Chapter Seven A New Light

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Anti's P.O.V.

I let out a hoarse scream as I feel the demons burning arms reach into my neck through the slit reaching for who knows what this time. But I can't find it in myself to care, all I can think about was Jack. That Jack was here, and he saw me and the demon that our mother tried to sacrifice the two of us too. But I don't care about that, I just hope that he forgets what he saw, or at the very least believe it was just a dream, he doesn't deserve to suffer with the knowledge that there's a demon inside of him.

I let out another out another scream as I feel the demons arms pierce into my spine twisting it in ways it shouldn't. I force my thoughts back onto my brother and I can feel myself crying from the pain for the first time in a long time as I get the image of the girl, Liru I think is her name, comforting Jack. Good, she's a good soul-mate for him, she'll keep him safe where I can't, she won't leave him behind.

I scream again as the demon forces my head back and used two of it's arms to hold my left eye open, the arms burning everything it touches. It stares down at me, sick pleasure in it's beady eyes as I begin to freak out.

"No," My voice is hoarse as I seen one arm lowering down towards it, "no no no no no N̶O̶̢͏!͝" I quickly block out my connection with Jack, refusing to let this thing see what brings him comfort and twist it until he can't even look at her anymore. And for the first time in years, I scream for Jack as it pierces my eye.2

Liru's P.O.V.

As I walk into the room I see Jack clutching one of the pillows looking a bit tense as he jerks in his sleep every once in a while. The distress emitting from him was almost nauseating. I quickly set the scythe against the wall and walk quickly over to him, putting the box on the nightstand, and bend down grabbing his arm gently and instantly my mind flashes to a room light only by a candle covered wall to wall in dolls and figurines with a guy only a year younger than Jack, with teal hair and… he has both mine and Jack's soul-mark hooking at the back of his neck.

'He's one of Jacks brothers…' As I realize this I can feel the soul-mark on my right hand, A golden Pocket-watch with it's chain wrapped around my wrist and two silver hands, moves. I quickly pull my hand away, confused, looking at the mark I can see that the hour hand had moved from the 10 to the 11.

'What. The. Fuck. You know what, I'll deal with it later.' I look back down at Jack a bit worried as he is still distressed but it doesn't seem to be hurting him, and I shouldn't wake him up when he was as tired as he was.

'But that dream.' That… didn't feel like a dream. I take a deep but shaky breathe as I force his distress out of my mind and stand up. As I do a feel Izzy rubbing against my legs and I let out a small laugh as I bend down giving her a quick pet before going over to the full body mirrors and taking off the cloak and tossing it over a chair, I look at the damaged shirt seeing the large hole(s) and I can't help but pout a little at the ruined fabric before just taking it off and throwing it on top of the cloak.

I bring my hand up examining it, rubbing my thumb over the hands in confusion before I freeze hearing Jack whisper in his sleep.

"JJ…?"

I jerk out of my frozen state at the feeling of shock and confusion coming from the watch and just as quickly as it hit me it disappeared leaving my own confusion and shock behind. I look back towards Jack confused and a little worried but he doesn't seemed to have gotten worse. After a few seconds I turn back to the mirrors though keeping an eye on him in the mirror.

I look over the soul-marks over them chest, arms, face and stomach looking at them with interest, silently counting them for the thousandth time. I have fourteen on my arms, stomach, chest and face although I'm more focused on the wings wrapped around the lower part of my back and stomach, uninterrupted by the scars having healed over them. They were a beautiful emerald green covered in a black smoky fog only allowing flecks of the of the emerald feather beneath it to show through.

As I stare at it a feel the hairs on the back of my neck raise up and as I look up and I can see Τριφύλλι standing in the corner of the room, an angry aura around him. I roll my eyes in annoyance, already knowing how prudish they're being right now.

"Honestly Τριφύλλι it's just a body, If you keep acting this prude I'll start calling you purity." I smirk at the sour feeling he gives off reaching up and taking the gems out of my hair and with little hums, they appear in one of the jewelry boxes on the vanity.

I roll my eyes again at they're childish demand at me to put a shirt on before Jack wakes up.

