Prologue

"The proof that you were alive… the proof that I really loved you… I want her to be… in tangible form…"

"HARALD!" a gruff female voice interrupted the soft spoken man angrily, as he talked idly to himself. He stopped what he was working on and drew a breath.

"What is it, Morganna?"

"Harald, What Are You Doing?"

"Working, Morganna. My darling daughter AI is almost complete. I'm certain that that she would have loved this little girl as much as I loved her, my beloved."

"You Are A Delusional Fool. She Never Loved You. She Never Even Knew You Existed!" the man chuckled a bit, looking up,letting his long, wavy, white hair dangle behind him.

"Oh how wrong you are, Morganna. I have proof she was alive. Proof that I loved her so. In her loving memory, I dedicate our daughter to her." there was a grunt of frustration.

"That Thing's Presence Proves Nothing But The Fact That You Are But A Desperate Man, Seeking The Affections Of A Woman Who No Longer Walks Among The Living."

"She proves something to me." Harald let out a sigh as he looks over the character model with great satisfaction. "Her name is Aura… She will become the newest goddess-like presence in this world. Pure of heart, the knowledge to act justly and protect this world from harm. She will be the finest AI I've ever built." suddenly, Harald's workspace went black, and Morganna's voice booming shriek was in his ears.

"I AM YOUR GREATEST AI!"

"Calm down, Morganna, you are still a great AI, but being omnipresent is easier to program than a character model, and I wanted to get in touch with my creative side." In that moment a surge of electricity shot through Harald's headset, shocking him violently where he sat at his computer, until he slumped onto his desk unconscious.

"The Nerve Of That Man! Trying To Replace Me?! The Greatest AI The World Has Ever Known?! I'll Show Him! This Pet Project Of His Will Be His Undoing!" the computer corrected itself, and Aura's files were being uploaded into The World's database. "Macha!" Morganna called in a sharp, commanding tone. Within a restricted, unfinished field of The World, an Anthropomorphic cat pricks up her ears and turns her head skyward. Morganna's voice came back, but this time in a sickeningly sweet tone, "Macha, dearest Macha... Harald Was Creating A New AI, but had an… unfortunate accident… I'm going to finish her myself. I have a job for you, my dear. I want you to go out, and find the most pathetic player in this game. I want you to extract some of their data, and leave the rest to me."

Macha looks puzzled for a moment, but shrugs and gives a slight nod.

"As you wish, Mistress."

A/N: Hey, y'all. So I got inspired for a new .hack/sign fan fiction, and I want to make sure you know right off the bat: most of this story won't be canon, but will follow the Canon time line. The prologue is merely a theory on what happened, as I am not aware if Morgana has a Canon back story. Macha is going to speak in this fic, because it is from her POV, and it's obvious that Tsukasa understands her as is she was talking. I hope you enjoy this take on what happened. Just know that it may contain canon spoilers to the anime, so if you haven't watched it, you've been warned.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy it.