Chapters The Shadow that Walks Worlds
Author's Note
Hello everyone this is a revision and restart of another story i had i hope you all enjoy!!!!!!!
Intro
Jumping silently from tree to tree, I made my way through the forested area of my expansive backyard. As I made a particularly large jump my make-shift cloak ripped on a stray limb from the massive oaks. ~"Shit,"~ i whispered to myself annoyed, ~"another rip, another day."~ I was breathing heavily so I rested for a quick breath in my usual spot. A quick glance at my wrist watch told me it was roughly 2:00 in the morning. ~"Damn its a school night,"~I said to myself. Suddenly, I felt queasy and light headed. I had a feeling that could only be described as everything talking at once. My vision blurred as i spun around barley holding on to my current tree limb. Every noise from the litte rasp of the fox sleeping in a burrow 50 feet away to the grand sound of a wolf howling was amplified 100 fold. My vision cleared beyond anything I thought possible. Everything was sharp and defined so much that when I focused on a tiny mouse I just saw my vision zoomed in on it to the point of seeing all the tiny hairs defined on its body. Then i could see the individual cells making up the hairs. Then i saw the molecules that make up each cell. At that point i had to stop myself before my brain exploded. Then as if nothing had happened, it all stopped. Everything was freakishly quiet and still. Not a thing moved. I heard an odd sound of rustling behind me then foot steps. I don't know why but i began panicking.
Millions of miles away. Gayndo woke from his bleary dream at his desk. He looked down to see he had a partially written page on it. He wondered to what caused him to lose his focus and hold on the prophecy. "Gayndo, Gayndo dear it is time for dinner!" his mother yelled.another prophecy!"
Kagewoke sweating and filthy. He sat there gasping for air until his heart could settle from the terror of his dream. Grunting, he looked at his watch as his pulse finally settled. Kage read the time as 5:29 am. "Shit," he groaned, " right before I have to get up to." He rolled out of his loft bed. He caught himself before he hit the ground on his hands and toes. He proceeded to do push ups until he just couldn't anymore. "Nothing like a quick fall to get the blood pumping!" he said to himself smirking. "I already miss you soft, wondrous bed." He opened his bedroom door and walked down the hall into the kitchen. Pulling out a bowl, he set it on the counter then walked t get the cereal out of the pantry.
After enjoying a delicious (sarcasm) breakfast he went to his room to get dressed. Upon throwing on some jeans and a black T-shirt he sat in the living room and turned on the fifty inch T.V. He tuned it onto the news. "Yada, Yada, Yada more people are dead, we are killing our planet, and there is a new exercise program, what else is new," he disclaimed as the anchor was talking.
Kage` set out to walk to school. He internally went through his checklist. 'Knifes? Check. Brain? check. Soreness? Check. Friendly disposition?' He stopped walking as he imagined punching people who annoy him at school in the face. 'Check!
After eating his Krataran, Gayndo went to sleep. That following morning Gayndo lazily made his way down stairs. After using the whole in the corner of the living room that led down into an under ground river to piss, Gayndo returned to his room to don his scholars robes. "Bye mom I am going to the college," he yelled. The term college was used loosely, in terms it was actually closer to a boot camp.
Finally reaching his destination, Gayndo step up to the massive camp that was the college. "Hey dick face!' came a yell. When Gayndo turned around something smacked him to the ground. Recovering his senses after the fall he looked up to see Germany, a 15 year old boy who was the strongest in Gayndo's section of the college. "what do w have here," Germany commented while looking down at Gayndo,"another ant to crush under my boot?" He picked up Gayndo's leather satchel and proceeded to look through it.
The Shadow that Walks Worlds
As Kageapproached the parking lot to the front of the school building he scanned the area. A look to his front and left told him that some of the junkies were still sitting in there cars trying to finish there latest blunt before school. A look to his front right told him that some of the "higher standards" preps were doing the same." Preps will be preps as teens will be teens," he chuckled as he started walking through the parking lot. Nervously thumbing his pocket knife as always Kage stayed alert to possible threats.
Melding with the crowd pushing through the small doors Kagestayed ever invisible. Once inside he managed to escape the massive tidal wave of warm bodies reeking of puberty he went down a separate hall to his own locker. The cause of a joke and a bet he picked the one locker in school no one else would pick. It was number 666. 'Well,' He reasoned,' That's what I get for living in the bible belt.
"Hey Eugene! What's up!?" came a scraggly yell.
"Hey Adrian," came Kage's tired reply. Eugene was Kage's birth name. He always despised it and knew in his soul that his name was Kage.'s snappy reply. Adrian was Kage's best friend but Kageused the term friend very loosely. He still wouldn't even trust them as far as he could throw them Because he could probably through those anorexic bastards pretty far.
