02/05/2006 Incomplete story.
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FROZEN CHILD
You believers may sit there and wonder if there is indeed a hell or a heaven. Well, there is.
Deep within the earth, well beyond any human means or travel. There are the gates to hell.
Within them is a city of the dead, life is as if you never died. The animals are ones you would only hear in myths and legend; dragons, demons, harpies and chubacabra, the rivers are made of molten fire, the land is made of cooled magma with little grass or trees and the sky is nothing but darkness, only lit by the fires of this world.
Once you enter the gates. You are classified your rank in this world and go on with life. But further into the city there is a large castle. The ones that go in there are seldom seen again. Everyone knows that within is their lord and master but no one has actually seen him in over a thousand years. He only permits someone into his home if he feels you are worth his time, regardless of your rank in the before life or now. Some say he is truly a devil, a creature so hideous, with a foul temper and an never ending hunger. Others say there is no one in that castle, and its' purpose is to keep order in this world such as a president does in the land of the living.
Truth be told there is indeed a master or this perilous world, he sits in the windowsill of his castle rooms or wanders the great corridors. Loneliness is his companion, always following his moves where ever he goes. His sad eyes searching his world for that special someone he can call 'friend'. The ones he had brought to the castle only amuse him for such short periods of time. In a nearby room sits the master of this desolate and bleak world. Once again searching is domain. Sighing the dark ruler, Duo brushed his dark chestnut braid over his shoulder.
"Is there no one to whom I can call friend?"
Stretching, he rose from his perch on the window sill and strolled down the long corridors into the throne room. Walking to the center of the room he gazed up at the portrait of his father, Lucifer.
"Father, were you alone as I am now?"
Staring at the picture for a few moments more Duo sighed in defeat and turned to leave the room. Suddenly he felt something.
A strange feeling, something in the back of his mind told him that someone was calling to him, but where?
"Didimus, come here at once!"
The large, double doors creaked open slowly and a short blue goblin appeared. Walking withing 5 steps of the lord, he bowed.
"Yes your majesty, what can I do to appease his grace?"
"Assemble a group of your best trackers, search the Land of the Living for anything peculiar"
The little goblin looked at his master in confusion.
"What exactly are we to look for your grace?"
"I am not sure, just go up there and look."
Didimus bowed several times and quickly left the master to his thoughts.
Once alone, he turned to look at his fathers' portrait once more, smiling.
"I think I may have found a friend after all father."
With that said, Duo bowed before his father and retreated for the night.
It was several days before Didimus and his fellow trackers returned with news to the now anxious king.
Bowing once more, the excited goblin almost forgot his manners as he relayed thier report.
"Your majesty, I do believe we found what you were looking for."
Duo could tell by the groups actions that it must've been quite a find for them to be so jittery.
"Where is this thing located?"
It took a few moments for the goblins to calm themselves, at the expense of a severe threat by his grace for them to report.
"Deep within the Land of the Living is a forgotten cave. Its surface completely covered in crystal and ice. Inside dwells a creature, frozen in time itself. It would be best for his lord to accompany us to see for hisself."
This certainly interested him, 'a creature frozen in time?' Summoning his marble chariot, and a team of 5 flying fire dragons. Duo and his minions headed toward the Land of the Living.
"This way your highness, it's right this way!"
Duo entered the mouth of a inner cave, and the sight before him made him gasp. There frozen in pure crystal was an angel. His wings were spread as if in the middle of flight. He had short, brown hair. His skin was as white as snow, his body was well musceled. With further looks his eyes were cobalt blue, they had a look of sadness and desperation to them, as if he were trying to reach out to someone in need.
Duos' eyes went misty, reminiscing about something. Quickly shaking out of his mind he ordered his minions to transport the angel to his chamber.
Alone in his room, Duo walked a slow circle around the frozen angel. Stopping to look into his eyes he whispered.
"Frozen child, why do you look to the skies in such sadness? Why has your god abandoned you to such a miserable place?"
Slowly he reached his hand out and touched the crystal coffin. To his surprise, it began to evaporate. As he watched it melt away, he quickly lifted the angel before he hit the floor.
"Lanzala, bring towels quickly!"
The door burst open, a tall lizard like creature rushed into the room. She stopped halfway into the room, when she saw her lord holding an angel in his arms.
"Don't dawdle Lanzala, bring those towels here."
Coming out of her stupor, she quickly placed the towels on the bed, bowing before she departed and closed the door.
Gently, Duo stript the angel of his soaked clothing and dried him with the towels. Placing him in the bed, he tucked in the blankets and headed for the door. Turning he glanced once more at the angel and smiled.
"Sweet dreams my angel."
Supposed morning arose as the cockatrice echoed in the distance the time of waking. The angel awoke with a start, never had it heard such a noise.
"What on earth could that be?" "Where am I?"
Rising out of the blankets, the angel took in his surrounding. Walking over to the end of the room, he saw there were several bookshelves full of books with topics he had never heard of. Peeking into the large armoire, there were lots of fancy clothes. Shutting it, he moved onto looking at the giant window, sitting on the window sill he gazed out to see a world of fire. Startled he jumped back and headed for the door. As he reached for the door knob he saw that it began to turn. Not knowing what was on the other side he quickly ran to the other side of the bed.
The door slowly opened and in walked a figure with a tray of food. The person saw him and smiled,
"Ah, I see you are finally awake, I was beginning to worry about you."
He was wearing a black outfit with a silver sash. When he bent over to put the tray on the large table a long snake like braid fell over his shoulders.
Straightening, he brushed his braid back and beckoned for him to come forward and eat.
"Don't worry it won't bite you."
Inching away from the bed he came closer. He was really hunger and the sight of food helped him give into his temptation over fear. Within seconds he was at the table eating a delicious meal. He stopped when he noticed the strange man staring at him.
"Umm...Is there any chance you could tell me where I am?" "Who are you?"
The black clad figure chuckled,
"Well for starters, my name is Duo. and this my friend is Hell"
The angel dropped his fork immediately, his eyes got wide with fright and he made a motion to flee. Duo tried to grab hold of him and only caused more fear as the angel shielded himself with his wings.
"Hey take it easy man, I'm not going to hurt you!"
The angel dropped his guard a bit, staring at him with doubting eyes.
"What do you plan to do with me?"
Duo smiled in amusement as he slowly walked up to the angel with an extended hand.
"All I want is your friendship, you're free to go if you wish."
"Why don't you tell me your name?"
The angel looked at him curiously as he gently grabbed hold on duos' hand and was led back to the table.
"My name is Heero."
Duo smiled, as he sat down across from Heero.
"Well Heero it's nice to make your acquaintence."
After finishing his meal, duo had servants clear the table and bring in some fabrics.
"Heero, your clothing was ruined so I had my tailor make you some new clothes."
Heero walked over to the bed and gasped, they were the most gorgeous clothes he had ever seen.
"I couldn't possibly wear such fancy clothing."
"Come now, we wouldn't want you wearing rags, I go outside while you try them on."