The moon was shining in full gleam, and Sai was staring through his window. Back in the kingdom, he’d usually take a flight around the city at this time, as there was no-one to tell him not to. He hadn’t used his jet-black wings in years, ever since Sara spoke her first words; he worried that she might remember him as a demon. After all, she was a human, there was no way in hell that he’d raise her to be one of his kind; a demon. She was one of them, and he was only pretending to be one of them. She takes her regular stroll on her horse around to town and back, so doesn’t she hear the rumors? Should he stop taking her to town, all together then?
Sai sighed, and touched the glass of the French window. He took his wings out, and opened the window. It was really impossible to keep a caged demon inside his castle, wasn’t it?
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Sai saw the crowd of people near his father, and snuck through the crowd. He then found himself next to the throne, where his father was sitting, and then whispered in his ear, “Dad, do you take flights around the city? Y’know, to test out your wings and horns? ”
His father tugged his ear. “Sai, you can’t stay stuff like that aloud.”
“Why not?” King Asher quickly shook his head, and raised his hand. The next thing that happened is that all of the people quickly left the room, so now the only ones in the room were Sai and his father.
Asher got up out of his seat, and Sai did the same. “There’s tons of people here, they could easily kidnap you.”
“But I want to stretch out my wings! It’s been ages since I’ve last used them! “ Sai took out his wings, and took a black feather out of them.
“Hmm, you are around that age now. Very well, I’ll show you the perfect time to take a flight.”
Sai looked into his gleaming eyes. “The perfect time to take a flight?”
The king smiled. “The time when no-one knows you’re out there.”
“Really? So, are we going to go flying together?”
Asher picked up his little boy, and put him on his shoulder. “If you want, sure!” He took out his red wings, and flapped them. He looked at Sai with a smile and said, “Today’s a full-moon, those are the best days to fly, and I promise, no-one will see us.”
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Sai took a step outside the window, when he heard knocking on his door. He quickly put his wings away, and started sweating as he opened the door. It was around 1am, who would be awake at this time? He slowly opened the door to find the young princess with her blanket and pillow.
“Daddy?”
“Yes Sara?”
“Can I sleep with you?”
“Why can’t you sleep in your own bed?”
“I’m having nightmares.”
“N-nightmares of what?”
Sara pointed at Sai. “You.”
Sai felt his heart beating faster and faster. “What do you mean?”
“Well, remember when I learned about that scary ol-demon king? I had a dream that you turned into a monster, and-“
Sai immediately started crying; and hugged Sara. “I’m not that scary, y’know.”
Sara slowly let go of Sai’s cold grip, and proceeded to set up for bed. “I know, but still, I’m scared.”
“I’ll always be here for you; no matter what.”
“So when I grow up, you won’t leave me?”
Sai saged through Sara’s hair. “I would never do that!”
“That’s good to hear. Now, I’m tired. Let’s go to bed, ok?” Sara yawned.
“Alright, but you’ll have to let me know if you have any more nightmares, ok?”
“Sure thing!” Sai moved to the edge of his bed, he didn’t want to disturb his daughter’s dreams; he didn’t need to sleep anyway, if it was for her.
Sara was at the other corner of the bed, feeling embarrassed about telling Sai the dream, but she didn’t tell him the scary part, because that would scare him so much!
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Sara walked around her dream world, which looked like another castle far away, and this room looked like a throne room of some sort.“Where am I?”
Sai was on his knees, heavily bruised, and looked like he was fighting an urge in his head mentally, in front of that chair, which Sara knew was only fit for a king. He screamed, “Sara, get out of here!”
Sara started running towards her father. “Dad! What are you doing here? Where are we?”
Sai looked angry; the type of angry that Sara’s never seen before, a“Get out of here, before that thing comes out!”
Sara ran closer to him. “What are you talking about?”
“AAAAA-rrgh!” Sai screamed, and then the chains were gone, with another thing replacing Sai. This thing had long horns, and jet black wings, and looked like a monster. But yet, he still had the same face and looks like her dad. Just who was this man?
Sara was now right in front of him “Dad? No! Give me back my dad back!”
With a whoosh of his hand, the area near Sara enveloped in black.
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“AAA-aaa!” Sara jolted awake, and Sai was right there next to her. It was all a dream.
Sai grabbed Sara’s hand with a vice grip, something that a person would normally not let go for a long time. He started screaming, “Sara! What is it? Are you ok? What happened?”
Sara hugged her father; as he was still ok, and still pretty human. “Dad!” Sara thought to herself, there was no way this thing, her dad, could be the demon king! “I think I’m fine now.”
“Are you sure? Do you want to take a walk or anything, before you try to fall asleep again?”
Sara nodded, as she knew that she was fine, as long as her dad was with her.“I’m sure dad, I’ll be fine~”
“Next time, we’re going for a walk if you have another nightmare.”
“Alright then, let’s go back to bed.” Sara went back to bed, and Sai felt silent tears flowing down from his cheek.
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What am I doing with a human anyway?
Why do I care for her so much? She’ll grow up one day, and be one of them!
