The Devil went down to Miroslav Chapter 2, a lucifer fanfic

Lucifer looked first to the left down the town road, before to the right, trying to debate which way they should go... But just before he was about to glance back to the left, he spotted a carriage and a horse with a horn on it's forehead. Oh no... not a unicorn... The Devil inwardly cringed, knowing it was only a matter of time before Trixie would see it and go all girly on him. But there wasn't any other choice from what he saw, he just hoped the carriage would actually take them somewhere. Trixie was looking elsewhere before noticing Lucifer was staring at something, making her hum softly with wonder and peek around him. Once she had the chance, she gasped as she saw the beautiful white unicorn with a pink twisted horn. She of course never seen one, but her eyes grew like a cat's, a huge childish grin on her face. "It's a unicorn! " She squealed with delight, quickly once again grabbing Lucifer's hand and dragging him over with all her little might. Lucifer however sighed and slumped his shoulders, despite being very capable of making a adult human fly through a glass window with a little push, the Devil allowed himself to be pulled over to the carriage by the giddy little girl.

Meanwhile there was a young black and white feline on two legs, wearing a yellow and red dress as she brushed the unicorn's main, which the animal was very calm in allowing her to do so, even leaning into it some. However the relaxed posture was quickly gone as the magical creature felt something in the air... something very old and very powerful. The unicorn began to make soft neighing sounds, clopping her hooves a little as she turned her head to look at the approaching company. The cat noticed the unicorn's change in demeaner and stopped brushing, frowning with worry. "Easy girl, easy now. What's wrong Fortress? " She asked the unicorn, which actually looked back to the feline and spoke in a hushed voice. "Something's wrong with one of them, I can't tell which but I think it's coming from the man. It's more power then I ever sensed before and it feels dangerously old. " She said in a genuinely worried tone. The cat just rolled her eyes and laughed. "Okay okay, we need to get you around more people. He's not that old, in his thirties maybe. He just had his kid late is all. Just relax, we don't discriminate remember? Who cares if he's some powerful mage, as long as he pays us it shouldn't matter. " She calmly said, figuring the unicorn was just being jumpy and too suspicious. Fortress huffed some in frustration that the cat wouldn't listen to her, but then she couldn't say anything more as the strange man and the little girl was too close. The hooved, wary creature stayed still and watched her furry friend walk up to them.

"Hello there! Can we help you? Are you looking for a transportation service? " The black and white mammal asked happily, looking back and forth between the two, noticing the child's joy and energy. "Yes darling, we need to get to a bigger town, with more people and information on getting home. " He said in his usual calm, smooth voice. The feline, Zip, smiled shyly some and nodded, finding herself trying to avoid eye contact now. "Wonderful sir, we do that, me and Fortress here. We can take you and your child anywhere you like within 200 miles for 20 Ourams. " She said in a chipper voice, which was normal for her. But then Trixie spoke up, practicality bouncing with excitement. "May I pet the unicorn please? She's so pretty! " Lucifer sighed some, but his lips did twitch with a smile to see Beatrice so happy. Again, distractions from being away from her mother. Zip nodded and smiled. "Why of course, but you should ask Fortress yourself, she'll probably let you, but she's been kind of stressed lately. Go ahead though and ask, she won't hurt you. " Zip assured Trixie, who cheered with delight and slipped past the kitty to the unicorn, who was deep in thought.

With the man closer now, she was able to sense more and she was right, at first. He was extremely old and quite powerful, simply his gaze seemed to effect Zip she noticed, but not extremely so. But that wasn't what left her in such deep thought, it was the... dark light she felt, or well, it was darkness at first and that made her at first believe he was a demon of some sorts. His dark attire did not help, but then Fortress saw it, old, older then the darkness inside, it was like a bright light and it was growing inside of him. She felt it when he smiled slightly at the child, who she knew wasn't his because she was perfectly human. This made her relax some, but still, she couldn't help but wonder what he was... Then, a sweet, happy voice spoke up in front of her. "Hello miss! Um... may I pet you? Please? " She asked as politely as she could, which made Fortress laugh softly. If the child was still okay and with such innocence still, then perhaps this man wasn't a problem. "Yes little one, go ahead. " Said the unicorn kindly, bending her legs a little so the small child could reach her main.

The girl made a small, but delightful squeal while she reached up to run her little fingers through the light purple main, feeling how soft and well taken care of it was. Trixie giggled some and was gently stroking the fur and hair, while Fortress decided to ask the child a few things. "That man, he's not your father, is he? " First she wanted to see if the child was deceived. But Trixie shook her head. "No, he's my friend and my mommy's friend too. " She happily replied, smiling sweetly. Fortress was relieved to hear that, before deciding it was safe to ask more. "I don't suppose you could tell me some about him, can you? " Fortress asked as kindly as she could, in which the human happily nodded. "Of course, he talks weird a lot but he's funny. He helps mommy catch bad guys and he can be pretty scary to bullies, he also used to have big fluffy wings! " She cheered the last part for a second, but then was pouting. "But... he made them go away, forever... " She was sad about that, she wanted to see them, knowing they must be beautiful if they were angel wings. And fluffy! Fortress however was shocked to what she was hearing, at first it was expected stuff, besides the scary part, then the wings... "Excuse me but did you say he had... wings? What... what kind? " She felt her spine shiver with returning worry to the answer, glancing back at the man in question talking to Zip.

Trixie paused in her petting to recall exactly what he said last night. "They were big, white and like a bird. I bet they were fluffy too. " She described, before petting the unicorn some more calmly and gently. She held her breath some to hear this though... feathery wings. She only knew of one kind of being that was humanoid with bird wings. A angel. "He's a angel... " She breathed with shock, having doubts before that angels were even real, despite being a magical creature herself. Trixie heard her though and nodded some after some hesitation. "Yeah, a special one! " She cheered, giggling while the unicorn listened. Special... yes, that was true. Angels were pure beings she thought, so why did this one have darkness in him and better yet, what happened to his wings? She tried to recall all that she knew of human religion, since that's where angels mainly come from and she couldn't quite remember a evil angel, being unaware that the Devil was a angel.

