Dark and Light Anthology

Eternal Darkness

On the 2nd of September a male was born to the head of the werewolf clan, his parents named him Julian. However, he changed his name early on in life and started going by Ravn thinking it suited him far better. His early years consisted of growing up in a pack that consisted of his parents and a few pack members. Things had been chaotic around this time, with fights ranging between Vampires, Angels, and demons and even his own kind at times and sometimes between all of them together. As the fighting among the races and amongst themselves Ravn's pack was dwindling in numbers; their pack was down to nearly nothing. Many members were going missing every day which was bringing their pack down to even smaller numbers with every breath it seemed. The war between the races had gotten so terrifying that children and women were having to learn to hunt and fight, which meant protecting the pack by all means. This was how Ravn had lost his mother, she had simply gone missing one day without a trace. His mother had gone out and had never come back but that was what happened during a war. It had worried his father and every day, who had spared as many pack members as he could to search for his missing wife, Ravn's mother. Even though they knew they wouldn't find her he knew his father couldn't give up on his mate, not long after his father had also passed away. Whether from past injuries or not knowing what happened to his mate it was never known. This however left Ravn alone to run the pack at only 18 years old.

By then there wasn't much of a pack left, many had either been scattered from the fighting or had just vanished in fear of losing those they loved. This left Ravn alone to wander the war torn world that was hidden from human eyes as if it was a plague. However he hadn't planned on meeting three others whose mindset were just like his. He was tired of the fighting and wanted to put an end to what had nearly wiped out their entire existence and exposed them to the human world. Though the first person he had come across he had been leery about was a young vampire by the name of Michi. Ravn had been raised to hate them. Even though he knew he should have attacked the male, he felt that this vampire was different from those he had been taught to fear. It had taken the two a while to warm up to one another had soon discovered as they began to get to know each other that they had much in common. The pair had become close friends rather quickly. Which after finding out how much they had in common and how similar their views were on what was happening with the war of their races it wasn't surprising.

Not even a year later, they met Levi and Blake, a demon and angel who saw things the same way Michi and Ravn did. It wasn't a surprise that things had been tense at first between the four of them. Though soon the small group had become like family to one another, realizing that they could change things. The four young men formulated a plan that would bring some semblance of peace to the ever growing chaotic races.

After hundreds of tiring and stressful years, some semblance of peace had finally been brought between the races. Two houses were created, Michi with Ravn creating one with the use of Michi's last name. The Atwood house and other two friends Levi and Blake creating the Zelios house with the use of Levi's last name. They separated the four races and each kept track of their own kind and for a while things had remained calm. It was also around this time that Ravn had met his first mate, loving her with every fiber of his being. They ended up having one child, a son. That son would go on to marry a beautiful woman who gave Ravn a beautiful granddaughter. It was clear that Ravn was head over heels for his only grandchild, watching her grow, although that wasn't the only thing he was watching.

Julian had noticed that his mate and his family had begun to act strange, as if they were hiding something from him and the other leaders. He began to pay closer attention to things around him Julian discovered that his family wasn't the only ones acting strange. Michi's son, and his daughter in law were acting strange as well as Levi and Blake's family. As much as Ravn tried to pry, to discover what was such a mystery that had caused so many of their loved ones to act in such a way. He hadn't been able to get far, only for things to get worse when the sun had vanished behind the endless clouds that had overtaken the world.