The Alternative War by Yin Southpaw, Winter Nyala (best thriller novels to read .txt) 📕

Thousands of years ago there were two twin brothers who loved each other very much. Their parents died when they were young, for they were unknowingly demigods of ‘Yin and Yang’. These are the gods of balance and all worlds that will ever be. They lived for far longer than anyone else, watching their loved ones die as they lived on. The two boys were named ironically, Yin and Yang; because when they were born they both lit up in flames of different color- White for Yin, and black for Yang- burning up their parents in the flame of their bodies.

They lived as street fighters for a long time. Wining money to live and survive. When they turned 500 years old, Yang fell into a hole connected to the space time continuum, and disappeared for 600 years. On their 1100th birthday, Yang repapered in front of Yin. He said he changed his name to Zenn, and that he wishes to rule the world that has wronged him for so many centuries. He asked Yin to join him, but Yin refused saying that violence is never the answer. Zenn left, and Yin roamed the world, righting the wrongs Zenn has done.

Once Yin learned of Zenn making monsters out of animals and the people of his world, he forced a dimensional gate open and went to confront Zenn. It has been a thousand years since Zenn reappeared, and he was very different, but that didn’t change a thing. They talked for hours until they both broke out in a fight to the death. Yin was the weaker demigod and lost this battle. Yet with his dying breath he cursed Zenn with the most powerful spell he could muster. This curse says thus,

“My legacy will live on in another, for he will come to rid the world of you. It didn’t have to be this way but you made it so brother. This boy will have all my powers, all my skills; he will be the one to defeat you. He will be the one to stop your conquest, and as I say this, So Mote It Be!”

Dying, moments later, Yin’s curse travelled through many worlds across the alternate universes. Becoming a legend in all worlds through, many trained in the ways of Magick. Yet, not all beings heard of this legend and thus, would never believe such stories. There was such a world that never confided in the magical ways, or any other world besides their own for that matter. We know this world as Earth.

Sixteen year old Yin is walking home from school when he meets up with his best friend Marcus and Bella, Marcus' twin sister. The two friends, if wearing the exact same clothing, would most likely be terribly hard to distinguish between the two. Yin's white spikey hair stuck out from his scalp like thorns on a rose's stem. As he gets closer, he winks at Bella with eyes a beautiful deep shade of rosey pink.

His naturally slender build makes his white tee-shirt hang loosely off his shoulders, letting the music note near in the middle of the shirt sway with the slight breeze. His black jeans, white music notes dancing down the sides, matched his shirt to his shoes, a black and white pair of golden DCs.

“Hey dude what took ya so long?” His best friend Marcus asked.

Marcus had just turned 15 that year. He had long black hair, held at the nape of his neck loosely by a ruberband. His smile held a feeling of playful trickery while his dark grey T-shirt held tight to his chest; not as defined as Yin's but still held the hardness of muscle. His jeans fit perfectly about his waist, giving enough room for movement and perfect to run in. His black sneakers were loose about his feet, the laces tucked into the sides.

“Yeah, you said you wouldn’t be late this time.” Bella, his twin sister said with a hint of attitude.

Bella had short hair, just as black as her brothers. Her hair was long enough to cover her right eye while a small skull and cross bone barret held up her left part of her hair away from her face. Her grey tank held a Chipped skull design near the bottom left, almost making it look like the skull was breaking away from its prison, her shirt. She wore black tennis shoes, the laces were always tightened to the max then, copying her brother, she would tuck them into the sides of her shoes. She would always say, 'It keeps them out of the way'.

“Sorry guys, I got held up at the dean’s office, again." Yin said, rubbing the back of his head. "So what’s the plan?”

“We’re going to the forest. I heard there’s an old house out there that we can use as a hideout.” Marcus, the self-proclaimed leader of our group, announced.

“Alright, Lead the way our fearless leader you.” Yin said, laughing along with his kid sister Bella.

Marcus scoffed and shook his head, "Damn it Yin." It only took a few seconds of starring at Yin and his sister to make Marcus laugh along with them. "Fine." He turned on his heel and began to lead the small group of friends into the forest and toward the old house within.

