The Shadow

Escape from Eden

I hear a low chuckle from behind me.

"He must be incredibly stupid if he thinks your going to stay here." Says Alaric.

"You son of a bitch! Alright let me get my shit and we gotta get the fuck out of dodge." I quickly gather everything. Alaric, a seven foot demon who is pitch black with giant wings with midnight blue patterns on the insides. His back is covered in spikes and he has two large ones on his shoulders.

"Ready dumbass?" He asks. I just roll my eyes in response. He offers his hand, we grasp one another's forearms and right as soon as the angels appear we leave.

"Sooo... How the fuck did you end up in Eden anyway?" He says.

"I fell into the horses water trough, then these-"

"Wait you mean you fell into the horses water and I didn't see it?!"

"NOT IMPORTANT! As I was saying, then these black shadow like tendrils crawled up my torso and pulled me into Eden." We stare at each other. We nod our heads in an unspoken agreement. Whatever just happened is not a good sign. We double time it to the castles library. Alaric is so tall that usually he needs to duck his head to enter but since my father is tall like him, then all if the doorways are ten or eleven feet high.

He goes to the bookshelf with a bunch of historical texts.

"Describe what you saw when you entered Eden?“ he scans the books as I recall the shadow figure and what it did when I had attacked it.
After about seven hours of searching we both have come up empty handed.

"Nothing in the runes?" Alaric asks.

"Not a damn thing. What about Ancient Demons and Devils?" I say. He just shakes his head frustrated. Sighing I get up and leave the library. About I've feet away from the door my father calls out to me.

"Kal tomorrow I need you to patrol around the river. There have been reports of suspicious people over there." He turns away and goes to his study. Opening my door I see that someone has layed down my nightgown for me. I quickly change and ready myself for bed. I spot a red scratch growing down my neck. I grab a candle and use a healing incantation while I pas the flame over the scratch. I then climb into bed.

My dreams are plagued with the shadow creature. I wake up about three different times. Jolting awake I see the sun has risen. Well, the Underworld's version of the sun.

As I walk fully dressed in my armor down to the dinner hall Alaric pops up out of nowhere.

"SHIT! Why do you do that? You know I hate it." I say slightly irritated.

"Because you hate it." He replies. I shoot him a ticked glare and stalk off.

"You doin' okay over there?"

"Fine." I say.

"No you aren't. You're pissed."

"Yeah no shit."

"Did you sleep alright?"

"Leave me alone."

"You didn't sleep did you?"

"No, alright I didn't now get off my case. I have things to do today." I walk faster. I sometimes hate the fact that he is an empath. It gets annoying.

When I go to the dinner hall I quickly eat then get my happy ass out of there. As I arrive at the stables I steer clear of the water trough an spot my Hellhounds. They both have their armor on them as well. They have chest plates and thin but sturdy metal over their stomachs. I put a saddle on my horse Warrior and give a sharp whistle for Toil and Trouble to follow. We head up to the river at a quick gallop.