The Demon's Halo
Chapter 11
I sat with my back against the wall watching the waterfall.
The spray felt good on my face, and calmed me a little.
"Dawn..." Duke whispered.
"What is it Duke?"
"How'd we get into this mess? I mean, before you came I had a normal life..... Why'd you come?" He sneered in a whisper.
I was shocked.
"Why would you think that way Duke?! My parents are DEAD! You were the only one I could go to!" I snapped. Shuja looked over at us.
"Well, why'd you have to bring all this with you?! Why couldn't you just be normal for once in your life?!" Duke screamed.
"Look, I didn't ask for this!" I yelled back at him.
"Lady Dawn! Duke, silence now! Before you two get us all caught!"
Shuja warned us. We both looked at Shuja and silenced.
Suddenly something flew through the waterfall.
At first I thought it was a demon, Shuja ran in front of me, fully prepaired to fight, but then we saw it was Kirai, and in her arms was Prise! My heart began beating fast, tears sprang to my eyes in an instant.
"Prise! Is he back?!" I whispered to Kirai.
Kirai nodded, but she was sullen.
She lied Prise's body on the ground beside me, in an instant I grabbed him and hugged him gently. Tears of joy and fear shedding down my face. "Prise..... My Prise...." I whispered.
Then I saw Shuja walk up to Kirai.
"He had to do it?"
Kirai nodded slowly and looked away, clearly trying to hide her emotions.
"It's alright Kirai. You don't have to hide it." Shuja whispered.
Suddenly, she screamed and began bawling. Tears shedding down her face, but not of joy, but sadness and misory.
"Damu isn't coming back?" I whispered looking at Shuja.
He frowned and shook his head.
"Damu is now a demon again. And this time, he will never come back. Not even the Almighty One can help him now. In a matter of hours, he will loose all consciousness and memory of his life. He will forget everything except his name and his purpose." Shuja sighed and a tear fell from his right eye. My tears of happiness quickly became tears of sadness.
"What?! But why?!" I gasped.
"Damu made a deal with Sin. He will become the heir to Hell.
He will forget me, he will forget Kirai, he will forget about becoming a demon, and he will forget about you Dawn. He'll forget everything that has happened to us, and he will become evil." He explained sadly.
"But before all that, they torture him. He will not be able to die, so they will do everything to him. Shoot him, drown him, hang him, even whip him daily until his back has been shredded." Shuja began crying more as he explained. I was mortified.
"Why do they want to torture him?! He's already a demon, what's worse punishment then that?!"
"They want to make his anger increase, so when the demonic powers take over...... He'll kill everyone in his path out of rage and bloodlust............" Then Shuja stopped talking, he couldn't explain anything else, it was too hard for him.
"Damu..... he was my best friend!...." I heard him whisper.
Prise moved a little under my arms. I looked at him. His eyes fluttered open. I remembered that the last time I saw those beautiful blue eyes was when they turned black and attacked me, but they weren't changing this time, and they were filled with confusion.
"Dawn....?" He whispered.
I hugged him tightly.
"Yes Prise! It's me! You're better now! I'll never let those demons get a hold of you again!" I whispered hugging him tightly.
"Dawn! Can't breathe!" He whispered. I loosened my grip.
"I'm sorry........ I'm just so relieved.." I whispered, and giggled a little.
"You need a hair-cut Prise."
He reached towards his head and stroked his shoulder length red hair.
"I guess I do..... Deoms don't cut their hair I guess...." he sighed, then looked at me with a smile. He pulled me in close and placed his lips onto mine. As much as I longed for him to kiss me, as much as I wanted to enjoy this, I couldn't. My heart wouldn't allow me to.
"Something wrong Dawn?" he whispered, clearly concerned.
"I can't lie..... Damu is gone." I whispered against his lips.
He pulled back.
"What? Gone? You mean he's dead?"
"No. Worse then dead. He's living forever in Hell as the heir to the throne. He's a demon again Prise...... and he's being tortured everyday......... and what's worse is I'll never get to see him again!" I began crying again. I was not in love with Damu, but I did love him.
He was like my best friend. Prise hugged me.
"Wow....." He looked around at Duke, Kirai and Shuja.
Kirai sniffed and walked over to me.
"Lady Dawn." She whisepred. "You are free to return home now. The demons have promised to never harm you again. Or Prise. And Shuja and I must return to Heaven now."
"But......" I began.
"No 'buts' Dawn. It was nice to see you again....." She smiled sullenly and went back to Shuja. They both chanted something in harmony.
The next thing I saw was a bright white light, then when it faded, Duke, Prise and I were in Prise's bedroom.
"Kirai? Shuja?" I called, but they were no where.
"So..... is everything going to go back to normal then?" Duke whispered.
I looked at Prise, then at Duke.
"Yes.... It will go back to normal now Duke. But at the same time, I wish things didn't turn out like this." I said as we all left the room to explore what happened during our absence.
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Damu screamed in pain and agony as the metal thorn whip sliced into his back. He was kneeling in a puddle of his own blood.
Death would be far better then this torment.
Another whip, Damu couldn't scream anymore, the weight of his wings and the weakness of his body made him collapse, and his throat was so sore, he couldn't say one word.
"Don't worry Damu, by the end of the day, you'll forget everything that has happened. And you'll be mine." Sin whispered in his ear.
They shoved Damu into a room. He struggled to pick himself off the floor, but he was to weak, and every move made his blood gush out of him like a river. He cralwed over to the nearest mirror and looked at himself. He sighed deeply in sadness as his golden eyes slowly darkened into black.
(What will happen now? Find out in the Eplilouge!)
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