Playing the Devil's Game

This is the story of a boy all alone
Locked in the darkness he now calls his home
But there in the shadows the devil then came
Telling him "boy, you will now play my game."
Like the pieces of a chessboard he first moved his pawn
And out from the shadows the boy was then torn.

He opens his eyes and was blinded to see
A girl stood before him so he fell on one knee
Her beauty and wonder was beyond all compare
With emerald green eyes and soft golden hair,
She knelt down beside him and softly she said
"be brave now dear boy, for the demons lie ahead.
I am an angel and beside you I will stay
There to protect you through both the night and the day.

A glimmer of hope then sparkled in his eye
Though a player of this game he still might not die,
So with his angel there beside him he bravely arose
And walked down the path most littered by the crows.
"By what name should I call you?" said the boy to the girl
As she giggled and smiled, then followed by a twirl.
"I am Rebekah, by four generatio