Shingi:Hi i dont own league or any parts of it. i started this story because i wanted too but last time i did it wrong and i just didnt like it that way so now im going to start it right. Constructive criticism is accepted.

Do not fear what hides in the darkness. Its hiding because it fears what is not hidden with it.

-Chapter 1_

Outer Gates to Demacia

"So I hear it's some big dark blob that took out that watchtower by the forest entrance."

A guard shift from one leg to the other crossing his arms over his chest. "Naw it was definitely some kind of bomb. I mean did you see all that destruction. It was destroyed. They couldn't even find any bodies this time."

Another guard holding a spear. "I bet it was just that spell theif again. Shes known for doing crap like that. she just takes what she wants when she wants and blast anyone in her way." The first guard puts his hand on his shoulder.

"Hey you know what the captain said. We cant talk about Crowngaurd that way. What if she heard you say something like that." The third guard brushed the first guard's hand off of him as the second guard speaks up. "Yea and you know how much worse it would be if Garen heard you. She was like..like... I don't even know anymore. What I do know is that he was really broken up about it when she trurned on everybody."

"She was such a nice girl and not too bad to look at either if you get what I'm saying hehehehe." A large slender shadow approached slowly behind the group of guards.

"Yea i would not have minded if she wanted to steal a spell or two from me." He let out a full hardy laugh. The shadow appeared behind the last guard. Unnoticed by the final guard but the others became quiet and wide eyed seeing who it was." The final guard continued to speak unaware of the danger right behind or potrayed on his comrade's faces.

"Well if she happened to appear on my doorstep I would give her a REAL royal treatment" He began laughing and looked at both of the other guards to see they were rather quiet at is joke. He figured he would try again.

"Or maybe she would prefer to-"before he could finish he felt murderous intent so strong that he could swear he was about to choke on it. He slowly turned around and looked up to see Garen towering over him. His face was covered by the shadow of his hair but he could clearly see he was angry.

"CA-CAPTAIN I was just-" interrupted again except it was by Garen's large fist connecting with his face and sent him flying into a set of barrels.

"ALL OF YOU GET BACK TO WORK AND IF I CATCH ANY OF YOU TALKING ABOUT LUXANNA AGAIN I WILL SHOW YOU WHY IM CALLED THE MIGHT OF DEMACIA!" They all took of running back to the post not bothering to try and reason with their captain. Just one more word looked like it would cause him to draw his sword on them.

Once they were clear of Garen's view he began to take some deep breaths and relax. So much had changed in the last 3 monthes since Lux had left. She started having premonitions about something attacking all of Runeterra. She said it always ended with her not knowing the spells to fight back, not knowing the spells to protect those she loved, and not knowing enough spells to save herself.

She spent days and nights reading through all of Demacia's, Piltover's, and with special permission Ionia's but felt as though it was not enough. She wanted the spellbooks that were forbidden for the truly devastating spells that were known to be the cause for changes in the landscape during the wars. When Jarvan told her no she attempted to steal the ones that were sealed away by the king's most powerful mages.

She was caught after almost breaking through the 8th and final seal. Before Garen had a chance to speak with her again she was gone with no more than a note stating she won't allow the world she loves to fall into this darkness. She was stiill called out by the summoners for matches but that only happened with the new system that they had implamented before all of this happened.

They had created champion rings that would allow them to still be summoned to the platform with the consent of the person they were summoning. After being match they were allowed to be teleported to their previous location if they wanted or simply allowed to stay at the Institute but they could not be teleported to any place of there choosing. It was insane to see her on the battlefield. She never changed her way of fighting or protecting her allies and she would even communicated like she had never left. Yet everytime the match was over she would leave without so much as a goodbye.

Shortly after her leaving there were reports from scouts that something fast and dark had been taking out watchtowers by the forest that lead to the Shadow Isles. Yet when Garen approached those who lived within the Shadow Isles they seemed to know nothing about these attacks. Shyvana had been placed on a team selected by Jarvan IV himself to find whatever this was and stop it before more lives were lost. He even requested the aid of Taric who was part of this team. The rest were simply from the royal guard.

Jarvan had also decided that Lux needed to be stopped and had put a bounty on her head. 10,000 gold pieces to whoever brought her back alive. Her family would not pay anything for their daughter's dead body and Garen would fight with Jarvan about the kill order for hours. In the end Jarvan agreed that alive was in everyone's best interest.

With the bounty on her head though the first person that just happened to look for her was Caitlyn. She considered lux a friend and informed them that she would look high and low for her. Her partner on the other hand was a different story. Vi didn't care for the friendship that was shared or how important lux was to the family. She did understand the reward was for alive but to her that just meant anything between a busted lip and broken bones was fair game. That worried him the most but he would have to put his faith in her and Caitlyn to find her and bring her back alive and for the most part unharmed.

