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Chapter 34 - RECONCILING WITH YOUR ADOPTIVE FAMILY MEMBERS AND YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS

Meela, Mathayus, Kassandra, and Khalid, went with their friends to hell to meet their respective parents and tell them how much they love them and how sorry they are for having thought the worst of them.

For the first time in their lives, they wanted to make amends for all the damage done, without knowing the truth of what had really happened.

By the time they had reached the entrance to hell, the four of them knew perfectly well that they could no longer turn back and that they had to continue on their way; on the other hand, they didn't want to back down either, because they wanted to get to know their parents and the world they are currently in.

The first entity they saw is Astaroth. Astaroth is like a naked man with dragon hands and feet and a pair of large bat wings and smaller ones with white feathers, and he has a splendid crown on his head, and he holds a serpent in his left hand. He is always mounted on an infernal creature, resembling a lycanthrope or a dog with dragon wings.

Meela, Mathayus, Kassandra, and Khalid, were very surprised to see that entity, but they knew that they should and that they had to get used to seeing all the entities because that is the world that their parents and their friends were living.

"Welcome, your royal highnesses, and welcome Meela, Mathayus, Kassandra, and Khalid, your royal highnesses. We were waiting for you," Astaroth said.

"Thank you Astaroth and this time, there is a light at the end of this nightmare," said Satan.

"Thank you, Astaroth for this welcome and how have you been, after learning of the atrocities of the Goddess Athena, in union with the Demon?" Hades asked.

"Thank you both for your sincere words and the truth is that we are extremely upset; especially, our Lord and His Royal Highness, Satan, who is bursting with anger," said Astaroth.

"Wow, that's not good at all! We must find a way to calm our respective parents so that they do not do anything they can regret," said Thanatos.

"We all agree with you Thanatos and the question would be, how would we do it? Because we must come up with a plan to calm them down and forget about all the problems," said Phobos.

"When we get to hell, we would have an idea how we should calm them down," Lestat said.

They decided to stop, to begin descending towards the home of Satan, where everyone would be, including their respective parents.

While they were descending, Meela, Mathayus, Kassandra, and Khalid, could notice how the light looked more distant and Astaroth, they were explaining to them that hell is an inverted cone and at the end of the ninth circle of hell is Tartarus, which is home of Hades and Persephone with their two children and which is also the "Prison of the Giants"

Likewise, Astaroth was explaining to the two couples that, despite the fact that in each circle of hell there are great public and important figures, they are welcome to the abode of Our Lord, Satan.

On the other hand, Astaroth also explained to them that, in each circle of hell, he is guarded and protected by the friends and allies of Satan, to prevent the Demon from doing something against them.

In the middle of the way, they found a gigantic black door and on the left side of the door, there were some red inscriptions that read the following:

"It is because of me that you enter the city of tears

It is for me that you turn to eternal pain

There, the doomed race suffers.

I, was created by Divine Power

put aside hope

If you enter here "

When they looked up, they could see that in the middle of the door was the head of Satan of gold color.

Meela, Mathayus, Khalid, and Kassandra were surprised to see every detail that this place had and that everything was well sculpted, and not only could they realize that it was there; but also, there were many inverted crosses.

They all had a hard time opening the door because of how heavy it is and it took about two hours to get the door open and when they managed to open the door, they decided to go in immediately, until it closes by itself.

Once they all managed to enter, the door closed magically. While they were walking, everyone felt the hopelessness of the souls who are suffering in hell and at the same time, Mathayus and Khalid noticed how their hair was beginning to grow, to gain muscle strength, and to gain agility and speed as if they were running roads.

On the other hand, women were also growing their hair and having more curves than normal. As for clothes, the four of them could see that he was changing the color of his clothes.

"We are going to love this place! If until now, we have this new physical appearance, we don't want to imagine what it will be like when we start living" said Mathayus, happy to see his new physical appearance.

"Like us who don't want to leave here," James said, happy to be back.

Guided by Astaroth, they decided to continue on their way, descending carefully until they reached the abode of Satan and Lilith.

For Meela, Mathayus, Kassandra, and Khalid descending is not easy, because each time the light is moving away from the exit and the entrance.

They had to descend a good stretch until they reached limbo. Limbo shares many characteristics with the Greek unemployed, which is a neutral place, for the unbaptized and for the virtuous pagans.

They are in that place, because they were not baptized, and they also do not know God or his word; far from it, the ten commandments of the Law of God.

