Third person POV-

-5 months later-

(SORRY)

After months of suppression Elizabeth had managed to escape the kingdom she once viewed as her home, and she still did, but not the way it was right now, run over by demons.

She had affectively been thrown off the thrown and then thrown in prison along with everyone else of the royal family.

It was incredible what plans the human mind can come up with after months in isolation as Elizabeth had experienced.

She knew they couldn't afford for her to die for some reason, and she would use that to her advantage, but she had to be patient, so she laid down on the ground, not her bed, in her dirty cell.

A guard would do a check routine in about an hour, and Elizabeth was fairly sure she could fool this particular stupid guard into thinking that she was either passed out or dead. Really it would be no wonder if she was either when you look at what they had been feeding her.

When the guard noticed her on the ground and couldn't get in contact with her he freaked out and immediately opened the cell door to go in and inspect her.

Seeing this as her only chance Elizabeth immediately got up, roundhouse kicked the demon in the face making him fall up against the wall, then she stole his keys, ran outside and locked him in the cell.

The hard part was far from over though, as she now had to find a way to get out of the kingdom and find help.

She knew that the demons had taken control of everything and everyone, even the formerly honorable knights, but that also meant that there was still humans walking around in full sets of armor.

Knowing this Elizabeth quickly dressed up in one of the armors standing did decoration in one of the halls. It was heavy and would no doubt do no good for her fatigue which was already low due to her new diet of mostly moldy bread and and water.

After escaping from the castle grounds it was easier to get out than she had first expected.

She merely threw herself in a cart of hay and hid until she was out.

Those series of events are the reason Elizabeth is now walking around in the wilderness.

She knew who she wanted to find. Meliodas.

since he was the demon king he would probably be able to help her with her demon problems back in Liones.

But she had no idea how to find a portal to the demon realm...that is until she spotted a gray demon in a forest nearby.

Elizabeth was starved, dehydrated and tired beyond compare, which might partially be the armors fault.

'If a demon is here...that means that a portal must be close' Elizabeth thought, remembering that Meliodas told her that due to the demon clan practically going into hiding they never ventured too far from the portals.

But she was too scared to approach the demon as her fear for demons had definitely spiked after being treated so horribly by them when they took over Liones. So she just made sure to watch the demon while being hidden in the thicket, then she would follow it back to the portal when it went there.


Hours went by as the demon was out seemingly collecting berries and other food from the surrounding forest, as good like that didn't grow in the demon realm.

Elizabeth was still hiding in the wide thicket, making sure to never every her eyes from the demon.

Then finally it seemed like the demon was done, but it still didn't make a move to walk on a certain direction. Instead it slowly glanced around it to see if anyone or anything was around, then when it confirmed it was alone it grasped the amulet it had around its neck.

"Atagho misthaya gotrayo ma" it mumbled in a different language, a language Elizabeth had heard the demons of in the palace use when they spoke to each other.

Suddenly a black and purple portal opened before the demon and it went in.

Elizabeth knee this was her only chance so she hurried out of the thicket and flung herself in after the demon without a second thought.

Elizabeth was quite sure she blacked out for a second and when she came to she was falling, and she was hurting.

Even though the big armor she was wearing should be protecting her, it was as if the very air that was pushing against her was tearing at her.

Then, with something that can only be explained as explosive pain, she made impact with something, and crashed straight through it.

'Did I...fall on a rooftop?' Elizabeth though has she quirked into the foster position, trying to squirm away from the pain enveloping her body.

Her ears were ringing, and yet she was able to hear the running footsteps and the panicked voices around her, asking someone to get someone to help.

But then the voices started to fade, and slowly her already blurry vision turned black...until there was nothing.

The void she had fallen into felt like it was inescapable.

When she came to she was met with a blinding white light so bright that she had to squeeze her eyes closed the moment she opened them.

She tried to bring her hand up to rub her eyes, but when she moved a surge of pain went through her, and it was then that she remembered that she had traveled to the demon realm, and she had fallen and had been hurt.

How seriously hurt she was, she couldn't quite say though.

"Easy Elizabeth...you're okay" a soothing voice told her.

She immediately recognized his voice, and tears began forming in the corners of her eyes.

"Meli...o...das.." she whispered.

Her throat was sore and her voice was rusty.

"I'm right here" he said again, and she felt him gently take a hold of her hand.

She could feel that the contact wasn't direct, and that she was wearing a kind of bandages.

"Help..." she whispered, remembering why she had even went to the demon realm to begin with.

"It's okay Elizabeth...you're safe"

No...he misunderstood.

"You p-..promised..."

"What?...what did I promise you?"

"You said...you said th-that no matter...no matter who...and when..you'd h-..help..." she pushed out...even after such a short sentence she was out of breath.

She wasn't only hurt, she was also overly exhausted after her long journey.

"Yeah..I did promise that..didn't I?..." Meliodas asked rhetorically.

He was beginning to realize that something was wrong, but seeing her in such pain after saying so little he didn't want to push her just yet...

"We'll talk about this later...rest" he commanded, and let go of her hand, ready to leave the room.

"No!" She says loudly, a surge of pain went through her chest and she began gasping for her breath.

