Chapter one, Ellexria
I have been working on this character for what seems like forever… I really hope you guys like my new story.
To an ancient greater demon of old, death is no release, it doesn't even come close. Quite honestly, death hadn't even been invented when I walked on the surface of this world. The only thing that resembles our version of death, is a trap. They shoved us into coffins and assigned mindless guards and A Gate Keeper so no one can steal us away, pathetic. We command such elegance! We had earned more than this, it is a trap for your decaying body, and your mind, but not my mind.
Being Ellexria Queen of Demons, Ellexria the Demons Master, Ellexria the original Shadow, Sister of Illyria controller of Time and Space, had its perks. Illyria had escaped successfully putting our plan into effect but complications came up. She should have come and released me by now, we were the only pare of siblings of all the Greater Demons kept down here (all the others were to weak and destroyed each other so utterly that no other pair exited) so it may be suspected that she comes to find me by the guards. But unlike the rest of these prisoners I could still have fun, so I was in no rush.
My toom was buried near where LA is currently. I had sensed Illyria there and kept a watchful eye on her, but had not rushed her, most of her power had been robed from her. Of late, she had had a lot on her mind.
My subject that walked above my sarcophagus was a traitor to his Demon Queen. Darting into his mind I screamed with his mouth, "Stop Traitor! Vile insignificant demon scum, with out me your kind- all demon kind would be wiped out by now by the slug at my feet! Your kind would be killed by the hands of the ooze that eats it's self! You owe me your life and payment is due! Now jump, your queen demands it of you,"
I felt a slight resistance to my demand. His tiny mind was working. "Jumping will not hurt you, it is just proving your devotion to me," I said soothingly switching tactics, my powers were only a fraction of there normal strength.
From his own mouth I screamed with excitement as he plunged over the rail. With his own ears I heard my scream of excitement replace it's self with terror. "Die traitor," I hissed and jumped back to my toom with my decayed body.
I felt a new presence, livid with anger, anger at me. Curious I jumped into his mind. "Hello gate keeper, I see you are new and Drogyn is dead. Why have you bothered me from my eternal slumber?" I asked, the words spilling from his own mouth.
"Ellexria, you know as well as I, that even you, in your current state, can not control me," he told me. "You need to stay where you belong,"
I lifted his fist and slammed it into his jaw. "What else can I not do? Do not insult me! I will always kill your guards. You and I both know that every thing comes with a price; this is the price for keeping me here. Is it really worth all the hassle? There is an easy way to get me to stop killing all your guards," I whispered.
"You are going to stay here with the rest of your worthless subjects,"
"Have you ever been stuck inside of a sarcophagus? It is not pleasant. Try it and get back to me,"
"You are a demon, you are being punished," he said.
"Don't deny your roots, you are not Drogyn, you are a demon as well, I can see into your past. Why not let me go? You let my sister go," I said.
"We did not let her escape,"
"She isn't here so what did you do?" before he could answer I jumped from him and returned to my coffin, pulling my self painfully from his mind. Something was wrong, was very, very wrong. I could sense, a huge mass of demons was collecting near me, in LA… everything from vampires to clathora demons. I picked a mind and forced him to attack the demon next to him, the riot was instant. I searched through the many chaotic minds until I found the one I knew best.
"Personally I kind of want to slay the dragon," Angel was saying.
"What is going on? Why am I not free yet?" I asked, through a vampires mouth, turning to look at my sister's weak human form.
She looked over at me and cocked her head to the side throwing her demon adversary into the ally wall. "Ellexria?" she demanded.
I nodded. "A large rogthein demon charged at the vampire I currently possessed. Before it could register I had already slammed it into the ground and ripped it's throat out with my hands.
"I see you have not changed, you still have quite the temper," Illyria told me. "Is this your new vessel?"
"Change is compromise, compromise is weakness. This is just my puppet for now, not my permanent vessel. I am still stuck in the Deeper Well," I told her. "Why are there so many demons here?" I asked.
"Senior Partners," Angel said. "They want to exterminate us."
"There are only four of you, of what importance do you have? One of you is practically dead as is," I muttered looking at the one they called Gunn. I sensed desperation on all of them, even a little on my own sister. I felt potential. "I'll make a deal with you," I said turning to Angel. "I will stop these demons if you get me out of my prison. Deal?" I asked. "I stop the demons and you give me a body, hardly sounds fair for me but I'll be fine."
"Who are you?" he asked.
"This is my sister," Illyria said. "She is known as a demon queen; they worshiped us when we were together, and has mastered most demonic magic and languages. She is useful. They call her the original Shadow because she is what the shadow hunters first hunted."
"No," he said. "I will not kill for you. I don't want anyone to go through what Wesley went through," when he said the name "Wesley" his voice faltered. "We can not have an all powerful old one walking around. Why do you want to help us anyway?"
"I do not like the Senior Partners, they are the ones who ordered me killed. I could not do anything after I realized what they were planning, my own people rose up and killed me, with out my sister by my side I didn't stand a chance," I said. "And I never said I wanted a human shell,"
"I would be honored to be your vessel," a horned demon said in an unusual demon language.
"I will gladly be your vessel," a dark haired vampire stepped forward. She was beautiful by human terms.
"You will do fine. I need to blend in with the pathetic humans," I said pointing at the vampire. "You see I still have followers who would die for me happily," I said to Angel. "Do we have a deal, or not?"
"Fine," Angel said crossing his arms over his chest. "But the Senior-"
"Demons like me, and fear us more than they fear the Senior Partners. So we have a deal, if you go back on your word I will get a vengeance demon to boil your innards, and have maggots eat you form the inside out, and I will do it with a smile on my face," and with that I when back to my sarcophagus.
"All demons that are serving under the Senior Partners LEAVE NOW OR FACE YOUR QUEENS BRILIANT RATH!" I screamed in their heads.
I sighed to myself, victory, freedom, all going to come to me very soon. It was what I deserved; I had earned it from rotting in that prison for so long.
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