How I Married The Prince Of Hell

How I Married The Prince Of Hell Ch.12

Chapter XII: Mistaken Words & Hurtful Secret

     Lucifer is trying to get over Vivian and he realizes that he was neglacting his wife Viviana and when he goes to her room he notices that the door is slightly opened and he overhears Viviana. Who is having a conversation with her most trusted advisor that is Zedrick. Viviana tells Zedrick that she feels bad for deciving him and says that she doesn't even know where to explain. But then Zedrick tells her not to say anything since it was their secret and no one would find out since it would be too rigorous and both of them would loose a lot Luce misinterperted their conversation.

       All of a sudden Luce left the room, and walked into his study he then went to the back of the room where there were a lot of old books. He slowly pulled them all out and looked at them and as I got closer I noticed he was looking at the books because there were hand prints left on the dust, "I knew it!" I looked at Luce who looked really angry. He then went to the other side of the book case and started to turn what sounded like knobs on a stove, and then the book case shook and it parted away he then began to walk down the long dark stairs. It surprised me how it reminded me of the first time I had came here, and then I suddenly got a flash of a memory, I had been walking in these very steps and narrow spiral hall a long time ago with someone leading me down here. I watched Luce's back and I couldn't compare it to the person's back I had seen taking me here, but other than that Luce seemed to be obsorbed in his own dilema that he didn't even look back to check on me. I then started to feel weird since I heard strange sounds and felt a shiver creeping up my spine, and that's when I realized it that it was coming from a dark hallway that was next to me that Luce had pased by. So I suddenly stopped and that's when Luce finally looked at me, "your going the wrong way," he then stared at me surprised, "and how do you know?" I continued to watch Luce since I noticed his eyes were blood red, "I really don't know but...that sound its calling me," I then decided to follow the sound of someone humming or singing, and as we go closer we came to a big underground dome shapped caveran. It was beautiful and as I looked around it reminded me of the story that Father Jean used to tell me, where there were faeries and flowers that glowed in the dark but most importantly a beautiful tree weeping at the center. I continued down the mossy green grass that I realized was a tree root, and I realized that there was water running all around so it wasn't grass it was water too. Luce stood there at the entrance of the caveran taking in the beautiful sight that he never knew was there, "come in the guardian gave you permission to enter," I don't really know why I said that but it seemed like someone had been talking thru me. But even so Luce came in and started to follow me towards a green moist path that lead somewhere special, although I didn't know why I knew that this was the path to that place. Then we got to a large pond there was another path made of small mossy grass squares leading to a land that was actually tree roots gathered together in the middle, by this time the song someone was singing was getting stronger. "What's wrong?" I looked back at Luce who looked worried, "the song is getting louder," he looked confused for a second because he didn't understand. But still I knew that I had to keep going I needed to see what it was that was calling for me, and once I was half way there I stopped. I looked at the tree and for some reason I knew deep down what and who I was, "it can't be..." Luce looked at me almost like I had gone crazy, "this is the Tree Of Life...its me....I was the weeping willow." I kept walking till I was close enough to touching the tree and comfirming I wasn't crazy, "Wait! Viviana what are you talking about, the Tree of Life is in Heavens Gates." I shed a couple tears since he was wrong, "Father Jean told me once that the Tree of Life belong to the person who believed in what was wrong and right in the world." Then as I touched the tree a single leaf fell and touch the water making tiny ripples of water, "I'm telling you this isn't the Tree of Life," I looked at Luce and then all of a sudden the leafs began to glow and I did too. But as I was going to step back the voice came back telling me to touch the base of the tree and I did the tree absorved me, and I was inside the Tree of Life and I could see a lot of things. I then understood what had gone wrong and who was at fault, and then the light faded and the tree spit me back out and I fell into Luce's arms but I didn't have my clothes or my long hair it was more long and it was real...I looked just like I did as Vivian but with long hair. And Luce stared at me in surprise, and as I got up he realized I was naked and that's when Luce took off his coat and drapped it over me, but didn't dare look me in the eye. After that he walked away and left me there, and I was afraid he realized the truth about me I quickly began running towards him struggeling as I walked on the moist mossy path. I slipped a couple times but Luce never once looked at me and kept walking, I tried to scream out his name but he kept on walking. I wanted to explain, I really wanted to tell him the truth but