In the Shadows

by C-dubz96

A boy is orphaned by the Ing, but taken in by the Luminoth. What will happen as he learns of what really occurred when he was adopted?

2. Chapter 2: Ancient Records

Author's Note: This starts a little gap between Gramkel and U-Mos. R&R please, I'm getting tired of putting this up and not getting responses until the third or fourth chapter.

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Gramkel's Life

Chapter 2- Ancient Records

Days passed, the war with the Ing continued and little progress was shown, and for some reason, Gramkel was forbidden to leave the temple grounds. He believed that U-Mos did not want him to see the desolation of Aether as it had happened so many years before. Gramkel was now 26, and although he was an adult, he lived by the rules of the Luminoth.

One day, as he was exploring the grounds, which he had done for so many years now, he noticed something new: a passageway, hidden behind the brush he had often climbed on as a child. He walked through the passage, and found himself in an alcove. As he progressed further, he found books in an ancient tongue. He took the books with him when he left. As he read, he learned that D-Chr, who had died many years before Gramkel had even been born.

Another book caught Gramkel's eye, however, the writing was almost incomprehensible, but for some reason, Gramkel recognized it as a summoning ritual. The pictures associated with the ritual depicted an eight-armed demon who, given the chance, would possess its host, just as the Ing.

"What is it that you read, Gramkel?" U-Mos was right behind him, and apparently he did not know of the book before. "I found these while I was walking around the grounds. Why do you ask?" "I have never seen these before, who is it that wrote these books?" Gramkel looked back over the cover and saw a name. "It says A-Kul, but I thought he was one of the key bearers."

"He is, but he should have reported anything that he learned to us if he were to record it." Gramkel was unsure of what to make of this, A-Kul was a keybearer, but he had recorded ancient histories. Another thing that bothered him was why a book had been written if the Luminoth normally used Holoprojectors.

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This might not make sense now, but it will later, hopefully. R&R please, and thanks