Shadows of a Life

Flashback- Before the War of Dimensions

     A tall menacing shadow walked down the corridors of her castle. She had created it brick by brick, tile by tile just like she had made the dimension. The Shadow's silver hair swayed with each step, shimmering in the purple torch light. A dark iron circlet was fitted tightly around her forehead. She was wearing a short top that just covered her chest and a long skirt held up by a black belt that parted on the side. She had two long sleeves that were semi transparent covering her arms. Her knee high heeled boots clicked on the floors as she walked. Other Shadows who happened to be walking down the same corridor ducked their heads to avoid eye contact and moved faster to get away from her. The feminine shadow walked down the center of the hallway. She didn't bother to glance at or acknowledge the other shadows. Her eyes glowed bright purple with no other color being visible. Her brows were narrowed. One of the shadows passing her was unlucky enough to bump into her. She turned around immediately glaring at him. He was a small scrawny boy wearing a black trench coat and grey pants.His silver hair was disheveled and it  covered one of his red eyes.

"S-s-sorry Discord," he quickly said, his whole body shaking violently. Discord simply crossed one of her arms across her middle and rested the other elbow on it signaling the boy to come closer. The boy cautiously stepped toward her. Before he could react Discord extended her arm grabbing the front of his shirt pulling him off his feet and close to her face. The young boy was shaking even more as tears streamed down his face. "Watch where you tread," She growled, "Next time you wont fair as well as you will this time. And it's Empress Discord to you," She looked down the hallways as if nothing happened and dropped the kid who scrambled to his feet and ran down the hallway sobbing. Discord continued to walk down the hallway until she reached the throne room. A huge purple and black iron throne decorated with various purple gems sat in the center. Behind it was a stained glass window showing the three realms. The Divines, a glorious collection of islands that floated in the air were at the top of the Mosaic while a dimension filled with plague and corruption hid itself at the bottom. The shadow dimension, which was still oblivious to the divine eyes. "Discord," One of the many Shadows called her name. Discord turned her head to face another female shadow who was just shorter than her. "What is it Havok?" Discord asked staring intensely at her. Havok shifted her weight and avoided eye contact.

     She wore a long trench coat that was black on the outside but on the inside the sky from the Shadow dimension showed making her back glow red from the moon. Havok had very pale gray skin but darker silver hair. Her heeled boots were similar to Discord's, only Havok's heels were higher. She had one red eye and on purple eye. Her red eye had a black ring around the pupil making her look creepy. It didn't help that the same eye couldn't focus and kept moving and looking in different places unlike the purple one which stayed still. Havok's red eye rolled into the back of her head as she spoke, "How many are going to be needed for the war against the Divines?" He voice was flat and even with no signs of emotion. Discord narrowed her eyebrow again. "We're going to need as many warriors as possible..." Her voice trailed off. Havok just nodded and walked away quickly. Discord was feared by all people of her dimension as well most people of the divines. She was the first daughter of Apophis, the king of chaos itself. Havok, Bane and Cataclysm were her siblings of much lesser power.

     Discord walked away from thr throne room and headed up to one of the castle towers. Pushing the door open she walked into a room decorated with many weapons and armor. Discord put some armor on and grabbed one of the many bows and a quiver of arrows. A shadow, slightly smaller than Discord hurried in through the doorway. "Are you ready for war Lady Discord," Discord continued to face away from the shadow but she still replied, "Yes, let's take the land that we should rightfully own,"