Skylan Blackwood.

Friday, August 6th, 2010.

It was Dark

very dark.

so dark that you can't see past your own face.

That's the kind of dark a young boy found himself in on this night.

Not even the moon, nor the fireflies can help him find his way home.

The only sounds in his ears were the buzzing of fire flies, chirps of the crickets, and his own frantic running and scared breaths.

"N-No... NO! I can't show up late again! He'll.... He'll...."

The young boy was interrupted by horrified tears, not by the dark, or what hides in it, but by someone else.

As the young boy stood in the dry dirt, he heard a voice, one that didn't sound human

"Hello there, child."

the boy's eyes open before meeting the gaze of the tall, shadow-like being. its eyes and mouth glow a deep blue glow, like an angler fish glowing for its prey.

"W-What are you!?"

the child was shaking like the surrounding leaves

"Be not afraid, I'm... Your guardian angel"

the dark one lies

"M-my angel?"

A gentle smile lies across the creature's dark face.

"Of course, my dear, call me Shadow."

the boy wipes his tears

"I-I'm Skylan.. Skylan Blackwood."

A deep yet falsely cheery chuckle emerged from the pretend angel.

"Oh, of course I knew that, my sweet boy. how about I help you get home, then we'll have some fun..."

young Skylan then looked uneasy

"B-but... my dad..."

Shadow grins

"I can hide in your shirt. He can't know about angels, my sweet."

with that, Shadow turns into a smoke-like form and enters Skylan's shirt

Skylan yelps at the feeling of Shadow's cold self against his skin.

"T-that felt weird!"

"You'll get used to it, kiddo."

after a few more minutes of walking, Skylan sees the cabin him and his dad live in.

he holds his arm as he walks to the door, his heart races, his body is in a cold sweat, and his jaw keeps chattering as he knocks on the old splintery door.

he closes his eyes as he hears his dad's footsteps come to the door before swinging it open, beer in hand.

"SKYLAN! what did I say about going in those woods?"

Skylan tries to speak, but it's like his brain is too scared to form words.

the older man forcfully grabs a handful of his greasy hair

"WHAT DID I FUCKING SAY!?"

Skylan cries in pain

"T-T-to..

**POW**

his father punches him, smashing his nose.

"STOP STUTTERING IDIOT!"

the older man pulls him inside and pushes him away in the dark, trashy living room.

As Skylan walks to his room, Shadow was still in his shirt, Shocked by what he heard. he looked at the boy's back, noticing the scars and bruises.

Skylan walked into the mostly empty room, there only being a junky old wooden bed. no dresser as the only peice of clothing he had, was a filthy and oversized t shirt.

**later that night**

Skylan sleeps, not very peacefully.

Shadow stands over him, his eyes and mouth now glowing red.

he forms his hand into a knife, holding it to Skylan's neck.

but before he can go through with the plan he remembers how his father treated him. It's a lot like Skylan's situation.

"I... I can't kill him..."

his eyes and mouth go back to blue.

as he sits with Skylan.

he looks over at him, brushing a piece of his hair from his face.

"I'm no guardian angel... but I will be your guardian demon."

Skylan is soon woken up by the blinding light of the sun shining on his eyes.

he sits up

"Good morning, sweetie."

Skylan is relieved that it wasn't a dream.

"Good morning, Shadow."

Skylan gets up out of bed before peeking out of his door, he sees his dad passed out asleep.

"I can show you around now"

he sounds so happy as he takes Shadow's hand and shows him around.

Shadow is saddened to see how trashy the cabin is. mold on walls, roaches, mildew in the carpet, the smell of booze, and piss.

Skylan points to a picture on the wall

"that's me, my dad, and my mom."

Shadow looks closely, and shock, and guilt strikes him as he sees who his mom is

"She went missing in the woods when I was a baby... I've been with my dad since."

Shadow can't let Skylan know what he did...

"Say kiddo, wanna go outside?"

Skylan smiles for the first time since he got home

"Yes!"

Shadow and Skylan go outside together.

it'd very hot, as it usually is in August.

"ugh... I hate August"

Shadow grumbles

"I love it, my birthday is August 13.

"I'll keep that in mind"

Shadow says.

Skylan plays for a while, kicking dirt mounds, calling birds, and pointing out every squirrel.

until one animal catches his eye, an owl sleeping.

"Woah, an Owl!"

Shadow looks up

"You like owls?"

Skylan gets very giddy

"I love owls! one day I'll have a pet owl."

Shadow chuckles

"sure you will."

they stay out a while longer.

"SKYLAN!"

Skylan's happy mood is now ruined

"My dad's awake..."

Shadow gets back in his shirt.

Skylan goes back in

"Y-yes dad?"

His dad looks pissed

"it's time for your morning beatings."

without time to respond Skylan is now crying as his dad beats the shit out of... Ok as a narrator, this is fucked up. I'll go ahead a skip this.

his dad goes outside to drink more, leaving Skylan badly hurt and barely able to stand.

Shadow comes out and helps him up.

"are you ok dear?!"

Skylan stands

"not as bad as he usually does.."

Shadow's heart would break if he had one.

Shadow was about to go kill the dad when he gets an idea...

