Midnight Demons Ch.9 Le Final Ver.2
for the 432th time I wait on the border between dream and reality
Finally the last chapter of Ver.2
A world without him
" He will be back I am sure, he just can't simply leave" I said looking at Ciaran blankly.
I think I wanted some comfort that he'll be back, I stood up "he MUST come back, even if I had to drag him back here "
"I think he won't be back, I don't why but that's what I feel, but I will miss him , I guess to respect his wishes "
I looked at him he didn't resemble the Ciaran that I know ,
Ignis you took away cheerful Ciaran with you when you bid him farewell, you are so cruel.
He shook off his head "I shouldn't dwell on things I can't do anything about, I have a mission to do , let's go Lilith "
out of nowhere she appeared back to her red hair again she handled him an official looking paper written on it something that I can't read, but I could recognize the language , it's definitely not demonic.
I knew it must have been an order to go to battle; the two went off to an unknown place.
How things turned out is not what anyone had expected, I can't bear to see Ciaran gloomy and so indifferent,
he doesn't even have that beautiful charm and smell like before" you must come back and I will bring you back" I said to myself determined.
My only option is to go there and snatch him away, no matter how dangerous it sounds, my only hope is Rhea she got to come along, we should put our arguments aside for someone we both care for.
"Did little Kat come to try her luck in beating me, know that I am bored so I will go easy on you, perhaps" she said with an uninterested expression.
With an awkward chuckle I replied " actually I want your help to get what belonged to us back"
Rhea tilted her head as if by that she will understand what am I saying.
"Whatever it is I don't want to help you, solve your own issues"
"I want to retrieve Ignis back" I got over excited my voice is higher than usual,.
She sighed "I don't think he want to be back, beside I don't own anyone anything"
"I want to come along if you may..." I turned to see Viola with a smile drawn on her face,
" I can grant you easy access to that part of the underworld"
Rhea stood beside her all hyped up now that she knew she will be coming along and she said excited
" mighty Viola is coming with you, now that is something I want to see "
Viola responded by smiling only, I wonder what that smile hide always.
" hold on to this " she said and gave us a green gemstone
" it's usable only for one trip, you have to keep it, so you can come back ,just wish for the place you want it to take you "
Moments later we found ourselves in a small corridor lit by torches and it was barely visible,
the place is very dark, it's even darker than the endless nights in the demon world.
As we followed the road, it led us to what looks like a town or something, there was a big commotion,
perhaps something happened that made those vampires edgy.
" do you know where can I find Marcus?" Viola approached with her usual smile a small group of vampires who were looking at us with doubt and somewhat fear?
They only pointed to the direction where we can find him, we walked through the streets
I can see many of them trying to hide from us, or hunching in some corner of the street,
this whole situation gives off an odd feeling , finally we reached the castle the gates open and no security whatsoever,
as we made our way deep in the castle , I looked around to see corpses and blood splattered everywhere.
I followed the trail of corpses and blood to reach a very vast room and I came face to face with Ignis all covered in blood with a long dagger in his hand covered in blood as well.
He smirked and looked at Viola who didn't seem shocked at all, in fact she returned the smirk back, " what happened here and where is Marcus? " puzzled I asked.
"Oh you mean him..?" he pointed at the other side of the room and I saw the leader of vampires laying on the floor,
" let's say we won't be hearing from him anymore, besides I developed a taste for their blood..so sweet and metallic at the same time" he licked his free hand which was covered in that thick red liquid then he grinned widely ,
"that poor bastard put out quite a fight, but I am far more powerful than what he thought"
Viola went to Marcus's body and ripped his heart out and put it in a jeweled box then she said
" he should have known better than to ask for what his race is weak for…"
the moment she closed the box , poof it disappeared , like it's the most normal thing.
She wiped the blood on her hands with the dead vampire's garments
"ugh I always hated getting my hands dirty" she said in disgust.
