Yin's Story

20

I stand beside Spring. He seems happier than normal. I took the apple that the chef gave me when I left. Timmy and Tammy run over and stand with us. Tammy's a sickly pale color and she's got dark circles under her eyes. I take the apple out of my pocket and slowly hand it to her. She needs it more than I do.

"Thank you Yin!" She exclaims.

I smile at her.

"Dagenhart?! What do you think you're doing?!"

I tense up and Tammy quickly hides the apple. I got caught with food. They drag me away from the group by my collar. I'm pushed to the ground.

"You were sneaking food weren't you, bitch?!" They yell.

I don't say anything.

"We have consequences for shit like that!"

He slams his foot onto my knee and pushes down as hard as he can. A high pitched scream leaves my mouth and echis throughout the courtyard. Tears slide down my cheek. Before I can pass out he drags me away across the concrete floor and throws me into my cell. The cell door shuts and locks.
I stay curled up on the floor tears sliding down my cheeks and onto the floor

Damn it! What did I do to deserve all of this? I'm not a bad person! Or am I? No! I'm obedient! Why then?! Why do I deserve this?! Why do I deserve to feel all this fucking pain?!

"You don't...you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time..." Says a voice I don't recognize.

I'm in way too much pain to move. So instead I call out

"Who's there?"

A shadowy figure appears beside me sitting down indian style. I can see him. He's got jet black curly hair that covers his left eye, very pale skin and grey eyes. He's wearing a black hoodie, black ripped jeans, and black vans.

"Who are you?" I ask.

"My name's Yang. I'm your shadow." He says with barely any emotion.

"Sh-shadow? I don't understand."

"I don't expect you to understand right now. It's a very complicated subject to get into."

"C-can you explain it to me?" I ask.

"Of course! I'm a shadow. A being of pure darkness and evil."

Fear settles in again. Evil?

"Hey don't be scared! I'm not here to hurt you. Let me finish. A shadows purpose is to corrupt the person they're assigned to and drive them insane to the point of no return. Then we absorb their soul power and energy giving us more power."

He explains.

"B-But why me? What did I do to deserve this?"

"Like I said before nothing. You did absolutely nothing. Someone usually gets a shadow when they're too nice or they've suffered enough where it's easier to corrupt them."

"A-Are you going to corrupt me?"

"No. You've already suffered enough. I mean when you're parents were murdered and then you were abandoned. Then you were sent here. You've been through enough for someone your age."

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to protect you. That's my job as your shadow. to protect you. To keep you safe and to keep you happy."

"How are you going to do that?" I ask. He smiles.

"Like this," he says placing his hands on my knee. I go to pull away from him but a warm tingly feeling travels through my leg. He takes his hands away and I roll up my pants. There's nothing there anymore.

"Amazing!" I exclaim. "Thank you!"

"No problem Yin."

I look at him confused. I never told him my name.

"How did you know my name?" I ask.

"I've always been with you Yin. Since day one. It's a pleasure to finally meet you face to face." He says extending his hand to me.

I take it and we shake hands.

"The pleasures all mine."

We smile at each other.