Hey guys, it's me Tytonic back for another chapter! I know I haven't updated in like 3 days, but I've been busy with stuff, and when I found free time it was only like an hour, and it usually takes like 4-6 hours to write a chapter. I've also noticed that I basically have a schedule, I usually post every other day, or everyday, and I want to keep this up. Okay, onto stuff about the story! Part of the reason I haven't posted is because of major writers block. I have no clue what to do for the middle of the story, all I know is it will be a quest of sorts. Please give me ideas for the story, I seriously need them now. Some of you guys are now wondering how the humans will fight this new enemy, well I won't say how, because I don't know myself, though I am getting a few ideas, none large enough to save the humans. One last thing, a lot of you are pointing out lots of spelling and grammar issues, all I have to say to that is I know, I know that the story is riddled with them. Now, I regret to say that you guys can probably expect a lot more, I may be a decent writer, but given the fact that I'm only 13 (I know, most of you didn't expect that) and in 8th grade, there will continue to be errors, though I do believe I will improve, the errors wont stop. Ok, so I ask you please look past the errors and onto the story, and as usual, all responses are encouraged and appreciated, see you guys later!

Fly you all high,

-Tytonic

Disclaimer: I do not own any of The Underland Chronicles, only the characters I make up and the plot itself.

Gregor and the War of the Myriapods

Chapter 13: Legends Die Hard

Gregor had proceeded over to highhall immediately after he heard what Luxa had to say. When he and Luxa walked into highhall, they were both presented with 4 overlanders. A women, a man, a 7 year old girl, and an 11 year old girl.

"Mom, dad, Lizzie, Boots?" Asked Gregor

Trying something new, this is in both Gregor's and Luxa's Point of view( I know that it's kind of. . . wrong, not really something that exists, a mixed Pov. . .

"Oh, why? They are going to take him away from me, and not only that but he is the only hope for the underland! They can't just take him. . . but If he chooses to go I can't stop him can I?" Thought Luxa to herself.

"Mom, dad, Lizzie, Boots?" Asked Gregor, the dread visibly showing on his face.

"He knows it to, they are going to try to take him away, at least he doesn't seem to want to go." Thought Luxa. "Maybe we can convince them to let him stay. No, they are parents, they will never let their son fight a war, let alone one that we have such small hopes of winning."

"Gregor! Oh my baby boy! We have been so worried!" Said Gregor's mother, running up and pulling him into an embrace. Gregor returned the embrace.

Lizzie and Boots would have done the same, though they knew what was about to go down, and they wanted to have absolutely no part in it.

"Gregor, come on we are leaving this dreaded place, I'm taking you home!" Said Gregor's mom, as she took his hand and tried to drag him away, though it seemed that she expected him to come willingly, because when she pulled he didn't budge an inch.

"Mom, I can't go, not yet, I-" Said Gregor, getting abruptly cut of by his mother.

"Yes you can, they don't need you! They have survived the past 4 years without you, it is clear they don't need you!" Said Gregor's mom, visibly struggling to deter the urge to yell.

"Yes they do mom, you don't unders-" Said Gregor, getting cut off once more.

"I understand all I need to understand, now come, we are going home Now!" Yelled Gregor's mom, failing to resist to yell.

"No mom, I can't, not yet!" Said Gregor, his voice was rising, but was far from a yell at this point in time.

"YOU ARE COMING HOME NOW YOUNG MAN!" Screamed Gregor's mom.

"Mom, I can't, I won't." Said Gregor calmly.

"Excuse me? May we talk about this over supper? You all must be famished." Asked Vikus. Neither Luxa nor Gregor had noticed him until now.

"Yes Vikus, that would be wonderful." Said Luxa. "Guards? Escort The overlanders to the dinning room, I have some business to attend to."

The guards nodded immediately, not daring to question what matters she may have, and they led the family out of the room, all except for Gregor. At this point in time Gregor could hardly be considered an overlander, but rather the warrior. As Vikus left the room after the guards, he gave Gregor and Luxa a smile, he knew exactly what "business" Luxa must attend to.

Once the guards and Gregor's family were clear from the room, Luxa grabbed Gregor's hand and led him away. They walked for a short time, perhaps a minute, until they came into the royal chambers. Luxa sat Gregor down on the couch, and took a seat next to him.

"Gregor, I needed to ask you something." Said Luxa.

