A\N: Yay! Chapter 4! Three things before you read the story: 1. The names of the monsters are the names the game came up with so don't kill me! 2. I will give people titles that I hope are better than the in game titles. 3. Underline and Italicized is the monsters talking.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Twilight and I semi-own the monsters.

Angelic Rebirth

"Twilight! Twilight!" I heard a scared voice with an urgent tone. "Twilight please wake up!"

"Relax she was just knocked out." This voice sounded wise. "She should be wakening up soon." I groaned after he said that. I had a headache. I didn't want to move but I couldn't stay there. I slowly stood up.

"See she is all right." The wise voice said. I looked up to see what looked like a dog. He was black with blue around his ears and his tail had a hand on the end of it. Quick note: I love anything that has to do with the night.

"W-Who are you?" I could hardly keep the excitement out of my voice.

"I am Centurion Tenebrae." He said with a hint of pride in his voice.

"Okay." I said calmly.

"What happened Twilight?" Emil asked me.

"I-I don't remember." I looked away. All I could really remember was my time in Luin. Nothing before or after.

"Excuse me but while you two are talking Lady Marta is in danger." Tenebrae said.

"What happened, Emil?" I asked.

"Well…" he trailed off.

"Well?" I demanded. I did not like not knowing the situation I was in.

"Richter, the red haired man, attacked a girl that saved me when I left town. I tried to save her but he summoned a talking monster and she pushed me out so…" he trailed off.

"All right then. Let's go!" I said cheerfully.

"Wait!" Tenebrae called "Whatever happened to you took away whatever strength you previously had."

"So you're telling me that I have no strength!" I almost yelled.

"Yes, but I may have a solution to the problem. You become a Knight of Ratatosk and use Lord Ratatosk's power in battle. Then you should be all right." I didn't completely understand what was happing but I thought that I should stay with Emil so I nodded. "All right then. Emil, you should be first." Emil nodded "Emil I command you, unleash the power within yourself. Awaken, 'Hunter of Evil'!"

Emil earned the title 'Hunter of Evil': He who hunts evil. Not stopping until it is destroyed.

Emil's clothes changed then. His white ripped clothes were now black and a deep blue with what looked like a yellow cross on his boots. He looked kind of cool. "Now it's your turn, Twilight." I nodded "Twilight awaken the power within you. Arise 'Guardian of the Night'!"

Twilight earned the title 'Guardian of the Night': Helps those lost in the dark. A beacon of hope in the night.

I didn't look or feel any different which surprised me. I mean, Emil got new clothes and I got nothing. Oh well. We nodded at each other and walked through the door.

"Spiteful Tenebrae! What are you doing here?!" standing…err…floating there was a human/fish thing. You know what? I'm gonna call her a fish. She seemed to know Tenebrae. Does that mean that she is a centurion too?

"Let's go." Tenebrae said almost playfully. I giggled playfully.

"What! You wanna fight?! You're gonna regret this!" the fish thing said.

"The only one who's gonna regret this is you." Emil opened his eyes, which were red. His voice was deeper, too "Now, Come on!"

The fish thing (that's a good name for her) summoned a monster as Emil drew his sword and I took out my spear. I immediately recognized the monster as a Vortex. Emil charged at the monster and started to slash at it with his sword which cut through the water and didn't look like it hurt the monster. He jumped back in surprise. "What the-"

"Don't let that surprise you! It still takes damage!" I yelled at Emil jumping forward and slashing my spear at the Vortex. It made a gurgling sound like it was in pain. It then tried to attack me. I jumped back. "Wolf Fang!" I yelled, doing an uppercut on the air. A blast of black light shot from my spear and hit the monster. I saw Emil following my lead he slashed at it three times then jumped back.

"Demon fang" he yelled, doing a downward slash. A slash of white light was sent from his sword and hit the monster. It let out something between a gurgle and a scream and the water that made up the monster collapsed into a puddle. The fish thing also collapsed. Emil's eyes turned back to their original color.

"What just happened?" Emil asked.

"Lord Ratatosk's power took hold of you." Tenebrae answered.

"It felt like I became someone else." Emil said.

"Your entire personality changed!" I exclaimed. It did. He held his sword more confidently, was not scared of the monster, and he felt different like his mana signature had changed.

"Yes. That was Lord Ratatosk's power." Tenebrae said.

"Anyway, what happened to Aqua? We didn't even touch her." So the fish lady's (another good name for her) name is Aqua.

