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Prologue

My name is Elizabeth Stewart and my life has been far from ordinary. Do you want to know why?

The only thing I've known over the course of my sixteen years of age is: despair.

My family suffered various attacks when I was only eight years old...

The first time we were attacked, we were saved by someone who wore a blue cape, had long hair and was holding a book on his right hand. He yelled some weird words, and I saw something unbelievable… the mysterious people that had attacked us were on fire, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared. I couldn't believe my eyes. The man looked back at me, smiled, and then disappeared as well.

For some reason, my parents seemed to have forgotten about the attack, because when I talked to them about it, they said that I was crazy, or that I had had an awful nightmare. I wanted to believe that as well but…

After a few months, we were attacked once again. This time, there were a lot more mysterious people than last time. This time I could get a glimpse of how they looked, they wore black capes, red gloves, and their eyes were glowing, as if they were possessed or something. I hoped that the mysterious man would come back to save us… but he never came.

After looking at the bad guys for a few seconds, I got so scared that I fainted. So I don't remember much about that second attack. And when I finally came back to my senses, I was standing in front of my family. There were no more mysterious people attacking us on sight. But there was something wrong with my family. They were looking at me and they had terrified looks on their faces. I wanted to get closer to them, to ask them what was going on, but they didn't want me close. Each step I took, they got further away. It was as if they were trying to avoid me.

Tears began to fill my eyes. They were scared of me. What had I done?!

And just when I was about to let loose, the mysterious man with the blue cape appeared in front of me. Chanted some kind of spell, and all my family fainted. I yelled at the man, kicked and punched him; and ran towards my family, thinking that he had killed them. But when I got close enough, I noticed that they were still alive. They were just asleep.

I started crying. I wanted to know what had happened. I wanted to ask so many things. But my mouth didn't say anything, and my body suddenly felt like it weighed a ton. I felt really tired, and fell to the floor.

The man picked me up, (I didn't struggle because I was very, very tired) and told me that his name was Nicholas. He also told me that he had erased my family's memory of the last attack. And just now, they would forget everything about me.

I asked, or mumbled, (I can't remember which was it), the reason for him having done so. And he told me that if he hadn't erased their memories, my family would never come to accept me again, because I was not like them.

Afterwards, he kept telling me stuff that I don't remember pretty well, because I felt so weak, that I fell asleep.

When I woke up, I was at his place. It was a nice old building, but it had a different vibe from everywhere else I had been before. It felt as if I was in an ancient castle, (like the ones people are not supposed to go in because they are sacred places, according to our government). I could only see some corridors as we moved towards "my room".

He left me there and I wasn't allowed to leave that room for a few days. I admit that I didn't care, the room was nice, comfortable, had almost everything I needed, and I was dead tired.

I think that I slept a whole day in that room, and I had the weirdest dream: I dreamt that I had some kind of power, and that I had been the one that helped my family two days ago, that I had fought and scared away all those evil people; a totally crazy dream.

After a few days of crying because I needed my mommy (what? I was only eight), and because I didn't know what I would do now that she wasn't here, I realized that no matter how much noise I made, it wouldn't help me.

I tried to open the door, but the thing was an enormous wooden door that no little eight year old girl would be able to open without help; so I tried calling for help. What did I get? Nothing at all. I tried to move the door a few more times, but I couldn't even move it an inch. I gave up and went back to my bed.

After sitting down on my bed for a couple of hours, I remembered my dream… maybe it wasn't that much of a crazy idea that I had powers. I decided to give it a shot.

I looked back at my dream, and tried to figure out how was I able to do the magic. Since I was fainted, I figured that the first thing I needed to do, was not think about anything, but what I wanted to do. Then, when my mind was clear, I thought of moving the door; and what do you know? The door began opening itself!

I was so happy that I lost my concentration and the door closed again, thing that got me crying again. I was so close to freedom… but I had lost my chance.

But, a minute later, Nicholas completely opened the door, and was quite surprised by what he saw. He told me that I was a natural, but that I had yet to master my magic powers, but of course, the only thing this eight year old girl thought was: getting out of there and run around as much as I could.

After a while, I found myself lost in the castle. I didn't know where had I come from, nor did I know where I wanted to go. I sat down exactly where I was, and before I could even shed a tear, Nicholas appeared before me.

