The Devil as a Father, Chapter 4

Author's note: The events mentioned as possible futures are not necessarily going to be written. These were long term future items.

It was Halloween and Lucifer was hiding in his club, watching the elevator door that went to his not so private penthouse with trepidation. Maze, his favorite demon and friend sauntered over and looked at him and the door.

"Did you piss off Mrs. Morningstar?" she asked.

Lucifer shook his head and continued to observe the elevator door.

"Did you piss off Trixie?"

Lucifer turned to her and gave her a perplexed look. "Beatrice has me wrapped around her little finger," he said mildly, "As does the aforementioned Mrs. Morningstar."

"Oh my Devil," said Maze, "you pissed off Harry?"

Lucifer laughed, "No he has me wrapped around his little finger as well," he said and smiled fondly, "No I'm terrified because he wants to be ME for Halloween."

Maze's eyes grew wide, and she snorted. Then she chuckled. Then she gave a full-out belly laugh and put her head down on the table and beat it in full out amusement.

Lucifer surveyed his top demon and then an evil smiled graced his handsome features. "I'm glad you are so amused, because Beatrice decided she wants to be you," he smirked.

Maze sat up in astonishment but to Lucifer's surprise, she wasn't worried, she grinned.

"I wonder how she will dress to be me? Wow. The spawn always amazes me."

Then they heard the elevator ding, and the door slid open. First out was Detective Morningstar, ready to take her children out to trick-or-treat. Lucifer and Maze both stood up, staring at her with interest.

She grinned, which Lucifer took as a good sign, and Trixie popped out. She was dressed as a ninja, but had done a wonderful make-up job so that half of her face looked much like Maze in demon form. She also carried what Lucifer hoped were plastic weapons and had a ninja sword across her back.

Maze gave a sigh of contentment.

Then Harry Morningstar walked out of the elevator, and Maze collapsed on the ground and laughed.

Lucifer worriedly looked at his beloved adoptive son and saw that Harry was wearing a miniature 3-piece suit, and had a very well done fake light beard, and angel wings on his back. Harry looked up and Lucifer realized his son had glowing red eyes.

And all his worries slid away. His son loved all of him, red eyes, damned wings and all.

He sniffled. Harry looked cute and proud.

"Maze, want to go trick-or-treating with the Morningstar family?" he asked

Maze wiped tears of laughter out of her eyes and nodded. "Auntie Maze loves family outings with this lot."

So they left the Lux, leaving Lucifer's employees in charge, and went to Chloe's designated neighborhoods for trick-or-treat.

Lucifer had decided to upgrade his regular vehicle because now he had a family to tow about, so he purchased a bunch of epic cars that met his stringent requirements for beauty, style, handling, and now, because he had two beautiful children to protect, modern seat belts with shoulder straps.

So they drove the new but actually old Bentley. Maze loved it, Trixie already knew how to drive it, and Harry was taking lessons with his Dad too. Chloe sat in the front. "Maybe I should have dressed up too," she said. "You already look like an angel, darling." Said Lucifer.

"Oh barf," said the 3 people in the back simultaneously. Chloe smiled at him and he grinned.

Lucifer didn't ordinarily use magic except for protecting his family but he shot Chloe a look.

"Darling, would you mind if I gave you a costume?"

Chloe looked at him and said, 'As long as I'm not a stripper."

Lucifer smiled. "Only for me, love," and turned her into an angel, with a lovely non-attached glowing halo, white robes and wings that chimed with music.

Maze, Harry and Trixie all shrieked with glee and Chloe checked herself out in the mirror. "Oh Lucifer, it's beautiful!" she exclaimed.

"You are beautiful, the costume just accentuates your charms."

"Mom is pretty," said Harry authoritatively. Then he looked at his demon Auntie and smiled, "So are our Auntie Maze, and Trixie."

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While Mrs. Edwards was retired and had arthritis, she loved kids, costumes and Halloween. She had tons of candy ready for children and was sitting on her front porch, dressed as a gypsy waiting for the fun. Her yard was filled with fairy lights, a small graveyard with silly stuff written on each tombstone, and a lovely pumpkin patch. When a real Bentley parked across the street, she grabbed her phone and took a picture and grinned. A very handsome man got out of the car and released an angel, two demons and a small devil/angel on the populace. Then gorgeous white wings sprang out of his shoulders.

Mrs. Edwards might be old but wings didn't spring out of men's backs, especially men wearing really beautiful 3-piece suits. She frowned and then looked at the little group with her special way of viewing things; the one that had led her to divorce Mr. Edwards years ago.

She blinked. The woman who looked like a demon, was a demon but a very nice one. She blinked again at the thought of a nice demon. How odd. The man with the angel wings was Lucifer and the sight of his aura caused her to burst into tears. She had no idea that the Devil had been so tortured and alone. He had found love and healing now, with the lady dressed like an angel, who was actually a new type of angel. The little girl dressed like a demon, was a little girl with some angel in her. The little boy was magical and not a demon at all and he had been hurt just like Lucifer. They all loved each other and were finding healing and growth.