"Centurions themselves do not fight. They employ monster servants to battle in their place. If their monsters are defeated, the Centurion's power will also fade. Right now she is only unconscious." I was right. Yay for me.

"Oh, that's good. I didn't want to hurt her." Your other self did, Emil.

"Come, we must go after Lady Marta" Tenebrae walked forward. I quickly followed him.

"Hey, Twilight." Emil said.

"Yes Emil?" I answered. I did not like to stop and talk.

"Um…You have ears."

"Of course I have ears!" I was rather annoyed by this.

"Umm…I mean wolf ears." I looked at him for a second and then my hands flew up to the top of my head. I felt something pointed and furry. I HAD WOLF EARS!!

"Tenebrae, why do I have wolf ears?!" I said almost panicky.

"I don't know why you do, but if you concentrate you should get rid of them." Tenebrae answered, a little bit amused. I closed my eyes and concentrated. When I opened my eyes I no longer had ears. I breathed a sigh of relief. "Now let's go." We all started walking toward the other end of the room. We were almost there when Emil realized something.

"Did I learn something just now?" He said.

"It appears you've acquired a skill." Tenebrae answered.

"A skill?" Emil asked.

"Yes. A skill is special technique for battle. Everyone has their own set of skills but some of them can be the same. You must meet certain requirements to learn skills different. All right" I answered for Tenebrae.

"O-Okay." Emil stuttered. We walked through the door to the next door and…

"It won't open." I said, trying to push the door open.

"Richter must have sealed it off." Tenebrae said.

"Then what should we do?" Emil asked.

"I feel a draft." I said.

"There must be another passage somewhere. Perhaps you should use the sorcerer's ring to examine the walls." Tenebrae finished for me. I didn't expect him to say that though.

"What's that?" Of course Emil didn't know, but how do we get a sorcerer's ring?

"There, on your finger."

"Huh?!"

"What?!" Emil and I gave very different reactions.

"That ring was given to you by Lord Ratatosk, as a symbol of your pact. Magic power dwells within it." Tenebrae said. I hope this doesn't go where I think its going.

"But, I'm human. Only elves and half-elves can use magic." It was. I groaned in my head.

"In that case, maybe we should have Twilight cast a spell." Tenebrae said. That surprised me.

"H-How?!" I couldn't believe it! He knew one of my most well kept secrets.

"When you made a pact with Lord Ratatosk I was able to tell though I must admit I am impressed by how well you hid it." Tenebrae said.

"What are you two talking about?" Emil asked.

"Emil, I am a half-elf." I said confidently.

"You are?" he said. He had no malice or fear in his voice. Just curiosity. I nodded. "Cool!" He said. That made me happy. I now had two people who were not afraid of me. Granted one of them was a centurion but still.

We walked down a path by the door until we reached a bend in the path and we saw an imp.

"Ahh. An imp. It will do nicely." Tenebrae said. He turned to Emil and me "Let us forge a pact." We both looked at him funny.

"Pact?" we said together.

"The power you both posses is granted to you by Lord Ratatosk himself. However, he is currently in a deep slumber. As a result, the power he grants is very weak."

"This is weak? No way!" I thought it wasn't at its full strength.

"Lord Ratatosk is very powerful." No duh Tenebrae. "As you two gain experience and grow your abilities, it's crucial you two continue to unlock more of his strength."

"But how are we supposed to do that?" I asked. Emil nodded his head in agreement.

"It's simple. We Centurions share a bond with Lord Ratatosk. If power is restored to the Centurions, Lord Ratatosk's strength will return as well. We can accomplish this by forging pacts with monsters." Tenebrae explained.

"How does that work?"

"As I explained earlier, Centurions do not engage in battle themselves. We use monsters under our control. A Centurion's power depends upon the number and strength of the monsters it employs." Tenebrae started.
"Get to the point Tenebrae!" I yelled.
"How rude. I am explaining this so you two understand." Tenebrae snapped back.
"The more monsters we employ the stronger we will become. Now show us what we have to do." I said in an annoyed tone.
"Fine." Tenebrae ran up to the monster and hit it.
"What are you doing?" Emil asked. You could tell he was scared by the sound of his voice.
"In order to make a pact, you must first prove you are more powerful than your opponent. You must force them to yield to you in battle." Tenebrae explained.
"You didn't tell me I'd have to fight!" Emil exclaimed.

