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It was i who We were a juainstmy sword up over my head todown straight with all of her power and the viciousness of her blow jostled and unnervedshe would be off balance because of the power she put into her swing Without thinking things through too closely, I swung my sword out to the side and across my chest I hit her weapon at just the perfect place near the hilt and knocked it out of her hands I let theturn me in a full circle and then while she still watched her blade fall to the ground ide eyes, my sword connected with her neck and sliced all the way across

Her head lolled forward and then fell hollowly to the ground before her body cru without looking back atup until now, save for the kindergarten hamster that o Even if she was evil, even if she had turned her soul over to the Darkness… she was still a Star, an unnamed and dead Star

And I was responsible for her death

I didn’t have h as I was e Warrior that had helped drag ht each other just a few feet fro at least They were only guarded by two Fallen now, and I assuood thing

A very good thing

The bad thing was that my parents were definitely still unarer

So was I

This Warrior was unbelievably strong My ht and hold him off My feet started to slow and the Shadows had worked their icy cold death into ish I kept Tristan in et to him, but this Warrior was determined to end this battle quickly

Iced bits of snohipped against my face as the blizzard consumed the air around us My hair was slicked acrosswater The ground wasn’t softening even with the light of our presence heating it while we fought; the cold teround

And it seeainstin a fatal error and sturound I stared up into his black eyes, with his gray haze surrounding hih above his head and stepped on my sword so I was helpless to defendmyself time to think about the end, but it turned out my moment of zen wasn’t necessary Seth let out a battle cry of fierce deterh the air and decapitated the Fallen Warrior before the bad guy could turn around and realize he was in trouble

Seth reached for rateful s broadsword of the headless Warrior and tossing it with extreme accuracy to my dad who stood only five feet away

I foolishly continued to watch hiers and then turned it on the two Fallen guarding him His arms came up expertly and he crossed the sword in front of hiracefully to take out the second They had barely registered he had a sword yet before they were dead, their souls now ied

My father kept the sword and moved into the battle, while ht my way back to my first kill and then picked up that sword and tossed it atsound ofwind, but as I turned to help Seth destroy the Fallen he was fighting, I decided it was less The Fallen looked around a little skittishly with several of their’s dead and my parents and Tristan free

And then suddenly Aliah let out a cackle of laughter that resounded louder than even the clash of metal on rin and got the upper hand of Serena His sword plunged into her side, cutting through her like it was nothing He abandoned his sword, still in her as she fell to her knees on the football field There was a signal, so Fallen had taken to the sky and were fleeing Even the last few of the Shadows retreated back to wherever they came fro rapidly, his hair disheveled, his sword bloodied in the thick black goo of the Shadows He had been defending us fro the nuoodness for Jupiter and whatever extra aid we could get

I didn’t wait a second more, I couldn’t I flew to Tristan withhi hiainstthe I felt his heart pound against my own as it tried to beat its way out of s to hiot hiht hiainstme with his nose and the scruff of his jawline and I forced our bodies even closer together

"How did they even get you?" I cried, proain My voice was thick with emotion, raspy and hoarse fro with exhaustion, but I couldn’t let Tristan go, I couldn’t take er to hold e way his arms felt like the safest place I had ever been

"It’sso much more calm than me "I wouldn’t leave Your parents wanted one, but I had to know you were Ok I had to see you They came after your parents and I was like this extra bonus," he explained His voice wasn’t even shaking, he was come!