Author's Note

Yellow everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend! I will be stating up school this Monday so expect delays and such for the story... Sorry if this inconveniences anyone... but life comes first and then the stories! XD

I hope you all enjoy this installment of Luna's dark Knight... it had taken a while to write it up. So have fun!

Beginning of the End... Or is it?: Ch 6

It has been four days since my dearest Princess Luna was attacked... Four days of her scouring the night skies while I regained my mobility, seeing as all my limbs, especially my back, were in perfect working order now, though I will have to deal with a slight hunch at times because of my injuries. Right then I laid down, sprawled out on the floor, doing curls to strengthen my back and stomach muscles, helping get back the muscle tone I had lost thanks to atrophy...

"Three hundred and twenty-six, three hundred and twenty-seven, three hundred twenty-nine, three-forty... Three hundred forty-one, three hundred forty-two, three hundred forty-three..." I continued this until I reached the five hundred mark, then I switched over to push-ups. I continued with various other exercises for what felt like hours, the entire time that Luna had been away with her sister, talking strategy and drawing up how to enforce their borders. Therefore, I was left in the room with my own thoughts for company and a clear area to do whatever I needed... I just hope Luna isn't too surprised when she finally gets here.

After another hour of intense workouts, I took a quick cold shower and clothed myself. I then walked back to the main bedroom and began a meditative kata regiment, similar to the first and fourth lightsaber forms, but in a hand-to-hand form. I began with standing in the center of the room; feet shoulder length apart and my fists together, right over my solar plexus. I began with the first stance, clearing my mind as I did so, my left foot went forward about two feet while my right foot turned ninety degrees to the right, my left arm moved off to the left, perpendicular to my leg, while my right arm moved to my side, tightly against my ribs. Next I pivoted on my left foot, shooting both my right arm and leg out, my foot shooting across the ground at blinding speed as my hand shot out even faster, I continued doing this and its reciprocal for a few minutes before adding in a few high and low kicks, even a few rolling evades and sudden jumps, in all I was moving about the room in a torrent of intense motion. The entire time I was doing this my eyes were closed and my body was acting of its own accord once I had incorporated all of the moves I was prepared to use in the confined space.

Three hours later I had pushed the carpet in the room, the carpet was 20'x10' in size, half way under the bed in a crumpled mess. The dressers were shoved up to the bed and the vanity was on top of it, the rest of the rooms furniture had soon joined them as I had moved around, unthinkingly moving things about. By the end of my kata's I was standing in the middle of the room, covered in sweat and only wearing my pants, I had tossed my shirt and other articles of clothing of to the side. After catching my breath I looked around the room, finally I noticed what I had done.

"Well... Shit... I need to fix that..." I chuckled slightly when I looked at the massive mess I had made, unintentionally I might add. I shrugged and got down on the floor, getting comfortable I called on the force, letting it flow through me at an increased pace seeing as I had cleared my mind completely with the kata's. The force was like a torrent as it whipped about the inside of my body, rejuvenating my fatigued muscles and bringing e my second wind with ease. With my the power I had at my disposal I lifted all the furniture in the room, and with a clear mental picture of where everything had been previously, I went about the business of putting everything back the way it was before I had begun my exercises.

During all this I did not notice the sound of a door being slowly opened. The desk and dressers floated over to their spot's next to the terrace entrance, the Armoire floated over to the far wall with the vanity going to the wall adjacent to it. Then one of the many standing dressers, those that were used as closets, went and stood sentry next to either wall on the sides of the bed, with the nightstands being moved to their original positions. I then began to float, ever so slowly, off the floor, that is how deep in a trance I was, as the large intricate carpet was pulled out from under the bed and placed in its original position on the floor under where I was floating.

"By the maker..." An angelic voice murmured out, making me snap out of my meditations mid-stride, I immediately fell out of the air and right onto my ass...

"Ouch..." I growled out as I rubbed my injured ass cheeks.

"Oh my Corpus are thou alright!" Luna rushed over to me kneeling slightly as she then extended her hoof, prodding me, checking for more injuries.

