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Chapter 35: Shadow on the wall

"Okay, he's been here, that's for sure…" Gryff bent down to look at the footprints in the snow.

"Yeah, but he's not here!" Tyson yelled for the fifth time. "WE KNOW!" Ray, Max and Runa yelled back in unison. Tyson jumped back and frowned.

Gryff sighed and stretched his back. "Okay, we've been here like...forever! Where the heck is he? Loki, I'll take a wild guess, and say that you know something; you always do." Loki scratched his head. "Nja, I thought I did, but ehm..."

"Oh, no! No 'ehm's!" Runa said, pointing threatening at him. "He's gotta be here somewhere! And what about all those weird questions Loki?"

Loki threw her a nervours look. "Ehm, well...what about them?"

"Oh, don't play stupid! We got way too mutch of that from Tyson alredy!"

"Huh?" Tyson asked from the ground, where he had just fallen.

"I'm not playing stupid! It's just a bit hard to explain! I dont even know everything."

Runa placed her hand on her hip. Just then, Max pointed at something in the snow. "Hey, isn't that-!?"

A wolf looked up at them from behind some trees. It barked in surprise, and ran over to Loki's side. "So there you are!"

"Do you really expect it to reply?" Runa asked, raising an eyebrow. Loki shot her a death glare, and crossed his arms over his chest. "No, but he do look hungry, maybe you should be a bit more careful in your chose of words!"

"Shut up!" Runa yelled.

"No, you shut up!"

:::SHUT UP, BOTH OF YOU!:::

They froze. Gryffs mouth dropped open, and he pointed at the wolf. "It can talk!"

:::It was me, you stupid git!:::

"Dranzer?" Tyson asked, looking around. "Was that you?"

:::Yes, and I've got something to tell you:::

"Thats it!" Kai leaned back in his chair, and sighed. He was sitting in the library. The church like room was dark, only the office lamp beside the desk gave light enough to read. Kai's words echoed in the room. He closed the thick book, and bit his lip.

"Oh come on!"

Kai looked over at the man who was sitting beside him. Ravn took off his glasses and put the book back on one of the many shelves. "Well, that didn't work. I mean, what's that book doing here anyway?!"

Kai chuckled. "Good question. My mother used to collect books."

"NAF veibok?"

"What?" Kai turned to look at him. The older man laughed. "That's what it was! NAF veibok. It's a book over Norway, really boring, but it's nice to have if you're a tourist."

Kai rose an eyebrow. "Wonder why it's here?"

"Jupp." Kai continued to chew on his lip. He had no idea what was going on. He was stuck inside this castle once again, without any clue how he got there in the first place, he had met Loki's parents, and now he had to find this...truth, to get back! That was enough to make anyone confused.

"Okay, what about this?" Ravn handed him a small, black book. On the front page "Photoalbum" was written in silver letters. Kai opened it and looked at the first photograph. It was wery old, and as he toutched it, he was afraid it would fall apart. He swiped away some dust. The picture was in black white and showed a little boy, maybe four or five years old, holding a dog. Kai smirked, and looked down at the photo text under it. His smirk slowly faded. 'Voltaire, huh?' .

He turned some pages, and saw his dead grandfather getting older at the pictures. He looked perfectly normal, like any other kids. He even found a graduation picture! But after that, he frowned. He looked closer at the next picture. Voltaire was about twenty five, and he was standing outside the Castle. But his eyes was different, more blurry, like two black holes. Kai turned to the next page, and found that picture exactly the same!

Kai looked at the other picture again. 'Already then, his soul had started to turn black', he thought. And then he noticed something in the background. A shadow, or something.

"Is that Voltaire?" Kai jumped, he had nearly forgot that Ravn still were in the room. He swallowed. "Yeah, that's him. That bastard..."

"Have to agree there."

"Can you se what that is?" Kai pointed at the swadow behind Voltaire. Ravn leaned closer. "Mmmm...It looks like a person...but it could be...no, forget that, yeah it's deffinately a person, that's for sure." Kai nodded, that was what he'd thought too.

"But who?" Kai turned to the next picture again, and gasped. There it was! The shadow! Just a bit clearer this time.

"That was weird." Kai stared at the old photograph. Voltaire was standing with his back towards a wall, but there it was, standing beside him. Kai had heard about old photographs where ghosts could be seen standing beside their loved ones. But this was just a bit too weird.

"Wait, turn to the next page!" Ravn said. Kai did as he said. The next picture showed Voltaire standing beside a woman whos eyes looked a bit too mutch like his own. His grandmother. And beside them, stood the shadow, only half of it visible, but mutch sharper! Kai looked up at Ravn. "You think what I think?"

"I think so..."

Kai turned to the last page. It was a familyphoto. They were all there, even himself...

"Kai! Gryff! Come here!" Kai stopped, and Gryff ran into him so they fell to the ground. They laughed and got up. "Trust me, I'll catch you next time." Gryff said, pointing at him. Kai laughed. "You wish! You were far behind me!"

"Ey, that's not fair, I've tripped on that rock over there!"

"Gryff!" A man with long black hair waived at them. Gryff chuckled and ran over to him, Kai right behind him. "So, time for a picture?" Kai asked his uncle.

The man, Sander Hiwatari, smiled. "You bet it is! C'mon, all the others are ready!"

Kai and Gryff ran over to the main entrance of the Castle. It was a beautiful summer day. Sunshine shone down on them, warmed him and made him feel so alive!

In front of him, stood his whole family. From his mothers side, and his fathers side. He smiled proudly. His parents was talking to his mothers sister and her husband. Kai walked up to them. His aunt was holding a little baby in her arms, Kai's new cousin. He walked up to her, and made a grimace. She laughed, and her eyes shone with joy. His aunt laughed at them, and bent down so Kai could see her properly. She was beautiful! She smiled brightly, and stretched her small hands after him. He lifted a hand, and let her hold around one of his fingers. "She's strong!" he said.

"And impatient!" His uncle said. "Can we get this over quickly?! Man, I hate to get photographed! HEY OVER THERE! YEAH; YOU! GET YOUR BUT OVER HERE NOW!"

"Wow, I wonder where she got that from." Kai's aunt whispered. Kai laughed out loud.

"Okay everyone! Gather around here!" the photographer yelled. They all lined up on the stairs. Kai ran over to his parents and stood there beside them. He waved at Gryff who stood at the other side of the stair.

"Hi there, Kai." Kai turned around. Voltaire stood behind him, smiling as always. Kai smiled, and hugged his grandfather. "I thought you wouldn't come!"

"Oh, I would never miss this, you know that."

"Sure!"

"Ah, father. There you are." Armand Hiwatari looked him straight in his eyes. Kai had always been proud of his father. He was quite tall and strong, and could make everyone shiver.

But now, it was like he looked at Voltaire with some sort of a hardness in his eyes. Kai didn't get time to think anything more about it.

"Ah, perfect!" the photographer said. He was a bald, thick little man, with a bright smile.

And then something weird happened. Kai suddenly felt so cold! Like a snowman had placed its hand on his shoulder.

KLIKK! Kai blinked from the flash. KLIKK! The coldness grew more intense. KLIKK! Kai turned around, only to see his grandfather. KLIKK! Kai turned back, thinking it was nothing. Just his imagination...

'And a year after, they were all dead...' Kai thought. 'Even my little cousin.' He felt tears sting in his eyes. He could still feel that strong gripp, could hear her laughter...

He looked down at the photograph. The shadow in the background. 'But how could you be there? Boris...'

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