Fate: The Story of Star-crossed Lovers

Chapter 1: Summoned

Sebastian slept peacefully in his bed. He had spent last night playing video games and didn't end up going to sleep until around 4am. His mind filled with dreams and happiness until the sickening sound of his alarm startled him. He jumped and fell out of his bed and crashed onto the floor. "Damn it!" Sebastian yelled angrily. He unplugged his alarm clock from the wall and threw the cord on the floor, eventually bringing the alarm clock down with it. Sebastian rolled his eyes and left his alarm clock on the floor as he got ready for the day. He hopped into the shower and turned on the hot water to wake himself up. He stood there and thought to himself about what today was, his birthday. His sixteenth birthday to be precise. Today was the day everything changed for him. He heard of stories about how on Earth a child's eighteenth birthday marked the beginning of their journey into adulthood, but that wasn't the case in the Underworld. It was known as the Underworld to everyone that lived there but to the "naive" humans Sebastian's father tended to call them, they tended to call it Hell.

Sebastian never understood that. Humans portrayed Hell as this pit of eternal damnation and torture when the only torture in Hell was trying to getting through traffic. They also thought of Sebastian's father (Lucifer or the "Devil" as the humans called him) as some red dude with horns and a pitchfork or even in some stories as a snake. In actuality, Sebastian's father was a tall man with short black hair and a British accent. He had a love for women and money and tended to be the heart of the party. Sebastian was different, however. He had longer brown hair and large anime like eyes. He tended to wear black (alot) and was tall and skinny.

Sebastian got out of the shower and began getting dressed. He put on black pants along with a Panic! At The Disco shirt (a band that he learned about on one of his trips to Earth) and black combat boots. He brushed his hair and all that other hygienic stuff when he heard someone calling his name. "Sebastian! Your breakfast is getting cold" the voice yelled. Sebastian finished up what he was doing and rushed down the stairs.

Sebastian walked into his kitchen and saw Alfred, the butler, sitting at the table

drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. Alfred had been the butler of the Morningstar household ever since before Sebastian was born. He was an older guy who had little to no hair on his head and always seemed to wear a black tuxedo. Sebastian spotted his breakfast which was everything he liked. Bacon, steak, eggs. You name it, it was on that plate. Sebastian began to dig in as Alfred looked up from his paper "happy birthday sir, I thought you deserved it." Alfred told him. Sebastian finished chewing a large piece of steak and looked towards him "thanks Alfred, your the best" Sebastian told him. Alfred smiled and continued to read his paper.

After leaving no food behind on his breakfast plate. Sebastian cleaned off his dish and sat back down. "When does the limo from the Odyssey get here?" Sebastian asked. Alfred looked at his watch and then back at Sebastian "now" Alfred told him.

The Odyssey was where Sebastian's father worked, and was technically the government of Hell. Sebastian walked outside to a black limo waiting outside his house. Alfred and him got into the limo when the driver, a skeleton wearing a taxi cab outfit turned to them. "Happy Birthday Sebastian! You excited to go the the Odyssey?" The limo driver asked. Sebastian shook his head in agreement. "Well here's my birthday gift to ya, where gonna go fast as hell!" The limo driver yelled. Alfred's face overcome with a look of shock "I don't really feel that is..." Alfred began to say. He was cut off by the "oorah!" coming from the limo driver. He sped down the street passing through all traffic with ease. Alfred held onto his seat as Sebastian laughed and enjoyed the ride.

A 20 minute car ride became a 5 minute car ride and they arrived at the Odyssey. It was a large government building that had multiple offices and rooms. It was the largest building in Hell. Alfred and Sebastian walked in to see a large group of people waiting in the lobby. Everyone greeted the two and talked to them. Sebastian made conversation with friends, family members and others while he searched the room for his father. He found no trace of him and got a tad bit worried. He walked up to a life long friend and smiled. "Hi Emily" Sebastian said with a chuckle. Emily blushed and smiled back at Sebastian as she spoke to him "Hi Sebastian."
Emily and Sebastian had been friends for their entire lives. They grew up together and had been through everything together. They where each others first crush, first boyfriend/ girlfriend, first kiss, and through it all the managed to stay best friends. Emily had been training to become a mercenary for a year now (since she started at 16 and was a year older then Sebastian) so this was the first time they had saw each other in a long time.

Sebastian and Emily laughed and caught up when Sebastian froze. He felt an arm wrap around his neck and put him in a choke hold. He was quickly losing air and conscious. Nobody did anything except laugh and smile, including Emily and Alfred. Had everyone lost their mind? Someone was trying to kill Sebastian at his own birthday party, and they might succeed if Sebastian didn't do something quick.