1926

Frida Suarez was a very beautiful girl with mid length blue hair, pure fair skin, rosy pink cheeks, and angelic blue eyes. She was a nun, a sixteen year old nun living in the nearest church. It was the only home she had ever known since she lost her family. Though she wasn't exactly the typical nun. For one thing her clothing was not exactly the usual uniform. She wore a red short-sleeved dress with a white bodice, and a skirt with slits, a red veil fringed with white that didn't cover her hair or around her face, gloves, white stockings, and short boots. Not typical nun wear but her behavior was what really differed.

Not typical nun wear but her behavior was what really differed. She was rebellious, stubborn, loud, brash, clumsy, and a little obnoxious oh and she carried a gun. Yes nuns are normally non violent but Frida was a strong believer in defending yourself. So unknown to the other nuns she kept a gun on a garter under her skirt. So yeah she's not what you'd expect from a nun but she was kind, compassionate, understanding, she loved God, and she was a virgin so it qualified her enough to be one.

"What do you mean she took the automobile?!" Sister Nora the head of church said.

"Yes ma'am we tried to stop her but-" Sister Jenny said.

"Frida! Ugh! I swear that girl is going straight to- Oh lord forgive my anger but that girl is so infuriating."

"What should we do ma'am?" Sister Sadie asked.

"I've got this handled. Please go back to your lessons."

"Yes ma'am." They said leaving.

"Dear God I know that if my old age won't kill me then the stress this girl gives me will."

When Frida got back she quietly parked the automobile and tried to sneak upstairs to her room undetected.

"Hello Sister Frida." Nora said.

"Uh-oh busted." Frida whispered. "Hiya Sister Nora what's up?"

"What have I told you about taking the automobile?"

"That's it's only for emergencies?"

"Yes so why did you take it?"

"I..I had an emergency."

"Which is?"

"I had to...Go for a joy ride?"

"Frida you're on bathroom duty tomorrow."

"What? Eww!"

"That's what you get for disobeying the rules! Now go to bed it's way pass curfew, goodnight dear."

"Ugh!" She groaned as she continued on to her room.

"Having another spat with Frida again Sister Nora?" Asked the minister Father Gardner.

"Father Gardner don't take this the wrong way but when you found Frida four years ago why didn't you send her to an orphanage?"

"Sister Nora did I ever tell you how I found her?"

"No you just told us that she used to live with her parents and her older sisters in the countryside until the entire family contracted diphtheria, she was the only one who recovered while the rest of them died."

"Yes she was eleven at the time and she had no other living relatives so she was sent to the nearest orphanage but she didn't stay long."

"What do you mean?"

"Nora they did terrible things to her. You see she had an imaginary friend who she would talk to quite often, I believe that it was a coping process for what happened to her family but the people who ran the orphanage thought she was crazy so they sent her to an asylum here in New York."

"Oh my God. But she wasn't crazy she was just a little girl playing pretend."

"Some people don't see it that way. "

"What did they do to her there."

"They kept her locked up in a room where they subjected her to shock therapy. After staying there for year some the neighbors began complaining about someone screaming so I went to investigate and when I learned that it was coming from a tormented child I called the police and had her removed from there as soon as possible. She still didn't have a home but I couldn't send her back to the orphanage because they might send her to another asylum so I thought her best chance was to stay with us."

"Oh that poor girl, I never knew. How can people do stuff like that to a child and feel no remorse?"

"Some people don't feel any remorse."

"Do you suppose she was traumatized?"

"I think any child would be. To lose your family and then get shipped off an asylum where you spend a whole year being tortured is awful. But it seems that these past four years have helped her recover but she still has nightmares and once in a while she'll have a screaming fit."

"Oh dear lord please be with that girl." Nora prayed.

In her room Frida was complaining to herself about Nora's punishment.

"Great! Just great! She is totally unfair!" She groaned. "So I went on a joy ride it's not like I broke all the ten commandments in one night! She really needs to loosen up."

She took off her clothes, changed into her night gown, and got ready for bed. Suddenly she heard something moving around in her closet. She grabbed her gun and opened the closet to see the ghost of a young woman. Frida dropped her gun and backed away in horror.

