Chapter 16: The Circus of the Past

25 Years Ago…

Inside the Goetia mansion, Stolas, who is a small child around 10 years old, is fast asleep in his bedroom. The little prince continues to sleep surrounded by stuffed animals, and is also hugging a small rabbit-like toy with black and white striped horns and large ears. The little prince lets out a yawn and smacks his lips.

Little Stolas eyes shot open in realization and quickly sits up in excitement, "My birthday, my birthday! It's my birthday!"

He quickly leaps out of the sheets and lands on his fours on the floor. Then runs off to his dressing room in excitement with his arms over his head. Soon, an Imp butler with a monocle shaped blotch, and wears a suit walks into the room to attend to the young prince.

Young Stolas is so excited he pushes the stool in front of the mirror, "Yaaaay! Birthday, birthday! WOOHOO!"

He climbs on the stool and shouts in excitement, "Birthday tiiiiime!"

Then the butler opens a tin of hair gel and applies it to Stolas's feathers as he says, "Calm yourself, young Prince. You know excitement is unbecoming of a Goetia."

"Oh! Right," Stolas replies and takes a deep breath as the butler walks off.

Then returns to retrieve a burgundy and white color vest and red cape. Then helps Stolas put them on.

Stolas says in excitement, "But, Father told me, today is the day, I am old enough to know my purpose and responsibility!" And his eyes sparkle with glee.

"Of course," The butler replies and places a crown on Stolas' head, "I'm sure it will be wonderful."

Fully dressed, Stolas follows the butler down the hall, and the hall is lined with portraits of Stolas at various prior years, from being an The first shows Stolas in his egg, sat upon a pillow and topped with a crown. The second shows him as a hatchling swaddled up in his crib, his swaddling cloth held together by a pin bearing the Goetia family insignia. He is accompanied by the demon plush seen earlier. The third shows him as what can be assumed to be a toddler, smiling as he hugs the demon Max plush. The fourth and final shows him in his current on-screen appearance, hugging the demon rabbit plush as an unknown creature drips green slime on his head.

Soon, Stolas and the butler stand in front of large double doors, and open to reveal the throne room, to see a large monstrous black demon. He stands up and shifts to display various demonic creatures as he transforms into his normal, bird-like self.

The demon is known as Paimon, Stolas's father. A very tall avian demon resembling a great horned owl or raven, with black feathers over his body and larger feathers pointing upwards to resemble horns. He has glowing red eyes with white pupils, and a white face reminiscent of an eye mask that bears intricate red sigils. He wears a long crimson cloak with a pale maroon upper section and gold trimming that covers his body, along with a hood that goes to about his chin. He is also wearing a gold crown on his head that has a golden goetic symbol and star ornaments on the points on top.

The butler walks and stands beside Paimon as Stolas approaches his father.

Once Stolas is in his few, Paimon says, "Ahhhh! There is my little, uh…"

Stolas smiles gleefully at his father.

Paimon then whispers to the butler as he points at Stolas, "Which son is this one? There's so fucking many."

"Stolas, your highness," The butler answers.

"Stolas! Yes! Ha! Right, right!" Paimon says with a chuckle, "That's the one!" Then walks to Stolas, "The owl boy."

Once he's in front of Stolas Paimon leans towards the child, surprising him, "Well, my little one," Then stands up and walks behind him, "It is finally your day of becoming a true part of the Goetia family. How good for you. Are you ready to know what you'll be meant to do to serve Hell?"

"Yes, Father!" Stolas replies.

Paimon then opens a portal to the cosmos.

He explains, "You will be entrusted with the study of the Earth's skies, the stars, the prophecies they hold, all that stuff."

As he explains, there are the stars, two blue comets, blue and pink space and such.

"Isn't that fun?" Paimon replies as he closes the portal.

Then summons a book "You will begin the studies of your Grimoire, which will grant you access to the mortal realm to study and observe,"

And levitates the grimoire to Stolas, "And you will grow to be a mighty Prince of Hell, with your own legions to lead and pass on your knowledge to!"

Stolas then eagerly takes the grimoire and is very easy to read and learn from it.

Stolas then says with confidence, "I will do my best, Father!"