Yet with all of this going on he had been sent for one task. The king wanted to know how much of what Lux was saying is true. He was going to send Garen and a handful of guards with him to find someone higher up from the Kinkou order. It truly was a handful of people. 5 was what he was given yet he did not believe that they would be necessary. He was just looking for someone high up in the order. Garen knew where Valoran was, at least its general area but the order was well hidden. The King also made it well known to him that this mission was top secret and should not be shared with anyone, not even the men joining him on this journey to Valoran. They were told it was just a mission to help ties between the two countries. He was told that everything would be ready tommorrow so he should rest.

It was around Dusk and he still stared over the gates looking as the sun had finally set below the hills and forest. It was still so beautiful to look at. He and Lux would look at it all the time as should would tell him something about how some of the animals would hurry and hide before the light was gone because they were afraid of being caught by something that would eat or kill it. He hoped that she was well and maybe return home before someone hurt her to claim that bounty for their own.

As the light vanished the torches were lit and Garen began to take the walk to a horse that would take him home back inside Demacia. What he didn't see was the dark figure with red eyes looking at the gate. It began to charge towards the gate before turning into a spinning ball and picking up even greater speeds. More dark figures that looked human began to slowly stumble towards the gate after it.

As Garen got to the horse he heard the crash at the gates. he turned around and ran back so he could see what had happened.

"W-What has happened" he said barely audible to anyone but himself.

He looked at the entrance and saw none other that Rammus fighting guard after guard with the gates parted open behind him. As Garen was about to try and stop Rammus he noticed the bodies of Darkness moving behind the gates. It looked like they had only minutes before those bodies would also make it passed the gate. He had to try and close it before that happened. He was now sprinting back to the Gate. He saw a guard that was about to join the fight to stop Rammus. He stopped him and ordered him to report this to Jarvan immediately. He looked at Garen and looked back at the guards failed attempts to stop the armored beast.

"That was not me asking YOU!" He shoved the guard the other way.

"Y-YES CAPTAIN!" The guard took off running to get one of the spare horses and rode of towards the Kingdom.

He knew that now Jarvan could prepare but now he just had too by him time and stop this invasion. First he had to get that gate closed and then stop Rammus. He charged with his sword drawn at Rammus with his battle cry.

"For DEMACIA!" As he did Rammus spun like a top to get the guards away and turned to Garen just in time to stop his sword with His horns and armor. Now Garen could clearly see something different about him. His armor looked like chain-mail now and his skin with the armor looked so much...darker. Rammus pushed Garen of sending him back a bit. Garen looked up and saw the clear as day smile on Rammus's face.

"CLOSE THE GATES!" He had no time to be in awe of the changes of Rammus. There was lives at stake. "I will fight him. Just get those gates closed NOW!"

"Yes captain!" Four of the guards went to close off the gate. They began turning the cranes to get the heavy gates closing slowly as Garen and a few of the still conscious guards began to push Rammus back out threw the half opened gates. Once they were all out Garen turned to them and order them to head back before the gates closed. They obeyed without hesitation this time and ran back inside as the gates were almost closed. Garen was having a stand-off with Rammus before he launched Garen back once more. This time Garen aloud to be pushed back and turned towards the gates and ran.

They were almost closed and the bodies were running slowly now but faster than Garen would have liked. He was almost there and the gate was so close as his men were cheering him to run faster. He reached out to only hit the gate as it was now closed. His eyes widened. He only thought to himself {I didn't make it}. He turned around to see that Rammus had come out of his daze and began charging with the bodies of darkness. He held his sword with both hands tightening his grip til it hurt.

"I will not die like some coward. The might of Demacia is no COWARD!" He was no prepared for the worse but knew that he would take so many of these creature with him. Even Rammus would be shown no mercy. 30 seconds and they would be upon him and he was ready for anything but what came next. A rope from about the gate came down next to where he was standing.

"Captain hurry!" Yelled out one of the guards. Another joined in.

"We will pull you up just grab on before they get here!" Before the second guard could finish Garen was on the rope and climbing as they pulled on the rope and the bodies all just hit the wall as some banged on it trying to get in while others reached for Garen. He made it to the top and climbed over. He looked down as the bodies and Rammus walked away backwards while keeping their eyes on all of them.

"Yes a lot has changed in 3 months" Said Garen. As all the bodies disappeared among the forest Rammus was the last still Exposed in the moonlight. He lets out a screeching roar before rolling into a ball and disappeared in the forest like the rest did.

-End chapter-

Shingi: I feel pretty good to start having this story get off my chest and all i hope is that the people who read it can enjoy it. This whole one i did by myself and I will be adding more champs to this story since I don' want to leave a single person out. I do read review so let me know what you guys and gals think. :)