She wore only a bright red robe, the servants were all gone, either fired or quit, nobody in the house but her. In her arm she held a book she had found at the library, a book that told everything about SoulEdge and this other weapon called SoulCalibur, a sword that was meant to defeat SoulEdge. She still needed to read more but she was to sleepy, it was late.
She walked down to the basement, books lined the walls, strange artifacts decorated the walls and shelves, a large wooden and golden table sat in the middle, with only one chair, various tools dotted the table. She lay the book on the table and sat in the chair, thinking hard, where ever this SoulCalibur was, it shouldn't be hard to find. Then why hadn't she heard of it before? She didn't know, though she studied SoulEdge greatly, she still didn't know where it was.
Nightmare would disappear, supposedly killed, then he would reappear and the rumors were coming back. She looked at her beloved sword hanging on the wall, the Ivy Blade. It was alive and she knew it, she could feel it almost staring back at her, she would talk to it sometimes, but she also knew it was infected by SoulEdge.
She crossed her arms, she was getting impatient, she wished to go out and find the sword again, her blood must be cleansed. She reached for the book just as the door opened, she froze. "Miss Valentine, aire to the cursed blade, good evening.", A tall dark skinned man stepped in. "Who the fuck are you?", Ivy demanded, she got to her feet. The man saw the book and took a step forward, Ivy grabbed her sword. "How much have you read?", he said. She pointed the sword at him and said," Get out of my house..."
He smiled and reached behind him with both hands, she heard a metalic clang as he lifted a giant, beautifully shaped scythe and stood it on the floor with a loud clank. She held the book tight, she rushed forward, the man instantly swinging the scythe down on her, she blocked it, side stepping, she came around for a quick kill, but the man was fast, he brought the scythe up, blocking easily, she pressed her attack, the man stepping back each time she struck. As she swung down in a large verticle lung, he pushed up with the scythe, colliding with the Ivy Blade, he stabbed forward, she blocked, her sword unlocked and turned into its whip form, she swung it around her head, whipping at the man, he deflected each blow with ease.
Her sword began to quiver, its power was unstable and she nearly lost control of it, but that was enough, the man rushed forward and hafted her with the shaft of the scythe, she was thrown off her feet and she landed on the table. She instantly tried to get to her feet but the man pointed the scythe at her, the blade inches from her face. "Don't move!", he commanded.
He knelt down and grabbed the book. "This book was a mistake.", he said coldly, the book ignited with fire, he dropped it. He turned around, waving his hand the fire instantly spread, dividing her from him, she got back to her feet, her face filled with anger, how dare he treat her so pettily. She grabbed her sword again and yelled ,"Stop!" The man simply turned and began to walk to the door, as he did so he said ,"If you want to know everything, seek the dark knight." He vanished through the door. Ivy quickly uttered her own spell and the fire went out, she ran to the door, but he was already gone. She thought to herself, who was the dark knight? He surely didn't mean Nightmare did he? Soon, she felt she must go again on a quest to find SoulEdge, if it existed, and to find SoulCalibur.