Chapter 10
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Smith Residence Backyard, Town of Hoverdrive
A day past by and the hero of Hoverdrive will be trained by his beloved father while he is being watched by his mischievous friend Fred and his abominably strong friend Julie. They were inside of their residence where walls cover the backyard, like those homes on Japanese animes. Alexander removed the table on the middle while the two friends of Thomas removed the chair. Alexander then handed something to Thomas, It was a necklace that has a symbol in it, a combination of M and S both designed in Greek letters.
"What is this thing?" Thomas asked.
"Dude, ever heard of a necklace?" Fred asked.
"Fred, he's not dumb. What he wanted to say is what is this necklace and what is it for." Julie said while he gave Fred a slap on the back of his head that made Fred fell on the ground.
"Now, now you two." Alexander halted the two while they were about to fight. "Fred, that is the necklace your mother gave to me. It became my center, the only thing that made me in control from being consumed by my shadow." his father added.
"Then why are you giving it to me?" Thomas asked again.
"I wanted to show you how your mother made me in control while she was not around. I only meant hat you should have one too. It may not be an object, it can be placed there" he pointed Thomas' chest. "Marked on your heart and remembered in your head."
"A memory."
"Yes, you did it last time Thomas." Fred said.
"You should always focus on your center and with that you can never be controlled or even consumed by your Shadow." Alexander added.
The training started when Alexander went inside of their house and got 3 tin cans from the refrigerator and placed it on the table they removed from the middle. He arranged it in a one space apart way. "Concentrate Thomas, hit these with your shadow without shifting." He ordered.
"How can I do that?"
"Maybe ask your Shadow to." Fred sarcastically said.
"Fred's right. Ask your shadow to hit it, one thing that all of the Shadow Callers must learn is to have a connection with their Shadow, be the master of your own Shadow."
"I can't believe I was right." Fred unbelievably stated.
"Okay?" Thomas still didn't get how he can control or order his Shadow.
"Just like eye shifting, close your eyes, focus on the cans and imagine your shadow in front of you and imagine your shadow hitting those cans." With his Father's instruction Thomas closed his eyes right away and imagined what he has to. All the voices, distractions around were being negate by Thomas' concentration.
Five minutes later nothing happened. "Take your time." His Father told him. But still after 10 minutes nothing happened. Thomas changed his pose and made it as if he was about to fight.
"What's he doing?" Fred whispered to Julie.
"He's changing his posture to make him more comfortable in focusing, genius." Julie answered with annoyance.
"Stop flirting around you two." Thomas said that made the two in shocked.
"How can he hear us?" Fred asked.
"By the way we are not and never will be flirting!" Julie shouted, while Fred looked at Julie in an annoyed manner.
Alexander crossed his arms and answered Fred's question. "He never knew that he is already using his abilities. He already ordered his shadow to listen what you were talking about. He is focused on his surroundings and not on the can."
Julie looked at Alexander with her eyes widely open, "So he will be actually order his Shadow if he concentrate to what he is imagining? Like right now the noises?" Julie asked.
"Yes, you're right."
Fred nodded and was thinking a possible way to help Thomas, and he did. "Tom!" Thomas then faced Fred.
"What?!"
"Imagine those cans were steel bars and you need to break it so you can save Artemis!" Fred suggested.
"How will it work genius?" Julie asked Fred.
"Stop calling me genius, I already knew that." Fred said that made Julie disgusted.
"Fred's idea can actually help." Alexander said then he smiled.
On the other hand, Thomas followed Fred's instructions. He felt Artemis' presence and the idea that she was actually imprisoned. His adrenaline rushed over his body. Hit!, he spoke a word that made his shadow spawn unto the ground and rose up in front of the table, it showed up its sharp fingertips and hit each can precisely.
Fred, Julie and Alexander all looked amazed on what they saw. The command was done but then the shadow didn't return, Alexander's eyes looked worried so do as Fred and Julie.
"Does the shadow need to return any minute from now?" Fred worriedly asked.
They just stood up there, watching Thomas looked at his shadow, eye to eye and trying to speak from his mind.