He picked me up, and walked me to his room. There, he told me all about my powers; the reason why I got them, and about a lot of other things that I know now because I still have the book that he gave me. If it wasn't for that, I don't think that I would remember everything he told me that day.

After he had told me everything, he said that he would train me to learn to use my magic properly. And after seeing my development, he would know whether I was a witch, a sorceress, or a demigod.

It was a tough task to try and teach me how to control my powers; I wasn't exactly a good learner back then. A month passed before I could master the simplest of the techniques, and another one passed before I could start using it whenever I wanted.

But I never gave up. After seeing what could happen to families if they had someone like me with them, I wanted to protect them from anything that could harm them; I didn't want another kid to suffer as much as I did.

Five years later, Nicholas told me that I was finally able to do each and every one of the techniques that he could teach me, the other ones I would have to learn them on my own. He also told me that I was a sorceress, and gave me a codename: "White Fang". Don't ask me why I have that codename, I don't know myself.

After my training was complete, we focused on learning about my partners and my enemies. As I remembered, almost all the bad guys wore a black cape and a pair of red gloves. Nicholas told me that those accessories were used so that the wizards could chant and perform dark spells without hurting their bodies; the sorcerers could manipulate elements and fuse them to create new ones; and the demigods to control whatever power their parent god had without losing too much stamina.
As for the good guys, (us), the demigods wore a blue cape and black leather boots; the wizards used a wand, and the sorcerers used a necklace with the element they controlled totally.

It was then that I realized that I didn't know what type of kid was I, so I asked Nicholas about it, and he told me that I was a sorceress; and gave me the necklace fire element controllers used.

Nicholas told me that I should never take it off, or that I at least had it with me at all times, because I never knew when I would need it. Up to now, I have followed his advice, and had not had a problem dealing with the evil doers.

I left Nicholas's castle when I turned fourteen, and since then, I have not been able to settle down in one country for more than a year, and I haven't been able to stay for more than a few months in one single town.

It seems that trouble follows me everywhere I go. And lately I have received notices that people are starting to desert the order and go to the other side. It seems as if the dark arts are proving to be pretty attractive to our people.

The Order of Renegade Shadows is rather small compared to us, but it is gaining strength faster than we expected. Things will probably get out of control in the near future if we don't stop this now.

Right now, the youngsters like me, and some of our superiors are going throughout the planet trying to find other people like us, before the Shadows do.

My last assignment was a failure, I had found this girl in California that could be a prodigy if she learnt everything properly, but I got beaten to her by my greatest enemy, Eric Halladay. I have fought with him at least five times, and I haven't beaten him once. He is also a sorcerer, but he uses water and wind to manipulate the weather, and I'm never able to have a clear shot at him.

The girl I saw potential in, is called Nicole, and she is quite the nice girl, and I never thought that she could fall for the tricks Eric plays to all the kids. But he befriended her quite easily, and continued to infatuate her with his antics and with the dark arts.

I tried to convince her not to listen to him, but it was pointless. Her glee when she was manipulating the dark arts was such, that it seemed that she was already in full control over them. And a few weeks later, I trembled in fear when I saw the destructive force of her element manipulation… she nearly destroyed New Orleans. If it wasn't for my combined efforts with Jane Mercer, a tall redheaded witch, and Alejandro Garza, a demigod son of Poseidon, I wouldn't have been able saved that city.

When I came back to California, Nicole had already joined the Shadows, and I was devastated. I had lost the opportunity to get this child prodigy into our Order, but was beaten by that idiot Eric.

But my luck would change a few months later, when I felt a very powerful presence in a small city in the north of Mexico, not too far away from where I was standing.

I traveled as fast as I could… I didn't want to lose to the Shadows again. This time, he was a boy around my age, who attended a local school, and was recognized there for his good grades, which was common amongst my kind, the sorcerers.

I entered the school, and wanted to check upon him for a little while before making my move. I knew I had time, because I didn't feel a Shadow's presence near this city, and it seemed as if this kid's power was so overwhelming, that even veterans would have trouble controlling their powers. It was as if he masked every single type of magic… and ate it.

I have to admit, I was scared of him, maybe he knew already how to use the Dark Arts, and was born to be a Shadow, but on my very first day at his school, I knew I was dead wrong about him.

