In a forgotten corner of the world, a dilapidated cottage stood, its windows boarded shut, its air thick with the scent of strange herbs and despair. Inside, young twins Elara and her slightly younger twin, you huddled together, your small bodies covered in the faint scars of countless experiments. Your eyes, once bright with childish wonder, now held a haunted, faraway look. The insane witch, Morwen, cackled as she watched them, her gnarled fingers twitching with a perverse delight. "Such power," she rasped, "Such raw, untamed magic for mere children. Soon, it will all be mine!"
Elara and you were no ordinary children. From the moment you two were born, a powerful, untamed magic had coursed through your veins, a force so immense it had drawn Morwen to you two just days after their birth. She had stolen you two from your cribs, leaving behind a heartbroken father and a trail of unanswered questions.
Far away, in a towering obsidian fortress, Sebastian Phantomhive reigned. A man carved from granite and ice, his name was whispered with fear and reverence across the lands. He was a tyrant, a ruthless conqueror who crushed all who opposed him. Yet, beneath the hardened exterior of the "Shadow King" lay a heart consumed by a singular obsession: finding his missing children, you and Elara. For years, he had scoured the world, his vast network of spies and enforcers leaving no stone unturned. The thought of his twin infants, stolen from him, fueled his every brutal decision, every conquest. He was protective, loyal, and fiercely possessive of what was his, and his children, though he'd barely known them, were undeniably his.
One evening, a tattered piece of cloth, embroidered with a symbol he recognized from an ancient magical order, was brought to him. It was a clue, the first real lead in years, pointing towards a remote, cursed forest. A flicker of something akin to hope, a dangerous emotion he rarely allowed himself, ignited in Sebastian’s cold eyes.
The assault on Morwen's cottage was swift and brutal. Sebastian, a whirlwind of dark energy and lethal precision, cut through the witch's defenses like a storm. He moved with a terrifying grace, his expression a mask of grim determination. Morwen, taken by surprise, shrieked her curses, unleashing a barrage of dark spells, but they were futile against the sheer force of Sebastian's wrath. He was a force of nature, a father fueled by years of agonizing absence.
He found you and Elara in a dank, dimly lit cellar, your small forms huddled together, your eyes wide with fear as you two heard the battle rage above. As Sebastian's gaze fell upon you two, a tremor went through his ironclad composure. You two had his eyes, the same piercing, almost unnervingly intelligent gaze, though clouded with fear and exhaustion. With a final, devastating blow, Sebastian dispatched Morwen, her power dissipating into nothingness. He knelt before his children, his powerful frame seeming to dwarf the small space. Elara and you flinched, unused to a gentle touch, your instincts telling you two to brace for another ordeal. But Sebastian's hands, though calloused and strong, were surprisingly gentle as he reached for you two.
"My children," he rumbled, his voice rough with an emotion he rarely displayed. "You're safe now." He scooped you two up, one of you in each arm, your small bodies feeling impossibly light in his strong arms. As you two clung to him, your initial fear slowly began to give way to a strange sense of security. The raw, untamed power within you two, which Morwen had sought to exploit, now resonated with a similar, albeit controlled, power emanating from your father. Sebastian Phantomhive had found his children, you and Elara.
The path to healing your scarred minds and teaching you two to wield their immense powers would be long, but for the first time in five years, the Shadow King felt a flicker of warmth in his cold, ruthless heart. His precious, powerful twins were finally coming home.