Author's Note: Chapter twenty-two is out! I hope you are enjoying the story so far, please leave your comments and suggestions!

Music Video Link: watch?v=TW_tlKl3N-M

I thought the song went with this chapter just enough that I'd link it. The song is called "'Change the Order' Lucifer Story/Cover Ver." By: PARANOiD DJ.

Be Warned; that the music video is graphic with some of it's visuals and gory sounds.

Here is the key for this chapter;

Y/N: Your name

F/FD: Favorite Food.

Chapter 22: When the Truth Shatters the World You Know...

A sudden chill and a sense of dread crawled down your spine as you looked up at Alastor as he began to speak once again to the crowd of demons "Myself and the current King of Hell have something to tell you all and what better time than now! When we have all of Hell listening and watching..." he said in what sounded like a fake joyful voice and twisted smile as you saw your father come forward, looking somewhat nervous.

"Yes... we would like to clear up the lore of Hell for all of the denizens of Hell. My Father... God as you would know him... isn't what he says he is... we don't really know ourselves... what he is... but what we do know is that he isn't God. God couldn't be this cruel... he's trying to project himself as a God to keep control... his perfect order... which is the one thing he is obsessed with having." Lucifer said with a loud, but heavily stressed voice.

"And the man who is standing next to me now... is really the one to have created hell itself. He is Alastor... or if you go by his real name is Alabastien. He died eons ago and at his death created the nine circles of hell from his very being. He is not a god... we don't know who or what that is... but he is the original King of hell and saw the beginnings of heaven being created..." at this point despite your fathers efforts to sound calm, he seemed to be failing.

You looked towards the crowd, all seemed to shock to do more than stare blankly at your father and then to the tall being standing next to you both.

Alastor let go of your waist and walked forward, rotating his shoulders and cracking his neck. His body suddenly started to grow, reforming into the man from your nightmare. The back of his head showing long black curly hair and ram horns, he turned towards your father and you with a grimace across his handsome face, showing off his white scaly skin. You could see the crowd of demons shudder with shock that fell across the room.

He towered over everyone in his old form with a menacing aura, as if doing so brought back all of those dark thoughts of his past. You never thought you would see this side of him again. You were still to used to seeing Alastor... then he spoke his voice sounding very alluring.

"You see me as I was long ago, back when this all started. I do not take this form on anymore, nor do I want to. At least not now. Now you have some proof of what your King speaks of. More will be released later as a public book and through other media forms." Alastor said, his expression looking grim despite the sound of his alluring voice.

He lingered in that form for a time while the sound of cameras being snapped by the thousand could be heard before he took back on his previous form as Alastor. He walked back towards you, again snaking his long arm around your waist.

Lucifer walked towards you "What the point of this all is to tell you all we can't keep doing this... it's what he wants... what my father wants. To cause suffering to those he deems unworthy of his so called "Heaven"... we need to make our own "Heaven" in Hell, one with freedom. And to do that my daughter Y/N will lead the charge. And in the meantime I will stop bending the knee to this fake god, my father. I'll will stop being his devil..." he trailed off, snaking his arm around you shoulder.

You stood there just as shocked as the crowd that stood before you. This was why your father looked so grim earlier. It seemed like everything was built on a lie, to keep up a facade for your grandfather... a false God. This information would and is going to truly shake the foundation of Hell itself...

Was it to keep the peace? So your grandfather wouldn't destroy all of Hell as you all knew it? Well... that's been chucked out the window in more ways than one... you only hoped that all of Hell could fight back better this time or find a way to keep the peace, if that would even be an option.

Before you knew it more pictures were being snapped and loud voices rang out in front of you with questions that blurred into more questions. You could hear your dads voice answering them, but you just seemed to blank most of it out, to stunned and lost in your own thoughts "Why did we lose so much knowledge?..." "Who is God really?..." "What will happen now?..." "How can we stop the exterminations!?"

