✟ D E M O N I C ✟

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  “ Obviously not when you are covered in blood, idiot ” 

 Lily carried on glaring at the other being towards her, no sudden movements were made as she kept her ground, wondering what the hell he was doing. 

      “ So? get a grip, its blood get over it, if anything you've wasted it. Don't swear at me “ 

The weather had fluctuated up and down a considerable amount as of late, leaving James to deal with the aftermath. The poor hanging baskets were waterlogged, the calatheas were stretched as far towards the window as they could go, and the ficus were all sulking. James felt terrible for all of them but there wasn’t much he could do about it- simply hope that better weather would come along.

Prancing around, the demon was getting tiresome of her daily routine. Looking around the lonely estate, she noticed a shop that sparked her interested. Her curiosity got the better of her, pushing herself to explore this shop, interesting. Her head flicked with surprise as the fellow spit his words. The demon couldn't help but show a sneaky smirk, before her icy eyes looked around her surroundings. 

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  “ Well i suppose not, if i was a clown im sure i would be the most scariest clown of them all. I am most probably the nightmare that you do not want to encounter.  I can say we are similar, but thats about all the hints im giving out. Dont mistake this face for something full of innocence. “

On that evening he hadn’t been visiting in any official capacity, he’d simply felt the rare need to make a connection with someone and in those instances, he usually turned to God.

The church itself was a stone and wooden structure, refurbished many times over the years since it had been erected and still remained popular with a two hundred strong congregation. He knew most, if not all of them by face and name, but the blonde was unfamiliar.

Cheerful conversation occupied the gathering as they filed through the main doors, but the girl stood off to one side, remained isolated from the others. Within sacred grounds, his normal propensity to err on the side of caution often felt more relaxed.

“Hello. I’ve not seen you around before. You’re more than welcome to join the service.”

Churches or anything holy, always made the demon feel on edge. She knew she was not accepted in Gods home, but yet she urged herself to visit. Lily had been out of hand recently, her only possible option was to see if the church could cleanse a little bit of her tainted soul. After all, she was not one of God’s creations.

The demon wanted to visit, but not wanting to get involved with others. That's the way she has always been. Lily knew strongly she could not manage talking to other beings here without feeling excluded. Staying in the sidelines were her speciality. 

She watched her surroundings in silent like always, until someone had the nerve to confront her. She was the utmost shocked as he spitted out such nice words. A wave of awkwardness came over her, Lily was confident, but not here, strange. She beamed an awkward smile at the fellow, trying not to find him that amusing, if he knew exactly who he was asking to join the service, he would take those words back in a heartbeat. 

         ❛  ————  SO YOUR A DEMON, but what are you doing here. Did Lucifer send you, cause he thinks I can’t handle the task at hand. I can assure you, I got this thing under control.  ❜

  “ Obviously not when you are covered in blood, idiot ” 

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          “ You've got a lot to learn then. No i am not like you, but im going to keep what i am as a secret, you're going to have to figure that out on your own. I wouldn’t say fairy tales, more like nightmares “ 

The demon took a small hesitant step back, his laughter created shivers down her spine. Continuing to glare coldly at the figure before her. Anything that threw knives towards her, she damned as disrespect, she hated meeting her match, not wanting to admit someone could come close to stumping her. 

The harsh look softened on Lily’s porcelain face as a playful smirk appeared to invade her lips, she was annoyed by his choice of words, but knew this could be fun to toy with such an elder. Even though, she was not in the mood to play who is better than who. 

Mephistopheles seems to back off, but more for the sake of his own expression than courtesy. Arms are folded as he looks down an upturned nose at her.

“It’s common to investigate one another when you aren’t… well, at home.”

By home, he means Hell itself, of course.

Despite her oversized mouth, however, Mephistopheles seems to be enjoying her. His smile loses the gloating behind it, becoming a bit more genuine.

Lily chuckled an ounce by his response. It was right, Lily did not play very nice with others, especially demons. She wasn't the one to be so social when it came to similar faces, it just wasn't her. She continued to glare at him, her engaging eyes locked as she held a very sturdy stance, she always kept her guard high, just incase.

The paw prints left in the snowy wake of this little black beast were unlike any other in this world. While other dogs would simply leave impressions of their paws in the snow, this one left prints that turned black, as if rotting the surface of the ground beneath them.

A fluffy tail wags, and black lips are drawn back to reveal a rows of canine teethe surrounding a bright pink tongue. The poodle has been following the heavily clad girl for a while now, as if he’d known her for his entire life. 

A dog following its master seemed like nothing unusual, but the girl herself would be well aware. This was no ordinary dog, and it certainly wasn’t hers.

Lily took her tiresome stroll back to the place she considered a place of ‘rest’ She wasn't the one to ponder so slowly back home, but her mind was ticking away like an endless time bomb, maybe because her hunger was beginning to become aware, but helping that was dim. 

Travelling on and on through the misery that was the scenery nearby the mansion, she couldn't help but notice that a small ‘something’ was following right behind her tail. The dog had no bark, or bite, it was following her silently on her travels, thats what alarmed the young demon. Dogs she liked, lookalike dogs not so much. 

With no anticipation, she darted around to face what looked like an average poodle. It only took three seconds of her venomous eyes to catch that the dog was something else, its tracks were an indication of that. How weird, it brought the demons curiosity high as she glared with annoyance at the dog, it was cute, but not something she wanted to deal with.