"fire, huh…so you basically planned all this?" Rhea exclaimed while I am still in disbelief.
I never knew Ignis had it in him, to pull all this off and this massacre!!
"I have to admit I am impressed " she laughed aloud, " then what about Ciaran does he know? "
Viola turned to me " no, but he will be here with Lilith at any moment, I asked him to come"
"I didn't know that you will take so much from me, if I didn't know myself I would have said it's me who pulled this off"
Rhea directing her speech to Ignis with an amused expression drawn on her face.
Then that familiar scent even if it's faint and that nostalgic feeling reached me. I knew they were here already.
Ciaran and Ignis facing each other once again, the tension was very evident, the blue-haired demon looked bemused
" I didn't expect to see YOU behind this massacre, I don't know what to say actually, although I hate them, I don't know if I should be happy for this or not" he said not knowing what to really think of this.
After all what happened I saw so many sides I never thought I would see from those two.
"Will you leave me alone with those two, there is something I need to tell them" Viola commanded with a stern voice.
All cards are open
"When Marcus asked for the truce at first, I knew he wanted to overpower us, by turning Ignis to a vampire and hopefully having the better of the two worlds in his hands , hence the pact he had to do whatever he was asked to do…"
"And how did you know all this, by hunch alone?" Ciaran interrupted sarcastically,
"actually we had our source, it's none other than your vice-commander Lilith" Ignis said while admiring the dagger in his hands covered with blood.
"You must be kidding!! when did she have the time, and more like how could I not know? Besides she always complains about me not helping with the horde…."
He stopped as if realizing something…"don't tell me she used them…but how could demons interact with vampires so casually then?"
"My dear brother you ask so many questions" she chuckled,
" I gave her a potion to fool the vampires to think a lower-demon is one of them, after that it was so easy…"
she trailed off then she left the two alone back to her own world.
"As for what happened between us, I am sorry that you have to deal with all these new emotions that you never knew , as I said it wasn't intentional, nothing has changed I can't be with you ,nor you with me…."
Ignis said and pulled Ciaran into a deep kiss, the latter could taste blood, surprisingly it was sweet with the sharp metallic taste of blood as he had said earlier, after they pulled from each other, Ciaran felt heavy and a sudden urge to sleep overcame him
" forgive me … this is where I belong now….let's meet again in our dreams " Ignis smiled gently " this is goodbye my lovely forest-boy, the only person to almost melt my frozen heart…be happy".
When Ciaran woke-up next he looked around him to see Lilith, he asked about what happened and why is he here, but she didn't reply.
He wanted to get up and seek his sister for answers, but the drug was still effective, he slipped back to sleep.
The dream
" why didn't you come back, you're leaving me alone again"
" I can't go back, never will I be able to come back ….even if my heart will be here still.."
"I lie to myself every day, convincing myself that I hate you, ever since that day..my heart is killing me , I have all these feelings and I don't know what to do with them…"
"I will miss you my Cheshire cat "
"Just don't leave, stay here, forever is a long time to spend it on my own…I will give you everything..Even my eternal soul"
" on that day many decades ago, I knew that love will only bring misery so I buried that feeling deep down and my heart became frozen…I can't love anyone..and being a demon all what remained unburied was fading away…"
"...just be my friend like you was and still is.."
" even in dreams you still smell like spring flowers "
"Even in dreams you are so beautiful"
"adieu , my beloved …I loved you , I will be here waiting for you.."
The dream ended Ciaran woke-up alone in his room, he felt something wet on his cheeks.
" is this what humans call tears? but why..and how come my heart feels empty…someone was there and now I can't remember who that person was, the person in my dreams , I feel like we met before…I can't remember…and the more I try to remember the more it hurts in this heart of mine"
Between Legends and Truths
It has been more than a decade now, I am a high-level demon finally I earned respect among the others .
