THE DEVIL'S THRALL

Pairing: Fllay/Kira (pre discovery); Athrun/Lacus; Cagalli/Kira (Pre discovery); Athrun/Cagalli; Kira/Lacus

Summary: AU 300A.D. The story of a young girl who made a deal with the devil. The story of Fllay Allster, a young girl who had to pick up her life after she lost everything, and had to find a new reason to live and love.

Disclaimer: Don't own Gundam Seed or Destiny. Didn't really watch all of the show either. Hated the plot, but loved the characters, so I am making an AU so I can keep the characters, without the plot.

Author's Notes: Fllay/Kira and Cagalli/Kira were all before they found out that Kira was Cagalli's twin. So it's not really incest…

Dedication: Dedicated to Termony, cause reading her story made me want to write a Gundam Seed story…

THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO REVIEWED!
The answer to the question about pairings in this story.

Now to answer a question that was brought up more than one time: will this be a Fllay/Kira story? Yes as the pairing section indicated. Will Kira get together with Cagalli? Yes he will. But they don't stay together after they find out they are twins. So technically that wouldn't really be incest, since they stay apart, and don't really do that much after their first kiss. Personally, I don't have that much against incest, unless the couple is really unbelievable, but since it is dedicated to Termony and she doesn't like incest stories, this couple will not stay. Sorry to all those that wanted to see Kira and Cagalli. But just to tell you people. I would not have made them a couple anyways…I really don't like Cagalli, but don't worry, that does NOT mean that I will ruin her character! My pride prevents me from doing so. Anyways…She annoys the hell out of me. To hear more of my rant about Cagalli, please read the AN at the end of this chapter. Will this have some Kira and Lacus. Yes, I can't see how I would keep them in character if I didn't add some Kira/Lacus hints in the story. But unlike gundam seed anime plot, I will not keep them together. Who will Kira go to after Lacus? You will see.

CHAPTER ONE: Song of the Past

Pride. Pride is a wonderful thing. It gives us a sense of self. It gives something to be happy about. It encourages us to keep moving forward. But pride is a dangerous two-edged sword that can cut both ways.

Pride can damn us. Pride can hurt us. Pride can ruin what we have tried so hard to achieve. More than anything, pride can blind us. This is true for both mortal and devils.

Many of the others take pride in the destruction and chaos created by their deals. I too am proud of most of the deals that I have made in the past. I remember that once I had given a poor man the ability to have his written words come true, in return I too away his ability to talk and hear. It was fantastic! Pure misery that man radiated! Sorry, you must think of me as an evil being right about now. And you would be right. I am evil; there is nothing to be said.

But this deal, this deal is the other side of the blade. It had cut everyone involved the wrong way. I do not feel pride in this deal. Now onto the story, you must be tired of hearing me talk about life and logic. I must apologize; I tend to ramble when I reminisce.

The town of Ragonal was small like I said before. All the residents of this place knew of each other since they had all grown up together. They all trusted each other, and no one locked their doors at night; that is how deep their trust was.

Before the war had reached their little village, Fllay was allowed to go outside and play with her friends after she had finished her housework. Actually, when I say friends I meant friend, without the 's'. There were not that many children her age. There was only one other child her age. That child is Kira Yamato. Yes, this is the same Kira that I had mentioned before. This Kira was the same hidden prince as I referred to before.

You see, the King of Relren, the place in which the small town of Ragonal was located, was suppose to sacrifice one of his twins to Rey (another devil). This king, he was a crafty one. He hid one of his twins with the Yamato family, and told Rey that one of them died.

He thinks he can fool us, it is laughable, but it is too early to tell you how Rey had dealt with this problem, for you see that would ruin my own tale. His story blends with mine. But let me tell you, you can never escape the devil's wrath.

This young boy was very different before he had found out his real identity. He was kinder; he was more relaxed. He was free. Let me show you a memory. I must warn you, this is only a memory, which means that it is biased. This is a memory of Fllay's back before everything. They were both 13, which means it was 2 years before the war reached this place, 1 year before Cagalli came to this town in search of adventure.

There was a small tipping sound at Fllay's small bedroom window. The sound was soft, but Fllay was able to hear it nonetheless. She slipped quietly away from her bed.

She opened the window as silently as she could. The brunette on the other side smiled at her as she stuck her head out.

"Hurry Fllay-chan!" Young Kira's voice squeaked even though he was whispering. He stuck his hand out for her as she tried to climb out the window.

"Do we have to sneak out so late?" Fllay questioned as she closed the window after her.

"It's not late anymore! Silly Fllay-chan, it's already morning!" Kira pulled Fllay after him as he ran down the dirt streets of Ragonal. "If we go too late, we will not be able to see the sun rising! Don't you want to see it?"

Fllay nodded, but was still hesitant. She didn't want her father to worry about her since she had not told him that she was going out. Thinking back, maybe that was not one of her brighter ideas. Pushing those thoughts to the back of her mind, Fllay picked up her pace and ran alongside Kira to the top of Leaser's Hill.

As they settled themselves down, the two of them fell into an easy silence. The skies were starting to lighten up, and tints of pale purple could be seen in the dark dawn. Slowly the morning sun had risen over the horizon eliminating the last of the night, and bringing forth a renewed sense of hope, and a promise of a better day.

