I'm back everybody! BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm so sorry for the wait and crap... I lost my muse... And had to go find her... Damned Gryphons- always takin' mah shit and not returnin' it! Fuckers... =C But enough with the tears, I"M BACK, AND SHITS GOING DOWN!
Perspective: Corpus
Walking out of the hospital room with Luna in toe, I let loose a sigh and looked over my shoulder at her. Her face had a slight paler to it... Making her Lustrous midnight blue fur seem almost white. Her eyes staring a head of her as she contemplated what she had seen inside... The body of one of her soldiers, broken and unable to awaken, had struck a cord within the mare.
Turning my gaze back around, I led us out of the Hospital. Waving her forward as I held the door for her, She gave me a soulless smile as thanks. Trudging about in the now rainy city, Luna shivered involuntarily from the rain pelting her coat.
"T'is this what thou had gone through... Seeing thine men fall in battle Corpus?" Her tone ghostly and containing barely any life to it.
"Nay, Dearest Luna... T'was worse... For we knew that they were to never awake, no matter the prayers that were muttered," I whispered out, thinking of how many comrades I had seen fall to beast and man alike. Taking stock of my surroundings, I saw an awning that had room enough for us both. So, catching the attention of my closest friend in this new life, I motioned her towards shelter. Getting us out of the rain earned me a small nuzzle from my partner, much to my enjoyment and hidden pain.
"Our Dearest Luna, We dost pose thee a question..." I asked, my hands curling up into balls of anger as I stared at the tumultuous skies above us, reflecting my inner soul with every strike of lighting and roll of thunder.
"Nay, Dearest Corpus, thou dost not need to pose, ask, and we shalt answer to our greatest ability," She returned with a gentle smile, easing my soul slightly.
"We dost need to train," I began, my face contorting into a grimace as my fists shook with barely controlled rage. Looking over to her, I could see the understanding in her eyes, the fear of what to come, and the acceptance that not all can be saved. With a nod from her, I continued. "We have become rusty, our reflexes have dulled and our ability to call on the force has dwindled after so many years of peace... However tumultuous is had been," I sighed, letting the tension in my body wash away.
"If thou dost wish a spot of land to preform thy work," Luna began, her body leaning into mine for support, having been drained of her normal energy after seeing Amazing Grace in her current condition. "Then thou shalt have it... Though, we might ask, would it be possible to train a few of our forces in the art of the sword? Having heard of how thee and thy friend, Jazz Heartstrings, I believe his name was, had told me of thy skill-"
"We shalt train any willing pony in the art of the sword, though many will have handicaps because of their inability to grasp things..." Interrupting her, I placed a hand on her back, running it soothingly back and forth over her shoulder-blades.
"Thank thee, Dearest Corpus... Now, let us be off, we must get out of this rain! And We art sure that Aurora and our dearest Nephew Magnus have worked up a tizzy waiting for us..." Luna chuckled, her melodious voice echoing about the rainy square as we quickly traveled from cover to cover to avoid the storm.
Luna... She was precious to me... having seen what had befallen Grace pushed me to strengthen myself, to build up what I once was, what I would again be. My thoughts traveled, my ears picking up the sound of birds chirping easily in the spring fall rains... It was getting close to winter... Closer than one would want in these times. The sound of thunder roaring brought me back to my senses.
Looking at Luna, and taking note of her chipper attitude, I could picture a beautiful mid autumn day, away from all this turmoil, just us and our friends... Aurora, Magnus, Jazz, Grace, Sentinel, Ducati, and Amber... The nine of us , just enjoying the cool air as we traded stories of battles long past, and dreams of the future... Though with how things were going with the war effort now in full swing- that idea of a perfect day seemed farther and farther away.
"Corpus!" Luna called, finally having gotten my attention. The rain pelting me as I stood out in the middle of the street. Having stopped moving while getting lost in my thoughts. "Thy mind must be else where our Dearest Friend, for we hast called thee many times, and only dost thou now answer us," she teased, a gentle, yet powerful, mocking smile adorning her lips as she giggled at my predicament.
"T'was but a case of delusional thinking, t'is nothing to worry thine head over," I tittered back, encouraging a slight blush from her cheeks.
"What ever shall we do... The noble knight think we dost tease him?" Luna quipped in a girlish voice as she fluttered her eyes at me, earning my amusement instead of my ire.
"Yes... Though when this knight dost think thy cheekiness is over rated, thou hast caused no skin to fall from his bones... No?" I jibed back. Her pouting look almost making me laugh when she figured out I was onto her and not giving an ounce of influence over to her.