Paimon then leans to Stolas, "Wonderful! Also, son, you are destined to sire," And pulls out a picture from his cloak, "A precautionary addition to the Goetia family, so you are now engaged." And shows the picture of his betrothed, "Congratulations. Isn't she charming?"

The picture of his betrothed. A young white avian demon. She has long, hair-like feathers with gray tips in pigtails, and a gray stripe on her head. She has a short pink beak, and very long curved eyelashes. She has gray markings underneath her eyes, which themselves have red sclera with light pupils. She wears a white dress with puffed sleeves and feather trimming, along with black accents. She is seen wearing a crown, and has painted nails underneath her black gloves.

Apparently, she is angrily strangling a dog-like creature with a bow in a strand of its hair and tears falling from its eye. A second creature just like it wearing a collar with the same bow lies on the ground, tears flowing as the girl has one foot planted on its head, likely having already been assaulted by her.

Seeing the picture of his betrothed, Stolas begins to cry and turns away from the picture.

Seeing his son crying, Paimon says, "Ohhh! That's an ugly noise, son. Here," And pats him on the head, "How about you cease this bitch crying?"

However, young Stolas ends up crying harder.

"Hm, that usually works," Paimon says to himself.

Then says with a smile, "Oh, would you like it if I took you to the circus in town? Children enjoy the circus, right?" and pats Stolas on the head, "Would that distract you enough from your non-negotiable future marriage?"

Stolas doesn't respond as a tear rolls down his cheek and drips off.

Sometime later, the sad Stolas and the Butler stand at the top of the stairs into the circus tent. Paimon is not physically present, but is shown on a glass of a mirror the butler is holding up. At the same time, various Imps are seen filling the bleachers.

Paimon looks around from the mirror and questions, "Is there a spot that's close to the front, but also far enough that I don't have to-" He then sniffs and gags, "Ugh- smell the poor?"

Soon enough, Stolas, the butler, and Paimon in the mirror are in the otherwise empty bleacher labeled with a crude cloth sign reading 'GOETIA' in dripping black paint.

In the dark circus area, the spot light instantly lights up, revealing various circus Imps as they perform in the big top Two Imps in clown attire juggle, two more in the background perform spinning front flips into the foreground, and a female Imp does a handstand on a demonic horse as it gallops by the Goetia section of the bleachers. Paimon chuckles and claps within the mirror. There are also stilt-supported legs of an Imp to two clown Imps juggling while on stilts. A female Imp is seen walking and twirling on a tightrope in the background, holding a yellow umbrella as she does.

At the Goetia section, Paimon continues clapping and chuckling within the mirror. Little Stolas however, is clearly not having a good time. Then halfheartedly flick away a peanut that lands on his Grimoire.

Still the circus continues to perform. One Imp breathing fire, fire-breathing Imp atop an inverted Imp pyramid supported by a wooden stand. Two more Imps in the background leap through hoops held by two Imps in the inverted pyramid, land on their hands, then jump to their feet as the crowd cheers. A throwing knife flies across the ring, and sticks itself into a wooden board, right next to the hip of a female Imp shown to be tied to said board. The camera pans out to show the knife throwing Imp as the crowd cheers.

Young Stolas dejectedly slamming his forehead into his grimoire

Then the Ringmaster, Cash Buckzo makes an appearance. He actually looks a lot like Blitz, with the same red skin, yellow eyes, and body shape. However, his horn pattern is more triangular than Blitz's with black that stretches down the sides of his head to resemble sideburns. His fingers are thicker and black, his eyes have bags under them, his tail is mostly black, and he has a small white goatee resting under his chin. His stage outfit consists of a neon green and navy blue striped shirt with a ruffled white collar, baggy purple pants, black boots, a purple and neon green bowtie, and a faded lavender tophat with a neon green band around it.

Cash announces, "Now, everyone's favorite thing about circus shit: the motherfuckin' clowns!

Then multiple terrifying clowns with glowing eyes leap out at the audience from behind the curtains. Cash laughs as they fly outward, terrifying the audience as they scream and pull away in terror.

Just then, up above, a small foot stepping on a pedestal board along with the sound of a bell jingling.

A child's voice calls out, "You ready, Blitzo?"