"Elizabeth, hey...it's okay...it's okay..." he says soothingly and grabbed her hand again, stroking it gently.

Knowing that he was still there with her, Elizabeth quickly calmed down.

"Don't lea-leave me...a-again.."

"...rest Elizabeth...I'll stay here till you fall asleep"

Elizabeth didn't want to rest, she wanted to scream at him to help her and her kingdom, but her body was screaming for rest.. and so she gave in.

She was out in a matter of seconds.

Meliodas kept his promise and stayed till he was sure she was okay, but as soon as he knew he gently stroked her bruised cheek before leaving the room.

"Is she Alright? Well..I know she isn't alright per say but-" Zeldris asked but was cut off when he saw his brother step out of the room.

Even thought Zeldris didn't have the same ties to Elizabeth as his brother he was still worried, because she was important to his brother, so she was important to him as well.

"She'll survive" Meliodas simply said, having cut Zeldris off.

He leaned against the wall next to the room Elizabeth was resting in and ran a hand through his wild hair. He was still trying to get his head around it all.

He had had a perfectly normal day, doing paperwork and spending his break with Ishide and Lilinda, but then chaos erupted when Zeldris ran into Meliodas's office with the news that a small village nearby had reported a human girl falling through a portal.

Hearing the report of what had happened and how the human girl looked.

Silver hair, fair skin, she was wearing a black body suit under a set of heavy armor and she had a blue earring in her left ear.

It couldn't be chance, so Meliodas ordered for the human girl to be sent to the palace for the best treatment, and for him to keep an eye on her, though he didn't tell anyone that last part.

"Why do you think she's here? They says she fell through a portal that a farmer opened in the forest of white dreams, it a forest known for it's beasts, why would she be there?" Zeldris asked, just as everyone else he was still very confused on the matter.

So was Meliodas but he did have a few theories.

"Elizabeth isn't your typical princess, she knows how to handle herself...she's strong..." Meliodas stated as he slowly began to walk away.

Zeldris followed.

"So you think she just went out to hunt?!" Zeldris asked sarcastically, he didn't believe that was the case, especially since he had seen the armor she was wearing.

"I'll ask her when she wakes up" Meliodas answered and picked up his pace, there wasn't need for that though as Zeldris immediately stopped in his tracks and just stood and stared at his brothers back as he walked further and further away.

"How you must be hurting, brother.."

Meliodas didn't stop walking till he reached the room where the farmer that opened the portal Elizabeth fell through was waiting in.

"Are you Belaver?" Meliodas asked the gray demon as he stepped into the room where the gray demon was patiently waiting.

"Yes" Belaver said simply and nodded. She was clearly intimidated by standing before her king.

"I can see you're nervous, but let me reassure you there's no reason to be" Meliodas said, putting on his best smile. By the simple reassuring he could see that Belaver was already a bit calmer.

"I merely want to know what you saw go down" Meliodas Continued and took a seat at a long table and mentioned for Belaver to do the same on the other side of the table, which she hesitantly did.

"Well...I was out collecting berries and other goods from the woods. I'm a certified farmer so I..I have one of these" Belaver paused to show the amulet she had around her neck.

Meliodas nodded in understanding as that was a normal thing for farmers to have has they often had to go between the realms.

"I was out doing my regular routine and throughout the white day nothing seemed off. But as always I looked around before opening the portal, I did g notice anyone of anything that might fall through with me. But I'm not good at sending others presence.

So I stepped through, and immediately activated my wings as I open the portal just above my home, then I saw her fall through, it happened so fast...then she hit the roof of my house and went straight through..At least that awful armor shielded her little from that impact...my sister was the first one to come to her aid as she was in the house...I'm sorry if it isn't of much help" Belaver continued as she fiddled with her amulet.

Meliodas rubbed his eyes.

It wasn't really of much help as all, just as Belaver presumed, but one thing dud become clearer.

And that was that Belaver hadn't seen Elizabeth despite checking.

A part of Meliodas had believed that Belaver had maybe activated the portal in a panic. Perhaps if she got attacked, or simply scared by a human presence and that Elizabeth had simply then fallen in along with her...but the logical side of him told him that couldn't be the case. He knew something was up...truly the biggest indicated was Elizabeth's outfit..that torn bodysuit and the rusty and heavy armor...and she asked him for help right when she woke up...

"Thank you Belaver..it isn't much but it is something" Meliodas said as he stood up and reached his hand over the table to shake her hand, which in reality was about 5 times his size, so who shook who's hand is up for debate.

"I'm glad to hear it...but just to be sure...I'm not in trouble?" Beloved asked as she too stood up after having shaken hands with the king.

"No not at all, I know this was all a unfortunate accident" Meliodas says kindly and mentioned for the guard to escort Belaver to the gates.

Meliodas say harshly down on the chair again, put his elbows on the table and his head in his hands.

'Nothing seems easy anymore...'


A/N

I'm sorry for the time skip as I feel like I didn't set the last chapter properly up for it.

But I dk this because I like to make my stories like an anime would be set up, so the complete backstory is explained later.

C'mon! That is how anime scenes are set up!