(Cubed Cinder)
Transcending history and the world... A tale of souls and swords, eternally retold...
The sun was beginning to set after a long day, but it felt longer for both
Cassandra and Sophitia. For good reason, though. The two were making their way
through the Enchanted Forest, swords and shields with them already soaked in a
little bit of blood from having to defeat stray thieves. Sophitia, stepping on a
cricket that couldn't escape her sandaled foot in time, was the first to notice
how late it was getting.
"Darkness will soon cover this forest. We'll need to find a safe place to rest."
Sophitia said. Cassandra finally caught up with her older sister, breathing
heavily.
"Yeah, just like every other night we've been walking through this forest. It's
probably been almost a week now!" Cassandra said.
"Exhausted as always, aren't you, Cassie?" Sophitia said.
"Oh come on, Sophie! Seriously, how are you able to survive in this environment?
I felt like I was dying back there." Cassandra said.
"It's important that we both stay strong. Our battle with Ivy will not be easy."
Sophitia said.
"I still wonder why Ivy is after you. You said it wasn't you who killed that
Cervantes creep." Cassandra said.
"Taki only saved me from death's door. Ivy probably feels in her soul that it
was indeed I who challenged Cervantes to destroy the Soul Edge." Sophitia said.
"Sophie... one day you have to tell me how you do that." Cassandra said.
"Do what?" Sophitia said.
"You know, getting your strength from the gods." Cassandra said. Sophitia looked
down at both her Omega Sword and Shield.
"Clearly, Hephaestus feels it is I who must do the final bidding of Olympus in
this world. As long as Soul Edge still lives, my family and I cannot rest. Now
come, we must continue forward. Here is not a safe resting point." Sophitia
said. As she started walking again, Cassandra sighed heavily and wiped the sweat
off her forehead.
"Of course, sis." Cassandra said as she followed behind. A few minutes later, Sophitia stopped and sharply looked around after hearing
the rustling of leaves overhead.
"What is it?" Cassandra asked.
"We are not alone." Sophitia said. And almost right on cue, a group of
five laughing thieves, all cloaked in dirty black, came storming down from the
treetops, surrounding the two ladies.
"Surrender, ladies, and we may just spare your lives!" one of the men shouted.
Of course, this didn't deter the spirits of either woman. They both armed their
swords.
"Yeah, time to take some thieving butt!" Cassandra said. Sophitia, however, just
sighed.
"Gods... please forgive me." Sophitia said as the two women charged into battle.
One of the thieves, unknown to the women, had already escaped.
Meanwhile, far away from the fight scene in another corner of the forest, Ivy
Valentine used her Snake Sword to slash away at the many hedges that were in her
path. Of course, it didn't help much when her overly huge breasts (that some of
the thieves with her kept gawking at) kept her from walking in between two
trees. She simply chopped the two trees down with the power of her sword.
"Useless forms of nature." Ivy snarled. Eventually, she looked to the side to
see one of the thieves she hired returning.
"Excuse me, Miss Valentine, but we found the two servants of Hephaestus!" the
cloaked man said.
"Good. How far away are they?" Ivy said.
"Well, considering it took me ten minutes to get back here, they are a ways
away. They've probably already defeated those other thieves by now." the thief
said.
"That's the way I want it. Recall the other thieves scouting the area. I will
deal with the ladies myself." Ivy said.
"Right away!" the thief shouted before he ran off again. Ivy looked down (past
her boobs) at the ground.
"Damn you, Sophitia. It was supposed to be me that destroyed my father and Soul
Edge, and now Soul Edge still lives on thanks to your foolish acts of bravery. I
swear I will make you pay!" Ivy said, not knowing that it was the superior
willpower of Soul Edge's evil that was driving Ivy towards such a mission. She
started walking in the same direction that thief had come from.
Back at the fight scene, it had just ended. One thief had already bled to
death, and two were bleeding severely as they ran away. The last one had no
scars, and didn't dare to stay and wait for one.
"I'm... I'm outta here!!!" he shouted. He ran away so quickly, a small pouch
that was attached to his waist fell down to the ground.
"Hah! That'll teach you to mess with the name of Alexandra!" Cassandra shouted.
Sophitia kicked the lifeless and bloody body one last time. It was her sword
thrust that ended the sad thief's life so quickly.
"It did not have to be this way. This path was of their choosing." Sophitia said
softly.
"Hey, Sophie! Look at this little bag one of the thieves left behind!" Cassandra
said.
