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this is the first part of my life after lunacy story PLEASE tell me what you think i wana know if im doing something right or not
Life After Lunacy, part 1
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He was crawling forward in the harsh blizzard. his entire body was numb, he didn't even think he was moving any more, it was as if his body was moving itself. He just wanted to go to sleep, he was tired, so tiered. a trail of red snow led all the way back to the Battle Field. He didn't even remember how he got to there all he remembers is he was there. this giant beast had attacked him. Defending himself with all he could muster he was able to fight it off, and even kill it. but it left him severely wounded and in the middle of nowhere with a blizzard raging overhead. his eyes started drooping, he had stopped shaking a while ago. he could see trees all over the place. they were getting thicker as he moved forward, he didn't want to keep going but he would die if he didn't so he moved forward. the trees were so thick he had to maneuver around them he then reached a bush, a very large bush that he just decided to push threw, it would probably have hurt him, had his body not been so numb.
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the sun shined brightly overhead, it was a wonderful day, Saroja had decided to take advantage of this by resting outside, she thought she dozed off a few times but couldn't tell and didn't really care. she stretched slightly
"Roja.... hello..." her eyes opened slightly still trying to focus "ROJA!" a voice shouted and she jumped up. Her heart raced for a few seconds before she calmed down enough to investigate. She didn't see anything "up here" she looked up to see a winged figure in the tree, it was Galiena. the angel jumped down, standing before her she gave that usual aura of pride in herself. it was that of over pride that really made her who she was. "man you are so lazy" she uttered with a cocky smirk across her face.
"nice to see you to Lena" Saroja sighed as she rubbed her eyes. "why are you bothering me?" Galiena took a few seconds, still looking at her in the same manner. Saroja looked at Galiena taking in everything she saw. the angel was wearing some long pants and a black shirt and she had some brown boots on. her wings were white, her hair was black and her eyes were blue.
"nothing in particular, its just Zweeny seems to be scared of something, AGAIN! she's asking for you, she made it sound urgent but what isn't with her?" Galiena laughed at her own joke, she didn't even care that Saroja didn't find it as funny. she wiped her eye dramatically before she smiled at Saroja again. Saroja just shook her head and sighed.
"Okay Lena, where is she?" Galiena pointed towards the north end of the Field towards the house.
"She said to meet her behind the house near her garden" Galiena started to walk away "good luck calming her down Roja, she was real hysteric when she talked to me" there was an amount of satisfaction in Galiena's voice, she was far from worried about Zweena. Saroja sighed and shook her head, most of the time Galiena was very bearable, but she cared for herself a lot more then others, she even got satisfaction from talking down to others. Saroja started walking towards the house rubbing her eyes. she didn't even really know where they were, from what she was told it was a magical place for lost girls. it was true, all of the residents were girls that were lost, though for good reason. they had all narrowly escaped from death, only to end up in this place. Saroja stretched as she walked, she came from a forest about to be destroyed. she had been accused of putting a curse on a nearby human village, her along with her other dryads were being hunted down. she was the only one to escape and it was all because of some mysterious light. a tear ran down her cheek, she couldn't think about it easily. like all dryads she had green skin with hair like a plant, hers resembled ivy, and her eyes were orange. however unlike dryads she wore human clothing. long pants and a shirt covered her body, she refused to wear shoes however, she loved the feel of grass between her toes. she walked by the lake that was in front of the house she looked over to see Ayo in the water. the cat girl was swimming around and giggling every once in a while.
"Ayo, what are you doing?" The feline looked up at Saroja and smiled.
"I'm fishing, would you like some if i catch anything?" Ayo was very young, at the moment she was wearing her bathing suit but normally she would wear a tank top and some shorts, she had white fur and had pink hair, her eyes were green.
"you know I'm a vegetarian"
"oh" Ayo tried to contemplate what she was just told "well, ill make sure to leave you some in case you change your mind" Ayo smiled, she was so naive. Saroja smiled and rolled her eyes as she walked off. the entire place was surrounded by a thick line of trees, if some one walks to far in one direction she will end up at the exact opposite spot in the clearing. there were a few trees here and there but everything had grass, save the giant mansion on one side of the clearing. behind it Zweena had made a garden, it was one of the few places Zweena could go to calm down. despite the harsh words Galiena uttered about her, she was very jumpy and she scared easy.
"poor girl" Saroja sighed, she felt sorry for her. on the other hand she does make really good vegetables, Saroja's tummy grumbled at the thought. "maybe i could pick up a thing or two, i am feeling a bit hungry."
"HEY!" a familiar voice shouted "some of us are trying to train here" Saroja looked over to a near by tree to see Lei sitting underneath it. Lei opened her eyes to look at Saroja "OH, hey Roja. i didn't mean to be rude, i thought you were someone else, but could you quiet down a little bit, I'm trying to concentrate" Lei smiled at Saroja.
"yeah, okay I'll quite down a bit, I'm sorry"
"its okay you didn't see me here" Saroja smiled. Lei was a strong fairy, she was always concentrating on training and so on. her hair was red and looked like fire, her skin had a sort of green tent to it with some red spots here and there, her eyes were a solid black. she wore a sort of leaf like dress that covered her body and some boots. The wings on her back looked like bug wings and they flapped slowly. Lei always seemed to be very nice to Saroja, Saroja continually heard of Lei being pushy, but she never really saw it, Saroja continued. her mind started to wander as she walked around towards the back of the mansion. she remembered the first friend she made here, Jane. Jane was a Dryad as well, but Saroja always looked up to her, her up beat attitude always seemed to make everyone smile. it was funny though, the last time she saw her she was a bit scared. When asked why Jane just stated that there was something wrong that she needed to find out. Serafina, the ghost caretaker of the house, told Saroja the next day she had vanished. apparently Serafina didn't know what happened to her, said something about her probably going back to her world. Saroja sighed, 'it was to bad' Saroja thought 'she made everyone feel better, even Zweena seemed to be less skittish with her around' she spotted Zweena standing near the back of her garden staring at the edge of the clearing. Zweena wore a thick sweater and a skirt, though it couldn't be seen she was barefoot. She wore very heavy and warm clothing because she was used to warmer places. trolls lived in mountains where it was very hot. she had a light fur coat, very large ears her eyes were violet and teared, she looked like she could faint at any minute. Saroja walked over to her and placed a hand on her side she jumped.
"AAH!!" she was shaking a bit.
"whats wrong Zweena, are you okay?" she looked at the young troll. Zweena tried to speak but she only stammered out a few weak words that were not even legible "what was that? i couldn't hear you" Zweena squeaked and just shook a bit while pointing towards the edge, Saroja looked over to where Zweena was pointing, only to see a pile of black leather? she walked over to it and looked down upon it, it was a person. she tried to touch it.
