisted.

Mithos grabbed the young child, obviously annoyed by Kratos' demands and disgusted with the thought of an "inferior being" living on Derris Kharlan. But, as soon as Storm managed to show off two big hazel eyes at Mithos he was unable to say no. Kratos was rather surprised at the liking Mithos had taken to his daughter and hoped that the glimmer in his eyes revealed the Mithos he had once known. So Storm, guarded closely by Kratos, traveled with the group of angels toward her new life on Derris Kharlan.

Well that's it for this chapter, please review if you want to see more!