"Forget it, Cass. We've already taken more from these men than we should have."
Sophitia said.
"But there could be something important in here, like food or..." Cassandra
said.
"I said leave it!!!" Sophitia shouted as Cassandra walked away from the bag.
"I'm going to scout ahead and make sure there are no more thieves around. You
stay here and guard this area." Sophitia said.
"As you wish, sister." Cassandra said as Sophitia walked off.
"Sometimes I wish Sophitia wouldn't be so hard on herself. Death is inevitable
for all of us, after all..." Cassandra said. She focused her attention back on
the bag.
"I can't leave this bag sitting here! At least I should look inside and see what
that thief was carrying." Cassandra said. She dug her way through the pouch, and
there really wasn't much. A small piece of fruit that looked like it hadn't been
touched for weeks, a few gold coins, mostly useless junk. But it was the last
item that got her attention. A glowing green rock.
"Hmmm...? What's this thing, and why is it glowing so brightly?" Cassandra
asked. Just as she asked that, the rock glowed even brighter, and before
Cassandra could wonder what was happening, the light became too bright for her
to handle.
"Arrrrgh! Son of a..." Cassandra shouted before she dropped the rock to shield
her eyes.
When the light finally died down, Cassandra opened up her eyes and was
immediately taken aback by the scenery. The blades of grass that she had towered
over once before? They were now just her height. The rock she once held in her
hands? It looked more like a boulder now. The pouch the rock came from? As big
as a small cave. Something didn't add up at first, but then it hit her, and she
was scared.
"Damn it! That thing shrunk me! I must be only an inch tall if the grass is as
tall as I am." Cassandra said, gulping nervously over her predicament.
"Now how is Sophie supposed to find me now!?" Cassandra shouted. Just as she
heard that, Sophitia was calling.
"Cassie!" Sophitia shouted. Cassandra gasped. She looked and could see Sophitia,
a lot larger than life, heading towards her spot.
"Oh crap..." Cassandra said. She was tempted to run for cover, but knew she had
to act now to get her older sister's attention. She ducked behind the green rock
(no longer glowing, by the way), and watched as the giant Sophitia approached
her. At only one inch tall, Cassandra felt Sophitia was insanely huge...
probably the size of a goddess straight from Olympus! Sophitia's sandaled feet
stopped only a few yards away from the rock and the pouch.
"Huh? Now where could Cassie have gone to?" Sophitia said. Cassandra ran towards
the sandal and banged it as hard as she could with her fists.
"Sophie! Down here! HEY, SOPHITIA!!!" Cassandra said. Her voice was already worn
out from shouting that loudly, and as she expected, there was no reaction from
her sister.
"Ugh... I'm just too small. How can she possibly hear me?" Cassandra said.
"Well, she's probably scanning the rest of the area. She'll catch up with me."
Sophitia said. She turned around and walked away from the treasures on the
ground.
"No! Wait, Sophie!!! Don't leave me here!!!" Cassandra shouted. She ran after
the giantess, and amazingly enough, she was able to keep up with her. In fact,
she could feel a strong amount of wind flying in her face. She had to stop and
think about that.
"Whoa... I'm so small, and yet I was able to keep up with her." Cassandra said.
She looked one last time at the green rock.
"Maybe that thing gives me super speed too. Well, whatever! At least I can keep
with Sophie!" Cassandra said as she took off running at high speed once more.
She made sure not to get too close to Sophitia, thinking one sudden step
backwards could crush her. While she was running, Cassandra wondered just how a
tiny soul like herself could get the attention of Sophitia, her older sister...
Moments later, back where the shrinking took place, Ivy arrived with a band
of the thieves she had hired, including the two that got their butts beaten by
the two women of the Alexandra family. They all stopped their walking when Ivy
was the first to notice the bag of goodies that one of the thieves had dropped.
The item that caught Ivy's attention the most was, of course, the green stone.
The very one that had shrunken Cassandra. The rock was not glowing at all, even
as Ivy reached down and picked it up. The other thieves simply noticed the blood
spilled on the ground, and the blood that continued to leak from one of the dead
corpses.
"Hmmm... there's something about this rock that I can feel. It has a great power
locked inside." Ivy said. One of the thieves walked up and saw the bag, getting
down on his knees and collecting everything that was outside the bag, all next
to Ivy's feet.
"My stolen bag!" the thief shouted. By the time he had gathered everything, he
noticed the green rock was missing. That's when he saw Ivy admiring it.
