Winter's night
"Peter! Peter! wake up Peter! wake up".
"Mo....m" Peter responded wearily.
"You need to leave right now, you don't have much time before they get here, take this" she handed him a sheet of paper with a telephone number written on it.
"Mom, what's going on?"
"Don't ask questions, my boy, just take it, I'll send you to the post office at Adisson lane when you get there look for a red phone booth get in and dial the number on the paper I gave you. do you understand?"
"Mom what's happened..."
"Do you understand Peter?" thundered Mrs. Grimm.
"I do mom" he responded with tears running down his cheeks. Bang! Bang! they heard a noise downstairs coming from the front door. "Mom I'm scared" Peter shuddered
"it's going to be alright my boy". She made a sign with her hand and a sizzling sound filled the room, a bright blue circular light appeared right in front of them and she told Peter "Be careful of whom you trust because dark times are ahead of you, be brave my boy and always follow your heart".
"Come with me please," Peter said with his face already soaked in tears.
"I wish I could Peter but I can't they'll follow after us if I do. I'll stay here and hold them off"
"Who are they?" Peter asked.
"The dark ones" she replied. "Go now the shield won't be able to hold out any longer". Peter was still reluctant to go through the portal but his mom pushed him in and the portal closed. The room became darkened again with only the Moon's radiance on a winter's night giving light to the room.
Peter came out of the portal on Adisson lane but couldn't help it and vomited. He wanted to lay on the ground to cry but the thought of his mother's sacrifice pulled him up and he went looking for the red phone booth. He got to the part of the post office where the public phones were and found the booth he was looking for he entered and pulled out the paper from his left pocket and he saw written on the back side of the paper "DO NOT TRUST THE DEMON COUNCIL". He paused for a bit in confusion, after a short while he dialed the number on the other side of the paper. Immediately the phone rang a bright light engulfed the booth and he disappeared. When he woke up he found out he was in a room with a girl standing by the window at the other end of the room. She walked towards him and as she got closer he saw the most beautiful person he had ever seen she was young, around his age with Bright red eyes, long brown hair that rested on her shoulders, slender long hands, a warm smile and the sound of her melodious voice that asked: "are you ok Peter?".
"I'm good I guess I mean I was in a phone booth and a bright light appeared and now I'm here".
"Your first time traveling through a portal?" she asked.
"Yes it is. Wait my mom! my mom! we have to go back for her". Peter said as tears rolled down his face.
"She's probably been captured or worse dead so I won't go chasing dead ends Peter and besides she's not your mother," said Alice.
"What do you mean why would you even say that," Peter asked angrily.
"I'm sorry about what I'm about to say Peter but the woman you call your mom isn't your real mother you were given to her by your real mother to look after you in case she died and unfortunately she did die. She was murdered 12 years ago by the dark ones that chased after you earlier when you were a baby that's why you have no recollection of her so Mrs. Rachel Grimm took you in and brought you with her to the human world where you lived with her in Manchester and your father died a year after you were born in a fire" she explained.
"Portals, human world, dark ones this is sounding like something out of the movies I watched when I was younger. I'm leaving I'm going to find my mom or Mrs. Rachel whatever" Peter said as he hastily jumped out of the bed
"Where do you think we are? we aren't in Manchester if you aren't aware".
"Where are we then," Peter asked in shock.
"We're in the demon realm, I know it sounds crazy and you think there'll be scary monstrosities walking the streets but no it's pretty much like your world the difference is that the Demon realm is ruled by a Monarchy and our ruler was the Demon Lord Nazario but he died and now his stupid son sits on the throne," she said.
"Stupid son? isn't he the rightful ruler?" Peter asked.
"Naturally he is but he doesn't have the power of his father so he isn't supposed to rule and it's only the one with the power of the demon Lord who rightfully sits on the throne".
"Where'd the Demon Lord's power go then?" Peter asked.
"It's with you, Peter. Haven't you wondered why the dark ones killed both your moms and are after you? you have the power of the demon Lord and now everyone wants to take that power from you" she explained further.
"Let them come have it then. I want no part of this madness I want no part of it" he screamed.
"That's why you're in so much danger Peter you'll die if the power is taken from you it's merged with your soul and for them to get it they'll have to kill your soul and let the power loose".
"How did I have this power then I don't understand". Peter asked as he looked on in confusion.