"I highly doubt he'll freak out if he see's me without a shirt on." I take my hair out of the braid letting it cascade down to the back of my heel, before looking back at the two pairs of wings wrapped around my stomach from my back. The Emerald feathers covered in the thick black smoke and the white iridescent feathers threatening to be covered by the same type of smoke, both covered in faded runes and sigils.

"Besides," I say turning to them, "I need to do something anyways." I look over to Jack slightly worried before looking who was laying on her paws at the end of the bed staring at me with wide eyes. I walk over to her and she sit up to meet my hand, petting her gently.

"Keep an eye on him, okay Baby girl?" She just lets out a purr in response giving my wrist a quick lick before going and laying on him. I turn to Τριφύλλι with a slight glare on my face my voice a bit harsher than intended, but oh well.

"If you or any of the other harm a hair on his hand I'm ripping you guys apart." I give a sweet smile, ignoring the angry cold radiating from him as I go over to Jack and as I go to kiss his cheek, I freeze seeing the grassy green tuft of hair. I tilt my head studying it before whispering,

"Add that to list of things I need to figure out." I quickly give him a peck on the cheek before leaving the room quickly, going towards the apothecary room, listen to the storm begin to waver as I walk there. When I get there I just walk in quickly where I see Mai sitting on top of a jar of paint I made with two paint brushes in her mouth. I giggle a little walking over to her and grabbing the paint brushes from her mouth.

"Thank you, Mai."

"You're welcome!"

I just smile in return before picking up the jar and letting her hop onto my shoulder before walking out of the room and walking to the short cut door to an, other wise closed off room of the castle. I was a large almost empty room, made of tree roots that held up the libraries, except for the circle that covered most of the room with a constant pour of water into making it a wall of water, lightning bugs were every were on the outside of the wall of water lighting up the room like little yellow moons.

And last but not least, a Lavender soul with Lilac eyes, I made them them accidentally recently, they didn't have any distinct for except for the eyes, they were always curious but to scared to leave the room so I brought a bunch of lightning bugs and plants and flowers to keep them entertained, sometimes they'll even listen to me sing when I am painting the sigils on my soul-marks.

I tried to see if they had a name at first but it seems they didn't so I decided to name them Robbie, I guess in away he's my child because I created his soul which is interesting to me because they're the soul that goes to the Lavender and Lilac yin like symbol.

As I walk into the room the soul, Robbie seems to perk up and zip from the other side of the room over to me, much like I would when I was younger with Τριφύλλι until I realized it didn't like it.

"Hey Robbie." I say my voice quiet as I closed the door and Mai hopped from my shoulder to my hands to the floor, staying away from the water. I give Robbie a pat before walking through the water, the water vaporizing quickly as I walk to the center of the circle, feeling the pulses of life from the roots as I open the jar of paint setting it at my feet putting the brushes in it.

The paint was made from certain potion mixtures that are meant to act has protection for my soulmates, which is why they are painted on their soul-marks. I want to protecting them from whatever was trying/corrupting them. I stand up as straight as I can, staring through the water to where Robbie was surrounded by the lightning bugs. I take a deep breathe closing my eyes focusing on myself and as I do I can feel my head become heavier as I feel my horns begin to form, my skin begins to itch before patches of scales grow out and I can feel my back burn as my wings come out of my back held in place by the long black bony arms and hands holding them in place.

I wince a little as I feel my teeth sharpen to be more like a dragons, more jagged and ready to kill, my tail uncurls laying in a circle around me the feathers laying flat against it the spike letting out a small rattle as it lays on the floor. I wince at the sounds the buzzing from the bugs, the breathing from Mai, the now roaring of the water. The brightness from the lightning bugs and the glow from my own horns. The smells from the room thankful that it was only this room I could smell, the flowers, the fresh water, the smell of Birds of Paradise, rain water and fresh grass.

'Robbie.'

I open my eyes knowing that they went back to looking like the universe, looking directly at Robbie and I begin to sing.

"If I could begin to be

half of what you think of me

I could do about anything

I could even learn how to love."

