Demon AU

Chapter 1

Hell has never been the most pleasant place...well to humans anyway. To a demon, Hell is their home. A terrifying, eccentric, bizzare home. With it's never changing red sky holding it's blood red moon high and in the center above everything. The land is separated into forests, cities and wastelands where damned human souls are left to rot for eternity. The cities of Hell are far more advanced than any in the human realm (not so much as reapers cause you know..). While humans are discovering new lands and technologies, demons have already done soon years ahead of them. Hell is ruled by the all-powerful fallen angel, Satan.

He along with his mate Lilith, rule Hell with wisdom and fairness. Though ruling Hell isn't their only responsibility, for they are also the parents of three boys.

Their eldest Balam is a kind hearted free spirit, which are rare qualities for a demon, but that doesn't make him weak. Their second Lucifer is a perfect example of any other demon. Twisted, cruel, vicious, heartless and a slight addiction to human drugs and alcohol. Their final and youngest son Malphas is still very young and very curious about his home. Though he looks like a human three year old, he is much more intelligent than he appears.

On this particular day, Balam had decided to take his youngest brother out of the castle. Since he is still young, Satan and Lilith are still wary of letting their baby boy out and about. Luckily, Balam was able to convince them to let him out for the day, to curve his curiosity before he got into trouble.

"Alright Malphas remember what I told you", Balam started getting ready to leave the castle. The young demon was too excited to really listen to his brother. He was finally leaving the castle for the first time how could he not?

"Malphas". This time the younger heard his brother and looked to him.

"Yes big brother?"

"Do you remember what I told you. When we leave the castle…"

"I stay close to you and pay attention", Malphas replied, remembering what his brother told him before.

"Good, and...?"

"And….and if I get lost stay where I am or go to the closest guard and tell them to take me to you". Balam smiled to his little brother happy that he remembered his advice.

"Very good", the elder said putting his coat on, "now are you ready to go?" The young demon smiled widely, nodding. As the two were about to leave, the front door suddenly opened to reveal two demonesses. The elder of the two appeared to be the same age as Balam. She had long, light lavender hair, tan skin, and dark blue eyes. She wore an outfit that consisting of a long black laced dress and black flats with fish-net stockings. With her was a young demon girl, who appeared the same age as Malphas. She had long strawberry blonde hair tied back into a long braid, bright emerald-green eyes, and as pale as a porcelain doll. She wore a simple dark blue dress with a little black coat. Though the two demons couldn't really see her, for she hid behind the elder demoness out of shyness. Upon seeing the two, Malphas hid behind his older brother's leg, feeling shy. Balam smiled seeing the demoness having known her since they were young ones.

"Flora", he said with a smile, "what brings you here. And who's your little friend here".

"This is Aurora", the demoness stated nudging the younger a bit forward, "I'm a friend of her parents and I thought it would be nice if she and young Malphas became playmates". Balam nodded, knowing that there weren't many young demons around his brother's age or one's willing to play with him. The younger demoness, Aurora, soon went behind Flora's leg again being a little scared. The two elders chuckled at the obvious cuteness between the two's shyness. Ben looked to his brother, who was still hiding behind his leg.

"Why don't you go and introduce yourself", he told him, nudging him a bit forward. Malphas was hesitant, but moved a bit forward and started to walk to Aurora. Once he was in front of the elder demoness, he looked to young Aurora.

"H-Hi there", Malphas started nervously, "I-I'm Malphas". Aurora peeked her head out from behind Flora's leg, curious of Malphas.

"Hi," Aurora said shyly to the young demon. "I-I'm Aurora" Malphas nodded, and then quickly retreated back behind his brother. Balam let out a sigh as he pat his brother's head.

"Still so shy", he said mostly to himself. He turned back to the women in front of him and with a good idea. "Flora, I was going to take Malphas out of the castle and explore a bit. Would you and Aurora like to join us". Flora gave him a gentle smile.

"That sounds lovely". Aurora nodded in agreement, for this had been the first day she was allowed out of her home without either of her parents. With that decided, the four demons left the castle and into the city. They ventured throughout the city, visiting several street markets, and some interesting shops. After a few hours, they arrived in area similar to a human field. Aurora smiled seeing the field then turned toward Malphas.

