Chapter 5 – Leaving

POV - Ed

5 years late…. “What do you mean you enlist in to the army!” I heard jen shout from here room,

“We need money, we are barely getting by we need more money they are giving me 100 Gold advance that keep you and the kids going for almost a year ive only been assigned to supply runs anyway, so Ill be visiting home often!” Jack shouted

I walked out of the hut there arguing started to annoy me, there both stupid I thought to my self, sitting on the porch was ash looking up at the sun with a gentle smile on his face “whats with the happy look there arguing again” I grumpy said.

“everything will work out it always does younger bother” ash said as he looked at me the sun reflected of his white hair almost like it was glowing.

“we are twins your not older” I said sharply as I sat down in the shade I never liked the sun, the shade where shadows and darkness mixed it felt like there was another world that if I tried hard enough I could see it made me feel peaceful.

“ahah but I was born first which makes me older” ash said while sticking his tongue out with a cheeky smile.

“eugh does not make you older” I said why shaking my head it was making me angry how relaxed he was acting I started to clench my fist.

“AHHH behind you the shadows are moving move!” he screamed me

“what are you talking about” I said confused as I looked behind me and didn’t notice anything “you going crazy ash oh by the way you eyes are doing that glowing thing again you know how much dad hates that it creeps him out”

“But but I cant help it and I swear the shadows where moving there crawly towards your hand!” he said in a whining voice.

He face took on pitful expresstion, ‘He is such a baby’ I thought to my self. “yeah yeah what ever” I said standing up and brushing the dirty of me didn’t want mum moaning at me again for getting dirty, “im going down the the river you coming?” I asked him

“mum told you not to go there its dangerous! Oi where you going” I heard him shout as I started walking to wards the river, it took me a few mins to get to the river it was close to the back of the hut, the river was only about 4 meters wide and about 2 meters deep even though that’s was a lot deeper then me I felt like that was unnatural but couldn’t put my finger on it ‘ive always felt unnatural all the other kids think me and ash are weird because the way we act and speak even are parents think we genius or somthing’ I wondered to my self. I walked towards the massive tree that shot up to atleast 15 foot it some of the branches went out across the river I always came here to sit on the branch right over the tree, as I climbed the tree aiming for my branch i felt relaxed the shade caused by the large leaves and branches shaded me from the sun as I sat down and dangled my feet I thought back to what ash said about the shadows, this wasn’t the first time ive seen the shadow move but I didn’t want anyone to know about it, it relived me to know I wasn’t going crazy but the shadows gave me comfort more so these days.

While relaxing on the tree I heard shout in the distant so I decided to climb the tree to see if I could see what’s was going on as I got higher I could see in the distance there was group of adventures exiting the local dungeon, the reason my mum hated this area is because monsters from the dungeon sometimes escaped and made up river before the village guard could deal with.

I always wanted to a mighty adventurer like in the story’s my mum told me entering dungeons fight monsters, being able to stop an army by with one hand and being praised by all are local dungeon wouldn’t let anyone under the age 16 in but also had a recommend level 30 it sucked until I turned 10 I couldn’t even level or get skills, and then when I did turn 10 I couldn’t spend any points until I hit level 16 it was so unfair.

As I climbed back down to my branch the sun giving me a headache ‘stupid thing’ I thought, I heard a snapping noise the moment I heard it I felt my weight lurch and my foot slit, and I fell head first towards to ground *AHHHHHHH* I screamed as I was about to hit the ground I closed my eyes, darkness how I love darkness it felt safe, secure and comforting like nothing mattered at all.

After a few seconds I noticed that I hadn’t hit the floor as I opened my eyes a display was in front of me… Blood Ability

Shadow Walker Can walk though to shadow realm for 30 seconds, if you don't leave with in 30 seconds you will not be able to leave.

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‘whats going on’ I looked around and it seemed I was under the tree but everything was dark grey and watery as I stood up from the ground I was surprised that I was also watery I poked my self and ripples came away from me but I didn’t feel it it was almost like I was a shadow.

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‘I need to get out of here!’ I thought to my self as I looked around I noticed places that sun touched where grey while I could walk there I couldn’t exit this place but under the tree it was pitch black where the tree shade was I decided to walk about to where I landed and once I touched the black shadow I heard the birds, the breeze and the heat, I didn’t even no that I was missing any of that in the shadow realm, “oh my god this is so cool” I shouted raising my arms up with jump that’s when I noticed I cut my arm on the way down, it stung like hell but more importantly it covered my cotton top, ‘mums going to kill me’ I thought shaking my head ‘but still what’s a blood ability and how do I active it’ I wondered.

I decided that it was time that walked back to the house or mum would freak out she was already going to kill me as it was as I climbed the hill to the back of the hut I noticed ash wasn’t there anymore, as I approached the front door I saw my dad sitting at the tablet with his head in his hands. he looked up at me when I approached, “you mum going to kill you ed, wait is that blood?” jack said as he quickly got up and rolled up my sleeve, “not deep, how did this happen?” he said while walking over the one of cupboards and pulling out small piece of clean cloth and wrapped around my arm I let out a small groan as I replied “I feel out of a tree, dad I heard some adventurers talking today whats is a blood ability?” he sighed and said “what have I told you about staying away from that tree, and wow im surprised that anyone would discuss it in public, blood abilities and life abilities are abilities that you are born with it is random if you get a blood or life ability but you always get one, they only manifest when certain conditions are met, most blood abilities require blood and focus on image that relates to you, like my self I have the ability to double my strength if I am bleeding, when I was 20 i was crushed by a wooden cart and I pictured my self stronger and before I knew it I was lifting the cart, the reason I was surprised that you heard that a person was talking about it because it is the greatest weapon and weakness because if you bleed out you will die and once you are bleeding an enemy that knows you have a blood ability will be defensive that is why most people keep it a secret”

‘So that how it works all I need to do cut my self and I can enter the shadow realm but what if I knocked out will I automatically go there I wouldn’t be able to leave in 30 seconds I must be careful’ I thought to my self, “ahh make sense I really want a blood ability now!! Yours sounds so cool! But dad what’s a life ability then?”

He smiled a patted my head, “your mother has a life ability its activated by praying to THE GOD most life abilities are healing of some kind, growing crops faster, helping people have kids and so on but your mother has a rare ability and when she prays she can see anyone anywhere in the living world and speak to them, but with most life abilities they can only be activated once a day and they must go to church, that is where ash and her are right now he insisted on going with here, she said that she need a blessing for me to leave for the army” jack said with a frown.