365 Days With You

Chapter VIII - Brothers

.Cleo.

'Greetings, lovely visitor. Welcome.' a loud voice spoke.

Cleo realized that the voice she heard while she was falling was the same as the one now. I've gotten two compliments from you, beautiful and lovely, I guess you like me. Cleo laughed at the thought of that.

Lance and Cleo were in front of a huge black gate. It looked gothic and ancient. Before Cleo could even say a word, a man appeared.

The man wore a black shirt and denim pants. He had a black watch on his wrist and a pair of black shoes.

'Are you going to a funeral?' Cleo couldn't help but say what was on her mind.

Just as if on cue, Lance and the unknown guy started laughing.

'Oh brother, I told you to wear something else. You're embarassing yourself in front of your guest.' Lance said.

'Says the one wearing a teddy bear suit. Pff, you should be ashamed of yourself. I'm even too embarassed to call you my brother now haha.' the guy countered.

The guy was facing Cleo now and his face was lit up by hell's lights. She could see how he really looked like and was surprised that he and Lance looked similar. Their only difference was that the guy had gray eyes while Lance had blue ones.

'Hello, Cleo. What a pleasure to finally meet you in person.' said the guy.

'Um, what do you mean? Have you met me before but like, not in person?' Cleo asked.

The guy seemed to regret what he said. 'Hmm, let's just keep that a secret for now. Anyways, I'm Lucas. I rule the Kingdom of Demons and this is my castle.' he said as he pointed to the HUGE castle behind the gate.

'I thought this was Lucifer's castle? And who is Lucifer?' asked Cleo.

'Well Miss Curious, Lucifer is our father. He created three kingdoms so they were named after him. They were the Kingdom of Souls, Demons and Hatred. He gave them to us, his sons, so we could rule them. The Kingdom of Souls is ruled by our brother, Luis. It's main objective is to collected the rotten souls and give them what they deserve. Demons, I and Lucas. That kingdom's objective is to create demons which give off fear to keep the balance between good and evil in the world. Lastly, Hatred is ruled by Luigi. The last kingdom is the heart of Hell. Funny, right? Something that sounds so evil ahs a heart. Haha. But really, Hatred is the one that collects all the hatred on Earth to give power to us all here. Without hatredd and such, we might all be dying. Who knows where demons go when they die. Probably a super hell or something.' Lance explained to Cleo.

'Wow. That's a lot of information to take in.' Cleo said as she had a hard time to understand everything. 'So, why did you bring me here?' she asked.

'When will you ever keep your mouth shut?' Lance asked again.

Cleo just laughed it off and Lucas opened the gates to his castle. He signaled Cleo and Lance to follow.

They walked to the castle in silence. Cleo looked around and saw trees with black leaves surrounding the place.

To break the silence, she suddenly blurted out, 'if you both rule this kindom then why is it that Lance doesn't look like he does?'

Lance let out a sigh. It was clear to Cleo that he was tired of answering her questions already.

'Well, Lance doesn't really want to rule this kingdom. He just wants to be an errand boy.' Lucas answered while laughing.

'Hmph, I do not. I just don't want to be stressed out by ruling the kingdom but still want to be of use to you all.' Lance defended himself.

Cleo just laughed at them. They both seemed fun and mischievous too.

They were near the castle's door when Lucas suddenly faced her. His face was about an inch away from Cleo's.

'Cleo, I brought you here because I want you to be my wife.'