The Years Before

Chapter 10 : Meruhesae

Akua : Just so you know, I'm stopping the italics here.. it's hurting my eyes.. XP

Harry was panting when he reached the large, oak doors of the house. A nice red flush had grown over his face. He quickly opened the doors and slammed it behind himself. And flopped onto the ground tiredly.

The sound of something scratching on the door made Harry shudder. Before he pushed himself up off of the ground and started hurrying deeper into the white marble house. It had pillars placed throughout the entrance hall.

Harry looked over to the left wall, where a giant, gold fire place was sitting. And ran smack into a pillar. And through it. It was like falling off a cliff. Only, you kept spinning around and around..

Until Harry was thrown through the air and skidded a few feet on the cool, marble floor.

"Ah.. what's this?" Said a faint voice as someone leaned over Harry.

It was definitely a lady. A woman with long, dark hair that touched the floor. Her skin a flawless, ageless pale. With solid colored eyes. She had a wooden fan in her left hand. Her dress trailed the floor and was white with a dark belt. Jewelry dotted the dress. Rubies and other gems. And around her arms was a white cloth, that folded over her elbows and trailed the floor.

Harry blinked and said "who are you, miss?"

The lady's eyebrow twitched and she thought darkly, well, miss is better then being called ma'am. She sighed and said "I am the Great Demon Seer Meruhesae!" She unfolded her wooden fan with one hand and held it in front of her mouth as she eyed Harry.

Harry stood up, dusting off his pants and said "I'm Harry…"

"Also one from the Demon Lord line, Raenef the VII." She finished for him. Harry blinked and said "how did you know that?" He asked in a hoarse voice.

"I am a Seer.. and I have been watching over the Raenef blood line for some time now.." Meruhesae answered softly. "I have seen.. many visions about you, young one.."

Harry stared at her for a moment before saying "what did you see.."

She smiled behind the fan and said "many things.. I cannot tell you more.." Harry frowned. Before shrugging and saying "I need some help, there are these low classed demons outside, ready to kill me and I can't use my demon magic!"

Meruhesae smiled, shutting her fan shut and said "before I give you any advice, I have to have some form of tribute.." Harry frowned, shoving his hands into his shirt's pockets. And coming up with a few candy wrappers, some gum and a pencil.

Meruhesae lifted an eyebrow and shook her head. Before kneeling down next to Harry and said with a smile "I'll let you off easy now, give us a kiss." She pointed to the left side of her face and Harry did as requested.

Meruhesae snapped open her fan again, standing as she said "your three challenges will be difficult. Very.. But you are going to lose something.. very dear to you in the end, my friend. Something very dear to you.."

Harry frowned and said "what can I do to kill those monsters!" Meruhesae frowned behind her fan. And said then "there is.. An odd power, residing in your body. When the time comes, the words will come to you.."

Harry scowled and said "that isn't too reassuring!" Meruhesae giggled and said "I know.. but just to help with your confidence, I'll give you an.. investment.."

Meruhesae walked away. And Harry finally noticed the room. It was filled with silver like curtains. With a large, seat covered in white sheets. A crystal pestle with a solid demon glass ball.

Meruhesae came back, holding a black handled dagger. She held it out to Harry. Its blade was a dark red. And she said "this dagger has been used once, in the Hangma campaign. It hasn't been used again since. I have never seen it work. But cautious be you, young demon, for it's powers a great.. against foes and the user himself." Harry accepted the dagger from her, pondering over the cryptic message.

Meruhesae snapped open her face again, holding it out in front of her face. Harry bowed and said "thanks for your help, Meruhesae!" And he turned, and ran back to the waiting pillar, jumping through.

Meruhesae stood there for a while longer, before taking a deep breath and sighing. Before looking at the shattered, demon glass around the floor.

Harry jumped through the pillar and was out the door in the same minute. There was nothing outside. And from behind himself, the house faded off into nothing. Harry blinked. Before the sounds of something crawling.. dragging, started to get louder.

One of the black, one eyed demons left the fog. It was dragging a tree limb with it. Harry twirled the dagger in his hands. The blade started to glow a bit more. Harry grinned, swiftly moving to the demon.

The demon snarled, hefting the tree by the roots, into the air, and slamming it down to the spot Harry was standing. Harry threw himself off to the side, out of the way of the tree with a gasp. Clutching the knife, he scrambled up and ran at the demon.

And Harry tripped, a few feet from the demon and skidded. Still holding the knife. The demon let go of the tree and picked Harry up by the back of his shirt.

Harry blinked as he was raised into the air. Still dizzy from his fall. Until he came face to face with that terrible eye that was in the center of their chests.

Harry's eyes widened. As right below the demon's eye, a mouth opened. A large mouth filled with 6 rows of shark like teeth. Harry screamed as he raised the dagger, and stabbed the monster in the eye. Blinding it and tearing the dagger out, and doing it again. Until the demon finally dropped him. Harry fell to the ground with a 'thud'. And then he rolled away before scrambling to his feet.

The demon was screaming, clawing at his eye before falling to the ground, going silent. Harry groaned, raising a hand to his face and cleaning it off of the stuff he got his with from the eye. Before stepping slowly over to the corpse. And pulling out the dagger from the eye. He shuddered, running a hand through his hair before hurrying away. Not even noticing that the longer he held onto the dagger, the lighter his hair color turned.

Well, there you all have it. My plan! And the house.. and the demons.. If you haven't known.. the first test was to kill at least one of the demons. Now, ONWARD! To the second test! Heehee... You all should be happy that whenever my internet fails I write this story.. .

Anyway, as I've said many, many times :

READ AND REVIEW!... pwease?

-Akua-