Meanwhile, while Trixie and Fortress was talking, Zip and Lucifer had their own discussions. "20 Ourams? Shame... we don't have that much to be honest. " He said truthfully to Zip, humming for a second before a smirk spread across his face. "I don't suppose that you desire something else, instead of simple, boring money, do you love? " Lucifer asked her, locking his gaze with her's as she found it harder and harder by the second to look away from those sometimes haunting dark brown eyes. "Well... I... " She started with a stutter, shuffling her feet nervously under the fallen angel's gaze. There was something she did want... But she knew he'd probably laugh at her for it, so she tried to keep it in and tell herself to just send him on his way. "Well? Come on now, what do you desire~? " He asked in that overly convincing voice that made many spill the beans so to speak for Chloe's cases. Zip stuttered some before she spotted his hands... they looked a lot like her father's if they had fur on them and without that odd looking ring.

"I... I always wanted to... to hear my father play the piano again... He was such a good player... he would play for me and my mother everytime he came back home... " A heavy sigh excaped the cat, having a hard time believing she actually said that to a stranger. She looked back up at him to see him having slight pity on his face. "Ahh... such a shame, my Father didn't gift me the ability to make mortals come back to life, that's nasty business anyway. " He didn't like the idea so much himself, once a mortal saw the afterlife then bringing them back always left them damaged, like Malcolm. Well he was already damaged, but seeing Hell didn't make it any better. He supposed Heaven wouldn't be so traumatic but still, the mere knowledge of it can drive some mortals insane. Zip shook her head some to his words, of course, she felt somewhat similar about it, bringing people back from the dead was never a good thing. "No I understand sir... B-but... You... you don't happen to know h-how to play do you? I-if you do... I will gladly take you to any city after I hear a song. " She offered him with wide, green eyes, hoping he'd say yes. She never met anyone who knew how to play very good around here so she felt it was a slim chance, but she had to ask.

Lucifer was a bit shocked to hear her question, most desired something much more mature from him, or much more greedy. But this... this was a pure hearted request and one he could very well fill. He kept his smirk and hummed, before answering. "That is a request I can fill darling, I will gladly do it. I don't suppose you know of a piano I can use? I don't have mine with me I'm afraid. "He was rather sarcastic about the final half of that, but really it was his standard operating procedure. Zip giggled some at him but nodded, able to break away from his gaze now. "Yes, in the tavern here. I had to sell dad's piano to get by last winter and it's the tavern owner who bought it. But it just sits there gathering dust because no one around here knows how to play, so I am sure we can go in and ask if you can play it. " She said with excitement, almost sounding like a big furry child. "We can head there now if you're in a hurry, especially if you're from Earth, I doubt you'd want to wait until evening to get home. " She said, since most of their otherworldly guests were from Earth.

Trixie watched her friend and the feline talk as she pet the unicorn, answering her questions the best she can. "Uh huh, I have no idea what he did, but that bully never messed with me again. So that's good! " She chirped as Fortress asked how the angel helped the child. The more she heard about him the less she understood though, none of these things the child was saying was something a angel would do. But before Fortress could ask more, Zip suddenly spoke up. "Fortress, we're going to go to the tavern now, he knows how to play the piano! " She said with excitement as she ran back to her unicorn friend to unbuckle the harness that was for pulling the carriage. "You should come and hear, I don't know if we'll ever get another chance. " Added the feline, while Trixie ran back to Lucifer, greeting the man with her token hug which never failed to make him cringe. "Mommy said you can play the piano but I never heard it! Can I hear it too, please? " The young human gave the Devil her biggest puppy eyes she could possibly make, tugging in his black coat.

Lucifer held his arms up like usual, but was caught off guard by her question. "Yes, you may. Now why don't you save some of this unpleasantness for another time, yes? " He asked her, trying to convince her to let go. Which worked as she soon giggled with joy and released her grip on him. This made the Devil sigh with relief and straighten himself, just as Zip walked by with Fortress. "C'mon everyone, I know where the tavern is. "

Lucifer and Beatrice followed beside Zip calmly. "So what's your names? My name is Zip and as I said, this is my friend Fortress. " The cat asked, looking between him and Trixie for a answer. "Lucifer, Lucifer Morningstar and this is Beatrice. " He gestured to Trixie with his free hand, as moments ago she snatched his other hand up to hold, for whatever reason it was this time. "You can call me Trixie though! " She quickly added with a cheerful squeak, but she didn't see the confused faces on Zip and Fortress, the unicorn looking really confused. "Lucifer? Isn't that the name for the- " The fallen angel grinned and happily cut her off. "The Devil? Yes darling, you're correct~" He confirmed with delight, too much delight really. This made the adult girls quiet, looking to each other with uncertainty. "Right... interesting. " Zip said with a nervous laugh, before continuing on, but she was walking visablly further away from Lucifer, understandable to some. A few minutes later and they were all standing in front of the doors, which them they all stopped and faced each other. "So any certain song you desire love? " By now Zip was calming down some, but she still wasn't sure about this. "Well... I don't know what you usually play, but anything soft and touching would be perfect. " She didn't have much faith in a good song like that if he really was the Devil and by now, she was just waiting for it to be over so she didn't have to worry so much. Perhaps she should of listened to Fortress...

