One who is…
…the pain…oh gods the pain!-
…bring forth Light-
Fye screamed as the snake demon shoved his poisoned knife harder into her spine. In the beginning she tried to fight him, to not give him the pleasure of hearing her scream but now…now she was just so tired.
The snake licked her cheek in a sick seductive manner, “Now my dear tell me. What is the prophecy?”
All she could do was whimper and shake, crying without even realizing as she refused to answer. In a snarl he shoved the knife in her shoulder, causing her to scream till her gums and throat bled, the poison from the knife ate away at her nerves shocking her system but refusing to let her gloriously pass out. Pulling the knife out she collapses back in the chair she was chained to.
How long?, she wondered. How long have I endured this? How much longer must I?
The demon grabbed her face ripping her cheeks open with his claws as he pulled her exhausted face to his, “TELL ME!” Gurgling on blood he pulled her tighter against her chains whispering, “If you merely tell me what the prophecy says I will release you.”
You won’t even release me to death so how can I believe you?
She stared at him silently, saying nothing. Having enough of this today he threw her back against her rattling chair, turning in disgust as he left the dank room. Left in darkness she cried, curled up in the chair as she felt a small reprieve being left alone for now. She could not figure out where she was or how long she’s been his captive. She couldn’t even feel the sun to count the days which meant she was in a remote isolated realm. She felt as if she had been his captive for years, enduring his bouts of fun with her from searing and tearing her skin to mutilating and molesting her womanhood.
Crying in a ball she thought of her childhood, of how she had dreamt of demons and being friends with them, how even at a young age she dreamt of one who took her small heart. When she was brought forth to Kim for the first time she told Kim of her dreams especially of the red one she loved. It was then she saw such a serious look on Kim’s face as she told her the prophecy and what it meant.
Holding little Fye’s hands standing on her knees Kim whispered urgently to the little girl, “Fye you must understand this, what I’m about to tell you, you must never repeat, even in your dreams. Do you understand?”
Fye was shaken by such a sudden turn from Kim, but she knew Kim would never harm her and would only tell her the truth so she nodded. Breathing deep Kim kneeled in front of the girl holding her hands gently. She spoke softly as if telling a secret. As Fye grew older and began to fully understand what the prophecy meant, she understood why Kim was so adamant when she first told her.
“One who is of Goddess
Burning bright of Light
For in Darkness will fall
And for Darkness give life, give Light
With communion brings
Resurrection of Goddess
In place of Darkness and brings forth Light…”
“Fye,” Kim waited until little Fye’s eyes held onto hers, “you must understand, others believe this is a prophecy to destroy the Darkness, to end it completely.”
Little Fye’s face scrunched up as she tried to understand, “But, it sounds like a love story, like from my princess books.”
Laughing, tears slowly went down Kim’s face as she nodded, “Yes exactly. That’s exactly what it really means. It’s a love story between a Sun Priestess of the family and a demon. It tells of their love and how by being together they bring about a better brighter future for both the Light and Darkness.”
Fye tilted her small head, “But why does everyone not like it?”
Licking her lips Kim gently rubbed Fye’s hand, trying to find the words to show the young girl the grave danger without scaring her, “Because…because some people…they don’t like change, they don’t want this change to happen. Instead they want the fighting-the war to continue and to make sure it does they’ll…” Kim chewed on her lower lip, staring into the innocent face of a young girl, feeling her sorrow build as she thought of the future this child must endure. With a shaky breath she continued, “They’ll kill-
Screaming, Fye woke from her feeble sleep with the demon digging the blade into her eye. The demon pressed the blade deeper into her eye as she felt the pressure of his body against hers. Fighting back they tumbled out of the chair onto the floor. The demon hissed louder and louder the harder Fye fought, twisted the knife in her eye socket as she kept screaming.
“TELL ME! You were dreaming of it I COULD TELL. TELL ME THE FUCKING PROPHECY! THE POWER I MUST HAVE THE POWER!”
Screaming she clawed at him, feeling her broken and bleeding fingertips scrapping against his scales, “NOTHING! I KNOW NOTHING!”
“Liessss…” he hissed in her ears.
Finally he yanked the knife out of her eye. All she could do was sob as she held her bleeding eye, feeling the wet sticky heat of her blood pool in her hands. At least with the poison gone she no longer felt the pain of frying nerves but somehow the dull throbbing ache of her eye was so much worse. Some noise vibrated through the room, causing the snake demon to hiss in anger.
Leaning close he spoke to her only eye, “I suggest you learn quick or I’ll be done with you and will give you to my children instead.”