Fllay laid her head on Kira's shoulders. Closing her eyes, she let a sense of peace wash over her.

"Do you think we can do this again sometime, Kira?"

"Of course."

"Hm…"

The Sun by now had already hung quite high in the sky. The morning larks had begun to sing. And all around them people had started to wake up. Kira pulled slightly away, waking Fllay from her peace rest.

"Come on! We have to get back before our parents wake up! Otherwise we will be grounded for sure."

Fllay laughed as she ran after Kira down the small high and towards the village. As they approached the cluster of houses, Fllay stopped and pulled on Kira's sleeve.

"Kira-chan?"

Kira looked back at Fllay, confusion written in his eye. If they did not get back soon, they would both be in big trouble.

"Do you think we will always be friends?"

Kira tilted his head and laughed. "Silly Fllay-chan! Of course we will! Now we have to hurry, or else we will both be grounded."

Fllay giggle, but didn't stop anymore as she ran towards her house and snuck in quietly as she had done when she had came out.

This memory was a part of Fllay for a long time. When we had made our deal she had told me it was a treasure of hers, and that she would want me to keep it for her. She did not want it tainted by the crimes she would have to commit. I had accepted the responsibility. But I felt that it would be much more appreciated it I had shared it with who wanted to know of her, those that wanted to learn about her past.

What she doesn't know, what I didn't tell her, is that all memories are tainted. Now matter how pure the thought, not matter how pure your intentions, all memories are tainted. No, it is not tainted in the bad sense of the word. Tainted that it is never pure.

Memories will always be tainted because it only shows one side of things. This particular memory might have been Fllay's joy, her strength in the dark times, but we do not know what Kira thought of this moment. Maybe he also returned her affections, or maybe he hated the attention she gave him. We do not know, we will not know. And that is why I say that memories are always tainted. But still, I have kept her treasure for her. I will not break her faith in me.

Another thing. Faith that is. Faith is also a tricky thing. I can tell you that Fllay really believed Kira during this time. She believed that he would keep his promise. She had believed that he would always remain friends with her. She believed that he would always be by her side.

But we both know that that would not be the case. For you see, the arrival of Cagalli would change everything about this tiny town. The arrival of Cagalli would bring death and destruction. She would bring the end of everything beautiful, of everything peaceful. She would be their goddess of death.

I do not mean for you to hate her, even though I know that Fllay resented her very presence. I knew that Cagalli had not meant to cause such chaos when she had came here. She had wanted to set the people free from war, she had wanted to free them from oppression, she had wanted them to be able to decide for themselves.

But her intentions were not pure either. There was selfishness in her wish too. She had wished to be free herself. She had wanted to get away from her father. She had wanted to get away from her duties. She had wanted to get away from those that had expected great things. More than anything she wanted to find someone that would love her for her, not because she was a princess. She wanted to find someone that would see her as her and would not see her as an opportunity.

What she didn't realize, was that in order to make her own dreams come true, she would have to damn the people that loved her; she would have to damn this whole town; she would have to damn her own country.

There is a price for everything. Nothing is free. It all depends on what you are willing to pay.

My question is: will you be willing to pay anything, in return for a devil's deal?

Ok…that was the end of this chapter. Hope I didn't disappoint all those that liked this story… I have a tendency to start off ok, and end really badly, or write myself into a writers block or something equally as bad. But don't have to worry about writers block for this story. I already have the whole plot set down. It will be easy to write. But I want to make the story longer so…I will drag it on. Unless you want me to move it along…in that case just say so in my review and I will hurry it up. Lol. Yeah…I am weird…don't ask… lol!

Ok…my Cagalli rant. I really hate her character! In the first episode she seemed so cool, but than suddenly when she is reintroduced in like…episode 17 (?) she is nothing but a whiny little brat! She couldn't see how she was actually not helping those people that she was with. She was the one that caused all that fuss about fighting. And because they were fighting so many of them died. It annoys me so much that people still think she is so cool, even though she didn't actually do any of the fighting herself. AHHHH! Stupid Cagalli. And than suddenly she becomes Kira's twin, I mean that just hit me out of the blue. WTF! That was so bad plot twist…I mean it's in one those fanfiction that I wouldn't read on my own. You know? If she wasn't made by the author I would have said that she was the typical Mary-sue! I mean come on! She is the twin of the main character, she falls in love with the second main character. Fllay is jealous of her. She is a princess suddenly! Hello Here! Over powerful much! Anyways… I know that I am making them to be twins in my story too. But that is only because they are twins in the anime too. If they were not, I would not add some random twist as this without reason.

Thank you for hearing me rant. Feel free to rebut my perception of Cagalli. If you have something intelligent to say. Please feel free to tell me your opinion. I do listen to other's perceptions even if I do not like them. If you wanna flame me for dissing Cagalli just because you don't agree with what I think. No I will not delete your review, but be aware that you will be dissed in my next story.

DON'T WORRY TO THOSE WHO ACTUALLY LIKE CAGALLI. I WILL NOT MAKE HER TOTALLY STUPID AND OUT OF CHARACTER (if I can help it) JUST BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE HER.

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