School life?

The Afflicted

Those words echoed in my head, those heavenly words, like they'd been spoken from an angel. When I came to, I felt water on my face, and turned to hear sobbing and looked up to see Violet sitting opposite me, face in her hands.
"Vi, you alright?" I asked worryingly.

She turned to look at me, mascara streaks running down her face, and jumped forward and hugged me. I was confused and shocked, then nervously put my arms around her and hugged her back.
"Hey it's okay," I whispered,"I'm okay"

Tears fell from her face and she buried her face in my shirt,
"I was so worried.." she sobbed, "I didn't think you were going to wake up.. it's been 12 hours Charlie, you've been asleep for 12 hours.."

She stopped crying after a couple minutes, pulled me so I was sitting up and continued to hug me. It was nice to feel such a friendly embrace, and her hair smelled so nice...
After we'd pulled ourselves together I looked at her slowly and asked,
"Now can you tell me exactly what's going on?"

"Very well" she said sternly, "but it could be quite hard to grasp the concept.."

30 long minutes passed, and in short, Violet said
'The things you've been seeing, we call them the afflicted. They're devil servants, but not the minor devils, like servants for devil kings and queens. But they lost their way and attempted to murder their masters, so in return they got thrown into the deepest pits of hell, then placed into limbo to spend eternity rotting away.'

"Okay.. I kind of understand, but you still haven't told me how I fit into all of this?" I asked,

Violet replied "I know that, I was getting to that. You know that I was sent to protect you, and that was my masters wish. She assigned me to protect the great great great nephew of the demon king Mehrunes Dagon."

"The who now??" I asked, dumbly staring at her,

"King Mehrunes Dagon, the first demon kings great nephew, is your great great great uncle. It's complicated but it's simple. In simple mortal terms. Mehrunes' brother daughter is your great great aunt, then her son is your great uncle, and your mother is, well your mother."

"Wait my mums connected to all of this?!" I exclaimed,

"Your mother is actually Azura, the princess of dusk and dawn. When she died, she got returned to her temple in the underworld. In fact, she is the one who sent me. She is my master."

"Wait so mum is alive?!" I asked, "Is there anyway for me to see her?"

"Patience, she is not ready for you yet. Charlie... I have noticed you haven't asked me what I am yet.."

"Oh yeah, Violet.. who actually are you?"

"Well you see... When your mother summoned me, she didn't really ask for me specifically, she summoned one of her many servants, called Raums', and I was the one that appeared. Out of these servants, I was cast out to become her favourite and kept me. She named me Ravana, that is my real name, but you may continue to refer to me as my mortal name."

"But... Violet, you still haven't told me why they want to kill me?"

"You are one of the only known relatives of the God king. So, in theory you should be one of the next in line for the throne, however if the kings family tree stops extending, and their are no more blood relatives to take his or her place, a new king is chosen via an all out war in the underworld. Some of the afflicted want their masters to become rulers, others just want war and chaos, that is why you have become a main target Charlie. That is why I've been sent to protect you."