~~{Sam}~~

"S-solar..."
"Little girl, just shut up. There's too many people here for you to escape. Just give up."

The guard leaves my line of eyesight and I wipe away my tears.

"How could you?"

Girllllllllll! I know this isn't the time, but the lightning is making you look amazing.

"P-Phoenix?"

Oh my gods, you are so much smarter than your boyfriend. Now wipe away your tears, you will let no man belittle you to this state.

"Yeah... yeah. I... you are dead, right?"

Oh yeah, but I'm a ghost. Ghosting it up. Making everything a little more spooky and better.

"Amazing. That's amazing."

Even so, I had this crushing feeling that Solar had killed her. Just like that.
Without a second thought.

Anyways, you should talk to him. Seriously.
There's like a 70/30 chance he won't kill you.

"What's the 70 and what's the 30?"

No idea. Goes either way. Hopefully the 70 is for not killing you though.

"I can't talk to him in a cell. No, because I know that I won't be able to be civil. And if I'm not civil then he can't be civil and that sucks. Because apparently he can't be mature enough to work out his emotions like a regular person."

Hey, it's alright. For once, just be like him. Just scream... and scream... and be an emotional little brat. Because you can do that every once in a while. You can have a "Be a shit person for the day" pass. Just... just for once.

"I am not stooping down to his level. I will be mature."

You don't have to be.

"I just need to know I'm nothing like him."

That's unreasonable. You deserve to scream. You deserve to yell.

"Maybe I do, but I..."

It's okay. It is, just know that- oh. Already?

"Already? What's that mean?"

I have to go, sorry. I'll see you soon. Hopefully.

"Hopefully? Phoenix, Phoenix!"

~~{Phoenix}~~

Well, I should talk to her sooner or later. Wonder if she knows about everything.

This called a lockup, all the ghosts are sent back here. I heard about it from some other people, apparently this means Aunt Luna is visiting!

"Everyone! The goddess of justice and war approaches! She who defeated Lucifer! The Warrior! The Leader of the Rebellion! The-"
"Oh, we really don't have to do this every time. I'm sure the spirits are getting tired of this."
"But the new ones must hear your many titles!"
"No, it's fine. I think they get it."
"Nonsense. The granddaughter of Lucifer! Former princess of the light kingdom! An Eclipse! Master of all the elements!"

She shakes her head and softly smiles.

"August, you really are something else."
"Augustus, your majesty."
"I like August more, fits you better. And I thought we agreed, no more majesty. Just Luna, if you will. Selene if you have to."
"Fine, Luna. Now, off you go. Go talk to your garbage relative."
"You know why I do it. You can go back to the palace, I'll be here for a while-"
"AUNT LUNA! AUNT LUNA!"

She turns to see me and her face pales.

"Y-you... you shouldn't be here."
"I need your help. No, they need your help. You have to let me talk to Lucifer."

There was murmurs and gasps from the other spirits.

"Sunrise?"
"Solar."

She nods her head and we teleport into a room. It had no door, it was just one man.

"Brought a guest?"
"How did you do it? How did you manage to trace your terribleness over to my son? You skipped two generations but just had to mess up my life one more time."
"It's not your life anymore. You are a goddess. That's your life. You didn't even know until today, didn't you? Being a terrible parent just runs in the family, huh?"
"I didn't kill my child."
"Your choice to die lead him on this path. That oath only seeks destruction... for one of them. Depends on who wins and loses. And he killed her."
"No... you don't know that."
"Ask her, she's right there."

She turns to me, but I just have to nod my head slightly. She looked so broken.

"How are they?"
"Complicated. Aunt Chelsy became a queen while you were gone. Sam went after him. He locked her up. They switched marks..."

She left. Disappearing like a wisp of smoke.

"Oh, I hate it when she does that."
"I don't get it."
"Hm?"
"People say you loved your family, in some way. That you did it for your family. Solar hates his family, so why? Why is calling himself Lucifer?"
"He wants to be a god."
"No, he doesn't."
"Then, he wants to kill a god."