"AAH"
"oh no whats wrong" Zweena was on the verge of having a heart attack at this point, she whimpered at the reaction.
"He's Cold..... don't worry Zweena maybe you should go get Galiena" Zweena squeaked at the mention of that name, they never really got along to well, Zweena was like Galiena's whipping girl. "okay, how about Lei?" Zweena nodded quickly and then rushed off. Saroja turned her attention back to the unconscious man on the floor. she turned him over and stepped back in shock, it was a demon. he had a red face with a black pattern on it. his horns protruded his green hair that covered part of his face. he wore a black leather jacket with a tan undershirt with some pants and some black boots. he had plenty of spots where his blood was leaking into his clothing, he looked pained. he was freezing.
"whats wrong now Roja?" Saroja turned to see Galiena standing behind her looking at the Demon lying on the floor in front of her.
"well apparently this appeared on our doorstep" she pointed at the young demon on the floor. "I need to move him into my room i think he could die at any moment."
"do you need some help with that?" Galiena looked at her, her prideful act seemed to vanish for a bit
"would be nice, could you pick up his-" Galiena walked over and picked up the demon and turned around to face Saroja "-or you could do that"
"I'll fallow you, he smells like he's been in a fight recently. i wounder how hostile he is"
"well it wont matter if i don't heal him" Saroja seemed a bit frantic as they walked along the house towards the entrance.
"you know the others are not going to be to happy with a Demon walking around here"
"we can deal with that later right now he needs medical attention. I'll deal with handling him, don't worry"
"I'm worried" Galiena put no emotion behind those words
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He awoke with his eyes closed, he didn't feel like getting up, he felt like crap. he groaned in pain as he opened his eyes. his chest was sore, it was making it painful to breath. his eyes started to focus, he was seeing purple. the room he was in seemed like a girls room.
"man, what were we doing and why were we not aware of it?" he was on the floor next to a fireplace, he was also next to a bed, in front of him was a desk.
"well, dieing for one thing" his eyes darted to the door. a female Dryad was standing in it, she locked eyes with him, and her confidence faltered.
"oh, we didn't see you there"
"wh-why are you t-talking like that?" she stammered
"why, are we talking, like what?" there was a pause, her eyes shifted, she looked like she had gotten into a conversation she didn't want to be in.
"y-your talking about yourself, like your multiple people, w-why?" her voice was very shaky
"that's a long story and you are some one we don't know well enough to explain that to" his eyes started to narrow. "is there something wrong?" he eyed her "your nervous why are you nervous?" she moved a bit. "well, we can obviously conclude there are probably two main reasons for you to be nervous, one is because we're a stranger" he paused, waiting for a reaction "the other is probably because we're a demon" she jumped at those words, but tried to play it off differently. the word seemed to linger in the air. "well its probably a bit of both, but what we don't understand is why you are scared of demons" he was waiting for a response "perhaps they did something to you when you were young?" he observed closely waiting for a reaction to his words "maybe there are beliefs of yours that would make you not fond of demons" he paused again "or perhaps you just listened to way to many rumors about demons and are scared they might be true" she shifted her weight "so you believe the rumors huh?"
"i-i didn't say that" she looked at him there was fear in her eyes.
"yes, but your body was screaming it" the words came out to fast, he started kicking himself, she took a step back. she was about to turn around "WAIT" he said she stopped for a moment. "look we're sorry, the entire situation seems to be turning out for the worse. we believe it would be in our best interest to start over, is that okay?" he waited for an answer, she nodded meekly. "okay" he sighed, and lay back down closing his eyes, she was a bit confused. he then proceeded to reenact what he did when he woke up. "MAN what were WE doing and WHY were we not AWARE of it?" he dramatized it to make it sound more comical. she stood there for a few moments.
"w-well dieing for one thing" he looked over at her, he smiled at her, his facial expression went from happy to fake surprise.
"OH, we didn't see YOU there" she stifled a giggle, he smiled at her "why hello there fair maiden. might we inquire your name miss?"
"I'm Saroja" she bowed playfully. he smiled
"oh what a beautiful name" he was putting less drama in his voice, she blushed
"might i inquire your name?"
"OH, where are our manners?" his smile started to warm up "my name is Avaria" he bowed while sitting down hoping for something. she giggled, he smiled, his mind was filled with victory. "so, feeling a bit better?" Saroja Nodded "okay, so how about you sit down relax and talk to us?" she smiled, nodded and sat down in a chair, she looked at him intently "excellent" he smiled "so, we feel we're probably the guest in this house, and we're sure you have plenty of questions to ask us do you not?"
"yes i do"
"then feel free to ask, however please take heed, you may ask anything, but there are a few questions we do not feel you need to know" she nodded as she prepared her questions
"how old are you?"
"hm, we're not going to give an answer to this but leave it at very old, even we do not know exactly how old" his eyes drifted "to put it into perspective, there are ancient history books that mention us"
"wow" she said, slightly interested "okay so, do you know any magic?"
"yes, we're quite fluent in magic" he made a blue light with his hand absentmindedly.
"where do you come from?"
"we come from a planet by the name of Ranmyaku, said to be the home planet of both angels and demons" he looked at her, she seemingly didn't mind the word any more.
"why did you leave?" he paused and for a minute
"well, that's something we don't feel like sharing just yet, lets just leave it at we wore out our welcome and had to leave" she looked to the side a bit "we don't expect you to understand, no one does" she looked back at him "we are a horrible demon, to be honest, we don't see the point in this conversation because your just going to hate us like everyone else dose" she rolled her eyes
"I'll be the judge of that" she smiled at him but his face didn't change. he just looked at her, he didn't look happy and he didn't look sad, he just looked tired, and bored.
"is that all you need to ask us or are there more questions on your mind?"
"well, i think i know enough, I'll learn more by living with you, i guess" Avaria cocked an eye brow
"whoa, who said we're living here, we're planning on leaving as soon as we can, we are not going to be a burden and we don't really feel like staying long enough to get acquainted" his eyes went from the side to looking at her, she was looking back quite expressionless.
"fallow me" she motioned him to fallow her.
"that would be really easy if we had our clothing" he pulled up the covers to look down at himself. she blushed
"i-i-i" she stammered
"you needed to clean our clothing, well lucky we have a spare, though we would appreciate it if you let us change alone" she was out in a flash. Avaria just sighed and got up, materialising his clothing, he started to put them on. He was not sure about the whole situation but his head was a bit unclear, he would be able to come up with a better conclusion on what to do when he fully recovered. he started to remember what happened before he woke up here "Saroja?"
"oh you can call me Roja, but, what is it?"
