Falling Into A New Life

Things have gotten pretty interesting right? I know I think so, in case you didn't notice the many times my name was mentioned, which wouldn't be surprising you probably suck, my name is Shade mystic. Please, don't enjoy my story and break a leg. Not for luck or something like that, just for my amusement.

Have you ever had someone drag you by your wing? Well, it hurts. After Emperor Frost transported me here, and I was immediately dragged from the room. The demon that dragged me, was actually kinda normal looking. Well, normal compared to others I've seen. She looked like an anthropomorphic wolf. She was a grayish color with blue eyes, and a few feet taller than me. When she tugged again I pulled my wing from her grasp. "That was very painful and I can walk by myself thank you."

"Sure you can, well what type are you. I need find you a room and give you your schedule. Which I won't know until you tell me so hurry up." Her voice sounded absolutely horrible. Like hearing the sound of shattering glass, through a boombox with lots of subwoofers.

"F- the emperor said I was a greater demon."

She looked at me sharply when I almost called the emperor by his first name, before walking away quickly. We passed more demons than I could count. They all had some kind of clothing on, with either a G or L stitched into it. Im guessing thats how they show what demon is what. I saw the wolf leading me had a G stitched into a wristband she wore. I guess she's a greater demon to.

"Here we are. This is the dorm for greater demons. What are your alignments?"

"Ice and fire." She actually looked impressed when I said that. Cool.

"Hmm, well your alarm will wake you up tomorrow at eight. You will find clothes to wear on your desk. You are required to wear at least one item so you may be identified correctly. After you are dressed, your door will open to the room of your new teacher. After you learn the basics and are caught up, you will be given a new schedule. Class will end between four and five every afternoon. After that you have free time to study, till lights out at eleven. Any questions?"

"Just the one, what time is it now?"

"Time for you to go to sleep, good night Mr. Shade."

"Night..." (Didn't even tell me her name. Maybe I should have asked that instead.)

With that she turned around and left. I decided to check out my new living arrangements. I was very impressed. There was a queen sized bed in the middle of the back of the room. On either side were dressers. They were made of white marble with ivory drawers. Above each was a beautiful mirror. Bookshelves filled with cool looking books lined both sides of the room, and a desk also made of white marble stood by the door. On the other side of it was another door. I assumed it went back into the hall, but somehow it opened into a bathroom. There was a bathtub, sink, and walk in shower, all made of white marble. They must really like white marble here. There was even a mosaic on the ceiling depicting a sunset. This was the best room I had ever seen. If this is how a demon lives, than I don't know what I was so worried about. All I need to do is not accept a challenge to the stadium and I'm set for eternity. After looking around I went to go to sleep. However I bolted from my bed when I saw the same eyes from before, just watching me from the dark. After getting a better look, I saw there was nothing there. After my heart slowed back down, I tried to go sleep again.

A horrible beeping sound woke me up. It felt like I only got 5 minutes of sleep. When I glanced around for it the sound stopped. When I tried to go back to sleep it started up again. I was wrong. This is hell. They have alarms I can't turn off or shush. Only demons could come up with something that wretched. I finally gave up trying to sleep and went to my new desk. There were many different kind of clothes just laying on it. Kinda creepy that something was in my room while I was sleeping. I chose a black armband with a red G stylized on it. I was thinking about how cool it looked, when I realized I can actually look at me now. I have mirrors. As I slowly walked to one of the mirrors, I couldn't help but worry I looked horrible. I was pleasantly surprised, I was a badass looking black panther, with red eyes and batwings. I started moving my wings around to get a feel for them when I remembered, this is a new body. I used to be bipedal and wingless. How can I walk normally and control my wings? I guess my mind really was altered, but by how much? Deciding to take my mind off of thoughts like those, since I can't do anything about them, I tried to see if my new wings would let me fly. With a great flap... I woke up on my back, the alarm beeping again, and a new dent the shape of my head in the ceiling. Before my eyes however, it slowly fixed itself. I sat up, expecting a headache, but it never came.

