Hello there readers! This isn't my first ever fanfiction, however, it is my first Second Son fic. I wanted to get back into writing and I figured writing fanfiction might help get me going on finishing other projects I started some time ago. So without further ado, here is The Beast Inside.

Disclaimer: I do not own ISS or any of it's official characters. I am not making money from this, so forth and so on. However, I do have some OC's in here (I know how much people love those, but bare with me) that I do own. Thank you.

Prologue ~ Into The Woods

Delsin perched himself atop a high cliff that over

looked the water on Salmon Bay. The sun was about to set, splashing hues of orange and red down into the water. It looked like paint dripping across a canvas. Stars started to twinkle and the moon was making its full appearance above. There was a slight breeze that ruffled the bits of hair that showed beneath his burgundy beanie. A perfect dusk.

Almost too perfect.

He closed his eyes letting the calm sweep over him. He couldn't remember the last time he didn't feel chaotic inside...and out. Ever since Reggie...Delsin's features flinched, inhaling slightly. Ever since Reggie passed, which was still so difficult to even think about, his world seemed so much harder than before. So much colder.

When he re-opened his eyes the dark had completely covered all of Salmon Bay. Which was odd, considering he had only had his eyes shut for about a minute, tops. Or at least, that's what he thought. He involuntarily exhaled the breathe he'd forgotten and looked upwards into the night. The moon was above him now like a giant spotlight. Something seemed off.

A low howl echoed through the trees behind him. He immediately stood and turned to the direction of the sound. The forest that had been behind him seemed a lot more dense than usual. He couldn't even see past the second row of trees. Then, a sudden loud rustling could be heard at the center of the thicket. The only noise, he now noticed, he could hear. The rest of Salmon Bay was dead silence.

"That's not right..." Delsin whispered to himself as he took a few steps forward, eyes frantically surveying the area.

There was nothing. Not even the calming breeze from moments before. He felt the chaos rise inside. Just then, more rustling was made and two beady blue eyes, the colour of the ocean, appeared at the center of the wood. A chill ran down Delsin's spine. Another howl, much closer this time, indicated that it was definitely the work of this blue eyed beast.

Heat rushed to his fingertips. Whatever this thing was, he had to find out. If not for curiosity, then for the tribe. He was in no condition to lose anyone else. As he started to walk carefully forward, smoke at the ready, the beast ran off into the wood. Heart suddenly pounding, Delsin pursued.

This chase was so on.

Almost fearlessly, Delsin lunged into the forest using the thick branches of the trees as temporary launch pads. He saw silver dashing always a few feet ahead of him. This made it difficult to make out the figure, but whatever it was, it was fast. The way the moon hit what Delsin would assume was the creature's back reminded him of pure light. A chase for light.

His mind drifted to a memory of another light he had pursued some time ago. Purple, feisty, aggressive...afraid.

Fetch.

I wonder how she is...he thought for a brief moment but in the same instance he looked below and saw the creature had halted in a bare patch of woods. He had been so preoccupied that he almost passed the potentially dangerous being completely. He jumped down a few branches to see if he could get a closer look from a safer distance. However, the closer he got, the more shrouding the darkness enveloped the beast. It was like a reverse effect.

Delsin's face became puzzled. He couldn't comprehend what he was seeing or how it was possible. A few more leaps down and he was about five feet from the soil. From here, the creature was no more than eyes again. Ocean blue.

He hesitantly touched the ground and he knew, consciously, that the looming shadows around him were the trees but behind those eyes was just a mass. No exact shape and you couldn't see through it. It was almost as if it were apart of the shadows of the surrounding tree trunks. One large, black mass.

Chills ran down his entire body and he looked up. He could still see the moon bright as ever through the twisted branches, taunting him in some way. Uneasy, he focused back in front of him only to see that the creature was inches away from his face. The eyes shifting from blue to a sinister red.

"No way..." he breathed and then the mass engulfed him.