Just an idea that hit me last night, and I just had to write it down. Leave a review, let me know if it's worth continuing. I do, in fact, have plans for this story. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Reunion

"Sorry, Lux." Talon crouched on the windowsill, ready to jump.

"Wait!" Lux held her hand out to him, unable to believe it. "Please don't tell me it was all a lie." Tears began to form in her eyes, and her heart felt like shattering.

Lux could see pain in Talon's eyes as he turned to face her. "I'm…" He choked up, as tears of his own began to form. "I never wanted to do this to you, but my country comes first. I'm sorry." Lux could tell he was sincere, but it did nothing to stop the pain.

A flurry of his cape and a final glint of moonlight shining on steel, and Talon was gone.

Lux broke down, curling up on her bed, as the dam broke and the tears began falling uncontrollably.

~~~ Years Later ~~~

"Ugh, what a pain. I hate politics." Lux grumbled, climbing the stairwell. She was lucky to have been able to excuse herself from the dinner so early. Her mother usually didn't let her, calling it improper of a lady, forcing her to sit through hours of stupid politics debate. "Why must I marry that prince? This is so stupid."

Lux sighed. Her mother never cared how she felt. Now she was forced into a marriage with the crown prince of Demacia. Although she didn't want to, she couldn't really decline the request. Her parents didn't care about her, they just wanted high social standing. Lux wanted to just burn them all.

In addition, speaking of relationships and marriages just brought bittersweet memories to Lux's mind, of a certain handsome Noxian assassin who deceived her like no other. Lux's heart clenched at the thought of him. "Ugh… why can't I get over him…" She muttered, disappointed in herself.

Turning a corner, Lux was faced with two guards bleeding their lives out on the floor, and the door to the storage room flung wide open.

Instantly on high alert, Lux clutched her baton and tiptoed silently towards the room, casting a cloaking spell on herself in the process. Peeking inside, she heard quiet rustling in a corner of the completely dark room.

I've got you now. Lux smiled to herself, throwing a light binding in the direction of the sound, as well as throwing up an artificial light to illuminate the room.

The infiltrator grunted as the light binding connected. Lux had a small moment of victory before she saw who it was. Shock and anger filled her entire being, and she had a powerful urge to cast final spark and burn them to ashes, but quickly regained her composure.

"Well well." Lux smirked, twirling her baton in one hand. "What have we here?"

The hooded figure in front of her turned quickly, slashing in a wide arc with a blade attached to his arm. Thankfully, the binding held, or Lux would have been in quite a bit of trouble.

"You can't break my binding that easily, can you?" Lux teased, moving out of range.

The figure didn't respond, and Lux could feel their cold glare burning into her.

"So." Lux began, dropping her friendly attitude. "What the hell brings you here once again, Talon?" Practically spitting out the name, Lux narrowed her eyes at the assassin.

When no response came, she continued her tirade. "Didn't break my heart enough last time? Want more information out of me? Oh, let me guess. It's for your great country isn't it? So great you had to deceive me and cast me aside?"

Talon visibly flinched, although he stayed silent. "Come on, say something." Lux demanded, fixing the assassin with an icy gaze.

Talon looked away and refused to utter a word.

"Fine." Lux threw her hands up. "Just stay here in this binding. I'm going to get Garen, let him figure out how he wants to deal with you."

She turned to stomp out, but was stopped in her tracks by a hand grabbing her arm. Talon roughly pulled Lux back into the room and closed the door behind her, pinning her to it.

Lux's eyes widened. "How'd you break-"

Talon silenced her with a finger on her lips. "I have my ways." He smirked, releasing her.

"Fine, what the hell do you want?" Lux spat, not dropping her glare. She had no idea how he had broken the binding, but he basically had her trapped now.

Talon crossed the room and sat down on one of the many boxes lining the wall and scattered across the floor. Flipping his hood off, he picked up a book from the floor, which he had dropped in his shock from being discovered.

"This." Talon tossed it to Lux. "Take a look."

Catching the book awkwardly with her free hand, Lux leaned her baton on the wall, and sat down on the ground against the door, flipping through the book.

Lux saw some recipes for spells and for forging weapons, armor, and the such, but none that she felt Talon would be interested in.

"And?" Lux asked, still wary of the assassin. Shutting the book, she glanced up at him. "What does Noxus want with this book?"

Talon hesitated before answering, "This is not a mission from High Command."

Lux raised an eyebrow. "Then what's it for?"

