THE LEGEND OF THE SHADOW BEINGS BOOK ONE: THE SHADOW MASTERS

Chapter 2

Clark laid on his bed in his bedroom, asleep and a deep furrow appeared on his forehead while he slept.

He was indeed having a dreadful nightmare of the exact memories that Storm Bender had shared with him.

He stood and watched how everything played out like a movie.

He observed that he was indeed in another world and he felt giddy.

"Dad!" He saw himself in the dream in his supernatural form, like his siblings, only that he had the abilities of a dragon, as he gazed at how he transformed back from dragon to human after he had immediately fluttered his large wings.

He was appalled and used his hands to stifle a shriek to control himself from clamouring to be heard in his dream about the past that happened.

"Dad!" His dream version of himself yelled facing an average-sized man who was like him in his supernatural form.

"Son, you have to lead the rest of the Shadow masters. I can try and shut the two shadow worlds and stop your mom and the rest beings," His Dad retorted, holding two huge lightning bolts that somehow seemed heavy and held two large portals that appeared fickle at the moment.

He saw that his Dad had a kind of lightning abilities like Storm Bender, only that his own was controlled by a short, curved boomeranged, well-designed blade.

"Storm Bender!" His dream state yipped at the top of his voice and Storm Bender and the rest Shadow masters moved hurriedly with their supernatural speed towards him.

He was seeing a silhouette of them, just like it was shown as a memory.

Before he knew it, he saw himself emitting a beam of dragon fire around and all of a sudden, all he could see was a blackout and then he woke up from his dreadful sleep, cringing in fear.

He finally woke up with muffled sounds, feeling dishevelled and somewhat Inclined to bristle about his surroundings.

He heard some noise that made him more bristled and he waggled towards the exit of his house, scrutinizing everywhere he moved.

He finally got outside and saw that it was daybreak and the area was quiet as usual, so he felt very audacious to be out especially after what had occurred the previous night.

"Who is out there?" He bristled at the situation, holding the broom he held the other night.

He finally saw the horrendous creature he saw the other night and he gritted his teeth firmly as his entire body trembled with rage and frustration.

The creature growled at him, and as it attempted to leapt to tear him into pieces, it turned to a stature instantly.

Clark took a blank look and saw that another figure stood beside the beast and simply held it at the back, turning it into a statue.

"Behind you!" Clark yelled as he cast a look at another creature that wanted to pounce at this being for saving his life.

The being was very fast and this other being that saved Clark's life punched it easily with his supernatural strength sending it crashing down to the ground.

He then turned to touch it with his hands, turning it into a statue and then he punched it to pieces with his supernatural strength.

"No need to be afraid Dragon Master. I am Benovio," Benovio announced as he introduced himself with a huge smile on his face.

"And what do you want from me?" Clark was jolted as he weighed Benovio up and down.

He knew that he was like the supernatural beings that claimed to be his siblings.

"Come on, I just saved your life from that beast and the least I should be hearing is a thank you," Benovio massaged his temples feeling a bit flustered at Clark's first reaction to saving his life.

"You are one of them, aren't you? The same supernatural beings that came the other night to save my life," Clark crossed his arms over his shoulders and stroked his chin with his tone laced with coldness.

"Ooh! I see that you have come across them. Well, you have to understand that they lied to you. You have to note that everything they said was all inerrant except the fact that they are your family because whatever memories they must have shared are fake," Benovio rumbled.

Clark was more hoodwinked. He didn't have any idea if it was Benovio who was trying to confuse him or if it was Storm Bender and Frozen Claws.

"Enough! You need to leave, please leave," Clark roared in distress. "It's okay, but just ponder about all that I have said and know your true friends," Benovio said with a broad smile on his lips before he vanished through a supernatural portal...

"Yes indeed we saw him," Frozen Claws replied and Vivian's face beamed with joy as she entered fully into the lounge room of the flashy mansion.

She knew that she had joined the search with the rest of the top royals to find the Dragon master once and for all.

"So what's the lollygagging about? We have to get to him because the humans are getting more minimal by the second. In a manner of time, they would be reduced to absolutely nothing," Vivian stiffened.

