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Life wasn't going too good for you, heck, to be honest has it ever gone right? Your whole life was nothing but a living hell, for every time something seemingly good came into your life, it either was something bad or it was taken away. You never got the dream job of being an artist despite having a masters because the companies refused to hire or even train you because you had no "job experience."

From your controlling parents who you could never please and never there for you from sports to even graduation, to your ex-boyfriend dumping you for your childhood rival from school who always stole the spotlight from everyone especially you and loved to torment you about it for many years, finally to your dead-end job at the local bar with the minimum wage so couldn't really afford to find a much better job or leave the town you were stuck in and your boss refused to give you a raise no matter how good of a job you did so all you could afford was a small medium apartment on the outskirts of town.

Things seemed that they would never get better for you, that you were forever trapped in this hell called life but there was another thing that would come, someone that would change everything.

There lived a being named Zalgo. Zalgo was a monster, no he was far worse than that, he was the living breathing personification of all Evil and of Chaos itself and his cruelty known no bounds, if you so much as Defied, let alone failed the demon, Zalgo would kill you on the spot as a way keeping his loyal minions in check.

Killing a minion or creature was considered the demon lord being merciful compared to his various methods of torture, which were so disgustingly awful, Zalgo himself would either go into the cell with a chair and popcorn, and watch it like an entertaining film or take very twisted delight in the painful agonizing screams.

The being lived in a palace made of glass with legions of monsters forged form the tears of undead at his command, he had everything in his realm that he could ever want (well almost everything) and the demon didn't even know he was lacking something.

Zalgo longed for the day where he would destroy earth and all of humanity, to watch the pathetic creatures of that worthless world die at his grasp. Of course, even the being of all evil gets bored, and very seldom does that result in something good, and one day when Zalgo was so very much bored, he chose to go to earth disguised as a human to see what mayhem he could cause, little did the demon lord know, he would find someone special that would stay with him for a long time and you had no idea that your life would play a role in this little deadly play....

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---dream sequence---
In the hallway of a quiet auditorium, the path was dimly lit by the flickering light of candles in the area. You were running away from an unknown entity, panting heavily and patches of dirt on your face, trying to get away from the thing that was hunting you down while tears streamed down at a rapid pace, "N-NO NO! Get away from me, get away!!" you cried out as the creature got closer to you, the only thing visible was 2 pairs of red eyes glowing, as it got closer to you as it's whispers echoed in your ears "y/n..... y/n... y/n come here...."

Eventually, you the end of the hallway appeared as there was a large door that was closed shut, and as creature was closing in on you, you tried with all your might to open the door but to no avail as the monster leapt forward intending to pounce as the doors finally gave way to a bottomless void as you fell down screaming as the creature leapt after you with eyes glowing and teeth bared at the neck as you felt a sharp pain in your neck.

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BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!

you woke up screaming, your face covered in sweat as your clock rang out, reading 5:47 am, signaling it was time to wake and get ready for work as the sun was rising in the west. You sighed in relief and got up "i-it was a nightmare, just a nightmare..." after a good face splashing, you got ready for work which was shower, put your work clothes on, a light breakfast, and then take the morning trolley to the bar.
Things went smooth as still water which was very unusual as something would normally go wrong that would delay you for an hour or nearly making you late. Even your boss Mr. Chubs, wasn't even awake so maybe today would be different than most days as you headed in to begin your shift unknowing what was coming as the town was waking up.

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Far from the town, in the realm of Zalgo, the demon lord was sitting on his throne completely bored out of his mind as nothing new was going on. He tried everything from simple magic tricks to his "slave dancers" preforming for him as some form of entertainment but nothing worked to cure Zalgo's boredom as he got off of his throne, "I'm so bored! There has to be SOMETHING I can do and if I can't find my entertainment here...then I'll have to go that worthless world called earth for a visit."

Opening a portal and stepping through into a lush forest, Zalgo shifted into his human disguise so his enemies wouldn't be able to spot him as the demon, now a human, walked from the forest and into the town starting to bustle with activity as he started walking about taking in his new surroundings. 5 hours later, Zalgo grew hungry after exploring this pitiful excuse for an entertaining town and spotted a nearby bar and walked in it.

