Darkness and Light (The Shining fanfiction)

Chapter 2: Story time

A week had passed from the time when Skotàdi and Fos had been accepted into the Torrance family. It was Danny's bedtime and, as per usual, Skotàdi and Fos were with him.

"Dark? Light?" "Yeah?" "What's up Dan?" Fos asked. "Could you tell me a bedtime story?" Fos glanced at Skotàdi "Sure. Anything in specific?" Skotàdi asked. "Could you tell me more about yourselves?"

"Dan... That story's rather... Sad, do you really want to hear it?" Danny nodded so Skotàdi began his story. "Well, I was born October 31st in ancient Greece. A very, very long time ago. Back when the Greeks believed in gods like Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, etc. My mother kept me hidden from the townsfolk as... She was supposed to give birth to a powerful demon and a powerful angel."

Danny listened with curiosity to the demonic wolf. "She had no idea whatsoever if I was the demon or the angel, though I think she had her suspicions about me. Fos was born two months later, December 25th." "Halloween and Christmas." Danny said.

Skotàdi nodded "Yeah, many people say Halloween is Lucifer's birthday. It's not, but that's a story for another time. All you need to know is that was the day when the worlds of the living and the dead could coexist at the same time. In other words, the dead could walk amongst the living, among those could be demons."

Danny nodded to show he understood. "Anyway, Christmas is a holy day in the Christian religion. You're a bit young to hear about that set of beliefs, all you need to know is that was the day the Christians believe Jesus was born. You following so far?" Danny nodded.

"Good. Anyway, Fos was born on a holy day. Mother kept us hidden from the rest of the town while trying to figure out which of us was the angel and demon. It didn't take her long to figure it out, I could control the darkness and shadows while Fos could control light."

"You mean like he could turn on and off lights?" Skotàdi chuckled "No, I mean he could bend light to his will. Make light appear even if it was dark out." "Oh." Danny said in amazement. "When she saw our eyes, it seemed like she knew. Demons usually have red, pink, or black eyes. As you can tell, mine are crimson. Fos' are ocean blue."

"What color eyes do angels usually have, Light?" Danny asked. "I haven't met any angels before... I don't really know." Danny nodded. "That was when things went downhill. She wanted nothing to do with us. She was one of those who believed that children of Hades, or Lucifer as you would know him, were pure evil and didn't need to exist."

Fos looked down "She... Tried to dispose of us, that's where I got this scar." Skotàdi gestured towards the scar going over his eye with his paw. "She had gotten a knife and went to attack Fos but I stopped her... By biting and crushing her wrist. By that time the townspeople had caught on to us."

He paused to take a breath "They took our mother and burned her alive in front of us. They took Fos from me while I was trying to save him. They took me to a stake where they tried to burn me alive." "Why didn't you just eat the steak?" Skotàdi chuckled "Not that kind of steak Dan. A stake is a thing that you get tied to, there's a bunch of sticks under you and they light it on fire to burn you alive."

Danny had a confused look "Why would they do that?" "Because they thought demons like me could be destroyed by fire." Danny nodded to show he understood.

"I wasn't hurt by the fire whatsoever, instead I took in the flames. Now you could say I have a fire burning in me, and I can use it whenever I want." "Could you show me?" Skotàdi nodded.

Fos went and got a bucket of water should he need it. Skotàdi opened his jaws and flames curled out of the corners of his mouth. Danny had an amazed expression at the demon's abilities. Skotàdi then extinguished the flames by closing his jaws "Impressed?" He asked. Danny nodded.

"Fos, care to tell how you got your abilites?" Fos nodded. "When I was separated from Dark, they took me to a river and held me under the water. Instead of drowning, I started to take in the water. I think it was because of me being an angel and angels are supposed to heal, water purifies most everything. So I escaped their grip and went to find Dark."

"Dark, can all demons control fire like you can?" "No, I think it only happened because fire can cause massive destruction as can demons." Danny nodded and laid his head on Fos. Fos smiled down at the child and allowed him to stay like he was.

"When I escaped from the ropes they had used to tie me to the stake I burned the humans in revenge. Once I found Fos I sought revenge for what the humans had done to us so I had Fos show me who tried to drown him. I got revenge on them to put it lightly."

"What did you do to them?" "That's not something you should know... It's too... Graphic." "Oh..." Danny said. "Anyway, we managed to escape Greece and watched as history unfolded. The rise of the Roman empire and its fall due to the Visigoths. The Church gaining power, the renaissance. Quite interesting really, once you start studying history I'd be glad to help you." "So would I!" Fos added.

"What was the Ren... Rena..." "Renaissance?" Fos asked. "Yeah, that." "Renaissance is an Italian word meaning 'rebirth' that was the time when everything changed. In sculptures and paintings they tried to make it as accurate to how the human body would react to the stimuli as in the painting or sculpture. For example, if in a painting someone was holding an apple. They would paint every little detail, down to veins protruding from the neck if that's what happened to the subject."

Danny nodded "Hey Dan, have you seen or at least heard of the Mona Lisa?" "Yeah, I think so." "That's an example of Renaissance art." "Oh."

"So, why do you listen to humans sometimes?" "Well, sometimes there's a connection between us and a human. In that instance, that human becomes our master. Does that make sense?" "Yeah."

"Well, I suppose that's it." "Thank you for the story Dark and Light." "You're welcome Dan." Skotàdi said. "No problem Danny." Fos said. Danny laid down as the two wolves laid down by him, guarding the small child.

Hope you guys are enjoying this, chapter 3 will be up soon