Anastasia

To find a demon

"So what can I do for you?" I asked the man sitting opposite me, Mike, he had introduced himself as he sat

"My fiancé has been missing for two weeks, the council won't help me find her"

"And you want me to find her?" I asked

"No your majesty, I could never ask you to do that, I would, however, ask you to compell the council to look for her" Mike took a breath and I took the opportunity to ask questions of my own

"Why won't the council help? She hasn't been missing that long" I asked my first question
"Maya is a demon, so the ....."

"A demon?" I whisper shouted, interrupting him talking, "I am not helping you with this" I stood up ready to leave
"Why your majesty?" he asked as if there was nothing wrong with demons
"Because they're evil"
"No they're not"
"Love is blind, demons are from hell"
"Yeah they were created by the devil to punish the damned, how are they evil?" he paused long enough to give me time to answer, but I had no answer, Mike shook his head and carried on "Demons punish those who have entered hell, murderers, rapists, pedophiles, if hell is prison, the demons are the prison guards, they are made, created, for the purpose of punishing, that's it, Maya has never hurt anyone whilst she's been on Earth, but if you don't want to help, that's okay, I'm sorry I wasted your time" Mike stood to leave but I stopped him

"No, Mike, I'm sorry, please let's sit, and talk" I suggested as I touched his shoulder to stop him from leaving.

"Okay so I've been reading about Evangeline, the first ever witch, and she had many powers, including the ability to find people, all we have to do is find a witch that has the ability to find people, they can help you find Maya, you don't need the council" I told him with a smug smile, but Mike shook his head
"It won't work, your majesty, the witches that have this ability can only find those that have a soul, and seen as though demons are created not born...."
"....Demons don't have souls, so the witches cannot help, great" I finished for him sarcastically

"Well we'll have to do this the mortal way, I'll be Sherlock, you be Watson" I announced with a smile
"Who?" Mike asked

"Sherlock the detective?" Mike just shook his head, "With a bowlers hat, and a pipe?" Mike, again shook his head "The smartest detective the world has ever seen?" When Mike shook his head again I sat back in my chair "Never mind" I dismissed it with a wave of my hand, I thought for a bit

"Mike, what if Maya went back to hell?"

"She wouldn't do that, not without telling me

"Okay what if the devil couldn't stand that she came here and took her back?"

"Lucifer doesn't care, the demons can come and go as they please, demons stay on Earth for hundreds of years at a time, when they feel like going back, they go back" Mike told me, I thought for a bit again, I passed my note book and pen to Mike

"Make a list of all the people Maya knows, here on Earth we'll question them, maybe someone knows something?"

Mike took the pen and book, we sat there for about ten minutes, Mike had written five names, himself being one of them
"That's it?" I asked a little surprised

"As far as I know?" Mike shrugged

"Maya has been on Earth for fifty years, this time round, I don't know who she knows, where she goes, all I know is that we're getting married in less than two months, and I love her, and I can't live without her" Mike got a little upset at the end, I did understand, but I also knew this was going to be harder than I thought, I didn't know what I was doing, or what I was going to do next, I stared at the list but not really reading it,

"Okay, where did Maya live? Maybe there are clues"

"She lived with me" Mike announced as he stood up, I stood too, he put out his hand for me to take, when I took it he blinked us to his house, and quickly let go of my hand, we stood outside a red brick building, the door looked wooden, but no handle, Mike pushed open the door, we were in the living room, there was a door in front of us that led to the dining room, on my right was the tv and on my left, against the wall, was the sofa, there were pictures on the wall, a coffee table that was bare and a potted plant in the corner, with nothing to see in this room, I walked towards the dining room, there were stairs leading to the first floor on the right, in front was the door leading to the kitchen, this room had a bookshelf, and a dresser with two doors and three drawers, on the dresser were ornaments and a picture of Mike and, who I assumed to be, Maya, I picked up the picture, Maya was showing off a ring on her finger

"That's Maya, the day we got engaged" Mike had a sad smile on his face, "Would you like drink?" Mike asked I was about to answer but I felt a presence

"Someones coming, friend or foe? I don't know, red hair, makeup, summer dress, even though it's cold out" I looked at Mike "It's my power, to see who's about to knock" I shrugged,

"Cool" Mike said as he went to open the door "My power is to talk to animals"

"Mike" the girl shrieked, as soon as mike opened the door the girl hugged him, Mike nearly fell backwards

"Julie, hi" Mike greeted her, Julie could see me

"Who's this?" she asked wait was that anger, jealousy, both?"

"Oh Julie this is Queen Anastasia she's helping me find Maya" Mike introduced me, oblivious to the venom in Julie's voice

"Maya?, Mike the demon is gone stop looking for her, she wasn't good enough for you, you don't need her"

"I know you think so, but I love her, and I will never stop loving her, you're my best friend Julie, please try to understand" Mike was holding Julie by her shoulders,when she smiled and nodded Mike let go of her

"Wait, you called Maya a demon, why?" I asked intruiged

"Because she is a demon?" Julie said in duh tone

"Mike? did you know that Julie knows?", I asked to which Mike shook his head no, I looked at the list again

"Mike why is Julie not on the list?" I asked checking it twice

"Julie is my best friend, your majesty she would never......"

"Everyone that Maya knew was supposed to be on the list"

"But they're not that close"

"She knows that Maya is a demon, I think they're close"