So I've been pretty much contemplating whether or not I should upload this now or later. Since the idea is pretty much killing me from the inside, I thought why the heck not upload it!
Sorry I've been so inactive lately, guys! School has been a total pain the butt and I'm like so stressed out and everything. Plus, I've been watching Fairy Tail, LOL! Okay, if you guys have not seen it yet, then I suggest you do because a lot of ideas in this story in heavily influenced by the anime itself. It's just a heads up! ^^
Disclaimer: I own nothing at all. I just own the idea.
Demon's Flower
Prologue
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The sound of tires turning quickly ran through the mountains as the car tried to brake. Unfortunately, the brakes had gotten stuck due to the quick step and drove the car out of control. The four passengers in the car screamed as the car headed towards a rail. The silver car crashed through it, making the car tumble down the mountains violently.
Since it was late at night, there weren't any cars around to witness the accident, so the family was left there to die. Someone cascaded down the mountains with his wings, his assistant right behind his trail. When he landed, he looked in the car to see if anyone had survived. His emerald irises scanned inside and saw that blood was leaking out of everyone's head. Then he noticed someone still barely breathing.
"Harley," he called. "There's someone still alive. Get her out of there."
The purple haired assistant obliged to the command and quickly opened the car door to get the little girl. Thankfully, she was wearing a red hoodie, with the hood safely around her head, and a scarf around her neck, which protected her from most of the shattered glass. Harley noticed her slow breathing and turned to the green eyed demon. "She's barely alive. What do we do, Drew?"
He flicked his green hair and glanced at the little girl who looked around the age of eight. "I suppose we can take her to the hospital and get her treated. Then leave her off at an orphanage."
Harley threw him a disapproving look. "You cannot be serious, Drew. You caused her family's death. The least you could do is take her in and raise her." He placed the little girl down and started to pick the glass away from her. He then brought out his palm and raised it over her wounds. A bright yellow light started to glow and soon, the wounds were nothing more than mere scratches.
Drew rolled his eyes at his assistant before summoning his wings again, ready to fly off. "Do whatever you want," he murmured before taking off to LaRousse City.
The purple haired demon smiled gently at him as he flew off. He knew that Drew felt a bit of guilt; he just didn't want to admit it. He picked up the sleeping brunette and called an ambulance for the family before taking off to follow his master.
It was noon the next day when the little girl woke up again. When she opened her sapphire eyes, she was met with a grinning Harley. "Oh, you're finally awake! I was getting worried for a second there," he gushed as he helped her sit up on the bed.
The little girl looked frightened at his actions and squirmed out of his grasp. She looked at him with scared eyes. "Who are you? Where are my mommy and daddy?"
"They're dead," Drew said bluntly from the doorway. He walked in and gave Harley a look. The purple haired demon got the message and left the room, leaving just Drew and May. He walked towards her, arms crossed across his chest. "We found the car at the bottom of a mountain and only you survived. So we took you in."
He didn't want to lie but the girl was eight for goodness sake. If he told her that it was him who was in the road in the first place, it would make it seem like he murdered her family. Though it didn't seem like it, the guilt was slowly eating him from the inside. Harley was right. It was the least he could do since he killed her parents.
He sighed and placed a hand gently over her head, giving her a pat. His eyes showed a pool of sorrow and sympathy. "You'll be living with us now, okay?"
"But I don't know you."
"It's okay. We won't hurt you, I promise." He didn't know how to convince the young girl at all. He was hoping that she'd just agree to let them watch over her from now on but that doesn't seem to work at all. "We can protect you," he added.
She gave him a skeptical look. "How?"
He sighed as he prepared himself. He didn't want to reveal his secret but if that's what it takes for her to believe him, then so be it. He stood up and allowed his wings to appear from his back. The little girl's eyes widened at the sight of it. "Because we're demons," he answered. "Don't worry; we're not the bad ones that you're thinking about. We're the nicer demons."
The brunette girl raised a questioning brow at him. "How do I know you're telling the truth?"
"Why else would we save you?" he retorted.
With that, she stayed quieted down again and looked at him, scanning over him with her sapphire eyes. "You don't look like a demon."
He smirked. "That's because I stopped aging long ago. I look like a seventeen year old but I'm really two hundred years old." When she didn't say anything, he raised a brow and looked at her. "Are you okay?"
She nodded. "I'm just trying to understand everything," she answered. Then she looked up and met his eyes. "My name is May Maple."
A small smile made its way to his face as he saw that she finally accepted them. "I'm Drew Hayden," he introduced. "How old are you?"
"Eight," she replied.
He held out his hand to her and she looked at him curiously. "Let's go get you something to eat. You must be hungry."
Upon hearing that she was getting something to eat, she immediately jumped down the bed and dragged him with her out of the room and down the stairs of the mansion. "I want some noodles," she said excitingly as they made their way downstairs.
Drew only chuckled as he allowed her to drag him with her. When they arrived into the kitchen, Harley grinned at the sight. Since they've met, he's never seen Drew chuckle like that before until today, when it was caused by a mere human girl. "I heard it already and your noodles should be done soon," he piped when she plopped herself down on the seat.
May only nodded started to ask Drew millions of questions, which he answered easily. There were some that he skipped though since they were a bit personal.
'Maybe taking her in isn't so bad after all,' he thought to himself as he watched her talk animatedly to Harley.
This is super duper short, I know! I'm so sorry! But this IS the prologue so it should be short anyway. Next chapter is when it starts to get long, I promise!
For those who are feel that there are not much info on how Drew's the cause, don't worry! Bits shall be revealed as the story progresses! I didn't want to fill it up with TOO much information that will help out for the future chapters c:
So tell me how it was in the reviews and I'll try to update asap!
