Chapter III
I woke up and saw Lucy laying on top of me, she was in human form, her bare skin against mine. I felt the smooth, warm feel of her body. I looked around and realized we were in the dorms single room. The trail of demon clothing was scattered along the floor like the bread trail from Hansel & Gretel. I looked up at the ceiling and saw scratch marks. The walls had a few marks as well but there wasn't anything a bit of handywork could fix and hide. I looked at the bed posts and noticed the artistic carvings had been scratched away slightly. Okay so a bit more hiding than fixing. I ran my hand down Lucy's back and heard her whimper quietly. I kinda figured things would get rough, I relaxed and stared back up to the ceiling. I let my mind wander off to different thoughts, I looked back down to Lucy as she moved slightly to look up at me.
" Hey Mue, you awake?" she asked and I nodded. She still sounded tired, I saw her eyes as they stared into mine.
" Mue, do you think the child will be born looking like a demon or looking like a human?" she asked and I gave a slight shrug. There were stories of demon kids being born on Earth, some said to look human others looked like actual demons for a few moments before the automatic disguise set in.
" I don't know Lu. I guess we'll have to wait and see." I said and I knew I would have to pull through on my favor to Lucifous. I stood up as Lucy covered herself with the blanket, the clothes were all over the place as I picked them up. Lucy laughed as I put my pants on, she smiled to me as I stood before her wearing my demon clothing. Demon clothing isn't made of tattered cloth, it is actually made of fine fabric. I picked up and handed Lucy's clothing over to her. My hand brushed against hers as she grabbed for her clothing.
" So you think of a way to pull through on your promise to Lucifous?" Lucy asked and I nodded. All I needed was to find someone to start a fight with the angels. I walked into the kitchen area of the dorm and made Lucy and I pancakes. The smell soon wafted from the kitchen into the bedroom.
" That smells good Miguel." Lucy called from the bedroom. I grinned as flipped the pancake over and cut an apple into small slices. I finished up with the pancakes and apples after a good half hour or so, I put some of them on a plate and brought them to Lucy. She laughed as I walked in with the plate in one hand and a tea towel over my opposite arm. I set the plate down on her lap and she gave a me a small kiss on the cheek, I returned the gesture as I brought my plate in from the kitchen to join her. She poured syrup evenly over the pancakes, I did the same and put the syrup down beside the bed. I used the fork to cut my pancake into pieces, I took a piece and put it up in front of Lucy. She smiled and took the bite sized piece, I pulled the fork from her teeth as she chewed the pancake and gave me a piece of her pancake. We laughed to eachother and continued eating our pancakes and apples. We finished a few minutes later, I heard a knock at the door and went to answer it. One of the adults from the school was standing outside with two suits. I opened the door and looked to the elf that stood before me, his ears were pointed like spikes.
" These are the school uniforms required by the school for students." he said as I took the suits he handed me. I watched him walk away to the school, I closed the door and went into the room where Lucy waited. I handed her the girl suit and watched as she pulled out a skirt, dress shirt, knee high socks, and dress boots. I looked to my suit, I pulled out a dress shirt, dress pants, black socks, and dress shoes. I went to the bathroom and stood in front of the mirror, I put the dress shirt in front of me. The mirror showed it as though I was wearing it. I walked back out and saw Lucy tieing up her boots, she turned to me as I stood in front of her wearing the school uniform.
" You look good Mue." she commented as I smiled to her in her uniform.
" You look good too. The boots really suit you." I said and she laughed at my pun. I smiled as we walked to the door and stepped outside. Riane and Stephen were just leaving their dorm as well. Lucy and I caught up to them and they greeted us.
" So Miguel, what were you two up to last night?" Stephen asked. I looked to Lucy then to him,
" We were talking with Lucifous." I said. It was kind of the truth, just not all of it. We walked up to the school and entered in through the doors. The school was even bigger than it looked like outside. The artistic construct of the building was amazing, the four of us stood in the center of the lobby area as students passed us by. Some looked at me and my group as though we were fools standing guffawed at the building. I looked right back at them, I saw one of the teachers walk past and grabbed his arm.
" Excuse me sir. Where do the four of us go?" I asked him. The giant looked to us as he closed his book and checked us over.
" I've never seen you four here before. What species are you?" he asked and I stood up straight.