Then, the child called Blitzo gives the rope a quick tug and says, "Born ready!"

With that, both young Imps leap off of their boards and begin their flying trapeze act as the crowd cheers. Turns out, one of them is actually Blitz Jonas when he's a child. The other Imp is a child named Fizzarolli.

Fizzaroli had a heart-skull marking on his forehead that resembled the one that is on Blitzo, Cash, and their associated circus performers. He also used to have red irises, yellow sclera, normal, non-digitigrade, biological arms and legs, and a pair of large asymmetrically striped black-and-white horns with bells attached. He is also wearing an orange clown nose. He is wearing a green body suit, with a red and black collar, a red stripe on both sleeves of the arms and legs, and red cotton balls at the front, and black boots with purple puffballs on it.

As for Blitz, it is shown that Blitzo lacked the white blotches on his body that he has in adulthood. He also lacked the back spikes under his nape and on his back, as well as the two stripes near the tip of his tail that he has as an adult. He is wearing a pink shirt, with two different purple color overalls, and black boots.

The two little Imps fly across the circus, and soon swing past the Goetia section of the bleachers. Stolas looks up in awe and then blushes to see Blitzo up close. Then watches the performers swing past them. Blitzo then lands on the ball as Fizzatolli swings away.

As he lands Blitzo shouts, "Haaaaa! Tada~!" and laughs as he jumps off the ball.

Stolas quickly shakes off his awestruck and looks at Blitzo.

"Heya, folks! Wanna see me make a horse?" Blitzo says and takes out a green balloon.

Blitzo then blows it up and attempts to tie it into a horse shape, but the appearance is an incomprehensible knot, and pops immediately after.

Blitzo's eyes wide in surprise, "Crap."

Blitzo then continues to pull out balloons and attempt to make a horse, but the same results happen. He soon grows worried each time his balloon pops. At one point, the balloon somehow appears as a normal oval-shaped balloon. Blitzo is surprised, but the balloon pops nonetheless.. The audience looks dead silent and unimpressed as Blitzo keeps trying and failing at making a balloon horse.

"De-de-de-de-do-do-do-do- Ah, heheh," Blitzo says nervously.

And finally, "Horse!" Blitzo makes a horse, but it doesn't have any legs.

Blitzo is disappointed, but decides to improvise.

He tries to smile and says, "Well, heh. It was a horse, but then it ate too much sugar and its legs stopped working so he had to amputate. Now, it's a gross worm horse."

Stolas begins to laugh softly, and is clearly impressed by the joke.

Blitzo notices Stolas giggling, causing him to blush a bit and remain silent.

He quickly regains himself and points towards the prince, "See? He gets it. Because, horses - they make no sense."

Just then, Young Fizzarolli comes in with a red balloon, "Okay, Blitzo, that's enough horsing around!"

Then makes a balloon horse perfectly, "Hey, everybody! Look at this" Then present it to the crowd. "It's Banana Pudding the clown horsey!"

He makes a neighboring noise and the crowd laughs while Blitzo looks down sadly.

At the Goetia seat, Paimon continues laughing and clapping.

Then Stolas says, "I liked his broken horse joke, it was funny. Their legs do stop working when they eat too much sugar, it's called laminitis."

Paimon looks down at Stolas' curiosity as the little owl demon makes hooting laughter. It doesn't take long for Paimon to see that his son has taken an interest in Blitzo.

After the show, Cash is drinking backstage as he sits in on his bed. Then notices the butler walking in with Paimon in the mirror.

Paimon says, catching his attention, "What a show! That was real great. So, ahem that little clown you have my son really enjoyed that one, I was wondering if I could buy him."

"Buy him?" Cash says, confused.

"Purchase him, yes. Accurate," Paimon says.

Paimon claps his hand, and the butler presses a button on the mirror handle. The mirror stretches towards Cash, catching him by surprise

Paimon scratches his hand, "My son doesn't have any friends, you see, and he liked the little clown boy. It's his birthday, he's so sad and I don't want to deal with him. Can I write a check?"

"Well," Cash says, rubbing his chin and smirking, "Fizzarolli is a big draw. He has a few more shows to be in today, so it would be pretty expensive," and rubs his thumb and finger together in a gesture.

