A demon's fate

Inspired by the song: A demon's fate by: Within temptation

Will encounters a demon and tries to help him despite warnings to never interact with them. He can't help but want to do everything he can to help this one no matter the cost even with war on the horizon. Fantasy AU.

Prologue

His entire life Will had been warned to stay far away from demons. That they were evil, vile, traitorous creatures and you could never trust them. But he wondered if that was just fear talking, because no one that he knew had ever personally interacted with a demon, so how would they know what they were really like?

People could be good or evil, they could have a change of heart or morals, so why couldn't demons? It didn't seem right to him to judge a creature for how it was born, how could you know the nature of something if you never took the time to get to know it first? Well Will was determined to find out what really went on inside the heart and mind of demons. He felt that if he could find even one demon that wasn't what everyone said they were then he would be able to prove that people were wrong to judge them so harshly.

Will wasn't afraid of demons, he didn't hide at night like the others and if he heard strange noises he didn't cower or run. He was determined to meet a demon face to face to see what they were truly like. Of course he wasn't stupid enough to go running into trouble, he just didn't back down easily and he was always ready to lend a hand to anyone who needed it after the attacks or raids that happened on an almost regular basis in the town that he lived. The town was at the foot of a great mountain and at the edge of a dense forest.

Demons of all kinds dwelled near the town and some made it their favorite pass time to attack the town from time to time or any who traveled alone through the forest. But the attacks were never deadly, they did do a lot of damage and some people still feared for their lives, but most of all for their livelihood. Will couldn't blame them for that, constant raids on the town resulting in plenty of ruined buildings and roads was a real hassle to clean up, he was just thankful that there wasn't a casualty list to match the property damage.

But even with the mess the demons left he still didn't want to think of them as evil like the old stories said. If they really were pure evil then why did they never kill anyone? Why was there so little bloodshed from these supposedly bloodthirsty devils? It was questions like these that spurred him on in his personal quest to find goodness in these creatures.

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Nico was the prince of Hell and held power over the demons and spirits of the Underworld. He hated conflict and preferred not to cause trouble for the humans and other living things in the world above so he had issued a decree that even if the demons were to cause problems for the humans they were prohibited from harming them, any who broke this law would suffer dire consequences.

He was happy to know that since he had come into power the death toll caused by demons had significantly decreased from the centuries passed, but he couldn't help wondering how long this lull could last. Demons and humans had been enemies for millennia and even with the power he held, peace was a fragile thing. He feared the threat of war creeping forward, it wouldn't take much to upset the delicate balance between Heaven and Hell and open the flood gates of hate and animosity that could engulf them all.

Nico had promised his father that when he was given his throne that he would do everything that he could to ensure that that did not happen, but his influence was slipping and he knew it, he just wished he knew why.

Hey peoples, I know I haven't been on in a while now or written well anything for what a month? Anyway I have two jobs now if you haven't heard and I work EVERY DAY and my brain pretty much shuts off by the time I get home at roughly 6pm each day so aside from random notes here and there I haven't been writing much these days.

I'm going to edit what I can here and there and hopefully going through my stories will help me remember where I was going with them so that I can Finally continue and get them done for you guys.

Trust me I want to see where these are going just as badly as you do so hopefully we can get there soon.

So sorry for the slow writing but please stick with me, we'll get there!