Childish War

Chapter 12: A miricle

"GRACE!"
The loud noise startled me, making me Fall out of bed
"Whoops. Sorry princess" scorch said lifting me up
"Scorch?" I yawned "what's up?"
"Great news! Damien's ok!"
"What?" My eyes lit up 'that wasn't just a dream?' I thought
"Come and see!" Scorch grabbed my hand and took me to mine and Damien's room
When we entered cranberry and Scarlett were there. And so was Damien
He was looking much better
He no longer looked pale or had black liquid seeping from his eyes or mouth.
And he wasn't angry either.
"Damien?" I said. Tears forming at the edge of my eyes.
Damien turned around
"Grace!" He said happily
Before he could say anything else I ran to him and jumped into his arms.
"I thought you weren't coming back!" I said as joyful tears rolled down my cheeks
"As I said kiddo. I ain't ever leaving you" he said hugging me back
"I'd better go call David" cranberry said walking out
Damien put me down
"I did a bunch of drawings for you!"
"Did you now? Can I see?"
"Sure!!" I skipped happily down the hall to scorches room
I was so happy that Damien was alright and that I wasn't going to lose him after all
Though. My mind began wondering.
What was Jezebel's intentions?
What even was a demon?
I wanted to find out if I had done good or made a mistake.
But I really didn't want to say something aloud about her. What if she got angry?
What if everyone else got angry? That I made a deal with something that I didn't even know existed.
What if they get so angry that I break my deal and a hellhound comes after me?!
What if I get corrupted?!
"Best not to dwell on those thoughts Gracie"
"What?" I spun around to see no one there "hello? Who's there?"
"You won't be able to see me idiot" the voice said "I'm in your head. Remember?"
Then it clicked
"Jezebel?" I asked
"DON'T SAY THAT NAME ALOUD!" The voice abruptly shouted
It went silent for a second and then it came back
"Ahem, sorry. What I mean to say is that no one else can hear me. So right now your basically talking to yourself"
"Oh. Ok"
I paused.
"What's a demon again?"
"Who are you talking to?"
I spun around to see David
"AaAH!" I said in surprise
"Nobody! Say nobody!"
"Uh. Nobody.." I said listening to Jess
David looked confused
"Right...so miss Dawndusk, where did you hear about demons?"
"Uh...I...I just..." I stuttered "I heard someone say it and I thought it was a strange word!"
David gave me a slightly suspicious look
"A demon. Is a powerful creature who works for Thanados"
"Than...a...dos?" I asked pronouncing it carefully, I was certain I heard it before
"You don't know who he his?" David asked
"The name sounds familiar" I said
"He what most humans call 'Satan' he's completely made out of hate" David carried on "he created demons and hellhounds to do his bidding"
"Don't listen to him Gracie" Jezebel whispered
"And demons are heartless things made to go out and make deals with stupid humans, to either use them as a puppet or gain their soul to become more powerful or give to thanados to take to Tartarus"
I froze
"Miss Dawndusk are you alright?" He asked
"I-I'm fine!" I said smiling "when do I start school?"
"Well you can go tomorrow if your feeling up to it"
"Yeah!" I said "that'll be nice!"
"Iv arranged for us to be in the same class. Even though your technically an 8 year old. Here on earth your age is doubled so that would make you 16...anyway if we are in the same classes then I can keep an eye on you and protect you, it starts at 8:30 so if you can get up and in your school uniform by 7:00 then we should have enough time, I'll be coming here to pick you up"
"Got it!" I chirped
"I'm gonna go check on Damien now" he said "I heard he's recovered"
"Y-yeah! Strange right?" I said
"Yes...very strange" he said leaving the room
I sighed
"Your a terrible liar"
"I know" I said sadly "those things David said about demons aren't true...right?"
"Of course they aren't! I'm helping aren't I?"
"I guess so" I said picking up the drawings and wandering back into mine and Damien's room
"Are those the pictures?" Damien asked
I nodded and handed them to him
He had a look through them
"These are amazing!" He said smiling "I love them"
I beamed.
"Yep. Looks like cranberry was right" David said "you've completely recovered" he still looked confused "but how?"
"Maybe aether heard our prayers!" Scarlett said
"But why would she save a normal human?" David muttered then shook his head "I'll have to think more on this, I have things to do" David left as we waved him goodbye.
