Lilith opened her mouth, her fangs mashing together as her flames on her fist intensified. Jimmy pushed his friends back with his hands, as the demon inched closer, looking as if she were a murderous rabid animal. Jimmy thought for a second, the wild look in her eyes, and the red glowing gaze she gave him, this reminded him of something he had read.

Lilith's eyes were completely red, as she walked closer and closer towards the terrified teenagers. Sheen climbed over Carl, as his hands covered Carl's glasses, making them both scream in terror.

"Lilith, you have to stop, we are your friends, remember the people you care for, you aren't like these demons, you actually have compassion and a heart!" Jimmy pleaded, as Lilith threw her hand forward, causing a molten ball of lava to fly towards the group.

Jimmy snatched Sheen and Carl's hands and dove out of the way, as the lava splattered on the ground, bursting into a heap of flames and burning rock.

"We have to make a run for it guys, or we are all going to be demon chow!" Sheen squawked, as he kicked Carl off of him, running away from the group, only to smack into a rock knocking himself out.

Jimmy pondered, nothing he said seemed to be getting to Lilith, she was unresponsive. Jimmy turned his gaze to Lucifer, who was giving Lilith an intense look, as his tongue flicked in and out of his mouth.

Didn't demons have the ability to control others? Jimmy glanced into Lucifer's eyes, only to see them shifting and glowing faintly. How could he be so blind? Lucifer was plaguing Lilith's mind with dark thoughts and forcing her to obey his commands!

"Carl we have to break Lucifer's concentration, it's our only chance at survival!" Jimmy said, Carl shook his head no, as he hid behind Jimmy.

"I-I can't, I am scared of demons! Especially big ones that look like giant s-snakes!" Carl whined, as Jimmy thought for a second.

Lilith would have to be distracted so he could get to Lucifer undetected, since the cobra was focusing all his power on Lilith.

"Sorry Carl," Jimmy said, as he shoved his friend forward towards their demon friend. Lilith hissed, as she lunged at Carl, but the overweight boy could move when he was terrified! Lilith slammed her fist into the stone, breaking it without much effort as her flames fizzled out.

Carl had dodged Lilith by a hair, and he was running towards who knew where, as Lilith went after him. Lilith opened her wings, taking off into the air, and swooping above Carl while spitting out a column of fire at the ground.

Jimmy rolled to the side, avoiding Lilith's flames as he recovered and pressed a button on his watch. His trusty laser burst from his watch, as it sliced through the air, and hit Lucifer right in his eye. Lucifer hissed angrily, as his gaze was broken, forcing him to look to the side to avoid the laser.

Jimmy kept his laser pointed at Lucifer, as the cobra opened its mouth, revealing its long and sharp fangs. Carl tripped over a stone, and crashed on the ground, and could only turn to look at the demon closing in on him.

The fire stopped just inches from Carl, and Lilith flapped her wings as she levitated in the air shaking her head. Lilith looked around her and wrinkled her nose, as she scratched her head.

"Ugh, that was awful, I felt like I was in a pit full of darkness, where am I?" Lilith said oblivious to Carl who was hyperventilating, and shaking as if he was about to faint out of fear.

"Lilith I can't hold Lucifer anymore, you have to get Carl and Sheen out of here!" Jimmy commanded to his demon friend, as Lucifer broke away from the laser, slithering towards Jimmy with his mouth gaping wide.

Lilith landed next to Carl, before helping her shaking friend up. Carl seemed relieved to have Lilith back on their side, but he was still terrified of Lucifer.

"AWARRGG!" Carl said, as he pointed a shaky finger at Jimmy who was cowering away from the giant cobra towering over him. Jimmy tried to crawl away, but Lucifer's tail wrapped around Jimmy blocking him in.

Jimmy was forced to face Lucifer's jaws, as the cobra opened his mouth. Lilith closed her eyes, she would have to fight her father to save her friends, and abandon all her teachings.

Lilith opened her eyes, lighting her fists before leaping up into the air. Lucifer struck at Jimmy, lunging with his jaws open to swallow him whole, only to have Jimmy shield his face and yell out in fear. Lilith connected her fist into Lucifer's skull, moving his jaws to where they missed Jimmy and slammed into his own fleshy tail.

Lucifer quickly recovered, slithering back around, to where he faced his rebellious daughter. Lilith stood in front of Jimmy hissing at her father, as he opened his jaws and roared.

He lunged, making Lilith push Jimmy out of the way. Jimmy landed several dozens of feet away, from Lilith's powerful strength, only to whip back around and see Lucifer twisting his body around Lilith and sinking his fangs into her wing as he tried to constrict her.