"Thomas?" Alexander called.
The shadow slowly came closer to Thomas, while Thomas himself has his eyes looked very serious. The shadow then slowly returned on the ground that made all of them relieved even for Thomas himself.
"What was that?" Fred asked.
"That's normal Fred, at least he tried to speak with his shadow, Great job son." Alexander proudly said to his son. "Now the second one is for shadow strikes, using your shadow knives. Like this…" His father added and turned his hands into a shadow figure and spawned shadow knives out of his hand and hit a tree very precised and accurate. "Get it?" his father asked.
"Wow." Fred reacted.
"How did you do that?" Thomas asked.
"Just make it happen. Just like the first two things I taught you, imagine things, let your shadow fill your hands and think about the weapon you can create, and hit the tree." his father answered.
"Okay." Thomas accepted the second part of the practice that time.
He closed his eyes and followed his father's order. When he did, he felt like he was in a room, a dark room full of mirrors, seeing himself and his shadow.
"Are you?" Thomas asked.
"I am…" The shadow spoke, it suddenly shifted into it's normal figure, a reflection of Thomas. It moved in another mirror.
"I need you to turn my right arm into a shadow, please?" Thomas asked his own shadow reflection.
"Thomas, I am not that easy to be commanded." The shadow resisted.
"Why then?"
"I am your shadow, your alter. The inner you, The darker you. I don't follow rules, I don't protect people, I don't love."
"That's not true. Because if it is, then you are a coward! You are my alter? Well then if I have the guts then that means you don't." Thomas insulted his shadow.
On the outside of his thoughts, Fred looked at his watch while Julie just waited.
"What's taking him so long?" Fred asked.
Alexander looked at him and said, "He is dealing with his shadow. His alter and his inner self."
"Oh, he's dealing with his demons?" Fred said.
"Yes, he is."
Back at Thomas' thoughts, the shadow felt anger, "I am no coward, murderer!" Thomas looked worried and weak after hearing those words.
"I am no murderer! It was self defense!" He insisted.
"Really? Is it? Prove it then." His shadow teased him and challenge him.
"No, I wont prove something that is already proven."
"Weak!"
"I don't deal with my demons like this, I am myself and no one can change that!" Thomas angrily said and punched the mirror where the shadow was. He grabbed his own shadow and pulled it near him so that he will merge with it.
After a little while, his outer appearance changed, his right and left hand became a shadow, while the other parts of his body still is mundane, his eyes were scarlet and glowing. His hands changed into knives and his sight, focused as laser. He threw the knives at the old oak tree that his father hit a while ago, it cut through the trunk and left a hole in it.
"You did it!" Fred shouted.
"He did." Julie also said with a joyful smile.
"Not yet" Alexander said that made the two looked at Mr. Smith then back at Thomas. "…He is still his shadow, his anger still rose within his heart." he added.
Thomas looked at them while his hands slowly spawned shadow knives, and getting ready to hit the three spectators.
"Thomas?" Alexander tried calling Tom.
"I am not Thomas!" He angrily said.
Thomas went closer to them and the dark aura came out of his body, he was angry and thirsty for blood, ready to kill and uncontrolled.
"His anger is consuming him!" Fred worriedly said while he slowly walked backwards.
"I have an idea!" Julie said and she decided to shout. "Artemis!"
Thomas stopped for a while his eyes changing, on and off from being a Wicked and a human.
"Do not be consumed by your anger Thomas! Think that this is for Artemis!" Julie convincingly said to Thomas.
His hands returning from being human, his eyes slowly changed from that of a normal being. He felt the weakening of his knees and breathe deeply. "I'm sorry, I cant do this." he said.
"No, you must not quit. Artemis is waiting for you." His father encouragingly told him.
"Mr. Smith is right. You have to change your fate, you accepted who you are, you are courageous and smart. You can do this." Julie added.
"But, I cant continue to be like this, I might end up killing you." Thomas worriedly said.
"Dude, we won't die on your hands, don't worry, if your shadow ended up consuming you, well, Julie will kick it's ass and I'll stop the time for you so he will be slowed down and your father will talk to your shadow, one on one, er, shadow to shadow." Fred said while he gave Thomas a pat on the back.