Everybody else treated me as a freak, because of a few things: my hair color, they all said that I bleached it, or something, I still don't quite understand Spanish very well; also because I'm normally really shy around new people; and they all laughed at me because I had fell on my way to my place. It was… displeasing, but I could cope with it, because the kid immediately tried to become friends with me, helped me to get up and go back to my seat, and protected me from the people who laughed at me.

Just a few weeks of being with him, and I fell in love with him. But the feeling was mutual, after a month of me staying there, he declared his love for me, and I corresponded. I know I was diverting from my mission, but I couldn't help it, it was the first time that I was feeling comfortable in years.

And just when we were going to be a couple for two months, Nicholas sent me a message, asking me about how my mission was going on. By that time, I had forgotten about my mission, so this was a hard wake-up call for me.

I didn't know how to bring the news to Mau. I spent the whole day trying to figure out what to say to him. But my mind was blank.

I decided to wait a week before I told him, maybe I would get an idea by then, and that way I would be able to enjoy our two month anniversary properly, and happily, without any worries.

How silly of me…

Thanks to Mau's suppressing powers, I couldn't feel the presence of a Shadow, and so, the place where he took me to have a peaceful, romantic dinner, was attacked by Aaron Wayne, one of the most powerful wizards the Shadows had.

I tried to protect the building, but my power wasn't enough, Aaron cast a sealing spell and I was unable to move a muscle. I was powerless, and my precious boyfriend was collapsed on the floor, unconscious. Aaron was about to take Mau with him, but something extraordinary happened…

As if something had possessed him, Mau stood in front of Aaron, and nearly killed him with a combination of spells and element manipulation. Aaron was forced to retreat, and the only thing I could do was watch in awe Mau's monstrous powers.

Once he had dealt with Aaron, and I was free from the seal and my daze, I proceeded to repair the building, and erase the memories of all the people who had witnessed everything. I was practically erasing the memories of half the city.

When I came back to where Mau was still lying down, he had already regained consciousness. He asked me what had happened, and I tried to lie to him, to tell him that he had just fainted due to intense heat, but he knew me better than I thought, and recognized that I was lying. So, I told him that I would tell him everything when we got back to my place. He agreed, and we left to my apartment.

- And this is how this story begins! What will Mau do when he is told about his condition?! –

Description
Prologue

My name is Elizabeth Stewart and my life has been far from ordinary. Do you want to know why?

The only thing I've known over the course of my sixteen years of age is: despair.

My family suffered various attacks when I was only eight years old...

The first time we were attacked, we were saved by someone who wore a blue cape, had long hair and was holding a book on his right hand. He yelled some weird words, and I saw something unbelievable… the mysterious people that had attacked us were on fire, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared. I couldn't believe my eyes. The man looked back at me, smiled, and then disappeared as well.

For some reason, my parents seemed to have forgotten about the attack, because when I talked to them about it, they said that I was crazy, or that I had had an awful nightmare. I wanted to believe that as well but…

After a few months, we were attacked once again. This time, there were a lot more mysterious people than last time. This time I could get a glimpse of how they looked, they wore black capes, red gloves, and their eyes were glowing, as if they were possessed or something. I hoped that the mysterious man would come back to save us… but he never came.

After looking at the bad guys for a few seconds, I got so scared that I fainted. So I don't remember much about that second attack. And when I finally came back to my senses, I was standing in front of my family. There were no more mysterious people attacking us on sight. But there was something wrong with my family. They were looking at me and they had terrified looks on their faces. I wanted to get closer to them, to ask them what was going on, but they didn't want me close. Each step I took, they got further away. It was as if they were trying to avoid me.

Tears began to fill my eyes. They were scared of me. What had I done?!

And just when I was about to let loose, the mysterious man with the blue cape appeared in front of me. Chanted some kind of spell, and all my family fainted. I yelled at the man, kicked and punched him; and ran towards my family, thinking that he had killed them. But when I got close enough, I noticed that they were still alive. They were just asleep.

I started crying. I wanted to know what had happened. I wanted to ask so many things. But my mouth didn't say anything, and my body suddenly felt like it weighed a ton. I felt really tired, and fell to the floor.

The man picked me up, (I didn't struggle because I was very, very tired) and told me that his name was Nicholas. He also told me that he had erased my family's memory of the last attack. And just now, they would forget everything about me.

I asked, or mumbled, (I can't remember which was it), the reason for him having done so. And he told me that if he hadn't erased their memories, my family would never come to accept me again, because I was not like them.

