The Demon’s Bride

Hallow wailed his wings around, wanting to be released and he demanded with an angry look to the butler, "Let me go! You fucking not a human butler!"

This was one of his worst day, thought Hallow. After parting ways with Elise, he hopped around the castle, wanting to see and explore what was inside the castle. While walking around at times he saw some maids and had to hide but that wasn't the worse. It was when Hallow went toward one door which suddenly burst opened, throwing him few steps away from the door.

After the roll, his head felt dizzy and when he knew it a shoe had stepped right beside his head. With wide eyes, Hallow quickly avoided one but he forgot humans had two legs!

When the other shoe came and was about to step on him, he ran away but his poor wings didn't make it and was stepped on, leaving him with a pain he never felt before by being a grim reaper.

If it was the usual him in his grim reaper form he would have screamed and cursed at the human without known by the humans as he was transparent to their eyes. He continue to run when another maid came to walk on the floor. The maid continued to kick Hallow without noticing that there was a chick near their feet as Hallow's current form was a size of a palm.

After being tossed around, Hallow gradually gave up and let himself tossed from one shoes to another until he was kicked to the door. The yellow body rolled on the ground, and Hallow hit his head hard on the door to wake up from his dizziness.

"Fucking ducking," cursed Hallow lowly as he got up from the place with one hand touching his round head. When his head felt less dizzy, Hallow's wide green eyes shot to look at his wings which was stepped on, fortunately it wasn't damaged!

Hallow wondered where he was, seeing himself had entered a room. His surrounding was pitch black, showing nothing. For a moment, Hallow stood blankly before he bend his orange knees and slumped on the corner. How could a life of a chick be this sorrowful?!

He was tossed, kick, rolled, not to mention his poor wings were stepped on! How could they do this to him when he was in a very adorable chick's body? Thinking about this morning before he left the room, Hallow regretted not entering Elise's pocket. It was the safest transport he ever been and he could laze around inside there. As Elise was a very careful human girl, she made sure not to disturb Hallow on her pocket and it took him today's experience to know that Elise had poured out a hard work to keep him safe.

The chick didn't want to move and he continued to sulk on the corner hugging his own knees. He planned to stay there until his anger tone down when he heard the door creak to open wider. Hallow's eyes quickly turn to the door, and he narrowed his eyes to see a group of maid had come which possibly be the same maids who had kicked him around.

"You should be careful you would not know when it is your turn," said the maid who was holding the dusting feather on her hands. As they were in the storage room where people rarely come, their voice came out louder. "Not soon after she entered Nancy and her friend was fired which we all know it was only an excuse to kill a maid and two days ago it was Tracey who died. I fear that she planned all those killings by using the Lord."

Hallow didn't want to move for sure or at least that was what he thought he would do until the maids began to talk. He wondered who they were talking of and scooted closer to have a better hearing on the maids' conversation.

"You mean the red headed maid that stood up, right?" asked another who was invested to the conversation, "She is beautiful but I don't think beautiful is enough to make the Lord to take a heavy liking toward her. I don't see how she could control the Lord when you know how he is... ruthless," the maid whispered the last word only for them to hear.

It was Elly who they were talking of! thought Hallow as the only red headed person in the castle was Elise. The head butler had a red hair but the color came off as duller to brown.

Hallow shook his head as they started talking. The humans don't know anything but they comment as if they had seen the truth. It was clearly Tracey's fault for using voodoo against Elise. As a grim reaper who support fairness this wasn't fair!

"Shush, you said that Nancy, Lena, and Tracey met misfortune because of her. If your words are correct that she manipulated the Lord you should know better not to gossip about her," said the other maid who didn't want to be in a plight.

"I am saying we should...Ahh! What is that!" The maid was unable to finish her conversation when she saw the erupting shadow of a beast on the wall. The horrible appearance that looked like a wolf surprised the maids who saw the wall.

Hallow didn't know that he was sitting near the lamp the maids brought and he wondered what were they screaming at until he saw the shadow behind him. When his body move, the shadow shifted and the maid's scream turn louder.

A smile creep over Hallow's beak. He still remembered well the pain from the maids who stepped and kicked him around. Not to mention they also talked badly about Elise. The major reason for his revenge was of course his pain but he can't deny he had taken a liking to Elise's pocket.

"You..." Hallow spoke in a hoarse voice and just one more move of his body, the maids screamed and ran outside. Seeing how they all run out of fear, Hallow slacked on the ground and began to laugh. "That's what you got for stepping on a chick! Hmph!" Hallow commented when seeing the maids run of.

Back to his current condition with his tail pinched by the butler, Hallow continue to wail around.

"Fix your language. You frightened the maid even though you were told to stay low by the Lord," reminded Maroon whose expression showed his distaste on the yellow animal. The grim reaper was now a chick but he acted like a beast. "The Lord's kindness must be getting on you," he added with his eyes dull in the attention to put an end to the chick who created troubles.

"Hell's sake! This is your master's fault you know, not mine," Hallow then turn his head to the candlestick, pointing his hand there, "And the candlestick's fault. It stayed there to make shadows from my body that frighten the maids. It isn't my fault. Not at all my fault. Not even a speck. I didn't scare them, it's the nature's fault."

Hallow continue to push the blame to the lifeless candlestick. It was better than getting roasted, thought Hallow in silent.

"Really?" Maroon lifted one of his eyebrows, showing clear of his eyebrow.

"Yes! I was just in a bad spot. I was kicked around to this room and before I knew it the maids scream," he looked up at the butler with his expression oblivious.

"I will remember this," said Maroon before putting Hallow to the ground. "If once more there is an incident happen because of you, I shall put you to an immediate rest."

If it was a normal human threatening him, Hallow would have laughed at their face but he was defeated by the butler before even when he was in his reaper form. He didn't want to test the butler but the prideful chick doesn't want the bitter to look down on him either. "I will be the one to remember this! Oh! There is some maids who were talking about Elly. You love to kill people who spread rumors right? I heard from another maid." Hallow never forget his anger against other, especially the humans who had stepped him on while speaking bad of Elise behind her back.

"Which?" questioned Maroon for Hallow to point his hand to the door.

"The female humans that run from there." Receiving Hallow's words, Maroon took the candlesticks and blew the flame to leave the place. Stepping out, his gray eyes flickered to red color when receiving the sharp sunlight from the window.

Maroon closed his eyes, opening for his eye color to change back to gray. He went to fetch the maids, gathering them at one place to give a rough scold to the maids who had talked about Elise. The maids were confused. How did the butler knows of their conversation in the room?

Once again the maids grew fearful of Maroon who they thought might be able to speak with the invisible ghosts.

Hallow on the other hand, kept a careful walk near the walls.