Sorry for not posting yesterday. I had a really busy day and was not able to post it before hand. I may not be able to follow the upload twice a day objective I had been hoping to keep, but... oh well. I do suppose it is better to upload now then to just cut it off. Thank you all and please leave reviews, I do read them all.

Chapter 7

True Love

Gregor walked down the halls of the palace heading towards the dining room. He had woken up earlier that morning, and decided to go eat and head to practice. The halls were baren except for the few servants that were needed for help.

When Gregor walked into the high hall he saw a bat take off. He would normally find nothing off about it, but what caught his eye was the golden fur he could never forget. He ran to the balcony and looked down at the bat.

What he saw confused Gregor. He saw the face of the underlander he loved. She seemed to notice him. She gave him a sign to follow. Gregor let out a whistle.

Daedalus appeared after words. "I am suprised you are up this early overlander."

Gregor nodded."Yeah, but quickly Luxa wants me to follow." He hopped on the bat and were side by side with Aurora. He noticed the ash under her stomach and wings."What's with the ash?" He said pointing.

"So they can not recognize Aurora from below."Luxa said nodding downwards. Gregor nodded."I have missed you more than you could imagine Gregor."She said. They had not been able to talk in private like this since he had gotten back.

"Then you were the same as I. I would not talk to anyone for months. When I did talk it was only a few words."He pointed to my throat."It always hurt to talk so I hardly did. But latly I have been able to talk as if I had never stopped talking my entire life."

Luxa nodded."And I had not left the royal wing for days after you left. I felt destroyed. Had a war come and I had no duties I would have jumped to the enemy. Just let them tear me to shreads. When finally I felt secure enough to leave I only left to go eat or for meetings."

They were now in the darkness of a cave outside of Regalia. They had been lit by the light of Regalia only until they turned."Is this the way to Ares' cave? I have not been back here since we said our goodbyes." Memories flashed through Gregor's mind.

He saw the Bane lying on the ground, Ares in his jaws.

He looked back at Luxa."It had been my call. I got him killed because I told him to head towards the Bane's head. I still can't get over it. I don't show how devistated I am for his death because nothing could bring him back."

"We were never able to find his body. We found the Bane's but not his. We expected that a rat may have taken his body to feast, but fealt too much respect to eat the Bane."She held a hand too her head and gave it a shake.

He waved it away."I do not feel pain for talking about him. I would rather remember him than forget. He would want us to not mourn his death anylonger, no matter how hard." When they reached the old cave it was empty, any supplies left there were gone now.

Luxa sat against the wall they had sat on, the one they had sat on the day he left the underland. He sat next to her, in the same place he had sat all those years ago. Luxa was hanging her head down staring at the ground.

Gregor lifted up her head and stared into her eyes. They sat like that for a while, just sitting there, staring into each others eyes. Soon Luxa began to move closer and he the same. They began to kiss. They had been unable to kiss because of other people for so long now.

When they parted their lips slowly Gregor wispered in her ear."I love you, more than anyone knows."

"I love you better than anyone could." She said as she layed her head on his shoulder. Then right there he finally felt at home. He felt as if he could breath and was not weighed down by the thought that Luxa would not love him anymore.

They sat there for what could have been hours though he knew was just minutes. Eventually they got up and walked to the mouth of the cave. They both let out a whistle that could break glass if held long enough.

They sat there waiting. They looked at each other. Then Gregor felt a movement outside on the side of the tunnel entrance. He motioned for her to get back. Confused she backed up.

Gregor drew his sword and went out. When he turned the corner there was nothing there, he decided to look around. Eventually he had checked the entire area. There was no one to be found.

As he walked back into the cave he heard a rock fall behind him. His eyes grew wide as he turned around. He felt a claw hit his side sending him flying across the cave. He hit the wall hard with a thump.

When he looked up he felt true horror. He saw the rat's tail collide with Luxa's temple and she fell unconcious. He tried to get up and managed to get up. The air had been knocked out of him on the impact and he could not walk properly. He turned back to the rat and watched it's tail wrap around Luxa's limp body.

Then everything turned red for a moment and then it faded. He saw a dead rat in front of him. It's stomach had been mutualated and organs were scattered around the floor. Then he felt large amounts of exhaustion and let out a loud whistle.

Slowly the world fadded to darkness and he felt nothing.