"Hell can freeze by her command"
47|DEAD YET NOT QUITE
The throne room is shocked and they object to her decision. Some are even planning on climbing up the steps to the thrones. "Deorsum ignis, ego regina Arabella mandatum tuus ut ostendere potentiam tuam ut peccatorum" Arabella begins to chant over and over again. Her voice low at first but the more she says it, the louder it becomes. The world becomes silent. The roaring flames around the room have stopped moving and freeze in their spots. No sound can be heard and like Hell has frozen over, nothing moves. "Deorsum ignis, ego regina Arabella mandatum tuus ut ostendere potentiam tuam ut peccatorum" She continues to chant.
The magic radiating inside of her begs to be let out. Luna watches the girl with awe as she knows what she is chanting and though she does not know exactly what is going to happen, she knows that it will be spectacular. Hades is sitting on his throne with his on of his leg crossed over the other and he's leaning back, the smirk as visible as ever on his face. He watches the love of his life as he too, knows what is about to take place. Arabella is going to punish the sinners.
Everything is so silent and quiet, no one dares to speak a word as she continues to chant. Her fire eyes filled with nothing but rage as all she wishes is for those who have defied her to be punished. They will respect her for she is their Queen and they are the ones that are there to be punished for what they have done in the human world, they should not be punishing others. The unstable world can only become stable once she stabilizes it and she intends to do exactly what, show everyone why she is their Queen and why they should be bowing before her.
Finally she stops chanting and with her hands she shoots out shock waves, loud and strong shock waves. Each and every Demon in the room begins to wail in pain as their hands shoot up to hold over their ears as the loud ear-piercing noise is too much for them to take. The screams fill the room, yet all fires that are there still remain stuck as if they have been frozen in time. Arabella's lips curl in a smirk when she sees them in so much pain.
The innocent girl that she used to be is slowly being taken over by the Queen that she has become and soon the Queen is all she will be, yet she does not wish to lose that kind innocent part inside of her. "You are all my subjects and each and every one of you will follow my rules for this is how it will be from now on" She says to them all as the shock waves disappear. The fires continue on like they had been before, like none of this had ever taken place yet the Demons have fallen to the ground holding their ears.
"You are all dismissed" She then speaks before she turns around and sits back on her throne. The Demons on the floor walks out of the castle in pain, all of them with pounding headaches in their heads. All of them complaining about their Queen yet this does bring them one step closer to respecting her as their Queen. They do recognize her as their Queen yet the respect might not be there yet it will come in time. Arabella is there to stay and she is not going anywhere, at least not in this lifetime or the next and all after that one.
"You did well, my love" Hades tells her as all of them have gone out of the throne room, leaving them all alone in there or so they think. The two of them do not know it, yet Luna watches them still. The sorrow hanging over her like a shadow she cannot get rid of. For the girl that lives in the shadows, this is the one shadow she does not wish to have. After what she has done to the only person she has considered to be her friend.
"I feel as though I have driven them away from us. I do not wish to hard them yet they do need to learn their lesson" She tells him with a sigh escaping past her. Inside her there is a battle between the Queen and the kindness and all that is pure and good inside of her, battling on who she is supposed to be. "It is hard to be the one that has to punish them yet remembering that they are the evil in this world does help" He tells her, though he does not like lying to her.
These Demons might be the evil in the world yet she does love to punish them and he does love to watch them in pain and he did like it when they were screaming in pain just only minutes ago. "How can I be a Queen when I have to do this to the ones that I rule over, I do not understand this" She says. In that moment she feels like the girl that she was when she first came there. When she did not understand anything. Everything and everyone were different from her and she did not understand.
The food, the clothes, the speech was even different and still now she doesn't know it all. But she does know that she's willing to try to understand for she belongs there. She knows that and she is supposed to the Queen. Hades takes her hand and kisses it. "My love, you and I are going to be the rulers of this kingdom and while you are the one that is more powerful, I shall handle the evil deeds" He tells her. Though, Hades is satisfied that she is welcoming her gift and the one that she is supposed to be.
