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To Tanali: Yes, this isn't a self-insert, it will explain the history of Advent and Lilith's friendship.
WARNING: This chapter will contain many lengthy flashbacks. So…BEWARE!
"talking"
'thinking'
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Also, if I get any facts wrong about the military, I'd like to say, I got it off Wikipedia.
"Now Lilith, before we begin your training, I'd like to know about your past," Advent said.
"W-what? Why?" Lilith seemed apprehensive.
"I just want to know more about my current student," Advent explained, "but if you don't want to tell me that's just fine."
"No, no," Lilith shook her head, "I'll...tell you…"
Flashback
A young female demon was in a large room with books strewn all over the floor and tables. She was on the floor skimming through a thick book titled, "Curses, Seals and other forms of Demonic Magic". She picked up the book and rolled on her back.
"Hmmm, 'to execute a "Decay" spell, simply shout the word "rot" after charging your energy and it will cause your enemy to deteriorate.'" Lilith rolled on to her stomach and read the rest of the passage, "'If executed incorrectly it may cause the target's body to wither away until they are literally skin and bones.' Yikes, that's scary," Lilith stated sarcastically. She flipped through the pages until she saw the word "Devour". She began to read.
"Devour: absorbs blood and other bodily fluids/solids for nutrients. To execute a "Devour" raise one hand, palm face up, and concentrate dark energy into your palm. A sphere will form and will automatically 'suck up' spilt blood, flesh, anything that will be needed for nutrients. The sphere itself feels soft but is as solid as crystal. Despite the way it feels, it is completely safe to ingest." Lilith blinked, "Wow, why did I even pick up this book? I already know this stuff." Lilith closed the book and put it away. She looked at the clock and froze. It was time for the daily torture.
She immediately ran straight to her room and closed the door. Lilith hated this time of day. Even in the safe haven of her room, she could still hear the pained screams of fallen and lost souls. Lilith clenched her hands throughout the hour even though her nails pierced deeply into her palms. When it was a quarter of the way done, Lilith unclenched her hands showing bloody, crescent shaped cuts, and covered her ears even though blood was beginning to seep through her soon-to-be scars.
"Damn it, I can still hear them," Lilith muttered. She fell to her knees with her back crouched over her lap and stayed in that position until the hour was over.
When it was done, Lilith straightened her back and looked at her door, the only thing protecting her from the gory hallway. She moved her hands away form her ears, her cuts now had scabs. Lilith stared at her hands, she was trembling. Suddenly, she punched the wall.
"Damn it! Why can't be stronger!? Then I would've been able to do something!" Lilith whispered harshly.
Knock, knock
Lilith stared hard at the door.
Knock, knock
"Are you alright Lady Lilith?"
It was someone from her division, a friend, Morrigan.
"…Come in," Lilith said.
The door opened to reveal a young demon woman wearing a black dress and a cloak made of crow feathers. Morrigan was a demon whose symbol was crows.
"I heard a large sound coming from here, is anything wrong?" she asked.
Lilith sighed, "I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" the soldier tilted her head, her cloak ruffling from her movement.
"I'm sure, if you don't have any other business here then please leave."
Morrigan bowed, "Understood." And she closed the door behind her.
Lilith placed a hand on her forehead, "I need to stop being so paranoid, that guy's not always going to be the one knocking on my door." She shakily stood up went back to the room full of books, her other sanctuary.
End Flashback
"You said "division"; does that mean you were in the demon army?" Advent asked.
"No, I was actually a Major General, my bro-I mean a bastard was a Brigadier General and another bastard was Lieutenant General," Lilith explained.
"And I'm guessing the first 'bastard' was your brother, and the second your father?"
"Yep, but they're both assholes to me, so I don't really care."
"I see…"
"Do you want me to continue?" Lilith asked.
"Yes, please, go on."
Flashback
Everyday, Lilith would spend hours and hours either in the library or her room polishing her broadsword. And everyday, someone from her division, usually the Morrigan, would check on her because they feared that Lilith would lose her sanity and turn into her bloodthirsty brother, Lucifer. And one day, while Lilith was in her room, someone knocked on her door. She immediately froze. That knock wasn't Morrigan's.
"Hello dear sister," Lucifer had opened the door, but couldn't go inside since Lilith had put charms and seals around her room.
