This chapter contains an explicit Sex scene between two characters... Continue with caution! This chapter is solely based around this scene... It is one of the very first I have ever written... Give me your worst! I need the Criticism on this...

Panting, while holding my side as the blood seeped from the deep wound, I searched for my last friend. I stumbled and tripped over many rocks and fallen bodies as I trudged through the, blood soaked, mud filled, trench. Many Gryphons and Ponies fought side-by-side in the trenches that made up the hill around me, each taking chunks out of the other to climb to victory.

Nothing was sacred here... Nothing was Holy... And Grace was there... Lifeless eyes boring into my soul...

"Oooouah!" I gasped loudly, clutching my chest and side as my heart pounded in my chest. Letting the nightmare simply fade away. I looked around the small area that we had camped in... Seeing that Grace was less than a foot from my side put me at ease...She was shivering slightly from the damp cold ground we had decided to lay on the eve before... Feeling that if our soldiers had to lay on damp ground then so should we...

I could feel the fog recede from my mind as I continued to look upon her shaking form, her hooves and teeth clattering softy as she tried to generate her won warmth. Looking over i saw that Lone, Jazz, and Amber had curled up in a small ball around each other -keeping themselves warm- in the middle of the night. So, seeing that nothing was going to be said later on, I used the force to gently pull Grace over the soft land and over to my side. Upon this I pulled my cover/quilt off and wrapped it over her and pulled her into my stomach, bringing the covers over us both in the process.

Almost immediately her body stopped shaking and her temperature started to rise, making her snuggle up into my chest and pectorals to get comfortable... Which in turn made me blush as she ground her flank absently into my groin... Making Jr. there start to wake up, in the most Annoying way ever... While ignoring the feeling of arousal that Grace was... unknowingly bestowing upon me, I wrapped my left arm around her barrel and held her tight to my chest.

After that damnable nightmare I had just had... I was not going to let her get any farther from me than she was right then.

Waking up for a second time I was greeted with the sight of my friends staring at me with wide eyes and gaping mouths. I did not alert them to my woken state, but I did trail my eyes down to see what they were looking at... Bad idea Numeral Uno...

The covers had been kicked off of me and Grace during the night... Not something I had planned on but also did not care for in the slightest... BUT! See that she was asleep and grinding her herself into my pecs and groin... Well... Lets just say that NO ONE needed to see what was going on down there... Or the fact that i felt FUR on a VERY special place...

Yeah, she somehow got my trousers off in the night. And apparently was having a VERY interesting dream about someone or somepony... I didn't know, nor did i care... Though I was thankful for one thing during this whole little exhibitionist act of the night... I could not feel a breeze... So I knew she was at least laying OVER Jr. and they couldn't see him... As if I cared, but that could scare a pony!

"Should we wake him..." That sounded like Rose...

"Naw he seems to be having fun..." And there's Jazz...

"It would be prudent to not speak of this my friends... Let us just go and let him figure this out when he awakens..." Sentinel denoted, the other two agreeing with his observation as they walked off, Lone staying behind fro a minute. "I would like to see you get out of this one Corpus..." he said, looking me right in the eyes as he grinned and walked off.

"Damn you Sentinel..." I hissed as he waved a hoof behind him at me.

Well, that went well... Now to just get the mare off my thing before she awake-

"Did they leave?" Fuck me sideways with a lightsaber... Grace was now looking up at me with a VERY flushed face. Whelp... This just got amazingly awkward...

"Yes..." I stated simply as i looked into her eyes, my cheeks already bright red from our current 'situation'. "Um, might I ask why you stripped me naked in the middle of the night?" This made her -somehow!- get even redder as I wiggled my hips to try and get comfortable with her still moving body. It took her a while to stop stuttering so she could defend herself.

"Um... Dreams..." She laughed slightly to try and dissuade any more questions.

"I highly doubt this..."

"Weeell I had this... Itch..." 'Yeah and I'm the Grand Moff of Alderaan...' I thought smugly, smirking at her very bad lie. "And you happened to be the closest Stallion and well..." Having it finally click in my head at what she meant by 'Itch' made me stop and look agape at her...

