Shadow Bond (A Shadow Slave Fanfiction)

Meeting Nephis

Following their short conversation Sunny appears to be worried about the fact that Wyatt knows his ability Description. In the car on the way to the Academy, Sunny is wondering whether or not his "shadow" is truly his shadow, and if his strange wording is a coincidence or a threat.
While in the car, Master Jet is recommending that Sunny takes the Wilderness Survival course.
'[You should probably take it, I doubt you even know how to swim much less survive in the wild.]' Wyatt says while waiting for Sunny to respond to Master Jets suggestion.
While Sunny responds to Master Jets suggestion, he stays silent to Wyatt causing him to wonder if it is possible for Sunny and him to speak telepathically.
'[Ok, you're gonna need to learn how to speak to me with your mind so pay attention, it's very simple.]'
Wyatt says in purposefull statements to not activate Sunny's flaw in front of Jet.
'[Just think whatever words you want to say, while intending for me to hear them. Yes, it is that easy.]'
'(Like this?)' Sunny responds.
'[Yes! Just like that. Now, could you tell me what you know about the academy?]'
'(I could, but why do you need to know? I thought that you were my shadow, so shouldn't you know everything I know?)'
'[ Ahhh, funny that, I actually used this advanced technique, called lying. You probably wouldn't get it]' Wyatt says, causing the pressure to come back for a moment.
'(Do you mean you're not my shadow? What did you mean by I wouldn't get lying? And what did you mean by "invaluable helper" earlier?)'
'Well it appears that messing around with Sunny comes at a price, his trust specifically, which is a shame, it's probably the only fun I'll have for a while'
'[One at a time please, first off no, I'm not your shadow, I'm also a dreamer, or I suppose sleeper like you. Second, only a person who doesn't know what lying is would trust a strange voice in their head. Third, it seems that I'm stuck in your body, so the least I can do is help US stay alive, speaking of which we're gonna have to find a way to share this body, because it seems I can't trust you to not get slapped by women! That hurt a lot actually.]'
'(Did you say you're also a sleeper, with your own flaw? What is it?)'
'There's no way he can be that calm with talking about flaws, isn't he scared that I'll ask about his. Anyway enough about his questionable behavior, how would your average sleeper react to this question.'
'[Thats a rude question, would you want me to ask about your flaw?]'
'Kefufufufu, perfect, I've managed to act like a normal sleeper, make it clear that my flaw is different from his by not answering the question and gave him an out with my question so that he doesn't have to tells me his flaw. I practically have him in the palm of my hands.'
'(No, my apologies.)'
"Alright, here's the Academy. One last piece of advice, try to get along with your peers, they might save your life one day, and, I hope you survive. Good luck." Master Jet says as she waves Sunny off.
"Thank you Master Jet." Sunny responds while Wyatts attention is taken up by the huge metal gate in front of them, although his reverie is cut short by a familiar gray-haired girl.
'Well, well, well, if it isn't little Miss Dyes-Her-Hair. I still refuse to believe that gray isn't her original hair color. She had to be lying when she told everyone that.' Wyatt, and his misplaced priorities wonder.
'[Hey Sunny do y-]'
'(How do you know my name, I never told you?)'
'Oh crap, how do I justify this one.'
'[I thought your name was Sunless, but calling you that was too depressing, aren't we close enough to make nicknames for each other?]'
'(No we're not, I don't even know your name so how could we possibly be close enough?)'
'[Anyway, you see that girl over there?]'
'(Yes, what about her.)'
'[Well you need connections and she has a [Divine Aspect], so go make nice with her, and we might be able to live an easy life.]' Wyatt feels a strong pressure in his head when he reveals her [Divine Aspect] only to go away when he mentions having an easy life.
'So my flaw makes it that using information I got from the webnovel causes pain, that's similar to Sunny's flaw. But why does telling him information I got from the webnovel hurt, can it really be considered fate if its already happened, it's not even like I'm saying something that nobody knows. Nephis has to know, if memory serves then soon enough everyone at the Academy will know about it. This flaw might change my plans a more than I thought.'
'(Did you say a [Divine Aspect], how would you even know.)'
'[I know alot, and about about a lot of people, well, the important ones anyway. Although my Flaw certainly doesn't help with that.]'
'(Speaking of Flaws, do you know hers?)'
'[Perhaps I do, perhaps I don't. What can you offer for such top secret information?]'
Wyatt, not quite sure what he's looking for, but not wanting to give up such valuable information for free, especially when he could've sold that knowledge for big bucks if he wasn't stuck inside of Sunny.
'(I can offer my body. WAIT!! I didn't mean it like th-)'
'[Declined, you're too ugly.]' 'Wow, I wonder how often he must've suffered fom these out of context replies when learning to control his flaw.'
'(First of all you misunderstood, I meant if you can, then I'll let you use my body temporarily, for an hour everyday, at night, when theres no one around. Second of all, you didn't explain how you know her flaw, and when you say important people, do you mean me too?)'
'[Let me propose a counter offer, tonight I will try to move around in your body, if I succeed then I tell you everything I can about what I consider to be the three most important people in this Academy, aside from us of course.This will Include their Flaw, Ability, even what I know about their goals, in exhange you let me use your body for 8 hours everyday from night till morning along with two hours every day at noon. Deal?]' Wyatt goes in hard with his deal although he does feel sad that he can't get more as Sunny might not let him use his body if he claims to know even more than that.
'Ahh, this is the same pressure from whenever I bring up details from the webnovel, but I'm not even saying anything right now. Argh, it's starting to hurt; is this Sunny's flaw, I don't think he's answered me yet. Come on, what are you waiting for!'
'(Alright, I'll accept this deal if you can tell me her Flaw and [Aspect Ability] right now.)'
'[With pleasure. She produces flames that can heal herself and other people, these flames can also being used to strenghten herself, but her flaw is that she feels tremendous pain whenever she uses this power.]' Wyatt feels the pressure in his head turning into pain the more he talks about Nephis' ability, this pain doesn't go unnoticed by Sunny either.
'(What the spell was that, does that have something to do with your [Flaw]?)'
'[Yeah, it seems we both feel the pain from each others flaws so that's something to keep in mind. Now then, stop wasting time and start talking to that girl, or at least introduce yourself so she knows who you are.]'
'Kefufufufu, I'm about to do something not even G3 could do; start the Romance Arc .'
Sunny starts walking up to Nephis to introduce himself, meanwhile the gray-haired girl notices the boy and turns her head to face him.
"Hello... my name is Sunless, you can call me Sunny, I'm a new sleeper here, can I ask what your name is?" Sunny says somewhat awkwardly.
'[Wow, I can tell you're a paragon of socializing, eh?]'
'(No, I'm not. And it wasn't that bad anyway.)'
"Hello----, Nephis." The girl responds.
'[Y'know what, you actually are not that bad compared to her, somehow. Well, thats enough for now, say your goodbyes and get this over with.]'
"Alright, I suppose I'll see you later." Sunny says glad to not have to talk anymore.
"Sure." Nephis responds.
Then the gates start to opened and they enter side by side walking for a few minutes to get to the Induction Ceremony of sleepers.
Wyatt meanwhile, is still ashamed about how their conversation went.
'Arghh, how could we say our goodbyes when we're gonna be walking to the same place anyway?! What a pathetic excuse for human interaction!'

​​End Chapter 3