Me: Hello my glorious readers!

Thorn: Someone free me! Please! I'll do anything! Any…

Me: *closes door on Thorn* Okay! Now that he's still trapped in the chamber or whatever, we can start!

Christine: Bubba… I've been having weird dreams.

Me: That's nice Chris. *shoves her out of room* this is the sequel to The Soulless Son. I have decided to call it, The Rise of the Phantom! As you know, Thorn became a Kishin and was locked up in Asura's old chamber! This is 50 years after the soulless son, but the gang and most of the teachers haven't aged due to Thorn's final act of revenge.

Chapter 1: Squeaks to Christine

(Christine's P.O.V)

My Name is Christine Stein and I'm the 13 year old niece of Dr. Stein. I woke up one day in my Uncle's lab with no memory of anything at all. He told me that he was my Uncle and that my name was Christine. I like the dark and can see in it very well. I was always fascinated with learning about the Kishin. They were amazing.

I heard that 50 years ago, there had been a Kishin that was the most dangerous thing that'd ever set foot on this planet. I had wanted to find out more, so I asked my Uncle about it.

"Uncle, I was wondering about the Kishin from 50 years ago… could you tell me about it." He looked up from his computer, "Who? Oh yes, Asura…" I cut him off, "No, the one after him." He spun his chair around, "Oh, you mean the Phantom of the Deadly Shade! I can tell you about him, I knew him."

I pulled a chair over and he continued, "The Phantom of the Deadly Shade, or just the Phantom for short, he was like a demon. His skin, and everything but his eyes were solid white. He always wore a black hood like a ghoul. He could control and speak to the shadows. He was young when he became a Kishin. He was far younger than you, and so his childish thinking got him in deep trouble. He became a Kishin in just two months, almost less."

He stopped and took off his glasses, "The Phantom… he was a sweet boy. He hardly ever said a word, kept to himself and his brother and his brother's two weapon partners. The boy had a shadow dog; the dog was almost as dangerous. It could turn into a girl that sang like a shadow. Their songs made you freeze to the spot, you couldn't move. The songs weakened you, and it made them more powerful. I taught the boy myself, he was in my class. He was smart and he was smart without being taught. We all thought it was because of his past, but it was because it came naturally. He wanted nothing more than power, he deceived us all. He snuck out every night and consumed souls. You should have seen Marie when she found out. She was heartbroken, because she loved him. Crona and the Phantom were her favorite students you see, they were so much alike."

Aunt Marie wasn't really my aunt, but I called her that. It would make sense that she loved the Phantom; she loved all the students at the DWMA. Uncle continued, "Lots of people were close to the Phantom. It hurt them to see him locked away. He was so young that he didn't understand that he was following the wrong path. He thought he was following his own path, the path of the shade."

I asked, "How old was he?" Uncle actually had tears in his eyes. He slammed his hand on his desk, "Dear god! The poor child! He was innocent! All he wanted was for his blasted father to notice him! He had a brother that loved him to death! But his father paid no attention to him!" Tears were streaming, "The boy was only seven!"

I gasped; he was a lot younger than me. What a horrible fate for a little kid. I looked at Uncle, "What was his name?" Uncle shook his head, "Lord Death has forbidden anyone to speak the boy's name. Lord Death was the one to lock the boy up. He didn't want to do it. It took years for him to even recover from the guilt. Lord Death loved that boy more than anyone else, except for the boy's brother. His brother still isn't over it. His brother hasn't left his house, he was affected by the boy's final act of revenge, and he was different from the start."

Aunt Marie came into the room, and she was crying, so she had been listening to it, "I remember the battle. Right before it started, he turned and mouthed that he was sorry to me. He told his brother he was sorry too and then faced Lord Death. He could have won with a flick of his hand, but he accepted his fate and was locked up. The only thing that ever made the Phantom come out of his shell was a shadow dog. Lord Death forgot to lock up the dog with the boy and when that happened, you could hear his screams for the dog all over the whole city."

I felt heartbroken too. I heard someone knocking on the door. I heard Spirit's voice, "Hey Stein! Is Christine still in one piece?" I shouted, "I'm still in one piece!" He shouted back, "You sure he didn't experiment on you? He used to do it to me when I slept!" I giggled, that seemed so like Uncle Stein.

Spirit came into the room. He smiled at me and I smiled back. Maka followed him in. She looked like she didn't want to be near her father but she smiled at me too. I could feel the anxiety coming off of her. I could sense that she had something important to ask me.