Can I really take care of her? What am I protecting her from exactly?
Will she love me for myself, and not being the demon king?
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Well, those questions were going to be answered another day, but for now, she was here, in Sai’s care. Sai smiled, wiped the tears off of his face, and went back to sleep.
Sai sighed, and touched the glass of the French window. He took his wings out, and opened the window. It was really impossible to keep a caged demon inside his castle, wasn’t it?
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Sai saw the crowd of people near his father, and snuck through the crowd. He then found himself next to the throne, where his father was sitting, and then whispered in his ear, “Dad, do you take flights around the city? Y’know, to test out your wings and horns? ”
His father tugged his ear. “Sai, you can’t stay stuff like that aloud.”
“Why not?” King Asher quickly shook his head, and raised his hand. The next thing that happened is that all of the people quickly left the room, so now the only ones in the room were Sai and his father.
Asher got up out of his seat, and Sai did the same. “There’s tons of people here, they could easily kidnap you.”
“But I want to stretch out my wings! It’s been ages since I’ve last used them! “ Sai took out his wings, and took a black feather out of them.
“Hmm, you are around that age now. Very well, I’ll show you the perfect time to take a flight.”
Sai looked into his gleaming eyes. “The perfect time to take a flight?”
The king smiled. “The time when no-one knows you’re out there.”
“Really? So, are we going to go flying together?”
Asher picked up his little boy, and put him on his shoulder. “If you want, sure!” He took out his red wings, and flapped them. He looked at Sai with a smile and said, “Today’s a full-moon, those are the best days to fly, and I promise, no-one will see us.”
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Sai took a step outside the window, when he heard knocking on his door. He quickly put his wings away, and started sweating as he opened the door. It was around 1am, who would be awake at this time? He slowly opened the door to find the young princess with her blanket and pillow.
“Daddy?”
“Yes Sara?”
“Can I sleep with you?”
“Why can’t you sleep in your own bed?”
“I’m having nightmares.”
“N-nightmares of what?”
Sara pointed at Sai. “You.”
Sai felt his heart beating faster and faster. “What do you mean?”
“Well, remember when I learned about that scary ol-demon king? I had a dream that you turned into a monster, and-“
Sai immediately started crying; and hugged Sara. “I’m not that scary, y’know.”
Sara slowly let go of Sai’s cold grip, and proceeded to set up for bed. “I know, but still, I’m scared.”
“I’ll always be here for you; no matter what.”
“So when I grow up, you won’t leave me?”
Sai saged through Sara’s hair. “I would never do that!”
“That’s good to hear. Now, I’m tired. Let’s go to bed, ok?” Sara yawned.
“Alright, but you’ll have to let me know if you have any more nightmares, ok?”
“Sure thing!” Sai moved to the edge of his bed, he didn’t want to disturb his daughter’s dreams; he didn’t need to sleep anyway, if it was for her.
Sara was at the other corner of the bed, feeling embarrassed about telling Sai the dream, but she didn’t tell him the scary part, because that would scare him so much!
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Sara walked around her dream world, which looked like another castle far away, and this room looked like a throne room of some sort.“Where am I?”
Sai was on his knees, heavily bruised, and looked like he was fighting an urge in his head mentally, in front of that chair, which Sara knew was only fit for a king. He screamed, “Sara, get out of here!”
Sara started running towards her father. “Dad! What are you doing here? Where are we?”
Sai looked angry; the type of angry that Sara’s never seen before, a“Get out of here, before that thing comes out!”
Sara ran closer to him. “What are you talking about?”
“AAAAA-rrgh!” Sai screamed, and then the chains were gone, with another thing replacing Sai. This thing had long horns, and jet black wings, and looked like a monster. But yet, he still had the same face and looks like her dad. Just who was this man?
Sara was now right in front of him “Dad? No! Give me back my dad back!”
With a whoosh of his hand, the area near Sara enveloped in black.
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“AAA-aaa!” Sara jolted awake, and Sai was right there next to her. It was all a dream.
Sai grabbed Sara’s hand with a vice grip, something that a person would normally not let go for a long time. He started screaming, “Sara! What is it? Are you ok? What happened?”
Sara hugged her father; as he was still ok, and still pretty human. “Dad!” Sara thought to herself, there was no way this thing, her dad, could be the demon king! “I think I’m fine now.”
“Are you sure? Do you want to take a walk or anything, before you try to fall asleep again?”
Sara nodded, as she knew that she was fine, as long as her dad was with her.“I’m sure dad, I’ll be fine~”
“Next time, we’re going for a walk if you have another nightmare.”
“Alright then, let’s go back to bed.” Sara went back to bed, and Sai felt silent tears flowing down from his cheek.
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What am I doing with a human anyway?
Why do I care for her so much? She’ll grow up one day, and be one of them!
Can I really take care of her? What am I protecting her from exactly?
Will she love me for myself, and not being the demon king?
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Well, those questions were going to be answered another day, but for now, she was here, in Sai’s care. Sai smiled, wiped the tears off of his face, and went back to sleep.