Darkness, the one thing that always comes at night, like a fate you can’t escape, it would hold the world in its  grasp and keep it there till the sun would dispel the curse. Although now and then there were little animals that were trying to defy the curse of darkness with the light that they generated. Like the forest where a man was walking through which was lighted up with hundreds of small fireflies not much bigger then a small light dot but with enough light to make it seem like someone had filled the place with torches. The man was accompanied by a small green creature which had leaves sticking out of its body. Both of them were walking in a saggy way and their own  eyes were closed. You could see that their eyeballs were moving rapidly under their eyelids and it showed that they were under some kind of spell , that was swaying them to a location inside the forest.

Chelvaric’s vision was distorted and the world seemed to be warped and stretched out, it was also all colored pink, it was like he was drunk or something but he didn’t drink anything since a couple of days ago. The only thing he remembered was going to sleep with Snow after a long day of hard work. The next thing he knew he was walking like this, he was trying to break free from it but he was unsuccessful in that regard as it seemed that his mind wanted to move somewhere and that was the only thing it would listen too. He was afraid and in the deepest of his heart he was shouting for Snow to save him from this horrible fate.

The man and plant walked into a small den of trees and vines that blocked an area of the forest. It seemed to be impenetrable to the human eye but it opened up as the vines withdrew and the trees moved out of the way to let the two of them pass. It closed right after they had gone in and they were greeted by the sight of someone that hadn’t showed itself, he wasn’t sure if it was truly female, since the time he was changed into an Elf.

The woman who was standing in front of him was quite tall, you could say she was around the size an amazon woman which is around one meter eighty centimeter, she had long green flowing hair with intertwined branches and leaves inside it. Her breasts and her legs were covered in clothes that were made from branches, leaves and other natural things. Her forearms were covered in the same fabric, if you could call it that, he wasn’t sure how he would describe it anymore. It was a true otherworldly being. From her back, roots were sprouting as spikes. In her left hand she was holding a long bow, it was decorated with all different kind of animal heads cut out in the wood of the handle. She walked forward and have a tap on both of their heads to wake them from their charm.


“Sorry for the sudden interruption of your sleep, my knight of justice. But I understood that our last meeting was quite fast and you were probably left with a lot of questions. Although this is not the time nor the place to really answer all your questions, but I shall allow a few questions before I order your first task.” She said while her lips didn’t move everything resounded in his head, it felt like her voice was trembling the fabrics of space around her.

Chelvaric didn’t really know what he would ask that he really needed answered as it didn’t seem that their  time together would be long. She was an almighty being after all and these moments were probably just annoying to her than anything else.

“What is your name, I should at least know who I serve. Why was I changed in an elf? There are so many others who served my old god but you picked me and you call me your knight of justice, I don’t know if I deserve that title and my last question is why can’t I use magic at all?”, he asked of her as these were the most burning questions he needed to know about. He hoped Snow wasn’t too worried if she would wake up while he was here but this was important. He looked at the Deity with a stern face as he didn’t wanted to seem afraid of her impressive posture.

“I am Estelia, the goddess of every living plant and animal on this planet. I am its protector and warden, I am one of many throughout the universe. We make sure our planet's thrive and stay healthy. This planet is thriving although a darkness is starting to rise from its depths, something that I hid away a long time ago but I should have dealt with it once and for all back then. Sadly I can’t just eradicate it since it’s something quite delicate. Now for your second question, You are an elf so you can communicate with me better and with the nature around you, besides I can’t sustain your Neko form like your god did. For your last question, I am not entirely sure it was something unique about you the way you treated your Leafeon for example. So tender and without any concern of you or your partner you helped her in need. For these actions you actually deserve the title, don’t take it light though you need to work to keep it or I'll cast you away, nature is merciless after all. Don’t worry about your magic it will be revealed to you soon it just takes a while to adjust your body.”

She then walked to a small tree trunk standing next to her with little doors cut out on the side she opened it and took a necklace out of it in the shape of a triangle. She walked towards him and place it over his neck after which she slowly rubbed the necklace while pronouncing words he had never heard before. She then kissed the top of Elisa’s head and stepped backwards.

“The corruption is coming my knight, you shall go and find its source near Baska. The amulet will lead you to the location. In this location, you will find an item that you will need on your further travels. I shall send you back to your room now so you can think about what I said. Be careful against the corruption it’s an evil that is older than this planet and it will not stop till it has destroyed everything you care for.” she said and then stomped on the ground. Roots shot out and covered Elisa and Chelvaric with them after which they suddenly disappeared.


