Choosing Sides

"They will fall, inevitably. Of course, under the hands of the new Light Bearer..."

A tense silence prevailed in the air as they all looked at him, glowing like a human-shaped disco ball.

They wanted to mock him for his grandiose claim, but their limbs felt like wet noodles, and seeing how he had taken down all the guardians and freed all the Night Shades, they simply didn't know what to believe anymore.

A Light Bearer? The title sounded like something out of a bad fantasy novel. A warrior known by many, feared by many, and revered by many.

Three of them were here from the beginning of this world, but only one of them led a successful and happy life.

The third one essentially turned into a monster, and the second one... She became what she fought against, like a vegetarian turning into a bacon-loving carnivore to spite factory farming.

"... There's an impostor in your--guff!"