The rest of the day was mostly just asking Damien questions about what it was like being corrupted.
He didn't remember most of it. But he remembered feeling really angry.
I was still trying to process this.
As the day went and the night came everyone went to bed early because they were so tired.
But I couldn't sleep.
I hadn't even changed out of my clothes and into my pjs.
I couldn't help but think about what I had done.
What if I had just doomed myself and everyone around me?
While thinking this, other thoughts came back to me.
What would my parents say?
What would lily say?
It doesn't matter.
It's still my fault they are gone.
It's my fault.
My fault.
Suddenly a noise snapped me out of my thoughts.
It sounded like the strumming of a guitar.
I was coming from the open window.
I walked over to it and looked outside
"Oh! Did I wake you princess?"
I looked up at the roof to see a pair of legs dangling off the edge.
Those legs I could see belonged to scorch
"Scorch? What are you doing up there?"
"Well I can't go out in the day can I?" He laughed "so I might as well come out at night, did I wake you?"
"No" I sighed "can't sleep"
"You can come and sit with me if you want" he said gently reaching his hand down to me
I smiled and gripped onto his hand as he pulled me onto the tiled roof.
He too was still in his clothes and strumming a guitar with flames painted on it
"I didn't know you played guitar" I said surprised
"Yeah! Iv been playing it for ages! It was the one thing I managed to salvage from-"
He paused seeing my sad face
"Sorry" he said
"It's ok..." I sighed
We sat there for a minute of awkward silence until scorch said something
"Nice night, might go stretch my wings"
"Your allowed to do that?" I asked
"Probably not" he said while putting his guitar down "want to come along?"
"Can I?" I asked "is it safe?"
"Would I let anything bad happen to you princess?" He smiled
I smiled back and stood up
"Just climb onto my back. The space between my wings and hang onto my shoulders. Make sure to hang on tight"
I did as he said
"Will we get lost?"
"Nah. I'm only gonna do a few laps round Wheatley, we'll be fine"
I hung on tightly as scorch began running along to roof
I shut my eyes tightly as we gently began to lift off the ground.
I could practically feel the muscles in his wings pulsating as he continued flapping them
I opened my eyes
"Whoa!!"
We were rather high in the air now
I could still see the ground it seemed so far away
I felt scared at first but after adjusting to the feeling, the fear turned into a wave of excitement, I felt so free!
"Having fun?" Scorch asked
"Yeah!" I smiled as the wind blew through my hair "we have to do this more often!"
"Definitely" he replied
Seeing all the houses below and the clear starry night sky as the world was bathed in moonlight was just so therapeutic.
It was beautiful.
I remember dad said that if he wasn't there to watch me then the stars would.
After we went a few circles around Wheatley scorchs wings began to get tired so we took a break in a gigantic oak tree nearby.
"So what's up princess?"
"Huh?" I asked
"Somethings on your mind little lady" he said tapping my head "I can tell"
I opened my mouth to speak but a voice sternly said
"Don't"
Jezebel obviously wanted to stay secret
"Well I was gonna ask...when I came downstairs that one day and Scarlett was shouting at you and Damien..." I began "why was she so angry at you?"
Scorch sighed
"Well. You deserve to know"
He stretched out one of his wings and pointed to the area near the top
"Ever noticed this scar?" He asked
"I had noticed it before...yes"
"Well I got this scar from my brother"
"You have a brother?" I asked "I didn't know that!"
"Yes..." Scorch said "you know what his name is?"
"What?"
"Luchas"
I froze.
Luchas...
That's...
That's the person who killed my dad!
"The...man with red and black wings?" I said quietly
"I know what he did" scorch sighed "he's really not a bad person though!" He said
"He's just...mislead, if I had noticed sooner then-" scorchs words trailed off
"Ach well" he shrugged "I can't have everything my way"
I yawned. Followed by scorch
"Looks like we could both use some shuteye" he said
I had already began to fall asleep
"Alright princess" he said tenderly as he picked me up "let's get you home"
We flew off towards home and scorch swiftly glided through the open window
He pulled back the covers and placed me gently in my bed
"Goodnight grace" he whispered as he placed a kiss on my head, and exited my room
Closing the door behind him.