"Um... excuse me, but that is my rock! I stole it fair and square." the thief
said.
"Then you won't mind if I take it from your hands." Ivy said.
"What!?" the thief said.
"You failed in the task I assigned you, which was to annihilate those wretched
women of the gods. You low-life thieves can always find something more valuable
to steal." Ivy said.
"You bitch!!! I'll make you..." the thief said. He was about to pull out one of
his weapons, but drawing a weapon on Ivy is never ever a good idea. Ivy simply
clutched onto the rock and then grabbed her sword. She thrusted it right square
into the thief's chest, causing him to scream out in pain with blood squirting
out everywhere, especially on Ivy's skin. Soon, the thief collapsed right to his
death, and Ivy pulled the sword out. She looked back at the other three thieves
that had trailed her. They all had stunned looks on their faces, and why not?
They just watched a human life being taken.
"I have no more use for any of you. Leave now if you wish to live." Ivy said as
low as she could with her voice. The three thieves didn't think twice. They
scrambled away to find the closest exit possible out of the forest. Ivy, now all
alone with no more hired help, looked once more at the green rock.
"Perhaps this will come in handy. For now, I shall continue my search. Their
souls are near. I can feel them." Ivy said as she kept on walking, storing the
rock away. Little did she realize that the rock was started to glow ever so
slightly...
Several yards away, Cassandra continued running, with her new high speed,
after Sophitia. She was chasing her for so long, all sorts of random thoughts
started to enter her mind about how she was going to explain her shrinking to
her older sister.
"Hmmm... what am I going to say to her when she does see me? Um... Sophie, I'm
sorry I didn't listen to you. I should've left that rock alone! No... she won't
buy that. How about I'm sooooo sorry! I just got entranced by the treasure!"
Cassandra said to herself. She thought of a few more things she could say, but
she was thinking so hard, she didn't notice Sophitia stopping right in front of
her. And so, bang! Cassandra runs right into the back of Sophitia's sandal,
knocking her down to the ground.
"Ow! That hurt! I should've paid more attention!" Cassandra said. Sophitia,
meanwhile, called out once again for her sister.
"Cassie! Cassandra!!! She should've been back by now." Sophitia said. Cassandra
had to cover her ears from Sophitia shouting out so loud. But of course she was
going to do that. How could Sophitia possibly see her at the height she was at,
especially with the sun rapidly going down. Sophitia thought about going back to
find her sister, as evidenced by the fact she took one step in the other
direction, causing Cassandra to take evasive action.
"No... she's grown up. She'll be fine. I should just let my dreams alleviate my
worries." Sophitia said. She then walked back in the other direction and then
sat down next to a nearby oak tree.
"This oak tree should protect us for the night, just as the other trees have
during our journey." Sophitia said. After disarming her weapons and laying them
to the side, Sophitia brushed much of the grass aside to make herself
comfortable, not that there was much comfort to be found sleeping away from the
sanctuary of Athens, she thought. Eventually, though, the grass did help her
drift off to sleep.
As she was going to sleep, Cassandra watched as her sister crashed for the
night. Only the moonlight that peeked through the dense forest helped her keep
her sights on Sophitia.
"Oh good. She's finally going to sleep. Now I can get myself closer so she can
see me in the morning." Cassandra said. She carefully approached her gigantic
sister, and immediately got the impression of how tough climbing her was going
to be. With Cassandra only one inch tall, Sophitia looked
massive. If you did the math, Sophitia looked a little over 400 feet tall from
Cassandra's perspective. But Cassandra didn't waste another minute admiring the
size of her older sister.
She decided to start with Sophitia's hand. She first tried to get her attention
by shoving and kicking on her large index finger, but that wasn't helping
matters any. In fact, Cassandra quickly realized that she was quite vulnerable
to even the slightest movements from her sister.
"How dumb can I possibly get!? I'm so small... all it would take is a fingernail
for her to crush me." Cassandra said to herself. So she had to resort to the
more dangerous method, and that was climbing up her sister. She jumped up and
grabbed onto her index finger, climbing on top of it and walking towards the
middle of her hand. She still had a long way to go to reach her face.
"(sigh) Oh boy, it's gonna be like climbing Olympus, as Sophie would say."