Afterwards, he kept telling me stuff that I don't remember pretty well, because I felt so weak, that I fell asleep.

When I woke up, I was at his place. It was a nice old building, but it had a different vibe from everywhere else I had been before. It felt as if I was in an ancient castle, (like the ones people are not supposed to go in because they are sacred places, according to our government). I could only see some corridors as we moved towards "my room".

He left me there and I wasn't allowed to leave that room for a few days. I admit that I didn't care, the room was nice, comfortable, had almost everything I needed, and I was dead tired.

I think that I slept a whole day in that room, and I had the weirdest dream: I dreamt that I had some kind of power, and that I had been the one that helped my family two days ago, that I had fought and scared away all those evil people; a totally crazy dream.

After a few days of crying because I needed my mommy (what? I was only eight), and because I didn't know what I would do now that she wasn't here, I realized that no matter how much noise I made, it wouldn't help me.

I tried to open the door, but the thing was an enormous wooden door that no little eight year old girl would be able to open without help; so I tried calling for help. What did I get? Nothing at all. I tried to move the door a few more times, but I couldn't even move it an inch. I gave up and went back to my bed.

After sitting down on my bed for a couple of hours, I remembered my dream… maybe it wasn't that much of a crazy idea that I had powers. I decided to give it a shot.

I looked back at my dream, and tried to figure out how was I able to do the magic. Since I was fainted, I figured that the first thing I needed to do, was not think about anything, but what I wanted to do. Then, when my mind was clear, I thought of moving the door; and what do you know? The door began opening itself!

I was so happy that I lost my concentration and the door closed again, thing that got me crying again. I was so close to freedom… but I had lost my chance.

But, a minute later, Nicholas completely opened the door, and was quite surprised by what he saw. He told me that I was a natural, but that I had yet to master my magic powers, but of course, the only thing this eight year old girl thought was: getting out of there and run around as much as I could.

After a while, I found myself lost in the castle. I didn't know where had I come from, nor did I know where I wanted to go. I sat down exactly where I was, and before I could even shed a tear, Nicholas appeared before me.

He picked me up, and walked me to his room. There, he told me all about my powers; the reason why I got them, and about a lot of other things that I know now because I still have the book that he gave me. If it wasn't for that, I don't think that I would remember everything he told me that day.

After he had told me everything, he said that he would train me to learn to use my magic properly. And after seeing my development, he would know whether I was a witch, a sorceress, or a demigod.

It was a tough task to try and teach me how to control my powers; I wasn't exactly a good learner back then. A month passed before I could master the simplest of the techniques, and another one passed before I could start using it whenever I wanted.

But I never gave up. After seeing what could happen to families if they had someone like me with them, I wanted to protect them from anything that could harm them; I didn't want another kid to suffer as much as I did.

Five years later, Nicholas told me that I was finally able to do each and every one of the techniques that he could teach me, the other ones I would have to learn them on my own. He also told me that I was a sorceress, and gave me a codename: "White Fang". Don't ask me why I have that codename, I don't know myself.

After my training was complete, we focused on learning about my partners and my enemies. As I remembered, almost all the bad guys wore a black cape and a pair of red gloves. Nicholas told me that those accessories were used so that the wizards could chant and perform dark spells without hurting their bodies; the sorcerers could manipulate elements and fuse them to create new ones; and the demigods to control whatever power their parent god had without losing too much stamina.
As for the good guys, (us), the demigods wore a blue cape and black leather boots; the wizards used a wand, and the sorcerers used a necklace with the element they controlled totally.

It was then that I realized that I didn't know what type of kid was I, so I asked Nicholas about it, and he told me that I was a sorceress; and gave me the necklace fire element controllers used.

Nicholas told me that I should never take it off, or that I at least had it with me at all times, because I never knew when I would need it. Up to now, I have followed his advice, and had not had a problem dealing with the evil doers.

I left Nicholas's castle when I turned fourteen, and since then, I have not been able to settle down in one country for more than a year, and I haven't been able to stay for more than a few months in one single town.

It seems that trouble follows me everywhere I go. And lately I have received notices that people are starting to desert the order and go to the other side. It seems as if the dark arts are proving to be pretty attractive to our people.

The Order of Renegade Shadows is rather small compared to us, but it is gaining strength faster than we expected. Things will probably get out of control in the near future if we don't stop this now.

