Chapter 2

You turned suddenly, the hair on your back and forearms sticking straight up. There in the corner by the door stood a tall demonic looking man. His face had an impossible Cheshire cat grin and his eyes were glowing red orbs with a red tinted monocle on his right eye. His skin was ashen gray and his hair was two toned red and black. He has two fluffy deer ears and a set of small black deer antlers. He had on a stripped red suit and red slacks, holding a red microphone cane with an eye. You remember seeing those exact red glowing eyes in the old Victorian window before leaving your old home. 'This can't be real...' you thought frantically.

"Oh its real, my dear." you stared shaking your head 'You read my mind...' you thought, testing. He then laughed maniacally "Yes and much more..." He said in a silky radio static sounding voice. His face suddenly changed from a crazy grin to a serious and annoyed face. Bending down he grasped your chin. "I must leave, your mother is here..." and just like that he vanished into black smoke. But the static didn't stop and it still felt like he was still here...

'What just happen?' You stood there to shocked to move. Some cloudy memories trying to surface in your mind. You could have sworn you saw him as a child. You played with him and no one else could see him, but you... At some point you found it wise not to tell anyone. They never would believed you anyway... But it all seemed so foggy and try as you might you just couldn't remember anymore.

A sudden knock on the door brought you out of your shocked daze. "What is it?" you asked, sounding strained. Your mother opened the door, smiling. "Oh, I was trying to find you and tell you this was your room. We found ours before you got here. I hope you don't mind?" She said. You shook your head "Na, its fine mom. Its a nice room anyway." She looked pleased and left you to your own musings.

"Ahh she gone!" the man spoke again, making you jump out of your skin. You turned to see him sitting, legs crossed on your now new bed. He grinned "Now we can get to business." He said darkly with a chuckle. "You don't remember me, do you?" You tried look anywhere but him. Before you knew it he was standing over you grasping your chin, making look into his eyes. "Who and what are you?" you asked boldly, never being one to scare easily.

"Just someone you forgot..." he paused looking into your (E/C) eyes. "We had a deal. You just don't remember... I can help you with that. Just look into my eyes." You did want to remember, needing to remember. So you stared into those red orbs.

You were a teenager and didn't see Alastor as often as you did as a child, making you believe you had made him up. But then one afternoon in your room listening to music, you heard his familiar radio static voice. "Hello (Y/N)." You turned to see him in your room near the door. You gasped realizing you didn't make him up. This made you inexplicably happy.

He chuckled warmly "I have a deal I need to make with you..." He said moving closer. You knew your dad was ailing in his later years... but you didn't think he made deals, at least not with you. "I will make you a deal that if I extend your fathers life, you will come with me to hell when you are 26 years of age... As my bride to be!" you blinked in shock, staring into his red eyes. "Your bride? Why?" You asked. He chuckled and reached for your chin, making you look up at him. "Your my soulmate my dear... I have been waiting for you for quite some time!" You looked confused and said "I need to think about it..." an annoyed look crossed his face " I don't have long here, I need an answer soon" He vanished into black smoke.

A couple of hours pass. You grasped your forehead in your hand 'I didn't think hell existed... and why should it? And I'm his soulmate? But my dad... I would love to have him for far longer than the doctor told us we would have him for. I... I... still need my dad! I can't lose him!" you thought having made your mind up, seeing no choice in the matter.

You sigh and knew Alastor really didn't actually go to far away from you when he was around, he never did. So you said his name out loud. "Alastor..." He appeared right in your line of vision grinning, like he knew your answer already. "Then its a deal?" He said with his hand extended out to you. You see a glowing ring of light around his arm nearing his hand and shake on it. The light then burst between the two of you. It made feel you feel bonded to him. Like you could never escape...

You gasped and tried to step away from him. His had snaked his hand around your wrist and held it firmly. He grinned down at you saying "I can only give you a year more... and to go to hell with me your going to have to die..." It was to much for you to handle and you pass out in his arms. He lays you on the queen size canopy bed with a red detailed comforter, tucking you in. "Sweet dreams, my love."