His head was latched onto Lilith's wing, as his body squeezed the life out of Lilith. The demon wheezed, as she cried out weakly from pain, unable to move, as Lucifer's scales scratched and pierced her skin.

Lilith flinched when she felt her bones crack and pop, if he went any tighter, Lilith would pop like a grape! Lilith opened her mouth, and sank her teeth into Lucifer's scaly body, making him roar in pain and loosen a bit. Lilith tore a chunk of flesh from his body, before spitting it out, and shifting to where she could break free of Lucifer's grip.

Lilith slammed both her hands into the sides of his constricting body, making Lucifer's body break his powerful constriction. Lucifer ripped a chunk of feathers and flesh from Lilith's wing, as he released her from his jaws.

Lilith kicked the rest of Lucifer's body off of her, making him fly far away, and land on the stone, and lie still as he recovered. Lucifer picked himself up, opening his hood as he hissed, preparing to lunge again.

Lilith knew she couldn't defeat her father, she could only buy her friends time. Lilith's eyes darted to Jimmy, who was giving her a scared and concerned look, as he glanced at her bleeding wounds from Lucifer's scales.

Lilith stretched her wings, she couldn't fly far, since Lucifer took a chunk out of her injured wing. Lilith would need to carry all three of them, and throw them through the portal before closing it. Lucifer couldn't get through the portal, so that was not the problem, the problem was getting there and fighting through the forces of the underworld.

Lilith formed a ball of fire between her shaking hands, before forcing the ball to sail through the air and slam into Lucifer's head. The cobra snarled, as the embers danced on his head, making him shake them off and wipe the fire off of his snout.

Lilith quickly went over to Jimmy and grabbed his shirt, before shakily forcing herself up into the air. Her wing ached and stung from Lucifer's bite, but she forced herself through the pain and made herself fly. Lilith snatched up Sheen in her other hand, placing his limp body against her side, and supporting his weight by placing her hand around his body and under his belly. Lilith then grabbed Carl by wrapping her tail around him, making him hang on, and then flying as fast as she could away from the warzone.

Carl's stomach was facing the ground, as Lilith flew across the landscape hearing thousands of demons responding to Lucifer's call. Lilith gulped, she was holding both Jimmy and Sheen, she would have to drop them to fight, and she wasn't sure they would survive without her protecting them.

Lilith heard something behind her, and saw Lucifer catching up by slithering at impossible speeds while keeping a close eye on his prey.

Lilith stopped when she saw the portal across the cavern, with a river of lava beneath it. Lilith felt Lucifer catching up, and her wings were starting to tire, she wouldn't be able to fly much longer. Lilith couldn't make herself move, her lungs were heaving, and her stamina drained.

Lucifer lunged at Lilith, forcing the demon to move forward. Lilith felt Lucifer inches away from making contact, so she whipped around, and tossed Jimmy and Sheen in the air, making Jimmy scream in alarm. While in mid air, Lilith lit her fists on fire, as Lucifer's fangs came dangerously close to her and her companions. Lilith formed a fire ball, and threw it into Lucifer's open mouth, making him choke on the fire and close his jaws.

Lucifer got distracted, and his body lost its momentum, causing him to fall, missing the other side of the cavern and fall into the river of lava below. Lilith caught Sheen and Jimmy, before crashing on the other side of the cavern, making everyone she was holding bounce on the stone and scatter.

Lilith breathed heavily, as she picked herself up to where she was on her hands and knees. Lilith knew that cavern would be difficult for Lucifer to get out of, but she still couldn't take a breather, considering the fact that millions of undead soldiers and demons were on their way.

"Come on," Lilith said, picking up Sheen and grabbing Jimmy's hand. Carl ran after the group, as they made a mad dash towards the portal that was open for them. Lilith glanced behind her to see thousands of demons with foamy mouths flying after them, all spitting out fireballs, which the group had to dodge.

Lilith and Jimmy jumped through the portal, as the demons landed. Lilith bit her lip as Carl ran towards the portal wheezing and coughing, and running as fast as his stubby legs could carry him. Lilith stuck out her hand, as Carl jumped towards her, making contact, and allowing Lilith to pull him through. As soon as Carl was through, a demon snapped at his legs, just before Lilith closed the portal and collapsed on the ground.

The group sat in silence, as they all tried to catch their breath. Suddenly the silence was interrupted as Jimmy started giggling. Lilith turned to look at Jimmy, before awkwardly joining in on the laughter along with Carl.

"That was absolutely terrifying, but fun in a strange sort of way." Jimmy said, as he stood up along with Lilith and Carl.