"well, we're just wondering is it still snowing outside?" he slipped his jacket over him, it was not much but it was better then nothing.
"uh, there's no snow" Avaria opened up the door and looked at Saroja.
"we didn't think so judging by your clothing, besides a dryad wouldn't be caught in a snow storm unless by accident. though we find it rather odd. we came from a blizzard, if you didn't notice, we're sure we were a bit cold. well we think it best that we just go outside and see" she nodded and he fallowed her. he was led through a few hallways before he decided to break the silence "by the way, we seem to have a new piece of jewelry we didn't notice before, we were wondering if you happened to know where it came from"
"oh, um, that? don't worry about that its nothing" her tone was almost to easy to read.
"look, its one thing to not trust us, you don't know us and we understand, but please do not insult our intelligence. we told you we were fluent in magic, its a very simple spell to find out if something is magical or not. from there we think of the fact that there are really only three things the magic would do, one good, two nothing important, and three bad. you and us don't know each other and this was hear before we woke up, thus it obviously is not good. its also not number two because that would also fall under you and us knowing each other or something to that effect. logically speaking this is sort of a precaution at least, because you don't know us you obviously need something to keep us from acting rash or anything" he paused
"i, I'm sorry, look its the only way i don't want the others to worry and its just" she stopped for a second.
"don't worry, we understand we didn't say it was unacceptable we just want to know you know we know its there" she nodded as they turned down another hall, they stayed on that hall until they reached some very big doors,.his mind was wondering just how big the house was when Saroja opened the door to the outside. he half expected there to be a blizzard still raging as he went through the door. the sky, however, was orange, he could tell it was dusk. there was a sleight breeze but other then that it was very nice he looked around, it was an oval shaped clearing, in front of the house was a sort of pond or lake. there were a few trees here and there and two hills. the clearing was not huge, Avaria made a few guesstimates and concluded with 1/4 a mile at the longest point, and half that at the shortest. the entire clearing was surrounded by trees, mostly pine trees from the looks of things and other then pavement around the pond and the small patio in front of the house the entire clearing had grass. "So we are guessing you have already tried going through the forest correct?"
"yes, but if you want to try go ahead" she paused "if you go in there" she pointed to a certain spot "you will come out over there" she turned around and pointed at another spot on the opposite side of the clearing. Avaria was a bit intrigued he started walking casually towards the edge he kept going. it went on for a bit, there was a point to which he looked in every direction and there was trees, he had no longer been able to see where he had come from. he remembered the direction he was going in and continued in that direction until he could see a clearing, he couldn't tell if it was the one he had come from so he continued forward. he emerged from the tree line and looked around, it was an oval shaped clearing with a huge house at one end, a small pond in front of it, some trees here and there two hills. he sighed to himself as he realised he was describing the same clearing he spotted Saroja and walked over to her. "so did you have fun?" she smiled at him, he didn't know weather to roll his eyes or smile back so he just went on to another idea.
"well unless you built some sort of flying machine or we're missing something you haven't tried flying out have you?" Avaria continued to look at the sky as if to look for the right way to do it.
"your missing something then. Galiena tried flying out, she said it was the weirdest thing she had ever seen and left it at that, i decided not to question her" Saroja shrugged.
"We suppose we will meet this "Galiena" in time if we don't find a way out of here first, do you mind me seeing for myself?" Saroja shook her head in response so Avaria took stance, he made sure Saroja was out of the way before he pushed with his legs and flapped with his wings, he went up until he was over the sky line. he was surprised by what he saw. looking in one direction he could see himself flying the same exact way, looking in other directions allowed him to see a similar sight. looking down he could see miniature copies of the clearing. he thought he saw Saroja in one of them, he decided to descend. he landed and looked over at Saroja "that was, very interesting" Avaria looked over to Saroja, she shivered a bit.
"what did you see?" Saroja looked over at Avaria, her arms were wrapped around herself.
"well, we saw copies of ourselves flying over copies of this clearing would you like to go to inside i think its a bit cold out" she shivered out a nod as he fallowed her inside. they stood in the entry hall for a few minutes as Saroja warmed up a bit.
"okay" she sighed out as she looked at Avaria "I think its time you met the rest of the girls if that's okay with you?" he looked around the entry hall it was fairly vast, the hall led into two hallways to the side, there were two sets of stares leading to higher levels, and a hall way straight across from the front door under the stares.
"well we suppose we are going to meet them sooner or later better sooner and formal, then later and by surprise" she nodded and motioned him to fallow her. she lead straight to the hall under the stares, they walked for a while, he thought he heard some things taking quick glances in their direction to investigate only to find nothing there. the house was big, he concluded, the sounds where probably just from the others. they had took a few turns here and there, there were plenty of doors, he took notes in his head to go around and check out what was their, perhaps they had a library. they finally reached a set of doors labeled "dining hall" and Saroja held the door open for him, he walked in casually looking around, the room was more then big enough to hold one really big table and a fire place, along with a few tables here and there.
"I'll go get them, don't touch anything" she stuck out her tongue and closed the door behind him. he let out a sigh that he had held in for a while. his mind wandered to random things as he made his way to one of the chairs closest to a corner, he took a seat and rested his head on the table. he didn't mind to much, a minor inconvenience was how he described it, soon he would be out and would be able to get on with his boring existence. he sat down at the table and rolled his eyes.
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"i-i-is he scary?" Zweena squeaked from the back of the group. Galiena had a mischievous smirk on as she turned her head in Zweena's direction.
"NO he's not scary don't worry, i heard he's a troll hunter" Zweena stopped
"i-i-i think i will meet him later, I'm sure my vegetables need tending to" Zweena smiled nervously, Saroja had made her way to block Zweena from leaving.
"look, he's a very nice guy, I've had a talk with him, he seems a bit depressing and maybe kinda distant, but he's not bad, and he's not going to hurt you, besides he has the necklace on" Zweena hesitated but nodded and fallowed her. Serafina drifted up beside Saroja as she led the group towards the dining hall, she moved in close so her echoing whisper could be heard by Saroja's ears alone.
"i don't mean to sound rude, but are you sure a demon can be trusted into staying here with us, its bad enough he's a man" Saroja looked over to Serafina and smiled.
"as i said he's got the necklace on, even if he wanted to harm us he couldn't. don't worry i have this under control" she continued her confident smile, Serafina returned the smile but not the confidence. It was obvious to Saroja that Serafina still didn't like the idea of a male demon roaming around her house. 'it didn't matter' Saroja thought, 'they would all see he's not a bad guy and he would be accepted very quickly'. they all stopped short of the door and Saroja turned to them. "Okay i understand all of your concerns, its okay, but he is a nice guy and I'm sure you will all like him." she smiled but it faded "that's not to say he isn't a bit weird, he has a few quirks that you may find a bit interesting please don't let it cloud your judgement of him, okay lets go" she turned around and opened the door allowing them all to enter. upon entrance they spotted the young demon sitting in a chair lying his head on the table, his arms were crossed on the table with his face buried in them. Saroja took a few steps forward.
