Legends from the Shadows

[GT-Hiro]

She who once stood on top of the world alone awaiting for a brave or
lucky hero to reach the heights of the world. It would be many decades
before that would occur. Her strengths grew before that faithful day that
one made it up the stairs that so many failed to reach. The many
centuries of loneliness took their toll as she longed for human
companionship. The loneliness left in her heart by the demon she once
called her love was a void she felt that would never fill. Yet as the
sight of someone who survived the dangerous climb filler her with hope
that she might have meet someone who would be able to fulfill the
loneliness in her life.

Since her arrival at the top of the world, the legend of the "Possessed
Shadow" slowly faded away to be lost in history. The only place where
the legend lived was in the tower among the monsters that speak of the
others who had tried to take her place, but failed. The remaining
monsters who didn't dare try would attack all those who wondered into
their territory. Those who survived would make it, but unfortunately no
one had made it past them all yet.

One day that was stranger than most, the gods themselves cried as the skies
pored rain onto the world. The blackened skies unleashed their fury and
tormented the land. She stood a watch from the top of the world, her tears
joined those of the gods as she watched those who suffered and looked
back at the days that she had terrorized people. Her desires ad changed
since then and she knew she did was wrong, but she had paid the ultimate
price when she tried to save the town she once terrorized. The day went
on as the skies unleashed its anger onto the land yet that was not all
that would happen. A party of heroes had defeated the first gates guardian
that had never been defeated before. Their journey would be long before
they reached the second guard. It was surprising in itself, that the
second gate guardian fell but it was a bitter sweet victory as many of the
people in the party had fallen. The only one to survive was the
technological master who couldn't help but to finish a journey in honor
of his fallen allies on the way up.

As he stepped through the final gates, he witnessed something that he
hadn't expected. Rather than riches that were rumored of, he saw the
silloette of a woman. Rather captured by her appearance, he approached
without fear. Deep in his mind he thought that it was unlikely that any
human would be all the way up here. How someone else had made it before
them was surprising, but then he remembered that some monsters had a
human appearance. Then there were the ghosts of humans that roamed
Lighthouzen. "Could she be one of them?" he whispered. She looked in his
direction before walking up to him. He took out his gun but she
disappeared from sight. He looked around then felt cold steel against him
as he slowly turned. A blood stained katar was held to his back, but it
did not pierce him. Rather, she whispered to him," Put down your weapon
and I'll put down mine." It sounded rather gentle to him as he put away
his gun. She did the same as she sheathed her katar. She walked over to
the throne in the room and stood in front as she looked at him. He didn't
hesitate to follow her near as he thought of what was going on. Rather
then question what she was, he didn't even ask and waited for her. To her
he was rather mysterious but she would choose him.

"My name is Sylvi and I am an immortal shadow that is bound to this
location. I stay here until I find someone who will accept me as who I am
and not on what I've become. Are you the one who will grant me this
wish?"

"I am Hiro the Star-Bound. I came here with the thought that treasures
would be found in this room. I feel rather fortunate that there was none
since then the journey would have been far more tragic then it already
is. You see, the people I came with are slain and it would have been
a sad fate that I would have been the only one who survived to bask
in a future that I unjustly collected. I feel fortunate that I found you
instead. I shall grant your wish and accept you for who you are. You
could have killed me but you didn't. That shows me that regardless of who
you've become, you have a gentle heart that I have lost."

"I thank you. Soon I will be able to return to the world you came from.
When I do, I will search for you, I swear" said Sylvi," and when I find
you, I will thank you again, then I will ask you something I can not
here. So will you please wait for me on the planet that sits below us?"

"I will." Hiro said. "I will wait for the day you return to the world,
and when you do, I too have something I'd like to ask you. I hope you
will remember be always." He pulled out a wing that would return him down
to the planet. Sylvi said to him," I will, you see, your promise to me,
is in hopes that I will be able to heal myself then I will do my best to
help you."

He nods as he gives her a hug. She returns it before letting go knowing
that her search for him on earth would be long and hard, but she would
eventually find him and tell him the complete truth including the one
she knew that he held back from her too. He breaks the wing and
disappears from the room. Tears formed on her eyes as she looked down
onto the world expecting that the savage sky would continue to ravage
the land. Instead, she saw the skies clear as the suns light beaconed
towards many areas. She would make her return soon to the world she once
terrorized and protected. As her immortal shadow or as a flesh and blood
human she would not know until that day came.

That day on stood a legend from which fate had given a second chance. Her
prison that was the infinity Tower would soon come to an end, but until
she regained her full power she would be forced to remain. Yet she knew
it wouldn't end as long as she tried. She was determined to see the one
she had sworn to.