Yes another chapter done! Sorry this took longer then the others. I had a lot on my plate lately.

Anyway read on and enjoy the chapter!

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Chapter 10 - Prisoner or Lover?

Flonne fell asleep when Etna had left her. She dreamed she was standing alone in a forest, everything was dark and silent and Flonne felt terribly afraid.

She sat down on the cold grassy floor and drew her knees to her chest, holding them tightly, she looks up and saw that the black sky was lifeless, nothing shined or twinkled.

Her breathing began shallow as she tried to stop the feelings of loneliness and despair take over her. If this was a dream then why? Why was she feeling like this?

Flonne heard a snap, she looked up and gasped. Standing before her was Vulcanus. The one who was responsible for all the trouble between Celestia, the human world and the netherworld twelve years ago.

He was the reason why she had turned into a fallen angel.

No... NO! It can't be! It can't be him! This is defiantly a nightmare I'm having. thought Flonne and she wished she would wake up soon.

"So you think this is a nightmare Flonne?" said a cold dark voice.

Flonne froze. The voice that had spoken sent a shiver of terror down her spine.

She looked behind Vulcanus and saw a dark figure standing in the shadows of a tree. Flonne could feel her heart almost stopping as she stared at the dark figure. This was defiantly a nightmare.

"You are correct Flonne. This is a Nightmare!" said the dark figure raising his arms.

Suddenly Flonne could feel something wet, she look down and almost scream with terror as she saw water seeping from the ground around her. Flonne was terrified of water, ever since she almost drowned when she was very young.

She tried to get up and run but couldn't move from the ground, it was almost as if she was glued to the floor.

"No... NO!" Flonne screamed as the water began to cover her like a cocoon.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Flonne screamed as she sat up quickly from her bed. Her breathing was laboured, she was sweating like hell and her eyes were wide with fear.

"Just a dream, it was just a dream." gasped Flonne and then realised it was pitch black in her room.

"I must have fell asleep!" exclaimed Flonne, her heart beating so fast she could feel it against her chest.

Flonne was just about to lay back on her bed when suddenly her door burst open and Laharl came storming in.

"What the hell is going on!? I heard you screaming a mile away!" shouted Laharl.

"It's nothing. I just had a bad dream." signed Flonne as she placed a shaking hand to her sweating brow.

Laharl looked at her, taking in her appearance. He crossed his arms and glared at her.

"Nightmare huh?" he said.

Flonne nodded her head and then turned her back on Laharl, laying down on her bed. Flonne was not happy with him at the moment what with turning her into a prisoner and all, and she really didn't want him to be here.

She thought that if she pretended to go to sleep he would leave her alone.

Everything was quiet, and then Flonne gave a start when she felt the bed suddenly sink with extra weight.

She turned around quickly and gasped, her face turning bright red when she saw how close Laharl had bent towards her.

"So... Are you going to tell me what this dream was about love-freak?" he asked.

Flonne went humph! And then turned her face away from him.

"Why do you want to know?" she said hotly. "You hate me remember? I'm your prisoner! You couldn't even care about what happens to me!"

Laharl made a hissing noise but didn't move from the bed.

"Laharl can you please just leave me alone?" said Flonne.

That did it!

Laharl lost his temper and grabbed the fallen angels arm, pulling her roughly into a sitting position.

"HOW DARE YOU TELL ME TO LEAVE! THIS IS MY CASTLE AND I'M THE OVERLORD YOU DAMN LOVE-FREAK!!!" Laharl screamed.

Flonne too lost her temper and turned to face Laharl, putting her face close to his. Flonne saw him blush slightly but couldn't care less.

"MORE LIKE A SPOILT BRAT OVERLORD!" she screamed.

"FLAT CHEST WEIRDO!" Laharl screamed back.

"EGO CENTRIC MORON!"

"BLONDE BIMBO!"

Before Flonne could reply Laharl grabbed her shoulders and pulled her closer towards him, crushing his lips against hers.

Flonne's eyes widened and she began to struggle against him, trying to pull away but he was just too strong. Eventually she couldn't resist him any longer and relaxed. She opened her mouth slightly and Laharl eagerly slid his tongue into her mouth.

Laharl was in pure bliss. He just couldn't fight against his feelings any longer. The taste of her was the most sweetest flavour he had ever experienced. The more he tasted, the more he wanted.

Slowly he slid his hands down Flonne's sides and rested them on her hips. Flonne wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer and deepening their kiss.

The kiss grew more deeper and more passionate until finally they broke apart gasping for breath.

Laharl didn't know why he was doing this, all he know that it felt right. As soon as he heard Flonne screaming earlier he found himself panicking and dashed to her room as fast as he could. Damn it! He was the Overlord for crying out loud! He wasn't supposed to let his emotions and feelings control him like this. But as he looked at Flonne he found that he couldn't care less right now.

"Laharl? I want to ask you a question and please answer me truthfully." asked Flonne.

Laharl froze, hoping she wouldn't ask him the question he was dreading her of asking.

"What?" panted Laharl nervously.

"Why did you lock me away as a prisoner? And please don't say it's because of disobeying orders because I know that's not true." said Flonne.

Laharl gave a sign of relief. He thought that Flonne was going to ask him if he love her, which of course he knew for certain that he did but he would never admit that to anyone. Not even to Flonne herself.

"You do know how to spoil the mood love-freak!" growled Laharl.

He went to kiss her again but before their lips could meet Flonne pushed him away.

