Summary: For my dominion is the darkness and my empire is the hearts and souls of all mankind. Short one shot.
Disclaimer: Don't own, never will.
My mind is filled with darkness, overflowing thoughts of hatred and despair. I have gone by many names, Satan, Lucifer, the beast, the devil but now my name is Ahriman. I am that which mankind fears the most. The whispers in the soul which urge them to commit unspeakable acts. From my cage I spread my seeds of dissention, creating wars, starting revolutions, spreading bloodshed and hatred like a plague upon mankind. It brings me pleasure to see the horrors humanity to can commit, but it's not enough. I can't feel it; I can't taste the blood or hear the screams trapped as I am in this accursed tree.
My followers tell me what the outside world is like, and I can partially see it through their eyes but it isn't the same as experiencing it for myself. I miss the outside world; miss the darkness of the night and stars shining over head as I stalked the worlds with my loyal followers.
The followers of Ormazd condemned me as evil, said that I was the reason that humanity feared the dark, since I was waiting there to pull them into my legion of darkness. Oh if only they knew how true that was, and how much power I still held within this stupid cage but they will never know, now that they are all dead. Well all bar one.
That stupid princess and her traveller prince. Only the two of them and they had been a bigger nuisance to me than the entire Ahura race. Even my four greatest corrupted fell to the two brats. They believe me to be evil but did not see the entire truth. Wherever there is light there will be darkness, as long as Ormazd existed so would I because one could not exist without the other, I am necessary and always would be.
I watched out from the tree as the proud king of the Ahuras, who had bent so easily to my will, was arguing with said princess, attempting to get her to join us. I know this was pointless, Elika would never back down, she was a proud Ahura to the end. I watched as she gave her life force to seal me back into the tree, I'm not concerned as I know of a way to get out.
I placed part of my mind inside the Prince and whispered. Bringing the human back to life would be so easy and killing her when I returned just as simple. I must admit the 'Prince' resisted, knowing about my trickery and deceitful ways but eventually he fell, human emotions are so easy to tamper with, and just as easy to bend with to my will. I watched, with growing satisfaction and delight, as one by one the trees fell under the Prince's blade. I was shivering in excitement as the Prince hefted his blade above my newly reformed prison, he hesitated and I could feel his lack of trust through our mind link. I couldn't blame him, I really didn't have the best reputation in the world but at least I wasn't like the humans, backwards thinking creatures who lie at every given opportunity, at least I didn't lie, I only told half-truths which were a lot worse. I inwardly smiled, he'd get his precious princess back, but not for long before they both went to the afterlife.
The sword swung down and I screamed in triumph as I was set free. I watched with thinly veiled amusement as the Prince picked up his comatose love and walked calmly from the temple, as though believing himself immune to my wrath since he had done my bidding. Foolish mortal, no one is free from my anger. I am Darkness, I am Dominion, I am the world's new god and all shall bow before ME.
A/N Plot bunny that has attacked me repeatedly until I wrote it down. Please R and R, no flames thank you.