"Christine, Lord Death would like you to join the DWMA. So, what do you think?" I smiled even brighter, "I would love to!"

(Thorn's P.O.V)

I was nothing but a body without a mind. I wanted to open my eyes, to stretch and look around the chamber. I wanted to take a breath. I hadn't needed air for 50 years. I wanted to see what I looked like, whether or not I had changed in anyway.

I wanted to see Squeaks the most. I felt sad, after I had been locked away, she had become human and lots of joy came from her. I thought she would have been dragged down and forever mourning my loss. It had been 50 cruel, long years.

I sensed great happiness from her and I wanted to scream and destroy something. How could she allow herself to slip away to the depths of happiness? I came up with a plan, a dark plan. We were shadows. We were darkness and nightmares. I knew exactly what I would do. But I first thought of how I had lost Squeaks.

She had turned from Squeaks to Christine.

My only companion was lost. I would bring her back to the path of shade.

I swore it.

But, I just needed to be released first. I could only be unlocked by evil. Hopefully, someone who was like Medusa would rise and seek to free me. I could go into anyone's dreams as long as they were asleep. The second they woke up, I couldn't interact with them anymore. I searched for someone that could help me, and I found Eruka Frog.

I thought she was weak, but she had released Asura hadn't she? Plus, if it was the Kishin themself instead of another witch, she might willingly help.

I went into her dream.

(This is her dream, Thorn isn't really doing this)

"Eruka, help me! Help me!" I looked around, she was dreaming about her castle, well, time to change that. I waved my hand and it morphed into my chamber. She was standing near the doors. I stood up and banged on the bars of my cage.

She trembled, "Not this place, ribbit, again!" I shouted, "Eruka! Eruka help!" She looked at the cage. She walked slowly to it.

She looked at me, "You aren't the Kishin…" I growled, "I'm the new Kishin! The one that was after Asura. I'm talking to you through your dream. I need help. You seem like someone that could help me." She thought for a moment, "Oh, the one from 50 years ago! But you're just a kid! Is this the form you take or did you steal someone's body?"

I sighed in exasperation, "I was seven when I was locked in here, I have no idea if I aged, and this is just what the chamber looked like the last time I saw it, which was 50 years ago. Can you open this thing? It's a dream you know, you can do anything." She nodded and pulled open the cage easily. I hopped out, "Ah, this is better. Come on. Let's go for a walk." She looked around, "Where?"

I held out my arms, "Wherever you want, it's your dream, I'm just intruding. I shouldn't be here at all. I should be in my own mind, trying to come up with a plan for when I get out of here."

She nodded again and concentrated. The chamber morphed into a forest trail. There were flowers and trees that had lily pads hanging off of them. I could hear frogs croaking and Eruka relaxed. She seemed calm here. This must've been the forest around her castle. It was misty. I approved of it. I looked at her, she was smiling and she looked at me.

"How do I release you?" I was shocked, "You want to release me? Really…?" She smiled at me, "Of course I do!" I looked around at the forest, "I need my shadow." She cocked her head and I explained.

"Well, you see, I used to have a shadow, and it took forms of all sorts of animals, preferably a dog or snake. My father came along and he locked me away, but not my shadow. I have no idea where my shadow is, but I do know that my father erased her memories of me and made up a whole new life for her, as a girl named Christine. She's stuck in her human form."

Eruka looked confused, "Your father… I thought Lord Death… oh! Your father is Lord Death? I thought he only had one son. What does Christine look like?" I felt a spark of anger, "Her real name is Squeaks, and I don't like how they renamed her." Eruka seemed nervous for a second and I calmed down.

"Well, what does Squeaks look like then?" I responded, "She has long midnight black hair, and the bluest eyes of anyone. She uses two throwing knives, but, she probably uses something else now. She also has a tattoo that is impossible to hide, it shows through everything. It is a tattoo of a word in Greek." I knelt down and drew it on the dirt path. Σκιά

Eruka stared at it, trying to memorize it. I looked at her, "If you ever forget, I can show you again. Just close your eyes and say three times. Shadow… shade… darkness of hate… you are the one without a fate… you are the one who leads their days… I listen to your every need… for you let the darkness feed."

She nodded and the world started to fade, she was waking up.

The whole world went blank, and I was stuck in my mind again. I knew it would work.

me: I HOPE Y'ALL LIKE IT!

Thorn: Yep! Do you guys want me free? REVIEW!

me: OR WE'LL EAT YOUR SOUL!