1985-A year ago...
Aristomache walked over to Jackal "What's troubling you?" she asked, Jackal touched one of the roses below an old mural "Roses are dying, I've noticed the same with the other murals in the other wings" Aristomache took a better look at the flowers. They were slowly turning black, the only healthy looking part of the flowers was the soul middle burning blood red "How long do the seven have?" she asked "Not that long" Jackal gestured to the small rose buds next to them, leaves and stems glowing bright green. "No... that's too young for a-" "Like a few of the others-" Too young of a demon to take on such a responsibility of..." Aristomache's words faded as she noticed that the mural of the next Eclipse black councilor had started to appear. "A year... and that thing will be here"...
1986-Now
(Death's POV)
"Stupid pieces of royal shit" I mumbled as I walked down an empty street, looking down at my right hand. As soon as I got back from Heaven, I was immediately caught by two of the royals, as punishment... they cut off my right hand and part of the arm... dismemberment, cutting off limbs while the person is alive and conscious, cruel punishment for someone who has 'wrath' for a sin. I'm only lucky that it's all they cut off, even luckier that one of them pitied me and helped me with the injuries. Robotic hand and arm... metal plate on the right side of my neck after Jadarius decided to also cut a piece of my neck off, and lastly a robotic eye surrounded by a plate of metal after losing my eye in Heaven. That was all just yesterday, good thing I'm a quick learner- "The hell?" there was a ball of light in the sky, hundred percent something you never see in Hell- its something, falling! Something falling out of the sky... and of course I decided to follow it. The ball of white crashed in an old cemetery, I ran over to the grave it crashed in- I stood there shocked... its a fallen angel. The poor thing was burnt black and cover in ash, wings decaying and halo cracked, falling apart. Something was incredibly wrong... the poor thing shouldn't be like this at all... its dying. I carefully picked up the fallen, holding them in my arms as I quickly made my way to the palace....
I pushed open the doors to the palace, seeing a few royals standing by some stairs "Aristomache... Euanthe..." I was tired since I just carried a fallen from a graveyard that was furthest away from the palace. "Death?-" "Why do you have that thing, get rid of it" Jadarius growled, standing in front of his two cousins as if protecting them "Please... they don't deserve this" Euanthe raised an eyebrow "Whispering something to Aristomache "Please, they're dying" I begged, Aristomache pushed pass Jadarius, walking over to me and placed her hand over the fallen's heart. Her eyes widened "Follow me" she rushed off to the Eclipse wing, I followed close behind. We soon walked into the Eclipse Hall of Murals "Place him down here" Aristomache pointed at spot surrounded by roses under a new mural. I gently placed the fallen down, immediately, the roses glowed and surrounded them "Are they going to be alright?" "Yes, you got here just in time" I looked up at the new mural, it looked familiar "Who's that-" "New black councilor, now I expect you to stay away from the fallen" "Why-" "Just stay away from him" of course I was pissed, I was the one who found them.... but there's no use fighting Aristomache on this "For how long?" "Until I say you can"....
Two Weeks Later...
(Gamer's POV)
I opened my eyes, looking at the room I was in, seeing roses surrounding my body- I saw a demon tail, my demon tail, I saw broken bits of halo too- I used one of my hands to feel the top of my head, feeling the sharp horns as a few tears rolled down my cheeks “N-no… no” I heard a door open behind me "Guard, get the queen and tell her that they're awake" "Yes sir" I caught a glimpse of someone standing at the end of the hall, soon making their way over to me. I brought my knees up to my chest and shielding my face with an arm "Hey, its okay-wait…. Gamer?” I recognize that voice “Death?” “My lord, what did they do to you?!” I looked up at him to see that his missing eye had already been replaced with a robotic one and most of his hair had been dyed red “I haven’t seen you in weeks” I’ve been down here for weeks? Four people walked into the room and over to me and Death "Death, away from him" a woman with black night hair commanded "But-" "Now" Death immediately backed away from me. The woman had a stone cold face as she carried a scythe by her side, Death grabbed my hand and pulled me up to my feet, making me stand behind him... he was now face to face with the woman "Death, stand down-" "No" Death growled, both glaring at the other "Aristomache, no need for it..." a guy with black hair and blue eyes calmly told Aristomache, then whispered something else into her ear. She looked back at us, her eyes were like white orbs that were surrounded by a black void 'Gamer Shadow, the angel who helped Death escape guard angels and helped him get back to Hell" “Y-yes” I answered nervously “You’re probably the first angel of your generation to help an injured demon… why?” “He was hurt, and I wasn’t gonna let the fact that he’s a demon stop me from doing what I was created to do-“ “What you were created to do, as you would've realized now, your no longer an angel” I looked down. "Death, go with Jadarius-" "No" "Go or the next thing I cut off is your leg and tongue" it was that moment I realized that I've been gripping onto Death's shirt the whole time. One of the four, a man with black hair and yellow eyes grabbed Death by the collar of his shirt and yanked him away from me... I immediately knew that was Jadarius. Jadarius dragged Death out of the room, calling him names and swearing at him.
I looked back up at Aristomache "He didn't do anything wrong-" "He refused to follow the rules, refused to follow my commands... and made you fall..... you're a fallen because of him, doesn't it make you hate him?" Aristomache asked, fear plagued my mind, but confidence had my tongue "No, I don't" I said coldly "In fact, it saved me from my own hell" my words made the other two people smile a bit, but Aristomache's cold face stayed. "You are now a demon, a shadow-walker” “What is a shadow walker?” I asked quietly “A shadow walker can manipulate darkness and shadows itself. They can become shadows and use them to teleport anywhere.... only thing is that I'm the only one who can unlock that power for you" Aristomache's eyes felt like knifes as she talked "You'll stay here in the palace for as long as I say, you'll be kept under close watch-" "You're scaring the poor thing" the blue-eyed man said. "Jackal-" "He's right, the little one's just been betrayed by his own kind and you treat him like that" "Julieta-" "What are they teaching those stupid angels anyway? Those things threw him over the edge, even without a proper court meeting, guard angels always jump right into the wrong punishment" Julieta's eye were like blue flames as she talked. Jackal turned to me "Sorry kid, but this is the best you're gonna get".....
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