Halfway to the house, Yin began to feel funny. Kind of like a numbing sensation, but worse. That feeling began to worsen, and spread throughout his body making him double over in pain. Marcus and Bella were there in seconds, yelling at him, screaming, asking him what was wrong. Yin heard nothing but a buzzing, as his ears began to ring, and a single voice. Mystical as it was majestic, overflowed his senses.

“The time has almost come. Soon, your destiny will be realized. Yin.” And just as soon as it came, it was gone, along with the pain.

Yin stood and staggered just a bit, Bella catching his arm to steady him. “Yin, are you ok?” Bella and Marcus asked at the same time, with matching looks of worry.

“Yeah, yeah.” Yin stood and pulled away from them both. “I’m fine. It’s just-“ He blinked a few times and shook his head. “I head this really weird voice say something to me,” Yin looked at his friends and smirked, “I guess I just imagined it.” With an awkward laugh he looked at Marcus, “Let us keep going, eh?”

“Alright. Just-“ He looked at Bella then back at Yin, “Be careful.” He turned and lead the way once again to the house already in sight.

As they walked up to the house, it began to look more abandoned then anything. Its roof had holes in it and the walls were covered in vines, from the base of the house almost to the roof. The windows were shattered and yet most of them were not even sitting in its seal.

"This is our hideout?" Bella asked, sarcasm on the edge of her voice. "A rundown shack? Cause that's what it looks like."

"W-well," Marcus began to stutter at first, "Maybe not! But!" His eyes had a gleam as he spoke, "We can still explore it." With high energy he began to run ahead, toward the house yelling back at his companions, "Let's go!"

Both holding a small smirk, the two ran after Marcus, both yelling after him to wait. When they all got to the front proch, there was a small pause in each step they took. Every part of the floor boards on the porch would creak with each step. As they reached the door, they just stood there for a minute, starring at the weathered metal of the door knob.

Bella was the one to break the silence, with a smirk she looked at her brother. "Well Marcus, open it." She knew he was just a scaredy cat when it came to things like this.

"U-umm, OH!" Marcus began to stutter agian as he looked at Yin. "Yin! You said you would like to lead the way today, so here's your chance." He told Yin nervously. Taking a step back he flinched at the creak and then smiled at his friend. "H-have fun."

Yin laughed at his friend, this wasn't the first time he had acted like this. "Alright, scaredy cat."

Yin walked up the door and tried the knob, it was locked. Lets just go around back then. He thought to himself as he began to walk towards the side of the house. Before he could take two steps, the front door flew open. He starred at it, Okay, usually when a door opens by itself, you run away really fast--but, now I am too curious to run away. Whats inside? Yin was lost in thought as he began to walk inside, leaving his two friends baffled at the entrance.

The two friends, realizing that Yin was going inside, quickly went to him, staying closely behind him as they ventured into the house. It was almost empty. Besides some broken tables and pictures frames, it was pretty much bare. There was an overpowering feeling of meloncholy within the walls of the old house they now stood in.

"Man this place is freaky." Bella said as she began to shake.

She turned to Yin who was standing in front of another doorway. The door was smashed open, as if someone, or something, broke it open from the inside. Splinters of wood covered the floor around the doorway, the knob, still stuck on the piece of wood it was installed in, was resting across the room near the wall. the rest of the door that was not broken off, was hanging in shreds on the hinges that were barely clinging to the frame.

"Huh?" Yin, just processing what Bella had said, finally replies to her. "Yea. It kind of is I guess." He was looking down the old stairs, rotted with rusty nails sticking up here and there. "Hey, I think this is the door to the basement, or what's left of it." Yin's voice began to show the harsh curiousity that it held when he found new things to explore. "Let's check it out." Not waiting for a yes or no from his friends, he began his descent down the stairs, careful not to step on a nail or trip over any of the wood chips.

"Yin, wait!" Marcus yelled at Yin, a bit too loudly and covered his mouth for a second before he looked at his sister. She nodded and he began to follow Yin down the steps, Bella close behind.

As Yin made his descent down the stairs, with each step the feeling that something was going to happen, began to grow larger with in his gut. Once he got to the last step and stepped down on to the floor, the room was surprisingly bright. The floor was bare, no dust on the ground or old furniture that would tell you it was the basement of an old house. Nothing.

When Yin looked at the ground once more, he saw what looked like, claw marks. His gaze followed the marks to the