《The Night Walker》 Chapter 1 Arisen as an Undead On a silent night in a cemetery, a small rumbling comes from inside the cemetery. In a crypt, the rumbling gets louder, suddenly it goes silent, *BANG the metal door flies off its hinges, in the dust a man in chains stands, the right side of his face is fully decomposed. Fire spewing out the right side of his mouth, huffing out the other side. The Monster limps to the outside, dragging the chains along with him, reaching for the outside an invisible wall collides with his hand, *RAAAAAH. Inhuman sounds come from this Monstrosity, he bangs on the wall with force, smashing his hand and shoulder bashing it to no avail. The Monster slows down until fully stopping, he lays his head against the wall looking down. It notices a purple circle covering the majority of the floor, symbols dance inside the circle. An inaudible voice whispers, he drops to all fours breathing fire at an alarming rate, his ear is against the floor trying to listen in. The voice gets a little louder slowly, he scurries to the wall, with his back now against the invisible wall, the voice starts yelling, screaming, screeching at him. "REMEMBER REMEMBER REMEMBER" The voice won''t stop screaming at him, the Monster covers his ears holding out for as long as he can. His eyes closed tightly, rocking himself back and forth. All the voices stop except one, a soft soothing voice, an adult woman''s voice. "Remember me." Flashes of a face appear in his mind causing great pain as it is burning into his mind, images of her smiling, crying, dying. "PLEASE STOP, AAAAHHHH!" This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. The Monster''s raucous voice echos through the cemetery shattering the quiet night. He lays against the wall breathing hard and raspy, the chains move with his breathing making a small scraping sound, as he sits there, his hand starts giving a burning sensation. The Freak looks at his right hand, his index finger catches fire, all he can feel is a warm feeling but the skin on his finger starts to fall off, leaving the bone. He sits there, drained of all energy, all he can do is ponder the new memories given to him. "M-mm-momma." A flood of emotions overtake him, a broken teenage boy sits there remembering the smiles of his mother. One specific memory sticks in his mind, she had her palm open with fire sitting on her palm. She showed no pain of the fire hurting her, only a smile and a tiara on the top of her head. The boy looks at his palm, trying to figure out how she did it, he tries to summon the flame with words. "Fl-f-flame. Fire." His plaintive voice turns rough and violent. "FIRE FIRE FIRE, Flame!" Nothing, he understood anger will get him nowhere, the fire coming out of his mouth shrank, his eyes closed, focusing on a warm feeling. A spark flickered in his palm, his fire grew, the fire flowed out his cheek. Finally, a pinky-sized flame formed in his hand, his eyes opened, and joy filled his heart. His triumph gave him enough energy to pick himself off the ground, the chains jangled and scraping the wall as he stands up. The flame stayed lit in the palm of his hand, it gave him enough light to see his coffin. His coffin was decorated with jewels and carvings with great detail, he looked for a name, he hovered the fire over the nameplate only to see it scratched out except the first letter. "S." Just that little information was good enough for him to keep going, his fire grew, brightening up the place, his attire was high-end, roman style. Armor hung above his coffin, it was a perfect fit, it resembled a centurion''s armor. The kid got newfound energy from his discovery, his next obstacle was this invisible wall. He pointed his flame at the wall, nothing, he focused hard on how the fire would flow. The fire coming from his mouth flowed out through his teeth, he imagined a flaming arrow. Once he got the image down he opened his eyes to see a glowing fire arrow float above his hand. "Fire." With one word the arrow bolted to the wall cracking it, he staggered to the invisible wall, feeling up the wall and seeing the wall crack excited him. He got back to his position and summoned the fire with little focus, then the arrow but got an idea, he closed his eyes once again, thinking of another image. After imaging it he opened his eyes, ten arrows of fire pointed at the wall, with one word he gave the order. "Fire!" All ten of them darted at the wall smashing open the wall and powering off the magic circle. He sprinted as fast as he can, pushing through the pain, he fell to his knees, grateful for his fire. The fire in his mouth exploded outwards, he stared at the blood-red moon admiring it in all its glory. Author''s comment: This is just a quick write but I