Slymethius 2000
Chapter One : Ari
I know the king told me to continue protecting Luna in the human realm. But it was just too hard.
How could I?
I took her memories of Slymethius and in result, she doesn't remember anybody from here. I had visited Luna a couple days after I had left her; she was like a human. She cried so hard and was freaking out that she alerted her "parents". After that I just took a portal back to the underworld.
Unfortunately, it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be with blurry vision. I ended up getting lost in time.
Two years had passed.
A part of me wished I would've just stayed in the human world and watched over Luna like I was told to but no! I just left like some petty heartbroken half-demon. I was four when I left with Luna to get her to safe grounds but when I went back to Slymethius, I was six. And an orphan, for the one fact that my parents were killed in battle. I wasn't there for them when they needed me.
I just abandoned them! I thought gritting my teeth. But I had a duty so I can't keep blaming myself for not being there.
I thought as I sighed.
There wasn't any funeral because once you die, you just simply fade after being dead for three hours. Sometimes you'll fade almost instantly. They call the dead who die, shadows. My parents died already. They were granted one more life span by the king and queen to have me. And their lives lasted four years. Once the dead die again, they go to the shadow world.
A very dangerous place.
When I got back to Slymethius, the kingdom was being ruled by the werewolf who had killed the queen and who also "killed" the king, but everybody knows he's alive. Even I know he's alive. Chen is just holding him captive in the dungeons below the kingdom until the day comes when Luna comes back to her rightful home.
When I got back to Slymethius, I was poorer than the poor.
How's that even remotely possible is probably what your thinking right?
Well... I'm still trying to figure that part out. I did everything I could to survive on my own.
I was taken under Shadows arm one night. I was hungry and I was desperate. He agreed to take care of me and get me food and whatever else I needed if I did his dirty work for him. I was pretty good at it and I was well fed. That was until I was captured and taken to the new king and told to serve him.
Hell! I had nothing better to do and all I did was hang my head while tears were streaming down my face.
It wasn't until later that I found out he was putting me through a series of tests for the "King".
Doing Shadows bidding was a terrible mistake. A mistake that I regret most of the time.
I have to keep strong though.
Luna...forgive me my love. I was to never leave you, but I did.
11 years later...
Hello. Remember me? If not, let me just recap.
Ari Constantine.
The.
End.
Can I get a round of applause!?
So let me catch you up a bit more. Chen's version of training is to pick a weapon of your choice and go out onto the battlefield. A crap load of his so-called-warriors died in battle and he had to recruit new warriors. Obviously he's gonna put me on the battlefield because I'm considered his son now. Yep! Raised by Chen the Spanish werewolf who's trying to put me to my own fuckin death. I've been training now for about 11 years and know practically every move there is to learn. My main weapon is the sword and my defense is magic. Chen put me in a highly guarded school of magic and battle training. You have to go through at least three different guards with a picture ID and you have to answer three different questions. Always different and never the same the next day.
To most of the Slymethiuns, I am a complete jackass now.
I suppose it's very true considering that Chen's sarcastic asswipe and arrogant responses have rubbed off on me. Anyways, I'm known as the best warrior in Slymethius.
I'm "practically a role model for the new generations of monsters and I have all the girls swooning over me!" I think a bit snidely.
But I'm gonna do something my dad, warrior, or anybody doesn't expect: I'm going to die.
Well, not literally you spit fucks! I'm faking my own death so I can find my girl. Typical of me to do considering I can do anything with my magic. I have finally perfected on how to kill myself without really dying. Very complicated to explain but I'll give it a shot. All I need to do is....Not. Tell. You. Shit.
Did you really think I was gonna tell you?! I'm dying of laughter over here!
Anyways, back to the situation with Luna. I've been sending Luna the only strongest memory I have and it was of that night. I may not be strong enough in my magic here but hopefully she gets those dreams about me. The only problem about her receiving those dreams is her memories being taken by Fang. Comes to find out that "Fangie" never left the human realm. Apparently a part of him knew that I was going to: "run away crying" as he would say.
So he swooped in and and became her Knight in shining armor!
I think to myself sarcastically.
Sad to say she'll only have shattered dreams and memories.
I continue to think.
I'm coming for you my Luna.
God forbid that she got hurt. If anything critical like was ever inflicted upon her I would cry so much just like I did for two years when I got back to the underworld. There was no comfort and no mercy.
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the human realm
Just a quick side note...Lily is Midnight. So for her POV's, I'm going to put Midnight. It'd make it easier for me and you as the readers. Anyways on to the story.
Midnights POV
I sometimes feel so different.
I can't even say I'm like all the others.
But first let me introduce myself. My name is Lilian Chesterfield but I go by Lily for short. For as long as I can remember, I've lived in a little town where everybody knows everyone. I don't really live in that town. Its more of I live on a farm with acres of beautiful land. Our house is a blue-grey trailer with a wooden front porch and stairs. Anyways, I'm not really a people kind of person. Growing up I was known as a scary person. How I was scary I still don't know. I just know that I was a shy girl who feared the world. Everytime I tried to make friends or talk to the other kids, they'd run away screaming.
