//------------------------------// // Bonus chapter: Celestia's Another Chance (No Edited) // Story: The Strongest Swordmaster // by CaioCoia //------------------------------// For the ponies or humans who might read this journal, I describe to you and all the nations in this hell. I Princess Celestia, the day and the dawn bringer, the sun who doesn't listen to the lord, the abysm survivor, the cataclysm of this hell, and finally, the savior of my friends... Leave to you the resume of my second chance on this hell named Dark Souls... I was cursed with the undead curse, but I was with just one objective... save my friends who live on this place, don't caring which Price I paid... but I have to say, the price on doing that was minimum than I expected and easy to deal with it. I first when I meet Oscar when I was at the cage and he was launching the key to me, I said I needed to him to stay there because I really wanted to talk to him, he was going to leave but he couldn't after I called his name, making him to suspicion about me, and that was my first correction and right choice. He waited for me, and while the monster appeared to kill him, I managed to use a weapon which I still had in my inventories, the monster was killed like an ant. Resuming my conversation to him, I said I was grateful for everything he did to me, and I wish for him to complete his objective as the savior of the prophecy because of I don't want to be part of the same prophecy to do the same thing again, I have just one objective, save everyone. But before leaving, I asked him to deposit part of his soul inside of a blade I have, making him easy to be summoned when I use, I figured that out thanks to a combination of knowledge big hat logan and Solaire, then even if Oscar dies, his souls will be always on the blade, until the blade gets broken, so I will always protect my weapons when it comes too difficult situations. I found a way to leave the undead asylum jumping at the crow, he knew I was part of some kind of fate as well, took not just Oscar but me as well... My other correction... I didn't even let a chance to Lautrec to say something, I killed him where he was standing. I was still pissed off because of his stupid reason to make such things because of a supposed to be a goddess of love... I took his ring, I got the chance on using the master key I had, and I took a lot of valuable items at the start of my journey, oh my gosh, that was even easier than before, still... I died at least a couple of times, but it was something more supportable than dying like all the time. ... You know when you meet a best friend who you didn't see in months and in the next second you were hugging the best friend until he almost faints or get his bones broken? Well that was the first reaction I had after meeting Solaire of Astora again... He was so charismatic, so friendly, it was like the hope inside my heart was fulfilled again... But now I had to do something... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Hey Solaire" I called his attention while both of us were looking at the sun at the horizon. "Hmm?" He looked at me while he hummed. "Do you really think the sun was more like a father to you?" My question made him look at me surprised and confused by my own statement... "Because thinking about it... Don't you think the sun was a great mother? Who just looks at their own children, waiting for them to call her when they need it? Or she just made you stay alone because she wants you to grow up as a mighty warrior and knight just for you to receive the sun as the symbol of your own determination?" He raised his hand on the chin of his helmet while he thought about it. "Oh? I never thought about that, but it well, I've always followed the path of Lord Gwyn but you may be alright, I tried so much to find my own sun... But who knows? Maybe I can try that." I saw him raising his arms, while he was praising the sun, but I was looking up while I could hear to him praying for the sun as his mother. I couldn't help, I changed my own cloathing and I took of my helmed, letting out my hair who still shines perfectly with the light of the sun, like the sky. When he turned around he was caught by surprise, while I smiled to him. "I heard your prayers my powerful friend and knight. I've been waiting for you, but you were looking at the wrong sun, and the sun you were looking for was me, and now you can talk to me... Let me introduce to you... I'm Princess Celestia, the true goddess of the sun, and listen to me, Solaire knight of Astora, you are loved by the sun itself, never doubt your own determination. But the answer to the sun you seek is inside of you. Seek the sun inside and not outside of you, and then the true sun will appear to you... You have my blessing Solaire, because while people jokes about you, there isn't one moment the sun ever stopped loving you. YOU ARE LOVED BY THE SUN ITSELF SOLAIRE." I used my Royal Canterlot Voice, making the earth tremble by the voice of the goodness of the sun, the true goddess of the sun. I saw him in shock, never imagining in his most wild dreams, his prayers would listen and the answer was on his side all the time. "I will see you again in the future Solaire, you don't know when or where, but I know, and when the time comes, I want you to be my champion as the knight of not just Astora, but my own kingdom who is better than this hell... This place has no salvation but to my friends I can rescue all of them, and that's what I seek." I said while I used smoke magic while I left running making him stunned from what just happened. