Lucifer

Little Devil

About twenty minutes later, they began setting up for the author. 

Lucifer began thinking to himself, "A novel based of the devil, what fresh Hell is this?" He was interrupted by a man outside. "Excuse me lad, can you help me carry this table and my books in the store? I will pay you a rough $300 at the end of the day because i will need your help again." Lucifer went to help the man. 

When they finished carrying the books in, the store was completely redecorated. All the books, posters, nick-knacks, action figures, and accessories were moved and replaced with fold up chairs. 

"What's your name, lad?" The man asked him. "Lucifer, sir." The man laughed and looked at him. "Ahh, yes lad. You are the one that will be helping me. Oh by jolly, is your name actually Lucifer?" He got serious. "Yes, sir. My name is indeed Lucifer." The man smiled and said, "What be you last name?" Lucifer looked at him and replied, "Morningstar." 

The man looked up at him in curiosity. "Well, the name's Quincy Campbell. Nice to meet you Lucifer. I think you should take an interest in reading my novel." The man now addressed as Quincy handed Lucifer the first book in his novel. Lucifer took the book, and began to read. 

The line to enter the bookstore was increasing every second. Interrupted by all the noise outside, Lucifer looked up from his book. "Oh bloody Hell, what in my own name is going on out there?" The author overheard him and couldn't believe what he said. He walked over to the manager and asked, "Has this boy ever read any of my books?" The manager looked at Quincy. "Oh Heaven's no. He didn't even know there was a comic out there about him. " The author nodded it off and sat down in his chair behind his signing table. 

"Lucifer, please accompany me." Quincy said. Lucifer walked over the author and sat next to him. "I finished the first book, while I was reading, I started to think 'why does this seem so familiar' but i cannot put my finger on it." The author became very curious. "What is your brother's name, Lucifer?"  "His name is Maze, which is weird because the Lucifer in the book has a brother with the same name." Lucifer said still digging his nose in the comic book.

"May i have the rest of the books? How much will it be?" Lucifer said looking at the author. "Free of charger, lad. It seems to be that time." The manager walked over to the doors and opened them. The crowed filled the bookstore fast. Everyone had a seat. Talking among each other, everyone was interrupted by the author who was on the microphone. 

"Good morning everyone. As you know, I am Quincy Campbell, the author of the Graphic Novel series Little Devil. I am very pleased to be here with you all. I was, at first, only asked to do a book signing. However, today I will not only be holding a signing, but I have someone very special with me that i think you would like to meet." The crowd cheered and clapped. 

"Today, we have the one and only, Lucifer Morningstar joining us." The crowed cheered louder. "Mr. Morningstar, please come up here with me." Lucifer got out of his chair and was encored by the crowd's clapping. "Mr. Morningstar will answer any questions you have." The author left the stage as he was applauded by his wonderful audience. 

Lucifer began: "Yes, hello everyone. My name is Lucifer Morningstar. I--" Lucifer stopped abruptly as he noticed that Maze was standing in the back of the store listening. 

"I will try to answer any questions you have, but I was just introduced to this book this morning." The audience mumbled. One hand went up in the air. "Yes, you," Lucifer said calling on the man in a red shirt. "Are you really from the Kingdom of Hell? What is it like?" The gentleman sat back down. The author got back on stage and took the microphone from Lucifer as he whispered in his ear, "I got this, lad." Quincy picked up the microphone and said, "Mr. Morningstar is indeed from the Kingdom of Hell, but he cannot tell you what it is like because that information should not leave the doors of Hell. Next question." 

A teenage girl stood up. "Hello, my name is Rebecca. I have a question for the so called Lucifer." The author handed the microphone to Lucifer. The girl began, "If you have only read the first book of the series, why are you an actor for this character? We all know that your real name isn't Lucifer Morningstar." Almost everybody in the crowd said "Yeah" in agreement. The author told the boy to sit down. "All right, I guess I will be answering the questions." The girl continued, "Me again, what made you make Lucifer the way he is depicted? He is 17, why not make him older?" Lucifer's eyes widened. The author began, "I made Lucifer the way he is depicted because the lack of creativity with all the other books about the devil make him old or immortal at an old age. I wanted to make it seem more appealing to my audience. I see there are a lot of youngsters in this audience and I know that you all are here because the book appealed to you. Great question, next." Lucifer picked up the second book and began reading. 

The Q&A went on for an hour and by that time, Lucifer was finishing the last book in the series. When Quincy got off stage, Lucifer addressed him. "How do you know this much?" Maze walked up to Lucifer and asked "What's up little brother?" Lucifer looked at his brother and then back at the author. "He has everything, word for word exactly of what happened in this book. All the way down to Nicholas and me leaving the Kingdom to come to Earth." 

The author's eyes widened. "By jolly, it is you! You ARE Lucifer."