"Thank you guys."
"For the last one, this will be inked on your speed, focus , strength and control… you almost did it but it's only half." Alexander breathe deeply and then out. "Ready? You are going to shift. Full time Shadow Caller."
Thomas has his eyes widened. He looked at Fred and Julie, they didn't worry but instead they kept it and showed Thomas that he must for Artemis' sake.
He then focused ones more and felt that dark breeze of the wind surround him, the shadow beneath his foot felt like it's grabbing him down the floor. The sun that stroke him made his shadow even more visible and with that the shadow's strength grew and the eagerness of shifting went high. But then Thomas didn't let go of his own eagerness of saving Artemis, the willingness of saving his first love. The person who change his perspective on living, with that willingness he stomped his foot and the shadow rose, he touched it and merged with it, he then shifted full time into a Shadow Caller.
They all were very glad that the shadow itself smiled
At them, not with evil intentions but with gladness, and then he shifted back to his mundane self after a minute.
But the secret training weren't that secret at all, though the walls of the Smith residence protected it from being visible from Wickeds, it is not that protective from the human eyes, not all, because from a distance there stood another tree, a tree with lots of leaves that can make even a person hide and will never be visible, there hid the Hoverdrive Huskies newest Captain Howard Schmidt, he holds a smart phone on his right hand, viewing the every scene he saw from the Shadow Callers training. The video that can change the secret lives of Wickeds.
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Smith Residence Backyard, Town of Hoverdrive
A day past by and the hero of Hoverdrive will be trained by his beloved father while he is being watched by his mischievous friend Fred and his abominably strong friend Julie. They were inside of their residence where walls cover the backyard, like those homes on Japanese animes. Alexander removed the table on the middle while the two friends of Thomas removed the chair. Alexander then handed something to Thomas, It was a necklace that has a symbol in it, a combination of M and S both designed in Greek letters.
"What is this thing?" Thomas asked.
"Dude, ever heard of a necklace?" Fred asked.
"Fred, he's not dumb. What he wanted to say is what is this necklace and what is it for." Julie said while he gave Fred a slap on the back of his head that made Fred fell on the ground.
"Now, now you two." Alexander halted the two while they were about to fight. "Fred, that is the necklace your mother gave to me. It became my center, the only thing that made me in control from being consumed by my shadow." his father added.
"Then why are you giving it to me?" Thomas asked again.
"I wanted to show you how your mother made me in control while she was not around. I only meant hat you should have one too. It may not be an object, it can be placed there" he pointed Thomas' chest. "Marked on your heart and remembered in your head."
"A memory."
"Yes, you did it last time Thomas." Fred said.
"You should always focus on your center and with that you can never be controlled or even consumed by your Shadow." Alexander added.
The training started when Alexander went inside of their house and got 3 tin cans from the refrigerator and placed it on the table they removed from the middle. He arranged it in a one space apart way. "Concentrate Thomas, hit these with your shadow without shifting." He ordered.
"How can I do that?"
"Maybe ask your Shadow to." Fred sarcastically said.
"Fred's right. Ask your shadow to hit it, one thing that all of the Shadow Callers must learn is to have a connection with their Shadow, be the master of your own Shadow."
"I can't believe I was right." Fred unbelievably stated.
"Okay?" Thomas still didn't get how he can control or order his Shadow.
"Just like eye shifting, close your eyes, focus on the cans and imagine your shadow in front of you and imagine your shadow hitting those cans." With his Father's instruction Thomas closed his eyes right away and imagined what he has to. All the voices, distractions around were being negate by Thomas' concentration.
Five minutes later nothing happened. "Take your time." His Father told him. But still after 10 minutes nothing happened. Thomas changed his pose and made it as if he was about to fight.
"What's he doing?" Fred whispered to Julie.
"He's changing his posture to make him more comfortable in focusing, genius." Julie answered with annoyance.
"Stop flirting around you two." Thomas said that made the two in shocked.
"How can he hear us?" Fred asked.
