Darling Dearest

Prologue

3rd person pov

Sitting in the bathtub with all my clothes on as the water level rises, y/n looks at the blade in her hand. Flashbacks of what happened just 2 hours ago flooded back to her mind.

'I managed to escape, but at what cost? I killed someone. It wasn't an accident, but if I don't kill myself first, they'll find me and kill me.' Like clock work, she heard her door being pounded on by those who were following her back to her apartment.

"FBI OPEN UP!"

'It's time.' she took a deep breath in and dug the blade deep into her wrist. Slicing vertically instead of horizontally. Her breath hitched as she did the same to her other wrist.

She watched as the blood that was once inside began to pour out of her, turning the once clear water into a dark red. She bleed out as she began to lose consciousness.

"fuck you god. you aren't shit."

those were her last words as everything went pitch black.

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y/ns pov

A gasp escapes my lips. My eyes shoot open as I look around. I'm on a road? I ran to the sidewalk as cars served left and right. I bent over panting, "where am I?"

"hell bitch!" said a voice from behind me. I turn around to see what looked to be a human but also a spider?

"Im assuming you're new around these parts! Im Angel Dust at your service, but pay up front if you'd like more of me~" the spider cooed.

"y/n" I spoke. I look down at my hands, noticing my pale grey skin. My clothes are also different. A red crop top with black ripped jeans and chains around my waist and neck. I look into a window, seeing my reflection. I also have cat ears and a tail?! I turn, looking at my tail, trying to grab it.

"woah kitty, you're hot! Wanna fuck around with me?" Angel asks as I look over unamused. I look back at my reflection noticing my scars from the past. "Come along with me y/n, you look fun to hang with! I'm actually staying at a hotel not too far from here! but first, let's go and cause some mischief ." A smirk appeared on Angels face as I nodded.

We end up meeting one of Angels friends named Cherri, Cherri Bomb. We cause mischief around some town in hell. We're laughing and killing other lowly demons who try to kick us out of the turf. After blood was shed, we looked around dead bodies surrounding us.

"You're dope y/n! for your first day in hell, you killed lots of demons! and now I have my turf!" hollered Cherri, throwing her arms around Angel and I. "You're not bad yourself, Cherri! I'm glad I stumbled upon Angel and got to meet you! I hope we can hang out again soon." I shoot her a smile.

We exchanged goodbyes as Angel and I began our stool to the hotel he was staying at. "You said this hotel was meant for redemption. Will the owners get mad?" I asked, looking over at Angel. "It don't matter what they tell me, I get to stay rent-free! I behave when I have too but I still need my fun." I nod as I see the hotel.

"The happy hotel? that name just screams tacky. " Angel laughs loudly, wrapping one of his four arms around my body. We arrived at the happy hotel, and Angel walked in me following behind. At first, no one arrived until a girl with blonde hair came running downstairs, meeting Angel and I. "Angel what the fuck!" another girl appears as the blonde stands between Angel and the other girl. "Why the hell did you participate in a turf war with more demons?!"

"OKAY!! Lets all calm down. Come on Vaggie lets talk to Angel, not yell at him." The blonde walked over to who I assumed to be Vaggie. Her slender hands rest on her shoulders as Vaggie calms down, sighing. "Angel, you know what we are trying to do here at this hotel.. you can't just - OH! who's that? Hi!" she walks over to me.

"Im sorry I didn't notice you before, Im Charlie, and that's my girlfriend Vaggie! What's your name?" she shakes my hand quickly, a smile plastered on her face. Her aura is bright, full of unicorns and rainbows. "I'm y/n. nice to meet you, Charlie and Vaggie." I smile slightly, feeling awkward as Vaggie began to scold Angel beside us.

"Let me show you around!" says Charlie as she links our arms. "That cat over there is Husk! He is our bartender, and that little cutie over there cleaning is Niffty. She is like our maid but don't test her. She is full of surprises." I nod as my ear twitched hearing slight radio static. My head turns to the left, seeing some tall guy dressed in all red. "Who's that, Charlie?" I whisper as we sit on the couch.

Just as I asked, he appeared in front of us, I stood up to show I'm not intimidated by smiles in front of me. "Hello my dear, I'm Alastor nice to meet you." he spoke. He sounded like a radio but not the current ones, more like those radios from back then.

"Likewise," I spoke as he then took Charlie to speak with her. Vaggie and Angel approach me and sit on the couch. "whos that?" I ask as Vaggie looks over at me, shocked. "You don't know who that is?"

"She arrived just today in hell, cut her some slack." Angel snaps back as he scrolls through his phone. Vaggie's eye twitches in annoyance. "That's Alastor. He is the radio demon, as for how he got here. He just suddenly appeared. At first, no one paid him any mind until overlords began to go missing. Soon, there was a radio broadcast full of screams, which was when Alastor revealed himself as the radio demon and warned other demons to not mess with him."

I nod. He smiles a lot, and low-key looks like a strawberry. I'd kill to have some strawberries right about now. My stomach grumbles as Angel and Vaggie look over at me, I chuckle nervously, my ears leaning back in embarrassment. "Ya'll got any food to offer me?" Vaggie walks off coming back with an apple. She throws it my way as I catch it.

I raise the apple in the air as a sign saying thank you. I took a bite from the apple, my eyes closing from tiredness. "Hey y/n, are you here as a guest for redemption, or do you want to be a staff member?" Charlie looks over me, leaning on the couch facing me.

"I mean, I'm here in hell for a reason. I don't think I want redemption. It doesn't sound like me. I don't mind working here, I'm curious about what this happy hotel will do for hell."

"Hazbin. The Hazbin Hotel." Alastor corrects as he pops up beside Charlie, looking down at me. "Yeah okay whatever smiles." I scoff taking another bite from my apple.

"Okay! you'll be our receptionist, Niffty here will show you to your room, " Charlie speaks as Niffty appears and grabs a set of keys. We walked into an elevator as she began to babble about random things. She is too talkative for my liking. She leads me to my door and hands me the keys as she walks off.

Looking down at the key in my hand, number 667. I hear radio static once more along with a key jingle. I turn my head seeing the one and only radio demon. He grins, holding his keys in front of my face, showing the number 668.

"I guess we're neighbors, my dear," he speaks, his grin growing wider well looking into my eyes.