Mind of War (On Hold)

The Battles We Win and Lose

The city is dark, black clouds cover the full moon tonight and the wind is ferocious. Welcome to the First Dimension one of two. One thousand years ago, the Second Dimension was formerly known as the United States. These dark nights became its demise. The dark spirits mysteriously were released from the Second Dimension into First Dimension and plagued the night to battle the innocent souls of light. The bridge between the First and Second Dimensions opened when 144,000 souls drifted from the light to the darkness by embracing negativity and abandoning virtue. The only lights in the dreary nights are from the beautiful glowing sphere amulets that the souls of light wear. Everyone has an amulet, but once infected by a dark spirit it no longer glows and turns to an ashy grey. The dark spirits hunt for victims, those who stray from the light. Once someone is infected, they become known as Shadows and the dark side of their character becomes dominate. Thankfully, all is not lost, for there are the Shadowhunters. They challenge Shadows to mind wars, intense battles were strong character and virtue are your only weapons. Their ultimate goal is to relieve 144,000 people from the darkness to close the bridge between the two dimensions. Here is to story of the greatest Shadowhunter of the decade, Song Valor. She and her friends fight to save First Dimension from the darkness. To hunt the Shadows is their ultimate mission.

A bright orange light shined from a gold toned amulet.

"Yes, game over. I have officially, relieved 50,000 souls from darkness," said a teenage girl with rich amber eyes and shoulder length jet black hair. She was tall with bronze skin. Her facial features were gentle and she was beautiful.

"Well, that's why you're the best Shadowhunter of the decade, Song," replied a taller teenage boy with close cut, dark brown hair and black eyes. He had sharp facial features complemented by his broad muscular build and tan skin. "I'm up to 20,159," the teen boy said to Song.

"After all these years we're getting mighty close to closing the bridge between dimensions. Team Liberate is on the move again." Song said to the boy cheerfully.

Moments later, another teen boy and an older girl approached the pair in the dark alley where they stood. The girl was short with petite shoulders. Her face was round with complementing soft gray eyes and honey brown skin. She had a long, sloppy dark brown braid that ended at her waist. After coming to a stop, the girl asked, "Song, Onyx, did you get him?"

"Would we be standing here if we hadn't?" The boy referred to as Onyx replied while adjusting the ocean blue amulet around his neck.

"That means yes, Bliss," the other boy replied. His appearance was rather unusual. He was slightly taller than Onyx with copper skin. His face was more square with high cheekbones. Already unusual in appearance, his eyes sealed the deal. One was dark brown while the other was a light caramel color. Despite his interesting facial features, he was wiry, strong, and handsome with his short off black hair.

"Yes, Kai, we got him. It's another soul liberated." Song said to Kai.

"That's great, soon we would have liberated the First Dimension from the darkness," Kai said to them. He stopped abruptly in response to a noise behind him.

Cautiously, the four of them turned around simultaneously, something was approaching them. Four people walked into the alley, possessed by the darkness. Their amulets were ashy grey and their eyes lacked luster. It appeared as if they were the walking dead.

"Let's get ready, another battle is about to begin," Onyx announced. The possessed people formed the usual battle formation, a single file line. Team Liberate Shadowhunters did the same, preparing to free four more souls tonight. Everyone took their positions.

"Song, what's the deal?" Bliss asked as she glanced at her opponent.

"Bliss, your opponent is possessed by rage. Kai, yours is possessed by greed. Onyx, yours is possessed by dishonesty. My opponent is infected with jealousy. Everybody stay on guard," Song instructed.