"Now, let us begone to the warmth of thine tent, and the company of fine creatures more suitable to be counted as relatives than friends,"
With a huff, Luna sulked her way through the curtain like entrance of her tent and allowed me entrance after her. We were welcomed by the sight of Aurora bombarding a book fort with pillows, and the screeches of a small child laughing uproariously in overwhelming joy.
Looking back and forth as the pillows flew from one side of the tent to the other, Luna and I could only smile. Contentment and superfluous joy radiated from us as we watched the two fight, pillows acting as boulders from siege craft as the two pelted each other.
"Aurora, Magnus! We hast returned to thee!" I called out, falling to a knee as I swept my arms out to embrace my pseudo-nephew mid leap. His laughter and golden smile brightening up my dreary day."Uncle Corpus! SO good to see thee again so soon!" He declared loudly into my shoulder, his muzzle pressed into it so firmly to muffle his voice.
"Aye! T'is soon dear Magnus," I murmured as I clutched him firmly to my chest, arms wrapping tightly around him as I stood. Aurora slinked over to sit beside my legs, her lion predatory grace letting her move without jostling her injuries. Looking up at me with her yellow eyes, sending me a soft smile of thanks and gratitude as she leaned into me.
"T-hank ya Lorde Cor-t-us... Fer e-t-ery t-hing..." She mewled, her speech still broken and forced... But still comprehensible. Moving a hand to her head, I ruffled a few of her downy feathers in a comforting fashion, surprising the gryphon with the affection.
"Thou art forever welcome Aurora..." I sighed out, looking over to a smiling Luna as she yawned.
"T'is late, and thy moon sees reason to not rise to its full arc yet Dearest Luna," I pointed out the window with my free hand, gesturing towards the ever rising moon. "Perchance thou would move it to its proper spot in the mural we call the magnificent night?" I besieged her, my face kind and filled with mischief.
"Yes, yes, very good Dear Corpus, t'is quite true..." She said, bumbling over her words as she raced to the window to raise the moon.
Laughing in a bemused fashion, Aurora Magnus, and I all moseyed on over to the large bed that took up the next room of Luna's tent. Laying Magnus' sleeping body on one of the pillows, I turned and picked Aurora up, much to her surprise and indignation, and placed her on it as well.
"Lorde Cor-t-us, what art ta 'eaning of t-his?" She questioned, very confused about my actions as she stood on the bed with shaking legs.
"We dost wish to be close to the only ones we think fondly of... And thou art among those, so with thy word, we dost wish thine company tonight..."
"Fine..." She relented with a tinting of her cheeks as she moved up to curl around Magnus. Smiling at the scene they made, a predator guarding prey, I chuckled throatily and used the Force to gently pull a sheet over them, surprising Aurora slightly. She shot me a look, but relented and busied herself away with toying with Magnus' curly hair, twirling it between clawed talons as she smiled endearingly at him.
Saving the scene to memory with a bit of Force magic, I ghosted my way back to Luna. Catching the tail end of her magical session with the Moon, I slid up along next to her. Alerting her to my presence with a soft chuckle, I laid a bare hand across her shoulders at the base of her neck. Kneeding her muscles there, I could feel the tension in them start to make an appearance.
Her body relaxed into my touch, my fingers digging into her muscles as I let the healing energies of the Force flow into her aching muscles. Rubbing the back of her neck, right above her shoulders, I could feel the tension there melt away with every pressured rub of my thumbs and fingers. Trailing up her neck to the base of her skull, I continued on with my ministrations, relieving her of her tension with extreme prejudice.
At the base of her skull, I let my fingers wrap around the back of her lower jaw and part of her neck as my thumbs pressed at the back of her head. With aid from the Force, I sent pulses of cold and hot into my hands, warming them and cooling them in a relaxing manner.
"Mmmm"
She murmured and moaned every so often that it was almost like I was turning her body into an instrument with how I was making her mewl with pleasure.
"D-don't stop... What every it is, just don't stop," She pleaded with a pleasured sigh, her legs turning week as I slid my hands down her neck and to her shoulders, letting my fingers run through her silk like hair as I did. Resting them on her shoulders, I kneed the muscles there, pushing and pulling as I let the Force infuse itself into her body, directing it with my fingers towards the more stressed areas.
