A.N- Hey all, It was my birthday not to long ago. Sweet sixteen, Yay. Anyway I got DD5 and DD6. I thought five was ok, six had a nice twist and now I cant wait for seven. It's going to be sad when the last one comes out. I just hope the ending won't be disappointing. Oh well, enjoy chapter three. Just to warn you all there is Rae and Eclipse action, I don't think it's anything to fuss about, but I know there are some more sensitive individuals out there. Well enjoy and please review. Thanks,
-Faith-
Chapter 3
The few second trip to Eclipse's room, or what Raenef thought was the elder demons room, seemed longer than it really was. The blonde looked around before knocking on one of the large doors; he got no reply. The blonde knocked again, only harder, and still nothing. He continued to knock until his knuckles were sore, but just like before, he got no reply. Raenef knew that Eclipse would not be happy if he just barged in, but he didn't know what else to do. Anyway he was a demon lord and Eclipse was his servant, he could do what he wanted right? Images of Eclipse setting Chris on fire entered his mind, then and image of himself on fire. He pushed the thought away, Eclipse would never set him on fire, or would he? The demon lord pushed all the doubt away, gathering his courage; he put his hand on the ornate gold door handle. He closed his eyes and preyed that it wouldn't be locked, thankfully it wasn't. Silently the blonde pushed the heavy door open, and entered the room.
"Raenef"
A chilling voice called out to him from the darkness, the demon lord turned round to see the child with the lantern. He slammed the door shut, breathing heavily. He stood with his hand on the door handle for a moment, his breathing still heavy, and now he was feeling lightheaded. Why was this happening to him now? It had happened so long ago, he had seen them die on a night similar to the current night, but it had been so long ago.
Tears began to spill over long lashes, and down pale cheeks. He sank to the floor, his sleeping robes pooling around him. The young demon lord rested his head against the door and closed his eyes, pushing the unpleasant memories deep with in the recesses of his mind. Raenef was torn from his tormented thoughts when he felt a hand on his shoulder. The simple touch caused the demon lord to jump out of his skin. He was now sitting with his back against the door, eyes locked with the even darker ones of a very tired looking Eclipse.
"Master Raenef, what are you doing skulking around at this ungodly hour?"
The young demon lord wiped the un-spilled tears from his eyes with his sleeve, before slowly getting to his feet. He fell back to the floor his left hand coming to rest on the top of his head, after he hit his head on the door handle. Slowly the blonde inched away from the door handle and stood up again, glaring at the ornate gold handle as he did so. He was so preoccupied with glaring at the door handle that he almost hit his head on the candleholder attached to the wall. Once he was done avoiding all the things that could give him brain damage, he smiled at Eclipse sheepishly, letting his hands fall loosely to his sides.
"I…I couldn't sleep because of the storm."
He paused and hung his head in shame, taking another deep breath before continuing.
"I'm scared of…"
He took a deep breath preparing himself for the lecture he knew that Eclipse would give him.
"Scared of what sire, The storm?"
Raenef nodded and to the young lords' surprise, when he looked up at his mentor he saw that the elder was smiling. The blond was stunned, his mind finding it hard to put Eclipse and smiling together at the same time in the same instance, especially and instance where there was no death and destruction involved.
"Come little master, there is nothing to be afraid of."
Eclipses words were soothing; he placed a slender hand on the young lords back turning him towards the door.
"I will take you back to your room."
Pale emerald eyes went wide, and the blond shook his head profusely.
"No, please let me stay with you, I don't want to be alone."
He wrapped his arms around Eclipses waist and buried his face against the demon's chest. The older demon was shocked, he had little experience when it came to comforting people, and to him the situation felt very awkward. After getting over the initial shock of his young master's actions, Eclipse wrapped his arms around the teen's slender shoulders, returning the embrace. After several minutes, and no signs of Raenef letting go of his waist any time soon, the raven hared demon gave in to his masters request.
"Very well, you may spend the night with me."
Raenef pulled back breaking the embrace, the dim light from the candles highlighting his now radiating smile that made Eclipse feel weak in the knees.
"Thank you so much!"
The blonde was ecstatic, just from Eclipse granting this simple request. How easily he is pleased the elder demon mused to himself, then he realized that Raenef had thanked him. He had slowly become accustom to his little master's manners, but he was trying to break the habit.
"Master Raenef, a proper demon lord does…"
But Eclipse could not finish, for Raenef cut him off.
"I know, I know a proper demon lord does not."
He paused for a moment, walking away from eclipse and wandering over to the fire place that was located in the middle of the room, eyes fixing on the large painting that hung there.
"Um…"
The blonde looked away from the picture, placing his index finger on his chin.
"Um…er… don't do…stuff?"
He looked back at Eclipse who turned away before banging his head on the door a few times before turning to face Raenef once again.
"DEMON LORDS DO NOT SAY THANK YOU!!!"
The teen jumped at his mentor's sudden raise in voice, a look of clarification coming across his face.
"That's right…"
He trailed realizing that Eclipse had shouted at him, placing his hands on his hips he turned and faced his mentor fully.