" We're demons." I said and the man seemed to grow nervous of us. I saw the fear in his eyes,
" Very well then. The demon class is up those stairs down the left hallway. The sixth door down." he said and I nodded. He walked away from us as I lead my group to the demon class, I looked to all the other students. The elves with their pointed ears and noses caught reading in their books. Giants passing an oddly shaped ball down the hallway to one another. Teenage witches brewing up some trouble with their magic spells and potions, trying to get their teenage wizard crushes to fall in love with them. Vampires leaning against lockers and pushing eachother around, they were the 'cool' kids by supposed reputation. Fauns clopped down the hallways with their flutes and other instruments. Cyclops' were poking eachother in the eyes, or more appropriately the eye, or trying to start fights with a few of the giant students. I looked out the window at the top half of the stairs. Centaurs were down in the field practicing with bows and arrows, some were writing things down in notebooks. I continued up the stairs and saw angels at the top, they stood in a line, barricading the top of the stairs. Their arms were crossed and the looks on their faces weren't too happy. I walked up to them and asked them politely to move.
" Why should we?" the larger male asked and I looked him in the eyes.
" Why should you move?" I repeated him. He nodded.
" Should I give you a list." I exclaimed. The one in front of me hit me in the shoulder slightly.
" Hey don't be a smartass." the angel said and I looked to him.
" Don't touch me ever again. Or you won't have any wings to go flying home to daddy." I said and the angel seemed tempted to hit me again.
" Peter don't touch him." the leader of the group said. I smiled at the angel named Peter.
" You heard your master. Be good you little mutt." I said. The angel blew his cap and swung his fist out at me. I ducked and slammed my fist up into his armpit. The angel fell to the ground in pain as I stood over him and put my foot between his wings. I reached for the part where his wings were attached to his back.
" Stop!" a voice said from down the hall. I stood up straight and took my foot off the angel. The other angels looked to me, fear was sculpted on their faces like stone. I looked to the source of the voice and a small runt sized angel stood standing in my line of sight. The other students had gone quiet and split up to lean up against the lockers. The single angel stood trembling in his boots as I walked up to him. His eyes had a purple glow to them, the same kind the ladies at the hotel had. I looked down at him and he stared up to me, he looked like he was about to piss his pants right then and there.
" Or what?" I asked. The runt of an angel flapped his wings to get to eye level with me. He swung his foot out at my face, I caught it before it made contact with my chin. I pulled him closer and slammed my hand to his throat. The angel squeaked and struggled as I turned him over and reached for the connection point of his wings. I felt a hand on my shoulder before I could grab the wings.
" Mue, please that's enough." Lucy whispered in my ears. I sighed and let the angel go, he flapped his wings and raced to hide behind a bigger angel. Lucy grabbed my hand and we walked to the demon class. Everyone moved out of our way as we walked to the classroom door. Before I entered I heard a male call to me.
" I want you to fight me like a man after school today. Demon." the angel called from down the hall. I smiled and looked to him, his face faltered from its tough look for a moment.
" I accept." I spoke and he turned to walk to his class. I entered into the demon classroom and saw the students in their demon forms. I looked to Lucy as her body had changed to it's demon form. I checked my feet and saw the hooves. Apparently there was a special ability to this room that allowed the demons human disguise to be undone once the demon entered the room. I walked up the steps and sat down in a chair. The 'desk' was more like a flat surface that stretched to the width of half the classroom. The other demons were looking at our little group. I looked to all the horned students, each demon was different. I saw one with gazelle-like horns and deer like legs. I scanned the room and checked out each of my horned and spike headed classmates. I saw one student that had horns similar to the famous great-horned owl. I continued scanning each student and noticed a few with bat like wings and more. Some had tails while others had a spikey scales running down their backs. Lucy noticed what I was doing and she squeezed my hand lightly. I smiled to her as the teacher walked in, he was a tall character. His horns spiked back from the sides of his head. I looked to the flame above his head as it glowed a spectacular green and yellow. I waited as he stood in the front of the class,
" Good mornining class." he spoke. The students greeted him in return and waited for him to say or do something.
" As you all can see, we have four new students amongst us. And they are very well known to the demon world." the demon teacher said.