In limbo, some recognized figures and recognized mathematicians. Among them were: Averroes, Avicenna, the poets Homer, Horace, Ovid and Lucan, the Amazon Queen Penthesilea, the mathematician Euclid, the philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, the General of Rome, who was called Caesar, Saladin, a Trajan, and Rifeo.

They are not judged in this circle of hell but punished by Minos, who sentences each soul and assigns it its place, winding its tail around itself, as many turns as circles it must descend.

Seeing all that scenario, Meela, Mathayus, Khalid, and Kassandra, could realize that, in this first circle of hell, people also receive their penance, which would be to be judged by Minos.

Although they do not receive punishments but are judged, they felt sorry for those souls, who were not to blame for not being baptized.

They all decided to stay a while longer in Limbo because they wanted to enjoy that environment before the war against the Devil began.

After two hours of being in Limbo, they decided to continue on their way, descending rapidly until they reached the second circle of hell called Lust and this circle was guarded by Asmodeus.

In this circle, everyone, including Astaroth, felt sorrow and despair when seeing that these souls are truly punished and at the same time, they are condemned to be whipped by a strong cold wind that attacks them and makes them collide with each other without rest.

In this circle, there are the following famous figures who are: Semiramis, Dido, Cleopatra, Helena, Achilles, Paris, Tristan, Francesca de Rimini, Lanzarote, and Guinevere, who was carried away by the desire for lust and the carnal desires that they felt between them, Guinevere being married to King Arthur.

When they were seeing that panorama, they could not help but feel nostalgic, not having their respective partners with them.

In all circles, they will see Radna. Radna: Demon created by hatred, vanity, envy, lust, gluttony, laziness and greed of people. It was said that he was the King of Demons, hungry for blood, he fed on the hearts of people and any creature that got in his way. It is said that he is able to absorb his opponents and also mimic their appearances and abilities.

Sad and nostalgic, they decided to continue on their way and reached the third circle of hell called Gluttony and in this circle, they could realize that there was Can Cerberus, who was severely punishing all the souls who were in this circle.

This circle is guarded, cared for, and guarded by Beelzebub and in all circles, VALAK could be seen, supervising everything.

In this circle, they felt extremely dense and difficult to breathe air and at the same time, they stopped seeing the light that was there when they entered the first circle of hell.

Lilith Satan, her brother, and their friends saw how the souls were strongly and severely punished by a frightful and terrifying cold rain, mixed with thick hail, and at the same time, they are strongly deafened by the barking of Can Cerberus, who eats them.

They felt sorry for just thinking how these people who, in life were people, committed all kinds of evil and their desire for more; Instead of settling for what they had and defying God, they are in this circle.

For moments, they wanted to help them get out of that circle and that punishment, but they knew that there was nothing they could do about it; so, they had no choice but to continue on their way.

Feeling a mixture of sadness and happiness, they reached the fourth circle of hell called Greed and Prodigality and this circle of hell is the home of the werewolves, who lived in a place separated from the souls who fell into it.

In this circle, you can find two demons who are: Ammon and Belphegor. Ammon is the demon of anger and Belphegor is the demon of laziness. Both are in charge of punishing the souls in this circle.

When they came to this circle, they felt like the hopes of those souls had disappeared and there were too many negative feelings and also, many reproaches.

In this circle are the misers, who accumulated possessions, but did not share with anyone, and the prodigals, who squandered everything they had, and they were tied to each other, with strong rocks, which they had to pull to the same side.

But they could not agree among themselves; rather, they began to claim each other, criticizing each other for having fallen into this fourth circle of hell.

To reach the fifth circle of hell, Lilith Satan, her brother Satan, their friends and Astaroth, had to cross the Styx Lagoon, which was not only water; but also, it was very swampy and in it, you could see the souls hitting each other.

On the other hand, the Styx Lagoon also had a fire and that made the souls catch fire; after that, the flames could be consumed by the water, so that the souls would regain their bodies so that this cycle of being burned would last for all eternity.

To cross the Styx Lagoon, they had to pay Charon with Drachmas. Drachmas are the only coins accepted in Hell and, therefore, they are difficult to obtain.

The Charon presented itself in many ways and the most common is a skeleton with black clothes and red eyes.

In front of Lilith Satan, his brother Satan and his friends, he is shown as a naked man with a silver hat, and in the back, a long tail appears.

Luckily for Meela, Mathayus, Kassandra, and Khalid, their friends had enough drachmas, to be able to pass the lagoon without any problem.

Being Lilith Satan, his brother Satan, his friends, and Astaroth, the Charon had to take them to the other side of hell in a boat; instead of the boat as it normally carried souls.

