Chapter 21
Kellie smiled softly, "I'm proud of you dad."
"Why does he keep coming back?" Katie asked in a hushed whisper.
Erin posed dramatically before saying sarcastically,"He obviously wants me because I'm fabulous!"
The three girls laughed.
"I'm going to go to bed, I need a nap." Kasey said as she stood up and walked upstairs, with Katie following behind her.
Kellie stood up and put her hand on Erin's shoulder,"How are you? Really, I mean."
"Now that I have Eleanor, I think I'll cope better." Erin said before making a star with the fire,"Here, you might need this."
"A star?" Kellie took the star, strangely it wasn't warm,"What for?"
Erin shrugged her shoulders,"Just a hunch."
Kellie nodded and put it in her pocket, "The twins should be coming back soon, I'm going for a nap as well. Anything you need?"
"Nope." Erin replied, starting to climb the stairs.
The twins bolted through the door.
"You would not believe how good that sandwich was!" Jae yelled as she entered the house.
Lynne grabbed Jae's hand and ran up the stairs.
"Hi dad!" They both said before running into their room.
"Fuck!" Erin yelled, not expecting the twins,"Uh... Hi girls um.... Dad's going for a nap now..."
Kellie laughed, following Erin up the stairs.
"Have a nice nap dad." She said, walking into her room.
Kasey lay on her bed as Katie sat on her phone. As Kasey drifted off, Apocalypse took over her dream and brought her to a theatre. Apocalypse landed on the stage. She looked around before sighing.
"Get your ass out here, Claudia!" She yelled, her bat wings shooting from her back.
"Patience Apocalypse!" Claudia responded, flying down from the sky.
As Claudia flew down, she bumped into the wall causing her to land at Apocalypse's feet.
"Ha! That's what you get for being late." Apocalypse said before raising her hand out for Claudia to take.
Claudia took her hand, stood up and crossed her arms.
"Um... Hello?" Kasey said, not knowing what was going on.
"Oh great, you're still here." Apocalypse sighed once again. "Hello Kasey, uh.. Remember Claudia?"
"How could she forget somebody this fabulous?" Claudia questioned, her wings folding in.
"In all honesty, I don't. Sorry.." Kasey sounded unsure.
"Claudia is the demon that us inside of your older sister." Apocalypse told her.
Claudia sat down and turned away fr them both, clearly offended that she had been forgotten.
"So.. May I ask what's happening?" Kasey asked, since Apocalypse had took over Kaseys body. She couldn't move herself, only talk.
"Well, we're going to share our backstories." Apocalypse explained, revealing her black and white eyes.
"You guys actually had a life before you were a demon?" Kasey asked.
Apocalypse slapped herself as it was Kasey's body,"Of course we had lives! We weren't always demons."
"Damn, do you even know how demons are created?" Asked Claudia, turning to look at Kasey.
"All I know is that my.." Kasey stopped before continuing. "Oakley ran experiments on you guys, the same as he done to my siblings and I."
Apocalypse was next to speak. "How do you know this?"
"I asked my dad one day." Kasey said.
"Which one? The actual male or the female that you refer to as 'Dad'?" Claudia asked, standing up.
"My mother, who I refer to as 'dad'. I wanted to say that I'm sorry for his doings." Kasey apologised for her actual fathers experiments.
Apocalypse nodded, "Well, you're in luck! Your dream is going to be our backstories and how we became what we are."
"Theme music time!" Claudia shouted, summoning speakers and beginning to play some rock music.
"No, no!" Apocalypse raised her hands and the music stopped, "That isn't how the story goes!"
"Aww..." Claudia sighed and clapped her hands, the speakers disappeared,"But theme music..."
"Does rock music fit in with how we were treated?" Apocalypse asked.
"...I mean you always wanted to be a rockstar..." Claudia muttered, looking to the left.
"And you wanted to be a fairy but that never happened, did it?" Apocalypse rolled her eyes.
"Hey, I was a fallen angel thank you very much!" Claudia responded, putting her hands on her hips,"I used to be in control of dreams, I've seen your dreams so many times!"
Apocalypse raised her hand and did a sort of talking motion.
Kasey spoke again. "Stop arguing! I want to see the backstories before I wake up."
"Oh you will." Claudia said, looking at Kasey,"Since Apocalypse is in control, she can keep you sleeping for as long as she needs."
"So I could sleep for days if I wanted? Boy, Katie should be jealous~" Kasey laughed.
"Yep." Claudia replied,"She could keep you asleep for a year or-"
"Quiet! We're getting distracted!" Apocalypse yelled.
Kasey sighed.
"Alright! So since I had the most upsetting backstory, I'll go first " Apocalypse smiled.
Claudia sat down where she was stood, ready for the story. Apocalypse raised her hands and they were transported into the seats of the theater. She stayed on the stage as she started to explain.
"My name was Alia, I was born from a Cupid, and a Demon." Apocalypse said as her appearance changed.
She was now smaller in height, with blue and pink clothing and hair.
"That's what she used to look like before the experiments. That was also before she dyed her hair." Claudia whispered to Kasey.
Kasey nodded.
"Not the best relationship, I know. They used to fight ALL the time. There wasn't a day when there wasn't quiet in the house." The theatre screen lit up, showing Alia running to her room, "So, I used to shut my door, listen to my music while my mother screamed in the kitchen."
"She turned her music up and sometimes..."Claudia then whispered,"Get high...."
"Get high?" Kasey whispered back.
"So.. I swore I'd never be like them." Alia shook her head,"But I was just a kid back then. The older we get, the more that we see. Our parents aren't heroes, they're just like us."
