Breaking Pride

By: Personwhowritesandstuff

Chapter Two

Laharl reached for a gargoyle eye. Gargoyle eyes were Laharl's favorite snack and he proclaimed that they help him make decisions, such as whether to spend the entire day making sure taxes would be raised.

His thoughts were interrupted by a voice calling out, "Laharl!"

The door to his studies opened revealing a certain angel, "Oh there you ar-," she gagged, "What is that smell?"

Laharl pointed a gargoyle eye at her, "Gargoyle eyes, now you were saying?"

Flonne tried her hardest not to puke, "Well in the human world, today is Valentines day and Captain Gordon and Jennifer invited you, me, and Etna to go with them to this festival."

"Bah. Overlords don't celebrate human holidays, besides I was about to raise taxes again."

Flonne pouted, "Well Etna's going with some werewolf and I thought..."

Laharl popped a gargoyle eyeball into his mouth and eyed her, "And you thought?"

Flonne turned red, "Well you're suppose to spend Valentines with mainly your love, so Gordan and Etna will be occupied and I don't want to wander alone."

Laharl lazily looked up from his papers, "So don't go."

Flonne frowned, "But then I'm going to miss out on all the love and happiness."

"Not my problem."

Flonne opened the door, "OK then, bye Laharl."

When she left, Laharl sat there wondering about the holiday, who was the poor werewolf Etna was dating, and would Flonne go find another date? He recoiled from that last thought. What do you mean another? Was she asking Laharl out? No! And why was he wondering about this? Who cares? Laharl sat in his chair discontent, the papers started to look as appealing as one of Flonne's speeches on paper. He shot out of his chair heading towards the magics wing. He had an experiment to do.

Once there he grabbed a mage who was deep into studying.

The mage was flustered, "Oh, hello there prince! Is there something you need?"

"That's Overlord Laharl to you." he barked, "I need you to change my features."

"OK, but how?"

"I don't know! Make me unrecognizable, but as charming as I am now!"

The mage, worried about her job, made a mental note to ignore that last comment and make him extra handsome." She pulled out her wand and slowly waved it around Laharl's face and body.

"And... OK! Done!" she fished a mirror out of her bag and offered it to Laharl, "How'd I do? I've never done anything like this."

Laharl took the mirror from her hand and examined his features. He was now dressed in a nice slick tux and was a completely new person. He now had small yet handsome bright red eyes, a large pair of red wings, and spiked red hair. He had grown two feet as well, "Good enough. Oh and change my voice as well."

The mage waved her wand around Laharl's throat, "Ok that should about do it."

"It'd better." Laharl's voice had gone a couple pitches lower to a nice almost deep voice. He took a minute to look for any flaws, satisfied, he took off, "That's good enough."

"OK, bye Overlord Laharl."

Laharl sprinted out of the room searching for a pair of familiar wings. After sprinting through out the entire castle in a fruitless search he exited the castle. Gordan's ship was still here so she still had to be somewhere around the castle. He made his way to the feild of flowers and spotted Flonne.

He took a moment to calm down and compose himself. He need to get into character. Once satisfied he approached her, "Hello miss. I couldn't help but notice a stunning young lady like you standing here all alone on this magnificent day."

Flonne blushed, "Oh, thank you. You look nice too. My name is Flonne"

"My name is Vladimir," Vladimir bowed, "But you may call me whatever you like."

"I'll just call you Vladimir."

Vladimir grinned,"That is fine... So do you have that special someone? Or will I have the honors of being the first to steal your hand?"

Flonne smiled, "Sorry, but I think I like somebody."

Vladimir faked a frown, but for some reason it felt like his insides did a back flip, "Oh? And are you sure you can't replace that lucky devil with this handsome devil."

"I'm sure. Me and him have been through so much. He even attempted to sacrifice his life to bring me back from the dead."

"Ah curse it. I do not see how I could compete with such a devoted lad. I hope that lucky demon knows how you feel."

Flonne's eyes sparkled, "Oh I think he does."

Laharl, feeling satisfied with this "experiment" decided to bid Flonne farewell, "Well it was a pleasure meeting you, Lady Flonne. I wish you a happy Valentines Day."

"Thank you, I hope you get lucky next time." she waved as Vladimir flex off.

She waited until she was sure Vladimir was out of eye and ear shot, once he was she couldn't contain herself. She jumped into the air and squealed in delight. She let her wings continue to lift her as she thought to herself. Laharl's disguise was perfect except for the fact that Laharl had forgotten about the putrid stench of gargoyle eyes being emitted from his mouth.

Laharl sat at his desk and stared at the paper work. He felt like he was being consumed by boredom and decided to look out the window, he wondered what Etna and Flonne were doing at the festival.

Just then there was a knock on the door, "Come in."

To Laharl's surprise, it was Flonne, "What are you doing here love freak? I thought you had that stupid love fest to go to."

"We aren't leaving for another thirty minutes, it takes place at night. I just came to let you know that you can still go."

Laharl turned away, "I'd never go to some stupid love festival hosted by humans!"

Flonne smiled, typical response coming from Laharl, "OOOK, I'm just letting you know that the offer has not yet expired."

She made her way towards Laharl and kissed him on the cheek leaving him in a catastrophic state. She closed the door silently behind her leaving Laharl with many questions. The way she said it, is it possible? No! How could she know that was him? Laharl is a master of disguise! No one could see through his brilliant acting and disguise... but then why would she act so coy. Laharl sat there debating what to do next when he finally sighed, cursed, and bounded off, after that angel.

Author's Comments: Crap. I just realized I forgot to include Laharl's signature laugh anywhere! Anyways, I have ideas for two more chapters but I may add more chapter in between after I created an end. Look forward and leave reviews!

Disclaimer: All characters used are not own by me! I only use them because I'm too lazy to make my own.