Cassandra said. But she kept moving, walking over her wrist guard and back over
her smooth skin. She now had to do some more climbing past her elbow, with her
arm slightly elevated above the ground. Cassandra walked slowly as she fought to
keep her balance. Even some of the slightest movements from Sophitia were
proving to be land-shifting to the one-inch-high Cassandra. Eventually, she made
it past Sophie's arm and was now standing on her shoulder. She tried once more
to call out to her goddess-sized sister.
"Sophie! Sophie!!!" Cassandra shouted. But no response. Cassie pulled out her
sword, thinking that perhaps some physical activity will get her attention, but
not too much of course. She tapped the handle of her sword against Sophitia's
skin, first lightly and then as hard as she could. Nothing but a soft moan from
Sophitia. In fact, Cassandra had to grab onto a nearby piece of Sophitia's
clothing to keep from falling off as she readjusted herself.
"Mmmm... Patroklos, Pyrrha." Sophitia softly said. Cassandra knew immediately
what Sophitia was dreaming about.
"Her children. She cares so deeply for them. That's why she goes on these long
missions." Cassandra said. She smiled knowing that she cared so much for her
family, a luxury that she did not have herself.
Cassandra continued her mission to climb Mt. Sophitia. She eventually made it
to her face and climbed up the right side, eventually making it all the way to
her face. From here, things got incredibly noisy, as the snoring from Sophitia
was almost too much for Cassandra to take.
"Damn! And I thought Sophitia's snore wasn't so loud at normal size!" Cassandra
said. Obviously, her mouth was not an option, unless of course she wanted to be
Sophitia's breakfest. So instead, she climbed up her nose. Reaching the top of
it, Cassandra once again called out Sophitia's name, several times in fact. But
again, no dice. In fact, Cassie looked to see a huge hand approaching the nose.
"Whoa, look out!" Cassandra said as she made a daring leap away from the nose as
Sophie was reaching up to scratch it. Cassie landed down near Sophie's chest, on
top of her medallion, in fact. She could tell because she looked behind her and
saw her mountainous boobs rising high into the air.
"Ugh... I was almost afraid I'd come here." Cassandra said. She's always been
jealous of how her older sister could grow up with a chest that huge... but then
again, it wasn't as bad as their arch-rival Ivy's chest. Cassie would sometimes
wonder how that woman could fight with a chest like that! Anyway, knowing that
whatever she tried simply hasn't worked, Cassie decided to get some sleep
herself.
"Well, I might as well get some sleep myself. Sophitia will surely spend
tomorrow looking for me when she realizes I'm missing." Cassandra said to
herself. Knowing that Sophitia was sound asleep and almost never moves around
once she is asleep, Cassandra prayed to herself she would be forgiven for her
actions... and then she crawled in between Sophitia's boobs and let the slow
rising and falling of them (because of Sophitia's breathing) put her to sleep.
The next morning, as the sun began to rise, Sophitia was still asleep while
Cassandra slowly stirred awake. The smell of sweat from being in between
Sophie's boobs stung her nose from the moment she woke up.
"Ugh... yuck! I warned Sophie this is what happens when you spend too many
nights on the grass!" Cassie shouted. But that was the least of her concerns.
Cassandra could hear the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer. She came
out from between Sophie's boobs, jumped down from her right shoulder, and hid
behind the giantess's beautiful golden hair. What Cassie saw coming almost took
her heart out.
"Oh no... she found us." Cassandra said. Indeed, she was Ivy. Cassandra
concealed herself with Sophitia's hair as much as she could to keep from being
seen. Cassie looked up at the massive woman as she towered above her older
sister, her long purple boots coming very close to her. Cassie tried desperately
one more time to wake up her sister, but once again, no luck.
"It's a sin to be only one inch tall." Cassandra said. Ivy let out a soft evil
laugh seeing her enemy sleeping right in front of her.
"Hmm hmm hmm. Sleeping like a baby. Fitting that is the way you die, scum of
Olympus!" Ivy said as she raised her sword up in the air.
"No, stop!!!" Cassandra shouted. Seemingly as if the gods were listening to her
pleas, Ivy looked down as a part of her outfit was glowing. She pulled out the
very same green rock that had shrunken Cassandra earlier, and Cassandra knew
that too. Ivy backed away from Sophitia as the light from the green rock grew in
intensity.
"What... what is this!?" Ivy shouted. Much like with Cassandra, the light became
too bright for Ivy to handle, and she had to drop the rock to shield her eyes.
When the light died down... Ivy was just as tiny as Cassandra was.