"By the way we are not and never will be flirting!" Julie shouted, while Fred looked at Julie in an annoyed manner.
Alexander crossed his arms and answered Fred's question. "He never knew that he is already using his abilities. He already ordered his shadow to listen what you were talking about. He is focused on his surroundings and not on the can."
Julie looked at Alexander with her eyes widely open, "So he will be actually order his Shadow if he concentrate to what he is imagining? Like right now the noises?" Julie asked.
"Yes, you're right."
Fred nodded and was thinking a possible way to help Thomas, and he did. "Tom!" Thomas then faced Fred.
"What?!"
"Imagine those cans were steel bars and you need to break it so you can save Artemis!" Fred suggested.
"How will it work genius?" Julie asked Fred.
"Stop calling me genius, I already knew that." Fred said that made Julie disgusted.
"Fred's idea can actually help." Alexander said then he smiled.
On the other hand, Thomas followed Fred's instructions. He felt Artemis' presence and the idea that she was actually imprisoned. His adrenaline rushed over his body. Hit!, he spoke a word that made his shadow spawn unto the ground and rose up in front of the table, it showed up its sharp fingertips and hit each can precisely.
Fred, Julie and Alexander all looked amazed on what they saw. The command was done but then the shadow didn't return, Alexander's eyes looked worried so do as Fred and Julie.
"Does the shadow need to return any minute from now?" Fred worriedly asked.
They just stood up there, watching Thomas looked at his shadow, eye to eye and trying to speak from his mind.
"Thomas?" Alexander called.
The shadow slowly came closer to Thomas, while Thomas himself has his eyes looked very serious. The shadow then slowly returned on the ground that made all of them relieved even for Thomas himself.
"What was that?" Fred asked.
"That's normal Fred, at least he tried to speak with his shadow, Great job son." Alexander proudly said to his son. "Now the second one is for shadow strikes, using your shadow knives. Like this…" His father added and turned his hands into a shadow figure and spawned shadow knives out of his hand and hit a tree very precised and accurate. "Get it?" his father asked.
"Wow." Fred reacted.
"How did you do that?" Thomas asked.
"Just make it happen. Just like the first two things I taught you, imagine things, let your shadow fill your hands and think about the weapon you can create, and hit the tree." his father answered.
"Okay." Thomas accepted the second part of the practice that time.
He closed his eyes and followed his father's order. When he did, he felt like he was in a room, a dark room full of mirrors, seeing himself and his shadow.
"Are you?" Thomas asked.
"I am…" The shadow spoke, it suddenly shifted into it's normal figure, a reflection of Thomas. It moved in another mirror.
"I need you to turn my right arm into a shadow, please?" Thomas asked his own shadow reflection.
"Thomas, I am not that easy to be commanded." The shadow resisted.
"Why then?"
"I am your shadow, your alter. The inner you, The darker you. I don't follow rules, I don't protect people, I don't love."
"That's not true. Because if it is, then you are a coward! You are my alter? Well then if I have the guts then that means you don't." Thomas insulted his shadow.
On the outside of his thoughts, Fred looked at his watch while Julie just waited.
"What's taking him so long?" Fred asked.
Alexander looked at him and said, "He is dealing with his shadow. His alter and his inner self."
"Oh, he's dealing with his demons?" Fred said.
"Yes, he is."
Back at Thomas' thoughts, the shadow felt anger, "I am no coward, murderer!" Thomas looked worried and weak after hearing those words.
"I am no murderer! It was self defense!" He insisted.
"Really? Is it? Prove it then." His shadow teased him and challenge him.
"No, I wont prove something that is already proven."
"Weak!"
"I don't deal with my demons like this, I am myself and no one can change that!" Thomas angrily said and punched the mirror where the shadow was. He grabbed his own shadow and pulled it near him so that he will merge with it.
After a little while, his outer appearance changed, his right and left hand became a shadow, while the other parts of his body still is mundane, his eyes were scarlet and glowing. His hands changed into knives and his sight, focused as laser. He threw the knives at the old oak tree that his father hit a while ago, it cut through the trunk and left a hole in it.