Friday, August 13th, 2010.

Skylan woke up, excited.

it's his birthday.

"Shadow, it's my birthday!"

Shadow Smiles at him

"how old are you turning honey?"

Skylan thinks for a second

"Eight?"

Shadow points to the closet

"I made you a gift."

Skylan's big baby blues open wide

"Wow! my dad never gives me anything."

He looks in the mostly empty closet, it's only inhabitant being a long box.

Skylan opens it as Shadow grins eerily.

inside is a baseball bat and a note.

"Listen to Shadow, and you'll never be abused again"

Shadow comments on the note

"this means that the bat is only part one of your gift, part two is making your father never hurt you again.

Skylan looks confused

"how?"

Shadow Smiles

"You're going to kill him."

the silence is loud, Skylan is Shocked by what he heard, but after a moment of thinking, he grabs that bat and goes into the living room with Shadow, where his dad is in his chair drunk.

Shadow nudges him ahead

"full force, head."

he instructed.

Skylan steps closer.

he now stands right behind his dad, he winds up the bat... and swings.

blood splatters from the dad's head, and Skylan hits him again, and again, and again. blood is now on the walls, the chair, the floor, the TV, the porno mag, the bat, and Skylan.

He stands there, his breath heavy, his pupils dilated, and his innocence shatterd.

Shadow laughs like a proud parent.

"that's a good boy"

He dips his fingers in blood before smearing it on his mouth whole forcing a smile.

"Very good"

Skylan dropped the bat.

"I...I killed..."

Shadow reassures him

"killing those who hurt you is the best way to save yourself, now you're free as an owl."

Skylan looks at his dad's body before smiling

"You're right..."

Shadow takes his hand

"come, I'll train you to be a killer. All humans will fear you. Nobody will abuse you my sweeting."

Skylan holds his hand and walks outside with him

"where are we going"

Shadow opens a fire filled hole in the ground

"Hell"

suddenly, they were in a very different place. the sky was red ad the blood staining Skylan's shirt. the ground black as Shadow, and it's so much hotter.

and all they can hear is the screams of demons

"this is where you'll train, if you can kill demons, you can kill any human."

Skylan looks around horrified, but before he could say anything a large bull-like demon starts to charge at them.

Skylan screams before Shadow swipes at it with his hand, cutting the beast in half.

he then grabs a single rib from its bloody corpes.

"Demon bones are very strong. If you wish to kill demons, we must carve you a weapon."

they sit together as Shadow helps carve the bone with a special knife.

soon the curved blade is finished, Shadow tears a peice of Skylan's shirt and wraps the hilt with it.

"it is finished, the blade you will cut down anyone who hurts you with.

Skylan takes the sword and smiles

"cool"

Shadow dips his fingers in the demon's blood before marking Skylan's right eye.

there is now a red ring around his right pupil, along with a white pentagram in his pupil

"that will make you see your enemy's next attack.

the moment is cut short by another demon.

thus time Skylan sees its next move and dodges before stabbing it through the eye, into its brain. killing it.

"Good boy"

Shadow says with glee.

Tuesday, August 13th, 2020.

Skylan has fought demons non-stop since that day, in hell he doesn't grow tired, he's been eating demon meat, and drinking demon blood.

once he kills this demon he looks around at the countless others he's killed that day

"too easy"

Shadow appears to him

"Heya Skylan, it's your birthday!"

Skylan looks confused

"it is?"

Shadow laughs

"it is silly, and your 18th you know what that means dude?"

Skylan tries to remember

"I get to slay a succubus?"

Shadow laughs

"no, I said Lay a succubus"

Skylan remembers

"Oh yeah, that's right."

Shadow takes his hand

"but that's only part one of your gift."

He says as he takes him to a succubus he knows.

Lilly Is what they call her. she's just sitting on a particularly shaped rock before seeing them.

"Oh, it's Shadow, and the human.. you here to kill me too?"

"No, Skylan here is an adult now. It's his 18th birthday, and I want to see if you or one of the other succubi can.. make this day of his great."

Lilly smirks at Shadow's words

"Of course, that's why Lucifer created us.

She grabs a hold of Skylan's muscular arm and leads him away.

(I won't describe them doing it unless you guys really want it)

after the whole thing is over, Lilly lies by Skylan

"So, how was that?"

Skylan looks at her unfeelingly

"Killing is more fun."

Lilly kind of expected that

"Of course... though these skills could also help you, if you need to use seduction. let me show you how we do it~"

soon after that, Skylan returns to Shadow

"So, what's part two of my gift?"

Shadow Smiles as he opens a portal to earth

"You're ready to go back"

Skylan's eyes widen in surprise, he's been in hell ten years now, longer than he's been on earth.

"Back..."

Shadow hands him a bag

"also put these on, you'll need clothes on earth."

Skylan looks inside, grabbing the grey hoodie with red sleeves and hood, the blue sweat pants, and the black combat boots.

(clothes from the series)

after he's dressed, he takes a look back at hell

"I'll be back..."

him and Shadow step onto earth.

it's much colder than hell, and brighter.

"You wanna go kill humans?"

Shadow asks with glee.

Skylan laughs like a mad man

"Fuck yeah"

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