How to love again (Annabelle X human lover)

Chapter 5-Meeting the friends

A/N: Slightly steamy to start but no full-on smut! Anything like this: 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓐𝓷𝓷𝓪𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓮'𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓫𝓽𝓼. The song is what's playing when we meet Annabelle's Friends & Family. The outfit up top is what remedy chose to wear.
Annabelle woke first, laying in bed with Remedy's head on her chest. Her human looked so peaceful as she slept. She watched Remedy sleep, committing every detail of her sleeping face to memory. Sunlight peaked through the curtains in the room hitting Remedy's face, she groaned burying her face into the bosom of Annabelle without realizing it. A soft moan was caught in Anna's throat, her eyes wide '𝓘 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓲𝓭𝓷'𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽.' Remedy nuzzled closer in her sleep burying her face in between Annabelle's breasts contentedly. The doe's heart hammered in her chest, stupid thing never beat before why start now? '𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓛𝓾𝓬𝓲𝓯𝓮𝓻... 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓰𝓲𝓻𝓵 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓮.' As if on cue she heard a laugh in her mind, he was enjoying her torment, of course, he would. With a huff, she decided to try to coax her beloved into waking up "Mon amour, réveille-toi s'il te plait." When that didn't work she tried again this time in English "Remedy, my darling, my love please wake up" A muffled whimper sounded from the face planted between her breasts. Her heart beat loudly, she was sure Remedy could hear it. "Ma chérie, s'il te plaît. Réveillez-vous." The human's head moved as she made a noise signaling she was waking up, Anna held her breath and hoped her heartbeat didn't betray any of the inner turmoil. Their eyes locked as the sweet mortal lifted her head. Remedy flushed in embarrassment as she smoothed her bedhead "I am so-" "-It's ok Mon amour. Sleep well?" "I did. Did you?" Annabelle nodded pressing a kiss to Remedy's forehead. "Annabelle, will I ever get to meet your friends? Or your brother?" "Well, yes. When you die and possibly get into hell. Or..." the demoness trailed off pondering ways to get around that, she didn't want Remedy to die quite yet. While Annabelle pondered that question Remedy took the chance to get dressed for the day making a show of getting out of her pajamas. That broke Anna's train of thought as she watched her beloved '𝓞𝓱 𝓶𝔂 𝓢𝓪𝓽𝓪𝓷'. The demon stood from the bed and walked over to her human pulling the girl in for a kiss "Anna-" Remedy was cut off by the kiss, her naked form encased by the demonesses arms. Annabelle broke the kiss leaning down to kiss and suck at remedy's neck leaving small hickies and bite marks, being careful not to draw blood. "I am marking you so that all of hell knows you're mine." Remedy moaned and shivered at Annabelle's actions. "All yours. You don't have to be gentle." The demon looked up at her beloved "Yes I do, I could never hurt you. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I did." "But you're not technically living now." Annabelle laughed kissing remedy on the nose before pulling away to admire her handiwork. "Now everyone knows you're mine." Remedy blushed brightly before stumbling to get dressed. The demoness snapped her fingers and was in her usual hell attire. "Now I have some ideas on how to smuggle you into hell but I need you to understand, if you're found out to be human... it will be very dangerous for you. I will do everything in my power to protect you so do not worry, you'll be safe as long as you're with me and Alastor." Remedy nodded straightening her dress. "How do I look?" "Like a vision of beauty sent by the gods themselves." The human blushed again "so how are you getting me down to hell?" "I need to disguise you. It's an easy spell, it will make you look like a demon. How do you want to look as a demon?" Remedy thought for a moment "Can I be like you?" Annabelle's gaze softened "you wish to be a doe like me?" Remedy nodded "So that there's no mistake who I'm with." The demon nodded mumbling a spell inaudible to the human ears as she mumbled Remedy's appearance began to change. Before Annabelle a beautiful tall doe demoness stood where remedy once stood. The doe stood her blue hair peaking out of her hat. Blue ears and a tail adorned her features. She had little white spots on her cheeks. Her once blue green eyes now a brilliant shade of violet. "You're beautiful." Remedy turned to face the mirror her jaw hung open in shock, she truly looked beautiful. "Our colors complement each other nicely...." "Just like we do naturally. Now I need you to promise me something. Under no circumstances will you shake anyone's hand." "Why?" "They will make a deal with you and trap your soul, and well if I'm being honest my darling I should be the only one you'd consider giving it to outside of Lucifer himself." Remedy nodded. "Can we go now?" "Eager to get to hell, are we? Fine yes. Come here hold tightly and don't breathe in. The brimstone smell will make you dizzy if you breathe it