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Things in the bar where busy as normal, people came and gone as you raced around trying to keep up from the orders kept piling up as a cherry yet grating voice rang out making you groan "hey freak, never thought I'd find you here!" You didn't even turn to know that horrible voice belonged to Cassidy, the blonde hair and the spray tan was unmistakable and she was one of the many people you hated in your life. Cassidy's one desire was to have everything in the entire world and the spotlight all to herself.

Ever since 6th grade, you were always in the shadow of Cassidy, people who gave her praise either did it out of fear or blind admiration and she was the one who stole Alex from you, and left you all alone, heartbroken too. Cassidy looked around with disgust "do we have to eat here Alex? Why can't we eat at the resort we're going to?!" Alex came up from behind "but honey lamb you promised that we'd do something I wanted to do!" the woman groaned "but this place is disgusting!! Next time you do what I like!"

You rolled your eyes as you went off to deliver some food as Cassidy and Alex sat down, when another entered the bar and the blonde took interest in him while the mystery figure ignored the "couple" and sat down at one of the bar stools as you came by "may I get you some water sir?"

Zalgo looked at the human and his eyes widened with awe at what he saw; your soft h/c tied in a bun, your natural tannish skin, your figure in the white shirt and black shirt but the most beautiful feature that he saw was your e/c eyes; never had he seen such bright eyes, bright as the stars at the night but the moment was broken when you cleared your throat "um sir? Would you like some water?" the man shook his head and nodded, not taking his eyes off you as you left.

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As time passed by, Cassidy was so bored and disgusted by her boyfriend's choice of where to eat, the smell of beer and grease filled the air, the people there were; bikers, truck drivers, Sailors, and even worse sports people, the windows had no screens which made it impossible to let the cooling wind in as it would attract bugs, the tables were not perfectly symmetrical meaning people couldn't prop up against them as they should do and the food was in too large of a quantity and they were cheap.

The brat saw you coming with a couple drinks in hand, so she decided to sabotage you by tripping you up and as you soon as lose your balance, the drinks began to topple over and Cassidy started laughing but her laughter quickly turning into screaming as the drinks spilled on her ruining her makeup and washing away her spray tan as the bar attendants laughed at the drenched woman as you cleaned yourself "oh I'm so sorry ma'am, can I get you a towel?"

Cassidy growled before pushing you to the ground "I HATE YOU! YOU THINK YOUR WORTH SOMETHING BUT YOUR NOT! YOU'LL NEVER FIND HAPPINESS FOR THE REST OF YOUR WORTHLESS LIFE!! I'M THE STAR! I'M THE ONE WHO WILL BE ADORED!!!! YOU'LL NEVER BE HAPPY AND I'LL KEEP IT THAT WAY FOREVER!" she got ready to strike you, before the mysterious man grabbed her arm and punched her in the gut and pinning her to the ground with their boot "you? worth anything? You're just a worthless whore who wants validation"

Alex went to the mystery man after his girlfriend pleaded to him for help "nobody hurts my girl! Nobody! Especially not someone like you!" he went punch him, but Alex's arm was grabbed, and it began twisting it in all sorts of horrible ways.

The screams from the ex were like music to Zalgo's ears and he enjoyed every moment of it, as the patrons looked on in horror.

Soon Zalgo finished his performance by snapping Alex's left arm in half, the boyfriend shrieking in pain as the blood began pouring out of the wound and two of the arms bones poking out of skin as two patrons took Alex to the hospital as the others cleared out of the bar out of panic.

Leaving you and him alone as you got up from the push and cleaned off as you went thank the man for standing up against Cassidy, but he seemingly vanished as Mr. Chubs handed a mop "I want this mess cleaned up Y/n! And don't except me to pay for your messy uniform!"

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It was early evening when your shift had ended and you were walking to your home, hoping to run into the stranger again as your (favorite song) began playing and right around the corner the stranger was seen leaning against the wall, "hey!" the stranger looked to see you running towards him "what brings you by?"

