"I might look different from the outside, but we're just the same in the inside." --- Black Cotton
Full Name: -unknown-
Birthday: October 29
Race: Hell Imp
Hometown: Underworld
Signature Item: Devil Imp Plushie
Roleplay Style: Orange
Chapter 1: The Life in Hell
Living in hell is not that hard if you were already there since you were born. That's what Daisuke's imp thought before she found Constantine. An hell imp is born not by a... you know, they are "created" using black magic, by forming particles of Black Dust and black magic. When she was in training, the Prince of Darkness foound out that she has great powers to be the next hell guardian. With the opinions of Ai Enma, the Prince decided to make the imp into a hell guardian. At first, it was kinda hard for her but as time goes by, she learns more and more about hell and how did those people ended up being punished there. She also discovered that she is also a creature of the world of Gaia, a devil imp. She became the patrol leader of the Hell Gates once the Prince discovered that she can mind control. But one day, her life changed when a person named Constantine visited hell and explained how hard it is to be a demon having a mission to bring mortals to hell with no valid reason. The imp and Constantine tried to get out but...
"YOU WILL NEVER GET AWAY FROM ME, MY LOYAL HELL GUARDIAN!" shouted Lucifer when he saw the two trying to get out.
"You... you really should be named the Prince of Darkness and stay on darkness, in where you belong, and try not to bother mortals on what they do and just let the Almighty judge them according to their sins!" Constantine shouted fighting back.
"YOU... YOU ARE NOT RIGHTFUL TO TELL THAT TO A HIGH DEMON LIKE ME!!!"
"Why? Am I just going to let you bother the humans and bring them to hell with no purpose?!"
"YOU KNOW TOO MUCH, YOUNG ONE, YOU SHOULD BE ELIMINATED!"
When the Prince is about to unleash his real form, the imp screamed like she never screamed before then some near glasses from the outside world were shattered because of the sonic waves and some humans' ear were hurt because of it. The scream was heard from a kilometer in Earth causing a little earthquake. The Prince's transformation was disturbed.
"I... I didn't knew that living in hell was like this, punishing innocent humans and just having fun in doing those!" tears began to fall on her cheeks.
"WELCOME TO THE REAL HELL, MY IMP, THIS IS WHERE YOU BELONG... encouraged Lucifer.
"No, I won't allow you to do that! Because... because... IT'S JUST NOT RIGHTFUL!!!"
"YES, THIS IS WHY WE'RE THROWN DOWN FROM HEAVEN, BECAUSE WE BRING CHAOS AND WE DO WHAT IS WRONG, ESPECIALLY IN THE EYE OF THE ALMIGHTY."
"I can't live a life like this... even though I'm a hell imp, I DIDN'T WANT TO DO SUCH THINGS!!!"
"WELL THEN, I'LL SHOW YOU HOW FOOLISH ARE THE HUMANS AND YOU'LL MAKE YOUR MIND IN THE FUTURE AND COME BACK HERE TO HELP US IN RULING THE OUTSIDE WORLD!" Lucifer stopped talking then silence covered the area and only the cries of the people were heard.
"I... I'll go with Constantine..."
"I'LL LET YOU STAY THERE... BUT ONCE YOU KNEW HOW STUPID MORTALS ARE, HELL IS WELCOME FOR YOU! IN THE MEANTIME, GET OUT OF THIS PLACE NOW!!!" The imp was hurt on what did Lucifer said so she and Constantine continued to Earth and they didn't knew that Lucifer is planning an attack on Earth because the next mighty demon is about to be born.
End of Chapter 1, To Be Continued
Chapter 2: The Birth of Daisuke and Kuroi
Constantine and the imp goes first to a remote area in Tokyo, Japan before going to Constantine's house. While they're staying there, two women (Kuroi's mother and Daisuke's mother) are both pregnant and are about to give birth to their child. They stayed in the house of Mitsuki residence, in there, the imp learned how humans do their everyday work. While they're there, an explosion happened in the central city. And because of that, demons have their way to Earth (or Gaia) then started a war. Kuroi's mother gave birth to Kuroi not on a normal way, but with the help of a witch doctor who used human transmutation. In that happening, the imp changed on what she thinks of the humans. After that, they got a warning from the demons that they will attack their area and only give them 1 week to evacuate. Unfortunately, a week after, the time of the attack, Daisuke's mother, "Chi", is about to give birth to her child. But unlike Kuroi, Daisuke was born in a normal way, Kuroi's parents, Daisuke's grandmother and parents, Constantine, the imp, Kuroi, and Daisuke are the ones left at their house that time because some of their family members moved out to survive. When the demons are coming...
"Constantine, take my child, Daisuke with you, we will just die here..." "Chi" plead to Constantine.
"Take Kuroi with you... please take good care of them..." Kuroi's mother said to Constantine.
"I'll not allow you to die, we'll save you" The imp said with courage.
"It's way too late, go away now, and take good care of our children!" "Chi" shouted.
"Let's go..." "Hey!" Constantine pulled the imp with him.
As they go away, the demons destroy the houses and killed everyone in sight, including the Kuroi and Daisuke's parents. After that, an explosion occurred in the village, leaving everyone dead.
"Don't worry there, Daisuke and Kuroi, I will take care of you..." Constantine hushed the babies.
"Sheesh, you're going to babysit them?! Can you do it?" The imp asked curiously.
"I will just do my best to protect while they grow up... they will be a great demon..." Constantine just smiled at the imp.
"You're really annoying sometimes..." pouts the imp.
As they continue to Constantine's house, the imp is thinking of something...