I hear the paint brushes mix in the jar before lifting up and beginning to paint on the wings as I focus on those two alone and I shiver a bit at the cold of the paint.

"When I see the way you act

Wondering when I'm coming back

I could do about anything

I can even learn how to love like you."

I'm beginning to get flashes of someone that looks like Jack but around a year or so older, with a halo and two large white iridescent wings and I can feel the awe come over me before fear as I see what look like void demons called Nuboj, Clouds. They eat away at anything beautiful.

"Love like you"

It takes years for them to get their hosts to kill themselves, and the worse part is that they have to be offered to them by those that they are supposed to be able to trust.

"I always thought that I might be bad

But now I'm sure that it's true

'Cause I think you so good

And I'm nothing like you."

My mind flash to another one but this time it made my heart freeze and my singing stutter for a second, the brushes painting like nothing happened. This one had a black eye with a neon green iris and one of Blue Lapis with a slit throat to top it all off.

"Look at you go

I just adore you

I wish that I knew

What makes you think that I'm so special."

I recognize that demon, αφέντης των μαριονετών, the Master of Puppets, they can only control people who have been merged mind, body and soul but it seems it was only the body- JACK.

"If I could begin to do

Something does right by you

I would do about everything

I would even learn how to love."

I feel my heart begin to pound as I force myself to focus on the sigils, ignoring the anger threatening to take hold and cause me to lash out, they're almost done and to concentrate I force myself to focus on Jack, the happy times hopping he'll be able to see even a little bit.

"When I see the way you look

Shaken by how long it took

I could do about anything

I could even learn how to love like you."

I take a deep breathe focusing on what makes me happy right now who I love 'Jack.' I feel my heart speed up a little at the memory of his smile, his real smile.

"Love like you."

I feel my body relaxing, a plan on what to do already forming in my head.

"Love me like you."

The paint brushes went back into the jar and I can feel the runes dry and I let out a shaky breathe as I force my horns away feeling my head become lighter, then I fold my wings back into my back. I wince as I feel my teeth go back to how they normally are, sharper than a humans but not enough to notice unless looking closely, I then curl up my tail hiding it and finally force my scales back to skin.

I take a few deep shaky breathes before picking up the jar and brushes and walking out of the circle the water evaporating rather quickly and Robbie, once again, zips over to me. I smile at them and pat them gently,

"Do you want to come with me or stay?"

They move back a little indicating they wanted to stay and I just smile saying, "Alright then, I'll see you later sweetie." I walk out of the room and back into the apothecary setting the jar on the counter, Mai hopping up next to it just as the door closes.

"I'll see you in a bit Mai, go find Serenity and don't start a fight with Pumpkin." I giver her a scratch under her chin before going back to my room humming small tune along the way. When I walk into the room I seeing Jack tossing and turning and I frown before walking over to the mirrors, summoning sapphire blue satin blouse with slightly puffy sleeves towards the wrists. I quickly slide it on and button up and as I finish buttoning the third button from the blouse up, Jack lets out a scream that shakes the room, probably even the castle, and an explosion of green lightning bursting from his body.

"ŖUN̷ JA̡CK P͢L̸EASE!͞"

The fear and pleading from whatever voice forced it's way into my head nearly knocks me off my feet when I was running over to Jack. I grab onto Jacks arm and nearly winces at the lightning branching from him, shaking him trying to wake him up not sure how and I nearly pass out at the same voice nearly identical to his forces it's way into my head again and I can hear the αφέντης των μαριονετών, roaring in the background.

"P҉LEASE̸-"

I shake Jack harder, begging him to wake up at this point, terrified at the thought of the demon hurting him, and after a few seconds the lightning disappears, and Jack wakes up, baby blue eyes wide and terrified as he looks into mine. I can hear his heart racing widely as he searches my eyes and after a few seconds, his own begin to tear up as he launches himself into my arms wrapping my in a tight and desperate hug as he begins to cry.

"master of puppets" is αφέντης των μαριονετών

Club is Τριφύλλι

Bird of Paradise symbolizes joyfulness. It also symbolizes magnificence. It can also be used to indicate exciting and wonderful anticipation.