he didn't give me the chance to even say one word and in the end, I was left in the large cavern and started to cry, "why cry when you have lost hope long ago," I looked up it was the tree that was talking to me. I walked towards the weeping willow, and the branches began to move as air swept by and it began to circle me as well, the voice also trailed on thru the wind suddenly I was wearing a beautiful white gown. And then the weeping willow wrapped its leaves around me and sat me on a branch, and I could see a lot of things that I didn't see when I was normal, and then I could hear a voice it was eveywhere it seemed like it was coming from the wind and the water anything with life was talking. "Now can you see... what you could not see before you are who you are never think yourself less creator of life, Mother of all life you have so much power to both create and destroy...your a Goddess on your own," I hugged the tree it made me feel normal or safe. "But what am I supposed to do how do I fix everything," the tree became silent, "I'm not the Tree of Life without you, your our creator the creator of Life...and soon you will discover a lot of pain such as betrayel and murder." I was shocked since I wasn't expecting any of that but at the same time I began to think that it might have to do with Zedrick or even Rayne, I somehow knew that Rayne wanted something from Zedrick in order to get rid of Luce. "Is that all that I need to know because I'm scared," there was a light breeze and I could hear bell chimes it made me calm down a bit, "you don't need to be afraid all you have to do is remember who you really are." After that everything became silent and I decided to chase after Luce only that I was lost, I couldn't remember which way was back to his study. But before I could freak out I heard whispers, "this way your highness...this path leads you out of this maze," I continued to go in that direction that the whispers told me and before I knew it I was in the back gardens, I was about to turn around since I wanted to go to Luce's study not the garden of Black Roses. But I couldn't find the door that had lead me here, and so I decided that it might be a good place to be for the moment, the Black Rose garden will give me some time to think about what happened, I looked up at the crystal it was a blue color which meant it was night time. I continued walking till I got to the center of the garden and I sat by the fountain looking at the water flowing from the statue that I suddenly noticed was me. I got up and began to walk around looking for anything that could prove that I wasn't Queen Viviana but then all of a sudden on her left shoulder was a birthmark shapped like a moon. I was suddenly relieved I didn't have a moon shaped birthmark, but either way I decided to make sure...and that's when I stopped, there it was the moon shapped birthmark. That I never knew I had and I suddenly fell on my knees this was unfair, I then looked into the water pouring into the fountain where my statue was, and I began to think about a lot of things which also made me question what was true. "Who am I?...am I Queen Viviana or Vivian...I'm so confused," I then began to play with the water, "you are who you want to be..." it was almost a whisper but I suddenly realized I wasn't alone so I stood up. " Why does everyone keep telling me that." And as I looked around for any shadows or guards lurking by I noticed I was alone but I still felt someone watching me. "Who are you? and where are you I can't see you...what do you want," I looked around but there was clearly nothing and I could see in the dark, "who I am doesn't matter but what I want is to help you...my dear Queen either way you see it both Viviana and Vivian are a part of you and both names mean Life." For a second I was doubting what the voice was telling me but I had said it once before without realizing it when Reina cut me with her sharp nails, "well how come I can't remember anything." The voice sounded tired, "its because your not allowing yourself to aknowledge the truth you are the Creator of the Tree of Life...you gave the Angels their wings and you were God at one point." I really didn't know I was this important, "tell me then why do I keep hurting the people I love and care for the most," I could hear he was laughing for a second, "because you have yet to trust the people you love..." With that the voice faded leaving me with a couple of questions, and a lot of thoughts since I was raised in a catholic orphanage I knew all of that but no one ever mentioned 'The Tree of Life Origin' and how it came to be. Plus that could never be God created the tree and humans he created the Angels as well, but something in the back of my mind was telling me that it wasn't like that. Father Jean often told me that it was never what it really seemed while I did my homework for biblical studies in his office, and I really did believe him at that time till Father Roughen treated my work like I was worshiping the devil. And that's when I realized for the first time pure hatred, Father Roughen hated me that was a fact although no one seemed to notice other than Father Jean who also had a dislike to Father Roughen since they didn't see eye to eye in certain things. I quickly found myself wondering around the garden like my feet knew exactly were to take me because I was faced with a large stone wall that