Are humans really that weak to demons, I will avenge your parents, Daisuke and Kuroi, I promise I'll protect you as long as I can...
Then they continue to Constantine's house and since then, the imp has been close to the both of them and was able to help Constantine babysit them.
End of Chapter 2, To Be Continued
Chapter 3: Daisuke Gone Missing
As time goes, the two children grew, but not together, Constantine gave Kuroi to a girl named Miaka to take care of him. So, Daisuke was left alone with Constantine and the imp. The world was peaceful, the war is over and no more bloodshed. Daisuke just grew up having no one to play with except for the imp. When Constantine told Daisuke that there is an item called "Black Cotton", Daisuke thought that Constantine was describing the imp, so, he started calling the imp "Black Cotton" because he thought that she was a black cotton puff ball, which is the same appearance as the original "BlackCotton". Afternoon, the same day, Daisuke began playing the sunflower fields leaving Constantine to have the opportunity to talk to the imp.
"I can't believe, you just let that child call me like that! Hmph!" the imp said angrily.
"Listen, I'm going to tell you some-" Constantine stopped when the imp blocked his mouth then she whispers
"Is it about his powers? I know that child is a demon and it's my responsibility to protect him."
"Yes, I should keep it a secret, Just let him discover it by himself, then I'll explain it to him."
Constantine and the imp breathes deeply.
"Okay, conversation over, dismiss!" Constantine said feeling like a teacher.
The imp goes to her room, Daisuke's room, to rest. She looks at the sunflower field, which seems quiet like no one is playing. Constantine got out then noticed Daisuke's gone. "Where could that little kid go?"
"What, he's missing?! We better find him!"
The both of them starts to search for Daisuke. It was almost sundown and BlackCotton and Constantine still haven't found Daisuke.
"I told you Constantine! It's our responsibility to protect that child! If we didn't find him before sundown, we are really dead when Miaka knows about this, she'll give us a sermon for what we've done!"
"Just shut up and keep looking for him!"
They kept looking until they found a portal leading to the house of the spring nymphs.
"Hey, could that be-"
"Yes, it is, it's the portal to the Spring Gardens where spring nymphs live, I can sense Daisuke's aura from there..." They entered the portal and when they reached the place, they saw the reapers of the Black Market.
"Reapers! They're taking more spring nymphs to sell in the Black Market!"
BlackCotton transforms to her hell imp form, then collects air then released it by a sonic scream. The reaper said that he will be back while Constantine saw Daisuke carrying a spring nymph, they took the nymph with them to home. When they left, the reapers came back, destroying everything in Spring Gardens. The spring nymph's name is Harukia, just as Daisuke said. They took care of Harukia until she is healed. When she was completely healed, BlackCotton, Harukia, and Daisuke play together in the sunflower fields. They use Harukia's fairy dust to fly. They didn't even know that a disaster is coming soon.
End of Chapter 3, To Be Continued
Chapter 4: Imp-napped!
When Harukia, the spring nymph, was fully healed, she was ready to leave (see whole story in Daisuke's story and Harukia's story). The imp didn't do anything but to listen on Daisuke and Harukia's conversation. Tears fell on her cheeks as they talk, she just wiped them when she needs to wave a goodbye to Harukia, so that they won't know that she is also hurt when Harukia is about to leave. She remembered something while waving at Harukia.
Flashback:
"Take this, BlackCotton, this fairy dust will help both of you and Daisuke to fly." Harukia gave the imp a bag of fairy dust.
"Uh... you don't have to give me this thing, you take it with you."
"No, it will be a remembrance of me to you, I'll be leaving tomorrow morning..."
"Uh... thanks, be careful on your journey tomorrow." the imp smiled at her.
After she remembered those things, she realized that Harukia is on a brink of disaster.
I hope that you will be far away from trouble, I know that Lucifer is running after the people who helps Daisuke... she worries.
They didn't know that Lucifer was assembling the Furies (Erinyes) to kidnap the imp for what she has done, betraying the Hell Command. That night, when all of them are sleeping, the Furies started to move. They entered Daisuke's room. The imp heard their movements as they open the door, but she only thought that it was the wind. They grabbed the imp then she started to shout. Because of her noisiness, Daisuke wakes. "What now Black Cotton?" he turned on the lights and saw the Furies holding the imp. "Constantine... there are weird creatures here!!!"
Constantine got there then the Furies run away so they followed them.
"Stop where you are! If you take one more step, we'll not imprison this imp but kill her!" Megaera said in a scary tone.
They opened a portal leading to the bottomless pit. Because of the Furiae's spell, Daisuke and Constantine didn't managed to save her.
"Where are you taking me?!" the imp said angrily.
"To the bottomless pit..." Megaera replied.
She punched the imp, leaving her unconscious. They put her inside the bottomless pit then sealed the entrance.
"That'sss what you get when you disssobey the bosss." the Furiae boasted.
End of Chapter 4, To Be Continued
Chapter 5: Introduction to the Pit
The imp was not yet exiled that time so she was just staying by the shallow side of the bottomless pit. In there, she met many creatures that were also exiled. She saw an old man that seems to have a familiar face, it is Constantine's father.
"What are you doing here, how'd you get here?" The imp said looking worried.
"Lucifer took my powers away from me so that I can't use them to help people. I was exiled after that, now what are you doing here, young imp?" the old man replied.
"As you can see... I helped Constantine to raise Daisuke but Lucifer didn't like it so he exiled me, now, their life is on trouble."
"Uh... thanks for helping my son, child, I'm also worried about their state now, the last I saw my son was about 2 years ago..."
"So... what's up with the bottomless pit anyway?"
