“I’m sorry a what? Because I am sure as heck that I totally misheard you, dude.” Levi the Envious forced a chuckle from his lips. His sapphire eyes fixated to the angel in their midst. The colors in his face started to fade away as time started to stretch when the apprentice angel was yet to answer his wavering question. Silence meant yes indeed. “Holy fucking shit.”
Merlin rolled his eyes once more from the halfling’s antics. “Using the ‘h’ word? How original.”
Maleficent put Merlin and Levi’s bickering at the back of her mind. Even Damon froze from his big bear hug from her back. She could tell by how his beating heart went frantic against her back that he was listening to Apollo Sky – though Damon did not budge from his position. His hold against her was still tight and comforting.
“Where are your father and the others?” Maleficent asked. She tapped Damon’s arms, signali
Levi the Envious choked from the surge of red-colored demonic aura whipping him in waves. With shaking knees, he heaved his answered. “I-I saw the demon king and the grand duke being pushed back their ex-wives. It is quite hilarious! You should see it for yourself!” This statement earned him his freedom to breathe freely the misty air of the Rancid City. Levi the Envious was busy breathing a sigh of relief that he failed to notice the grins from Maleficent the Glutton and Damon the not-so Prideful’s face.Maleficent the Glutton knew that her mother could calm down her father. On the other hand, Damon trusted the strength behind his mother’s voice before he bolted away from her. Both Maleficent and Damon knew that the next time they would meet their mothers; they had to give them a big thumbs up. For now, they needed to solve the biggest problem at hand: the archangels inside Merlin’s magic ball and the waiting army of warrior angels on standby be
Upon the beam of light which was followed by the surge of a red-flamed demonic aura and a celestial aura, five pairs of eyes shifted to the direction where the source of the sudden disruption came from.IT WAS SYLVIA THE ANGRY who spoke first. She stood at the highest peak of the crumbling pagoda. Her gaze shifted from the location where she last saw Maleficent the Glutton and to her east which she left the demon lords. “Shit,” said Sylvia the Angry under her breath.It would be impossible for the demon lords to not notice the clash of two polar opposite auras inside their domains. At the back of her mind, she knew that her task had screwed up the last minute.Jumping from the pagoda which was at least a hundred meters from the surface, Sylvia the Angry raced to the east. She used her left index finger and thumb to blow a whistle – a signal for her familiar. On cue, the piles of ashes and mountains of corpses she ran past by shook
Maleficent the Glutton was wide-eyed for a good moment. Her emerald eyes remained unfocused. Without blinking her eyes, her eyes remained transfixed to the three silhouettes beyond the cocoon of translucent red-colored wall of demonic energy. Crimson droplets dripped to the ground as her fists remained clenched. Her jaws locked while her mind went into a complete overdrive.A deep sigh of relief not of her own broke the tensed silence between Maleficent the Glutton, Merlin the Necromancer, and Levi the Envious. It was the latter who sighed after recovering from the initial shock of being both protected and attacked at the same time with only a miniscule minute interval. Levi the Envious cleared his throat before he tapped his chest. “If we were hit by that celestial energy, we would have been dead meat.” He turned to Maleficent.Maleficent was too deep in her mind that she failed to hear Levi’s statement. Instead, she muttered under her breath. &ldquo
The moment the beam of light invaded Damon’s line of vision, his instinct kicked on. Though he did not know anything about a wizard’s space magic, he knew one thing and that was the fact that they got a grumpy arch angel inside the magic ball. His lover’s face flashed in his mind in a split second – Maleficent. Without thinking further, Damon opened both of his palms. This action of his did not leave unnoticed from the apprentice angel, Apollo Sky, who frowned upon seeing the runes around the halfling prince.Not minding the reaction of Apollo Sky the Loyal, Damon used the fraction of a minute interval to call for his demonic runes. Though he could not shapeshift, he could still make use of his demonic aura to protect her. “Go!”As soon as he fisted his hands, the circling red-colored runes around his hands spread like waves around him. Since these waves were not meant to harm but to protect, the surge of demonic waves of magic from
“Why are you with a demon-spawn, Apollo Sky?”On cue, two heads snapped to the source of the chilly voice. As the beam of light vanished into thin air, what remained before them was the emotionless arch angel – Michael the Loyal. His hands were inside his unstained white-colored cotton pants as he cocked his head while waiting for the answer of his son. Michael the Loyal did not even spare the demon prince a second glance as if by merely looking at demon prince was a big insult for his divinity.Damon could not help but scoffed from the clear display of racism from the being that was supposed to be the most righteous one among all the other races of the worlds. The irony! Crossing his arms before him, he cocked his head as well, gaze transfixed to the arch angel. He was getting his middle finger ready should the oh-so-righteous Michael would look at his direction.“Father, it is high time for us to talk,” said Apollo Sky after swall
