While Shining and Daybreaker were busy with work, somewhere else, something far more sinister was happening. Far below the earth, away from the reaches of man, the lake of fire. The land of lost souls and the farthest place from God himself, Hell. The center around the nine circles was a castle of ice; the frightening winds caused even the most savage demons to shiver from the very cold. Within the palace, sitting in the throne room, sitting on the throne, was Tirek herself, with Long red hair running down her wondrous body, hiding her luscious breasts as she sat there, A frown on her face as she sat on the frozen throne. It would have been uncomfortable for most, but the fallen angel had become used to it, that it wasn’t anything to her.

Tirek had just finished a session of court. This session had been about the second circle of Hell. The numbers had been decreasing, though it wasn’t much of a concern for The angel. Something seemed wrong; she wasn’t sure what it was but knew something about Hell was off. Yet she wasn’t even sure.

That was when an impish demon ran in with Hellish red horns atop its head while wearing a heavy jacket; Tirek recognized it as a creature from the fourth circle. The way it shuffled around and rubbed its arm, even with the layers on, brought her much amusement.

“What is it, Imp? What do they call you, by the way?” Tirek asked since she barely could remember ever being a resident of Hell

“It’s Snorfon, and I just received words I don’t know if you’ll like!”

Tirek sighed as she looked at Snorfon, as she leaned back against her throne, rubbing her eye,

“If you did not think I would like it? Then why did you come to me about it.”

“Well, Mistress of the light, great fallen one, she who rivals God! You must know about this information.”

“Then will you get on with it and stop sucking my nonexistent cock.” Tirek said, finding herself far more annoyed at the Imp for brushing the subject around her; she was a busy angel, after all.

“It’s about Daybreaker….” Snorfon spoke, wincing in fear as to what the dark lord would do to him, Though he stood there, his eyes closed, waiting for the worst while finding nothing came. Snorfon opened his eyes and found Tirek sitting there, a severe look on her face as she hunched over.

“When did this happen?” Tirek said. The coldness in her voice, Made Snorfon worry if he said the wrong thing, he would be destroyed on the spot. But Snorfon knew he had to tell her, and gripping every ounce of bravery in his hellish life, stated,

“We only discovered it now, but from what it looked like, she’s been gone for maybe two days at the very most; we came as soon as we discovered it, my queen of Hell.”

Tirek nodded, though her eyes were on him, that death stare Snorfon, Found himself stepping away, ready for the horrors that might happen to him.

“Very well then, Snorfon. I have a special order for you.” Tirek spoke the sneer on her face with much annoyance as it was clear

“What is it you desire, Tirek?” Snorfon spoke more surprised while feeling nervous.

“Bring me Applejack.” Tirek watched him, her cold remaining, while the Imp nodded, the nervous look on his face realizing they would have to get her.

-000-

Tirek sat on her throne for an hour, rubbing her temple in annoyance, watching as the imps moved around doing their work. That was when she watched Snorfon returning, an ear ripped off, as he walked towards her looking more nervous,

“She’s here, my lady, Applejack. Is there anything else you wish of me?”

“Yes, have you found out how Daybreaker escaped her banishment?” She gritted her teeth as she pulled herself from her ice throne

Snorfon was shaking not just from the cold but from fright and spoke,

“It was from a small group of Satanists, a fan club of yours. They tried to summon you but made a mistake and opened a portal for Daybreaker, and she slaughtered them.”

“Hmm, very well, and where might their souls be?” Tirek said as she raised her hand, a black robe running over her body as she rolled her neck.

“In their respective circles, you know, as they are being sentenced.”

“Very well, bring them to the castle, and place them next to Hitler, shove spikes up their asses, and an extra big one for the idiot whose idea it was for trying to summon me.”

“Very much as you wish, my Lady,” Snorfon ran off before she got any idea of using a spike on him, his heart racing and fear overwhelming him as he ran from the throne room.

Tirek poured herself a drink.

“One can never have good servants.” She spoke with a sigh as she looked at the wine, a slight bit aged a few hundred years, as she took a sip.

“Good, this one didn’t have any bone in it this time; one can never have enough bloody Mary.” She chuckled at her quip as she continued.

