Pov. Bela
The fun is still going on but I'm making sure I keep an eye on my little sister's as they have the time of their life as well. Every now and again I see a demon that can still hurt me and my sister's, so I go after them first. I sneak behind them and cut their head off with my sickle, usually I would drain them of their blood but I don't have time for that now. Father is having fun with the leader as well unfortunately I can go and play with him as well. Mother won't allow it and father who tends to allow most things, also said no but he gave me an important task to make sure my sister's stay safe. He also said he'll give me a reward if I do a good job but as the oldest I do get worried about them, though they don't like it when I do it's my job as the oldest to make sure they're safe. I find it weird that I didn't think about things like this back then, I only cared about mother and having fun, not about my sister's safety.
"Bela tell the empress that we need to retreat to the second line of defense or we will be overwhelmed!" One of my fathers subordinates shouted at me, the old me would have killed him for that but I've been thinking differently lately and father has forbidden me from killing his people. So I go to tell mother because that's what a good daughter would do and I want to make father proud.
"Mother the oni said we have to retreat to the second line of defense or we will be overwhelmed."
"Thank you Bela, go inform the rest and tell them to get the trap ready." Says mother will stab a rapier through a demon's head and using the other rapier to cut space killing anyone that gets caught in it. So we fall back to the second line of defense and wait till enough of the prey is around the wall before setting off the second trap. I had to drag both of my sister's to the second line of defense as Rem and Ram followed us. Because according to my sister's they didn't get enough fun and wanted to make father proud of them. Sometimes been the eldest is hard but I care about them to much for them to get hurt after all if they came down here with me they must have fallen to Ethan too and I will not let them die a second time.
Pov. Cassandra
I decided to help the banished as they like to call themselves because they get how fun it is to play with your prey. I always had more fun playing with the prey then hunting them but unfortunately Bela would get mad at me because sometimes it would lead me to getting hurt. It's not that I hate it it's just feels different like things are changing compared to how they used to be, it's not bad in fact I like that warm feeling I sometimes get when I'm with my family. But it's something I never felt before and it's something I got to get used to, in fact I'm different I don't really know how or why. But I feel it in my gut I've changed, my thoughts, feelings, and values are different.
'But I still like playing with my prey' I think while stabbing my sickle through a enemies shoulder and pulling him in to the sky before throwing him at father's barrier. 'I do so love watching them get cut into pieces while they scream.'
I get another one and toss him into the brutes while I watch them rip and tear him apart. They brutes seem to like me because of how I play with the prey and they respect my mother after she riped a brutes head of with her hands and drained him of his blood before giving the meat to the grunts. I start having more fun before my sister Bela shows up tells the leader something and start dragging me back to the second line of defense.
'But I wasn't finished having fun and the more I kill the more father and mother will be proud of me.'
Pov. Cassandra
'Kill, kill, kill oh wait father said I can't kill them.' Bela said to help this side of the wall by killing the enemy but I get kind confused because father said I can't kill some off this thing's. I think their names are locust but I'm not too sure as far as I'm concerned I should kill everyone. But I want father and mother to be proud of me so I will follow fathers directions and not kill them. I remember fighting Ethan and dying and I don't want to die again, before fighting him mother locked me in the library telling me not to fight him. She said she wanted to keep me safe because she couldn't save my sister's, at the time I didn't not care to much so when Ethan showed up I decided to play with him. And he killed me it was so scary and it hurt so this time I will listen to mother and father so they will keep me safe.
"Please be careful young miss don't forget what your father taught you" says Ram while killing the demon trying to hurt me. I like her she kills the enemy and gets all bloody like me, Rem and Ram are my new friends they also kill a lot a prey like me and my sister's.
'She's right I need to remember what father was teaching me so I can make him proud made he'll finally invite me to be with him like mother. Though I still don't know what they do in the room alone me and my sister's also want to join.'
I keep having fun till Bela shows up dragging Cassandra with her and saying to fall back to the second line of defense. But I want to kill more so I can make father proud. But she just grabs me and starts dragging me to while Rem and Ram follow us. After killing more for a while there was a big explosion and lots of fire it was so great so many prey died father will be proud.
"All right girls from now on you three will stay near me" said mother.
"Yes mother" the three of us answered.
Pov. Alcina
Having my daughters by my side again makes me feel relieved again but I know this isn't over until the leader is killed. The explosion and fire will buy us more time we also have more retreat points and traps set along the way but we have had many losses already. From the reports we lost 500 soldiers, but we have killed many more enemy's unfortunately that won't demoralize them because they are merely puppets.
"How much longer can we hold them Kanta?"
"Not much longer I suggest we go to third defense line and set the next trap off to buy more time for the master."
"The banished won't like it but that doesn't matter if I can keep my husband's work from being destroyed then so be it. Order every one to fall back to the third line of defense."
"Yes empress"
"Come on girls we need to go now so we can wait for your father."
"But mother I want to kill more prey to make father proud."
"Daniela my word is final!"
"Yes mother" she said looking a little scared, I do so hate to raise my voice at them but after what happened last time I can't be soft on them anymore. But this girl have really become father girls, they even taken a interest in are nightly activitie but I think only Bela has figured out what we are doing. They seem to want to join but I'm reluctant to let them unfortunately I may have to consider it. Because even though I have gotten closer to my husband that my change in the future after all I won't be the only empress and even if I hate to think about it my daughters can help me if a situation like that occurs. As the flames die out and the enemy rushes forward they stop and seem like there struggling before they fall forward. The tentacles on their body seems to be moving in erratic directions and I know nows the time to strike.
"Everyone go forth and capture and detain as many of your people as you can and kill the rest!"
As soon as I said that they rushed forward killing the demons while tieing there people up and getting them out of harm's way. My daughters stay by my side because of my orders thankfully.
'Looks like their father has taught them well I will have to reward him after this is all over, so you better make it back.'