Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters.
Warning: This chapter may be graphic for some readers.
Two months had passed by without any real issues with Sonja, she could tell Thorn was keeping the demons away from her. Sonja was occasionally hit because her brother did something to piss off the demons that were really low on the hierarchy, but she was thankful that the really powerful ones had left her alone. She was grateful no real harm had come to but also because of that she could protect the twin dragon slayers. Her magic level hasn't risen since she got there because she wouldn't consume any of the blood that was given to her. She refused to touch the boys because they were constant reminders of what she was fighting for.
She was watching Sting sleep, he looked incredibly peaceful like that, his eyes closed and his mouth slightly open taking slow breaths. He looked like a little angel to her, she smiled at how hot headed Sting was while awake but when sleeping he was just the opposite. She took on a role of a big sister to both Sting and Rogue. When the demons came she kept the attention on herself, mostly screaming insults and profanity at the demons, she occasionally hit a demon when his eyes started to turn towards the boys. She would not allow them to hurt the boys any worse.
Sonja's head jerked up when a shadow demon was standing at her cell door, "Master Thorn wants to see you," he said. It was always the same demon that came to get her, his voice was always really low and hoarse, it always made chills run down her spine. Sometimes she would hear his voice in her nightmares, right before a very alluring and tempting voice called her to Thorn's side. What scared her the most was that the voice was always her own, it was her darker half lusting after violence and war. With the lack of blood the voice was becoming louder and seemed to be always in her ear whispering about the pleasures and spoils of war.
She snapped out of her thoughts and decided to see what her brother wanted. Sonja stood and walked to the demon without saying a word. She stopped just before that thought of the sleeping mages that were still in her cell, she wanted to make sure that no one would bother the sleeping boys but if she disobeyed Thorn might send someone to collect them. She decided that it would safer for them if she obeyed and instead she followed the demon to the throne room.
Thorn smiled when he seen her, "Sonja dear, I trust you have been treated well?" he asked still showing concern.
"Fine, brother," she told him rather bluntly.
"I was hoping the last two months you might see my way of thinking and join us," he said as he stretched his arm out to her. She could see the hope in his eyes. She knew that because they were once close that he loved her, but after seeing what he had done to Sting and Rogue she was even more firm on her resolve to stay with Fairy Tail. They would never hurt people the way her kind did.
"No, Thorn. I will never join you. I will not help you hurt people I care about," she said.
"I would not hurt your mate," he promised. That made her think, just for a second. If the war happened she knew that many would get hurt some may even die, some of which she didn't even know but that would mean her Nakama would also perish. She then seen everyone's faces in Fairy Tail she cared for them almost as deeply as she did Natsu, they were her new family. Even thinking about her time away from them made her eyes prick with tears and her stomach twist in knots, she missed them all so much. Not a day went by that she didn't think about them and what they were doing while she was here. She couldn't give up this one for them. Besides Natsu would never except life if that meant his friends would die, and she would rather take torture for all eternity than to ever harm anyone in Fairy Tail.
"No Thorn. You won't harm any of them. I won't let you," she told him, "What were you doing torturing those boys, what do you want with Acnologia?" she asked him.
"The black dragon almost wiped out enough of Fairy Tail that they were weak, we wait to do something of the sort just more permanently," he said with a wave, "are you playing with your food?" he smiled at her, "wow I did not think that you would have made a connection with someone that you were gonna kill," he said. She looked at him, he looked proud that she established a friendly connection before hurting them, it was a favorite form of torture for Thorn: to make someone trust you and then kill them, she shook her head. Thorn got off on torture.
"Brother, I will never hurt Fairy Tail," she said again. She did not want to let Thorn know Sting and Rogue were alive, he would use them against her.
"Sonja, you have to know that you have chosen the losing side in this. You are strong but not stronger than everyone here," he said with a sigh.
"Thorn! You have chosen the wrong side. You know that I have always protected the members of Fairy Tail. Mavis was my closest friend, I gave her my word that I would always protect them," she told him.
"Are you truly willing to give up me? Your brother, for the false family that you have found? I have seen you in your true demonic form and love you still, would they?" he asked.
"Yes," she never doubted Fairy Tail. They would never judge her for something so stupid, they would still embrace her and protect her.
"Sonja you are a fool! How can you risk everything for them? They will be gone in fifty years, who will still be there in a hundred or a thousand years? Hmm?" he said as a tall black haired woman came to stand behind him, "I will be! I have been with you sense your birth! Are you going to go against your brother for another fifty years of life with them?"
Sonja smiled, fifty years. That seemed like such a short time, being immortal she felt that she napped while a hundred years passed. The more she thought about it the more she wished that she would grow old with them, they deserved to live the fifty years. Everyone in Fairy Tail deserved all of the time that she could allow. "No, brother. I am willing to kill you and your demon horde if it means they can live another second without you in it. They deserve the life that they fight for," she told him.
