Shade opened the door and left to meet his grandfather outside meditation, and of course Shade being the impatient one, he yelled at the old man's ear.
"WAKE UP OLD MAN!" he shouted close to his ear, but no response. Growing angry, he got extremely close to his ear, but the old man shouted in his ear.
"OW!...man that hurt..!",
"Of course is did...now listen closely...in order to achieve the power of the Son of Time...you must conentrate the power you had when you were a kid, and unleash it's tremendous energy",
"So wait what you're saying is...that...that dream was true",
"Yes I'm afaidso Shade...you see you are half human half shadow",
"Huh...I'm not fully human...I men how is that possible?",
"When the shadw combined into your blood stream, it killed half of you body, but leaving the other have a body of a shadow, and a body of a human",
"So ...I'm a demon?",
"...No but there is one infested within you",
"..." he was in shock, he couldn't think right, and couldn't understand why,
"But don't worry you haven'tgone mad, or cursed as all demon infested human beings",
"Then whats keeping me alive, and not rampagable",
"You;ve been blessed by the gods...protected at all times, but now it's your turn to make them happy",
"Hmm...then I'm ready...I'm willing to destroy anybody in my way, stop any evil in my way, and most importantly to save anybody who desires my help",
"Ok then you must practice..." he turns his body th other direction and then takes something from the chopped tree trunck he sat on. Shade becomes curious, but got too curious, and then the step father threw a very sharp blade at Shade,
"Yahh!" he said ducking his head,
"STAND UP!...AND CONCENTRATE!" he commanded throwing another one to his face,
"Yahh!" he dodges,
"SHADE STOP WAISTING YOUR TIME FEARING, AND USE YOU SHDOW POWERS, THE DEMON DOESN'T CONTROL YOU, YOU CONTROL THE DEMON...SO DONT EVEN THINK ABOUT THE FEAR", he throws another one,
"Alright..." he said thinking in his conscience, he closes hjis eyes, and sees the deadly sharp, speeding dagger heading towards his face. He then concentrates, and shadows began appearing throug his body, and ..
*CLAP!*...*Drip drip drip*. He was able to stop the dagger, but begins bleeding from the palm of his hands. He immediatly drops the dagger, and looks at the bloody scars of his hands. But he noticesthat the wounds are healing,
"What..the",
"You see the power of the demon within",
"Yes I do",
"Well then how 'bout these!" he pulled a string and a storm of knives, from the trees, and heading straight for Shade.
"Alright here I go..." he thinks in his conscience again, and shadows appear throughout his body again, and lift up his arms, and quickly takes two, and starts slashing them. He gets some cuts and his shirts gets tore up, but was able to defeat the entire wave of daggers, but then another wave of dagger continue to come at him, but unexpectively, and one impales him in the upper right arm, and he falls to the ground.
"Ahh...",
"I didn't tell you that another wave was coming...so you see there are endless supply of daggers being shot at you right now, so you must think on how to stop all of this",
"Sure...thanks for the tip", and then another wave shot, and Shade was prepared, so this time he begin to think about the slaughtering of his family. So then his shadow power increases and , quickly, in a blink of an eye, he dashes, grabs a dagger, and begins slicing those wooden turrets, and then with most of his energy, he uses his shadow sword slash, and wipes all the tree out.
"Impressive",
"*pant*...*pant*..*pant*",
"You've seen to have to know that you have th epower, but you do not have control of the power",
"*pant* right...*pant..* I'm ready",
"Alright then follow me". The step-father leads his son to a rain forest, and just as he took his 40th step, he stops and then jumps up into the trees, leaving Shade alone, and not knowing where he is,
"Uh?...step-dad...where are you?",
*TIGER ROAR!*
"Huh?...what the?...",
*TIGER ROAR!*, and then a shadow figure leaped to the other side of the trees, right before Shade turned around.
"Hey...is?...wait a minute...my conscience" so he thinks in his conscience, everything slows down and he identifies the motion of creatures, and watches their every move.
