The Demon Thief

As you know in Beauty and The Beast, the beast was under a spell and was really a handsome prince. Well in this story there is no evil spell and no prince. So let me tell you the story of The Magical Beauty and the Demon Thief.

One day a magical girl at the age of fifteen was out side practicing a magic spell. This girl's name was Caralama. She might have looked harmless and weak but she was as sly as a fox and quiet as a cat. She could bend into any kind of position and sneak up behind any kind of person. She was faster than light and could break your neck before you knew what had happened. But there was one thing she couldn't do. She couldn't kill you, even if she shot you in the heart you wouldn't die. Until she was eighteen she couldn't kill anyone. No one knew why this happened, not even her family. But Caralama was quite happy with weakening her enemies. Of course she wasn't the only one. Everyone who was like her couldn't kill until they were eighteen.

Even Caralama's voice was powerful. If she sang a certain song, then she could lure you into a trap, make you kill yourself, make you so stunned that it looked like you were petrified or make you go to sleep. She could also control the weather and heal the most dangerous of wounds with her voice. She was practically a Siren to ever one and everything. She could also attack with her voice using her energy, or asking the elements for help.

There are many other things she could do but I'll tell some of them during the story.

Caralama started to get bored trying to do her spell so she stopped. She decided to go to her uncle's for a visit.

Now Caralama's uncle was very rich and had many priceless magic charms. Some were even dangerous.

Whenever Caralama was bored or had nothing to do she would go and visit her uncle and he would show the magic charms to her and tell her what they did. She was never bored when she went to visit her uncle's.

Her uncle lived in a mansion on top of a steep hill, and only Caralama, her family and friends could go up there, because the only way up…was to fly.

Caralama's uncle was very young. He was in his twenties yet he looked eighteen. That's how it was with her family and friends. When they had turned eighteen they would stop ageing. Meaning they were all immortal.

Caralama, her friends and family were also different in many ways from other people. She and her family and friends were called the "Signs" because on the markings fore heads of the adults. On their head looked to be tattoos of the moon, sun, star, hope, love, and mystery were shown on their heads to show what kind of powers they had, what they supported and/or how the Signs behaved. The oldest Signs were triplets and so three of each adult sign would have the same sign on there heads. The most powerful of the Signs was Natasha, Nekeana, and their triplet brother Squall. They all had the sign of the moon, which gave them the power to control basically every element that was linked to the moon in some way except for fire. It also helped them to be sneaky and they could also solve many riddles and make hard ones.

Caralama's mother, uncle and aunt had the sign of the sun, which gave them the powers of the sun and the elements connected to it. They could also become fire them selves as could Caralama. Though Nekeana, Natasha and Squall's (they're triplets) younger sisters and brothers along with Caralama didn't have their Signs yet.

You know all the shows you watch and the books you read. Well they are actually real worlds. The Signs protect them from the "Dark Signs" who are the opposite of the Signs or Light Signs.

Instead of protecting the worlds they seek out to rule and destroy them. The Dark Signs also have tattoos on their heads are like those of the Light Signs but theirs were dark. Any way back to the story.

When Caralama got to the door it was locked and she remembered that her uncle was out on a date. So she said a spell that her uncle had taught her to open any kind of door in the world. When the door was opened, she went inside and locked the door again. The hallway was filled with old paintings and sculptures. Caralama knew the place off by heart, and began to go to the library. She loved to go to the library and learn about her ancestors and knew spells.

Before Caralama opened the library door she heard voices. Now she could control the volume of her hearing, as could any other Signs. So she raised the volume and she could make out more clearly the voices and one particularly harsh one.

She followed the voices to the charms room. This room held powerful magic charms that, in the wrong hands, could destroy the world.

Caralama thought of something really hard, and she was instantly invisible. She went into the room were the voices were coming from. She couldn't believe what she saw. A band of demons were stealing her uncle's charms. Without thinking she made herself visible and yelled, "Put back that of which does not belong to you!" There was such strength in her voice that the demons stopped what they were doing and looked straight at her. They began to smile wickedly at what they saw in front of them. Caralama heard a sound behind her, it was just a rustle of wind, but it got Caralama's attention. She turned around and faced the leader of the demons.

He was short about a few inches below Caralama's height but that didn't fool her in the least. She could sense that there was an evil power in him. He had black spiked hair that went skyward with a white star burst in the middle. If it weren't for the third eye on the top of his forehead, he would have almost looked human. He wore a black robe that made him look like he was wearing a long sleeved dress. His two normal eyes were blood red and the one on his head was purple. The other thing Caralama noticed was that his hands were held ready to strike her, and in the hands were a sword. She also saw the startle meant in the demons eyes, as if he would never have had thought she would hear him sneak up behind her. But that went away quickly and he struck down at the place where Caralama had been.