" Will the four new demons please come to the front of the class." he continued and I stood with Lucy. Riane and Stephen followed behind us as we went to stand at the front of the classroom.
" Very good. Now please, introduce yourselves." the teacher spoke. I was about to step forward when Stephen beat me to the punch.
" I am Stephen. Son of Rumondo." he said and the students started murmuring to eachother.
" Please students. Keep quiet until they finish introducing themselves." the teacher said. Riane stepped forward next and cleared her throat.
" I am Riane. Daughter of Harmond." she said and I watched her step back into our line. Lucy looked to me and I gave a slight nod. She took a step forward and stood straight as she looked to the students.
" I am Lucy. Daughter of Lester." she said and I inhaled deeply and prepared to introduce myself. Lucy stepped back into the line. The teacher looked to me and I took a step forward.
" I am Miguel. Son of Theo. And son of the Ancestral leader Kayla." I spoke clearly. Murmurs broke out as I heard the students talk of Lucy and I.
" I heard Miguel was over eight feet tall." a student said and I looked to him.
" And I heard Lucy was the grandchild of Lucifous." another spoke out. Others started making comments as the teacher tried calming them down.
" I was told Miguel was a black angel." one spoke out and I turned to him.
" Then you heard wrong!" I roared at him. My throat added a low growl to my voice as I spoke, the students stopped and the teacher looked to me.
" Students if you have questions you will need to ask them one at a time." he said as a student stood up.
" Yes?" he asked and the student looked to Lucy.
" Is it true that you're the grandchild of Lucifous?" the female demon asked and Lucy nodded.
" Yes it's true." she said and the demoness sat down. I looked to another student that stood.
" I heard that angels, witches, wizards, elves, dwarves, and giants tried killing you when you were born but you wouldn't stay dead. Is that true?" the little demon asked and I sighed. Everyone seemed to come up with strange things of when I was born, how I was born and what happened when I was born.
" That story is not entirely true." I said and the demon remained standing.
" Could you explain that please?" he asked as I looked to the teacher. The teacher nodded,
" I was born on October 25, 1831." I began as the demon sat down to listen.
" Wouldn't that make you a hundred and thirty years old?" a demon said from the back of the class and I nodded.
" Yes it would." I said and the demons nodded. The only other demon to be as old as Lucy and I would be Lucifous. But Lucifous was over 6000 years old.
" Come on tell us your birth story." another demon said from the crowd of students.
" Well the day I was born, was the same day the first battle of the supernatural's and mythical being's began." I said and the students nodded. It was told to every demon, angel, elf, dwarf, giant, and all other beings that lived, except humans. The battles were stories told to the children to keep them from starting another war.
" So what happened?" a student asked. I smiled,
" The moment after my birth I went through three Heats and gained my strength, body size, and power. I was sent to fight in the battles with my parents." I spoke and the demons started to comment quietly to eachother. The only other demon to gor through three Heats right after birth was Lucifous. Lucy told me when she was born a few days after she had gone through two Heats. A month after that she went through her third.
" But that's impossible. The only demon who has ever survived a strain on the body like that after birth is Lucifous." a demon said and I looked to him.
" Then you know it is not impossible." I said and the demon thought of what he said. I looked to the teacher who had also sat down and started listening with interest.
" What happened in the first war Miguel?" a demoness asked from the back of the classroom.
" The battle had many losses on either side and a few of the beings became extinct from a genocide pulled by the Dracula's and Vampire's." I said. History told that the two bloodsucker groups killed off every last Kilp, an amphibious creature that had two glands that could eaither spit a poisonous gas or an acidic liquid. They were said to have also killed off every last Life Monger, a being said to give life back to dead creatures and other living organisms.
" What happened when the wars were over?" a demoness said from the front of the classroom. I smiled and looked to each and every student.
" Who said the wars were over?" I spoke and the demon students looked to eachother. I looked to Lucy who smiled back at me. Our little group walked back to our seats and we relaxed as the teacher started talking to the younger demons about history.
" Hey Mue." Lucy whispered to me. I looked to her and she leaned closer.
" Do you know what you're going to do to start a war with the angels and stuff?" she asked. I smiled and nodded.
" I already have a plan to get the fight started." I said and Lucy nodded. The bell rang for lunch after awhile and I walked out of the classrrom with Lucy and the rest of the group.