"So what... Were we best match or were we just convenient..." I asked, finally falling into the old talk that I had been using, seeing as i had finally caught myself in my old speech pattern. My brow was raised and my voice permeated a slight sense of hurt, though she and I knew it was fake.

"No! You weren't convenient... Thou art the... only male here... that... I am comfortable with..." She mumbled out the last part, putting a little emphasis on 'I'...

"What dost thou mean by... Only male? Surly there ar-"

"There are not others! And i'm not comfortable with them for a reason... Do you remember what I had told you all those nights ago?" She asked, dread in her eyes as she pleaded with me. Her heart ached to be talking of this, though I could not fathom why at that moment... It hurt to see her in such pain.

"Aye Grace, thou art attracted to the fairer sex... Which dost confuse us as to your choice in picking us... Unless... you have tried be fore haven't thee..."

"Yes..." She whispered into my chest as she buried her face into my neck, choking back a few dry sobs.

"Ah..." Was my only answer as I stroked her mane and held her close to my body... Though our lower regions still held contact between them, her moist flower dripping slightly onto my crotch... which in turn made me squirm slightly at the slightly forgotten feeling of arousal.

"Please Corpus... I need this..." She cried, her hot tears burning my skin with their intensity. "It hurts so much... and it has been so long..." She ground herself into my groin even further as she started to drip even more onto my bare skin...

"Grace... Is this truly what you want from us? For once we do this... there is no going back..." I said as I let my own tear streak down the side of my face and into my hair line... Her heart was broken, her mind was in taters, and her body was to betray her... She needed a rock or she was going to drown... I could either push her away or... ...or I could take her in, take her pain, take her sorrow and give her a place of solitude from her broken spirit.

"Whelp... This just got amazingly surreal..."

'No shit birdbrain...'

-What he said...-

"I hate you both... So, what should we do...?"

'I say yes ya big buffoon...'

-Aye, but I want to kick your ass for even having to talk to us... You're on your own here dip-shit...-

"Fuckers..."

"Grace... Thou dost know that we art bound to Luna... Correct?" I asked her, my words instantly dimming the hope in her eyes as I looked at her. Her very being seemed to dim slightly at my words as a small silver light shown just out of the corner of her eyes, belaying the impending shedding of tears. Reaching up I caressed her cheek and used my thumb to wipe away the budding tears.

"I... Did not... Corpus..." She said as her bead began to bow but it stopped as I reached up and placed a hand on her other cheek, holding her head up and facing me.

"We did not say however that we were bound as her mate or what have thee. We art her protector... and then whatever she wishes we become later... For now though, we may be with thee. We just wish that thou dost understand that whatever we have may or may not be permanent..." Her demeanor brightening, I leaned up and kissed her gently on the lips. My hands then slowly made their way down her neck and to the small of her back, resting just above her hips as I led her into a deeper kiss. She even intertwined her legs with mine and wrapped her forelegs around my neck, making it almost impossible to break the kiss.

Granted I never did want to break it, seeing as her lips were like the smoothest velvet... The thin layer of fur bringing a new feeling to what was already a hot kiss. What? I like girls with a little fur to them!

Sitting up so I could get a better angle on her I let my tongue snake between my lips, just enough to tease her own with my tentative gesture. With a little more prodding she granted me entrance to the wonderland called her mouth.

For the next few minutes we had a dual of wills as our tongues tried to assuage dominance from the other. running my hands through her hair as I rubbed a thumb across her brow, making he hum in delight at the feeling. In what felt like a few seconds was admittedly almost half an hour, we had ended up on the ground, my hands firmly planted on her teats and my lips and tongue preoccupied with her honey box as I fondled her every-which way I could imagine as I devoured her sweet honey.

My lips teased her soft opening as my tongue darted in, out, and around her entrance; her squeals and peals of delight egging me on as her hooves rubbed through my scalp and pushed my head even further into her flower, basically begging me to continue without fail.

While my mouth was busy I split my attention to my hands. I was endlessly massaging her teats and rolling her nipples between my fingers as I gently pinched, twisted, and pulled them in a roundabout fashion. My hands were busy as they surfed thrugh her thin coat and sought out the tender, pleasure deprived skin, underneath.

