Adventure Time: The Human and The Shadow

The Dark and The Light

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The human stared at the old man waiting for him to begin his tale for a few seconds. These seconds felt like eternity; his throat had gone dry and his palms were sweaty as he waited anxiously for the story that explained everything, who he was and why was he here. The room was silent and his breathing rapid. Finally he spoke to the old man.

“So… what’s the… my story? Who am I?” he asked.

The Old Man’s face suddenly fell into a frown and full of guilt, he couldn’t look the human in the eye. After a moment of dwelling over where to start he began to go into his story of Royalty, Deceit and of the human’s past.

“You see… We are what you would call Shade people, we live in the Shade kingdom and either are a person of the dark or a person of the Light. I, myself, am I being of darkness which is why my hair is black and my skin darkened. My white eyes contrast this as a way of taking in the light in the dark. You may have seen yourself that the houses seem to glow with light or have a dark aura about them well that’s exactly how it is. We were recently under the command of a just and kind ruler named the Shade King. However, he passed away of old age leaving us… leader less. This posed a massive problem for our whole kingdom and ...”

“Why couldn’t you just elect a new leader or isn’t there someone who could take over?” interrupted the impatient human. He was expecting to hear something about him so was getting rather bored of the history lesson.

The old man continued ignoring the interruption much to the annoyance of the human. 

“And… with no heir we had no one to take over. I told you just now that everyone was with light or dark well there was one exception and that was those of royal blood. They had always been both, born with the powers and traits of both shadows and light. This is what gave them the power and authority over the Shade Kingdom. No one questioned it as our royalty had always led us well and given their all for the Kingdom in time of both peace and war. With no new blood given by the king the royal line has died out and now as I said we find ourselves in a difficult situ…” 

“But what has that got to do with me?”

“Let me talk young one, I told you this would be difficult and it won’t be long till you know of your origin but you must be patient”

“Okay… Sorry please continue… Mr? I never actually got your name?”

“My name is Leaden; I am second in command of the royal court and right hand of the throne. Now as I was saying we had to find a way out of the predicament and we only knew one way. Find someone whose blood was pure to become a shade being. That’s easier said than done being that the only blood that is pure enough is that of a Human and there is only one human left in these lands. He is a Hero to all of Ooo and a symbol of hope and as much as he would have made a great king we could not rob him of his destiny. We were left without an option so sought the royal mage. She told us of a spell that could rip a being from time and space. We were weary at first but we were running out of options and rioting had begun. We cast the spell and watched as time and space unfolded itself and a being fell through it and landed on the floor before us… That was you… however when you arrived you were… damaged… by your trip and we had to act quickly to save you. We used the magic we had to turn you into a shade being and watched as your features changed to that of a being of light and dark. We treated your wounds and then put you in a room to rest. The royal mage enchanted the room to meet your needs and we waited for you to rise from your slumber.” Leaden put his head into his hands and began to sob; clearly recounting this story was taking a lot of out of him emotionally. He paused for a few moments to find his place then continued with his story.