She was correct, that wasn't really his forte, but he would try anyway, he gave his word after all. "I will see what I can do. " He told her, before they all went inside, the doors being thankfully somewhat big, just big enough for Fortress once she ducked her head. Inside was pretty empty since it was in the middle of the day, but luckily the owner was here, counting glasses but he stopped to see the crew come in. It was a odd sight to be sure, a unicorn, a human child, a five foot tall cat and a man dressed like he was at a wedding. The griffon almost bursted into laughter, but held it in and instead greeted them. "Hey ladies and gentleman, what can I do for you four? No alcohol around the kid though, fair warning. "

Zip shook her head at the griffon and walked up to him first. "No, we just wanted to borrow the piano I sold you a while back. I found someone who can play it! " Her joy over the whole thing overruled the whole Devil thing for now, who cares anyway, like she said she didn't discriminate. As long as he didn't eat their souls or whatever the Devil does and played that piano like he said he would, then she didn't care. The griffon flicked his ears with surprise, before chuckling. "Well, you're in luck Miss Zip, I just pulled it down this morning to dust it off, I don't have the heart to let the old thing rot forever so I thought she'd be in need of some cleaning. By all means go ahead, whoever your player is. " With that he gestured to the piano that was sitting off to one side, freshly dusted to show its beautiful cherry wood. It was rough around the edges but it still retained it's old glory. It was a little smaller then Lucifer's piano back home, but even he had to admit it was a fine instrument. "Well go ahead Lucifer! Whenever you're ready! " Zip told him with a giddy grin, cat pupils dilated with excitement.

Trixie soon let go of his hand and just followed behind a little ways while Lucifer chuckled. He walked over slowly to the piano, a certain grace in his steps as he gazed at it. All the keys were still there after who knows how long. He brushed his fingers all across the black and white keys, they all felt right too, it made a genuine smile form on his face. With a deep breath he turned to grab a simple chair, pulling it close and lining it up correctly before sitting down. With his back straight and both hands on the keys, he began playing the first tune that came to his mind. The tune was soft, yet happy sounding to the shock of Zip and about twenty seconds in, Lucifer began to sing.

"Shipwreck in a sea of faces
There's a dreamy world up there
Dear friends in higher places
Carry me away from here

Travel light, let the sun eclipse you
'Cause your flight is about to leave
And there's more to this brave adventure
Than you'd ever believe"

His voice was deeper then usual, but without his flirty or sarcastic tone in it, it sounded so much different that Trixie almost couldn't believe it was him. Lucifer took the moment to close his eyes, not wanting to see anything to interrupt himself.

"Birds-eye view, awake the stars 'cause they're all around you
Wide eyes will always brighten the blue
Chase your dreams, and remember me, sweet bravery
'Cause after all those wings will take you, up so high
So bid the forest floor goodbye as you race the wind
And take to the sky

On the hills of war and wonder
There's a stormy world up there
You can't whisper above the thunder
But you can fly anywhere

Purple burst of paper birds
This picture paints a thousand words
So take a breath of myth and mystery
And don't look back"

Zip felt her heart become all warm and fuzzy inside, she could hear her father in that, it was a wonderful feeling that she so longed for. Even the griffon was somewhat surprised, as he too never heard anyone play the piano since Zip's dad and this song was something none of them heard before, well, besides Trixie... she recognized the song and was grinning with delight, creeping up beside the Devil as she watched his fingers practically dance across the keys with ease. She wasn't sure how he knew the song, but she didn't remember that during one of the times he came to their house, she had been watching the movie this song played in and he overheard.

The song also unintentionally left the fallen angel remembering how it was like to have wings. Just five small years ago, he could of took to the sky, gliding across any land he was currently in with bigger wings then any bird. It made him feel somewhat... strange inside, a new emotion he never felt before, or maybe he did, it just been too long. He was pretty sure it was the feeling of longing, yet not for what he usually did so for.

"There's a realm above the trees
Where the lost are finally found
So touch your feathers to the breeze
And leave the ground

Birds-eye view, awake the stars 'cause they're all around you
Wide eyes will always brighten the blue
Chase your dreams, and remember me, sweet bravery
'Cause after all those wings will take you, up so high
So bid the forest floor goodbye as you race the wind
And take to the sky"

After that Lucifer played the keys a bit longer, before it slowly came to soft ending. In which then he was suddenly 'assaulted' by Trixie again, wrapping her little arms around his neck while pressing her face against his shoulder. "That was pretty Lucifer! Mommy was right, you are a nice piano player. " The little girl happily said, while Zip came over at the same time, but wasn't really up for hugging Satan today, no matter how nice he sang. Though she had to admit watching Trixie made her wonder, if this man was truly the Devil, how could a evil, heartless being like that allow such a thing? Unless of course, he wasn't quite as heartless as he was said to be. Not quite as though she reminded herself, this was still a dangerous being and it was best not to assume things of him. "Ahh of course, the hugging again... well thank you Beatrice, now kindly let go. " The Devil said to the child, but made no move to shove her off for now. Then Zip spoke up, finding the scene before her somewhat sweet. "Thank you... that was beautiful, I admit I doubted that you could sing something like that, but now I am glad you agreed to this offer. Don't worry, I will take you and your friend here anywhere. " She said softly to him with a truly beaming smile. Lucifer was a bit overwhelmed by the hugging and the happy feline before him, but even he couldn't ruin it now. "You're... welcome darling. " He found himself hesitating with that wavering smirk that wanted to be a genuine, kind smile. Female mortals seem to be having that effect on him... especially ones with the last name Decker.

Soon Trixie let go and giggled happily at him, which while Lucifer wasn't as put off about the hug, he was still thankful as he stood up and fixed his collar. Meanwhile Fortress was by the griffon tavern owner, a smile on the unicorn's face as well. She saw that light in Lucifer grow a tiny bit more once again, it was a nice thing to see. She still wasn't fully sure what causes it but she hoped it happened for him much more now. Soon the four were heading out of the tavern, Zip bidding goodbye to the griffon while telling the group they were welcome to come back and play again. As the four walked to the carriage, Lucifer remembered something that they shouldn't leave without dealing with. "The inn key... " He said some, mainly to himself as he stopped and pulled their inn key out of his pocket. It was then did Trixie remember too, making her eyes go wide a little. "Ohh yes, we should return that huh? Otherwise the lady may get upset. " The young girl said, while Fortress and Zip figured out what they were talking about. "We can wait for you two, go on now. " Zip assured while she turned to hook Fortress up to the carriage.

