//------------------------------// // Lana // Story: Demonic // by DJDemitri //------------------------------// Time: "Day 12" Place classification 0022902 Section 13.32 Void Status: Active "Novi Liberi" accounted for: 908,974,468,208,782,901,789,568 Job Classification: Guide Another day another selection of souls pushed through the gate, I may have missed a few when counting but does it really matter? Lana is still here regardless of what I tell her. I still try to convince her that her perfect world is waiting but she just curls up in the corner with another book. I keep asking about her previous life but she gives me nothing in response, not even a "stop asking" or "piss off", just silence. I don't know what to say, so I just play with the fire some more. It really is a pretty flame, allowing me to play with it changes its color, intensity, and brightness. Lana tried to play with me but it still hurts her very severely. She has since kept a safe six foot distance from it since. She has taken to writing down her feelings and thoughts as well. When I'm not she is and it is truly saddening to see how content she is with what I do. If this continues she will just end up in the same boat as me, alone at another gate just pushing every type of being through to the void. I don't know, what to say though. It has been nice having extended conversation with a face that doesn't change. All things must end though. I have taken to going on walks with her to show her the emptiness and loneliness of this plane of existence but all it seems to do is draw her closer to me. She refuses to go farther than arms reach of me and it really starting to worry me. I feel like some sort of father figure at this point, which is bad for both of us. I have to find some way to get her out of here on her terms. I don't know but I may just take a peek in her diary to find something to convince her to go out on her own. By the next time I write in this journal she will have moved on and I can get back to work. Time: "Day 15" Place classification 0022902 Section 13.32 Void Status: Inactive "Novi Liberi" accounted for: 1,740,037,368,983,589,309,094,794 Job Classification: Guide I know it has been a while since I wrote in this but it has been hell since my little plan backfired. I screwed up looking through her diary and she found me in the act. She is upset, I know nothing new, and now I can't find her. This is really bad because if I lose a soul out there not only will I be reprimanded but Lana will end up in a whole new type of hell. Damn it, why am I writing in this thing? I have to go out and find her before it's too late. I remember, I am writing because I need to calm down and collect my thoughts. This is helping a lot actually but I need to go out there, sorry for not writing too much this time around. I hope I find her... Time: "Day 18" Place classification 0022902 Section 13.32 Void Status: Inactive "Novi Liberi" accounted for: 1,740,037,368,983,589,309,094,794 Job Classification: Guide Well this has been an enlightening experience, I have found her and brought her back to my chambers. She traveled quite a distance before I found her. It didn't take much convincing to bring her back, she is deathly afraid of the dark and now I know why. As it turns out she had a terrible life before her death. She was living in poor conditions with an abusive mother who drank away their food. She lived most of her life crying in her bed or walking the streets looking for something to eat. They stole cable and spent enough time at a comic store which is why she knows so much about these little things like the show. Turns out the last month of her life was spent locked in a basement, alone and in the dark, because her step father was "tired of looking at her". There is a lot more but I don't feel it is appropriate to write every filthy detail she talked about with me down. This is why she is afraid to let go of me and move on to the void. The void is dark and cold but I am the only thing that speaks nicely to her and treats her kindly. The worst thing though is that she has grown too attached to me in the short time we've known each other, because she will only go through the void if I do it with her. I don't even know if it is possible for two souls to share a world... I really don't know about this, I will have to really think about it. I mean one one hand, leaving my position and going in is what I always wanted and this girl could give me enough courage to make that final step in... on the other I have been doing this for so long I am not sure who else would? Could I really push this repetitive life onto another? Is this a weak argument? I don't know why I need convincing but... I really just have to take a walk... Side note: Lana has taken to sleeping beside me when I lay down. I'm not sure why, but its nice to have something to protect or at least pretend to... whatever, it's nice and I don't need to convince myself it's for a reason. Time: "Day 20" Place classification 0022902 Section 13.32 Void Status: Inactive "Novi Liberi" accounted for: 1,740,037,368,983,589,309,094,794 Job Classification: Guide I think I will walk in with her. There is nothing for me here and I think I have spent my time here. I have put a note to