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Why....I shouldn't even exist.

I am nothing but an abomination, made of dark and live in the dark.

. . .

I was never ment to be born, nor exist.

nearly 15 years ago there was a meeting of dark wizards, those of high understanding of the dark arts to part of this even high mages of kings and queens like viren.

"I have called this meeting for one reason only.

How many of you want to leave something behind after your gone, who among you sish to leave something that defies our worlds nature, who among you want to leave a master piece." Said the very old dark mage, in his deep and gravelly voice.

Chatter among the room began to circulate.To leave behind a legacy is something many strive for but only few can hope to achieve. Many have began to grow curious.

"Why might I bring this up, glad you asked."

*Fwoosh* *flap*

The old and now slightly crazed mage uncovered a piece of cloth that had been on a tanle by his side.

"THIS IS WHAT I BRING,THIS IS WHAT I WILL LEAVE ON THIS WORLD!!" He said showing the object behind him.

the ones with less information on magic creatures and artifacts didn't know what is was but the wizards with more knowledge knew what it was at one glance.

It was a dragon egg however it was not a regular one, no it was a archdragon egg. One that although no one has any idea what its primal source is could feel the energy it let off.

"This archdragon egg was found on a top of the tallest mountain in the human lands, found in the tallest darkes caves where no source of light could break. It is theorized that the primal sorce of this egg is the dark acanum, The first in human history" The old wizard resived gasps and applause, but there was one question.

"What you want us to raise a baby." A random dark mage commented, others laughed at his comment.

"I had proposed to create not raise didn't I." The old man said every one instantly grew silent.

"What I propose is this" The old mage had raised his hand and signed for something to be brought over.

The object or rather the person was a pretty woman who had been forced to kneel and to sit still. The woman had worn tattered rags, she looks disheveled and scared not for her own well bing but for someone else.

"What I present is to make the worlds first hybrid a mix of human and ARCHDRAGON" The old man announced the room was filled with questions and confusion, and most wondered how this was going to work.

"The slave woman is just recently pregnant and its her first born with the person she loved, before he was taken away. Now she stands here as our sacrifice!!!" The old man seemed off his hinges but the archdragons egg kept people from moving. Most stayed still do to respect the old man was after all the current strongest dark mage.

"WHO OF YOU SHALL JOIN ME AND WHO OF YOU WANTS TO LEAVE, SAY IT NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE." Few began to leave including viren who is more concerned about his own pregnant wife. The rest stayed and went to the laboratory of where the old man would conduct this experiment.

. . .

Tye experiment went on for several weeks before the final steps were implanted. the tears of sadness, the breath of a dead man, The blood ofbthe mother and the sorce of conduct (the baby), it was all there along with a huge magic rune and other rare creature parts. The experiment had begun"

"Valocroth, Vex, Athens" Tge dark mages had began to chant over and over for the next hour. The process was long and tedious but there end goal was...

Successful, They had combined the baby dragons soul and body to the baby human soul and body. who would win the battle for the rightful place of the body.

The dragons soul was ferocious and reckless, the human soul was fighting back, the plane of balance seemed to be equall. Both had been fighting during this entire hour until both souls began to do something no one knew nore could see.

In the plane of consciousness both souls bagan to merge and began a process to create a new soul.

The process was enterkng its last stage, birth, but something happened something they hadn't anticipated, the castle began to rumble the womans body was set a blaze in a black flame. The flame devoured everyone and everything sucking their life fource before ultimately kill and burning them to ash.

The castle they were staying in was burnt and charred nothing was left but runes and dust.

The only living thing left standing was a child? A child that semed to be 4 years old. it seemed confused as it looked around seeing the world for the first time.

Getting a closer look at the child we find that the child has white hair and silver irises while the sclera of his eyes are black. His ears were pointed. Aswell as a pair of black horns that bend backwards . His skin is clear of all impurities making him look cute. The ears and horns would suggest hes from the elf side of xadia, but the eyes don't come from any race that have his skin (EX: Startouch elves such as Aravos who has stary skin)

"Where am I" The newborn child asked to no one.

*thud*

*pant*

*light groan*

The child began to groan and grovel pain as he grasped his head. A rush of words knowledge and information.

"W-Whats happening, my brain feels like its on fire, brain?, fire??, GUAAHHAHH" Any newborns brain would fry trying to process this information but the child is able to keep it together....barley.

After what seemed like ages for the child the pain stopped and he was back on his feet.

"What am I How am I living I shouldn't be livkng I should be annoyanced as a abomination, a demon. Mother, father, aren't you supposed to help me and tell me its all better" The child thought

"What is my name, I remember in the dark place (the womb and egg) I remember being given a name? what was it again.... I-i think it was shade.

"My-my name is Shade. I am a being of... dark as my connection to the dark arcanum??" I have been here for a while in pain and confusion and in that time multiple torches marched twords me.

'I have to get away' I thought in a panic as my only thoughts are one of basic instinct to survive.

I ran to a mountain side not far from here. The fact that it was night and the moon wasn't shining through the trees gave me enough cover to escape without issue.

*Pant*

I had managed to run to the mountine that was 2 miles away from the area I was in. But my night had only begun.

"What should I do?!" I thought, since all the information I have is what I heard in the dark.