(Well, I am a demon now, maybe I heal really fast?) With that thought I decided to see for myself. I took my paw and slammed it down on my desk as hard as I could, which in hindsight was very stupid. Just because I might be able to heal fast, doesn't mean I don't get hurt in the first place. After a few seconds of immense pain and swearing, both the indent in my desk and my paw were both fixed. Then, I had another awesome thought. (What if I had been wrong about healing, and I broke my paw and had to deal with that, or if my desk couldn't fix itself like the ceiling.  Because that would be fun explaining to my new teacher. Oh sorry teach, I wanted to see if I could heal really fast so I broke my paw against my desk. My bad, I'll try not to do it again. Oh and can I have a new desk? I broke mine, oops. Wait how did I eve hurt the desk? I have to fucking much to think about right now.)

With a sigh I went to the bathroom, and freshened up, only to discover I never took my armband off. So now thats soaking wet. I put it back on my desk and grabbed another like it. Deciding to leave before I somehow screw up even more, I opened my door, and went to meet my new teacher.

The room I somehow entered instead of the hall, was very similar to mine. It had the same layout and everything. Bed, desk, bookshelves and dressers.

"Hi there!"

"ahh what the fuck!" Apparently my knew teacher has a sense of humor, because she fell to the floor laughing about being able to scare me. Or, because I flapped my wings instinctively, and left a dent on her ceiling to. Great start so far.  "What was that for?"

"Ha, I can't believe you're so jumpy. That was for existing. Thanks to you I have to wait to go on my break."

(She just said she's unhappy I exist, with a smile on her face, and in a friendly manner. What... the... fuck.) "Umm," (How do I respond to that?)

"Don't *hic* worry about it. Give m*hic* a sec."

(What? She's supposedly a demon, and she laughed hard enough to give herself hiccups.) It took about 5 min for her to calm down enough to talk again. I spent that time looking her over. She looked like a bigger version of a fox, around my size. She had blue and purple fur, and gold eyes with slits for pupils. She even had three big bushy tails. (How is that demonic? It's like someone took something from any anime, and made a life-sized plushy. Every other demon I've seen has something demonic about them.) "Are you sure you're a demon?"

All of a sudden all the laughter and joy melted away, being replaced by unbridled fury. "What did you just say? So you think just because I don't look scary I can't be a demon? You think just because I like to laugh I can't be demonic?" I was no longer thinking any such things. Bitch was scary. After every word she inched closer and closer to my face. "If you don't watch your mouth, than I'm going to show you the meaning of demon. Do you understand me?"

Gulp "Yes.

"Good, now lets get to learning!" And just like that she was back to being chipper and happy. Like that conversation never even happened. (I guess just because they don't have a physically demonic trait, doesn't mean their mind isn't demonic. This chicks fucking insane.)

"Well, that wasn't very nice at all. And yes, all demons have something demonic about them. Whether it's their body or mind, it's there."

(Did... did she just read my mind?)

"Why, yes I did. My alignments are electricity and illusion. Since both of these affect the mind, I found a way to combine them to read the minds of others. You'd be surprised at how many different types of magic you can use with a little ingenuity."

"Wow that is amazing, and how would one go about blocking something like that?"

"Why, don't want me in your mind? Relax, I can't do the spell for very long. I only started using it because you were ogling my body while I was indisposed. I wanted to know what kind of pervy things you were coming up with. Since you seem to have trouble thinking of some..." She than walked up and rubbed her side along mine, and in the most lecherous voice I have ever heard she said. "I could help you come up with some ideas... just kidding! Now that my revenge is complete, sit at the desk."

"I, uh, wah?" Nailed it.

"At this rate, this will be even more fun than my break!" She said with a giggle.

As I sat down at the desk, she set three books down on top of each other.

"I need you to read through these three before I can really start teaching you. Have fun."

She left... she walked out the door and left. (I guess I should start studying than. I mean, it's learning magic, how bad could it be?

The answer is pretty fucking bad. The first book was 'Magic theory for beginners'. The first few chapters were interesting. They talked about the different types of magic, and how to see the connections between them. Like wind and fire. Fire uses up air, so if you add in the wind magic, you can increase the rate your flame can grow. You can also combine earth and fire magic, to create magma. Basically, you take the different types of magic, and combine them in ways that relate to how they interact naturally. Than I reached a page called magic theory for intermediates. It started showing different runes and talked about transferring your magic around or something to get around the laws of nature. I couldn't handle it and moved on to a different book.

