Chapter 4: The Almost Doomsday

5 years ago;

348 years after royal placement

Dianna woke up from her slumber, and she found herself in her dark, isolated room like she did everyday, her puppies still sleeping on the edge of their bed. As she stretched her arms and yawned, she heard the occasional screaming outside her window. Not uncommon in the underworld for there to be screaming and Explosions. But, this time was louder more violent, usually this would already be counted as illegal by her father. As she looked out her window, she saw what had been causing the noise. Her kingdom was in chaos, it was like this eveyday, but this day was more violent and noisy than in the past. Hell's even more chaotic today, is there a special occasion? She thought. She got out of bed and changed into her formal attire, thinking it was a special occasion.

But, what she got when she stepped out of her room was worse than hell, so much worse. The moment she walked through the conference room of the castle, she could hear screaming, arguing, and fighting. Her father, the King of Hell, sat in his seat at the head of the table. Her mother by his side, all the dukes, and duchesses, fighting and throwing shots at each other hoping to kill.

"Enough!" The king's voice boomed through the room, as all fell silent and sat back at their seats.

"Dear..." The Queen's voice hushed. "Dianna's here."

As all eyes followed to her, Dianna froze in disbelief, as she saw the war agreement on the parchment in front of her father and mother. "What's going on!?" Dianna's voice raised. "Why are you waging war on the other kingdoms!" As her father and mother exchanged nervous looks. "Dianna..." Her mother's soft voice soothed, as she walked to her daughter. "The goddesses...they've killed your brothers." Dianna thoughts were scrambled, wasn't she supposed to feel sad? Instead a grin curled up on her lip, but disappeared quickly as to not disturb her mother. Dianna tried to act sad by running back to her room, and grabbing the phone on her nightstand. She was calling someone, she was calling her best friends.

"Hello?" Hara's voice echoed through their group call. "Dia?"

"Emily? Where's Emily!" Dianna screamed into her mic, loud enough for Hara to have to pull her phone away from her ear.

"Dia? Dia, what's happening? The whole heavens a mess!" Emily's normally sweet and calm voice was overrun by fear and stress.

"Yeah! All the kingdoms are asking for military support from Albion, we can't support anymore soldiers and weapons!" Hara urged, as she scanned through papers of war rallies and protests on her desk.

"Same! Belrinya has been in chaos since this morning!" Sumi's voice faltered. Dianna hesitated before speaking again.

"There's gonna be a Goddamn war!" Dianna screamed. "The whole of Hell has been in ruins ever since I woke up this morning!" Her voice almost cracking as she screamed. All voices froze with disbelief, but they knew it was the truth. Why else would all the kingdoms simultaneously fall apart? Why else would they all be asking for military support from Albion? Albion, one of the biggest kingdoms, and is the one with most military force. "Why?" They all asked. Dianna had almost bit her tongue trying to tell them what had happened. Those few words had shattered Emily's heart and knowledge of what she once knew about the heavens. "Your people killed my brothers, Emily!" Dianna's voice finally caved in. Emily's line became silent, as they all shouted her name.

"Emily!" Hara's voice was muffled by the arguing that was raging outside of Emily's door. As the doorman of her quarters opened the meeting room or the "cloud" as they call it, everything Dianna had said came true. Emily could see the war agreement on the table of her mother, but the noise wasn't coming from her mother's study, it was in the heart of the cloud. She opened the 7 feet doors, and the room was filled with shouting, the once peaceful room had been overrun. She could see Lords, angels, Mistresses, ladies, and even her 2 twin sisters ranting and arguing, the same way Hell's council had been.

"We had no right to kill 2 demon Lords and you know it!" One of the Lords shouted.

"This is not the time for war!" The twins shouted back.

"Enough of this!" The Queen's voice echoed throughout the room as she put herself back together, she sat up straight from her glass chair she saw Emily, standing at the door frame, Her face was pale and in shock, like she might faint at anytime.

"Carrie, Kareena, lead your sister back to her chambers." Her mother rasped as she looked down at the parchment in front of her. "But, Mom--" The twins tried to reason out. "Now." The Queen's once commanding and strong voice, now hoarse and weary. They've been arguing for a while and all the queen could do was stop a civil war between her council. As Carrie and Kareena escorted Emily to her quarters they stopped halfway and whispered something to Emily's ear.

"She plans to give them the war, they ask for." Carrie said as she slipped a peice of paper into Emily's hand. "This is the agreement time and place. Tell your friends to be there." Kareena continued, her voice filled with concern.

