• Alex had found a soul mate in the seven years they had stayed here and she was the most beautiful person you could lay your eyes on in the village or according to Alex, the whole world!
    She had lovely golden hair which was lovely sight to everyone who seen her prance through the village in her cotton and silk dress.

    The two had quickly got married in the spring three years after they had met and Elizabeth was soon carrying a child shortly after this.

    And that was how little baby Alex had came into the world eleven years after they had arrived in the village. Elizabeth was loved by the whole town and Shadow was no exception. She treated Shadow as her son and was the only person in the village apart from Alex who didn't care what he was. Two months after baby Alex was born, Elizabeth was struck by an un-curable disease called Demon plight which caused the person with the disease to rot from the inside out and after only a short time of being a proper family, Alex and Elizabeth were separated when she passed away.

    Alex was devastated and who could blame him? He had lost the love of his life and was left alone with a newborn baby and still took care of Shadow as well, and even though he kept up his cheerful demeanor, everyone knew he was all tore up inside though they never mentioned it.

    Shadow was snapped out of his trance when a ball of mud smacked him in the muzzle and covering what was left of his dinner in mud too. He looked over at Alex who was smiling and was holding a ball of mud in his hand but wasn't even touching his skin and was more or less just floating above his hand.

    “Hey no magic at the table Alex, you're after spoiling my food!” Shadow half laughed and half cried.

    “Hehe yeah well you were daydreaming and you need to get to school before it starts” Alex smiled back holding back his laughter.

    “Ok Mr funny guy but this isn't over, I'll see you later Alex” Shadow started to laugh as he stood up and wiped the the mud of his face with the towel on the back of his chair.
    “Alright then wolfy but make sure you bring your bow and sword this time, I don't want to get a note from your principal again!” Alex warned Shadow as he continued drinking his soup.

    “Ok Alex see you around” Shadow shouted back as he left the room. On the way out he grabbed his longbow from the clothes rack and grabbed his scabbard that held his steel longsword from the bucket below the clothes rack and ran out the door into the wide Victorian style street outside.

    Shadow dashed through the streets and was going twice the speed any simple human could run but he still managed to avoid running into any pedestrians thankfully but he still got many funny lucks as he raced by them and a few of the passerby even called shouted out abuse at him like “Freak” and “Demon”, two of his usual nicknames in the town. Shadow just ignored all these insults and kept on running and after just ten minutes and thirty streets later he was standing in front of a large gray stoned building with a sign saying “Ristiga National Combat Academy” followed by their crest, a book and a sword with a halo above. Many of the students were already walking inside the large oak doors and Shadow quickly followed them inside.