"is he asleep?" Ayo piped up from the back, eager to see the new person do something fun or interesting. Saroja started to get closer as one of his hands shot into the air, it waved slightly as his face emerged looking at them all. he looked like he was abruptly awoken from his slumber.
"salutations, we are Avaria. we are delighted to be in your presence" his eyes widened and shot to Serafina "who is that?" his eyes narrowed.
"oh this is Serafina she is the caretaker of this house" Serafina smiled
"pleased to meet you" Serafina stated and bowed, Avaria was still looking at her with a hint of malice in his eyes.
"the pleasure is all mine" it was as though he couldn't take his eyes off of her. there was a bit of tension in the air, but Saroja quickly walked over to Ayo and pulled her closer to Avaria.
"this is Ayo" Saroja smiled, it was not until after Saroja introduced the kitten that Avaria broke the stare and looked down at her.
"salutations" Avaria said, she looked at him a bit confused
"bless you" she smiles.
"we meant to say hello" Avaria held back a snicker
"hello" Ayo still smiled
"so, how old are you?" he smiled at her.
"I'm 13 years old" Ayo smiled at him "oh oh is it true that Demons can breath fire?" Avaria's smile widened
"it is possible, but Demons do not breath fire as a natural ability. in short no"
"aw that would be so cool, what CAN you do?" Ayo smiled at Avaria eager to know more about this interesting new creature.
"okay, okay, Ayo i think its time he met someone else, I'm sure he will have plenty of time to answer all of your questions later" Saroja walked over to Lei, who was standing in the back corner "this is Lei" Lei took a few fierce steps forward
"LISTEN demon! i will tolerate your presence here but i will not accept you, make one false step and i will ensure it is your last!" she glared at his blank stare
"greetings, lei, a Torja clan, i enjoy their fiery spirits, a pleasure meeting you" he bowed, she looked as though she was ready to strike, but Saroja pleaded physically with her, and she backed away still glaring at Avaria. the angel stepped forward.
"this is"
"you must be Galiena, i thought it sounded like an angel name, salutations" he bowed, she returned the bow but did not speak, she took two steps backwards. Saroja ignored the tension in the air as she walked over to Lei again.
"this is" she grabbed something and pulled it out from behind Lei "Zweena"
"greetings Zweena, that's a very nice dress your wearing, and i love the color of your fur coat" Avaria smiled, he thought he did nicely with his compliments
"i-i-it's true" Zweena ran from the room. Avaria just sighed quietly. Saroja walked over to Avaria
"SO, now that you've met everyone, would you care to have dinner with us, it is coming close to that time" She smiled at him, nervously trying to hide the disaster this had become. Avaria Stretched and looked at her.
"actually I'm feeling a bit tired, i think i would like to find some place to sleep" Avaria said, then yawned.
"um okay fallow me" she walked over to the door, Avaria just smiled at the Girls as he past them, giving a particularly big smile to Lei who almost started growling at him. he left the room and fallowed Saroja as she led him on the journey to his room. "why don't you want to eat with us i know your not THAT tired"
"oh come on, your not that stupid, if you don't count us, 4 of the people in that room don't want us here, it seems only one of them was bold enough to tell it to our face" he rolled his eyes "ugh, same thing every time, i wouldn't mind if they hated me because I'm an ass hole or perhaps because of some other reason, but they choose because of something i cant change. i was born a male demon, did i have a choice in that matter? NO! i did not, but it seems like its more then enough reason for them to hate me" he sighed and shook his head "though we suppose we can understand, Galiena hates us because we're a demon, understandable demons and angels don't ever really get along, besides we get this aura of importance from her, we hate people who are convinced the world revolves around them. Zweena doesn't necessarily hate us, more so seems to be afraid of us, that's understandable despite our polite conversation creatures are naturally afraid of demons. Lei is a bit harder to understand, it cannot be because we're a demon, Fairy's and demons have got along for centuries, especially the Torja clan, they like demons more then angels. its probably because we're a man, she seems like one of those women who are convinced that the world would be a better place without men." Avaria rolled his eyes
"well at least you remember their names, but what was that with Serafina? you looked like you where ready to bite her head of, if you could" Saroja looked quizzically at Avaria
"hm? oh we don't know, we think it was just a random dislike, its probably nothing, we're sure we'll like her if we know her better. it'd help if she didn't hate us because we're a demon AND a man" he shook his head
"how can you tell all of this about them? its not like they're ALL making it obvious"
"we've been around for 10000 years, we've learned how to read people." they didn't speak for the rest of the walk.
"well here's your room, are you sure you don't want to come eat something with us?" she looked at him almost pleading for him to come back.
"pretty sure" he looked at him, he still looked tired.
"alright, be a lump, ill bring some food for you later some time so you don't starve to death" Avaria mumbled something under his breath, she ignored it "good night" he walked to the door and opened it "oh and Avaria?" he stopped and looked back in her direction "please give them a chance I'm sure they will like you if you guys get to know each other, just talk to them a bit" he nodded and entered his room. after the door closed, Saroja let out a sigh. she walked back towards the dining hall. 'that was a big success' she thought 'i just wish they would give each other a chance, hopefully things will change' she sighed again, but was interrupted by her growling stomach 'BUT i think i have a bit more important things to attend to, such as my empty stomach'. she stopped, "maybe I'll ask Avaria what he wants to eat" she turned around with a smile. she approached the door, she heard a voice behind the door it wasn't Avaria's. a raspy laugh came from behind the door.
"did you see her?" a cackling laugh came "delightfully deceitful in my opinion"
"no one asked you!" Avaria sighed "there's something wrong with her, i don't know what it is, i could feel something wrong with this place as soon as i awoke here. but i cannot just randomly attack her because i think there's something wrong with her"
"I can" the cackling laughter returned.
"why do i find myself wishing that when i talked to myself, i wouldn't respond."
"you should be more careful when your talking to yourself, unwanted ears may be listening" a shuffle in the room was heard, Saroja's heart skipped a beat. Avaria's head poked out from the door and looked over at Saroja.
"may i help you?" she looked at him worry was across her face.
"uh-um, i was just wondering what you may want to eat, i was going to bring you something"
"oh well, I'm tired i think I'm going to go to bed. i will see you tomorrow morning okay, by the way, could you show me where the library is tomorrow?"
"oh, of course" she bowed and turned to walk towards the dining hall. she didn't know what to think of that, but she decided to think about it later.