Lucifer opened his mouth to reply to Zip, but was cut off when Trixie suddenly spoke up while running off towards the inn. "I bet I can beat you there Lucifer!" She said with glee, while he turned to chase after her. He did not need the small human running around like this. "Oh bloody hell... " He muttered as he was gaining on her due to his longer stride, but then, out of nowhere just as she was nearing the inn, large green arms reached out from behind some big boxes and grabbed the child. Lucifer felt a bit of anger stirring in him as he stuffed the key back into his pocket and started to walk quietly to where the little girl disappeared to.

Meanwhile, Trixie struggled and squeaked against her attacker, who was a weird green creature, a few inches shorter then Lucifer but he had tusks, he looked like a goblin or something from one of her bedtime stories. It was a awful looking creature, but he kept a hand over her mouth to keep her from screaming. "Shush you little brat, I can't earn any money on you if you give me away! " He quietly snarled, baring his yellow, sharp fangs past his tusks. This made Trixie whimper fearfully, shaking like a little frightened mouse. Ohhh why did she have to run off like she did? She hoped that Lucifer was following her and saw what happened. Thankfully he did and just as the goblin began backing up with his catch into the darkness between two buildings, a figure, tall and dark from head to toe appeared in front of them. Trixie recognized him right away even though all she saw was his funny looking shoes and black dress pants, making her start struggling again as hard as she could, but she didn't have to for long. When the goblin looked to snarl at Lucifer, his threat faded as he saw the one single thing that was bright on the man and it was his red, fiery eyes and devilish smile that sent shivers down the creature's spine. He... may have just tried to kidnap the wrong child today...

Thankfully Trixie didn't look up to see the Devil's eyes, instead when Lucifer grabbed the goblin by the neck and lifted him off the ground with frightening ease, she took this chance to dart behind the fallen angel as the green beast had no choice but to let her go. Though watching her best friend hurt this creature, evil or not, was quite scary. "How dare you, taking small children off the streets for money? Is that it? It's always about money isn't it? And you're not even human... But you are more then able enough to make your own choices and you chose poorly. " Lucifer growled the last few words out and it sounded very inhuman, his now ruby red eyes glaring dangerously at the creature. The goblin growled at Lucifer as he clawed at his hand that was tight around his neck, but for some reason his sharp black claws had no effect on the Devil's hand, they just slipped right off without so much as a red mark. This made him more frantic in his clawing, but it was also getting harder and harder to breathe properly. "Lucifer, please don't hurt him! You're scaring me! Let him go! " Beatrice suddenly spoke up loudly and pulled hard on the Devil's coat to get his attention. It was enough for his eyes to go back to normal, his frightening smile fading into a expression of realization that Trixie was here. "Please Lucifer, stop it... " Normally he wouldn't care and would ignore her but... he couldn't, just like how he couldn't ignore Chloe when she'd tell him to stop, but perhaps not for the same exact reasons since Trixie was a child. He looked back to the little girl beside him, seeing her wide, worried eyes looking up at him pleadingly. Every tug she gave to his coat almost felt like tugs to his heartstrings and soon with a deep sigh, he released the goblin, watching as he fell to the ground with a thud, taking deep breaths of much needed air before scampering off into the darkness. The Devil hoped even though he couldn't properly punish the monster, he learned something today.

Beatrice was surprised that he listened, but was also very thankful, happily hugging and clinging to the Devil with all her little might. Lucifer stiffened from the affection naturally, but he could feel this hug was different compared to the many annoying ones she usually gives him. This one had a sense of desperation and relief, making him realize he was indeed frightening her and he... he couldn't help but feel a tiny bit bad about it. He very much disliked children and he didn't see that changing anytime soon. But if he was to be honest, Trixie wasn't bad for a kid and she was a big part of Chloe, both girls counting on him to bring Trixie home safely and the last thing he wanted to do was have the child scared of him. No doubt beyond being frightened of her friend, she also may start getting upset about being away from her mother, both things he couldn't handle. "T-thank you Lucifer... " she said in a soft little voice, smiling. Lucifer gave a unsure laugh, almost just as quiet too, before he softly patted her head awkwardly. He really wasn't good with the whole affection thing. "You're welcome Beatrice... now come on, let us go return the key and get out of here. " He said in his normal, chipper tone after the first three words, smiling at her as she let go. He even offered his hand to her so she could yet again to take it while he turned and walked out of the dark area of town.

Trixie was still pretty shaken up over what happened... But she knew deep down that Lucifer would never hurt her and he was only scary just then because of the goblin and what he tried to do. In a way it was reassuring to know a dangerous and powerful being like the Devil was actually slightly worried about her, maybe more then he realizes. They soon returned the key and were given the two coin refund for leaving the room in great condition. They both were glad for the money, perhaps they could buy something for Trixie to eat later with it. After the two came back to the carriage though, Zip and Fortress were talking to two very familiar men, Sam and Nick. What were the detectives doing here Lucifer wondered.

Trixie kept by the Devil's side, but smiled to see the two again just as Nick turned around to see the familiar face of the man who insists he's a fallen angel. While the young man was greatly curious about Lucifer, he still made him uneasy and was partly hoping they wouldn't see him again, but here he was with the little girl by his side. She seemed to like the man a lot, for some reason or another. "Why hello detectives! What brings you on this side of town? We were just about to leave. " Lucifer said with a slightly mischievous smile. Sam just rolled his eyes while Zip perked up. "Oh, are these two friends of yours? They wanted to go to a similar place you did. Perhaps... if you'd like Lucifer, they can come along with you and your little one. " The feline said with glee.

