-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I stretch and decide to take a break by wandering around the surface with my sword spirit following behind me in case I need him. I sigh contentedly at how refreshing the forest is when I notice my servant wandering off. I growl loudly to warn him before roaring at him to return when he doesn't listen. He still doesn't respond and I become a bit nervous as I don't want anything happening to him due to me not being there to protect him. Ghirahim then sends out a signal and I follow it only to find him, trying to coax a young human (?) from hiding. It appears to be a hybrid of human and demon, but it seems scared, far more than it should be... I see a little metal capsule and my eyes widen as I realize that the boy is from the sky. Ghirahim apparently gets too close when suddenly, the human shoots a spike of ice from its mouth, hitting my sword and sending him flying. I'm impressed at the amount of power he has for one so young...

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

I bolt to the little thing I came here with and I go inside, hiding from the scary things. I notice a large one with red hair but I just shoot an ice spike at it, my eyes having turned ice blue when that happened but he merely catches it. I just hide, terrified of everything as it's too strange...

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I'm very intrigued by this young one, already so skilled at roughly three years of age. I kneel down, not too close to his hiding place but close enough, trying not to scare him. "Shh, child...I won't hurt you..." I say in Hylian, knowing that if he were to understand any language it would be this one.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

I peek out from my little hiding place, surprised he knew that...but I notice that demon from earlier and I shoot another spike at him, pinning him to a tree. Over a few hours the thing called a demon gains my trust and I come out of hiding, waiting to be hated on but he instead pulls me close, saying I shouldn't be tossed out like this. I just snuggle, instantly falling asleep easily from the comforting warmth...

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I smile softly when he falls asleep and I get to my feet, keeping the young boy in my arms. He just gets comfortable and I start walking back to the portal to the demon world, Ghirahim following behind me.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

I shift in my sleep, my wings shifting a bit and I snuggle a bit more into him, my horns bumping into his chest. My tail flicks around as he moves, keeping my body alert as my mind sleeps...

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

My smile softens and we soon arrive at the portal, me looking around once more before stepping through it. The other demons look up when they see me enter, most of them wanting to rush at me and start talking, until they see the sleeping boy in my arms. They all stay back, knowing that I likely wouldn't be happy if he woke up.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

I notice the change in the air, sounds and smell quite quickly and I wake, looking around. The demon holding me is a bit surprised that I just randomly woke but the one next to him...with a PRETTY SPARKLY! I stare at the sparkly thing for a bit before pouncing him and nabbing it, bolting to the other side of the fire hair demon, holding the pretty jewel and looking at it. He picks me up again and just lets me hold it, me just staring at it and the demon realizes its missing but he huffs when I have it.

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I chuckle softly at Ghirahim's reaction to the boy taking his earring and I notice the level of awe that the boy is looking at it. I bet he hasn't seen anything like it before, or he just likes the way that it looks.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

I wave it around a bit before looking around when he gets started walking again but I suddenly see a weird skeletal horse with purple fire mane and tail break loose and the demon holding me sighs "Arvak again!? That horse has to be under control!" a few other winged demons tries to tame it but I look around and I decide to go towards the thing. I wiggle until I get loose, having used my wings before, and I land on a wall before I land in front of the horse. It looks at me, snorting a bit and I just look at it, reaching a hand out to it. I hear one of the demons say he bites but the horse, I guess named Arvak, merely curls his legs and rests his head on my shoulder. I giggle a bit and I get onto his back easily, removing the ropes around his neck. He easily walks around but I squeal when I fall off, using my wings to get back on...only to get taken off by the fire haired demon...i whine but the horse simply goes back to its stall and I make a soft whine of disappointment, having wanted to play with my new friend more...

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I carry him to the castle quickly, trying not to let anything else distract him. I know he needs sleep if the way that he fell asleep almost instantly on me earlier was any indication.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

With no more distractions I slowly start to fall asleep but I give the fire haired demon the sparkly before I fall fast asleep, not wanting to drop it, and I snuggle into him as I sleep peacefully.

