-Sorry about the prologue being so short and being mostly dialogue. Hopefully the chapters will be longer and have more description (making them longer) :D

Disclaimer - I don't own Enchanted Arms, but I do own my OCs.

Note - "" (speech marks) is talking, '' (apostrophes) mean thinking.

Chapter 1

(Two years after Atsuma, Toya and Makoto found the boy and everything has returned to normal)

Atsuma was busy sleeping during class, as usual. Toya watched Atsuma, sighing. Makoto looked over at the boy.

"Hey Shadow. Have you settled in yet?" He asked. Shadow rolled his eyes, glancing at Atsuma before looking back at Makoto.

"Give it a rest, Makoto. You ask me this nearly every week." He replied, looking back at Atsuma. He hoped that their teacher wouldn't notice, again, that Atsuma was sleeping. Shadow really didn't like it that Atsuma was told off almost EVERY lesson because of his sleeping habits.

"Atsuma!" It seemed Shadow's hoping didn't work. Atsuma woke with a start.

"W-What...?" He asked. He noticed the teacher, and the rest of the students, staring at him. If looks could kill, Atsuma would be dead over a thousand times by now. Shadow sighed, glancing at Toya and Makoto. Toya shook his head, as Makoto rolled his eyes. 'Please let him off.' Shadow thought, watching Atsuma and the teacher.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your daily nap, Atsuma, as always." The teacher said sternly. "But, even though you saved the world, you still have to study!" He shouted, making Shadow jump. Atsuma just watched in silence, as the teacher walked back to the front of the room, resuming the lesson.

"THAT was close." Atsuma sighed, looking at Shadow. Shadow nodded in agreement.

"At least he didn't give you a detention or anything." He replied. He looked down at his book, which he had drawn a symbol on. It looked familiar to him, but he couldn't remember why, apart from that he had made it up. Shadow looked at his arm, where there was a faint scar from the carved symbol. '...I remember that symbol being in my arm...but, why?' He thought to himself.

"Shadow? Hey, Shadow!" Makoto shouted. Shadow shook his head, looking at Makoto.

"What's wrong?" He asked, wondering why Makoto was shouting at him.

"Sorry. Atsuma was getting worried, but he didn't want to do anything. But, you seemed spaced out there." Makoto pointed out.

"You were worried too, Makoto. You just won't admit it." Atsuma replied. Shadow watched both of them arguing, glancing at Toya. Toya just sighed, watching them.

"S-Sorry guys, I've just been thinking lately..." Shadow sighed.

"Did it hurt?" Makoto mocked who then dodged a punch from Atsuma and kneed him in the stomach. "Sorry, it's my reflexes." He replied, shrugging. Atsuma groaned, now on the floor.

"M-Makoto, don't do that!" Shadow cried, kneeling beside Atsuma. "Hey, are you ok Atsuma?" He asked quietly. Atsuma nodded. Shadow sighed with relief, looking at Makoto, who was laughing.

"...Toya. What did the symbol look like on my arm?" Shadow asked. Toya blinked.

"If I recall correctly, it looked like a circle with a line, like a slash, through it. It was in blood, so I assumed it was your blood." He replied. "Why do you ask now?" He asked.

"Just wondering, as that is what I have been thinking about. Was I just lying in the alleyway, with nothing else?" Shadow asked. Toya nodded.

"Well, there was this." He took out a notebook. Shadow's eyes widened.

"Why didn't you give this notebook to me sooner?" He cried, grabbing the notebook from Toya's hands. Toya looked at his hand.

"...I wasn't sure. I wanted to study it first..." He replied. Shadow growled, holding the notebook close.

"Hey, calm down. I'm sure Toya didn't mean to keep it this long..." Atsuma said calmly, standing up again. He watched Shadow, wondering why he was so protective of his notebook. 'I guess it's because he can't remember anything before then...' He thought to himself.

"But why didn't he tell me?" Shadow cried. "Why didn't you say ANYTHING to me?" He asked. Atsuma tried to calm Shadow down, but he couldn't take it. The sky started turning dark and cold, making Atsuma stop at look up.

