{Victoria}

The next time I opened my eyes I felt strangely at peace. I felt well rested and somewhat relaxed. Then I remembered what happened before I passed out and I sat up to discover that I was not in my room.

I looked around the room and it looked like one of the guest rooms that I would stay in at Frank's house. Only this room looked fit for a person of Royalty to stay in.

The colors in the room were black and red. The furniture was a small black couch and a seventy-five inch flat screen Tv hanging on the wall in front of it. There was a black door to my right and another black door to my left that was left open to reveal a huge bathroom.

The bed that I was lying on had to have been a king sized bed. Of course because I'm short the bed would be huge.

"So where the hell am I?" I said to myself.

"You're in Hell," I heard Alastor say in a nonchalant way.

I paused. "If I'm in Hell then that means…"

He nodded. "That's right dear! You're dead and you're home where you belong. You'll also notice that you look different from your human form but that's okay because your normal form is actually a demon. You're a demon. Demon's can have two different forms, a human form and a demon form. You're in your demon form at the moment. But don't worry because you'll be taught how to change forms at will."

"Why am I in a room that is fit for Royalty?" I asked.

"Because you are a person of Royalty!" Alastor exclaimed.

I gave him a look of disbelief. "A what now?"

"You are Royalty, a Princess to be exact. The man that you thought was your father wasn't even your biological father. Would you like a little bit of your backstory?" Alastor said.

I thought about it. "Okay sure, tell me."

"Let's see you just turned twenty-eight now?" Alastor asked.

I nodded. "Yes."

"So you were stolen from your crib here at the age of two going on three years old, that's twenty-six years ago," Alastor said.

"But if I'm a demon then how can I be taken from Hell?" I asked.

"Good question," Alastor answered. "It only happens to demons that are infants and toddlers. Most of the time when a human captures a demon they put it inside what's called a Vessel. Ever watch horror movies where a woman gets pregnant after a ritual's been done on her and she finds out it's not even her child?"

I smiled. "Yeah, I love those types of movies! Horror is my favorite genre!"

Alastor chuckled, "Yeah anyway a ritual happens to summon a demon child from Hell and they get put into that Vessel. In order for a demon child to be vulnerable to that type of attack they have to be less than fifteen years of age. Anything older than fifteen that type of attack is useless. And that type of ritual is usually done by people involved in what humans call 'magic.' Now for an adult demon a different ritual is used and that just happened to be the ritual that was used on you."

"Interesting, but why did you say magic in quotation marks?" I said.

"Because a human's magic isn't really magic, it's actually a demon's power that the human gets from them after they made a contract with them," Alastor explained. "But that's a lesson for another day. You have a lot to learn about who you really are. Oh and before I forget your real name isn't Victoria."

"What is it?" I asked.

"It's Pandora," Alastor said.

I blinked. "My name is Pandora as in the demon who has a lot of their powers stored in a box? That demon?"

Alastor nodded. "And I'm going to guess that humans who summoned you were probably thinking that you were some ancient demon that they could use for their own benefit. They probably got a surprise when they found out you were a baby at the time. So they used you for their own benefit anyway."

I tilted my head. "But how? About the only thing I was used for was a punching bag for Delilah."

"Do you remember going to any strange place when you were younger?" Alastor asked.

I racked my brain to see if I remembered anything but I couldn't so I shook my head.

"I see," Alastor growled. "They probably figured out a way to mess with your memory or at least block you from remembering it."

"Oh," I said.

"Anyway, I'm pretty sure you're itching to see Walter soon. I'll have him sent to your room soon," Alastor said. He left the room shortly after that.

***

{Walter}

I'm finding the information that I was given to by my father, Alastor, about who I really am and what I am is rather strange but it makes sense. It makes sense because now I have two huge black wings sticking out of my back. I had two small horns sticking out of my head and my hands were claws at first but then somehow I managed to turn them back into regular hands again.

My skin looked like I worked out at an outside gym 24/7 because it was a dark red color and I had muscles. When I was a human I wasn't fat but I wasn't ripped either so the muscles kind of surprised me. I was dressed a black t-shirt and black jeans and I didn't have anything on my feet so I was barefoot.

I asked about where Victoria was and Alastor led me to her room. Victoria was sitting on the bed dressed in the same type of outfit I was dressed in and her wings were bigger than mine. It made me a little bit jealous. But she looked hot regardless. She had muscles and two short black horns coming out of her head. Her black hair went down below her shoulders and it was almost to her butt.

