Light in the Abyss

the demon king

(Art by me)

"Chip, wake up!" A man said in what sounded like a British accent. Chip slowly opened his eyes and was met with a man about 6'3. Chip backed away. "Wh-who are you!? Where am I!?" Chip yelled, a bit scared. The man chuckled a bit before saying. "I am the Demon king, and welcome to the demon realm." He said, moving his hand showing him the realm. Chip gasped when he saw tons of different demons working, hurting one another, and doing other...stuff. Chip also noticed that they were all different animals. Chip looked at himself and saw he was a different color. He had fluff on his chest and felt he had ears. "Why am I an animal!?" He asked looking at the Demon king. "You take the form of your spirit animal after you die." He said as he started walking. "Now come with me." Chip hesitantly followed, feeling uncomfortable, scared, and confused. "You're probably wondering why your here?" He asked. "Well, I need you for something important." He said putting a bit of venom in 'important.' "The others will explain it to you." He said as he walked inside a castle. "Others...?" Chip mumbled under his breath. The demon king brought him to a room. "You stay in here and don't leave until I say so." The Demon king said, putting venom in the whole sentence. Chip only nodded and walked inside, shutting the door behind him. As soon as he walked in, six other demons looked at him with worry and anxiety in their eyes.

"I-it can't be..." A small girl said. "It hasn't been that long...has it...?" A boy asked. They all started to talk among themselves. "Um, could someone please tell me what's going on!?" Chip asked, making the whole room go silent. One of the demons started to talk to him she looked like a fennec fox. "Well first off, I'm Izzy, this is Elizabeth" the small penguin shyly waved. "Derek." "Hey" The tiger said. "Christina" the parrot smiled a bit. Chip felt a sting of saddness in his heart as he remembered his mom. "Josh." The wolf waved. "And Russell..." The bull just growled a bit. "And you are?" "Chip" he responded with slight saddness. "Nice name, anyway. You're part of a horrible plan of the Demon king...we all are...ever sense I died another 'special' demon would come after a hundred years. The Demon king is planning on possessing a body to get out of the realm and take over the world." Izzy said looking down. "Then why does he need us!?" Derek asked. "He can't interact with the soals I don't know why he can't though...." Izzy said as her ears flattened. "That doesn't make any sense!" Derek yelled as he stood up. "Why can't he just do it himself!?" Chip jumped a bit as Derek hit the wall. "He's just a lazy, useless, weak-" Soon the door swung open with force and standing there was the Demon king, all the Demons jumped. The Demon king lifted Derek off the ground. "Why don't we see how lazy, useless, and weak I am" he said as he brought him out of the room. Chip stood up, about to run after them, but Izzy grabbed his arm and shook her head. Chip sat back down with a sigh as he thought of the horrible things he would do to Derek.

Derek's POV:

"Put me down!!!" I yell as I try and kick him. "It's just going to get worse for you, boy." The Demon king said as he dragged me through his castle with his teleconieces. I continued to kick and yell but soon my muscles stopped working and I went comepletely still. I tried to move but I couldn't. "What do you even need us for!?" I yell. "I don't have to answer that..." He said with slight annoyance. "Why can't you do it yourself!?" "Again...I don't have to answer that..." "It's not fair!!! We shouldn't have to make up for your stupid-" I was soon thrown in a pool of boiling lava. I screamed and tried to get out, but I still couldn't move. "You stay in here for an hour..." He said as he closed the huge, heavy doors. "WAIT, PLEASE, LET ME OUT!!!!" I yell as the boiling lava burns my fur and skin. "Please!!!" I attempted to get his attention again. My throat was starting to hurt and I was getting sleepy. I close my eyes and let sleep take over.

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Chip and the other demons were sitting in silence waiting for Derek to get back. Soon the door opened and the Demon king threw something in the room. "Hopefully you learned your lesson, and will teach you not to disrespect me." He said and shut the door. The demons scurried to the object and gasped. "Derek!" Elezibeth yelled. "He put him in the lava pool..." Josh said looking down. Chip looked at Derek and gagged a bit. "Is he gonna be alright?" Chip asked. "Yeah. Demons recover really quickly, but the pain still lies." Izzy said knowing that Derek is going to be in pain for the next few weeks. "This is why we never disrespect the king..." Christina said as she sat in the far corner, not wanting to see the horrible sight. All the demons stayed quiet. Izzy looked around. "We should probably be getting to bed..." She said as she laid down. The others nodded and also laid down. Chip soon laid down with the others and sighed. He looked up at the ceiling with a sad look on his face. 'I miss you mom and dad...' Chip said in his mind as he closed his eyes. Tears pricking in the corners of his eyes. Soon he fell into a dreamless sleep.

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