"So he takes the dagger he had before, and thorws in he trees, and impaling the creature. The creature pops out of the trees and falls dead to the ground, but then the other one tackles him. He begins to bite him, but fortunetly Shade stabbed him in the neck, and kicks it off. The creature immediatly pounced after him, and it bite him right on the neck,
"Ahhh!...alright then...how bout this", Shade stabbed him in the neck, and then strucked him it in the heart, killing him.
*WEAK TIGER MOAN!*
"*Pant*...I'm beat...but I'm not giving up yet...*cough*" he looked over his shoulder and sees his shoulder dripping with blood, and so he realizes his neck is bleeding...
"Argh...I ...can't see...I..", then thewound healed up, and his vision was normal again.
"*Pant*...alright I'm ready",
*Thud*,
"Your learning very fast...now lets get ready for your final test",
"Seriously?...alright...now lets go",
"Hmm but you'll need your rest...tomorow you will begin a test that you'll soon remember for the rest of your life",
"But...I need to learn now...while I'm still ready",
"No...because even I wise warrior...rests his energy so he will not die the next battle",
"Right...I guess",
"Rest easy and tomorow ...your final test will begin",
"*pant*...pant*..right.", the step-father went on home, and Shade followed. That night Shade began having nightmares about his slaughtered family:
"No...I ...no Moma...Papa...*Sniff*",
*Sword Slash*
"No...",
"AHHHHH!",
"I can't...no",
"Hahahaha...",
"No...ahh...",
"Hey quiet...'m trying to go to sleep here",
"Huh?...Mystic?...",
"Yea it's me I'm goin to bed if ya don't mind",
"Oh right...my bad",
"Another bad dream huh Shade?" he understandable friend Fragile said,
"Yeah...it was about my dead family",
"Oh thats nice...NOW GO TO BED!",
"Chill Mystic...look just be lucky that you survived, and that where you go to seek vengence, I'm going with ya",
"Thanks bud",
"...Sissy's",
"Now get some rest...we got some work to do",
"Right". Shade closed hs eyes, and went back to sleep.
The Next Morning:
"Alright..I'm ready..bring it on",
"Hmm...anxious are we?...well then this test will determine how much guts you have",
"Then this must be easy",
"Easy?..huh?...well then, lets see how you do",
"Yeah I'm ready",
"You must...",
"Yea",
"Survive 4 weeks in Goren Forest, and find the one you must fight, and come back",
"Say Wha...?",
"Thats right...for 4 weeks",
"4 WEEKS!",
"Yep...what happened to "I'm a man",
"That went out the window',
"Well then chicken out, maybe you aren't the Son Of ztime I thought you were", Shade then looked at his hand, and made a fist,
"Alright then...*Gulp*...I'll do it",
"Oh and before you go...I assighned you a partner",
"You have?...who is it?",
"Why it's Mystic",
"SAY WHA...!",
"Thats right, since I overheard you and Fragile saying thatyour best friends, and Mystic well doesn't relate to you at all, I've decided to make you guys work together, whicl the rest stay here and what for your return",
"I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WHY DOES MYSTIC HAVE TO COME WITH ME?",
"This is part of your test",
"Aww man...alright I guess",
"I don't like this either...but we gotta put our differences, ...and looks aside, and continue our long journey",
"Oh shut up...lets just get this over with",
"Oh and uh...Shade..you forgot this",
"What is it this time?",
"Your Fairy Sword",
"This is kinda big for a Fairy",
"I know...I was able to make it all night yesterday so you can use it in battle",
"Right...okay I guess",
"Now..go on, my young one, and remember it is up to you, to find your challenger, and remember not to get lost, Goren Forest is a very dangerous place to be",
"Thanks Step-da...come Mystic keep up, I'd ather leave you then take you with me",
"Don't make me peck you to death". Thye continued on to te forest, and got further and further away from the cottage.
"I believe he's gonna pull through with this...so I must be ready to give him, his traveling kit, for he shall journey to find the answers to his questions" he said walking back into his cottage, and taking Fragile by the paw, and escorting him, into the kitchen.