He does not want her to become tainted with evil, he feels this protective instinct inside of him that says that he has to protect her from all evil. And he has not been doing such a good job at it yet he has swore now that he is who he is and not the one that was the good side of him, he's ready to do anything to protect her, he's willing to go through any lengths to keep her safe, no matter what it is, he shall do it, for he has fallen in love with that girl and will do anything for her.
She sits on the throne and watches the fire around the room, tuning out everything. The fire calms her down, but it has been doing that since she was a small child, yet never knew why until she came into the Underworld and knew who she was. The fire and Arabella have always had a strong bond, even when she knew nothing of it and now she knows that it was because of the Hellfire that has always been running through her veins. "What do you think of?" He asks her as he sees how she stares at the dancing flames that light the throne room up.
"I met your father, I believe it was your father at least. He told me that" She tells him yet she does not look at him as he looks shocked and angry at that. "What did he say?" He asks her, the anger in him rising with each second juts by the thought of his father. "I can't remember, though he helped me find my way back, back to you" She tells him and only then she looks up to meet his crimson red eyes who have darken yet soften slightly when looking into her firey eyes.
"We should talk about this later, for now I have an idea on how to cheer you up" He tells her and she gives him a puzzled look, not even sure what can cheer her up after what she has been through and after the pain that has been brought to her. "And what is that?" She asks him when he doesn't answer her look. He still holds her hand and she knows that she would not be able to make it through all if this if she did not have him with her.
"We could go visit the Dragons" He tells her and he watches as her face light up by those words. The eyes that can only draw him closer in widen with surprise and shock as she hears those words come from his mouth. Her own mouth that he would love to kiss drops open. "There are Dragons here?" She asks me and then she looks around, tries to see if she can spot them. And finding it rather odd that she has not seen any since coming to Hell, if there were Dragons, Arabella would've seen one by now.
He nods his head and she cannot believe that all this time that she's been there, these couple of weeks that she's been in the Underworld and thought there were only Demons around and nothing more and only now she's discovering that there are Dragons. "Are you sure they are real? I've only heard about Dragons in legends and myths" She tells him. She doesn't know how to feel as Dragons are something that only should exist in stories, yet then again she herself along with everything to do with the Underworld should only be real in stories.
"My love, Dragons are my favorite creatures, beside you of course" He tells her. He notices that his older brother is looking at him and Hades can already tell that he wants to speak to him. "You can wait for me here, I will go get something" He tells her and stands up from his throne and walks over to his brother, making sure that Arabella doesn't see where he is going. Then again, she's too distracted in her excitement and it's good to keep the young girl's mind distracted so she will not think of things he'd rather not have her think of.
"What is it, brother?" He asks him as they are in the hallway with closed door, yet he makes sure to have an easy access to Arabella if she needs him. "The bodies, what do you wish for me to do with them?" He asks Hades who had in a small moment forgotten all about the bodies and how there is one body in their bed chambers. "Burn them, but I want her to be with" He says, referring to the love of his life who sits on the throne as far as he knows.
The two brothers might be in a war with each other as they have always been in, however because of the situation they do need to be able to be around one another. "Another thing, that girl... Thalia, she had fallen in love with one of them and now suffers a great deal of pain. It is only a matter of time before that beautiful girl on the throne will feel the same. No matter how strong she is, the pain will soon be too much for her" Poseidon tells his brother. Arabella had felt so much pain and she had let it out, yet that pain will continue to haunt her, or so they believe.
They do not know that at this very moment, the two brothers that had died have now taken a couple of breaths and their hearts beat normally. Jaxon sits on the floor in confusion, Luna's words echoing in his mind and he can't believe that he is alive. Also he's alone in the room, like everyone has left. He has his hands on his chest, feeling his own heartbeat and trying to see if he truly is alive or not as he should be dead.
His older twin brother, Grayson died and he died along with him but here he is, alive and breathing. It's impossible, yet then again his own sister is the Queen of Hell and his mother is... he doesn't he know. However, all of what has been happening to either them or Arabella is impossible yet it exists. He stands up and he feels as good as he can be, yet he doesn't know in what condition his brother is in and he has to find him. Jaxon runs out of the room and into the hallways and he goes the same direction as he remembered where the room is where Luna had kept them.
