Chapter 10

It was bad enough I was chased all around the castle by a group of horny mares who wanted to literally manhandle me into mating with them, now I’m in the presence of two equally horny mares who no doubt wanted the same thing. Spitfire and Fleetfoot begin to walk towards me with a sway in their step but I turn my body around and give them a harsh glare making them stop in their tracks.

“What’s wrong, Lock, why are you looking at us like that?” Spitfire asks.

“Yeah, don’t you want to spend some quality time with us? It’s not often you get an opportunity to mate with two sexy mares like us,” Fleetfoot said as she winks at me.

“Well let me be crystal clear to the both of you,” I snap, “I’m not in the mood to mate with anyone right now, especially neither of you.”

“Are you sure you wanna turn us down?” Spitfire said as she starts to unfurl her wings. Fleetfoot does the same and they look like they were about to lunge at me but I grit my teeth and activate my flames. Embers flicker off my body as I continue to glare at them and they then start to back down and look fearful of me.

“Stand aside…” I growl.

They both look at each other and step to the side and I walk past them to the door while tucking my bottle of scotch in my jacket pocket. Before I open the door I look over my shoulder and see Spitfire and Fleetfoot still looking at me fearfully.

“Don’t be here if I come back,” I command and I walk out the door.

I was pissed, beyond pissed that something so stupid that this Heat would cause mares to act so incomprehensible that they’d resort to attacking stallions just to satiate their own needs. As I was marching through the halls of the castle my flames were still burning due to my rage and I was leaving burning footprints in my wake. I ignored any mare who spotted me and I glared daggers at any who dared try to approach me which made them tremble in fear as they backed off. If I wasn’t in the mood to mate before I sure as hell am not now and someone is going to answer for this inexcusable behavior.

“Dimitri, I believe you should calm down,” Lucifer said as he appears next to me.

Not now, Lucifer, I’m not in the mood for your banter, I snap in my head.

“Do you think getting angry over something so trivial is worth the consequences that may follow?” He asks.

I honestly could give a shit because all this is so fucking stupid. So do yourself a favor and get lost because they’re going to answer for this wether they want to or not, I sneer.

“Very well, I suppose you have the right to be displeased so I’ll leave you to it,” Lucifer sighs as he disappears.

I continue my enraged march to the throne room where Molestia and the others are no doubt discussing how to capture me or Flash so they could satisfy themselves which made me even more enraged at the mere thought. I turn the last corner and spot the throne room doors and almost break into a run towards them. As I near the doors I lift one of my legs and kick the doors open causing them slam and almost break off their hinges. As expected, Celestia, Luna, and the Mane Six were startled at my abrupt entrance and look at me in shock. My flames seem to flicker more violently when I notice they have a couple stallion guards actually tied up and their trousers were about to be undone.

“Lock? Is that you?” Celestia asks.

“Let…them…go…now…“ I growl with venom in my voice. All the mares start to tremble in fear as Celestia immediately unties the stallions and they redo their pants and run past me and out the door.

“What the ever living fuck were you all about to do to them…” I ask. They say nothing and look at each other which makes me lose my patience.

“TELL ME!!!” I scream as a wave of flames burst from by body.

My wings unfurl instinctively and each of the feathers are coated with flames. If I could see myself now I’d probably look like a demon straight out of Hell but I’m too pissed to care.

“We…” Celestia stutters, “W-We just n-needed somepony t-to help ease our h-heat…”

“So you thought it was a good idea to hogtie a couple guards and rape them?” I accuse.

“Rape?” Luna asks, “this isn’t rape, they were just-“

“THEN WHAT THE FUCK ELSE IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE?!?” I scream again making some of them cower in fear.

“I thought Flash was just over exaggerating, that you mares literally hunt down males to satisfy your own sick sexual desires. I wanted to train my apprentice without any distractions so that I could properly prepare him to join me in taking back more of Equestria and the rest of this planet,” I lecture as I pace back and forth keeping my glare, “only I find myself being chased all around the castle without warning, I sent Flash away so I could save his ass putting his training to an abrupt halt, and I come back to my guest room to find two more mares attempting to tackle me to the ground and have their way with me, without my consent no less. I pity any male who had to deal with this bullshit before the Fall because I imagine they were the ones who were living in fear as they always dreaded the time the Heat began.”

“How else are we supposed to ease ourselves then?!” Rainbow Dash bravely argues, “It’s not our fault we get like this every season!”