"I-I am going to have severe nightmares about that, for the rest of my short life." Carl wheezed, placing a hand on his chest as he gasped for air. Lilith shifted her injured wing to where to wrapped around her body, she touched the missing chunk of flesh, and flinched at the pain.

"Lilith, do you need me to take you to a hospital? That looks pretty painful," Jimmy asked. Lilith shook her head no, before letting her wings fold back and examining the dried blood on her body.

"No, demons heal pretty quickly, I won't need any medical attention. How are you all, are you injured anywhere?" Lilith asked, Carl examined his body before replying.

"Just my mental state."

Lilith walked over to Sheen, and tapped him with her foot, but the boy was still out cold. Lilith grinned, before turning to her friends and crossing her arms with a playful look in her eyes.

"You begged to go home, and I doubt we were in there for an hour, guess who won the bet?" Lilith giggled, as Jimmy's face fell with disappointment.

"Yeah I guess it was too scary for us to handle, you win Lilith." Jimmy sighed, as Carl nodded his head in agreement.

Lilith rubbed her hands together, she knew they wouldn't be able to handle the underworld. Lilith thought for a moment, these boys would do anything she asked, since that was the agreement, so what did she want on this earth?

"I think I know what I want," Lilith said giving Jimmy a flashy smile. The boy genius gulped, as the demon's eyes sparkled with excitement, "I wish to go to school with you, Carl and Sheen, I want to learn with you, and experience the life of the human teenager."

Jimmy scratched his head, that was all Lilith wanted? Lilith looked like she was just going to burst from excitement, as her body moved up in down in little jumps. Sheen stirred, as he sat up and rubbed the knot on his head, looking at his friends who were all confused over Lilith's request.

"W-Wha? What happened? Did we win the bet?" Sheen asked, but his friends ignored him.

"I am telling you Lilith, enjoy not going to school, there are essays, and tests, and grades… Not to mention bullying, and-" Carl stopped when his memory kicked in of school, making his shiver, "-gym class."

"Yeah, but I don't even think your age would allow you to go to school with us, since you are immortal, and probably have lived for hundreds of years. How old are you Lilith?" Jimmy asked, as Lilith tapped her chin while she thought.

"Last time I checked the time of my birthday, someone named Eve had doomed the human race, after my father tricked her into biting… what was it… some kind of fruit?" Lilith said, her ears flopping up and down on her head as she tried to think of when that was.

"That is exactly why I don't eat healthy, I remind my parents about what happened to Adam and Eve, they ate healthy and doomed the entire human race, so I better not follow in their footsteps." Sheen said, making Lilith giggle.

"Well if we use my invention and convert demon years into human years, we can see how old you are Lilith. Just got to reprogram my device to count demon years, according to ancient records of how long that would be, and hopefully we will get some results." Jimmy said, going over to his shelf full of inventions, before plucking one off the shelf, and typing something into the flat screen.

Numbers and data popped onto the screen, as code ran down the side of the device. Suddenly a scanner appeared, and Jimmy pressed a button as a red light ran down Lilith's body, scanning her as she stood still.

"You are over four thousand years old! Woah, and according to my device, that puts you right in our age group. You are around sixteen in human years Lilith." Jimmy said, as the demon grinned happily.

"Interesting, that explains why I can sense teenage hormones, but I still don't really understand them." Lilith said, giving the air a sniff before going over to Sheen and eyeing him, "like this one has interesting memories of acting out fantasies of a certain girl, and emitting strong male chemicals as he is doing this."

Sheen's face turned red, as he growled at Lilith, "that is personal! You are not allowed to use your demon powers to embarrass people!"

Jimmy snorted, choking back a wave of laughter. Carl decided to join in on the fun, as he taunted Sheen from afar.

"Sheen likes Libby!"

Lilith cocked her head to the side, why was Sheen embarrassed over this?

"Why do you mock Sheen? It is okay if he wants to make Libby his mate, that is normal with humans right?" Lilith asked, making Jimmy collapse on the floor in laughter as Sheen yelled at Lilith for exposing his darkest secret.

"I don't know why you are laughing Jimmy, your romantic hormone scents are all over this lab, especially around those pictures you hide all over the place." Lilith said, kicking over a suspicious bucket, that faltered and disappeared showing that it was a hologram. A pile of pictures of Jimmy's middle school crush went tumbling towards the ground, scattering across the lab floor.

Jimmy coughed as his laughter turned into panicking shouts, as Carl put a hand over his mouth in shock.

"Ha! What a loser, Jimmy is still in love with Betty Quinlan!" Sheen said, laughing so hard his abdomen started to hurt.