The legends about demons bloomed once again, even though vampires are taking an active role and getting higher attention, since physical evidence is always present after each attack , equally none has reported seeing any make it demons or vampires , for definite without thinking it's a trick played by their minds .
Two legends are being scattered now,both have the same main character, a person with hair like fire , piercing eyes the colors of amber .
The first one is every full moon that person is seen walking among men like a ghost, it's told that seeing him is a bad omen since after that in the darkest of nights , a murder will happen , the victim is sucked dry of blood .
Even though I know that it's definitely about Ignis, and that he is probably wandering between the underworld and the human world, I don't know if it is related to the incidents.
The second legend is sometimes children stuck in fires, would report having been helped by a person who walks between the curtains of flames unharmed, that person's beauty is unearthly one could swear that it’s the fire came to life, that will be the first and last time they would see that person, only the lucky ones might see him more than once.
As for the rest Lilith is still her usual self, one day she will be appearing with horns and a tail, others without, she is ever changing I never clashed with her, and she is still annoying me every now and then.
She is still with Ciaran both has raised quite a reputation with their minions, no army can take them down.
Rhea and I have somewhat of a complicated relationship , since we both lost Ignis we have at least something to relate to between us , but not always , her and Lilith still demand respect as the bloodiest demons out there.
Ciaran and Ignis never met after that day; even if they did meet Ciaran won't remember him because of the potion given to him.
He never came back to his old self, even if he was supposed to forget all about his beloved, the piece of him that he lost with Ignis's existence cannot be retrieved, and no charm or potion can fix that.
A curse has been placed to never allow anyone to remind Ciaran of what he missed;
I can't even tell him when he asks me of the reason behind the pain in his heart and the tears streaming in the loneliest of nights or when he passes by all the places he used to pass.
The great seer once said that their fates will entwine once again to either make amends of the love they lost or break them apart for eternity, nothing is certain, until that day.
All I can do is hope and wait.
Note: finally done,I was determined on editing and publishing it today,so if you read enjoy please ^_^v
~C'est Ma Vie~
^_^v
Finally the last chapter of Ver.2
A world without him
" He will be back I am sure, he just can't simply leave" I said looking at Ciaran blankly.
I think I wanted some comfort that he'll be back, I stood up "he MUST come back, even if I had to drag him back here "
"I think he won't be back, I don't why but that's what I feel, but I will miss him , I guess to respect his wishes "
I looked at him he didn't resemble the Ciaran that I know ,
Ignis you took away cheerful Ciaran with you when you bid him farewell, you are so cruel.
He shook off his head "I shouldn't dwell on things I can't do anything about, I have a mission to do , let's go Lilith "
out of nowhere she appeared back to her red hair again she handled him an official looking paper written on it something that I can't read, but I could recognize the language , it's definitely not demonic.
I knew it must have been an order to go to battle; the two went off to an unknown place.
How things turned out is not what anyone had expected, I can't bear to see Ciaran gloomy and so indifferent,
he doesn't even have that beautiful charm and smell like before" you must come back and I will bring you back" I said to myself determined.
My only option is to go there and snatch him away, no matter how dangerous it sounds, my only hope is Rhea she got to come along, we should put our arguments aside for someone we both care for.
"Did little Kat come to try her luck in beating me, know that I am bored so I will go easy on you, perhaps" she said with an uninterested expression.
With an awkward chuckle I replied " actually I want your help to get what belonged to us back"
Rhea tilted her head as if by that she will understand what am I saying.
"Whatever it is I don't want to help you, solve your own issues"
"I want to retrieve Ignis back" I got over excited my voice is higher than usual,.
She sighed "I don't think he want to be back, beside I don't own anyone anything"
"I want to come along if you may..." I turned to see Viola with a smile drawn on her face,
" I can grant you easy access to that part of the underworld"
Rhea stood beside her all hyped up now that she knew she will be coming along and she said excited
" mighty Viola is coming with you, now that is something I want to see "
Viola responded by smiling only, I wonder what that smile hide always.