Right now, the youngsters like me, and some of our superiors are going throughout the planet trying to find other people like us, before the Shadows do.

My last assignment was a failure, I had found this girl in California that could be a prodigy if she learnt everything properly, but I got beaten to her by my greatest enemy, Eric Halladay. I have fought with him at least five times, and I haven't beaten him once. He is also a sorcerer, but he uses water and wind to manipulate the weather, and I'm never able to have a clear shot at him.

The girl I saw potential in, is called Nicole, and she is quite the nice girl, and I never thought that she could fall for the tricks Eric plays to all the kids. But he befriended her quite easily, and continued to infatuate her with his antics and with the dark arts.

I tried to convince her not to listen to him, but it was pointless. Her glee when she was manipulating the dark arts was such, that it seemed that she was already in full control over them. And a few weeks later, I trembled in fear when I saw the destructive force of her element manipulation… she nearly destroyed New Orleans. If it wasn't for my combined efforts with Jane Mercer, a tall redheaded witch, and Alejandro Garza, a demigod son of Poseidon, I wouldn't have been able saved that city.

When I came back to California, Nicole had already joined the Shadows, and I was devastated. I had lost the opportunity to get this child prodigy into our Order, but was beaten by that idiot Eric.

But my luck would change a few months later, when I felt a very powerful presence in a small city in the north of Mexico, not too far away from where I was standing.

I traveled as fast as I could… I didn't want to lose to the Shadows again. This time, he was a boy around my age, who attended a local school, and was recognized there for his good grades, which was common amongst my kind, the sorcerers.

I entered the school, and wanted to check upon him for a little while before making my move. I knew I had time, because I didn't feel a Shadow's presence near this city, and it seemed as if this kid's power was so overwhelming, that even veterans would have trouble controlling their powers. It was as if he masked every single type of magic… and ate it.

I have to admit, I was scared of him, maybe he knew already how to use the Dark Arts, and was born to be a Shadow, but on my very first day at his school, I knew I was dead wrong about him.

Everybody else treated me as a freak, because of a few things: my hair color, they all said that I bleached it, or something, I still don't quite understand Spanish very well; also because I'm normally really shy around new people; and they all laughed at me because I had fell on my way to my place. It was… displeasing, but I could cope with it, because the kid immediately tried to become friends with me, helped me to get up and go back to my seat, and protected me from the people who laughed at me.

Just a few weeks of being with him, and I fell in love with him. But the feeling was mutual, after a month of me staying there, he declared his love for me, and I corresponded. I know I was diverting from my mission, but I couldn't help it, it was the first time that I was feeling comfortable in years.

And just when we were going to be a couple for two months, Nicholas sent me a message, asking me about how my mission was going on. By that time, I had forgotten about my mission, so this was a hard wake-up call for me.

I didn't know how to bring the news to Mau. I spent the whole day trying to figure out what to say to him. But my mind was blank.

I decided to wait a week before I told him, maybe I would get an idea by then, and that way I would be able to enjoy our two month anniversary properly, and happily, without any worries.

How silly of me…

Thanks to Mau's suppressing powers, I couldn't feel the presence of a Shadow, and so, the place where he took me to have a peaceful, romantic dinner, was attacked by Aaron Wayne, one of the most powerful wizards the Shadows had.

I tried to protect the building, but my power wasn't enough, Aaron cast a sealing spell and I was unable to move a muscle. I was powerless, and my precious boyfriend was collapsed on the floor, unconscious. Aaron was about to take Mau with him, but something extraordinary happened…

As if something had possessed him, Mau stood in front of Aaron, and nearly killed him with a combination of spells and element manipulation. Aaron was forced to retreat, and the only thing I could do was watch in awe Mau's monstrous powers.

Once he had dealt with Aaron, and I was free from the seal and my daze, I proceeded to repair the building, and erase the memories of all the people who had witnessed everything. I was practically erasing the memories of half the city.

When I came back to where Mau was still lying down, he had already regained consciousness. He asked me what had happened, and I tried to lie to him, to tell him that he had just fainted due to intense heat, but he knew me better than I thought, and recognized that I was lying. So, I told him that I would tell him everything when we got back to my place. He agreed, and we left to my apartment.

- And this is how this story begins! What will Mau do when he is told about his condition?! –