"When will the wedding be!?" a female voice yelled out, shocking you out of your semi trance. Most of these questions couldn't be really answered, but this one jarred you back to reality "Tomorrow evening... and yes some reporters are allowed to attend during the proceedings." your dad said with a tired deadpan voice.

The questions quieted down after what felt like an eternity "Now let's not only celebrate my Y/N's coronation, but her birthday and engagement!" the crowd applauded loudly as a certain prince walked forward from the now dispersing crowd.

'Stolas!' you thought as more memories of him came rushing forward, ones of him teaching you and of his long winded lectures. He bent down in a low bow and took your hand, kissing it.

"My princess! I thought we had truly lost you! I don't know if you remember me, but I used to tutor you!" he said with a charming owlish smile while straightening himself to his full height.

You smiled up at him, your smile growing wider by the second. You jumped up, hugging him tightly, despite the your situation. Good thing no one seemed to be looking beside Alastor at the moment. Though you did shock Stolas, who hesitantly hugged you back.

"I do remember! Well sort of, it's all coming back slowly..." you smiled up at him. Then you noticed behind him several imps goofily scanning the room and trying to act serious.

Then you saw a woman off in the distance, who you presumed was his wife. She was a beautiful noble swan Goetia demoness. She wore a white rhinestone filled ballgown which was that was black accented. On her head she wore a gold spiked diamond filled tiara.

She looked to be scowling at her surroundings as if she thought it was below her station or maybe it was the imps she was scowling at. That's probable it...

"Stolas! Get back here!" She growled out, stomping her foot in dissatisfaction "No, not yet, my dear. I'm reuniting with my old student and meeting her betrothed!" Stolas whined, a deep seeded rage taking root in his eyes despite the tone of his voice sounding calmer than he appeared.

"These Imps of yours are going to drive me to an early grave!" she continued to whine "how are they even protecting us? They have top of the line guards here!" she said as her harsh voice got louder the closer she got.

You noticed Stolas's face sink from a charming smile to a desperate and frustrated expression the more she ranted "They are our escorts to get here and to get back, once the celebration is over, Stella!" he said in a more than strained voice.

"Oh, do introduce us, Stolas!" she said, now suddenly standing next to him. You could see him roll his eyes while also trying to hide that fact as he bowed with his arms raised towards Stella in introduction "Princess Y/N and Alastor, this is Stella, my wife." he continued, raising himself back up "And Stella, this is Princess Y/N, the new heir of all of Hell. And this man is Alastor, her betrothed." he ended, folding his arms behind his back.

She looked slightly embarrassed "Why didn't you tell me you tutored her! That's so amazing and here I thought you a loser!" Stella said with shock falling across her swan like features.

Alastor stepped forward and smiled "It's nice to meet you again, old friend. You were just a start up when I hired you to tutor Y/N. Now your a prince! I'm happy for you!" Alastor smile grew as he talked, reaching his hand out to shake Stolas's hand. Who happily did so in turn with a firm grip.

"And you must be Stella, Stolas's wife..." Alastor bowed, while taking her hand in his "It's a pleasure meeting you..." he sounded silky smooth, but you could tell he didn't like her, not one bit. He quickly let go of her hand as if it was acid and stood up straight.

Then you heard a your sister squeal in delight "Oh Octavia, it's you! It's so good to see you!" you turned to see your sister running towards the teenager that you saw earlier. She resembled an black swan like owl with vivid red eyes, just like her fathers.

You smiled at your sister as she hugged the seemingly shy teenager, who was getting more and more uncomfortable as time passed. Octavia then patted your sister's shoulder lightly, while trying to find any escape. She then seemed to notice you with her father and mother.

She made her way towards you with Charlie trailing behind her. She got her dads attention by patting his shoulder "Oh, Y/N and Alastor this is my only daughter, Octavia. Octavia this is Y/N, the new heir to all of Hell and her betrothed, Alastor." Stolas said with gesturing hands and a wide genuine smile spreading across his face.

