Chapter ten: Leave it to the past to keep coming back
*** Authors note… Thanks for the reviews and the favorites. This is supposed to be the chapter where I upload a picture of Shadow…except my scanner broke. Ohh well this is chapter 10 sorry if it took a while… Also there are omniscient parts marked by***
It had been a wonderful day Deryn had finally expressed her feelings for shadow. She also had learned a bit of German from him. She was extremely happy despite the fact that she was a wolf and he was a cat. She didn't care what the other wolves said she wanted nothing more tan to be with him. When her limo arrived back at the Milton's, her cousin Daryl who was more like a brother to her was waiting for her.
"So how did your date go?" he said with a mocking tone
"It wasn't a date," Deryn said trying to hide her blush
"Well anyways we are going on a trip to the old forest preserve… we will be there for a month for the full moon festival." Daryl said with an excited tone
"Awesome I was wondering when that was. Can I bring…" Deryn began
"No cats allowed" Daryl said with a flat tone
"Fine but if you knew him you wouldn't be surprised… he is almost like a wolf." Deryn said sticking her tongue out as she walked to her room to go to sleep.
Meanwhile shadow sat on his doorstep with a continuous thought going through his mind. It was a thought he had not had for a long time. He simply thought of home…
"This can't be right...I almost forgot... well that I'm human…" I thought slowly processing the night… "Although I can't believe I kissed Deryn… I don't know if that's wrong or right for me to do." I walked into the house and greeted my family. "Family…" I thought, "They are my family now and nothing will change that," I concluded. I entered my room and saw Cyrus sleeping already "wow the comic convention today must have tired him out. At least he made friends with that Joey kid," I thought.
As soon as my head hit my pillow, I knew something was wrong. The world seemed to melt away even before I closed my eyes ad before I knew it I was falling again. This time I anticipated the ground and landed on my feet. "I thought I was always supposed to land on my feet," I mockingly thought
As I was chuckling to myself, a small golden object began to come into my vision. It was falling towards me slowly, when it started to get closer, I began to make out its shape it was an elongated….
"Really!" I yelled, "You're kidding right? These references are just horrible," I said aloud watching the familiar outline of a giant key falling towards me
"I don't even like the game that much" I yelled into the seemingly black sky
When the key hit the ground, I walked over to it and grabbed it. As soon as my hand made contact the key melted. A Black Katana with a red edge appeared in my hand. A steampunk engraving of a key was all that was left to remind me of my horrible taste in dreaming. As I admired the sword that had fallen from the sky a mechanical arm punched its way though the ground at my feet. I quickly jumped backwards and before long a giant mechanical skeleton had pulled itself out of the ground. Its hollow "eyes" that were two faintly glowing Orange slits stared at me. My first instinct was to back away but then I noticed a second one pulling itself out of the ground behind me. As I slipped away the pair approached me and blades slipped out of their wrists sharp and deadly looking. One of them took a slash at me and I brought the blade up to protect myself. On contact with the sword the skeletons blade shot a shower of sparks dancing around my head. I countered by stabbing my blade through its "stomach" and watching as it crumpled to the ground. I spun around quickly chopping the other clean in half. When I turned to catch my breath I realized three more had appeared
"Man first a key then the enemies…I don't think this is a dream anymore" I thought bringing my sword up to protect myself.
The first "Ghoul" as I now called the mechanical skeletons charged at me blades slipping out of its wrists. I jumped backwards then countered its attack with a quick swipe cutting its "head" off. The other two began slowly advancing on either side of me
"crap I cant take them both at the same time" I thought when suddenly an image of myself standing popped into my head. "How am I seeing in third person?" I wondered. I watched as a black ring slowly formed around my stomach and gently pulsed outward becoming larger. A second later a second ring appeared but it split and began orbiting me vertically. When I thought about it I could feel the rings as if they were tied to me. I concentrated on the rings and they spun faster until they were just a blur around my body. The two ghouls still kept advancing until they were both about three or four feet away. Then an image exploded into my mind an image of Fox, Cyrus, and Dad. When the image entered my mind I felt instantly weak as I watched the rings explode outward from my body completely destroying the two ghouls. As soon as the two fell almost seven of them pulled themselves out of the ground.