"HOW DARE YOU…Um…"
Raenef yawned. Eclipse sighed heavily, taking a mental note to not introduce night lessons in to the scheme of things.
"Oh yeah… HOW DARE YOU RAISE YOUR VOICE AT ME!"
Then pleased with his work, he flashed Eclipse a reassuring smile, which left the older demon less than reassured.
"Make yourself comfortable master, I will only be a minute."
With that, Eclipse made his way over to a small room at the East Side of the room leaving the teen alone in the room. Raenef turned his attention back to the painting hung over the large fire palace, which was home to the dark flames that were controlled by black magic. He turned around in a circle slowly, taking in the details of the room.
A long wine red sofa was positioned in front of the fireplace, with two end tables that were ornately designed and mad out of a dark wood. There was a small oil lamp on one and several books piled on the other. The large bed was positioned in the middle of the west wall, it's dark red drapes hanging loosely around the four twisted, mahogany posts. The posts of the bed were a few feet short of the ceiling and were capped gold with moons and pentacles. The bed was nowhere as big as his own, and was covered with crimson and black sheets and pillows. The young demon lord was now facing north, the large wooden doors closed, blocking the long winding corridor from his view. The walls were the color of blood, and lined with golden sconces, intricately designed to look like twisted rose stems that led to the closed buds supporting three long black candles. The only natural light came from the gaps in the long black and red velvet curtains that adorned the long, floor to ceiling arched windows that were on either side of the fireplace. There were a few other pieces of furniture positioned along the free spaces of the walls. There was a desk positioned in front of the windows on the right hand side of the fireplace, the wood matching that of the bed and other wooden furnishings. At the far end of the room were two large doors built into the wall, which Raenef guessed was the closet.
The young demon lord's interest was peeked. He had rarely seen Eclipse wear anything but his robes, then on a special occasion such as a ceremony or meeting he would wear something formal. At one point in time the blond assumed that the older demon was very plain and must not own many clothes. This was the perfect time to see if his theory was right, and besides it would keep his mind from other matters. He slowly made his way over to the closet and slid the door open, but could see nothing due to the current time period. He made a mental note to look when there was more light, before walking over to the bed and sitting down on the end with a heavy sigh. "Eclipse is taking his time, or maybe my fear is making time go slower." Raenef thought to himself, flopping back onto the bed. The young lord was tired and he only realized this when he was lying down among the soft sheets. It was the crash of thunder that brought the blonde back form the edge of sleep; Raenef sat up before moving back on the bed. He groggily pulled the sheets back before climbing under them. The blonde pulled the small tie from his hair, setting it down on the bedside table. He lay down with a heavy sigh, the pillow s cushioning his head; even the soft rumble of thunder could not wake the now sleeping Raenef.
Eclipse finally came back into his room carrying assorted pillows and blankets. It had taken him longer than he would have liked due to poor organization. How many morons does it take to tidy a linen closet? It takes one female knight and one priest, that is how many. The older demon had had a bad feeling about those two arranging his closet, but Raenef had instead. He sighed, before setting the things down on the long sofa.
"Master Raenef?"
The elder demon was answered with silence; he sighed heavily to himself calling his young lord again.
"Master Raenef."
Still no reply, he began to wonder where the little Lord had gone.
"Maybe he went back to his room"
Yes, that was a possibility, considering the storm had lessened in intensity. The elder demon was surprised to find that part of him was some what disappointed at the blondes absents. He sighed again before walking over to his bed, it would be morning soon and he would have to go wake Raenef and begin the day's lessons. Eclipse pulled the dark sheets back, and was about to climb back into bed when the soft material was pulled from his hands. He looked down, and was surprised to see his blonde lord curled up sleeping. He looked so peaceful, just like he always did, but something was, one could say, different, and the older demon couldn't quite place his finger on it. Maybe it was the way the dark sheets were offset by the boys pale skin, or maybe it was... Eclipse smiled to himself. This was not the right time to start fanaticizing about the blonde. With another heavy sigh he walked round to the other side of the bed, climbing under the sheets. He turned his back to the boy, only to feel himself being pulled back. Eclipse sat up and saw that Raenef had strands of his long, loose, raven black hair tightly gripped in a slender hand. With a somewhat annoyed huff, Eclipse's anger faded away, and the scowl that had graced his thin lips was practically nonexistent, and was slowly being replaced with a smile.
"Should I?"
He thought to himself as he starred down at the sleeping boy. Eclipse leaned forward, his lips brushing the side of Raenef's face. Then he placed a gentle kiss on the golden hair before turning away from the sleeping Demon Lord. He lay down on his side, and smiled to himself.
"Good night little master, may your dreams be pleasant."
A.N- Well what did you all think? I apologize for it taking so long. My Key board broke, and everything went to crap. So maybe some foreshadowing of what's to come in the Rae and Eclipse relationship? I haven't decided yet, Hopefully the next chapter wont take so long, I also read DD7 I was impressed with the ending, it could have been a lot worse. Enjoy and please review, Thanks
-Faith-
P.S-I wanted to do something different so I typed this chapter in Bold.