Remembering Regrets
Chapter 1
"Come on Master!" Fantis whispered anxiously, his eyes glowing bright blue. A small golden star decorated one shoulder plate, as a symbol of the Star Warriors. "We can take them easy!"
"What makes you think so? We have never encountered them before." Meta Knight questioned quietly, keeping his eyes focused on the three floating monsters below their position on a high cliff.
Fantis snorted, "They are red creatures that do nothing but float about! They almost look like a pet a child might have."
"Go!" Meta Knight commanded calmly. The master went one way and the apprentice the other, splitting up to come from both sides in an ambush.
Meta Knight bashed his opponent out of the air, making them tumble to the ground painfully. The creature hissed, it's face suddenly taking on a horrible, frightening look. Without hesitation Meta Knight sliced it in half, causing the thing to disappear into sparkly dust.
Fantis had just barely finished destroying his attacker when the last of the three monsters charged toward him, mouth agape and fangs showing.
Meta Knight barreled over the monster, slamming into the ground. The thing bit deeply into the warrior's arm. Meta Knight grunted, tossing his blade from his right hand to his left and slicing the monster he decided to name a Scarfy, in two. "Well, my apprentice," He chuckled rubbing his wounded arm and sheathing his silver blade, "Would you like to have one as a pet?"
Fantis cringed at the thought then apologized for getting his master injured. "Allow me to bind it for you." Fantis said, pulling from a pouch on his belt a small roll of gauze and after getting permission, tied it tight around his masters arm.
"We must continue moving," Meta Knight said, standing up after Fantis had finished, "There are many worse dangers out there than that we have just faced."
"Do you know where we are heading?" Fantis asked over the wind. They were flying now, looking like complete opposites. Meta Knights wings were dark as was the rest of his body and armor, whereas Fantis wore light blue and had golden wings.
Flying was normally used in their tactical movements or as an advantage over larger opponents with no flight capabilities. Now, they flew because it was much faster then their normal means of travel. Walking. Meta Knight just flew on straight, focused course, and with no varies in speed. Fantis spun in the air beside him, sometimes faster, often behind, and always with some kind of flare.
"It would be wise if you conserved energy, young one, for we have quite a way to go yet to meet up with Sir Arthur and the others.
Fantis snorted, but Meta couldn't hear over the growing winds. A particularly harsh wind pushed them both backwards, and they fought to regain speed.
For another hour they tried to fight through the rigid winds, until Meta Knight yelled over the loud howling, "We must land! Our wings will be torn off if we try to continue in this weather." The two landed with a fierce effort, out of breath by the time they were on steady ground. Down on land, the wind wasn't nearly as deadly, but it still packed a punch. Before Fantis had the chance to fold his wings in, a gust ripped him back into the air, and for a frightening second kept its hold on him. Then he pulled his wings in tight, and fell like a stone.
"Nicely done." Meta Knight complimented him after finding a small over hanging of rock they took shelter under.
"What? Oh the wind thing? Yeah. I bet I looked like an idiot."
Meta Knight chuckled. "No more than usual."
Fantis glared. "Yeah fancy work you did, getting bitten by that Scarfy."
"Hardly, when it would have killed you if I hadn't stepped in to help."
"Now, now boys, no need to fight." A familiar female voice said.
"Garlude. I trust things go well back at our base?" Meta Knight stood, wrapping his cape around himself, and trying to appear taller.
Garlude sighed. "They are not. You recognize this to be bad weather don't you?"
"Jes… unless you mean..?"
"Exactly. We had a visit from the friendly neighborhood Krako. We managed to destroy the creature, but some of us were hurt. I came to find you at the request of Sir Arthur."
"And so you have found us. What is it you wish us to do? We will not be able to do much for those at the base; it is to far and to hard to reach by air and ground."
"We are going to fetch Galaxia."
Meta Knight didn't reply, somewhat surprised at the suggestion. "We have located the place it is hidden?"
Garlude nodded. "We head out in the morning."