"We art fine, dearest Princess, We were just meditating, that is all." I smiled up at here, waiting for the chance to show her the good news about my recovery; she had not known when I might walk again, so this should be good!

"That is good, Dearest Corpus... Nevertheless, why were thou replacing our things? Were they in offence to thee or sum-such thing?" She asked worry clear in her voice.

"No, no, not at all Dearest Princess, We were but putting everything back how 'twas before we had finished with our exercises this fine evening. We just thought 'twas chivalrous to repose thy room from our own distasteful wreckage of it." I gave her a cheeky grin, making her blush somewhat at my look as she tried to comprehend what I meant by excises.

"...What were thou doing to warrant such a thing as redecorating our room?" She asked, her brow rose in skepticism.

"Oh, we were just working our legs is all... and our back... and the rest of our body... that's all..." I said, sounding nonchalant.

"Oh... if that 'twas all...WAIT WHAT! Thou were doing what!" She screamed, a frightened look in her eyes, making me regret what I had done, just a little, but not enough to make amends.

"Like I said," I then slowly got up, excruciating each of my bodies movements as I came to my true full height, standing at about 8'3" (Eight feet three inches) and looked down at her flabbergasted face, smiling ever so broadly at my success in silencing her worries. The fact that I didn't have a shirt on may have had something to do with that, looking back now, but I didn't think anything o it at the time.

"Thou... thou can stand..." I then took a few steps back and bowed to her.

"Oh, WE can do much more than walk Fair Princess... Oh SO much more than walk..." I grinned like a child in a candy shop as her eyes widened as I did a back flip and landed on the bed, not even moving from my landing spot or bouncing in the slightest, thanks to the force letting me land light as a feather.

"... By the maker... Thou were not kidding..." Luna fell on her hunches and stared at me, slack-jawed and all, as I went through a quick string of movements to show that I was indeed in tip-top shake now. I had healed fully about two days ago and I was just letting the healed tissue harden up in a sense before I did anything strenuous with it.

"Now, how was thy meeting with thy sister...? Was there any perceived progress in the planning?" I asked, not wanting to tread to deeply into her strained relationship with her sister, so asking a generalized question was good in my gook.

"Everything was almost stonewalled when a pegasus came in with a report on a small movement of beings, similar to what I had fought, moving up north, coming from the mountains and beyond. Thou had said that there were around fifty creatures or more in the group... What dost thou think of it, Dearest Corpus?" Luna asked after giving me her best, she was still shaken up after her attack, and I vowed to find the creature responsible for her scares, mental and physical.

"It sounds like a small troop movement... though for this world I would estimate that as being large, art we wrong?" I looked over at Luna as I sat down on the bed.

"No, thou art right, that is a large amount by any standards... but we would know quickly what you estimate is large Corpus..." She looked at me, head tilted slightly.

"Several hundred is a good size... though large would number in the thousands... Depending on whom we were fighting. During the Civil war numbers were in tens of thousands to hundreds... even millions at some points." I stated nonchalantly, making her gag and choke on my answer.

"So... many... Very well... Thank thee Corpus... We... Did not know that wars were that large... where thou came from..." Luna said, slightly askance at my answer, and slightly ashamed of asking me.

"It is fine Dearest Friend Luna, I shalt not ever hold thy questions against thee, we hope that thou would just hold that same request with us." I said, smiling at her as I got up from the bed.

"What dost thou intend to do Corpus, we art done for thine evening..." she said, though not very convincingly.

"Thou art still going out on patrol are thee not?" she nodded, thou reluctantly as she stared up at me, I towered over her by at least two feet. "Then we wish to come with thee on this patrol, we hast not seen the other side of that there wall for almost a month... And we wish to spend time with thee outside the confines of thy room and castle." I smiled as she blushed at the last part, though at the time I still thought nothing of it, thinking that she was just thrown by my want to go with her, and not the spending time part.

"We cannot ask thee to come with us, Dearest Corpus; our subjects would flee from thee like the plague and try to harm thee!" She cried out in fright, after getting over her flushed state.