As soon as he walks in the room, he notices his older brother on the ground, with blood everywhere and for a moment he feels as if his heart has stopped by seeing this in front of him. Yet when he sees how Grayson is breathing he is quick to kneel beside his brother and check his pulse, never minding the blood that soaks into his clothes. "Grayson?" He asks when he feels that there is a strong pulse which should not even be possible given the amount of blood that stains the floor and both their clothes now.
"Jaxon?" He asks as he opens up his eyes and sits up. All feeling of pain gone from his body and the knife that was used to stab him gone, like it never existed at all. "What happened to us?" He asks as his younger brother helps him stand up. Both of them looking equally as confused and puzzled as ever. "I do not know. I believe that girl, Luna, killed yet here we are" Jaxon says, his voice is nothing but confusion and uncertainty.
"Do you think we are still dead?" Jaxon then asks after coming to the realization that perhaps they are dead, yet still in the Underworld since it is a place where the dead are, only the sinners. The two of them are rather young and when thinking of it, it's hard to believe that they have ever committed a sin for all they have done so try to protect the young girl that they call sister. "I see no other explanation for this" The older one answers as he goes out of the room. The blood still fresh on his clothes.
"Where are you going?" The younger twin asks as he follows Grayson, he, however does turn around nor does he look at him. "We need to find Arabella, as soon as possible. She will be able to explain this whole thing. She is after all the Queen" Grayson says and that makes his younger brother angry. "Now you think of her as the Queen? You did not before, what has changed your mind?" He asks, though the answer to the last question is something that he might know but doesn't wish to believe it. Grayson turns around to face him.
"What was the first thing you felt when you woke up?" He asks and then walks over to his younger brother who looks at him with shock written all over his face. "I had this urge to bow down before her" He confesses and realizes that the two of them now have become Demons and are actually dead, yet still not fully dead. The situation they are in is confusion and the only one that can explain it would be Hades, yet he scares the two brothers, not that they would ever say that out loud.
But, they need to find their sister, they need to make sure she is all right. The last thing they knew is that she was deep in slumber on the bed, yet when Jaxon woke up, she was gone. And both of them feel her energy, they know she is awake yet in what state is she in? That they do not know. "That is right, I feel it to and we must find her" He says and then turns around once again to follow the feelings that he has in his body, the feelings and instincts to go to her to find her and be near her, and he's not the only one who's feeling like this as his brother feels this too and neither of them can get rid of this feeling.
The two brothers search for their sister and they keep wondering how they have come back to life, yet both of them already know they are Demons. But what are Demons? They don't know and they need explanation of this whole thing and only their sister and perhaps the man she has fallen in love with and the man they don't approve of for her has all the answers to their questions.
In Poseidon's room, Thalia has sat up. The dried tears staining her face and fresh one's falling down her face as if they never want to stop. Her body exhausted to the limited and a headache has taken over her from all the crying that she has done, yet that is nothing compared to the emotional pain that she is going through and the heartbreak is real and it hurts her more than anything has ever done in her life. Yet she can't sit there and cry, through the pain she has work to be finished.
She wants to serve her Queen and now be there for her when she too is suffering from heartbreak and she wishes to become her maid as she is in need of a maid and a maid can't cry all the time like she has been doing. She stands up from the bed but she does take a look around. This room is unlike any other room in the castle and the whole Underworld. For started it is blue all over, though for the King of the Deep, it is to be expected. She doesn't want to be rude as she walks out of the room and doesn't look back.
Now all she needs to do is find the Queen that she serves and she has a feeling that she is in the throne room. She wasn't listening when they were speaking after Arabella woke up, as all she could think of was the pain she was feeling inside of her and the heartache was too much. She walks down the hallways, trying to wipe the tears away and make herself look presentable to the Queen. As she is walking down the hallways she freezes to the spot, petrified when her eyes catch something or rather someone she believed to be dead.