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// Chapter 3: Awakening the Beast 
// Story: The Lost Series. 
// by Nic Whooves 
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Nick sat in the darkness as the vast nothing swarms around him. He felt crammed, yet free; Blind, but can see; but he was alone. Alone and only shattered memories. How did I lose these memories? I clearly know it missing, but what? Nick sat and wanted to why he was in there. The last memory he had was Knight Heart on the ground. Maybe he's okay, maybe it was a dream, or a cruel prank. If only I had my memories, thought Nick as he sat in the shadows. After a while he wondered how long he has been in there. A day, month, year, celestia, maybe 1000 years, he couldn't tell. He wished he could know what happened. 
"Well why didn't you ask." said something from the black shadow. 
"Who are you?" asked Nick as he reached out to the voice. 
"I'm you, well the other you. Remember the shadows that seem to lean on you as you traveled away from home? I'm the one shadow that follows everypony and is never noticed. Now to those memories, where to start?" asked the shadows. 
"What about what happened to Knight Heart?" asked Nick.

"Oh him, he's just a minor character that starts this whole mess as you remember from Chapter 2."
"Who are you talking to? And what is Chapter 2?" asked Nick as he walked around the room. 
"To people behind the forth wall. Wait, spoilers to you. Oh well. Lets see if he gets it, Just our secret, okay? Now Nick, Lets begin our little training sessions. You can use us but you let them control you, lets stop that. It'll cause you to lose your mind if you don't. Lets start our lesson."

After some time passes, Nick sees the light flood into his cell as the, now visible, door opens. There stood Luna and another alicorn. "Here is my friend, trusted guard ,savior, and little brother. Twilight, please protect him and he'll protect you."  As Luna walked away, he tried to talk to her, but was stopped. He turned and saw the alicorn was holding him back and stopping him speak. "Well, a magical alicorn. Tell me how was it being a unicorn?" said Nick as he walked to her. "how are you doing that? you shouldn't even be able to whisper, let alone talk. Only a unicorn can even try to stop this spell" said Twilight in shock. "Well I can use the shadows of others and use them to reduce or remove a spell the caster in using. I'm Nick Eclip and I'm your body guard for now till the day my heart stops pumping."

End of Chapter 3.