"This was it. This is my end." Isabelle thought to herself as she fell into utter darkness.
Isabelle Pearce was a sixteen-year-old girl with strawberry-blonde hair and stormy grey eyes. She was a cheerful person with a dark unknown past. She was adopted and an only child with no information of her birth parents whatsoever. Isabelle ran away from her home a few days ago, in order to find out more about her birth parents, and her life before she was adopted but ended up fainting after a few days of walking aimlessly in the vast city.
When Isabelle woke up, she found herself surrounded by a group of people with weird tattoos on their arms and necks, and when she looked closely, she realised that some held dangerous weapons, making her back away in fear.
A thin girl with curly dark hair and hazel eyes stepped forward to calm her down and answer the questions she wanted to ask.
Everyone went back to what they were doing before but the girl stayed. She introduced herself as Liz Morgan, aged sixteen and that she was the head there. This surprised Isabelle as the girl was too young to give orders to people and make decisions but she kept quiet, not wanting to sound rude.
Liz asked her about herself and even though Isabelle wanted to leave the place, there was something oddly familiar about all this, which made her stay and answer her questions. Liz yelped in surprise when she heard Isabelle's full name and her birthday. She suddenly got a guarded look on her face as she asked Isabelle to walk with her.
Everyone who heard their conversation, were now giving her looks of disgust, fear or awe as she walked past them making Isabelle ask a million questions to Liz. Frustrated and mad that none of her questions were getting answered, Isabelle kept irritating Liz until they reached a door that apparently lead to the basement, although upon further exploration turned out to be a secret room for meetings with special guests. Liz went and sat on one of the chairs on the far end of the room and motioned Isabelle to take a seat.
When Isabelle had made herself comfortable, Liz launched into a story that was said to come true called "The choice of life"
Long ago, demons and humans lived side by side but as time passed people from both sides started drifting apart and soon both sides forgot about the other's existence. After many generations, when they rediscovered the existence of each other, a war broke out killing many from both sides. The rivalry between both sides has been there since then. The humans who can see the demons, called themselves the demon-hunters. The present demon prince wanted peace and so came to the demon-hunters for a treaty, where he fell in love with the greatest and strongest demon-hunter in history. They married and had a girl child who was named Isabelle Pearce. According to ancient legends, this girl will have the power to destroy or restore peace in both worlds when she turns eighteen.
When Liz completed the story, she noticed that Isabelle was in shock, making her realise that she truly did not know anything about all this. Liz now felt guilty, because she thought that Isabelle came to them to destroy their lives but in reality, she was an innocent girl with no information about her fate.
Liz then explaining everything to Isabelle, and it turned out that Isabelle is to stay with all the demon-hunters at their base and that she had to train as one of them till she turns eighteen, then everyone would find out if the story is true.
Everything went back to normal, well as normal all as it could get with Isabelle training every day, thinking where her parents might be, as they both left after she was born in order to ensure a safe life for her.
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(Two years later)
It was like any other morning at the base, when the alarm went off signaling that demons had attacked. In all the time Isabelle had lived here, no demons had attacked and this was Isabelle's first actual fight. As she reached downstairs, she joined Liz in the front where she got a clear view of the demons who surprisingly looked like normal humans.
One of the demons stepped forward and delivered the news that Isabelle never wanted to hear. Isabelle would turn eighteen in two weeks and by then she had to make a decision, she could either join the demons and be crowned queen, getting all the luxuries in the world or she could be a demon-hunter, dedicating her life to fighting demons with her friends by her side.
This decision would change her life forever and Isabelle knew that not only her but everyone she knows will be affected by her choice. What is going to be her decision? Which side will she choose?
