Demon

Chapter 7

The demon smiles oddly and then... nothing.
He says "Just a little joke from your servant, your majesty. Please, don't be angry. You liked this kind of tricks when you were a child"
He remove his hand as you understand that you can easily move again. You can't do anything, you just feel "as if you were in a daze"
He start to laugh and say "Why are you so silent, my queen? Aren't you happy to see an old friend?"
His voice is enchanting, soft and pleasant to hear, you can't answer, but you can only stand and stare at him.
"Don't worry, pretty queen, I will not bite you" he adds, laughing.
You feel confused. With a sigh you say "I... I just can't understand? Queen? Old friend? What are you talking about? I see you for the first time and I have nothing to do with demons. My parents were humans!"
The demon, starting to laugh out loud, replies happily: "Oh no, no, no. You are not a human. You are a... a..." he stops to laugh again. "I guess your memory haven't returned yet. Well, then it'll be better if you find the truth by yourself, your sweet highness"
You frown. You can't help but feel worried.
"Remember... the truth... your sweetness..." he whisperers playfully.
You don't understand anything he is talking about, but you feel some sort of scare... like if you knew that you don't want to find out the truth, because it can hurt you.
He grins at your confusion and turns around. Seems like he is already going to leave. You stop him, making him turn again, by saying "At least tell me who are you?"
He laughs and proudly replies "I am the demon lord, Belial! Lord of 49 Evil Houses, Master of 3,000 lesser demons"
You chuckle "How pretentious"
He laughs again and says "I admit it, I am a pretentious bugger! But you are the one who is not pretentious enough to learn the truth, so you will remain poor thing"
You don't know how to react. The situation both annoys you and entertains. You think for a moment and decide that Belial won't hurt you, so you don't need to be careful with him. "You called me your majesty and you can't talk bad about your queen or one day I'll cut your head" you joke, smirking.
He stops laughing and looks into your eyes. He slowly approaches you, his hands outstretched in a friendly way. He continues speaking "Don't talk nonsense".
Again you feel that you can't move. He immediately hugs you and whispers in your ear "Oh, sweetie, you won't do it, i'm sure". You feel the warmth of his breathe on your neck and his deep voice makes you tremble for a moment. After he leans back and smiles at you. He turns to leave.
You can't do anything against him. He is much stronger than you and you are practically paralysed. Your mind is completely blank and you can't think straight. He is...
"Belly, have you seen my sister?" you ask it suddenly. You don't understand why are you saying this, neither what you are talking about, it seems like the words come from inside of you. He stops and looks at you in surprise
"What was that?" he asks himself, with a caring sight at you.
You continue to stare at him "I don't know why, but I need an answer"
Now it is his turn to say "Your sister is here as well. But I'm sure you can't even remember who she is, it's your subconscious mind talking. But I'm glad you called me Belly. I've missed you"
You don't say another word, you just let him go.
He disappears in the fire flames that are illuminating the place.