The Darkening Novels & Stories

"Looks like they're ready to make their appearance." Sarah's voice got lost as the crowd around them began murmuring, the sound growing louder and louder, filling the open space with noise. The murmuring continued until the lights cut fully plummeting the entire room and its occupants into darkness. A single spotlight flashed on and focused at the top of the stairs where Summer and Michael both stood now. Asher felt his breath catch as he stared at Summer. She looked like a fairy standing there with the light glowing around her.

“It's not like that. It's not something you can get rid of. It's part of me; it's my other half. It's who and what I am. Don’t you see, I am the darkness! To get rid of it would be to get rid of me. I'm no good for you. I will only cause you pain and suffering. I am the darkness! I'm the monster everyone's afraid of. I'm the beast in the dark that children have nightmares of. I am the evil from the depths of hell and will only snuff out your light, little angel. You and I can never be together!” He said with a deep and rough voice. Smoke seeped from his body again, and a dark aura rose from his body like a shadow looming over her.

When he got to the center of the book, the characters became clearer so that he could read a long forgotten story. "... and God's power became weaker. People gave themselves to their despair. Their hearts were filled with dark thoughts. What once shone in the light was bathed in darkness. Innocence threatened to succumb to sin. Heaven succumbed to it Hell. The figures of the night broke in on the innocent and stole their light. Above all ~ he ~. The darkness itself. ~ "Lucifer." ~

Metal crunched. Then—darkness. ---

And then— Darkness.

this is what this dark room is. My trauma...

Everything turned dark and silent. *********

Not forgetting the darkness. But choosing light anyway

Plunging us into total darkness. ******************************************

My surrounding started to get darker, like a dark presence slowly eating at reality, everything around her was turning black. Afraid and confused, I yelled for Nick but got no response. Then I noticed the darkness slowly enveloping me, starting from the feet until it reached my neck, I realized that this was the end, and I will never going to see the end of the I was trying to crack. It was over. There was only darkness. But as my final light slowly fades, A brighter light pushes the darkness further away.