Dante's Inferno: Return To Damnation
Prologue: The Nightmare Returns
My name is Dante Alighieri, a Templar Knight of the Third Crusade and a Poet. Years have past after I saved my beloved Beatrice's soul from being Lucifer's one way ticket out of Hell. I stayed in Hell to prevent Lucifer from escaping his prison, and meeting my fate in Hell, by walking straight to Mount Purgatory. I mourn and pray for my freedom to reunite with my beloved Beatrice, but I know that I must stay in Hell and be punished for the sins I have committed.
I have been walking on Mount Purgatory for nearly four centuries, knowing no faith, no glory, and no salvation. An endless march to eternity and damnation was my final judgment for my sins. I stopped to have a breather, but before I could go on further. I fell on my knees and stood there, praying to God one last time to beg for forgiveness for the sins I had committed. I also beg to him if I could see my beloved Beatrice, one last time.
I almost gave up hope, until suddenly a flash of light shined upon me. I put my right hand to block the light and then I couldn't believe who I saw right in front of me, it was my beloved Beatrice. Tears came down on my face, and they were tears of joy. She looked the same way when I save her soul from Lucifer, Blonde hair, blue eyes, and pale white skin. She was wearing this beautiful white dress and an emerald necklace that made her look like the angels that I had vision in my mind, and she also had that beautiful smile of hers. I stood up and started walking towards her; I hugged her and put my face upon her lap. I also was telling her how much I missed her and how was this possible that she was in back in Hell.
She told me that God heard my prayer and granted me forgiveness for my sins, and he also granted me to see her one last time before I could rest in peace. I was happy at first, but then I realized something. I told her to tell God thanks for forgiving me and for letting me see her for one last time, but I would rather stay in Hell to prevent Lucifer from escaping from his prison. She looked at me in confusion, but I told her that she would understand someday.
I stood up and offer her my hand so I can help her get up the floor. She said that she had to leave, and I told her that it would be a good idea. She put her left hand on my right cheek and told me that we would see each other again someday; I shook my head in agreement. She turned around, spread angel wings, and started to fly away. Before she left, she turned her head to look at me and said that she loved me, whether I was in Heaven or Hell, she would always love me. I told her that I loved her too.
Then she turned her head forward and started to get closer to the light. The light got brighter the closer she got, and then she vanished in thin air. Leaving nothing but darkness behind, I smiled and started my endless march to eternity and damnation. After a while of walking, I stopped. Feeling tired, I lied down on the ground and fell asleep. After countless hours of sleep, I started having dreams of me and my beloved Beatrice living happily on the world of the living. Then in a few minutes, my dream turned into a nightmare. I dreamt that Lucifer wed my beloved Beatrice and roamed free in the world of the living, bringing Havoc and Chaos.
I woke up from my nightmare and had to make sure that Lucifer was still in his prison. I stood up and went to see Lucifer. By the time I got there, Lucifer was still in his prison. I sighed in relief. Lucifer looked at me and smiled. He was, how you would say, Evil beyond recognition. He was a giant terrible beast with three faces, one red, one black, and one pale yellow, and he also he had six wings. He was rather large, with the exception that he was waist deep trapped in a pool of ice. He told me if I had a good night sleep, I looked at him with a serious facial expression. He laughed in amusement and told me that he could see the rage in my eyes.
I simply ignored him, making him laugh in amusement even more. I hated Lucifer with a passion for trying to wed my beloved Beatrice and trying to dethrone God, but I managed to defeat him and put him back into his prison. Then I noticed that Lucifer had something in his left hand, he had the tapestry that I had sewn into my body right before I met and killed Death. He gave me an offer that he said I couldn't refuse; he said he could give me my life back if I released him from his prison. I refused his offer and said that I would rather stay in Hell to prevent him from ever escaping his prison.
Before he could say anything to change my mind, there was an explosion in the distance. I was looking around to see if the explosion was near his prison, but the whole place looked undisturbed. He started laughing and said that it must be some Satanist trying to free him from his prison so that he could turn the world into darkness; I feared that he might be telling the truth. I needed to go to Limbo, the First Circle of Hell, to see who was trying to get in Hell to free Lucifer from his prison. Before I left I saw something familiar in the distance, it was Death's Scythe frozen in a corner. I went to it, clenched my right hand into a fist, and broke the ice to get the weapon from its icy prison. Then Lucifer said that he had something for me before I left, he raised his left hand with the tapestry. He snapped his fingers from his right hand and the tapestry disappeared. In a moments notice, I felt an excruciating pain in my chest and torso. When I looked, the tapestry was sewn in my body again and I felt blood dripping down my body. I was bleeding because of that.
Lucifer said that I should put it back on my body because it suited me. I couldn't say anything back to him because I was in so much pain, so I left without a word. I was running to every single obstacle from every circle of Hell to get to Limbo, not even stopping for a breather, to stop who ever was trying to get into Hell, before it was too late.