Love of Twilight, Demise of Heaven: Part 2

Chapter 1: Jason

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I sat there, dumbfounded as my brother, Coby, told me four words that would change my life forever:

"You're a half-demon."

My eyes widened, my heart quickened, and my breath became shallow. I couldn't think straight and it took all of my energy not to fall off my seat.

"You should lie down," our prisoner, Twyla, says. She looked at me with as much concern and sympathy as my brother did as she carefully laid me gently on the floor.

My mind was racing. They were joking, right? Coby was just trying to get back at me from the other day when I dumped water on him while he was sleeping, right? I looked at both of them and searched, but I couldn't see any mischief or malice in their eyes. I could only see concern and sympathy.

I realized something. Twyla had a red bandage around her left arm. I sat up quickly, only to be put down again by Twyla.

"Come up when you're ready," she says, "Don't push yourself."

I was surprised how calm she was and how much sympathy was in her voice. She usually tries to irritate and annoy my brother and me by using her powers as a Puck. Now, her usual mischievous and carefree voice and eyes were full of seriousness and sympathy. It was worrying, yet soothing. I haven't known Twyla for long, but it feels like we've been friends forever.

I've been a half-Demon all my life without realizing it? How? Why didn't Coby tell me? After a while of thinking and questioning, I sat up and looked at the two of them. They looked at me expectantly and I started my questions.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I ask Coby.

He looks uncomfortable and says, "I didn't want you to worry or feel guilty. I didn't want to hurt you either."

I nod, understanding. "When you were younger, I used to protect you from a lot of things. Remember?"

He gives a weak smile and says, "Yeah, I remember."

I look at Twyla, "How did you find out about this?"

She looks me straight in the eyes and says, "I tried to escape last night. Your Dark Being threatened me and attacked me. Coby knocked you out."

So that's why I have such a big headache, I thought.

"Why did you encourage Coby to tell me?"

She looked away, "I'm a half-Demon, too. The reason I didn't change last night is because I can control it. I knew you'd find out, eventually. All the half-Demons in the Undergrounds do."

My eyes widened. "How many of us are there?"

"At least one in every town, but a lot in the capital."

I looked at Coby, "Did you know about this?"

He shrugs and says, "I found out last night."

I only nod, "Does that mean that mean that my dad was a Demon and your's wasn't?" I ask my brother.

"I guess so." he replies.

I sat there for a moment, taking it all in. We were all silent until my brother's cat meows making us all jump. We all laugh at our skittishness and smile at each other.

"So," Twyla says interrupting the silence, "are you two still going to turn me into this 'police'?"

They laugh a little and I say, "No. You and I found out I am the same as you, so it doesn't really make sense. But back to the police thing. You don't know what the police are?" I had to contain my laughter.

She rolled her eyes and says, "Well, the Undergrounds don't really have a police, so it makes sense, doesn't it? What are they?"

Coby answered, "They're guards. They protect us and send fugitives to jail. Sometimes they banish them to the Underlands."

"So they're like the rokurokubi in the Undergrounds?" Twyla says, "that makes sense."

I was confused, "What do rokurokubi have to do with anything?" I ask.

"The rokurokubi guard the Demons. The have long necks that can stretch a long distance to see things, so it makes sense."

We continued to talk like this until Twyla asked a very serious and sad question: "So, I was wondering. Why am I here?"

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"I mean, I used to be in the Undergrounds, but now I'm here. Why?"

Coby and I looked at each other, then looked at her, and shrugged.

She groaned, "Is it supposed to mean anything? I mean, it's great here and all, but I need to get home. My friends are there and I don't think they'll like it if I don't come back."

I was a bit disappointed and sad. I mean, know that Twyla needs to go home and everything, but I still don't like the idea of never seeing her again.

"I think you could go to the gates," Coby says hopefully. How can he stand not being able to see Twyla again, especially after he told me he liked her?

"That sounds great!" she says happily, "just point me in the way and I'll go."

"What?" I blurt out suddenly, "you think that we're not coming with you?"

She looked surprised, "Well, that's kind of what I said, yeah."

"No way," Coby says, determined, "we're definitely coming with you whether you like it or not."

She shakes her head, "You can't get in trouble. That's my job!"

"Too bad," Coby says smiling, "We're friends now, and friends stick together no matter what."

She smirked, "Fine, but you'll have to put up with all my jokes, riddles, and pranks."

We just laugh and nod.

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