“THAT’S NO EXCUSE TO FORCE THOSE TO MATE WITH YOU AGAINST THEIR WILL!” I yell, “If anything you’re all a bunch hypocrites…” I accuse making them gasp.

“What did you say?” Celestia asks a bit agitated.

“You heard me, Sun Butt, what you mares are doing to males are no different than what the Caribou are doing,” I sneer.

Celestia’s mane and tail then bursts into flames as she screams in fury and flies at me with her fist raised. I stand my ground as she reels back and attempts to punch me but I grab her fist and force her to the ground pinning her.

“Celestia/Sister!” The others cry as they run towards us.

“STAY THE FUCK BACK!!!” I roar as I use my wing to create a line of flames to separate us. Celestia struggles to free herself as I keep my grip on her and I look down at her.

“YOU DARE COMPARE THE SEASON OF HEAT TO WHAT THOSE MONSTERS ARE DOING TO MY LITTLE PONIES ACROSS EQUESTRIA?!?” Celestia yells while glaring at me with some tears in her eyes.

“I honestly don’t give a fuck what I compare it to,” I sneer, “it’s still rape regardless who the guilty party is and your Heat is just a lame excuse for you to just get off. If anything you all should be ashamed of yourselves for not even thinking about how the males feel. And you know something…” I said as I lean down to speak in her ear, “I can somewhat understand why the Caribou call you and your sister the slut Princesses…”

Celestia goes wide eyed as she screams in anger and struggles to release herself from my grip but I still hold strong. I grew tired of her screaming and I reach down with my other hand and position it in front of her muzzle. My hand releases a gas like substance that Celestia breathes in making her struggles slowly weaken. Her mane and tail return to normal and Celestia goes limp as she falls into unconsciousness. I release her and stand up as she lays their motionless while steadily breathing and I sigh as I cancel the line of flames separating us from the others.

“I expected more from you, Celestia,” I said disappointed, “I expected more from all of you,” I said as I looked up to the others.

“Do not follow me,” I said as I turned around, “do not try to contact me, and do not even think about going against me. You have yourselves to blame for what happened this day. Make sure she realizes she may have just lost a valuable ally in this war,” I said.

Without another word I turned around and walked out of the throne room. I could feel the heavy atmosphere behind me as my words started to ring true since they now realize what I said was the truth. I knew I wasn’t going to be welcomed here in Canterlot anymore so as soon as I was outside the castle I took to the skies. For the rest of the flight I said nothing, there was nothing to say anyway after what happened. Here I thought the Caribou were the only ones guilty of sin, only it turns out even the rulers of Equestria aren’t as innocent as I thought.

A little while later I land on top of the hill near Ponyville where I landed last time. I look around the town and see that it looks almost completely abandoned from the lack of ponies since they’re all in Canterot now. I was about to walk down the hill when I hear a teleportation spell behind me go off making me sigh annoyed.

“I thought I made it perfectly clear not to follow-“ I stop speaking as I turn around to see Twilight.

“Twilight? What are you doing here?” I ask.

Twilight’s eyes are red and her face is stained with tears and she’s whimpering as she looks up at me. Before I could say anything else, Twilight rushes to me and hugs me as tight as she could and sobs into my chest. I stand there shocked at her actions as she cries and begins to sink to the ground. I follow her down and we’re both on our knees and she still clings to me as she continues to cry. I’m at a loss what to do and I can think of nothing else but gently wrap my arms around her and stroke her mane to try and calm her down.

“I’m *sniff* I’m so sorry!” Twilight cries.

“What?” I ask.

Twilight looks up at me with more tears streaming down her face as she sniffles and her arms tremble uncontrollably around me.

“You *sniff* you were right…” she said, “how could we be so stupid?! Just because of this dumb estrus cycle, mares never considered how the stallions felt! I only *sniff* went along with Celestia and the others because they said you would help us, I didn’t know they were going to try and force you! I’m so sorry they did that to you! Please don’t leave us!” Twilight cries.

“Twilight I-“

“Please don’t leave me!” Twilight said out of nowhere.

She gasps and breaks her hold on me and backs away with a mortified expression. I too am shocked at what she said and I look at her with an equally surprised look.

“What…what do you mean?” I hesitancy ask.

“I-I…” Twilight struggles to speak.

“Twilight,” I said repositioning myself so I sit crisscrossed, “what do you mean don’t leave you?” I ask again.

Twilight panics and looks around thinking she wanted to fly away but her body doesn’t move. I sigh and unfurl my right wing and gesture her to sit next to me.

