Chapter One - The Encounter.

''There is nothing more we can do Mr Park, Your daughter sustained a major head injury which led to a bleed in the brain. I'm afraid she didn't make it.''
I was laid there unconscious however I could hear the doctor telling my father that I was dead. I tried to move my hands to alert them that i was still alive. I was terrified that they wouldn't notice their mistakes and they would bury me alive, i heard their footsteps move towards the door and i could no longer hear them talking and then i was consumed by darkness.

I woke up to a dark room, my throat was dry and i was struggling to gain saliva to moisten it, i was unable to scream. My head was ringing and it was cold. My arms felt unusually heavy,i looked down to see chains wrapped round my wrists, restricting any movement. I looked around the room to see that the walls wear stained dark red, chains were connected to the wall and their was a big metal door. It looked locked, even if i could get out of these chains their was no way i would make it out of this room. It was then i started to hear the growling, it started off low and got louder and louder. I looked to the end of the room and to my horror i saw something which could only be described as a beast. His red eyes were staring at me whilst saliva dripped from his large mouth, he was showing his teeth to me which looked like razer blades. I held my breath whilst staring at me, the only thing which put me at ease was seeing the large heavy chains which were made of silver, he was trapped just as bad as i was.
I was distracted by the beast until i heard the door close. I turned to see a figure wearing a cloak, it was small i would say around 4ft i struggled to see any features of this being, only its hands. ''I have come to feed you girl and you'd better eat it. Master wants you strong and healthy for what he has in store for you.'' it said, i could detect by its voice that it was smirking. ''Master?, Who is this master?'' i asked it whilst its back was to me.
''Our Master is the greatest being on earth, You would be lucky to serve such a great being and don't you forget it'' it said loyally. ''Now eat this and stop with your questions'' it said as it passed me a bowl and then turned its back to me again, it was muttering things under its breath which i could not quite hear. It turned once it has heard the beast growling ''Ah so you are awake beast, what a nice surprise to see you made it through the night. I have bought you your favourite'' it said with a smug tone and it turned back to the work bench. When it turned I could not believe my eyes, Holding in its long black fingers was a heart which was still beating, it was dripping with black blood. The thing which i could not quite describe as a person began to cackle as it chucked the heart towards the beast. ''Enjoy mutt, the Master has granted you freedom, for now.'' it then cackled its way out the room, i heard the door lock. The beast hesitated for a minute or two, staring at the fresh pumping heart as it began to slow, he then began to eat it. I looked away as the beast devoured the heart, wondering what poor soul that had come from and what kind of place i had woken up in.
A few hours had past, the beast no longer growled. The room was deathly silent until i heard a piercing scream. I looked over at the beasts convulsing body his red eyes staring at me in distress. When suddenly they turned into the darkest shade of brown, gone was his fur and in return was flesh.
The beast was no longer a beast, he was a man.

I stared at him for a few seconds, trying to register what i had just seen. I had no words to say to this creature. He stared at me too and it was if he had no words to say to me either, however i could tell by his face what he was thinking and that was shame.
''Hi'' that was all i could think of. I had so many questions for him, however the only thing to come out of my mouth was hi? The room once again was silent.
''Hello, did you hear me? Where are we?'' I asked again, maybe he couldn't speak English i don't know. ''We are in the shadows'' he muttered. ''But we may as well be in hell. heck it would be a lot nicer''. The shadows? what kind of place was called the shadows? ''And where exactly is the shadows?''
i asked him quietly in hope that the little creature wouldn't return. ''The Shadows is the underground city of hell. It's ran by the King, the Master,
whatever they what to call him. Anything you though hell was like, the shadows is 100 times worse. You will wish for death here.'' he sighed, picking up the chains from which were dangling from his wrists, his wrists had began to redden. ''What is happening to your wrists, why are they going red.''
He looked straight at me, ''They're beginning to burn.'' An hour past before we spoke again, he stared at the floor his body where the chains had touched him had began to blister. I stared at my own wrists and wondered if mine would do the same. ''What happened to you, one moment you were a beast and now you're a man, how is this possible?'' i asked. His eyes shot up to me, disgust spread across his face. ''beast? so that's what i am to you, a beast?'' he exclaimed. Oh no, i had offended him. Great.
''No no, i didn't mean beast i just didn't know what else to call you. What exactly are you, or were you should i say?'' i said this apologetically,
however it didn't seem to work. ''You humans are all the same, naive in thinking that your species is the only to roam the earth. I am a lychan, not a beast, or at least i was until the King decided to give me freedom for a while.'' he sighed as he said this, '' A lychan? As in a werewolf?'' i asked,
i was intrigued by this man to say the least, despite his depressive attitude he seemed alright, and i needed to make at least on ally if i was going to escape this place. He nodded in response to me and went on trying to slip his wrists through the chains. He laughed when it seemed to have worked, and one wrist became free. ''Stupid Goblins, made chains to fit me in lychan form but not for a human.'' He laughed as his second wrist slid freely out of the chains. He was free, he walked towards the metal door just blanking me as if to try and leave. ''Hey! Wait! aren't you going to take me with you!?'' I asked desperately, I couldn't believe this person was just going to leave me! ''You'll slow me down if i take you with me, I can't afford to take on dead weight.'' he said still trying to see if he could find a way out. ''If you don't take me I'll scream until the small creature comes back and alert them that you've escaped!'' i said, blackmail seemed to be my only option on getting out of this place. He tutted at me as said in a frustrated voice. ''Fine.
but you better keep up or i will kill you myself, if we are found you are as good as dead anyway.'' He said this whilst removing a panel from the wall.
''Ha, a hidden doorway. Lets go.''. He came over and released me, it seemed that the goblins had made another escape. They had left the keys on the work bench. He took hold of my hand and led me into the tunnel. I was going to be free.