The Devil's Playground

D1) I walked to school just like any normal day, except today was my 18th birthday. My parents always wanted to celebrate my birthday every year, but this year was different because they wanted to celebrate it yesterday. I didn't think too much of it though. I arrived at school and I saw everyone was crowded around this expensive looking sports car. I tried walking through the crowd of people, trying to get to the school's entrance. I wasn't interested in what was going on. As I tried to walk past all the people, I felt someone grab my arm. I turned around and saw a guy around my age with black hair and red eyes was the one who grabbed me. "You're Jasmine, right?" He asked me. I nodded my head and said, "How do you know my name though?" I'm pretty sure I never met this guy before. "Just come with me." He said and pulled my arm. I pulled my arm away and said, "First of all, I'm not going anywhere with you because I don't even know who you are- and secondly, I don't listen to people who tell me what to do. So I'm going now. Bye, weird guy." I turned back towards the school and that's when I noticed everyone was crowded around us and looking at that whole scene. I just pushed everyone and went inside the school, unknowingly leaving behind a very pissed off guy.

I went to all my classes and I noticed all day that everyone was looking at me and talking about me. I just completely ignored it though. When school ended, I walked home. On the way there, a familiar car from this morning pulled up besides me. The window rolled down and the guy from this morning was in the car. "Come with me now or I'll use force." He said to me. I responded to him by flipping him off as I kept walking. I heard him stop the car and get out. Next thing I know I'm being lifted up in the air and being shoved in the passenger sit of his car. He got in the drivers side of the car and started driving. "What the hell is your problem? And who the hell are you anyways?" I shouted at him as I glared at him. "Your parents didn't tell you what was going to happen on your 18th birthday?" He asked me as he kept driving. "No, what are you talking about?" I asked him slightly confused and pissed off. He pulled up to my house and said, "You'll see." I quickly got out of the car and ran to the front door. I bursted through the door and I saw my parents were sitting in the living room with some man that was in dark clothing and my suitcases and bags I use for vacations were all downstairs. "Mom, Dad, what's going on? Why is all my stuff downstairs?" I asked them as I looked at the bags. "Jasmine, sweetie, we need to talk." My mom told me, her face showed a lot of sorrow. "Before you were born, we were having some bad financial times and we ended up losing everything. Your mother and I did everything we could do to make money but nothing worked and we were starting to get desperate. That's when this man came in." My dad told me, referring to the man that's in the living room with us. "He offered to give us everything that we need financially for the rest of our lives as long as we gave him something in return." My mom told me. "What did you guys give him and who is he anyways?" I asked my parents. "He wanted us to give him our first born daughter and he's--" The man interrupted my dad and looked at me as he said, "In your culture they call me Satan, the Devil, but you can call me father-in-law now." He smiled devilishly as I stared at him like he was nuts. "Your kidding, right? This guy isn't really Satan. And why the hell would I call you father-in-law?" I said and my parents just stared at me sadly as the supposedly devil said seriously, "This is all real, my dear Jasmine. Your parents didn't tell you the whole deal though. I would come to claim their first born daughter on her 18th birthday and she would marry my first born son." "Last time I checked though, the devil didn't have any children though." I said from what I knew of religion. "On the contrary my dear, I have lots of children. My son, Reese, is here right now." The man said as he looked towards the front door. I looked over at the door and the guy who shoved me in his car was leaning against the door frame watching us. "Mom, you seriously aren't going to make me leave with these guys, right?" I asked her. She answered me with tears as she broke down crying. I stood there in complete shock as I saw this was completely real. The man stood up with a big smile on his face while saying, "Well seeing as this deal is completed, I will go home to make preparations for Jasmine's arrival. I'll see you two when you get home." With the snap of his fingers, the man vanished before me. I stood there quietly as my parents held me and kept telling me they were sorry and all this stuff while this Reese guy took my luggage and put it in his car. It was so hard to process everything that was happening that before I even realized it, I was already in the car with Reese and we just arrived at the airport. We both got out of the car and Reese held my hand, probably so I wouldn't run away, as we walked into the airport. We ended up getting on a private jet and the jet took off going who knows where. I sat next to Reese quietly as I stared out the window. "You don't talk much, do you?" Reese asked me. "Well lets see, I just got told I'm marrying the devil's son and got taken away from my home. I'm pissed and upset my parents did this to me. You really expect me to start a damn conversation with you, a guy I barely know who now I'm forced to marry?" I said to him angrily. "Well not like I wanted to be forced to marry you either. So don't be all pissed off towards me." He told me. I just rolled my eyes at him and didn't say anything. I felt him grab my left hand and put something on my finger. I looked down and saw an old looking diamond ring on my finger. I looked up at him confused and he said, "You have to wear the ring so it can start changing you into a demon and make you immortal and all that stuff." Reese told me nonchalantly. I tried taking the ring off as I said, "Well I don't want to become a demon." He stopped me from trying to take it off and said, "It won't ever come off until you become a full demon. You're just gonna end up dislocating your finger if you keep pulling on it." I sighed angrily and gave up. I looked at the ring and I actually found it quite pretty. The wedding band had some design all around it and the diamond was kinda bigger than usual engagement rings you see in like movies and stuff. It had little red diamonds surrounding the bigger diamond. I started to notice the ring felt strangely warm on my finger. For the next few hours we sat on the jet quietly.

When the jet finally landed, I followed Reese out of the jet and we both got into a limo and it drove us somewhere. I don't even know where we are at, or even if we are in the same country. "So where are we?" I asked Reese. "Europe, more specifically France." He told me. I just had to laugh at what he said. "Why the hell are you laughing?" He asked me, sounding a little annoyed. "I'd never imagine a bunch of demons moving to France. Thought demons would like it somewhere warmer." I said to him. He smiled at that and said, "Well my dad wanted a change of scenery, I guess." As I looked at him, I can see how handsome he really is, well for a demon I guess. The limo pulled in to a long driveway that led up to this huge castle. I looked at it in aww as I said, "Guess demons like luxuries things." I heard Reese chuckle as we got out of the limo. I stood there just staring at the castle so Reese held my hand and pulled me towards the front door. When we got inside the castle, I gasped at what I saw. It wasn't at the inside of the castle, even though it was just as beautiful as the outside. I was shocked at the maids and butlers I saw. Some had little horns coming out of their forehead and black wings coming out of their backs with tails. I hid behind Reese as I said, "What the hell are they?" "Demons. Have you not been listening this whole time?" Reese asked me. "I've been listening, but I still thought you and your dad were just psychos or this was just a bad dream." "Well this is no dream, my dear Jasmine," just then Reese's dad walked in, "This is all real and this is all in your future. You'll learn to change back to your original form after you become a full demon." He said to me and smiled. I just stayed quiet and didn't look at him. "Your fiancée looks tired. Show her to her room so she can rest." He told Reese. Reese pulled me upstairs and we walked through the halls until we reached a dark brown door. He opened the door and I walked into the room. The room was a deep crimson color and it had a canopy bed that had black and gold sheets and pillows on the bed. My suitcases were already in the room. "If you need anything just go in the bathroom and open the closed door that's in there, that's my room." Reese told me from the doorway. I nodded and thanked him then he closed the door and left. I sighed and started unpacking. This all still feels unreal to me. After unpacking, I changed into some pajamas and laid down on the bed. I drifted off into a dreamless sleep quickly after that.