"Just answer my question! Please Laharl!" said Flonne with a slight whine in her voice.

"Fine!" snapped Laharl, his temper raising again.

"You kept leaving the castle to see that Buku guy without telling me you were seeing him. You only meet him last week and yet your both acting like your best friends! It just makes me soo angry!"

Flonne face became red with rage and she pulled herself away from him.

"You locked me away for two days because I'm friends with another guy!?" fumed Flonne.

"You inconsiderable jerk!"

Laharl knew that she was right, what he did was inconsiderable and he did acted like a jerk. But being the stubborn demon that he was, he wasn't going to admit to that.

"Look who's talking! You kissed me and then you run off with that guy who clearly has a crush on you, then you nearly that him kiss you! How do you think that makes me feel?" shouted Laharl angrily.

"What! You were the one who kissed me!" fumed Flonne.

"And yes I admit he nearly kissed me but I told you I pushed him away. But what you did was just wrong! I thought we were friends! Oh and another thing!"

Flonne came close to Laharl again and looked him straight in the eye.

"Why did you bite me and mark me as your potential mate?"

"WHAT!?" gasped Laharl in shock.

"What do you mean I mark you as a mate? It's only a stupid bite mark!" snapped Laharl.

"Not according to Etna it isn't!" said Flonne hotly.

"What do yo-!!!"

Suddenly Laharl gasped. A memory had just surfaced in his mind. He remembered walking into Etna's room one day looking for his vassal and found that she wasn't there.

But what he did found was a small black book laying on Etna's bedside table. He remembered picking it up and flipping the pages reading it. He came to a page titled "Mate Finding - the traditional way for a demon to find a mate by bite mark."

Bite mark.

Laharl slapped himself in the face at the sudden horror and realization of it all while Flonne just stared at him with her mouth open.

Without another word he raced from the bed and slammed the door shut behind him. Flonne heard a click as the door was locked.

Flonne too raced from the bed towards the door and began to slam her fists against it.

"Hey! HEY! LET ME OUT! YOU CAN'T LOCK ME IN HERE FOREVER! LAHARL! LAHAAAAAAAAAAARL!!!!!!!!"

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Etna walked down a stone corridor, she was in her night gown and was stifling a yawn when Laharl suddenly appeared.

"Hey! Watch it Prince!" Etna said indigently as Laharl nearly bumped into her.

"You shouldn't be in my way then!" snapped Laharl and he pushed past her roughly.

Etna wasn't going to stand for this so she swung out a arm and grabbed the Overlords shoulder. Laharl abruptly stopped in his tracks and turned around, glaring at Etna with burning crimson eyes.

"Let go of me now before I slice your damn arm off!" he snapped.

"Not until you tell me why your in such a foul mood!" snapped Etna back.

Laharl gave her one last hate filled glare and then turned his head away from her. But not before Etna could see his face going red and knew instantly who the Overlord had gone to see.

"I'm guessing you went to Flonne's room." said Etna not releasing her tight grip on his shoulder.

"Yes." Laharl said stiffly.

"And she also told me about that damn bite mark!"

To Laharl's anger Etna burst out laughing.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! So she's told you then? I mean really Prince! I know you started to like her and everything but to mark her as your potential mate? That's a bit early isn't it?" giggled Etna.

"FOOL!" shouted Laharl.

"I didn't even know what that bite mark means until today! I don't know why I did it! It was like I was possessed or something! But let me make this perfectly clear! She is not going to be my mate!"

"There's no point in denying it Laharl. You wouldn't have marked her at all if she wasn't destined to be your potential mate. I'm afraid there is now a strong bond between you that can only be broken is if you find another to be your potential mate." explained Etna.

"Well that's good! Then I have nothing to worry about!" snarled Laharl and with a sharp tug he wrenched himself free from Etna's grasp and stormed away.

Etna stared after him and then shook her head smiling. He always was a stubborn one.

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Four hours after Laharl had left her Flonne was twisting and turning in her sleep. She was having the same nightmare as earlier, only this time it was just her and the dark figure in the woods. Just then there was a loud knocking sound against the window in he room.

Flonne quickly woke up and stared around the room wildly in fright. As she heard the knocking sound again she turned towards the window and then had to stuff her fists in her mouth to stop herself from screaming.

At the window was no other then Buku.

Flonne quickly raced from the bed and flung open the windows. She stuck her head out and smiled widely.

"Buku !" she exclaimed loudly.

"What are you doing here?"

"I've came to rescue you of course!" answered Buku.

"Rescue?" said Flonne in surprise and she leaned out of the window a little bit more to get closer to her friend.

"Yes! I've come to take you away! I heard the Overlord has turned you into his prisoner! " said Buku.

Flonne continued to stare at her friend and then looked towards the door. Buku noticed this and gently place his hand on hers. This made Flonne jump slightly and blush.

"Let me take you somewhere safe Flonne! Trust me."

Just then a part of her demon side came out in Flonne. She suddenly became angry at Laharl and wanted to get revenge on him. She wanted to mess with his heart just like he messed with her heart. She looked at Buku with a determined expression on her face.

"Alright. I'll come with you."

And with that Buku took hold of her hand and pulled her out of the window. With her wings becoming enlarged both she and her friend flew off into the cold night sky, leaving the castle behind them. Little did Flonne know that she was also leaving safety behind.

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Wow, I hate to see Laharl expression when he finds out Flonne has run off with his love rival. Lot of mixed emotions in this chapter.

Next update should be soon! Please review!