But Paimon chuckles and says, "No, no. The other one."

"Blitzo?" Cash asks in shock.

"Correct. How much?" Paimon says.

"Wha- Well, he's my son. So… uh," Cash replies, thinking and rubbing his chin. "Hm… ah, how much ya got in your pocket?"

The butler digs around in his pocket and presents a crumpled-up $5 bill and an unopened condom.

"A wadded-up five and a slim-fit condom," Paimon says.

"Ah, that's plenty. Done," Cash says, shrugging his shoulders.

"Splendid! Fetch him for me and we will be on our way," Paimon says as the mirror retracks.

Piamon claps his hands and portals out, destroying half of the tent.

Sometime later, Fizzarolli and Blitzo are playing with their balloon horses together.

Fizzarlli starts, "I'm Banana Pudding, and I like to dance!"

Then Blitzo "I am Worm Horse. And I…I am sad!

"Why are you sad, Worm Horse?" Fizzarolli asks.

"Because! I have no legs!" Blitzo says.

"Oh, well that's okay!" Fizzarolli says.

Then Blitzo dramatically says, "I lost all my legs in the war."

Fizzarolli gasps, "The war?!"

"Yes! The Great. Pirate. War!" Blitzo says.

Deadpan, Fizzarolli says, "No, no pirates."

But Blitzo continues dramatically, "It's a great pirate warrr!"

If you keep talking about pirates, I will punch you," Fizzarolli says, exasperated.

"I fought bravely, but I could not run fast enough. They took my legs, there was blood everywhere!" Blitzo says.

Fizzarolli laughs, "Oh, no! Eww, no blood! Blood is disgusting."

"No, it's cool!" Blitzo says, and lets out a chuckle.

"Well, Banana Pudding is here to save the day with his magical feet he dances around with. He will dance all over worm horse and make him feel better," Fizzarolli happily says and has his balloon horse dance around Worm Horse.

"And theeen," Blitzo dramatically pauses, "There'll be more bloood!" and squirts ketchup on his balloon with a maniacal laugh,

"Blitzo! That's so gross!" Flizzarolli says, laughing, "Stop."

Blitzo dramatically shouts, "Neverrr!"

Soon, they hear laughter and turn to see three more Imps walking over, Two boys and Three girls.

One of the girls is named Barbie Wire, Blitzo's twin sister. She looks a lot like Blitzo: red skin, red eyes with yellow sclera, sharp teeth except for the large curled black horns with thin white stripes. She also has the same heart-shaped skull marking on her forehead. She has a pink and light pink striped shirt, a purple skirt, and black boots.

The boy Imp is Zak as a child. The same bright red skin, but lacks any burn marks on his face. He has the same eye colors, heart-shaped symbol on his forehead, round head and short black and white horns, but both are attached. He also has a black stripe near the base of the tail with a triangular end. He is wearing a dark green short sleeve one piece outfit with black boots, and it has white polka dots.

There is also a girl named Zoey. She is half Imp and Half Succubus. She has pitch black horns with black wings with white tips on them, bright red skin, yellow sclera with pink irises. She has black hair in a bun that also has white streams of fabric attached. She is wearing a pink ballerina outfit with a fluffy dark pink tutu on.

The third child is a boy named Clayton. He's a young boy who is a hybrid of an Imp and a Shark demon that is around Blitzo and Barbie's height. He has black and white horns, but the straps are thin, along with dark carmine red skin, and no hair. He has crimson red eyes and light red rings with yellow scleras. He also has sharp teeth, and he has a fin on his back. Instead of an imp's rail, his tail seems to look like a shark's tail. He was wearing a dark green shirt and blue pants, along with black boots. He is also wearing a bright blue cap.

The last one is also Imp is a girl who is a hybrid of an Imp and a hellhound. Her name is Lucina She has an Imp body of a reddish gray color, red sclera and white irises. Instead of horns, she has hound ears like a wolf, and a wolf-like tail. However, everything else is an Imp. She also has short white hair with bangs covering her left eye. She is also wearing a gray tank top and tights.

"Hey guys, great job with the show today," Blitzo says.