The demon looked all around for her but he could not find her. Then he felt a pair of hands go to his head and then there was a loud crack and instant pain went through the demon's body as he gave a loud cry of pain.

Caralama had broken his neck and dodged his sword as he swung it around him in fury. The human like demon yelled out to her, "Face me you coward! I am Hiei of the Jagan eye! Face me I say!"

"Well Hiei of the Jagan eye," Caralama spoke back, projecting her calm voice all around the room so he couldn't find her, "I am Caralama, niece to the man from whom you are trying to steal from."

"Come out and face me Caralama, or hide like a coward! My demons and I will find you!" he yelled with anger in his voice and a show of retaliation on his face.

"If you want me to fight you demon, you will do it with out your demons here. If you don't then I will deal with both you and your demons personally." Caralama spoke calmly again while projecting her voice at the same time.

"So be it!" Hiei hissed angrily. He nodded toward his demons and they nodded as well. Now Hiei's third eye gave him the power to read minds, control weak minds, send messages to other minds and levitate things as well. And he had just set a trap for Caralama.

When all the demons were gone and Hiei was left alone in the charms room Caralama appeared ten meters away from him.

Hiei almost stopped breathing when he took a good look at her for the first time. Caralama's hair fell down to her waist and looked like a silver gold kind of colour. Her eyes were baby blue and her skin was fair and milky white. She also had high cheekbones and she had long eyelashes that fanned her cheeks. Caralama was wearing faded blue jeans and a baby blue blouse that matched her eyes. He noticed that her ears were a bit pointier then normal ears, and they were a bit higher on her head as well. She looked so fragile to him that she looked like a porcelain doll. He also noticed that around her neck was a yellow pendant and it was emitting off strong powerful energies.

Hiei swore that if he had a heart, he would die right then of a heart attack just by looking at her. But he didn't have a heart and he was thankful for that now, and then she began to speak.

"Demon," Hiei shuddered not visibly but in his mind he shuddered. He hadn't noticed how pure Caralama's voice was. He cursed at his weakness but he couldn't help but to think how beautiful her voice was. It was like the ringing of soft bells but her voice was also strong.

"Demon," Caralama repeated and got hiss full attention, "You have come to my uncle's house and tried to steal from it..." Caralama paused. She didn't feel right and she knew something was wrong, and with out thinking she feel into a deep sleep.

Before she hit the ground Hiei used his supernatural speed and caught her. He was an expert in potion making exceptionally sleeping potions. Hiei's right hand demon came down from the rafters in the ceiling. His name was Yoko Kurama.

This fox demon looked human, except for his silver fox ears and tail. He was also known as the silver demon fox or ghost fox. He could also send telepathic messages to other peoples mind. Yoko was wearing a white Greek robe that went down to his knees and had white pants on and whites shoes with no laces. His skin was pale and he had golden eyes and his silver hair went down to his waist. His nails looked like claws and Yoko was as strong as he looked. He could manipulate plants, from a seed or from the actual form, to make it grow and/or turn into a weapon.

Yoko spoke to Hiei in an almost impossibly calm voice, "She is very strong Hiei. Even if she doesn't show it, her voice proves it. The pendant she wears around her throat, also gives off a strange powerful energy. I could feel it all the way up in the rafters. Also the she heard and dodged you and broke your neck."

Hiei was gently stroking Caralama's ears, curious of their shape and where they were positioned. Then without thinking he remembered his neck was broken as Yoko had said and the pain came back to him. His anger and her beauty had made him forget about the pain. He stopped stroking her ears and picked Caralama up even with the pain, he didn't want to let go of her. He turned to Yoko and said, "Your right Yoko, she is very strong and you are right about her dodging my attacks. No one has ever survived them. The power from the pendant around her neck is also odd"

Yoko hid his surprise as he saw Hiei carry the girl out of the room like as if he was caring a rare and valuable item. He did it so gently, even with the pain he saw on his face, but there was also worry in his eyes. Hiei was a ruthless killer and killed anyone who opposed his will. So why wasn't the girl dead yet?

"She isn't dead yet, Yoko, because she might be very useful," the short demon said, hearing his thoughts.

"She won't be like us Hiei. She is good of heart and she has a heart. Not like us," Yoko sighed. "She could easily kill both of us if she wanted to."

"I know that Yoko," Hiei said his voice a bit higher than normal, "But she is the niece to the man of this place. Think of what he would give to have her back safe and sound. You can't say that we all don't have a heart as well Yoko. You have a heart and so does the other demons. I'm the only one with out the heart. But I do agree, your soul is black enough that it makes up for not having a heart. But be thankful that you didn't go through the same thing I did to lose my heart."

Yoko knew he was crossing a danger zone with Hiei so he stopped talking…for now.

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Hey, this is just an update to this story. This story and the ones before it, except the last one, is finished. I am just making a few grammer repares.