Tenebris Angelus

Chapter 1: Background

I was born in 1725, Qiangshan China. It was beautiful covered in cherry blossom trees also known as 'sakura', small colourful buildings dotted around and one taller building sat on the top of a mountain. Long winding stairs led to the building and the top of the building was cut off by small white clouds. That was where I lived, I was born here but my father is from Britain and my mother is from Russia. My parents moved here before I was born they weren't accepted at first, because outsiders were considered a threat. But once the locals warmed up to them and they were accepted (however many still didn't trust them), they decided to have a child and settle down here. My mother died during my birth and my father raised me until I was 4, that night was the worst night i would ever know.

It started off as a normal morning the sun was out, birds were chirping, it was a beautiful dad but that all changed later in the day. I'm inside drawing a picture of me and my dad, it's quiet and I'm sitting on my bed waiting for him to come back from his meeting. I don't know what the meetings were ever about my dad told me he'll tell me when I'm old enough. I was putting the picture i drew on my dad's bed as a surprise when he came back, when I heard the worst sound a 4 year old could ever hear. An ear splitting scream came from somewhere outside and I could hear guards yelling something about someone being in the palace. I heard the door to the house open and quickly hid under my dads bed hoping it would be my dad. My dad always told me that if something happened I should hide under his bed and wait for him. The man started calling out my name and then I realised it wasn't my dad but his best friend. I quickly crawled out and shouted "uncle Zhang", he turned around and hugged me "thank Yinglong you're ok". "What's going on?" I asked confused as to why people are screaming and running, "a few people got into the village and started attacking, it's nothing we cannot handle-". A guard ran in cutting him off " General Zhang..." he said panting like he just ran a marathon and he continued "... the king was attacked", Uncle Zhang then sprinted out of the building and I tried to follow him so that I could find my dad.

I walked into the red doors which I've  always loved due to the dragons engraved into them and the golden yellow colour used in some of the designs, as I pushed the doors open I saw guards laying on the floor blood stained clothes and some weren't moving. My uncle saw me and quickly ran over "go back to your house, I'll go with you come quickly" he started to push me out the doors, I turned while he was pushing me confused at what's happening and then I saw the worst thing. My dad was laying in front of the king in a pile of red crimson blood and a golden sword in his chest, "DADDA, GET OFF ME" I shouted pushing my uncle, he let me go and I ran to where my father was laying. "Dadda please wake up, please -" tears were pouring out my eyes while I shook him lightly, his eyes slowly looked at me and he held my hand while saying "I love you with all my heart, remember that when i'm gone and don't let the darkness consume you, I love you my child and we will meet again in the next life" I was confused at the darkness part but shook that thought away as his eyes were starting to close and his grip on my hand slowly loosened. "Dadda no please don't leave" I started shaking him only to be pulled away by my uncle "dadda please wake up don't leave me", I started screaming with tears pouring down my face. Then everything went black and I woke up in my room, memories came rushing back and I screamed again hoping it was just a dream, my uncle ran in and pulled me into his chest while I sobbed quietly knowing it wasn't a dream and I'll never see my dad again.

I pulled away and looked at him, he looked sad and scared. Wait scared? "Uncle what happened, please tell me I want to know how he..." i stopped myself not being able to say or think that he's gone, "your father was a brave man, he was a true warrior-" he started explaining looking at me to make sure I was ok "- he protected the king and died in noble way, he'll be worshipped and spoken about for many years. I'll tell you what happened in detail once your older and have a better understanding" I nodded knowing he won't tell me anything else even if I kept pushing for information. "Do you remember what happened after seeing your father?" I shook my head not talking due to having a dry and sore throat from screaming, "It's better you hear this from me first... well when I pulled you away from your father you started... changing" I looked at him confused what he meant by 'changing' he saw my confusion and sighed "Your hair changed from black to a bright blue, your eyes were purple and... you turned violent... I think you have some power of some sort I'm not too sure but we'll talk to Chang lu when you're ready".