Nick nodded to that, but wasn't sure if it was right to ask the man to let them tag along on their earned trip, but this may be their only chance. "Come along with us? " Lucifer questioned with surprise, studying the two now curiously as he wondered if they should let the two FBI agents come along. "Ohhh Lucifer we have to let them come! They helped us before, we should return the favor! Mommy says you should always try to return good deeds with good deeds!" She said to him quickly and with excitement. It made the Devil roll his eyes some, but he didn't object, perhaps the agents would be some good there. "Alright alright, why not, come on detectives. " Both Sam and Nick were glad for that. They could of probably figured something out but it was nice for something to go their way. "Okay then, come on aboard and we'll take off. I know of the best town for you guys to go to, Riggerstone, it's only a day's travel away, so feel free to sit back, relax, even take a nap. " Zip told everyone as she opened the carriage door. There was enough room for four people thankfully, two seats on one end and two on the other, facing each other. Lucifer and Trixie, though it wasn't the Devil's choice, picked one side and the FBI agents on the other. The whole time Trixie took this chance to snuggle against Lucifer since he had no place to hide once the carriage door closed and they were moving.

Sam was smiling a very tiny bit in amusement at the sight of the man cringing everytime the child moved against him, while Nick was just observing. "Not a fan of children, huh? " Sam asked Lucifer, while Beatrice just giggled and rested her head on his lower shoulder, since she wasn't any taller then that. "Not really, evil little burdens they are, and very annoying. They always want something from you. " He replied bluntly like usual, looking down at the happy little human with slight confusion. "Oh he doesn't mean it! I will get him used to hugs soon enough! He just didn't get many as a kid, so I need to make up for it now for him! " She cheered, before making a little happy murmur.

The four were mostly quiet then, after about eight hours Trixie fell asleep against the Devil and Sam was nodding off. Nick however was enjoying looking out the window at the world outside, while Lucifer was just calmly waiting for the ride to end, but he still had a long wait ahead of him. Three hours later and all of them were asleep, resting in their rather soft leather seats. Zip and Fortress was used to the days long trips so they were fine, but Zip laughed a little to herself as she peeked down to see their passengers were all asleep. Earth people were so weird she thought...

A bit later and they were starting to get close to the city, however as Lucifer opened his eyes and stretched his legs a little, he frowned as he felt something poking into his back. Trixie was still against him sleeping so he didn't want to wake her, but the annoyance behind him was, well, annoying. With a grumble Lucifer carefully reached behind his back over his shoulder to try and feel what was bugging him, but all he felt on the outside was his suit and a bump. He frowned to this and felt under his clothes, his fingers touching where his scars used to be... only to feel something bony and fuzzy to the touch. And he felt it as well! Like it was another limb. Lucifer's eyes widened to this and reached on the other side slowly, watching Trixie to make sure she was still sleeping and sure enough, there was another bony, fuzzy thing coming out of his back.

"Bloody Hell? " He said a little louder then he meant to as realization hit him. They were... wings? But they couldn't be! They were cut off and burned, not to mention he did so in another world clearly as this wasn't Earth. It was then did Trixie stir, a bit sleepy but she saw Lucifer looked stressed about something, making her lift her head up and rub her eyes. "What's wrong? Did you have a bad dream? " She asked him sweetly, looking concerned about her friend. "I wish. " He started sarcastically, but the shock was clearly still in his voice. He then gave Beatrice a serious look. "Do you have a knife? " The child gave a confused look but shook her head. "Mommy doesn't like me touching knives. " She replied calmly, but was still confused of the situation at hand. The Devil sighed to this and ran a hand through his hair. He knew a normal knife wouldn't work anyway on top of it all, if they were really his wings, it would take a knife like Maze's to severe them again. "I seem to have... grown another pair of wings... " He decided to tell her, but he regretted it soon after when she squealed with delight, waking both Sam and Nick up as they jumped awake, looking around in alarm.

"Ohh Lucifer, let us see let us see! " She said with excitement, practically bouncing in the seat while the agents looked to the two with confusion. "What's going on now? " Sam asked, frowning at his disturbed sleep. But before Lucifer could respond, the excited child did. "Lucifer has new wings! " Lucifer rubbed his forehead with a sigh, while the two detectives gave each other strange looks. "Uhh... wings? Like, flying around wings? "Sam asked with pure confusion and also some doubt. While Nick perked up and quickly started talking.

"Um, Beatrice? People can't grow wings, it's biologically impossible for a human being to grow wings. The only mammal that can have wings are bats and they look nothing like us. You see because our body shape and size only allows for the limbs we have, anymore and we will need a bigger torso to accompany the extra joints, muscle and other tissue. It's the same reason a Western dragon couldn't exist even if they were not already mythical creatures, four limbs and wings cannot be without a abnormal body siz- " Soon Lucifer had enough of his rambling and took off his coat, working on his shirt until he realized his wings already made a hole, or two, for themselves in the back. Needless to say the sight of the bony, dark brown and black fuzz covered wings made Nick stop.

They looked like a baby hawk's wings, no real feathers yet, but they were already as long as a adult's arm and they moved way too realistically for them to be fake and there was no cables or anything. Not to mention as soon as he spread them out, a few tuffs of fluff drifted towards Trixie, making her giggle with delight and happily start snatching the fluff up to touch. "It's so soft and fluffy! Ohh Lucifer, they're baby wings! Mommy said baby birds have wings like this, don't worry! You'll get feathers one day! " She told him with delight, while gazing up at the wing that was just above her head, happily reaching up to touch the surface. She squeaked happily when the wing twitched from instinct, before the Devil just let her touch it, knowing there's nothing he could do about it now.

