A Shade's journey

Proluge: Awakening

Shade's POV

I open my eyes and everything around me is dark, I sit up and look at my arms. Pitch black with black mist coming off them. I clench my fists and stand up fully

"Who am I" My raspy voice cuts through the dead silence

I walk to a nearby...thing, I'm not sure it's round and as something clear in it. I look into the thing and see a person with pitch black skin and red glowing eyes staring back at me, moving my hand up to my eyes the person does the same

'is that me, what am I' I think

*Rucucucucrhh* a sound I can only describe as a growl, a hiss, and a screech combined rang out 

I turn and see a similar looking creature to me, it was distinctly female and had clawed hands, it's body was covered in red tribal markings

The woman dashed forward at me, slashing at my chest spilling a black ooze out of my chest

I spit out the same ooze, the woman goes for another slash 'Shadow Claws' A female voice rings in my head and I instinctively raise my hands to block the slash, my hands were now the same claws as the woman

In one swift movement, I move her claw past me and impale my own claw into her stomach, a black ooze spurts out of her body, I rip the claw out as the red markings fade, my clawed hand moved to the woman's head and she dissolved into ash, I absorbed the ashes

I drop to my knees and stare at my hands, my claws drip black blood, shade blood, my own blood. That shade had memories, Bad memories, bloodshed, bleeding black, other of my kind, my mind has had most gaps filled, a bit of the world and nothing about what I am

My body changes, curves are added and the muscles I had were diminishing, my male body was changing into a female one I know that much, the shadows were dissipating as well, I quickly head to the water to look at my reflection. Long dark red hair, same color as blood or red wine, bright emerald green eyes, palish skin, small B cup breasts, a skinny body with a small amount of muscle, tall standing at around six foot four, onyx-colored lips, freckles dotted my body from my ankles to my forehead, I was also completely naked so my breasts, small butt, and slim build was exposed, two tattoos were on my body on the entire left arm and the other on my right forearm

[I couldn't find a picture so just imagine a clockwork/Steampunk style gears down the left arm from the wrist to shoulder]

[Yes it's the shadow of the colossus sigil, it's now on the list of tattoos I would get]

I cover myself with my arms as I sit on the ground 'Who was that voice' I ask myself

'My name is Nova, here' I hear again and an object appears in front of me

The object was in the shape of a heart, an actual heart without the Aorta and Vena, and it was completely made of metal "What is this" I ask