Sliding across her satin fur, I kneed the muscles trailing up to her back, my fingers digging in as she let out a silky moan of comfort. Running my Force enhanced fingers up, and down, her spine, I received a dozen or so similar responses. Moans, guttural groans, and ecstatic sighs of pleasure fell from her lips in a flood as I tended to her, letting her know that I will always take care of her as I was now.
As she began to fall into the floor from the sensations of pleasure the release of stress provided, I scooped her up in my arms and whisked us off to bed- joining Aurora and Magnus in their cuddling. Laying her down, I was struck with the sight of her wing jutting out and encompassing Aurora and Magnus, drawing them in close as she did.
"Sleep tight Magnus, Aurora, we hast been within the realm of the waking for far too long... We shalt see thee in the morn, My dearest Family..." She cooed. She then smiled as she saw a ghost of one form on h-our adopted Nephew.
"Come, join us," She purred as her face lay against the firm pillows, a cheeky grin spreading as she looked at me, amused at my hesitation. "Dearest Corpus, thou hast earned thy rest... And much more," She whispered the last part, turning away as a lone tear drifted from her eyes as her smile crashed down into nothing.
"Then by thine behest, we join..." I murmured in her ear, laying down beside her. I left my clothing on as I wrapped a protective arm around the Alicorn, her slender frame pressing into my chest and abdomen. Her sky blue hair framed her face perfectly as she lay there, already fast asleep and away in the world of dreams. Following quick after her, I soon fell into the loving embrace of darkness and dreams.
Awaking to the warmth of bodies pressed against me, I kept still as I let my memories of the previous night come back to me.
'Ok, slept in Luna's tent again... Aurora and Magnus were already there... I helped ease Luna's stress before bed... In a non sexual way- mostly... And now I'm awake, bodies are laying on me, and I need to use the fresher... Well shit,' I thought as I looked down and saw that Luna and Magnus had taken to wrapping me up in a tangle of their limbs and hair... Much to my amusement. Aurora on the other hand was perched precariously on my stomach, looking like a simple house cat with how her tail had wrapped around her as she lay there.
Lifting Aurora up with the Force, I set her down on the open side of the bed. I then shifted Magnus off my legs and set him on a pillow... And then I rolled away from Luna right as she yawned, her legs freeing me from their grasp so I could get away.
Landing on my face when I fell to the floor, I got up and rubbed my sore nose, not wishing for any swelling to appear. Running off to the fresher, I readied for my day.
Walking towards the armory, I ran into a friend, one I very much wanted to talk to anyway.
"Jazz! How art thou! Thine coat is more wrought than I remember," I stated as I pointed out a few bloodied spots on his body, feeling a mix of anger and protecting instinct wash over me.
"Aye Corpus my friend! I just got into a little scuffle with these stallions about how we had fared in the prison... They called us pansies... I made them eat their words," He stated happily with a bright smile on his face. His body language shown that he had no further injuries than the ones I could see, and that he was rather happy bout the outcome.
"Ah, we hoped it wasn't so, but if thou hast shown them the error of their words, then good," I smirked at him, leaning over to pat his shoulder. Getting another happy laugh out of him, I motioned for him to follow.
"So my friend, what art thou up to? No heart breaking I hope?" Jazz teased, tapping me in the leg with his hoof in a playful manner.
"Nay good Jazz, we hast not broke hearts this day, though Grace may be broken beyond repair... The physicians say that she has slipped into an emotionally enduced coma..." I informed him, my face set in a serious mask as I conversed further. "They think that she may never wake from it."
"Coma?" Jazz asked, looking rather confused, "What's that mine friend?" He asked, his tone confirming his lack of knowledge on the situation.
"T'is similar to when a pony faints, the body becomes unresponsive- thou can't get the pony to do anything, or wake up," I explained, waiting for him to nod in understanding before I continued. Getting his attetnion again, I proceeded. "The only difference between a faint and Coma, is that the pony has a higher chance of never waking up... And is likely to have brain injury because of it..." I lamented, seeing his face turn a few shaes lighter as he finally understood the circomstances.
"Well kriff..."
"Kriff is right our friend, And we art not practiced in the art of healing well enough to return her to us unharmed, nor at all generally speaking."
"Then what art thou doing out here Corpus?" Jazz asked, his brow up turned as he questioned me, his amber eyes burrowing into mine.
"We art out to retrieve our weapons... And train. Though with a request from the Princess," I stated as we rounded a corner that spilled us out into a noisy square, "We art to train as many able bodied ponies in sword based combat..." I stopped as I saw a mare yelling at another pony that was running off.
