Forest of Shadows
How tf does my last chapter already have 81 reads?? I published at like...2 in the morning yesterday??
Anyway, enjoy, a new chapter the very next day of my last published chapter! Wow, I'm proud of myself.
(3rd person's p.o.v )
~200 years later~
The trees in this forest were unlike any other in Assiah. They were extremely tall reaching thousands of feet in the sky, and they were thin and twisted. They came in odd colours as well. Some had brown trunks and green leaves like on Assiah, while others had black trunks with teal or purple leaves. Some had spots and stripes; and some were tall, smooth and pointed at the end with no branches nor leaves. The forest stretched on for miles and miles and was seemingly never ending for those who were caught in it. It was easy to get lost if you didn't know your way around it, many who have wandered into the forest, had gotten lost for days, weeks even months. The forest was not the same as those in other realms. It was magical, mysterious and almost seemed to change. It was almost always dark in the forest with the mile long trees blocking out any sunlight. It was spooky, haunted and coasted peculiar shadows. This was not why it was called the forest of Shadows though, oh no. For it was given this name for what had lurked in the shadows. This forest was the home of shadow demons. Creatures that hid in the shadows, dark crevices where light could not reach and those who only awoken at night. Within the forest was a relatively small kingdom ruled, which were home to some nocturnal demons, shadow people, and few spirits and poltergeist. The kingdom was surrounded by trees keeping it separated from other demons and protected from overly bright lights. Deep into the forest, just beyond the kingdom was a castle where the ruler of the shadow kingdom resided. Rin, the demon king of Darkness, who had the power to manipulate shadows and the night time to accommodate his subjects. He was responsible for keeping the kingdom nice and dark and hidden which his people were eternally grateful for. His blue fire lit lanterns for some citizens who needed it to guid there way. The kingdom was perfect, not bright, but not pitch black, so those can still see but still be protected from the sun. It was always shady and cool and remained the similar level of brightness outside regardless if the time of day. The sky looked like late evening during the day and darker during the night. Some nicknamed the land 'kingdom of eternal darkness', a popular nick name because it gave people the chills.
In the castle, not much had been going on. It was a normal, uneventful day. Prince Rin sat on his thrown overviewing his kingdom from the safety of his own home. They used a type of magic spell to view their kingdom. (A/N: Ya know the seeing eye spell from svtfoe? Yeah, I got the idea from that 🙃) Shortly after his coronation he was given a kingdom, his own castle near the kingdom and his own subjects to rule over, demons who were akin to him and his powers.
He sat with his chin on his hand with a bored expression, he now understand why his brothers seemed so lethargic, there was never anything to do. There was a puff of green smoke, and there appeared Amaimon floating over Rin's thrown. He appeared to be laying on his stomach, propped up on his shoulders floating in midair.
"Hello Amai" Rin said using his nickname for him.
"Whatcha doing?"
"Watching." Rin said with a bored expression, he swiped the spell, viewing another part of the kingdom. People seemed to be going about their mundane lives. Shopping in the market, drying clothes, messing with other demons, nothing unusual.
"Wanna play with me?" Amaimon asked.
"I can't, I'm busy."
"Busy doing what?" He asked with an eyebrow raised. "You're just sitting there bored."
"I'm busy watching!" He said getting slightly annoyed. "Like we're supposed to be doing? Like you're supposed to be doing."
"You're no fun anymore." He puffed. "Watching is boring. Nothing is even happening, the kingdom isn't going to fall apart if you take your eyes off it for a second."
"What if something happens and I'm not there to fix it?"
"That's what your guards are for, just tell them to patrol while you're away."
"But-" Amaimon gave him a look, which no one else would've noticed of course. "Fine. Drako, Vlad, patrol the kingdom, keep an eye out for any suspicious behaviour and put stop to it."
"Yes my lord." The two beast like men said in unison and marched out of the castle.
"Let's go." Amaimon grabbed his hand and lead him away.
"Where are we going?"
"Somewhere."
"That's...vague." Amaimon dragged him out of the castle and deep onto the forest. Rin knew his kingdom like the back of his hand, he had spent 200 hundred years here, so this was not a problem with no chances of getting lost. If anything he could fly out of the forest and towards the castle.
"What now." Suddenly Rin was struck with a strong blast of magic causing him to fly backwards and crash into a nearby tree.
"What the hell." He groaned getting back up. "What was that for!" He shouted, Amaimon floating into front of him, obviously the culprit of who attacked him.
"Spar with me. He haven't had a good fight in 90 years."
"Alright then." He smirked. "Weapons, or fists?"
"No weapons, that's give you an unfair advantage."
"If you say so." It was true, when it came to weapons he had the upper hand with his unlimited supply of weapons he could summon at will. He launched himself at Amaimon with a warriors cry, his claws springing. Amaimon easily dodged, flying upwards. Rin threw punched and strategies attacks at Amaimon, who easily avoided hits and through some of his own. The zipped across the sky at light speed, the human eye would not be able to what was going down. There was a few flashes in the sky that sounded like thunder to villagers near by the forest. It was almost like a storm was brewing but they could easily tell that it was caused by two high ranked demons having a brawl. Both boys were covered in scratched and bruises that would heal quickly since they were demon kings. Each strike in each other was not for nothing and struck the right spot. They had years of practice. Though, you could tell they were holding back to not cause serious damage. A fight between such powerful beings could cause great damage, not only to each sparing partner, but to villagers and the kingdoms structures. Amaimon dashed through the forest quickly dodging trees and obstacles. They had been going at it for hours now, neither party the slightest bit tired. Rin followed close behind his brother.
Suddenly he collided into hard object with a great force causing him to stumbled backwards. He looked up, shaking himself off to see that he had crashed into Amaimon.
"What's with the hold up? You tired already?" He said with a playful smirk. "Amai?" He asked when his brother didn't answer him. He was staring blankly ahead. "What are you looking at?" He asked. They were well outside of the shadow kingdom now, they had reached the end of the forest.
"That." Amaimon said turning Rin's head. Rin's eyes instantly widened. Before him were dozens of opened scattered portals. Different colours, meaning they lead to different dimensions.
"Oh...my.."
"That's not supposed to be there."
"Yeah...no kidding." Rin said staring at it in shock.
Something, or someone, was continuously entering and leaving Gahenna, opening gateways to other realms.
"This isn't good, we need to notify father and our brothers immediately."
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