While they were crossing the lagoon, they saw with terror how the souls were crying out for help, and at the same time, they clung with all their strength to the boat, to help them out of the lagoon.

After that, they saw in the depths of the lagoon, Leviathan, who came out of the lagoon to eat the souls of his choice, as punishment for his sins committed in life.

Astaroth, seeing the expression of each one of them, said the following: "Your Highnesses, you must not feel that way, because it is not your fault that they are where they are and in the way they are. is it so.

Remember that every cause has a consequence and they are paying for all the crimes they committed in life. On the other hand, you can't do anything about it and the only thing you can do is look at how those souls are heavily punished for all the evils committed on Earth. "

When they reached the entrance to the fifth circle of hell, which is called Wrath and Sloth, the sisters' Medusa, Esteno, and Euríale, who are Górgonas were waiting for them, to give them a warm welcome.

"Welcome to Hell, your Royal Highnesses. How have you been? We hope well. Their Royal Highnesses Anck Su Namun, Imhotep, Khalid who is the Scorpion King, and Kassandra, are nervously waiting for you" said Euryale.

"Thank you, Euríale for your sincere words. We are doing well and we have just brought your children so that they can get to know you" said Ennio happy to be back home.

"It really shows how happy we are to be at home because there is no better way to be at home," said Hades just as happy as Ennio was.

"That is true and more with the welcome that we know we will have when we get to the house of our respective parents," said Phobos just as happy as Ennio and Hades.

"Why don't you come with us to celebrate the arrival of these four prodigal sons?" asked Rick Cain, who had already lost his dragon appearance, and now he is human; like, Mattew Azarian, who was immensely happy for that reason.

At that moment, all the warlocks appeared, who decided to join Meela, Mathayus, Kassandra, and Khalid's welcoming meeting.

"Welcome to hell, which is much more than a place where souls suffer because for us it is our home. A home we do not want to stop returning to" said Rebecca Nurse one of the witches.

"Thank you, for your sincere words. And what is your name?" Khalid asked, intrigued to see that she is really young.

"You're welcome and my name is Rebecca. Nice to meet you" Rebecca said again, shaking hands with Meela, Mathayus, Kassandra, and Khalid.

"How do you know our names?" Mathayus asked intrigued because they know too much about the four.

"Like every witch, we always find out about everything before that happens and that gives us the advantage of predicting things and making decisions," said Margaret Scott, one of the witches.

This circle was guarded by Amun and Belphegor and by the sorcerers and demons who are: Kellen, Magistelo, Kerzobal, and Nisroch.

Nisroch is a fallen angel of the order of principalities associated with Belphegor.

Kellen, along with Nisroch, presides over illicit love affairs, disorders, and orgies.

Kerzobal, a Turkish demon, was invoked by witches in many of their spells.

Magistelo, demon collaborator of sorcerers, in the form of succubus or incubus.

They also saw Adonis, who is "Lord of love." Pyromaniac Phoenician demon who presides over fires.

Likewise, they saw Balaam, who is a demon directly related to greed and greed, with a high power of exemplary evil.

On the other side, they saw Agares, who is the "Infernal Grand Duke", who can make the fugitives return, cause earthquakes and teach languages, taking pleasure in making immoral expressions known.

To continue the reception, they saw Agnan, who is an evil spirit from the Tupinambás, in Brazil. He has attributed the power to remove the dead from the grave if the relatives did not leave offerings.

Lilith Satan, her brother Satan and their friends, will not stop seeing all those deities, go directly to where they were, to receive them with open arms and give them a warm welcome.

They also saw Agramón, who is the demon of fear and brother of Phobos and Thanatos.

One of the surprises they had is that they saw Agrat - Bat - Mahlaht and she is the first wife of Satan and is considered as the demon of prostitutes.

Although she is the first wife, she is aware that Satan could never love her as he loves Lilith. Despite the fact that Agrat - Bat - Mahlaht, gave her an only daughter who is named after her, Agrat - Bat - Mahlaht did not see Satan at the time of giving birth; far from it, he was present.

Consequently, your daughter does not know what it is like to have a dad who loves and supports her at all times. Instead, the two watched as Satan madly loves Lilith and melts for his twins.

Despite all that, mother and daughter were present, welcoming Lilith Satan, her brother Satan, and their friends.

"Welcome, brothers and welcome to each one of you" said Agrat - Bat - Mahlaht daughter, denoting sincerity in her voice.

"Thank you, little sister, for being our sister and for being there when we need you the most," said Lilith Satan.

"Yes sister. Thank you for everything and thank you for supporting us "said Satan.

