The Whispering of Regret

In a dark night, covered by fog, Raya heard a knocking on the door. She opened her eyes and looked across the bedroom, where Khaldas was drunk in sleep mumbling nonsense that must have been happening on her dream.

The knocking was set to replay every three minutes. Raya got up from the bed and walked slowly out of the room and down the stairs trying not to wake up Khaldas and Agatha. As Raya got closer to the door, the sky sent thunder and lightning as witnesses to the recurring encounter that had be happening every Saturday night for five years.

Raya opened the door expecting to see the one who had stolen her heart, but instead...

"You finally arrived, Luci----"

"Were you expecting for Lucifer?" asked a creature who was carrying a staff that was about one meter and a half tall. He resembled an elderly wizard. But he had a crystal ball hidden inside his purple cloak that had countless poison and toxic spells contained in it, as well as some bugs and flies he kept as pets.

"No, I was not! …And what are you doing here Beelzebub?" Raya argued. Her face was marked with concern and a deceivable smile.

"Have you heard about Lucifer's coronation?"

"Yes, I'm aware of that. He told me it was going to happen next week."

 "Well… It's happening right now. Sure, it was supposed to be next week… but for us demons, it's today. Time passes by faster in Inferno." He explained.

"Don't he need a queen to ascend the throne with him?"

"Uh… Yes… which is why he married a demon a one year ago…"

"No, that's not true… he said we were going to run away together… This can't be true! It must be a mistake! It must!"

Beelzebub took the crystal ball from inside his cloak and rubbed his left hand on top of it while he holds the crystal ball with his right hand. An image started to appear inside it.

"I told some of my companions to stay in every corner of the ceremony, and I'm using their eyes as recorders." He informed.

Raya looked inside the crystal ball wondering what had happened. The truth was an evil and deceivable plan to ensure Lucifer the throne, as well to prove his true nature… PRIDE.

It was a room filled with furniture forged with rock, wood, and animal's fur/skin. A female demon was awaiting at the right arm of the throne. She was a humanoid. A creature that has a human appearance even though she's not human. She had an ability that let her change from demon form to human form whenever she chose to.

Many feared her due to her snake hair. Her hair were live snakes that could extend and shortened due to the distance between her and her victim, which was helpful during fights.

Her demon form was remarkably distinctive since her lower body was of snake. Medusa. A demon who was extremely beautiful and lured men to their doom.

Her glance is a curse. Only Demons are immune to it. Other races who look at her eye, got turn into stoned without having time to even react. Many humans around the world called her a witch, while some thought that she was only a tale that people told other generations as a creature of evil that repel evil…

…Suddenly, a door slammed open and Belial, followed by Lucifer and his other brothers, as well as a clone made of a billion flies to resemble Beelzebub.

"Everyone's here I presume. Well, let's start the Coronation Ceremony!" Belial Explained as he walked along the giant blood carpet.

An organ had been placed in the right corner of the throne room before the ceremony began. Covered with burning candles on top of its wooden base, a demon musician sat at the stool and start playing the Demonic Instrumental Anthem.

The Demonic Anthem is a mixture of depressive and angry-aggressive lyrics. The Instrumental version sounds majestic for other creatures but in truth it's a sad and melancholic song that makes demons reflect on their past and future choices.

Belial gestured to Lucifer, so he could come over and kneel in front of the throne, at the last step on the four-level staircase.

Lucifer walked up to the throne, but he did not kneel. He was the NEW KING of Inferno. So, what would be prideful about kneeling to someone with lower standards then him?

"Give me the crown. Your reign is already over! The demons have spoken, and they decided that you're a poor excuse for a king." Lucifer took his crown off his father's head. The guards who stood guard by the throne, took Belial as prisoner, and put an enchanted collar on Lilith's throat to prevent her wicked screams which were able to explode someone's head through sound waves.

Belial was sent to the dungeon with his wife, Lilith. A wretched place. No demons, no food, no liberty. It was just an Absolute Boredom. There was a water that was used as a torturing method for Humans who got lost there. It's a greenish water that came from the sewers and it smelled horrendous. It was used by grabbing the human's head and shoving it inside the bucket with the disgustingly nasty water, which took all their strength, and they were forced to drink some of it due to the lack of air.

…The KING was now Crowned, and no one was able to deny his wishes. Or Else, it would have been treason, which might have ended up in beheading, slavery, exile, or burnt at the stake…

…Lucifer sat on the throne. Pride is corruption. His heart was now rotten, by corruption, power, and his egocentric pride. That bastard.

"All hail the New King!" Commanded one the King's guards.

The crystal ball turned into absolute darkness… Beelzebub opened his cloak and put it inside it.

"You see, it was all just a test." Said Beelzebub.

"Why are you telling me this? Doesn't this count as treason?"

"It might be. But I'm concerned about the safety of my nephew." He pointed to Raya's breadbasket which was already larger than before.

Beelzebub received a notification from one of his familiars, transformed into a pack of bugs and flew away on that dark black night sky.

Agatha heard a noise coming from outside. She quickly lit some candles and went outside to see what that noise of a wood falling was.

Her room was on the first floor. The moonlight stroke inside the house through the windows and illuminated some of wooden the floor.

She opened the door, and there she was. Raya was laying on the floor unconscious. Agatha summoned a pack of wind which made a shield over Raya and levitated her taking her back inside the house and placing her on the bed…

Raya was in pain. Her face was turning tomato-red. She was constantly clutching on the bed sheets screaming of pain. Her eyes were changing color. It was red, but it was changing to between yellow, white, green, and brown. It hurt so much that her dormant powers started to react accordingly to her feelings.

Agatha grabbed a towel and washed her hands. Suddenly, a reddish light appeared behind her. She turned around and saw that the fireplace was lit…

Raya lit the fire just with her scream. But she was weak, so she had to options… Die with the baby inside her or give her son a chance to live.

The sun was barely lighting up the sky when the time had come to choose…