{Victoria}

After the celebration of Frank's birthday Walter and I went home and that was the first time we had sex. For me it had been over five years since the last time I had sex because after Wyatt I hadn't really been into dating much.

Walter was amazing in bed that much I can say. He wasn't rough like Wyatt was, he was gentle and patient with me.

The next morning I woke up and even though I felt sore in between my legs I felt some weird pain in my back. I tried to sit up in bed and that was when I felt it. It felt like someone had taken a knife to my back and cut all the way down it.

As soon as I sat up I laid back down groaning in pain. Walter rushed into the bedroom. "Are you okay Victoria?"

"I feel like I got stabbed in my back and whoever stabbed me decided to drag the knife all the way down to my hip," I said. "But other than that I'm just peachy."

Walter rolled his eyes. "Leave it up to you to make a sarcastic remark while you're in pain. Let me see it."

I shook my head. "I'm not moving."

"Okay, I'll go get some pain meds for you then I'll look at it," Walter said.

He left the room and returned shortly with a couple of pills and a soda. I took the medicine and an hour later the medicine had kicked in.

I felt okay to sit up and Walter took a look at my back. He gasped, "What the hell!"

"Yeah I have no idea what happened," I said. "I'm pretty sure you didn't do it. Unless you have some kinks that I don't know about."

Walter snorted. "I don't have any kinks. At least none that I'm aware of."

"Well that's good to know," I said with sarcasm. "Now what?"

"I think you need to go to the doctor and get that checked out," Walter suggested.

That's what I did. I made an appointment with the doctor as soon as they opened. Thank goodness that Walter took a picture of whatever was on my back because I don't think my doctor would have any idea what we were talking about.

"Okay let's see what we got here. I'm going to need to lift up your shirt a little bit," the doctor said.

I did as I was told.

"Huh, that's strange," the doctor said.

"What's strange?" I asked.

"There's a strange marking on your back where you said the pain was," the doctor answered. "Did you get any tattoos since the last time I saw you?"

I frowned and shook my head. "No, why?"

"The marking looks like a feather!" The doctor said.

"Say what not?" I said.

The doctor took a mirror and placed it behind me so I could see my back and my eyes went wide when there was one huge marking of a black feather going from my shoulder blade down to my hips.

"Interesting," I said.

Walter nodded. "Yup, interesting indeed."

***

{omniscient}

Dr. Stephen smiled as he looked at the picture of Victoria's back. He'd been obsessed with her finding her mate and being returned back to her real father ever he met her and heard about her story from Lilith.

He knew that Walter was Victoria's mate and now that they were together he was pleased.

"Isn't it exciting?" He heard Lilith say. He looked up to see Lilith standing in the doorway smirking.

He nodded. "Yes it is. I can't wait for her to come home! Same thing with Walter. Even though Victoria's powers are starting to be activated Walter isn't showing signs of his powers being activated yet."

"Hmm, let me see that picture you're staring at," Lilith demanded.

"Yes Mistress," Dr. Stephen said.

He handed Lilith his phone and once she saw the picture she squealed with delight. "I can't wait for her to shed her skin! But, I'll have to wait and I have all the patience in the world when it comes down to my niece. Satan on other hand, is being a wee bit antsy. Mostly because he wasn't able to go forward with his plan last year."

Dr. Stephen looked like he wanted to say something but he knew better than to not speak unless spoken to in his Mistress's presence. Lilith rolled her eyes. "You may speak."

"How long do you think it will be until Princess Victoria and Prince Walter can come home?" Dr. Stephen asked.

Lilith shrugged. "Honestly, I don't know. I've started the process of activating Victoria's powers but since I don't have much of a reason to work with Walter yet, I can't really activate his powers. Although, I wonder…" She thought about it for a little bit and then perked up. "Aha! I have an idea!"

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Dr. Stephen raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"

Lilith gave him an evil smirk and told him what she planned on doing. Dr. Stephen's eyes went wide but he understood that something needed to be done.

***

{Walter}

Ever since that marking on Victoria's back appeared there's been a lot of activity in the house from Victoria's little buddies. I'm starting to hear things and I've heard the board that Victoria has the attic locked with come off the attic door and a creepy hand reaches down and grabs it.

Fed up with things happening in the house and not having any evidence to show people, I decided to set up security cameras and set up a camera in front of the closet leading to the attic.

After a few days I finally got what I was looking for. At the same time Victoria's marking started acting up.

Before I could look at the video footage that I downloaded on my phone Victoria howled in pain. I ran over to her bedroom and she curled up in a ball on the floor shaking. Cody was pacing back and forth in front of the door and whining until I came in to check on her.

"Victoria, I'm here, it's okay," I said. I picked her up in my arms and sat down on the bed.

"Make it stop!" She whined. "It hurts!"

I jumped when the closet in the bedroom suddenly slammed open and clothes came flying out of it. Cody whined and then ran to the closet growling at it.

"Calm down!" I heard someone roar. I looked to see if it was Victoria but she wasn't saying anything.

It was the old man that I had a dream about last month. It was Alastor.

