I Scored Myself A Mate

"Who was that white haired elf?" Kage asked. 

"How am I supposed to know?" Ignis told him with a frown. "I've been locked up for three hundred years the same as you. Stop touching him, Arpaia." Ignis scolded the third person who was in the room. The woman turned around and looked at the both of them. She was tall and wore a black dress that touched the floor. Her hair was long and black while her skin was deadly pale. Her eyes were green and behind her a pair of huge black wings was attached on her back. Not though the kind of feathers Asmodeus had. Those looked like a bird's, a raven to be specific. This was the woman that had appeared, the one who had grabbed Mark and disappeared. 

At the moment they were in what someone would call a subconscious roalm. It was where familiars would retrieve once they had been sent back by their masters. At the moment they were in Arpaia's roalm. A comfortable room with a double bed dressed in silk sheets. They were dark purple and matched perfectly with the theme of the room. It was dark with a black fluffy carpet on the ground while there was also a couch in a similar shade of purple as the sheets. Many different small statues decorated the place while on the couch there were a few books. Some of them opened while others closed. 

The woman was playing with Mark's locks. Looking at him with a grin and Ignis approached her, he slapped her hand away and hissed at him disturbed. 

"Who was that man?" Kage repeated expressionless and the two other spirits looked at him and said in unison.

"We don't know!" They shouted and a groan was heard. Mark's eyes fluttered as he was slowly waking up. All of the spirits gathered around him, curious and stood close watching him carefully as they waited for him to wake up fully. He sat up, rubbing his eyes and looked around disoriented .

"Why are you people so loud?" He mumbled and as his vision got clearer and clearer he began to understand what was actually going on. His jaw dropped as he stared into their faces one by one. Ignis smiled brightly at him and Mark mumbled their names.

"You guys...what are you...where am I?" He asked confused.

"This is my roalm master Mark." Arpaia explained and Mark observed the room. The dark times and the intense purple color. She smiled.

"Well it does match you." He said.

"It's been three hundred years." Ignis stated and looked at his master with a bitter expression. Mark nodded as a sigh escaped his lips. His head was feeling heavy. All these information was too much fro him to process immediately but he knew that these spirits in front of him were his familiars. Ignis was the little lion gifted to him by Asmodeus. Kage was a puma made of shadows and Arpaia was a crow. He had signed contracts with these two while he was traveling in hell, also known as the demonic capital.

Yes, a few months after he had exorcised Asmodeus, drowning in guilt and despair he had decided to travel in hell and free him from his shuckles that kept him locked there. He was so close into finding him and on his journey he was signed contracts with these two. He had spent two years traveling in hell, living a nightmare even when he was awake. 

He had been so close in finding Asmodeus until he....he had been murdered. 

"Where is Asmodeus?" He asked remembering the demon who was waiting to kill him. Mark had to explain to him what had happened, he needed to tell him the truth about his mistake, about how he wanted to save him and keep him alive. 

"He is back there with the elves. We need to leave immediately." Ignis said and Mark tilted his head to the side. He looked at him confused, as if he couldn't find a reason for them to leave 

"Why? We need to return, I have to talk to Asmodeus, explain to him the truth." He said and Kage sighed.

"He will not listen." He said.

"He will."

"He won't" Arpaia agreed and smiled. "Master Mark we need to get you out of here safe. I have been locked up for three hundred years, please don't die again" she told him.

"I won't die. I will just talk to him."

"Master." Ignis called him gently and sat next to him on the bed. "I was there, I was there when you exorcised him, I heard his cruel words and I saw the hate in his eyes. You can't return back there. We haven't replenished all our powers yet to be able to protect you. Please. It's been so long." Ignis said and Mark couldn't help but pat his head with a comforting smile.

"I will be fine. I have friends there who will protect me if I need it. I can't believe that I get to be with you guys again."he told them and the three spirits smiled. "I can't help but wonder why did I find myself in this mess. Could it be fate that I mate Allias?" He wondered. 

"Well, sometimes people who had crossed paths in their previous lives meet again. Also when there is a big concentration of magic people with an aptitude for it are usual drawn together." Kage told him and he nodded as he heard his words. It did make sense. Allias and him indeed had crossed paths once, while he was in hell. It had been so long ago. He thought and smiled. 

"Take me back." He told them and they looked at him disappointed."Don't worry I just found you. I won't die again" he said with a chuckle.

"Are you really sure?" Ignis asked and the red haired boy nodded eagerly.

He wouldn't be able to live with himself if Asmodeus didn't know the truth. Even if he chose to leave him, even if he said that he hated h now and didn't want anything to do with him he had to know what trulky happened. He hadn't made it years ago because he had been murdered. Right now though he had time, the time he needed so badly to be able to explain.