The Familiar Summoned

Chapter 25 A Ordered Question

I turned to leave, but Darick spoke out rather loud.

"Saraphinx, I order you to stay here and tell me what happened in your past!"

My body froze as I turned without my concent and sat back down on the bed.

"Darick! You can't order her to tell you about that stuff she had to willingly even if we want to help her, she isn't some kind of animal!"

I spoke up next.

"Yeah, your right I am not an animal. Nor am I a human either so what do I care, not like your any different than my prior masters."

Why do I suddenly feel depressed? Why do I even care? I know what I am, I am something to be use a a pawn so as my master sees fit, I am less than dirt as humans put it.

"Darick, what is she talking about? Prior masters?"

Darick gave an exasperated sigh then sat Dan down.

"Ok, what do you know about familiars?"

"Dude, you know what I know about mythology and that shiz, you know I find it cool and believe in all that."

"Ok, this will make it easier then. Saraphinx is a familiar."

Dan looked me over while I stared out their window then burst out laughing.

"Dude, she isn't an animal."

I frowned a bit then spoke up.

"Familiars are only ever animals in their weaker form of first summon. The stronger the familiar the more they can change their appearance."

"Where did you get that knowledge that isn't anywhere in books."

My ear flicked back from annoyance then I turned away.

"Fine, don't believe I am what I am, but that is the simple truth."

"As I had asked you, tell me what happened in your past that caused those scars."

I was trying to fight the order when I felt my chain and collar tighten around my throat glowing and creating an inky black collar that tightened. I clawed at my throat and opened my mouth since I was loosing oxygen as I spoke the collar loosened.

"My first scars came from king tuts time, I had used his manna when I was ordered not to, a thin whip was used creating scars that have gone away since they weren't that bad and it was fair punishment."

"You call that fair?! What was that manna even use for?"

"Retrieving his bride and shifting me to a human form. In the end I killed him and was left with a permeate reminder."

I rubbed my palm feeling the whole palm scare that didn't match my skin at all being a rough white.

"The next era was during Leonardo's time, I don't believe any visible scars were cast, but bones were broken to what degree I don't know which is the popping you most likely heard. The next was mid evil times..."

I bit my lip drawing blood from how angry I was, I could feel my tail thrashing around as it was about to split to a higher form, I stopped then continued

"I failed to extract some information from a prisoner and he beat me for an hour or so. It was the same routine day in day out for what you humans call a year. No doubt bones were broken from  what he had done to my younger under developed body. Then my eye was hit several times from the barbed whip so, my sight in my one eye is little to none existent. During  that whole time, I only met only one other familiar and I still don't know  what  happened to him after that."

"That master, what..else did he do if he did anything else?"

"I won't answer that since you didn't order me to tell you. That is why I know what those devises were in that magazine since they were all used in,and on me aside from the two I asked you about, Dan. Why you humans want to do that to each other I don't know, nor care to know."

"Saraphinx, those things aren't used like that here. They are used like that yes, but not violently."

"Well, that is all to my knowledge since the eighteen hundreds did nothing to me, too,proper. Or so they wish to make you believe. By that time I was much stronger. So, that brings us to now."

"Can I...get a closer look at you Saraphinx I have never seen a familiar in person before."

"What do I care, not like I have a say anyway."

Darick and Dan both looked shocked and ..depressed dare I say.

"Saraphinx, times aren't like that anymore, people have-"

"Don't you fucking  say times have changed! People have not changed in the least bit since I have been around. Things are simply closeted. At least in the olden times people had the decency to be open about what was going on and didn't try to pretend it wasn't happening! I know what I have done, I know what I have committed. I have killed kids, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts , uncles cousins. Right before their family's bloody eyes! I have starved kids and torchered them just to get information out of them, then once that was done I killed them with my bare hand! I know what I am. I know human nature, lying, manipulative, scheming and murduerous! So don't deny your nature!"

I knew all of my tails had parted and a infinite sign was glowing as well as my summoners collar and prior masters symbols. The blue flames tipped my tails had risen and were licking the ceiling. My voice had turned loud and booming coming from everywhere and nowhere. I whipped my tails around then poofed away from Dan and Darick. I have lived over a millennium since summoned and far longer than that in the grey zone. I have seen human nature and the only thing is by how closeted in one thing they have become and open  in others. Human nature still lurked deep within and humans have made me who I am.