Black Ash

Sleep took over me and once again, I was met with darkness. But when I opened them my lungs were being engulfed. I couldn't breathe. I was still under the ocean. I had regained a bit of consciousness. Just like humans, we demons can only be held underwater for a few minutes. In my case, being able to breathe underwater would have solved some problems but of course, I was born a demon.

I couldn't move my body, so I was just floating to the ocean bed. My powers were still recovering. So that meant I would have to stay here. That didn't sound like a bad idea. My human self may have died, but it takes a lot more than water that can terminate me. I floated against a rock and sat there trying to adjust my eyes to the darkness while trying to keep my breathing in check.

My hair floated in front of me and I noticed the color had reverted to silver-white. My clothes had transformed back to what I wore before I came to Terrae. I was using a grey swordsmen robe. It was a bit small on me from what I had noticed.

I closed my eyes for just a moment and only a moment until I felt something grab a hold of me. I opened my eyes only to be met with silver eyes yet again. I thrashed against him and pulled away from him.

"Let me g-" I was cut short when the water engulfed my lungs. He held my wrists and held me against him.

'Stop fighting, I won't hurt you.' Trying to stay conscious, under the dimly lit ocean, I could make out his features. This time his hoody was down and I could see his face. Silver moonlit eyes and jet black hair.

"But you already did... just leave me here to die... That's what you came here for... why go through all this trouble?" If he could speak to me through the mind link that could only mean that we somehow have a connection.

"Just be a good little princess and keep that pretty mouth shut sweetheart."

I tried to let go of him, but every time I tried, his grip on me was getting stronger.

"Leave me here to die please!" I tried pushing him as I screamed those words through our link. I pleaded with him.

"Your death will come to you, I would love to end you myself but unfortunately it's too soon for you to die and not by my hands."

"I hate you so much, " I replied with hared laced in my tone.

"The feelings mutual sweetheart."

And with that being said, he transported the two of us through a corridor of darkness. I was suddenly in his arms. I gazed in front of us and there stood castle Obscurum. The royal kingdom of Iracundia.

"Welcome home sweetheart"

"This isn't my home..."

He didn't say anything and quietly walked holding onto me.

"I can walk on my own."

"I know, but I wouldn't want you running away again." He looked at me with a smug grin.

"Even if you did run, I would still catch you." He replied.

"Once my power fully returns, I can assure you that I can get away from you." That was a promise.

"We'll see about that sweetheart."

"Stop calling me sweetheart!"

"Why should I?" He stopped walking at looked at me. Somehow there was a hint of sadness in his eyes. I didn't know who this person was. He hurt me and killed me.

"Because I'm not your sweetheart," I hissed.

"Let me go now or else-"

"Okay fine" He threw me and I flew and hit the ground. I heard a cracking sound and screamed as I felt my left shoulder twist. With my right hand, I balanced myself on the cold hard concrete floor.

With the wall as my support, I stood up and I felt it within me. The darkness seeped out of my body and circled my left hand. My shoulder was healed within seconds. I panted as my energy was getting drained.

The dark-haired boy just stood there in shock. My darkness continued to encircle me as I came to the realization that my powers had now fully returned and it was on full display. Any life form that was within 20 meters of me was instantly destroyed.

A long time ago, I came to accept that whoever was close to me would immediately die. I never asked for this power. I never asked to be born. The front gates of the castle opened and the soldiers poured out surrounding me.

"Well done Dante, a job well done. You did something that no one else could do. You brought back the monster." A powerful voice boomed. My cousin Alexander strolled through the gates. He snapped his fingers and my hands were bonded with chains, which then appeared around my neck and on both my legs.

"It's nice to see that you finally decided to make an appearance my dear cousin. His majesty is thrilled to hear of your return." His smile made me churn and the way he eyed me felt wrong. I wanted to burn his eyes into ashes. He chuckled and snaked his hand around my waist.

"These years have turned you into a fine young lady. It almost makes me yearn for you." He whispered into my ear and I felt his tongue on my neck. I felt disgusted and pulled away from him. If these chains weren't on me, he would have been dead. If looks could kill, then the look I'm giving him would have murdered him.

He quickly slipped his hand away and snickered with a gleam in his eyes that felt like joy. I wanted to crush his skull onto the wall. I wanted to watch his blood spill. Miasma filled the air, the stench of death drenching me to the core.

Red filled my vision and I could hear the screams of the soldiers as they turned to black ash. The smirk on Alex's face fell as the chains on me cracked. And that cracking sound that filled the silence had broken something inside me and a dam of power burst through me taking over my body and mind.

I could torture him now. As I took a step forward, he took a step back. I lifted my hand towards him and he was flung towards the wall, a rope of darkness securing him to the wall. With my other hand, I formed an orb of darkness. I grinned, a sickly grin, the kind of grin of how a wolf looks at his prey.

"Dante stop her!"

Dante?

In the blink of an eye, my orb of darkness vanished into his hand. He clasped his fingers with mine. His silver eyes bored into my eye. He grabbed my other hand and my focus was interrupted. Alex dropped to the ground, terrified, and ran back into the castle.

"Who are you!?" I spoke but my voice was filled with hatred and a voice that wasn't my own.

"Someone that's just like you." He whispered but I heard it and the dam of my power within me was sealed shut. And once again my world was clouded with darkness.

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