"There should be a town near here all I need is a bag and tools to assist me in getting over to xadia, then I will need to gather my wits to plan my next move." I have planed my move to xadia since I know that people who look like me are over there. I hope there are no dark wizard and that the humans will treat me nice. I will have to wait for morning.

. . .

Morning dawned the mountain where ai lay and wait. I moved from the cave to the tallest tree around.

I could see as far into the horizon could reach and with the raising sun it looked beautiful.

While admiring the view I see a vilage near the castle I was in yesterday. I hopped off the tree and made my way there in a sprint, not as fast as yesterday but enough to get me to the village in 15-20 min.

(18 min later)

I was at the village I had entered said village via road. Enteringnthe cillage I was immediately stared down with hostility and aggression.

"Whats one of your kind doing here you should be on your side of the border." A random guy said, I simply stood there confused

A cround behan to gather I was surrounded by poeple and the kids my size and taller began to throw rocks at me.

"I bet he has something to do with our late lords burnt castle" Other began to speak of things they think I did. only one was true the others were false.

'What are they doing I am just passing by....are they treating me like this because I look different. Does being different really mean its ok to pick and harm others.....Is this what humans are. I thought that not all humans were bad, but when a whole town begins to ridicule you and not one person stands up to help....its hard to believe that mother trustes these sheep.' I thought anger slowly building in my body as blood began to drip down my face from one of the rocks, but the wound was fixed just as fast as it came.

"Why don't you go and suck on your mothers tits, matter of fact take us with you we'll have a nice long conversation" Said a fat man that resembled a pig more then a person.

The last comment of the man had sent my blood to boil over. You can only poke a dragon long enough before it fights back.

*Swoosh*

A strong gust of wind picked up and made a circle of pressure on everyone around. The wind turned to flames a black flame melting iron and steel in seconds. The flame only surrounded Shadow as he was in a mental dilemma

'I guess This is how human work follow where the pack goes and thoes who wonder will be named an enemy to their own race. I'm sorry mother but good humans are vefy rare to the point that you would come across on once in a blue moon.' My mind had grown cold in a span o seconds like a switch, my previous anger gone the only thing that remained was a cold, and merciless shadow.

Inside the black flame the figure of Shadow who was channeling all of this on instinct. With no prior training and all on negative emotion being pushed into his flames that got smaller and smaller. However things can only get so small before they.......EXPLODE!!!

*BOOM*

The flames exploded leaving all and any destroyed in its path. Any human that tried to escape was turned to ash.

few buildings had some bits of it left but most were nothing but black ash.

"To think humans could be hold so much criticism just cuz I look different, *snort* but look what happened to you in turn." My rage had gone down and now I am walking to houses that might have something I need.

"Aha, here it is" I said triumphantly. pushing some charred rubble and in my hands there was a map of all of xadia and the 5 human kingdoms. Although it was charred and burned at the sides it still worked as a map.

"hmm, I think I should also take this robe for now, just until I cross to zadia." I said grabbing a robe that was near me.

Now according to this map I should head E....What's E.

perhaps I should find another vilage and ask them while I'm in disguise.

(3 hours later)

'Finally who knew it would take this long to find a village' I thought in relief after finally finding a village.

"Well lets see if anyone can help me." I thought in hope now that I have something covering my ears and hornsand since I have 5 fingers like them I should be unnoticed.....I hope.

. . .

I has entered the village and asked how the mapped worked people asked why I wouldn't know or why I would need to. I just used my child charm to fool them.

After some snooping around I am now able to decipher this map and how to use it.

So a long journey here I come.

(One veerry long week later)

"Ugh, Finally I madi it to xadias border. now all I need to do is cross it." I thought at the top of a randkm ashen mountain

I walked for a while until I was about half way in the charred and black land.

But thats when the sky turned black and thunder began to dance across the sky. In the flashes you could make out a massive figure. The figure had huge wings and a tail.

The moment it came out of the sky lighting sung through the air.

The large Archdragon cane from the aur and landed on the ground looking straight at Shade.

"Time to die human." The large beast said raising its fist ready to slam the child. However he stopped mid way.

Shade revealed his horns and ears His eyes silver eyes staring at the dragon in fasination.

"What are you child, You smell of a human, and a elf, *Sniff* and *sniff* a Archdragon!! how can this be?!" The dragon king was extreamly confused by this predicament. Not only has there never been a half–human half–elf before, but for there to be 3 species at once it shiuld be impossible.

"Sniff* ahh I see why you smell- no you reek of death, you are not something natural but something made.

"Tell me Have you used your powerto suck the life out of others?" The big blue dragon said

"Suck the life....? No I killed some humans but that was because they were going to hurt me." I said truthfully.

"Hmm, show me howyou killed thoes humans." The dragon requested.

I obliged and used my black flames. The dragon was startled but more intrigued.

"To use dark magic, but not use the life of others. Truly remarkable...you may cross the border as you are more xadian then human, however should you use dark magic by taking the life force of others I will kill you myself. Am I clear." The fragon king said in a stern voice.

"Yes sir" I said reassuring him of my intentions.

"good you may enter xadia good luck throigh your journey." And with that he was off back to the clouds that cover the sky.

'Finally I can be somewhere I'm ment to be.' I thought happily as I walked started walking up the other hill. My only challenge beforw I step onto xadia soil.