Creature of the Shadows

Meeting More of the Family

Azazel's pov

   I left the kitchen wondering if Baran is actually going to go through with the plan. If anyone would have overheard that and went to go tell the king I would most likely get beaten and get killed for conspiring against the king... 

   Whatever, Baran is a trusted friend of mine. I know he will pull through no matter how scared he is. I walked over to my room. A few hours later I heard I heard the sound of the gates to the daemon castle being opened. I got up to investigate. Something ran right into me. I stumbled back. I growled a little bit before seeing what hit me.

    "SmallHat." I said simply. He was about 3 feet away using his wings to keep him in the air.

    "Sorry Azazel, I wasn't expecting you to walk out of your room." He said in his monotone voice.

    "It's fine. I assume that you have a letter for King Melville?" I asked. He nodded.

     "Well you know the way to his room, I'll let you on your way." I told him stepping to the side. He flew through the hall towards the way to the king's room. 

    Just then I remembered the poison that Baran should have given him hours ago for his lunch. I started to walk in that direction. As I got closer I heard the king's bedroom door open and I heard SmallHat gasp in a monotone way, if that's even possible. He then came rushing down the hall probably to tell me what he had seen. He just barely missed me this time.

    "SmallHat? Is something wrong?" I asked pretending that I didn't know what he had found.

    "Melville, he... He's dead..." He said in a monotone voice again.

    "What?! How?!" I exclaimed faking ignorance again.

    "I have no idea but he isn't breathing or moving and there is no pluse..." He explained. He grabbed one of my hooves and started to fly towards the king's courters. When we walked in he was dead, his food on the floor. I faked a surprised gasp.

     "He's really dead. That means..." I paused to make it seem like I was considering everything. "That means... I am the new king..." 

     "I guess it does..." SmallHat said.

    "I should probably go address the daemon- my kingdom..." I said. "But first what is it that you wanted to give to Melville? I guess since I'm king now I should handle whatever it is."

    "Uhhh," he quickly dug through his messager bag before grabbing a letter. "It's from my father, the demon king."

    "Okay, I'll read it right after I tell the others about what has happened." I told him as he handed the letter to me.

    "Okay, as you might know, my father would like a reply as soon as possible, but I understand, you have to tell your kingdom." He said tightening his messenger bag. "Well I should be on my way, this was my last stop for today."

     "Okay." And with that he flew out of the daemon castle. 

     I took a deep breath. I'm the new king. The daemon kingdom is now in my hands. This is fine, I can do this. I then made my way to the topmost part of the castle so I can address everyone.

Flug' pov

   After a while of exploring we went back to our room, but on the way back we bumped into Rose again.

    "Oh! Hey, Rose right?" I said once we saw her.

    "Oh, uh, yeah. That's my name." She said sounding a bit shy. She looked at BlackHat. "You're uncle BlackHat right?"