"He stole mah purse! He stole it! Somepony help meh!" She cried. No one even turned an ear to listen as she broke down right in the middle of the square.
"Jazz-"
"Lets go!"
Jazz raced off after the perpetrator, his wings unfurled as he flew into the air with practiced grace.
Using the Force, I flew over the crowd and landed next to the mare. Looking her over, I saw that she was a Unicorn, her fur beige in color while her mane was a cornflour blue. Her Red eyes stared up at me with such intensity that I thought they would devour me.
Her body was beaten and torn, patches of fur missing while other spots were caked on with blood and other substances.
"Madam," I began, kneeling next to her, "Thou hast been injured... Who did this to thee?" I asked, calm and reassurance flooding my tone as I spoke to her.
"He did... The one that stole my purse... He and his friends did this to me..." She wailed out falling into my waiting arms as her body shook with each rack of sobs that tore through her.
"Madam, thou hast to stay here, We shalt be back with the Shuta, along with thine purse... Now stay," I placated her before running off, using the Force to propel myself faster, and farther, with each leap. Landing on roof top after roof top, I soon caught up with Jazz, seeing his green body flying through the air as he dogged the thief down.
"Jazz, where's that sackless colt!"I yelled, my anger spiked after having spoken with the mare.
"Down and ahead of us a ways, I'm not as fast as I was," He coughed out, his lungs burning from the exertion. "Go get'em Corpus!" He shouted as I pulled ahead, leaving him to trail behind.
Landing on the ground, I pumped my body full of the energies of the Force. Empowering myself with its mystical power, I shot forwards at unheard of speed and tackled the little bastard into a nearby cart filled with Cabbages.
"MY CABBAGES!" The vendor screeched as he looked on in shock at how his crop had been destroyed.
"You art found little colt... And may the authorities not have mercy on you..." I growled, hoisting the grown stallion up by the scruff of his neck. Carrying him back towards the square, I looked back at the Vendor and shouted.
"Go to thine Princess of the night, she shalt help thee deal with thine problems, just inform her of our fault in this."
Nodding dumbly at my very existence, the vendor scurried off.
"Ya'know... We hast this ability to garner all sorts of trouble when we're together... T'is rather-"
"Enjoyable, we'd say," I smirked, garnering a smirk from Jazz as well, his amber eyes shinning with mirth and mischief.
"Aye, Enjoyable, now lets go get ya yer weapons!" Jazz declared, rising up on his hind legs as he pointed off in a random direction with a fore hoof.
Cracking up into a fit of laughter, I patted him on the back, liking his spirit even more with every encounter we had.
"Aye, lets us be gone then!" I declared, making over-exaggerated marching movements as we moved on down the boulevards towards our destination.
Turning left onto a side street, we passed many ponies whom were looking rather worn and weathered from the recent conflicts nearby, though not many, they still forced many to flee.
"Commander Corpus!?" A familiar voice called, pulling Jazz and I from our thoughts as we neared another square.
"Yes?" I called, looking around to see if I recognized anyone in the crowd around us.
"Captain Purple Heart, Sir, at your service Sir!" A Pine colored pony barked as she introduced herself. Her Orange eyes burning with a deep devotion as she stared up at me, her left fore leg brought across her chest in a formal salute. Her Turquoise mane was done up in a bun, giving her an older appearance.
"Captain," Jazz and I snapped our own salutes, slamming our right appendages across our chests in return. "Peace."
Smiling, the three of us relaxed.
"So Captain, we dost not remember meeting thee before now, care to enlighten us?" I asked, feeling rather tactless with my question, but it was the only way I could think of asking her.
"T'is fine Commander," She chuckled girlishly, "I am Captain of Squad 9, the one thou rallied in the charge against the gryphon trap."
Her knowing smile broadened as my eyes widened, finally realizing who exactly I was talking to.
"AH! Captain! T'is is good to finally have met thee," I exclaimed, "Tell us, dost thy squad still hold its full compliment?"
"Aye, it does Commander, though we hast moved many of our soldiers around to help with the training... It put a strain on us, but we got everything under control now." She smiled her shoulders sinking a little as she talked.
"That is understandable Captain, though might we ask something of thee?"
"If I can answer, I will Commander."
"Hast thine Squad been taught in the ways of the sword?"
"Sword? Dost thou mean the daggers and such our troops carry?"
"Nay, the sword, the sword, like a blade wing sword!"
"OH! Nay then Commander, just those few pegasi I have in my Squad have been taught how to use them, why?"