got plenty of ideas for this story. I will continue if I get enough readers. Chapter 2 A Monsters Companion *Huff the air seemed rich for being in a cemetery, the wind felt cold and ominous. S rigidly stands, using one knee as support. The quietness of the cemetery filled S''s ears leaving him in a calm state. His eyes fixated on the moon, unable to stop peering at it. "Remember." Memories start to slowly pop into his mind one by one, the pain wasn''t as intense but it still caused mild discomfort. The pain resembled a big headache, the new memory showed a little ice pup hopping around. The pup had frosty paw prints leaving prints every time it moved around, the second image was the pup grown up and looking fierce. It was fighting in a war beside S, blasting soldiers with its ice breath. While S was focusing on the moon and his memories, his leg began to heal, the moon had an effect on him giving rapid healing. "Rex, my buddy." The final memory appeared, Rex fell in battle, impaled by a commander of the rival nation. His right hand caught fire, S felt no pain just loneliness, by the time the fire stopped, his hand was fully bone. S thought of the future, it was grim thoughts. "What will happen if I go to a town looking like this, they would crucify me on the spot." An even scarier thought popped in his head. "How long was I in there, what century is it." Lost in thought, he couldn''t hear a digging noise, the sound of digging got louder getting the attention from S. He turns to the crypt with fear, scratching noise echos from inside. He creeps slowly towards the crypt, peeking inside, a coffin door inside the wall is shaking. S twists the handle, opening the coffin. An eery silence fills the air. "Hello, anyone there?" Suddenly something jumps out knocking him over, a wolf with black spikes for fur and red rubies for eyes. It stares S down, looking him dead in the eye while standing on him.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. "Rex, is that you?" Rex barks, digging his metal claws into S, he hopped off S. Rex sat down waiting for his command. S picks himself up slowly. "You changed buddy." S was exhausted and weak. "Hey boy, I don''t know why I am asking but do you know how long I been dead." Rex barks, he walks out of the crypt heading to a soft patch of soil. The armored wolf starts clawing at the ground making words. S walks over, he lights a flame from his hand. "You have been dead for, wait what EIGHT YEARS!" The wolf nodded slowly, staring at S, watching his movements. S gripped his fists tightly bearing blood from his left hand. He let go spewing fire as he breathes out, whoever did this to him has been living comfortably for years while he laid dormant. "I want them to suffer, and I got my chance to do just that." Rex howled in the night symbolizing the start of an era. His howl caused great unrest in the cemetery, thunder struck in the sky lighting up the cemetery. The ground starts to shake, a mansion rises from the ground. It is the size of the whole cemetery itself, the wood was old and dead. The color palette is black outlines with an inner dark grey. "Come in." Someone whispered in his ear, making him frantically looking over his shoulder. The thunder was continuous, keeping the sky bright and lit. S and Rex arrive at the steps of the mansion, Rex walks up the steps and sits at the door. S slowly walks up the stairs, keeping his breathing to a minimum. His fire came out in small doses, making sure not to set the very flammable mansion on fire. S stands at the door calming himself, Rex looked S in the face. "You ready bud." Rex nods, S prepares himself to knock but Rex pushes a button beside the door making an ominous ring. The door creaks open to total darkness, the duo walks in having the door close behind them. A flash blinds them making both winces, S and Rex open their eyes to a mansion that is spotless and lit without fire. A double staircase in the middle takes up most of the first room leaving the side doors on the left and right to other living rooms. A woman stands on top of the staircase with her vibrant grey eyes eying him up. Chapter 3 The Master’s Return S felt cold, he felt pain, hate, lust, and every dark feeling in between, emanating from the lady in grey. She slides down the railing ever so elegantly, her silver hair flutters as she slides down. The lady in grey smiles at S, her smile holds a darker intent than just a normal smile. Something burns into his chest, spreading to his neck. S claws at his neck trying to get words out, his words come but the voice is not his. "Help, anyone please, is that what you were trying to say, sorry just feel it for a lit bit longer." S looked at Rex, Rex watched him and sat there cold and stone-faced. The