Ivy now had to look way up at Sophitia, who was slowly stirring awake as a
result of the bright light.
"Mmmmm... morning already. It always happens when I get to the best part with
Rothion." Sophitia said. She stood up, gathering her sword and shield and
brushing off the grass and dirt from her outfit. She looked around and noticed
nobody around her, not even Cassandra.
"Cassandra's still not back!? Something had to have happened. I better go back
and find her." Sophitia said. Ivy stepped out of the way as Sophitia walked
right past her.
"Curses! Not only did I lose her, but I'm stuck at this primitive size!" Ivy
shouted.
"No, Sophie! Wait, come back!!! I'm still down here!" Cassandra shouted. Ivy
looked back and indeed saw Sophitia's sister, just as tiny as she was.
"You!!" Ivy shouted. Cassandra focused her attention on Ivy next, especially
considering she had seen her shrink with her own two eyes.
"You did this to me, didn't you!?" Ivy shouted, angerily clutching her sword and
whipping it around.
"What? Now wait, you've got me wrong! I discovered that rock on accident!"
Cassandra shouted.
"Bah! No matter! You and your sister are responsible for the suffering I have
endured these past few years! Killing you will just be the beginning." Ivy said.
"Alright, fine then. Here I come!" Cassandra said. The two held onto their
swords and began their duel, seemingly granted by the almighty ones who watch
over this world.
Even though the two were both one inch tall, they still fought hard like they
were normal size. Cassandra did her best to dodge the whiplashing of Ivy's
sword, while Ivy made swift movements to keep from getting stricken by
Cassandra's sword and shield. Both girls lost a lot of sweat, and a little
blood, during the course of the battle, which seemed to last a long time but was
really around the neighborhood of half an hour. Finally, both combatants were
fighting right in front of the large green rock that shrunk them both, with
Cassandra closer to the thing. Both were breathing heavily and holding wounds to
keep the blood loss down to a trickle.
"You... you are... a worthy... worthy adversary." Ivy said in between breaths.
"You're not so bad yourself... *cough*" Cassandra said.
"But I ultimately hold the keys to success, and you have lost! Arrrrrgh!!!" Ivy
shouted as she charged head-on towards Cassandra, who easily jumped out of the
way, bumping her head into a thick blade of grass. Ivy couldn't stop charging
and ended up running right into the rock itself, piercing into it with her
sword, in fact. The rock instantly started to glow again.
"What? What now?" Ivy said as she watched the energy pulse into her sword and
then her body, even as she pulled the sword out.
"Oh boy... I hope we don't shrink again..." Cassandra thought to herself. But
what happened next surprised both ladies. Ivy grew instead. She kept on
increasing in size until she was back to her normal height. Ivy wound up
relieved that the shrinking experience was over.
Cassandra, however, was scared stiff to once again be the bug underneath
someone's heel. And Ivy didn't seem to have any trouble spotting the tiny
Cassandra.
"Well, well... guess you're back to square one, aren't you? You've had this
dilemma since yesterday, haven't you?" Ivy said.
"Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you're bigger than me! The Alexandra
family has slain far bigger than you!" Cassandra shouted, but Ivy didn't seem to
pick up on that. She instead just laughed.
"What's that!? You're going to have to speak up, little bug!!!" Ivy shouted.
"Ivy Valentine!" a familar voice shouted. Ivy turned and noticed it was
Sophitia, standing there with sword and shield in hand.
"So at last... I meet the face behind my father's death." Ivy said.
"And I meet the one that has tormented my soul for the last few days. You've
picked a bad day to mess with me... I will do this for the fate of my sister!"
Sophitia said. This perked up Ivy's eyebrows.
"Interesting... she does not seem to know of the plight her sister has fallen
to." Ivy said. Cassandra gulped nervously as she looked up at the giant Ivy. And
then, Ivy reached down and grabbed Cassie with lightning speed.
"Eeeeek!!!" Cassandra shouted.
"You truly are blind, young one! I suggest you keep your eyes on the ground more
often!" Ivy said as she dangled the tiny Cassandra above the ground with her
golden armored hand. Sophitia, confused, stepped slowly towards Ivy, and finally
got her first look at her shrunken sister.
"C...Cassie? Is that you?" Sophitia said.
"Sophie! Help me!" Cassandra shouted.
"You monster! What have you done with my sister!?" Sophitia shouted.
