Ruby-rose
Damon landed in front of what looked like a giant creepy castle, one you would find as the last dungeon or area of a game. Something about it felt off, it felt wrong to be here “Damon” I said softly, I was lost in my own mines “I don’t like this place….. Have I….. Have I been here before” Damon gave me a look I couldn’t decipher, it was a mixture between worry and hope. He didn’t say a word, he didn’t answer my question, he just kept moving forward walking into the castle itself.
The inside were much like the outside, it was dark and gloomy. The halls decorated with art that I could only describe as twisted pictures of people being killed and tortured, the doors were mostly locked with large padlocks, as if they were cells, or torture chambers. No one else was in these halls besides us, no sound escaped from the locked the doors nor us. I knew, if something happened here, it stayed here, no one would find us. This place, it was evil and it made me wonder, how could someone Damon and Raven knew, especially an ally, live in such a twisted place.
We finally reached a door with no padlocks, a door bigger than any other. Damon moved forward and opened it with ease “come” he said “Maxwell is waiting” I stood their frozen, I couldn’t move, I didn’t want to see Maxwell with these eyes, even if I knew I had to. Raven came up beside me and took my hand “its ok” she said “Damon and I Will be right by your side while you’re there, you won’t have to talk to him” I looked first to Raven, then moved my head to Damon, He nodded to me, agreeing with her words. I took a deep breath and walked in with them, trying to ignore every instinct I had to run.
“ah” came a voice “Damon, as Handsome and gruff as ever I suppose, and the lovely miss Raven, tell me, how is your boyfriend Lucifer going, the illusion worked I presume” I looked up to see a man sitting on a large throne like chair, in his hand he played with a glass of rich looking red wine, his hair was golden in colour, shaggy in the cute bad boy kind of way, his eyes were completely black, not even the whites of his eyes showed, to me they looked soulless, his body fit and firm, you could see the muscle on his arms, legs and chest bludging from him, he had no fat on him, it was all muscle, his skin was flawlessly tanned and he wore no clothing.
“Oh, and who is this” he said, moving down from his throne to greet us “My, my do my eyes deceive me, you couldn’t be…. But here you are” he moved his hand to clutch my face “Rosie” I felt frozen in fear, I didn’t move, but luckily I didn’t need to, Damon grabbed his hand and Raven held a blade to his neck “you will not touch her!” they both growled at him “you lost that right when you betrayed us” Damon said
“Oh this is so unfair” the Man said “that was the past, and surely we can look past it, can we not? We were all friends once”
“That….. Was a very long time ago” Raven said, glaring at him
“Very well” he sighed “I shall not lay a finger on her, can you let me go now?”
“Fine” Damon said “but Raven….. Keep your knife out, Maxwell can’t be trusted, ever”
“oh my” Maxwell said “you make it sound like I took the love of your life away from you” he grinning, a chuckle in his voice, and I got the feeling that, that was exactly what he had done to Damon, he had stolen the life of the one Damon truly loved.
“Why….. Why are we here?” I asked Damon, my mind felt strange, like I didn’t know where or who I was anymore “I don’t…. I don’t remember…. Why did we come see this…. This man”
“One, the name is Maxwell, my beautiful lady” he said, winking at me “and two, why are you here, it is obviously not to make up for…. Let’s just say, past disagreements”
“Past disagreements is the lightest way can put it” Damon said glaring at him “no, we are here for a different reason, Raven was caught out, and I am sure by now, he knows we have ruby-rose…. And…. I believe and angel…. No… a half breed angel is following us…. We need you to keep them away from us, to lead them in the wrong direction”
“Very well” Maxwell said “but it will cost you, you know I like my Men powerful and handsome, just like you”
“Ugh don’t make me sick…. You know I don’t like men” Damon said, looking even angrier than before
“Damon, Damon, Damon, why can’t you just play along” Maxwell sighed “fine, if you won’t let me have some fun with your body, then I want something else….. I want the orb…. Not forever…. But as….. A loan, I will keep you safe until you come to collect it, I promise I will not return it to Lucifer”
“How do you know about the orb” Raven growled at Maxwell
“You honestly believe Lucifer didn’t alert me?” Maxwell said, rolling his eyes “you should know by now I have misguided trust, and right now, I don’t know which side is more powerful, yours or his, so, right now, I am just playing the waiting game, I will sit, I will watch and I will hold something you both want” he clicked his fingers and I saw it, the demon women suspended in a gel like substance, the gel made it blurry so I couldn’t make out exactly what she looked like, all I could see was her raven like hair, and the wings sticking out from her back.
“Queen Maya!” both Damon and Raven yelp in surprise “we thought Lucifer had her killed”
“Oh no, not at all” Maxwell said “but, he does now, and he wants me to do it, however, prove to me that you are the winning side and you shall have both Maya, and the orb”
“And how are we meant to do that” Damon asked cautiously
“Simple” Maxwell said “you have three days to go, and return with the staff”
“Three days” Damon said “we can do that”
“Then be off, and remember, death is always watching” his dark laugh echoed through the castle, as we turned and walked away, finally exiting the castle.
“Damon” I said, after a few moments passed “weren’t we going to see Maxwell”
“I knew this would happen” he sighed “we already did Rosie, not long ago, we just left his castle”
“Then why can’t I remember that?” I asked, feeling fear seep into me
“It’s a natural instincts for Humans…. You see…. Maxwell is death himself, no human can ever truly recall meeting him, no human would want to, the only ones who know are the dead he tortures, but… that is just their soul… not the physical being…. You won’t ever remember him… no mortal being will”
“Does that mean…. Demon’s…. are immortal…. You can’t die?” I asked
“No… we can…. But not from old age, or illness, we have to be killed, and it is a fate no demon wants to face, because there is no afterlife for us, once we die, we just go into an endless void… that’s why demons hunt humans so much… jealousy…. A human soul will live on in one of three ways”
“What are those ways?”
“a human soul will either, fall, ascend or be reincarnated, they ascend to Life’s castle, where they can live out the rest of time in happiness and peace, so long as they have been truly good, they fall to death’s castle…. In other words, Maxwell’s castle, to be punished for their crimes, those who have been truly evil face a fate way worse than death, and then, there are those who are reincarnated or reborn, this is an endless cycle…. The majority of Humanity stays in this cycle, they are reborn because they aren’t good enough to ascend and aren’t bad enough to fall, this is the fate of humanity, and that is why Lucifer plans on taking over the earth one day…. And why we are the people who have the power to stop him… but… we need that staff”
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The Demon's Voice
Fantasya girl named ruby-rose has never had a normal life, spirits both good and evil always following her but one in particular has been annoying her for a while now, his name is Damon. as time goes by the wheel of fate is turning will awaken Ruby-rose's...