“You rang for me, Glorious leader of Hell.” The heavy voice spoke; walking in, Tirek turned, seeing the demon she wanted, Applejack.

Applejack stood before her, the horrific expression on their face; Applejack watched Tirek with those black eyes, barely a sign of life on them, as Tirek took another swig,

“Welcome, Applejack Long time no see.” She spoke calmly, knowing how Applejack would respond.

“Why have you summoned me? Is the Apocalypse close at hand?”

“No, it has not begun, although I have a job for you.” She spoke, taking sips of her drink while watching the annoyed expression on this demon.

“Then why have you summoned me?” Applejack called out, clearly annoyed, as it reached for a dagger on its thick waist. Tirek rolled her eyes,

“Don’t even try it you, know it won’t work on me; now sit down, have a drink. Listen to what I say.” Like that, Tirek raised her hand, and a seat appeared, while Applejack looked at it suspiciously but eventually relented, taking a seat, their legs going up in the air while it waited for their drink.

“If it’s not about the end of the world? Then what is it you have in mind, Lightbringer?” Applejack said, watching the fallen angel carefully.

“It seems a traitorous demon named Daybreaker decided she didn’t want to serve her punishment. Somehow she managed to escape.” Tirek spoke while pouring her a glass of wine. Applejack took the drink and snapped it down while tossing the glass off to the side, much to Tirek’s annoyance.

“So you want me to catch this runaway demon? Why not pick them up yourself?”

“You know the rules; I’m not allowed onto earth unless I’m summoned, besides I’m sure Daybreaker would prepare for me to come after her. But you, She wouldn’t expect you to come for her.” Tirek smiled while she took another swig of her drink. The light buzz got her through the conversation.

“What’s in it for me?” Applejack spoke with a wide smirk leaning in, watching the Devil herself curl her brow.

“What would it be that you desire? Also, before you ask, I will not be starting the Apocalypse early for you.”

There seemed to be an annoyed look on Applejack’s face as she shook her head,

“Fine, though I still want something more,” she watched the Devil as Tirek looked towards the demon, wondering what she might have wanted.

“What would that be?” Tirek asked, the long silence continuing as she could imagine a dagger running through her skin.

“Simply enough, I’ll keep the flavor in mind, and you will owe me something when the time comes. I’ll ask you for that,” Applejack smirked, rubbing her hands in delight. Tirek watched her for a second, simply responding,

“In other words, you couldn’t think of anything,” Tirek smirked, knowing that she had the demon pinned,

“Oh, I have something in mind, but I want to ensure that you agree to my terms.” The demon licked its lips, moving in closer; the strange look it gave off Made Tirek more curious,

“Very well, now, as I said, your target is Daybreaker, and she’s somewhere on earth.”

Applejack nodded, “Well, if that’s so, I’ll need to take on a disguise up there; I should be able to find her within a week, maybe longer; it depends on what she’s doing at the time.”

“Fine, take the time you need so long as she gets her goat ass down here on earth. I don’t have time to waste; who knows what kind of trouble she might be getting in, and if the old man finds out, he will blame me for the stupid shit you Demons do.”

“Yeah, yeah, follow the rules, and if something notices me, I don’t know, blame it on swamp gas, or maybe just claim it was the Jehovah’s witness who did it.” Applejack reached around their body, beginning to morph and transform their body, leaving the indescribable horror it once was as it began turning more feminine, its eyes sockets filling with bright golden eyes as Applejack changed,

“Well, get going. You don’t have all day; she might escape.”

“Very well,” Applejack said, their voice becoming more feminine, as she cracked her neck, turning away as she would be preparing to open a portal to the earth.

The great demon would vanish only a few minutes later, while Tirek leaned back in her chair, rubbing her forehead, annoyed about the events.

“I swear to the old man, Daybreaker just gives me the biggest headache of all time.”

Tirek would sit back, taking another long drink of her wine, knowing that she would have to wait, but after all, she had all the time in the world.

-000-

Shining groaned as he started waking up. He wasn’t sure what was happening, but he pulled himself out of bed. It had been three days since he had met Daybreaker, and so far, life had been returning to normal. Well, as usual, as having a demon become his roommate could be. Shining grunted as he began shuffling off to the bathroom, where he quickly freshened himself up.