"As I said, you should keep a better eye on her. If you want your precious
little sister back, I suggest you follow me!" Ivy shouted. With speed that
almost matched that of Taki, she jumped to the trees and away from Sophitia.
"Nooooo, Sophitia!" Cassandra shouted as she watched her fade away from Ivy
making a run for it.
"Coward! Stand and fight!" Sophitia said. But Ivy didn't listen, and Sophitia
knew that Cassandra was in grave danger, especially at the height she saw her
at.
"By the gods... I will rescue you, Cassandra. I swear by it!" Sophitia said as
she charged after Ivy. The green rock, the same one that shrunk Cassandra and
Ivy but later restored Ivy to her normal height, was once again left behind
without anyone else touching it.
Once Ivy felt she was far enough away from her adversary, she took the time
to further admire the tiny stature of Cassandra, particularly against her own.
"My my, aren't you the cutie? I bet every little girl wants to get their hands
on you now." Ivy said, almost in a sarcastic tone. She really annoyed
Cassandra when she actually petted her miniscule breasts.
"Damn you! My sister will rescue me!" Cassandra shouted.
"I'm sure she will, but not before I've gotten you good! There's only so much
charm you can take from me at that height, you know." Ivy said.
"What do you mean?" Cassandra said. And with that, Ivy took one hand to
hold her right breast outward a bit and used her other hand to casually drop
Cassandra inside, quickly closing up her breasts as she went in. Cassandra,
being only one inch high, was pounded every which way Ivy shifted her breasts,
especially when she closed them together. There was no way for her to draw her
weapons.
"Now I know how the middle of a sandwich feels..." Cassandra said to herself in
between shouts of pain and discomfort. Ivy was quite the opposite, moaning in
excitement as she continued to press those two mountains of hers together. In
between presses, Cassandra fought to navigate her way out of the fleshy prison.
She crawled her way downward, rather than upward as she could easily be spotted
that way. She also figured that by getting underneath these huge breasts, she
could better hide herself until Sophitia showed up. So she very slowly climbed
down, slipping sometimes on the sweat.
"Whoaaaaaaaaaaa!!!" Cassandra shouted, as she totally lost her grip, but at
least was free of the fleshy prison. She grabbed onto some of the leather
clothing that went down Ivy's body and then climbed back up towards the breasts
(covered by those same leather straps, just so you know). Her plan seemed to
work for now. Ivy finally opened up her breasts and noticed that the tiny
Cassandra was gone, and with those breasts so enormous, it was hard to look
underneath them.
"Hmmm... you are clever, little one. But you will not be safe forever." Ivy
said. She then took her golden armored hand and gently reached underneath the
right breast. Cassandra quickly moved around the leather, trying to dodge this
huge hand as it pinched its fingers together trying to grab the one inch girl.
Finally, the hand was getting so close that she had to make a leap of faith onto
another strap of leather. Such a leap proved difficult as Cassandra actually
bumped her head against Ivy's breasts, but she was able to clutch onto the
leather with a lucky stab of her sword. But still, the hand was within her
grasp, and Cassandra had no choice but to climb down, hoping that those big
breasts of Ivy's would keep her from seeing too far down.
As Cassandra neared Ivy's navel, she could pick up the intense smell
eminating from the hole. But at this point, she felt that would be her only
chance of surviving until Sophitia arrived. Turns out to be a mistake, and
Cassandra didn't realize it until it was too late. As soon as Cassandra landed
in the hole, Ivy actually could feel it. With a smile, she tilted her upper body
downward, holding her left hand out to catch the tiny Cassandra. Cassandra
simply cursed herself as her view was filled with Ivy's gigantic face.
"Damn it... what in god's name was I thinking..." Cassandra muttered to herself.
"Mighty impressive. I would probably tremble if the roles were reversed." Ivy
said.
"You'll never get away with this!" Cassandra shouted.
"I'm afraid your time is up, little one. If you like exploring the unknown so
much, I can happily arrange that." Ivy said. She then opened her mouth wide and
moved her hand towards it. Cassandra quickly got the hint that Ivy was going to
swallow her alive.
"Oh great, now what do I do!? Sophitia, where are you!?" Cassandra shouted.
"Cassie!!!" Sophitia shouted from the distance. Cassandra's ears perked up from
hearing that call. It was in the middle, not too faint but not too loud either.
It didn't matter, as she felt Sophitia had to be close. Of course, Ivy could
hear that too, closing up her mouth and looking around for the source of that
call. Cassandra's spirits were lifted high once more, and she just had to
distract Ivy long enough for Sophitia to come to the rescue.
