A-Z of Melizabeth by Fullmetal Pyromaniac

J is for...

Joy/Joyous

Prompt by ismokinski and c0c0cat

Ruby takes a week out of our scheduled programme to bring you this AU...

Meliodas had felt many things over the years, it was around his 100th birthday when he realised they'd all been negative. The demon realm was grim and dark, not really a place where you'd find happiness or joy.

Though he supposed some of them felt joy in needless torture of humans, or if they (not him) were very lucky, goddesses. God how they loved taking off the wings of goddesses, like flies the demons held them down as they squirmed and pleaded, begged, for their wings to be kept intact.

Meliodas was sick more often than not. In private of course, it was a crime punishable by death to show hatred for torture. The years passed and he became numb. No longer crying by himself or throwing up in secret. He couldn't feel anything.

It was around his 200th birthday that he got his hands on a magical orb. You could look into it and see whatever you wanted, anyone you wanted. It was amazing.

Hiding it in his black leather coat, Meliodas ran to his room and gently took it out. It was like glass, cold and there was a small cloudy part in the middle. Meliodss closed his eyes.

I want to see something that will bring me joy.

The globe warmed up gently until it was pleasant to touch. He gently opened his eyes. The cloud had expanded to reveal a picture, it was of a garden of the purest green. Yellows, reds, blues, purples, oranges, pinks, every colour you could think of dotted the grass. It was beautiful.

Then a wave of silver got his attention, and the picture moved to a young woman sitting in the field reading a book. Her hair was silver, her eyes like the sky and she had a single blue earring in one ear. Wings protruded from the back of her white dress, shimmering beautifully.

The first thing Meliodas felt in years was love.

~*~*J is for...*~*~

He didn't know how, but Meliodas was definitely infatuated by this goddess. He knew more about her than she did herself, she was clumsy, a perfectionist, she cried often, she was beautiful. She was his light in the darkness, she made living bearable.

Her name was Elizabeth.

A month of being in love with her and he decided he had to meet her. So he did, late one night when all the demons were sleeping he snuck out of the demon realm and went to the human world, from there he ascended to the goddesses world.

It was totally different from his homeland, it was filled with white and shiny things. Meliodas decided to go visit Elizabeth's favourite field first. After wandering around for a bit, he found it. He wanted to go run in it, to see what it was that made it so amazing but he couldn't. He was frozen. Elizabeth sat in the middle of it, stargazing.

She was even prettier up close, Meliodas took deep breaths and carefully walked up to her, loving the way flowers and grass felt beneath his feet.

"Uh, hi, mind if I join you?" He said, Elizabeth squeaked and sat up abruptly. Meliodas swore he fell in love with with her all over again. Her eyes were wide and shone even in the night.

"O-oh of course, I'm sorry, I wasn't even aware there was someone here"

Meliodas sat next to her and stared at the sky.

"Don't be, I happened to see you and wanted to see the stars for myself. I sorry for sartling you"

Elizabeth blushed and gazed at the sky too. The couple were silent for a while.

"Where are you from, I don't remember seeing you around here before?"

Meliodas inwardly sighed but winked and tapped his nose.

"Ah, I'm afraid that's top secret information. If I told you, I'd have to kill you"

Laughter escaped Elizabeth's mouth, making Meliodas grin. Though it faded once he realised his statement was probably true...

"I'm a goddess, if you couldn't tell already" she said, pointing to her gleaming wings. "I'm not a very good goddess though..."

"nonsense! I'm sure you're an amazing goddess" Meliodss insisted, Elizabeth just sighed and shook her head.

"You don't understand, I'm clumsy and I can't even heal people properly"

"Well, maybe not now, but you seem young. I promise you in a bit you'll be healing people left, right and centre"

She looked up at him, her eyes full of hope.

"Really? You think so?"

Meliodas nodded, "Sure, you're tough and filled with potential. You could do anything you wanted"

The two noticed the sun leaking over the horizon. Meliodas' eyes widened in fear, but he discretely covered it up.

"I need to go, it was lovely meeting you Elizabeth" and he began to run off.

"Wait!" She shouted. Meliodas turned back, "Will you meet me tomorrow night, I want to see you again"

"The same time, I promise" he called back, then took off running. Adrenaline bursting through his veins. He was going to see her again.

~*~*J is for...*~*~

For the next few weeks, the glass orb that Meliodas had purchased lay discarded in his cave. He had been meeting with Elizabeth in secret for weeks now and with every meeting he was falling further down the abyss of love.

He still hadn't told her he was a demon. Every time he saw her, he felt more and more guilty. So he decided, that night he'd tell her. And if she was horrified then, well, he'd burn that bridge after he crossed it.

Elizabeth was sat in the meadow as usual when he arrived. Meliodas took a deep breath and walked over to her.

"Hey Elizabeth" he said, Elizabeth peered up at him and grinned.

"Hi Meliodas, how are you?"

"I'm okay" He breathed in and out and sat down.

"Listen Elizabeth, I need to tell you something"

Elizabeth frowned, "Meliodas? Is something wrong?"

Meliodas sighed and ran a hand through his blonde hair.

"maybe it's better if I showed you..." He pondered. Then frowned more.