She tilted her head when she saw me. "Why are you staring at me like that?"

"Your wings are bigger than mine," I pouted.

Alastor burst into a fit of laughter. "Okay that's funny, you've been asking to see Victoria all day and that's the first thing you say to her?"

"What? That was the first thing I noticed," I said defensively. "But she is hot regardless."

Victoria smiled at the compliment and Alastor cleared his throat, "Well, I'll give you two some time alone and I'll be sending in your welcome committee soon. I shall take my leave now."

When Alastor left the room I looked at Victoria and said, "So, what do you think about all this?"

She shook her head. "I don't know. It's a lot to process but it does sort of make sense? I mean humans don't have wings so…"

"That's exactly what I was thinking," I said. Without warning I grabbed her and pulled her onto my lap. She was startled at first but then she settled down. "I wonder what Jenny and Jaxon are doing? Or if they've realized that we're gone and not going back."

Victoria shrugged. "Don't know but what I do know is that I'm actually rather relieved that Delilah isn't my biological mother. Honestly, I'm curious as to what my real mother's like. Oh, you wanna know what my real name is?"

"What is it?" I asked.

"It's Pandora," She replied.

"You're Pandora? The demon who had her powers sealed inside a box, Pandora? Wait, isn't Pandora supposed to be ancient?" I said.

"Yeah that's what I thought but Alastor told me no that wasn't the case. I guess the humans were probably shocked by that," Victoria chuckled.

"Uh-huh yeah and apparently Alastor is my father, isn't that a trip?" I said. "I'm not sure if I'll be calling him Dad anytime soon."

"Alastor hasn't really told me who my real father is. So far all he's just said is that Issac wasn't my real father," Victoria said.

"I wonder when you'll meet your real father? I mean, surely you'll meet him soon, right?" I asked.

She frowned and looked down. "What if… What if he doesn't want to see me? Because of how much humans damaged me? What-"

"No," I cut her off, "I'm pretty sure there's a good reason why you haven't met him yet. You'll meet him. Sooner or later, you'll meet him."

Little did I know that Victoria was going to be in for a shock about who her real father is, really soon.

***

{Satan}

"I fucking hate humans!" Cathy roared.

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Ever since Victoria came home we've chosen not to meet her just yet and at least give her some time to process things. So we've been watching her through the holographic videos Alastor's set up for us.

I broke my heart to hear Victoria speculate that because of the damage humans have done to her that I didn't want to see her.

I sighed, "I agree, maybe we made the wrong call here?"

"Honestly, from the way I see it we've made a lot of wrong calls in this situation! We should've figured out a way to retrieve her and make her powers manifest the moment we found out where Pandora was! Those bastards! How dare they!" Cathy ranted. "It makes just wanna march down to dungeons and torture the inmates just to blow off some steam!"

"Cathy," I said in a warning tone of voice, "calm down a little. Not entirely, just a little and what did we work out what to do when we get upset?"

She gave me an evil smile. "We sing so we can annoy everyone and express how we feel properly."

She cleared her throat, "So what do we do about all the sinners on Earth? If they were kind and noble as they say, all of them would be in Heaven. But at the end of the day they come to Hell. Our daughter's got a gray hanging over her head and I want to make them pay!"

I grinned and started singing, "I like what you're thinking! But I need to finish finding the ones responsible for kidnapping our daughter, yes we're gonna make them pay!"

Alastor decided to enter the room out of nowhere singing, "I couldn't help but notice you singing. I gotta put my two cents in."

I groaned. "Seriously?"

"Yes, indeed," Alastor sang, "All I have to say here is that revenge isn't as simple as you think. I got a long, long list of people and I'm way, way, way ahead of you! Now before you ask, you're the ruler of Hell and you're a really, really busy guy! From the information that I gathered I got a long, long list of people that were involved in this evil plot!" He snapped his fingers and a scroll appeared in front of him.

He continued, "Let's see here, we have Delilah, Parker, Megan, Howard, Wyatt, Walter's human parents Mike and Lauren, Head Witch at the temple her name is Luna and we already caught Ava Marie, the list just goes on and on!"