Meanwhile, the detectives were shocked, Nick's eyes were about as wide as they could be, while Sam was just trying to keep his cool, but he was failing at making sense of this. "Are they... are those... real? " Sam asked his partner, while for once Nick struggled to come up with a answer. "They... look real. But that's impossible! All known science and biology work proves that this can't be. " Of course, look where they were? Many impossible things were happening today, but this was different, this was a different world, but this man, Lucifer, he was from Earth, just like them.

The fluff, unlike most baby birds, were pretty dark, while some of the darkest colored birds still having grey fluff, his was easily seen to be nearly black like his hair at the lower half and darker brown along the top of the wings. It made them all wonder what the feathers will look like. Trixie was so happy though, she had handfuls of molted fluff and was happily rubbing it on her face like what you would do with soft clothing. Oh goodness, angel down filled pillows? The idea of it made the child want to keep all the fluff that he shed.

"What were you saying detective? " Lucifer asked smugly, grinning now at Nick as he flexed the wings to prove more that they were real. However he then turned his head to scowl at one of the wings. "They are awful looking though, why do they make me look like a baby chicken? I hope you're right about the feathers, because if they look like this for too much longer, they're going when we get back. " He said to Trixie, in which she gasped and shook her head. "Ohh no, please Lucifer, don't make them go away forever again, I am sure they will grow out! Then I bet they will be pretty! " She told him, the child really not wanting him to remove these wings like he did the last ones.

Luckily for her, he didn't have a choice at the moment anyway, he had no way to remove them, so for at the very least, for now he was stuck with them. And unlike his fellow angel, he couldn't make them disappear because they were not fully grown, so he was stuck with them like this. So with that, he grabbed his suit and carefully made two rips in the back, before putting it back on and slipping his wings through them, causing more fluff to fly about.

Meanwhile, Zip didn't even realize what was happening, the trail ride up above was loud enough to block the commotion below effectively and thus it didn't catch her attention. She heard Trixie of course, but she sounded happy so there was no reason to intervene.

To cope with what just happened, Nick was chalking it up to a strange mutation, nothing angelic related, but deep down he couldn't help but wonder... What if it wasn't a weird mutation? What if those are actual angel wings and he... Shoot, Nick just realized why Lucifer got offended when they first met. He may not be named after the Devil after all, he may be the Devil... And they were in the same carriage with him, with a little girl and all of them were still in one, healthy piece. It was a realization that could make one sigh with relief or send a shiver down one's spine, Nick did both.

With any luck, this world was strange enough that a winged man wouldn't be that out of place and they could still get what they needed done, because there was no hiding two extra arms, and that's only if they didn't get any bigger, which they probably will. Then after that... well, there wasn't much he or Sam could do, that would be up to Lucifer and Trixie to keep people from freaking out. "So... you said you had another pair of... wings? Could you... fly with them? " Sam asked carefully, feeling like he was walking on thin ice. He believed more then Nick did that this man before them could be Satan himself, so he was a bit careful understandably. Lucifer was still bugged by the whole mess, but leaned back the best he could to relax, deciding to answer the question. "Yes, I used to be able to fly with them, as every angel can. I need the feathers to do so however, so like this, they're quite useless. " Then Beatrice thought of something and perked up from playing with the collected ball of down feathers. "Ohh! Could you give people rides up into the sky? That would be so much fun! " Lucifer frowned at her with confusion and tilted his head like he always did when he didn't understand something. Give people rides? Why in the world would he want to do that he wondered?

"I suppose I could if I wanted to, I don't think it's ever been done before though. " He now had a dreaded feeling inside that Trixie would want him to take her around in the sky. He wasn't a taxi. With any luck for Lucifer the small human was afraid of heights. But the child just got even more excited. "Could you give me a ride around our house when we get back then? If it's never been done then that makes it even more fun, we'll be the first! " Lucifer's fears were confirmed, making him sigh. "Ask your mum first. " He had a feeling Chloe wouldn't let her daughter up in the sky with him, so maybe he was saved. Beatrice pouted some at this though of course, having the same feeling that her mother would not like that at all. But she'll try anyway, it sounded too fun to give up so easily.

After that everyone mostly kept to themselves, but the detectives across the way, just a few feet away actually, found it hard not to stare at Lucifer's wings when he wasn't looking, especially as Trixie was lucky enough to be able to pet and smooth down the fluff on one wing, it seemed like enough attention was on them. It looked awkward since Lucifer was so tall and Trixie was so short, but he managed to bend the wing down enough that she could reach it comfortably enough. He had to admit, it felt somewhat pleasant to have her little delicate fingers and hands grooming his wing. He thought she'd be rough and grabby like usual, but he was wrong, perhaps her mother taught her about being gentle with bird wings? Or just soft, furry things in general? He didn't think they had a cat or dog though.

They were just two hours away from this town now as Chip told them, which was nice to hear. Lucifer was getting a little cramped in the carriage, between not being able to stretch out his long legs fully to his new wings being bunched up for most of the ride since they sprouted. He had no doubt that minus the wings, the detectives felt the same way.

After one of those two hours he had to wait passed, Lucifer couldn't hold his wing down for Trixie anymore, but instead of pulling away like he normally would, he turned to look at her with a curious look in silence like he was trying to debate something. He did this for a few moments and the child finally noticed at the last second, blinking up at him with confusion, before Lucifer suddenly, but gently, picked Trixie up by just under her arms and set her down on his lap, tucking the wing she was previously touching behind his back, before bringing the other one down and around her. It was less awkward and a strain on his new wings, while it also allowed her access to his other wing. It was all still very awkward, letting the child not only near him, but letting her touch him and now even sitting on his lap. He told himself it was just because he wanted her to groom his other wing and while that was probably a big part of it, it wasn't the only reason. The Deckers seemed to have had a inherent ability to soften the Devil.