"You are welcome, little brothers and do not worry about anything because I will always be there for you" said Agrat - Bat - Mahlaht.

"We will always be there for each one of you, because there must always be trust between us" said Enio.

"That's true and anyway, thank you all for being there when we need you most," Persephone said.

While they were all thanking for the welcome and for the luck of having each other, Aluca, Alukah, Alyssa, Amazarac, Amoymon, Anamelech, Anazareth and Aneberg appear.

Aluca, also known as Alouqua. Female demon, succubus who acts like a vampire, exhausts men and drives them to suicide.

Alukah, suck people's blood, while they sleep.

Alyssa, is a demonic demigod, created by the Fallen Angel Lucifer himself, when seeking to conceive with a human, giving rise to this warrior angel, manipulator of blood, protector of men and the lineage of all those who worship her spirit.

"Little brothers and friends, thank you for returning safely and welcome home," Alyssa said.

"Thank you little sister for coming and thank you for your good wishes" said Satan.

"We have missed you so much little sister" said Lilith Satan.

"And I you," Alyssa said.

Amazarac, taught humans, all the secrets of sorcery and incantations.

Amoymon, appears surrounded by flames, teaches astrology and liberal arts, discovers to his friends, the treasures kept by the demons.

Anamelech, is an omen of divine punishment for offenses or lies for their own benefit.

Anazareth, raises storms, rings bells at midnight, raises specters and inspires night terrors.

Aneberg, is the terror of the miners, since many of them, die in contact with his terrible breath.

And Arachulo also appears, who is an evil spirit of the air.

Ariel, it's a demon spirit of the air.

"Well, your royal highnesses, we'd better continue on your way," Nisroch said.

"Welcome, Your Royal Highnesses. Our Lord, Satan, along with the others, are waiting for you "said Aluca.

"Thank you Nisroch and Aluca, for your warm welcomes and we were on our way," said Mattew Azarian.

"Let's go fast, because everyone is desperate to see them" said Anazareth.

"Ok, let's go there" said Mordred.

"Before that, we are going to take a tour of the fifth circle of hell and after that, we are going there" said Satan the son.

"Why do you want to go there?" asked Aneberg.

"Because we want to know exactly what it is that the souls in this circle and all hell feel that they must suffer for the sins committed" said Hades.

They decided to enter the fifth circle of hell and what they experienced, had no explanation, because they watched with terror as the souls beat each other and bite to pieces, while drowning in the infected waters.

On the other side, they saw how stones and fireballs fell from the sky, followed by the strong flames that ignited in the lagoon, causing the souls to burn from the fire.

They did not want to waste any more time and decided to continue to the house of Satan and Lilith, who were all eagerly awaiting the arrival of Lilith Satan, her brother Satan and their friends.

"Daddy, how good to see you again! You have no idea how we have missed you "said Satan son, while hugging his father and after that, his two mothers.

While all this was happening, Meela and Mathayus, were seeing their parents Imhotep and Anck Su Namun with sweetness and with a great desire to hug them and the same thing happened to Kassandra and Khalid, with their parents who are Khalid, better known as the "Scorpion King" and Kelly as the "Witch."

They could no longer want to hug their respective parents and ran directly to where they were, while shouting how much they loved and respected them.

They were hugged for a good time, time in which, they kept telling each other how much they love each other and how strong that love is that they have for each other.

As that was happening, everyone was watching with immense happiness, that moment long awaited by Anck Su Namun, Imhotep, Khalid and Kelly.

They took advantage of that moment to hold a celebration for the reunion of parents and children. They made a celebration in style and made that day a day to remember and at the same time, they made it unforgettable.

Satan asked Murmur and Ovaliche to start singing and playing all his songs, while enjoying a good meal and a few good drinks and they did.

Murmur, it's the demon of music.

Ovaliche, is the patron demon of minstrels, grants the gift of rhyme and improvisation and plays and teaches the art of the guitar wonderfully.

They all took advantage of that day and danced non-stop and ate all they could, while further strengthening their relationships and also taking the opportunity to catch up on the lives of each one of them.

As they were immensely happy, they invited all the souls who were in hell and among the guests were the following important figures: Semiramis, Tristan, Lanzarote, Guinevere, Paris, Helena, Achilles, Cleopatra, Dido, Francesca de Rimini, Filippo Argenti, Farinata degli Uberti, Calvacante dei Calvacanti, Guido Calvacanti, Reginaldo degli Scrovegni, Ulises, Venedico Caccianemico, Jason and Alexander the Great.

They made enough food for the party to last about a month and during that time, everyone had the best of memories together and managed to catch up on each other's lives.