Hello I'm back! Haven't abandoned this story just got side tracked one too many times.
And yes I'm aware the Book of Bill is now out and while I'm too broke to buy one myself I have seen pages online. Probably won't affect the story since we're pretty much close to the end but oh well on with the chapter. After this two more to go and this short story is finally complete...
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Alright, Loki...
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It's been a while...
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What? No witty insults for me? I shouldn't be surprised. You were always a terrible person...
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It's no wonder slaughtering our kin hardly fazed you...
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No matter. Odin may have fallen but I will personally send you to the vilest pit of Helheim itself, traitor! Now die!
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Today was another beautiful day in Gravesfield.
Birds are singing, flowers are blooming and a certain former Lord of Chaos was doing the unimaginable...Playing with appears to be some sort of armored raven creature like a child would with a puppy. Under normal circumstances this would not be a weird sight if not for the fact that this was Bill Luz doing said act.
Two bystanders, Masha and Vee, could only watch the scene before them dumbstruck.
"This feels so wrong" Vee commented "It's so unnatural"
"That or your sister has finally lost it" Masha joked which earned a giggle from vee.
The two continued to joke about Luz and her craziness until said girl in front of them finally had enough and turned to them, her smile from earlier was gone and now replaced with her signature scowl "Oh screw off you brats. What a girl can't have fun and be sweet with a pet now?" she said in an annoyed tone
"Not when its you of all people" Vee answered
"Where did you even get that thing?" Masha gestured to Daimon. "It looks like something straight out of pokemon"
"From the crawlspace" Luz answered. A while back thanks to some unexpected help from Masha of all people, she was finally able to locate a key to that pocket dimension. And all she had to do was ask "nicely" the slenderman who was holding said key to hand it over her
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"Last chance, old man! Give me the key!" Luz said with a scowl as she stared down at Slenderman who had been tied down to a table
"Never! I'll Never hand it over to the likes of you!" Slenderman said defiant though there was a hint of fear in his tone
Luz scoffed at the response before flashing a sadistic smirk "Fine then. Masha, hand me the holy water"
"Here you go" Masha nodded nonchalant as she handed what appeared to be a bottle to Luz who held it dangerously close to the Slenderman who desperately began to struggle in his binds in a hopeless attempt to escape
"Remember I gave you the easy way out but you chose the hard way" Luz said as she opened the bottle while Slenderman could only let out a scream of terror
"No! Stop! Noooo!"
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"There was a sale going on at the hellbeast store and I just had to get him otherwise they would have used him for some demonic ritual. I pretty much rescued him. Isn't that right Daimon?" Luz coos at her pet while giving him a piece of meat which the avian beast happily accepted
"You mean 'We' rescued him. Don't forget I get to keep him for the other half of the week since I helped you find that crawlspace key in the first place" Masha said with a grin
Luz just rolled her eyes "Yeah yeah you don't have to remind me. I'm not one of your human politicians" she was half tempted to not follow through their agreement in the first place just to spite her but that probably would have just caused some unnecessary problems with tooth gap so she decided against it.
"By the way are you excited for your birthday next week? You're gonna be what? ten years old now?" Toothgap inquired
"Ooh! I heard mom and dad are gonna go big for this party! Honestly I'm excited for the cake!" Vee said drooling a bit at the idea of the birthday cake. The little basilisk had developed a sweet tooth as of late that they even go as far as to go wild on Halloween just for the candy alone
Luz though could only scoff at the mention of her birthday which also just happened to be the day he was defeated all those years ago and landed her in this situation in the first place "The parents go big every year. This year probably won't be any different"
Unfortunately for Luz though her parents always puts way too much effort on birthdays especially hers and Vee. At first it had been just the simple birthday cake but ever since she had helped Manny win that lottery a few years ago no thanks to some oracle magic, they decided to go all in on special occasions whether it be Halloween, Christmas, and even something as stupid as easter.
Worse was that Manny had also decided to retire from his job to open his own bakery and so that in his words "be able to spend more time with his lovely family" which she thought was corny as heck.
She would have been fine with the usual simple celebration as they were more tolerable but no! Her parents insists that their little girl deserves the best. Honestly what was even so important about birthdays. They were pointless. Heck even the aesir back then didn't celebrate birthdays. They usually just have a festival after winters. That's the equivalent congrats you survived one more year of your worthless life.
"Honestly its just a waste of money going all in" Luz said annoyed now at having been reminded of her upcoming birthday.
"You sound like you hate birthdays. Did you not celebrate birthdays in your past life?" Toothgap said.
She didn't know what possessed her to reveal to the two brats her dumb backstory but here she was now. Although a part of her felt relieved that she didn't have to hide too much from them, as annoying as it was whenever they hounded her for information like lost knowledge or even the illuminati.
"Naturally. It was a waste of time to just celebrate that you managed to survive one more year. Kinda like those participation ribbons which are just awards for losers" Luz explained
"Your past life sounds so miserable" Vee commented and to Luz's surprise it wasn't said in a mocking way meant to annoy her but instead it sounded like...pity? Strange and Vee was looking at her weird too and so is toothgap
Rather than question it further she instead looked away "Life is miserable, Vee. That's how it is in general. Why do you think some would rather live in the afterlife. The sooner you two know that the better"
With that she got up and left even as she felt a strange feeling in her chest.
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"Oh my baby! You look so beautiful! I need to take a picture" Camila coos as she pulled out her phone and snapped a lot of photos of her little girl wearing a princess dress.
Luz had to fight every cell in her body to stop herself from just ripping off her dress and then hanging herself because surely whatever punishment the damn frilly has in store for her killing herself to get out of this punishment wouldn't be any worse right?