Beatrice was delighted to this of course, Lucifer didn't have to say anything, she was already happily picking the loose down feathers out and smoothing the ones attached. Much like brushing a cat, as she removed the shedded parts the rest felt so much nicer. Meanwhile Lucifer gazed out the window again, one arm securely around the small human so she wouldn't fall, but he didn't dare watch what he just allowed himself and Trixie to do. Maze would surely of went off on him if she was here.

Nick observed the whole thing though, watching the man that could've very well of been Satan let the small child sit on his lap and groom his wings. It was a strange sight to behold, but also very touching. He could tell Lucifer was still trying to cope with what he just allowed, but in Nick's eyes it was progress, it soothed that millennium old hatred, pain and trauma, or at least muffled it's effects on the fallen angel. Nick never seen such a thing, such a old event still effecting him so strongly, but if he was the Lucifer of old, it would make sense why he never seen it. He only studied humans, not immortal beings. Which brought up another question in Nick's mind, if he was the Devil, like from the Bible, why did he sometimes look more like a injured, though dangerous, animal then a true figure of evil and sin? Surely the monster in the Bible would never allow such a delicate, innocent child so close without having devious intentions. But the detective was confident from Lucifer's body language that this wasn't true, it was genuine... curiousity? Kindness? Kindness seemed like a too strong of a word to use so soon, but it looked so much like it.

After a good ten minutes of grooming, Trixie would suddenly gasp, breaking the peaceful silence. "A feather! " She squealed, looking at the bottom half, where the primary flight feathers would grow. Lucifer looked away from the window and peered down over Beatrice's head to see what she was pointing at. Sure enough, it was only about as long as her little finger, but there it was... It was pitch black, but shiny with three small golden spots that shined like three perfect gold nuggets. It was a true sight to behold that had Lucifer's brows raising with surprise. "See Lucifer, I told you it would be pretty. " She told him proudly, while the two FBI agents leaned over carefully to spot the feather, ready to jump back at a moment's notice if Lucifer told them to, but he didn't. Nick couldn't believe his eyes, it was just one feather, but it came so fast, faster then any bird could grow that was on Earth.

Sam on the other hand felt a bit unnerved, only being able to imagine the huge wings covered in feathers just like these and how powerful they'd have be to give the over six foot tall man the ability to fly. The thought made him wonder what else Lucifer was capable of now or when the wings grew fully to match their adult host. He'd be happy to never find out, first hand or otherwise. "Huh... that's not like my old wings, how intriguing. "Lucifer said as he tilited his head the other way to look at it in a different angle. Trixie giggled with glee and ran a tiny, delicate finger across the surface of the feather, feeling how smooth it was.

The last hour passed quickly then any of them expected as Lucifer looked out the window to see the large town that they were coming up to. He saw the castle in the middle, the tallest building there from what he could tell, then the second tallest building was what he assumed was their version of a church. Then there was simple one story houses and more complex two story houses and buildings that could've been stores.

They had to pass through a big iron gate, some human guards stood in full steel armor and speers. Zip said something to them to allow them to pass, but none of them could hear what it was. Sam was able to look out the other side in awe, while Nick and Trixie looked out Lucifer's side. Some passing people on the outskirts of the place gave them funny looks as they saw the child wrapped up in big, fluffy appendages of a dark color. But Trixie and the Devil ignored them and just waited to get out as Zip and Fortress took them to the stables where they parked. "Okay everyone, we're here! " Zip called.

Sam and Nick were first to get out, if nothing else to give Lucifer room for those wings. Then the dark haired man held open the door to let Trixie climb off his lap and out onto the grassy outside floor. Zip jumped down at the same time and was unhooking Fortress, knowing she must be tired. Lucifer then ducked down and out, eagerly stretching his wings out far and wide. Thanks to Trixie's work there wasn't that much shedding, but some balls of fluff drifted around. "Ohh wow, I must be shedding aga- hey, wait, this isn't my fur. " They heard Zip say as she caught one of the feathery fluff tuffs while Trixie was chasing a few others around, stuffing it in her sweater pockets for now. Lucifer chuckled with a smirk and spun around to face Zip as she came around the backside of the carriage. The detectives looked somewhat sheepish and stayed quiet. "Oh my God... what are those? " The feline asked with shock, knowing for sure he didn't have those yesterday. "Yes I suppose this could be his doing, but darling can't you see? They're wings. I know, they are ugly right now, covered in this... youth fluff. " He sneered some as he touched the tip of one wing.

Zip shook her head though and carefully stepped closer. "They are not that ugly, they just look like baby bird wings. But how? Did you... grow those while riding in the carriage? " She asked with confusion, but didn't have the bravery to try and touch them. "While sleeping, yes, just popped up out of thin air. " Replied Lucifer while Trixie came back to his side soon with a big grin, showing the gap in her teeth from her missing baby teeth. Zip was still surprised, but soon shook her head. "Right... well, we're here, me and Fortress need to rest, so go on you four, I hope you all get back home. " She told them with a kind smile, before turning around to lead Fortress into the stable. She decided she shouldn't judge, but it was still baffling.

The four then faced each other, knowing they need to make a plan of action. "Well, we're here... so, two of us go to the library while the other two of us check out the shops around here related to magic? " Sam asked as calmly as he could, but was unable to look directly at Lucifer and was more focusing on Trixie. "Sounds like a plan detective, we'll take the library, shouldn't be too hard to find. " The angel said in a chipper tone and a clap of his hands, grinning. The FBI agents nodded before Nick spoke up. "Perhaps we'll meet back here in five hours to tell each other the information we gathered? " Beatrice and Lucifer made a agreeing hum to that. "Splended, with any luck these people will be more helpful then where we came from. " Lucifer added and with that they split up, Trixie and her Devil friend went west and Nick and Sam went east.

