Chapter 5 - The Radio Demon

                                    

                                          
"Speaking"
'Thoughts'
"Spells" 
*Parseltongue*


"Oh Angel darling, we're just getting started" 
"I don't care... you must be cheating somehow! you're not even a tiny bit drunk!" He hissed through gritted teeth
An exceptionally  evil grin spread across the Demon's face as he teased "Aw, what's the matter? can poor little Angel not handle even the tiniest of drinks?"
"Shut up bitch! I can so  handle it! better than you at least" 
Alastor arched an eyebrow in disbelief "Really? that's where you're going with this? I beg to differ"
"I- Oh fuck you Al" he grumbled angrily
"Angel, Darling. We both know it would be the other way around." the  Demon smirked
"I- You- That's it! I'm going to bed!" He spat, shoving his chair back and walking at top speed towards the stairs, trying to hide his slight blush.
"So soon? Can I not tempt you to one more drink?" 
His only reply was 2 middle fingers as the spider demon stalked up the stairs to his room. He sat back in his chair and laughed 'I'll get him someday..'
Just then, there was a loud knock on the door of the hotel. Alastor smirked, sensing the power gathered there even before Charlie opened the door. 'This should be interesting' He thought
"Uncle Asmodeus? Why are you- Did you steal a child!?!??"
' I didn't think quite this interesting...' 
"Hello Charlie, I'm here to see Alastor and no, I didn't steal a child, that dubious honor goes to Blitz" Asmodeus grinned, wafting in through the door with a small, black haired child asleep in his fur. Closely following him were the owl princess, a hellhound , Prince Stolas and 3  sheepish looking imps. 
'It looks like I'm going to have a facsinating evening' thought the demon, smiling malevolently
"You what? Who's Blitz and why is he stealing children?" Charlie asked befuddled
"He is my consort and I can assure you he doesn't usually steal humans" Stolas purred
"Oh that's all fine then! Just the one kid, that makes it all the better- Wait... Did you say HUMAN?!!???? Asmodeus! Explain this chaos before I have to call Dad!"
  "Well, erm, you see, we found him in a forest" Blitz explained nervously
"You found him. In a Forest." Charlie stated dangerously 
"well.... yes kind of. But we had to take him!"
"Please, do tell me why exactly  you found it nececcary to remove a human child from the upper world?" She said with a razor sharp glare
"Charlie, look at him properly, can you see the scars and his aura?" Asmodeus asked
For a 3 year old kid Harry had way too many scars; There was the one on his back, where Vernon had hit him too hard with a stick, the one on his hand where it had been shoved on to the stove , the one on his leg from Marge's dog Ripper as well as the one alluded to by Asmodeus, the jagged Sowulo shaped scar on his forehead. This particular scar had an ominous and malevolent dark aura binded somehow by tiny , comforting, glowing blood red Runes.  
"Oh...Oh!  That scar on his head,  it looks..."
"Before we get into that, I must ask, did Lucifer ever tell you about wizards? "
"Of course he did, I presume that that is how he got that scar?"
Asmodeus sighed "yes it is, I  will happily tell you more but first, we need to see Alastor. "
Hearing his name the Radio demon arose from his seat and walked over to the unusual gathering 
"You called? "
"We need you to do a cleansing ritual on Harry,  he has far too many blocks and compulsions on him which could be fatal if left on for too long"
"Do you want me to get rid of the Horcrux as well?" He asked casually
"The WHAT!?!?" Asmodeus , Stolas and Charlie shouted simultaneously ,looks of horror on their faces "What do you mean Horcrux? There's no way he made one, he's only 3!"
"Not one he made, someone else made the boy into one" Alastor smirked as a studio gasp echoed around the room from no-one in particular 
"Who would be foolish enough to put a Horcrux in to a living being?"Stolas asked 
Loona sighed exasperated "This is horrifying and everything , but can someone please tell me what in  Hell a Horcrux is?" 
There was silence.  Asmodeus glanced at Blitz briefly before saying " A Horcrux is the human name for what happens when someone is stupid enough to split their soul intentionally. 
The idea originated in ancient Egypt. When the magical  pharaohs were mummified, they would pump all their remaining magic into a warded Canopic Jar, believing that it would ensure their safe passage past Anubis and into heaven. 
 This of course didn't work but Herpo the Foul, a more recent Egyptian wizard, came to England and when he was researching the Pharaohs,  discovered that if you intentionally murdered someone you could , at that precise moment of death, damage your soul to the point of splitting it and you could then place that shard in a vessel rather like the original Jars. The imbecile foolishly thought this insane ritual was beneficial but instead of granting him Immortality like he hoped it merely granted him a one way ticket to Purgatory on the moment of his death.  Mortem comes to collect all souls eventually." The Sin  of Lust stated with chilling seriousness. 





(Mortem was ,  of course,  the impartial Deity who's only job was to collect all the souls from the living world and deliver them to Judgement where it would be decided if they would spend the rest of eternity in Hell or Heaven. .  By the rules of the Web, the threads of Life and Death that covered everything,  said Deity couldn't venture into Hell nor Heaven ,even his access to the upper world was restricted.  He couldn't interfere with a soul that had already crossed over nor one under the Sins protection (that is, until such time as that soul wishes to cross over) However,  despite these rules he was very clever and knew exactly how to slip through holes in the barriers between worlds and make humans fear him without actually collecting their souls. The humans obviously know him as Death. )










       Sorry I've taken so long to post I have been really busy, I will try to update more                   regularly but for now have this chapter



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