the insane shadow smiled again and then drew his dagger and pressed the tip to his hand. " there are things that you will never understand about this house." as he felt the blood start to flow from the wound he shook his hand over the wood splattering it with his blood. " you see my family was not only great at potions and poisons. they were powerfully in the ways of magic countering. most of it by the use of blood." there was a flash and then shadow stepped to the side as a copy of himself formed and walked to the door. it thrust its hand into the wood near the door and then vanished. the magic that Ansel had used on the house weakened enough that Shadow could break through. as he started to focus on this that small sane part of his mind woke up and forced its way to the front. he quickly locked his insanity away in magic and then smiled " well that was fun but i hate not being in control. Ansel can you find the part of me locked in magic and seal it away in my amulet on my necklace until i can learn to control it please? i would like to learn more about my power i just can't do that with that part of me inside of my head. it was living in the magic inside of me. it is strong but not stronger that you just yet. it get stronger all the time so please hurry and seal it where it can't control me."