Prologue: Falling Shadows
Hunger consumes us...
The black monster with the white mask screamed.
We fear the hunger
We fear the Unknown
The body of a black haired child, a girl was before it, a chain came from her chest, the other end was connected to a metal plate on the chest of an ethereal version of the girl, her spirit. She was scared, confused.
The White masked shadow, found these emotions... delicious. It reached out a clawed appendage (it couldn't possibly be called an arm) and grabbed the chain by the middle. The girl screamed out in pain.
Our existence is sorrow, Sorrow is what we bring
"Don't, you know you can't escape from me, your time is up, you will find peace in being a part of me" It was a gruff voice, heavy and deep. The girl couldn't see him clearly but there was a silhouette of a bulky man, there seemed to be horns coming from the man's forehead.
We prey on each other and are harvested
Devoid of purpose other than hunger
The monster hissed at the horned man, and snapped the girl's chain. The girl's vision went fuzzy, the horned man leapt forward with an inhuman roar, ripping the mask from the monster.
"You taste awful, pathetic Shadow!" The horned man snarled. The girl lost all sight, as her chain devoured itself
Not whole, but Hollow
We try to fill ourselves
"Mama! Papa!, It... it ate them... *whimper*" The girl cried.
"I know, I'm sorry... come I need you to eat this..." The horned man said, she still couldn't see him clearly.
"Uhhhgh, what is it, it tastes horrible" The girl complained.
"You don't want to know, all you do need to know is, if you don't eat it, you'll become something like the shadow that killed your parents"
On hearing this, the girl dried her tears and ate the vile substance...
We are only shadows of our former selves
"Now I have a choice for you" The horned man said after she regained consciousness.
We can never be the same
Ten years after this mysterious event is where our story begins...
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This is the prologue so it's short, the first chapter will make more sense of this.