Shady Secrets

Split Answers

"I used to recognise myself,
It's funny how affections change.
Are we becoming something else,
I think it's time to walk away."

- James Bay (Let It Go)

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Harper

I woke up to the sound of nothing. I could feel myself bleeding from the open wound on my stomach but I could see nothing either. At a weak attempt to move my body, I felt my arms heavy and my head was dizzy with pain and thoughts. All of a sudden, it seemed like the lights were turned on. There was a blinding flash and I was standing up, in front of my school. I was leaning against James and Lucas and Leila were standing side by side ready to walk in. Of course, they were all glowing with darkness, except for James, who just like last time seemed to be both light and dark. Luxenbris, I thought. Then, things became clearer, and the image of the four of us standing in front of school disappeared. I shut my eyes and with a slight falling feeling, felt myself lying down on a bed. I opened my eyes and saw James' crystal blue eyes staring down at me. I immediately tried to sit up in the bed that I was tucked into, but was halted by an astonishing pain in my abdomen. The cut in my side. Suddenly, questions filled my head.

"What the heck just happened?!" Is all I managed to say. I rested my head back down on the pillow and saw that I was back in my room at Hotel Tenebris, the small pink rose in the vase still blooming. The first thing that James did was reach down, hug me, and ask me,

"Are you okay?" I heard myself say "yes", but had never felt worse in my entire life. He wrapped his arms around me and helped me sit up in the bed. A tight bandage was neatly wrapped around my stomach, and I placed my hand on it.

"I need some answers right now James. And tell me the truth." He made eye contact with me and started to answer straight away. The whole situation reminded me of when I had first travelled to Heaven with Jayde Shadow.

"Well," He seemed anxious as to what my response would be to his words. "Firstly, the first time that anyone that is Mori tries to travel to another realm by themselves, they can only travel to the Realm of their Shade." My head was spinning, as nothing made sense.

"Okay, what is the Shade?"

"It's whether you are good or evil." He replied. I sucked in a small breath of horror, and remembered the voices in my head previously saying things like choose the dark!

"So what am I?" I paused. "Am I good or evil?" He avoided my eyes and said,

"Well, we don't know. Generally on the full moon when you are supposed to choose, you pick Lux or Tenebris. But, you didn't choose. You couldn't. A part of Lux still lives inside you. If it wasn't for Lux, you would be dark." I gasped. So, I'm not dark, and I'm not light. Does that mean I will just stay Luxenbris?

No, you still have to choose. James' voice filled my head.

"James, did you just say something to me?" He nodded.

"I think we are both telepathic..." He trailed off.

So you can hear me? He thought.

Yeah, I answered.

Wow.

What's wow?

There was a pause but he replied eventually.

Only people that are family or, you know, destined to be together can Tap.

"Tap?" I said out loud. He nodded.

"That's what we call this whole speaking in each others minds: Tapping. Reading each others minds are called Intrusion Readings." For over five minutes, we sat in silence, just listening to the peace and quiet of the trees outside. "You still have to choose Lux or Tenebris eventually. No one in the history of well, ever, has stayed Luxenbris."