He couldn’t help walking with a slight limp. Last night, Daybreaker decided that she wanted to be on top of him while she slept, and he found that having someone sleeping on top of you as a pillow wasn’t the most comfortable position.

Shining grunted, passing by the mirror as he looked at himself. His body had started to change, standing a bit more muscular, as he flexed his arm for a minute showing the growing muscles. It seemed that Daybreaker’s magic had been starting to affect his body; while Shining looked over, His black hair slicked back. Somehow he looked like a brand new man compared to his smaller, leaner self.

“Well, I guess I finally got into shape like I wanted to… Just took making a deal with a demon, I guess.” He chuckled as he remembered the times he tried going to the gym and just petering out, but he shook his head while headed off to the restroom to take care of some of his personal needs.

Shining would go over brushing his teeth, and a thought protruded his mind as he continued moving the toothbrush back and forth. Sure she might be a demon, and who knows what she might do to me in the end, but it feels good to be wanted and have someone around. I don’t feel that lonely.

For Shining, this might not have been the situation he was looking for, but in truth, it was better than nothing. He felt like there was something more to his life than just going to work and coming home to bed or playing games if he had a short day at work.

Putting his toothbrush away, Shining walked out towards the kitchen, as he had his mind on what he might have for breakfast; he was feeling the need for some bacon and eggs, who knows what. He walked past the living room when he stopped, realizing a couple of things. The first was that his television was on, and a match on Overwatch was being played; the sight of Tracer shooting Widowmaker and knowing her health.

This wouldn’t have been odd, except that someone he knew for sure wasn’t Daybreaker was sitting on his couch. His controller clung to her hand as she mashed the buttons, her body tilting off to the side as she tried to watch the game while he was in the way.

“Um, who are you?” Shining asked, looking at the woman sitting on his couch. He got a better look at her,

“While she was sitting, the girl was well posed as she kept mashing on his controller, her headset against her soft tan face as she wore a black beanie over her head.

“Cadence, now will you get out of my way? I’m about to fry this Noob!” She spoke louder as she hit a combination and cried out,

“Boom, I just smoke you, ya’h sob.” The way she spoke caught him off guard. Instead of a woman’s voice, a man came out, a deep one that might have come from a black man. Shining looked at her for a good minute like she had grown two heads as Cadence looked at him, with those firm chocolate brown eyes, as she grabbed the headset.

“I’m going AFK; if you wanna get good, let me know. I’m sure we can make a deal, dude,” Cadence spoke with a deep manly voice as she pulled the headset up and disconnected it.

“So, you’re the guy Daybreaker’s crashing with?” Her voice quickly transformed, sounding more feminine as she got up and stretched. Revealing she was wearing an extra-long t-shirt; in fact, she was wearing one of his shirts. It was extra-long on her as it hid away some of her naughtier bits,

“Yo, Daybreaker got anything made!” “Nice shirt, by the way; I Love that anime.” She winked at him as she began heading towards the kitchen.

Cadence, the woman or whoever she was, began heading right off, while Shining found himself with a confused look on his face; there was a long blank as he looked towards his television, watching the overwatch two main menu playing, and shook his head,

“Well, this is a thing now.” He let out a long grunt, not even sure what was happening with his life anymore. He soon decided to talk with Daybreaker about this.

Shining went straight to the kitchen. Daybreaker stood in front of the stove cooking. She wore absolutely nothing except an apron.

The way her white ass looked, it was very delectable; though Shining was on a mission to know who Cadence was, Cadence was currently stuffing her face with Pancakes as she was devouring them with much delight.

“Good!” Cadence said as she dug in more profoundly, taking a long bite.

“Daybreaker, who is that?” He asked, more confused while watching the demoness flipping another pancake.

“Oh, it’s just Cadence; she’s a low-level demon.” She waved at the other demoness, who just chomped away as Shining looked back at her, not showing much emotion.

“I can see that; why is she doing in my apartment?”