The old man stood up and pulled the imp with him to travel around the shallow area.
"I'll show you the place."
They stopped by a great door, which leads to the outside.
"This is the only way in and out of the bottomless pit..."
"It's that easy?! But why won't you try to escape by just opening the door?"
"Because it may look like an actual door, but it's sealed with the Devil's Magic. But even though we get out, the security outside is more strict."
After that, they stopped by the cliff, by the edge, they can hear shouts and cries.
"This leads to the real hell, or Tartarus, where the real sinners go. This is what we call 'The Plank' because once your enough to stay here on the shallow area, it's time for you to taste eternal punishment. You will be forced to jump, you will fall to a bottomless pit, as they say, and once you get there, you can never get out."
They continued walking until they reached the center of the area.
This is the Council Court, where we gather together to see a new member here, or a member who's going to face eternal punishment. Whatever you do, you'll be always guilty, and you'll be forced to 'walk the plank'."
"But why didn't I passed here?"
"I have a feeling that Lucifer will be using you as a trap for my son and Daisuke, so He will not let you die until He got Daisuke on His hands."
They walked around and passes a hanging bridge to see a waterfall made of magma, a magma-fall.
"If you were not forced to jump on 'The Plank', you'll be forced to jump this thing, it leads to the real hell, where its magma is totally hot that it can also melt diamonds and more stronger stuff. As you fall here, your body touches the magma, which melts it to the bone."
They crossed a long hanging bridge leading to the next shallow land.
"This is the Crucifixion Circle, where creatures are crucified while being whipped to death. Their bodies remain here until they are rotted to bones so that the Cerberus may eat them."
They go back to the Council Court and goes to the middle.
"This is Sacrificial Monument, where one of the prisoners will be chosen as a sacrifice to the Highest Demon, Satan. They will be burned and their soul will be taken to hell while the rest of the body will be fed to Cerberus."
They go back to the Gathering Circle.
"You know this place already, the Gathering Circle, where the prisoners gather, Lucifer visits this place to check any changes."
"Thanks for introducing this place to me, I hope we'll get out soon."
"I hope so, but it's time to rest now, go sleep..."
The both of them rested after the trip, even though the place is very noisy.
End of Chapter 5, To Be Continued
Chapter 6: Morpheus' Dream World
The two of them have been together around the Pit since they met, but only as friends, Constantine's father shows more place to the imp while they're spending their times together. And now, they are lost in the middle of the Bottomless Pit. They stopped by an opening or a cave where it's entrance look like a mouth of a demon.
"This place give me the creeps..." The imp said feeling the chilly air which came from inside the cave.
"I never saw this place before, must be a special prison for someone..." Constantine's father suspects.
"But how could 'someone' was imprisoned in a cave like this?"
"Then, the one in there might be a giant, ogre, or a cyclops."
"Then, let's get outta here!" The imp was about to go when Constantine's father pulls her back.
"No, this can't be a prison, there's no spells, force fields, or bars on the entrance... I guess this is a secret abode."
"But who might stay inside the haven? I thought Lucifer always check the Pit and He kills everyone who tries to oppose or hide from Him."
"Then, let's go see what's inside."
Both of them gulped before they enter, as they go inside, the heat of hell's surface can't be felt, but the chilly wind gets more icy as they go inside.
"Is there a... winter wonderland... at the end... of this... cave?" the imp said with smoke coming out of her mouth because it's too cold to talk.
They reached the end of the cave and saw a man sleeping, he is glowing very brightly.
"Who is that man? How did he came here?"
They also noticed that the man has black wings, which means he's a demon or a Daemon.
"Hey look! He has black wings! Maybe he's a descendant of Lucifer!"
"I think I know that man... he's not a demon, he's a Daemon..." Constantine's father said while observing the man.
"A Daemon? You mean he came from the West, from Greece?"
"Exactly! But I think this cave is just a replica, a replica to something related to Daemons of Greece."
"What do you mean that this is a replica? You mean there's another original place which looks like this cave?"
"Yes, but that place is not found in the Surface World, neither Hell nor Hades."
"Hades... what makes you say that?"
"I'm suspecting that man must be Morpheus, the Greek God of Dreams, he lives in a cavern near Hades, which is possible that looks like this one"
They tried to go near the man, Constantine's father's guess is right it's Morpheus! A void which leads to another world sucked them, they were unconscious at first then regained consciousness later on. They found that they in a world, a world of twisted things and unfortunate events.
They were standing in between the border of the Real World and the Dream World. They looked around and noticed a high gate which looks old but still shines bright.
"Is this Morpheus' Dream World?"
"Morpheus' Dream World, what's that?" the imp asked thinking that they are just at the Realms of Fiction.
"That's the place where Morpheus' family mostly stays for safety and for duty."
"What is their duty anyway?"
"Morpheus' father is Hypnos, the God of Sleep, when people sleep they will have dreams, and that's what Morpheus do, to create dreams of a different kind. Some say that the human's astral body floats around Morpheus' Dream World as the dreams project at the human's mind. His brothers, Phantasos and Phobetor (Icelus), helped him to do the work, either if the dream is good or not."
"Now I understand, so, the Realms of Fiction is really fiction and Morpheus' Dream World is the place where dreams always take place."
"Well, dreams not actually take place, they are just projected through our minds..."
They stood in front of the Gates of Morpheus, which protects the whole abode.
"Get ready, young imp, our greatest fear will come..." he warned.
Two monsters came out and they transformed to their greatest fears. Constantine's father blocked the imp's eyes so that she can't see it while he also closed his very own eyes. They thought that the monsters are not real and when they opened their eyes, the monsters are gone.