"What do you want bastard?" Lilith crossed her arms.
Lucifer smiled, but it held no warmth, "I just wanted to check up on you, I noticed that Morrigan kept coming in, so, I wanted to know if you were alright."
Lilith scoffed, "Yeah right, you never care about anyone but yourself, you selfish masochist."
Lucifer chuckled, "You definitely speak truth my dear sister, I am selfish," His smile grew wide and maniacal, "Once again, you've seen right through me, I suppose there's no use trying to hide why I really came here."
Lilith's lips curled into a snarl, "Just spit it out already."
"It'll be my pleasure…" Lucifer's grin became dark. He raised his hand and a black aura surrounded Lilith.
"What!?" Lilith tried moving.
"Your seals can't always protect you dear sister," Lucifer flicked his hand back and Lilith came flying out of her room.
"Ugh, what the hell…" Lilith grumbled as she landed.
"I found a way to get past those seal's around your room; it seems you forgot who the stronger one is," Lucifer teleported himself and Lilith to a dark room.
"Where are we?" Lilith demanded.
Lucifer chuckled, "My own personal torture room, like it?"
"What do you think you ass?" Lilith growled.
"Oh come now, what language is that for a young lady like you dear sister?" Lucifer dragged Lilith to a wall and chained her wrists. After he made sure her arms were secure, he picked up a sword and walked back to Lilith, "I think it's time for a lesson."
Lilith struggled against her bonds "Let me go!"
"Not yet, I haven't even started," Lucifer raised his sword and made a straight cut down Lilith's back.
"AAAAAAAHHHHH!" Lilith cried out. Blood spewed out of her wound.
Lucifer said nothing and brought down his sword again, making an even deeper cut horizontally at the bottom of the first cut.
Lilith cried out painfully again.
Once more, Lucifer said nothing and made a curved slice resembling a 'u'.
Another scream.
Lucifer's grip tightened on the sword's handle, and made a C shaped slash next to the 'u'. Throughout the hour, or hours, Lucifer carved his name into his sister's back. And after every cut, slice, and hack, Lilith cried out painfully and tearfully. After Lucifer was done tearing apart his sister's back, he sheathed his sword and unlatched the cuffs holding Lilith's wrists and let her fall to the bloodied floor, breathing heavily.
"I hope this will help you remember that I am and always will be stronger than you, my dear sister, I really don't want to do that to you again," Lucifer opened the door, "I'm sure you'll be able to find your way back."
The door shut, leaving a weakened Lilith limp and unconscious on the floor in the room.
End Flashback
"He really did that?" Advent stared hard at Lilith.
"Want to see proof?" Lilith raised the back of her shirt, showing her scars. Her back seemed to have been viciously hacked and in big, long cuts, her scars spelled 'Lucifer' surrounded by barbed wires and spiked vines.
"Why would he do such a thing?" Advent gently ran his fingers across her scars.
"It's just how he is," Lilith pulled down her shirt when Advent pulled his hand back, "Those damn demons are just masochists, I should be lucky I didn't turn out like them."
"Why didn't you?" Advent seemed interested.
Lilith sighed, "I'm not really sure myself, maybe it's because of my parents…"
"What about them?"
"Well, I definitely know that old bastard is the "Ruler of the Underworld", and my mom, I think she was either human or elf."
"So you're a half demon?" Advent tilted his head.
Lilith nodded, "That's what the old man said."
"I see…" Advent seemed in deep thought, "Lilith."
She raised her head, "Yeah?"
"May I take a sample of your blood?"
Lilith cringed, "Sample? As in, using needles to suck out my blood?"
Advent nodded.
"No way man, no way in He- err, in any world, I hate needles," Lilith inched away from the green haired spirit.
Advent grabbed her arm, "Lilith, I think it might help me understand why being a half demon affects your thinking."
Lilith grimaced, but gave in, "Fine, just…be gentle okay?"
"I'll be as gentle as possible," Advent held a syringe in one hand and a damp cloth in the other. He rubbed the cloth on a spot in Lilith's arm and slowly stuck the needle in and drew enough blood to fill the cylinder with a dark red, nearly black, liquid, "Interesting, your blood is thicker than a human's blood and considerably darker, fascinating."