She didn’t move as he left, leaving her bleeding on the floor. Only the sounds of her soft crying filled the small space as she laid there. What the hell has happened to her? Was she always this weak? Were the years of her training only for this? To die in a miserable hole at the hands of a foul snake? With only the memories of Shiraga to warm her? At the thought of Shiraga her cries choked, the pain of her eye forgotten as the pain of never seeing Shiraga again overwhelmed her. Sobbing she cried and wailed as she cradled her head, the memories of her last moments with him piercing through her heart. Knowing she will die from blood loss, she felt her heart swell as she finally realized just how much she had fallen for the red demon. Thinking back to the prophecy she thought of Kim’s last words to her.
You must choose…
With the last of her tears swelling in her eye she whispered, I choose-“Shiraga…”
Suddenly the room felt thicker, hotter as she became aware of someone in the room with her. Even as her senses picked up on his scent, realizing who he is she heard a shuttering breath coming from behind her. She felt relief flood her system as she heard her chains being broken and gentle hands cradling her close. The shuttering breath became more ragged as the arms pulled her closer, seeing all the damage done to her body. She no longer had the strength to cover her eye but smiled as she turned her head to see Shiraga staring at her with wide eyes. She say the pain and anguish in his eyes as he looked at her damaged one, felt his struggle to hold her gently even as his rage boiled and coiled his muscles. With her smile on her face she was amazed to see tears starting to form in his eyes.
Too weak to lift her hands she gave a weak chuckle, “Wow. I didn’t know demons could cry.”
His tortured eyes locked with hers as he fought for something to say. With a weak shake of her head she merely gave one order, “Just give them hell, but kiss me first before I go.”
Shuddering a breath his lips were on hers before she finished speaking. With a gentleness that even shocked him he kiss her slowly, feeling her weak tongue trying to work its way into his mouth, but as he opened his lips for her he felt her body growing cold. He prayed, franticly, desperately to whoever was taking her that they would give him just this one minute, but they must not hear the prayers of demons for her body soon grew stiff. With a shaky breath he pulled back to see her eye close, her face pale, her heart stopped. Shaking he tried breathing deep fighting for control but losing this control he threw his head back, letting out a roar that shook throughout all the realms where every being felt it.
Somewhere inside the building the snake demon heard and felt the roar head-on and knew at the moment he was dead. Even as he heard the first screams of his children dying he ran, trying franticly to escape with the building turning to fire all around him. The demon was using his powers to lock the doors, leaving the snake demon with no escape out of the burning inferno or the realm. He ran and ran, desperate for a way to escape before being cornered, surrounded by walls of burning fire. Panicked he breathed fast as he tried to think. Suddenly he felt the ice tingles of death on his back. Slowly he turned around to see Shiraga directly behind him.
The red jewel on his forehead burned like the sun as his power raged. His horns and nails were fully extended and cradled in his arms was the limp corpse of the demon hunter, lifeless. The white hot flames licked around him even as flames licked out of his eyes. The flames destroyed everything around them, eating with a vicious hunger even as they lovingly touched the demon hunter as if to ease the pain of her corpse. The sight was terrifying for any demon to see, especially if you were the source of such anger.
The snake demon weakly held up his hands, “Shiraga please, be reasonable. She’s but a mortal, you can find another-”
Shiraga yelled and the flame devoured the snake, this time making sure the demon stayed dead as it ate even the ashes till nothing was left. With the demon gone Shiraga still felt no satisfaction and left his flames to consume the realm. A tear of molten fire leaked from his eye and slowly made its way down his cheek. Without him knowing the tear landed on Fye’s damaged eye where it slowly leaked into the damaged hole. Kim held her breathe as she watched, waiting, hoping, praying the prophecy will work. At first nothing happened as Fye laid unmoving in Shiraga’s arms as he let his flames run loose, venting his rage onto the realm. Then something. Kim zoomed closer, for sure she saw Fye twitch.
Shiraga walked aimlessly as everything burned. He stared straight ahead, not wanting the horrid sight of Fye’s damaged body to be his last image of her. As he walked he felt molten tears slowly run down his face but did not move to wipe them away. He no longer cared if he cried, he no longer cared of anything. But as another tear began to run down his face he felt a warm hand wipe it away. Shocked he stopped and looked down. He felt the breath leave his body to see Fye’s body burning with a warm fire of its own. He watched in awe as the fire burned away her damaged skin, feeling its warmth licking his skin. Eyes open, the damaged one now fully healed as she smiled at him. Not believing what he’s seeing he watches as she reaches up her hand again to caress his face.
With her hand on his cheek she smiled, “You’re warm.”
Without a word he crushes his face to hers, kissing her so hard she forgot to breathe. As they tasted each other, their hands roaming each other’s bodies their flames around them roared, burning with a brilliance even as Fye began to change from human to something more. With tears in her eyes Kim watched as Fye grew brighter and brighter, brighter than the sun as she was surrounded by warmth of loving fire, and in the arms of her ruby red demon. Laughing she closed the image giving them privacy as she turned back to her pillows for a nap.
“Not quite how I wanted it to go but it’s about time. Every Sun needs a spark.”
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