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Help From The Devil

"Ugh, why does Latin have to be so difficult," I yell in frustration as I sit at my desk looking at the pile of latin work I have to for my college class. I flip through my newly garage sale purchased English to Latin dictionary and an older piece of paper falls out from between two pages. I pick it up and look at it the words are unfamiliar to me as I know most of the language as I have taken it all throughout high school and was able to take it all four years of my college courses being in my final semester.

I read out the words hodie in hac ruina angeli regni Luciferum vocavi. A few seconds later there is a column of spinning smoke rising up from the ground next to my desk. I jump out of my chair and back away I have seen stuff like this happening in movies just before a demon appears.

A minute later the smoke settles and there is a figure standing there a mans figure. The man is wearing a button-up shirt and a suit jacket he looks professional. He has dark hair and some scruff with a sharp jawline all around a pretty attractive guy, wait I can't be thinking this he just appeared out of nowhere. He stares at me as if he is waiting for me to speak but as I am about to he holds his hand up to stop me and he speaks himself.

"Why have you a small insignificant human summoned me here and what the hell do you want," he speaks with a slight British accent.

"I..I uh.." I stammered not knowing what to say, what do you say to a demon you accidentally summoned.

"Use your words I know you can speak. Why have you summoned me?"

"I am sorry I didn't mean to I was just--" he cuts me off before I can finish explaining things.

"You summoned me the King of Hell here by accident, how does that happen?"

"I was just doing my Latin homework and this paper fell out I read it and then you were here. Wait did you say King of Hell."

"Yes, I did say King of Hell."

"That means you are Satan."

"That is one name you silly little humans call me by, but I prefer Lucifer Morningstar."

"Oh my god."

"Oh, what does my father have to do with this."

"Wait so God is your father."

"Yes, and he cast me out of heaven because he cared more about you, silly humans, his creations, than his own son."

"Okay well, I guess you can leave now," I say not moving from the corner I had backed into when he first appeared,

"Sounds like fun but I could always use a break from Hell and hey why not see what earth is all about."

"Uh well then you can go to another place in the earth somewhere better I would recommend the UK. you would fit right in."

"Oh but you seem interesting and you are studying my favorite language maybe I could be of some assistance."

"You are offering to help me with my Latin, you the King of Hell Lucifer are offering help."

"Yes I know I am supposed to be evil I rule in hell forsaken by god but you know what I am not as bad as I seem I deal out punishment for the bad people."

"Okay well, I guess you can stay to help me with my Latin."

"Brilliant. You live alone right."

"Yeah, why do you ask?"

"Wondering if you would have to explain my presence here to anyone."

"No so you're fine."

"Why thank you."

"That is not what I -- you know what nevermind." okay I am sitting at my desk doing my Latin with Lucifer sitting right next to me helping me with the Latin and what's weirder is that I actually enjoyed it he would crack jokes and he actually made me understand the work. And to think that people say the devil is bad they don't know what they are talking about.

"You know I always pictured you as some monster with a freakish face and horns and a tail," I say once we have finished my work for the next few days

"Oh that is only how they portray me in the movies no tail of horn but I can have a creepy red face and red eyes but I actually still have my angel wings one of the few things I didn't lose when I was cast out of heaven."

"So I guess you can go back now I don't need any more help with my Latin and I could always call you back if need be."

"I could go but I need a vacation you need someone to help pay rent right that what you said."

"Uh yeah why?" for some reason I was nervous about what his next words would be.

"I will take the room so there will be no need to summon me back at a later time," he says pulling a wad of cash from in his suit coat and hands it to me. After a minute of thinking things over in my head, I slowly reach out and take the wad from his hand.

"The room is all yours for as long as you want." I was looking up at him tearing my eyes from the money.

"Yes, very well I shall go make myself at home." This is going to be interesting rooming with the devil himself all while I am taking my college classes. Who knows what the future may hold for me and my new devilish roommate.

*Sorry I haven't updated in a while have been writing many other stories feel free to check those out as well. I wrote this story based off of a writing prompt I saw on Instagram so no need to give me all the credit for the story. let me know if you have any prompts you would like me to tackle. Thank you for reading Love you all.