"Don't worry Luxa, I'm not going home. No, I'm already home. I just don't belong in the overland, it seems more alien to me now then the underland did to me at first. I'm not going to leave, not as long as I don't have to. I'm not going to leave you, not again." Said Gregor. It was amazing how he already knew exactly what she was going to ask. It goes to show how close they have really become.

"Thank you." Whispered Luxa into Gregor's ear as she wrapped her arms around him. He only kissed her on the forehead and stood up, offering her a hand.

"Come on, we have to go eat." Said Gregor.

Luxa took his hand, allowing him to pull her up, and they left, hand in hand, to go down to the dinning room. It took them a minute or two to get to the dinning room. Gregor planted a small kiss on the top of her head and let go of her hand. They both knew that they couldn't display affection for each other in public, after all Luxa was suppose to be engaged to a man named Hayden.

"Ahh, Gregor Luxa, he were starting to think you wouldn't show. Now, we may all start eating." Said Vikus as both Gregor and Luxa walked into the room and took their seats.

Luxa took her seat at the head of the table in a chair that seemed, well, more suited for a queen. Gregor took the seat to her left, and Gregor's mom seemed to have taken the seat to Luxa's right, probably so she could stare Gregor down, make him feel intimidated, like he had no choice in the matter,make him feel that he was going home whether he wanted to or not.

"So, Gregor, Alex, Zoey, after we are done eating gather your things and we are going back up, we have to leave for maine tomorrow morning." Said Gregor's mom.

"Mom, we can't leave. If we do they have no hope of winning this war" Said Gregor. A look of dread crept onto his face the second he realized he had made the mistake of telling his mom of the war.

"Yes we can, and we will. They can survive without you, your only one kid." Said Gregor's mom, somehow suppressing her anger, though it was still showing on her entire face.

"Grace, you must understand, we need Gregor's help desperately. If you take him now we have no hoe of winning this war." Said Luxa, amazed that she could Remember Gregor's moms name after 4 whole years.

"NO, my answer is final. You do NOT need him. He is only one kid, how could he affect your stupid war so much?" Said Grace, the anger growing more evident on her face by the second.

"He is the legendary warrior, he is the greatest soldier we have. If it were not for him none of us would be here to speak to you know." Responded Vikus from the other side of the table, opposite of Luxa.

"That's ridiculous! Gregor has never even held a weapon before, let alone fought with one!" Said Grace.

"Gregor did not tell you? He really didn't tell you anything did he? Your son is a rager, a natural born killer, he has killed more people then you have ever known." Said Ripred as he entered the room. Luxa hadn't even noticed that he was absent from the room, it was unlike Ripred to be late to supper.

"Ripred!" Yelled Lizzie, she had jumped up at Ripred, embracing him. He decided to be funny and pretended to stumble back a few feet from the force of it.

"Lizzie! I have missed you so much! You have grown so much!" Said Ripred in a rather happy tone. He had always had a soft spot for the little girl.

"I missed you to! I can't believe it's been 4 whole years!" Said Lizzie back, equally happy.

"Now Lizzie, don't get to comfortable, we are leaving soon. Now, My son is NOT a killer, he is a 16 year old boy! He has never taken a single life, and he never will!" Said Grace, yelling the last part.

"Grace, you don't understand. He is our greatest force, he is worth hundreds of soldiers, we need him, without him, mothers and children will die, innocent families will be slaughtered. I am afraid we have no choice. Either you allow him to stay, were you will be allowed to stay or go to the overland as you wish. If you don't grant him permission, you will be held here forcefully. I will not allow one protective mother lead to the destruction of my people, I am sorry." Said Luxa, he tone instantly becoming a stern, yet caring regal voice.

"Who do you think you are?! We are leaving NOW, and you can't stop us. Say goodbye, Gregor is NEVER coming back here." Yelled Grace.

"Grace, you fail to see reason, I am sorry. Guards, Grace is not to leave the palace without my permission. If she resists she gets three warnings, any more and she is to be given a jail cell. She may go no where without guards. Her children may have freedom, I am sure that Lizzie is fine with Ripred, and boots will be fine with Hazard." Said Luxa, maintaining her regal voice.

"Are you crazy?! You should be ashamed of yourself! Think about what you are saying!" Yelled Grace.

"As I have said, I am very sorry, but it is necessary. That would be warning one. I advise that you stop the pointless arguing, it will do nothing but worsen your situation." Responded Luxa.

