The Shadow Experiment

Chapter 11 Promises of the Heart

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I get it I get it I haven't updated in forever, left you guys on a cliff hanger and probably don't deserve to breathe anymore but heck who needs to breathe am I right....
right? 😅
Sooo ya final chapter of shadow experiment. Eh eh finaalll chappteerrr
I am sooooo funny.
Anyways there will be an Epilogue don't worry but this is the actual final chapter, I hope to get the epilogue out by next week but with my dying brain, we'll see how it goes.
Anyways enjoy the chapter,  please don't kill me.😅  

Oh and yes I will actual start updating final chapter again, and I will have my time for rejected moonlark.
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I layed awake the whole night, after Lady Gisela told me I was going to leave.
How was I going to tell true others. Will they hate me? Will they try and stop me. And what would I say to Adrana after we had gotten so close.
It practically killed my heart at the thought of leaving her.
My mind raced with different thoughts the whole night.
Maybe I could leave without them knowing!
No that wouldn't work Calor sleeps so lightly he would hear me before I got to the door.
I could try faking my death, but that was kinda Mr. Forkle's thing I don't think I could pull it off.

I hated the thought of it but I had no other choice but to tell them.

I hadn't gotten a millisecond of sleep that night but I was too distraught to actually feel tired.
When morning came I was already dressed and ready to leave with the small satchel of things I owned.
Everyone woke up one by one and I smiled and acted like nothing was wrong, like it was a normal day and I wasn't about to leave them behind.
Through the night I considered not leaving at all,what if I just stayed at Corporis?
The thought had been quickly turned down though from the overwhelming downsides.
Lady Gisela had promised that Linh would be safe if I cooperated but that promise would be broken if I disobeyed.
And Lady Gisela always found a way to hurt the people you love, even if they were protected.

So before breakfast I gathered everybody in the middle of our "bedroom" and faced my fate.
I kept my head down the entire time as I told them the story. Not wanting to face them from fear of the hurt I would see but also because my own eyes were starting to rim with tears.
"Show no weakness", I said to myself. Crying makes you weak so don't show anyone your pain.
At first they had all been shocked a chorus of "WHAT'S" echoing in the room.
Varen of corse was pissed but the guilt and sadness of the others weighed down on me.
"Why would you leave with her Tam," Darum asked tears already falling down his face and for the first time I forced myself to look up and face my friends. I owed them that much.
"This isn't my choice Darum you know I can't defy Lady Gisela."
"We know that! But can't you just fight against her orders just this once! SHE'S ALMOST KILLED YOU FOR GOD'S SAKE." Varen fumed.
"I don't care what happens to me Varen and trust me if I was the only casualty that would come form this I would risk it but my sister's life is on the line and so is your's."
Silence overtook the room, the tension so thick you could slice it.
"You promise that we would all leave here, I knew it was too good to be true, all of you "heroes" are the same." Kassandra said grabbing her bag and heading for the door.
I quickly teleported in front of her blocking the door from her. The remaining shadows whisking around the two of us.
Her eyes were wide with fear as she looked up at me and I hated it.
I grabbed her shoulders as I bent down to her level so we could face eye to eye.
"I know you have probably heard this a lot and I know others have hurt you in the past, but I won't break my promise. I might be gone for now but I will come back for you or die trying. I promise I'll come back for you. For all of you."
I stood up facing everyone.  Each of their   different levels of hurt sickened me.

I had never related to people in so many ways. Never had I hated so much to leave another person. Never had I ever felt so much sadness for others. I owed them so much and I would never be able to forgive myself for what I was about to do.
"So this is goodbye I suppose," Calor said wiping away any moisture in his eyes.
Calor had already lost one friend I knew he couldn't bare the death of another.
"Not goodbye, see you later." I said slinging and arm around my best friends shoulder.
"I promise you won't have to go through that pain again." I whispered into his ear.
I knew he had heard me but he acted as if I said nothing.
"See you later then," Calor said giving me the first genuine smile I had seen that morning.
"You better not die you idiot, or I'll resurrect you and kill you myself." Varen said with his dark humor.
I laughed
"I'll hold you to it then."
The bell rang above us signaling the beginning of breakfast.
Calor, Varen and Kassandra said there last goodbyes before leaving, and Darum tackled me with a hug before following them. Leaving me and Adrana alone.
I could see her crying and I reached for her arm. It hurt something inside of me when she flinched away.
"Adrana."
"No it it isn't fair." She said tears flowing down her face.
"Please Adrana." I said tentatively stepping closer to her.
"It isn't fair. Not to you and not to us."
"Adrana"
"NO WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT YOU DO."
I quickly wrapped my arms around the sobbing girl, her tears staining though my cloak, and I could feel my own slipping down my cheeks.
"She'll hurt you Tam. You say you'll come back but what if you never get the chance."
She gently pushed me away, and pain was eminent on her face.
"I love you Tam, I want you to be happy, for us to be happy but the lives we live doesn't seem to give us that chance."
I stepped forward again so we were not even inches apart.
She didn't step away.
I lifted her head up to face mine.
She didn't turn from me.
I leaned my head closer to hers.
She didn't push me away.
Our lips connected and I kissed her.
She didn't fight back.

It was one of the best experiences of my life. They say a love for another was the strongest force but I had never understood it until now.
It felt like sparks were flying between us, and I finally felt the full affect of love.
My hand was tangled in her hair, and I could feel her own against my neck.
I never wanted to stop but the need for air was a problem.
We both broke apart panting, and she smiled at me.
"I love you too Adrana and I promise I will come back, so I can give you all of my love."
"I'll wait for you then."
I grabbed my satchel from my bed, taking an imparter I had stolen from Ruy out of one of its pockets.
"What is this," she asked as I handed it to her.
"It's an imparter so I can call you and tell you those words again."
The bell wrung again and I knew I had to  get going.
I kissed her one last time before I grabbed my satchel and headed towards the door.
I looked back one last time.
Adrana stood in the middle of the room.
"I promise after this I will never leave you again."
"You better not."
"Wouldn't dream of it."
As I left that door I knew I was leaving part of my life behind. Corporis itself would not be missed. But the people I met, the relationships I built there would always be missed.

I met Lady Gisela and the others outside of her office. There were people I already new from the Neverseen  but there was one who I didn't recognize. You could practically feel the powers emanating of of her and I was worried what her role was.
"Are you ready Tam." Last Gisela asked me, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"As I'll ever be."
"Good because there is no turning back after this."
She lead us to the back door of her office and lead us to the back wall. She pushed a button underneath her desk and suddenly the wall moved, opening to reveal the first real sunlight I had seen in six months.
We stepped out of the building and from the outside you would never expect it to be a base.
A rundown building was all anyone would see from the outside.
In the distance I could see an intricate triangle shaped tower I had never seen.
I had suspected Corporis was in the Forbidden Cities, but now I truly didn't know where I was.
Maybe Sophie would now which city the secret base of Corporis was.
If I ever got to ask her

"Remember no going back form here." Lady Gisela reminded me, as she held her leaping crystal up to the morning light, and it whisked is away, leaving Corporis behind us.
The thing was. I would be coming back, and I would keep my promise.
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Thank you all so much for reading Shadow Experiment I appreciate it so much and I love you all.
I wonder if you guys could guess where Corporis is and who the mysterious girl was. She was mentioned in the fight scene in final chapter and played a pretty frightening role.
Until my next chapter everyone stay safe and keep reading
~Wolfy