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chapter 2:

new look, new me

It had taken the princess and her partner a little while to get the new arrival, who they now know was named Ashley, to calm down and stop hyperventilating.

"aaaaaand here you go" charlie said, trying to sound as cheerful as possible as she placed down a mug of hot tea on a nearby table as vaggie was sitting next to the new sinner, rubbing her back and trying to keep her from having ANOTHER panic attack.

Looking at her partner with pleading eyes, she was wordlessly begging her girlfriend to take over as comforting people wasn't exactly vaggie's strongest point.

The 2 women switched places as charlie put a hand on Ashley's shoulder as she said "hey hey, come now, hell ain't so bad, you'll see...i mean, i should know, i lived here all my life" to which the woman looked at her with a confused face, eyes squinting at her. "What do you mean with that? You're like...what...FROM here?"

Charlie have her a big, cheerful smile "eyup, born and raised, name's charlie by the way, charlie morningstar, and this here is my girlfriend, Vaggie"

Ashley smiled and shook her hand "he, nice meeting you charl-..." as suddenly, realization sunk in.

"Wait...morning star?"

"eyup"

"as in...lucifer morning star?"

"Correct"

"As in...THE DEVIL?"

"Ayup, he's my dad"

Charlie just gave her the biggest smile as she grabbed the mug from the nearby table and offered it "oh don't forget your tea by the way, or else it'll get cold"

Ashley just stared at the demoness, dumbfounded.

"...ok you're fucking with me...you...miss sunshine, sparkles and rainbows...princess OF HELL?!"

Charlie once again just gave that award winning smile that could melt even the coldest of hearts "eyup, but you'll see it's not so bad down here, really, you'll get used to it in no-time"

With wide eyes, ashley just got up "i...i need to step outside for a sec...be right back" to which she wordlessly walked to the front door, closed it behind her and the 2 women inside were surprised by a loud "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

a few seconds of silence followed as the door opened and ashley stepped inside again "alright...i think i'm good..."

and as she sat back down, charlie began to happy ramble, which elicited a close eyed smirk and a head shake from her partner as she started listing things off "OKSOIKNOWTHISALLPROBABLYISALLOTBUTYOU'LLGETUSEDTOITYOU'LLSEETHERE'SSOMUCHTODOANDI'MSUREYOU'REGONNALOVETHISIDEAIGOTYOUSEEI'MOPENINGAHOTELTOREHABILITATESINNERSANDGIVETHEMASECONDCHANCETOGETINTOHEAVENIT'SCALLEDTHEHAZBINHOTELAND-"

She was cut off by her girlfriend "babe, you're rambling again, we're not on a time crunch, take your time...breathe" to which charlie took a deep breath "yea, you're right, sorry vaggie" she awkwardly chuckled as vaggie gave her a playful boop on the nose

The princess then turned to the new sinner again as she spoke "oh and i'm sure you'll get used to your new demon form in no-time as well"

Ashley just smiled "ah yes my demo-holdupmywhatnow?" she stopped dead in her tracks.

Charlie and Vaggie looked at eachother and winced "ah yes...you might wana look in a mirror..."

Ashley slowly got up as she walked to a nearby wall, a dresser like closet was pushed against it, a decorative cloth draped over it as on either side were 2 small statues, the wall behind it having a large mirror hanging from it.

With baited breath, Ashley slowly stepped closer as she began to take in her new reflection.

Her eyes were big, not too much from how they were before, but still noticeably bigger.

They glowed a bright yellow as her irises were a striking hot pink, small slits taking the places where her pupils would be.

There was no discernable nose to speak of as almost the entirety of her lower face was adorned with her new, much larger, wider mouth, sharp, shark-like teeth lining the inside.

her skin was a mottled reddish grey and ADORNED with scars, the scars she was always so insecure about now having been emphasized and multiplied, as if somebody had gone to town on her skin with a cleaver, leaving these garish white gashes everywhere, some even looking like bitemarks.

But for some reason...this did not bother her...she just kept looking at the scars...not in disgust...but wonder...

for the rest, she looked rather human still, her hair was still shaved on her right side, a small improvised ponytail in the back as the rest of her wild, volumous mane hung to the left, reaching all the way to her lower back.

she looked at her reflection for a few minutes..."i look like a fucking shark..."

Charlie and Vaggie slowly approached her cautiously, a look of concern on the princess's face "uhm...ashley...you ok?"

to both of their surprise, the woman excitedly whipped around with a massive, toothy grin and shouted "YA KIDDIN ME?! I LOOK FUCKING BADASS!" as she then threw her arms up and gave a loud "WHOOOOOOOOOOO!"

the 2 women just blinked, looked at each other and said "...what?"