"Mama...Papa..." A little girl sobbed in her bedroom. She sat on her bed, clutching her pillow close to her as she cried .

"Why are you crying?" A voice asked.

The little girl looked up when she heard it but she couldn't see anyone. Thinking she only imagined it she went back to crying into her pillow.

"Why are you crying?" The voice asked again. She looked up still not seeing anyone. No, she did see someone. She saw a young woman sitting next to her on her bed. "Please don't cry little girl. It hurts me when children cry."

"Who are you?" She asked.

"Answer my question first please. Why are you crying?"

"Because my Mama, my Papa, and my sisters went to heaven without me. So I had to live in here and I can't play with the other kids because I might get them sick so I have to stay here by myself, all alone with no friends."

"I'll be your friend."

"Really?"

"Of course. Would you like to play a game?"

"Yes."

"What's your favorite game to play?"

"The hiding game."

"Alright but you should know that I'm an expert at this game."

A couple hours later an employee came upstairs to bring the little girl her dinner. When she opened the door she found the girl sitting on her bed playing cards and talking to someone who didn't seem to be there.

"You win again? You must be cheating because that's the tenth time." The girl said.

"Excuse me young lady but who are you talking to?" The employee asked.

"My friend."

"What friend?"

"The pretty lady playing cards with me. Don't you see her?"

She pointed over to the side of her bed where she saw her friend sitting but the employee didn't see anyone and instead went to inform her boss. Soon the people who worked there including their boss began observing the little girl when she would talk to or play with her mysterious friend that no one else could see. Eventually they came to a very wrong and untrue assumption which lead to them making a phone call.

"No! Please! Don't do this!" The girl begged as two men began taking her to an automobile. "Please don't send me away! I'm not crazy! I swear! I was just playing! Please I'm begging you!"

But her pleas were ignored and the little girl was shipped away to the nearest asylum.

"I only wanted a friend!"

"I'm not crazy!" Frida shouted waking up.

It was just a nightmare, another one of her nightmares about her childhood gone wrong. It wasn't the first time she had nightmares about it in fact they were a regular thing but it didn't make them any less terrifying. Looking at the window she saw the sun was beginning to come up. It was early but she thought she might as well get up since she was already awake. She got out of bed, slipped on her dressing gown and slippers, and went out onto the balcony to get some fresh morning air which she hoped would calm her nerves. She couldn't count how many times she was grateful to God that she wouldn't wake up back in that asylum after having those dreams. The fear of going back there still haunted her. When the sun finally came up she went downstairs into the kitchen to eat something only to find Manny already cooking something.

"I didn't know you could cook." Frida yawned.

"It was one of the many skills my father insisted I learn." He said. "Of course I had nothing else to do because somebody's screaming woke me up."

"Sorry."

"What were you screaming about anyway? Something about 'I'm not crazy.' What the hell was that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing. Just another nightmare about my horrible childhood spent in the local asylum. I get those once every few weeks."

"Well if you're gonna scream please keep it down because even half devils need their rest. That aside how do you like your eggs?"

"Over easy."

"You want bacon?"

"Sure."

"Milk or juice?"

"Juice."

"Apple or orange?"

"Apple."

"Toast?"

"Yes."

"Butter or jam?"

"Both."

Once breakfast was made they sat down at the dinning table and began eating.

"Where are Dusk and Dawn?" She asked.

"Cleaning the attic."

"You make good eggs and bacon." She said eating them. "And this jam is fantastic. Where did you get this stuff?"

"I got them from the market."

"Where did you get the money?"

"Who said I bought it?"

"You stole it?"

"No I'm just kidding. I bought them...With the money you pick pocketed from those people."

"Hey!"

"Serves you right for stealing." He chuckled.

"Very funny. Well I'll have you know that after breakfast I'm going into town to get a job."

"What kind of job can a nun get? Last I checked people don't buy prayers and blessings."

"You know praying and blessing isn't the only thing I'm good for. "

"That is true you are good at robbing people blind."

