Chapter 25: OTHER SHADOW

Selestia enters and falls entering the door by one step, she keeps falling, she can't do anything right now, it's dark and only one moon she can see, it's now nearing the ground, and she drops on a dead bush, she felt pain by landing on her buttocks, and she slowly wants to get off of it and she cleans her clothes and continues walking, she was intrigued by the path, it was only one moon she could see, a brick path, and a dark forest, Selestia figures out what is wrong, she walks and looks for anything she can find, all she found was a dead branch and dead grass,

Selestia kept looking for something, and in her search for it, she found herself walking in circles, frustrated by the bush she looks at every time, and a big moon always in front of her view, the moon was beautiful and bright she loves it, Selestia sits and stares at the tree for a moment, she thought to herself, Who will I meet in this location? What will the crystal be used for? Selestia scrutinizes everything, but she didn't notice anything suspicious until she discovered something behind those trees.

the trees and bushes doesn't have shadow, She stands up in the moon and there was no shadow to begin with, Selestia deeply figured out who she might meet, she guess it was shadow, but a step she heard Selestia prepared, and looks for the sound, she guards herself and puts walls on it, she looks at every tree but nothing she can find.

A shadow form appeared near her, and she ran away from it. The shadow followed her, and the shadow showed a hand and grabbed Selestia in the feet, causing her to trip. Selestia fell to the ground, and her face was filled with deep hurt and pain especially her body in the ground.

She is terrified and terrified of these shadows, and she yells out loud, "who are you? what do you want from me?, What is it that you're looking for?" The Shadow spoke up and assumed the form of a man with turtle neck sleeves and formal wear at a party. He conversed with Selestia., "it's been a long time since I've been outside, oh you must be that princess, thank you princess you've been a real help to me?, Mm let me think who I am o wait I don't know," Selestia became suspicious and asked him, "who are you really answer me?"

Selestia couldn't tell if he was a shadow, but his facial features are the same as the shadow Selestia knows, the difference is the hair, attitude, clothing taste, and way of talking, Selestia knows it suddenly, Selestia asks that shadow, "I may know you, but I have a question for you, where did you come from?" The shadow replied fast moving Infront of Selestia and looked into its eye, the shadow answered her, "Do you know where I came from? It's a funny story I just got here, after some situation",

This man had a broch and a light inside the dark. She looked at it, and the man figured it out. Selestia deduced that the shadow was in that broch spiraling with light.

Selestia punches the guy in the face forward and takes the broch off him, Selestia ran away as fast she can, but the shadow guy figured that Selestia already know, he touches her face mending it, but soon became a shadow on the ground and keeps track of Selestia and following her, Selestia heard a sound of a shadow ,

she knows it must be following her, she rans from it, Selestia looks a way how to get shadow out if the broch, The shadow pops in and Selestia kicks it, but her kick pass in and the her feet is stuck in the shadow's body form, she meddles with it , and swinging doing the best her can to get off of it, the man reaches the broch, Selestia couldn't give it off just by, she extends her arm until he cannot reach it, the shadow goes in to the ground and makes Selestia feets stuck on a very deep soil,

Selestia had a hard time getting it off, the shadow pops outs and reaches for the broch, suddenly Selestia broke it as soon as possible, the shadow said nooo in a very pro long way, white smoke appeared and The shadow grabs Selestia by the neck and tells her, "remember, I will kill you", Selestia felt pain and hesitant by the man grabbing his neck, Selestia couldn't stand it, it' was hurting her bones bits by bit, then a shadow came in , and grabs the person's arm, and and pulls it onto the ground, Selestia coughs as the hand was released,

The shadow stuck his hand on the ground deeply, but the shadow escapes by its power, another hand showed again from the ground, grabbing it's feets and makes it stuck, then in the back appears shadow, and pulls Selestia's feet on the ground without getting hurt, the shadow gets into the shadow form, and runs away, Shadow gave his hand to Selestia and helps her stand up, Selestia asks with sickness in her eyes and amazingness because of his look and cloth, Selestia still sees shadows scarf on it,"who is that?"

Shadow replies quickly, "there's not much time, I'll tell you later, what do you have there?" shadow sees something glowing and Selestia took it out and tells him, shadow steps back as Selestia was saying,"this is the light crystal, aurora gave it to me", Shadow replied, "you mean aurora? The queen Aurora?, I think that may be helpful, if I catch or he goes into you make sure to stick this at him or stabbed him with it, it will get him back to his world, it is where they locked it", Selestia agreed and tells shadow before he will chase the shadow, "hey shadow, I look everywhere for you, and I miss you dearly", Shadow nod his head and replied Selestia," I miss you too lady", Shadow goes on chasing him, Selestia goes on finding the opposite version of shadow, she realizes it that it escape from the shadow she know of, she keeps on looking.