"Fear not Dearest Friend Luna, We hast thought of that... Now watch." I called upon the force and bent it around me, calling upon the instructions one of my many masters had given me in how to hide oneself in plain sight, even if they were actively looking for you.

We dost no- Oh my... Did thou just..." She was staring at me until I was no more, I had used the force to bend the light and shadow to my body, making me hard to look at, to the point that if one saw me they would be given the intense want to turn away, but I lessened the intensity of the ability I was using.

"We art still here Princess, Thou need not fret, we would not leave thee even if the world were to end..." I left the rest of the sentence unsaid as I continued it in my head, 'I would spirit you away from here and to a place of safety and light, a place where you would not need worry about the thoughts of others.'

"That is quite relieving mine dearest friend Corpus... Thank thee for the reminder." She smiled softly as I came back into view.

"We can keep that little ability going for hours if the need arises..." 'Granted I could use my own spell and become one with the shadows...' What I was thinking of is an ability I had fine-tuned from the one I just showed her, it lets me turn as thou shadow was all I was and let me flitter from spot to spot, like a wraith, and move about unknown.

"Then with that, we see no reason for thou to not come with us... Though we do wonder how thou will leave the castle without using the front door..." She asked me cheekily, to which I bestowed a cheeky answer upon her in return.

"I'll just use the terrace..." I grinned like an idiot, I knew that it was a hundred foot drop from the terrace, and it was not as if I had not gone skydiving without a repulser pack before.

"But-!" I cut her off with a swift motion of my hand, immediately silencing her.

"We shalt be fine fair Princess, WE hath fallen from much farther distances before..." I smiled as she looked at me with awe and a little fear, though it was not of me, but for me. Finally, she sighed and slouched her head in defeat.

"Very well, thou may come with us... All we ask is that thou be careful... not all things in the night are peaceful..." She said warningly, She had most definitely seen many harsh creatures prowling her night that she knew what she was talking about.

"With all due respect, Dearest Princess, We hath faced the great Rancors of the Night Sisters on Dathomir... and one of the great dragons of Tatooine... we doubt that much is more vicious and hardy as those two... let alone combined." I could remember when I faced one of the great basilisks of the masters... She was a great beast, a cross of a Krayt Dragon and a Rancor, I did not defeat the creature, but I was able to get away from it... I knew that it would take many great Sith to finally quell the beast, and that it may not happen in my lifetime.

"HA! If thou thinks so, then that is thine own fault. But lest we waste more time we must be off... Please do try to keep up Corpus, We dost not wish to have to look for thee in the night." She said, challenging my claims.

"Then we shalt see when I must have to go fin thy blue bum and drag it back to the castle!" I laughed back, infuriating her even more.

"BAH! Let us be off! We dost not wish to waste another minute!" She scowled at me, though it only made her look cute, and make me chuckle at her failed attempt to scowl.

"Fine, We shalt see thee at the bottom, Dearest Princess." I regained my composure completely and bowed deeply to her, making her snap out of her vindictive state. I then headed over to the terrace entrance and flung the doors open, making the curtains whip about with the sudden motion. I then stepped out onto the terrace with Luna right behind me, I looked up at the night sky and gave a low whistle.

"Thy night is something special, dearest Princess... Thou hast most definitely perfected an art that no other shalt ever see again..." I stared in awe at the trillions of stars in the sky, not even on the cleanest of worlds could one see so much of the universe, not without a telescope anyway. I did not notice however that my hostess, and now close friend, was blushing beside me.

"We thank thou for such compliments, Dearest Corpus, But thine compliments are not needed... though very welcome." She stuttered out, though I did not notice.

"That is all fine and dandy, but even the best of us all need compliments sometimes, or our work feels diminished and unappreciated. WE have experienced the feeling of under appreciation for most of our lives... We shalt not let that same end befall thou, Dearest Friend Luna." I spoke, my gaze hardened and unflinching, as I stared into her deep teal eyes.