"I-I am not! Lilith! What the heck is wrong with you!" Jimmy said, growling at the oblivious demon, that did not understand why they were denying their feelings. Lilith could sense Jimmy's heart picking up speed, as he tried to gather all his photos and hide them from his friends who were tearing into him.

Lilith knew humans were strange, but Lilith had no idea why they chose to tease each other over romance and love. Lilith never understood romantic love, probably because it was forbidden in her realm, but she has always wanted to watch someone experience it, so she could learn and one day go through it too.

Once Jimmy stuffed all the photos in a cabinet that was locked with a pass code, Jimmy whipped back around at his friends who were rolling on the floor. Carl recovered from his laughter, as he hung on Lilith's shoulder, trying to catch his breath.

Lilith rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms, still not understanding the boy's immaturity.

"Moving on, anyways, so Lilith you want to go to school with us? I think I can get you in, if you promise to behave." Jimmy said quickly, trying to change the subject. Lilith's ears twitched as she nodded in agreement, making Jimmy think as to how he would convince his school to let Lilith in.

"I will behave, and I will probably need to look like a normal teenager, so give me a moment." Lilith said, suddenly a bright light poured out of Lilith's wings, as the light started to shrink along with her feathery wings. Lilith's eyes turned lighter, as her teeth started to shift and move. Lilith's feathery tail shrunk, and her hair started to form into a different style.

Once the light died down, Lilith now looked like a young and pretty teenage girl. Lilith had a cute dimple in her left cheek when she grinned, and hair that looked shiny and freshly washed, and very lush. Her black hair fell down her back, and it looked very thick and healthy. Lilith's eyes were no longer red, but an icy blue color, that were bright and full of life.

Lilith wore the same clothes, but no longer looking demon-like. Her wounds had healed, and she now had normal human looking ears, instead of her black furry ones.

"Ta-da, normal teenage girl!" Lilith giggled, spinning around and admiring her human-like form.

"Well I guess it's settled, if I can I will try and get you enrolled into our school, and I will try to get you in classes with me, Sheen or Carl in them." Jimmy said, as Lilith grinned once more.

"Lilith come stay with me, we can watch Ultra Lord and set fire to my neighbor's cat!" Sheen yelled, wanting so badly for the demon to sleep over at his house while she is enrolled in school.

"No Sheen, Lilith is staying with me!" Carl said, swatting his hand at Sheen and hitting him on the arm.

"She is staying in my lab, I don't think you two would be very good at keeping an eye on her. Remember Lilith doesn't really know how to behave around humans, and you two using her powers for your own benefit is wrong, you know exactly what I mean." Jimmy said looking at Sheen, as the teen stuck his tongue out at Jimmy angrily.

"How come you get to keep the demon! She would learn so much more at my house, instead of your boring old lab!" Carl whined, as Sheen and Jimmy started to argue with him. Lilith yawned, as she slumped over to Jimmy's shelf full of inventions, before grabbing an armful. Lilith repeated this until his entire shelf was empty, and she made a giant pile on the ground.

Lilith climbed on top of the pile, before closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep. Jimmy noticed Lilith trying to sleep, and he silenced his arguing friends, before putting a finger to his lips.

"Lilith will stay at my lab until she learns more about human culture, but right now you all need to leave while I get Lilith enrolled in our school. I don't think I will be able to explain why Lilith is in my lab, so I will have to tell my parents about everything that has gone down, to keep them from messing everything up." Jimmy whispered, as Carl and Sheen both pouted.

"Fine, but Lilith is coming over on Saturday so we can play pranks on people walking their dogs." Sheen said, grabbing Carl's hand and forcing him out of the lab.

Jimmy sighed as the doors closed behind them, looking over at the sleeping demon curled up on his pile of inventions.

"I already know this is going to be a disaster," Jimmy sighed.

~Two days later~

Jimmy had told his mom everything that went down, his parents weren't too thrilled to have a girl living in his lab, but they felt bad about the home Lilith lived in before she met Jimmy. The boy genius had introduced his parents to Lilith, and his dad seemed pretty fond of the demon as soon as they met.

Jimmy's parents had agreed to allow Lilith to explore human culture, saying it was healthy for her to understand their ways. Jimmy's mom had immediately taken a liking to Lilith, since the demon seemed really sweet and kind, and completely opposite of what the stories said about demons.

Of coarse Jimmy's parents spent about three hours asking questions, and scolding him about playing around with dimensional portals he didn't know enough about. They were used to his experiments, so by now, they were pretty chill about weird things happening.

Jimmy's mom gave Lilith a key to their house, so she could get in when she wanted, regardless of the fact she could just go through the wall. The only rule about Lilith staying was that she had to do her homework, and be respectful of curfew, just like any teenager had to do.