Monster looked up staring her down, the fear he felt started coming from the lady herself and not from the others. The Monster''s voice began speaking, S had no control over his words, the words were said in a deep dead voice. "You dare hurt me, peasant." The elegance in the lady''s voice has disappeared, the Monster''s voice had her taken aback. "I''m sorry master, it was the only way to bring you out." She kneeled bowing her head, her hands trembled just from hearing his voice. The Monster was in control, the fire turned blue and a light in his skeleton eyesocket flickered blue. "I do not care of your forgiveness, I only care that you follow my commands." S''s body grew to a size of a burly man, the armor grew with his body, the red pigment of his centurion armor faded to black. Metal spikes grew from the shoulders of the armor, the blue fire spread, burning away the human side of S. Fire poured out the other cheek constantly, the Monster''s transformation was complete. "Servant, where are my other minions." She flinched as he spoke, S could see she had bad experiences with people. "They are all long dead, two heroes killed them all, they go by the name Draco and Zero." The Monster''s flame grew bright and wild, it frightened the lady to her very core. He power walked up to his stairs with his back facing her. "And who are you and why have you summoned me." She stayed quiet, he grew furious with her silence, storming towards her with a towering presence. "Why don''t you answer!" The lady ducks her head lower as she cowers in fear. She slowly looks up at him, she sees a skeleton that has blue flames erupt out of his cheeks. "I-I am a dreg, a race that feeds on bad emotions, and I-I-I summoned you for I have heard tales of your great triumphs."Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. *Huff, he turns his back, thinking about what is next to come. "I doubt you know what you are getting into summoning me. Fine, you may serve me but know this, the boy must be protected at all times. If he dies, I die with him. Know this, as soon as I feel you are being disloyal to me, I will have you killed." She nodded, her movements were still rigid. "I will protect him with my life master, you have my word and my undying loyalty." As he steps on his stairs he asks her a question before exploring his domain. "Out of curiosity, what is your name?" She answers quickly, trying not to anger him any further. "It is Amaris sir, and thank you for accepting me." He grunts entering the hallway upstairs. The Monster roamed the halls talking to S while he reached the very depths of his home. "So kid, now that I am living in your body, we should make ground rules." S guessed he was just talking hoping he could hear him, S began with a joke to see if he can hear him. S: "Do skeletons lack love or are you just a big jerk." Monster: "So you can hear me, good, I need you to listen to me or else you are going to get us both killed and that is rule number one." The Monster strolls into a bed-chamber filled with trinkets and shelves filled with dark arts books. Monster: "Hmm, this use to be my old room but rats occupied it now." A small blue flame ignites on the tips of his fingers, the flames float to the chandelier, lighting the candles. The flaming skeleton sits at his desk pulling a map of the region from the desk drawer. Monster: "It seems to be out of date by a century or two. I think a quest is needed to scout out the area. Nevertheless, let us focus on introductions before we get to planning, my name is Asmodeus." S had no intention of making an enemy or an ally, he just sat there thinking. Asmodeus moved on, reaching for a book, grabbing it by the spine with his sharp fingers. S grew tired of his mumbling, S focused on his feeling for his hand, trying to see if he could move it. A piece of skin grew back on the pinky finger. S tried tapping his finger on the desk making movement that Asmodeus caught in the corner of his eye. Asmodeus: "What are you trying to pull kid, you know you are sharing a body with the demon lord who killed half the world at a point in time." The tapping has stopped. Rex walks into the room, staring at the flaming skeleton sitting by his desk. The demon wolf drops an arm on the floor still staring at him. S: "Rex dropped an arm." S was slightly horrified of his companion, Asmodeus was rather furious with the news. Asmodeus: "People are already on our doorstep and you go and kill one, really Rex! You are lucky you are Cerberus''s offspring, or else I will have killed you already!" Asmodeus is already down the stairs when S gets an idea while Asmodeus prepares to kill them, S focuses on his right leg slowly reverting it back to his human form. The foot stopped Asmodeus