“Our apartment and I invited her; I figured she could help liven the place up. Besides, she doesn’t have a place to stay, so I figured we could open our home up; she’ll be staying in the guest room.”

“We don’t have a guest room.” Shining shook his head as he looked at the demoness who was wearing his shirt, chewing on the meal,

“Well, we do now, so please relax and have some pancakes; I added chocolate Chips,” Daybreaker spoke with a cheerful smile. She handed him a plate as he looked down, seeing the stacks of Pancakes and just took them sitting down,

“You should have told me about this, and you know that.”

“Might have, but it just really happened, So I didn’t have time; so Cadence, did you have fun with your… Game system, right Shining?”

“Yeah, by the way, why were you playing on my system? Did Daybreaker permit you?” Shining spoke, finding himself somewhat annoyed by Cadence getting into his game.

Cadence took another bite as she looked at Shining.

“I had to get my quota of souls up. So I had to borrow your device to get them racked up.”

“Soul Quota?” Shining asked, wondering what she might have meant while Cadence smirked.

“Not telling your boy toy about Demons, are you?”

“Well, he doesn’t need to know everything about me, I got my secrets, and I’m sure he has his secrets. Isn’t that right, Shiny.” Daybreaker chuckled, giving him a smack on the ass and going through the chair.

“I mean, yeah, I have things I keep to myself but again, what are you talking about, Cadence.”

“Well, unlike your old lady there, some of us aren’t top billing, so we have to work for our keep, which mainly involves collecting and capturing souls, and since there’s like eight billion of you, there are so many souls.” She continued eating, speaking between each bite; as she continued,

“While some demons prefer to do the traditional crossroads or meet in person. I had my idea; why not get gamer dudes? Some are obsessed with winning video games and being on the top of the scoreboard. I thought, why not trick them into giving me their soul to be the best?”

“Does that work? I mean, why would they even do that?”

“Some of them do it cause they hate to lose, I imagine a few break their controllers. But they never realize I only make them amazingly good at that specific game; any other, they return to being some noob.” Cadence laughed as she thought about the horrors she had caused.

“I remember this guy sold his soul to be one of the best in call of duty, Wings of something, I can’t remember, but now he’s ruined, hah. They never think of asking to be the best gamer or most famous; at least they have something to show for after a while when the game they are a master of loses style.” She snorted more while Shining shook his head.

“I mean, that’s evil but kind of shitty.”

“Hey, I don’t make them sell their souls; they come begging me for it sometimes, especially with gaming tournaments, but As I’m sure Day here told you, can’t screw with free will, its way worst for us little guys.” Cadence looked down, seeing that her plate was empty. As she looked up pouting,

“Day, do we have any more of these pancakes? They were rocking!” She looked over, almost drooling at the ones Shining had but barely gotten into them, more interested in Cadence for a second.

“Hey, If I give you a good dick-sucking mind handing over those pancakes?”

Shining found himself pausing at that before looking at his pancakes; he was nearly tempted but shook his head,

“No, I’m good.” He began biting into them, they were good, and the chocolate chips were extra sweet.

“Fuu, you’re missing out.”

“Cadence, I ruined him for you and your toothy bjs.” Daybreaker smirked as Shining thought Cadence would need burn cream after that.”

“So what was the deal with the voice? I mean, that was freaky.”

“Oh, that, well some of those male gamers freak out when they hear a long sultry voice kicking their asses in a game, Sexism or something as they can’t handle a girl beating them and ruins a chance to get a good soul, So I—.” Cadence quickly changed her voice, this time sounding like a sixteen-year-old boy.

“Like, totally change my voice into a man to trick them into thinking I’m a guy. This is Button Mash, and like sell me your soul and I’ll make you a super champ! Which makes them fall into their lap.” Shining couldn’t help but find it weird yet making too much sense.

That was when his phone began ringing off the kitchen counter where it was plug in; Shining quickly reached over and grabbed it, as he saw it was Twilight as he looked back. Cadence had stolen his pancakes, and he just let out a sigh, though it was replaced as Daybreaker smacked her upside the head with a newspaper.
“I’ll be back, guys.” He went and took the call.

Author's Note

Well here's the next chapter and remember my gamers careful who you play with you might lose your soul

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