The 9th

Remembrance

Satan remembers the first time he saw Earth. He remembers gliding on his magnificent wings and exploring what was beyond heaven's gate. 

He remembers seeing the humans evolve, he remembers the extinction of the dinosaurs, he remembers the advancement of math, he remembers everything, but this day was most memorable.

It was beautiful, there were fields of green and animals everywhere, there was a bright dun, somehow more beautiful than the one in heaven, he remembers the scent of the unpolluted sea. 

And he remembers the first time he saw a human. 

They were so weird and weak, yet so eager to learn and to tame. A part of him and held pity and curiosity for the clumsy creatures. 

Satan remembers seeing them discover fire, he remembers seeing them make new and exciting clothes. 

He remembers seeing the snake tempt Eve, and he remembers seeing Adam bite the apple. 

He remembers God's wrath as the punishment fell on him, simply because he was in the mortal realm at the time. 

He remembers the feeling of betrayal the spiked through him. 

He remembers where the bibles went wrong. He remembers lying in pain on the barren fields of Gehenna after God had finished punishing him when a flash struck down on him for one final strike. He remembers seeing the angels God cherished humiliating and harming the humans. He remembers that he was one of the only ones who never struck a human. 

Satan remembers. He remembers the first time he created a Demon King. Gehenna had just started out, a peaceful kingdom where God could not touch them, a sacred place of peace, but Satan was lonely. He yearned for the parent bond he sees his subjects have. 

He remembers spiling his blood to create Lucifer, the Demon King of Light. 

A glow developed around a part of the abyss and formed a kingdom, in the center, a glowing bundle of light. 

Satan remembers raising Lucifer with clumsiness and care, but it all went wrong once Lucifer encountered the dreaded Grigory on his first time in Assiah. Lucifer returned home spraying words of peace and coexistent with the mortals above. Satan had tried to tell his son that the Grigory was filled with lies, mortals weren't to be trusted. 

Lucifer denied his words and returned to Assiah with some of his people. Lucifer blamed Satan for the bolts that struck them down. 

Satan remembers that he was lonely again, so he created Samael, the Demon King of Time and Space. Again, a piece of the abyss blossomed into a kingdom, new and unbroken. Satan remembers keeping Samael away from the mortal realm, perhaps that's where his line of defiance came from, for Samael had always been curious. 

When Samael went to the mortal realm and didn't return for decades, Satan had grieved. He tried to go and see his son, he tried, he truly did, but his power had grown, he could no longer enter Assiah without hurting the mortals. So he returned to his castle.

Then his son returns, dressed up and shouting jokes, playing games, and ever so apathetic. He, like Lucifer, wanted to live in Assiah, he brought some of his kin and didn't care when some of them were struck down. 

Satan remembers creating Azazel a millennia later as the Demon King of Spirits. Azazel grew up with a steady mind, it was Satan's greatest joy to see Azazel start his kingdom early. His best memory is the feeling of relief, Azazel was nothing like Samal and Lucifer, Satan had done things right.

Satan remembers creating the twins just a short while after, Iblis, the Demon King of Fire, and Egyn, the Demon King of Water. Iblis and Egyn weren't like Lucifer or Samael, they listened.