The Devil hath kidnapped an angel. Or at least, that is what everyone says. It's the newest gossip in hell. The red-headed Devil had taken a young, doe-eyed angel for the purposes of god-knows-what.
All demons and angels pitied the unfortunate angel. She must be in such distress being confined in the hands of the Devil. What has the poor thing done to bring such misfortune upon herself?
Nobody ever thought to doubt this as, why would anyone doubt the fact? 'Tis a classic tale, a tale in which the cruel Devil takes an innocent angel and corrupts her.
Well, nobody doubted it except for his sister, Blue.
And she was going to find out the truth herself.
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"But why would Silver ever kidnap an angel? A girl, nonetheless! What would he ever want with a minor angel nobody has heard of?"
Blue asked in exasperation, throwing her arms in the air. Meanwhile, Green sorted through his papers, absentmindedly beside her.
"I cannot care less about what Silver does in his free time as long as he doesn't go on pointless spending sprees as his sister does occasionally, Blue."
Blue grabbed the nearest book in her reach and threw it at Green's head. "Well, those were very nice shoes! Excuse me for trying to look decent for our date!"
Green caught the book before it reached his head and placed it back on the shelf. "Look, if you really want to know what's going on, you should ask your brother himself instead of asking me about it."
Blue hmphed at Green's sheer and utter disinterest. "I just thought that I should talk to someone else about it before I interrogated Silvy!"
"You really should get some friends, Blue."
"EXCUSE ME FOR GROWING UP WITH TWO BOYS IN WHICH ONE OF THEM IS TOO DENSE TO UNDERSTAND AND THE OTHER TOO COLD-HEARTED TO CARE!"
"Cold-hearted? That's not what you said last night," Green retorted, not looking up from his paperwork.
This made the blood rush to Blue's cheeks, but she ignored him and stomped out of the room.
"Wait, Blue," Green called out, holding a stack of papers out in the air, "If you are going to your brother, can you just take this to him? I need him to review next year's budget!"
"I CANNOT CARE LESS!"
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"SILVY!"
Silver almost dropped the unconscious girl who was peacefully dozing off in his arms at the sound of his sister's voice.
"Nee-san… Have you ever considered not screaming whenever you enter the palace? The servants are complaining about how scary you are."
Meanwhile, Blue stared in shock at the sight of her brother holding a girl.
"So the rumors were true…" she murmured to herself, her eyes gaping from astonishment. "You did kidnap an angel…"
"Okay, FIRST OF ALL–" Silver shouted, causing the brunette in his arms to stir from her nap. He flinched and dropped his voice to a whisper. "I meant, first of all, I didn't kidnap her. She just randomly appeared out of nowhere and refused to return to wherever she came from."
"But then why would everyone else say that you've kidnapped her?"
"Oh, I don't know," Silver replied, rolling his eyes. "Maybe if the Devil was seen with an angel, that's just what everyone assumes."
Blue nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I guess. Still doesn't explain why you're holding her."
Silver gave Blue a look of such desperation that one might not expect from the Devil himself. "Oh, please just let her sleep," he pleaded. "I've tried so hard to get her to fall asleep, and it's best that we leave it that way."
"Well, you better tell me what happened then."
"Fine."
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"It was just a normal day. I was looking through all the paperwork– Actually, speaking of paperwork, wasn't Green supposed to give me next year's budget for me to review?"
Blue's face flushed in sheepishness as she remembered that Green had told her to take something to Silver, which she had refused in a fit of temper.
"Oh, just forget about that."
"Whatever. I'll call him later. Anyhow, I was just sitting at my desk with no one around me, and then this light started appearing out of nowhere, so I was like, 'What in the actual hell?' Then the light got brighter and brighter until it somehow became a physical being in the middle of my study.
"The corporeal being turned out to be an angel, so I said, 'What?' Then she just looked back at me, with those wide doe eyes, so I said, 'WHAT?' But then she just laughed, so I said, 'WHAT?'
"She later introduced herself as Lyra, and I asked her how she ended up in hell out of all the places she could be. She said, 'Well, I was having a fight with my mother, so I transported away and–' Then she never continued her sentence because she got distracted by bats! Why were there bats in my study in the first place?! Also, what kind of an angel thinks that bats are the cutest things in the world?!
"And then after an eternity of just petting and cooing at the bat, she decided to take a tour of the palace without me ever noticing that she was gone! At first, I thought she just magically went back to heaven just like how she ended up in hell, but no! There was a clear trail of white feathers and this...glittery lightness all over the palace, and I had to spend an entire hour trying to track her down!
"And she was in the garden–well, we don't have a garden, but somehow she's made one! In hell! Somehow, she got white lilies to grow here because I saw her surrounded by them. I was paranoid that she would have accidentally gotten herself killed and then I would have to deal with all the consequences and stuff– There might've been a war, Nee-san! And there hasn't been one in eons!
"But then she just looked at me, placed a freaking flower crown on my head, and told me, 'You have a nice house, Silver.' You do not call the Devil's palace in hell, 'nice'! That's just– UGH!
"Anyhow, I took her back into my study because god-knows-what she'll do if I didn't. I tried to tell her that she was in hell, that she should not be in hell, and that she should go back to heaven or wherever she came from. She told me, 'Oh, but, can you please let me stay? I don't want to see my mother for a while…' And then she gave me the most ridiculous puppy eyes I've ever seen!