"We are being charged with the act of training a few soldiers how to fight with a bladed weapon... But, running into thee has given us the idea of having thee help with this endeavor."
"Oh?"
"Yes, having fought with thine squad before, it would be easy to venture that thou would be fine with aiding us in our venture, if thou would please."
"Bowing slightly in her direction, she blushed. Its not everyday that your commanding officer asks for your help with... Much of anything really.
"We would be honored Commander!" She exclaimed as she also bowed to us.
"Thank you Captain Purple Heart, if thou would bring thy squad to an open training ground, we will find thee in a few minutes, we must acquire our weapons first and we will meet thee soon."
Saluting to each other in parting, Jazz and I made way though the crowds of Fletstone and arrived at the town barracks. Seeing a fairly buff Earth Pony manning the counter, I waved to him, garnering his attention as we both walked over to him.
"How might I help ya two gentlecolts?" He asked, his voice kind and happy with a rough undertone that matched his muscled appearance.
"We art here to acquire a few weapons of ours that had been taken here when we arrived... Under Commander Corpus," I told him, keeping the mirth out of my tone when I saw him widen his eyes at finally having recognized me. Spluttering, the stallion shot off to the back to look for a bin containing my weapons.
"So, Captain Purple Heart then?" Jazz stated randomly.
"Huh?"
"Captain Purple Heart, where exactly did ya meet 'er Corpus? 'Cause its not like ya met many mares while we were out," He taunted, his voice condescending and rigid.
"We met during the rout, We had led her and her said squad to victory over a few Gryphonian knights... Though it was only shortly before the end of the rout that this happened," I told him in confusion, not really understanding where he was coming from.
"Oh, well then, whatever then..." Flustered, Jazz dropped the subject, much to my confusion.
"Commander!" The voice of the armory keeper interrupted my thoughts as he stepped forward, kicking a bin filled with my blades among the destroyed garments from before.
"Thank you sir," I nodded to in thanks, "Now would thou please retrieve the belongings of one Jazz Heartstrings... We art sure he would be glad to receive them," smirking playfully at the spluttering armorer I looked at Jazz. He was trying not to bust a gut as the stallion ran back to retrieve Jazz's weapons.
"Do ya realize how long i've been trying to get my crap from him?" Jazz quipped, his cocky smile never leaving his face.
"No," I snarked, smiling all the way.
"The whole damn time thou've been here! Day in day out been hounding that bugger for my swords! And all it took was thou talking to 'im and I get mah things... What kind of crap is that!" Jazz barked, his laughter filling the area. "But did ya see the look on his face! He looked ready to piss 'imself after ya asked him to get mah things! BUWAHAHAHA!" HE cried out, falling over having laughed so hard.
"Aye, it was glorious!" I cried, wiping a tear from my eye before the stallion returned.
"Commander, here ya go!" The stallion said as he pushed a basket across the counter towards Jazz, sending the emerald furred stallion a glare as he did.
"Is there a problem here Sir?" I asked with a deadly even tone.
"Nay Commander... I'll be on mah way now..." the stallion stated as he quickly ran away with his tail between his legs.
"HAHA! Brilliant!" Jazz exclaimed as he slipped his blades on, fumbling slightly with his hooves, but getting it eventually.
"So... How hast the replacement for thy leg treated thee thus far?" I asked, finally addressing the white elephant in the room.
"Well, considering that they just strapped on a metal leg and called it a replacement... Fairly well," Jazz replied morosely, his face blank as he stared off into the distance.
"Well... We an tell that though art still able to fly, or else we would not have caught he thief earlier... So it does not hinder thy flight much, yes?"
"Actually, it does... That was the fastest I can travel by air now... But it does not hinder our fighting prowess, though when I kick things with that leg, they tend to break a lot easier!" he exclaimed with a bit of joy, a nasty smile spreading on his face.
"Good good, we would hate to have our guard incapacitated so soon after giving him the position, nay?" Looking at him slyly, Jazz just stopped dead in his tracks, looking at me with his jaw on the ground and his stare blank as he tried to contemplate my words.
"So... Ya weren't just yanking mah chain back there..." He said, talking about the time in the prison.
"Nay Jazz! We would never joke about such a thing! Especially after thou hast saved our life a few times now... We owe thee, but now is not the time for such is it, friend?"
"No... I guess it's not... Well, the next best thing ya can do is let me keep savin' ya life, right?" Jazz replied cockily, making me laugh at his attempt at humor.
"Yes, we guess so... Now, let us go find Purple heart and her troops."
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