It was Maleficent’s turn to gasp upon seeing Damon kneeling on the ground. Though the beam of light was fading, Maleficent could only see the outlines of Damon and Apollo Sky’s silhouettes. And from what she was seeing, it had only increase her desire to shatter the red aura protecting them like a cocoon.“Is that?” Levi the Envious did a double take, confirming Maleficent’s thoughts that what she was seeing was not a product of a mere imagination that resulted from her desire to go with the two. Levi the Envious leaned forward, a frown crawled to his ashen face as if he did not believe what he was seeing. “Is that Damon the Prideful kneeling towards Apollo Sky the Loyal? And where the friggin’ fuck is Michael the Loyal?” He whipped his head in alternation to the emotionless Maleficent the Glutton and to the equally tight-lipped Merlin the Necromancer. Upon seeing that no one would answer him, Levi the Envious could only roll hi
“Y-You dare!” Michael the Loyal glared at the demon prince. If looks could kill, it would be safe to say that Damon would be burned to cinders already. But instead of cowering from the piercing gaze of the leader of arch angels, Damon gave him the biggest grin he could master. This nonchalant behavior, in which Damon got from Levi the Envious, earned the demon prince the wrath of Michael the Loyal.Azure hue of swirling runes surrounded the frowning Michael the Loyal. Instead of forming a pentagram around him, the runes of spells attached to his body like a second skin. The glowing runes of blue and white kissed every nook and cranny of the arch angel’s skin as his cerulean eyes gleamed like the deepest parts of the ocean.A knot lodged deep between Damon’s brows while Apollo Sky’s identical cerulean eyes widened upon seeing the changes of the leader of the arch angels before them.‘This spell!’ Apollo Sky the Loyal lost
“Lady, I like you for my son,” said Ilorde right after she chucked her son away from harm by intercepting the fist with her shadow-coated tail. Ilorde’s voice vibrated the swift rancid air of the Nether World since her voice deepened whenever she talked using her shapeshifted body. Her plan was to trash the fucker from her son, plain and simple. But a horned and winged Halfling, like her son, stepped forward among the three onlookers she saw right after she arrived. The lady who rescued her from the dungeons with only one condition: to beat the shit out of her husband. Apparently, this lady was also the special someone of her beloved son – though Ilorde only discovered it by hearing the pounding of the Halfling’s heart as they dashed to save her son from the fucker. ‘Speaking of the fucker.’“Who are you? Wait,” said Michael the Loyal as he maneuvered his wings from them. “Blue scales. You are Ilorde from the elusive
Maleficent stared at the gates of the Transylvania Academy. A pair of black dragon-like wings folded behind her as she landed a few meters before her alma mater. She did not know why, but it felt like a long time since she was here yet in reality it was only a few weeks.She could still remember the first time she saw this school, she did not think that she would value this place so much. Maleficent never thought that she would treat this academy as a place closest to home. For the past years of her life, even though she grew up in a foster home, Maleficent could not sense any sense of belong there – not until she met the people she grew to care about in Transylvania Academy.That was why, in that illusion, she was able to see the light at the end of a seemingly endless loop of despair. The shackles of the past? She was already free from it. All thanks to those who trusted her, cared for her, and loved her despite the horns and gigantic wings.For those who trusted Maleficent despite
Before Maleficent 's mind shatter to the endless stream of torment, a warm aura enveloped her curling and shaking body. Like a cocoon of protection, it soothed her mind, body, and soul.Though ethereal, Maleficent was familiar with the warmth being emitted from the crimson-colored aura around her. With teary eyes, Maleficent stopped shaking and screaming words of helplessness and profanities."Sshh.. Stop crying, little Halfling." A deep and warm voice vibrated within her, muting the wicked one. The voice continued, "Remember, amidst the painful memories you have, you have bright ones as well. For every step you take back you forward thrice the distance from the past. Why? Because you have us and we have you. You are not alone anymore.""I.. I am not alone anymore?" "Remember... Where you surrender yourself to this prince. Like I said, there will be no going back. The moment you accepted me, there is no more turning back... little Halfling."Where I surrender myself?Flashback...“I
"Stop it! Stop this!" Maleficent was now hysterical. Even with her efforts to stop the wicked voice from spewing nonsense in her mind over and over again. "Stop spouting nonsense!""Hehehe! What nonsense? All chatters of these are facts! They are flashbacks from your memories!""You're right. These are all memories so it is now part of my past." There was now a hint of strength in Maleficent's voice."Foolish woman indeed! Hahaha! You... You will feel that familiar sense of loss and pain once more, Daughter of Greed!"Maleficent's heart pounded which immediately dimmed the small ray of light for Maleficent. "Wha-What do you mean?""Like what happened to that time when you almost that Halfling Prince, you will feel that helplessness and fear and sorrow once more sooner than later! But this time, you will lose him for eternity! Hahaha!"Flashback..Maleficent was too fixated on using her ability as the wielder of the darkness that she stupidly failed to realize the dwindling state of he
