Walking Among the Shadows: Awakening: Revised Edition (22 page)

“Changes? I don’t know what
you’re talking about,” I denied.

“Aiden, please, I know exactly
what’s happening to you and Jaffrey can make sense of everything but you have
to be willing to listen and learn. He has a lot to show you and teach you but
you have to be open to receive what he has to share with you. I trust him and
if I didn’t trust him I wouldn’t have brought you to him. I’ve known him all my
life and your father also knew him.”

“Dad knew him?”

“Yes he did. He helped your
father on several occasions and he’s here to help you too.”

“So my dad went through this
too?”

“Not exactly, Grandson. Your
situation is very unique and because it’s so unique it’s also very dangerous to
keep you in the dark any longer. So please calm down and listen to what Jaffrey
has to say.”

I decided to have a seat for
two reasons: one, I had come to the conclusion that if I wanted to leave this
place I would need Jaffrey or my grandfather to show me the way out and
fighting them wasn’t going to make that exit just appear. The second reason was
I needed answers and a lot of them. It seemed like everyone knew something
except the person who was experiencing this phenomenon. My mom, Manny, Grandpa,
Grandma, and even my deceased father. This had better be good. After I took a
seat Jaffrey walked towards me and asked me if I wanted something to drink. I
declined even though I was thirsty. I wasn’t in the mood for any more delays. I
needed answers now.

“Ask me the most important
question in your head right now, Aiden.”

“What am I?”

“Good, very good question.
Well, you are Baraqu and the light inside you has awakened. You and I are the
last of our kind. I am also Baraqu and before you started going through the
awakening I believed I was the only and perhaps the last of our kind. But
you…you surprised us all.”

“Hey, Jaffrey, I’m not sure
you are aware of this but that name holds no meaning to me. I don’t know what
that is or what I am.”

“Yes, you are correct, you are
not aware because if you were this room would not be able to hold you, your
brother would not have been able to touch you, let alone knock you unconscious,
and the man you knew as Jason would not have been able to infiltrate your home
and attempt to murder you and your family. In order to explain what we are I
must start from the beginning.”

“What beginning?”

“Creation Aiden, the beginning
of all things in this realm.”

“Realm?”

“Yes. You see, some of the
smarter people on this planet believe that the universe is filled with life on
other planets and they are partially correct. There is life elsewhere,
multitudes of living beings that inhabit countless worlds but we are all
separated by realms. One realm can’t cross over into the next without certain
keys or invitations. Some realms are uninhabitable by other beings from other
realms because the environment is toxic to them. Like a fish out of water,
eventually it will die because its oxygen is found in the water and not in the
open air and vice versa for humans. This separation is crucial to the harmony
and continuity of the universe, but it wasn’t always so. Eons before man walked
the earth the universe was a dark abyss filled with dark entities of evil. The
Creator decided that the time had come for order, so he spoke the most powerful
words ever in the history of this universe: ‘Let there be light.’”

“But creation happened in seven
days according to the Bible.”

“Yes, but one day in the eyes
of the Creator isn’t the same as in the eyes of man. Creation wasn’t automatic
nor was it a peaceful process. When he uttered those words he commissioned his
warriors of light, the Immaru, to go forth throughout the  universe and expel
the evil that inhabited the darkness. Creation was a process, just like the
seasons changing to bring about a year or the day going through its stages
before it ends. Everything happens in stages and creation was no exception.

“The Immaru fought for eons
against the demons of the deep and after each victory the Creator created a new
realm of light and life. Because the Creator loves variety each form created
was never the same and he created some of the most beautiful forms the Immaru
had ever seen. Then the time came to strike at the very heart of the demon
realm. Here in the center of the universe where this planet Earth resides was
the last stronghold of the demon race and their sickening darkness. The Immaru,
after so many realms of war and death had grown weary and one of their most
decorated generals decided he had enough. He despised the Creator for driving
the Immaru to such lengths without any reward so he decided to create
dissension among the ranks by lying to them, saying he had been assured by the
Creator that when they had conquered this final realm the Creator would give
the Immaru this realm to call their own as a reward for their undying service.

“The Creator would create a
lasting paradise for them so that they would be allowed to not only rest but
also be given the ability to procreate and live in peace. You see, the Immaru
were eternal entities and unless they were killed by another eternal being they
would live forever, but they were never given the gift to continue life from
themselves. They were created, not born, and during the ‘War of Light’ they
found themselves longing for the ability to have children of their own.

“They watched as the Creator
granted the gift of continuous life to mortal beings and observed the joy it brought
to them. But it was here at the final stroke during the war in this realm that
the great deception took hold of them and their desires turned to envy when
they discovered that the Creator had not intended to grant them such a reward.
But the General knew that this would happen; he intended for the Immaru to turn
against their charter of being the protectors of the realms and the keepers of
the light. But what the general didn’t intend was for the Creator to create a form
as unique as man. Not only did he grant them continuous life, he also granted
them free will, something that only the Creator possessed.

“After observing this the
Immaru were enraged and decided to march against the Creator in battle.
Needless to say the war was swift and brutal as the Creator single handedly
defeated the Immaru. For their betrayal and disobedience the Immaru were
banished  and made to remain in this realm to live among the creation they
hated the most. The General was punished for his deception by being cast into
the dark realm where all the conquered demons were banished. He soon became
their king and has vowed vengeance on the Creator and mankind ever since his
fall.