Roots suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the apartment and they disappeared as fast as they had shown up leaving Chelvaric and Elisa behind on the floor, they were safe and sound in front of Snow’s bed.

Chelvaric wanted to shout, yell or speak to the dryad before she sends him back. As he had countless questions and didn’t want to leave yet but nothing could come out it was like he was struck by lightning, the feeling that he couldn’t move or say or do anything stayed with him as he appeared back into the room of him and Snowy. He remained smitten in the middle of the room as suddenly his paramour jumped into his arms wearing her nightgown. He felt her soft warm skin wrapping around him and even though she had a tender body the force of her strength still threw him a bit backward when she collided with him.

His unableness to act disappeared as he felt the warmth and comfort of having her presence close to him soothing his spirit and calming his body like a lulling sound rolling over his soul. He lifted his hand and stroked her hair as she was throwing a bunch of questions at him. She had been worried that was clear as day to him. He was a bit annoyed that he couldn’t say anything when he left since he was in such a trance. But nothing he could do about that right now, it was better if he would just explain what had happened and hope that she would believe him. He softly kissed her forehead before he started to talk in a kind and passionate way to show her that he cared for her deeply and that the next things he would say would be the truth and not a lie.

“I don’t know how it started, but it felt like a dream at first. I was walking through the streets of Baska and then through the forest while something was guiding me. I was trapped in my own body, a slave to the will of Estelia the spirit of nature. It appears she is the one who made me like this. she needs me to stop some ancient evil that she can’t stop herself. I don’t know how I feel about that. Why would I be more capable of stopping an ancient force than the spirit herself? My body trembles when I remember how much fear she spread like an aura around her when she talked about this corruption", he stopped and swallowed as he thought back to it. He held Snow closer to him and held his tears back as a guy wasn’t supposed to be crying.

“I am scared about what is going to happen. But the moment I touched your arms I felt relaxed and calm again. I just want to hold you for a while. I am not angry at you, you can ask me any more questions don’t worry about it”, he said in response to her apology. He kissed her softly on her lips and picked her up in his arms as he crawled back into bed with her for the moment. He nuzzled her deep into his chest and waited for her response to what he had said.

The calmness was like a flood that washed over him when Snowy was wrapping her arms around him and laying her head against his chest. It was the same feeling his mom must have felt when she held him like this as a baby, years ago. Maybe not exactly the same but it was probably quite similar. He kept like that for a while till Snow asked what kind of evil he was talking about. He didn’t really know how to describe it exactly but he would try his best so that she would understand it at least.

“it is a sort of monster that will take over anything it sees or feels, like a virus spreading through a body. It doesn’t really think or has a personality. That’s what I could understand from the way she was describing it.”, he answered her question. He felt her slim hand slipping into his before she placed it on her heart. When she said that she was always with him he nearly had to cry from the feelings she gave him at that moment. They were hard to describe but they mostly involved feeling safe and loved. “Aye and I will always be with you too”, he said to her and kissed her deeply before he carried her to bed.

She asked him how he had changed and if it was Estelia who was the reason for the change. He didn’t really know a lot about the change either but he did know that she was indeed the one to change him. “I barely remember anything of my change but yes it was indeed her that changed me, it seemed she wanted me to take this form so that I am closer to nature”, he said to her and thought about her next question as she asked to meet this spirit. He didn’t really have a way to contact her or to find her right now.

“Maybe, but at the moment I don’t think we will be able too. Anyway enough about me, why are you awake at this hour? I am just happy I am back here with you”, he said while he looked into her deep blue eyes that could mesmerize him for ages.

Chelvaric felt the skin of Snow rub against him and her gentle touch over his body made him feel loved and cared for. He looked at her tender body laying so close to his. He wanted to take care of her so bad as she seemed so fragile even though she was such a strong and independent woman. In his arms, she looked more like a harmless fragile puppy. It made his heart melt and he liked having her in this position close to him where he could smell the nice perfume from her hair and see her soft and flawless skin. Her tender waist and long slim legs. Even though they were silent for a while he liked how he had some time now to observe her and see her in detail while she was laying so close to his heart.

When she finally spoke after what he had said, he was confused as he never said he had a virus in his body. Maybe his metaphor went over Snowflakes head and she took it literally instead of the way it was meant. He smiled as it was quite funny how she misinterpreted him. He kissed her softly on the cheek, “Don’t worry Snow I am not sick I won't die or anything, I am not going anywhere that easily”, he said to not make her think about it too much, he didn’t want her to worry while they were separated. It would put a damper on her fun with her solo jobs or other activities where he wasn’t included. And he didn’t want that for her. Snow was playing with his hair while he talked further.