"Thanks, Blitzo. Although, your jokes can still use some work," Zak says.

"Zak, don't say that," Zoey says.

"Well it's true," Zak says.

"I did well with my performances. Although, I do think I should do more for my horseback riding act," Clayton says.

Lucina rolls her eyes, "I still can't believe that I'm still acting like a dog girl. It's kind of annoying that people like to touch my ears."

"Well, your ears are cute and fluffy, Luci," Zak says.

Lucina glares at Zak, "I thought I told you to stop with that stupid nickname."

"Come on Luci, it's a funny name," Zak says.

"You know I hate being called that!" Lucina angrily says.

"Well Barbie and I did good for our acrobatics," Zoey says.

"We sure did," Barbie says.

Then turns to her brother, "Still, I couldn't help but notice that my twin brother was looking at that Goetia Prince earlier?"

Blitzo blushes a bit, "Wha-what do you mean?"

Zak laughs, "She means that we saw you looking at him and actually blushing during the show."

"I was not!" Blitzo says, embarrassed.

"Were too," Barbie says with a grin.

"I think it was sweet," Zoey says.

"Guys, it's not like that!" Blitzo says.

"You like him, huh," Barbie says.

Blitzo gets up, "Cut it out, Barbie."

"Catch me if you can!" Barbie says and runs off.

"Get back here!" Blitzo shouts and chases after her.

"Bet you can't catch me, Blitzo!" Barbie teases.

"Yes I can!" Blitzo shouts, continuing to chase his sister.

The two continue to run around the tent as Blitzo chases after Barbie. Soon, Cash enters the tent to see his children chasing each other.

Soon Cash grabs Blitzo by the arm and sternly asks, "What's going on in here?!"

"She started it, papa!" Blitzo says, and points to Barbie.

"I was just teasing him. He's just over reacting," Barbie says.

Then the twins stick their tongues at each other.

"Alright enough arguing you two. You kids go play somewhere else," Cash says.

Then turns to Blitzo, "Boy, I've got a job for you! You are gonna spend the day with one of the Goetia princes," and drags Blitzo out of the tent.

Blitzo is shocked as his face still blushes, "Wait, what? Um, why?"

"Because money!" Cash says, "Now, listen carefully. You are being bought out to be his playmate, but I want you to steal as much from those rich fuckers as you possibly can."

Blitzo becomes scared to hear what his dad wants him to do and says, "Steal? But, what if I get caught?"

"Don't you want your family to be able to buy a bigger tent? better food? don't you want to be able to help me and your mama out?" Cash questions.

"Of course I wanna help mama!" Blitzo says,

"Then, you gotta do this. Everything those rich fucks have will be worth a fortune," Cash says, and hiccups.

Blitzo soon begins to feel doubtful about it, "But, if I'm caught - I'm scared, dad."

"There are scarier things, aren't there, son?" Cash questions.

"But -" Blitzo says, but sees his dad give him the sad eyes.

Feeling defeated, Blitzo says, "Yes, papa."

Sometime later, Cash takes Blitzo over to the Goetia mansion to see Piamon, his butler, and young Stolas in front of their home. Blitzo takes his arm away from his father and looks to see the young prince. Stolas shakes his head as his cheeks blush. Blitzo is a little skeptical about it.

Paimon says to Stolas, "Here is your new friend, my son, happy birthday."

"A friend?" Stolas asks, excited.

"I guess?" Blitzo shrugs his shoulders and introduces himself, "Hi, uh, I'm Blitzo."

"I'm Stolas," Stolas says and bows, "It's nice to-"

But interrupted when his father smacks him on the beach of the head.

"Ouch!" Stolas yelps and rubs the back of his head.

Then kneels down to his level and sternly says to him, "Don't bow to that one! He bows to us. Idiot."

"Oh, right. Sorry, father," Stolas says.

Piamon stands up and says to himself, "I'm so good at daddy-ing!"

Later on, Stolas and Blitzo are inside the library, sitting on the floor surrounded by the books. Blitzo groans in boredom.

Stolas excitedly shows Blitzo his books, "This is my book on the difference between frogs and toads, there's a lot of differences! And this is my book on plants and herbs! Did you know plants can hear you?"