"I just did. It approaches." Tenebrae seemed almost amused.

"Let's go!" I said cheerfully. I took out my spear and rushed at the imp. I slashed at it three times and did an uppercut on the air. "Wolf Fang!" I yelled. The blast of black light shot forward and hit the imp. Emil then rushed forward and did the same only with Demon Fang instead of Wolf Fang. We did this a few more times before the imp was almost defeated.

"I will cast the pact magic now. Emil, if you would." Tenebrae commanded. Emil, the other Emil, stood across from the monster. Closed his eyes and held out his hand. A magic circle appeared below the monster with Emil on the edge. A few seconds later the magic circle disappeared and Emil opened his eyes. The imp flew over to me and looked at me.

My name is Necro.

"Its name is Necro." I said. Not looking away from him.

"Well done. You have made the imp-"

"Necro!" I interrupted Tenebrae. I do not like it when people do not use a name, especially when they know his or her name.

"Necro your ally." Tenebrae corrected himself.

"Hey, Aqua is a Centurion too, right?" Emil asked "Will we get stronger if she has more monsters under her control?"

"No, Aqua has chosen to sever your bond with lord Ratatosk." Tenebrae answered.

"Which means we won't grow stronger if she gains more monsters." I finished.

"But there are other Centurions, right?" Emil asked.

"We can make pacts with all monsters, right?" I asked.

"Yes." Tenebrae started. I stopped him before he could continue.

"Then let's go save Marta!" I said walking forward. Tenebrae sighed and followed. We walked for a little bit then ran into the wolf.

"Now there's a wolf-just what we're looking for. Try making a pact with him." Tenebrae said. I nodded and took out my spear. Emil asked a question.

"But I just made a pact with a monster." Emil said.

"Yes but I will teach you two a way to make pacts easier." Tenebrae said.

"Let's go already." I said, annoyed. They both sighed and Emil took out his sword and Necro got ready to fight. "Emil, let's try a usion attack!" I called. Red-eyed Emil nodded his head. Emil jumped into the air and brought his sword down to create purple shockwaves while I cast a spell that looked like thunder blade but was pitch black. The wolf was almost dead.

"Twilight, you should make the pact this time." I nodded when Tenebrae said that. I did exactly what Emil had done. Only Necro was beside me and I had my wolf ears out. A few seconds later I was on the ground with something licking me.

You seem like fun! My name is Sial. I'm glad I met you!

"Get off of me, Sial!" I said giggling. He seemed like a lot of fun. I got up still giggling and brushed myself off. That earned me strange looks from Emil and Tenebrae.

"Aside from that, well done, both of you. The wolf has also become our ally." Tenebrae said. They said more but I wasn't listening. I was having a better conversation with Necro and Sial. Sial was more energetic while Necro seemed more distant.

My name is Sial. What's yours?Sial tilted his head.

…Necro…Necro looked like he was having a staring contest.

So Necro, while the human and the centurion are talking do you want to do something? I think Sial was young and Necro was older.

Go play with the half-elf there and don't bother me. Necro said. Now, if someone said something like that to me I would still bother them just because he (or she) said that. Sial wasn't like that.

Okay! He said (or is that thought) excitedly.

"Can we get going now?" I asked the two other members of our group.

"Were you even listening to me?" Tenebrae asked. Should I lie or tell the truth.

"No, I was listening to Necro and Sial." I gestured to the two monsters behind me. Necro was now glaring at me and Sial was chatting his ears off.

"Then I will explain it to you again" Tenebrae said.

"But I already know!" I whined "The monsters that fight with you can help you make pacts depending on the monsters." Tenebrae sighed. Emil walked down the path with Tenebrae, Necro, Sial, and me behind him. We walked in silence except for Sial still trying to engage into a conversation with Necro until Emil had a question.

"Tenebrae, somewhere along the way I got all new clothes."

I see you finally noticed! I've been wondering when you would bring it up." Tenebrae seemed excited. "Along with the sorcerer's ring those clothes are a symbol of your pact with Lord Ratatosk. It's vital that a Knight of Ratatosk presents himself with a certain degree of elegance." Emil nodded to show he was listening "the outfit's fabric is made with a number of special incantations and hexes. This makes the garment waterproof, wrinkle free, and mold resistant. The design is meant to invoke Lord Ratatosk fierce bravery and his subtle grace. The effect is mesmerizing."

"I didn't know you were interested in fashion, Tenebrae!" I teased.

