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// Artorias 
// Story: Dark Souls: Darkness of the Soul 
// by WardenGage 
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	Artorias winced as the blade of the human who stood up to him hit. In his mind, he was protesting everything he was doing, but on the surface, he had no control. His soul was corrupted by the abyss and all control over his own body gone. All his body did was fight. The human was winning, and he knew it. Maybe it was his time to go. To finally find peace. When he dies, he knew it would be this knights duty to stop the spread of the Abyss. As the final blow landed, Artorias fell to the ground, struggling to hold himself up as he felt his life drain away. Peace. Peace from the darkness that was in his soul. He hoped Sif was ok, and then he died.
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In a land in a far away dimension from Oolacile and Lordran, a purple mare trotted down the streets of the bustling town market, looking for her friends. As they came into view, she waved her hoof in their direction, getting their attention. As she walked up to the group and greeted them with "hellos" and the like. For her, it was just a normal day, and she thought of this day like any other. But it was not meant to be, as a Knight from a different land would be brought upon this land to stop beings who use dark and aid the dark in turn.

"Hey Twilight" Rainbow Dash said

"Hey Rainbow. Wait, I thought today was a rainy day." Twilight replied

"Got orders from Canterlot to keep the skies clear. Something about meteor showers and stars." Rainbow replied

"Ok... So, Rarity, any new designs?" Twilight asked Rarity

"Why yes, i'm glad you asked, I had this idea for -" 

Twilight cut her off, "We can talk about this later, i was just asking for a yes or no question." Rarity nodded

"It must be real important to cancel rain during harvest season." Applejack said

"Twilight, could you find out what is going on?" Rarity asked

"I guess we'll see tonight." Twilight stated
She was all but right.
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Artorias felt nothing and could see nothing, not even himself. Was he is the Abyss? Or somewhere else away from Oolacile and Lordran? Or was this just death, an unbearable limbo, or maybe purgatory? Artorias cursed himself for having such a weak will to resist the Abyss. There was nothing he could do though, no matter how hard he tried. Then he felt an ancient magic, long before the Age of fire, as it began to pull his soul away from wherever he was. he looked down and saw ground, was he dreaming or was this real? unfortunately for him, it was all too real. He was falling, and fast. He could now see his armored hands and became scared. Would the fall kill him? he had more questions than answers.
As he continued to fall, he could make out a castle and a few towns scattered around. Was this Lordran? The castle looked nothing like Anor Londo, so he doubted that this was Lordran. One question down, multiple left. Unwillingly continuing the plummet into this new land, Artorias noticed his dissent was hastening, like an unknown force was hustling him along. 

Before contact, Artorias braced himself as he slammed into the cobbled ground at an unimaginable force. If there was anyone standing around him, they were either dead or dying. if they were near, they may be injured. getting on one knee, .  He could hear the sounds of approaching footsteps and shouts of "It landed over here!" and gasps of shock. Was this their first time seeing one such as him? As he looked up, he mimic'd their look of surprise and shock. If they could see his face, they would see a battle hardened knight who experienced death only to crash into a foreign land. Knowing soul freedom for only a few moments, he felt an all too familiar feeling of weariness and fatigue overcome him.
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Ponies stood around the unconscious creature that had just crashed into Canterlot as the sound of hoofsteps of the approaching guards putting a perimeter around the grounded Artorias. 
A captain trotted up to a guard and asked "Any clue what to make of this?"
The guard responded with "No sir, never seen anything like this before."

The captain looked over to the other captains and said " We move this to the castle and examine it, until then, get a message to the princess and the elements. Maybe then we can find out what this thing is." 

Captain Shining Armor stepped forward and said "Get statements from everypony. I want to know where this thing came from and how it got here."
As the guards began to move the unconscious being, news had just reached princess celestia, who was shocked by her sisters prediction being correct. "You were right Luna."

Luna nodded "I did say that something would come today. You should listen to me about these things more often."

Celestia nodded "The guards are moving the creature into the castle so we may question it when it wakes."

Luna pouted "You never let me do the questioning."

Celestia looked to her younger sibling "You're going to be present for it though."

Luna nodded and thought about the strange creature "It feels dark, very dark."

As the guards entered the castle with one resting Abysswalker, they let other guards continue as they headed back to the site that the creature had crash landed. Night was approaching and Luna's guards would be out to watch over it. The day guards felt uneasy around Luna's guards because their origin came from a land away from equestria. The day guards were under orders to guard all potential exits that the creature could use. They didn't expect it to be stronger than the combined strength of the two guard groups. It would be answered soon.
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Artorias stirred as he felt his form lightly touch ground. opening his eyes, he found himself in a large and spacious room. sitting up, he noticed his left arm was no longer broken. feeling his back, he noticed his sword was gone. The sword he had owned for so long was now nowhere to be found. He cursed himself for being weak once more. Looking around he saw multiple pairs of yellow eyes. Last time he could control himself, the abyssal monstrosities had red eyes. Standing up, he looked around him, noticing more and more pairs of eyes. Escape from his captors would be difficult, but now he could use his left arm. shifting his attention, the human knight heard one speak "Don't even attempt escape creature, we have everything covered."
Creature? They were one's to talk. Artorias moved around, almost strafing the one who spoke.
"What? To stupid to speak?" The same pony spoke
Artorias would not take smack from a pony. Perhaps it was good that they didn't know who he was, as that would allow him to  hold his true strength. He was known for his skill with Greatswords and his unbendable will.

Lord Gwyn didn't just hand out Knighthood to anyone, Artorias earned his and the nickname of "Abysswalker Artorias". 

"He'll speak soon enough." said another pony.

"I heard the princess will be here soon. This'l be fun. Haven't seen any action for a while now." The pony chuckled.
Minutes passed as footsteps could be heard from one of the doors opened. Artorias turned to the sound and saw a larger pony enter. This one was a stark white with flowing hair. Next to it was a smaller dark blue. Guards surrounded the two. 
"It's good to see that you are awake now." The larger one said to the knight. "Now, I'd like to ask you questions, and you don't really have a choice, so it would be better that you answer them. Are we clear?"
Artorias just looked at her from behind the black shroud that covered his face.
The pony became irritated as the creature didnt even respond. "Are we clear?"
Artorias continued to stare.

"Well, I guess we'll have to use other methods. I can make you talk, or you can speak for yourself."

Artorias winced at the thought of not controlling himself again. The pony saw the movement. "You understand me, that's good to know. Then you know what torture is correct?"
Artorias nodded slowly.

"Good, well, i'll tell you my name and you tell me yours. My name is Celestia." Artorias remained silent. Further irritating her. 
As she began to leave out of pure anger, Artorias spoke up "My name, you want to know it? Right? Well it's Artorias. Knight Artorias."