"Oh no! Not you again!" She said. "No! No! This is not happening again! You go away! You're...You're not real!"

"Frida you know very well I'm real." The ghost replied.

"No! Do not talk to me! The last time I talked to you it ruined my life! Go away! Leave me alone!"

"I can't."

"Why not? You've left me alone for four years."

"Frida I wasn't gone, I never left. I was still with you all those four years I just didn't let you see me. The truth is I can't leave you Frida because I'm part of you."

"What the hell does that mean?"

"I can't tell you now you must find out on your own but you can rest assure that after tonight you won't be able to see me again unless you wish it. I only made myself visible to you for tonight because I have a warning for you."

"What's that?"

"He's coming."

"Who?"

"I can't say I'm only allowed to reveal a few things but he's coming back. They're all coming back."

"Who are you talking about?"

"Again I cannot say but know this when they wake up he will come for you but don't be afraid he won't hurt you."

"Who? Who's coming for me?"

"Someone you don't need to be afraid of."

"Okay I've had it! Who are you? I thought you were just a person I imagined when I was kid but now I see you're a ghost either that or I've lost my mind."

"You were never crazy Frida you could just see things that no one else could. When you meet him heal his broken heart and help him love again for that is the only way I will ever be able to move on." Her final words before disappearing.

"This can't be happening. Not again please God not again." She laid down in bed and fell asleep filled with worry. The next day she hardly said a word to anyone mainly she was worried her ghost friend would show up again but her relief she didn't see her at all. By the end of the day she had convinced herself that the whole conversation from last night had just been a dream.

In the evening she decided to go for a walk to clear her head. It was unusually quiet that night and calm too. She couldn't remember the last time there was a night like this. It reminded her of the days she would sit outside with her parents and gaze at the stars. But her moment of serenity was quickly interrupted when she heard a loud crash in the alleyway. Following the noise she saw a couple of figures moving around in the dark.

"Hey who's back there?" She called.

The figures didn't answer instead two of them jumped up to the roof of a tall building and while the third scurried away at great speed.

"Whoa! High jumpers. Hey! You guys! What are you doing out here at night?!" She called. But no one answered. "How rude. Well looks like I'm gonna have to leave because there's no way i could possibly climb up that- Oh hey look stairs."

She climbed up the stairway which unfortunately was very long and steep not to mention she found it very exhausting.

"Man!" She panted. "They really need to install an elevator on these old buildings."

When she reached the rooftop she found strange markings and footprints all over the concrete.

"What are these?" She wondered. Then she heard something run by her really fast. "Who's there?"

The figure didn't answer but hid itself deeper in the darkness. Judging by how much dirt and ash around the area she figured that this person was a homeless guy scrounging around for food and shelter. She decided that as a nun it was her Christian duty to help this person.

"Are you hiding from me?" She asked walking closer to it. "You don't have to hide from me I won't hurt you unless of course you're a mugger who's trying to rob me."

She reached out to touch it and she felt something hard.

"Get off me!" An angry voice cried scaring her. She jumped back frightened and watched as the figure came out of the shadows. It was a large, strong, man wearing tattered clothes. He had claws, fangs, pointed ears, and a pair of wings on his back. His eyes were a piercing green with a scar over one of them and they held such fury and rage that she felt herself getting scared. He walked closer to her, she backed away further and further until she accidentally fell off the edge.

She fell toward the street screaming and silently praying that God wouldn't let her fall to her death.

"Oh boy." The angry voice said. Suddenly the strange being dove off the building and raced after her. Once he got close to her he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close. He then spread his wings, slid one his arms under legs and used the other to support her back, carrying her bridal style he flew back to the top of the roof and put her down. Frida was in shock, she couldn't believe what just happened. Was she dreaming? Or had she finally gone insane?

"What an idiot, don't you know you could've been killed." The being scolded.

Frida couldn't speak and she couldn't stop shaking.

"Wha- What are you?" She stuttered.

"Hey who's the girl?" Another voice asked she turned around and saw another man who was much bigger than the one who had saved her jumped down. His skin was the color of paper, he had jet black hair, long black talons, long fangs, and crimson eyes.