in the first time." Remedy nodded clinging to Annabelle as she mumbled yet another spell that transported them from remedy's bedroom in the mortal plane to Annabelle's bedroom in hell. "Open your eyes chéri. This is my bedroom." The human blinked owlishly "oh. It's beautiful. It's very you." The two stepped apart Annabelle seemed to be listening for something or someone, Remedy on the other hand was nervous she felt as if her heart were going to burst through her rib cage. All she thought of was what if her family and friends don't like me? Will she leave me? As if sensing her beloved's distress the demoness returned quickly to her human's side "relax mon chéri. They will love you." "You won't leave me if they don't like me?" "Look at me my beloved." Remedy turned her face up to look at Annabelle as the demoness spoke "Fate brought us together when we needed each other most. I am not going to let anyone stand in our way. Our love will burn as bright as the stars. Anyone who tries to get between us shall pay with their lives" A dark look crossed Annabella face for a brief moment. "No one is home. I would hear them. I bet I know where they are but first I want to show you my garden. Where I got your flowers." Remedy perked up at that "yes please!" The demoness led Remedy through a house one could only call a mansion, it was huge! Annabelle would point out details here and there and mention the people who lived in the house. So far remedy only recognized the name of Annabelle's twin and made note to ask about the others later. As they made their way to the garden you could tell Annabelle was at ease, she seemed less stiff and awkward. This was her domain she belonged here, it made Remedy wonder about her place in all of this. "Tell me my darling, do you know anything about plants?" "I know some things. I like plants. Maybe we can spend time in your garden before we go back topside? Right now I sort of want to meet your friends." Annabelle smiled placing a kiss to the top of remedy's head. "Of course my darling, but first I want to show you a very special plant of mine." She led her girlfriend toward an arch way crawling with vines and budding flowers, just beyond the arch there was an entire patch of amaranth plants all fully in bloom. "Are-Are those..?" Annabelle nodded "It is the Amaranth plant. Tell me what do you know of it?" "You can eat it, if you gift someone an amaranth bloom it means unfading love, it's color matches your eyes, in Ancient Greece it was believed to be a symbol of immortality , if you eat too much it's poisonous." "Very good Chéri. Even I didn't know it could be poisonous, I'll have to keep that in mind." Annabelle plucked a few blooms from her garden, Amaranth, Violets, forget me nots, roses and magnolias. She fashioned them into a flower crown and placed it onto Remedy's head. "Perfect. Just like you. I believe you'd like to meet my friends and family now yes?" Remedy blushed her blue demon facade tinted with a purple blush. "Y-yes." "Perfect! I hope you don't mind the night club scene." Annabelle pulled remedy close a staff appearing in her other hand and strange magical symbols floated in the air around them, remedy recognized a few. With a blink of an eye they were out front of a club. Annabelle was grinning widely. The club was massive, a neon sign above the door read The High Loa. Annabelle nodded approvingly at the sign before turning to her girlfriend"Now remedy, I need you to know something. I am an overlord of hell, I'm very powerful and scary. How I act in here does not effect my love for you. I may seem different at first. Just know I am just doing what is required, if you see me hurt someone they deserved it. I love you chéri." "I love you too. So what should I act like?" "Just be yourself and remember they won't hurt you, you're mine." A growl left Annabelles throat as she said that, remedy felt a familiar feeling of arousal at the sound of Anna's voice. "Yours. All yours." Annabelle smirked at that offering her arm to Remedy, which the girl took without hesitation. The doors opened of their own accord as the two demonesses strode through, the chatter in the club seemed to die down immediately, a few demons looked up eager to see the witch. Remedy took note of the ones who didn't immediately cower from her partner. A deer demon who looked identical to Annabelle, a jaguar demon who stood proudly at the bar and a slightly smaller raccoon demon who stood next to the jaguar. Sitting at the bar was a cat like creature with wings and small cycloptic demon next to it, one demon in particular stood out more, a maned wolf like demon who broke the silence "What y'all never seen a lesbian couple before? Leave my mother and her partner be. Fucksakes act like y'all have been in a bar before!" The crowd went back to their drinking as Annabelle led remedy to her family "Asher my sweet little wolf." "I missed you too mother. So who's the pretty doe?" Remedy gulped, Anna was a mother? Holy heaven could she get any more attractive? "This is remedy. She's my girlfriend." "Thought you were with mammons clown." The jaguar spoke up cleaning a glass eyeing the doe with a look that screamed distrust. "Haven't been with Lawrence in a while. He's not worth my time