" Hey. Demon boy." a voice called out from down the hall. I looked to see the angel that wanted to fight me after school. I walked up to him and he looked up to me as I stood over him.
" What do you want?" I asked impatiently. The angel seemed to have lost some courage as I stood in front of him,
" You say your kind is so strong why don't you prove it right now." he said with his best brave face. I smiled down at him,
" Can't wait to be beaten I see."
" No, can't wait to prove how wrong you are." the angel said as I smiled to him.
" Okay then. You get first shot." I said and the angel seemed shocked at what I said. He hesitated as he swung his fist into my chest, I took the impact of his small fist hitting me like a pebble. I looked down at him.
" Is that it? Is that really all you got?" I spoke and the angel seemed nervous. I smiled as I looked him in the eyes.
" Let me show you what a real shot is." I said and I slammed my fist into his chest. The angel flew back against a wall and smashed into the brick. He got up and looked to me, holding his chest.
" Fine, you want to go, then lets go." he said as he shot his wings out and lunged at me. I was taken out the window with him as he flew us outside. I was dropped and the angel flew above me. I felt a major adrenaline rush as I was falling, I felt my body morph and I soon started flapping my wings. The angel must have seen because he started flying away from me.
" Coward! You say your stong but you fly away like a wuss!" I shouted. The angel must have heard because he stopped and looked to me. His face showed fear and hesitation. He quickly grabbed some courage and started flying to me. I morphed back to my human form and waited for him on the ground. He dove right down to me, I grabbed his left wing and swung him over my head. He slammed into the ground with a whoosh of air leaving his lungs. He got up slowly as I stood over him,
" I am not a coward. I am an angel of the Gaurdians Clan." he wheezed. I laughed,
" Coward, angel. It's still the same to me." I said and he swung his fist out at my face. I swatted it to the side and slammed the bottom of my right foot into his chest. He tumbled backwards a few meters as I stood waiting for him to get up. He trembled as I watched him stand,
" You still aren't that strong." he said. He ran at me as he put his fists up and swung out to hit me. I awaited his fist and was not surprised to feel the pebble hit he had. I raised my fists into the air and slammed down on his shoulders with enough force that his shoulders dislocated. He yelled out as I tossed him to the ground and reached for his wings.
" No. Please no, not the wings please. I'm begging you, please don't take my w..." he cried out as I started pulling the wings from his back. I heard a few of the bones snap and his screams of pain.
" Mue. Stop!" I heard Lucy's voice and I suddenly felt my hands let go. The angel was on the ground crying. I rolled him over so he was on his back, I leaned down so my face was inches from his.
" You angels are pathetic." I said. His eyes were glazed with tears but I could see the fear in them. I walked away from him as he lay on the ground crying. Lucy walked up to me, he facial expression was neutral.
" You need to stop trying to tear the angel's wings off." she said quietly to me. I sighed and we walked back to class as the elf came out with the bell. Lucy and I sat down in our seats and waited as the teacher came in and looked to me and Lucy. The other demon students were looking to me as though I was about to stand up and tell a story. I listened to the teacher as he gave a lecture on the wars of the unknown worlds. I was looking outside when Lucy's hand squeezed mine lightly, I looked to her and she smiled at me.
" School's over Mue." she spoke and I stood up. The other demons were already walking out the classroom door. I walked with my group as we went to our dorms. I was walking down the hall when a tall angel stood in my path.
" Are you the one that fought my little brother?" he asked and I sighed. The big angels had the worst attitude of them all. The big ones always acted like the tough guy until you hit them in the right spot.
" Yeah. So what? I beat him at a challenge he declared. He didn't have to go crying to his wussy brother." I said and the angel swung out at me. I ducked and his fist hit the teacher behind me. The teacher was stunned and the angel looked like he was about to faint.
" Oh my. I am so sorry Mr. Vanello." the angel said. The teacher grunted and picked the angel up by the collar of his chirt and dragged him off down the hall. I laughed as he was taken, Lucy pulled me towards the stairs and we continued walking. I saw a large group of angels waiting at the bottom, they seemed pissed when they saw me. I kind of figured they would be in a group, angels don't have enough strength to fight one on one with a demon. Angels were stupid when it came to fighting a demon that was considerably stronger than them. I walked towards the door but they quickly blocked the way.
