The start of the Bastards story....

Oliver sat on the plane, staring out of the window wondering how he ended being sent to Japan when he was excelling in schooling in Britain. His 'father' said that it was to do with the death of his mother when Oliver was born however Oliver knew that this was not the real answer or he would have been abandoned at birth, instead of now.

His mind kept flashing back to the day of his 16 birthday and when his full magic powers awakened, the day is extremely fuzzy in the mind of Oliver however he recalled that it felt as if he was possessed by a demon. His thoughts since then have become much darker and he finds himself planning to seize control of the family more often than not.

Oliver belonged to an aristocratic family who rose to power again during the 60 years since the introduction of magic to the globe. His direct family consisted of his father, 3 brothers and his sister. Well what he thought was his direct family, it turns out that Oliver's mother had an affair and Oliver was the result of the said affair. This information was kept quiet due to the potential in magic that Oliver had shown since a young age however after his 16th birthday he was informed that he was a bastard and he would be sent to Japan as soon as he turned 18 and was able to enter an academy.

On the day when he turned 18, instead of drinking and partying like most his age would Oliver began to pack his bag for Japan. He had been stripped of the family name of Byron and given the surname Cromwell. This was finally the time he would leave Britain and make a name for himself overseas, that is what he kept telling himself anyways. Before he was shipped off to Japan he was given a 'small' sum of money by his former landlords, it was enough to buy a small flat in Japan and pay for the cost of living there for the duration of his studies which would take around 4 years to complete.

He knew that this handover of the money was the last he was ever going to see of his old family however he had barely been talked to since the infamous 16th birthday incident. He was told that his mother's side of the family originated in Japan and his aunt had reluctantly agreed to let him live with her for the duration of his studies as she lived near the academy he was going to attend.

Oliver had other ideas however, for the last two years he had been planning what he was going to do when he got to Japan, the first thing would be to find his own accommodation as he learnt that he can't trust his 'family' and by extension he believed he couldn't trust anyone. The second thing he would need to do is make a connection with his magic, as the thought crossed his mind a whisper came from what appeared to be next to him.

"You have finally decided too lift the seal? You are going to accept the part of you that was locked away two years ago? Go on do it, accept me....." Oliver shook his head and looked to the person to his right and left, they were both sleeping. One was a middle aged man while the other was a woman a little older than him, realising that the whisper was inside his head Oliver responded with "Who are you? Accept what and how are you controlling my magic?"

The voice laughed drily and said" You don't remember the day you sealed us then? Here let me remind you..." Oliver passed out and awoke to him standing in the ancestral room of the Byron family, he looked around the room and recognised this scene, this was the only thing he could remember form his 16th birthday. As soon as his grandfather finishes saying the family oath , he would forget the rest and have a bad headache as a result of trying to remember more.

This time however it was different, as the oath was finished and Oliver repeated it back to his grandfather, a large black person like-shadow appeared next to Oliver and knelt in front of him and began repeating the code and swearing its fealty to him. The same shadow appeared next to the Oliver that was seeing this moment for the first time and said" This is where we swore to help you harness your power, my prince, the shadows hereby re-swear our loyalty to you."

As the shadow said this thousands of shadows overtook the scene and knelt at Oliver's feet and in unison began reciting the code of fealty of the Byron family. The shadow next to Olivier said" The seal on your power will gradually weaken as you have now seen the truth about your strength. All you needed to do was accept us, your power is unique my prince. As long as there is darkness none of us will perish and that includes you my prince and those you deem worthy of joining our royal family. I know you have questions but we can only appear for a little while in the light while your power is weak. We will speak again tonight"

When the shadows began to vanish so did the memory and Oliver woke up as the plane was landing. He immediately felt different, he felt stronger both physically and mentally, it was like he had a massive weight lifted off of his body. He still wanted to see what exactly scared the Byrons into sealing his powers however that would have to wait until the night, for he decided to get off of the plane and buy some accommodation for his stay in Japan...