Death by the dark

"Welcome"
I was nine when my world came crashing down I didn't have a clue what was going on but I figured it out eventually.
"I'm home"
It was my ninth birthday when I had to leave my dearest farther and brother for the place that comes after life many call it the after life but I like to call it dawn .
"Mom where is my little shadow?"
Dawn is the place that is established to keep the living from the dead you are probably asking how I know well I can answer that cause I've been there before when.
"How?"
Well that is cause I died when I was just a little guy.
Yes I am a boy Much to my mothers dismay I was born a boy.
"Where is shadow I can't find him anywhere"
Well let's get to the story.