"You did it!" Fred shouted.
"He did." Julie also said with a joyful smile.
"Not yet" Alexander said that made the two looked at Mr. Smith then back at Thomas. "…He is still his shadow, his anger still rose within his heart." he added.
Thomas looked at them while his hands slowly spawned shadow knives, and getting ready to hit the three spectators.
"Thomas?" Alexander tried calling Tom.
"I am not Thomas!" He angrily said.
Thomas went closer to them and the dark aura came out of his body, he was angry and thirsty for blood, ready to kill and uncontrolled.
"His anger is consuming him!" Fred worriedly said while he slowly walked backwards.
"I have an idea!" Julie said and she decided to shout. "Artemis!"
Thomas stopped for a while his eyes changing, on and off from being a Wicked and a human.
"Do not be consumed by your anger Thomas! Think that this is for Artemis!" Julie convincingly said to Thomas.
His hands returning from being human, his eyes slowly changed from that of a normal being. He felt the weakening of his knees and breathe deeply. "I'm sorry, I cant do this." he said.
"No, you must not quit. Artemis is waiting for you." His father encouragingly told him.
"Mr. Smith is right. You have to change your fate, you accepted who you are, you are courageous and smart. You can do this." Julie added.
"But, I cant continue to be like this, I might end up killing you." Thomas worriedly said.
"Dude, we won't die on your hands, don't worry, if your shadow ended up consuming you, well, Julie will kick it's ass and I'll stop the time for you so he will be slowed down and your father will talk to your shadow, one on one, er, shadow to shadow." Fred said while he gave Thomas a pat on the back.
"Thank you guys."
"For the last one, this will be inked on your speed, focus , strength and control… you almost did it but it's only half." Alexander breathe deeply and then out. "Ready? You are going to shift. Full time Shadow Caller."
Thomas has his eyes widened. He looked at Fred and Julie, they didn't worry but instead they kept it and showed Thomas that he must for Artemis' sake.
He then focused ones more and felt that dark breeze of the wind surround him, the shadow beneath his foot felt like it's grabbing him down the floor. The sun that stroke him made his shadow even more visible and with that the shadow's strength grew and the eagerness of shifting went high. But then Thomas didn't let go of his own eagerness of saving Artemis, the willingness of saving his first love. The person who change his perspective on living, with that willingness he stomped his foot and the shadow rose, he touched it and merged with it, he then shifted full time into a Shadow Caller.
They all were very glad that the shadow itself smiled
At them, not with evil intentions but with gladness, and then he shifted back to his mundane self after a minute.
But the secret training weren't that secret at all, though the walls of the Smith residence protected it from being visible from Wickeds, it is not that protective from the human eyes, not all, because from a distance there stood another tree, a tree with lots of leaves that can make even a person hide and will never be visible, there hid the Hoverdrive Huskies newest Captain Howard Schmidt, he holds a smart phone on his right hand, viewing the every scene he saw from the Shadow Callers training. The video that can change the secret lives of Wickeds.
