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…
CHAPTER TWO: Past Reflections
A deal between a person and a devil is a personal thing. It is more character defining than your past. It is more important than your present. It is your future. That is something that you must remember when you are initiating a deal with a devil.
Yes you heard right. A human must be the one to initiate the deal. We as devil are not allowed to force humans into deals. We are not allowed to break a contract once it is sealed in blood. We are however permitted to do everything in our power should the human in anyway violate the contract.
We are allowed to kill them, should they break a deal. We are allowed kill their family, should they break a deal. We are allowed to damn their souls, should they break a deal.
When a deal is made, both sides must promise something in turn. We usually provide power, wealth and freedom, just some of the obvious ones. In turn we get something back.
Despite what you may have heard before, we do not usually take souls as our price in return. Human souls are usually either corrupt or meaningless. They would belong to us in the end anyways. There are rarely any that make it to heaven. Only one in a million do. So that is why most of us do not deal for souls. I did not take Fllay's soul as a return for my price.
I do not know if what I got in return for this deal was a good. I asked her to teach me the meaning of being human.
You see. As devils we tend to lose contact with those who are around us, except our fellow devils. We may live side-by-side with human, we may look just like humans, we may make our deals, but we rarely understand humans. That is why I asked to understand humanity. I wanted to understand these people.
The angels and us are very similar in this perspective, even if they would rather burn than admit it. We do not understand death. We don't understand the meaning of pain, we don't understand the meaning of illness, we don't understand the meaning of hurt, or even sadness.
Now you might think that this is a good thing, but it also means we cannot understand life, living and especially happiness. If we do not have the bad, how can we know what it means to have the good?
That is why I decided to I would help this girl in return for the knowledge of what it means to be human, to be alive. It is something that I can say that I wish I had never learned. Because her memories will be forever burned in my mind.
Now I know that I had mentioned plenty of times how much things had changed after Cagalli had came to this small town. I will not keep you waiting anymore. I will start my tale without anymore delays. I wish I didn't have to hurry this story.
I have no story of Cagalli's childhood, so there is nothing that I can say in defense of her character. I but I will try not to slander her memories more than necessary. I will try to be as objective as I can be, but it will be hard because all that I know of her early times are either through Rey or Fllay's memories. And I can say truthfully none of them were very positive about their thoughts of her.
The night that Cagalli first stepped into Ragonal was a stormy fall night…
The wind was blowing hard, and the rain was coming down with no stop in sight. It was cold freezing outside. Most of the town's people had gathered in the only tavern in Ragonal: The Heavy Oak.
Young Fllay and Kira were sitting on the wooden windowsills listening to the bar keeper, Mwu La Flaga, reciting another story that he had learned of in his younger days of traveling. It was just something that the town did. Even rainy day, after the harvesting season was over, the town's people would gather in the small inn and chat about old times, and listen to stories. It was an easy pattern that had been passed down from generation to generation.
"… So than suddenly the pirate appeared out of the deep blue sea, with one of his legs missing and an eye socket bleeding. He walked towards the siren, and sneered. 'You witch! May you burn in hell for tempting my men!' And the siren only laughed as she continued to sing her song…"
Mwu's voice droned on as Kira and Fllay chuckled in their corner. The two of them had heard the story a hundred times. Everyone in the town had heard it a hundred times, but as some would say: there is comfort in familiarity.
There was a flash of lightning outside, and Fllay gripped Kira's sleeve, waiting for the inevitable thunder that was sure to follow. A few seconds passed, and sure enough a loud booming sound crashed though the air. It was loud enough to cover the sounds of Mwu talking.
Fllay looked out the window, hoping to see if there would be more lightning and thunder. Sure enough there seemed to be. Another streak of light flashed through the sky. There seemed to be a shape in the distance, but Fllay wasn't sure if she saw right. ' I am seeing things. No one would be outside in this weather,' Fllay told herself. But that didn't stop her from continuing to look out the window, hoping to see outside when the next lightning appear. Something to either confirm what she saw, or to deny it.
Some minutes later, another lightning flashed. The shadow was still there, it seemed to be getting closer. Fllay tagged at Kira's sleeve, trying to gain his attention.
"What's wrong Fllay-chan? Mwu-jisan, was just getting to the good part!" Kira said, peeved to be interrupted from the story telling.
"Kira-kun…I think I saw someone outside." Fllay said, not entirely sure, but willing to take a chance.
"You are probably just seeing things. No one would be outside in this weather." Kira said firmly, as he turned back to listen.
"Kira…just wait for the lightning. You will see it too."
Both teens waited silently for the next lightning. Fllay quiet in anticipation; Kira in confusion. Lightning did not disappoint. Sure enough, just about half a minute later, lightning filled the sky once again. And sure enough the shadow was still there.
"Did you see it?"
"Yeah," Kira replied. "Do you really think that is a person."
"Yeah…it seems to be getting closer. Maybe we should go look."
Kira nodded. "Let's go."
The two glanced around them. Everyone else was still intensely listening to the story. Walking calmly towards the exit, they both picked up their coats. Pushing the door open without gaining the attention of the others inside the inn, they both ran outside.
"Which way did you see it?" Kira asked.
"Didn't you also see it?" Fllay asked him.
Kira shrugged and pointed in the general direction that he thought he saw something.
"Yeah…I think that is also where I think I saw it."
They both put on their hoods and left the safety of the ledge that was protecting them from the rain.
Sometimes there are things in life that we regret doing. Sometimes there are things that we wish we could go back and change. The thing that Fllay wished she could change the most in life would have been going out there and saving Cagalli.
Even though it was a thing that good people do, but Fllay still wished that she could have just let Cagalli die. It wasn't exactly an unfair thought. After all, saving Cagalli meant the death of almost everyone that Fllay loved.
It is in human nature to wish that the people they are close to would be safe. Even if it means that some else had to be unhappy. Even if it meant that someone else had to die.
I do not blame her for wishing death upon Cagalli. I don't think anyone in her position would be able to wish for something else. No one is that selfless to be happily willing to sacrifice the lives of everyone in their village to save the life of a stranger.
The only thing that a devil cannot do is change the past.
The scene with Cagalli was suppose to last until they actually saved her…but I got lazy. Lol! That will be in the next chapter.
Just to let people know… I hate OCs, so no the devil is not an original character. Who is it? I will let you guess. If you write it in your review. I will PM or email you to tell you if you are right or wrong. Otherwise the identity will be revealed at the end of the story.
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and if it's possible...can people please read my idea of a new fic on my bio page...i know what i wanna do for the beginning...but i don't know what to do for the ending... please email me, or write how you want it to end in your review for this story...suggestion of any kind is welcome for that story.