They entered the Gate and began walking the fictional street of Morpheus' Dream World. They saw many astral bodies floating around the area, having different dreams. As they walk around the streets, they saw Morpheus talking to other two gods, they were Phantasos, God of Dreams of Fantasy, and Phobetor, God of Nightmares, there is also their father, Hypnos, God of Sleep, with his brother Thanatos, God of Death. They can also see Nyx, Goddess of the Night.
End of Chapter 6, To Be Continued
Chapter 7: Phobetor
Phobetor was the only one who saw them walking around Morpheus' Dream World. He noticed that they are not on their astral form, which means they've found the way into Morpheus. Phobetor goes to them.
"Looks like you got inside this World, how did you get here?" he asked them seriously.
"Sorry to bother you, Mighty Phobetor, we were just wandering round the outside world when we saw Morpheus then a vortex sucked us and led us here."
"And we even fought the monster at the gate to get in..."
"So you're not lowly creatures after all, Hades, Lucifer, and Satan all have the same mistakes, for thinking that you could do nothing against them..."
Phobetor led them to the River of Oblivion so that will see them wandering.
"Stay here, if Morpheus finds out that creatures from the Real World discovered this place, he would surely erase you from existence." Phobetor warned them.
"But, I thought you are the evil brother of Morpheus, you even give nightmares to people." Constantine's father suspects.
"Yes, I might be the God of Nightmares, but I give you nightmares for a reason, for example, you were watching horror films then, if you kept remembering it, I would surely give you a lesson, if you're curious about people dying because of nightmares, Uncle Thanatos and I are the ones responsible for it, but we just follow the length of the thread of life given by the Parcae (Fates)." Phobetor explained.
Phobetor then summons a little lost spirit, it really looks young.
Hello... the spirit greets them.
"Poor spirit, good thing you're in the hands of Phobetor, he will not let you be hurt." the imp said while playing with it.
"Oblivion means 'forgetfulness', I wonder why this river is found in Morpheus' Dream World..." Constantine's father said with curiosity.
Phobetor came back and the spirit flew to him.
"The River of Oblivion has a special role in this World. Since you know what does Oblivion mean, I might somehow tell you how it works..."
"Ooh... story telling, I love stories!" the imp said excitedly.
They both sat down to listen to Phobetor.
"The River of Oblivion is used to wash away some dreams, especially nightmares. It is called Oblivion for once it washes away the dreams, the individual dreaming of it will suddenly forget it. Some dreams do not pass the river that's why some people still remember what they have dreamed of. And this river may also help in fighting against incubi and succubi, for they visit in our dreams. According to modern world scientists and ancient philosophers, an individual dreams of more than 50 dreams in one night, and each dream may only last for a minute or two but it projects in mind like it may take for an hour. The river washes excess dreams away. If you also saw horrific visions and scary things, the river might wash that away for you to have a peaceful sleep. Having items like dream catchers may also affect the cycle here for it some instances, if you truly believe on it's 'magic', the mind will refuse to project the dreams so that you will have a dreamless sleep..." Phobetor explained.
"Wow! But what about the dreams that came true?" the imp asked.
"Only Morpheus knows about that, but I told you, don't show yourselves to him, he doesn't want anybody from the real world to discover this place."
"So, I guess we'll be going now, we can't stay here much longer, if Lucifer finds out about this too, we'll be dead..."
They are about to leave when Phobetor stopped them.
"WAIT! I have something to give to you..." Phobetor handed a mysterious object* to them.
"To give you a clue... take this picture: 
The imp gets it and they waved a goodbye to Phobetor. They noticed a letter with it. It says...
To you, young imp,
This object contains an aura of tormented souls and bad dreams, if you ever wish to activate it, you should know on how to get out of a nightmare, if the souls inside this object got you, your astral body or soul will be stuck inside and the only one thing to get you back is by another sacrifice. I gave this object to you for I know that it will come to be helpful someday, since you are now the owner, you should not activate it during your sleep, just activate it when you need help, for the creatures inside this thing might help you. They might be scary but remember they are just fears projected by the mind, if you overcome that fear, the souls will follow your orders and that's my special gift to you, the souls that looked like evil actually had good hearts, and they are a perfect companion in times of being troubled.
- Phobetor
They continued on their way out of the dream world, back to the real world.
End of Chapter 7, To Be Continued
Chapter 8: "You're Fortunate, Young One"
A year after going to Morpheus' Dream World, the imp finally got the chance to see a real punishment over a sinner who's going to be thrown to the real hell or Tartarus. The souls, spirits, and bodies gathered by "The Plank" to see the punishment. Lucifer was trying to let the man jump to the Tartarus.
"I don't want to! I don't want to suffer forever!"
"But what you've done is already done, you're already dead, there's nothing to do now, I'm sorry but this is your fate..." Lucifer pushed the man which made him fall to the Hell.
The imp saw a sign by a staircase which says Τάρταρος which means "Tartarus".
"So this is the only way through the Tartarus."
"But you see that staircase, right? It also leads there but only Lucifer and his minions can pass there." Constantine's father said.
When they peeked below, they can see high fortress walls which forbids the punished souls from escaping. They can also see the 5 rivers of Tartarus, which are Phlegethon, Styx, Lethe, Cocytus, and Acheron.
As they down below, they can see a gigantic hydra, almost like the one that Hercules killed. "Good thing you're still not thrown there..." the imp said.
"If we kept on obeying Lucifer's rules, we will stay here in the shallow Pit. But of we disobey just ONE rule, we may have a chance to be thrown there." Constantine's father said.