"C-corpus! G-Goddess! Don't stop! Whatever you do-do don't st-stop!" Grace panted as I continued my ministrations unabated.

After a few more minutes, and two orgasms later, we, better yet, I found myself on my back with Grace laying on me, he back to my stomach and my arms wrapped around her... kind of... I had positioned us in such a way that I had full range of motion. Our lips were locked in a heated kiss, tongues flying about as we shot our consciences in the face not two seconds earlier. My hands were rather... busy... as we went at it, one fondling her teats again while the other was... a little farther south.

Playing with her labia using my thumb and forefinger, I also used my others to fondle her folds. The amount of love juices leaking out of her was unbelievable! And we were both loving every second of it! Ever few seconds she would moan into the kiss, which would in turn make me even more turned on and hasten my acing with my dexterous hands.

"Corpus... Just rut me already Goddesses be damned! Just rut meeeee!" She finally moaned out, making me smile and shift around, not moving my hands from their predestined positions on her body for now. Gently I set her down, letting her slide down my body as i stood, my fingers slipping from their perches reluctantly. Even as I heard a moan escape her body from the lack of touch I walked over and grabbed out sleeping bags.

Doubling them up i laid them on the cold earth. Mine still having our accumulated body heat still in it I left it on the top. So, picking up Grace I held her close to my chest, her legs dangling close to my erect shaft as she giddily wiggled about in my arms, her fore legs wrapped around my neck as I laid us down, I on top of her as I took her again into a deep kiss.

wrapping my hand around my shaft I slowly guided it up to her flowery entrance, making her gasp as my warmth touched her glistening entrance. Slow rubbing her love juices liberally over m shaft and head I whispered to her.

"Are you ready Grace, I will only continue if you want me to." I asked, my breath tickling the tiny hairs of her cheeks and lips. Her giggling brought a smile to my visage as I awaited her answer. Calming down she spoke.

"I was ready the minute we started this my Corpus... All I ask is that you love me as best you can after word..." She asked, hope in her eyes.

"As you wish... Our dear Grace..." I then gently slid my member deep into her flower and proceeded to rut her till she and I had finally climaxed and fallen asleep again in each others warm embrace.

perspective: Luna

Precent Time

Getting up in the morning I felt that my side was warmer than usual... Looking over I saw that Magnus had climbed into bed with me during the middle of the night, curling up next to my side and falling asleep. He looked quite peaceful as he lay there, I quickly placed the covers back over him as I got out of bed.

I then quickly got myself looking presentable and made for the throne room, to where I would await any news of my Dearest Corpus and his men... And hopefully good news at that. Grabbing my regalia as I left I closed the door, putting on the pieces as I went.

Bidding a good morning to my guards as I passed them on my way out. I then took a left and continued down the hall to the spiral staircase, taking flight in its wide air space and gliding onto the long way down. I could have used a teleportation spell, but it would have awoken Magnus and prove to be a waste of time anyway, seeing as it wasn't even fully time to lower the moon anyhow.

Reaching the opening to the throne room greater hall I Landed with a slight skid, my hooves making a slight screeching noise as I came to a halt on the marble flooring. I then gleefully trotted into the throne room to find my sister looking concerned and surrounded by a veritable horde of ponies, each dressed in similar dress, though a few were heavily injured and required some sort of medical aid, seeing as they were covered on blood and broken armor.

"Celestia, what art thou doing, dost these regulars speak differently to thee or art thou listening intently like the moon?" I asked, giving a slight quirk of my head as to her response.

"Nay Luna! Though come hither! Their words are meant more for thee than thou... Though they-" she said, pointing a hoof at the two stallions to the far right, one carrying a package on his back, "have words for Aurora when she awakens as well."

i quirked a brow and strolled on over to them, hearing their faint whispers of awe as I got closer.

"So this is the Luna... I can see why he likes her..." I heard one say as she whispered to a few others.

"Your majesty..." They all said as I got closer, all kneeling down on their knees to show their difference to me, which was strange.

"Rise my little ponies... There is no need for that here..." they all rose at my words looking to me for their command to continue, "Now tell me what it is you are needing to much to tell me."

"Princess... I think that our predecessors here would have the most up to date words for you..." The mare from before stated, motioning to a large Pegasus and his smaller pegasus friend.