Smith Residence Backyard, Town of HoverdriveA day past by and the hero of Hoverdrive will be trained by his beloved father while he is being watched by his mischievous friend Fred and his abominably strong friend Julie. They were inside of their residence where walls cover the backyard, like those homes on Japanese animes. Alexander removed the table on the middle while the two friends of Thomas removed the chair. Alexander then handed something to Thomas, It was a necklace that has a symbol in it, a combination of M and S both designed in Greek letters."What is this thing?" Thomas asked."Dude, ever heard of a necklace?" Fred asked."Fred, he's not dumb. What he wanted to say is what is this necklace and what is it for." Julie said while he gave Fred a slap on the back of his head that made Fred fell on the ground."Now, now you two." Alexander halted the two while they were about to fight. "Fred, that is the necklace your mother gave to me. It became my center, the only thing that made me in control from being consumed by my shadow." his father added."Then why are you giving it to me?" Thomas asked again."I wanted to show you how your mother made me in control while she was not around. I only meant hat you should have one too. It may not be an object, it can be placed there" he pointed Thomas' chest. "Marked on your heart and remembered in your head.""A memory.""Yes, you did it last time Thomas." Fred said."You should always focus on your center and with that you can never be controlled or even consumed by your Shadow." Alexander added.The training started when Alexander went inside of their house and got 3 tin cans from the refrigerator and placed it on the table they removed from the middle. He arranged it in a one space apart way. "Concentrate Thomas, hit these with your shadow without shifting." He ordered."How can I do that?""Maybe ask your Shadow to." Fred sarcastically said."Fred's right. Ask your shadow to hit it, one thing that all of the Shadow Callers must learn is to have a connection with their Shadow, be the master of your own Shadow.""I can't believe I was right." Fred unbelievably stated."Okay?" Thomas still didn't get how he can control or order his Shadow."Just like eye shifting, close your eyes, focus on the cans and imagine your shadow in front of you and imagine your shadow hitting those cans." With his Father's instruction Thomas closed his eyes right away and imagined what he has to. All the voices, distractions around were being negate by Thomas' concentration.Five minutes later nothing happened. "Take your time." His Father told him. But still after 10 minutes nothing happened. Thomas changed his pose and made it as if he was about to fight."What's he doing?" Fred whispered to Julie."He's changing his posture to make him more comfortable in focusing, genius." Julie answered with annoyance."Stop flirting around you two." Thomas said that made the two in shocked."How can he hear us?" Fred asked."By the way we are not and never will be flirting!" Julie shouted, while Fred looked at Julie in an annoyed manner.Alexander crossed his arms and answered Fred's question. "He never knew that he is already using his abilities. He already ordered his shadow to listen what you were talking about. He is focused on his surroundings and not on the can."Julie looked at Alexander with her eyes widely open, "So he will be actually order his Shadow if he concentrate to what he is imagining? Like right now the noises?" Julie asked."Yes, you're right."Fred nodded and was thinking a possible way to help Thomas, and he did. "Tom!" Thomas then faced Fred."What?!""Imagine those cans were steel bars and you need to break it so you can save Artemis!" Fred suggested."How will it work genius?" Julie asked Fred."Stop calling me genius, I already knew that." Fred said that made Julie disgusted."Fred's idea can actually help." Alexander said then he smiled.On the other hand, Thomas followed Fred's instructions. He felt Artemis' presence and the idea that she was actually imprisoned. His adrenaline rushed over his body. Hit!, he spoke a word that made his shadow spawn unto the ground and rose up in front of the table, it showed up its sharp fingertips and hit each can precisely.Fred, Julie and Alexander all looked amazed on what they saw. The command was done but then the shadow didn't return, Alexander's eyes looked worried so do as Fred and Julie."Does the shadow need to return any minute from now?" Fred worriedly asked.They just stood up there, watching Thomas looked at his shadow, eye to eye and trying to speak from his mind."Thomas?" Alexander called.The shadow slowly came closer to Thomas, while Thomas himself has his eyes looked very serious. The shadow then slowly returned on the ground that made all of them relieved even for Thomas himself."What was that?" Fred asked."That's normal Fred, at least he tried to speak with his shadow, Great job son." Alexander proudly said to his son. "Now the second one is for shadow strikes, using your shadow knives. Like this" His father added and turned his hands into a shadow figure and spawned shadow knives out of his hand and hit a tree very precised and accurate. "Get it?" his father asked."Wow." Fred reacted."How did you do that?" Thomas asked."Just make it happen. Just like the first two things I taught you, imagine things, let your shadow fill your hands and think about the weapon you can create, and