Chapter 2: chapter 2
(Jack is about 16 in our world, but older in the dark souls verse. but he's still young in dark souls terms.)
Years had passed... Why was he still protecting the very place that had Banished him...
Why...
Jack had gone down the "firelink city" to visit the sisters he had met once in anor londo. Mainly to check out his suspicions about the witch.
(Firelink city: it's made up before the blighttown incident.
I have bad naming sense)
The place was lively for an underground city. Jack made his way down further though, to a cave that was still in the process of being renovated.
"He's here" came an excited shout as Quelaag's brother came up to Jack excitedly.
"Hello again small child," Jack smiled at the kid.
"It's a rare occasion for you to be down here. i thought it was too hot for you," quelaag said with that damn smirk of hers.
"I did say it was hot, but the temperature has nothing to do with it," Jack responded.
"Then how are you hot," the fair lady tilted her head confused.
"You'll understand when you're older," Jack said as he playfully squished her cheeks.
"I told thee to stop doing that," the fair lady stuttered as she couldn't hide the blush that marked her cheeks.
Jack let out a genuine laugh as he let go of her cheeks. his golden eyes showing his amusement.
"so why did you visit,'' Quelana asked as she looked up from her tome.
Jack hummed as he rubbed his chin. his golden eyes looked down to quelana and took a knee.
"Believe it or not. I came to learn pyromancy,"Jack said as he met her eyes.
"then you seek quelaag, or my mother. they are more advanced with pyromancy than i," she said.
(from this point on, i'm just calling him ceaseless)
"ooo, ooo, I can teach you," ceaseless discharge said as he jumped and raised his hand.
quelaag gently slapped the back of the head of ceaseless. not in a harmful way, more of a minor scolding.
"mother said you're not allowed to use pyromancy until you're 16. therefore i shall teach him," she said before looking at jack with that smile of hers.
Jack meanwhile tilted his head, he sensed something there, but it wasn't hostile. something quelaag said meant something totally different.
"In that case I appreciate this. I still have some business as I have heard rumors of something suspicious appearing in a certain part. i was tasked along with knight artorias to investigate,"Jack said as he bowed in apology.
mentally quelaag cursed. That was a wasted opportunity. This was a perfect opportunity to get Jack alone. after a long sigh, and reached into her bag and pulled out a glove.
"Here, this will allow you to learn pyromancy by yourself, if you're interested in pyromancy when you return, then feel free to come seek me for lessons," quelaag said.
oh poor jack had no idea the significance of a lady handing you the glove she gave him.
"Thank you. I shall return as soon as I finish my mission,"Jack said with a smile.
"promise," ceaseless asked as he held up his pinky.
"promise," Jack responded as he intertwined his pinky with ceaseless.
...
"HOLY SHIT," Jack cursed before throwing himself to the side. his armor weighing him down heavily.
"thy speed is commendable," artorias said before yanking jack to his feet.
"If I knew I was going to die, I would have polished my armor," Jack said as he took the impact with his shield.
in front of them was manus father of the abyss.
their very soul was being sucked (at a very slow rate) by the creature in front of them. it wasn't like the duo could leave, as the ledge where they were pulled from was too high for them.
"barrier," jack cast a barrier to protect from the shotgun blast from manus.
"Thanks," artorias said, if Jack didn't cast the spell in time he would have definitely been hit by it.
"How much time can you buy me," Jack said as he blocked another slam from manus.
"3 minutes," he said as he raised his spare shield (the other with sif) to block the attack.
Jack rolled back, and once out of range he discarded his armor and boots. with nothing but his helberg and raw determination he moved.
"shield," Jack yelled as he sprinted for momentum.
artorias positioned himself and braced the shield on his shoulder, and Jack jumped onto the shield, and was flung further up in the air.
The plan works. the problem? It worked a little too well.
Jack landed on the bosses back and clung on like a madman. Jack raised his helberg and began stabbing.
he would later find out from artorias he screamed like a bitch, but he earned it. because manus was now like a bull, ramming himself into walls, doing anything to get rid of the pesky human on his back.
(meanwhile)
a lowly undead found herself flung back in the past, she wore her normal armor and held a sword in her hand. she was currently in her human form.
She was tasked to find dusk from this weird talking mushroom (she thought she was on drugs at first) but eventually turned out to be false.
She was nearing where she was supposed to fight artorias, like she had many times before, only to be confused when he wasn't there. fuck there went her free 50,000 souls. well she better sprint to manus before someone stole her kill.
(End of chapter)
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