Disclaimer: (I know, I know, I haven't done this in a while) I still don't own demon diary. I have exactly $.10 to my name, and it's in pennies.

For all those Demon Diary lovers out there, I dedicate this chapter to you!!

Chapter 4: Revelation

It was a sea of jasmine. Amethyst, violet, and purple jewels crowded the field as far as the eye could see.

Standing in the middle of it all was the sorceress. Her newly clipped, short hair fluttered faintly in the weak breeze, and she could vaguely see the castle. Closing her eyes, images rushed to her like molten lava: Raenef, giggling madly and dancing like a school girl; an older man, grinning like a fool; and finally, orange and red, chased rapidly by an abyss of darkness.

"Ah, Raenef..." she whispered, delicately touching a petal with a pale fingertip. She gazed wistfully at the gray-stoned fortress. "Why don't you remember?"

"Eclipse?" The longhaired demon turned away from the balcony edge and the lilac flowery field.

"Yes, Master Raenef?"

"I have a confession to make."

Eclipse frowned, wondering why Raenef had made the sudden change from three-year-old to serious adult. "Yes, Raenef?"

"You promise not to judge me?"

"What?"

"I couldn't stand it if you hated me, Eclipse." He sighed. "I performed a spell, without your permission."

Eclipse looked away, back toward the flowers. When he spoke, there was no emotion in his deep voice; his indifferent mask had flawlessly slipped back into place.

"Why?"

Raenef followed Eclipse's gaze to the orchard. "I wanted to remember," he said simply. "There are some things I want to forget, and other things that I've carelessly forgotten. It would not do for a demon lord to be careless, right?" He gave Eclipse a half-smile.

"Yes, Master Raenef," was the dull response.

"I'm sorry," Raenef whispered, his eyes filling with the tears that cascaded down his cheeks. He caught Eclipse's gaze, and pain shot through him. He was looking into dead, blank demon eyes; there was no chance this soulless corpse could ever change...even if it was subjected to love.

Raenef ran from Eclipse, wishing that the feelings in the deep recesses of his heart would die...wishing that he had not come to care for the lifeless demon of the fourth order.

I know....tearful...::sob:: poor Raenef...it's okay, hopefully things will perk up in the next chapter...as the writer, I still haven't decided...::sob, sniffle:: I'M SORRY, RAENEF! I DIDN'T MEAN TO BREAK YOUR HEART IN CH. 4!!!

Lucifer: awww, quit yer blubbering.

::hits him over the head with the computer:: YOU SHUT UP!! I SHOULD TRADE YOU IN FOR SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY APPRECIATES ME!! ALL YOU DO IS CRITICIZE!

Lucifer: --;;;; right. Keep reviewing!!

. That's my line...