"Oh," Adrian grimaced," Bad night?"
"Ya, you could say that."
"Hey pussies whatsup!" Came an extremely aggravating yell.
"Hey Gage," Yelled Adrian.
" Whats going on you piece of shit," Gage directed at Kage," You still being a little pussy who won't do shit back to people because "He doesn't want to get in trouble!"even touch me right now!"
Gage responded with a smile. He outstretched his hand and slapped Kageon the face. His smile faded as he looked Kage in the eyes and saw the pure rage boiling within.
Kagesmashed his right fist into Gage's gut in a powerful up stroke. As Gage bent down from the pain of the unexpected attack Kage put his hands on top of Gage's head and drove them down while his knee met with Gage's face in the opposite direction. Kagestepped back to let Gage drop to the floor. He looked up to see the shocked look on Adrian's face as well as everyone's in the hallway. He also took notice of the school's resource officer charging towards him face full of rage. He ran through the scenario in his head. Gage was the resource officer's son and it wouldn't be the first time he changed the story for his son. The resource officer was probably the only one who saw Gage slap him first. Seeing his options Kage did the only thing he could do. He ran, he raced down the hall faster than anyone had known he could move. He burst through the double doors and charged through the parking lot. He ran down the street going faster and faster weaving through cars in an attempt to slow his chaser. Little did he know though was that The resource officer was standing in the billowing papers blown form a massive wind stunned wondering why his quarry was there then he blinked and he was just gone.
Gayndo stepped hesitantly into the superiors office. He knew what it was about when he got summoned the next morning.you can't take that away from me!" Gayndo took his stand hoping he did thew right thing.
The figure nodded and jumped out the open window.
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Kage` woke with a start. He looked around wondering where he was. Then he remembered that he was in his hideout he had made in the trees. It was a combination of branches meticulously cut down from trees, where no one would notice they had been cut, growing branches, stretched and bowed around in a circle with their leaves still green, and moss to conceal even more of the structure, as well as functioning as insulation. He had been living here for over a month with only a handful of close calls. He would sporadically light fires whenever he needed them around the woods far from his hide out. This worked to mislead searchers. He also used the fires to heat rocks, which he would then put in a hand made basket with hot ash, and put it in his hideout every night to heat it and him.
He could tell that something wasn't right. He had a weird tugging sensation in his stomach. It was steadily growing stronger. He tried to ignore it and go back to sleep. He succeeded, until the odd sensation grew painfully strong. He was almost forced to his feet. He reached the bottom opening in the shelter and dropped down to the branch below. The pulling told him to go right. He did the only thing he could do, and traveled into the night.
Half an hour and 20 acres of forest later he stopped 15 feet above the ground in a tree. The sensation stopped pulling him. Puzzled, he looked around, then lurched as the sensation grew ten fold suddenly going downward almost literally pulling him out of the tree. He managed to get down with only minor injury. Kage` looked around at the leaves on the ground and started kicking them out of place when the ground beneath him seemed to vanished. The last thing he could remember was the feeling of falling, before blacking out.
Kageawoke with a pained groan. He tried opening his eyes and found he couldn't. In his daze, he realized his eyes were open, but it was just pitch black. He sat up and checked himself. Besides a few bumps and scrapes, he was fine. Amazed at that fact, he reached in his pack and pulled out a flashlight. Surveying the area around him, he came to the conclusion that he was indeed in a cave or cavern of some sort. The cavern was dotted with stalagmites, stalactites,and other rock formations. The ceiling reached up high, impossible to see in the darkness. On the other end of the cavern there was a cave that looked suspiciously unnatural. Looking down, Kage realized that he was standing on a rough pathway, carved into the rock. With a confused expression, Kage wandered through the cavern, his destination being the cave's exit. Kage hoped for it to lead out of this place.grew worried as the cave grew thinner and thinner. It was almost to the point of being to small for him to get through. Suddenly, squeezing through another jagged, tight fit the cave opened up to another cavern. Only this cavern was nothing like the other one. Almost everything seemed to be made out of a black crystal like gem. It was partially transparent, with glowing specks throughout the walls and ceiling making it look like the night sky. Kage realized that the path appeared to be less jagged, and more streamlined, continuing through the cavern. Captivated by the beauty, Kagecontinued to follow the path. He quickly realized that the one problem with the black gem/crystal was that it made judging the distance between the walls impossible. Kage rushed to avert his eyes back to the path before he got lost in the illusion.
