Hello again, I see you've come back for another round! Nice to see you again, I hope you enjoy this chapter, it will be in Soul's point of view, from before the meeting in the forest to after. I cannot say there will be no mistakes, but I will hopefully be able to find them and correct them all before this is available to your eye. Thank you for reading and enjoy!
SOUL
I was a child of few words, not speaking unless spoken to. I had learned from a young age what my kingdom was capable of, I had learned how dark they truly were and how dark I was myself. Demons roamed our kingdom, demons roamed inside of our people and our souls. Madness rang throughout the kingdom, and we were feared by everyone. Everyone except the beautiful kingdom of Lucem; our neighbours that separated themselves from us by a cold black metal fence.
Of course the fence actually did some good. The light that was held within their kingdom repelled the demons, and thus they were forced to stray in our kingdom. Their kingdom was the kingdom of light, they had a beautiful princess who everyone adored, a motherly Queen who people always went to for advice, and a corrupted King who committed adultery too many times to count.
Although I had never seen the princess with my own two eyes I could picture her easily in my mind, the wonderful thoughts and compliments people gave her ring through my mind to this very day. Intelligent, kind, beautiful, gentle, graceful; they praised her endlessly. Why couldn't the people of my kingdom like me like that? Because I was the Prince of Corruption, the prince every girl adored, the prince every man wanted to kill. I had corrupted the minds of many with my devilish grin and dark thoughts - or had I? Was it all just a rumour? Was it a lie created by a man who was jealous, who a woman who I had strayed from? No, I doubted it was a rumour. I barely knew my own body, my own thoughts. It was like I was two different people at times.
Looking up into the eyes of my brother, my lips twisted into a smirk.
"Soul, a demon was spotted near the border in the forest. Go deal with it." He spoke, white hair combed back. He was dressed in a suit, one that resembled mine some what. But instead of the red under shirt, a white one lay. We were princes, princes of the dark kingdom. The kingdom of darkness and hatred, the kingdom of Aeterna.
Stuffing my hands in my pocket, I walked down the steps of the dark castle that grew behind me. Black stones built the castle, rotting vines climbing it. A wonderland of caliginous, a place where no children could stay safe and no woman went out at night. And that was just the way we liked it, we craved the thrills of hunting demons, the adrenaline that rushed through you when you raced through the darkened streets.
Roaming through the market, I silently walked. I knew it would of been quicker for me to go by motorcycle; like I usually did. But I had to go calm down a demon, and driving in by motorcycle would only attract attention to myself and I would only end up failing this mission.
First, I would try to calm the demon down - but if anything went wrong, I'd have to use force. Gun in hand, a wicked smile pulled at my lips. This was no ordinary gun you see. We had designed specialized equipment to hunt demons. Although we were a corrupted kingdom, we kept control of the demons that lurked within our boundaries. After all, we weren't entirely cruel to our people, now were we?
It wasn't long until I reached the dim forest. Light never reached that forest, the tenebrous scorched trees prevented any light from entering or escaping. Red was painted across many of the trees, and foreigners were often frightened by this - but I was no foreigner. I was the prince of this kingdom, the second born, the one who would take over when Wes passed; if he did not have any children at least.
A deep laugh rang through the forest and I immediately perked up, racing towards the noise. I was silent as I ran and the wind brushed by my cheek as my heart lurched with excitement. Skidding to a stop, I crouched down behind a tree, noticing the dark figure in front of me standing over three corpses. Their blood red eyes that matched mine was what caught me the most, but I quickly recovered. Red was a common eye color in this kingdom - there was no need to fret over this.
Then, the figure turned, now staring at a petite, flat chested girl on the other side of the forest. It was only a moment although, probably to frighten her just enough so that it would get the satisfaction of being feared. But the girl stared straight at it, her bright, curious eyes boring into it. The demon scoffed, before running off deeper into the labyrinth we called our forest.
"Tch." I grumbled, watching it run off. I couldn't go after it just yet, I first had to figure out who that girl was. The curiosity was burning inside of me, why was a girl in this forest? Especially now of all times, when a demon was spotted in here? How stupid can a person get, I thought bitterly. But as I got closer I realized that she wasn't from our kingdom, nor was she even on our land.
The girl wore a simple blue dress, one that looked to be fairly easy to walk in and comfortable enough for a stroll though the woods. Her striking green eyes were still glued to the place where the demon had run off and two pale hands gripped around the cool, black metal fence. Appearing before her, she stumbled back into a thick bush, shocked from my sudden appearance. But the girl still managed to complete this with grace. I growled threateningly at this girl, as she had no business near the boundaries - that I was sure of.
"Who are you?" she demanded, her forest eyes looking me over, assessing me. Shouldn't I be asking that question? I would of said that, but I almost felt naked underneath the girl's gaze, her intense stare burning into my skin.
"Who am I? Sweetheart, I'm the Prince of Corruption; Soul Evans. And who may you be? A curious peasent come to take a ride on the wilder side of life?" I smirked, leaning against the frost bitten fence. For me, this had to be the most interesting conversation I had had with a woman in years. But we had only begun talking, and I was sure I would meet this girl again somehow.
With my blood red eyes raking over her body, I continued to smirk. Her round, bright eyes stared back at me in recognition. She had a flat chest, a B size at the largest, but I couldn't help but wonder if this was because of her fitted bodice. They did tend to be tight for women, as my mother had complained to me about it at the last festivity of our kingdom.
Suddenly she stood and I became entranced as she walked away. I do not believe she even realised how she walked in such a bewitching way, with such seductiveness. For a girl without a chest, she was quite a person to meet.
"Now wait a minute, I didn't get your name." I called lazily, expecting her to stop and tell me, like most girls would. But that's it, most.
"Guess," she chuckled, speaking over her shoulder as she continued back towards Lucem.
Thoughts occupied with the green eyed girl, I wandered towards the area the demon had run off - slightly distracted as her provocative walk replayed in my mind. It took me an hour before I realised I would have no chance of finding this demon if I was not focusing all of my attention towards it. So, defeated and still curious about the girl, I walked back towards the unlighted kingdom I called my own. The kingdom of Aeterna, the kingdom of destruction.