***

"Well I didn't expect this to happen so soon!" Alastor exclaimed. "An interesting turn of events indeed! I thought it was going to take at least another year for the Princess's powers to start showing."

As soon as Alastor spoke the clothes from the closet went back to their place and the closet door closed and things calmed down. Victoria had stopped whimpering in pain and even Cody settled down.

"Alastor," I growled.

Alastor smirked. "Of course, I don't expect you to call me daddy anytime soon. You still think you're human." He walked closer towards where I was sitting and picked something from off my lap. What he was holding in his hand was a black feather. His smirk turned into a grin. "Excellent!"

I narrowed my eyes. "What are you talking about?"

"You see this feather? That came from your girlfriend," Alastor explained. He handed me the feather. "You might want to keep this. It'll come in handy once you start gaining feathers too."

"We're not fucking birds!" I snapped.

He chuckled and shook his head. "Oh no, no, no! Of course you're not birds, silly. Nope, you're something much more powerful than birds. You're what humans call Demons."

I blinked and gave him a look of disbelief. "Excuse me? So you mean to tell me that all of the activity that's been going on in the house lately is because Victoria and I are demons?"

He nodded slowly. "That's correct. But I don't expect you to believe me just yet. And don't worry this time I won't make you think this meeting is a dream like last time because if you tell anyone they're going to think you're crazy. Victoria is already labeled as crazy, I don't need you getting the same label because that would block progress."

"So what should I do?" I asked.

"Just do what you normally would do as her caretaker for now. Once her powers really start showing and once your powers start becoming active you'll need more help. And I'll send that help to you when the time comes," Alastor said. He looked around and smirked again. "Well it looks like things have settled down. Oh and one more thing, if you show that video of my pets as evidence of things going on in this house people will think it's fake."

I sighed but before I could say anything Alastor said, "Don't worry about it. You'll figure things out. I shall take my leave now."

He gave a playful bow, snapped his fingers and disappeared.

***

{Satan}

"Somebody looks upset!" Alastor said in a singsong voice.

I looked up at him and rolled my eyes. "And?"

"Look, I know you're cranky from holding court all day because I know how insufferable humans can be-" Alastor started.

I was sitting in my living room trying to unwind from work when Alastor came waltzing in. I cut him off. "Just get to the point already. You're getting on my nerves!"

"Okay fine," Alastor huffed. "But you should know that your daughter takes after you when she's upset."

I raised an eyebrow. "Which one?"

"The future ruler of Hell, duh!" Alastor said. "Who else would I be watching?"

"I don't know I have a lot of daughters walking around in Hell, so yeah…" I said. "So how does Victoria take after me?"

"Oh, when she gets upset things go flying like furniture, although it was mostly just clothes this time around. Her powers are just starting to get active," Alastor said. He brought out a brooch that's used for recording things and communication and it was glowing.

"What's this?" I asked.

On the holographic screen it showed two pictures. One picture was of a marking on someone's back and the other was of a black feather. It didn't even look like a full fledged feather to me. But it looked like the beginning of a demon developing their wings.

Alastor grinned. "That, Your Majesty, is a picture of your daughter's back and she's starting to develop her feathers. It's going to be weird for her considering she's still in her human form."

My eyes went wide. "When did this start happening?"

"Just recently," Alastor said. "I'm assuming you want me to go ahead with phase two of my plan?"

I nodded. "That's phase two, the marking ritual. The target of course will be Delilah, she's the perfect candidate for possession. And I'm not sure if we need Louis though. True, he has an heir to the business but I don't think he needs to be involved even at this point. Let him live his life and-"

Alastor shook his head. "See that's where I disagree with you, Your Majesty. Louis has a crush on the Princess and he can be used to protect her during the ritual to get her back home. Of course if his heart is good then there's a chance that he might go to Heaven when he dies. If he comes here after he dies I think we could at least give him some reward for keeping the Princess safe. Or if you prefer, once the Princess is home safe we could give him a reward then?"

I thought about it. "Giving him a reward while he's still alive actually sounds like a good idea. He can guard my daughter and your son for the ritual and that's all we'll need from him really. Let him live his life after that. Now, as far as Delilah goes, start working on getting her ready for possession. I also want to see if we could use Victoria's powers to activate Walter's."

"I think that's a great idea!" I heard Lilith say.

I looked over at her as she came and sat down on the couch next to me. She grinned. "As a matter of fact, that's exactly what I was thinking about doing." She looked at Alastor. "Did you leave that feather with the Prince?"

He nodded. "I did and I have no doubt his powers will take after me."

Lilith rolled her eyes. "Well duh! You're an ice breather and your wife is an ice breather too. It would be interesting to see a demon that's hybrid, able to use both fire and ice."

I nodded in agreement. Most of the time even there is a kid in Hell who's a hybrid they usually only have one power or the other never both. I have yet to see that happen.

"Of course whatever child the Princess and Prince have they'll probably be a fire breather," Alastor said. He looked at me once again. "So phase two?"

"Yup," I said. "Phase two."