"Ha, ha. You're hilarious." She said sarcastically before taking a sip of her juice. "I'll have you know that I am an excellent singer. Care for a demonstration?"

"Please don't. I value my hearing greatly."

"Hmmmph! Some people just don't respect artists." She got up from her table and went upstairs to her room where she got dressed in her usual outfit and fixed her hair. Once ready to go she grabbed a satchel she had in her suitcase and went to the door.

"I'll be back in a few hours." She said.

She left the manor and went into town. As for Manny he decided to take a look around the manor and see if anything had changed. Some things remained perfectly the same other things had been changed so much that he hardly recognized it. The last place he visited was the attic which was filled with items from his former life. A lot of them were pictures, old clothes, and books. He found a portrait of him with his parents and his grandfather when he was a boy. They were in the family room, his father stood proudly next to a chair where his mother sat smiling and holding Manny's hand while his grandfather stood on the left looking rather annoyed with how long he had to pose. Manny who had been a carefree child at the time just stood there looking happy like nothing bad could ever happen. Another portrait was of Analia. She was in the garden doing her needlework and smiling sweetly like she always did. It made Manny's heart hurt to think of his family and his lost love.

"Mr. Rivera?" Dusk asked. "Is everything alright?"

"I'm fine. Really."

An hour later an automobile pulled up in front of the manor. Stepping out of the vehicle was a tall, thin, and extremely attractive young woman. Her hair was black and slick like oil or tar, she had sharp, purple finger nails that were curved, and her eyes were black as well but they had a strange purple twinge to them. She wore a tight black dress, long black gloves that didn't cover hands only her arms, and matching heal boots.

Arriving at the front door she began knocking on it rapidly.

"Coming!" Manny groaned. Her knocking continued. "Cease your infernal banging! I'm coming!"

He went downstairs and opened the door.

"Can I help you-"

But he lost his words when he caught sight of the woman in front of him. She flashed him a devious grin with the purple twinge to her eyes flickering.

"Hello Manny." She said. "Remember me?"

"YOU!" He growled. "What the hell are you doing here?!"

"How rude. Aren't you going to invite me in?" She said waltzing in without his permission.

"How dare you show your disgusting self here! Do you have any idea what I would like to do to you?"

"I can only imagine."

She grabbed him by the collar of his jacket and pulled him into a forced kiss only to have him shove her off.

"Keep your filthy lips to yourself Zoe!" He hissed.

"Oh come on Manny you can't still be mad at me for what I did? It was a hundred years ago, get over it."

"Get over it? Get over it? GET OVER IT?! Oh no! You do not get to say get over it! Get over it is when you bully someone all through their school years! Get over it is when you rob someone of an amount money that they don't even need! What you did passes the point of get over it completely!"

"I think you're being a little over dramatic."

"Over dramatic?! You killed the woman I loved and turned me to stone for a hundred years! A hundred years damn it! Do you have any idea what it's like being made of rock for a hundred God forsaken years?! There were so many times my nose itched and I couldn't scratch it! What you put me through was hell on earth!"

"If you ask me it was a justifiable punishment."

"What in the name of almighty God is justifiable about killing an innocent woman and turning a man to stone?!"

"She stole the man I loved. She had it coming and you spurned my affection.

"Oh my God! You're still mad about that! Zoe I was drunk! Had I been sober that night I wouldn't have laid a finger on you, you shameless harpy!"

"That's not true! You wanted me that night! You desired me! You loved me!"

"That night was nothing more than a mistake I made under the influence of too much rum! That is something you say get over it to!"

"I can't get over my feelings! I love you Manny and I know somewhere inside that cold devil heart of yours you love me too."

"Zoe I have only loved one woman and you took her from me! You took everything away! Why are you here?!"

"I heard you were moving again and that you had shacked up with some nun. So I came to see if you wanted a little action. Manny I admit I was really angry when you rejected me but time has passed and I wanna start over. So why don't we forget the past and live together as lovers?"

"I'd burn hell in first you whore of Satan! Give me one good reason why I shouldn't throw you head first over the cliffs back to hell from hence you came!"