"Listen, Elizabeth, if you hate me or never want to see me again or even if you want to report me for coming here, then you can"

"Meliodas, you're scaring me" she whispered. He didn't say anything, he just closed his eyes and let his power flow.

He could feel his power seeping through his pores, accumulating in his right eye and turning it a deep black. A feathered wing of darkness wound its way around his right arm and began glowing a threatening, toxic purple.

Meliodas briefly opened his eyes bu closed them soon after. He couldn't bear to see Elizabeth's terror, her hatred for him.

"I'm a demon, Elizabeth. I'm a monster. I'm hundreds of years old. I'm sorry for hiding it from you"

"I was wondering when you'd tell me"

Meliodas' eyes snapped open, Elizabeth stood smiling at him fondly.

"I'm a goddess remember, I wasn't sure at first, I could have sworn I felt a strange presence whenever you were around. Then I heard my sisters talk about the demon Meliodas and his family and I was sure it was you. They said you were a murderer and still, I fell in love with you anyway"

"You fell in love with me?" He asked incredulously, Elizabeth nodded then cocked her head.

"I suppose that's the wrong way to put it. I walked into love with you, Meliodas, with my eyes wide open and choosing to take every step I did. You're not a murderer, you're kind hearted despite your demonic origins. I love you"

Meliodas absorbed his powers back and returned to his normal state, then he rushed forward and pulled Elizabeth into a kiss. It was long, passionate and everything the two had dreamed of.

"Luckily for you, I fell in love. I fell hard for you Elizabeth, I don't know what I'd do without you"

Elizabeth giggled and pecked his lips gently.

"Hopefully you won't have to find out, I'm not going anywhere Meliodas"

and they sealed that promise with a final kiss.

~*~*J is for...*~*~

It was a few weeks later Meliodas was in the throne room with his siblings and father discussing something. He wasn't listening. He was thinking of Elizabeth.

"-das! Meliodas?!" His father shouted, Meliodas shook his head and looked up.

"Yes, father?" He asked emotionlessly, his father smiled cruelly and leant on his hands.

"Your brothers and I were discussing the war on the goddesses. We were asking for your opinion"

War? Meliodas couldn't stop the fear flashing through his eyes. He became stoic once more.

"I don't see why you're asking me. My wings aren't fully formed so I'd be no use fighting, and I've never been good at strategies. I think the wars pointless anyway"

"See father" Estarossa sneered crudely, "I said he'd be of no use. I wouldn't be surprised if he ran away, the coward"

"Better a coward than a murderer" Meliodas snapped back.

Before Estarossa could make a scathing reply, his father stood up.

"Shut it both of you, Meliodas, you're excused" a nicer way of saying "get the fuck out of here before I shred you"

Meliodas took the opportunity to run. He ran all the way to his cave and gathered a bag, filling it with all his essentials. He'd been planning this for a while, but hoped it would have been a little less rushed and more sentimental.

He ran once more, right out of the demon realm and into the goddesses world, speeding right to the meadow where he had met Elizabeth. She was there too, sobbing into her hands.

"Elizabeth? Elizabeth? What's wrong?" He said, running to her side and embracing her. She sobbed into his shirt, soaking it.

"M-Meliodas!" She wailed, "I-it's awful. The g-goddesses a-are planning to e-eradicate the d-demons. E-especially y-you"

She clung onto him tighter, Meliodas kissed the top of her head and hugged her tighter.

"Elizabeth, this may be a little rushed, but marry me"

Elizabeth peered up at him, "w-what?"

"I'm leaving, I'm going to earth and I want you to join me. You're my soul reason for living. My happiness, my joy, my everything all rely on you. I don't want to live without you. If you come to earth with me we can get married, I'll open a shop to make money for us. Tell me you'll come with me"

Elizabeth nodded shakily, "Yes, I'll go with you. Let's leave now, before people come looking"

So hand in hand, Meliodas and Elizabeth travelled through the gate to earth.

Their life from then on was amazing, the goddesses and demons didn't come after them. They were probably glad to be rid of the both. Meliodas and Elizabeth ran a small, but very popular, tavern in Edinburgh until the day they died.

They were married two months after arriving in earth, surrounded by the few close friends they had met while working.

Two years later and Elizabeth gave Meliodas his biggest joy in life, his daughter Anais. Then a year later his son Alistair and his second daughter Faylinn.

And so Meliodas felt nothing but joy until his last few moments.

They all lived happily ever after.

The End.

A.N. Ahhhh lovely and fluffy ^_^ this was difficult to write but once I got the hang of it, it just came out! Thank you for all the suggestions I got! It's getting harder to write for this fandom but I swear on Gowther I will finish this story! I've still got the manga to keep me in check.

Sorry of this story's a little OOC, especially Estarossa I've never actually seen the character. I've only heard of them! -_-;;;

Tell me what you thought and I'll see you next time for 'K' see you!

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P.S. Happy (late) 3rd of October to all my alchemists and mean girls out there!

P.P.S. So for my English class I have to write a short story and I was wondering if you'd be interested in seeing the final product. It would be posted on my wattpad account (Ruby-Like-Fire) about a week or two from now.

Would you want to read it? Let me know!