Jimmy had a spare bedroom in his lab, that had a good sized bed, and a bathroom attached to it, which he gave to Lilith. Of course the demon wasn't too thrilled about leaving her horde of inventions, but she agreed and took the room, before stacking all the furniture on top of each other, and sleeping on the pile that night.

Jimmy got a decent night's rest, while his parents enrolled Lilith in his school, saying that the demon was a cousin of his, that was staying with them for a while.

Jimmy's clock went off, scaring him half to death, as he slammed his fist on the top of the alarm, making it stop screeching. Jimmy's dog Goddard snuggled on the foot of his bed, as Jimmy threw his covers off of him and went to the bathroom to get ready for school.

Jimmy was sure Lilith would oversleep, so he would have to go get her before heading off to school. Jimmy took his clothes off before getting into the shower to wake himself up. The boy genius turned on the warm water, before letting it flow down his body and refresh his mind.

Jimmy turned around to grab his bottle of shampoo, only to see a black portal-like shadow enlarging on his shower wall. Jimmy cried out in surprise when Lilith's head popped out of the shadow, as she looked straight at Jimmy.

"I waited and waited for it to be time for school, but I got anxious and threw up a fireball that lit the floor on fire, I am sorry, I was just so nervous about my first day. Don't worry I stomped out all the flames, but I chewed a hole in the steel beams holding up your lab ceiling out of anxiety." Lilith said sadly, as Jimmy covered himself quickly, looking at Lilith in pure shock and embarrassment.

"L-Lilith! Get out! I am in the shower! You can't j-just come in here!" Jimmy shouted, as his cheeks grew red. Lilith shrugged, as she stepped into the shower, her body slipping out from the shadow on the wall.

"Hehe this is fun, but I do not understand why you just stand here in this tight space under hot water." Lilith asked, as Jimmy backed away, his bare back hitting the wall under the shower head.

"Lilith, this is what humans do, they shower to get clean… usually alone! Get out!" Jimmy squeaked, as the demon shrugged once again, going through the sliding shower door, and stepping out onto the rug on the outside.

"I don't understand why you are covering yourself, I for one think your little horn is pretty cute! I have two horns, yours is a little shorter than mine, but everyone's horns come in different sizes I guess." Lilith said happily, leaning against the doorframe as Jimmy's breathing started to increase.

"Please get out," Jimmy said, his embarrassment almost bringing him to tears. Lilith rolled her eyes, why was he covering his horn? Didn't all humans have horns? Lilith thought that the placement of it was weird, but if all humans had them, why was he so embarrassed by it?

Lilith went into the wall, disappearing into her demonic shadow, before Jimmy finally released a breath of air. He wasn't really mad at Lilith, she was oblivious to pretty much everything, but he needed to teach her that she couldn't just pop into people's rooms and bathrooms whenever she wanted.

When Jimmy was finished in the shower, he poked his head out to make sure Lilith wasn't just standing there. When the coast was clear, he stepped out and dried himself off, before putting on fresh clothes. Jimmy made sure his hygiene was taken care of, before going out to find Lilith.

The demon was sitting on the grass in his backyard, batting her hands at a floating leaf. While Jimmy's dad gave her a ridiculous speech about what not to do in school, and how to avoid ending up like him.

Jimmy and Lilith departed from his house, and Jimmy gave Lilith a ride in his hover car, taking her to the school she was so excited about exploring.

"So my mom filled you in on all the rules, and how to get to your classes right?" Jimmy asked, nervous about the demon's first day, as she snapped back to reality and gave Jimmy a smile.

"Yeah, don't worry, I will be just fine." Lilith said happily, as Jimmy turned into the school parking lot. Jimmy rested his hover car on the ground, and turned off the engine, as teenagers sped past him in their cars, trying to race to get to the best spot.

Lilith swallowed nervously, even though she was an all powerful demon, she couldn't help but feel anxious about going to school with a bunch of unbalanced teenagers. Lilith watched Jimmy get out of his vehicle, as the demon hid behind him nervously, and the two went into the school.

The hallways were full of chaos, just like every high school was, some girls were texting on their phones, and the guys were roughhousing in the hallways. Lilith perked up a little as she took in all the sights, she was excited to learn with her new classmates, and understand what was so great about the human race.

"Come on Lilith your first class is with me," Jimmy said. The boy genius gently grabbed Lilith's hand as he led her through the chaos in the hall. The teenage demon felt her heart do back flips, she never knew how nervous she could get!

