When Fates Align

Chapter 7 (Lucifer Morningstar)

Sophie's POV

I wake up feeling comfortable and warm. I snuggle closer into pillow and let out at sigh.
"Did you sleep well?" I hear a deep voice say. I go rigid in surprise and open my eyes, my vision is slightly blurred once it adjusted I looked up to see I was lying on Dream.
I jump and scoot back which ends up with me falling off my bed.
My head hit the ground with a thump, I groan in pain clutching my head.

I hear a laugh and footsteps, I look up and see Dream standing at the foot of my bed looking at me.
"You scared me" I state, as I put my hands on the ground. He clears his throat and looks away, his cheeks are slightly pink in colour. I look at him confused then back at myself, when I realise my nightshirt was pooled around my waist revealing my underwear.
I grab the end my shirt and try cover as much as I could.
"Ill leave you to get changed" he states taking one last look at me, and leaving the room.
"Fuck" I groan standing up, I rush to shower and get dressed into a pair of jeans and a long sleeved v-necked top.

I walk out into my sitting room and see Dream and Matthew talking. "What you talking about" I ask, as I fix myself a sandwich.
"We need to retrieve my helm" Dream states as I walk towards him.
"And where is it?" I ask taking a bite of my sandwich.
"Hell"
I choke when I hear his answer.
"Hell. Hell. As in Hell-Hell, or were you being metaphorical?"

"We should probably check in with Lucienne first, right? See how she's feeling about it. I'm gonna go out on a limb, which is something birds actually do, and say she will not be in favor of Hell-going" Matthew chimes in. Dream just looks at me clearly ignoring him.

"I don't get a sense you're listening, so, fսck it, let's go to Hell!" Matthew announces.

I gulp in response.
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Sophie POV

"So, Hell does exist?" I state as i look around its a barren wasteland.

"It does. For some" Dream responds he looks out towards the horizon.

"Does that mean it doesn't exist if you don't believe in it?

"Do you believe in it? He asks as he looks down at me.
" Yeah. I just didn't expect Hell to be cold." I say as I rub my arms to regain some heat.
" So, which way do we go?" Matthew asks ruffling his feathers "
I suggest we follow the damned"
I turn around to see a line of people carrying torches they wind up a path till they get to what looks like i giant wall.
"They make you bring your own fire to Hell?" Matthew asks in astonishment.

We follow the damned till we get to a gate.
"We're not sneaking in with them?" Matthew asks Dream.

"A king may not enter another monarch's realm uninvited. There are rules, protocols which must be followed." Dream steps forward toward the gate, a person comes away from the wall and hands him a stone mallet. I notice there are many people in the walls small groans emerge from there mouths.
But then Dream strikes a gong with the mallet, it let's out a loud noise all the people around us scream out loudly. I grab Dreams coat in fear and step slightly behind him.

A deep voice is heard ahead,
"There's one at the door. At the gate of damnation. Is it thief, thug or whοre? There's one at the door. And there's room for one more. Till the end of creation" it's a large man scars and wounds litter his body, he is grey in colour and arrows protrude from his back. He chuckles as he see's us.

" Greetings, Squatterbloat. I seek an audience with your sovereign."

"And who might you be?"

"I am the King of Dreams. Ruler of the Nightmare Realms."

" Mm. Yes, my clown. So, where's your crown?"

Dream scoffs at this anger laces his tone. "Guard your tongue, demon. The Ruler of Hell will not be kind to one who insults an honored guest. And I am a guest in this realm as I am monarch of my own."