His Royal Highness

Crater

I woke up the next day with my hair longer than it was yesterday, I didn't know what was going on with me or my powers but they were starting to become unstable. I sat up in bed and called for Violet.
"Yes, Your Grace?" she said as she walked in.
"I need you to cut my hair today." I said as I stood up and it was dragging along the ground behind me.
"It's grown longer since yesterday." she said.
"Yes, I need you to cut it. I want it to be above my waist." I said as I sat down in the chair.
"Of course." she said as she got the equipment and started cutting. I had this gut feeling that today was going to be horrible, it was like I knew something bad was gonna happen but I didn't know when. A knock came at the door.
"Who is it?" Violet asked.
"Prince Akuma, has the Princess awoken yet?" he asked, I looked at her and shook my head.
"No, I am in here cleaning and getting everything ready for when she does." she said, I winked at her.
"Is that so, then why do I sense her aura sitting in a chair." He said, I got up ran to the door, and opened it.
"Who exactly are you?" I asked him, my eyes glowing red.

He walked into my room and looked at Violet, he noticed the hair on the ground and looked back at me.
"A haircut?" he said.
"Yes, so please leave." I said, he sat down in the chair in front of mine.
"Don't sit down, get up and get out!" I said I felt my muscles tense up randomly and my body got hot, I fell to my knees and clutched my heart.
"Lady Aria!" Violet said as she kneeled next to me.
"T-this feeling... it... it hurts." I said I looked at Akuma as he got up and picked me up.
"W-what are y-you doing?" I asked him.
"Put her down!" Violet said.
"I know what she needs right now, I got her don't worry." he said with a smile as he took me out of the room. We headed for his chambers and he laid me down on his bed, I couldn't do anything as the pain was unbearable.
"Why am I here?" I asked him he sat on the bed with me and snapped his fingers, the bed started to move down and into a hole. The magical energy coming from this hole was immense, I looked at him and he smiled.
"don't worry, this place is safe." he said as a bright light blinded me.

I opened my eyes and we were in the middle of a lush field, with a forest in the distance and a huge mountain.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"This is Maryilor, where I have spent the last fifteen years." he said, I looked at him.
"How old are you?" I asked him.
"Would you believe me if I told you?" he asked me, and I nodded.
"I'm Twenty-One." he said, I gasped.
"Impossible! Levi is older than you but you are the first son how is that possible?" I asked him.
"I thought you said you would believe me?" he said, my eyes widened and I looked away.
"I'm just kidding." He said with a chuckle, I puffed out my cheeks.

He stared out into the distance for a while before he took a deep breath and looked at me, his eyes were full of sadness and anger.
"I can no longer age like everyone else." he said.
"How?" I asked.
"Studying gods and demons magic has its consequences for a human." he said.
"What if I just remove that? How old would you be then?" I asked him.
"Thirty." he said.
"That's not that old, I could fix it." I said as I prepared to remove the curse but he grabbed my hands.
"Don't." he said, he stared deep into my eyes and I could feel he didn't want it to be removed.
"Why?" I asked.
"I have accepted my fate, I wanted to learn more about Gods and Demons and their offspring, I wanted to learn their magic and use both. Only a Demon God can use both, a mere human like me shouldn't be able to but..." I interrupted him.
"I think you were chosen by a god to be like this." I said, he gasped and looked at me.

Without even realizing it my pain had gone away and we talked for what felt like hours, I misunderstood him from the moment he came and maybe it was because he and Levi looked so similar but different at the same time.
"Has your pain stopped?" he asked.
"Mm."
"Good, I know why it happened." he said, I looked at him.
"He's close." he said, my eyes widened.
"Why didn't you say anything we have to go back!" I yelled.
"No, you don't understand what happened to you. Being as you have put distance between you two and now he is coming close has affected your mind and body." he said.
"I don't care." I said.
"You should, you are his creator. You made him a demon and in demon culture, they become a part of your bloodline." He said.
"Like... family?" I said.
"Yes, you're connected to him deeper than Victoria is, she has him with magic you have him with Love and Blood but even those are strong enough against magic." he said.