Shadows and Void Walkers

A normal day, or at least as normal as a day in Starlight Academy could be. Class was ending, everyone was preparing to leave.

He rose from his desk, pulling his reading glasses off he hung them from the front of his shirt. The Shadow was grumbling in the back of his mind as usual and as usual James was grateful only he could hear him.

Now James wasn't a social butterfly, he was very friendly, but quiet and tended to be awkward with social things. That said, he wanted friends, he wanted to open up. So as he gathered his things he decided to talk to someone.

Among his classmates was a girl, around his age, Lorencia he believed her name was, he'd seen her during class, she seemed bubbily, the kind of person that sorta made people want to socialize. So once his things were gathered, he approached her, a calm but shy smile on his face. "Hello," he said trying to push his shyness aside and ignore the Shadow's complaints, "I don't know if we've..talked before.......I'm James Mortii."

He shook her hand, his smile brightening a bit, "good to meet you Lorencia," she was bubbily, James was already feeling a bit more willing to be social.

"Gods.....please tell me were not talking to this girl," the Shadow complained into his head. James quickly told the entity to behave. The Shadow just grunted and lowered it's complaints to grumblings, James would have a headache later on.

He mentality chuckled a bit at her giggle, he thought it was nice. "How long have you lived on the island?" he asked his nervousness melting away a bit as he talked. "I got here back in September," so much had happened sense then, it was still hard to imagine at times.

As he calmed, a single small shadow tentacle appeared on his shoulder and slowly swayed back and forth. "I've explored a bit if the island," he'd been wanting to explore more.

"Pretty far," he said, he only had a limited amount of daily use of his powers, but he took advantage of it when he could. "I......took a look in the forbidden forest," it had been an experience, and he had discovered something interesting.

Then, to his surprise, she poked the shadow tentacle, "W-why is she poking it?" the Shadow stated genuinely surprised and confused. James mentally laughed at it, "Don't laugh boy! Ask her what the hell she's doing."


"It's one of my powers," he looked a bit embarrassed, a he even blushed for a brief moment, "it tends to do that sometimes." The shadow tentacle twitched a bit at her poking but continued to sway back and forth.

Focusing he had the tentacle pick up and hold his bag. "It....can be useful," he said, relieved his powers were met with curiosity from her, some freaked out.

His smile brightened, "I'd love to show you around it," it wasn't a safe place, but he knew how to avoid the monsters. "We can go after school if you want," this was honestly very unexpected, but a nice surprise, "they have a lot of weird creatures there."

He tilted his head curiously, "I guess I could try and teach you," he said with a slightly nervous chuckle. "My shadow powers are connected to another being," the Shadow grumbled more, annoyed at the situation. "I'll show you how it all works though."

"No, I don't have any more classes," the tentacle continued to calmly sway back and for, "we can explore a bit if your free." He was excited to be able to do some exploring with a new friend.

The Shadow sighed, "this is pointless," it complained, "why do you want to talk to this girl?" The Shadow seemed to moved about, utterly annoyed yet also jealous about the situation, James ignored it.

"Don't know what we'll find," he adjusted the bag on his shoulder, "I saw a few weird creatures last time." He smiled softly, "we can drop our stuff off and head out."