"My father knows why I did that! You can't brainwash me!" Maleficent the Glutton found her strength as she stood. Her gaze followed the swirling black smoke around her. "He won't abandon me!""Ting! Ting! Ting! You are wrong again! Haven't you remember? He once abandoned you! Hahahaha! Foolish girl!"Flashback... “Please, leave me alone,” said the Halfling, “I…I don’t want to see you anymore. So please, throw away all the guilt that you have in your heart and know that for a short period of time, you made me feel the emotions I thought I would die without.” The Halfling cleared her throat as if a lump was lodged in it before she continued. “Please respect my decision.” On cue, the torches that littered the prison cell were engulfed by a cluster of shadow for a fraction of a minute, deeming the entire prison cell for a small period of time that it was almost unnoticeable. People would believe that it was the grand duke who lost his composure during his visit, but Damon the prideful
Maleficent shook her head. Both of her hands were now covering her ears yet it did not lessen the malicious whispers that seemed to resonate within her mind — within her soul."You are a child of misfortune!""Your existence is a mistake!""Maleficent, you are a child of disaster. No. You are the disaster yourself. You bring pain wherever you go!"Hot tears continued to trickle down Maleficent's chin as she closed her eyes tightly while shaking her head profusely. "No! You're wrong! I still have father!""Fool! You are your father's greatest heartache! He regrets that he brought you back from the mortal world!"Flashback...Grand Duke Beelzebub the Glutton lost the will to live the moment he thought he lost his wife. His misery did not lessen when he had to let go of his daughter and watched her grew up from the sidelines as one of her shadows. He had foolishly thought that it would all soon go away the moment he would take her from the wretched mortal world – or so he thought. He fai
"When you died, you angered the heavenly law!"A frown painted on Maleficent's face as she watched the image of Damon vanished once more, replaced by a dark smoke swirling around her. "Why? How did I anger the heavens?"A vicious laughter resonated within Maleficent's sea of consciousness. "Fool! You just took an archangel from the heavens!"Flashback...SELAPHIEL, a newly bloomed fallen angel, quivered upon the howl of sorrow that she had heard amid the cackles of the thunderstorm that loomed the entire Rancid City. Perhaps it was guilt that made her froze rather than to race to where the sound was coming from. It was as clear as the lightning bolt that littered the darkened skies of the Nether World who screamed those anguished laden screams. The disparity dripped from every letter of the word he cried from the top of his lungs.“Maleficent, my baby girl…” Translucent droplets fell from her eyes as her chest tightened upon the very thought of losing her child before she could even h
Maleficent the Glutton, who was now tugging her horn while tears trickled down her face, willed herself to stand up from being slumped."No... I will protect my parents so that... So that nothing will happen to them." Though Maleficent's voice was barely a whisper, it was filled with determination.But a mocking voice resonated in the darkness once again. This time, it did not belong to Maleficent's mother's voice but from Damon!"Liar! You died because you are weak! So how can you protect us?"Flashback...“Indeed. Farewell.” Maleficent whispered. On cue, a roaring sound elicited from behind him before he was taken by the looming shadow of the gigantic winged serpent.After her last two words, the entire arena had turned into one extensive domain for Maleficent. Her emerald eyes glowed more than ever at that exact moment; the song of battle cries echoed from her mouth as she screamed, flipping her position. Now, she was the one sitting atop the shell-shocked Gabriel the Faithful.“Di
Lost in a train wreck of vicious thoughts whispered by the man called Steffan along with the cries of Maleficent 's mortal victims, the Glutton heir started to crumble."I... I have my family..." Maleficent, though it was a whisper, tried her earnest to fight the malevolent thoughts that wreck havoc in her mind.But a mocking laughter echoed within Maleficent's mind that made her freeze. It was not the malicious laughter that made her stop from her tracks, rather, it was the familiarity of the voice.On cue, Steffan's face turned to a silhouette of Aurora — Maleficent's mother. Gone was the warmth in her eyes as she glared at the shell-shocked Maleficent."How do you know that I am genuine with your fickle family obsession, dear daughter?" "N-No way...""I did it once. What's stopping me to do it one more time?"FLASHBACK…“That? That w-woman is my mother?” With widened eyes, shivers wracked her body as if a bucket of cold water splashed her rigid standing form. The glowing embers of
"What I want? I want you to remember that a sinner like you is not allowed to feel any emotion but fear. Think of it as a payment for all the lives you carelessly took back when you were at the Mortal's Realm, Maleficent."With one statement, it sucked Maleficent the invisible shield of her title as Maleficent the Glutton as if she was back to what she was before she met her father.Flashback 3:THE STALE colors of her ceiling welcomed her when she woke up briskly. Her ragged breathing and her sweat-covered shin were not a new thing for Cent. She spent her seventeenth year dreaming as if she was being chased by something ominous only to wake up abruptly when a pair of large flaming hands engulfed her. This vicious cycle became a regular thing for her since she celebrated her seventeenth birthday. And now, with her eighteenth birthday just two days from today, her nightmare became longer and hotter in a sense as if she was soaked to be boiled.Glancing at the alarm clock on her side ta