The Dark Zodiac

Arc 1: The prince and the wolf (Part 1)

Five years had passed since the disappearance of Capricorn. The fact that his carriage was attacked by a high class demon when the boy was only 10 made it pretty easy to assume that He was dead. However, no new Capricorn had been born since then.

Some people think that he was still alive somewhere out there. Others believe that the reason why no new Capricorn had been born is simply because his twin brother was alive. They believe that because of this, the Skill still had a living owner and it could not pass to a new child. The ones who started this theory was surprisingly (or not) the Deimos', the family of the deceased Capricorn.

A figure scoffed at that information. Like they care enough about a 'demon child', the teen thought bitterly.

"Let's go." A voice spoke.

And the figure disappeared.

...

A young boy cheerfully dashed trough the streets of a shady district in the capital of a small human kingdom. Dressed in rags, no one would ever suspect that he was actually the prince Remus Lightwood, the second son of the king. It was interesting to see how different people would treat you according to what you wear.

What was a prince doing there, you might ask. Well, he's visiting some friends of his who lived there. Why did the king approve of this relationship, you might also ask. Well, it was not like he knew or cared. All he cared about was Remus's elder brother, Alexander, the perfect prince and heir to the throne. Remus, on the other hand, he was just a round of disappointment according to his father. At first, Remus tried his very best to impress his father. Sadly, no matter how hard he tried, he could not escape from the shadow of his brother. So he gave up on becoming the perfect son for the king and instead constantly snugged out and went to places his father would never dare to go to: The Forbidden Forest and The Shady District (leave it to his father to come up with the most literal names ever). During the trips to those places, he became friends with a couple kids and a pack of wolves.

Today, The Shady District seemed more, for the lack of better words, agitated...

"Hey, do you know what's going on?" Remus asked his friends.

"There's a new face in town and everyone is saying that he's a necromancer." One of his friends, Jules, answered.

"Look! There he is!" His other friend, Toby, exclaimed excitedly while pointing towards a teen. Said teen, who looked only about 4 or 5 years older than Remus, had snow white hair and blood red eyes. He was wearing a midnight blue cloak and carried a pitch black staff. And... was that a black owl in a suit standing on the staff!?

Having read about necromancers before, he was pretty sure that the owl was actually a demon.

The necromancer and his demon walked into a large shack. And, being the curious ten-year-olds that they are, Remus and his friends went after them. Once inside the shack, the doors closed and locked the kids in.

"What are you doing here?" The teenage necromancer asked in a soft yet stern voice without even looking back. The demon, on the other hand, turned his head backwards with a loud sound which sounded like a neck being snapped, successfully scaring the kids.

"W-Well... We saw that you were new in town and we wanted to welcome you..." Madeline, one of the girls in the group improvised. The white haired teen turned around, raising an eyebrow.

"And we heard you were a necromancer! Can you show us your magic!?" Helena, Madeline's tactless twin and the last member of the group, exclaimed, earning a facepalm from everyone in presence, including the owl demon.

"So let me get this straight..." The red eyed male said as he rubbed between his eyes. "You heard that I was a necromancer and the first thing you do is follow me into my house where I can easily get rid of you without anyone noticing anything... And that's not even mentioning that Dante here..." He gestured the owl "... can literally wipe you off the face of the planet in one second if he were a demon. You do know that curiosity killed the cat, right?"