Evil Reincarnated

The Human and the Demon

Vexel POV

I take a deep breath before knocking on the door. I didn't know what to expect. The door opens and the person who opens it freezes in their tracks. They inspect me, there gaze filled with confusion and shock. I didn't recognize them fully, but I knew they were from the vision Lilith had shown me.

"Vex?" She asks quietly. "Why are you here?"

"Who's there, Ral?" Someone calls from behind her. She looks behind her then back at me. Another head pops up from behind her. Arid.

"Why are you here?" Arid asks. They didn't look angry to see me but I could tell they didn't know what to feel.

"Can we talk?" I ask. They look at each other then they step out of the door way. I hesitate before walking in.

"Just avoid the last room on the left." Arid says. I simply nod. I wondered why but they didn't seem happy to see me to begin with.

"I don't exactly know what happened between us." I start. "I know you are my siblings, I know that I died."

"You died and you weren't the same person when you came back. Necromancy changed you." Ralmalani says, sitting down in a chair.

"It wasn't necromancy that changed me." I start slowly, then a door opens.

"We figured you had somehow resurrected yourself with how much you studied necromancy." Arid responds.

"Who's there, Arid?" Another voice asks. This one was much older then them. A head pokes out from the last door on the left. Ralmalani freezes.

The persons eyes lock on mine. She was an older woman, her hair was greying and lines covered her face. She steps out into the hallway, shock on her face as well.

"Vexel?" She asks. "Is it really you?"

"Yes..." I state slowly. "I am Vexel."

She walks over to us slowly, using the wall to help her move. "I thought you were dead." She says.

"I was." I respond.

"We told you about this, Mother." Arid says. "He used necromancy."

"Oh yeah, I remember." She says sadly.

"He's not who he used to be." Ralmalani states.

"I'm not." I confirm. "That's what I came here to talk about. I want to explain what happened now that I know myself." Arid and Ralmalani look at each other. "It wasn't necromancy that brought me back to life. I'm almost someone else... something else entirely. The demons who killed me targeted me." I take a deep breath. "They used the Vexel you knew to create the Vexel I am now."

"I knew it." Mother says. "I could tell you weren't my boy fully. What are you?"

"I'm a demon." I state, leaving out the part about me being a prime evil. "They cursed me to become human like Vexel was." It almost felt like a confession.

"Who did this?" Ralmalani asks, suddenly interested in the conversation.

"The prime evils. They saw me as a threat to them. At the time of my death, I didn't recognize who I was before but I also didn't recognize who I had become. I was Vexel and the demon at the same time but I didn't know which one I was." I inform them.

"That... makes sense." Ralmalani responds.

"So why are you here then? If you're not Vexel... you're some demon, why did you come here?" Arid asks, crossing his arms.

"I thought you should know what I really am. I'm a demon masquerading as your brother." I respond. "I thought it was only right that you knew what really happened to me. I'm still Vexel, but I'm also this demon. I learned necromancy because the human side of me wanted to. I've been more Vexel then I've been the demon."