Life After Lunacy, part 1
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He was crawling forward in the harsh blizzard. his entire body was numb, he didn't even think he was moving any more, it was as if his body was moving itself. He just wanted to go to sleep, he was tired, so tiered. a trail of red snow led all the way back to the Battle Field. He didn't even remember how he got to there all he remembers is he was there. this giant beast had attacked him. Defending himself with all he could muster he was able to fight it off, and even kill it. but it left him severely wounded and in the middle of nowhere with a blizzard raging overhead. his eyes started drooping, he had stopped shaking a while ago. he could see trees all over the place. they were getting thicker as he moved forward, he didn't want to keep going but he would die if he didn't so he moved forward. the trees were so thick he had to maneuver around them he then reached a bush, a very large bush that he just decided to push threw, it would probably have hurt him, had his body not been so numb.
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the sun shined brightly overhead, it was a wonderful day, Saroja had decided to take advantage of this by resting outside, she thought she dozed off a few times but couldn't tell and didn't really care. she stretched slightly
"Roja.... hello..." her eyes opened slightly still trying to focus "ROJA!" a voice shouted and she jumped up. Her heart raced for a few seconds before she calmed down enough to investigate. She didn't see anything "up here" she looked up to see a winged figure in the tree, it was Galiena. the angel jumped down, standing before her she gave that usual aura of pride in herself. it was that of over pride that really made her who she was. "man you are so lazy" she uttered with a cocky smirk across her face.
"nice to see you to Lena" Saroja sighed as she rubbed her eyes. "why are you bothering me?" Galiena took a few seconds, still looking at her in the same manner. Saroja looked at Galiena taking in everything she saw. the angel was wearing some long pants and a black shirt and she had some brown boots on. her wings were white, her hair was black and her eyes were blue.
"nothing in particular, its just Zweeny seems to be scared of something, AGAIN! she's asking for you, she made it sound urgent but what isn't with her?" Galiena laughed at her own joke, she didn't even care that Saroja didn't find it as funny. she wiped her eye dramatically before she smiled at Saroja again. Saroja just shook her head and sighed.
"Okay Lena, where is she?" Galiena pointed towards the north end of the Field towards the house.
"She said to meet her behind the house near her garden" Galiena started to walk away "good luck calming her down Roja, she was real hysteric when she talked to me" there was an amount of satisfaction in Galiena's voice, she was far from worried about Zweena. Saroja sighed and shook her head, most of the time Galiena was very bearable, but she cared for herself a lot more then others, she even got satisfaction from talking down to others. Saroja started walking towards the house rubbing her eyes. she didn't even really know where they were, from what she was told it was a magical place for lost girls. it was true, all of the residents were girls that were lost, though for good reason. they had all narrowly escaped from death, only to end up in this place. Saroja stretched as she walked, she came from a forest about to be destroyed. she had been accused of putting a curse on a nearby human village, her along with her other dryads were being hunted down. she was the only one to escape and it was all because of some mysterious light. a tear ran down her cheek, she couldn't think about it easily. like all dryads she had green skin with hair like a plant, hers resembled ivy, and her eyes were orange. however unlike dryads she wore human clothing. long pants and a shirt covered her body, she refused to wear shoes however, she loved the feel of grass between her toes. she walked by the lake that was in front of the house she looked over to see Ayo in the water. the cat girl was swimming around and giggling every once in a while.
"Ayo, what are you doing?" The feline looked up at Saroja and smiled.
"I'm fishing, would you like some if i catch anything?" Ayo was very young, at the moment she was wearing her bathing suit but normally she would wear a tank top and some shorts, she had white fur and had pink hair, her eyes were green.
"you know I'm a vegetarian"
"oh" Ayo tried to contemplate what she was just told "well, ill make sure to leave you some in case you change your mind" Ayo smiled, she was so naive. Saroja smiled and rolled her eyes as she walked off. the entire place was surrounded by a thick line of trees, if some one walks to far in one direction she will end up at the exact opposite spot in the clearing. there were a few trees here and there but everything had grass, save the giant mansion on one side of the clearing. behind it Zweena had made a garden, it was one of the few places Zweena could go to calm down. despite the harsh words Galiena uttered about her, she was very jumpy and she scared easy.
"poor girl" Saroja sighed, she felt sorry for her. on the other hand she does make really good vegetables, Saroja's tummy grumbled at the thought. "maybe i could pick up a thing or two, i am feeling a bit hungry."
"HEY!" a familiar voice shouted "some of us are trying to train here" Saroja looked over to a near by tree to see Lei sitting underneath it. Lei opened her eyes to look at Saroja "OH, hey Roja. i didn't mean to be rude, i thought you were someone else, but could you quiet down a little bit, I'm trying to concentrate" Lei smiled at Saroja.
"yeah, okay I'll quite down a bit, I'm sorry"
"its okay you didn't see me here" Saroja smiled. Lei was a strong fairy, she was always concentrating on training and so on. her hair was red and looked like fire, her skin had a sort of green tent to it with some red spots here and there, her eyes were a solid black. she wore a sort of leaf like dress that covered her body and some boots. The wings on her back looked like bug wings and they flapped slowly. Lei always seemed to be very nice to Saroja, Saroja continually heard of Lei being pushy, but she never really saw it, Saroja continued. her mind started to wander as she walked around towards the back of the mansion. she remembered the first friend she made here, Jane. Jane was a Dryad as well, but Saroja always looked up to her, her up beat attitude always seemed to make everyone smile. it was funny though, the last time she saw her she was a bit scared. When asked why Jane just stated that there was something wrong that she needed to find out. Serafina, the ghost caretaker of the house, told Saroja the next day she had vanished. apparently Serafina didn't know what happened to her, said something about her probably going back to her world. Saroja sighed, 'it was to bad' Saroja thought 'she made everyone feel better, even Zweena seemed to be less skittish with her around' she spotted Zweena standing near the back of her garden staring at the edge of the clearing. Zweena wore a thick sweater and a skirt, though it couldn't be seen she was barefoot. She wore very heavy and warm clothing because she was used to warmer places. trolls lived in mountains where it was very hot. she had a light fur coat, very large ears her eyes were violet and teared, she looked like she could faint at any minute. Saroja walked over to her and placed a hand on her side she jumped.
"AAH!!" she was shaking a bit.
"whats wrong Zweena, are you okay?" she looked at the young troll. Zweena tried to speak but she only stammered out a few weak words that were not even legible "what was that? i couldn't hear you" Zweena squeaked and just shook a bit while pointing towards the edge, Saroja looked over to where Zweena was pointing, only to see a pile of black leather? she walked over to it and looked down upon it, it was a person. she tried to touch it.
