Oh, I am going to have SUCH a field day with this.
(I must be feeling better...I'm getting real ornery.)
"...The steel of his sword rang eagerly as he pulled his companion from his scabbard in the swift motion of the Master Swordsman. His sword was singing, thirsty to meet those creatures, screaming at the outrage of their apparition."
http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/cooljerk/story2.html