“Please sit here, Twilight,” I said.

Twilight takes a deep breath and hesitantly nods and slowly walks over to me and sits next to me. I slowly wrap my wing around her and Twilight flinches a little but sighs in my wing’s embrace as she nuzzles my wing’s feathers a little.

“Feel better?” I ask.

“Yes…” she said sadly.

“Look, Twilight, I’m sorry I pinned Celestia like that but she forced my hand when she attacked me,” I said.

“Even though it was frightening seeing my teacher like that, especially what you did to her, she had no right to attack you like that,” Twilight said.

“Well I did say something that was a little uncalled for, plus I basically insulted her and Luna to her face,” I said.

“What you said was cruel, Lock, so cruel I should be mad at you and demand you return to Canterlot and apologize to Celestia and the others,” Twilight said as she grips my wing.

“Then why don’t you?” I ask.

“Because I know you didn’t mean it, you were just lashing out because you were angry,” Twilight said.

“I guess my temper got the better of me when I insulted her but what I said about the mares forcing stallions to mate with them is wrong, I won’t take it back,” I stated.

“I know, and you’re right to feel that way, whenever my estrus cycle starts I always hold myself up in my room and use magic to suppress it. Even before I came here I used the same spell to suppress my Heat as much as I could so I could talk to you,” Twilight said.

“I see, well thanks for being so considerate, It’d be a shame if you hated me for what happened,” I said.

“Of course, I don’t want you to hate me either…” Twilight said as she looks up at me.

“So what did you mean when you said, “don’t leave me”?” I ask. Twilight blushes and looks away while fiddling with a few feathers from my wing.

“W-well, it’s just, I was just…” Twilight said nervously.

“Twilight,” I said making her look up at me, “ you can be honest with me. You’re not at fault for what happened and I want to apologize for yelling at you and your friends. I lashed out because I was angry and I didn’t think about what I was saying. Just know that no matter what you say I won’t think any differently of you,” I said.

Twilight blushes again and looks down briefly before looking up into my eyes with new tears forming.

“I…I like…you…“

“Excuse me?” I said.

“I said,” Twilight said as she slowly leans up to me, “I like you…” she said as she closes her eyes and presses her lips on mine.

My eyes go wide as I’m at a loss for both actions and words as Twilight kisses me. I was about to pull away and end the kiss as quick as it happened but Twilight grips my wing and pulls it closer to her as she leans more into the kiss. My heart must’ve been beating faster than I thought it ever could and my eyes began to grow heavy. Soon my eyes also close and I wrap my arm around her waist and pull her close. I soon felt what can only be described as fireworks going off in my mind as Twilight continued to kiss me and she released my wing and wrapped her arms around my neck. A while later, our kiss ends and I open my eyes as Twilight opens hers and her muzzle is a bright pink. Twilight’s Horn glows and I notice her stomach area shines and her blush lowers a bit.

“Sorry, my estrus kicked in a bit so I had to uses magic to keep it down,” Twilight said with a smile.

“You…like me?” I ask. Twilight nods and rests her head in my chest.

“Yes, I do like you, Lock…” Twilight confesses.

“But I don’t understand, how could you like someone like me?” I ask.

“It’s because you remind me of Shining,” Twilight said.

“Shining?” I said.

“Yes, Shining was always there for me and protected me as a big brother should. He also told me how proud of he was of me when I got good grades in magic school or saved Equestria from being taken over. He also was very happy for me when I became a Princess, so happy he kept sobbing tears of joy,” Twilight giggled.

“Yeah,” I said remembering the very episode she was talking about, “he does sound like the emotional type.”

“When he passed away, I thought I wouldn’t have anypony else to tell me that they would protect me or tell me how proud they are of me. I know I always hear it from Celestia, Cadence, and my parents but it was different when it came from Shining. But when you promised Shining you would fight for us and for Flurry Heart I new you were a good human. When you helped liberate my home,” she said as she looked at Ponyville, “you kept your promise to Shinning which made me very happy.”

“I only freed one town, Twilight, it’s not exactly the push I intended against the Caribou,” I said.

“But you will free the rest of Equestria, won’t you?” Twilight asks.

“Of course, I intend to free all of this world from Dainn’s tyranny, me and Flash both,” I said.

“That’s another thing I like most about you,” Twilight said as she nuzzles my chest, “your conviction to fight for us. Shinning was the same way as a soldier, he fought for his city and kept it safe all the way until his end.”