Jimmy opened the door to his first class, as Lilith silently followed behind. Jimmy stopped suddenly, making Lilith bump into his back and cry out in pain. Jimmy stared at Cindy who was chatting with Libby, clearly relaxed and not annoyed, which was a huge improvement. Cindy's eyes wandered over to Jimmy, she didn't have a hard expression, but she did look a little annoyed as she flicked her head over to her desk, making Libby and Brittany follow her.

"H-Hey I know her," Lilith whispered, shaking Jimmy's shoulder excitedly, as she bounced up and down.

"Pretend you don't, remember you are just a normal teenager like everyone else." Jimmy responded, guiding Lilith over to a desk that was next to his. Lilith sat down, shifting her bottom to where she was comfortable, as she tapped her fingernail on the desk nervously.

Lilith could feel wandering eyes burning holes in her back, as her classmates stared at her in curiosity. Lilith shifted nervously, as she shrank in her seat, she did not feel like an equal here, she felt like an outsider, knowing that these were grounds she had not yet explored.

Jimmy gave Lilith a reassuring smile, as the demon trembled, hiding her face in her hands. Jimmy could feel a light gaze resting on him, and he refused to look behind him to see who it was, but he could guess who it might be.

Cindy looked at Jimmy and his new female friend, the girl seemed fidgety, and almost terrified, which made Cindy snort a little. Libby was chatting with Brittany, as Cindy broke away from their conversation to study the teenager darting her eyes all over the room. Cindy twisted her pencil in between her fingers, as she watched her every movement, why does Neutron keep whispering things to her?

Cindy would admit that she was curious, she wondered what connection these two had, since she had never seen her before. Cindy bit her lip when Jimmy started softly chatting with the girl, he seemed caring, and gentle with her, which made Cindy a little angry. Cindy wasn't jealous so to speak, she just didn't really like how the two were behaving towards each other.

Jimmy was a very friendly and nice guy, so she understood why he got along with everyone, but was she so wrong to want him to talk to her like that? Every time they talked it was as if they were in a war zone, throwing everything they had at each other to damage the other side. Even though Jimmy had apologized, she still felt the burning desire to knock him upside the head, and yell at him until her throat was dry, but at the same time she wanted to just have a normal conversation for once.

"Cindy, you okay girl? You've been staring at that new girl for a while now." Libby asked, sitting at a desk next to her friend, as the blond haired girl twisted her pencil once more, deeply lost in thought.

Lilith caught onto something… strange. A strong scent waffled in the air, making her head perk up, her demon senses made her start sniffing out the source. Jimmy shook his head, when he realized Lilith was starting to get up out of her seat to go hunt for something. Lilith grumbled, before sitting back down, but slowly turning towards the direction of the scent.

Lilith's eyes met with bright green orbs, the two looked at each other, and Lilith's breath caught in her throat. The girl's gaze was almost challenging, as she glared at Lilith angrily, spewing an emotion that Lilith could identify as…. jealously.

Cindy slammed her pencil down on the table, not once breaking eye contact with Lilith. The demon flinched, when her pencil snapped in half, making the demon gulp and turn away from Cindy, eager to break their eye contact, and save herself from her angry wrath.

Jimmy noticed Lilith's pale face, he was about to say something to her, when the door burst open and their teacher marched in. Their male teacher clapped his hands together bringing everyone's attention towards him, as Cindy finally stopped spitting venom at Lilith and looked at her teacher with innocent eyes.

"Everyone, we have a new student in our class, I expect you to make her feel at home, and behave yourself around her." The teacher said, clearing his throat as he looked at Brittany and Libby who were known for being a little catty towards new girls.

Lilith shrank in her seat when the teacher's gaze rested on her, please, please don't make a scene, please don't tell me to-

"Why don't you come up and introduce yourself, we would all love to learn a little about you." The man said, making Lilith gulp as she slowly rose out of her seat and dragged her feet to the center of the room. Lilith looked up to see everyone's eyes locked on her, the room was dead silent, and Lilith was sure they could hear her thundering heart.

Jimmy bit the side of his cheek, the demon would have to carefully introduce herself without exposing the fact that she isn't really… from around here. Jimmy mentally slapped himself for not going through a carefully laid out plan about this, he didn't even know how to stop her if she started going all bizarre with her details.

"I-I am Lilith daughter of-" Lilith said nervously before she was stopped by Jimmy's loud voice.

"LILY her name is lily, she is the daughter of my uncle. Please excuse her, she is just a little nervous, she is very SHY around people." Jimmy said hissing to Lilith the last part, making the demon catch on.