"Yes, that's true, except that Frozen Claws had to intercept my plans to restore all his memories," Storm Bender huffed.

"What happened, Frozen claws? I thought the plan was to make him recover all his memories once and for all so that we could all join forces and end this war," Vivian clinked her high heels impatiently.

"Come on, he wasn't ready yet. He was feeling that he was being hoodwinked and we don't take orders from you, remember? We are the top royals, while you are a part of the royals, so..." "I'm just joking and serious at the same time, so no need to get mad, but we have to find him and you have to introduce me to him. We need to find a way to restore his memories since there is no more time," Vivian interrupted and they all rose.

"Alright, that's better. I guess we better start going," Frozen Claws declared, getting ready to leave.

"Wait a minute, are you sure about the fact you are ready to see him? Do you think it's going to work this time?" Frozen Claws paused for a minute facing Vivian.

Vivian pondered about the tenable words of Frozen Claws for a second before replying.

"Well... I mean it should work. It did work in 1989, when he saw me, he remembered all our memories, so he should remember this time," Vivian replied with a stern expression.

"Alright then, if you say so," Frozen Claws said as they all started to exit the mansion.

Storm Bender stroked his chin and reached forward for his hammer, fiddled it a bit and then followed them.

They got outside and saw how the humans had been whittled from the city and it motivated them in their mission to recover Dragon Master's memories...

Benovio walked briskly to the lounge room with a full expression of contempt.

"Tell me he is dead," Circe shot up from where she sat next to Sacorah and began clinking her high heels impatiently.

"Not yet, but the shadow beasts I sent are all dead," Benovio replied lamely.

"Are you saying he has finally recovered his memories and knows how to tap into his powers," Sacorah shot up swiftly from where he sat, with the thoughts of the last statement of Benovio bubbling tempestuously in his heart.

"Not yet! You Looney-tuned asshole!. That couldn't have happened yet, they are all dead because I killed them after I turned them into statues," Benovio explained irritably.

"Hmm... Okay, so you went against your plan? That's what you are trying to say?" Circe croaked out in rage.

"Calm down sister. The plan was to win him over. We have to be smart about it and then we would end him in a stylish exhilarating way," Benovio replied with a sly grin on his face and a sinister glint flashing through his eyes.

He observed how Circe's incredulous expression mirrored his disbelief at the audacious words that had just escaped his lips.

"I think you have a death wish," Circe scowled at him. "Big brother, sister is right," Sacorah cut in.

"Come on, you would always take her side," Benovio croaked out.

"No brother, just see it this way, it's going to be risky and what if we lose?" Sacorah questioned in a caveating manner, with a stern expression on his face.

"No way!" Benovio blurted out. "So far so good, the finitude of the humans has been gradually irrefutable. I mean just take a look at the mayor and the rest inhabitants that ran away from the city, coupled with those we have killed. We are going to win this," Benovio assured effusively.

"Hmm... You are so confident about this right?" Circe said showing scepticism.

"Of course, don't forget the principal goal which is to ensure that we do the bidding of the evil shadow beings so that they can be released at the end of it all since the scores are still even," Benovio said haltingly ensuring that he remained effusive about his words.

"Of course brother, we know that we have to take revenge on the royals for what they did to us, and make them pay by siding with the shadow monsters," Circe said with indifference.

"Of course, I can't wait since we are almost at the brink of victory, and when the others join us, we will have more reasons to celebrate victory," Sacorah announced.

"Well, you both have said well. In time, I would have to work out my plans to hoodwink Dragon Master towards his destruction," Benovio replied.

"Alright brother," Circe and Sacorah replied in unison...

Clark moved around the porch of his house feeling uneasy, until he cast a gaze at the thrumming of the energy of something that appeared to be the same supernatural portal that the beings would call themselves his siblings used the other day.

The light of the energy squinted his eyes and he had to block it with his hands because he was directly casting a gaze at it.

He saw the silhouette of not just the two of his so-called siblings but also another third one, in a kind of purple outfit and he shuddered.

He was appalled and wasn't sure if it was another of his siblings to be introduced or someone else...