hit the tree." his father answered."Okay." Thomas accepted the second part of the practice that time.He closed his eyes and followed his father's order. When he did, he felt like he was in a room, a dark room full of mirrors, seeing himself and his shadow."Are you?" Thomas asked."I am" The shadow spoke, it suddenly shifted into it's normal figure, a reflection of Thomas. It moved in another mirror."I need you to turn my right arm into a shadow, please?" Thomas asked his own shadow reflection."Thomas, I am not that easy to be commanded." The shadow resisted."Why then?""I am your shadow, your alter. The inner you, The darker you. I don't follow rules, I don't protect people, I don't love.""That's not true. Because if it is, then you are a coward! You are my alter? Well then if I have the guts then that means you don't." Thomas insulted his shadow.On the outside of his thoughts, Fred looked at his watch while Julie just waited."What's taking him so long?" Fred asked.Alexander looked at him and said, "He is dealing with his shadow. His alter and his inner self.""Oh, he's dealing with his demons?" Fred said."Yes, he is."Back at Thomas' thoughts, the shadow felt anger, "I am no coward, murderer!" Thomas looked worried and weak after hearing those words."I am no murderer! It was self defense!" He insisted."Really? Is it? Prove it then." His shadow teased him and challenge him."No, I wont prove something that is already proven.""Weak!""I don't deal with my demons like this, I am myself and no one can change that!" Thomas angrily said and punched the mirror where the shadow was. He grabbed his own shadow and pulled it near him so that he will merge with it.After a little while, his outer appearance changed, his right and left hand became a shadow, while the other parts of his body still is mundane, his eyes were scarlet and glowing. His hands changed into knives and his sight, focused as laser. He threw the knives at the old oak tree that his father hit a while ago, it cut through the trunk and left a hole in it."You did it!" Fred shouted."He did." Julie also said with a joyful smile."Not yet" Alexander said that made the two looked at Mr. Smith then back at Thomas. "He is still his shadow, his anger still rose within his heart." he added.Thomas looked at them while his hands slowly spawned shadow knives, and getting ready to hit the three spectators."Thomas?" Alexander tried calling Tom."I am not Thomas!" He angrily said.Thomas went closer to them and the dark aura came out of his body, he was angry and thirsty for blood, ready to kill and uncontrolled."His anger is consuming him!" Fred worriedly said while he slowly walked backwards."I have an idea!" Julie said and she decided to shout. "Artemis!"Thomas stopped for a while his eyes changing, on and off from being a Wicked and a human."Do not be consumed by your anger Thomas! Think that this is for Artemis!" Julie convincingly said to Thomas.His hands returning from being human, his eyes slowly changed from that of a normal being. He felt the weakening of his knees and breathe deeply. "I'm sorry, I cant do this." he said."No, you must not quit. Artemis is waiting for you." His father encouragingly told him."Mr. Smith is right. You have to change your fate, you accepted who you are, you are courageous and smart. You can do this." Julie added."But, I cant continue to be like this, I might end up killing you." Thomas worriedly said."Dude, we won't die on your hands, don't worry, if your shadow ended up consuming you, well, Julie will kick it's ass and I'll stop the time for you so he will be slowed down and your father will talk to your shadow, one on one, er, shadow to shadow." Fred said while he gave Thomas a pat on the back."Thank you guys.""For the last one, this will be inked on your speed, focus , strength and control you almost did it but it's only half." Alexander breathe deeply and then out. "Ready? You are going to shift. Full time Shadow Caller."Thomas has his eyes widened. He looked at Fred and Julie, they didn't worry but instead they kept it and showed Thomas that he must for Artemis' sake.He then focused ones more and felt that dark breeze of the wind surround him, the shadow beneath his foot felt like it's grabbing him down the floor. The sun that stroke him made his shadow even more visible and with that the shadow's strength grew and the eagerness of shifting went high. But then Thomas didn't let go of his own eagerness of saving Artemis, the willingness of saving his first love. The person who change his perspective on living, with that willingness he stomped his foot and the shadow rose, he touched it and merged with it, he then shifted full time into a Shadow Caller.They all were very glad that the shadow itself smiledAt them, not with evil intentions but with gladness, and then he shifted back to his mundane self after a minute.But the secret training weren't that secret at all, though the walls of the Smith residence protected it from being visible from Wickeds, it is not that protective from the human eyes, not all, because from a distance there stood another tree, a tree with lots of leaves that can make even a person hide and will never be visible, there hid the Hoverdrive Huskies newest Captain Howard Schmidt, he holds a smart phone on his right hand, viewing the every scene he saw from the Shadow Callers training. The video that can change the secret lives of Wickeds.
