So, here is my new fic. It is a continuation of the Devil Spawn ficlet that I wrote for Samcedes Week.

As usual, I do not own Glee.

Twelve years ago

They were two peas in a pod. Ever since they were born, they were always together. Sam and Mercedes were rarely being apart from each other. Their parents were best friends and naturally, they were each other best friends too. However, when they were five years old, Burt Hummel and his son moved into town. Sam and Mercedes were soon joined with Kurt since somehow; Devon Jones and Dwight Evans had bonded with Burt and welcomed him into their tight little group. The addition of Kurt into their friendship marked the beginning of the beginning of the hellish years in Mercedes' life.

Mercedes and Kurt bonded through dolls and tea party that Sam had never really understood. Often, he was being rejected when he insisted that they played with his action figures instead of the dolls. Thus, it led to him being angry at Kurt for snatching his Mimi and at Mercedes for choosing someone new instead of him. It all started when he found a pair of scissors in the kitchen cabinet. He hid it in his backpack – the one that he always carrying around and cut Mercedes' Barbie Doll's hair with it. He was hoping that Mercedes would stop playing with Kurt and the dolls once her doll was ruined. He watched as Mercedes wailed and cried once she saw her 'Belle' tragic condition – all the time hoping that she would be running toward him. To his dismay, Mercedes went toward Kurt and both of them cried over the tragic fate of Belle's beautiful hair. That day, Sam went back home with a foul mood. Mary Evans noticed the sour face of his son as she picked him up at the kindergarten. Unlike every other day, Sam hopped into the car without saying goodbye to his best friend.

"Aren't you going to hug Cedes and say goodbye to her like usual?" Mary asked. Sam just pouted and crossed his arms and brought them to his chest and huffed.

"Okay, no goodbye then" Mary muttered as she started driving.

Sam was plotting many ways to gain back Mercedes' attention. He hated being in the sidelines – watching the happy scenes between Mercedes and Kurt. They were rarely spending time together anymore. He was disappointed when he went to the Jones' house and was told that Mercedes and Kurt were having a sleepover at Kurt's house. He went back home with disappointment. It was the moment when Sam realized that he needed to do something so that Mercedes would notice him again.

Sam was sitting at the corridor, brooding as he watched Kurt and Mercedes playing together. A loud scream disturbed his concentration. His attention was brought to Puck who was arguing with Quinn at the slide. Puck was disturbing Quinn by pulling her ponytail and Sam got his answer. In order to make Mercedes to notice him again, he needed to harass her – just like what Puck did to Quinn. Due to his continuance disturbing her, Quinn forgot about her friends and kept her attention at Puck. Sam grinned as he started to plot something in his little mind.

Mercedes hated his former best friend. Sam had turned out to be a monster. She didn't know what had happened but the Sammy that she liked was gone. He had become close with Puckerman and every time he saw her, he would always pull her ponytail or made fun of her. Therefore, Mercedes had made a decision that she would always ignore Sam. She had spent most of her times with Kurt, playing dolls and having tea parties together.

"Cedes!" Kurt shouted as he saw her. Mercedes quickly waved and smiled widely at him. Kurt ran and hugged her.

"You look pretty!" he said.

"It's a new dress. Grandma bought it for me" Mercedes said as she twirled around, showing her dress. Then, out of nowhere, Sam appeared and bumped into her, making her fell into the mud puddle nearby.

"Oh no! Cedes, are you okay?" Kurt said as he helped her.

"My dress is ruined!" Mercedes cried. They looked at Sam who was grinning at them.

"You should apologize to Cedes!" Kurt said.

"Why? It's her fault for standing there!" Sam said, shrugging as he turned and walked away. Mercedes looked at him with hatred in her eyes and walked back to her home with Kurt.

Mercedes never thought that she would learn about hatred in such an early age but one Samuel Evans had thought her that. She was playing dolls with Kurt – pretending that their dolls were married. Then, out of nowhere, Sam came and poured some water colour on their dolls, thus ruining the white gown that her doll wore.