"You forget Manny I'm a witch. I have power, power that I can use to destroy anything I want. So you can try to kill me but if you do then I'll destroy everything you care about."

"I have nothing to lose!" Manny sized her by her throat and pressed her against the wall. His brown eyes turned green as he tightened his grip on her throat however despite this Zoe's face remained unresponsive. "You took everything I loved a hundred years ago! I have nothing to care for that you could possibly destroy!"

"Really? What about that little nun girl you're supposed to protect? The one who looks like your beloved Analia? Would you mind watching her die the same way she did?"

Manny felt his grip loosen at her words. He then released Zoe and calmed down causing his eyes to return to the color of brown.

"What do you plan to do to Frida?'

"Nothing yet. But I'd be careful if I were you. You never know when the wind might suddenly be hard enough to fatally stab her in her delicate little heart!"

"Get out! Now! I have nothing to say to you!"

She gave him a smug look, left the manor, and drove off in her vehicle.

"Mr. Rivera who in the world was that?" Dusk asked him.

"Someone I had hoped to God that I had seen the last of." Manny sighed.

"She wouldn't dare go after Frida right?" Manny thought. "Why would she? What could she possibly gain by killing her?"

"I don't know Mr. Rivera. She probably wouldn't gain anything."

"Ahh! Did you just read my thoughts?!"

"Yes it's one of the many talents of us wisps and you should know that if you let anything happen to Sister Frida we must report it to Father Gardner."

"Who will then hunt you down and exorcise you." Dawn added.

"Will you relax? I'm going."

He went into town unfortunately it was a very busy day. People were going back and forth trying to get to markets or to work or to clubs. Frida had said that she was going to get a job but what job was she trying to get? A waitress? A flapper? A maid? He really wised she had given him more information about what she had in mind for a job. Dusk and Dawn had gone with him and decided to search for her aerial wise. So far no luck and Manny would never admit it but he was getting a little worried.

"Yo punk give me your money!" A mugger who was a lot bigger than him said coming up to him.

Manny grabbed him by his shirt collar and pulled him to his face flashing him his demonic green eyes and fangs.

"Touch me and I swear I will tear out your throat so fast that you won't have time to scream!"

"What are you?" He whimpered.

"Someone who can kill you without even touching you! Now beat it!"

He dropped the large thug who scurried away like a mouse fleeing from a cat.

"Hmmph! People shouldn't mess with new comers. They don't know what they could be capable of."

He then noticed a group of people gathered around somewhere. Curious, he went to investigate. Maybe Frida was somewhere in that crowd. But his train of thought was interrupted by a familiar and beautiful voice singing. It was pure, innocent, and angelic.

He knew that voice. Even after not hearing it for a hundred years he still would recognize it. He desperately pushed through the crowd determined to see the owner of the voice but to his surprise and awe the one signing was Frida. She stood in front of the crowd singing like an angel from heaven.

"Lo he comes with cloud descending,

Once for favored sinners slain.

Thousand thousand saints attending

Swell the triumph of the train.

Alleluia

Alleluia

Alleluia

God appears on Earth to reign

God appears on Earth to reign."

The crowd of people marveled at the beauty of her voice.

"Those dear tokens of his passion,

Still his dazzling body bears.

Cause of endless exultation,

To his ransomed worshippers.

With what rapture

With what rapture

With what rapture

Gaze we on those glorious scars,

Gaze we on those glorious scars."

The audience clapped, cheered, and threw money into her satchel.

"So she decided to sing for coins instead of getting a real job." He said. "Why am I not surprised?"

"But she sings beautifully don't you think?" Dusk said.

"I guess she must be if they're giving her money either that or they're all tone deaf."

"Your thoughts say different."

"Stop reading my mind you creep!"

"Sorry sir."

"Hey guys." Frida said. "Come to watch me sing?"

"No I came to keep you out of trouble."

"But I wasn't getting into trouble. I was just singing for money."

"Well you have your money now let's go."

He took her hand and started pulling her along.

"Wait a minute! What are you doing? Hey! Loosen up will you? You have a tight grip and it's hurting me."

