Author's Note: it's Laura
Hell is a bit underrated. It's nothing like what the pictures, paintings, shows, or other references say it looks like. Okay, it is a bit rocky. And there is fire everywhere. Oh yeah, and they were right about it being super hot, too, but it's actually quite nice if you have a whitelighter with you. It cools things down a lot.
"Quickly!" Ben whispered urgently. "Hide!" We ran into a small cove. Right after we got settled and everything, this guy that looked like Ben shimmered in front of us.
"Ben. You think you can hide from me so easily?!" The man that looked like Ben laughed. Ben, who was in front of both of us, climbed out.
"Ahh, Julian, my dear brother." Serves me right for not realizing it, of course they're twins.
"Saving Carmen is useless. She's in love with me. Witches married to demons when they're in love, now that's a bond you can't break. In no time Father will have an heir to the throne!" Julian laughed again.
"He's not your father!" Ben screamed.
Julian smiled. "Ahh, but he is more of a father than our real father will ever be!"
Ben closed his fists and opened them quickly. A white ball of what looked like light flew up and hit Julian. No, not hit. It kinda floated to him and when it came into contact with him, his skin obsorbed it. Julian just laughed.
"What did you do, Benny, because-" He didn't finish his sentence because at that moment, he grabbed his heart and head at the same time. It looked like he was crazy, if you ask me.
"What I did, dear brother, was give you back your soul." He turned to us. "It's the worst thing to do to a demon, including killing it. It's like torture." He smiled sadly and turned back around. "Sorry Julian, I had too."
Julian didn't reply. His screams were silent, but the pain looked unbearable.
Ben turned back to us. "Come on out. We have to leave Julian here for a few hours. He's incapable of doing anything like this." We got out and lifted Julian into it. Then we got in with him. To protect our hideout, Shawna used her telekinesis and moved a boulder to the opening, leaving space for air to come in.
Ben smiled to us when everything was in place. "Good job. Especially for witches that have only been doing this a few months! Congratulations." He smiled again.
"Sorry, but who are you, and what's a whitelighter?" Shawna asked tentatively.
Ben laughed. "Sorry, I didn't explain before. I'm Ben. I was born a human with my twin brother, Julian, as you can see. I grew up with a normal family, until I caught my father beating my mother and my brother. He had always said I was his favorite. This was when I was ten. I took charge and called 911. My father was taken away to jail and my mother and brother were safe from his clutches."
He sighed. "Unfortunately, my brother was not safe from evil. He got involved with a bunch of bad stuff. At first my mother and I thought he was dealing crack and meth. Then I caught him one day, when we were both eighteen, talking to your father, The Source. They were talking about murder and I got scared. I never confronted him, but he knew anyway. I vowed, to become a police officer and help keep kids safe. I did too, but when I was on the second day of the job, my brother was involved with the murder case I was working on. Shots were fired and I risked my life to keep him alive. At that time, I didn't know he was a demon."
He paused. "A whitelighter is a kind soul that helped people right before he or she was dying."
"Wow." was what Shawna said.
Time passed slowly. I think both me and Shawna fell asleep. I think five hours passed down here. Not sure. When we were both awake, Julian had left and Ben said it was morning.
"Wait," said Shawna. "When we left it was only five! How can it be morning already?"
"Down here is slower than up there. Two hours down here is four hours up there. Five hours have passed, down here. Ten hours, up there." Ben explained.
"Oh." Shawna said.
"Where did Julian go?" I ask.
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