But, they didn't know that Lucifer was observing them lately. I have to observe these two, I'm having a suspicion that one of them disobeys me and will be thrown to Tartarus. Lucifer said in his mind.
The imp and Constantine's father sat by the magma-fall and from there, they can hear shouts, screams, and cries of the souls who were thrown into Tartarus.
"So this area is what you call the Limbo, right?" the imp asked the old man.
"You're right, this is the Limbo, but I guess this Limbo is now dead, since Christ has already visited this before, which means this shallow area of the pit is the Limbo of the Fathers."
"So, I guess there's no more way out of here, right?" the imp said teary-eyed.
"Don't worry, I'm sure that my son and Daisuke will come and save us from eternal punishment..."
"But they're not gods to save us from Hell..." the imp cried.
"But the gods will guide them along their way..." Constantine's father patted her back.
Lucifer kept observing them as they chat along the magma-fall. "Let's see who will survive in here... because it's obvious already that I'm not sacrificing the imp for nothing." he said in a scary tone.
The next day, Lucifer continues his observation. He watches the two of them very carefully as he stalks like a cat. He saw them taking out the special gift of Phobetor. The imp lifted it to the air and some spirits floated above Tartarus. "There, you're free now, now find your flesh bodies and live again once more!" the imp shouted as the spirits get out of Hell.
Lucifer became angry when he saw that so later that day, they prepared another judgment in the Council Court. But this time, the accused is Constantine's father was they say that the imp was innocent.
"Ladies and gentlemen, here we are again, getting together in the Council Court. Our new suspect is here! Let me present to you, <censored> (his name is forbidden to be told) , he will be judged today and we will see if he's rather guilty or not."
The imp just remembered what did the old man said before.
(FLASHBACK) This is the Council Court, where we gather together to see a new member here, or a member who's going to face eternal punishment. Whatever you do, you'll be always guilty, and you'll be forced to 'walk the plank'." (End of FLASHBACK)
There's no more hope for him, he'll face eternal punishment and there's nothing to stop it from happening... the imp thought teary-eyed.
Just a few minutes... "I accuse you as guilty!" Lucifer shouted. The imp cried silently, the tears won't stop from dripping from her eyes.
"This man will be taken to 'The Plank' and for his friends, that will be the last time you will talk to him." Lucifer said while dragging Constantine's father.
The others followed them to see the judgment, since the old man has no friends except for the imp, she's the only one who's going to talk to him.
"Listen, you're fortunate, young one, so stop crying... there's no point crying, nothing will happen... I've done a great sin on Earth that's why I deserve being thrown to Hell..." he said while wiping the imp's tears.
"I'll miss you very much, and all of those that you told me, I will keep all of them in my heart..." the imp said still crying.
"Hush now, I'm going, remember, always follow your fate and what your heart says, you'll be able to survive. Even though I'm gone, just remember all that I told to you, and you'll be able to do it. Just find a chance to escape and hope that the heavenly beings would help you pass the Devil's Lair." he said.
The guards pushed the imp away and drags the old man over "The Plank". They forced him to jump but he won't.
"Just push me, I'm too afraid to jump..." he said in a weakening voice.
The guards pushed him and he shouted: "Bye, young one, remember you're very fortunate!!!"
The imp cried loudly as the old man passes through the magma-fall, burning all his bones. It's just like the end of the world for her and she was paralyzed with fear. A young man walks near her and carries her. She was unable to speak.
"Don't worry, I will take a good care of you." the teen hushed the imp.
"Wh-Who are you...?"
"My name is Albion, trust me, that man also helped me since I arrived here..." he smiled.
The imp remembered another thing said by Constantine's father.
(FLASHBACK) "And one more thing, when you're kinda lost around, look for someone named Albion, he might be also helpful around." (End of FLASHBACK)
The imp wiped her tears and became determined that someday, she will get the chance to escape Hell.
End of Chapter 8, To Be Continued
Chapter 9: Albion and the Gravitas
As the imp was under the care of Albion, they didn't know that Lucifer is now planning the "Waves of Dark Forces". "I'm planning to start the Waves of Dark Forces, it is a series of attacks of my chosen minions to the world of humans to help us get Daisuke and Constantine. They may be heavenly or demonic, I will command them all to attack the above world!" Lucifer told to Satan.
"IS THAT SO? WELL THEN, I'M ALLOWING YOU TO DO IT, BUT DON'T KILL DAISUKE NOR CONSTANTINE, THEY ARE A VALUABLE SACRIFICE FOR ME" Satan replied.
Back in Albion's tent, found by the middle of a separate land on Gathering Circle...
"So this is your place here, but how did you get a tent like this here? And how did you ended up in hell?" the imp asked.
"First of all, I'm not damned at all, I'm just a prisoner of Satan temporarily. he then whispers to the imp. "He uses my wisdom to create things that would help them destroy mankind."
"But why are you following them? I'll be protecting you if you will rebel against them." the imp whispered back.
"No, that's not it... as you can see... my homeland is a place whose primary religion is Satanism. When Satan found out that I'm an anti-Satanist, he kidnapped me. He said that if I followed his orders, he would not care about my family nor my homeland, He would not touch them." Albion explained.
"Where do you came from anyway?" the imp asked.
"I'm a Gravitae, from the Kingdom of Gravitas."
"No way!!! You're a Gravitae?! Which means... you can control gravity!" the imp said surprised.
"I wish I can use my powers but Satan is holding them in the moment, he wouldn't give it to me until my work here is finished."
The imp is just silent and she watched Albion do the blueprints for the 'project'.