"Y-Yes, when one is shy that means they do not talk much," Lilith said. The demon closed her mouth, and sat there while the class shrugged, clearly oblivious to Lilith's weird behavior, and missing the part about her demonic name, thanks to Jimmy's quick thinking.

Lilith sat back at her desk, as Cindy released a breath of relief. The only reason they were acting friendly towards each other, was because they were family, but Neutron never talked about a cousin his age before.

Perhaps Neutron just was embarrassed by her, she does seem kind of.. off..

Jimmy sighed when the attention was brought off of him and Lilith, and towards their teacher who moved on into class. During class Lilith was actually a quick learner, she asked questions and was engaged with the class, and her nervousness melted a little. Jimmy backed off a bit, and allowed Lilith to answer some questions, proving that she was actually pretty smart.

Lilith was happily jotting down notes on a piece of paper, biting on her tongue in concentration. The demon could feel Cindy's eyes prying into her soul, but she refrained from asking questions as well, for some unknown reason.

Cindy squinted, as she looked at Lilith, why did she seem so out of place, and familiar as well?

Lilith's head popped up from her notes, when the bell rang loudly. Lilith almost fell out of her seat, since she was so focused on her notes. Jimmy couldn't get Lilith placed in his next class, so she would have to be walked to her next lesson with Sheen, since he was in her class luckily.

Jimmy felt a presence behind him, as the other students started flooding out of the room, yawning and stretching.

"So you have a cousin? When did you start hanging out with her Neutron?" a familiar voice spoke from behind him. Jimmy could feel the warmth coming off her skin, as she stared at him both angrily and shyly.

This was the first time she had chosen to speak with him on her own terms, and even though she was annoyed with him, he was glad they were talking again. Jimmy turned and looked in her eyes, as he swallowed nervously, she has always intimidated him, but for some reason the look she had in her eyes was different this time.

Cindy didn't believe the whole cousin thing one bit, Lily was too familiar, and the way Jimmy talked over her when she was introducing herself seemed suspicious. Cindy furrowed her eyebrows, as she tapped her foot, awaiting an answer from Jimmy, as his eyes darted over to Lilith.

"He's my cousin, end of story, why are you being so nosey?" Lilith scoffed, clearly getting protective over her friend. She could sense the tension between Jimmy and Cindy, almost brewing a storm of bitter hate.

Cindy turned slowly to Lilith, her anger slowly rising, and making Lilith flinch over the strong aroma of her emotions. Cindy smirked, before replying with a dry and taunting tone.

"Um, I can ask whatever I want, and I was not being nosey, but you are indeed being bossy."

Lilith snapped her head back, did this little human just call her bossy?

Lilith laughed, "seriously, I am being bossy? You were the one giving me a death stare because you were jealous."

Libby put her hand up to her mouth, gasping with both Jimmy and Brittany. Lilith could sense emotions, but she had forgotten that humans couldn't sense personal feelings. Perhaps Lilith went a little too far, knowing that the information she had just spilled was private.

"I was not jealous," Cindy said darkly, challenging Lilith with her gaze as she clenched her teeth.

Jimmy was flabbergasted, what was Cindy jealous about? His mouth opened and closed like a beached fish, as his head looked to both Lilith and Cindy, as they both shot daggers at each other.

"Oh I am sorry, perhaps being obsessive is a better term." Lilith said tauntingly, as Cindy's eyes flared with fury. Lilith remembered helping this human out a while back, but she was just so infuriating, she couldn't help but dangle some bait in front of her face, and hope for a bite.

"WHO do you think you are?" Cindy shouted, her voice becoming shrill with both embarrassment, and anger. Cindy stormed over to Lilith's desk, as the demon jumped up, preparing for combat at any second.

"P-Perhaps we should-" Jimmy was cut off, as Cindy shoved her hand in his direction, never cutting off her piercing stare into Lilith's eyes.

"I am going to say this as nice as I can, you are new here, you don't understand what kind of person you are messing with." Cindy warned, getting up in Lilith's face, as the demon grinned, clearly not intimidated at all.

"Neither do you honey," Lilith cooed, staring deep into the depths of her deepest darkest self. Lilith's eyes started sparkling, as Cindy blinked, clearly confused as to why the girl was starting to smile, and giggle a little bit.

Lilith went through Cindy's memories, every embarrassing moment, every tragedy, every tear that had fallen from her face, Lilith now knew about it. Lilith saw Cindy crouched in the corner of her room, scared to death of her parents outside of her door, Lilith saw harsh rejection, and Cindy's raw and torn fists from sparring constantly on her parents behalf.

Cindy acted this way because on the inside she was scared, and the demon was going to expose her.

"You are scared of rejection," Lilith seethed, her eyes turning dark as Cindy returned her gaze with a hard stare.

