Prologue:

Hell…. A place full of torture and pain… A lonely and terrifying place that torture any and all human spirits who end up here for eternity.

But…. This place is a place I don't find interesting.

I may be a demon but I am still young and developing. I don't even have my special eyes yet leaving me with just regular eyes.

This place…. I don't know why but it's boring to me.

A place that has so much torture and so much stuff to watch as well as do, though I can only do so much at my age, has actually made me bored.

The best guess I have is because I've been here for so long.

I'm not allowed to go to the surface above Hell because I'm not fully developed.

It's too risky for non-developed demons to go up there….. Well….. It's what we are told over and over again.

I sigh as I watch, from my spot on a ledge, others go about their daily business including going to different human spirits that are being tortured to either watch or join in.

Some are even going to the surface.

"Hey." One of my friends says coming over to me from the side.

I raise my head from resting my chin on my arms that are on my bent upwards knees to look to my friend. "Hey." I greet back.

"What are you up to?" My friend asks.

"Not much." I say glancing away back to the others. "Just watching everyone go around."

My friend comes to sit beside me. "You ok?"

"Just bored." I respond slightly turning to my friend.

"Well then why don't I show you something?" My friend offers.

I blink and fully turn my head to my friend. "Show me what?" I ask.

My friend smiles then using magic creates a crystal ball floating in the middle of my friends hands.

I blink then watch as fog swirls in it as my friend moves the top hand off from hovering over the crystal ball. I gasp as I see a place where humans are walking. "Is this?"

My friend nods. "The surface well only one spot in it."

"Wow." I gasp watching fascinated. "It's so different."

"Yeah it is." My friend smiles. "Things don't work like they do down here."

I've only been taught certain things about the surface but nothing about how it really functions as I am only learning things like that humans don't always see us on the surface unless done a certain way.

To actually see the surface even through a crystal ball has filled me with wonder.

"What's that?" I ask noticing something in the background.

"Hm?" My friend scans the image in the crystal ball.

I point without touching the ball to where the building is.

"Let's see." My friend uses the hand not hovering under the crystal ball and moves it over the ball zooming in then my friends hand moves away again.

Demon language is my strong language obviously but I have learned a little of some human languages.

"Wh… Wha…." I struggle to read the first bit. "Orphanage." I read the text I can read on the post by the gate. "Doesn't that mean someone without parents?" I look to my friend.

My friend nods. "Yes. On the surface it's a place where those without parents go if they are too young to look after themselves. There are many all over the surface."

I look back to the ball. "I'm not fully sure if that's a good or bad thing." I say slightly tilting my head.

My friend laughs. "It can be a good or bad thing. Depending on which place it is."

The surface sounds interesting.