While Emily was gone, the chaos raging in Belrinya castle had only gotten worse. Sumi had to run to the meeting room, with her little sister in her arms, as she flung open the doors almost every member of be royal council including the Queen and king had already been injured or killed. Sumi closed her sisters eyes, as she had her own to avoid letting Seri and herself see the bloody show hat had happened inside. "Sumi--what are you doing here?" Her mother's soft voice soothed as she took Seri from her daughter's arms. "I asked you to stay in your room with your sister." But, Sumi had noticed the blood dripping from her father's arm, staining his once snow white shirt. That was when she knew she couldn't leave, she couldn't just leave them like this, they were hurt enough as it is. Sumi had to heal them and heal them fast, but she wasn't a healer. Only Emily could do that, but just as Sumi had reached the door of the room to call the royal healers, she saw a miracle happen in front of her. With a slight touch over the area of her father's arm, Seri, her sister had healed her father's wound with no scar left. "It manifested--" Sumi gasped. "Wait---She's too young to manifest her powers!" Her father and mother smile back at her, a sincere smile, like they had known this would've happened. Sumi rubbed her eyes and blinked rapidly to make sure she saw it clearly. "Impossible." She whispered.

Hara's neck coloured red as she ran, across the castle grounds and the blaring sirens that filled the streets, across multiple soldiers laying lifeless on the ground just outside the castle. She had to get to the meeting room. But on the way there she dropped to her knees, the body in front of her. Rouge, her best friend, was lying dead in front of her. Tears spilled down Hara's cheeks, as she cried. Rouge opened his lids through bloodshot eyes, enough to see Hara next to him. He smiled sincere, something he almost never did in front of Hara, as a tear slipped down his cheek, before his head fell to the ground again, his eyes turning empty. Hara's tears spilled onto the ground like waterfalls.

"Don't worry." A voice had told her. That tone! It was Rouge's voice! "I'll always be here, now, you have a war to stop. Don't you?"

She had to stop more soldiers from being sacrificed in a gutless war that was brewing in all the kingdoms. She ran despite the aching in her legs, she was trained to do this and yet, when it's actually happening it, her body was failing her.

When she finally arrived she was greeted with something she hadn't expected. Her 4 siblings, Her parents, and the entire royal council was already signing the war agreement. As all eyes suddenly lifted to her, they met her undying glare. "What are you doing!" Hara screamed, no longer caring that everyone in that room was her senior. "Why are you signing that piece of shit!" As she finally met her family's eyes, she had a the answers she needed. Either, pick a side or the whole of Albion capital gets wiped out. That's why almost half of the city was destroyed? That's why dozens of people were murdered!? She was furious--

"Our kingdom, the biggest of all, the one with most military might, is being threatened and you are scared of the capital being destroyed?! We can wipe all of their armies out in a snap of a finger!" She panted as she argued with her family. "Hara we have no choice." Her father soothed as he touched her shoulder. Hara slapped his hand of and screamed even louder--

"People are gonna die in a gutless war and your not gonna do anything?!" In the end her actions were all for nought. Her family had sided with their original clan, the eastern demons. She couldn't do anything now that the family had signed it with their blood, a holy pact that can no longer be broken. Hara's eyes blurred as tears ran down her cheeks, and she collapsed under her pillow.

Ring!! Ring!! Her phone was ringing. She wasn't in the mood to look at her phone, but when she sa the caller ID, it was Emily.

"Hara?" Emily's voice was calmer this time. Hara couldn't speak properly, her voice hoarse after crying.

"Em-Emily?" Hara sniffled as tears continued to stream down her face. Emily was silent for a moment, this was the 2nd time she's heard, or seen Hara cry in front of her.

"Hara. . ." Emily soothed. "I'll be there soon, just wait." As soon as Hara heard those words she pulled herself together, and spoke again.

"No! Emily don't come here!"

"Why not?" Emily asked, as she prepared to leave, for three days.

"My-my family is with the demons, if they see you here they'll, kill you." Emily's line went silent, and she ended the call--the only things after that were 2 messages.

6 peak.

Meet me there.

Hara's mind was in circles. She didn't know what to do, follow her family and fight their war, or follow her best friend and go to 6 peak. But, it was clear. She couldn't fight their war. Dianna and Sumi had both received dove letters, both with goddess seals and in Emily's handwriting. They weren't answering their cellphones and this was the quickest way to tell them news, same as Hara's, only an address and a short message.

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