"The demon Lord took a particular liking to your mom he was so drunk in love that he gave you the Demon Lord's mark of inheritance in the event of his death all his power would go to you". Alice said.
Peter looking confused and scared had several thoughts running through his head he went from being a normal 14-year-old boy in Manchester to being the most wanted person in the demon realm as confused as he was he tried to remain calm he looked at the girl and said: "Your name I haven't gotten your name yet, you do have a name right?"
"Alice Burton" she responded dryly.
"How do you know so much about me I mean you're no more than 15 so how do you know so much and are you human?" Peter asked.
"I'm 14 and my mother told me, my mother worked in the castle and was very close to your mom and no I'm not human at least not fully my father was human and my mother was an elf. Alice responded. Peter sat in disbelief for over 2hours as he tried to process everything he just heard especially the part about Mrs. Rachel not being his real mother. As he was further entangled in thoughts of the Demon Lord's power being in him he was called back to reality by a sharp smack on his head by Alice.
"We have to go now, it's already sundown," she said.
"Go where?" Peter asked.
"We're supposed to be meeting a member from the Demon council, he was a close friend of my mom's" Alice divulged. Peter got out of bed and bent down to adjust his shoe laces when he suddenly remembered what the paper from Mrs. Rachel said: "DO NOT TRUST THE DEMON COUNCIL". He got up quickly and asked, "why are we meeting your friend from the Demon council?"
"Lord Barthez promised Mrs. Rachel he would get you to a safe location when you got here" She responded.
"No no my mom didn't say anything to me about meeting a Lord Barthez she said I shouldn't trust anyone from the Demon council," Peter said with his face looking on in surprise.
"We've been tricked Peter let's go quickly" Alice shouted.
Before they could make their way to the exit a dark smoke covered the door and two creatures with the legs of a goat the body and two arms like that of a man and with the face of a hound appeared out of the smoke and dashed towards them.
Alice waved her hand in the air and conjured up a big wall blocking the creatures from getting to them she looked at Peter and said "I can't get us out of here, I tried opening a Portal but the wall came instead. It seems they've blocked off transportation magic within the room and that wall won't hold for long".
"Then what do we do Alice I can't do magic?" Peter asked in fear.
"We're just going to have to fight Peter to get behind me," she said.
The wall began to crack after a series of attacks were thrown at it. Peter got behind Alice as she steadied herself, the wall broke and she immediately threw a bolt of lightening but just as the spell left where she was a part of the roof collapsed on the creatures, and a lady covered in a red cloak descended into the room and said: "come with me if you want to live".
Immediately they came out of the portal Alice raised her hands and a green energy bolt was shot at the lady but she was more experienced and powerful than Alice was, she rebounded the bolt without even looking and subdued her with a spell of her own a spell which increases the effect of gravity upon the opponent making it impossible for them to move.
Alice writhed in pain as she screamed and Peter ran towards her throwing his hands in the hope that he would conjure up an attack to help Alice but to no avail, the lady tilted her head slightly and Peter immediately fell to the ground and became stiff showing no signs of resistance as blood poured out slowly from his nostrils after a short while the woman released them and the pair of them gasped deeply in relief.
"If I wanted you dead I'd have left you to the dark ones," she said. "I was walking down the street when I saw them from the window of your room and decided to help, I have personal scores with that lot" she explained further.
"Who are you then?" Alice asked.
"Melissa Winston and I'm a Mage"
"Are you human?" Peter inquired.
"No I'm not I'm a Demon mage" she replied.
"I told you the demon realm is much like the human world didn't I Peter?" Alice said as she picked herself up.
"it seems you have a good resistance to magic Alice because most people would bleed from their nostrils as the boy did?" said Melissa.
"Yes, I do I've been practicing". She responded "but I haven't told you my name how do you know my name?" Alice asked
"I was a friend of your Mother's I'd know those eyes anywhere" she replied with a genuine smile.
You guys should come in its winter and it can get cold during these nights.
They entered the cabin and while it was small on the outside and looked like it could only fit two persons it was huge inside and looked like It could host a wedding ceremony. "You looked surprised Peter, Magic's great isn't it? She said as she gave a proud smile. He smiled back at her as he sat down on the chair by the entrance of the house. "Rest up children, we're going to be having a long day tomorrow". She said as she retired to her quarters.