Having enough boredom, Blitzo stands up and says, "Plants are boring! This is all boring stuff!"

"Oh, I'm sorry," Stolas says, dejected, "I've never had a friend to share my books with."

Just then, Blitzo has an idea, "You know what would be fun? A game. Let's Play 'Treasure Hunt'."

"What's that?" Stolas asks.

Blitzo grabs a feather and pretends it's a sword, "It's where we pretend we are pirates and we go around the house collecting all the nicest things" and grabs one of the books as he climbs up a stack of them, "and then we throw them out the window!" and throws the book aside.

"We…throw them out the window?" Stolas asks, doubtful of it.

"Yes," Blitzo says, confidently.

Stolas then asks, "Since when did pirates throw things out windows?"

"Since like, the dawn of time," Blitzo says, and jumps off the books, "Come on, pirates are always throwing stuff out windows."

"I don't think they had windows," Stolas replies, still not convinced.

"What, did a book say that?" Blitzo questions.

"Yes, actually!" Stolas says, and brings out two books.

One of them is titled, "Pirates" and the other is titled, "The Porthole Myth".

"Several," Stolas adds.

"Well, in this game-" Blitzo says, grabbing the books, and chucks them, saying, "We're throwing them out the window. Because, it's fun!

"Well, that's an odd game," Stolas replies.

He gasps and sure, "Is this an Imp game?"

"Suuure. Why not?" Blitzo replies, shrugging his shoulders.

"Well, if it's what you want to play?" Stolas replies.

"Let's do it!" Blitzo says, wrapping his arm around Stolas, causing him to blush.

And so, the boys begin to run down the halls. Blitzo holds a bag as he stuffs anything he can find inside.

He sprints ahead as he calls out, "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!"

Stolas runs after him, panting a little.

Blitzo and Stolas continue to find all kinds of treasures and expensive looking stuff. They practically climb on the shelves, and almost hurt themselves in the process. They even ride on the rolling ladder across the shelves. They practically stuff a lot of stuff in the bag from various places. They soon run down the hall and stop to see the shiny chandelier. Stolas walks around as he slides his hand across the crystals. Blitzo is about to take one, but soon sees Stolas having fun around the shiny crystals hanging on the chandelier. His cheeks begin to blush a bit as his heart beats. He simply decided to pass and have some fun. The two friends cheer and shout in excitement as they play around the chandelier and lie on their backs giggling.

Sometime later, Blitzo and Stolas run by the balcony giggling when Blitzo hears whistling noises. Blitzo runs up to the edge of the balcony with the bag of treasure. Then his dad pops out of the bushes below. He makes gesture hands 'throw to me.' Blitzo looks behind him to see Stolas, bouncing on the stool trying to reach something. Blitzo lifts the bag up and throws it back down to his father, and he ducks back into the bushes.

Suddenly, Blitzo hears Stolas calling out to him, "Blitzo, over here!"

Then Blitzo runs back inside to play.

Soon after, Blitzo and Stolas are sitting outside by a tree. Stolas is sitting on the root of the tree reading his book while Blitzo is climbing on the tree. Blitzo then falls out of the tree, hanging by only his tail.

Curious, Blitzo asks, "So, what is that, your diary?"

"No, this is my new grimoire!" Stolas answers, and shows him the book, "It's a spell book! I have to learn it so I can access the living world!"

"The living world?" Blitzo asks in amaze, "Like the world with humans and stuff? Where the sinners come from?"

"Mmhmm," Stolas nods.

"That's cool!" Blitzo says, amazed.

He then climbs down the tree and sits next to Stolas.

Stolas says, "Yes! I'm supposed to use it to study the sky!"

"Why?" Blitzo asks.

"My dad says I can find prophecies, but I don't really know. But, I'm supposed to, that's what my job will be when I grow up. To join the rest of the Goetia family," Stolas explains.

Then Blitzo says. "Well, you know what I'm gonna do when I grow up?"

He then climbs up the tree as he explains, "I'm gonna run my own circus and I'm gonna be the most famous Imp ever and I'll be able to do what I want to do, all day!"

Then climbs until he stands on the thick branch of the tree, "I'm gonna make so much money and buy myself a big building, with a big office!"