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

When he hands me the earring, I give it back to Ghirahim, both of us knowing that there's a second one to the pair that we could give the boy. I take the boy to a spare bedroom near my own and tuck him in; making sure that he's comfortable. I see a blue diamond earring get set on the nightstand and I nod at Ghirahim, both of us leaving the room quietly.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

I wake late in the morning and I see the earring but food as well and once I eat and drink the water I grab the sparkly and I leave, exploring the rooms but the second I find one room I open a box and I squeal at all the SPARKLYS! I get into all the stuff, all the sparkles scattered across the room and I mess with sparkly clothing, belts, gloves and MORE! I squeal happily at everything and I mess with everything even the shoes but I spot make-up and I sneeze when I accidentally dump it on the floor. I get powder EVERYWHERE and I paint the walls with the stuff, making finger marks on the bed, walls, cabinets, drawers, the GIANT mirror and even the ceiling since I can fly. Once it's all used up I find bottles of liquid and I decide to crack them open with my claws and get the entire room messy, making it stink with weird smells...

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I walk beside Ghirahim as we come back from a meeting and soon, I notice that he stopped walking. I turn around to find him staring into his room with horror painted across his face. I peek in and I see the little boy freeze from what he was doing; only now noticing our presence. I start snickering silently at exactly how messy the room is, knowing how much Ghirahim HATES his room being dirty in any way. The entire room is destroyed, no spot left the way it was, and it's completely covered in stuff and it smells horrible due to the mixing of Ghirahim's perfumes.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

I just watch, another bottle in my claws as the demon carefully steps into the room, hating the smell but I look up at him, being filthy and I suddenly climb him, getting him filthy and I dump the bottle I had in my claws on his head snatching a few more and making him stink before dumping the last of the powder on him and grabbing the one blue sparkly and bolting out of the room, tracking stuff where I run and brush into things, laughing playfully.

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I just sigh, knowing that the servants that clean this hallway won't be happy. I start going after him, trying to think of a good place where he could actually make a mess and have no one care. But first, he needs to be cleaned of the makeup and perfume.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

I notice him chasing me but too late I look forward and I bump into one of the servants carrying a bucket of water, getting it dumped on me and the entire floor, making it slippery but I bolt, laughing at the chase as I think it's a game. I track water and wet make-up powder and I yelp when I turn the hall, ramming into another demon who drops one of the bags of flour on my head but I merely run off, tracking flour now and when I flap my wings it gets EVERYWHERE as I run, giggling and laughing as I'm having fun!

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I groan at having to chase the young demon around the entire castle but I quickly start after him, not wanting him to dirty the entire castle. He's fairly fast due to his young age, but I know that I'll catch up with him eventually, as he has to run out of energy sometime.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

When my legs start to get tired I go on all fours to run a bit easier and I dart past some important demons, getting a few dirty as I run past them but I yelp when the demon from earlier suddenly appears and catches me, me squirming in his grasp but I manage to get away, having him more filthy. I eventually get to the throne room, getting the entire room filthy before snuggling all over the throne itself, having fun getting chased around the entire castle, but I rest in the seat, having gotten a good bit of the castle filthy and a few other demons filthy but I notice the one with the sparkly teleport in and sigh in relief when I stopped but I'm panting.

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I hear Ghirahim teleport near me and I look away from the officials who had stopped me, all with questions of who the young demon is. I look at Ghirahim and he says that the boy is in the throne room finally tired out. He then makes a face before telling me that the throne room is a mess. I groan loudly, feeling just like Ghirahim did when his room was messed up. It's likely going to take a while before the throne room is back in order and I hope that by then, I'll have a special room for the young demon to mess up whenever he feels like it.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

I randomly make a soft sigh of content, staying still for a while before moving out of the seat and stretching out in another chair, me betting it's the sparkle demon ones and I make another sigh of content before moving out of it. I stretch, using what magic I know to get my pants dry, and I rest on the floor...the chairs no longer decent enough to sit on without getting wet...

