Requiem for Darkness Part 2 Creeping Shadows
I sat at home the next morning, that gorgeous wolf still on my mind. "Who is he?" I kept asking myself. He was so beautiful. I needed to meet him, or at least see him again.
I decided to go to the marketplace to see if I might run into him again. I left a note for my on the table before leaving. I live with my dad and sister. My mom left us when I was young. My sister had just turned one. I still don't know why she left.
I was only a few blocks away before I heard a woman scream nearby. My priorities changed as I dashed towards the scream. When I got to the scene I came upon two shadowpuppets that were like the one from yesterday leaping at a female raccoon. I sent them crashing to the ground with a burst of gravity. "Run!" I yelled to the raccoon. When she was out of sight, I released them. Immediately after being freed they came at me. I summoned two dark hands from the shadows and crushed their heads their heads in their strong grasp. I saw someone in the shadows run as I noticed them. I dashed to the top of a close by building for a better view but the stranger was nowhere to be found. I jumped down and started to the marketplace once again.
Shadowpuppets are born when an evil being binds an impure soul to a recently deceased body with shadow. The newborn shadowpuppet breaks away from the creator and seeks violence. What's strange is that the two shadowpuppets earlier were working as one. Another strange thing is their appearance. When a shadowpuppet is born, the shadows that bind the soul changes the body's natural form to something... distorted. But the last three shadowpuppets I vanquished seemed to resemble the common folk almost flawlessly.
I put those thoughts aside as I came upon the marketplace. I sat on the bench waiting for the beautiful wolf to maybe appear. I thought I saw him four times; it must have been my imagination. Before I even knew it, day turned to night so I started walking home.
All I could think about was that wolf... until it happened. I passed by a group of people, just walking on their way until I noticed their unusually long claws... but I was too late. Before I got the chance to turn around, they clawed me all over my back. I fell to the cold ground bleeding. When I looked up, there were easily a hundred of them. I went to draw my sword but got clawed in the hand before I could reach it.
I could feel my will to go on drain out of me, fear replaced it. Was I going to die here? Was it going to end this way? I watched them inch closer to finish me off. I screamed into the open air. Then something amazing happened.
My fear turned to power as everything in a block's radius of me was crushed. Even the ground itself was indented. All the shadowpuppets dissipated one by one as they were crushed out of existence. Each one destroyed. I got to my feet and examined the devastation. Seeing all the damage, I decided to limp back home.
I unlocked the door and walked in. "Dad I'm...." I noticed blood on the walls. I ran to the living room only to find the dead body of my father. Crying, I feel to my knees in grief. How could this happen? The house started to shake as I continued to cry.
"Kalte?!" I heard a familiar voice yell. The house stopped shaking as I saw my little sister emerge from the closet. "It was so horrib..." I took her in my arms before she could finish.
"It'll be all right Sarah." I took her upstairs to her room and spent the night with her, comforting her. I was still horrified but I had to stay strong for her.
I woke up early the next day and cleaned up the house. I put dad's body in the shed. I was feeling really hungry so I left a note for Sarah telling her I was just getting a bite to eat and that I'd bring her back something.
I couldn't think of anything on the way there. I got there okay though. But upon entering, my heart seemed to stop, as the first thing I saw was the most beautiful wolf I have ever seen. THE most beautiful wolf ever.