"Where did she come from?" A third voice said. A third man jumped up on to the roof. This one was shorter and thinner than the others but he looked strong. He had gray fur on his arms and legs, wolf ears, a wolf tail, claws, and a yellow eyes. "Is she human?"

"Probably, hi what's your name?" The second one said.

Frida couldn't breath, everything was spinning , she saw stars, then she fainted.

"Oh I think that went well." The third one said sarcastically. "Nice going bat brain."

"Hey I was just trying to be friendly."

"We're not supposed to be friendly with humans Steven you idiot." The first one scolded. "Dipper check and see if she's still alive."

"Okay." The third one said kneeling over her. and putting his ear to her chest. "I've got a pulse so we didn't scare her to death."

"Great so what are we going to do with her?" The first said.

"We're not gonna kill her are we?" Steven asked.

"Of course not! We maybe monsters but we're not mindless savages!" Dipper said. "Well at least I'm not."

"Hey what is that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing it's just I've seen the way you eat your prey. I swear Steven you're more animal than I am."

"You're just jealous."

"Why would I be jealous of a big, fat, sweaty oaf?"

"I am not fat!"

"Knock it off you two!" The first one said. "We have a serious problem here."

"Manny's right." Dipper said. "This woman has seen us and now we must think of a way to make sure she doesn't tell anyone without harming her. Maybe a mind wipe would do it but I would have to see her face properly to do it. Hey devil boy a little light please."

Manny made a fire in his hands.

"Thank you. That's better." Both he and Steven went over to examine her.

"Whoa! She's hot!" Steven said. "Manny you gotta see her."

"No thanks."

"She is very lovely." Dipper said.

"Hey maybe I can keep her."

"Steven you fool she's not a stray dog."

"I know that but you guys don't ever hang out with me and I get lonely."

"Don't be absurd. She would flee at the sight of you."

"Oh and she would just calmly approach you?"

"Perhaps if I wasn't as rash as you are."

"Would you two stop oogling at her and wipe her memories already?!" Manny snapped impatiently.

"Cut us some slack devil boy, it's been awhile since we've seen a woman up close." Dipper said. "Hmm..Judging by her apparel it would seem that she is a nun."

"This is nun clothing?" Steven said. "My the nuns here have become less modest. But then again I'm not complaining." Steven said.

"I know usually they're old women who use religion as an excuse to why they've never married. But this one is by far the youngest and most attractive nun I've ever seen." Dipper said.

"You guys are utterly ridiculous." Manny said walking over to them. "This is why I refuse to work with you because the two of you waste your time on doing dumb things like staring at some random girl..."

He trailed off at the sight of her, his heart stopped along with his breath, he almost dropped the flame in his hand.

"Well look who's oogling now?" Steven teased.

"Devils can be such hypocrites." Dipper scoffed.

But he ignored the other two for he was completed fixated on the young woman. He bent down to look at her face more clearly. After a moment he stood back up.

"None of you are to touch this woman." He said.

"What?" Dipper said.

"Huh?" Steven said.

"I shall take this woman back to wherever she came from, you two can leave and you are to stay away from her."

"Hey who put you in charge?" Steven said.

"You're not the boss of us." Dipper said. "Why should we listen to you."

"Let me remind you two that I am a devil meaning I'm more powerful than the two of you combined so if you do not heed my word then understand that I shall personally turn the both of you into poultry, cook you alive, and eat you. No doubt you two would make a delicious roasted chicken and duck."

"Are you insane?!" Dipper cried.

"You can't do that!" Steven said.

"I'm sorry would you two prefer to be smaller less annoying birds like a partridge and a pheasant?"

"Dude?!"

"Relax, if you two just leave her be like I requested and stay out of my way you have nothing to fear. Now if you'll excuse me." He said lifting Frida into his arms. "I have a nun to return to the church."

Then flew off into the night.

"We've known him for a hundred years and I still don't understand anything he does." Steven said.

"He's a devil Steven and no matter how well you know a devil they'll always be a great mystery." Dipper said. "Especially if they're half human like we are."