from moving forward. Asmodeus: "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!" A dark pulse could be felt throughout the whole mansion stabbing the heart of anyone who was near. S: "I have an idea, let me talk to them if you just straight out kill them you will lose the chance of catching the world off guard and maybe die outright from the heroes!" The hellfire skeleton spewed out flames out of anger, he took a deep breath holding it in then exhaled releasing a giant wave of fire in the hall. Asmodeus: "Fine, don''t fail me, child, else both of us are dead." A flame overtook them covering S''s body restoring his small compact human form. S was suddenly enveloped in fear of the door, Rex rubbed against S''s hand but the touch was cold and moist. S looks at him to his surprise Rex transformed into his ice wolf form yet the cold attitude stayed with him. A banging came from the door as he stands before it. He reaches to open it as they continuously bang on the grand doors, it slowly slides open revealing eight soldiers up to the teeth with armor, staring down a relic of a boy in his centurion armor. Chapter 4 A Quest to Find Allies S gains the confidence to say hello to the eight soldiers dressed in metal armor, a woman pushes aside the others. Just from how everyone backed up and acted she must be the captain. S: "Hello, what can I do for you in the dead of night." She was freakily tall as he stands adjusting his view where he thought her head would be not her chest. She hunches down staring straight at him, her eyes had a nice brown tint to them that went well with her jet black hair. Captain: "You look familiar." As she kept looking at him, her facial expressions changed, her lip quivered, a tear rolled down her cheek, as she stare straight into his purple eyes. Captain: "Sin, is that you." S quickly denied it pushing her as a pulse of pain hits, he slams the door, his heart felt like it was on fire. The pain was unbearable but he had to keep his voice to tell them to go away. S: "Go away, I don''t know you!" S crawls away from the door, in such an agonizing pain S couldn''t hold the pain in any longer and screams out a bloody scream. His breathing was labored as he felt his heart ripping into two. Asmodeus: "You need to calm down, hold on for a little longer." The captain bashes the door in and rushes to his aid holding him. S gets an image, it showed the captain as a little girl and S holding hands running across a field of daisies. "Remember Remember Remember." This time the voice was her''s, a memory of her sitting in the flowers talking. "Will you marry me?" The sixteen-year-old boy was in shock and in pain as she cried over him, he still had feelings for her but his revenge overshadowed it. He pushed her away as the pain became too much for him. "Do you remember me, it''s me, Elaine." He pushed her out and used his body to keep the doors shut. She kept pounding on the doors screaming out his name. Elaine: "Sin, SIN, I will not leave, I can''t leave, not again. Not after what happened to you!" Asmodeus speaks into S''s mind, trying to get him under control to no avail. Asmodeus: "You leave me no choice S, sorry." A deep blue fire engulfs S paining him greatly, Asmodeus takes control, the body they share morphs into a beefy dark tan, with black hair and a full-grown beard to go with it. The edges of his hairline show some grey along with his beard. His armor morphs with him turning into a coal-black and spikes going through the shoulders. Asmodeus opens the door staring down the now frightened soldiers. Asmodeus: "Good evening soldiers how may I offer assistance for today." His voice sent a chill to the seven soldiers'' spines, however, Elaine stands tall, staring right back at him. Elaine: "Let me see Sin, I know he is here!" Asmodeus: "I am sorry but no one under that name lives here now would you kindly, leave." His cold gold eyes watched her, S means a lot to her as he reminds himself for later uses of this new information. A soldier whispers in her ear, she gets frustrated as she marches away with the soldiers following right behind her. He slams the door with a grunt, his form reverts back to the half skeleton face, half S''s face. S slouches down crying holding his face with both hands, the skeleton hand just reminds him of his predicament. S grits his teeth as his head starts to shake with RAGE, a slam of his skinless hand to the ground in a fit of rage, the floor cracks. S: "I will take my revenge." A hint of black flickered in the flames coming out his cheek. # A few days later, the four planned a trip into town just past the forest down the road. Rex decided to stay As Asmodeus tasked Amaris to go with S as his normal form. Elaine''s persistence continues through