Her eyes widen for a split second as a soft and shy smile spread across her face "It's nice to meet you two! I'm glad I got a chance to!" Octavia said with a similar accent to her dads and a respectful bow, holding up her elaborate gray and white dress.

You blushed "It's nice to meet you as well! I'm glad I got the chance!" you said as you turned towards your sister, who came over and gave you a light hug across your shoulders.

You spent the rest of the evening meeting so many different noble demons and the leaders of all known seven circles of hell. Though you knew there was nine in total, you didn't know why the last two rings were unexplored and for that matter unoccupied to your knowledge.

The seven deadly sins... fallen angels... and all of them were related to you. Now you had an ever expanding family of many uncles and an aunt. Even though you wouldn't think it would be exhausting... to meet them... it was...

First you met Satan of the second ring of Hell; Wrath. A very powerful male entity, having a similar feeling to your father. He wore a black and white suit, with silver chained accents.

He was a tall man with all to white skin. He had black ram horns and his hair was long, curly and black with three sets of matching angelic black wings. Instead of feet he had hoofs and a long arrow pointed tail.

His eyes seemed to glow red against his black sclera's and seemed to pierce right through you. He may look young, but his eyes looked as if they seen have seen far to much. He crackled with red electric energy and gave off a dangerous aurora. Despite this he was very cordial and seemed happy to know you were alive once again.

Secondly you met Beelzebub of the third ring of Hell; Gluttony. He wore a gold metallic suit with jeweled chains as accents. He was a tall being with long V shaped horns and short black hair. The expression on his handsome face was blank and cold. His eyes glowing like golden honey against his black sclera's.

He had three black wide leathery bat like wings that contrasted against his all to white skin. His arms below his elbows down to his clawed hands were completely black with glowing golden veins. His legs at the knees were the same black color with glowing gold veins, but his feet were reptilian/bird like.

He seemed cold and emotionless and gave off an chilling evil aura that sent chills up your spine. Despite this he was cordial like Satan. He quickly left in the direction of your father, smiling sinisterly at you as he did so.

Thirdly you met Mammon of the fourth ring of Hell; Greed. He was elaborately dressed, but wore a jester's outfit, wearing many jewels and chains of gold all over his body and elaborate rings on his clawed fingers.

His face was handsome and his skin obsidian black. His eyes glowed starkly gold and green against his black sclera's. His hair was long and curly, the color a metallic silver. He had four sets of golden horns, all pointed in unified elaborate directions.

He had three golden and silver angelic wings with an golden arrow pointed tail. He seemed to be able to extend his limbs far beyond what you call normal and gave you a greedy look.

He gave off the air of greed in all the wrong ways and would not stop smiling, though despite this he conducted himself well and acted cordial around you as the others did. He left, but took his time doing so. Giving you a long and heavy stare...

Fifthly you met Asmodeus of the fifth ring of Hell; Lust. He was very tall and handsome and would insight anyone to fill with an over abundant lust for him. He had three golden angelic wings and beautiful blue and gold glowing eyes with yellow sclera's.

He had silver colored ram horns and a set of tall V shaped horns. His hair was a golden color that seemed to glow, complementing his bronze skin. Though oddly enough his body glowed a fiery blue.

He wore a scandalous black metallic toned suit with white rhinestone thunderbolt stripes, unbutton white dress shirt, showing off his well toned body that ended in hoofed feet.

He was aloof at first, but gave you a lust filled stare, that sent chills up your spine despite yourself. He lingered like Mammon, his stare lingering longer than what you thought was appropriate, making you feel uncomfortable. Though he was cordial nonetheless.

Sixth, you met Leviathan of the Sixth Ring of Hell; Envy. She was wearing a heavily rhinestone green and purple flower themed ballgown with sparkly silver high heels and abundance of beautiful jewelry.

She was tall like her brothers. Her body was something to be truly envious of, beautiful and curvy in all the right places. She had very shiny silver hair with a dark gray skin tone and glowing green reptilian eyes with black sclera's.