When I heard that a crossroads demon was a part of the list of people who had a hand in my daughter's kidnapping I stopped singing and snarled, "You know what? Fuck this stupid song! I'll deal with that fucking crossroads demon myself!"

I paused. "Alastor, before I go storming off, come with me to my office and show me the evidence of Parker working with the humans to kidnap my daughter."

"Yes sir!" Alastor said.

I gave Cathy a kiss and stormed off to my office.

***

{Victoria}

It's been about two weeks since I came to Hell and settled into my new home. I still haven't met my real father yet while Walter and Alastor are getting to know each other well. I'm starting to feel a little bit jealous. I mean what was the point of me dying, coming back to my true home if I'm not going to get anymore information about who I truly am.

I remember when I was alive that I would sing every time I got upset. Tonight was no different. I felt my heartbreaking with each passing minute feeling that my parents didn't want me. I would wonder around the castle at night sometimes I would sing and sometimes I wouldn't. Tonight I felt like singing.

"What was the point in this?

Why did I have to die to come home to nothing?

No one's saying a goddamn word about who my parents are.

I keep asking questions and getting no answers

even though it's breaking my heart.

I see Walter and his father talking

and they seem to be having a lot of fun.

I can't help but feel a little bit jealous this whole time.

What was the point of this?

Why did I come home to nothing?

What was the point of this?

When I feel my heart is breaking?"

I paused in my singing when I heard another voice behind me singing, "Sorry I am late. I didn't mean to make you wait. Your mother and I thought that we should give you space. So turn around and say hello!"

I turned around and I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a man who had looked like the older version of me in my human form. He wore an outfit similar to Alastor's but the difference was that he had a gold sash going from his right shoulder to his waist on his left side. He also wore a gold crown on his forehead.

"Hi, it's nice to meet you and my name is Satan and I am the King of Hell," the man said. I could feel the commanding aura radiating from him and I believed him.

I narrowed my eyes. True, I believed he was the King of Hell but I was in disbelief. "Is this a joke?"

He shook his head. "This isn't a joke. I'm not the type of man that would play a prank."

I wasn't sure if I wanted to run from him or to him. On one hand I was happy that my real father revealed himself to me finally. On the other hand, I was pissed. The King of Hell was too busy to visit his own daughter!

"Oh that explains why I wasn't wanted. I get it, the King of Hell's waaay too fucking busy to visit his own daughter!" I snarled.

"What, wait no that's not what that was about and how come you didn't know I was your father? Surely you would've had some sort of clue right?" Satan said.

I grit my teeth. "I don't know. Why don't you ask Alastor about that? Oh wait, that's right he's too busy having father and son bonding time to fucking care! You know what? Fuck you and fuck Alastor too!"

I spun on my heels and ran from him. I thought about running away from the castle but I didn't really know my way around town. But when I thought about it, it made sense because I wear a fucking crown on my head. Although it's a smaller version of Satan's crown. I ran back to my room and slammed the door shut.

I took my crown off and threw it off the balcony that was attached to my room. I didn't do much after that except I was seething in anger and throwing furniture around like a lunatic.

I didn't know how long I was in my room destroying things when I heard a knock on the door.

"Fuck off!" I roared.

I guess whoever was behind the door was brave enough to face my wrath because the door slowly creaked open. I heard a soft feminine voice say, "Victoria… I heard you met your father finally and I decided to come and meet you. And what the hell happened to this room!"

"Look. I'm not in the mood for visitors, so whoever you are, go away!" I shouted.

I heard the voice chuckling, "Uh, yeah you're definitely Satan's daughter alright! Looking at the state of this room, yeah you get your temper from him. Although Satan is ten times worse when he gets angry because not only does he throw furniture around, sometimes he's been known to throw his servants out the window if he's angry enough."

I groaned and turned around. My jaw dropped because in front of me was a drop dead gorgeous woman! If I wasn't with Walter I'd probably make a pass at her. She had dark brown hair with blonde streaks in it and hazelnut eyes. She was wearing a black dress with a gold sash worn the same way that Satan wore his. She had a gold crown on her head that looked like a copy of Satan's crown.

Since Satan is the King of Hell, I'm going to assume that this woman is the Queen of Hell. With that thought in mind I mentally kicked myself for drooling over my own mother.

I gulped. "I'm going to assume that since you're dressed like my dear daddy that you're my mother right?"

The woman nodded. "Yup, and my name is Cathy. It's kind of funny because I never thought that my own daughter would drool over me."