“But what about what I am?” I ask, “I’m still a dark being and you’ve seen what I become when enraged. What you saw is what my enemies will see whenever I go into battle.”

“I don’t care, Lock,” Twilight said as she looks up to me with a warm smile, “I told you before I would support you no mater what you do. When you left the castle I was so afraid you would leave us for good, I was afraid…you would leave me for good,” She said with a blush.

“You would share your feelings with a dark soul like mine?” I ask.

Twilight leans up ad kisses me again but this time I don’t hesitate as I wrap my other wing around the Princess of Friendship and she sighs into the kiss. She pulls back and I stare into her beautiful eyes and I see the love and affection she has for me which means her feelings were as true as the words she spoke.

“I would, Lock, because I love you for who you are and not what you are,” Twilight said.

I feel something wet fall from my face which makes me wipe my cheek with my left hand. When I look at my palm I see a drop of liquid on it and I feel more wet drops fall from my face. It soon dawned on me that these were tears and they were coming from my eyes which meant I was crying.

“What…? What is this…?” I said as I tried to wipe away my tears, “Why am I crying of all things…?”

“It’s ok to let your emotions out, Lock, I’ll be here for you whenever you cry,” Twilight said.

“Damn, when you say stuff like that I can’t help but feel something I almost forgot about…” I said as my voice broke a little.

“What’s that?” Twilight asks.

This time it was my turn to kiss Twilight as I wrap both my arms around her and hold her close as I move both my wings to envelope the two of us. As I kiss her my tears flow from my eyes and Twilight holds me closer as her own tears begin to fall. This feeling…so long have I gone through most of my life without truly experiencing it and I thought I’d never get the chance to especially after I was discharged. I break my kiss with Twilight and smile warmly at her as I cup her cheek.

“Happiness, Twilight, I’m feeling more happy then I ever have in my life and it’s thanks to you,” I said.

“So does this mean…you like me to?” Twilight asks shyly with a blush.

“Yes, yes I do,” I said hugging her close, “I love you, Princess Twilight Sparkle.”

“And I love you too, Dimitri Lockdrom,” Twilight sighed.

Shining Armor, I think, I will protect her. I will protect Twilight with all of my soul and keep my promise to you. I will free this world, even if it takes the rest of my ageless life.

After confessing our feelings to each other and sitting on the hill a little while longer, I lead Twilight through the abandoned town of Ponyville while holding her hand. This feeling of happiness still beats within my soul since I’m holding hands with the one mare I personally liked more than any of the other ponies. What made me even more happier is she loves me, me of all people who serves The Dark Lord of Hell as his Hand.

“This place feels so empty with no pony around…” Twilight said sadly, “how could the Caribou destroy part of this once peaceful town?” She said while gesturing to some of the destroyed buildings.

“Oh, that was actually me…” I said sheepishly.

“Wait, you did that?” Twilight asks arching a brow.

“I may have gone a bit overboard when I liberated Ponyville, I was mostly blowing off steam after Shining’s funeral,” I admit to her.

“Hmm, well as long as it was for a good cause then I suppose I can forgive you,” Twilight said as she hugs my arm, “it’s nice to know my coltfriend is so passionate about showing those Caribou not to anger him or this is the result.”

“Yeah…wait coltfriend? Don’t you mean boyfriend?” I ask.

“Is that how you said it back on Earth?” Twilight asks and I nod, “Well here we say coltfriend and marefriend but it’s interesting how differently you say it,” Twilight said as she summoned a paper and quill pen and started writing things down.

“Well it’s also nice to know my cute marefriend is a bookworm who likes to learn new things,” I chuckle.

“You think I’m cute?” Twilight asks while blushing a little as she looks up at me.

“Of course, wouldn’t be much of a coltfriend if I didn’t,” I said.

“Thank you, Lock, that means a lot,” she said before kissing me on the cheek.

“By the way, how’re you feeling right now? Is your Heat acting up?” I wonder.

“Well the spell I casted does help and I only feel a little uncomfortable but I can manage,” Twilight said.

“Must be quite the spell to keep your Heat suppressed, I noticed you were a little in pain before I made my escape from the group of mares back in Canterlot,” I said.

“Well I admit it was difficult at first but I managed to build up the spell over the years so now I can cast it no problem, even though it doesn’t get rid of the feeling completely. You just saw me before I cast the spell,”

“I see, well so long as you’re not in pain that’s all that matters to me,” I said.

“Aw, I knew you were a softy on the inside,” Twilight teases poking my cheek.