Sage, he has never been worth it. Much like how Dahlia could very much be worth my time~" Sage smirked at Annabelle stepping in front of the raccoon demoness "You won't touch her." "Not without her permission, I might be in hell but I have standards Sage." Dahlia laughed at that  stepping out from behind sage "I've missed your banter. Drink Anna?" "You know me so well. Yes please. Absinthe. And whatever my darling would like." Remedy's attention was taken from the exchange as all she could hear was radio static. It hurt her ears, Alastor the Radio demon had come to stand next to her while Anna wasn't paying attention "You must be the girl Anna left her no good ex for! Alastor, pleasure to finally meet you!" His smile got impossibly wide as he spoke "Remedy. You're Annabelle's twin right? It's nice you meet you! I would shake your hand but..." Alastor nodded "She warned you well! Now tell me about you, you've just learned your demoness is a mother. How do you feel?" "I always wanted to be a mother, feel like maybe I was in another life." Remedy looked down at her feet sadly as she said that. She felt an arm snake around her recognizing the pattern on the sleeve she leaned into Anna's touch. Alastor nodded "you still have time in your life I hear. Though that will be our little secret. He patted her on the shoulder and walked away to bother the cat creature at the end of the bar. "HEY HUSKER WHATS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?" "Fuck off AL!" Remedy giggled at that before turning back to her girlfriend and the conversation she was having. "No sage. Dahlia stop with the cute eyes. Asher no." Annabelle's smile was set into a small scowl. Remedy looked up at her "Did I do something wrong? What's wrong?" Annabelle met Remedy's eyes, her gaze softening "You did absolutely nothing wrong. Sage and the others are just trying to get me to do something I refuse to do." "Mother, you used to do this all the time" Asher pouted, his eyes getting bigger and more puppy like as he pouted at his mother. Sage snickered "Come on Anna it's your club. Treat us to a show. You love to sing!" Remedy immediately imitated Asher's puppy dog eyes, her big Violet doe eyes blinking up at Annabelle "I've never heard you sing I bet it's beautiful." Annabelle groaned she hated when they ganged up on her like this. "Fine. One song. Sage you pick it, just remember what happened last time you picked a bad one." Sage saluted Annabelle like the smart ass they were.  "I know. I didn't have fur for a month. It was cold." Annabelle finished her drink, slamming the glass onto the bar "Remedy, Chéri, go sit with Asher and Alastor in the booth by the stage ok? I'll come find you after the show. Nifty! Dressing room now." The cycloptic demoness sped past the couple yelling what could only be taken as a very enthusiastic yes. Remedy nodded stepping closer to Asher as her beloved stalked away to get changed. Asher led Remedy to the booth and slid in after her to keep an eye on the less savory demons in the bar, not that anyone would touch her, she was very clearly important to the one and only witch demon. Alastor and the demon she assumed was Husker slid in on the other side of the booth facing the stage. She felt so small compared to them, why did she get the feeling they were there to protect her? "We are here to protect you. Annabelle would kill us if something happened to you." Alastor spoke as if reading Remedy's thoughts. "Wh-what do you mean?" "You see... in hell... Anna and I are two of the most powerful mortal souls. Our power rivals that of the hell born royalty. We are very good at being bad. We are overlords we serve under the king and queen and help keep hell... well hell. We aren't good people. And some people want to hurt us and hurt our family or friends. So yes you're very protected." Asher smirked wolfishly at his mother's girlfriend "Out of curiosity do you like serial killers?" Remedy went to answer when the lights dimmed and a voice came over the speakers "Denizen's of the pride ring, scum of the earth, witches from all over. Please welcome King Lucifer Morningstar's favorite overlord, The over lord of witches, The queens right hand in mayhem; Annabelle σκιά!"A single rose colored spot light illuminated the black curtain on stage as the bar went silent. Remedy's heart hammered in her chest, what had she gotten herself into?(play song here) The music started as Annabelle walked out onto the stage, a black sequins dress hugged her frame showing off her scars from the past. She opened her mouth and the most hypnotic voice Remedy ever heard came out "In your eyes, there's a heavy blue, One to love and one to lose. Sweet divine, a heavy truth
Water or wine, don't make me choose
I wanna feel the way that we did that summer night, night Drunk on a feeling, alone with the stars in the sky... I've been running through the jungle I've been running with the wolves
To get to you, to get to you. I've been down the darkest alleys. Saw the dark side of the moon
To get to you, to get to you. I've looked for love in every stranger. Took too much to ease the anger. All for you, yeah, all for you
