Shift
by Myra Brown
2013 Winter Drumline. Freshman year. Grossmont High School.
"Shift Happens"
Where there is light, darkness will also reside.
Darkness
Our story starts with a girl named Jenni, light sorceress. Loved by all with her beauty, kindness and strength. She always helped the ones around her and did her best to do what she loved and is happy. But she was unaware of what watched her, and beckoned her closer and closer.
One morning, Jenni awoke and felt...different. There was a power she felt that was new to her. She didn't know what it was, but it peaked her interest. She just HAD to know what it was. So, she drew closer to the unfamiliar feeling.
She didn't know what she was seeing. It was black, cold...and new. Everything around her was always white, clear and pretty. Well, what she saw was pretty too, but it didn't settle well with her. Somewhere in the back of her mind, something was telling her to run, run far away. But she couldn't help herself, it was just so fascinated and it was calling her.
'Was it calling her for help?', she thought. 'I can't not help someone in need.' she told herself.
The thing moved slowly towards her, whispering words to her. Beckoning her, calling her. Jenni seemed to being moved without thought. Her body moved without her own will.
Jenni than realized something. What she found, what was calling her, was NOT something she was so interested in. She wanted to get away from whatever it was, and go back to her own world. To the Light.
But this force. this force of Darkness had her in its grip, and it wasn't planning on letting go. With her powers of light, shifted to dark, the Darkness would be more powerful than ever.
Shift
Once the Darkness had completely had the light sorceress. They were sure, she wouldn't be getting away. But it was all in Jenni's will power if she could escape the strong grip they had on her in.
Jenni was a puppet to Darkness. She could do nothing to stop the dark power that started to course through her. She was powerful, but the things she did was not good.
The Darkness was influencing her. Torn between the power she now held in her hands and the people she cares about now hurt.
This was all her fault and she knew it, and she didn't believe she could do anything to help. She started to give up and slip in farther in the darkness. All the light slowly slipping from her...
Jenni believed that all the Light had slipped from her, but deep in her heart, it still held Light and it was slowly fighting back.
Light
The Light had won her back and Jenni had escaped from the clutches of Darkness.
Jenni knew what she had to do...get rid of this Darkness so it could never effect anyone else ever again.
Darkness was furious! They had lost their prize and they wanted it back.
Darkness and Light fought. The odds were not even. Darkness stacked up against the Light.
But there was one thing that Light had that the Darkness did not have...and that was the will power and strength to fight for what they loved. Jenni had that. She has love. People love her and she loves them. She has the mind and strength of many people, and that is why she has the power of Light.
In the battle between the two opposes, the outcome was plain to see that Light had won. Not only did she get rid of the Darkness, she turned the people consumed by it to Light. To happiness. To joy. To Love.
The End