"AAH"
"oh no whats wrong" Zweena was on the verge of having a heart attack at this point, she whimpered at the reaction.
"He's Cold..... don't worry Zweena maybe you should go get Galiena" Zweena squeaked at the mention of that name, they never really got along to well, Zweena was like Galiena's whipping girl. "okay, how about Lei?" Zweena nodded quickly and then rushed off. Saroja turned her attention back to the unconscious man on the floor. she turned him over and stepped back in shock, it was a demon. he had a red face with a black pattern on it. his horns protruded his green hair that covered part of his face. he wore a black leather jacket with a tan undershirt with some pants and some black boots. he had plenty of spots where his blood was leaking into his clothing, he looked pained. he was freezing.
"whats wrong now Roja?" Saroja turned to see Galiena standing behind her looking at the Demon lying on the floor in front of her.
"well apparently this appeared on our doorstep" she pointed at the young demon on the floor. "I need to move him into my room i think he could die at any moment."
"do you need some help with that?" Galiena looked at her, her prideful act seemed to vanish for a bit
"would be nice, could you pick up his-" Galiena walked over and picked up the demon and turned around to face Saroja "-or you could do that"
"I'll fallow you, he smells like he's been in a fight recently. i wounder how hostile he is"
"well it wont matter if i don't heal him" Saroja seemed a bit frantic as they walked along the house towards the entrance.
"you know the others are not going to be to happy with a Demon walking around here"
"we can deal with that later right now he needs medical attention. I'll deal with handling him, don't worry"
"I'm worried" Galiena put no emotion behind those words
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He awoke with his eyes closed, he didn't feel like getting up, he felt like crap. he groaned in pain as he opened his eyes. his chest was sore, it was making it painful to breath. his eyes started to focus, he was seeing purple. the room he was in seemed like a girls room.
"man, what were we doing and why were we not aware of it?" he was on the floor next to a fireplace, he was also next to a bed, in front of him was a desk.
"well, dieing for one thing" his eyes darted to the door. a female Dryad was standing in it, she locked eyes with him, and her confidence faltered.
"oh, we didn't see you there"
"wh-why are you t-talking like that?" she stammered
"why, are we talking, like what?" there was a pause, her eyes shifted, she looked like she had gotten into a conversation she didn't want to be in.
"y-your talking about yourself, like your multiple people, w-why?" her voice was very shaky
"that's a long story and you are some one we don't know well enough to explain that to" his eyes started to narrow. "is there something wrong?" he eyed her "your nervous why are you nervous?" she moved a bit. "well, we can obviously conclude there are probably two main reasons for you to be nervous, one is because we're a stranger" he paused, waiting for a reaction "the other is probably because we're a demon" she jumped at those words, but tried to play it off differently. the word seemed to linger in the air. "well its probably a bit of both, but what we don't understand is why you are scared of demons" he was waiting for a response "perhaps they did something to you when you were young?" he observed closely waiting for a reaction to his words "maybe there are beliefs of yours that would make you not fond of demons" he paused again "or perhaps you just listened to way to many rumors about demons and are scared they might be true" she shifted her weight "so you believe the rumors huh?"
"i-i didn't say that" she looked at him there was fear in her eyes.
"yes, but your body was screaming it" the words came out to fast, he started kicking himself, she took a step back. she was about to turn around "WAIT" he said she stopped for a moment. "look we're sorry, the entire situation seems to be turning out for the worse. we believe it would be in our best interest to start over, is that okay?" he waited for an answer, she nodded meekly. "okay" he sighed, and lay back down closing his eyes, she was a bit confused. he then proceeded to reenact what he did when he woke up. "MAN what were WE doing and WHY were we not AWARE of it?" he dramatized it to make it sound more comical. she stood there for a few moments.
"w-well dieing for one thing" he looked over at her, he smiled at her, his facial expression went from happy to fake surprise.
"OH, we didn't see YOU there" she stifled a giggle, he smiled at her "why hello there fair maiden. might we inquire your name miss?"
"I'm Saroja" she bowed playfully. he smiled
"oh what a beautiful name" he was putting less drama in his voice, she blushed
"might i inquire your name?"
"OH, where are our manners?" his smile started to warm up "my name is Avaria" he bowed while sitting down hoping for something. she giggled, he smiled, his mind was filled with victory. "so, feeling a bit better?" Saroja Nodded "okay, so how about you sit down relax and talk to us?" she smiled, nodded and sat down in a chair, she looked at him intently "excellent" he smiled "so, we feel we're probably the guest in this house, and we're sure you have plenty of questions to ask us do you not?"
"yes i do"
"then feel free to ask, however please take heed, you may ask anything, but there are a few questions we do not feel you need to know" she nodded as she prepared her questions
"how old are you?"
"hm, we're not going to give an answer to this but leave it at very old, even we do not know exactly how old" his eyes drifted "to put it into perspective, there are ancient history books that mention us"
"wow" she said, slightly interested "okay so, do you know any magic?"
"yes, we're quite fluent in magic" he made a blue light with his hand absentmindedly.
"where do you come from?"
"we come from a planet by the name of Ranmyaku, said to be the home planet of both angels and demons" he looked at her, she seemingly didn't mind the word any more.
"why did you leave?" he paused and for a minute
"well, that's something we don't feel like sharing just yet, lets just leave it at we wore out our welcome and had to leave" she looked to the side a bit "we don't expect you to understand, no one does" she looked back at him "we are a horrible demon, to be honest, we don't see the point in this conversation because your just going to hate us like everyone else dose" she rolled her eyes
"I'll be the judge of that" she smiled at him but his face didn't change. he just looked at her, he didn't look happy and he didn't look sad, he just looked tired, and bored.
"is that all you need to ask us or are there more questions on your mind?"
"well, i think i know enough, I'll learn more by living with you, i guess" Avaria cocked an eye brow
"whoa, who said we're living here, we're planning on leaving as soon as we can, we are not going to be a burden and we don't really feel like staying long enough to get acquainted" his eyes went from the side to looking at her, she was looking back quite expressionless.
"fallow me" she motioned him to fallow her.
"that would be really easy if we had our clothing" he pulled up the covers to look down at himself. she blushed
"i-i-i" she stammered
"you needed to clean our clothing, well lucky we have a spare, though we would appreciate it if you let us change alone" she was out in a flash. Avaria just sighed and got up, materialising his clothing, he started to put them on. He was not sure about the whole situation but his head was a bit unclear, he would be able to come up with a better conclusion on what to do when he fully recovered. he started to remember what happened before he woke up here "Saroja?"
"oh you can call me Roja, but, what is it?"
"well, we're just wondering is it still snowing outside?" he slipped his jacket over him, it was not much but it was better then nothing.