Grace looked like she was about to yell something back, but she stopped herself, and her defense crumbled before her. She had a deep look of defeat on her. Gregor had never seen his mom look so defeated, but nonetheless he made a mental note to thank Luxa later. For now he just gave her a thankful look, and she nodded in response. The rest of supper was silent, save Lizzie and Ripred's constant talking and Alex's single question.

"Luxa, I have a question, though it may be asking a bit much. I had an idea, but in order to test it, I need the body of that Myriapod. I can't say exactly what I have in mind now, its a surprise." Asked Alex.

"Well, we were going to dispose of it anyway so I suppose so. I can only assume that it has to do with our blacksmith training, I hear that you are having great success, and are already better then most blacksmiths in Regalia, I will have it delivered to the forge." Responded Luxa, ignoring the fact that this made Alex blush. She raised her hand as a signal, and a guard went off to complete the delivery.

After supper, Gregor knew Luxa had stuff to do, so being with her was crossed of his list of stuff to do. Gregor thought for some time until he came to a conclusion.

"I will challenge Ripred to a rematch, he would never deny it! If he did deny it I could just call him a wimp, then he will either accept, or try to kill me on the spot!" Thought Gregor. He would snatch a sword from the armory and go challenge Ripred.

It took Gregor a square hour to find the armory and grab the best sword he could find, but he did anyway. By then it took another hour to find out were Ripred was, though he still had to get to Ripred. He moved so fast. By the time he found out were Ripred was, he would be long gone.

When Gregor finally caught up to Ripred, he had been giving Lizzie a ride around the palace. Lizzie was unusually small for her age, around a foot shorter then most kids in her school, so she could actually ride Ripred with ease. It was hard, but Gregor had seen, using echolocation, Ripred running down the hall, so he ran to intercept him, though Gregor literally crashed into Ripred at the corner her saw him around. Lizzie barely kept her grip on his fur and almost fell off.

"Ripred! Oh man, I've been looking for you for hours! I want to challenge you to another spar, you only won the last because I got distracted!" Said Gregor.

"Maybe, but the fact that you got distracted was good, it means that you have gained control of your rager side. Before it was almost impossible to get your attention when you were fighting, you were completely unaware of the world, but now it seems that your little girlfriend caught your attention, though you could still use some work." Said Ripred. Lizzie chuckled at this and Gregor blushed, though he was shocked, that was almost a compliment from Ripred. Almost.

"Okay, meet me at the arena, I need to do some stuff first." Said Ripred.

Gregor nodded and went off, he didn't bother running, it would only get him further lost in the palace, he had no clue were he was right now. It took him around 10 minutes of asking around to find his way into familiar territory. He knew he didn't have much time, so he waited until he found a random flier, and flew to the arena. He didn't mean to, but he became friendly with this flier, maybe it was his appearance, he looked a lot like Ares. He was a little bit smaller, and was jet black, save the tips of his ears, his tails end, and 2 streaks going down both of his sides. All these other areas were bright gold, just like Aurora.

"So, whats your name?" Asked Gregor.

"My name is Chronos, I have heard much of you from my mother. I assume you have met her." said Chronos.

"I have? Who is your mother?" Asked Gregor.

"Aurora, bond of queen Luxa. My father I know you have meant. He was your old bond, Ares. I never got to meet him, I was born after the war of time, though I very much wish I could have meant him, he's practically legendary in the underland." Answered Chronos.

Gregor instantly felt terrible, it was because of his bad call that Ares was dead. Now he felt even worse about it, he had taken a father from his son.

"I'm so sorry. It was my bad call that caused his. . . you know. I still feel terrible about it to this day." Said Gregor.

"No need to apologize. I have heard the story many times. It was bound to happen one way or another. He gave his life for the underland. He gave his life so that peace may reign over us all, and I am sure he would have no regrets. He wouldn't want you to blame yourself for it, he would want you to move on, to make sure that his sacrifice was not in vein." Said Chronos.

"You know, thank you. I have never actually though of it that way. He would want me to move on, to uphold all that he sacrificed himself for. Thank you, that already makes me feel much better." Said Gregor. It wasn't a lie either, he meant every word of it, this flier had just been the highlight of Gregor's day.

For the rest of the flight Gregor had told Chronos about Ares. What he was like, how he acted, everything, and it seemed that Chronos enjoyed hearing it very much. By the time they got the the arena, Gregor could see many people in the seats, including his family, and most of the royal family.

"Oh crap, what did Ripred do?" Asked Gregor.

"What do you mean? Was this suppose to be a private fight? All of Regalia knows of it." Said Chronos.