Moments like these make her feel even more annoyed thinking instead of being one of the many Bill Ciphers across parallel worlds to win and get everything she could have wanted instead she's one of the few loser Bill Ciphers. She's lucky she could no longer see parallel worlds otherwise she'd probably be green with envy at all those winners and full of pettiness all the time for being a loser that she might lash out and kill somebody. Damn it even her thought process has been affected at this point.
"Do I really have to wear this stupid dress?" Luz couldn't help but ask annoyed.
"Of course mi bebe. It's your special day after all! Now excuse me while I get everything ready and don't even think about escaping with your magic!" Camila warned before quickly leaving.
She groaned thinking how at this point her entire stupid family knows. Camila had learned the truth a while back and she while was fairly open minded about her being a former demon, she wasn't amused when she found out she had been tampering with her memories to keep her from finding out in the first place. That was a long two weeks being grounded.
"So much for keeping a low profile" Luz muttered before looking herself in the mirror and once again having to look at how stupid she looks. The color theme was absolutely terrible. Whoever designed this thing should throw themselves off a cliff
As if the day couldn't get worse she hears the voices come back again.
Well don't you look adorable?
You actually look like a sweet innocent girl for once…
…and not a murderous psychopath.
The Frilly should never have taken pity on you. You would have been better off dead.
Maybe my beloved home would still be standing if it weren't for you...
Unfortunately something else came with them. She looked at the mirror to see a person she didn't think she would ever see again
It none other than Heimdall, the watchman of the aesir and god of order. Hh looking at her with that damn smirk of his that she has always hated
"Heimdall" Luz growled "Get out of my head..."
Unfortunately the hallucination of Heimdall didn't disappear and instead walked right behind her seemingly looking down on her.
"Well isn't this a pathetic sight" The hallucination suddenly spoke "From God of Mischief to useless mortal. Oh how the mighty have fallen"
"Shut up" She knew this wasn't real but she found herself unable to help but retort
"Awww did I hurt your feelings? Does the little demon hate attention?" Heimdall laughed "Do you seek annihilation? Well you can always just slice your throat but who am I kidding! You'll probably kill your new 'family' first before you ever do that. So much for 'pain is hilarious!' Am I right!?"
"You are not real. Go away" Luz said trying to ignore them
"Oh but I am" Heimdall face suddenly went dark "I'm just as real every single soul you've butchered for your own sick amusement. Tell me Bill Cipher" the hallucination spat her former name with venom "How long will it be before you decide to butcher these poor people? You can stop pretending you care about them because empathy and love are something you're incapable of ever feeling just as you always said right?!"
"Stop talking" She growled as she clenched her fists and glared at the damn thing
"Oh well! Fortunately for your family once you're done with them they'll no longer have to put up with you. Don't worry we'll keep them company here. Can't wait to tell them all the colorful stories we have about you"
"I said shut up!!!" She raised her fist and punched a hole right next to the mirror as she panted heavily
Heimdall then seemed to find sick amusement in her reaction "Well that was just sad. Just like old times eh? Enjoy your party, human"
With that Heimdall finally disappeared but not before laughing in a manic fashion which she ignored. It took her a while to register that she had been standing silenty for a good minute after that. She also didn't realize that the hand she had used to punch a hole in the wall was now bleeding. Crap. Camila is definitely going to be pissed if she saw that hole.
With a snap of her fingers she conjured up a poster of the good witch Azura, a series which Vee and Toothgap has been obsessed with lately for some reason. She didn't like the poster but at least it covered the hole.
She then turned her gaze to the mirror and she had to resist the urge to punch the damn thing even as the hallucination of the damn watchman was no longer there but then she felt something.
Her cheek was wet. Her eyes was leaking water? "How...odd. What is happening to me?" she wonders as she wiped away the strange liquid leaking from her eyes.
Oh wait she knew what this was. Humans called this crying. Why the heck was she crying? Is her body malfunctioning? Does she need to have her eyes replaced? How odd. Usually human bodies starts having problems when they become closer to a hundred years old. She's certainly nowhere near that.
But the other explanation for why she was crying would be…no. It's impossible for that to be the cause. There was no way because they would mean…
Before she could question it any further there was a knock on the door.
"Luz? Is everything ok? I heard you yelling?" It was her father. She could hear his concern and for some reason it made her feel weird. Like some strange warm feeling inside.
"I'm fine. Just uh…saw a mouse!" She facepalmed at the excuse she blurted out "But don't worry I already smashed it!"
"Oh…well uh everything is set up. When you're ready can you come on down? Everyone is waiting unless you're not feeling up to it" Manny said.
She did notice he was essentially giving her an out from the party and she was very much inclined to accept but on the other hand…all that time and money wasted. Ah fuck it
"No, it's fine. I'll be right down and…thank you for asking"
Manny soon left, presumably going downstairs to wait for her.
She looked at herself in the mirror and after fixing up her bleeding hand because she knew for sure her parents would freak over something so small she found herself ready.
Later as she was once again forced to endure a party and mingle with mortals a stray thought found itself inside her head
Since when did she start seeing her Luz persona and Bill Cipher as two different people?
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Author's Note:
Uh oh. Is someone starting to see their past life as a separate person from who they are now? That would be quite problematic.
Well I hope you enjoyed reading that.
Two more to go and this au is finally done. Honestly there were a few more ideas I had wanted to do as their own chapters(mostly because of the bill book) but they aren't plot heavy and I didn't want to stretch this short story any longer especially with how I tend to get easily distracted.
Anyways see you next time...