"Then we thank thee, Dearest Corpus..." She bowed her head slightly in difference and I looked back to the expanse above us.

"Time to go." I said simply as a smile stretched my features and I jumped over the ledge. I could hear that Luna was screaming at me as I plummeted towards the ground. It was over in a few seconds as I used the force to slow my decent enough before I hit the ground that it was as if I had jumped from the first story of a house.

"CORPUS! YOU INSUFFERABLE HEATHEN! THOU BROUGHT US HALF TO DEATH!" She screamed as she shot down after me. I stood up and lazily grabbed her in my telekinetic grasp and slowed her decent to a crawl before setting her down beside me.

"OH hush ya overgrown siren, WE will have thou know we were completely and utterly fine, we used the force to slow our decent and land safely, thou needs not worry about our safety concerning this." I replied, making her calm down as I shot soothing feeling through the force towards her, hoping that it would at least sooth her anger to some latent degree.

"Grrr!" She growled at me before taking off into the air and shooting off towards one of the towns I had read about, I knew this was going to be a long night.

Over a hundred miles in the past half hour... Damn... I don't think I've used the force this much in ages... I really should thank my dad next time I see him for his genes... The advanced stamina of the Anzaty are far above what I thought they were, and coupled with the force they are extraordinary. WE had passed only two towns on our way to one of the border villages, its name currently alluding me, but it is close to the wispy mountains. The same area in which the Gryphons had been seen flying about on patrol. I knew from some maps I had seen that we were getting close to where the town should be located, though I had a bad feeling about it. I knew it would sever no purpose to try and dissuade Luna from our current course, so i warned her instead and that we should keep a look out, though she gave me a look upon hearing my feelings on the matter saying, 'We shalt not know what is the matter until we get there, Dearest Corpus, now... keep running!' She shouted as she soared high into the night sky.

WE then crossed a bridge and came upon a road, knowing it led to the village; we took off down it. I became ever more perceptive of eyes watching us as we made our way to the town, we were just going here to check on the place and make sure that nothing out of the ordinary had happened, and that if it did we could go back and warn the rest of the generals and her sister. But I could not deny that we had walked into a trap... But I couldn't warn Luna for the sake of not tipping them off, so I kept running, keeping my senses trained on the forest and bushes around us. The closer we got to the village the more forest we ran into... But the thing that bothered me about this was the fact that I KNEW there wasn't a forest out here before that... So, sending my senses out into the trees themselves I found something disturbing... They were all nothing but an illusion. I could also feel many Gryphons in the imitation trees; my counts put them at about a hundred or so, give or take a few.

Death... there would be much death this night... Nevertheless, I would make sure that neither Luna nor I were among that number.

"Princess... are we almost there?" I asked, not letting any concern drift into my voice, knowing that it may alert her to something that would put us both at danger. I was just happy that she had let me take a few of my lightsabers with me...

"Dearest Corpus, why dost thou need those things?" She was looking at my cylindrical weapons with confusion, though not for the right reasons.

"These are weapons Dearest Luna, they are what we used to injure that Manticore our first night here." I explained, though at that she gave me a horrified look.

"Thou hast kept weapons in our presence all this time and thou didst not think to inform us of this!" She screamed at me, though not full blown screaming at least, she still did not want her guards coming up and seeing what the commotion was.

"Dearest Princess..." I began with an endearing tone, getting her to calm down considerably, "These are but one of many weapons we have on us right this very instant. These just happen to be the most visible... And are more adept at keeping us safe than some of the other things we have not explained to thee just yet." I calmly told her, getting a nod of understanding, though she was a little fearful at the thought of not knowing what all I could do. "We shalt tell thee more later dearest Luna, if thou remembers that is..." I grinned at her and kept on getting ready, this had happened before our little argument and our leaving the terrace.

