Chapter 8
Fear my name as Hell awakens
I came to lying in the middle of a long hall with a myriad of doors. It seemed like it went on forever. I decided to walk down the hallway until I came to the end. When I did come to the end I was in front of two large double doors that were black as granite. I opened the door to see a dark palace bathed in flame and a dark figure sitting upon a throne at the end of the room. He looked up at me and motioned me over. I walked over but it felt like a heavy weight was on my shoulders. Then I noticed all of my chains were gone. Even without the weight of the chains I felt heavier than ever. "What is your name." the dark figure asked. "Flare Kage." I replied. He smiled and showed his vast amount of razor sharp shark like teeth. "So you have come to retrieve it?" he asked. "Retrieve what?" I asked back. "Your soul. It was locked away thirteen years ago by your father. Do you wish to have it back?" he asked again. "Yes I would." I replied. He raised his hand and pointed with his claw to one of the doors. "The door with the moon and helmet on it is the prison your soul awaits in." he said. I turned around and went towards the door. I opened the door and saw a dark silhouette chained to a wall. It smiled. "Finally you have come." he said. The chains quickly deteriorated and he jumped down. He walked toward me. I could see the evil blood color of his eyes as he got closer. He raised his finger and poked the center of the pentagram that was on my torso and a bright light appeared between us.
When the light disappeared I saw that I was in Selene's infirmary. I could hear her crying in the other room. I got up silently and noticed that my chains changed and now they were black and weren't rusty anymore. I poked my head through the doorway of her bed room and saw her on the edge of her bed crying. I didn't know whether to say something or just stand there or leave. "Uh, I realize that you may be going through a tough time right now so I'll be outside." I said. She looked up at me with fury in her eyes. "Who are you?" she asked pulling out her sword. "I am Flare. Don't you remember?" I asked. "Flare died. His subclavian artery was punctured and he bled to death." she said. "But it really is me." I replied. She ran at me and ran the katana all the way through my stomach all the way down to the hilt. I put my arms around her and hugged her firmly. "I know you must be confused, but it really is me." I said. "But how did that not kill you?" she asked. My body was different this time, I wasn't a lava demon though. "I guess my healing ability has increased." I said. She put her arms around me and started to cry even more. "I remember you untying my and saving me from those werewolves. Then you died of blood loss." she explained through the heavy amounts of sobbing. "If you need more proof, you can suck my blood if you want to." I said. She looked up at me and smiled. She bit down and tasted that it was my blood but it was a little darker than what it is supposed to be. She smiled and started to cry even though she was happy. "I thought you said never show weakness?" I said. "I did. But all the rules can't be followed all the time. There are exceptions." she said. "Can we train now?" I asked. "Sure." she replied happily. She looked down at the sword that was all the way through me. She touched the hilt but I stopped her before she pulled it out. "let me do it." I said. She stepped back as I pulled the sword out of my abdomen and handed it to her. My wound healed in front of our eyes as we walked out of the house.
When we got outside she walked out in front of me and turned to me. "Today I will teach you how to spit fire." she said. I like the idea of spitting fire since it would make up for combat loss and could be devastating in close quarters. "Focus your aura into your chest while inhaling and breathe out." she explained. She then took a large breath and exhaled a large orange fireball. "Now you try." she said. I stepped to the opening of the large grassy field and inhaled deeply focusing my aura. When I exhaled a large black fireball shot out and traveled over the field and past the volcano. The field was no longer grassy, it was now a wasteland of scorched earth. Her eyes stared at the devastation that my fire caused and then she looked at me. "Ok you pass." she said. "Ok Then." I replied. "I think you are ready for the next tier of magic. It is a sealing spell." she explained. She focused her aura and put her arms out in front of her. A large glowing circle spun around her arms and shot at a deer in the field. It was frozen in place by the circle. "All you have to do is focus your aura and put your arms out in front of you and release your aura." she explained. "Wouldn't I be able to seal a demon and absorb its power with a higher spell of this type?" I asked. "Yes you can, but I haven't been able to. I know how though", she explained, "all you need is a small pentagram pendant or a medium to seal it in". The ground started to shake very violently at that moment.