She ran in the house and got some of her special chocolate cake and her very special chocolate cake, and waited to see if they would visit her house.

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Harry turned and looked across the street at a cheerful house with an old woman dressed as a gypsy.

"Dad, that lady is a seer," he said, "and very nice. I think she can see us for real."

Lucifer looked across the street at the older woman who smiled and waved at them cheerfully and then went back to giving out candy. He sensed no discord or ill intent. "Let's make sure we visit that house." he said,

When they got to her house, the old woman got up a bit slowly and then curtsied to Lucifer.

"Greetings," she said formally, "I am so glad you have all found love." Then a tear made its way down her cheek.

She pulled up two bakery boxes, "Now this one has legal marijuana baked in it and will be very nice for you and your lovely demon," she said. Lucifer could see she had drawn a little devil emoji on the box. "I use it to help with aches and pains."

"Then this one is my special chocolate cake that the children and Mrs. Devil will like very much." And here she handed Trixie a box with angel wings drawn on it. "I hope you enjoy it, Dear."

Then she pointed to several chairs and gestured for them to sit while she handed Trixie and Harry a lot of candy.

"Now, darlings, if it would please you, I have a bit a gift for reading auras. Would you like me to do you a reading?" she asked.

Lucifer thought about it. "Not the future. I'm very happy right now, and want to just enjoy my loved ones."

The old woman smiled. "It's not always the future I see anyway, just some truths. Or if someone has evil intent."

Lucifer smirked, "You know I'm the devil and you don't accuse me of ill intent?" he asked with only a hint of bitterness. He felt Harry nestle at his side protectively.

"If I were a monster," she said slowly, "Then I would be terrified, because you are the one who terrifies and punishes the monsters. But because you have Mrs. Devil here," she grinned at Chloe and patted her hand, "you may be bringing some of the dark souls back to light."

Then she took Lucifer's hand in her own veiny soft hands, "And you are NOT a monster," she said fiercely. "I'd adopt you all if I could because you are good, good quality people and deserve lots of love."

Lucifer was stunned and found himself feeling an ache in his chest he usually associated with Chloe's fierce love for him. He looked down at Harry, who had good instincts. Harry grinned up at him and hugged him. The he looked at Chloe and Trixie who also had excellent instincts and they looked pleased. Finally he turned to Maze, who grinned.

"We've had some wonderful experiences with adoption," he said. "This year I'm planning on having a huge thanksgiving feast at the Lux with all my friends, employees, co-workers and all the people who have become friends. Would you honor us with your presence? I can arrange for a car to bring you and we have elevators so no stairs need be dealt with. Please note we're not really sure about Who we are being thankful to, so that part is private. We just know who we are thankful for." He was not saying grace.

The old woman smiled at him and nodded. "Can I bring a few dishes?"

"Oh yes." Maze said. Lucifer looked over and realized Maze was sniffing the special chocolate cake very appreciatively.

Chloe smiled, "We would love to have you enjoy the day with us. By the way, I'm Mrs. Morningstar, although Mrs. Devil is perfectly accurate."

The old woman smiled, "I'm Mrs. Edwards, and Morningstar is a beautiful name." She looked at Lucifer again and then said, "Extremely apt for he who made the stars that guide us on the seas, and provide light at night, and our own star that causes light during the day. We would be nothing without your stars, Mr. Morningstar."

Then she turned to Maze. "Darling, you ARE a soul. You will always be with Lucifer and the rest of your family, so don't worry about being stuck somewhere you don't want to be. Also, you teach the children so much about defense, you have a light shining in the direction of teaching people, like policemen, small children and abused adults who need your ability to be fierce."

Then she turned to Trixie. "Dear you are going to go into space and colonize a planet but please don't become a mayor. And don't worry about studying science except for fun. You are going to do something wonderful just by being you. "

She took Harry's hand, "You still have stupid magic people after you. Keep up the magic studies with your Father. I see a werewolf who needs pack and a man who is your Godfather in the magic world who is in a terrible prison. He was put there by that nasty Gandalf man with the beard. When the time is right, your Father will rescue him, but he is badly broken by his suffering and not quite sane. Follow your Father's advice in all you do in this situation."

Harry looked a bit nervous but Lucifer hugged him and he felt his son's confidence in him.

Now the older woman looked tired, "I have not seen so much potential in a long time." She turned to Chloe. "I don't see you having a baby, but I see you adopting babies with your husband and causing a lot of changes in the world, including the magical world. I also see you helping to clean out a lot of evil in the police department. Someone named Dan, who has done some very bad things, is going to help you because he wants to change. Harry is going to help him a lot. Dan has a lot of things to learn and he needs good friends."

She sat back. "Well I'm totally ready for bed. I'm very pleased to have met you." She stood and Lucifer, who could be very picky about touching strangers, kissed her forehead and made sure she got all her things in the house and the lights out.

They continued the evening and got more candy and had a great deal of fun. Lucifer enjoyed the reactions to their costumes, and Chloe's blushes when people told her she looked like a real angel. He agreed totally. As he drove his adorable demon spawn home, he remembered how Mrs. Edwards told him he was not a monster. He was starting, just a little, to believe.