" You have a price to pay demon." the tallest said. The tallest was still an inch shorter than me.
" And how much money were you wanting?" I said with sarcasm.
" I'm not talking of money." the angel continued. I sighed as he cracked his knuckles, I looked to the rest of the angels in his group as they did the same. I shook my head.
" Then I'm afraid I can't help you there." I spoke as I started walking past him. The angel grabbed my shoulder, I turned around to look at him.
" You really want to get your ass kicked." the angel said and I smiled. The smile took a bit of courage from the angel and he let go of my shoulder.
" If you think you and your friends here can take me go ahead and try." I said and the angel shook his head.
" No, I don't plan on facing off with you demon. But I have a big friend that does." he continued and I was intrigued by his sentence.
" Oh really? And who is this big friend of yours?" I asked and the angel smiled at me.
" He's right behind you." the angel said and I turned to see a giant with biceps big enough to be the trunk of a tree. I looked up and the giant was smiling down on me. The giant grunted down at me and I saw his face change from anger to a surprised look when I didn't move a muscle when he tried to scare me. I looked to Lucy and she looked to me.
" You guys go ahead to the dorms. I'll deal with the big, drunk monkey here." I said and Lucy nodded. She walked with Stephen and Riane to the dorms. I turned to the giant that stood before me,
" So, shall we take this outside?" I suggested and the giant threw me out the doors onto the grass field outside the school. I liked this guy, getting straight to the fight without hesitation. I stood up and patted the dirt from my pants and shirt. The giant walked up behind me and covered me with his shadow.
" You hurt my angel friend." he grunted like a caveman. I smiled,
" Yeah, I hurt him cause he wanted to get hurt." I said and the giant stopped confused.
" Little angel wanted to get hurt by mean demon?" he said and I nodded.
" Yeah, your angel buddy was asking me to hurt him." I said. The giant seemed toatally and utterly confused. He turned to the angels that stood a few meters away from us.
" Is demon telling truth?" the giant asked as the angels grunted.
" No, the demon is not telling truth. He wouldn't tell the truth because he's a demon." the tallest angel said. The giant turned to me again and raised his fists.
" Demon lie to me. I hurt little demon bad." he said as I dodged to the right and grabbed his arm, he raise his fists to look at the ground where I stood just seconds ago.
" Where did little demon go?" he asked confused. I was climbing up his back as he looked around. He stopped for a moment as I stood on his shoulders.
" What is demon doing on my shoulders? Get off me little demon." the giant grunted. I ducked and dodged on his shoulders as he tried hitting me, each time he swung at me he ended up hitting himself. I tried to contain my laughter as I danced around his shoulders as he swung his arms wildly.
" Demon hurting me. I hurt demon if he keeps up." the giant said and I sighed. It would have been fun to keep seeing him hit himself trying to get me but this had to end sooner or later. I grabbed the tips of his ears and he stopped moving for a moment.
" Why demon grab my ears?" the giant questioned.
" Cause this little demon wants you to shut up and fall asleep." I said mimicking his stupid tone. The giant was puzzled for a moment,
" But I don't want to go to sleep." the giant said as he reached his large hands up to me. I quickly wrapped my legs around his neck and slammed my fists onto the special piece of bone located at the top base of a giants skull. The giant was asleep before he hit the ground, I leaped from his shoulders and landed on my feet in front of the angels. The angels looked scared as I smiled at them, they scattered and ran to their dorms. I walked over to the giant as he opened his eyes.
" Hey, who are you?" the giant spoke and I looked to him. He didn't remember me so I guess I could mess with him a bit.
" I'm your best friend don't you remember?" I said and the demon thought for a moment. I knew giants were dumb but they were loyal and strong. I saw his face go from confused to happy.
" Yeah, I think I remember you. Aren't you a demon?" he spoke and I nodded.
" I am indeed." I spoke.
" I can't remember your name though." the giant continued.
" Miguel. My name is Miguel." I spoke and the giant nodded. I helped him up and he patted the dirt off his pants and shirt. He smiled as I patted the dirt off his back,
" Thanks friend." he said and I smiled back to him.
" No problem buddy." I said and he waved goodbye and headed to his dorm. I walked to my dorm where I knew Lucy would be waiting for me.