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I quickly explain to the officials that I found the young demon yesterday and that he had been afraid of me until I gained his trust. I then head to the throne room, the officials understanding how important that room is. It doesn't take me too long to get there but I sigh quietly when I see what's on the throne, mentally noting to get the boy potty trained and quickly.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

I look up when I notice the fire haired demon and he picks me up carefully before teleporting and setting me in a tub. I squeal and I instantly splash crazily in the tub, getting water everywhere on the floor and him and he growls. This instantly makes me stop and I look at him nervously but he is spitting water out and then I realize why he growled...he just got water in his eyes~ I notice the tub is big enough, huge actually, and so to be fun I yank him hard enough to send him tumbling into the tub, getting the entire floor soaked and I squeal, laughing and clapping playfully~

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I sigh at this, but maybe playing with him will help him get cleaner... I set up a spell to prevent more water from going over the edge onto the floor, making it so he can pretty much splash as much as he wants to without having to ruin the room to do so.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

I giggle as he makes everything he does into a game and I'm having fun, him eventually getting me clean, and I notice the sparkle demon come in. the fire hair one merely mentions what I did and decided to do this since it got me clean. Once I'm clean and dry my stomach rumbles and I look at the fire haired demon. He smiles and carries me, me being a bit to drained to walk around anymore, and I snuggle into him. I'm not tired enough to go to sleep but I can't walk...

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I carry him to the dining room, which was one of the few rooms that managed to go unscathed in his messing around earlier. That and the kitchen if I know my cooks well enough. I know that it is already close to a meal time, so they'll have the food ready to serve when we walk in.

-=-Unknown Pov-=-

I smile at the sight of the food when we walk in and I'm hungry but the demon carrying me merely chuckles. Once I'm started on eating the two demons talk, me too interested in food for the moment.

-=-Ghirahim's Pov-=-

Master asks me if my room is clean and I nod "Yes...everything but the smell...i can't figure out how to get rid of all the smell and I can barely stand at the damn door for a second without feeling sick..." he sighs and says he will get a special bottle that rids of scent completely and I nod, thanking him. I sigh "I didn't think the kid would be such a hassle...in ONE DAY he destroyed my room, messed up the castle, ruined the throne and the room itself, got you soaking wet, and now he is peaceful...hey master..." he looks at me, pausing eating "What are we going to call him? He seems to be quite the troublemaker already so...maybe something along those lines? Or with looks? And what about his rank?"

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I think for a bit before saying, "He will be Prince of the Demon Kingdom and we should call him Aurum. He has a lot of gold colored features and it seems to fit."

-=-Aurum's Pov-=-

I continue to eat happily, just happy to actually be eating before I'm full. Once I'm content I curl up on the chair only for the fire haired demon to pick me up, having the sparkle demon take me to the room I was at earlier and once I'm in bed he leaves. I yawn as I fall fast asleep, tired and worn out from the day's playdate events~

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I sigh slightly and have more servants working on all the mess that he made earlier. It does help that I allow my servants to use magic in their cleaning if it's necessary.

-=-Aurum's Pov-=-

I wake early the next morning and I notice no one is up which makes me hyper. I go to the sparkle demon's room and make a mess quietly, leaving traps so he can get covered in stuff and I make a mess of many rooms before tracking stuff EVERYWHERE in the castle but soon I can't help but make things go CRASH and I'm zooming around the places, making things fall over, messing up the throne room again and I hear a faint frustrated cry~ The sparkle demon woke and got covered in perfume again~ I continue to go wild and run around, making tons of noise but I'm super hyperactive and I can't help but make messes and laugh as it's so much fun!

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I faintly hear things crash and I sigh, knowing that Aurum is at it again. I really wish that he could be calm at least SOME of the time... I don't want to overwork my servants...

-=-Aurum's Pov-=-

I yelp when a net is suddenly thrown over me and I get caught. I whine when I see the demons sigh in relief but I'm a mess...i just get taken to the bath, the fire haired demon asking if they wouldn't mind getting paid double just to keep cleaning even if they are overworking and they nod before leaving. The second I'm in the bath I splash crazily, getting both the fire haired demon and the sparkle demon, who just came in, soaking wet and I'm giggling and laughing, hyper and just crazily full of energy~

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I sigh slightly and we start working on cleaning him, though letting him splash around really is the best way to do that. Once he's clean, we dry him off and I pick him up, taking him to the shaman demon just to see exactly why he has this much energy...