"Ops, sorry!" Sam said before running away with an evil grin. At that moment, Mercedes knew that Sam Evans was a devil in disguise. She huffed and took her doll to the nearby faucet and washed it while cursing the devil's spawn.

Janine noticed that Mercedes seemed to be coming out with lots of excuses to skip school. When she asked her daughter about it, she said nothing and she would solemnly get ready to school. Therefore, she decided to ask Kurt about it when the kid came for their customary play date.

"Kurt, do you know what troubling Cedes? She seems to be upset about something but she didn't want to tell me about it"

"Kids at school are always calling her names"

"Names?" Janine asked with a frown. Kurt nodded.

"Names like Chubby Chubbs and Mimi GummyBear"

The day that the Evans moved away was definitely the best day of Mercedes' life. Sure, she was sad to be away from Ma and Pa Evans but she was over the moon by the fact that Sam won't be ruining her life anymore. The Joneses were at the Evans' house, saying goodbye to them. She saw Sam walking toward her and she immediately felt wary – thinking what he would do to her.

"Bye, Mimi!" he said and to everybody surprised, he leaned forward and kissed her lips. Mercedes was stunned with his sudden action. The adults looked at each other with knowing smiles.

2014

Mercedes was on her way down the stairs when she heard her mother talking to the phone. She caught the end of the conversation consisted of 'can't wait to meet you' and 'It's been a while'.

"Are we having some guests tonight?" She asked her mother who seemed very excited. Janine Jones gave her daughter a wide smile.

"That's Mary. They are on the way" she said. Mercedes frowned.

"Mary?" she asked, confused.

"Mary Evans"

Mercedes nodded. Of course she knew the Evans – Mary and Dwight Evans, her parents' best friends since college. They used to live next door but moved to Nashville around 12 years ago. Despite the distance, the families would occasionally visit each other. The last time she met the Evans was four years ago.

"Oh, are they here for a visit?" Mercedes asked. She loved Mary and Dwight. Besides, some years ago, the couple had gotten a twin and she adored them.

"Didn't you know, Cedes? They're moving back here – into their old house since Mrs. Harold is moving to France with her son. I'm sure you'll be happy to have them as our neighbor again. Remember? You used to play around with Sammy"

Mercedes' eyes went wide at the mention of the one name that she hated the most. Mary and Dwight Evans were lovely people. However, their eldest son was another story. Growing up together, they used to be best friends – until Sam had turned into a beast and made her life a living nightmare.

"I need to go" Mercedes said and quickly walked out of the house.

She drove to the Hummel's house and parked her car. After locking her car, Mercedes went and knocked on the door. A moment later, the door was opened and she was met with a frowning Kurt.

"He's back!" Mercedes blurted. Kurt frowned deeper as he took in her friend's weird appearance.

"Who's back?" Kurt asked but didn't wait for an answer when he noticed the panic in her eyes. He reached for her hand and dragged Mercedes into his room. He then went to take some water to her.

"Here" Kurt said, handing a glass to her. Mercedes took it and drank the water in a go before giving the empty glass to Kurt.

"Take a deep breath, let it go and tell me what make you all jittery like this"

She did as Kurt said and then looked at him.

"He's back! The devil spawn is back!" Mercedes said. Kurt frowned. He didn't really understand what his best friend was talking about.

"Devil spawn, who?"

Mercedes rolled her eyes, exasperatedly. "Samuel Devil Spawn Evans is back in town!" she said. Kurt looked at her with wide eyes.

"You meant your old neighbor?"

Mercedes nodded. Kurt finally understood the reason behind the near panic attack just now. He sat on the bed, next to Mercedes.

"God, he was really horrible. I still remembered what he did to our dolls. Poor Belle and Aurora" he said, thinking about the dolls that Sam had cut the hair. Mercedes nodded. She still remembered how Sam had pushed her into a mud puddle and ruined her new dress – or how he had splashed some watercolor on her doll's wedding dress. Thinking about all the bad things that he had done to her had made her blood boiled with rage.