" hold on to this " she said and gave us a green gemstone
" it's usable only for one trip, you have to keep it, so you can come back ,just wish for the place you want it to take you "
Moments later we found ourselves in a small corridor lit by torches and it was barely visible,
the place is very dark, it's even darker than the endless nights in the demon world.
As we followed the road, it led us to what looks like a town or something, there was a big commotion,
perhaps something happened that made those vampires edgy.
" do you know where can I find Marcus?" Viola approached with her usual smile a small group of vampires who were looking at us with doubt and somewhat fear?
They only pointed to the direction where we can find him, we walked through the streets
I can see many of them trying to hide from us, or hunching in some corner of the street,
this whole situation gives off an odd feeling , finally we reached the castle the gates open and no security whatsoever,
as we made our way deep in the castle , I looked around to see corpses and blood splattered everywhere.
I followed the trail of corpses and blood to reach a very vast room and I came face to face with Ignis all covered in blood with a long dagger in his hand covered in blood as well.
He smirked and looked at Viola who didn't seem shocked at all, in fact she returned the smirk back, " what happened here and where is Marcus? " puzzled I asked.
"Oh you mean him..?" he pointed at the other side of the room and I saw the leader of vampires laying on the floor,
" let's say we won't be hearing from him anymore, besides I developed a taste for their blood..so sweet and metallic at the same time" he licked his free hand which was covered in that thick red liquid then he grinned widely ,
"that poor bastard put out quite a fight, but I am far more powerful than what he thought"
Viola went to Marcus's body and ripped his heart out and put it in a jeweled box then she said
" he should have known better than to ask for what his race is weak for…"
the moment she closed the box , poof it disappeared , like it's the most normal thing.
She wiped the blood on her hands with the dead vampire's garments
"ugh I always hated getting my hands dirty" she said in disgust.
"fire, huh…so you basically planned all this?" Rhea exclaimed while I am still in disbelief.
I never knew Ignis had it in him, to pull all this off and this massacre!!
"I have to admit I am impressed " she laughed aloud, " then what about Ciaran does he know? "
Viola turned to me " no, but he will be here with Lilith at any moment, I asked him to come"
"I didn't know that you will take so much from me, if I didn't know myself I would have said it's me who pulled this off"
Rhea directing her speech to Ignis with an amused expression drawn on her face.
Then that familiar scent even if it's faint and that nostalgic feeling reached me. I knew they were here already.
Ciaran and Ignis facing each other once again, the tension was very evident, the blue-haired demon looked bemused
" I didn't expect to see YOU behind this massacre, I don't know what to say actually, although I hate them, I don't know if I should be happy for this or not" he said not knowing what to really think of this.
After all what happened I saw so many sides I never thought I would see from those two.
"Will you leave me alone with those two, there is something I need to tell them" Viola commanded with a stern voice.
All cards are open
"When Marcus asked for the truce at first, I knew he wanted to overpower us, by turning Ignis to a vampire and hopefully having the better of the two worlds in his hands , hence the pact he had to do whatever he was asked to do…"
"And how did you know all this, by hunch alone?" Ciaran interrupted sarcastically,
"actually we had our source, it's none other than your vice-commander Lilith" Ignis said while admiring the dagger in his hands covered with blood.
"You must be kidding!! when did she have the time, and more like how could I not know? Besides she always complains about me not helping with the horde…."
He stopped as if realizing something…"don't tell me she used them…but how could demons interact with vampires so casually then?"
"My dear brother you ask so many questions" she chuckled,
" I gave her a potion to fool the vampires to think a lower-demon is one of them, after that it was so easy…"
she trailed off then she left the two alone back to her own world.
"As for what happened between us, I am sorry that you have to deal with all these new emotions that you never knew , as I said it wasn't intentional, nothing has changed I can't be with you ,nor you with me…."
