My mother burned half of the flowers while my father spoke unrecognizable words. And the incense-like smell of the burned plants started spreading around the globe in front of my sister and a windy current showed inside.

"It's wind! My little girl has an affinity for the wind element!" My father exclaimed, obviously happy!

I had seen him use wind magic before so I assumed he had talent for it but I found it weird how he never used fire magic and instead asked my mother when it was needed in the house chores. Of course this meant that my mother had a talent for fire and I would too! I could already imagine myself throwing fire balls left and right.

After my parents did the same thing for me and as the remaining flowers burned and its incense started permeating my nostrils all the way to my lungs i noticed the most terrifying thing i ever saw inside the glass ball instead of a blazing fire i expected i saw darkness but it wasn't a complete darkness it had a human shape and deep within it i could see a very faint light harder to see then a needle in a barn the size of a cruiser.

"Shadow variant!" I heard my mother say surprised "It seems our boy didn't inherit my element." My mother was obviously sad but I could catch a glimpse of proudness from her.

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I was terrified! Shadow? What kind of power is that? What kind of power is that? How can a mere shadow compare to a fireball or a fire tornado?

While I was dwelling on this my father picked me up and with a big smile he said "A dark magic user! I can't believe it, my own son. It's already rare for someone to be born with a light or dark affinity but to be born with a variant of it even more!"

As those words stunning me from my worries my mother walked next to my father and hugged me with her ample breasts and pursed her lips "It's truly sad I won't be able to teach you all I know about fire magic but being born with one of the rare elements is truly amazing indeed. Mother is so proud of my baby!"

Excuse me what? Is it true that being a dark user is amazing? I thought I would be shunned and exiled or worse… But if it's true that just because my affinity is shadow magic i will actually be praised then i can see myself pursuing magic in the future.

After this we were taken inside and taken care of just before our parents went to sleep. It seems they were quite tired as they went to sleep earlier than usual so i was left alone in my crib alongside my sister to think about my future. I still didn't know what to expect from it but whatever it was it was starting to seem more and more bright.

Only time will tell. Little did I know that at this time I would never be able to imagine what destiny waited for me.