"Remember, loving is hard. It doesn't always work out..." Claudia reminded them.
"You just try your best, not to get hurt." Alia sighed,"I used to be mad, but now I know. Sometimes it's better to let someone go."
"It just hadn't hit you yet!" Kasey told Alia before muttering to herself, "The older we get.."
"I used to wonder why... They could never be happy..." Alia looked down, her hair turning black with dark pink ends.
"She used to close her eyes and dream of a whole other family..."Claudia interrupted, tearing up slightly,"One where everything was fine... One that that felt like her's..."
"Then.. One day. My father came home, drunk. Meanwhile my mother was out trying to buy whatever food her could. We hadn't eaten in days as my father had took the money to buy drink. Anyway! He came home, I got off the couch to greet him. The next thing I knew... I was laying on the ground near a lake." Alia told them.
Her appearance had changed once again. Now, she looked similar to Kasey in a way, with her hair cut short and the blue ends. All that was different was her outfit.
"Alia knew she had to know fend for herself until she saw... Him..." Claudia stated, holding her arms.
The man who tormented Kasey and her family for so many years came onto the screen.
"Oakley was his name.. He asked what I was doing out here so I told him. I mean, why not? He then promised me a good life, something that I had wanted for years. So of course I agreed."
The screen showed Oakley asking her name.
"Alia." She replied, slightly unsure.
Oakley grabbed her hand and ran off with her, "Apocalypse! Great."
"Blah, blah, blah you know what happens next." Apocalypse stated.
Kasey started applauding at the story as Claudia was crying.
"It's so sad!" She cried, looking at an unimpressed Apocalypse.
Apocalypse threw her shoe at Claudia, "It's not that sad, geez!"
"Is to!" Claudia retorted as she flew up to the stage and pushed Apocalypse off of it,"My turn!"
"You guys are violent.." Kasey muttered.
Apocalypse appeared next to Kasey, sitting on the chair Claudia was previously on, "That we are."
"It's a demon thing!" Claudia shouted from the stage before asking,"Was that too loud?"
Kasey nodded,"Yup!"
"Continue!" Apocalypse raised her hands and clapped.
"Ahem, well I was heir to the throne of the angel kingdom and my sister Maria was incredibly jealous." Claudia explained, flapping her wings.
Angels are always born with pure white wings yet Claudia's were grey with black tips.
"Obviously... My wings weren't always like this..." Claudia said, looking at her wings.
"Let me guess, you're going to explain how they got like this?" Kasey asked, rather loudly so Claudia could hear.
"Yeah duh!" Claudia responded, somehow louder than Kasey,"Now, one day she beat me up and threatened to take my crown like usual. She ran off and I just got up and stared out at the clouds. She then appeared with my mother, the Queen, she had scars on her face and her wings were slightly grey. She'd committed a sin..."
An image of angel wings appeared on the screen. The screen had the words that said,'Every time an angel sins, their wings and halos get darker. If the commit too many sins then they will turn into a demon.'
"Although, the Queen didn't notice Maria's wings and halo had changed. Maria had told the Queen that Claudia was the one who had hurt her, not the other way around." Apocalypse informed Kasey.
"I'm sorry but her story wasn't adding up. Thought her religion was a lie to keep my mouth shut. I was on testify that she kept score of."
"Why don't you throw me to the wolves?" Apocalypse joked, knowing how the phrase angered Claudia.
"I thought you were one!" Claudia yelled, jumping up and floating, her wings flapping slowly.
"You're standing there like an angry god!" Apocalypse reminded her before whispering to Kasey. "She used to count my sins just to cross them off."
"Saying in your tongue we still lie to trust..." Claudia muttered.
"Well, in my blood couldn't keep you!" Apocalypse shouted as she went to give Kasey control back.
"My dear! You're not so innocent!" Claudia yelled, holding Apocalypse in the air, accidentally reenacting the scene between her and her sister all those years ago.
"Hey! They both fooled Heaven's gates but you don't have to change!" Apocalypse yelled, letting Claudia know that it was her she was holding.
Claudia realised her mistake and dropped Apocalypse as she whispered,"You're no saint... You're no savior..."
Claudia's appearance changed. She was now in her true demon form, not the one she usually goes around in. Her eyes were mismatched. One her usual teal and the other a dark red. Her hair had faded to a smoky black with dark teal ends.
Apocalypse went back to Kasey but didn't merge with her yet,"Next, she travelled all the way to the Demon kingdom. Where she met a Demon, Jax."
"He was... Nice. We got along great until my sister appeared at our home..." Claudia began again,"She was the new Queen. Her revelations told us nothing like the pictures. She read between the and didn't stick to the scriptures!"
"That doesn't sound so holy!" Kasey said, looking at Claudia.
"Only playing victim?" Kasey asked, sitting up straighter on her chair.
Claudia nodded,"She was standing there like an angry god, counting all my sins just to cross them off!"
"Saying in her tongue, we still lie to trust..." Something seemed to take over Apocalypse, changing her into and angel with black wings and blonde hair,"And in my blood couldn't keep you!"
Claudia gasped, looking at Apocalypse. "My dear! You're not so innocent!"
"She's fooling heavens gates?" Kasey asked, now standing.
"So she doesn't have to change!" Apocalypse stated.
"You're no saint, you're no saviour.." Claudia whispered to herself as she lowered herself to the ground.
The thing that took over Apocalypse left her and she quickly gave Kasey control.
Kasey ran down to the stage where Claudia was.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
Claudia nodded her head before flying off to Kellie's body.
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