I growled slightly and charged the nearest group, I felt a blade swipe over my head so I ducked and slashed two of the four in my group to pieces. The other two stepped back wary of my low slashes so I jumped way higher than I knew I could and came down slashing It then spinning when I hit the ground catching the other one and cutting its legs off. I took one step back and finished it off then turned to the other three. The first one charged me and when I was blocking its blow the second one lashed out catching my arm and leaving a deep gash. Blood seeped through my fur as I slashed the ghoul I front of me in half then stabbed the one behind me through its "eye". The third one seemed to watch from a distance as I began to advance on it I realized its eyes were a cool green unlike the glowing yellow of the others. Slowly but deliberately the ghoul raised its arm and a ball of electricity formed at the end. I readied myself waiting for the ball to come flying at me, but instead the ball slowly morphed into a sword that bristled with electricity. The ghoul charged me with a sick look of intelligence. I quickly brought my sword up to block its rush but instead it brought its arms low and knocked me off my feet. The ghoul turned around ready to bring its sword down when a familiar felling bustled through my veins. Twin pillars of light shot out of my hands contradicting the dark circles I had conjured before. The pillars sank into the ghoul lifting it off its feet sending it crashing to the ground several feet away. When I got up to inspect the ghoul its side was sputtering sparks and leaking a green substance. The ghoul turned to look at me and opened its "jaw" instantly I felt a lace of pain shoot through my shoulder as I was shot for the second time in my life. I instinctively brought my sword down crushing its head. I turned around expecting more ghouls to appear but none did. The bodies of the ones I destroyed lay strewn about the ground where they had fallen. I watched as a portal of sorts seemed to tear the space in front of it apart. When nothing came through it I dropped my sword letting it clatter to the ground. The sword disappeared the second it hit the floor and I clutched my hand to my bleeding shoulder and slowly walked towards the portal.
"The child did well judge" an unknown entity said
"Yes…perhaps he is ready"
"I don't think he will accept your offer"
"of course he will there is nothing for him in this world. He will return home when he tell him he can."
"but sir I don't thin…"
"Hush he will arrive shortly I must prepare the dimensional gate."
I walked towards the portal with a slight limp from where the Ghoul had hit me. As I entered the portal a feeling of vertigo overtook me and I found myself standing in the familiar throne room of the judge. I turned to face the judge anger bubbling inside of me
"You said I would get a normal life…No skeletons, No supernatural forces
No whatever this is!" I practically scream at the judge
"Yes we know… The deal has been changed"
"Just because you're all powerful doesn't mean you can do things like that" I yell
"actually it does… but the real reason you are here is you are going home… We found a way to send you to your own dimension again"
"WHAT?" I yelled
"you can go home…" Soraiyan said stepping out from behind the judge
I sat in front of the two entities for a few very long minutes before boldly declaring
"No… I'm staying here"
"And it shall be done if you'll follow me to the portal…wait what? You cant stay… fate said you leave"
"Well maybe fate is wrong" I said defiantly
"No fate is never wrong…you WILL go" the judge said making a move to advance on me
"YoU'Re WrONg" I yell in a voice that's not my own.
Suddenly the judge charges me attempting to grab me. I quickly jump back and my sword materializes in my hand. I look to my arms and instead of the white or black flames that usually cross my arms, A mix of both energies crisscrosses my arms, seemingly charged with electricity. I look up to see the judge conjuring a ball of green Energy. I quickly duck as he unleashes a beam towards my head.
"You must leave…You cannot remain here"
"Soraiyan why aren't you helping" I gasp while dodging the judges relentless attacks. I then turn to see Soraiyan encased inside a solid green crystal.
" He is like family to me…AnD YoU don't Mess WiTH My FaMIly" I scream unleashing as much energy as I possibly can. The room we are in seemingly explodes into oblivion as the courthouse disappears beneath my floating form. I shoot beam after beam at the judge who has made a shield of sorts and is blocking my attacks. I see a crack spreading through the shield and i focus all my energy into it. The crack suddenly overtakes the shield causing it to explode in a shower of green sparks. I then concentrate what's left of my energy on forming a hole. I imagine the hole leading through the fabric of space to My true home.
"Now you will know the pain of not truly belonging" as a portal opens beneath the judge flinging him to my old universe. With the portal closing I instantly am overcome by the exertion of using my energy and I fall from where I was floating. As I hurtled towards the roof of the now half collapsed courthouse a familiar golden streak rushes beneath me. Soraiyan now freed from his prison caught me and laid me on the ground.
"Don't move" he hisses "You could kill yourself doing that. And you just banished the leader of Heaven…You are going to have a long talk with him when he gets back"
"I don't care as long as my family is safe" I say before passing out
"how did he release so much energy?" the judge yells at Soraiyan
"I have no clue it looks like he pulled it from his own dimension though"
"how is that even possible?"
"I don't know but he didn't completely banish you… it only took you three minutes to get back."
"He must be protected even after this outbreak…Send him home to his family"
"But he didn't want to go back to his realm" Soraiyan interjects
"His REAL family…the one that is here with him."
"I see…It will be done sir" Soraiyan says carrying the limp body of shadow in his arms.
*** Author time… Ok people this was the tenth chapter to my story I hope you enjoyed it…to all 2 of my fans thanks for your support
Codemeister : I hope you enjoyed the portrayal of shadows powers in this chapter
Sweden19: thanks for your support I tried to fix the run-on's its just the way I write dialogue.
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And don't worry guys if people like the story enough…it will continue and you can learn how shadows relationship plays out. Also I will actually have Cyrus come back into the story…he gets lonely in his dusty corner of my mind.
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