"A big office? For a circus?" Stolas asks.

"Yeah! A big office!" Blitzo says. And continues as his eyes sparkle, "Circus business with clowns and horses! And the horses will all have good names like Stapler and Biscuit Queen."

Stolas giggles and says, " 'm sure you will. That sounds like a good business."

"Yeah! And, if you want to apply, I'll hire you," Blitzo says.

He thinks a bit and says, "Maybe."

Stolas laughs, "You'll hire me?"

"Yeah, if I feel like it," Blitzo replies.

"Well, I hope I qualify," Stolas says as Blitzo jumps down from the tree.

Stolas giggles and says, "You'd be a good boss."

"You say that with sarcasm, but I totes would," Blitzo says with confidence.

Soon, the two laugh together with big smiles on their faces.

Time has passed…

"Happy Birthday!" Everyone in the circus cheers.

The day is Blitzo and Barbie's birthday and everyone is having a party to celebrate. Everyone watches as Blitzo and Barbie blow out the candles on their birthday cake. Everyone claps and cheers happily, including their friends. Among the group of friends is Stolas who is very happy with a smile on his face. Throughout the birthday celebration, the kids play some games, have some food, and do all kinds of fun. Later in the evening, everyone has settled down from the birthday celebration as they have a relaxing time, drinking, having food, and chatting.

Outside of the party tent, Blitz and Stolas are outside sitting on a bench as they look at the evening sky.

"Hey Stolas, thank you for coming to mine and Barbie's birthday party," Blitzo says.

"You're welcome, Blitzo," Stolas says, and soon smiles, "I'm really glad to be friends with you."

" I don't know about that. I mean, it's been months since I was well, made to steal your family's riches," Blitzo says.

"Well, normally I would be angry, but you took it upon yourself to try to give everything back," Stolas says.

"I guess, but I had to carry them back little by little so my dad wouldn't notice. I'm surprised your dad didn't send me to prison when he found out," Blitzo says.

"True, but I'm glad he didn't do that. He might have decided not to because you were very willing to give everything back as soon as you can and that you and I became friends," Stolas says, "And I've become friends with your sister, Fizzarolli, Zak, Zoey, Clayton, and Lucina. They're very nice and fun too."

"Maybe," Blitzo says, unsure.

Just then, Stolas says, "Um, Blitzo."

"Yes Stolas?" Blitzo asks.

"Well, I have something else to give you," Stolas says, and presents a small black box.

"What is it?" Blitzo asks.

"It's for you. I know I got you both bouquets of flowers from the garden I've started, but I also wanted to give you something else," Stolas says.

"Thank you," Blitzo and takes the present.

He soon takes off the ribbon on it, and opens the box. Blitzo is surprised to see a rose gold colored chain with a pendant attached. There is red ruby glass around the inner heart base, and the center has a crescent moon and a Stolas' Goetia Seal.

"Wow. Is this for me?" Blitzo asks, amazed.

"Yes. It's made of rose gold and the red is made of rubies," Stolas says, and uses his magic to levitate the pendant with chain up.

Then has it wrapped around Blitzo's neck.

Stolas holds the pendant and says, "And see this seal. This is my seal."

"It's really beautiful," Blitzo says, "Thank you Stolas. I love it."

"I'm glad you like it," Stolas says, blushing a bit.

Soon, someone calls out, "Blitzo. Stolas."

The group turns to see a grown female Imp, who is Tilla, Blitzo and Barbie's mother. She has very small, completely black horns. She has yellow sclera and red irises like Blitzo and Barbie Wire. She also has long, black, shaggy-looking hair. Like everyone in the circus, she has a heart skull shaped mark on her forehead. She also has a long sleeved purple dress with the red skull charm attached to a black choker around her neck, and is also wearing black boots.

"Hi mama, how are you feeling?" Blitzo asks.

"A little better, sweetie. The fireworks are going to start soon. We'll be heading out to the fields soon," Tilla says.

"Okay!" The boys reply.

Blitzo gets off the bench and shows his mama the pendant, "Look what Stolas gave to me mama, isn't it pretty."

"Yes. It is. I think it's a very nice present," Tilla says.

"Yeah. I love it," Blitzo says.