Both sides of her face had very long white and green fins, resembling ears. Her horns are a metallic toned silver, going straight up and then back against the base of her skull and then curve towards one another at the ends.

You could see a long white and green water dragon like tail peeking out at the bottom of her dress. All three sets of her wings were white, silver and green colored, but looked like a water dragon's wings.

She was very charming and easy to be around despite her representing envy. Maybe she was just very manipulative and charismatic as a whole, only appearing to be easy to be around as a front? She left as quickly as she came, seeming to give you no mind, going to see your father like the rest.

Lastly, you met Belphegor of the seventh ring of Hell; sloth. He was lazily dressed haphazardly in a dark purple suit that was gold accented. He was tall and lanky with black mid length hair, going to his shoulders in a curly mess.

He had black curly ram horns and a tail. His eyes glowing an eerie purple against his black sclera's. He had three sets of black angelic wings that fell to the floor as if they were to heavy to keep upright.

He seemed very disinterested in you or anything for that matter. Only barely taking note of you and Alastor, leaving very slowly towards your father, who was happily chatting with his brothers and sister.

You sighed and hoped that was it... that was a lot of people to meet. Frankly to many for your liking. But now you had to wonder... what was in the 8th and 9th rings of Hell like and why were they unexplored? You heard your father getting louder and laughing, making you turn towards him.

"Well, now that introductions are out of the way and everyone had time to mingle, let's all head towards the banquet hall and make merry!" your father shouted, with his arms in the air and a broad smile on his face.

Alastor crept his arm around you tighter, making you look up at him. You saw him grimace despite his usual grin. His smile turning twisted as a low rumbling growl escaped him 'I never liked them...' you heard him think curtly as he wrapped his arm around yours 'They came soon after you were born, though I didn't really pay attention at the time. And they hardly came to see you... but when they did...'

He didn't finish, turning you both towards Bastion who appeared out of no where along with Charlie and the hotel staff 'I don't think that they approve of anything that's happening... and that might be something to worry about...' Alastor finished, trying to put back his usual, calmer smile.

Both you and Alastor left with Charlie and her hotel staff with Bastian leading the way once more. Which made you blink in shock at the insane about of people here... all shuffling down the long hallway in front of you.

Soon you all arrived at the banquet hall, everyone being seated by the staff of the castle. You noticed in the middle of the massive room was a very tall and elaborate tiered cake and a massive table with gifts upon gifts, which made your mind buzz with shock.

All of those gifts were for you... you never had that many gifts in your life. Not that you were complaining... but seriously? Alastor looked down at you with a mischievous glint in his eyes and a low chuckle. He leaned down, kissing you on cheek 'Your so cute, my love.' he gave you a gentle squeeze.

You and your group where now being seated at the head of the room along with your parents and Aunt and Uncles. Being served food from many demon servants. Your father, Lucifer stood up from a elaborate tall chair seated in the middle of the grand table, clanking his knife against his glass "Now let's celebrate and make marry!" He shouted, earning an applause from a cheering crowd shouting your name.

You blushed and started eating your F/FD wonderfully plated in-front of you, trying to ignore the situation. You noted how wonderful it all tasted and practically groaned. Soon you finished and noted that Satan was talking adamantly to your dad, while raising his voice.

"You could of told us sooner! We had no idea she could come back to us and had done so! What do you think father going to do!? He's going to come and take her away or worse!..." your uncle shouted, making your father wince "Keep it down..."

You heard an annoyed growl from Satan "We just got her back!" he said in a hushed tone. You could see his point... here comes Lucian... and that dream you had with him in it... chasing you... you shook your head to clear your thoughts. Now is not the time to worry.

You had the rest of the night... and a wedding tomorrow. You couldn't get lost in your own thoughts now. You had to live in the moment... live... you weren't even alive... you heard yourself chuckle dryly. It's like ever since you got here you had no time to cope with being dead... and yet it didn't even feel like you were dead...

You sighed loudly and told yourself to find time later... to push it down... the rising panic... just push down...

One step at a time...

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