"Ugh, I hate him! I don't understand how great and kind people like Mary and Dwight have a devil spawn as a child?"

"It's not their fault that Blondie is evil" Kurt shrugged his shoulders. He looked at Mercedes and then, frowned. "I thought you and him were civil? I mean – your family went to Nashville before, and all you talked about was how you miss Mary and Dwight or how cute the twins are"

"No, we're not! He wasn't around when we visited. Sam Devil Spawn Evans was in a private boarding school, so, I didn't see him and I am really grateful for it. The last time I saw him was when we went to Disney World together when we were nine. I've been living a good and peaceful live and now, everything will be ruined!" Mercedes whined. Kurt rolled his eyes. Being a diva also meant that Mercedes Jones was quite a drama queen, sometimes. Her phone rang and Mercedes quickly answered it.

"Hey, Mom!" she said. "No, I can't go back for dinner. Kurt and I are working on a song for Glee Club. Mr. Schue had just emailed us the assignment for tomorrow"

"Lying to Momma Jones, really? We don't have any Glee's assignment!" Kurt said as he side-eyeing her. Mercedes sighed as she lay down on Kurt's bed.

"The Evans is coming over for dinner and I am definitely not ready to face that devil spawn yet. The only way to get out of it is lying" Mercedes mumbled.

"If you're going to stay for dinner, you need to help me cook! Let's go!" Kurt said, giving his hand for her to take. Mercedes took it and they headed to the kitchen.

Disappointment was an understatement when Sam noticed that Mercedes wasn't home when they arrived. He was looking forward to meet her. It's been years since they last met each other. The one time that the Joneses went to visit them in Nashville, he was stuck at school. All he saw were pictures of her when she was thirteen. He felt a pang of jealousy when Janine said that Mercedes was at the Hummel's house when his mother asked about her. Sam was over the moon when his father told the family that they were moving back to Lima, Ohio and the only reason for it was Mercedes Jones. To know that she was still hanging around with Kurt 'parasite' Hummel made him jealous but he knew that it was inevitable. Mercedes and Kurt were really close and it won't be a surprised if they were still close now. When Janine invited his family for dinner, he was excited – thinking that he would finally meet Mercedes. Yet, he was met with another disappointment when she was nowhere around.

"Where's Mercedes?" Stacey asked – voicing out the question that Sam was too shy to ask.

"She's at the Hummel. Apparently, she and Kurt have to work over a sudden Glee's assignment for tomorrow" Janine explained.

"Glee?" Stevie asked. Janine nodded, smiling at the seven years old boy.

"Glee Club. It's a show choir club"

Glee Club, huh? That's definitely a club that I'll join, Sam thought. He was deep in his thought that he didn't even listen to the question that Devon asked him. It was when Dwight nudged him that he realized that they were staring at him. He smiled bashfully as he asked Devon to repeat his question.

"You're enrolling into McKinley's high? Or Dalton?" Devon asked.

"McKinley. I want to try attending a public school, for a change" Sam answered. The main reason he decided to attend McKinley was because he knew that Mercedes was there. Devon nodded.

"Good. I heard you played football and God knows that the Titans need a good player in it. The team hadn't won any single match in two years!"

Sam walked into his room and looked around it. It was his old room, years ago. He still remembered playing with Mercedes in it. Pretending to marry her doll and his action figure. He reached for a box that was filled with his comic collection and began arranging them in the bookshelves. Once finished, he sat on his study chair, twirling the chair around as he admired his work on his old/new room. It was then, when he heard a song blasting through his window. He stopped twirling and fixed his eyes on his window – staring directly into the room opposite of his. A smile magically appeared on his face when he noticed that it was Mercedes' room. His eyes went wide when he realized what she was doing – Mercedes Jones was changing her clothes! When she took off her top, revealing her half naked body, Sam fell down off his chair with a loud thud. Fuck, Mercedes Jones had grown up to be an extremely gorgeous lady, he thought, chuckling when he realized that he might have trouble sleeping with the image that he had just seen.