"Yes well, shouldn't we be searching for that passage?" Tenebrae said walking forward.

"Don't think this gets you out of this, Tenebrae." I grumbled. I followed him with Emil running behind us. We eventually made it to a dead end. I noticed that there was some moss on the wall. "Hey Emil, try using the sorcerer's ring on that clump of moss." I said.

"O-Okay." Emil stuttered. He held up his hand and the clump was nothing more than ash. Behind the clump was a switch of some sort. I went up and pressed it. Behind me the wall slid away.

"The wall opened!" Emil exclaimed.

"This may lead to where we need to go. Let's proceed." Tenebrae said.

"Okay." Emil said. I just nodded. We walked forward and ran into the red-haired man what was his name…Richter.

"Richter!" Emil yelled.

"Ugh…" Richter was in pain.

"Hang on! How did this-" Emil was panicking.

"I-I was careless. L-Lloyd…" He managed to say.

"Huh?" Emil asked.

"Lloyd Irving, he…"

"Lloyd! One of the heroes of regeneration?!" I exclaimed.

"The core. He…" He collapsed after saying that. What did Lloyd want with a core?

"Richter!" Emil was worried about him.

"He's still alive, Emil. He should be fine." I said calmly. How could I be so calm with someone bleeding in front of me! I don't know but I knew he wouldn't die so maybe that was it.

"We should go. If Lloyd is here Lady Marta might be in danger." Tenebrae said. He can be so cold sometimes. Though I had to agree with him we had to save Marta. If Richter was trying to kill Marta then if he died we would have one less thing to worry about…what was I saying? Part of me wanted to save him and another part of me wanted him to die. Was that what I was like before I lost my memory? I don't know.

"Emil, go get Aqua. Tenebrae and I will go save Marta. When you bring Aqua here follow us. Okay?" I said calmly.

"O-Okay." Emil seemed a little reluctant to go but ran back to where we left Aqua with Necro following him. I nodded to Tenebrae and went to the other door with Sial. We walked up a flight of stairs and went through the door at the top. As we passed the crystal at the top of the stairs I felt reenergized and ready to fight. There a girl with light brown hair who I guessed was Marta was fighting a swordsman dressed in red. Just as Marta was about to be sliced in half I jumped in the way of the sword and blocked it easily. Sial growled.

"W-Who are you?" Marta asked.

"She is here to help, Lady Marta." Tenebrae answered. I barely heard this since I was busy watching Lloyd. He charged at me and I deflected that, too. I then jumped at him ducking under his sword. I was just about to hit him when I felt a sharp pain in my side. Dammit! I had forgotten about his other sword. I felt warm blood flowing from my side. Sial jumped at Lloyd and bit his arm. He easily brushed off Sial and jumped at me. I blocked the blow but he caught my arm and blood started to drip down my arm and on to the floor. Then a light that had the faintest hint of blue surrounded me and the pain in my arm and on my side faded. So Marta knew healing arts. That helped out a lot. I turned to her nodded in thanks and turned my attention back to the battle. Sial managed to put a gash on his arm, though it didn't bother him too much, and a scratch on his leg. At that exact moment Emil ran in.

"Lloyd. Lloyd Irving why are you here?!" Emil yelled. Lloyd looked at him.

"Who're you?" He asked demandingly.

"Why did you kill them?" Emil looked down.

"Emil!" Marta took a few steps toward him.

"My mother and my father, and all the people in Palmacosta…Why did you kill all of them?!" That's right. Emil's parents were supposedly killed by Lloyd.

"Not again with Palmacosta." Lloyd looked off to his side as if he regretted something.

"How dare you say that and what do you mean 'again'?! I'll never forgive you for that!" Emil took out his sword and charged at him. He easily knocked him aside and slashed him in the back.

"Emil!" I yelled. In the small amount of time that I had been distracted Lloyd had knocked aside Sial and Necro and was now coming for me. As much as I had tried to block the sword coming at me it hit my side in the exact same place as the wound I had before. I dropped to my knees and held my side. The warm blood oozed between my fingers as my vision got blurry. I saw Lloyd take out Marta with one quick Demon Fang. Then he came over to me and hit me in the back of the head with the hilt of one of his swords. This effectively knocked me out.

A\N:Wow, that chapter was really long! Next Chapter I will not completely follow the storyline and I will add some randomness (such as Tenebrae the fashonista). Please Review!!