"Sorry I just- Falling roof!"

"Falling roof?"

"Look out!"

He tackled her and pulled her to safety, the two of them just barely getting hit by the falling roof made of solid concrete that had been heading straight for them.

"Are you alright?" He asked her.

"I'm fine but what on earth was that?"

Manny felt himself breathe in a familiar and horrible scent. A devil was nearby and it was attacking people. Eating away at their souls.

"There's a devil downtown."

"A devil?"

"Yes and it's devouring the souls of several people."

"We have to help them."

"No. It's too risky it's best that we-"

"Uh Mr. Rivera." Dusk said.

"What?"

"She's gone."

"Huh?!"

The young nun was running toward the source of the screaming and groups of people fleeing for their lives. A large, fat, and disgusting devil was eating several people one by one. Thinking fast Frida pulled out her gun, loaded it with blood stone bullets, and shot a few at the devil. It hissed and spat out some of the people he was trying to eat. He charged after Frida but she shot off one of his arms. He snorted in rage and angrily knocked her gun away. He then cornered her against a wall and sniffed her.

"Ahh! A holy woman! Your soul is pure and innocent! If I were to eat you I would be unstoppable!"

"Sorry but I don't taste very good." She kicked him in the face.

"Why you wretched little girl! I'll snap your neck and eat your body!"

He reached for her throat but when he tried to touch her the sliver cross she wore around her neck burned his skin.

"Ahh! Damn those crucifixes and crosses! Well if I can't snap your neck I'll break your legs and-AHHHH!"

A flame had been thrown at the devil knocking him away from Frida. She looked over to see that the flame had been thrown by a very strong and muscular devil with green eyes, pointed ears, and wings. The same devil who saved her from falling a few days ago. It was Manny in his devil form.

"I thought I caught the stench of a glutton devil! Your kind are revolting! Feeding on human flesh and souls! Taking more than you need! Even devils have their limits!"

"You're in no position to lecture me boy! You betrayed your own kind to protect humans and a girl of the church! It sickens me! But then again you are the son of the devil who chose to follow God and for what? The love of a mortal woman!"

"Shut up!"

Manny lunged for the greedy demon and the two engaged in a battle. During the fight Frida desperately searched for her gun. She had to find it and quickly because she doubted that Manny couldn't win this fight by himself. By the time she found it the glutton devil had pounded Manny hard into the ground. She quickly made her aim and shot her bullet while Manny threw another flame. The hell fire and blood stone bullet combined it proved to be just the blow needed to send the devil back to hell and to free the souls he had taken.

"You okay?" Frida asked Manny.

"I'm fine." He said in a voice that was deeper than his usual voice. "Frida are you hurt?"

"Just a few scratches."

"Thank goodness." He changed back. She noticed the blood streaming down his arm.

"You're hurt!" She gasped.

"It's nothing."

She pulled a cloth from her belt pocket and used it to gently wipe the blood away then wrapped it tight around the wounded area to stop the bleeding.

"That should do until we get back."

When they got back to the house Frida cleaned and bandaged his arm properly. Manny was surprised by how kind she was being toward him. It had been so long since he had felt such a gentle and soft touch. It made his heart skip a beat.

"There we go." She said. "I hope you feel better."

"My wound will heal faster because I'm half devil."

"Okay. Well I don't know about you but I'm hungry so I'm going to eat something."

She went into the kitchen to fix herself something to eat. Manny examined his dressed wound and wondered why he suddenly felt so warm.

"Mr. Rivera we have a letter to you from Father Gardner." Dawn said handing him an envelope. Manny opened it and began reading it.

Dear Manny

I hope you and Frida are alright.

I heard that you were attacked by a devil that wanted to eat Frida's soul.

That is the reason I wanted you to protect her.

Frida is a very special girl, I knew it from the moment I saw her birthmark.

I have reason to believe that she maybe a holy woman and I'm not sure if

you're aware of it but devils often hunt the souls of those blessed with holy gifts.

For if their soul is devoured the devil will be indestructible and unstoppable by any human or devil.