"yeah, it was suppose to be private." Said Gregor. He could hear one of the huh huh huh bat laughs coming from Chronos.

When they landed, well more like Gregor jumped off Chronos as they flew by, about an 8 foot jump, Gregor walked over to Ripred and said a few things to him.

"Well, it seems you did have a few things to do didn't you? Half of Regalia is here!" Said Gregor.

"Yes I did, only more people to watch me squash the mighty warrior like a bug!" said Ripred. Apparently people had heard him because they could hear a loud "oooo" from the crowd.

"Well that didn't work out very well last time we fought in front of a crowd. Your snarky attitude will be the death of you, I swear it you old rat." Said Gregor, this earned an even larger "oooo" from the crowd, and with that, the fight began.

Gregor and Ripred began to circle each other. Gregor could hear his mom yelling at people to go get him out of there, saying that he was going to get himself killed. She shut up instantly when Ripred let out the first lighting-fast strike, which was blocked just as fast by Gregor. Ripred tried to use his tail to bring Gregor down to the ground, but only got his tail stuck underneath Gregor's foot, this limited Ripred's movement quite a bit. The fight went back and forth between the two for around an hour. A whole hour, they had fought. Neither of the two rager's showed a signal sign of tiring, though they were both covered with small nicks and scratches. This went on until the tides turned in Ripred's favor. Gregor was completely occupied by Ripred's claws, and it was obvious to everybody that Ripred could win it in an instant. His tail was right above Gregor, and could strike at any time, and end the fight. Gregor could hear loud gasps from the crowd, everybody knew what was happening. Gregor could see the look on Ripred's face. Ripred was indulged in overconfidence, he thinks he has just won this fight.

The entire crowd let out a loud gasp when Ripred brought his tail down. If you couldn't see the fight, you would have though that Gregor was dead. It was Ripred's overconfidence that was his undoing. He hadn't prepared for Ares claw, which Gregor had hanging from a necklace on his neck. Ripred brought his tail down, and literally got the end of it cut off as it came down, full force, onto the claw that Gregor had firmly held in his left hand. Gregor spun around very fast, taking advantage of Ripred's shock, and instantly had a sword to his neck, and the claw at this heart. This fight is over, a signal trick, and Gregor had won it.

This earned a dead silence from the crowd. Nobody had expected that, and they really didn't expect to see that much blood coming from the rat's tail. The silence won over everybody, everybody accept from warrior.

"When legends die, they die hard." Said Gregor, in a stern, victorious voice.

Gregor hadn't expected what would come next. The arena exploded with cheers and yells, it was one of the loudest things Gregor had ever heard. He didn't expect this, but if he was surprised by this, then he was flabbergasted by the door of the arena breaking open, followed by about 20 or so Myriapods pouring into the arena.

OHHHH CLIFFHANGER! So what did you guys think of the chapter? Once again I still feel like it was plot development up until the end. I HIGHLY doubt that you guys expected that to happen! I still need ideas for the story, so give me any and all thoughts, please, I desperately need them, unless you want to wait like 3-4 days for another chapter. So I am really happy with the support of this story so far, its one of the things helping me ignore the crude comments of the kids in my school. Just because I'm a boy, and I'm 13, does that mean I have to hate writing? Well it seems that's what other kids in my school think. Most of them have never even written more than 5 thousand words for one thing, and I'm over 45K for this story. So as usual all responses are encouraged and appreciated, see you guys later!

Fly you all high,

-Tytonic

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*POOF*

Tytonic- Thoughts?

Gregor- well, great, up until the end their, I just hope that nobody gets killed, though I know that there will be injuries.

Luxa- Well good, though Grace is a handful, and the end, well I'm terrified. I saw about 2 or 4 take out 20 of my men, and only because Ripred was their any of us survive, but now there are so many of them! At least 20!

Tytonic- well don't worry, Alex's surprise is almost done, and you will like it when it is, it will be a huge advantage, though no enough, it will go miles for this war.

Luxa- really?! what it is?

Tytonic- Well, I can't say right now, though I can say that a few people have ideas for the war, and I mean good ideas. You guys might just stand a chance, might.

Gregor- you serious? That' great!

Tytonic- Don't get to exited, I said might, if I had to guess I would say like a 40% chance, with all the ideas, though not everybody is done thinking, but nonetheless that's pretty good chances for your situation. Let me say one thing, you will need a lot of blacksmiths. So I'll let you think on that for now, see you later!

Gregor and Luxa- Bye!

R&R peeps,

-Tytonic