"What was I supposed to say, Nee-san? Because I didn't say anything! And she has been living with me ever since, and it has been constant chatting and talking and singing and laughing and–
"Oh, she also insists that she sleeps in my bed because apparently sleeping alone gives her nightmares. That's why she also insisted that I hold her while she naps–"
"Hmm… Silvy….."
"OH, THE FUCKING DEVIL, I WOKE HER UP."
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Lyra woke up from her nap. Still not fully awake, she nuzzled her nose against the crook of Silver's neck, which made the color of the Devil's cheeks come to resemble the shade of his hair.
Blue stared in astonishment once more while her brother was giving her the look of "Please help me, oh god."
Meanwhile, Lyra drowsily looked up from Silver's neck to find another person in the room.
"Oh, hello! I'm Lyra!"
Silver gestured at his sister. "Lyra…. This is my sister, Blue. She's a demon."
Lyra jumped out of Silver's arm and grabbed Blue's hands. "Oh! It's such a pleasure to meet you! I hadn't realized that Silver would have such a beautiful sister! Your eyes are the most beautiful shade of blue… Not quite sapphire, but like the ocean! Have you ever seen the ocean on a nice sunny afternoon? Your eyes remind me of that…"
Internally, Blue thought, "Why can't Green compliment me like her?" However, Blue merely thanked her civilly and said, "Sweetie, you can't stay here. This is hell. Hell is no place for angels like you."
Lyra's eyes widened in panic. "Oh, you mustn't send me away! My mother will– And also, my sister, Kris, lives here! She left home years ago in pursuit of a better job…"
Silver and Blue stared at each other.
"Wait, CRYSTAL IS AN ANGEL?!" shouted both Silver and Blue, simultaneously.
"Yes, do you know her? I haven't seen her in awhile, so I don't really know who she's working under…" replied Lyra.
Silver and Blue both took a mental note to themselves that the next time they saw Crystal and Gold together, they'd better kick Gold out of hell.
Blue slowly backed away from Lyra and started whispering to Silver. "Can't you get Crystal to drag her sister back to heaven?"
Silver whispered back. "No, Green sent her to the mortal realm last week to take care of some business."
Blue cursed. Then she walked towards Lyra and grabbed her shoulders firmly. "Sweetie, will you please return back to heaven?"
Startled like a doe, Lyra ran away and hid behind Silver. "Please don't make me leave! My mother will force me to–" Lyra gasped and put her little hands over her mouth.
Blue felt a sudden surge of pity for this frightened angel and was overcome with the sense of an elder sibling as she once did with Silver when both of them were much younger. She then reached for the brunette angel and embraced her as an older sister would. She then let out a sigh. "It's alright. We won't send you back for now if you really want to stay here. But sweetie, why can't you go back?" Blue asked, stroking her head.
"My mother…." Lyra whimpered, "She was going to force me to get married to this much older angel… So I thought I should go to hell since my mother won't be able to find me here and maybe I could find Kris…"
Silver and Blue looked at each other. They have made an unspoken decision that they were never going return Lyra to her mother ever again.
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"Lyra, sweetie, would you prefer to come to stay with Green and me? I know that we're still demons, but it might be better than living with THE Devil–"
Silver interrupted her. "Nee-san, you are literally the Devil's sister, infamous for being more demonic than her brother."
"Only when crossed, Silvy. Anyhow, your sister works for Green, so you would see Crystal occasionally when she comes back from her business trip."
Lyra perked up at the news. "Really?! I can see Kris again?"
"Yes, sweetie. Now come along, and I will get you some of my clothes if they fit you. Or maybe I should just ask Sapphire. She would have plenty of clothes made for an angel that she would never wear."
"Why?"
"Sapph's lover is an angel. He loves making dresses for her. She hates them."
"Oh!" Lyra naively exclaimed as she came to understand the situation of this demon called Sapphire.
"Now, go and say goodbye to Silvy. You won't have to see him that much anymore."
"Oh," Lyra said, somewhat dejectedly, as she fluttered over to where Silver was standing, hugged him, and pecked him on his cheek.
"Goodbye, Silvy. I'll miss you."
Silver looked confusedly at the angel. "Lyra… You can't possibly say that."
Lyra cocked her head to the side and asked, "Why?"
"As far as the world knows, you were my prisoner."
"But I wasn't your prisoner."
Silver stroked Lyra's hair and then her cheeks. "Yes, you weren't, but that's just what the world assumes."
Lyra looked at Silver, with sadness and grief in her eyes. "But will you visit me?"
Silver laughed bitterly. "You should be glad to be rid of me. I'm the Devil."
"But I'll miss you."
"You will… Of course, you would…"
Silver turned away from Lyra, resigned. He wasn't quite used to dealing with angels who would say that they would miss the Devil out of all beings. Besides, he wasn't quite used to being near adorable angels who were terribly clingy either.
The thought of Lyra being adorable made him blush, but he tried to hide it as he told her, "Well, I don't normally visit people, but I suppose that I will...try."
Lyra happily jumped at his words. "Yay! Then, see you soon, Silvy!" She exclaimed as she gaily flew to where Blue was waiting for her.
"Yeah...see you."