"Wanna play tag?" she asked, wanting very badly to run around as much as she possibly could. Malphas was a little surprised but smiled wanting to play too.

"Okay, you're it", he said quickly tapping her and running off.

"Hey!" Aurora said pouting a little but instantly smiled and began to chase Malphas around. While the two played, Flora and Balam decided to rest for a while and sat under a large tree nearby so they could watch the two.

"They really are cute together." Flora commented as Balam wrapped an arm around her shoulder. She blushed a bit but started to snuggle into him.

"Yeah, they are", Balam said smiling and enjoying having Flora snuggled on him.

"Maybe they'll be a couple when they're older." He took a minute and thought about the idea. He smiled a bit seeing Malphas and Aurora a couple in his mind.

"Maybe they will", he told her smiling.

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Aurora and Malphas soon became very good friends and after a few months, the little blonde demoness and the ravenette demon became a common sight in Hell's castle. They would often be playing tag or hide-and-seek, depending on what the two wanted to do that day. Satan and Lilith didn't mind, for they thought Aurora was adorable and she was a good influence on Malphas. Soon, it became rather hard to get Aurora to come home for she wanted to stay and play with Malphas. It got to the point where Flora had to wait until Aurora and Malphas took their nap in order to bring her home. Everything seemed like it was going very well, however life was about to take a nasty turn for the little demoness. One day as Flora was carrying Aurora back home, she opened the door to see only carnage. Aurora's home had been ripped apart with furniture and other items broken and in weird places. Flora went wide-eyed, seeing the bloodied dismembered corpses of Aurora's parents. Luckily, Aurora was still asleep so she did not have to see the destruction. Deciding to take Aurora to a safe place, Flora ran back to the castle and placed Aurora back on the bed where Malphas was taking his nap. Flora let out a small sigh and pet Aurora's head, dreading to tell the little demoness the truth.

"You're back". Flora turned her head to see Balam in between the doorway. "I thought you were taking Aurora home".

"I-I was", Flora stuttered a bit. Balam noticed and went to her. He held her arms gently with a look of concern in his eyes.

"What happened, Flora" She was hesitant, but slowly told Balam of what she saw. The male demon went wide-eyed with shock and then became saddened.

"I-I didn't know where else to bring her." Flora explained. "They're her only family . . . " Flora looked over to the two sleeping children to see that Malphas and Aurora were snuggled up to each other cutely, which only made the demoness sadder knowing that Aurora would receive the terrible news when she wakes up. Balam looked back to Flora.

"You were right to bring her back here. Do you have any idea of who could have done this? Like did you see or sense something".

"Well there was something"

"What was it?", he asked wanting to help. Flora stayed quiet trying to remember.

"There was a strange smell", she started, "it was faint, but different from what I have before. Like...like rotten meat".

Rotten Meat? Balam started to think of any demons with that particular scent. He was about to stop, but then he realized who could have done it. His fists tightened with anger and growled a bit, realizing who the murderer could be.

"Balam? Are you alright?", Flora said, holding his shoulders. Balam held her hands and held them close.

"I'm fine Flora", he told her, "I just...I think I know who killed Aurora's parents". Flora went a bit wide eyed and burned with curiosity. "It was one of the Knights, Cain. I'm certain of it". The demoness went wide eyed at this.

"We have to tell your parents before someone else dies." Ben nodded in agreement and the two went off to the library where the King of Hell and his Queen were enjoying a little quality-time.

/

Unlike most assumptions of the fearsome king of Hell, he is a very kind father and husband. Satan is not what you would expect the king of Hell to look like. In fact, he resembled the infamous pirate Blackbeard with his black beard that was decorated with small beads at the end of a few braided sections, towering height, and deep voice. Only Satan had bright blue eyes, a leftover trait from his days as an angel. He no longer missed Heaven, for Lilith is the personification of the heavenly realm in his eyes. Lilith appeared to be in her late twenties or early thirties with curly, maroon, almost black hair that reached her waist, and blood-red eyes. In a few thousand year's time, she could very easily be mistaken as a redheaded Alex Kingston. When Ben and Flora entered the room, the couple was cuddled up on the couch in the library.

