(E/c) eyes opened to the world as a rumble shook through the tavern. 

(Y/n): The... hell?

Another rumble shook the room as you turned your head to gaze out of the window. Of course, the scene outside the window was merely of the beautiful day, the blue sky stretching into the distance as more rumbles and even loud crashes could be felt and heard throughout the room. You tried to move out of bed but found your legs wouldn't follow your commands anymore.

(Y/n): Come on... we need to... we need...

Your hand reached to the side of the bed and gripped as tightly as it could onto the side, trying to wrench yourself free of the covers. 

(Y/n): The Sins need me... lets... 

A coughing fit wracked through your body as you tried to take in a breath but it seemingly failed. A liquid started building in the back of your throat to the point you lazily turned your head to simply not drown. The liquid spilled from your lip and onto the bed and your hand slowly reached for the window.

(Y/n): I...

A word slipped through your lips before your hand went limp, falling into a resting position against the floor. Your ragged breathing came out with one last pitiful exhale and then your chest went still, not rising again for another inhale. 

???: Hello there, are you dead?!

Your eyes snapped open once more to find yourself in your room. Everything seemed the same, the same blue sky, the same roof as always. Was that... a dream? Well, it was more like a nightmare seeing as you died at the end.

???: Ah there you are~

You turned your head to look up only to find a woman sitting on your chest. 

(Y/n): Oi what the hell?!

???: What the hell, indeed~! How could you up and die on me like that?!

(Y/n): Die? But... I'm right here?

???: Well duh, I couldn't let your soul whisk off to the land of the dead just yet!

You looked around and couldn't tell any difference. Perhaps you were having a series of fever dreams and this was just one more?

(Y/n): Look can you get off of me already?

You questioned and moved to push the girl off of your chest only to watch with wide eyes as you're hand passed through her arm.

???: Sorry bout that but I didn't want you messing yourself up anymore, I mean seriously, How did you mess yourself up so bad that you died? Aren't you supposed to be some kinda knight or something?

(Y/n): What the hell did you do to me?! Get off me right now!

Your anger spiked from your fear of what was going on right now. Some random girl was sitting on your chest claiming you were dead and now you seemed to phase through everything you touched.

???: Listen up, honey cause I'm only gonna tell you this once. By a little deal of mine, I own this little soul of yours.

(Y/n): The hell you do!

???: Just ask that father of yours~!

Your eyes widened slightly.

???: Hmm I thought I would get more of a reaction. Eh, my bag of tricks is kinda rusty.

(Y/n): Stop speaking in circles and tell me what you are going on about.

???: I dunno... it's a pretty long story. Then again history was one of my favorite subjects! 

The girl bounced off your chest causing a puff of air to escape your lungs. She then moved to sit on the side of the bed. She crouched over your face and cupped one of your cheeks. The feeling caused a shudder to race up your spine from the sheer knowledge that you couldn't touch her but she could touch you. She gazed down into your eyes and smiled a toothy grin, finally giving you the time to examine her features. Her eyes seemed to lack pupils and yet were a dark purple color that reminded you of something from your childhood. Her fluffy brown hair framed her face almost too perfect as she opened her mouth to speak once more.

???: Well you see, a long ass time ago when the races were doing that big ol war of theirs... I being a demon didn't really get much choice in the matter of fighting, but all the souls were kind of a bonus so eh.

(Y/n): You suck at history lessons.

???: Hey I'm getting to the good part! While the fighting was going on, I stumbled upon a little farm owned by some people called the (L/n)'s! I met a nice lady named Aliza, spoke of a few things, threatened her a bit and then something funny happened! The bitch offered her husband's soul to get out of being my meal! Hahaha! Isn't that funny?!

You didn't know what to say. If this was a fever dream it was the sanest one you had ever had and yet this girl was a complete stranger. You had never seen or heard of her and yet she seems to be telling the truth... Ah, what the hell are you saying, of course she is lying!

???: I was a bit bored at the time... it happens a lot but at the time I decided to accept the offer. I took her husband's soul and as a little gift for being such a traitor to her lover, I gifted her some lovely powers.

(Y/n): Hold on... so you're trying to tell me that the (L/n)'s got their powers from a demon looking for a quick meal? Damn, I might actually be dying and my last vision is a funny story.

???: Don't give me that! Haven't you ever thought it's a bit strange that some of these holy knight people command like lightning and wind and even bubbles but your family, in particular, gets a stat boost from seeing themselves bleed? That's not being a holy knight that's being a masochist.