Selestia got kick in the back, shadow felt it being connected to it , selestua felt an ache on it as shadow is too, the shadow trips her onto the ground and lies on it for a while while her back is in deep pain and ache, Selestia holds the crystal tightly never giving it up, Shadow heard a falling sound and kicking, he follows it, then The shadow kicks shadow in the back, Selestia got hurt again being connected to the pain of shadow and shadow notices it and punches the shadow on its face but the shadow goes on and sneak onto the ground, waiting for an opening to attack shadow, shadow followed him on the ground,

chasing shadows, Selestia wants to stand up but cannot because of the pain she's suffering, she tries hard and stands completely she waits a time to trap The shadow himself, they chase each other and punches and kicks, Selestia felt pain again and again every time shadow gets hurt, then it was the time,

Selestia readies her crystal as they were almost near, the shadow faces above, while shadows is on the ground in the shadows, they were like fighting in the sky but with shadow powers only on the ground, Selestia runs to it, and wants to stabbed the shadow with it, suddenly the shadow switches position, and Shadow gets on the above while the shadow in the ground, they grab each other's collar neck, Selestia puts it onto the shadow but the sudden position, Selestia carefuls ,

she is almost hit shadow with crystal, shadow might be locked instead of the shadow, they keep on going, Selestia endure the pain while shadow keeps fight his opposite version.

They become man forms each time and shadow as the shadow escapes, Selestia couldn't hold off the speed, Shadow locks his arms onto the shadow and both of them go to the man form, Shadow shouts and yells to "Selestia, lady where are you?, I've held him captive come use the crystal" Selestia heard the voice and follows it as soon as possible with the light crystal she saw Both of them resisting one another, Selestia stabbed the shadow without hesitation with anger, the shadow became glowing dark light and we're absorbed by the crystals,

Shadow was tired lying on the ground and tells Selestia, "oh what a day," Selestia replied back with a smile and sat over, "what a day too," they laugh it off timidly and Selestia asks, "what will I do about this crystal? are we going to keep it?" Shadow replied and looked into her eye, "I think there might be tend to finish, this place is not mine, I think you need to stab this world and clean it using the crystal," "Will stabbing this end this world that the shadow created?" Selestia asks. "This was his imagination and he wanted home, but neither of it is mine, we must give it back to him," Shadow responds.

Selestia lowers her head and concentrates, she then stabbed the ground, then it all glows, it is erasing slowly and getting absorbed to the light crystal, the world shadow lived slowly changes, a bright moonshine returns and trees have leaves and the world's looks lively as ever, both of them were amazed by the lights getting absorbed to the crystal, they look into each other's eyes and smile, and Selestia asks Shadow, "what is this place?"Shadow replied, "I think the right question is what is your place? this isn't mine when I got here it is already in your mind and body, I didn't mind not to change it, I think Selestia you have a brilliant, wonderful and creative mind, your place is beautiful", Selestia smiles and adds to him, "so what do we do now?"

Shadow replied with a bit of laziness in his voice, "I'm so tired from all that shadow opposite version of me, let me lie here for a moment", Selestia flicks shadow in the head, shadow said ouch and Selestia didn't mind having the same pain as he did, Selestia just jiggles and tells shadow,"come on, wait about that opposite version how did he get here"? Shadow replied with brace on himself,"You cannot hold out anymore, leaving us both hurt and in pain, while we tried hard, we overuse the power, but by overusing I got unconscious for a moment and lies on the ground, my crystal was in my pocket then it breaks slowly,

the shadow got his chance he slowly got an opening in his face and breaks it and that's when he puts me on the broch, he cannot have everyone because it was only on your body and mind, only he can go in, and not the other dark opposite spirits, it may cause rupture and damage to your body and especially he is my opposite I have the right to have him on my side anytime, every spirit kept their opposites in their pocket or anywhere they lived in a world where they all communicate and locked and I was reckless to put it in my pocket, I'm so sorry you've got into many troubles'', Selestia felt bad and tells shadow, I'm the one who should feel sorry I abused you and my power this shouldn't have happened, the shadow shouldn't have come if it weren't for me, Selestia's tears fall slowly, Shadow rise and sat by to her and touches her face and telling her not to cry, he tells Selestia, "we are in this together lady, my pain is yours, and yours is mine", Selestia wipes her tears by his hand and tells Shadow,

"My pain will always be yours, and yours will always be mine, and I like you shadow, not like like, but like you," Shadow hugs Selestia tightly and tells her, "me too I like you too Selestia", then a door pop out of nowhere, glowing magically, Selestia and shadow saw it and shadow speak to Selestia, "I think this is it, you may now comeback to your world being conscious, I will still feel you there and talk to you there Selestia, don't worry", Shadow helps Selestia to stand and Selestia tells shadow, "shadow hope I visit you here again" shadow smiled and tells her, "Anytime, my dear lady," Shadow said, nodding his head and pointing his arms toward the door. Selestia touches the doorknob, and the two of them exchange a smirk.

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