I've been running through the jungle. I've been crying with the wolves. To get to you, to get to you, to get to you." Annabelle walked gracefully across the stage singing her song, her words bewitching everyone in the room. Remedy gulped. "Your fingertips trace my skin
To places I have never been. Blindly, I am following. Break down these walls and come on in, I wanna feel the way that we did that summer night, night. Drunk on a feeling, alone with the stars in the sky... I've been running through the jungle. I've been running with the wolves. To get to you, to get to you. I've been down the darkest alleys. Saw the dark side of the moon. To get to you, to get to you. I've looked for love in every stranger. Took too much to ease the anger. All for you, yeah, all for you. I've been running through the jungle. I've been crying with the wolves. To get to you, to get to you, to get to you." Annabelle looked out into the crowd and made eye contact with Remedy, opening her mouth to continue the song as if she was singing to Remedy. "I've been running through the jungle. I've been running with the wolves. To get to you, to get to you. I've been down the darkest alleys. Saw the dark side of the moon. To get to you, to get to you. I've looked for love in every stranger Took too much to ease the anger. All for you, yeah, all for you. I've been running through the jungle. I've been crying with the wolves. To get to you, to get to you, to get to you..." The song ended and the bar erupted with cheers. Annabelle bowed her head in thanks her doe ears flat against her head the applause rang in her ears causing discomfort. Annabelle bowed again before speaking her tone formal yet menacing "Most of you know who I am, thanks to that introduction from Sage, our Purrtacular D.J. But I am taking this moment to remind all of you, You only know what I want you to know..." Her eyes flashed like radio dials and her head bent to the side with a loud snap, shadows bounced off the walls wailing and various voodoo symbols flashed before everyone. "I am the witch demon. Do not forget it." A few lesser demons screamed as Annabelle reverted back to normal. She walked to the table where her friends sat still broadcasting her voice to the club as the lights came on, her back to the table "my family is also some you should fear, Alastor the radio demon, Asher the grinning sinner and our many friends. This is our terf, and if you come for us... you'll lose. You come for what's mine? You'll die again. You all saw the beauty I came in with. She is my consort and lover. You hurt her, touch her or make her uncomfortable at all, even Lucifer will be shocked at what I put you through! Understand?" The bar went silent every demon nodding furiously. "Good. Now everyone out. Bars closed!" The demons all scattered like roaches. Remedy was blushing brightly. Annabelle grinned wildly her eyes lighting up with the lust for more mayhem"I've missed doing that. Scaring the denizens. Now then. How'd I do?" "Entertaining as always sœur! We have some business to discuss you, me, Sage and Dahlia." "Of course. You three head to the office I'll be right there. Asher?" "Yes mother I'll keep an eye on my future step mother." Remedy and Annabelle let out a small squeak of embarrassment "Such a smart ass little wolf. Remedy I'll be right back. I promise." Remedy smiled "I'll be with Asher, chéri." Asher scooted to sit across from remedy as his mother walked away. "So.... Serial killers? You like them? Know anything about them?" He asked toying with his leather jacket sleeve. "Oh they're fascinating actually, especially the ritualistic ones. I love to play 'delusion or demons' with their MO. you know... my favorite operated out of Louisiana in the 20s, meticulous, surgical and perfectly executed sigils. Targets were all mob or businessmen, aside from one or two known abusers..." Asher blinked not actually expecting this answer, her favorite killer was his mother. "I... how would you like to meet that killer?" Asher grinned wolfishly after a moment. Remedy's ears perked up causing her hat and flower crown to shift a bit. "You know them?" Asher nodded "yeah. I mean not to scare ya toots but, you've met three killers today." Remedy blinked at Asher as if trying to recall the demons she's met "You, Alastor... and who else?" "Me, chérie." Annabelle's voice made the two jump "how'd you sneak up on me like that ma?" Asher grumbled crossing his arms. "A witch never reveals her secrets. Besides I heard everything" Remedy was in shock. "W-what do you mean?" Annabelle pushed asher to the other side of the seat in the booth Alastor and the others appearing behind her, "Remedy, The killer you just told Asher about... your favorite... They are me." She looked at remedy preparing to be called disgusting, or a monster, which she was she was in hell after all. "You... you're serious?" "As the plague yes." "This is amazing! I followed your story closely! Yours and I'm guessing Asher's and Alastor's too! This is so cool!" The twins shared a look and Asher was just thrilled that his mother had found someone so cool. "I will assume you have questions then?" Remedy nodded "oh gods yes. So many. But those can wait. For now can you show me more of what you called your terf?" Alastor perked up realizing she had no idea what they meant by that, this would be interesting.