Snow sighed deep after he had asked why she had been awake at this hour. It seemed that something was bothering her and that it wasn’t easy for her to talk to him as she took a while to start speaking about it. She suddenly said that she had nightmares again. It seemed to be something really bad as she wasn’t looking good. Chelvaric took her a bit closer so that he could comfort her better. But before he could do that she suddenly sat up on her knees and took his hand. It seemed she had something really important to tell him.

Then it hit him with a hammer when she spoke the truth. He had to let go of her hand for a bit and stepped out of bed. She was a demon. She was the thing he had to kill, what he was trained to hate for years at an end. He walked through the room not knowing what to do with his hand through his hair. “How.. how did it happen”, he said as he took her hand and sat beside her. He didn’t want to hate her. He loved her, she was the best thing that ever had happened to him. Chelvaric was in shock and he didn’t know what to do but he would listen to her first and give her his support before he would think for himself.

Just before Snow had said that she was a demon, she had been super tender with him. Saying how she wouldn’t know what to do without him and stroking his cheek softly like a tender stroke from a brush. He would do anything to go back to that time and forget about the demon business. But real life didn’t work like that and he had to deal with the consequences of her reveal that she was a demon. Even though he hated demons to the bottom of its heart, he couldn’t get himself to completely hate her. He loved her he didn’t want to lose her now.

He felt conflicted about all of this and inside him, it was like a turmoil inside his heart was raging on full fire. He sat back down on the bed and took her hand as he wanted to touch her to calm himself down. He needed time to process this before he could make a decision. She suddenly started to explain what happened. It seemed that the doctor who made her a Machia was involved again. He hated that person so much! Why did he keep tinkering with her body? It seemed that she had to accept his offer or she would have died. So it seemed she wasn’t a demon after all. Well, she was in the sense that her body was one but her mind was still Snowflake who wasn’t corrupted or evil or anything. This made his decision a lot easier to do. Albeit they would maybe have to do something about her evil body in the end.

“it’s okay, I understand Snow, it would be really hard to lay something like that on someone else without knowing how they would react. Definitely something this harsh”, he said to her and stroked her cheek softly. He still loved her even after this and he didn’t want to lose her. He didn’t like it that she was looking so sad. She said sorry a lot of times and he smiled at her. “I’ll always stick with you. Don’t  worry, you may have a demon hidden but you are yourself inside and ill always do my best to protect that part of you forever, because I love you more than anything else”, he said to her and kissed her softly on the forehead and  held her hand while he was sitting next to her.

“I don’t hate you, don’t worry Snow”, he said to her when she was pleading to not hate her. He felt sorry for her that he had made here doubt about the fact that he actually hated her or not. It’s not like he wanted it to turn out like this. He just couldn’t have possibly thought that his relation would turn out like this. But he wanted to stay with her and love her until the end of his days. “I promise on everything I have, you look so beautiful”, he said to her and he softly stroked her face before she started to trace every little detail on his face with her fingers. The feeling was warm and comfortable that he felt cosy when she was doing it and he tenderly took her in his muscled arms when she came close to him. He smelled her snow-white hair and it had a slight hint of winter in it, which was quite fitting for her cold nature. Although since they were together she had shown him a side of herself that he didn’t expect her to have before.

One of a caring tender girl who just wanted to stay with him and he just wanted to stay with her. When she said that she loves him too he was ecstatic about it and nuzzled closer to her.

“Do you really mean that?”, he asked of her just to make sure he didn’t miss hear her or to make sure he wasn’t holding on to a dream, a phantom. But she uttered a reply, I can’t lose you, softly and suddenly kissed him. He was a bit stunned but then wanted to kiss her peach pillows on her face but before he could do it she suddenly sit on top of him and started to kiss him.

He felt her soft lips on his and their tongues were sometimes softly stroking each other while they were making out. He felt so great and kept kisses her till there was a small break in between the endless touching of the lips, he then reached for the tender flesh of her neck and trailed kisses over the soft skin before he placed his lips on her neck and sucked a spot near the bottom, leaving a big bruise on where he sucked.

“You're a quite good kisser you know that, makes me feel great every time you do it”, he said to her smiling and looked at her beautiful eyes. Staring into them made him feel like he was floating through space and seeing the countless stars around him.