"What did you say?" Cindy said with a powerful and angry tone.

"Aww its sort of cute, the way you felt after Nick rejected you. You spent all morning making yourself look beautiful, and when you asked Nick to go to the eighth grade dance with you, he flat out said no. It tore you apart, and you swore you wouldn't open up to any guy ever again." Lilith said, oh, how juicy her memories were.

Cindy's mind went haywire, HOW.. how did she know that? Who is she? Is she a genius like Neutron, did they steal her diary? Or did they make a machine to expose her deepest sorrows?

Cindy's mouth opened and closed suddenly, as a harsh red blush started to creep across her cheeks. Jimmy's mouth dropped open, Cindy felt so humiliated, now Libby, Brittany and.. Jimmy, knew how she was completely rejected! They always wondered why she never showed up to the eighth grade dance, since she was so excited about it, but she lied and went out of town to avoid it, saying there was a family emergency.

Cindy only went out of town so she could be alone, and cry without anyone bothering her. She knew how much fun everyone had, especially Nick, not knowing how badly he stomped out her self esteem. He had rejected her because she wasn't good enough, she beat herself up over it, was she just not pretty enough? Cindy felt her lip quiver as the wounds resurfaced, she was so angry, but so scared of feeling everything hit her again.

It wasn't possible for anyone to know that, she had buried it deep in her soul a long time ago. Not even Libby knew about it, and the way she was reacting, it looked like she almost didn't believe the new girl.

"I-I don't know what you are talking about!" Cindy said, her voice cracking from all the emotions she was holding back.

Cindy fled, grabbing Libby's arm and taking her away from Lilith, as Brittany ran after the flustered Cindy.

Lilith sat back down in her seat and relaxed, knowing that the threat had been eliminated. Jimmy was too shocked to speak, Cindy had been rejected? He had no idea that she gathered enough courage to ask Nick to that special dance, only for him to turn her down, he couldn't imagine what kind of damage that caused.

"L-Lilith, you can't expose people like that!" Jimmy yelled, as the demon rolled her eyes.

"The funny thing is, I was actually showing mercy, that wasn't the most embarrassing thing in her mind." Lilith replied, glancing through all the things she had uncovered.

Lilith started thinking to herself: I saw the moment they returned from the island together… Jimmy and Cindy, and how disappointed she was, and how terrible her night was when her parents found out about her ditching school, and missing her piano lesson. Cindy had tried to warn Jimmy about how serious that would be, but it went over his head, like a lot of things.

I had also seen the night she had snuck out of her house, hovering underneath Jimmy's window. That night she had wanted to tell Jimmy about her home life, and she just stood there, pondering over what to tell him. The rock was in her hand, she was trembling, tears in her eyes, but she was too afraid, she didn't know if she could trust him. She knew she needed help, and she wanted to trust Jimmy, but she dropped her stone, and went back home, never mentioning it to anyone.

Interesting…. Jimmy and Cindy seemed to have quite a past…

Lilith knew that what she observed, was probably something she should keep to herself. Yes, she was a demon, and they caused chaos, but she felt more comfortable observing, and she was in the wrong to blurt out something like she did.

Cindy kept a lot of things to herself, things she needed to tell very soon. I know from experience, how dark someone can turn when they have a bad past, and when they keep their emotions locked up… They usually end up doing damage to others and then visiting my dimension.

"Lilith what did you uncover, your expression tells me that there is something bothering you," Jimmy asked.

Indeed something was bothering me, Cindy was being abused… Turning darker every moment… Shutting people out. Something tells me that she is losing herself, the smell of fear mixed with heartache…. Was enough to tell me she was crying out for help, for someone, anyone that could break this stone wall of hers that she built, so that she could finally feel safe.

Lilith felt something for the first time, she didn't even know it was possible to feel this way. She felt sympathetic, a twinge of pain in her heart, an ache for the girl, yet she knew that secretly Cindy only wanted a true friend, one that she really could trust.

"I feel as if you should talk to Cindy, there are things I have seen that I can never repeat because it is not my place. I have learned now, that I cannot use my abilities to uncover things like that, I would feel better if someone chose to tell me instead." Lilith said.

Jimmy glanced over to the side before replying, "I wish I could, but I am pretty sure I am the last person she would ever open up to."

Lilith's face morphed into a snarl, humans… So oblivious to everything around them… If only he knew the truth.

If I am to be honest, Cindy would only choose to open up to Jimmy and him only, but it is just a hunch… These humans, they just need a little push, screw being an observer, I am going to make these two realize that they need each other.

Like I said, they just needed a push…. A demonic push.