Ignis said and pulled Ciaran into a deep kiss, the latter could taste blood, surprisingly it was sweet with the sharp metallic taste of blood as he had said earlier, after they pulled from each other, Ciaran felt heavy and a sudden urge to sleep overcame him
" forgive me … this is where I belong now….let's meet again in our dreams " Ignis smiled gently " this is goodbye my lovely forest-boy, the only person to almost melt my frozen heart…be happy".
When Ciaran woke-up next he looked around him to see Lilith, he asked about what happened and why is he here, but she didn't reply.
He wanted to get up and seek his sister for answers, but the drug was still effective, he slipped back to sleep.
The dream
" why didn't you come back, you're leaving me alone again"
" I can't go back, never will I be able to come back ….even if my heart will be here still.."
"I lie to myself every day, convincing myself that I hate you, ever since that day..my heart is killing me , I have all these feelings and I don't know what to do with them…"
"I will miss you my Cheshire cat "
"Just don't leave, stay here, forever is a long time to spend it on my own…I will give you everything..Even my eternal soul"
" on that day many decades ago, I knew that love will only bring misery so I buried that feeling deep down and my heart became frozen…I can't love anyone..and being a demon all what remained unburied was fading away…"
"...just be my friend like you was and still is.."
" even in dreams you still smell like spring flowers "
"Even in dreams you are so beautiful"
"adieu , my beloved …I loved you , I will be here waiting for you.."
The dream ended Ciaran woke-up alone in his room, he felt something wet on his cheeks.
" is this what humans call tears? but why..and how come my heart feels empty…someone was there and now I can't remember who that person was, the person in my dreams , I feel like we met before…I can't remember…and the more I try to remember the more it hurts in this heart of mine"
Between Legends and Truths
It has been more than a decade now, I am a high-level demon finally I earned respect among the others .
The legends about demons bloomed once again, even though vampires are taking an active role and getting higher attention, since physical evidence is always present after each attack , equally none has reported seeing any make it demons or vampires , for definite without thinking it's a trick played by their minds .
Two legends are being scattered now,both have the same main character, a person with hair like fire , piercing eyes the colors of amber .
The first one is every full moon that person is seen walking among men like a ghost, it's told that seeing him is a bad omen since after that in the darkest of nights , a murder will happen , the victim is sucked dry of blood .
Even though I know that it's definitely about Ignis, and that he is probably wandering between the underworld and the human world, I don't know if it is related to the incidents.
The second legend is sometimes children stuck in fires, would report having been helped by a person who walks between the curtains of flames unharmed, that person's beauty is unearthly one could swear that it’s the fire came to life, that will be the first and last time they would see that person, only the lucky ones might see him more than once.
As for the rest Lilith is still her usual self, one day she will be appearing with horns and a tail, others without, she is ever changing I never clashed with her, and she is still annoying me every now and then.
She is still with Ciaran both has raised quite a reputation with their minions, no army can take them down.
Rhea and I have somewhat of a complicated relationship , since we both lost Ignis we have at least something to relate to between us , but not always , her and Lilith still demand respect as the bloodiest demons out there.
Ciaran and Ignis never met after that day; even if they did meet Ciaran won't remember him because of the potion given to him.
He never came back to his old self, even if he was supposed to forget all about his beloved, the piece of him that he lost with Ignis's existence cannot be retrieved, and no charm or potion can fix that.
A curse has been placed to never allow anyone to remind Ciaran of what he missed;
I can't even tell him when he asks me of the reason behind the pain in his heart and the tears streaming in the loneliest of nights or when he passes by all the places he used to pass.
The great seer once said that their fates will entwine once again to either make amends of the love they lost or break them apart for eternity, nothing is certain, until that day.
All I can do is hope and wait.
Note: finally done,I was determined on editing and publishing it today,so if you read enjoy please ^_^v
~C'est Ma Vie~
^_^v