The Deepling Woods.

[Talin and Keras]

"Nobody's like me! You can't understand! Nobody can understand! .... Hate.... so much hate.... all around.... I can... smell it... hear it.... taste it in the air..... They hate me.... They hate me..... I killed them. Talin groaned and collapsed curling himself into a ball and shivering, he didn't cry or sob but his eyes were blank and staring. He could hear the screams of his family as he ripped into them with gusto, tearing them apart, savoring their screams. I didn't kill them! I didn't! Please! No! Stop!Not only did you kill them, you enjoyed it. You loved watching them die.

[Tala Bloodthorn]

There was only so much lovey dovey feelings in Tala's heart. She calmly looked at Talin, stepped back, and slapped him. "You think this is the first time something like this has happened to a person? Get over it. Here, I'll show you something. Alat, I can't believe I'm doing this but here." Tala concentrated and fell into some sort of a trance. Her mouth then opened and out of it flowed a foggy light. It moved toward her shadow who opened her mouth and swallowed it. Slowly the shadow became more real and Tala faded. Soon there were two Tala's and then the light disappeared. They both opened their eyes at the same time, one had bright purple eyes, the other dark red, instead of the normal red-purple eyes Tala had. The purple one was smiling and eyes obviously happy, the red one was frowning and obviously annoyed. The red one spoke, "This is a part of my magic, my shadow is alive and-"
"It's soooo great to finally be able to talk to you!" The purple one interupted. "I call myself Alat, it's Tala backwards isn't that cool! I'm technically her shadow and the part of her personality she keeps locked up! I would have spoken to you earlier but I can only talk to Tala unless she gives me alf her soul which is what that glowing stuff was. But I heard everything that happened! I feel so sorry for you, Tala is really much to mean and harsh on you. And Keras I am still blushing from those compliments. Oh-"
"Shut up please you idiot!" The red one, Tala, interupted this time. "I have to put up with this all the time so don't think your the only one with horrible people talking to you in the back of the head. I'm going to the mage academy to see if my magic can be removed, or at least so that I can't hear this ditz."
"See what I mean! She is so mean and cold. But I actually have a heart. Please feel free to ask anything of me, I'll do anything to help you!"

[Talin and Keras]

You don't understand! You're not losing your humanity! You aren't losing your sense of self. Your kindness, you soul, they're both intact, if fragmented. Keras isn't taking over! I'm changing! I can feel my blood, soul, all shifting, wanting blood. I can't..." Talin had stood up but was still shivering. "I'm losing my soul...."

[Tala Bloodthorn]

Alat ran over and hugged Talin. "I don't understand but I want to help! Is there anything you can do to seperate yourself like me and Tala are seperated?"
"No, we are the same person Alat, he's two different people. And don't hug him like that! As to you changing that's not always a bad thing, people need to change to live. But if you don't want to change like that then I suggest you get a backbone and fight him off. Find ways to subdue the thirst, animal blood instead of human, locking yourself up before you have to change. Then maybe you can learn to live with this and him."
"Tala! Your being cruel! Stop, can't you see how hurt he is! And I'll hug anyone I want!"
"If he doesn't do anything then he shouldn't complain! And not while you look like me!""How do you know he hasn't done anything! And you can't stop me!" Alat stopped hugging Talin but only so she could glare Tala in the eye.
"Because if he had he wouldn't have been lying on the ground moaning in self pity. And yes I can!"

[Talin and Keras]

"I'm changing into a monster! This travesty of a disease is going to change me into something just like him! A cold hearted killer. You don't understand I'm a werewolf, I have constant feelings of hate, bloodlust, and anger. I can't control it for much longer."

[Tala Bloodthorn]

"Then don't. Stop bottling it in. Nothing is wrong with hating so hate people, I hate people, I don't care if they know it or not. Feel angry, nothing wrong with that either. Well for bloodlust, fight, just make sure your in the right place. Go ahead and hate me for being cruel, be angry that I refuse to see how much your hurting inside, lust for my blood and fight me for it, I can fight back. Give in and see how you feel. Or maybe you could go with me and just ask those mages to wipe your memory and give you something. And if that doesn't work then maybe you should try kill yourself. Release yourself from the pain and take Keras with you. Think of it as repentance for all those lives you've taken. Oh and Alat, I want my soul back now."
"Now? Fine." The two went into a trance and Alat faded back into a shadow and Tala firmed up. She opened her eyes and they were purple-red again.
"So what are you going to do, lay down and let him walk all over you? Or at least try to fight back?"

[Talin and Keras]

"Give in? Maybe if I stop fighting it I get more control? NO! I didn't kill them! No... if I gave in it would mean I killed them... I won't do that!" The boy shuddered and suddenly changed again. "Pathetic isn't he? He's right though, if he ever did decide to admit he was changed he would surpass even Gabriel in power. Blasphemous though it is to say so."

[Tala Bloodthorn]

"Hmph, I don't know about power but if he embraced it you two would combine, and Keras would cease to exist. Would you be able to let that happen?" Tala was cold and calculated and could tell that they were both holding each other back, Talin physically and Keras mentally. It would most likely require the acceptance of both to fix their problems for good, and boy did Tala know how hard it was to accept things. She had always been a rebel you never gave in so she couldn't really harp on him, or should she say them? This really was a confusing knot.

[Talin and Keras]

"He refuses to accept there's a part of him that would kill his sister. Would you like to know the truth? I am as much a part of Talin as he is a part of me. The boy who was loved by his family and was changed into a werewolf, his name wasn't Talin Theron, it was Keras Theron. We were one at one point. Not completely evil yet not good either, a normal child. when the lycanthropy caused us to attack our family, Talin denied that he could have done such a thing and seperated. I accepted it wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, my personality is uncontrolled bloodshed. With his control to temper me we could be incredibly powerful."

[Tala Bloodthorn]

"I guess he's had it worst than I thought, still he needs to accept it. Well Where is this path you talked about?" Tala was tired of all the grim talk, she wanted to be out of this forest and it's foreboading atmoshpere.

[Talin and Keras]

"Just down that way. Wait, you can't get through, you have to step to the side and walk through..." The wolfish young man pushed through the growth and emerged into the open area around the path. "Bingo, path."

[Tala Bloodthorn]

Tala followed the wolf man and was suddenly on a cleared path surrounded by thick growth on both sides. "Thanks, I'm off now. What about you, whatare you going to do.?" She couldn't believe he was asking but during their time together she felt connected to him, slightly.

[Talin and Keras]

"Well. Do you need a bodyguard? The mage types are real pieces of work sometimes." Keras looked at the girl with a hopeful grin. He had also grown attatched to her. She was smart, and perceptive. Anybody else would have just told the boy to keep fighting the instincts. She knew better.

[Tala Bloodthorn]

"No, if I could deal with you I'm pretty sure I can handle some mages. Besides, with my reason for coming they will be eager to have me. Not every day they get to experiment with removing magic from a willing test subject." She struggled with herself, and Alat, then added. "When they finish with me maybe we can see each other again? Though I don't how long it will take. Here," She fished into her skirt pocket and pulled out a small circle. Half was white and half black. "if they can't remove my magic they I will be able to find you and you me."

[Illidion the White Sun]

"I'll be lookin' forward to it." The young wolf jumped nearly twenty feet into the air and landed in a tree. "Be seein ya!"

{{Yes, I'm aware I posted as Illidion. I was too lazy to change accounts.}}