Chelvaric was looking at his sweet girlfriend Snowflake, she was the love of his life and he knew for sure that they would get through this difficult period in their relationship. It was a common thing for couples to have times where it is hard for the both of them and that your relationship really gets tested. He had great hopes for them and it did feel like they would overcome this perfectly fine. She said that she meant it. Not that he doubted it or anything but just hearing her say it again made his heart skip a beat. It was the perfect moment and he had the most beautiful girl on his lap.

He was thinking about that while he was exchanging kisses with her and how his body was getting heated up and yes he was getting excited. The one thing he wanted to do the most was to rip off that nightgown and get intimate with her but out of respect for her and for their love he contained himself and his posture to keep it clean and nice. They would be intertwined sooner or later there was no rush to it. When they had a brief moment where they weren’t kissing they had locked their vision on each other and their eyes were purely connected and you could nearly feel the passionate bond they were sharing in that split moment.

A drop fell, slowly but surely, it felt like time had stopped and everything stood still. One second he had been looking in her eyes that were mesmerizing him the next moment they were turned into something evil, pure evil that only wanted to kill and hate. He was so surprised and shocked from that moment that he couldn’t react to her grabbing his throat. He couldn’t take a breath, he felt the choking point on his chest and him struggling to get some air. He felt her hands changing as nails were piercing through his skin, although he had bigger problems right now so the pain was numbed down. He was starting to feel light in his head and black spots were appearing, he had to do something quickly. He couldn’t overpower her she was too strong. But maybe an act of compassion could bring her back out of this demonic state.

He slowly put his hand on her cheek and rubbed it while he was choking, he had given up the struggle and only showed Snow that he loved her and that he didn’t blame for what was happening. If he would die at least he didn’t want her to feel guilty about him. He formed the words  I love you, before he fell unconscious and the life started to disappear out of his body.

The darkness was coming faster than he had anticipated, he didn’t feel Snowflake loosening her grip yet and it was killing him. He couldn’t do anything anymore since he had given up the fight. He didn’t want to hurt her so the coldness of death was awaiting him. His life was flashing in front of him and he remembered the good times he had at the school up until the mistake he made that killed everyone. He had to relive trough the pain and sorrow again. What if he would be condemned for that act to the depths of hell. He wasn’t sure then again his god was gone would he even have an afterlife.

After a while, he was drifting in total darkness. Like he was waiting for something but wasn’t fully ready to leave to there. He could hear words buzzing in his ears but he couldn’t understand nor answer back to them. He wanted to scream it out so she would know he was still here. Although he wasn’t sure if Snowflake was still herself or if something had taken her over still. He was about to drift away into the darkness when he felt something heavy hit his chest. It felt like someone had hit him with a hammer and he woke up grasping after air.

His heart had restarted it’s ticking and Chelvaric’s body was starting to function again. He slowly regained his vision and the ability to move. He saw Snowflake sitting in front of him. Crying over her loss of him and she seemed so sad. He immediately grabbed her close to him although he was still having a slight cough from having to breathe suddenly.

“I am not leaving you just yet, I love you too, I am back again sweetie. I don’t know what happened but I am here for you, so don’t be sorry you didn’t do anything wrong”, he said to her while he rubbed her back softly.

Chelvaric was holding her close to his chest when she said that she was scared. He understood her all the well he would be scared too if she was about to die. He wouldn’t know what to do without her. “I am sorry too, that I made you cry and nearly left you alone”, he said to her and stroked her arm till he intertwined his hand in hers. She looked so beautiful, his heart was breaking to see her so sad. He felt bad that he had given up so easily but on the other side maybe that was the only reason that the demon stopped. He was happy he had stopped or Chelvaric was now in the afterlife which was way too early as he still needed to do so much stuffs with Snowflake.

“I won’t leave you alone, don’t cry anymore I don’t want to see you cry, smile and be happy were still together no matter what Snow”, he said to her and kissed her forehead softly. He wanted to stay like this for a while and let her cry out. They had to discuss things about how they would prevent something like this from happening again. But that was for later he first wanted her to feel better again and he for sure didn’t want her to blame herself for what had happened. She could destroy her own mind if she started to put all the blame on her.

“Don’t blame yourself okay it was the demon’s fault not yours I’ll be fine and you will be too. Let’s just rest now okay, I love you so much”, he whispered to her and stroked her hair. They fell asleep not much later together in each other’s arms.

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