Chapter One
My name is Anubis Stewart and I'm the nephew of John Stewart, the Green lantern of Sector 2814. My journey as Shadow Lantern started in Coast City, the city without fear. My parents, sisters, and myself moved there after the Sinestro Corps War. My father, Thomas, was a high school math teacher. My mother, Tamara, was a nurse at Coast City Hospital. My sisters, Alicia and Michelle, were in the seventh and ninth grades. I was in the eleventh grade. I also had a part-time job as a martial arts instructor to kids younger than me.
I was the only one in the family who was named after an ancient Egyptian God. This was due to my grandfather's request. He was an Egyptologist. Because of him, I wanted to be an Archeologist, Symbologist, and an Astronomer. My father thought I was silly. But my grandfather believed in my dream. Uncle John, however, knew I had an ulterior motive. My true dream was to become a green lantern. But there was big problem with that. In order to become a green lantern, one must have the ability to overcome great fear.
My great fear was the fear of heights. This fear kept me enjoying life to its fullest and caused my mind, heart, and spirit to become unbalanced. I always prayed that I would find a way to overcome this fear. Father Michael McCloud of St. Mary's Cathedral would tell me that God would guide out of my inner chaos and put me on a path to peace and spiritual balance. He doesn't know how right he was.
It was summer break and I was invited to met the Dali Lama in Nepal. I immediately accepted. To my surprise, my parents gave me the ok. My boss, Mr. Namikaze was a Buddhist and sensed my frustration of my fear of heights. He thought me going to the Himalayan Mountains would do the trick in completing my path to inner peace.
It was two weeks into the trip and I was taking in all the sites and costumes of the Nepalese people. I finally met the Dali Lama and was in awe. His insight of attaining peace was the same as Father McCloud's. The Dali Lama told that my path to inner peace and spiritual balance had already begun.
I wondered how could that be and then realized he was right. The Himalayan Mountains was the roof of the world. I was so caught up in just being there that I forgot about my fear of heights. Mr. Namikaze later suggested that I come with him and some trained mountain climbers to do the unthinkable...climb Mount Everest. I accepted and realized if I could successfully climb the tallest mountain in the world, then I might be able to rid myself of this great fear.
Before I could climb Everest, I needed to climb some of the smaller mountains surrounding it. The mountain climbers trained me extensively until I was ready to climb Everest.
The time had come to conquer my fear. As we ascended up the mountain, we would climb to different points on the mountain to get use to the elevations. Finally we had reached the summit of Everest. I couldn't believe it. I was literally on top of the world. I saw the curvature of the Earth and was nearly in tears. I then looked up towards the sky and saws the stars shining brightly. I realized Father McCloud was right. Through the help of Mr. Namikaze and the mountain climbers, God had guided me to the end of my path to inner peace. I soon tested myself by standing at the edge of the summit and looked down the side of the mountain. An overwhelming sense of peace washed over me. I wondered if this qualified me in becoming a green lantern. I figured it didn't since Uncle John, Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, and Guy Gardner were already the green lanterns of Earth. But little did I know that a platinum color ring was headed to Earth. To me.
End of chapter one