"Uh…" I felt my face turn red in embarrassment. I composed myself, "Just to let you know, I don't do incest."

Cathy laughed, "Well that's good to know."

She snapped her fingers and my room was automatically put back together as if nothing happened and my crown was returned to the top of my head. She sat down on the bed and patted the spot beside her telling me to sit down next her.

"I can see from how the room looked that we once again made the wrong call when it comes down to you," Cathy said.

"So tell me exactly why you didn't want to meet me when I came to Hell?" I asked.

"We wanted to give you some time to process things. I'm sure that living as a human for twenty-six years and finding out that you're actually a demon must've been a lot to process. We also figured that Alastor would've told you that your parents are the rulers of Hell. So we thought that might be a shock to you as well," Cathy explained.

"Well it would've been nice if Alastor had mentioned that to me. I've been asking questions this whole entire time about who you guys are and got nothing in return for answers," I growled.

Cathy frowned. "Yeah I'm going to give Alastor a piece of my mind! Sometimes I wonder why your father chose him as his Second in Command. Did Alastor ever send you your welcome committee like he was supposed to? Because the welcome committee is also in charge of answering questions that Alastor didn't."

I shook my head. "Nope. Like I said, I've been asking questions only to be met with absolutely zero answers."

"Okay that explains your rather violent outburst after meeting your father," Cathy said.

I looked away. "I guess I owe him an apology then, huh?"

She shook her head. "Nah, it's okay. So the first meeting didn't go so well and the fault lies with Alastor on that one. Now that you're calm, do you want to try and meet your father again?"

I nodded. "Yes."

Cathy smiled. "Good, I'll go get him."

She left the room and returned shortly after. I tried not to laugh when Satan cautiously poked his head in the door and looked at me. "Is it safe to come in?"

I snorted. "Yeah it's fine. I'm calm now."

Cathy practically pushed Satan into the room. He stumbled forward and caught himself so he didn't fall.

He cleared his throat, "So um, that was a disaster of a first meeting. Alastor's an idiot. But don't worry, I gave him a piece of my mind, we had a fist fight and I threw him off a balcony. Don't worry, he's fine, he'll just be a wee bit sore in the morning. It's all good now."

I paused. "He'll be a wee bit sore? He didn't get any broken bones?"

He shook his head. "Nah, demons that are a part of the Royal Family are somewhat invincible. But fist fights or just fights in general are usually how disputes in Hell are settled."

"Yeah you might run into an issue sooner or later that you might have to put someone in their place. It hasn't happened now because you haven't really run into the normal residents in Hell," Cathy said.

I tilted my head. "And why haven't I met any residents in Hell yet?"

"Because I put an order out to have guards watching you but at a distance so you couldn't leave the castle. I'm thinking that soon you'll be making a debut and I'll announce to all of Hell that my daughter is finally home!" Satan said while grinning from ear to ear. With a normal person his grin would be enough to scare the crap out of them.

The grin didn't scare me. If anything, it made me happy to see my father so excited about something. It made me feel better knowing that now I do have parents that actually care about me. After that, we had a long conversation answering a lot of the questions that I had about them. Some questions they couldn't answer right away because I learn those in my lessons that I would be taught shortly.

It was almost daylight when Satan and Cathy left my room. I couldn't help but feel happy about this. It was the first time in a while that I felt this happy about something.

***

{Walter}

I was headed towards Victoria's room to check on her because she had been in a foul mood the last time I saw her. I paused when I saw the rulers of Hell come out of Victoria's room. I knew who they were because Alastor told me who the rulers were. He emphasized the importance of being respectful to the rulers and that they don't take disrespect lightly.

I bowed to them when they passed by me and immediately rushed into Victoria's room. I was surprised when I saw her sitting on her bed smiling like a fool.

"Are you okay Victoria?" I asked.

"Yes! I'm perfect! As a matter of fact, I'm better than perfect! I'm happy!" She cheered.

I blinked. "Okay, who are you and what have you done with Victoria?"

She laughed, "Yeah, yeah I know. It's been a while since I've smiled about something. But I have good news!"

I smiled. "Really? What is it?"

"Well, I met my parents finally!" She said with excitement.

"And who are they?" I asked.

Then she dropped a bombshell on me when she said, "My parents are the King and Queen of Hell!"