the days of planning as she arrived every day at the same time to the dot. Amaris: "Are you ready kid." Her tone towards S was rude not like S cared anyways. S tested out his right hand, touching each finger with his thumb, he still had no feeling in his fingertips. Asmodeus: "It is just a mirage, it is an illusion to cover up your skeleton parts, your face regenerated back but your hand stayed skinless, I will have to look into this." S pushed open the doors, the quiet sounds of the cemetery filled his ears. He took the first steps outside since entering the mansion, S, and Amaris walked down the forest road. Just hearing the lovely sounds of the forest warmed S''s heart, the chipping of the birds, the rustle of the bushes, and the fall of the leaves. Amaris: "To be clear on the whole body thing, when you are like you are now, you are controlling it but if the big man or the skeleton is here that means Asmodeus is in control right?" S: "Yes but if I were to have half bone half me that means we are sharing the body." She gives a nod of understandings as they keep walking onwards through the tranquil forest. As S is at peace Amaris shows signs of distastefulness.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. S: "What is wrong Amaris, you don''t enjoy the forest?" Amaris sees a passing squirrel, she summons a small ball of fire, sending it at the squirrel, lighting it on fire. S is horrified by the cozy smile on Amaris''s face. Amaris: "Oh sorry, I was hungry and fear is the best dinner. The whole peace thing is hard for me ''cause the whole I am dreg thing, I guess it is like eating your greens or a horrible tasting potion. While it might be good for you, the steak dinner tastes way better, do you get what I mean." S nods while staring at the flaming squirrel as they pass by it. The town is in eyesight as they walk up a hill; the town is expansive covering a good mile in each direction. Amaris takes the lead walking down the dirt roads reaching a street lined up with guilds of all kinds; Amaris spots Elaine ordering soldiers around. She tugs S into the shadows of the alleyway as soldiers pass by, Amaris looks around but Elaine stands before her. She doesn''t see S as he sneaks away as Elaine talks to Amaris. Elaine: "Why are you here, and where is Sin." Her voice fades away as he gets further away, S, now by himself beside Asmodeus in his body he roams the streets. S has a minute to take the town in and all of its lively people. The colorful town reveals its dark underbelly as a cry for help gets S''s attention. Asmodeus: "Keep going, you are going to hear crying everywhere you go, you can''t save everyone besides, I want the exact opposite of that." S ignores Asmodeus''s undeniable logic as he rushes into a dark alley, two men are holding down a serpent girl trying to put her in a comically large sack. Her tail whipped around violently knocking one of the men''s feet from under them. S: "Leave her alone!" The man standing: "Or what, are you going to be her knight in shining armor." S: "No, I will be the demon reaping your souls." He lunges, the right side of his face fades to a skeleton face spewing fire out the cheek, his right hand conjures a ball of fire as he lands on top of the man laying on the floor. S slams the ball into the man''s head melting it away. Before the man who was standing could scream S punched him, causing his head to explode from the force. *Huff, his breathing sounded inhuman, as he cooled down his face reverted back to normal. S turns to the serpent now using the bag as protection, her snake-like eyes peer at him, her hair is white along with her pearly white skin. Serpent: "Please don''t hurt me, I don''t eat children I swear." He takes a step towards her but slowly, trying not to freak her out, her eyes study his movements. S: "It is okay, I was only trying to help, here look no blade." She looks at his hand still on edge from his display of power, he sees her eyes focusing it on his so he raises it in the air slowly. S: "I just want to see if you are okay, I will go now." S turns around walking away, a fragile voice stops him. Serpent: "Wait, please." As S turns back around, his eyes grow abnormally big as she towers over him with her tail slowly whipping around, her tail was a mix of white and black scales. The snake half of her ended at her waist but she used the sack for coverings, the serpent studied S''s body as he let her not seeing her slowly wrapping around him until it was too late. Her tail was up to his neck, her body was would be rated as a queen''s body. Asmodeus: "Kid, do you know why she isn''t killing you right now, well the lamia species, what she is, has a really affectionate side. Well now that you saved her." S looked up into