Stolas blushes with a smile.

Sometime later, everyone is watching the fireworks being launched in the night sky. Everyone watches in amazement. Stolas and Blitzo are sitting together with smiles on their faces.

25 Years Later - Present Day:

Stolas, who is all grown up now, wakes up feeling dejected. He sits up and groans as he gets out of bed. He soon dressed in his burgundy robe and hoes to his boudoir. He brushes back his feathery head, and takes a bottle of pills. Then he walks to the library and opens up the grimoire and sees the magic floating out of the book. Stolas soon closes the book and walks away as he lets out a yawn. Stolas walks down the halls and opens a door that has three stars on it to see a young owl demon sleeping in bed, which harms his heart. He then gently closes the door so he doesn't disturb her. Stolas walks in the kitchen and grabs a kettle and walks over to sit down to have his morning tea.

Stolas tries to start a conversation, but she holds her index finger at him. Knowing she's on the phone, Stolas walks away and to the kitchen table to drink his morning beverage. He uses his magic to open the newspaper in front of him. Stolas then drinks his beverage as he reads the paper.

Soon Zak walks into the kitchen, "Hey Stolas."

"Good morning, Zak. I didn't expect to see you today," Stolas says.

"Well, I just thought I would come here earlier before heading to work. Zoey and Ash are still asleep so it's just me," Zak says.

"I see. Octavia is still asleep as well, so it's just us men up and adams," Stolas says.

He then asks, "So what brings you here?"

"Well, it's a bit difficult to explain, but well," Zak says, unsure on what to say. He then lets out a sigh and says, "It's about Blitzo. I just can't stop thinking about what we saw on the news, and it's already been a couple of weeks ago."

"Yes. I've been thinking about it. I still cannot believe it," Stolas says, and lets out a sad sigh.

"I know. I mean, I want to believe that it's Blitzo, but I don't want to risk that it isn't," Zak says.

"I agree. I didn't want to get my hopes up too much," Stolas says.

Zak sighs and says, "Look Stolas, you and I have been thinking about this a lot, even Zoey. She told me that she saw the news as well and was shocked. I mean, an Impish wizard suddenly appeared who strongly resembles our childhood friend. It's just a lot to take in."

"Yes. It was. I really want to believe it's him. I really do," Stolas says, and lowers his head in sadness.

Zak thinks about it for a little bit and says, "Stolas, I think it's about time we check this for ourselves."

"I beg your pardon, Zak?" Stolas questions.

"I think it's time we go to the Hazbin Hotel and check to see if the imp who is staying there is Blitzo, our Blitzo," Zak says.

"Really? Are you sure it's a good idea?" Stolas asks, concerned.

"Yes. We're all wondering if he's Blitzo, and we're never going to know unless we head there ourselves," Zak explains.

"Well, you do have a point. However, we can't show up at the hotel unannounced, especially with the Princess of Hell being there. Even if we do, how are we going to explain to him about what happened after he disappeared, and about the 'you know what'," Stolas says.

"That's true, I still don't know how we're going to explain that. However, we need to find a way to see him," Zak says.

Then Zak turns to Stolas "Come on Stolas, you want to know as much as I do. After all, he is your first friend, and practically your very first crush. Not to mention Blitzo has been friends with me, Fizz, and Clayton since we were babies. So we need to find out as soon as possible."

Stolas sighs, "You do make a good point, Zak," And then nods his head, "Alright Zak, we'll go to the hotel to see for ourselves."

"Great. Then we'll go there tonight. The sooner the better. We'll be heading straight to the Hazbin Hotel at Pentagram City," Zak says.

Then mutters, "It's better than having to have a certain bitch barging in here like she did last week.

Stolas giggles, "Oh Zak."

He then sighs, "Still. Alright. We'll follow your plan. I just hope Blitzo remembers us. It's been twenty five years after all."

"I'm sure he will. When he first sees us. He'll be jumping for joy. I mean, what's the worst that can happen," Zak replies.

"Knowing your history, you sometimes end up with crazy things considering your career," Stolas says with a smirk.

Zak says with annoyance, "Fuck you."

"I believe your wife already has that covered," Stolas says.

Zak facepalms in response.