Please conceal this information from her because I don't want her to see herself as a burden.

But most importantly please protect her for aside from my love for God she's all I have.

Sincerly Father Gardner.

Manny made a flame in his hand and placed the letter in it. He watched it burned while thinking about what it said. Manny knew all too well that the life of a holy man or woman was not an easy one especially when devils knew about them. He wasn't sure what to do. If Frida was in need of protection maybe he wasn't the one for the job. He couldn't even protect his own fiance how could he possibly protect this girl?

...

Reader once again we must go back to a few days ago. To when the three bi-deities went there separate ways. Dipper was wondering around in the streets trying to learn more about his new surroundings. But it was really crowed and filled with some grim looking people.

"This is the city?" He said. "I don't remember it looking so negative. But then again it's been awhile."

He saw a woman nearby and decided to ask her for some help.

"Excuse Miss-" He said tapping her on the shoulder.

"Ahh!" She screamed. "Don't you touch me! Get away from pervert!"

She slapped him with her purse causing him to fall back and accidentally bump into a man.

"Hey watch it!" He shouted shoving him down into a puddle.

"Hmmph! These people really need to work on their manners." Dipper complained wiping dirt off of him as he stood up. He saw two other men and went over to see if they if had any advice. "Pardon me gentlemen but could you tell me where I am?"

The bigger one grabbed him by his shirt.

"You trying to get shot kid?!"

"What do you mean? Are you threatening me sir?" Dipper growled as his black eyes turned yellow, he grew fangs, fur, and started to change into his wolf form. The man dropped him and he and his friend took off running. Unfortunately his transformation didn't go unnoticed by the people around him.

"Ahh! A wolf! There's a wolf!" A woman shrieked.

"Someone call the police!"

"No call animal control!"

"I'm getting out of here!" Dipper shouted turning back and running away.

"Hey get back here you!" A cop shouted chasing after him.

"What's with this place?!" Dipper thought. "It's like the people here are out to get you!"

Luckily for him he was really fast and the cop was very fat and lazy so he lost him in no time.

"Okay now that I gave that cop the slip I need to find a place to rest."

Being very clever, strong, fast, and highly sensitive he was able to swipe a the keys to a room of a local hotel so he could rest. But it wasn't long before he found himself once again haunted by a ghost. A ghost that he was sure was the ghost of deceased sister Mabel.

A hundred years ago when he returned from the war he was horrified and devastated to learn from his mother and uncle that his sweet sister, in blind hysteria had thrown herself off a cliff and died. She had killed herself and no one knew why. Not his family, his sister's friends, their neighbors, nobody. Why his sister would commit suicide like that he didn't understand.

But he knew, he knew that even though his sister was dead she wasn't gone. He was convinced that his sister's ghost was trying to tell him something. But what? What could she be trying to tell him? Was she trying to tell him why she killed herself? He had to know. But how? He wasn't physic but he might be able to find someone who is.

It was a known fact the people who were physic or claimed to be physic were often taken to the local asylum so one night he snuck into the asylum of New York and began digging around in the files for their patients. So far he didn't find anything useful, just a bunch of crazy people who would attack themselves or others. Finally he found a file about a little girl who would talk to things that weren't there. The file contained two pictures one of when she was a child and the other of her at the age she was now. He realized that this girl was the nun he had seen the other night. Doing a little more digging he found out the girl only spent a year there before being placed in the care of the local church. He snuck over to the church and asked Sister Nora about the young lady.

"I'm sorry young man but Sister Frida has recently been relocated for her own safety."

"Then can you tell me where she is?"

"I'm sorry again sir but Sister Frida's whereabouts must be classified for her protection now unless you have any business with God I must ask you to leave."

"Of course. Sorry to bother you Sister, have a good day."

"You too young man and God bless."

But at night he snuck into Sister Nora's office and began digging around in her files on the nuns. He found Frida's and learned that she had been relocated to Maine.

"Maine huh? Well if that's where she is then that's where I'm going because I have to know why you did it Mabel. I just have to know."