-=-Scale's Pov-=-

I look up when the king enters...with a really hyperactive hybrid but I chuckle "So...this is the little bundle of trouble that I've been hearing about? I heard he has messed up your demon lord's room...and your castle which is surprising." He sighs "Do you have any idea as to why he is so hyper?" I think "No...but let me check...hey kid...here" I give him a magic candy, which he quickly gobbles down but seconds after his energy levels drop greatly and I take the now calm kid into the other room to do a few scans and blood tests to see why he is so hyper.

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I sigh, hoping that there's something we can do to keep him calm, knowing that he can't just mess up my castle like this on a daily basis.

-=-Scale's Pov-=-

I sigh and I take the kid back into the room, nibbling on a candy because he hated me when I was doing the blood tests, and I look at my king "he is naturally hyper...there is nothing in his blood nor scans showing anything that is making him hyper. All I can do is this. Leave one candy from this jar next to his bed before you go to sleep WHILE he is asleep. Make sure he can find it and put something next to it as he seems to like sweet treats. You saw what happened when I gave him one of them." He nods and I hand him the jaw before handing him the now calm and mellow hybrid to him "Also once a week bring him back here because too much of the special candy can damage him without checking at least once a week." He nods before sighing and leaving with the jar of enchanted candy for the boy and the boy is just nibbling on the candy I gave him, calm and mellow as the candy is in effect.

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I'm glad that there is something that we can do to calm him down, though I don't like the fact that it's potentially dangerous to him... I would like it if he could be calm without the candy, but I don't think it would work not giving it to him...

-=-Aurum's Pov-=-

I continue to munch on the lollipop that I was given to distract me from the pain the demon caused. I'm so calm and mellow...i don't really want to do too much now but the fire haired demon sets me down in a play room while the sparkle demon asks if I'm safe now and he nods, explaining what happened while I play with a few toys like a proper kid instead of the crazed insane kid I was earlier.

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I nod slightly, enjoying the moment of calm. It is nice to be able to have him relaxed like this at least for a little while. But I probably should make an area for him to be able to be crazy naturally.

-=-Aurum's Pov-=-

I get told to stay in this room and I nod, just playing with the toys but the sparkle demon gets told to stay with me because even as calm as I am he doesn't trust me alone. I just continue to play as the sparkle demon goes and sits down to watch me, actually enjoying how calm I am.

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I head to one of the unused rooms of the castle, picking one of the larger ones. I look around it and nod, beginning to lay the enchantments for it to clean itself up, making it so he can be as wild as he wants.

-=-Ghirahim's Pov-=-

Despite not really wanting to babysit, I am enjoying the fact that the young prince is calm. After a bit, I notice him trying to get my attention and I look at him. "Sparkle snowy~ Come play with me~" I tilt my head, confused about the nickname, before remembering what he'd call my earring combined with my hair color. I see his lip start to quiver when I take too long to answer and I sigh before nodding, going to play with the young prince to prevent him from crying.

-=-Aurum's Pov-=-

I giggle happily and I crawl into his lap, playing with him as I'm in his lap. Eventually he is actually enjoying it and he is so into it we both don't notice that time is flying by. I giggle as we play, both of us laughing and giggling as we play, him acting like a young demon and it's fun~

-=-Ghirahim's Pov-=-

I continue playing, having far too much fun to even consider stopping, actually enjoying letting my walls down like this.

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I finally finish the enchantments and I head back to the room where Aurum and Ghirahim are, only to hear...laughter? And it sounds like Ghirahim's...I know that Ghirahim doesn't laugh often, so I use a spell to make it so I can see through the door. My eyes widen at the way that Ghirahim is playing with the young demon, not used to seeing this kinder and more playful side of the demon lord...

-=-Aurum's Pov-=-

I suddenly squeal and start to laugh when he tickles me as I'm in his lap, both of us laughing and just having fun. Soon we are chasing the other around the room, playful and just laughing but it's fun and amazing! We can't help but run around the room, me pouncing him and he squeals as he falls to the floor, both of us laughing and just having fun.

-=-Ghirahim's Pov-=-

I laugh as he starts tickling me this time and I'm having more fun than I've ever had.

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I smile as I continue to watch before just walking away from the door after removing the spell, not wanting to disturb the moment, as I think this could do the demon lord some good. I guess bringing that little demon into the castle will do both of us some good...