Meanwhile on Earth, everyone is getting ready for the upcoming magnetic shift. The ones in the underworld didn't know it. But, they didn't even know that they would the first one to experience the earthquake caused by the magnetic shift, which is caused by the Gravitas, but Albion didn't know it was them.
The place began to shake. Only light things were shaken by that time. Albion felt the sudden shaking of the ground. "And oh... I forgot to mention!" he said. "I can still use my powers in emergencies like meteor strikes and earthquakes.!"
The imp just keeps staring at Albion. "My mind can sense that a great earthquake will strike Earth, can you stop it?" the imp challenged.
"I guess so... but I'll do it!"
The both of them continues to feel on how the ground shakes. They looked outside. The others can also feel it now.
"I heard a news from the Underworld Elders that there is a magnetic shift on Earth, and there will be a major earthquake." one of them cried out loud.
"So there's a magnetic shift." the imp said.
"But it's so weird that there could be a magnetic shift that fast!" Albion paused. "Or maybe... it's not a normal natural phenomenon, maybe it's caused by the... the Gravitas!"
"Huh?"
"As you can see, Satan and Lucifer have doing everything to get the half-demon and half-humans on Earth! Maybe they commanded the Kingdom of Gravitas, which has a Satanism religion, to attack Earth!"
As the shaking of the ground goes more violently, the prisoners in the Pit just stayed on one side.
"Why do they just sit there and they aren't doing anything?!" the imp bragged.
"Well, that's because we don't have to worry anything, The Pit is safe from these attacks, and besides... even if this platform collapses, we'll all just go to Tartarus anyway..." Albion said.
The imp just paused and stared at the fish bowl, which contains just a fish bone and a model of a Transylvania-themed castle model, as the earthquake goes. She just sighed.
As the day goes, the imp gets asleep. Albion now concentrates...
Good, now no one will interrupt me... he said in his mind.
He then floats and recites a chant. A force field of gravity is created around him to protect him from distractions.
Earth was already ruined because of the great fury of the Gravitas. Every part of the globe is being toppled to the ground. But, in the Pit, the earthquake is like what a human feels when sleeping on a hammock by his garden.
Albion concentrates more. He still can't release the excess powers that Lucifer wasn't able to suck out of him. He is now spitting blood just to release this. But, his concentration helps the King of Gravitas to suck more power out of Earth's nature. Constantine then releases a part of his power, but a wrong one, the gravity inside his tent was taken away, so everything inside his tent, including the imp all floated and levitated in air. The imp awakens.
"What is going on here?!" she shouted.
Albion was surprised and his concentration was cut, his chant was ruined.
"Why did you shouted like that?!" Albion cried back.
All of the things in the tent all fell to the ground, with the imp.
"What was that? Why is it?!"
"I'm making a spell to help control the earthquake on Earth, by now, the King is now renewing Earth by a great earthquake! So please shut your mouth!"
"Alright, alright..."
The imp didn't speak then Albion continues his concentration, now, his power to control earthquakes was released. But since there's no way out of the Pit, the spell didn't took effect on Earth.
"My mind can see that the power of yours wasn't able to reach Earth, since the Pit was enclosed by the Devil's spell." the imp said in Albion's mind.
Albion concentrates more, he thinks about Heaven and the angels that are singing. Then by the long staircase was a city wherein a great light sits in it's middle. Suddenly, he released his power on Earth through the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro. The Statue glows* and released a great "miracle" the world has ever seen. By that time, the Statue gave Constantine, who is with Daisuke at Russia by that time, fighting against the Gravitas, and Albion didn't know that he was being used by God.
*this explains on how this happened as said in Kuroi's story, at Chapter 11.
As the imp watches Albion, the objects inside his tent began levitating again but this time, not with the imp. Albion glows like an angel.
I knew it... you're a half-Gravitae (singular for Gravitas) and a half-angel, what a great combination! she thought.
At Earth, when Constantine was finished to release the power given to him, the Christ the Redeemer Statue turns everything back to normal, everyone who died, which is about the population of the whole world, came back to life, and the ones that we're destroyed we're all repaired and gets back to normal but still, leaving some debris on the ground. The Statue stops glowing as the "miracle" ends, even Constantine stops glowing too. The whole world was saved.
Then by Albion's mind projects a vision on what's happening at the upper surface.
He saw Lucifer together with the King of Gravitas. Father, what is he doing there?
His father knelt to the ground like begging for something. Then he can see Lucifer pulling out the King's heart and smashes it. He saw how did his father died.
FATHER!!! NO!!! he shouted deep within his mind.
Tears then started dropping from his eyes to his cheeks. His concentration was over. The imp noticed him crying.
"Hey, how in the world did you cry? Is anything wrong...?"
"It's my father, he's... he's DEAD!" he said kneeling in the ground crying. "And I even saw how Lucifer brought our Kingdom back to the center of Earth!"
The calmed him down, from then on, Albion seeks revenge for his father's death. He wanted to kill Lucifer, that is... if he can.
End of Chapter 9, To Be Continued
Chapter 10: The Return to The Kingdom
As Albion continues to seek revenge against Lucifer, he heard that the Gravitas aren't a part of The Waves of Dark Forces anymore.
One day, he and the imp took a walk around the magma falls.
"Our loved ones are being pushed into this trouble too, I can't believe they sacrificed their lives to rebel against Lucifer." Albion sighed.
"Yeah, I can still remember Constantine's father when we go here, he thought me so many things..."
"And I've been trying to ask to you for a long time now, BlackCotton, have you met Constantine?"
