The infernal flames crawled from the frozen ground to the horizon. The light that it emitted raised Levi’s hackles. Standing like a mountain at the apex of the backyard with nothing but piles of ash surrounding the dark figure that breathed fumes, its presence spoke nothing but disaster. Gone were the beautiful ice skating rink made for Hestia and the sculpted ice statues that decorated every nook and cranny of the backyard, replaced by the chaos that swallowed Hestia’s favorite place.
The anguished screams were dying down as Levi witnessed their servants being burned alive, turning into a pile of ash from being a chunk of flesh. The rancid smell of flesh being roasted elicited his gag reflex. He lived for centuries already, but this was his first time to see the very scene that mortals used when describing hell also known as the Nether World &ndas
“Ah! It’s good to be back.” Maleficent stretched her arms. Her back arched against the plush sofa located at the very corner of Sinner’s Café. Sitting adjacent to her seat, Matilda the rotting zombie, was feasting the café’s trendy cupcake.The cupcake was called ‘Devil’s Cupcake’, touché. Of course it would suit in the menu given that the name of the café was Sinner’s Café located near the boundary of the Malevolent Dormitories and Ambivalent Dormitories. The bounty river separated the lush lands of the beings loved by nature and the forsaken grounds of the beings that loved destruction – at its center, though still located at the borderlines of the Forsaken Lands under the Malevolent Dormitory, a lively two storey hut that was wrapped with crawling vines stood. Jack-o-lanterns littered the pathway made of broken cobblestones as if it the hu
The flapping of the wings as it landed swiftly onto the graveyard echoed, disturbing the eerie silence that always engulfed the dorm rooms of the zombies inside the Malevolent Dormitories. The thick fog scattered the moment that the horned being landed with a thud. The graves around the noise started to move and one by one, limbs started to appear from the soil with one purpose in their zombie mind – to admonish the proprietor of the disturbance but stopped midway upon seeing the pair of glowing green eyes that symbolized only one thing, Glutton Demon Lord. Only this time, it was the beloved daughter of the Grand Duke Beelzebub, who pulled every string to protect his daughter from the Trilateral Court. The onlookers retreated to their graves, leaving the newly arrived beings.“Here.” Maleficent handed Matilda a small paper bag with the logo of the Sinner’s Café. She took it swiftly from her shadow that s
Having a date with a set of black coffee and cookies at the middle of Sunday was fun-fucking-tastic for Maleficent who was plagued with a series of tiring events that dried the heck out of her wits end. Now, she could finally take a day off to herself where no red flags involved and that went without saying. For someone who once lived at the apex of a buzzing mortal city, she was quite used to the constant rumbling of Nimbus clouds around her and the occasional thunderclaps with a series of blinking lightning zaps in tow. Clad in her black lacey chemise minus her usual stockings and eyeliner, Cent let herself be immersed of enjoying her simmering black coffee while reading the Holy Grail book which would make her father flip if he saw her. Her bare feet curled against the cold tiled floor, a cluster of shadow hovering over her acted as her umbrella against the harsh downpour of rain that always whipped the Hous
What the heck? The very first thing that welcomed Maleficent as she stepped into the academy’s hallway after flipping her gigantic wings were the flags that littered the ceilings and walls. There were three distinct designs that she immediately differentiated. The first flag was a golden one embroidered with silver thread. The embroidery made her brows rose dramatically. It was a pair of angel wings that surrounded a knight’s sword. Definitely from those arrogant angels. The second flag that she observed was hanging next to the Benevolent’s flag. It had a deep green color with golden embroidery of a lush and prestigious-looking tree. It emphasized its long and scattering root
The Ambivalent World had nature as its apex, and by nature, it meant growth and life. It respected the flow of life, also known as the great circle. Witches, wizards, elves, dwarves, werewolves, nymphs, mermaids, fairies, pixies, and so on—all of them represented a certain element. One could exist under the vast ocean but be repulsed by land. Some could touch the sky but feared the murky underwater. And most dwelled with nature and hated the beings that defiled the natural circle of life—like the wizard, Merlin. Clad in his purple-colored robe and signature square eyeglasses that covered his vivid albino red eyes, Merlin slouched at the corner of the library. His sandy blonde hair was disheveled as if he did not bother to fix his hair after showering. His pert nose barely held the huge eyeglass that occupied half of his face, but it did not deter his attention from reading a book twice the widt
“You’re stalking him again.” Matilda grunted as she joined Maleficent. The latter was hiding behind an oak tree. Students passed by them since they were at the greenhouse where ‘everyone’ was fucking welcome. Emphasis on ‘everyone’. Apparently, being a member of the dark dwellers’ team, also known as ‘the Malevolent World beings’, instantly made them a no-no in the greenhouse. The elves and the prickly elves cultivated the greenhouse were the members of the Ambivalent World. “We are stalking him.” Cent corrected Matilda which only earned her another set of grunts from the zombie girl who would rather spend her lunch break at the Sinner’s café than be stuck near the hangout area of the Ambivalent students who were giving them a hard glare every chance they could get. The greenhouse was the Sinner’s Café counterpart for the Ambivalent students—only theirs was located inside the premise of the a
“Hey, he’s my prince. So move along and leave me be.” Maleficent whispered under her breath, which she was sure that Damon heard. After all, he was standing beside her. Gone was the barrier that protected the ambivalent students because of the lack of focus of the caster of the spell. Deon, son of Undine, was still captive with Damon’s left hand. The latter kept his right hand tuck under his pocket. In a bored tone, he asked the flustered Deon again, as if he did not heard her. “What is happening here?” “Control your people, Damon.” Deon finally took the courage to remove his fist from Damon’s palm as if he was never cowering a few minutes ago. Trying to save his dignity in front of his fellow ambivalent students, Deon straightened his shoulders as he tried his earnest to meet the glowing pair of embers—his topaz eyes were shaking. “This midget? My people?” Damon looked down at her before turning back
Carriages with different flagships paraded the grand gates of the Transylvania Academy. Though Maleficent did not know that such a lavish gate existed if she was not dragged by Matilda at the earliest crack of dawn, she would not know that the academy had a gate after all. It sounded dumb but Cent shrugged it all.Why use a gate when I can just fly, right?Now, still clad in her hobo pajamas, Cent stood beside Matilda who was hopping her bony legs. It was basically the crack of dawn and she was half-asleep but Matilda climbed through the walls of her room like a spider monkey and she basically dragged her sleepy ass outside the House of Lamentation just to watch a flock of magical carriages popping out from everywhere through their portals. Though some were not using portals and instead chose to show off by using a Pegasus or a centaur for their carriages – not to mention, there were carriages that used dire wolves and polar be