surrounded the Castle. As I toured the Castle on my second day I remembered Luce saying that the walls protected only the west side of the Castle where my old room stood, and he said that I had created it for an unknown reason. I began to touch the large stone wall searching for something that is until I felt it, I began to pull on the branches and leafs that covered most of the wall and then I began to see it clearly the shape of a door. And little symbols I had seen on the letter I had written to myself years or centuries ago, and I knew what those symbols were, it was a puzzle a safety code in a way. I rolled the stone symbols till it matched the one's from my memory the first one was a 'Y' with a circle at the center and the second was an 'A' turned upside down like a 'V' and for some reason I had to spin the third one a couple of times since I couldn't see the last letter it was kind of mishapen for me to make out the last symbol but I kept going one at a time till I found it. The door heavily was pushed aside and I entered the threshold of what little piece of land that was left because I then remembered why I had made it. It wasn't to protect us from someone suddenly attacking us, it was to protect us from the bottomless pit...where hell really exsisted, where I had seen and felt evil, because the Hell I was on right now was just an in between place. That dark bottomless pit was someone's next and last stop for extinction, it was made by a large crude demon that would eat other demon's in order to get bigger and stronger. I had made this wall to keep everyone here and away from this creature that smelled food close by, and even though I had taken its heart it didn't die it just froze...the crystal that hangs as our source of power and light was the creature's heart. And if anyone found out they would surely use the creature to rise to the mortal world, because that demon wanted to escape to the surface, and devour everyone. I then heard the creature screech as if sensing my precense...I then knew he wanted Satan himself to get him out since Satan had been feeding the bottomless pit demons that were tried with acts such as; trechury, deception to Hell's King, and attempted murder. But even so I knew what that thing wanted the most, he wanted Luce and I bet Rayne didn't know this creature existed within the Kingdom...because if he did he would free him since this terrible demon is Rayne's brother his twin brother Reyziel the Devouring demon he was going to be the next Prince in line to take Lord Satan's place but things happened and decisions were made. But Rayne has already forgotten his brother and that was for the best, Rayne could never forget nor forgive Lucifer for taking his place as his father's favorite after Rayne spent so much time trying to please his father he was taken away by Lucifer. It then hit me I was starting to remember and the Weeping Willow was right I was the only one that could stop this or die trying, I quickly retreated back to the garden and closed the door and I had a feeling that I need more security so I summoned guards to stand guard around the Black Rose garden in case. I then found my way back to the inner castle and surprisingly I saw Luce talking to some guards about doing more patroling around the castle, and then when I thought that he didn't notice me he suddenly called out my name and I actually jumped. "Viviana where are you going? You have to stay in your room it seems that someone has broken into the castle," I looked at Luce he wasn't looking at me it seemed like he was looking right thru me. "What happened back there that you no longer wanted to even look at my face, your not looking at me right now either," he looked down and then he met my eyes and I could see the war playing in his eyes he was thinking if it would be a good thing that I was really Vivian. "Nothing happened Viviana its just that you reminded me of someone that I used to love and she was taken from me, and now she's gone...you look a lot like her which scares me to think that fate wants to destroy me by having her memory never fading, but the worse part is that I will never forget her she's already engraved in my very soul and heart." I looked at Luce pitying him for a second before I realized what he actually meant, "you really loved her didn't you?" he looked at me almost amazed. But before he could answer guards came running down the corridor towards us, "King Lucifer we are in trouble...they have surrounded us," I looked at the guard and what he said scared me and made Lucifer grow pale. "Who surrounded us and get everything ready for battle call out every guard to the main entrace to reienforce them," he bowed slightly, "we don't know exactly what they are but they look like shadows." Lucifer's mouth turned into a very evil grin that made me want to go hide, "Rayne...get everything ready and call me when everyone is in their positions," the guard quickly faded back into the wall and probably started to pass the message. Luce then looked back at me, "please go back to your bed chambers and lock the door," I looked at him his eyes looked at me as if they were genuinely concerned. So I did what I was told and quickly went to my room, but good thing that I wasn't the only one the maids were already getting ready and a small patrol group came marching towards me but not once did they aknowledge my prescense so I kept going.