This book was called 'Basic runes: All you need to know'. It talked about making your own runes and shit, while giving you examples you can use. Apparently it's all about envisioning how the rune works and what it does with your magic, while creating a picture that represents that. That way instead of holding all of that in your head, you just memorize the rune for the same effect. It talked about spells that could take days to cast, only taking an hour instead. I tried to learn as much as I could, since runes were obviously insanely important. But just like before I could only make it so far before it was to advanced.

The final book was the worst. Not because it was challenging or anything, just because of what I learned. Ignorance really is bliss. The book was called 'History of the empire: The renewal'.

Before our glorious empire took control of Eques, there were others. These 'nations' constantly bickered and fought, over the smallest of things. Eventually the nations agreed to peace, and an era of prosperity began. The world grew more advanced and life became easier. Thrn one day, a mighty spirit took control of the world, spreading complete and utter chaos. The creature's name, was discord. Under his rule, the sky rained chocolate, animals grew and shrank, apples were eaten backwards, or might even eat you. The world was devastated. Almost all the progress they had gotten over the years was lost to them. His horrible rule lasted for centuries until two, beautiful sisters discovered a weapon of capable of sealing discord in stone.

However, he never gave them the chance to use it. Discord stole and hid away the weapon, where the sisters would never find it. In their anguish, the elder sister reached out to the other worlds for aid. Though be warned reader, for doing such a thing can come at the highest of prices, as anything you can imagine and even beyond that could come answering. Thankfully for their world, it was the mighty Frost who answered them. This powerful greater demon offered his help, in exchange for the signatures of every sentient creature they could get. When asked why he wanted this, Frost stated it was because he was very old.

The sisters were at first confused, before he explained further. He had trouble remembering things that happened long ago, and wanted the signatures so he could remember the names of those he helped to save. He requested that they be told he would be getting their signatures though. The oldest sister, in her innocence, found his reasons to be inspiring. Much to his delight. And so, after weeks of travel, the two sisters returned with the signatures of almost every sentient creature on the planet. Once Frost had them, he  asked to be invited into their world. Once again the sisters were confused, until Frost told them it was out of politeness. That he simply didn't want to intrude without permision. The sisters being as trusting as they were, welcomed their ally.

Frost immediately left and found the weapon they sought. The two sisters were mystified. They asked "Mighty Frost, how did you find the weapon so quickly?" And he answered them "Elegant sisters, I could sense its great power. Now hurry, before discord realizes what has transpired." With a word of thanks, the two sisters left to defeat discord. With the element of surprise they managed to trap him in stone, but when they turned around, they saw mighty Frost behind them. "Dearest Frost" they said. "we have won and it's all thanks to you. Are you sure there is nothing else we can do for you?"

And Frost answered them in kind. "Yes dearest sisters, I never got your signatures. Would you please sign this for me?" Thinking that it was the same signed paper as before, they signed it without reading. Thinking it was only their new friend being sentimental. If they had bothered to look closely, they would have seen the ruins that covered the page, hiding themselves and what the page actually said. But they did their job well. What they had signed was no friendly memorial, but a contract to trade away the souls of all who had trusted them with their signatures, and that of their future children. Now as you may or may not know dear reader, a contract must have a price, but it also needs to have a reward. Though it isn't always a reward something wants. You see, dear reader, the sisters were ageless.

And some such beings eventually tire of their existence. So once they signed the paper, most of the world found itself without ownership of their own souls, and the sisters, with their curse removed. They looked upon Frost in confusion, as the weight of their lives came crashing down upon them. Before they could say a single word, they turned to dust. As you can imagine, this game as quite the shock to the world. Their souls and saviors gone, in the blink of any eye. Out of outrage, the world rebelled. The newly made demon lord Frost, used his newfound strength to tear a hole into this world, summoning more of his fellow demons, and together they conquered the world, destroying all the places that dared to fight back. From the ruins and ashes rose the empire, just like a phoenix. And so it was named. All hail emperor Frost Phoenix, of the Phoenix empire, conquer of Eques.

The book went on to talk about improvements that Frost made. How he brought back technology, and helped to make all beings lives easier. It just kept on talking about the great things he has done, but I no longer cared. When fox girl came and told me I was done for the day, I just set down the book and left quietly. The door brought me to my room, and I spent the rest of the night thinking about that story, what I've become, and if I'd ever become like frost. It wasn't long before I was trying to sleep away those thoughts. Eventually I succeeded.