"Is that so, then you shall answer thy question... What words dost thou bring..." I asked, giving them both a quizzical stare. They both looked to each other before the larger one placed his package on the floor, getting help from his comrade.

"First, let us introduce ourselves your highness... WE are Captain Ducati and Private Roid Rage from the 3rd Devision 1st battalion... 5th squad... We were sent by Commander Corpus no less than nine hours ago... We traveled her by use of his... Ship I think he called it, and came here as quickly as we could, though we stayed the night so we could deliver the message in person... We also got our charge here good bill of health... though she has seen much... Depravity thrust upon her."

"Her?" I asked, not really getting what they had said.

"Yes, her, during a recon of a nearby forest we had come under attack by some gryphons... Running from them we stumbled upon the form of a beaten and battered Corpus... He was... In bad shape then... But we were able to get him to his feet as we were soon stumbled upon by a different group of gryphons, though this one had a Minotaur in it..."

"A Minator? But they are from the far east... How did one get there..."

"Apparently he had heard of the duel the Commander had had with a master of the Gryphon forces... And had wanted to challenge him... But I digress! When they had stumbled upon us they had been chasing a little Gryphon chick... None much older than ten at most..." He sighed and licked his parched lips as he looked back at me, battle worn and very fatigued.

"And, then what happened?"

"Well, Corpus scooped up the Chick into his arms and promptly took out one of his red blade like things... To which, even on an evidently broken leg, fought off a Minotaur that was much bigger than him... While it wielded a massive battle axe and a great sword... It did not take long for Corpus to out maneuver the clumsy beast and slay him..."

"By the maker..." My sister gasped slightly at his feat of will and arms. I too was stunned, but not nearly as much seeing as I remembered his time in my room... A broken leg would not stop him long if he took care of it soon after the injury.

"Aye princess... But even after that we saw him carry the chick for more than a mile as we soon arrived at camp... To which we saw a gruesome sight... Many of our comrades in arms were being found and slaughtered where they lay... though we saw the Mares were being taken out and rapped before being murdered..." The Smaller stallion sighed heavily and bowed his head.

"It was with a heavy heart that we obeyed his orders... Which were to come here and ask for a timely evacuation of the front lines... He told me that if he and the rest survived that they would be headed towards the town of Huffington Mare... to the north of their current position... Though I do not know where they may be now..."

"Is that all Captain?" I asked, my eyes slightly red with the threat of tears soon to fall.

"Aye... Though he also wished us to watch over the one known as Aurora... Whom he specified was a gryphon that had helped him earlier on..."

"Aye captain... Go, take thy charge and stay by her and Aurora's side... Make sure that no harm befalls them..."

"Aye, Mi'lady... Good day..." They bowed and quickly carried their charge out of the room, placing it back on the larger stallions back. Thinking back I had noticed that throughout the whole conversation the two of them had never moved from the defensive stance they had placed themselves in when they had moved the small child... Intriguing.

"What shall we do sister?" Celestia asked me, her eyes looking off into the distance as she thought of all the dead and dying ponies that most likely lay upon the field of battle. I smiled ruefully as I looked out one of the many windows in the room.

"We shall send aid sister... And WE shall be at the head... Mare!"

"Yes Ma'am!"

"Your name."

"Quick Silver, Ma'am!" The mare answered back, making me smile as I remembered her name from the departure report.

"We need thee to gather up battalions 36, 22, and 39... Gather all their detachments of Pegasi... They will be needed for the flight there..." I quickly rattled off the numbers from my mind, remembering which battalions had the highest number of Pegasi in them as of the moment. "Also, tell Commander Hurricane to meet me in the western training field, along with the prescribed battalion members. Now go!"

"Yes, Ma'am!" She hurried off, the other members of her group fallowing closely behind her as they went to gather the troops.

"Luna... Thou dost know that that is roughly a thousand ponies thou art calling for... Correct?"

"Yes dear sister mine... But we shall make sure that no more shall perish this night..." I growled out as I made my way from the throne room and towards my own personal armory... So that I may arm myself and be ready for battle.