her eyes, he gulped. Her eyes held lust, she slithered to his ear. Serpent: "Now that you saved me, you are mine." S: "I don''t even know your name, aren''t we missing a few steps!" His wiggling only make her grip tighter, her body felt cold to the touch. Serpent: "Oh my name is, umm, I can''t remember, it''s been hundred years since I had to use my name. Can you give me a name?" She used a seductive tone as she eased her grip on him, S was being berated by Asmodeus for not killing her straight out. Asmodeus: "God you are so spineless kid, just kill her already!" S: "How about Vie, it is short for viper." She lets go of him, her gentleness surprised S as she ogles him like a prized artifact. Vie: "Thank you for saving me, I am now your soulmate!" S: "Uhm, are all of your kind act like this." Vie: "Yup! Lamia doesn''t have males so we kind of are an amorous race." S: "Well at least you are sweet and adorable, okay then come with me Vie, rule the world with me together." She clung onto him, with her upper body, fully releasing her vice grip on him. Vie: "I would love that." S: "Great, now how do I get you out of here, no what screw it we will walk out of here." S took her by the hand as she slithered beside him out in the open. Detest was in the air as soon as they came out of the alleyway, S summoned a flame from his hand. S: "Does anyone have a problem with her, if you do then you have it with me too!" The whole street was frightened of S''s powers, they made room for the two. Vie was humming as she slithered next to S, Elaine, and thirty soldiers standing in front of him with swords out. Elaine: "Stop Sin, I can help you, just come with me." Her eyes showed sincerity and hope, hope that was shattered by S and his words. S: "Do you have ANY idea what is happening to me, Sin is dead Elaine, he died and I don''t know how he died but I will revenge him, now, Get out of my way." She readies her sword as do all the other soldiers, S''s mind begins to ache, he holds his head. He lets out a yell to the sky. Asmodeus: "I will take it from here." S looks back at them with flames coming out the right side of his skeleton face. S: "Go ahead Elaine, try to help me, I bite." S walks forward with Vie right behind him, they moved past them except Elaine who stood her ground, she was teary-eyed but her feet were planted. Elaine: "Please stop Sin." He kept advancing till he got to the tip of her blade, she pointed it at his throat. S: "Yes." Elaine confused: "What?" S: "I will marry you." He walked around her as she processed his words, he left, Amaris waited at the edge of town, twenty mercs sat around waiting. Amaris: "Took you long enough, what the! Who the hell is she!" Vie laid her body on top of S hugging him firmly like if she let go he would run away. S didn''t mind her affection, it gave him a warm feeling inside that couldn''t be explained by words. S: "She is Vie, I saved her from bandits but it felt like she could handle herself." She giggled as the crew was put off by her posterior giving her a weird look. S: "You go Amaris, I will catch up with you." She waved goodbye as the mercs followed her to the mansion, they all wore mix and match armor, some of their armor had cracks in it. Vie wore this flirty smile as S carried her along the road. S: "You can come out now, Elaine." She squeaked out, hopping out the trees, Vie hissed at Elaine with her forked tongue. S: "Why are you here Elaine." She eeped out her words still shocked by S''s words. Elaine: "Well I, did you mean it, what you said." S played dumb, flustering Elaine so much she turned red, Elaine shout out her words all in one sentence. S: "Yes Elaine, I meant it, I just, I am not the same person you loved back then. My heart has grown to hate, and the feeling is powerful, intoxicating." Elaine: "Then I will change it for the better, I am coming with you, so you can keep your promise to marry me!" Her smile eroded his cold heart a little. Vie whispered in his ear, jealousy came over Elaine as Vie cuddled her partner. Elaine: "And who is she Sin, and why is she so close to you!" S: "Well I saved her from two scummy people and now she is my soulmate." Elaine: "Your WHAT!" Vie: "Sharing is caring, and I wouldn''t be against sharing." The look she gave S screemed erotic as she hugged S tightly. S: "Well I am now burdened with the choice I will not make because it is stupid, I will now be leaving." He walks back to the mansion as Vie''s long tail dragged along the ground. Asmodeus: "HA, a devoted lover and a lewd snake, those two are not going to mix well." Elaine grabs S''s arm pulling him closely, the strange rivalry has sparked, S also didn''t mind the little fights, it brought him some sort of love as two beauties fought for him.