"We art there, Dearest Friend Corpus... though, things art amiss... Where are the ponies that live here...?" She landed next to me, were standing at the main street leading into town and we were both at a loss at where to the ponies living here had gone, I was covered in my shroud and the Princess was, well, the Princess... Suddenly I felt killing intent was over the entire area as a leaf fluttered and an arrow shot out of the bushes, straight at Luna's unprotected head. Reacting instantly my hand shot out, grabbed the arrow, pushed Luna down, broke the arrow and called my red lightsaber to my hand, one of my other lightsabers, a green one, was already in my other hand, ignited and at the ready, along with the other one. I was standing over a bewildered Luna, her staunch protector against the hundred or so Gryphons surrounding us.

Luna was still trying to regain her bearings when several of them ran at us, each one carrying a sword or spear in one of their claws, in one's peculiar case, a sword and shield. Luna saw them coming and gave a small scream, knowing that they would overwhelm her in an instant. I growled, tearing my shroud asunder I was shown to the approaching Gryphons. They all still continued to charge, not even blinking in the face of a new opponent. One of the ones with a spear got to me first... and he died first.

Dropping into a fore and aft grip stance I cut of the spear into several pieces as the gryphon got closer, I then lopped off his arms and head, ending him quickly in a flurry of motions. He did not even get the chance to scream, for he was dead before the first bit of spear hit the dirt road. Next three of the sword-wielding gryphons were upon us; they lasted only seconds longer than the spearman. The first one swung for my undefended back while the other two aimed for my head and Luna. My reversed blade shot behind me and impaled itself through the gryphons head, burning a hole through the bottom of his jaw and out the top of his armored head. Each of the gryphons wore some kind of chain mail and leather metal plated helms. The one with a sword and shield seemed to be the only one with full plate and chain mail, though I could be wrong. The next gryphon I ended was the one going for Luna, she saw the attack coming, but I ended him with a swift kick to the head, sending him flying off into the fake forest.

The last one I gripped in my telekinetic grasp and broke his neck, his head now leaning awkwardly to the side. Next was a group of spearman and swords-man charging at us in a coordinated three-way assault. Five from the front, and two at my 5:00 and three at my 7:00. I chose to block off the ones at my back first. I whipped around and shot out a large gout of violet lightning and set the area before them all aflame, cutting off their rout to engage us, I then looked back at the other five and shot lightning directly into them, catching their fur and feathers on fire with the mass of energy.

Luna was staring at me with wide eyes as I went about taking out all those that meant her harm. They died, screaming in agony as they burned. So, I locked onto their necks with the force and broke them, ending their suffering. Then, out of the forest, ten fully armored figures joined the lone, completely armored gryphon, in the middle of the street. They got into a phalanx and started marching towards us.

"Corpus... What are we to do... they outnumber us five to one..." She said quietly, still in shock after seeing me kill so many gryphons already, something I should have thought about really, but shit happens.

"WE don't do anything, thou art to stay behind us and watch our back, we cannot have any of them sneaking up on us can we?" I said in a cheeky tone, drawing her attention to me.

"Corpus... thou can be an infuriating ass sometimes... dost thou know that?" She asked while giving me a deadpan stare.

"Yep, now hop to it!" I barked, making her jump. She quickly scrambled behind me and started gathering magic to her horn. I spread my senses to the entire area and found something rather... Odd... Most of the gryphons that had been here, you all know... that hundred or so I was talking about... well... they have tripled in number, and they were starting to encircle us out of our line of sight. We were going to need to get out of here soon.. and inform the Princess of our predicament.

The armored Gryphons then charged at me, shields forward and swords pointed fore. The first two I hit with a force push, sending them flying. Then I decapitated the next one and kicked his body into one of the others. Three tried to gut me and in turn were bisected and disarmed, literally. A fourth came upon me, somehow getting close enough to knock away one of my sabers. I slashed at him with my left hand, the one still holding a saber, and he went to catch the blade with is sword... The surprising part? It actually worked. The blades struck and did not give in the slightest. we both looked on in disbelief, both for the same reason.

I then shoved him back and looked at his sword oddly, I noticed that it had a small scorch mark on the blade, as if my sword had not actually touched it, but had gotten close enough to harm it. I grinned evilly at the prospect of fighting some one who might actually stand a chance.