Perspective: Corpus

Present time

Awaking in the small clearing made me wish for a blanket as I drew on the force to heat up the air around us, bringing the area to a comfortable temperature before I rolled off of Grace, her sturdy frame more than able to hold my great weight durring our short nap.

Yawning I looked around for my battle dress, but more importantly my boxers and my undershirt.

Looking around the campsite i was unable to find them... So, getting a thought, I cringed and looked under the rim of my bed roll... The one we had just had a serious session of love making on... And found my cape and over shirt barely sticking out from underneath.

'The force hates me... SOOOOoooo much right now doesn't it?' I thought to myself as I sighed and just went to getting a couple MRE's out of my rucksack.

A few minutes later, with the food and a cup of insta-caff being ready finally, Grace awakened and gingerly sauntered over to my position on a log not ten feet from the edge of the camp, a small fire going. Sitting down beside me, gently resting her rump on the smooth surface of the log, I offered her a cup. Taking it in her grasp, somehow holding it with her hoof... Don't ask It was just plain awesome and weird at the same time... Damn logic...

"Thank you Corpus... This tastes wonderful..." She said, taking a few tender sips of the slightly cooled off drink. Her eyes fluttered slightly as she groaned out a happy sound as she relaxed and hummed to herself.

"Thou art truly welcome Grace, tis nothing for thee." I replied back as I took a good gulp of the caff, burning my tongue slightly at its notably off temperature. Humming to myself at the hot drink, having thought it would have cooled considerably by now, I shrugged and broke open the MRE's and handed the vegetarian pack to Grace.

"What is this?"

"These be called MRE's, Meal-Ready to-Eat... Not the best food in the galaxy, but they get the job done..." I said as I looked at the questionable contents of the package... Seeng what looked to be nerf steak and a few... Green beans? mixed together in a stew of sorts with potatoes and other food stuff of questionable lineage...

"What is mine... Seeing as your's looks like a stew of sorts..." She asked, looking at the green and brown mush skeptically.

"It says it's a... Ceaser salad... with Blue cheese dressing and Parmesan cheese... It should be to your liking, I think..." I looked at the contents as well, looking rather skeptical that that was its true contents, but digressed when Grace shrugged and began to lick the contents out of he package, humming in delight as she greedily dug in.

I have NEVER seen anyone, or pony before or after, dig into an MRE so readily than her that morning... Oh well then!

After breakfast, and a quick bathroom break, we were just starting to get into our... Attire... Mine being slightly more smelly than hers... though not worse for wear. Pulling on my over shirt and buckling my pants I saw that Grace was sitting over by her rucksack, staring at me with worry and apprehension in her eyes as I fitted my grieves onto my legs, slapping the connectors into place with a loud 'CLICK' before walking over to her.

Kneeling down I asked, "Grace, dearest Grace, what seems to be troubling thee? Thy mood from earlier seems to have gone with the wind and left thee in quite the tizzy..." I placed my hands on her shoulders, making her look up a me with a hidden fear as I searched her eyes for the problem.

"Corpus... Will thou keep thy promise? Will thou still love us, after everything is said and done with this war? Will thou still stay with us?" A lone tear streaked across her cheek, though I caught it before it made planet-fall.

"We shalt be with thee till thy heart dost beat no more, and then carry thy memory on into the future to be told to others. Of the love and loss thou hast been through with ME at thy side, and YOU at ours... The ones that come after shall know of our love for each other and be thankful for what they have themselves." I spoke with a fervor that I didn't know I had, bringing a contented smile to my Grace's face as she leaned forward into my chest, drawing her arms around my neck as I wrapped her in a caring embrace.

"Thank you... My love..."

"Tis nothing, for you are a light in this dreary time for us... Our Grace..." i said smiling as I gently let go and came to my full height of 7'2". I walked back to my gear and finished strapping the rest of my battered and mostly broken armor to my body. My chest plate had been broken across the breast, leaving only my abdominals and stomach armored as well as my lower back... seeing as the two pieces were inter connected...

Reminder... Fix that design flaw when I get the chance...

Finding my belts, which had been hidden among the mornings sheets, I laced them around my waist and tugged them into place, making sure they would not fall off during battle.

I then gathered my blades and clipped them to my belts.

