The Shadow Hunter

Chapter Twelve

~~~Shady~~~

"Um, I'm not...human." I look at him confused.

"What do you mean you're not human?" He fidgets more under my gaze.

"Um...how do I put this, I am not a human, I am a shadow person in human form, if I where born a full human I would look like this." He says pointing at himself.

"How can I believe that?! Are you trying to scare me or trick me because it's not working." He sighs in frustration.

"I can show you but please don't get scared, okay?!" I nod because I'm sure my voice would come out shaky. What if he's here to kidnap me?! Or worse! No Shady your not thinking straight, you must have fell down or something when I saw his shadow and passed out or something when I fell? Right? That could explain why he was with me when I woke up. But he did ask me what I remembered before it all went black. I look at him and see him staring at me. "Um, you have to see me if you want to believe me?" I look at him a bit apologetic.

"...S-Sorry" He looks at me a bit nervous but then his face became all blank of expressions. I stare at his eyes that where turning black. "What the-" I stare at him mesmerized as his whole body started to turn black like a shadow. I see his clothes start to turn dark as a shadow with him. I look away not sure if he's clothed or not.

"You know you can look at me? I'm not naked when I'm in my shadow form, We use special clothing but I've had practice so now I can do it without them." I hesitate to look back but my curiosity got the better of me and I turned to look at him. And he was right, he didn't look naked, but at the same time he didn't look clothed ether. The only thing I can see is a black humanoid figure with dark foggy stuff coming off of him. I look at him amazed.

"H-How can you do this?!" I say backing up a bit in the couch.

"Um, I just can? Like I said I'm not human." He replies a bit casually. His voice sounded a bit different, more faded. Sort of like when you're talking in a tunnel.

"H-How can you do this? What are you?! Please don't hurt me!?" I say trying to back up some more.

"I'm not going to hurt you. I'm here to protect you. Shadowians have been hunting you for a few days now. This is the first time they've been to your house." I look at him surprised.

"So you have known where I lived." I look at him a questioningly. "And why are shadow people trying to hurt me?! I'm human!"

"I don't know, that's what I want to find out. But in the mean time I'll protect you." He tells me a bit more with emotion.

"Why are you helping me? What do you get out of it?" I say a bit rudely.

"Uh, nothing." I look away and blush.

"Sorry that was a bit rude of me." I look back at him and continue staring at his shadow body.

"Um, I think I might know why you are being hunted." I look up to where his black eyes are at and notice them turning a lighter color until it almost became white.

"Why?" I ask wanting answers.

"I think you might be part shadow person."

"Not possible, I'm pretty sure my mom is a human." I look down realizing what my mom is going through. I wonder if she can feel any thing or hear any thing right know. Pitch doesn't say anything knowing I'm going through a hard time.

"...what about your dad?" I say nothing for a while until I gained enough courage to tell him.

"Never knew him..."

"Oh,...sorry...then he must be a shadow person." I look back at him and see his eyes start to turn back to humans eyes. "Well I'm going to the bathroom and put my clothes back on. Be careful, okay?" I nod as I realized that his clothes had come off of him and had fallen to the floor, I watch him pick up his things and go to the bathroom. I see him go through the bathroom door but to my amusement the clothing that he had in his hand don't go through causing it to fall down. I see him open the door and peek his head out and grab it. He notices me staring at him in amusement and blushes as soon as he realized it. Now that his face is completely 'human' I could see the light pink in his cheeks. He sticks back his head in and this time with his clothing in hand. I wait for a minute until he came out of the bathroom fully clothed. "Um...do you have a any questions?" He asks me still a bit embarrassed because of the incident before.

"Um, how do you turn into a shadow?" This question has been nagging me since he turned into a shadow person.

"It's a bit hard to explain really, there's many ways but I just basically rid myself of all emotions or just relax and poof, I turn into a shadow person."

"Cool, is it hard to loose your emotions?" I ask.

"Not really, I've gotten used to it, but in certain occasions its hard to do so, but I've had training so it's easier."

"Oh, can you feel emotions after you've turned into a shadow?"

"Strangely, yes."

"Why strange?" I ask a bit curious.

"One would think that you would turn back into a human because the way to turn to a shadow is to get rid of it, but no."

"So how do you turn back?"

"Loose my emotions again but not all of them though, but it's your choice to loose it all or a little bit. Don't worry you don't actually loose your emotions, you just forget them or hold them back for a few seconds until your fully back to 'normal'."

"Oh. Well I have more questions but I'm a bit tired-" I yawn and rub my eyes that seem to get heavier by the minuet. "Well I'm going to sleep." He stands there awkwardly. "Oh sorry, I can walk you to the door." I say standing up. He stands there blushing lightly in front of me.

"Um, I was thinking that I should stay the night so I can guard you if there's any more attacks." He stays there standing awkwardly waiting for my response.

"Uh, yeah sure. You can stay in the guest room if you'd like." I say trying to be polite.

"Um, are you sure you want to sleep and not do homework?" Realization hit me as I just noticed that we didn't even do our homework.

"Damm-it I totally forgot." I grab my backpack and take out my homework. I see Pitch pick up his backpack from the ground and put it on the table. He takes out his Spanish book and so do I, we sit down in the kitchen table. An hour passes and I start to fall asleep again.

"We should go to sleep." Pitch says a bit tired, I nod and stand up.

"Um, the guest room is right there in front of mine." I say pointing to the right. He nods and opens the door. Before he went inside he turns around and faces me.

"Buenas noches, Shady." ("Good night, Shady.")

"Buenas noches, Pitch." ("Good night, Pitch.") I say back to him with a dreary smile. He smiles back and walks into the room. I open my door and walk in, closing the door behind me in the process. I grab soft pajama shorts and a light silk pajama short sleeve shirt on and climbed into bed. Aaah, feels so relaxing. I soon as I think this I drift off to a deep slumber.