Talon paused, as if debating whether or not to go on. "Several months ago, my father, Marcus, was kidnapped and taken away."

"And?" Lux pressed, opening up the book again.

"A few days ago, I came by a piece of information that he's being held by the Black Rose. I remembered stories about a certain sword, and eventually gathered that it's location was written in this book, and that the book was in your possession."

Lux had heard stories, but she wasn't completely sure what the Black Rose was. All she knew was that its members were extremely well-versed in black magic.

"So, where is it? And what does this sword do?" Lux glanced at the book in her hands doubtfully.

"Here." Talon held a hand out for the book, and Lux tossed it to him. As he flipped through it, he asked, "You have heard of Leblanc, yes?"

Lux nodded. The head of the Black Rose, and their strongest mage. She didn't know much about anything farther than that. "What in there is going to help you combat Leblanc? Do you even know where the Black Rose is?"

"I have leads." Talon replied as he searched for what he wanted. Pausing on a particular page, he held the book out to Lux. "Take a look at this."

Taking the book, Lux resumed her former position and began reading. What Talon wanted was a sword called Oathbreaker, evidently dating from a bygone age, far before Noxus and Demacia.

"The blade detects illusions. Leblanc uses illusions to deceive her enemies and win her battles. I'm not quite sure how, but it'll help me tell the difference between illusion and reality when fighting Leblanc."

"True, it does say that here." Lux mumbled, deep in her reading. "But it also says here that the blade is hidden inside a tomb in the ruins of Urtistan."

"Yes. But there's also a map on how to get there. And now that I know where it is, I'm going to get it." Talon gaze darkened. "I WILL defeat Leblanc."

"Wait." Lux said, holding up a hand. "Do you know how far away that is? It's suicide!"

"Maybe." Talon shrugged, eyes showing his determination. "Maybe not."

Lux sighed. "Guess I won't be able to stop you."

Talon rose, a relieved look on his face. "Will you let me go?"

Lux held a hand out to stop him. "Hold on Talon. Don't think you can just ignore your past deeds and leave just like that. We need to have a talk."

Talon's froze, and a guilty look came over his face. "Look, Lux… I'm…"

"You're sorry?" Lux shot up, slamming the book shut. "You were going to avoid the issue altogether, weren't you? So are you actually?"

Talon looked away, unable to look Lux in the eye.

"Remember the last words you said to me before you threw me to the curb?" Lux fumed. "If you don't, they were 'I'm sorry'. I'M sorry, but your apologies don't mean anything."

Talon took a deep breath. "Lux, I never meant to hurt you like that. My mission was to gather information as a servant. I never intended for that to happen."

"So I was just a tool?" Lux felt her anger fading, to be replaced by hurt. Why did she have to still love this man? "Everything we did, it was all a lie, wasn't it?"

"No." Talon said resolutely. "It wasn't. I really did love you. It was real."

"And now?" Lux pressed, hoping for something she knew probably wasn't there.

Talon hesitated. "I don't know." He admitted. "Depends on your definition of love. But I do like you."

Lux sighed to herself, letting go of her anger. That answer was quite the pleasant surprise. Lux suddenly blurted out, "Take me with you. I'll help you defeat Leblanc."

Talon's eyes widened. "It's dangerous out there. You could die."

Lux glared. "I can take care of myself, thank you very much. Besides, I'm tired of Demacian politics. I want some adventure."

Talon was silent for a while, as if weighing his options. "What's in it for you? Don't you hate me?"

"You can redeem yourself on this adventure." Lux smiled, and she noticed Talon's cheeks color slightly. "I'll tell you the other conditions later. So, how about it?"

"Hey, that's not fair." Talon protested. "I don't know what I'm getting into here."

"It's your fault for betraying me like that." Lux complained, putting on a cute pout.

"Fine." Talon finally agreed, taken aback by Lux's actions. "Fair enough."

Lux beamed. "So when do we leave?"

"It's late, so let's leave tomorrow night. Pack your stuff. We travel by night while in Demacia." Talon replied strictly. "I'll come back for you in your room at 12:00 midnight. Be ready, and bring the book with you."

"How do you remember where my room is?" Lux raised an eyebrow.

Talon smirked. "I've come back once in awhile. You know, you moan quite a bit when y-"

"Okay, okay!" Lux clamped her hand over Talon's mouth to prevent him from continuing, her cheeks reddening. "You pervert! Pervert!"

"I'm kidding!" Talon laughed, breaking away. "I just have good memory. Good trait to have as an assassin. But now I have confirmation that you do actually plea-"

"Out!" Lux pushed Talon towards the window, blushing furiously.

Talon complied, letting out one last chuckle. Silently sliding open the window, Talon turned, crouching on the sill. "Tomorrow at midnight, Lux. See you then."

And then he was gone.