*** Sooo, this is the final chapter to this story! I will indeed write a sequel, I have the ideas ready and everything! There will be a sneak peek after this chapter, just so that you get the idea of what will happen in it! I know I promised to write within a week or so, but as you probably know, that week went by over a month ago. Oh, and let's NOT forget who got me to write this chapter. Thank you so much, Christian! Without you, I don't think this story would ever have been finished! I hope you enjoy this!***

The battlefield was quiet. Everything seemed far away. So far that Seth couldn't hear nearly anything. Not the wind whistling in the trees. Not the thunder roaring in the sky. Not his sister's heartbroken scream.

"NOOO!"

He felt his upper body being lifted up into a slightly diagonal position, his head being propped up by a soft, gentle hand. He felt raindrops falling on his face, but suspected that they were actually tears.

With great effort, Seth opened his eyes.

Above him, he saw Kendra, her hair dripping from the rain. Slowly, she caressed his cheek, biting her lip to stop a sob from escaping.

" Hey, Kens."

" Hey." she answered, choking on the words. Her shoulders shook, and she closed her eyes, letting tears fall. " You can't leave me, Seth. You..."

She sat there, weeping, her little brother securely in her arms, holding him as his life continued to slip away.

" Kendra? I want you to promise me something." Kendra looked at him waiting got him to speak. " I want you to live a long life. You hear me? You'll... you'll have a good life, and you're going to accomplish everything you ever wanted. And you won't let anything stop you. Promise me."

Slowly Kendra nodded. " I promise. But... you can't give up. "

" I'm not giving up. I just accept there's nothing I can do. And I know, you don't want to do it... but you need to let me go."

Kendra closed her eyes, and shook her head.

" Please, Kendra."

Their eyes met, and finally Kendra nodded. " Okay."

A small smile appeared on Seth's face, and he felt an immense weight lifting from his chest. He lifted a hand, and pushed a strand of Kendra's hair behind her ear.

" I love you." he whispered.

" I love you, too."

And then he closed his eyes, his chest rising and falling steadily, before finally stopping. Kendra lowered her tears stained face, and touched her forhead to Seth's.

" No... please Seth, no... NO!"

Her family had been waiting a few meters behind, and now they walked up to her, and lowered theimselves onto the ground next to the girl. Every dark creature in the area, didn't dare to break the silence, and neither did any light one. For this was something that they would remember for centuries.

The great Shadow Charmer was dead.

*** Please don't kill me! Most of you are probably furious right now, wanting to rip my head off my shoulders but please, before you do that, read the sneak peek! Then, if you're still mad at me, you can come kill me. I'll say hi to Seth.

Sneak Peek

" He said only a legendary Shadow Charmer could control the creatures trying to open Zzyzx! The only legendary Shadow Charmer who would help us, would be Seth Sorenson, and he died thousands of years ago!" Melanie screamed at her brother.

" We can't give up! We need his help, and we're going to get it even if we have to crawl through the underworld! "

" You mean retreaving his soul from the dead? Bringing him back to life? How do you think of doing that? I'll help you, if you have a way of doing it!"

" Maybe Mom would-"

" No. If Mom knew we were bringing her brother back to life, she would stop us. We shouldn't be messing with the dead."

Adarian crossed his arms, his blue eyes staring into his big sister's green ones. His black hair, which fell under his ears made him look more like a thirteen than an eleven-year-old.

Unlike her brother, Melanie had light brown hair, similar to her mother's. Her mother, Kendra and father Bracken were two very loving parents. Yet, instead of the two siblings being like their parents, they were told that they resembled their mother and her brother when they were young.

Adarian was adventerous, and liked doing things he wasn't supposed to, while Melanie enjoyed reading and spending time with her people in the Fairy Kingdom.

" Well, do you have a better idea?" Adarian snapped.

" No, I'm just saying it's dangerous. Very dangerous. We could get killed!"

" Well it's either we die trying, or the world dies because we haven't done anything."

There was a moments silence. Then Adarian spoke again.

" And don't tell me it wouldn't be cool to see an actual Shadow Charmer?" Melanie shook her head, at her brother's comment.

" Alright, dweeb. But don't think, that this okay. And I'm in charge. Deal?"

" Deal."

*** So yes, as you probably figured, Adarian and Melanie are the main characters in this story. The story takes place a few thousand years after Seth dies. The world hasn't changed much, so there are no flying cars or teleportation devises due to my bad imagination. It's the same old iPhones and computers. :)

Anyway, a group of rogue demons are planning to open Zzyzx, and a mysterious hooded figure contacts Adarian and Melanie in their sleep. They leave on a mission (without their parents permission) and enter the underworld. They need to find Seth, the only Shadow Charmer they think will help them, bring him back to life, and try to stop the demons from opening the prison. All in one week. Will they do it? Find out in The Shadow Returns. ***