"uh, there's no snow" Avaria opened up the door and looked at Saroja.
"we didn't think so judging by your clothing, besides a dryad wouldn't be caught in a snow storm unless by accident. though we find it rather odd. we came from a blizzard, if you didn't notice, we're sure we were a bit cold. well we think it best that we just go outside and see" she nodded and he fallowed her. he was led through a few hallways before he decided to break the silence "by the way, we seem to have a new piece of jewelry we didn't notice before, we were wondering if you happened to know where it came from"
"oh, um, that? don't worry about that its nothing" her tone was almost to easy to read.
"look, its one thing to not trust us, you don't know us and we understand, but please do not insult our intelligence. we told you we were fluent in magic, its a very simple spell to find out if something is magical or not. from there we think of the fact that there are really only three things the magic would do, one good, two nothing important, and three bad. you and us don't know each other and this was hear before we woke up, thus it obviously is not good. its also not number two because that would also fall under you and us knowing each other or something to that effect. logically speaking this is sort of a precaution at least, because you don't know us you obviously need something to keep us from acting rash or anything" he paused
"i, I'm sorry, look its the only way i don't want the others to worry and its just" she stopped for a second.
"don't worry, we understand we didn't say it was unacceptable we just want to know you know we know its there" she nodded as they turned down another hall, they stayed on that hall until they reached some very big doors,.his mind was wondering just how big the house was when Saroja opened the door to the outside. he half expected there to be a blizzard still raging as he went through the door. the sky, however, was orange, he could tell it was dusk. there was a sleight breeze but other then that it was very nice he looked around, it was an oval shaped clearing, in front of the house was a sort of pond or lake. there were a few trees here and there and two hills. the clearing was not huge, Avaria made a few guesstimates and concluded with 1/4 a mile at the longest point, and half that at the shortest. the entire clearing was surrounded by trees, mostly pine trees from the looks of things and other then pavement around the pond and the small patio in front of the house the entire clearing had grass. "So we are guessing you have already tried going through the forest correct?"
"yes, but if you want to try go ahead" she paused "if you go in there" she pointed to a certain spot "you will come out over there" she turned around and pointed at another spot on the opposite side of the clearing. Avaria was a bit intrigued he started walking casually towards the edge he kept going. it went on for a bit, there was a point to which he looked in every direction and there was trees, he had no longer been able to see where he had come from. he remembered the direction he was going in and continued in that direction until he could see a clearing, he couldn't tell if it was the one he had come from so he continued forward. he emerged from the tree line and looked around, it was an oval shaped clearing with a huge house at one end, a small pond in front of it, some trees here and there two hills. he sighed to himself as he realised he was describing the same clearing he spotted Saroja and walked over to her. "so did you have fun?" she smiled at him, he didn't know weather to roll his eyes or smile back so he just went on to another idea.
"well unless you built some sort of flying machine or we're missing something you haven't tried flying out have you?" Avaria continued to look at the sky as if to look for the right way to do it.
"your missing something then. Galiena tried flying out, she said it was the weirdest thing she had ever seen and left it at that, i decided not to question her" Saroja shrugged.
"We suppose we will meet this "Galiena" in time if we don't find a way out of here first, do you mind me seeing for myself?" Saroja shook her head in response so Avaria took stance, he made sure Saroja was out of the way before he pushed with his legs and flapped with his wings, he went up until he was over the sky line. he was surprised by what he saw. looking in one direction he could see himself flying the same exact way, looking in other directions allowed him to see a similar sight. looking down he could see miniature copies of the clearing. he thought he saw Saroja in one of them, he decided to descend. he landed and looked over at Saroja "that was, very interesting" Avaria looked over to Saroja, she shivered a bit.
"what did you see?" Saroja looked over at Avaria, her arms were wrapped around herself.
"well, we saw copies of ourselves flying over copies of this clearing would you like to go to inside i think its a bit cold out" she shivered out a nod as he fallowed her inside. they stood in the entry hall for a few minutes as Saroja warmed up a bit.
"okay" she sighed out as she looked at Avaria "I think its time you met the rest of the girls if that's okay with you?" he looked around the entry hall it was fairly vast, the hall led into two hallways to the side, there were two sets of stares leading to higher levels, and a hall way straight across from the front door under the stares.
"well we suppose we are going to meet them sooner or later better sooner and formal, then later and by surprise" she nodded and motioned him to fallow her. she lead straight to the hall under the stares, they walked for a while, he thought he heard some things taking quick glances in their direction to investigate only to find nothing there. the house was big, he concluded, the sounds where probably just from the others. they had took a few turns here and there, there were plenty of doors, he took notes in his head to go around and check out what was their, perhaps they had a library. they finally reached a set of doors labeled "dining hall" and Saroja held the door open for him, he walked in casually looking around, the room was more then big enough to hold one really big table and a fire place, along with a few tables here and there.
"I'll go get them, don't touch anything" she stuck out her tongue and closed the door behind him. he let out a sigh that he had held in for a while. his mind wandered to random things as he made his way to one of the chairs closest to a corner, he took a seat and rested his head on the table. he didn't mind to much, a minor inconvenience was how he described it, soon he would be out and would be able to get on with his boring existence. he sat down at the table and rolled his eyes.
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"i-i-is he scary?" Zweena squeaked from the back of the group. Galiena had a mischievous smirk on as she turned her head in Zweena's direction.
"NO he's not scary don't worry, i heard he's a troll hunter" Zweena stopped
"i-i-i think i will meet him later, I'm sure my vegetables need tending to" Zweena smiled nervously, Saroja had made her way to block Zweena from leaving.
"look, he's a very nice guy, I've had a talk with him, he seems a bit depressing and maybe kinda distant, but he's not bad, and he's not going to hurt you, besides he has the necklace on" Zweena hesitated but nodded and fallowed her. Serafina drifted up beside Saroja as she led the group towards the dining hall, she moved in close so her echoing whisper could be heard by Saroja's ears alone.
"i don't mean to sound rude, but are you sure a demon can be trusted into staying here with us, its bad enough he's a man" Saroja looked over to Serafina and smiled.
"as i said he's got the necklace on, even if he wanted to harm us he couldn't. don't worry i have this under control" she continued her confident smile, Serafina returned the smile but not the confidence. It was obvious to Saroja that Serafina still didn't like the idea of a male demon roaming around her house. 'it didn't matter' Saroja thought, 'they would all see he's not a bad guy and he would be accepted very quickly'. they all stopped short of the door and Saroja turned to them. "Okay i understand all of your concerns, its okay, but he is a nice guy and I'm sure you will all like him." she smiled but it faded "that's not to say he isn't a bit weird, he has a few quirks that you may find a bit interesting please don't let it cloud your judgement of him, okay lets go" she turned around and opened the door allowing them all to enter. upon entrance they spotted the young demon sitting in a chair lying his head on the table, his arms were crossed on the table with his face buried in them. Saroja took a few steps forward.
