Chapter One: A Telling of Pasts
'What do you mean?' Harry asked the boy. 'How could you be inside of me?' The boy, Dark, sat up and clapped his hands once.
'Many years ago, I was a famous thief. I stole enchanted artifacts. Unfortunately no one knew they were enchanted and so thought I was just an ordinary thief. In the end I was captured and cursed by a wizard, only allowed to live through another. I found a loophole in that curse and made it so I would be allowed to inhabit every male in the Niwa family. I would appear as a dream to them on their fourteenth birthday, like I am to you. I would be allowed to use their body and shape it into my own so that I could continue my work. Unfortunately the Niwa line disappeared and my spirit had to find another suitable candidate. It chose you, Harry.' Dark lowered his hood and Harry's jaw dropped.
The boy was only a few years older than him! He had light violet colored eyes, and a darker shade of violet as hair. He was also taller than Harry, if his long legs were any judge.
'How?' Dark shrugged and, without his mouth moving Harry noticed, answered in a questioning tone of voice.
'Magic, maybe? I don't know, but it's passed down through genes. Daisuke was my last host. I've been…asleep, I'll say, since then.' Harry relaxed and moved foreword a few inches.
'So you're not here to hurt me?' He asked. Dark grinned at him and Harry couldn't help it. His lips twitched in response.
'I am part of you. The only thing I can do is take over your body and transform it into mine.' Dark said. 'But you need to allow me to, and even then…..your body can transform into mine but I can give you power over it.'
'Amazing…..' Harry said, now at ease with the other boy. He allowed himself to flop onto the couch across from Dark. 'How are we speaking?'
'Thought speech. You direct your thoughts to me, and I direct mine to you. It works the same when we're in your body.' Harry nodded in understanding.
'So you'll always be in the back of my mind.' Dark nodded. 'Okay, I can handle that.' Dark suddenly looked up.
'It's time for you to wake up. You'll be in your body, but we can still talk.' Dark suddenly said.
'Can we talk like this again after I finish my chores tomorrow?'
'You mean today? No, it uses up a lot of energy. I prefer we save it by talking in our minds.' Harry nodded, only slightly disappointed.
'How does my body transform? I mean….' Dark cocked his head.
'With Dai it was the feeling of unrequited love. With you, it might just be want or necessity. We'll have to see….' Dark said as the room began to fade away. Harry watched it get dark and waved to Dark, before waking up with a start.
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Harry groaned as he awakened to his Aunts frantic pounding. "Get up, get up!" She screeched. "We all slept in today…" Harry sat up and yawned. He stretched his arms and froze. Was that….muscle?
'Ahhh, another perk of being my host.' Harry jumped, earning himself a chuckle from Dark. He grinned at himself sheepishly. 'You'll get some of my abilities. Don't worry about it, it can all be passed off as a growth spurt.'
'Sure.' Harry made his way upstairs and without a comment from his aunt, began to make breakfast. This time he made sure to ruin the eggs and was grinning by the time it was over. He practically ran down the stairs with his prize-the plateful of eggs- and dug in.
'They don't like you much…' Harry swallowed a large mouthful.
'They hated my parents, and hate all wizards.' He heard Dark grumble.
'Why do you live with them?' Harry pushed the empty plate away. 'You don't have to tell, I just want to get to know my host as I'm sure we'll be like this for a while.'
'I don't mind, it's just a touchy subject.' He felt Dark give a mental nod. 'Tell you what. If I tell you about me, you have to tell me about you.'
'That sounds fair.' Dark said. 'Okay then. You start. We'll do a little each night.' Harry nodded and began his tale.
'When I was one, a dark wizard killed my parents. He wanted to kill me, because it was prophesized that I would be his downfall. He managed to kill my parents, who were loyal to the light, but when he tried to kill me his curse backfired. He ended up without a body and I ended up with this scar, and my relatives.'
'I see. Your memories are showing me as you talk. It's a reflex of yours I guess. That's good though, because then you don't have to go into detail.' Harry smiled. 'Okay, now I'll tell you a little about me. I obviously wasn't born like you were. I can't actually remember how I was, but I think it was magic. That's why I can transform and why With can become my wings….or me.'
'Who's With?' Harry asked.
'Close your eyes.' Harry did and an image of a little bunny type creature appeared. It then molded into a pair of jet-black wings, then into a copy of Dark, then back to the bunny. 'He's my little partner, who I'm sure will be materializing at some point. You're his master now.'
'He's cute.'
"Boy! Chores!" Harry groaned and made his way upstairs. He could almost picture Darks affronted gaze at the command, and had to bite his cheek to keep from laughing. His last thought before he began mopping was, 'What am I going to tell my friends?'
TBC
