Obey Me! One MISTRESS to rule them all!

The Voice from the Attic

Teli POV:

"...Teli." My body froze in fear, thinking for a second that Lucifer changed his mind and left his room, spotting me, before realizing it wasn't so.

"Finally, no one is going to stop you." The voice came from the attic.

And... I recognize it!

"Come... this way, Teli." It called for me again almost enchantingly and I found myself resuming my climb towards the voice...

The voice from the dream I had before finding myself in the Devildom.

"Hello?... I'm here, where are you?" I called out as my head went left and right, scanning the new environment before looking ahead.

There was a door.

And someone stepped forward from the other side, looking relieved.

"I knew you were the one person who'd be able to find me." He said, smiling at my expression.

I didn't know what else I was expecting but my jaw still dropped to the floor upon seeing him, completely shocked at the fact that someone else has been inside the house, right above my head for... for...

"How long have you been in there?" I found my voice taking a step closer as I inspected the prison-like door.

He frowned at my words.

"That's a good question. How long has it been now, I wonder? Well, one thing I can say for sure: I've been in here for a very, very long time." He told me darkly.

His reply, added to the dark tone he used AND Lucifer's constant warnings about the attic's contents being dangerous to humans, made me frown.

"Are you a demon?" I asked carefully, taking back the step I took towards him before.

"Don't be ridiculous! Just the thought of being one of them is enough to send a shiver down my spine." He said in disgust, looking away from me as he did before looking at me again, "I'm a human, just like you." 

My hands, that up until now I didn't realize were in the defensive position I was taught in many of my martial art classes, slowly found their way back to my sides as my expression changed into one of sympathy and signed him to continue.

"A demon imprisoned me in here long ago, and I've been stuck here ever since. It was Lucifer, I'm guessing you've met him. Well, that demon is the one who locked me in here."

I stared at him in disbelief.

Why would Lucifer imprison him? What could he have done to make Lucifer lock him away?

'Could it be that maybe... he refused to be an exchange student? No, Diavolo would never have allowed it! ...Or maybe he doesn't know?'

"I'm begging you, Teli." The mysterious guy's voice brought me back to reality and I saw that he was now on the floor, "You've got to get me out of here. I'm asking for your help." 

He looked so broken when he said that...

"I would love to." I started softly as I crouched down to his level, "Just tell me how."

He looked up at me and smiled, and for a second there... That smile looked very familiar...

"Thank you. I knew I could count on you, Teli." It was now brought to my attention that I never told him what my name was.

'Maybe Lucifer told him about me.' But then I remembered the dream and realized he contacted me even BEFORE I KNEW I'd end up here.

Which make me wonder how DID he manage to enter my dream back then?