Kagedidn't know how long he had been walking, but every part of his body was sore and screaming with pain. He would have stopped to eat some of the few rations he had, and sleep, but he had a feeling that if he got disorientated in this cavern, he would never find his way out. Kages hope was elevating as the path did. Through an impossible to resist urge to look up Kage saw that ahead of him, was a sort of pedestal made of stone.Upon it there was a sight to behold. With great effort and willpower, he wrenched his eyes from the sight. He stood there for some time staring at the path, until he concluded that the object was roughly 20 feet away. With nothing else to do, Kage sighed, and set out on his way once again being greeted with the epitome of pain itself.Kage still had no concept of time, but after a while, he reached the pedestal. He stood there for a while studying the object. He could feel the raw power radiating from it. After even longer he found his voice as he exclaimed:"Ooh shiny!"
Author's Note
This chapter took a while to get through! Thank you to all those who support this story! Special thanks to LuckyLeafGaming for editing this chapter! I in the end decided that this chapter would not show Gayndo's point of few but the next should! Let me know what you all think! Constructive criticism is appreciated!
The Shadow that Walks Worlds
Kage` sat there staring at the relic. He had been staring for what seemed like hours now. He admired the same material that made up most of the beautiful sword, as was on the walls. He stared in awe at the glowing dark purple letters on each side of the blade. There was a fancy script that spelled out esh. He was staring in wonder at the black diamond rings going through the blade under the surface for added structure and support. He ogled at the perfectly straight, and smooth, silvery shaft of unknown metal that went the length of the blade in the center. He loved how the cross guard that was between the blade and the pommel was an almost full circle, with a gap one third of the circle on one side. He also noticed the most beautiful part of the entire sword. The, gleaming, dark purple gem at the end of the pommel held in place by four jagged rings crisscrossing over it. He also took into account the mysterious material, that appeared to be like black leather that wrapped around the handle part of the blade. He could feel the raw power pulling, beckoning him to pick up the blade. He did so and immediately felt a wave of warmth run through his hand, up his arm, and through his body. It felt oddly familiar, like the blade was...welcoming...yes!The blade was welcoming an old friend,as he felt all his soreness get washed away. Feeling the rush reach his head, he was blinded and he heard a deafening screaming sound as he blacked out.
Kage had an odd sensation of floating, as he opened his eyes. He looked around to see where he was and gasped, when he realized he couldn't feel, or see, for that matter, the floor. All he could see around him were swirling streams of purple energy in the form of a mixture of fire and electricity of various shades. He couldn't judge distances, as the streams could be far away, or in front of his face. Suddenly before him was himself.
"Hello," The copy him started in a slow and diplomatic voice," You may be wondering 'what is happening!'and 'who are you!' but let me assure you that you are perfectly safe and you cannot be hurt here-"
"WHAT THE FUCK!" Came Kage`s eloquent response.
"Huh," The copy added in a tired sigh," This isn't going to be fun."
"If you are done interrupting me,"fumed the copy Kage,"Then I will be able to explain exactly what is happening!" The mock Kage gave the original Kagea stern look." Now you are not who you think you are. Your name is not ,I cannot believe they named you this, Eugene. You have many names from over the years but your current alias is Kage."
"How is that possible? I have told no one how I feel That is my name!" Came Kage`s reply.
"I will explain all," replied the fake," You are an immortal being who built a government, and a nation. You and your nation's soul purpose is to fight a terrible peoples known as the destroyers. We only gave them that name because they feel we are to below them to know their true name. The destroyers were once humans who grew to greedy and powerful. They lost all sense of morals and humanity leading to them ruling with an iron fist and doing human testing. They have morphed their soldiers through gene splicing and robotics. Rarely any of the soldiers can still be considered human anymore."
"Wait, back the fuck up! You are telling me I am immortal! No fucking way!" Was Kage`s enthusiastic reply.
"Yes, That's what I am telling you."
"Okay lets say I believe you," Started Kage`," Lets say I am an immortal ruler of a militarized government, and that we are in an eternal war with all evil. Putting all that fairy tale bullshit aside; I still don't know who you are!"
"I was created by you long ago. I am your subconscious separated from your brain (mostly) literally and figuratively 'Given my own mind.' "I have a dynamically alterable form which means I can transform into anything. I currently hold the form of the amulet around your neck."
Kagelooked down and indeed saw that there was a silver amulet with a dark purple gem on it around his neck.
"Huh," Said Kage," Well then that still doesn't explain where I am, what I am doing here, how come I have a past I don't know about, and how come it is from before when I was born!"
"Ah, I was wondering when that was going to click in your mind," Said mock Kage`," You are very well thought out person. You set up a contingency plan in your government knowing that having a truly immortal life would have its dips. You made it so that your consciousness would be placed in the brain of an infant that is mentally retarded to the point of not having an actual consciousness.
Kage` stared at the copy him for a while before speaking,"So basically I went crazy and this is to fix me?"
"Basically yes."
"Ah shit," Came Kage`s most though out response ever.
