Pinkshuchan: LALIHO! Hey everyone! Pinkshuchan here! Here's the next chapter of Creatures of the Night: The Masters of Light. This is so far the shortest chapter in the entire story but it has big importance. This chapter is part of the actual plot. Enjoy!

Chapter 3

Big Discovery In The Attic

The world of the Creatures of the Night was as spooky as ever and Shuichi and Hiro were in the attic of Shuichi's house; cleaning. The witch boy was always the one who had to do all the chores around the house. He could've gone on a date with Yuki today. But no, he was stuck to handle cleaning the attic which hadn't been cleaned for a long time. At least Hiro agreed to help him.

Shuichi groaned. "It's going to take forever to clean all this up."

"I don't think so," replied Hiro, "It would've been if it was only you, but with the two of us we should be able to have this place clean before dinner."

"I guess you're right." Shuichi sighed before he continued cleaning. The witch boy and the werewolf dusted and organized shelves. A scent filled Hiro's senses and he walked over to where it came from. It smelled like something died in there. The smell came from a box. When he opened it, he fell back in disgust.

"What the hell is that?" he asked.

Shuichi walked over to where Hiro was and saw what it was. "Hey! That's Fluffy!" he replied as he picked up the dead black cat in the box, "Mother told me he ran away. She lied to me. He was in this box the entire time."

"Does it really matter?" asked Hiro, "We need to finish cleaning up this attic." Hiro continued cleaning while there was something else in the box that caught his eye. It appeared to be some kind of picture album. He picked it up and took a look at it. It was a blue picture album with a big red heart in the middle with writing that said 'Precious Memories'. He opened the book and was shocked to see what was inside.

The album was filled of pictures of his mother with some handsome looking guy with black hair and violet eyes who seemed to remind Shuichi of someone. They seemed to be very close. Did they date once? A realization just hit him. Could that man in the picture be...?

"Shuichi?" Hiro called out, "What are you doing? These boxes can't be sorted out by themselves," But Shuichi didn't pay any attention to him. Hiro walked over to him. "Shuichi? Are you ok?"

"Hiro?" Shuichi spoke up, "This man in the picture. Could he be a Daywalker?"

Hiro looked at the picture. "He looks like one," he replied, "Also, if you look closely at the picture, you realize that they're standing under daylight. But come on. You don't want to make your mother angry."

For the rest of the time, they finished cleaning up the attic, but not once did Shuichi let go of the picture album. When they were done, Hiro went back home but Shuichi never stopped looking in the album. So many questions clouded his head; questions he knew he'd have to ask his mother. Later that night, Shuichi and Kyoko were eating dinner. Maiko was staying at her friends for a sleepover so it was just the two of them. Shuichi knew this was his chance to ask. It was now or never.

"Mother?" he asked, "Have you been to the world of the Daywalkers?"

"Once," Kyoko replied, "There was a special ingredient I needed to obtain there. It was needed for work."

"While you were there, did you... create Love's Bond with a Daywalker?"

Kyoko dropped her fork. "Why would you say that?" Shuichi picked up the album and placed it on the table. Kyoko couldn't believe her eyes. "Where did you find this?"

"I found it in one of the boxes in the attic while cleaning it out," Shuichi replied, "The Daywalker in the picture... He's my father, isn't he?"

Kyoko didn't answer. Shuichi continued on. "I just realized. This is what I've been missing. I may be a witch but I'm still male. All my life, I needed a father; a father I never met or even knew."

"Shuichi..."

Shuichi stood up. "I noticed something else too. I may not have had the best grades in school but I know that when witches need to reproduce, they would create a fake Love's Bond with another Creature of the Night, but you made a real one with a Daywalker."

Kyoko stood up and walked over to Shuichi. "Shuichi, listen to me!"

But Shuichi contniued. "Maybe that's why I'm not an ordinary witch. Maybe this is why I feel like I've been missing a part of me my entire life."

"Stop right this instant!"

"Maybe this is why I've always been wanting to go to the world of the Daywalkers and see a sunrise for the very first time."

And that's when it happened. Shuichi's hopes caused Kyoko's anger to grow so much, she lost control and slapped him. "Enough!" she hissed, "I don't want to hear that from you. You are to never go to the world of the Daywalkers and you are never to speak about any of this again. Is that clear?"

Shuichi didn't say a word. He was too paralyzed from the shock of his mother slapping him. That was the first time she ever did that to him. His feet began to move by themselves and ran up to his room, taking the album with him. When he got to his room, he slammed the door and ran to his bed; holding the album close to him and letting the tears fall down his cheeks.

Far away in the world of the Creatures of the Night, someone was watching Shuichi's every move through a magic mirror. Whoever is was began to chuckle.

"Shuichi Shindo," the person spoke up, "The first witch boy in existance and the most powerful of all witches. Your beauty is as radiant as that of a raven," The mysterious person began to carress the mirror with a close-up of Shuichi. "Oh my beautiful little angel of darkness. I would do anything to wipe away those sad tears of yours. I would even take away your own life. OHOHOHOHO!" The mysterious person looked up at a skylight which exposed a half moon. "It would be long now until all my dreams come true."

And so, a devious plot began to form while our favourite witch boy was up in his room, crying about finally discovering what wanted to know and forbidden to go to the place he wants to go to the most; the world of the Daywalkers.

Pinkshuchan: Well, didn't see that coming. Who would've thought that Shuichi's father would be a Daywalker. And who is that mysterious person spying on Shuichi? Please Read and Review!