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Bright's POV

After the meeting in the library was over Shade and I walked towards the back doors of the school.

"I'm pretty sure he is most likely to be in the forest." Shade said.

The walk through the hall was silent. But I could tell that Shade and I were thinking about the shadows and the blue-cloaked man as well. When we finally reached the woods, it seemed to give off an eerie feeling.

"Do you really think he is in these woods?" I questioned.

"He was here when he first talked to Rein. This is also where that shadow chased us."

"Well it won't hurt to look." We walked in trying to avoid any dangers. Somehow it seemed as though everything got darker. Even though it was still practically morning, being inside the forest made it look as though it was already night. The shadows looked as though it was moving but I figured it was only the wind.

"Where did the shadow start chasing you?" I asked.

"It started chasing us a little more up ahead." Shade said as he started moving faster.

"Wait up Shade! It's easy to get lost in this place!" I yelled as I tried to catch up. It somehow felt as though we got farther from each other. The distance seemed to widen each time I tried to catch up.

'You can't catch up to him. He will never accept you like he did with her.' I heard someone whisper. I turned around to call Shade but he seemed to disappear as well. I suddenly saw Shade sitting on a stone chair ahead of me. He looked younger. Much younger. Suddenly a blue haired girl appeared next to him. It was Rein. I realized that we were at Shade's lake. I saw the younger version of me standing behind a tree. His face was filled with hate and jealousy.

'You took away his happiness.' the voice said again. 'That is the reason he doesn't smile at you like he did to her.' I realized that this was my fear. It was my darkness.

"No... I didn't mean to take away his happiness." I said. "But that was the past. Times are different now!"

'But he will never be happy like that again.'

"You're right. Shade won't be happy like that again because he is much happier now. He has met with that girl again. He was able to smile warmly like he did back then."

'But what about you? Has he ever smiled like that to you?' the voice said. It suddenly started sounding childish. Then I realized that the younger version of me appeared in front of me. He was crying. 'Will someone ever show me a smile from the very bottom of their heart like?' he asked still sobbing silently. I bent down to be at an eye level with him. Then I patted him on the head.

"Someone will smile at you from the bottom of their heart. You just have to search for them." I replied. I was thinking about Fine when I said that.

'You promise?' he asked with a tint of hop in his eyes.

"I promise." I said with a kind smile. His face brightened as he smiled back. "Thank you." I told him. He started to fade away along with my surroundings. The darkness has now been settled in my heart. Now you can rest peacefully.

"...ight..." I heard someone else yelled. "Bright!"

"Uwah!" I said as I suddenly flinched. I realized that I was still standing in the place I was before. "Shade! I'm over here!" I yelled as I ran towards his voice.

"Bright, you suddenly disappeared. I got worried."

"I told you to wait up. But you didn't listen." I said. I will keep it a secret from him. I thought with a playful smile. Shade looked at me with a suspicious face but brushed it off.

"We still need to search for the blue-cloaked boy anyways." Shade said as he started looking around again. I looked around with him. The boy was no where in sight. We searched almost 2 hours but there was no sign of anything being there. The shadows and the tree were the only things visible. No matter where you looked everything looked practically the same.

"Shade, maybe he's not here. We have search almost everywhere in the forest." I said.

"Then he should be somewhere nearby the school. I hope nothing else bad has happened while we were gone." Shade replied as he started walking towards the school.

"You are completely wrong on that." chuckled a voice. We both turned around immediately and saw the boy with the blue cloak. He jumped down from the tree branch he had been sitting on.

"What have you done to the school?!" Shade yelled.

"Oh nothing. I just hope that nothing bad has happened to your special friends." he smirked. "The shadows have seemed to be out of control lately. But it's not the shadow's fault."

Shade and I stared in shock. "What does that mean?" I asked hesitantly.

"It means that the shadows just attack those who had darkness growing in their hearts. Like that girl from this morning. Her heart was filled of jealousy because her best friend lied to her." he replied. Somehow his voice became much colder. "That is what I hate most about friends." he said silently. That's almost what he told Shade.

"Just shut up!" Shade yelled as he went to punch him. But right when he swung his fist and made contact with his face he vanished. An illusion?

"Did you really think that I would be sitting here wasting my time with you?" echoed the boy's voice in the woods. I still barely understood what was happening.

I turned to Shade who suddenly said, "Dang it!"

I figured out that he at least understood the situation. "What's wrong?" I asked. Shade immediately turned around and started running out of the woods.

He turned around and yelled, "This was just to stall us! He's going after Fine and Rein!" Once I heard that I started following him back to the school. Why didn't we realize this earlier? I thought. Right when we stepped out of the woods and onto school grounds I stared at the building. Everything looked normal but something still didn't feel right inside the building.

I hope you enjoyed! Plz review! Im not sure how long this will be but there are a lot of things that need to be explained in this story... I hope that you liked this though.