You opened your mouth to rebuke the woman's claim but found no words to justify your family's abilities. 

???: Now to continue the story, you so rudely interrupted, I decided to stick around in her blood. Using her blood as a vessel, I managed to hide out through the Demon clan sealing along with a few others and have simple traveled down your family line till I got to your Daddy~!

(Y/n): What does my father have to do with this? What did you do to him?! A-And what of my mother?

???: Hmm... oh yeah the bar lady! Yeah, I saw him try to woo some barmaid and I'll give it to him he actually managed to do it! A little bit of love and marriage later you popped out and a lovely family was born. And yet...

She paused for a moment and looked over your features. The smile she had been keeping on her face actually faltered and shifted into a frown.

???: My contract was coming to an end. I was ready to collect another soul and move on but your Daddy wasn't looking to lose his powers. So he offered me an extension to the contract and that extension... was your mother.

(Y/n): T-That's... a funny joke you just made there.

???: (Y/n)... he killed your mother and gave her to me, all to keep those powers he was so proud of. 

(Y/n): Come on... I'm not that gullible. Father was... a good man.

???: He really wasn't, bud. I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but he just...

She let out a sigh and moved away from your face, sitting up and she stretched a bit.

???: He pissed me off. I know I've seen it before but I must have mellowed over the years because it's one thing to kill a spouse, it's another to kill your spouse and then quite nearly abandon the child. I may be a demon but I have standards.

You simply laid there in silence. Mother... huh... so... why the hell are you even listening to a demon? She obviously lying to you to get something and yet... her story, though it was told in an awful way, makes more sense than anything else you been told growing up.

(Y/n): So... what does this have to do with me, huh? You couldn't just let me die and join my mother in death?

She let out a sigh and looked at your once more. 

???: Your father pissed me off so much that when I came to watch over you after his death... I wanted everything to help you. Obviously, popping out of a cut and introducing myself as your friendly neighborhood demon was a bad idea but I watched over you for a fair bit of your life and now, I'm going to keep you alive.

(Y/n): Who says I want to stay alive?

???: I do nimrod. Now I know you want to protect them. The sins or whatever they are called and that princess of yours. If you die you won't be able to do anything for them. You may not be strong now but if you accept my deal I'll help you out a bit!

The usual happy-go-lucky tone seemed to fill her voice once more, not that you were focused enough to really lock on to her. Your dimly looked at the wall trying to fit all this information into your head. So... has everyone been lying to you? About your mother and... did father even die like that? It's kinda hard to fake death but hell he managed to do mother's well.

???: what do you say kiddo? Want to team up for a while?

The girl asked you and moved closer to you, resting one of her hands on your chest and the other on your hand. You glanced up at her and then let out a sigh. You squeezed the demon's hand a bit and looked her in the eyes.

(Y/n): Sure... I don't see why not. I was a shitty knight and mercenary... now I can get a second attempt at being just as bad. 

???: We really need to work on your personality. Ladies may love the dark and brooding type but they don't like the bitchy and whiny type. Oh!

She squeezed your hand back and looked down at you with a mischievous grin.

???: I'm gonna have to take control for a bit, you know to let your body heal up a bit before I turn you back over to... you know yourself.

(Y/n): What are you tal-

You didn't get to say something as your body seemed to cave in. You felt like you had been falling for some time and finally hit something as your breath came out ragged. However, though you had once been on death's door with each breath being a gamble, you watched clearly as your crimson-stained lips curled into a cruel smirk as your body quickly rolled out of bed, taking a break for the nearest exit.

(Y/n): W-What the hell?!

???: Ah sorry about the bumpy ride! It's been a while since I piloted a meat suit!

It clearly sounded like the girl but her voice passed through your lips in a weird combination of yours and hers.

(Y/n): How... who... who are you?!

You finally realized you had never gotten her name and this whole scenario of not being in control of your body, watching it move like a puppet on a string only encouraged your rather stupid sounding question.

???: Me? Oh well, I'm glad you asked!

Your body moved forward and dragged your family weapon with it, pushing open the doors to the tavern as the sun hit your body. A smile graced your lips as your eyes opened to reveal the dark purple circles they girl had, but your left eye also seemed to have some sort of demonic design running over your eyebrow and down your cheek in various patterns and points.

Catherine: You can call me Catherine, baby. And we're gonna have so much fun toghether~!