Manny took Frida back to the church and cleverly slipped inside unnoticed. Devils could not enter the house of God however he wasn't like other devils. He was half human in fact they were all half human. They were what was known as bi-deities, beings who are half human and half supernatural being.

Manny was the son of a devil man who fell in love with a human woman due to this he is immune to defenses against devils such as holy water and crucifixes. Also unlike most devils he was born with a conscience and a human soul. From his devil side he has heightened senses, pyrokinesis, flight, shape-shifting, and a body that was immune to heat.

Steven was the offspring of a vampire woman and a human man, because he is half human he is not immortal, cannot be destroyed by sunlight, and does need human blood to survive but rather lives off of animal blood. With his vampire side he can fly, has great strength, and can blend in with darkness.

Dipper was different. He didn't have one supernatural parent and one human parent. Dipper was born a human child but when he was still infant a demon decided put a curse on him that made him half werewolf. Unlike most wolves he is in control of his wolf form, does not suffer from memory loss, and does not eat human flesh. But his wolf half gives canine senses, the ability to communicate with wolves, and will grow fur, claws, a tail, and fangs but only at night.

Being a bi-deity truly was a sad thing because they can never live in one world or be one person and some never really know who they are but we'll get back to that later. Anyway Manny found a bed and gently laid Frida on it. He knew he couldn't stay long because if the nuns or ministers saw him here he would be toast so he took one last glance at her and flew away.

"Who is that woman?" He asked herself. "And why...Why does she look like Analia? Could she be...No! No! Analia is dead. There's no way she could come back to life but still...Maybe I should keep an eye on that woman. Just to figure out who she is."

He spent the whole night watching her from a distant but she didn't wake til morning. As he expected she thought last night events was just dream. After getting ready she ate breakfast, went to read in the library, got into an argument with Sister Nora over how churros were not junk food, and left for town.

"If I'm going to watch her I'll need to change into my human form." He flew back behind a wall and changed into the form of a human teenager. "It's been awhile since I looked like this. I look good but my clothes are a little out of date and I lack money."

He then spotted another teenage boy walking by wearing suitable clothes and carrying a satchel of money.

"He, he." He snickered deviously. The bi-deity grabbed the boy, stripped him down to his underwear, took his money, and slipped on his clothes.

He wore a black tailcoat, a band over his forehead, black pants, white dress shirt, high white socks and boots
"My how clothes have changed but they're not bad. Alright now where did she go?"

He spent the whole day following her around and watching her. She played a few practical jokes on the neighbors, such as defacing some property and shaving the school master Chakal while he was asleep then stole his churro cake.

"This woman is supposed to be a nun? I've been watching her all day and she is defineitly not holier than thou. She's more devilish than I am. Well it's clear she's no one important so I'll just leave."

"Hey buddy what are you doing stalking me?!" Frida cried out of nowhere.

"Ahhh!" Manny shouted startled. "Wha..Where did you come from?"

"While you were talking to yourself I happened to overhear you and I was quite disturbed when I heard you say that you've been following me all day."

"I haven't been following you."

"You just admitted you did. So why are you following me like a creepy stalker?"

"None of your business!"

"None of my business? Did you really just say that- Wait a minute you look familiar?"

"Do I?"

"Yeah do I know you from somewhere?"

"Maybe." He said daring to hope.

"You remind me of some beastly creature I dreamed about last night."

"Beastly?! How dare you insult me! Especially after I saved your butt from falling off a building!"

"What are you talking- Oh my God! You...You were him! That...That devil!"

"Yes and I will have you know I am quite attractive. You wouldn't believe how many women have gone after me."

She pulled her gun out from her garder and amined it at him.

"Don't move!" She said.

"Oh please do you honestly think that toy will do anything to me?"

"This is no ordinary gun. It is specially designed for supernatural monsters like you. It will never miss it's target even if you try you'll never miss your aim and it can shoot regular bullets, darts, sliver bullets, wooden stakes, and holy water. Which I happen to have a bottle of."