“With the Immaru banished in
this realm they had come to a crossroad in their existence. They lost their
immortality and their access to the cosmic power that was theirs to wield at
will. They were still superior beings and some decided to separate themselves
from mankind. But there were some that decided to embrace their new existence
and began to mingle with mankind, helping Mankind advance themselves. Then one
day an unlikely union revealed a most intriguing discovery. The Immaru may have
lost their favor with the Creator but they also gained the one thing they truly
desired— to create life from themselves. But this gift wasn’t without irony
because only through man was this gift given. They could not create life with
each other, only with mankind could their bloodline continue but the bloodline
would be diluted and the purity of who they were would be lost forever.

“Along with having to rely on
mankind to continue the bloodline the Immaru also discovered that through man
also lies the key to unlocking their powers. Instead of accessing the cosmic
powers of the universe the Immaru were able to access the power of emotions and
the energy that it created. They discovered that the energy emotions created
although not nearly as powerful as the cosmic energy from the universe, was
still a formidable power source. Similar to having a power cable connected to
each living creature on this planet and the emotions they felt daily; the
Immaru drew their power from the emotional content of Man. At first there
seemed to be no difference in the energy mankind’s emotions emitted until one
day twin brothers in a field took up weapons against each other and by the time
the fight was over, one had been murdered.

“The emotional energy of
murder and pain was broadcasted across the realm and when the Immaru felt this
energy it was unlike anything they had ever experienced. Some became instantly
addicted to the power negative energy created; like a crack head or heroin
addict they needed more and more. Others were repulsed by the feeling and refused
to use the negative energy and this is when the great divide occurred.

Eventually two factions of the
Immaru emerged: the Lalartu, which means shadow or phantom, and the Baraqu,
which means lightening. The Lalartu decided to only use negative emotional
energy and the Baraqu decided to only use positive emotional energy. Of course
this divide posed a huge danger to mankind because in order for the Lalartu to get
the energy they yearned for they would need to create pain and suffering to
mankind and they went about that task with precision and vigor.

“The Baraqu became the
protectors of mankind and were chartered to keep the Lalartu or the Shadows
from destroying the world of man. Now both sides due to their arrogance did not
find it necessary to hide their presence from mankind and eventually the antics
of the Lalartu caused mankind to take matters into their own hands. That is
when the Kashaptu, or Wiccan, came into existence.”

“The who?”

“Witches and Warlocks. Mankind
when created was given free will and with this blessing was given limitless
possibilities to advance themselves, knowledge being the fuel that fed their
advancement. Eventually mankind began to delve into a realm of energy they call
the paranormal or spiritual realm. This is a realm created by the Creator but
mankind was not supposed to have access this realm; however, for reasons
unknown to us even to this day mankind was given access and the knowledge
poured out. Soon the Kashaptu possessed enough knowledge to be able to combat
not only the Lalartu but the Baraqu as well. The more knowledge man can
internalize the more powerful he becomes. Man’s power comes from within and
even in the most hostile environments mankind can flourish and that is a power
that neither side can touch.

“So the Wiccan began their
campaign to rid the world of both sides of the Immaru. Eventually a pact was
reached once the Wiccan discovered that the Baraqu weren’t a threat to them and
the Wiccan and Baraqu joined forces to rid the realm of the Shadows. Mankind
began calling us Elementals because of our ability to control the elements of
the planet. Just when we thought we had the Shadows defeated, a new evil arose
and its name was Alal. Half Shadow, half Warlock, and all powerful, he began
leading the Shadows and he seemed to have knowledge unlike anyone, even the
Immaru. He taught the Shadows that in order to control man’s emotions they must
control man’s mind and they began to start working in the background. No longer
fighting on the battlefield but executing a campaign of greed and deception
that would cause mankind to shed any idea of positive thinking.

“Man became self-centered and
self-destructive. Each century mankind gave off less and less positive energy
and our ranks became weaker and weaker. Soon the human seed became more
dominant than the Baraqu seed and fewer of us who possess power were being
born. Creation will only create what it needs and because negative energy
became the most dominant energy in the realm, nature began to produce more
Shadows than Elementals.

“Things seemed hopeless and
victory was imminent for the Shadows until Anshargal, which means ‘great prince
of heaven,’ was born. He was a hybrid, having a mother who was a Shadow and a
father who was an Elemental. He wasn’t Baraqu or Lalartu; he was Immaru, the
original form and he had a direct connection with the Creator and access to the
cosmic energy that the Immaru were cut off from.  Something that was seen as an
impossibility had been made possible and the universe made it so to restore
balance in this realm. Most in this world called him a Messiah but he was more
than a messiah for mankind. He was the reemergence of the ‘Warriors of the
Light’ and forgiveness from the Creator. He was to be the vessel through which
all would return to the source and mend the divide between our kind and bring
mankind into our fold.

“But Alal saw him as a threat
and convinced a group of Wiccan to assist him in the greatest crime in the
history of the universe. A secret meeting was called that was supposed to be a
peace treaty between the Elementals and the Shadows. With the emergence of
Anshargal and mankind’s acceptance of his powers and lineage, they led the
Elementals to believe they were ready to mend the divide. But the Wiccan cast a
spell to bind the Elementals, which left us powerless to stop the crucifixion
and murder of Anshargal. Alal, in his deception made sure that neither Shadows
or Elementals touched Anshargal. He left it up to the humans and his intent was
to get the Creator so angry with mankind at the murder of Anshargal that he
would destroy the planet leaving only our kind to remain, but what he didn’t
account for was Anshargal’s sacrifice.

“It wasn’t a sacrifice of the
flesh but of his soul. All energy after being used returns to the source, but
what Anshargal did was command his soul to remain here surrounding this planet
and protecting mankind from the wrath of the Creator. The Creator couldn’t
stand to destroy the essence of Anshargal, so his wrath was kindled but he
turned his eyes away from this realm until mankind becomes what the Creator
intended and the Baraqu and Lalartu become the Immaru again.