Demons
Just a little excerpt of what I was writing today. Let me know what you think and enjoy!
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Demons weren’t like other magical creatures. They couldn’t make magic from emotion, yet wielded immense amounts of it. They didn’t eat or drink anything yet had physical bodies… when they wanted them. How could such creatures exist in our world? The short answer is they didn’t. They existed in the realm between realms, the world between worlds, the void, the great beyond, the dimension between dimensions. They came here by following the dimension hoppers; careless humans too inconsiderate to close the door once they crossed dimensions. Demons would nestle in the safest place they could find: beneath a child’s bed. Protected, safe from discovery. If a parent wished to look under the bed, they would take the form of a small mouse. They were safe. And it had a veritable feast before it. Demons come here weak and exhausted from rooting themselves in our reality. They need to get stronger by absorbing life essence. So, they take the next seventy years of life from a child to fuel them.
Children were special. Some could see the supernatural because of wild imaginations, hence why they always complain about a monster under their bed or in their closet. That’s because there really is one! The other special thing about them is they didn’t quite have a consciousness of their own. They were similar to an animal, so the Demon could sap their energy. Once they hit puberty and became conscious of their own nakedness, only then were they safe from having their life taken by force.
The Demon gets strength from life essence, but it doesn’t particularly like it. It much prefers souls. Souls can only be willingly given to a Demon; they can’t be taken by force. The Demon is cunning though. It grants you wishes beyond your wildest dreams. It can make you a movie star, richer than anybody you know, or even a genius. It can do all of this, with the ultimate price being your soul. You would be surprised how many people are willing to do this, knowing full well what the consequences are, especially given enough time around the Demon. The Demon then uses your soul to amass power. It can turn it into magic or use it to gain a physical form. The Dragons of old were powerful Demons. Nowadays, that’s far too conspicuous. A Demon desires power above all else, so more often than not they choose the form of a man; a successful businessman, a polititian, a leader. All the while, they make deals not for wealth but for more souls.