"Yeah, I've met him, he's the one who sent me out of Hell, and told me the schemes of Lucifer and Satan."
"I just wish I would meet him someday, maybe he can help my kind."
They continued walking and found some traces of something.
"Hey, imp, look at this!"
"What is it?" the imp ran to Albion's location.
"These traces and cracks look like it was created by a giant object which is falling beneath the surface!" Albion cried.
"Then what is about that?"
They looked around and saw a cave, a very dark cave.
"Look, at that cave! I can feel that this is the cave that leads to The Kingdom of Gravita!"
"Really can we go?!"
They were about to pass the land bridge when a cavalier came.
"Greetings, I am the leader of the Christian crusade observing this cave here, who might you be?" the cavalier spoke.
"We are prisoners here, this is the Bottomless Pit."
"You're prisoners of the Bottomless Pit?..." the cavalier then laughed. "This can't possibly be the Bottomless Pit, how come we are not ending up to Hell?!"
"This IS Hell, this is the shallow part of the Bottomless Pit, a part of Hell, the entrance you'll enter to go to here is also Hell, but there is punishment found there, real punishment is found in Tartarus, look below you!" The imp grumped.
The general with his forces looked below, they saw a sea of fire and magma, with many souls striving for help and monsters trying to torture them, it was a horrible sight. They become frightened.
"You see now, and because you are Christians, your chances to end up there is very little!" An idea then came out of Albion's mind. "And say... I know what is inside that cave, if you take us with you, I can teach you the way to the other side."
The cavalier became suspicious at first, as he looks over Albion. "Okay, as you say so, we're counting on you."
The imp became curious why did Albion did that. "Why did you do that?" she whispered angrily.
"Relax, it's the only way to get out of Hell's clutches, and to go back to my hometown!"
The imp was speechless and just stared at where are they going.
"So if it's a Satanist kingdom, what would you do?"
"We would make them Christians, of course, we will help them from the schemes of Satan." the cavalier said.
They continued on walking, and still, nothing on sight, but a dark, cold cave.
"How long is this going to take anyway, uh... what's your name again?"
"Only a few more work, and my name's Albion and this imp is named BlackCotton."
They continued walking, or riding, but still nothing to be seen. But some pictographs are seen on the walls of the cave.
"I think I know this place, it was rumored around our country once in awhile, when a Christian army crusaded the Earth's magnetic core, they saw a huge kingdom, with humans living in it."
"Yes, and I'm one of the humans that live there." When Albion said those very words, the others stared at him. "I'm also a Christian, if must know. I'm the prince of The Kingdom of Gravita, Albion!"
The crusaders were surprised. The word "The Kingdom of Gravita" gave them the idea that it's the kingdom's name.
They continued the journey. They saw light from the end of the cave. "Sir, we can see a sparkle of light from there!" a soldier said.
They all hurried to the area. Albion was very happy. He could finally meet his people once again.
Isn't it nice to go home? I hope I can go home too... to Japan... the imp thought.
When they reached the area, they saw a very big wall. Albion shouted. "Downtown Gravita!!! I'm finally here, I'm going back to my kingdom, oh great Gravitas, your next king is coming!"
They ran to the gate, and the villagers and citizens blocked their road.
"WHOA!!!" they all exclaimed.
"What are you going to do with this place, Christians?"
"We're going to capture your kingdom, peacefully. We received the news that Lucifer has gave up on all of you, so we'll baptize this city into a holy one."
The citizens all stood on the side of the road, giving them way. They bowed down.
"Welcome to The Kingdom of Gravita, Christian crusaders, we welcome you to baptize our kingdom once again, without Satan, we can now all live peacefully." they all said.
The Christians, Albion, and the imp were all happy. The general stood above all of them.
"We also grieve for your king's death on the surface, but fortunately, we found the king's son, may I present to you.... ALBION!!!" the cavalier showed Albion to the public.
"Please show us the mark that you're really a royal-blooded Gravitae." an elder said.
Albion shows his back, it is marked with the symbol of The Kingdom, the people believed that it was true. They all welcomed them, and later that day, Albion was crowned as King, together with the baptism of the whole kingdom. The dark sky over the kingdom was removed, it was replaced with a clear blue sky, with the sun shining above them, Downtown Gravita can now also see the sun (see why at my Wiki). The kingdom is peaceful once more, and their primary religion was changed to Christianity, leaving their Satanist beliefs behind, Satanists were never allowed in the area.
Albion is very happy that he's back in his hometown.
Isn't it really nice to go back to your home? the imp thought happily.
End of Chapter 10, To Be Continued
Chapter 11: The Kingdom of Gravita
A day after the declaration of independence, new king, and the blessing of the kingdom, Albion took the imp for a travel around the kingdom.
I can remember Constantine's father... he also introduced me to the Bottomless Pit while we're there, I wonder what could have happen to him... Hell is a harsh place... I hope he's at the Limbo. the imp thought while looking over the towering buildings and residential areas below.
"You know what, Black Cotton, my father was killed by Lucifer, I'm so glad that the Christians finally took over the kingdom... I don't know what will Lucifer will do to punish us." Albion said with a tone of worry.
"Alright, time to introduce my kingdom to you Black Cotton. Listen very carefully, you might see these buildings everyday when you come out to see the place." he introduced.
They started over the outskirts of the city, the Downtown Gravita.
"This is the mining city, the lace where many mining caves are dug and where the miners live." they continued, passing over the river.
"This river is a very special river, it changes its temperature according to the time of the day, perfect to use also when it's summer or winter." the imp looked down. "Now that's amazing, is Lucifer the one who created this river?" she asked. "Yeah, but that is during the time when we still have close bonds with Him.