Lucifer that I am making the final step and will do the customary of leading the last batch of souls in through the gate before I close up and make this step. Everything is happening so quick since I started writing but... every adventure starts somewhere I guess, and for as long as I have been here it is about time I got mine. This will be the last time I open this gate and collect lost souls. I can't believe I'm really saying that. Time: "Day 21" Place classification 0022902 Section 13.32 Void Status: Active "Novi Liberi" accounted for: 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Job Classification: Guide[/s Everything is put in order and I am ready to take the step. She wants to hold my hand and jump in, I think that is beautiful if not a bit corny. I will miss the fire and the books but I guess I can't have everything I want. After this entree I will become something completely different from what I am now. I will lose everything I have known... that is scary... too late to talk myself out of it. Now I'm just stalling. Goodbye life I knew. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They jumped in hand in hand. The demon and the spirit, together created a world that mirrored the lives they knew and damned if they didn't have the perfect outline to start. That show she talked about with the ponies, strangely became their new reality. It was dark at first, then a light started bright and shining. Then a moon came and soon it was dark again. After a few hours Caleb woke up in a field alone. He felt strange trying to stand. He stumbled a fell a few times before realizing he had to stand on all fours. He wobbled to his feet...uhh... hooves and looked up. "Lana?" He called out into the field. So much for sharing a world, even still this was a nice place to come into. A very bright a exuberant land with plenty of creatures fluttering about or scampering on the ground. They all seemed very much.... alive. What a change! Alive! Amazing how much better it is to be in a world that has life and color! It felt so safe and heavenly and, well, happy. Lana did tug at him a bit though. It was a shame she couldn't be here with him. He figured there was no real use to sit around without testing out his new legs. After a few clumsy steps he simply walked. It was astonishing feeling the fresh grass with dew and the cool morning air. He stopped and breathed in. Breathing in itself was nice but there were all types of smells. He couldn't name a single one except... Cinnamon? How did he know that? He also knows that smelling cinnamon was usually in a pastry which isn't found... it's cooked. With the power of deduction that means there are other intelligent beings that he can communicate with. What is he exactly? A pony he guessed if it was anything like what Lana told him about the show, but she mentioned there were other creatures besides ponies. Well first things first, find out what that smell is and where it is coming from, and what that sharp pain in his lower abdomen was. The smell got stronger in the direction of the rising sun so that was his first destination. Walking a few feet he kept his nose in the air, amazed how smell can lead someone so... *CRACK* A snap and a excruciating yell. Pain is also a new concept and breaking your front left foot by stepping in a hole you never saw coming was a very active way to introduce yourself to it. After a while of yelling in pain Caleb looked up to see an audience of gathered animals all staring him down. A paranoid feeling ran through him as the animals crowded around. The thought that they might be hungry was a recurring one. Stood up on three legs and made sure to keep his hurt one raised. He walked a few inches before a medium sized bird landed on his raised hoof. I guess it had mistaken it as an invitation to land when all it really did was cause Caleb to collapse in pain and whimper. "What a great way to start his new life." He whispered to himself. As he tried to stand again he saw a pair of yellow legs and pink hair ahead of him. "Oh my Celestia! Are you okay you poor wittle thing? Are you hurt?" The mares voice was soft and sweet but panicked and fast. A weird combination really but he wasn't sure how to respond. "Oh, no. Please I am fine. I just have to find something." He stood up again lifting his hoof once again and making sure that flying rat was safely away from the injury. Getting a better view of the creature it was a rather pretty mare with excessively long hair and she was hiding behind some of... "Lana?" The mare looked at him and blushed and looked away "Oh no... I'm Fluttershy..." She immediately looked back down at Caleb's hoof and seemed to gain back confidence. "There's no time, we have to deal with this now! Come with me your poor, poor, pony." She fluttered next to him and leaned against his hurt side and applied weight to keep him balanced. He was more dumbstruck that she could go from silent and shy to caring about his injury immediately. She spoke 'Come on to my cabin and I'll fix that right up. And then you can ask me any question you need to." That's probably the best news he got. It is a little overwhelming having all these feelings, new territory, and some other being helping him through this new thing of pain.