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Dark Deception

Chapter one

Nathaniel Newlin a boy of fifteen lay on his bed and stared out of his window at the lightning that danced in the sky. His short dark blond hair shone against his pillow, he could hear the rain beating at the roof as the heaven opened. Branches slammed against the side of the house as the wind roared. Suddenly the house shook as an explosion of lightning and thunder filled the sky, lighting the night brighter than the noonday sun.

"Shawn," Nathaniel called out to his twin brother.

No answer

Nathaniel jumped out of his bed and carefully began to make his way to his brother's bed. Again a flash of lightning filled the room. Nathaniel's blue eyes widen as the flashing lights, reviled the contents of the small bedroom for split seconds. Toy's laid scattered about, discarded by their owners for the day. Then every thing was dark once again. Nathaniel paused for a moment, then hurried to his brother's bed.

"Shawn, Shawn, wake up," Nathaniel said to his sleeping twin. The lightning erupted in the sky, almost blinding this time. Blinking, Nathaniel looked down and saw the features of his brother, identical to his own. Shawn let out a small groan and turned in his sleep. That was when Nathaniel saw that his brother was completely covered in a cold sweat. His body trembling slightly.

"Shawn," Nathaniel called out once again as he shook his brother.

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Shawn Newlin could hear his name being called out in the distance, it was faint, almost undetectable. It was so faint that he could barely make it out. He was standing in a place that he had never been to before. It seemed to be an old temple of some sort. The moving shadows from the clouds gave it an eerie presence.

"Hello, Shawn"

In shock, Shawn turned around. Standing behind him was a man; he looked to be in his early twenties. He was dressed all in black from head to toe. His hair shined of silver and hung loosely over his shoulders. His eyes where a strange purple that seams to glow from within. An unseen force radiated from the stranger, to Shawn he seemed almost godlike.

"How did you know my name?" Shawn asked.

"I know more about you, then you know about yourself," the man said, his voice echoing through the old abandoned temple.

"Who are you?"

"I am one whose story is told in the Book," the man said and he seemed to float closer to Shawn.

"W… wh… what," Shawn asked his voice cracking just a little.

"I want to help you"

"Help me?"

"Yes, I know your greatest desires, you want power, power to hurt your enemy. You want people to suffer for the pain they have cause you." The man's voice held a tone of promise to it, a promise of revenge and pain.

Shawn stood very still, this man, if he was a man, knew his greatest desire. Yes he wanted power, the power to make people stop hurting him and his brother. He would do anything to protect his brother, he was all he had left. Nathaniel was the only person he cared about.

"How do you know that," Shawn said in disbelief.

"I can give you what you want"

"This is a dream, you're not real"

"I am very much real Suboshi," The man said.

"Suboshi, who, what?"

"Set me free, and I will give you everything," The man said, his lips arching up into a smile, as he began to fade.

"Shawn, Shawn," A faint voice called out.

Nathaniel, Shawn thought.

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"Shawn, Shawn," Nathaniel said shaking his brother shoulder. "Why can't you wake up?"

"I'm awake, I'm awake, don't worry," Shawn said rubbing the sleep from his eyes. " What time is it?"

" A little after three," Nathaniel replied. "Are you all right?"

"Yeah, I just had a strange dream that's all."

"Did it have something to do with ancient China?" Nathaniel asked.

"Ancient China??" Shawn asked confused.

"Sometimes, I have dreams of ancient China. I dream that I'm someone else. It is almost as if I had lived there before. Weird, huh."

Well what do you thing, is it worth continuing or should I just forget about it and try another story. Please review and tell me :)