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You woke up in your new bed with a splitting headache. You turn over and try to see what time it was. The alarm clock light glared into your eyes, making you wince. 3.00 pm. You had slept for 2 hours. 'Why did I take that deal? I'm going to lose whats left of my family...' You thought with tears brimming in your eyes.

You didn't hear static radio hum anymore. You were alone! 'Yay!' you thought sitting up in your bed. After your younger teenage years had passed you remember trying out witchcraft. You had always been drawn to it and the paranormal. You still practiced your craft as well as seeking out other practices like Voodoo. 'So maybe there is a way out of this deal!' You thought looking around the room once more and feel an unease settling inside of you. "Who was in this room before me?" you whispered out loud.

Shaking your head, you head to the attached bathroom. Opening the door you see an all black and light gray tiled bathroom with a walk in shower. Going to the vanity your splash water in your face and look into the mirror. Your hair was a mess of tangles and you look really tired. Sighing you finger comb your hair as best you can and decide to head down stairs. You were rather hungry and hoped that they saved you a slice or two of the pizza. You found a note on the fridge;

We have gone out to get some groceries. Oh, and we left you some pizza in the fridge. We will be back in a couple of hours.

Love,

Mom and Sis

You shrug your shoulders at the note 'Gives me more time to explore this house.' you grab the left over pizza and go to the island to sit. You loved cold pizza anyway. After you finished, you left to go and get all your things from the car. The big porch made you smile. 'I'm going to love sitting out here.' Once at the car, you grab whats in the trunk and back seat and go back inside.

You head up to your new bedroom and deposit your stuff in the appropriate places. Bandit finds you and meows at you, while jumping on the bed. You scratch him behind his hears, earning you a purring chorus from him. You laugh and get a sudden urge to explore more of the house. 'This furniture in this room must have been left behind' you thought stretching 'Maybe they left in such a hurry because it's haunted that badly!'

You get up and head down the hall checking all the rooms. 'Who ever owned this house before us, must have gutted the house and did a big remodel.' All the rooms were beautiful and rather spacious. The house had four bedrooms and a study/library down stairs. And a rather nice living room.

"This used to be my house and I did scare them out..." Alastor's voice spoke right next to your ear, making you jump out of your skin. He suddenly seemed to close and personal for you. Making you move. "When did you come back?" you almost shouted.

"I never left, my dear." You gave him a weird look. "I didn't see you around the house... I was exploring..." He laughed, pulling you close, his arm around your waist "I was right behind you the entire time."

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You did your best to appear normal to you mother and sister, not telling them anything about Alastor. He was always near, he seemed to never leave your side. And once again you got use to him. He and Bandit seemed to love one another. Making you chuckle when he would play with Bandit.

You broke into your pagan books, trying to decipher how to get out of the deal, but found nothing... So with the time you had left, you decide to brush up on your knowledge of all kinds of witchcraft,Voodoo and the paranormal. You wanted to be prepared for when you went to hell...

Before you new it, a year had passed. Though you did try to make it one of your best years possible and spent as much time with your family as possible. You still hadn't found a way out of the deal... Why had you been so stupid! Now you would never get to see them again! There had to be a way to get back to earth! You made a deal with yourself. You would find a way back home, one way or another.

You sat on the porch late at night, reading on your last day alive. Alastor for once was not there. You figured that he had a lot of preparations to do or something like that. Just as you as you where ready to call it a night... he appeared. He didn't have his usual Cheshire cat grin on his face and he seemed sad. He had a syringe in his hand filled with a clear liquid. "Tonight's the night, my dear." He said sympathetically, holding his hand out to you.

You put your book down on the bench and began to shake at the thought of dying. But sucked it up anyway. 'A deals a deal." You walk over to him and stand there waiting. He seems disturbed, but takes your hand and finds a vein in your arm. He then plunges the syringe into your arm. Everything seems to blur and dim, like someone turned out the lights. Your breath hitches and lets out one last time...

He catches your body in his arms and carries you to the backyard, burring the body in the woods. You follow him in your astral form, bound to him. He takes hold of you and hugs you to him as a black portal opens up to sallow you both.

All that you know is that your falling...