The only person who's been there for me besides my mother and father is Romeo Fang James.
When my father died in the winter of 2003, I met Romeo.
He's been by my side for almost nine years. But I feel as if it's been longer than that. But through all the hard times; there's Romeo.
Romeo is tall, stocky, he's a pale-ish white, his eye color is gray and his hair color is a jet black. His hair I guess you could say is a lil bit past his ears and his bangs hang in eyes sometimes.
Romeo claims himself as a "shadow" cause of how he wears black, grey, and on occasional days, white. But that there is normal because he's emo. He mainly wears rock band tee shirts and has a silver wallet chain that always hangs at his thigh. For some strange reason, he never goes anywhere without this miniature bow and arrow set and this medium size earring box full of miniature empty jars. It's strange for others; but for me, it normal.
I was supposed to be in the house sleeping; but I woke up from another nightmare that had me drenched in sweat at exactly midnight. When I was younger and barely able to speak clearly, I used to wake my mom and dad up with my screaming and night terrors telling them very vivid dreams with blood and pain and war. It had them so concerned that they started to take me to see a therapist who eventually prescribed me medicine to help me sleep through the night. When I was old enough (basically 8yrs old) I stopped taking them.
Now, instead of me waking my mom up; I usually just creep my way outside and go to the edge of the forest to this clay mound to sit or lay down on. I just don't get it but the outdoors and being near the woods comfort me. Well I know why being near the woods comfort me. But that's for another time.
I stayed outside for I don't know how long. It was probably around 4am and I was staring at the stars about to nod off when I heard some rustling come from behind me.
I bolted straight up; heart beating a thousand miles an hour.
I slowly turned my body around and I stared into the thick layer of trees and darkness while trying not to scream.
"Another nightmare again, Lily?" A deep yet musical voice says.
"Romeo?" I say unsure with a quiver to my lower lip.
"Of course. Who else?" He says emerging from the trees in a tone that lets me know I asked the most ridiculous question in the world as he finally comes into view.
"Oh!" I say letting out a shaky breath.
"You scared me." I say trying to slow my breathing.
"'m sorry. Didn't mean to startle you." He says quirking a smile.
Romeo was quiet as he sat next to me on the clay mound. He stretched his arms above his head groaning as he then broke the silence.
"Wanna talk 'bout it babe." He asks teasing me with his 'babe' or 'baby' statements while leaning back against one of the trees.
I sit there quietly debating whether or not I should tell him. It was then at that moment I got this uneasy feeling in my stomach as a shit load of goosebumps started to travel down every inch of my skin and I shivered involuntarily.
'I'm coming for you, Luna. I'll be there soon so don't you worry.' I hear within my mind.
"Fangie?" I ask out in a trembling whisper.
"Lily are you okay?" Romeo asks me sitting up quickly, eyebrows drawn and concern all over his face.
One thing's for sure, calling him Fangie always got his attention and let him know something was wrong.
"No. I'm not fine.-" I say to him as tears start threatening to fall. He then grabs me in his arms and cradles me close to his heart.
He started to stroke the back of my head while whispering comforting words in my ear.
"I'm far from fine!" I sob into his shoulder as I feel my throat start to constrict and tighten up.
"When it-when it comes to meh- m-m-me having to go to sleep every night, I have ni-nightmares of this winged boy with blue hair about to ju-jump out a window with a baby in his arms." I cry out as I feel his whole body tense up.
Romeo took his finger and made me meet his gaze. As I looked up at Romeo, his entire face had gone more paler than what I could have possibly imagined.
"Why didn't you tell me any of this sooner?" Romeo said while breathing hard.
"What do you mean 'didn't tell me any of this sooner'?" I say as I pull away from him a bit.
"I mean do you know why I have these dreams and who these people are?" I ask him getting really anxious and a bit angry.
"Of course I do...." He says breaking eye contact with me.
"I know everything about your dreams and what goes on in them." he says in a low voice as he takes his box of miniature jars out of his black hoodie.
"But unfortunately, sweety, you wont remember a thing." He says almost hypnotically.
I widened my eyes and started to back away from him but before I could get to far, my body refused to cooperate with me and I ended up freezing in fear.
"Acenté nos piosefkth!" He said in a snake like voice as his eyes started to glow to a fire-orange and his hair to a navy blue.
And in just a split second, I actually remembered who Romeo was to me.
"Stop!What are you-------!?" I began to say but my mind fogged up and I forgot what was even happening or where I was.
I blinked and then I froze when I seen Romeo lean in to kiss me.
My breath caught in my throat when his lips crushed down on mine in a soft and tender way. I tensed up and gasped when he bit my lower lip allowing his tongue to seek entrance in my mouth. In that moment, I realized that I was not expecting this at all. But it felt so right. I leaned in and returned his kiss with a little bit of passion because I've been secretly waiting for this moment.
