Darkness.
What a dangerously peculiar thing. It winds around you like a snake, and binds you, controls you.
Don't give in, don't let it take control.
Once it's inside your heart, there's no escape. He learned this the hard way. He let the darkness take control of him, for a bargain of power.
He wanted to be stronger, he wanted to save her. So he gave in, and the darkness used him like a toy.
There's no going back now, can't go back now, too much has happened. The fight may be over on the outside, but the inside fires of his heart still burn, trying to rid itself of the darkness.
A path must be chosen, to return to normal: Light, Darkness, Dawn, Twilight.
I choose the road to Dawn.
The path has been set, and so he walks, but not completely alone. Friends can appear to you in the strangest places.
Light within the darkness stands strong, the brightest glow of all.
All he has to do is reach it, and he will, all in good time.
For the light waits, for those with a tainted heart to cross over.