-=-Aurum's Pov-=-

Eventually we settle down and he pulls me into his lap but I go grab a book "Sparkle Snowy~ Read?" he smiles and nods, me climbing onto him as he lies down and uses magic to hold the book in the air as I snuggle on top of him. While he reads I yawn a bit, tired but soon we both fall asleep, the book getting set to the floor.

-=-Demise's Pov-=-

I come to check on them after they didn't come in the dining room for lunch, smiling when I see them cuddling together asleep. I just leave them be and tell any of my servants to avoid the room to prevent them from being forcefully awoken.

-=-Aurum's Pov-=-

It's been 2 years and I'm now 5 years old...but not like I care as I dump another bottle of Ghira's perfume on the floor of his room while he and daddy are in a meeting~ I mess up his room, making sure I'm clean just to be a pain, before wearing his favorite gold earrings and his favorite necklaces, gloves and a few bracelets and anklets before dashing off to the room daddy made me that I could wreck but I go there for a bit, letting the crazy out before going to the play room, still wearing all the stolen jewelry and I giggle at how much stuff I took, wearing different gloves and way too big clothing but I'm giggling as I am a mischievous prince~

-=-Ghirahim's Pov-=-

I walk into my room to get something and growl slightly when it's a mess. I know that the little prince did it and where he likely is, so I go find him. I walk in there and I'm just about to start scolding him for messing up my room, but he gets the saddest look on his face, like he's almost about to cry. I melt at the look and I feel my walls go down, me going to comfort the boy. Part of me knows that this is just to get out of getting in trouble for messing up my room, but the other part doesn't want to see him cry enough to care.

-=-Aurum's Pov-=-

I just snuggle into him, feeling bad for messing up his room but inside I really don't~ he tells me to stay here and he takes most of the more high priced stuff that I took but leaves me the cheap stuff which is still pretty. Once that's done I just fiddle around with the stuff and I giggle a bit but I'm bored...

-=-Ghirahim's Pov-=-

I take the stuff back to my room before heading back to the prince, knowing that if I leave him for long, he'll likely get into trouble. I also wouldn't mind playing with him for a little bit to entertain him~

-=-Aurum's Pov-=-

I'm already wandering the castle at this point, to bored not to, and I find a room with armor...i notice a weird black blade that looks to be set in stone but before I can touch it white hands grab me and take me out of the room. I whine but Ghira tells me that blade is dangerous and he takes me back to the playroom...

-=-Ghirahim's Pov-=-

I'm really glad that I managed to pull him away before he touched the blade...If anyone touches it who can't pull it out, they become cursed, so I'm relieved that I prevented that from happening...

-=-Aurum's Pov-=-

I play with Ghira, daddy eventually calling us for dinner and I tell daddy about the weird blade but I didn't get to see it since Ghira took me away from it. He tells me the blade is dangerous for even him so I must stay away and I nod "Ok daddy..." I say sadly but inside I want to go see it~ We eat dinner and I get put in bed by Ghira, daddy having to do paperwork, and I fake that I'm asleep but I wait for a while before I hear daddy go to bed and I wait until midnight, avoiding guards and other late night staff as I go back into the room with the blade. It...starts to glow and I feel drawn to it...i touch the blade, me noticing it shift slightly and I tug at it, feeling it move. I continue to pull until I manage to get it out of the weird stone thing and I look at it...its huge! I hold it...its shockingly easy to hold and its light weight...i wave it around a bit before I notice a slot for something...i brush my fingers against it before remembering something daddy gave me that he mentioned was passed down through his family and I think it might fit...i avoid guards and staff and I make it to my room before I grab the necklace, pulling the gem off of the necklace and I click it into place. The blade glows and I suddenly feel dizzy as I enter a trance like state...suddenly I'm in bed, its morning and I'm confused...what just happened?! Where is the blade?! I look around for it but...it's nowhere...was...it just a dream? No the necklace chain is on the floor but the gem is missing...i see Ghira come in but he freezes at the door and I look at him confused before he tells me to stay here and I nod, confused about why he seemed...panicked. he shuts the door and I go to the mirror before my eyes widen at having markings on my face and I look at my arms, realizing I have them on my arms as well but...i can't read them...i look around the room until I notice the blade in the darkest corner of the room...