They were left alone by most, it was crowded though so it was easy to get lost in the mess. Lucifer had to tuck his wings against his back firmly so he wouldn't hit anyone or anything with them as they looked for any signs they could understand that resembled the library. After a bit Trixie pointed towards a wooden arrow sign with the icon of a opened book carved into it. "Look Lucifer, that sign has a book on it! That means library right? " She looked up at him while still pointing to make sure he saw it. Lucifer followed her finger's direction with a hum, sure enough spotting the sign when the crowd broke for a few breif moments. "Can't hurt to try, come on. " Beatrice grabbed ahold of the edge of his coat again so she wouldn't get separated as Lucifer lead the way down the road, moving around carriages and other animals that some of the people rode like horses.

Little did he know, as they walked Lucifer's wings were growing out, mainly more black feathers speckled with gold started to show up. But also small, short dark brown feathers started growing on the upper half of the wings, where the dark brown fuzz was but was now shedding off as well. Some people would sneeze as Lucifer walked by, but otherwise no one really noticed. But at this rate no doubt in a few hours there will be significant amounts of feathers, but they were ruffled and tweaked since the wings had to be bunched up. Though it's nothing some straightening and stretching wouldn't fix. The bones were also getting bigger too though, starting to give him a wider wingspan.

Beatrice noticed some how his wings were maturing as Lucifer followed the signs, but she was too worried about getting lost she couldn't touch them as they grew out. A bit later Trixie realized Lucifer stopped walking, making her do so as well before peeking around him to see they were standing in front of a building. The child fully stepped aside to get a better look, letting go of Lucifer's coat while ducking a little so she wouldn't bump into his wings. "It looks like a library... Should we go inside? " She asked as she looked up at Lucifer. "Only way to find out if they have what we need after all. " He replied before stepping forward to open the door, holding it open for Trixie to walk inside. Sure enough as soon as they had a moment to look around, the building was stuffed with books! All the way to the roof.

Trixie gasped softly in awe as she gazed at all the funny looking books, seeing a few of the local creatures arranging them before she noticed the big desk straight ahead with a yellow bird waiting, looking extremely bored. The two walked up slowly, making the chicken soon perk up. He was about as tall as Trixie, but he was standing on a stool so he was more level with adult customers. "Oh hello guys! My name is Coop, how can my library help you today? " The appearing and sounding to be baby chicken asked with cheer. He could tell they probably came from Earth, being humans and what they wore though he didn't see the slight difference yet.

Lucifer glanced at Trixie for a second in thought about the best way to ask, before with a smirk he gladly responded. "Yes, we were looking for a way back to the mortal world called Earth, I don't suppose you have a spellbook around here that could help us do you? " He asked as he instinctually stretched his wings a little since there wasn't people crowding him. The chicken noticed them and gasped, seeing how they looked a bit odd, being half or less molted. This proved though that the man wasn't human, despite what he assumed moments ago. So... that made the chicken wonder if he was capable of magic and thus, a way off of Miroslav. With a nod he hopped down from his stool and walked around the desk and onto their side. "I think we do in fact, come, follow me! " He said with a happy flap of his baby wings, much smaller then what Lucifer had when he woke up and they were covered in yellow fuzz, but they were roughly the right shape. "What do I call you two? " The chicken, Coop, asked as he walked. "You may call me Lucifer. " The Devil said calmly. "Beatrice, or Trixie. " The child responded.

"Lucifer and Trixie... nice names! " The chicken was clearly unaware of what the name meant. Coop had a bit of a hard time finding the right bookshelf, but eventually he did spot it and was leading them there while he talked with his customers some. "So what are you Lucifer? I never seen a human with wings. " Coop asked him curiously after pushing aside a ladder on wheels. "He's a angel! " Trixie replied before Lucifer could, but he nodded once in agreement. "She's right, I am a angel. Archangel if you wish to be specific. " Coop paused and turned around to this. "A... angel? Wait, those are real? " He asked with shock, little chicken eyes going wide as his little orange beak smiled widely. "Ohhh I heard you folk were quite powerful, but mainly it was a Earth thing. This is so exciting, there may be a few books on your kind here too if you want to read them. "

Lucifer ignored Coop some about angel texts and records until the bird was actually reaching for books. "Yeah here we go, spellbooks, there may be one or two here that are about portals into other worlds. If any earthly being can do it, your angel friend Lucifer here can. " He was looking to Trixie mostly but handed them both a spellbook. "Thank you small bird. " Lucifer said with a smirk and bow of his head, while Beatrice just smiled. "Yeah, thanks! I am sure we'll learn something. " She told Coop sweetly. The chicken then excused himself and told the two to call for him if they needed anything.

It didn't take too long for Beatrice to become bored as Lucifer was reading, but even his patience with the books was wearing thin and he had his own mini private library he read from time to time so reading wasn't new to him. But so much of this was confusing even for the Devil. Trixie sadly had no chance in understanding it either so she was just helping him sort the books he already read. But she was bored as she was pouting already with two books in the read pile. "Do we have a way home yet Lucifer? " She asked hopefully with a sigh. Lucifer however shook his head and tore his gaze away from the text on his lap. "Not really, there are ways back but they are all at different times of the year, or a certain moon position. Nothing that can help us now so far. "

The small child sighed sadly again and took another book from him, laying it on the done pile and handing him a new text. It wasn't looking that great and Lucifer noticed they were running out of time til they had to meet back with the FBI agents. There was no way even the Devil could read all of these in time, but he had to try as many as he could, kept telling himself the next one could be it. Some of them were only written in the native language here so those he had to pass on even trying, which was bugging him since any of those could be it, if only they knew someone who could read the language... He wondered for a bit if Chip or Fortress could and would for them. It was then though did both of them perk up when they smelled smoke...