“Careful, Twilight, I’m still The Devil’s Hand so you should tread carefully on what you say next,” I chuckle.

“Well I personally think it’s worth it,” Twilight said with a smile as she nuzzles my arm.

“Lock!”

We’re brought out of our thoughts and look up to see Flash flying over to us with a hopeful smile. He lands on the ground and walks over to us but when he sees Twilight he gets a little nervous.

“Relax, Flash, Twilight has her heat under control, she’s fine,” I reassure him.

“Ok…but why are you two holding hands?” Flash asks. Twilight blushes and holds my arm and tried to hide her face with it which makes me chuckle.

“It’s a long story but to make it short I had a bit of a “disagreement” with Celestia and the others so I decided to stay here in Ponyville until further notice,” I inform Flash making his eyes go wide a bit, “and as for why I’m holding Twilight’s hand it’s because she’s my marefriend now,” I bluntly making him go slack jawed.

“Wh-Wh-Wha…? You and Princess Twilight?” Flash asks dumbly.

“Yup,” I answer.

“How…?”

“Again, it’s a long story and I’ll tell you about it later. Right now I just need to find a place to sleep and call my new place,” I said looking around.

“You mean we need to find a place to sleep,” Twilight said as she lead me with her, “and I know just the place.”

“Wait, you’re not going back to Canterot?” I ask.

“And you aren’t as well, Lock?” Flash asks me.

“You and I are together now, Lock, and I want to spend as much time with you as possible. Besides even though your barrier is protecting us from any more Caribou from attacking us, I was growing tired of being cooped up in the castle,” Twilight said.

“Ok but what about your family and friends?” I ask.

“Well I can’t call them with my P-Phone since the signal from Cloudsdale is down, so I’ll still write to them and send them letters so they know I’m safe and sound. The place where we will stay, if the Caribou haven’t desecrated it yet, is also a safe place since it’s somewhere I know we can rest easy,” Twilight said.

“Where’re we gonna stay then?” I ask.

“The Castle of Friendship, of course,” Twilight said with a smile.

Soon enough we arrive at the crystal made structure in question and it stands as proudly as the episode when it raised from the ground. I was expecting it to be damaged and broken into from the Caribou but the doors remained closed and it looked like all the windows were sealed shut along with the any other openings.

“That’s odd, looks like the castle didn’t fall like the rest of the town,” Flash said.

“I wonder,” Twilight muttered as she approached the door.

When she walked up the steps the castle began to glow a little and I heard what sounded like a huge lock unbuckling and the door began to open on its own. Twilight gasps and places a hand on one of the crystal pillars and smiles as she rests her head on it.

“You kept them out all this time,” Twilight whispered happily, “thank you.”

“It seems the castle was waiting for your return,” I said as I walked up and placed a hand on Twilight’s shoulder.

“Yes, let’s head inside,” Twilight said.

“What about you Flash?” I ask my apprentice.

“What?” He asks.

“Are you gonna stay or are you gonna head back to Canterot?” I question.

“Um, well since I came here to hide from the mares I think I’ll stick with you and Princess Twilight,” Flash said

“Fair enough,” I shrug, “come on inside.”

Flash nods and follows us in through the doors. As we were walking through the halls I take in my surroundings as I gaze upon the interior of the castle. It all looked very much like it did in the show and as I stare at the beautiful crystal walls and windows of the castle, even though it all looked like it could use a serious dusting. Twilight leads us through another set of doors and I’m met with a familiar sight, Twilight’s Cutie Map even though it was deactivated.

“It’s still here, after all this time,” Twilight said as she runs her hand along her throne.

I look around and see all the other thrones for Twilight’s friends. Each one of them also had as much dust as the others which makes me frown a bit.

“This will not do,” I said gaining their attention, “this will not do at all.”

“What will not do?” Flash said.

“Twilight, would you be a dear and open the front doors again? And Flash you open the other doors as well and keep them open,” I said to both of them.

“Uh, ok sure Lock,” Flash said as he reopened the doors. Twilight nods with a smile and runs off down the hall to open the front doors.

I walk to the other side of the room and look down the two open doors and see the outside. Nodding, I unfurl my wings and raise them high above my shoulders.

“I’d stand behind the doors if I were you two!” I call out to them.

They both follow my advice and hid behind one of the doors and I smirk. I then flap my wings sharply and a gale of wind spins around the room picking up all the dust. I give my wings one more sharp flap and send the gale of winds out both the doors while picking up all the dust throughout the hallway and out the door. Once all the dust is carried out I take another look around and see that everything is now spotless without a speck of dust to be seen.