The gryphon got up off the ground and shook off his armor revealing a lithe form the belayed the figure of a feminine nature. I saw the other gryphons look at her in outrage, squawking and cawing at her what sounded to be insults. I would have non of that for a fellow Master Swordsman, especially one that could react to the enhanced talents of a Sith.

"SSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEENNNCEEEEEEEE! ALL OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP!" They all looked at me, even Luna, they all showed signs of fear and anger at my out burst. "YOU SHALL BE THANKFUL THAT ONE OF YOUR OWN IS AT LEAST CAPABLE OF EVEN STANDING IN THE SAME LIGHT AS ME! SHE SURVIVED WHERE THE REST HAVE FAILED, SO... I GIVE HER THIS CHANCE TO FIGHT ME... ONE ON ONE... ONE BLADE EACH, NO TRICKS." My words echoed around the town and the surrounding countryside as I sized up my opponent.

"Dost thou speak my language Gryphon?!" I called across the small battle field.

"Caw!" She called back, a brow raised in curiosity.

"Do you understand this?" I spoke in a known avian language, one only known to those that study long lost cultures.

"How do you speak this demon! This is a sacred language!" The female gryphon squawked out in surprise, granted it surprised me also that she knew it at all... seeing as the language is over a few thousand years old... dating to the fall of the last great Sith empire.

"I know this for I have studied the ancient languages of my time... I do not like to repeat the past, do you now agree?" I asked cheekily, this conversation was stunning all of those that were in ear shot, especially Luna, she had never heard me use a different language before.

"Luna... Run... Go to the castle and warn the rest of the generals about what is happening here... We will be fine..." I gave her a cockeyed grin as I turned to look at her. She just gawked at me, not really even hearing my request.

"W-what Corpus?" She stuttered, blinking rapidly as she tried to recall what I said.

"We said go, inform the generals and your sister, I will hold them hear until you return."

"NO! Thou must come back with me! We will not lose you now!" She cried out, a lone tear rolling down her cheek.

"We shalt be fine Princess, We have faced down hundreds at once, even thousands given the right circumstances, this is no different." I smiled warmly at her, begging her to go with my eyes, I knew that if she was here she would surly get hurt.

"But..."

"No, go, now... we will clear you a path... Now GO!" I yelled, making her jump too, she shot into the air and took off, I saw hundreds of arrows fly towards her, so I plucked them out of the sky.

"Now, we believe we had a match to begin... Oh excuse us! Our name is Darth Corpus... What might yours be Young-ling?" I asked nonchalantly, even though I could see the mass look of incredulity at what I had just done.

"I am Aurora... Aurora steel-wing... Fifth captain of the Gryphon Imperial Ninth Legion." She said shakily, she was trying not to drop her sword she was so frightened.

"Then I, Darth Corpus, shall present to you Aurora Steel-wing, my oath of a fair fight, this is not to the death as you may thing... I do not wish to see the only one here that CAN challenge me... Dead, I wish to see you rise and strike me down... IF you think you can rise to that challenge!" I called out, though I had used the force to block out the rest of my challenge, concerning what I wanted her to try and do.

"I accept..." She hesitantly called out.

"Good!" I cried as I rushed at her, using my natural speed to run up on her. Even though she was a biped she was able to stand on her hind legs fairly well, balance was almost perfect, she even used her long lion like tail to help. She was a monster with a blade I soon found out as I lashed at her left side. She caught the attack easily enough without her armors restriction and pushed back. She then lashed out at my right side and landed a small cut. I then shot my saber down towards her right paw and lightly nicked it, right across several of the toes, burning them slightly. She then struck out with her right claw and caught my jaw, sending me tumbling back a few paces.

I didn't give myself time to readjust and lashed out with my blade in a wide arc, aiming for her midriff, she caught the strike dead center on her blade and shoved it away as she spun around and planed one of her paws in my side, kicking back another pace and sending me sprawling like an idiot. I instantly got up and lashed out quickly at he left and right side, marking her fur with every hit I landed, telling her how many times I could have killed her. I even got a hit over her left eye, creating an arcing burn over the eye.