"Why is it turning cold? It's no where near night yet." Atsuma murmured, and then glanced back at Shadow. He was shocked, realising Shadow must be doing this. Shadow growled, as his eyes were now fully black.

"T-Toya, what's going on?" Atsuma cried, looking at Toya. Toya was just as shocked, glancing at Atsuma.

"...I don't know, Atsuma." He replied. Atsuma was shocked, looking back at Shadow.

"..." Shadow growled, darkness surrounding him. He then stopped, hearing a voice. 'Please, stop Shadow!' The voice cried inside Shadow's head, as his eyes grew wide. 'T-That voice...' He thought, the darkness disappearing. 'I-It sounds so familiar...' He fell to his knees, tears falling down his cheeks. Atsuma watched, kneeling beside him.

"Are you ok, Shadow?" He asked quietly. Shadow shook his head, resting his head on Atsuma's shoulder. He just kept crying, unable to stop the tears. He looked down at the notebook, opening it slowly. There was a picture of a young girl.

"...I remember you, sister." Shadow whispered, as tears dropped onto the pages. "I-I remember your voice, your laugh, your personality...your love for everyone and everything. But...I-I'll never see you again, or hear your voice, or feel your love...because you're dead." He said quietly, leaning against Atsuma as he started crying again.

A week had passed since Shadow recovered his notebook, but things had got worse. Shadow had got quieter and quieter, until he stopped talking all together. He would only look at the cover of the notebook and the picture of his sister inside it. Atsuma, Toya and Makoto watched him, worried. Atsuma would usually shout at Toya, saying it was his fault for keeping it from him. Toya wouldn't protest, but Makoto would defend him. This left the group split. Shadow and Atsuma, against Toya and Makoto. Shadow and Toya were usually silent, and could never look at each other, while Atsuma and Makoto would shout and fight against each other. But then, on the 10th day after Shadow got his notebook, something changed.

Atsuma and Makoto were arguing, as always, and Shadow and Toya were watching, standing near the door. Shadow then looked over at Toya, walking over to him.

"Follow me." He whispered in Toya's ear. He then grabbed Toya's hand, and ran out of the room. Toya was confused, but didn't say anything. Shadow took Toya to the Sealed Ward, which was now used as a training place for the students, and the university took Professor Kou's research for analysis.

"Why are we here, Shadow?" Toya asked when they stopped. Shadow took out his notebook, and turned it to the back page.

"What does it say?" He asked. The writing was ancient, and not in the letters that they used today. Toya looked at it, curious.

"...I don't know. It's in a language that even I don't know." He replied. Shadow sighed.

"I think I can understand it. But...I have no idea why." He explained, looking at the writing. Toya looked at Shadow, curious. 'Maybe he has blood of the ancients as well?' He thought to himself. 'But, if it was just that, I should be able to recognise it...a little.' He looked at the writing, thinking. 'So...how much blood does he have? Blood that is even more ancient than the blood in me?' Toya looked back at Shadow.

"So, you don't know?" Shadow asked, sighing. "Well, that's a shame." He put the book back in his bag.

"I could check it out at the library, if you'd like." Toya offered, but Shadow wasn't listening anymore. He could hear something, like singing. It was faint, but sounded like it was calling Shadow. One of his eyes became dull, as he looked at the door to the Sealed Ward.

"...Can you hear that?" Shadow mumbled. Toya was confused, watching Shadow.

"Are you ok?" He asked, holding Shadow by his shoulders, shaking him lightly. Shadow didn't reply. 'I can hear it...but...where is it coming from? In there?' He thought, walking towards the Sealed Ward.

"Oh no. I can see where this is going." Toya muttered. 'But...the Queen of Ice isn't in there. So, I guess there's nothing to worry about.' He thought to himself, following after Shadow.

-Hopefully that was better than my prologue XD I wouldn't mind having some reviews or anything really, but don't feel you have to :D