"is he asleep?" Ayo piped up from the back, eager to see the new person do something fun or interesting. Saroja started to get closer as one of his hands shot into the air, it waved slightly as his face emerged looking at them all. he looked like he was abruptly awoken from his slumber.
"salutations, we are Avaria. we are delighted to be in your presence" his eyes widened and shot to Serafina "who is that?" his eyes narrowed.
"oh this is Serafina she is the caretaker of this house" Serafina smiled
"pleased to meet you" Serafina stated and bowed, Avaria was still looking at her with a hint of malice in his eyes.
"the pleasure is all mine" it was as though he couldn't take his eyes off of her. there was a bit of tension in the air, but Saroja quickly walked over to Ayo and pulled her closer to Avaria.
"this is Ayo" Saroja smiled, it was not until after Saroja introduced the kitten that Avaria broke the stare and looked down at her.
"salutations" Avaria said, she looked at him a bit confused
"bless you" she smiles.
"we meant to say hello" Avaria held back a snicker
"hello" Ayo still smiled
"so, how old are you?" he smiled at her.
"I'm 13 years old" Ayo smiled at him "oh oh is it true that Demons can breath fire?" Avaria's smile widened
"it is possible, but Demons do not breath fire as a natural ability. in short no"
"aw that would be so cool, what CAN you do?" Ayo smiled at Avaria eager to know more about this interesting new creature.
"okay, okay, Ayo i think its time he met someone else, I'm sure he will have plenty of time to answer all of your questions later" Saroja walked over to Lei, who was standing in the back corner "this is Lei" Lei took a few fierce steps forward
"LISTEN demon! i will tolerate your presence here but i will not accept you, make one false step and i will ensure it is your last!" she glared at his blank stare
"greetings, lei, a Torja clan, i enjoy their fiery spirits, a pleasure meeting you" he bowed, she looked as though she was ready to strike, but Saroja pleaded physically with her, and she backed away still glaring at Avaria. the angel stepped forward.
"this is"
"you must be Galiena, i thought it sounded like an angel name, salutations" he bowed, she returned the bow but did not speak, she took two steps backwards. Saroja ignored the tension in the air as she walked over to Lei again.
"this is" she grabbed something and pulled it out from behind Lei "Zweena"
"greetings Zweena, that's a very nice dress your wearing, and i love the color of your fur coat" Avaria smiled, he thought he did nicely with his compliments
"i-i-it's true" Zweena ran from the room. Avaria just sighed quietly. Saroja walked over to Avaria
"SO, now that you've met everyone, would you care to have dinner with us, it is coming close to that time" She smiled at him, nervously trying to hide the disaster this had become. Avaria Stretched and looked at her.
"actually I'm feeling a bit tired, i think i would like to find some place to sleep" Avaria said, then yawned.
"um okay fallow me" she walked over to the door, Avaria just smiled at the Girls as he past them, giving a particularly big smile to Lei who almost started growling at him. he left the room and fallowed Saroja as she led him on the journey to his room. "why don't you want to eat with us i know your not THAT tired"
"oh come on, your not that stupid, if you don't count us, 4 of the people in that room don't want us here, it seems only one of them was bold enough to tell it to our face" he rolled his eyes "ugh, same thing every time, i wouldn't mind if they hated me because I'm an ass hole or perhaps because of some other reason, but they choose because of something i cant change. i was born a male demon, did i have a choice in that matter? NO! i did not, but it seems like its more then enough reason for them to hate me" he sighed and shook his head "though we suppose we can understand, Galiena hates us because we're a demon, understandable demons and angels don't ever really get along, besides we get this aura of importance from her, we hate people who are convinced the world revolves around them. Zweena doesn't necessarily hate us, more so seems to be afraid of us, that's understandable despite our polite conversation creatures are naturally afraid of demons. Lei is a bit harder to understand, it cannot be because we're a demon, Fairy's and demons have got along for centuries, especially the Torja clan, they like demons more then angels. its probably because we're a man, she seems like one of those women who are convinced that the world would be a better place without men." Avaria rolled his eyes
"well at least you remember their names, but what was that with Serafina? you looked like you where ready to bite her head of, if you could" Saroja looked quizzically at Avaria
"hm? oh we don't know, we think it was just a random dislike, its probably nothing, we're sure we'll like her if we know her better. it'd help if she didn't hate us because we're a demon AND a man" he shook his head
"how can you tell all of this about them? its not like they're ALL making it obvious"
"we've been around for 10000 years, we've learned how to read people." they didn't speak for the rest of the walk.
"well here's your room, are you sure you don't want to come eat something with us?" she looked at him almost pleading for him to come back.
"pretty sure" he looked at him, he still looked tired.
"alright, be a lump, ill bring some food for you later some time so you don't starve to death" Avaria mumbled something under his breath, she ignored it "good night" he walked to the door and opened it "oh and Avaria?" he stopped and looked back in her direction "please give them a chance I'm sure they will like you if you guys get to know each other, just talk to them a bit" he nodded and entered his room. after the door closed, Saroja let out a sigh. she walked back towards the dining hall. 'that was a big success' she thought 'i just wish they would give each other a chance, hopefully things will change' she sighed again, but was interrupted by her growling stomach 'BUT i think i have a bit more important things to attend to, such as my empty stomach'. she stopped, "maybe I'll ask Avaria what he wants to eat" she turned around with a smile. she approached the door, she heard a voice behind the door it wasn't Avaria's. a raspy laugh came from behind the door.
"did you see her?" a cackling laugh came "delightfully deceitful in my opinion"
"no one asked you!" Avaria sighed "there's something wrong with her, i don't know what it is, i could feel something wrong with this place as soon as i awoke here. but i cannot just randomly attack her because i think there's something wrong with her"
"I can" the cackling laughter returned.
"why do i find myself wishing that when i talked to myself, i wouldn't respond."
"you should be more careful when your talking to yourself, unwanted ears may be listening" a shuffle in the room was heard, Saroja's heart skipped a beat. Avaria's head poked out from the door and looked over at Saroja.
"may i help you?" she looked at him worry was across her face.
"uh-um, i was just wondering what you may want to eat, i was going to bring you something"
"oh well, I'm tired i think I'm going to go to bed. i will see you tomorrow morning okay, by the way, could you show me where the library is tomorrow?"
"oh, of course" she bowed and turned to walk towards the dining hall. she didn't know what to think of that, but she decided to think about it later.
