Vindicate || Devilish Sequel

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Raiza's POV

I looked up from where I had fallen but find nothing but darkness. I sighed and curled up. "I want to get out of here." I whispered to myself, hoping the sound of a voice, even if it was my own, would make me feel accompanied.

"Is that your wish?" A voice asked.

I was startled by the sudden voice coming out of nowhere and immediately sat up. I moved my head from side to side, trying to figure out where it was coming from. 

"The time has come, Child of Light." The voice spoke once more.

Suddenly there was a bright light and the entire place was surrounded by it. When I could finally see, there was someone just a few meter away. 

I looked at the entity in front of me with a puzzled expression. I've never seen anything like it. The wraith was robed in a long black mantle but somehow gave me a familiar feeling.

I stood up and walked towards it. I reached out for the hood with a trembling hand, and pull it back. I froze when the fabric fell down and a pair of emerald eyes was looking right back at me.

"Seal your destiny, Raiza Esmond."

"H-Harry?" 

As soon as I saw him my heart skipped a beat. But something seemed odd. I looked at him as I wrapped my arms around myself; a cold shiver ran through me, making me tremble. Why wasn't I throwing myself into his arms like I normally would do? 

I wanted to tell him how happy I was to see him, to know he had come for me. But the words just wouldn't come out of my mouth. There were trapped at the back of my throat. 

"Seal your destiny, Raiza Esmond." He repeated. 

"Harry, wha-what's wrong?" I asked. "Why are you acting like that?"

He took a step forward and the hood fell off revealing his face. 

His eyes.

His eyes were cold and empty. They looked like two emerald knives piercing through me; no even a hint of emotion in them. 

"Angel." His voice sounded smooth but I didn't feel anything. Every time I hear Harry's voice it's like a pang of excitement running through my body, my legs feel weak on the knees and my heart skips a beat. Every time I hear his voice I feel something. 

The person in front of me wasn't Harry. It looked like him, but it wasn't. "Who are you?" I asked staring at whoever, or whatever, it was in front of me.  

"I'm Harry." He said. "What kind of questions is that, angel?" 

"I asked you who you were." I repeated. 

He looked at me for a few seconds and then narrowed his eyes with malice. "I guess I underestimated you, Child of Light." He said as he put back the hood.

Suddenly a cracking sound coming from somewhere distracted me. black pieces started falling to the ground, revealing some kind of glass window.

"RAIZA!" I heard someone screaming out my name at the top of his lungs.

I turned around and I could distinguish two figures in the distance. One of them was Lucifer, and next to him it was-

Harry.

I could feel it. It was him. The real Harry was standing a few meters away from me behind of what it seemed like a glass window.

When my eyes met his they widened with a mixed of surprise and relief. However, I couldn't stop the tears from coming out.

Before I knew it I was already running towards Harry and calling out for him. But before I could get close the glass window disappeared.

I stopped on my tracks bewildered; an indescribable pain hit me right in the middle of my chest. I could feel the tears coming out stronger than before. I pressed my forehead against the wall and closed my eyes. "Harry." I whispered.

All of sudden something was ignited within me and I turned around furious. Whoever the person in front of me was, he had dared to pretend to be the person I loved the most and play with my feelings. "WHO ARE YOU!" I screamed, feeling the energy building up inside me and then triggering an avalanche within me. I extended my hand towards him. "OSTENDE TE!"

A bright light came out of my hand as soon as I pronounced those words and hit the entity, making him fall to the ground.  

I heard him cursed under his breath and then he suddenly looked up at me. I found myself terrified when I noticed he didn't have a face nor skin. Underneath the hood was a skeleton with golden eyes.

"It seems your powers have started to come since you just command me to show myself, Child of Light." 

I fell to my knees and looked at my shaking hand not knowing what the hell had just happened. Did that come out of my hand? Did I do that?

"Command you to show yourself?" I asked confused. 

"I'm Mal'ake ha-Mavet." The entity said. "Humans commonly know me as the Grim Reaper. And you just used the Latin command to reveal the true identity of an spectrum: 'ostende te'." He explained.

"Latin? But I don't- What you're saying doesn't make any sense. I don't even speak Latin." 

"It seems you are closer to your awakening, Child of Light. That is why you can speak a language who you thought you did not have any knowledge of." 

"Stop calling me Child of Light!" I screamed as I covered my ears. "My name is Raiza Esmond. I was born in Chile and I'm an only child. I moved with my mum to the States and I just started Uni. I'm just a normal girl. I'm not that Child of Light you're talking about. I'm just a normal clumsy girl."

"You are not a normal human being. You are far from it." He said. "Within your soul lie the secrets of darkness and light."

"You're lying!" I yelled as the tears came out. "This is just a dream. You're a product of my imagination. This is just Zayn trying to play tricks on me as a revenge to drive me crazy."

"That low-ranked demon is not the one who desires your awakening." The Grim Reaper stated. I looked at him confused. 

Suddenly words echoed in my mind. 'You've always belonged here, with me, Raiza. I was just waiting for the right time to take you away.' "Lucifer." I whispered.

"Do you want to stay here in the darkness forever?"

"You wish to see Harry?" The Grim Reaper asked me. "Is that your wish?"

To see Harry? I grabbed the silver ring with 3 turquoise rectangles and held it tightly. 

"I can see that is what your heart truly wishes. Your true wish."

"Why do you care so much about what I wish for?" I asked, having a bad feeling about the reason behind his concern but not quite being able to put my finger on it. 

"The only way for you to end this is by making a wish to me." The entity said. "You are in the boundaries of this world and the other and your only exit is through me."

"The boundaries of this world and the other." I repeated deep in thought as I looked at my surroundings. So that's where I am. I'm not here nor there. I'm trapped in between. I focused my attention back to the Grim Reaper. And he's my only exit, the Spectre of Death who's a psychopomp, serving to sever the last ties between the soul and the body, and to guide the deceased to the afterlife.

Should I really trust him?