The Shadow Hunter

Chapter Eleven

Okay, look for any evidence of shadow people, and figure out who Shady's father is, if her mother is human. Wait, what if she's adopted? Oh well. I'll just have to look around for pictures and documents. I turn into a shadow person and start looking around. I go upstairs and walk through the door and go straight to what I guess is her mothers room. I look at all the pictures on the drawer but all of them where about her and Shady having a blast.

It must be nice to have a family. I walk out of her mothers room and through another door, I end up in a closet full of Christmas and halloween decorations. I look for any ornaments with pictures or writing but I only came across some more pictures of her and her mother. They're really close. It must be extremely hard for her to see her mother in her current situation. I walk out and walk through a wall and end up in the bathroom of her room. I walk out of it but instead of seeing her room like I suspected I ended up in a mini office.

I open the cabinets but only find bills, work papers, and school papers. I look through the last cabinet and find a photo album. I flip through all the pages until I came across a picture of her mother and a man. He doesn't look familiar as a shadow person. I take out the picture and flip it to the back to see if there was writing, and sure enough there was writing. 'My twin brother Lark and me sh-.' The rest is scribbled and scratched off. Her mother has a twin? Well they do look alike. I wonder where he is. I should ask Shady.

I go in to her room that didn't look too girly like the other rooms I've been to when I worked as a protector. I used to be one of the guards for my King or guards for people he wanted me to protect, but I left to get some free time for a year, I just got out two weeks ago. Even though I'm seventeen I was one of the best, and I still am. I was planning on just lazing around and have some fun with some people in the human world but the other day before I met Shady, I heard overheard some evil shadians people planing on attacking some human girl because she seamed suspicious of being a shadow person. So with me being a guard in a year long break I decided to investigate. When I finally saw her I felt like I had to protect her for no reason. Now that I've met her, I understand why they suspected her, she has a different aura from a normal human.

I walk around and look for pictures, but I only came across pictures of her and her friends and her mother. I don't think she knows about her uncle, or father. This is getting a bit fishy if you ask me. I walk back to the bathroom downstairs and transform back into a Human. I unlock the door and walk out. I sit back down on the really comfortable couch and wait for her to be done with the food so we can talk. I wait for fifteen minutes until I heard shadow people upstairs. I transform back into a shadow person and go upstairs to dispatch them. They noticed me and sank through the floor. I do the same and look for them. I walk around a corner and see them heading to the kitchen. I bring out my sword and kill them fast. When I thought I was done I heard one behind me. Before I could kill him he pushed me down. It caught me off guard and I turned into a Human again, this shocked him for a few seconds so I killed him when I had my chance. I put my sword back and sit back down. I hear Shady come sprinting back to the living room. Of course she heard. Who wouldn't.

"What happened?!" What should I say?!

"Um, I kinda tripped and fell down." I look to my right.

"With what?" She looks at me suspiciously when I looked back at her.

"I'd rather not say. It's a bit embarrassing." She stares at me for a second.

"Did you trip over your feet?" I nod even though that's not true. "It's okay, at least your not hurt, and it happens sometimes, trust me your not the only one." I smile at her, but for a different reason than she might think. She smiles back and goes back in the kitchen. A second later she comes back out. "Oh, the food should be ready in about three minutes. I hope you like chicken noodle soup. I didn't now I was going to have guests today. Sorry about that." I shake my head.