"My aren't you prepared but mind if I point out a problem. I'm half human meaning a bottle of holy water and that cross you wear around your neck won't do me any harm. Anyway I was going to leave you alone but now you have upset me so I'm kill you."

BANG!

A shot rang out and bullet went across his arm, just cutting off some skin.

"AHH!" He hissed in pain, wondering how a simple bullet could've done that to him. "What the hell was that?!"

"A bullet craved from a blood stone. Aside from being jewelry they can also burn the skin and organs of a devil!"

"Damn those stones!"

"Now tell me who you are and why you were following me or I'll shoot again and this time I'll aim for your head!"

"Alright! My name is Manny Rivera and I was following you because I thought you were someone else!"

"Who?"

"No one you need to know about it was just a case mistaken of identity. I thought for a moment you were someone I knew but then realized you couldn't possibly be her because she was way prettier than you!"

"Ugh! Why you! PUNCH!

"Ow! Why you obnoxious little girl! Do you have any idea who am I and what I am capable of!"

"Being impulsive and not knowing when to shut up are two things you are capable of." A voice said calmly.

The two looked over to see Father Gardner approaching them.

"Father Gardner." Frida said. "I got this! Don't worry!"

"Oh I'm not and you can put that gun away. You won't need dealing with him."

"I won't?" She said.

"Of course not because that brute won't harm a single hair on your head."

"Hey don't act like you know me! For the record I could tear her apart in two seconds! Just who the Hell are you?!" Manny demanded.

"My apologizes, where are my manners? I am Father Gardner, a minister of the New York church. I've been expecting you Manny Rivera though not so soon."

"How do you know who I am?"

"That is not important at that moment what is important you're here now and I see you've already met my ward Frida Suarez which means she can go away now."

"Go away?" Frida asked. "Father Gardner what are you talking about?"

"Well...Why don't we go back to my place and discuss it over tea?"

"I don't like tea." Manny said.

"But I have pound cake with cream and berries and something tells me it's been a long time since you're last meal."

On cue Manny's stomach growled.

"I guess I could eat."

So they went to his home where they drank tea, ate cake, and Father Gardner explained a few things.

"Frida there's something I've been meaning to tell you. You can't stay with me anymore."

"What? Why?"

"I wish I could tell you but I can't. I'm forbidden."

"Is it because I've been acting up?"

"No! Not at all. But you see...You're no longer safe here. So I'm sending you to live in the old Rivera Manor in Maine."

"My house?!" Manny shouted. "No way!"

"Oh do you be quiet and please drop the whole high and mighty act because subtract you're demonic power you're nothing more than an impertinent brat."

"Why you snotty son of-"

"Think fast!"

He then threw a belt with a metal buckle that had a crucifix engraved on it.

"What the? What is this?"

"A devil obedience belt. Made it myself, once placed upon a devil he bonds with a human master or mistress and must abide by their every command. In other words you are now bonded to my ward and will obey her every command and don't bother trying taking it off because she is the only one who can remove it."

"Cool! I have my own man servant." Frida said.

"I am no one's servant!" Manny shouted trying to take the belt off. "I will not abide to the commands of some loud mouthed girl!"

"You have no choice bi-deity. You are now taking my place as Frida's protector and guardian until she decides to remove it."

"Father Gardner I don't understand. Why do I have to leave?" Frida asked.

"As I said I can't tell you. All I can say is Maine is the safest place for you right now and no one can protect you better than him."

"Seriously? That guy? He's half devil!"

"But he's also half human meaning he has a conscience. He has the power of a devil which he can use to protect you with and the soul of human which will help him care for you."

"I do not care for anyone! Unerstand?!" Manny said.

"So he'll do anything I say?" Frida asked.

"Yes however there are limits you can't order him to kill himself or others and you can't order him to love you or anybody else. Other than that anything."

"Interesting." She said smiling mischievously. "Hit yourself in the face."

His hand hit his face uncontrollably.

"Do it again." She said. The hand hit him again. "Do it ten times."

"What?! Ow! Ow! Ow!"

"Why are you hitting yourself?" Frida asked jokingly. "Oh I'm going to enjoy this."

"Evil thy name is woman!" Manny said.