The Shadows

The newly formed brothers walked down non-official roads; tails waging and laughter could be heard miles away. Pain happily bounded all over cracking jokes and just was being a 14 year old boy. Death lingered in the back. He would laugh at a few jokes but other than would remain silent. Death would drag a stick behind him and when the stopped he would draw pictures or write poems in the dirt. Past hummed and sang and he even made up his own traveling music. Future complained and argued with his brothers a lot even though he lacks any real topic to argue about. He often hums and sings along with Past. He helps Past write a lot of the music he sings. Unknown tends to be very protective of his younger brothers but always has a reason to smile and has a very obnoxious sense of humor. Phenomenon clashes with Unknown all the time. He is very strict and proper but he does like to laugh. Phenomenon on the other hand has a more sarcastic sense of humor.

These boys clash and compare in amazing ways. They all have different personality and skills that have all sorts of benefits. Trepidation can't help but look at them in pure amazement. Trepidation himself had a very lenient disposition. He likes to smile and laugh but does not lack in intelligence. He was really tall also and is very slender when compared to Unknown who is rather short and has a stronger build.

Death ran up and slammed into Trepidation's back. "I have a really bad feeling right now."

"What do you mean 'bad feeling'?" Trepidation rubbed his back.

Death was fidgeting and overall had a hard time standing still. "Like, something bad is about to happen. Something really really bad."

Future smelled the air. "Something smells."

Everyone looked back at Unknown. "Hey! It’s not me."

Future smelled again. "It’s not Unknown but it’s this weird smell."

Trepidation sat on the ground crossed legged and put his head in his hands. "Okay, we have bad feelings from Death. And weird smells from Future. Are they connected?"

Phenomenon squatted next to his older brother. "Maybe. We are all connected in one way or another."

"Your rig-"

Past interrupted Trepidation with a scream. He fell to the ground covering his ears, blood spilled from between his fingers. Before Trepidation could help him Phenomenon let out pained scream, blood pulled in his eyes. Trepidation started to panic; each boy was struck down from a different cause. Unknown was too weak even to stand. Pain couldn't move. Future had blood coming out of his nose. Tears welled up in Trepidation's eyes from his inability to help any of them from suffering.

"Ha! This was way too easy."

Trepidation looked up with anger burning in him but was surprised to see Harmony standing in front of him. But at the same time it wasn't Harmony, it was Discord fighting his transformation. Harmony isn't what he used to be. He looked tired and instead of his yellow skin color he was a mix of colors. He has horns and his wings did not match but he still seemed to be Harmony and not Discord.

Trepidation gritted his teeth and stood. "What do you mean 'easy'?"

Harmony laughed. "You know nothing about them. They are the keys of fear not children. Do you know why I targeted only certain parts to immobilize each of them?"

Trepidation looked back at the boys in pain.

"Thought so." Harmony strutted over to Pain. "The little red one here is Pain and he can't move because he has enhanced speed. The purple one, Death, has the sixth sense. Future and Past have advance smell and hearing. Phenomenon is sight and Unknown is strength."

After absorbing this information his first instinct is to fight. He pulls his staff from his pocket and extends it. Trepidation rushes at Harmony but he just deflected it.

"Trepidation your 'special talent', that's what these people would call anyways, is your compasion. Sadly I can't control immobilize you with that because that would be loads of fun." Harmony walked over and grabbed Pain who still could not move by the hair and had his magic ready to slice his throat. Trepidation ran with his staff but got pushed away but his powerful magic. Trepidation was thrown against a tree and his staff went flying somewhere out of his each.