I placed the four shoto's two on each hip, front and back with two longsabers in between them. I then strapped two of my Saberstaffs to the belt above my ass, the other two being placed in holders on the sides of my shins.

I then strapped the last of my sabers to my back, just above my waist at the small of my back. This, like four of my other weapons, was a SaberStaff... Though it was much different than the rest. This one was actually two longSabers in one, being connected at the hilt by a set of interlocking magnetic clamps. One side of my personal weapon was white while the other black. The black crystal having been taken from a deathwatch captain many decades ago. The white Crystal though... It came from the center of a Greater Krayte Dragon Pearl... It was one of the most refined gemes I had ever seen... It broke my heart slightly when it had shattered upon me picking it up... But what came out of it, like a Phoenix from the ashes...

From these ashes came one of the most pure and untainted crystals I had ever seen... Rough yet smooth with it's beauty! It fit perfectly in my lightsaber and it burned with the intensity of the sun in all its glory. Where as the black crystal shadowed, covering everything in the intensity of the night and all its mystery.

After I finished with my sabers I strapped my battle cloak to my shoulders, giving the piece of garment a second glance as I sized up all the tears and holes that had been put in it over the last month or so... Not even bother in to don my helmet, having lost it in the last major battle, I walked over to Grace. Seeing as she was having a few issues with her ware gear I gave her a cocky smirk and looked at her flustered form.

"Having fun there Grace?"

"...I hate you SSSssssoooo much right now..." SHe growled as she tried to slip the rest of her haunch protector on... Granted that she couldn't walk very well... Or at all... Was a major factor in her irritation at this moment.

"Not our fault somepony decided they wanted a rut in the woods..." I quipped, making hr blush maddly before growling at me as she again tried to shimmy her armor on. "Want some help with that there Grace?" I asked, half teasing half serious.

"If thou would be so kind..." She huffed out as I... Giggled... At her predicament... Wow... How many men would be that manly to actually accept the fact that they giggled... Fuck me... =hangs head in shame= CONTINUING ON!

I gladly pulled the rest of her armor on for her, Grace gave me direction on where each piece went and how it was supposed to be fitted. Granted... We did get a little touchy feely at a few points when it came to her rear armor pieces... Thankfully it din't go past a quick feel up and poke... Or this would have been one hell of a morning to remember.

"Thank thee... My love... For helping me with my armor..." Grace blushed magnificently as she thanked me for the help, my own blush not even coming into account on the level of embarrassed she was.

"Dost thou think thee can walk Grace?" I asked, stretching my arms out with a few quick pulls across my chest and over my head.

"WE are... Not able to walk as of right now Love... But... maybe soon..." Looking at the ground she brushed a hoof against the other in embarrassment.

"Tis fine Love, we shalt just carry thee then!" I said confidently, making her look at me in surprise and joy at the exclamation.

"That is quite good of thee my dear lover mine, but... What of our bed rolls and such?" She asked, not really knowing what to do with the two dingy, smelly, bed rolls we used for our activities.

"Well... We shalt burn one and carry the other, tis not much of a burden either way." i said as I drew one of my many shoto's and struck the bed rolls, lighting them aflame before catching up both rucksacks in my hand and carrying them over to Grace.

With a deadpan look on her face she turned to me and just stared at me till I shot her a gallant smile and hefted her up into my embrace with one arm while carrying the rest of our stuff with the other.

"Thou are such a strange creature Corpus... But we wouldn't have it any other way..." Grace said as she snuggled into my chin, making me chuckle. Now... All I had to do was see if Luna would rip my gourd off for starting a relationship with this mare in my arms... Granted... Said mare did still have a crush on the majestic night princess... I think...

With that I walked us off towards the rest of the camp, our rolls burning slowly to nothing as we walked on.

Author's Note

Thank you all for reading this... And i must say... All the posotive outpouring for this story is simply amazing for me... and I'm glad to say... That this installation of the Corpus verse is going to be ending in about four chapters... And I am already working on the first chapter for the next story... And i just hope you all will enjoy it as much as I will writing it!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I will finish posting the last few chapters over the next day or so... So look out!

Your forever crazy and kooky author; Praeco Nigrum! Also known as Harbinger-of-Script (For those who know who that is, a cookie awaits you!)