"Alright, hit the mark!" Cassandra shouted as she simply threw her Digamma Sword
hard (we're talking fastball speeds here) and upwards towards Ivy's face.
Cassandra didn't know where it would hit, but hopefully it would cause Ivy to
lose her balace and free her. Turns out Cassandra couldn't have asked for a
better throw.
It struck Ivy... right in the eye.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" Ivy screamed out in pain. Cassandra made a leap of
faith into the air just as Ivy backed away in pain and raised both her hands to
cover the eye. It was a leap right into thin air, and she knew it too. She
wasn't out of danger just yet.
"I'm gonna have to be lucky with my landing here!" Cassandra said. With that,
she focused her sights on the many tall blades of grass down below, the ones she
had to walk through when she first shrunk. She grabbed onto the tallest blade,
and actually used it to greatly slow down her fall. Cassandra let go of the
blade and landed safely on the soil, allowing the blade to fling itself back to
an upright position. Cassandra took the opportunity to look back and notice the
damage done to Ivy from her lucky sword thrust. When Ivy finally took her hand
away for a split second, Cassandra could see the blood seeping out from the left
eye. It made her cringe a bit... she hadn't seen something this bloody in all
the years she's traveled the roads of Greece!
"Cassie!" Sophitia shouted once again, her cry much louder than before. Indeed,
she was now on the scene, because Cassandra turned around and noticed Sophitia
about to step on her!
"Eeeeeek!!!" Cassandra said as she dove out of the way, crashing against
Sophitia's other foot and trapping herself in between the sandals as Sophitia
stopped her running, looking at Ivy who continued to nurse her injured eye.
"By the gods... what happened here?" Sophitia said. Cassandra knew it was now or
never. She screamed with all the volume her vocal chords could handle.
"SOPHITIA!!!!!" Cassandra screamed. It worked. Sophitia slowly moved her feet
backwards. Cassandra ducked to dodge the objects above her, still a bit scared
being between the two monstrous feet of her sister. Sophitia bent down to get a
better view.
"Oh my god! It's you, Cassie!" Sophitia said.
"Of course it's me! I can't believe you almost didn't recognize me, and crushed
me too!", said Cassandra. She runned towards the left sandal and kicked it's big
toe only for her to hold her foot in pain. Sophitia giggled. This was just like
Cassie whenever she was throwing a temper tantrum. But then she apologized and
placed her right palm on the ground, next to Cassandra.
"C'mon, hop on." Sophitia finished. Cassandra jumped over her sister's hand, as
Sophitia lifted it to eye-level.
"Wow... you are really tiny. The kids would probably get a kick out of seeing
this." Sophitia said.
"Sheesh... if they don't tear me up doing it. Pyrrha especially." Cassandra
said.
"Seriously though, we have to find a way to get you back to normal." Sophitia
said.
"There should be a green stone back where Ivy captured me. It's the same stone
that shrunk me to this size, but Ivy was able to strike it with her sword to
return to her normal size. Maybe that's... oh shoot." Cassandra said.
"What is it?" Sophitia said.
"I threw my sword at Ivy's eye to distract her..." Cassandra said.
"Well, do you still have your shield? Perhaps you can use that instead."
Sophitia said.
"Hey, good thinking! I keep forgetting the shield can be just as much of an
offensive weapon as a defensive one." Cassandra said.
"I guess that's why I have the battle experience." Sophitia said with a smile.
Finally, speaking of Ivy, she recovered from most of the pain, even though it
remained from the little bit of blood still dripping from the eye, and she
approached the normal-sized Grecian, breathing heavily and lashing her sword
about.
"Damn... I underestimated that tiny speck of yours! But I won't underestimate
you! I will send you to hell to join my father!!!" Ivy shouted. Sophitia put her
battle face on, and then quickly figured out a place to hide her tiny sister.
"Um... Cassandra, I know it's going to be uncomfortable, but I'm gonna hide you
between my breasts." Sophitia said. But Cassandra didn't complain, knowing what
the experience was like from being stuck between Ivy's boobs. So she just
nodded.
"Fine. I'll hold on tight!" Cassandra said. Sophitia, getting the nod of
approval she needed, dropped her sister into her cleavage. Once she was snugly
inside, Sophitia drew her own sword and began the clash with Ivy.