"Mother, Father, I have news" Ben said, getting the two rulers' attention.

"What is it, son?" Satan asked his eldest child. When Ben told them the news, both of them went wide-eyed. Lilith became enraged, her eyes glowing dangerously. "Are you sure about this?"

"I'm sure, and Flora can testify." Ben replied, and Hannah nodded in agreement.

"We'll take care of this . . Let Aurora and Malphas sleep a little while longer before you tell her." Lilith told them calmly. Ben nodded in response and both he and Flora left the two rulers of Hell alone.

/

Later that day, the two Knights of Hell arrived at the castle. The couple didn't know why they were called, but it must have been important. When they entered the throne room, the Knights knew they were in major trouble. Both Satan and Lilith sat upon their thrones as usual, but both had a very angered look on their faces.

"Is there a problem?" The male, Cain asked. Satan deepened his glare at the couple.

"There is actually." He replied.

"A couple was murdered brutally in their home earlier today." Lilith explained. Both Knights were shocked by the information but kept their composure.

"My son's mate says she found your scent at the scene Cain." Satan said.

"And it's your signature style of killing, Abaddon." Lilith continued, referring to the female Knight. The two Knights remained quiet for a few minutes.

"Staying silent will only make it worse." Satan reminded them.

"Are you responsible for this attack?" Lilith said. Their silence continued for a little while longer before Cain finally spoke up.

"Y-Yes . . " Satan and Lilith became more enraged and growled at Cain and Abbadon, their eyes glowing in their true demonic nature. The Knights began to shake and kneeled.

"W-We can e-explain." Cain stuttered. Lilith stood up and snapped her fingers; thick thorny vines came out from behind her throne and bound the two tightly.

"WHAT POSSIBLE EXPLANATION COULD YOU HAVE?!" Lilith yelled in a terrifying version. Abaddon and Cain began to shake more in terror.

"W-we're so s-sorry." Abaddon choked out.

"Apologizing will not be very good in your case," Satan replied then turned to his furious mate and put a calming hand on her shoulder. "Lilith, I don't think killing them is a wise idea. I don't want your hands to be covered by filth." Lilith remained quiet, then let out a sigh and released the Knights.

"Fine," Satan nodded then turned to the guards. The guards headed to the two knights.

"Take them to the dungeon and tell Lucifer that he has some new toys to play with." The guards nodded in response and bounded the Knights, dragging them to the dungeon. Once they were out of sight, Lilith let out a sigh and sat back down on her throne. The door to the throne room opened again, revealing Malphas and Aurora who had woken up from their nap. Malphas let out a cute yawn and rubbed his eyes.

"Mama? Papa?" He said sleeply. Aurora let out a small yawn, following Malphas to Satan and Lilith.

"Malphie, Rora." Lilith replied, going to them. Malphas reached out to his mother, wanting to be held. Lilith smiled a little and picked him up.

"How was your nap?" Satan asked, now becoming more of the gentle father than the terrifying king.

"Good." Malphas and Aurora said in unison. Aurora looked around and frowned a little. Her parents normally would be there to take her home after her nap.

"Where's my Mama and Papa?" Aurora asked, turning to Lilith. Lilith adopted a slightly sad look and handed Malphas to Satan then kneeled to the little blonde demoness.

"Aurora, . . I'm afraid they aren't coming." Aurora gave the demoness a confused look, not understanding what she meant.

"Why?" Aurora asked.

"They're . . .They're no longer with us." Lilith explained slowly. The little girl's eyes grew wide with shock and soon began to fill with tears. Lilith felt awful for her and pulled Aurora into her embrace, trying to calm her down. Malphas, also in shock from the news, got down from Satan's hold and tried to comfort his friend by hugging her too.

"I'm so sorry Rora." he muttered. After a while, the girl's sobs began to lessen and eventually she calmed down. Aurora rubbed her eyes with her hands, still having her face buried in Lilith's shoulder. Lilith continued to pet Aurora's head.

"If you want, you could stay here and live with us? Would you like that Rora?" Lilith muttered in a gentle tone. Aurora nodded in response.