Demon's Of Pain

Chapter 1: Raging Inferno.

There's a knock at the door, as I open it a blade is thrust into my chest, five men barge in, push me aside, my body falling to the floor, I hear screaming and my vision fades into nothingness, just black.

I awaken on the floor, My body cold. I try to move but I am met with excruciating pain, I look down and see a blade protruding from my chest, "What happened to me?", I think to myself, "What happened before this?", I can't remember.

I watch the blood gush from my chest, running along the blade, the warm, sticky liquid glowing crimson in the candlelight. I look up to the flame of the candle, the memories flooding back filling me with grief as they do,

I realize the horrors that have just happened. My family, all of them,

My wife and 3 daughters, I can see their lifeless bodies lying in front of me, I can hear the laughter of men behind me. That's right, I would not do the bidding of an evil sorcerer and now I'm paying the price.

My vision starts to darken, my soul leaving my body slowly and painfully, then nothing but darkness. I hear a voice, deep, rasping and gruff, It's a terrible voice, and definitely not human. Fear grips me as I realize the dialect, Abyssal,

the cursed language of the demons. Any magic user would recognize that language and know that it means nothing good.

"What is this? so much anger and hate runs through you human", the voice not heard by my ears but through my mind, "Such a shame it should all go to waste, I can offer you a chance for vengeance", says the voice.

"A chance for revenge!", the voice getting louder, echoing in my head to the point it's almost unbearable.

"What do you want of me Demon? I have nothing to offer you!" I think in reply, "Oh but you do my young wizard, you do", My body grows warm, the flame from the candle bursts upwards filling the entire room,

my vision returns only to see a face in the flames. "The magister that rules these lands has been capturing demons to fuel his powers and the laws of our people stop us from taking direct action against humans, we may interfere only from the shadows but never directly, this is the only way for us to get retribution on our brethren, join with me young wizard and let us exact vengeance upon all who have wronged us!", the flames growing hotter, the men's laughter Turning into screams of pain and agony as their flesh is burnt from their bodies, fire shooting out of every orifice on their body. "When it is done I shall release you and you may pass peacefully".

"I agree to your contract demon". The flames engulf the room, entering my chest where the sword is, pushing the blade out, it's so hot it burns my insides, I scream

in blood-curdling agony, then, the pain is gone, I am engulfed in red and blue flames but they do not burn, they feel ice cold to the touch. "I live inside you until our deal is done, use my power and take vengeance, do not stop

until they are all punished in our glorious fire!".

I rise from the floor feeling the immense power welling up inside of me, my body surrounded by menacing flames, it's coming from within me, unable to contain it the flames burst outwards scorching and destroying everything in its path. I'm left standing in a crater, the landscape devastated around the giant hole in the earth. Brimming with hate, anger, and power. I look at my hands and they are not my own, nails thick, hard and ending in sharp points, Perfect for ripping and tearing. little flames dancing over my hands playfully, my hair is long, but it's not hair, its fire!, I reach up to touch the fiery hair and feel something hard and long protruding through the right side of my forehead, I have horns!. I look down to see hooves where my feet should be, almost blood red skin covers my body, it is much bigger and more built, like that of a man that's done years and years of hard labor, all the muscle and power is almost overwhelming, slowly my body returns to its normal human form, the voice speaking out to me again, still in my mind, "come human let us exact our vengeance and destroy our enemies with these flames of the abyss."