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After revealing myself to Solaire, some paladins and clerics tried to attack me because they think I was blaspheming to them... But all of them got killed quickly, and I managed to save the girl who was with me, I decided to make the best choice I could imagine, I gave her advice, not believe in people who are cleric, and the only person who she should trust, and never be greed around, Patches the Hyena... I forced Patches a little favor, I said I killed so many Clerics and now I had to protect the little girl who is noble and she was being an object of kill from them, I even managed to convince Patches to trust on her, because while she has faith on their gods, she is not a cleric, but she is kind who believe in helping the others instead on her own, and because of some reason, that seemed to touch him more than anything I could imagine. I wanted her to be protected and maybe she can learn somethings from the Hyena who is a coward but has a good intention to be cruel to teach a lesson. Big Hat Logan was still as mysterious to me, I decided to not force him to accept my advice, but I said it was better for his sanity to not read all the books in research of knowledge he doesn't know, because he would end naked and insane, so I told the story about my student and her problem in seeking knowledge, and then my son showing how it must end the true price of knowing everything. He is wise on himself, but the decision to accept my knowledge is up to him, but still he was kind to give part of his soul in the staff of mages I had. I did the impossible just to save Tarkus and Artorias, I don't know how many times I died doing that, but I could manage to when they were rampaging or losing their memories, just for 1 second they managed to be sane and deposit part of their souls inside of their weapons, I'm badass, even I have to admit that sometimes. After killing so many bosses, I finally encounter another friend of mine, Siegmeyer of Catarina, who was sitting on the same place as before, this time I decided to use a bit of indirect help, nothing too flashy, just a giant bolder launched at the giant door using a levitation spell. He was so surprised he took like he had great luck. When I came to ask what happened, he just said he had luck because he was stuck over there. There were times when I had to directly help him, but after doing that I decided to do what a usual princess would do in cases of making the fighting spirit of their soldiers would do... I created some problems for me, and I asked for help, and every time Siegmeyer would appear to defeat the creature, I would thank him and give a weapon who could really be 10 times better than his usual weapon... I have many weapons and judging by his weapon, some of mine is really better, so I decided to give to him as the appreciation of my gratitude. Every time he seems to rescue me even for the little things... he seemed happy with himself... even more after I explained to him I'm a princess and I said I was looking for some of my friends to save them. He seems to find out I have a noble cause, and he swore to me he would help me to accomplish my objective. I even managed to talk to him to meet a friend of mine named Solaire, both of them are charismatics and make me laugh from the positive behavior, well the only thing I didn't like was his saying it was the will of the Lord Gwiin for we meet, I corrected him saying usually our fates are related not because of them, but because of ourselves, because I need help, and he needed help, so our fates must happen because of ourselves. Well he seemed a bit shocked and disappointed, I assured him, I will always be his friend, and even if he was in deep danger, he is now part of my mission, and I will do my best to save everyone, such as him... After I meet his daughter, she was such a sweetie, always worried about her father, but this time I assured her, her father is a proud knight and one I have to say I'm proud to be his friend, and he is indeed a valiant knight, even if he is clumsy a bit, making her giggle. I knew she was a messenger of bad news to my fellow knight, but this time I'm sure he is in peace with himself... Even after he received some problems as well like the first time, he seems to are happier to find me helping him and giving him space and time to him help me as well, he seems to finally accept he cannot be too strong but he can still be a knight, and that's what I wanted for him. After we passed the problems he had after his wife died and his daughter is looking for him, his depression didn't hit him stronger than it was from the first time. I smiled proudly from the words he said after receiving the letter: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "My dearest wife... I prayed so much for this day couldn't come, and I even ran away from my responsibility to take care of you because I was afraid... afraid to lose you each day it passed, and my mind started goes away when I was still in our house... But I meet a good friend... a princess... you would love to meet her. When I was starting to get in trouble, she always helped me, and even when she had trouble, I managed to save her, not once or twice, but as many I could... I know you are proud and watching me. I will give my all to represent not just Catarina, but our family in our duty, I'm proud as a knight of Catarina, as the same way I'm proud to be your husband and father of our Sieglind... She said she is proud of me... and her words gave me the strength to defeat all the monsters and hollows in this world. Even if I'm the weakest of the knights, I know I'm the strongest of myself now. I'm me, and there is nobody better to be me." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I cried in such respect on him, and he still went going on his journey, not to prove he is the bravest of the strongest knight, but to be the best he can be, and help me to conclude my objective. And when it comes to that time... He was sleeping on foot again. I laughed and asked if he can teach me on doing that, because I envy his ability to sleep in such awful place, he laughed as the same as me, and asked what was the problem, I appointed at the floor which had a monster, even if I can destroy it, I said I hurt my arm and I couldn't raise my sword and I was out of Estus Flask... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Celestia, I have an idea... a really good one, really.. I will rush those dire fiends, and you can slip away in the confusion. Please, friend, I owe you so much more than this. By the honor of Knights of Catarina, allow me to assist you." He gave me the same favor from the last time, but this time I give him something I wanted to do in the first time I did before. "Siegmeyer." I launched my best sword to him, the sword of lighting to his hands. "Kill these bastards and don't let anyone alive." From the nod on his head, his voice still give m chills on the same quoting. PERISH YOU FOUL CREATURES!!! OVER HERE YOU FIENDS!!!! I AM SIEGMEYER OF CATARINA AND YOU SHALL FEEL MY WRAAAAATH!!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The same determination, the same power he hields my sword, I can see he deposited his soul inside of him, making me another friend save. I was so happy to see him killing the monsters mercilessly, he became the knight he wanted to be, and I have to say, I would have promoted him as my person royal guard as well, having him as such charismatic and determination on this time, I'm proud to save him... His daughter, when she knew about what happened to her father, she became really proud of him, and while they decided to walk together from now on, I know he can save his daughter, the same way he saved me, and with the new weapon I gave to him, after taking back my lightning sword, I know he can be okay... I even managed to make his daughter to deposit her soul in a sword as well. Saving me a lot of trouble. My team is almost done... I just need to tame a wolf... After hours doing missions of the talking cat, I finally meet Sif again, and after encountering him again, on his giant size. I had an ace on my sleeve. Even before it grabbed it's sword, I summoned a fellow knight. One it doesn't know I had it. It was an emotional encounter, and with that, I convinced Sif to give me the ring, his sword with the deposited soul on the inside, and with that... I accomplished my objective... However... After I defeated the 4 kinds, another primordial snake, wanted to tell me the truth, while I was convinced to not listen, it was something I wasn't sure about this hell, it would be helpful... After doing another mission, Kaathe told me the tale, and while I was listening, I had a dark urge of sucking light, it was a not a dark side... but still a sense of void inside of me... I don't know what it was... But something I know... And it was fun to see it... You know when you are ready to kill someone and he was looking at you thinking about all the regrets he had on his life? That was what Lord GWYN was feeling, I just raised my hand, and from one second I think he had past memories because from looking at me, he was terrified, even for a creature without mind, and jumped and ran away from me... I would let him go, but sadly I have to get out of this hell with my friends... So I used the new power I have, and from a moment I saw a black sphere who sucked everything around me, including the soul of lord Gwyn... I was speechless from sudden dark power... I almost felt pity for him... keyword... Almost. And yada yada, I decided to not use the bonfire again, and it seems I became the dark lord queen or some sorta thing, whatever. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Celestia Pov: After that, I just woke up with all my swords. And my sister looking at me terrified... "How is that even possible? You managed to finish the journey 1 third of your first time..." I smiled at my sister. I went up, I sniffed myself, and I see I need to take a bath since it has been eons I had good bathing and I just said. "Well, I told you having the key master would help. I decided to ignore her questions and I brought all my swords with me, I will ask Luna's help after I take a great shower and a night of sleep, I don't care how many days it has passed... Everything I know now it's, I'm back Equestria, and I have great news... I survived the hell twice, and I brought powerful allies with me. I can sense all their powers and all their souls inside my blades... I'm so happy, even if they died terribly, I will find a way to bring every pony over here. That's my decision. I almost have pitty with the next villain who will appear on Equestria and try to mess with my kingdom... I grinned widelly while I said aloud... "Almost." And I laughed... I never laughed so truthfully in my all life...