Title: Shadow Hunter

Author: Sythe aka Dawn

Rating: NC17

Characters: Maul

Category: Unknown – violence, het-smut?

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Disclaimer: I don't own em, I just borrow em for my fics. I received no money in its creation.

Summary: Dark and dangerous medieval Europe, the Destroyer of Worlds is lost in a world where only the strongest and most ruthless survive.

*Note: The intro/story is killer to read when listening to Pink Floyd's song Dogs of War on the Momentary Lapse of Reason CD*

 

 

 

  Part I

 

 

  As he draws nearer to the dark foreboding castle, weaving his steed through the forest, dodging trees, leaping over ancient decaying collapsed debris, he can sense the thing inside the castle that he seeks, and that which keeps him from fulfilling his mission.

 

  Another flash of lightning and clap of ear piercing thunder pounds down upon the dark rider and his stallion, the path before him lights up as clear as day.

 

  The gates of the castle appear far ahead, open and promising death to anyone who passes through them. Yet he feels no fear – he is unafraid of death and danger, for he has looked upon the face of death many a'time and laughed as he turned his back and walked away. He will face death and walk away – unafraid and awaiting the next time he will face death again.

 

  The moment the destrier passes through the black wrought iron gates, he rears his mount to a halt, and pauses for a moment, allowing his senses to scan his surroundings and prepares himself to venture into the castle and face what denies him what he desires, deep within the castle.

 

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  The room is dark, wafts of sweet inscences floats about in the air; the only light is a single candle sitting before a figure all in black, cross legged upon the floor of the small room.

 

  His power surrounds him, fills him and binds him eternally to all that is about him, part of him. A dark power that few dare to wield but it seduces anyone who has the power to sense it. It fills every pore, every cell, every inch of his body, mind, heart and soul, and it is as chaotic as the birth and death of a star.

 

  He has been in a state of meditation for hours - almost days – since the day he set off on his own after his failure in a mission his Master had entrusted him with, thinking, searching for answers, angry at himself for his failure. And as he meditates, he heals his body of the unseen wounds his Master had inflicted upon him for his failure.

 

  It will never happen again.

 

  In his mind he sees things, things he has never in his life seen before – things that do not exist – atleast not in his own galaxy. He invisions a tall towering dark castle with heaven piercing spires, a warrior in black upon a powerful four legged beast of the same shade, wielding a sword unlike any design he has before seen.

 

  He sees many things, things he cannot explain, things he does not understand, things the Darkside of the Force has chosen to show him.

 

  Suddenly the room quakes, and an alarm begins to sound.

 

  Instantly his eyes open and he rises to his feet with grace and ease and moves toward the main consul before the viewport before him. He studies the consul and raises his eyes toward the viewport just in time to feel the ship begin the quake harder than previous, as a brilliant wall of multicolored light appears in the path of his ship. But before he could evade, the light envelopes the sleek black craft and suddenly disappears – leaving nothing left but fading wisps of light.