I then lashed out with my right leg and caught her in the barrel, sending her flying sideways several feet. She quickly got up and jumped into the air, using her wings to stay aloft while shooting me a shit-eating grin. I looked at her with a shit-eating grin of my own.

"Are thou having fun Aurora?!" I called out, still grinning like an idiot.

"You have no Idea! I have not been pushed this much since my grandfather taught me the art of the sword...!" She was having a blast, just like me.

"Good! We haven't had a decent dual in over a century! We must thank thee for that Aurora!" She nodded her thanks as I did the same.

She then shot down after me, sword held in a close guard as she spiraled down at me. She folded her wings in close at the last second and shot past me, right under my guard, and sliced my thigh, none all to deeply, though blood slowly welled up along the cut mark. I whipped around and planted my right foot in her side and launched her a good twelve feet from me. She rolled for most of that, getting pretty banged up along the way. I was slightly remorseful about causing unneeded injury, but I was soon put on the defensive when several arrows came flying at me and her, which really should not have happened, until I heard what one of the other Gryphons were yelling.

"KILL THEM! Kill them both! Kill the Demon and the traitor, she has spit on the honor of the legion, kill her!" The gryphon yelling this was a very gruff bulky looking bird, grey feathered and very pompous looking. I looked to the arrows coming my way and blasted them away with a quick Push before making my way to Aurora instantly, she may have been the enemy, but she was honorable. I dropped my lightsaber, it turned off instantly, and drew tow longer handled hilts... these two had two emitter nozzles on them... I held them out to my sides and thumb the activation studs, making two pairs of blades pop out, one set being blood red and the other being royal blue. I then spun them effortlessly, intercepting each and every one of the arrows they had launched at us. Se just looked up at me in awe and confusion at my action, not really understanding what had just happened. I then dropped these as well and unclipped another set just like them, doing the same thing. I then called my two single blades to hand, clasping them onto my belt.

The four staff saber hilts then floated up next to me, two on my left and two on my right. They then began to spin, creating an impenetrable wall of energy and death. They began to fire more and more arrows at us, trying to get through the wall of energy between us. Meanwhile I looked down to a very confused Aurora and offered her my hand.

"Are thou injured badly, Aurora? Please tell us of thine injuries so they might be healed." She slowly nodded her head, pointing to her ribs and foot.

"Why are you helping me Darth Corpus... I thought you wished to fight... and why are they shooting at us...?" She looked at me curious as to my motivation.

"We have only fought a hand full of truly worthy opponents in our time, but none have ever had their honor trampled on by their compatriots... though thinking back on their expressions when thou changed out of thy armor and revealed thyself... WE should have known better, for this, we are sorry." I bowed my head to her slightly and helped her to her feet, sending healing energies through her body as I did so. I could sense that her ribs were only bruised and that her foot only had the burn, though she pry felt like magma was pouring over her burns, trust me I know how a lightsaber burn feels... it isn't pleasant.

"We must hold for a while longer... We would not blame thee if thou wishes to leave this place... no honor is to be found here." I sighed and looked at the whirling blades of death, Red, Blue, Green, and Orange... Each one was from one of my greatest foes... and each one did not know how to use the weapon properly...

"I would rather DIE than leave the creature that saved me here to rot... What would you have me do Darth Corpus..." She spoke with such resolve and determination that I squashed the thought of sending her away immediately.

"We would have thou take this and be careful... It can harm thee as easily as them..." I handed her one of the smaller shoto blades that hung on my war-kilt and showed her how to activate it. "The blade will deactivate the INSTANT thou lets go... dost thou understand?" She nodded her head firmly, taking a firm grip on the hilt. "Good, Let us kill them all..." I grinned evilly as we both looked at the few hundred Gryphons now surrounding us.

"DDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!" I yelled as I shot my hand up and unleashed lightning into the sky... I would be loath to NOT fight in the rain... Not on a night like this one!