(Gamer's Pov)
I was sitting in the Healing tent, Iris checking the wound to see if its been healing right "All good, healing properly...." she put the homemade bandage back on, a weird look on her face "What's wrong?" I asked, unable to read Iris's face. She signed "You said you are fallen angel? Now shadow walker?" "Yeah?" "So... why your blood mixed with torture demon blood?" Iris asked "H-how could you tell-" "Demon blood is much darker than normal red". Alright, guess truth time "U-um.... I was poisoned with demonglass and angelsilver, and we weren't anywhere near a proper hospital so.... they drained my blood while my best friend gave me some of his blood-" Iris pointed at the star tattoo on my wrist "Yeah... him". "I hope I meet your friend, he-" Iris paused for a bit before placing her hand on the ground "Iris?" she closed her eyes as her hand glowed a bit "Outsider....".
(Death's Pov)
I signed, there's nothing out here. No more ports or docks for miles... there's no way that boat even got this far- that is weird. A bird just flew by over my head and disappeared.... right in front of me.... I walked up to the very front of the boat where the bird had disappeared then held my hand out- my hand was gone. I brought it back it my side.... invisible dome? I walked back to the controls of the boat and made the boat slowly go forward until I was on the other side of this invisible curtain and I was surprised.... it was hiding an island. Entering a small bay where the dock was- there's a few boats, one of them was the boat I was looking for. I pulled up at the island's dock next to all the other boats, soon getting out of the boat and hesitantly following a path. A few minutes later, some sort of camp came into view.
(No one's Pov)
Death walked into the camp, people staring at him like he didn't belong. "I'm looking for a shadow walker, he's about this tall, blonde, has a lot of black around his eyes..." Death tried to describe him, but the staring felt like knifes. A kid ran off to the other side of the camp, into the healing tent "Iris! There's a guy, a torture demon with hair of blood!" Gamer heard the kid, face filled with hope ".... is there metal around one of his eyes?" the kid nodded his head "Do you know this man Gamer- Gamer!". Gamer ran out of the tent, running towards the crowd of people, hearing Death's voice, Gamer sped up, soon busting through the crowd, standing in the clear center... standing in front of Death "...Gamer?" "Death-" Death immediately hugged Gamer, holding onto him like a lifeline, Gamer smiled as he hugged him back. "I missed you so much" Death happily said "I missed you too" Death pulled away, holding Gamer's shoulders, smiling as Gamer smiled back. Death's left hand drifted up to Gamer hair "What's this?" he laughed a bit "Their idea" Gamer laughed. Death looked around at all the people staring at him, a couple of them were whispering "They're all shadow walkers" he mumbled "Yeah-" "Gamer, could you introduce your friend to us?" Iris suggested, her parents standing with her "Uh... this is my friend Death" Draven walked over to Death then kneeled down "Draven, you don't have to-" "I'm Draven Harvest, chief of this camp, I'm honored to be in your presence". Death looked confused as he looked down at Draven "Um... thanks?" Draven stood up, smiling as he hugged Death. Draven pulled away "Welcome to Riverside! One of the oldest ancient camps still standing" everyone smiled at Death....
That night...
Draven and the elders decided to show Death and Gamer something before they leave tomorrow morning. They lead Death and Gamer into a cave, it was completely pitch black. One of the elders hit their staff on the ground, the sound echoed, a second later the cave lit up, different symbols and paintings glowing.... those weren't the only thing glowing though. The tattoos that Draven and the elders had glowed, along with extra symbols they didn't have earlier. Yellows, orange, pinks, purples and blues glowed brightly on their skin, matching the walls. Death and Gamer looked at them in awe until one of the elders laughed a bit "We're not the only ones" both of the demons were confused until they looked at each other- Gamer had glowing green symbols all over him even the tips of his hair along with his star tattoo on his wrist glowing red, the same red that marked Death's skin, although he also had a green symbol on his neck. All over the walls of the cave, the paintings told different stories, one caught Gamer's attention as he walked over to it, placing his hand on it.... the story of Shadow and Darkness. Shadow was painted black and green, different parts of the story had been painted as well, the ending of story had Shadow and Darkness painted together holding hands, Darkness only had small parts of them painted black as the rest glowed bright red. One of the elders walked over to Gamer "Who paints the stories?" Gamer asked the elder, she shrugged "We always assume they paint themselves, most of these are real stories, the one you friend is looking at is of the current black councilor of Eclipse Wing, the one above this story you see here is about current queen of hell" she explained. "When did the Shadow and Darkness story appear?" "1986" the story seemed too familiar to Gamer "This place is awesome" Death smiled, looking at the paintings in awe as the elder Gamer was talking to laughed a bit "Such curious demon, interested in old stories, he's a keeper" she winked at Gamer, who immediately blushed a bit "We're just g-good friends, that's all" "Alright, still see him as perfect choice for yo-" "Please don't finish the sentence" Gamer kind of begged.
"What is this story suppose to be about?" Death asked Draven, pointing at this unfinished painting "It's not finished, it appeared when Gamer arrived" Death looked back at the painting. At the moment the painting just had a few things, white clouds, black clouds, the three realms (human realm=light green, mid realm= grass green, under realm= ugly dead grass green) shown as three layers of green with a black figure in the middle. "We don't know story until its finished, but my guess is that its of the next Eclipse Wing councilor" Death turned and waved Gamer over "Hey, check this one out" Death smiled before looking back at the paintings....

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