Chapter 1: This Little Light.

"No need to fear child, we will all be together there soon." Her words soothed his fears as he stood dressed in a black hooded robe draped over him awkwardly as he stared into her piercing red eyes as she brushed a hand across his cheek softly and smiling almost lovingly as she turned again to address the fears of other who would step on the boat and follow the Lady Elise on the pilgrimage to the Shadow Isles where their lord and sovereign lived. Ari sighed as he stepped onto the boat looking again for his mother among the crowd of people. Ari didn't know these people as he silently stepped around as the boat filled up with the believers knowing that Lady Elise was careful who she chose to go on the pilgrimage with her and She always brought back letters of praise from those who had done it before causing an almost always present desire for there to be another pilgrimage so that others may take part in it. Ari was nauseous however as he understood little and was always questioning Lady Elise much to her supposed Enjoyment and the annoyance of the older and supposedly wiser disciples she was surrounded by who waited on her hand and foot.

Ari didn't dare call out as he noticed others praying on the boat as it rocked to and fro the destinations nothing but a few days on a boat to the infamous Shadow Isles or as Lady Elise often called them the Land of Promise and home of your lord and savior. However as the island came into view Ari once again felt his mind began to fill with so many questions… Why did the place of his Lord have to be such a dark and disturbing place? Why did it fill his young body and soul with dread and fear? Ari felt a hand touch his shoulder as he turned to look up meeting the soft turquoise colored eyes of his mother as he turned and hugged her as best he could shivering slightly as the air grew colder the closer they came to the island.

"Don't worry now Ari, We'll be able to meet him. Maybe your father is waiting for us as well." Ari had never met his father, but he saw the doubt in his mother's eyes long before any other on the boat could ever hope to figure out that the whole pilgrimage was nothing more than a fool's errand for them and the feeding frenzy of a Spider God. Ari smiled as he took his mother's hand and held it almost as if he was trying to reassure her of any misgiving they both had as only getting the heebie geebies of a new location. His mother smiled at him and rubbed his head revealing his black hair and meeting the look of his yellow and turquoise eyes as she leaned down and kissed his forhead.

"You two are adorable as ever Celsus" A silk like voice broke their calm as his mother turned looking at the origin of the voice. Elise stood there looking at the two of them with something that had always reminded the young boy of envy… or perhaps he over thought this like many other things he had been chastised by his mother for thinking at such a young age. Celsus was cautious around Elise as she put her hands defensively on her son as he looked on not quite understanding the atmosphere.

"I always liked you Celsus, you and Ari were my favorites you know that's why in your first year you were allowed on the pilgrimage.." Elise's voice betrayed nothing of what she said maintaining a calm composure as she strode forward standing eye to eye with Celsus with only Ari between the two of them. Elise spoke again this time a more threating tone came alive in her voice, "Imagine my surprise when I find that you were a Summoner spying on the worshipers of my faith and that you had even the gall to bring your real son into this and expect to make a report to those superiors of yours about what lies on the end of our holy pilgrimage. Did you not think I would realize ? Did you not think I would act when I received this information…" Celsus gripped Ari and did not speak as Elise stared at her then she did and she raised her hand and with a single word blasted Elise back, "Repel!", Celsus yelled knocking Elise back as she then grabbed Ari turned him and stared into his eyes, "I'm sorry Ari, For dragging you into all of this I thought I had more time before they realized who I was… Please don't hate me for this. To my home I send you my little light. My little Ari Noah."

Celsus leaned forward and kissed Ari on the head as Ari felt odd as a blue light soon would glow around his feet as he heard a roar as a giant spider leaped at his mother wrestling her down before its fangs dug into her body and the appendages ripped at the flesh of his mother and the last thing Ari could see was his mother slowly being torn apart by the giant spider and watching as the spider turned again into the lady he once considered a friend…. The spider turned back into Elise. And Ari screamed as he vanished.

Ari kept screaming even as he appeared in the middle of a large courtyard as Ari felt tears drip down his eyes as people rushed out to find the source of the screaming finding the poor screaming boy and asking him what had happened not sure what they could do to end the boy's torment. No one could, not for many years at the very least…

Not till he could find a way to kill that monster.

- 12 years later-

Within the Summoner ranks those who wore the regular purple robes and yet had a sash of one of the higher council members symbols meant they had become an apprentice to that high council member whether out of promise through deals between Summoner families or from hard work on the young summoner's behalf. That is how Ari found himself in the situation of escorting a different champion today one he was unfamiliar with as he had been locked in a study for god knows how long and now was being asked to escort a champion around as a show of good faith after a spicy incident that neither his mentor nor many others wanted to talk about it.

Ari sighed as he dressed in more casual attire for the meeting while putting on the summoners robes over it in case the guest was a stickler like he knew that both Jarvan and Garen were whenever he had the misfortune of playing chauffer for them. Ari smiled a little bit thinking of all his misadventures at the institute since the faithful day he appeared here and was then raised to train his magic. Ari couldn't feel any better then he did now and he smiled happily as he moved quickly and made his way to the Gateway Arches that allowed for instant transportation all across Runeterra as he waited silently at the top of the steps for the Champion as he had also learned that She was to become a champion of the Institute.

Ari eyes danced between the arches as he heard the sound of a ripple in the portal as he turned his eyes to the portal only to freeze in silence as his eyes recognized the form of the person long before the name escaped from her lips of one of her followers that had followed her through..

"Elise…"