They crossed over the platform where the kingdom starts.
"This is the place where the miners live. The Great Walls of Gravita is the wall that separates and protects the kingdom from the outsiders. It was destroyed when the Christians first invaded our kingdom. If we only knew Lucifer would betray us... we should've welcomed the Christians a long time ago."
They continued over the Upper Gravita.
"This is the Uptown, mostly of this place are residential areas. The center of religion is also found here, the House of Worship. We used to go there every Friday to worship Satan, but now we will go there every Sunday, if possible everyday, to worship the Lord our God.
They continued to the entrance to the Royal Grounds.
"This tower over here is the Obelisk of Lucifer, but it's name was changed to Obelisk of Memoria, meaning that our past with Lucifer is already history."
"Why is that obelisk built anyway"
"This was used to mark that we have a treaty between Lucifer, but now it is now a structure symbolizing the history of the kingdom."
They entered the huge door and entered the Royal Grounds.
"These are the Royal Grounds, the center of government. The Castle is the real center of everything, from government to our culture. Our Art Gallery, found deep beneath the Underground Dungeon, was once locked from public but now it is open to everybody."
Albion and the imp continued to the center of the royal gardens. "This is the Pylon of Gravitas, another center of religion, it is where our powers came from. We used it to create earthquakes and tectonic movements over the surface. Now, we promised not to interfere with Nature, and this building is now a landmark."
They continued to the throne room. "During the construction of our kingdom, we wandered Japan and other parts of the globe and adapted some of their cultures and traditions, like paintings, food and architecture."
"Thanks very much, your Highness, it's very nice knowing you, now I need a place to stay for the night, until next time, your Highness. Bye!"
"Just Albion for you, Black Cotton, and stay in the castle for the night, it's hard to find shelter especially during dawn, every resting places are being occupied." Albion said.
The imp smiled and accepted the request. Tomorrow, the rise of their kingdom is going to happen.
End of Chapter 11, To Be Continued
Chapter 12: The Rise of the Kingdom
The next day, the day every Gravitae have been waiting for, the day when The Kingdom of Gravita rises to the surface, but this time, it will be peaceful, unlike their first attempt.
The people were looking over the sky as it changes as the kingdom rises. "People of Gravita, Gravitas for short, we're about to see the rising of The Kingdom of Gravita into the surface world. Thanks to the help of the Orion Palace." Albion presented as he stands at the top of the Pylon of Gravitas.
"I can't believe I will see the rise of the Gravitas. This is the first time I will see a kingdom rise from the underground." the imp thought.
By 10:00am, time of Japan, the kingdom finally reached the surface, this time they were by the side of Mount Fuji.
"People, we have reached the surface!!!" Albion shouted. Finally, they once again saw the vast blue sky with white clouds hovering.
"Just to remind you people, we are on Mount Fuji in Japan." the imp announced. "In case you don't know Mount Fuji is an extinct volcano, so you may consider it as a mountain."
The people rejoiced and set up a feast to celebrate their rise to the surface. They celebrated the feast for the whole day.
The next day, early in the morning, the mountain shakes. People were trembled. Once again, Black Cotton stood up the Pylon.
"Fear not, people of Gravita, or Gravitas, the shaking doesn't mean the mountain is going to explode, there must be an earthquake. Fault lines must have moved." the imp said.
"But... young imp, if it's an earthquake, we, the Gravitas, should have felt that." a citizen replied.
"Oh yeah... right..." the imp scratched her head due to embarrassment.
"Which means, there must be something wrong!" a citizen panicked. The other people panicked too.
"Calm down, my people. We will try anything to stop this mountain from erupting." Albion calmed the people.
But it's too late, Mount Fuji erupted, which is a miracle, since it's already extinct.
"Oh no."
The people looked to the city below, it seems the people aren't panicking. "Wait, we are the only one seeing the mountain erupt. Which means...." the imp said. "This is a work of something we can only see, yokai."
"Yokai?" Albion asked.
"Well, they are some kind of sacred spirits in the Japanese mythology. But in this case, they are real." the imp replied. "But that's strange, why would they attack us?"
"Maybe, we have done something wrong, as I know, Mount Fuji is sacred mountain and maybe, we have interfered with the spiritual balance."
"No, there is something wrong."
Albion, together with his royal companions, Tierro and Humus, and Black Cotton traveled to the forest of Mount Fuji. As they move towards the peak, they can still see the snow cap that is covering Mount Fuji's summit, mystical smokes and lava are being spewed from the crater.
"This is really weird... even though the mountain erupts, the ice cap isn't melting."
"Your Highness, I am sensing a very large force underground." Tierro warned.
"We must be careful, My King, this force is different from the first one." Humus said.
"Don't worry, I'm being careful."
"It's about to be released!" Tierro warned for the last time.
A large eruption occurred, causing an unexplainable earthquake to the city below. (This happened before Quetzalcoatl, see Kuroi and Daisuke's story, arrived, it's a minor event. People thought this is an aftershock from the magnetic shift).
Ittan-momens, a yokai which looks like a strip of white cloth, began to fly out of the crater, they tied themselves together and created a circle rotating around the crater. Ko-damas, another yokai - a spirit of a tree, also appeared and outnumbered other trees. Noppera-bos also came out of the crater, then lifted their hands like something divine is going to emerge. Kitsunes, tanukis, and mujinas started to appear out of the woods. A Will-o'-the-wisp, or hitodama, emerged from the crater, the other yokais seem to be following the wisp.
A person's image suddenly appeared.
"Oh my G-!!!" the imp exclaimed.
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