He held me closer and tighter as he then let out a low moan and I allowed him to kiss me more passionately as he then laid me down and pinned my hands above my head.
I let out a soft sigh as he then started to kiss at my neck and suck a bit. When I felt him bite my neck, I gasped as I felt his canines pierce through my skin. Romeo released his hold on my hands and pulled away so fast that he looked like a blur.
"I'm sorry Midnight! Are you ok?" He asked me frantically. I sat up feeling a bit light headed and fell backwards limply; Romeo caught me.
"Yeah. I'm fine." I say weakly as I slowly sit myself up.
"I should -"
"LILIAN CHESTERFIELD GET YOUR ASS IN THIS HOUSE THIS INSTANT!!!" My mother screeched from the porch of our beaten up looking trailer.
"I have to go inside." I tell Romeo tiredly as he helps me stand up.
"That's okay. I understand." He says dismissively as he puts his hand in mine and caresses it with his thumb.
"I-"
"LILY!!!" My mother screams in terror; making me wake up instantly as she interrupted what I was about to say.
"Mom!" I scream as I stand straight up and start to run down the clay mound that I was on.
"The Death Angel! It's come for me!....." My mother kept shrieking.
When I made it down the hill I started running towards my mother with adrenaline coursing through my veins. I ran faster than what I normally ever do. By the time I made it a few yards from my house; there really was an angel!
With solid black wings and blue hair? I thought to myself
"Where is she? Where is Luna Moonlight?" The angel kept yelling as he held my mother two feet in the air while shaking her shoulders violently.
"I don't know who that is! Please?! Put me down! Don't hurt me!" my mother begged as she began crying.
"MOTHER!" I scream out as I run across the field to get to her while Romeo was running ahead with incredible speed.
"HEY! Put my mother down you asshole!" I yell out as the angel freezes at the sound of my voice.
At the sight of Romeo, the angel put my mother gently down as he then slowly turned around.
I don't know who he was expecting to see when he was fully turned around because his face crumpled with disappointment.
"My apologies miss...?"
"Lily. Lily Chesterfield." I say with a slight quiver to my voice because of the fact that I feel like I know him. He's very familiar and I cant place where I've seen him before!
"Who are you?"I ask with a bit more confidence in my voice.
"My name is Ari. And I have co--WHERE'D YOU GET THAT NECKLACE!?" He says yelling in my face.
"I've had it! For as long as I can remember." I say scared clutching onto it when I realize that he's making an effort to grab it while I slowly start to back up.
"Hey! Leave her alone!" Romeo yells defensively as he comes between me and the angel boy. A part of me was wondering when he'd intervene but what was said next I was not expecting.
"What are you even doing here, Ari?" Romeo asks rudely as he shoves the angel boy away from me.
"I've come in search for Luna Moonlight. The night I left her, I put a Sapphire and gold necklace around her neck. The house I left Luna at was being occupied by another family. I was told that a lady here has a girl with that necklace. But I remember Luna had strawberry blonde hair and this girl has cherry red hair" Ari says as he turns towards my mother again and with a voice like steel he asks the same question.
"Where is Luna Moo....?"
"She's right there! She's right in front of you." she says as she starts sobbing violently.
"Hello? I'm right here!What the hell are you two talking about!" I ask as I run over to my mother and make sure that she was okay.
The angel boy turned around and looked at me like he was expecting to see someone else but his face crumpled once again when he seen my face.
"You don't remember anything at all? Not just the slightest sliver of a memory?" He asks eyebrows drawn and a faint glimmer of hatred in his eyes.
"How can she if all her memories of her true life are trapped within a jar?" Romeo asked the angel boy while shaking a jar mockingly in his face and then making it disappear when the angel boy made an effort to grab it.
I slowly back away from Romeo and the angel boy while I had my trembling mother in my hold.
"It's Ari! Not angel boy." He says rudely as he notices me backing away with fear in my eyes.
"Romeo called you Midnight just before you came running down to save your mother. Didn't he?" He asks me cooingly.
Romeo released his hold on my hands and pulled away so fast that he looked like a blur.
"I'm sorry Midnight! Are you ok?"
The memory of him blurring and calling me midnight flowed through my head so fast I gasped and stumbled backwards.
"Don't be scared. I'm here to protect you. I'd never harm you." Ari says reaching his hand out but not moving.
"Please....just go." I whisper softly.
He looked at me with disbelief and hurt.
"What?"
"Leave my family be and just go!" I say loudly as I turn around to run home. That was until I was blocked by Romeo holding a knife to my mothers throat.
"Leave and she dies." He simply says as I freeze in horror when I realize that just a second ago he was directly behind me.
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Oh no a cliff hanger!
Lol. So whatcha think is going to happen?
Will Lily's mother be killed or will she live.
Looks like you'll have to find out in chapter 2. This is so exciting
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