Shaded

Kyla M.

March 19, 2009

Prologue – The Dark Beginnings

She knew that it was a venture that would likely fail, but she had to do it. Lives were at stake, but more importantly her heart was. She knew it was a selfishness that had brought it on, but she was tired of heartache and tired of living only for the wants and needs of others. She had to do it; she had to.

With a flourish, she penned her name into the bottom of the ledger and walked away from the crumbling, unsteady desk. The world seemed to spin as she shakily stumbled to the tall, dark frame of the Veil and fell.

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He knew it was a lost cause. Their troops were down and the list of missing was countless in number. There were outnumbered in a losing battle. Faith in their victory had long since left him. Of the fifteen, only three remained. They were supposed to be the heroes, but instead remained the ones who needed saving.

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She knew she was nearing her breaking point. Only after the battle was over would she know if it were all in vain. Death had painted her landscape an unimaginable color, one she wished dearly to repaint.

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Miles away, locked in a room full of glass and shelves, sat a small silver orb among many. Floating on the surface was a small symbol, an elongated h. Inside was a dark poetry.

It spoke: When one will need the greatest three, fifteen will join the fight.

Gone will be their rivalry, Gone will be the hatred.

The snakes, lions, eagles, badgers, and normal one will join together.

And the greatest three shall become the greatest seventeen.

In peril they shall prove that love knows not boundaries, and loyalties knows not a simple place.

Gone from the world will be the great, great evil.

And gone will be life's roughness, allowing for friendships to seedand bloom.

But before the fifteen join the fight,

They shall come unto their greatest power,

And come unto their greatest hardship...

While all the while will paths cross, respect, friendship, and love.

And from that love, a new destiny and future shall be forged.

End of Prologue

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