"Yeah, yeah, just get that thing away from me," Lilith glared at the small needle held in her 'teacher's' hand and watched as the small hole in her arm healed itself.
"Alright, alright it's over, no need to cry," Advent put away the syringe.
"I am not crying!" Lilith pouted.
"Then explain that tear hanging on to your lower eyelid," Advent pointed to a small crystalline drop on Lilith's right eye.
"Wh-what are you talking about?" Lilith hastily rubbed her eye, "There's no tear!"
Advent chuckled, "Really? Well then, it must have been the lighting."
"Grr, shut it!" Lilith grumbled, "Do you want to know more or what?"
"Please continue," Advent was still chuckling.
Flashback
"Ugh…" Lilith woke up. It had been a few hours since Lucifer left. She looked around and saw nothing but darkness.
"Damn that bastard," Lilith was breathing heavily, "What the hell is he thinking?" She tried to stand up but fell due to sharp pains running throughout her body.
"I should call Morrigan…" Lilith reached into her pocket and pulled out a small device, "Morrigan…are you there?"
"Milady?" Morrigan responded, "Where are you? I went to check up on you and you weren't in your room."
"The torture room…" Lilith was getting tired.
"Wh-What?!" Morrigan exclaimed, she was worried, "I'll come right away! Please hang on!" She hung up.
Lilith let out a heavy sigh, "You better come soon…" The door suddenly slammed open and revealed Morrigan.
"Lady Lilith!" she cried and ran towards her general.
"Heh, that was fast…" Lilith fell unconscious.
End Flashback
"You seem to have a lot of trust for Morrigan," Advent pointed out.
"Of course," Lilith scoffed, "She was the only one worried about my well-being along with my sanity, the other grunts were scared of me going insane and tended to stay away from me until training."
Flashback
A few hours later Lilith woke up to find herself in her room, "Wha…?"
"Are you alright milady?" Morrigan asked, her voice was filled with worry.
"Well, let's see, I'm laying on my stomach because my back was practically torn out, I loss an enormous amount of blood, and my head's starting to swim, hm, I'm just peachy!" Lilith finished with a grin.
"You must be with all that talking," Morrigan replied, "Oh, and while you were resting, I found an old friend of yours." As soon as Morrigan finished a red-grey blur flew into the room.
Lilith gasped, "I-is that-?"
Morrigan nodded, "I think you might be able to sit up milady." Lilith immediately shot up from her bed.
"Selene!?" She shouted.
The owl, Selene, hooted cheerfully.
"Oh, come here sweetie!" Lilith held out her arms and the large owl flew straight into her arms, "I missed you, where'd you go?"
She hooted again and nuzzled the crook of Lilith's neck.
End Flashback
"You have a pet?" Advent asked.
"No! Not a pet!" Lilith childishly shook her head, "A friend, a friend!"
"Mind telling me how you became acquainted with your friend?"
Lilith blinked, "What? I'm sorry, I didn't understand a word."
Advent sighed, "How did you meet Selene?"
"Oh!" Lilith exclaimed, "Well…"
Flashback
"Agh…" Lilith grumbled, "How the hell did I get lost?" Lilith was just taking a stroll around the large garden behind the enormous mansion and somehow became lost in the twists and turns of the overgrown vines that grew on the arches, "Grr, this is bad, it's getting late and if he catches me breaking curfew…oh man, oh man, what am I going to do?"
"Hoo…"
Lilith's head shot up, "Who's there?" she raised her hand over to the handle of Nyx.
"Hoo…"
Lilith turned around trying to find the owner of the sound.
"Hoo…"
Her head shot to a tunnel where the sound echoed from. Lilith bit her lip and went through, following the resounding hoots. "Hoo…hoo…hoo"
When Lilith reached the end of the tunnel, she realized that she was outside. Unfortunately, the bright red moon was already high in the midnight sky. Lilith had broken curfew. "Aw crap…" Lilith muttered, "I'll have to sneak around to get back inside."
"Hoo…"
"Damn it, who's there?!" Lilith turned and saw in a tree, a red-grey bird, an owl to be more specific, its amber eyes boring into her bright topaz eyes. "What the?"
"Hoo!" The owl hooted cheerfully, happy to have found that it helped Lilith escape the maze of a garden.
