Shadows

Shadows
By Lord Fintan

Prologue - 15 Years Ago
Sara walked outside into the woods, taking a walk along the dirt path to clear her mind. Her sister was having a baby soon, and she needed some time to clear her head from her messed up life.

Sara gazed up at the sun, blocked by the dark rain clouds. Regardless of the reports of possible rain, she walked for minutes and minutes, deep into thought. It wasn't until she tripped and fell onto the dirt. Sara got up, barely hurt. She stared down at what she had tripped on. A small chain necklace with a black gem at the end.

Sara picked it up, and with it she felt a new kind of power like never before. Sara knew that out of some manner, this object had to be enchanted. Sara figured it had to do with her husband, Silas, and his recent magical discoveries regarding the Neverseen and what their plans had been all that time ago when Sophie Foster had defended the Lost Cities so bravely.

Sara rushed back home to the giant mansion she lived in, and got Silas's attention.

"Silas!" Sara shouted. "You might want to see this!"

They went down to the big basement, where Silas performed many of his studies.

"What is it?" Silas asked.

"I thought you would know," Sara said.

Silas nodded. "Enchanted indeed. But this is no necklace. It's a locket."

Silas opened up the gem, and shadows poured from it, enveloping the two, and they were never heard from again.