"I know that those dragon slayers are still alive. You haven't had a drop of blood in over two months and your magic level was a mere fifteen percent when you arrived. Do you have the power to defeat us?!" he screamed at her.
"I don't have to fight you alone, my comrades will be here to back me up when the time comes," she told him.
"I am more powerful than you!" he said as if he needed to hear it.
Sonja ran up so she could look straight into his eyes, "no Thorn, you are a weak. You thrive and get off of the pain that you cause others. I gain strength from the planning, the preparation, the battle, the tears, and the overall victory of war. I am gaining power as you sit here, Fairy Tail and you are preparing for a battle. I will not have a drop of blood and I am still twice as powerful as you at full strength, don't lie to your self- you won't win this!" she said.
Thorn pushed Sonja out of his face, "Your easy time here is over, I will not protect you from the demons any longer!" he said as he looked at her, "take her back to her cell!"
Thorn watched as Sonja left. He knew she was right, she has always been stronger than him. Her determination to protect the things she cared about knew no bounds, she simply wouldn't rest until Fairy Tail was safe. He was thinking of the best ways to torture her when he felt a gentle hand on his shoulder he looked up to see his mate, Minerva, standing right behind him.
"When did you get there?" he asked.
"A while ago," she said, "don't worry we will win. I only ally myself with the most powerful force," she said with a smile.
He smiled back at her, "I know we will, she has lost a lot of strength. Her mate hasn't been seen in months and no one can find him, many think he is dead so his annoying power of persistence and raw determination won't be a problem," he thought out loud.
Sonja walked back to her cell in worry that her choice might affect the dragon slayers. The demons now had permission to come to her cell, they would torture her for sure but now they might notice the boys.
The shadow demon stopped at her cell, "Mistress," he motioned to guide her into her cell, she walked in ready for him to follow right behind her to start the torture but he simply left, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sting, Rogue?" she called out.
"Sonja? Everything okay? You weren't here when we woke up," Rogue said, "we were worried one of the demons got to you."
"No, they didn't, I had to go see Thorn," she told them. She decided not to tell them that she was the sister of the man who had captured and tortured them.
She seen them cringe and shake at the mention of his name, they never told her everything that had happened to them but she could draw her own conclusions by the wounds she had healed. As she started to walk over to them to pull them out of the nightmare that they were having at the mention of Thorn she felt a demon close by heading towards her cell, she sighed angrily, that didn't take long for the demons to learn of her brother's order allowing them to hurt her in whatever way they wanted.
She looked behind her to see a demon of average power come into her cell. With a bow he said, "Princess."
"What do you want?" she asked.
"You will find out shortly," he said with a smirk that made her skin crawl. Sonja knew that her purity would probably be ruined by the ugly beast standing before her she felt it in her stomach that something bad was going to happen, she glanced at the boys to make sure that they were far enough away. "What are you looking at?" he asked.
Sonja snapped her beck to looking at the demon and swore silently at herself, she had drawn attention to the boys. As she looked at the beast in front of her she became even more repulsed, he was probably more than seven feet tall and had a big round belly. His skin was a grisly tan color that was rippled with black tribal looking birthmarks that looked like tattoos that covered his body. His hair was greasy and black that came to just above his shoulders. Once her eyes forced she could see his face, his eyes were completely yellow, they didn't glow but instead were a pale yellow that seemed to be hollow, like there was nothing more to the thing in front of her, no soul no emotions just pure basic need and instincts. The lack of depth in his eyes showed her that he was a great worker he probably did everything he was told because he didn't have the brain capacity to say otherwise. His face was stuck in a smile that looked odd for his face, like he wasn't used to smiling. He was truly ugly, his face reminded her of a pig, his nose didn't end at a tip but instead it suddenly became flat and you could see into his nostrils while looking him directly in the face. But what bothered her most was the slight bulge that seemed to be growing in his pants.
She knew that both Sting and Rogue were extremely heterosexual and most demons did not care what gender as long as they got off. She walked towards him to draw the attention back to herself, she accepted her fate she would not give them another nightmare. The demon popped its head back to her and smiled, a little too wide for her comfort.
Before she could defend herself the demon used telekinesis to throw her into a wall, her head cracked at the force he used she gasped in pain. The loud sound brought Sting and Rogue back to the present, they looked up in horror to the demon groping Sonja. She looked over to make eye contact with Sting, he shook his head and started to get up. Sonja opened her eyes in fear, this demon might go after the boys sense they were weaker and easier to control. Don't you dare help me! She said into both of their minds.
Sting was shocked at the voice inside of his head, Sonja? He thought back as he looked at her, she gave a small shake of her head to let him know it was her, What do you want us to do? Sit here and watch this thing rape you?! he said with fury.
Sting, this thing will rape you! Don't make me watch that! I can fight these things for another four months! These demons will kill you and I refuse to watch you die, she told him.