"Well, hi," Lilith said, her head slightly tilted.
"Hoo-hoo-hoo!" The owl swooped down and landed gracefully on Lilith's shoulder and nuzzled her neck.
"Aren't you friendly," Lilith chuckled lightly while she rubbed the owl's head.
"Hoo," It rubbed against Lilith's hand.
"So what are you?" Lilith asked, "Guy? Girl?"
"Hoo-hoo."
"Girl then," Lilith concluded, "Can I name you?"
She nodded.
"Hm…" Lilith held her chin in thought, "Well, your name should deal with the night…how about Selene? I hear that name's somehow associated with the moon, and the moon is usually seen clearly at night."
"Hoooo!" She hooted happily.
"Alright then, Selene it is," Lilith scratched the owl's chest.
End Flashback
"After that, I always stayed out late in the garden to talk with her," Lilith explained.
"Talk?" Advent asked.
"Well, yeah, I'm well versed in many animal languages," Lilith said.
"Even 'Owl'?"
"Yep!" Lilith chirped.
Advent's eye twitched, "Alright, that's…interesting…odd, but…interesting…"
"I know right?" Lilith grinned widely, "But back to my recovery,"
Flashback
Selene was still rubbing against Lilith's neck while the two conversed.
"So, how long was I out?" Lilith asked gently scratching the top of the owl's head.
"Quite a few hours Lady Lilith," Morrigan answered, "Your wounds were very deep."
"So where's the asshole?" Lilith asked bluntly.
"Uh, well, he's been in his room ever since you fell unconscious," Morrigan still wasn't used to Lilith's nicknames for her family.
"Hoo-hoo," Selene cooed, it seemed she wanted attention.
Lilith sighed, "Don't be like that Selene, if you didn't disappear so much you'd get more attention from me." Selene's head lowered and she she somehow looked like she was pouting.
"You're almost as childish as I am," Lilith retorted.
"Milady?" Morrigan asked.
"Yeah?"
"May I leave? I just remembered that I need to feed my crows."
"Then you're dismissed," Lilith waved her hand. Morrigan bowed and left the room, her cloak fluttering behind her. Lilith let out a big breath and relaxed against her pillows, "Selene," she began.
"Hoo?" Selene tilted her head to the side.
"If I left this place, would you be able to find me?"
The owl nodded. Lilith smiled and patted Selene's head, "You act so much like a pet, you're supposed to be a friend."
"Hoo…" Selene hooted lowly.
"You want to be my pet?" Lilith asked, shocked.
Selene nodded.
"You sure? I want to give you as much freedom as I can give you," Lilith warned.
Selene hopped up to Lilith's neck, sat down, ruffled her feathers and curled up right where Lilith's pulse was strongest.
Lilith chuckled, "Alright, I get it, if you want to be my pet, than you can be my pet." Lilith scratched her owl's chest before falling asleep.
End Flashback
"Where is she now?" Advent asked.
"I don't know, Selene disappeared yesterday," Lilith explained.
Advent sighed, "Well, that's enough story telling today."
"Hey wait a sec," Lilith straightened her back, "What's your story? How'd you become the "leader" of the summon spirits?"
Advent was silent for a while before he answered, "I'll tell you sometime soon, don't worry about it."
"Hmph," Lilith scoffed, and followed Advent out the room.
Alkenet: Sorry for the long flashbacks. And FYI, this story will also tell us how Advent and Lilith know Kratos, Yuan, Mithos and Martel.
Lilith: Hello peoples!
Alkenet: Oh look, it's the star of the story, Lilith.
Lilith: You don't sound very excited.
Alkenet: It's almost midnight, I have a huge test tomorrow, what do you think I SHOULD feel?
Lilith: Uh, excited?
Alkenet: Advent, where are you?
Advent: Right here.
Alkenet: Can you smack her for me?
Advent: With pleasure. –smacks the back of Lilith's head-
Lilith: Ow! What was that for!?
Alkenet: For being so blunt.
Lilith: You made me like this, you should blame yourself.
Alkenet: Lilith, are you trying to make go back to being partly emo?
Lilith:……No…
Alkenet: Good, 'cause if you did, I'd delete you.
Advent: This has gone on far too long, please review if you'd like, the authoress doesn't like telling people what to do.