Gayndo was miserable. That was an understatement. Immediately after his falling out with the superiors he was captured and sent to the work camp. Life here was torture. Each day they got bread. One half a loaf of bread each day. For that alone they had to work hard .
Each prisoner... no Camper .... The sick term they used instead merely for the joke of "He's not a happy Camper "Character Enhancement Camp . Some were relatively good but you needed serious connections to get those. Others were so hard that they assigned new people each week just because the others had died. Even with all this horror Gayndo had to admit one thing. The work camps were if nothing else but efficient. Each camp was completely self sustaining. Being powered along by the vary convicts imprisoned there. More than not wrongfully accused.
Gayndo had no connections. He got one of the worst jobs there was. He was a Clearer . His job was to clear the rocks out from fields so that they could be cultivated. He was given a pick and told to swing. Gayndo was hard pressed but he kept his faith in the universe and in the boy from his visions. With this faith he managed to last far longer than anyone thought he could have. By the end of his second week there people started to notice that he didn't die off. They noticed that he didn't even wither away but kept growing. He grew bulky fast. By his third week he was as tall and massive as some of the adults imprisoned there. By his fourth week he got into a fight.
Gayndo smashed a particularly big rock in only two swings. He was surprised himself by his abilities.
"Hey that one was mine!" Came a deep voice behind Gayndo. He turned around to see "The Mammoth". He was the biggest man in the camp. He bore battle scars all over his arms and bare chest. There were rumors that he broke the rocks with his fist just to practice for when he got out.
"Sorry," replied the significantly smaller Gayndo," If I could get it back then i would give it to you. Better luck next time." At that point he heard a collective gasp from the nearby workers.
"What did you just say to me!" Yelled the Mammoth in a voice that cracked like thunder."Maybe I should end your suffering right here and now! Huh!"
"Look I am not in the mood right now. I could honestly care less what you do to me but I have to meet my quota."
"Why you little! I will destroy you!" The Mammoth took a massive meaty arm and swung it at Gayndo.
Gayndo felt the air rush over his head and realized that he had rolled just in time to avoid the punch. He had rolled slightly behind The Mammoth and to his right. Gayndo was surprised by his reaction but not nearly surprised as he was when he instinctively followed up with his pick. He felt it before he heard it. His arm jarred as he heard the wet Shlick! that accompanied the stabbing of flesh. He looked up and saw his pick buried deep in The Mammoth's side right under his armpit.
Gayndo ripped the pick violently from the Mammoth's side as he fell on it. He walked up to the bleeding out not so Mammoth. He murmured, "Sorry it had to end like this Friend"
As he said those words he raised his pick above his head. He split The Mammoth's head like the rock he had before.
Later that night Gayndo finally fell asleep. He opened his eyes to see a majestic background before him. Masses of swirling pools of purple energy. Then before him he saw the boy from his prophecy.
"You," He said," who are you! Why are you so important!"
"All in good time my friend. For now you must guide me through an unknown world."
"And where is this world?"
"It is very far but I will take care of that. This world is known by the locals as.... Equestria."
Author's Note
Hello fans and not so much fans! I hope that you all will come around! I appreciate all help/fan art/constructive criticism/ anything else! I am looking forward to see what you all will do for esh with the art!
Please do not hate and don't forget to rate!
As always special thanks to LuckyLeafGaming for editing!
The Shadow that Walks Worlds
Author's Note
I have decided to initiate a new policy!!! I have been losing the will to write and have been seriously doubting myself.
So I have decided that i will only even work on uploading a new chapter every time i get another like!
Thank you for your time!
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announcement
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"Twilight! Twilight!" Pinkie yelled as she nearly busted down the door to The Golden Oaks Library.
Author's Note
Hello everyone this is a short chapter to just show some more depth of the story. I really hope you all enjoy! Leave a comment and drop a like will ya?!
-MidnightFlame21
The Shadow that Walks Worlds
Author's Note
Hey guys. I know it has been a while. Thank you again to all those who support my newbish endevors. I have't been doing much because of school/Marching band/ Family matters/ Video games/Meh. I am sorry about that.
I have an announcement to make if you couldn't guess by the chapter title. I realized that this story sucks. At least to the standards I want it to be. It just feels rushed and sloppy to me. So. I have decided that I am going to COMPLETELY remake the story. This will take a good long while because I will do it right. I will build the world along with characters first. Then I will actually plot out the story (Yes that whole thing was me winging it with whatever I thought of at the time). And all that jazz. I will keep this story up while I wright the other one just for the sake of keeping in touch with you guys/gals. When I believe the new one is good enough to post I will have another announcement chapter.
Again thank you to all those who supported the story, as well as those who criticized it. (constructive criticism not hate)
Forever in your debt,
P.S. If any of you keep track of my blog, I am sorry about all the weird emotional stuff I put on it. We all have our times.