“Perfect,” I said with a smile, “you two can come out and shut the doors now!” I call out to Twilight and Flash again.

Flash pokes his head out from behind the door and looks around starring at the now clean hallways. I see Twilight at the end of the hallway close the doors and teleports in front of me. She the jumps on me while wrapping her arms around my neck and I catch her by hugging her as she kisses me. After she breaks away she stares up at me with a happy smile and nuzzles me under my chin.

“Thank you for cleaning, Lock, I should have you do that every time I clean the castle,” Twilight said.

“Don’t get too used to it, Twilight, you also gotta pull your weight around here sometimes,” I tease.

“Man,” Flash said as he walks out from behind the door, “those wings of yours are just full of surprises, aren’t they Lock?” Flash said.

“That and other things,” I joke as I put Twilight down.

Suddenly, the Cutie Map shines a bright light and the entire map of Equestria and the other Kingdoms. Twilight, Flash, and I walk towards the map and stare at it as we gaze upon the holographic image of the lands. It may look like how it did in the show but I know that each of these kingdoms are suffering.

“Whoa,” Flash said, “is this that map you and the other Elements used for those quests of yours, Princess Twilight?”

“Yes,” Twilight said sadly, “we only used it for a short while before the Caribou invaded. Now it only shows what Equestria used to be before the Fall.”

“Don’t worry, Twilight,” I said placing a hand on he back, “we will work together so Equestria can return to its former glory.” Twilight smiles at me but then gains a bit of a painful expression which made me worried. Her horn glows again and her lower stomach shines which means she casted the suppression spell again. Twilight begins to fall but I catch her and scoop her up carry her bridal style.

“We can plan for taking back Equestria after the Heat has passed,” I said as Twilight looks up at me, “for now I think you should rest until it passes. Flash, there should be some guest rooms down the west halls so take one for yourself.”

“You got it, Lock,” Flash salutes and walks away to the guest rooms.

“So,” I said looking down at my marefriend, “shall we put you to bed?”

“Yes please…” Twilight sighs as she nuzzles into my chest.

I chuckle and walk out of the map room towards where I hope I remember where her room was. After a few minutes of walking I opened the door at the end of the east hall into Twilight’s room. I walk inside and close the door behind me and lay Twilight on the bed as she looks up at me with sleepy eyes.

“Sleep well, Twilight, we’ve got a busy schedule after this week,” I said as I kissed her forehead.

“Lock,” Twilight said grabbing my hand, “you’ll still be here when I wake up right?”

“Always, Twilight, I promise,” I said with a smile.

“I love you, Lock,” Twilight said as she falls asleep.

“I love you too, Twilight,” I said as I left for the door.

I turn around before closing the door and see Twilight sleeping with a smile and I smile back as I quietly close the door. I make my way to the west halls and I pick out a random guest room to sleep in, which was conveniently next to Flash’s room and I could hear him snoring which made me chuckle as I walked inside. I kicked off my shoes while placing my bottle of scotch on the dresser and tossed off my clothes on the nearby chair and sat on the bed and sighed.

“Well today certainly could’ve gone better,” I mumble as I comb my hair with my hand.

“I’m not one to say I told you so, but I agree that all could have indeed gone much smoother had you kept your temper in check,” Lucifer said as he appears off to the side.

“What’s done is done,” I dismiss, “I’ll just have to lay low here for a while until they all calm down.”

“So, you and Twilight I see,” Lucifer teases and smiles a shit eating grin under his hood.

“You seriously gonna tease me over who I choose to have a relationship with?” I deadpan.

“Not at all, in fact I’m glad you were able to open your heart to someone, you deserve it Dimitri,” Lucifer said.

“If you say so,” I shrug and lay down on the bed, “it all finally begins next week. We’ll have to be ready to properly make our move.”

“Indeed, the Sins have no idea who they are crossing but they soon will,” Lucifer said as he disappeared.

I nod as I stare up at the ceiling and think about all that’s happened today. I now have someone in my life who I will protect and I will return her home to what it once was for her, she deserves that much. I yawn and slowly close my eyes as I drift off to sleep.

Author's Notes:

The Devil’s Hand and his loyal apprentice are finally preparing to make their move. Which Sin will Lock go after first? All will be revealed in the next chapter! Thanks for reading!

~WurkyWilk has left the building…