It was a long battle, but Sophitia clearly had the upper hand, with Ivy
unable to concentrate due to the pain in her left eye. She would get many more
scrapes and sword slash marks by the time the battle ended. Sophitia had her
share of strikes as well, but she made absolutely sure her chest wasn't
attacked, as that was the only untouched part of her battle-worn body. Cassandra
had a hard time keeping her grip in between Sophitia's boobs because of all the
sweat coming down her sister, much like with Ivy's body, but at least there was
some clothing at the bottom waiting to catch her, unlike with Ivy where her
breasts stuck out so far, there was nothing to latch onto.
Finally, Ivy took one more kick to the face and fell to the ground, beaten and
bleeding. Sophitia looked down at her enemy for a few seconds before turning
away.
"C...Coward...come...back...*cough*...and face me!" Ivy shouted, clearly too
weak to talk and also too weak to keep the blood from dripping out of her mouth.
Sophitia shook her head, keeping it turned away from Ivy.
"I have already angered the gods today. I only hope they will forgive the both
of us for our reckless actions." Sophitia said as she walked completely away
from the scene, leaving Ivy supposedly to die there. But like all who seek
either Soul Calibur or Soul Edge and have the strong enough soul to do it... Ivy
would live another day.
Walking back to where Cassandra was captured, Cassandra looked down and
noticed the green stone that had originally shrunken her.
"There! There it is, Sophie!" Cassandra shouted. Sophitia picked up on it and
approached the stone.
"Careful! It will shrink you if you touch it!" Cassandra shouted.
"Don't worry, I'm well aware of the danger it possesses." Sophitia said. She
gently plucked Cassandra out from between her breasts and placed her down next
to the stone.
"Alright, I hope your theory works." Sophitia said.
"Me too, sis." Cassandra said to herself. Taking the advice given by her older
sister earlier, Cassandra lunged the shield right into the stone, cracking it
much like Ivy's sword had done earlier. The energy that came out of the rock
swirled around Cassandra, and she began to grow. Sophitia stood back and watched
with delight as her younger sister returned to her normal height.
"Oh, Cassie!" Sophitia said as she ran up to Cassandra and gave her a great
big hug.
"Feels good to get a hug again!" Cassandra said. After the hug was broken up,
Cassandra looked down at the ground full of grass.
"Wow... I'll never look at grass the same way again." Cassandra said.
"It's so good that you are back to normal." Sophitia said.
"Yes, but what are we going to do about that rock? It's pretty dangerous, if you
think about it." Cassandra said.
"I agree. That's why we need to destroy it." Sophitia said.
"But how, Sophie?" Cassandra asked. She didn't have to wait long for the answer.
Sophitia pulled out her Omega Sword and held it in the air.
"Gods, give me your strength! Soul Charge!!" Sophitia shouted. Thunderclouds
suddenly formed in the air and in fact threw a bolt of lightning that at
Sophitia's sword. Sophitia then fired the lightning down on the rock, shattering
it completely. The clouds soon parted, giving way back to the sunshine that
still tried to peek through the dense trees of the forest.
"Seriously, sis, you have got to teach me how to do that." Cassandra said.
"Sure.
How many years can you spare?" Sophitia said.
"Ha ha... very funny!" Cassandra said. Sophitia just smiled and put a
hand on Cassandra's shoulder.
"Come on, we should return home for a little rest, and then we continue our
search for Soul Edge." Sophitia said.
"Yeah. There's no place like home, right?" Cassandra said. The two ladies walked
away towards the nearest exit in the forest, leaving behind what was left of the
rock that started this huge adventure to begin with...
Meanwhile, Ivy was slowly able to get back up on her feet, despite still
bleeding from the intense battle with Sophitia, which she lost. And yet, she no
longer felt the emotion of bitterness. Rather, she felt something different,
like a certain weight had been lifted off her shoulders.
"Hmmm... I feel different. For some reason, I feel like I need to refocus my
efforts." Ivy said. She looked down at the grass, now rustling thanks to the
wind. A wind that seemed to be telling something to Ivy.
"Yes, if I am to seek vengeance, I must cleanse my soul. My search is for Soul
Edge itself." Ivy said. Slowly but surely fighting off the pain she was forced
to endure, Ivy walked away from the battle scene, anxious to return back to her
secret hideout in London in order to get back to her true mission.
Unknown to her... Ivy was about two, maybe three inches taller than her normal height. Lingering effects from striking the rock to grow back to normal size? She wouldn't know. Not for quite some time anyway...
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