"I-I wanted to say thank you for standing up for me...no one's ever stood up to that Bitch before and I'm glad it was you mister-..." you blinked before the man spoke "Zach at your service, miss? "..."Y/n my name is Y/n" Zach smiled at you as the sky was steadily growing darker and darker "Y/n what a nice name, tell me why that wench was bothering such a pretty young lady like yourself?" you sighed as you looked down "she's always been bothering me since she arrived at my school, Cassidy always craved attention and hated me"

Zach smirked as a nearby light post lit up "well as long as you're with me, that wench that won't be a bother" as he put a finger to your chin, you examined Zach a little closer; his jet-black hair had red highlights that was illuminated with the setting sun, his attire mostly consisted of black and reds, and his eyes were ruby red that seemed to glow as you pulled from his grasp.

You cleared your throat; a bit of red went to your face "w-well it was nice meeting you Zachary, but I get home to my apartment I'll see you later"

As you walked away, you had no idea that Zach was more than he seemed and you had caught the eye---well eyes of a powerful demon, who had the most lustful grin on his face as you entered the apartment building

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Back at the apartment, you were getting dinner ready as your thoughts kept racing on and on about Zach. He was the first human in ages that was actually friendly to you, most of time when you met someone they were usually distracted, hostile, indifferent or was actually nice but would never be able to be seen again.

However, something was off about him but you couldn't quite put finger on why, but your thoughts were interrupted by the happy licking from your 8-month Siberian husky, Snowball and 1-year-old Doberman, Butch.

Snowball had light gray fur and the darkest blue eyes, while Butch had a large scar over his right eye with a chipped ear and they were the sweetest dogs you had ever had the pleasure adopting from the shelter on the northern side of town.

The lady told you that Snowball's original owners had to give the mother and her pups to the shelter when the son developed a terrible allergy to dogs and Snowball wasn't wanted because she was the runt of litter and Butch came from a mobster who gave the dog his scars after failing to catch a trespasser.

You happily adopted the two and loved them with all your heart since they were first good thing to not be taken away and you intended to keep it that way.

"Here you are my angels" pouring a meaty dinner, your dogs began eating happily as two figures were observing you from the windows as you got your dinner ready for yourself.

One of them was a thin, pale creature with long claw like fingers and razor-sharp teeth; many people called this creature The Rake for its sharp claws. The entity was a sadistic, and cruel monster stalking and torturing before killing anyone who got in his way.

The second figure next to Rake, was a seemingly human wearing a black hoodie, dark gray pants, and a blue mask with black voids where the eyes should be. Many called this "man" Eyeless Jack, a cannibalistic serial killer who had a taste for kidneys as the two were servants, proxies to the demon lord himself as they were tasked to find more about you.

Two watched as you were eating a steak dinner, rattling to his "partner" 'this is the human master is interested in? They don't seem all that special..." Jack nodded a bit "But we cannot disappoint our master, you know what will happen if we do..." Once the dinner was finished, you decided to turn on some tunes to settle your nerves after what happened today, and you danced to the tune as Snowball and Butch jumped around happy.

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After a while, you were getting your pajamas on in your bedroom when you heard Butch barking loudly and growling at door clearly angry at something "ssssssh sssssssh calm down, what is it Butch? Huh? What is it? What's wrong boy?" the Doberman didn't respond, he kept growling at the door teeth exposed as if ready for a fight.

You went to the door to see what was causing your dog bark and growl like crazy at the door and you opened the door excepting some horrible demon or a burglar, but to only find a completely empty hallway and you went back inside to comfort your whimpering Doberman "there's nothing there in the hallway silly dog, it was probably your mind playing tricks on you"

Suddenly the phone began ringing loudly, you went to answer it thinking it was a telemarketer, a wrong number person, or worse YOUR Parents, who you could never please and were never around for you when you needed them.

You hoped that it wasn't them as you went to pick up the phone, but when you did the power suddenly went out leaving you in the darkness shakily clutching the phone as your dogs were howling like crazy.

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Still clutching the phone, you turned on the emergency lights to ensure you didn't stumble around in the dark as your dogs kept howling like crazy. After calming Snowball and Butch down, you put the phone down to check on the circuit breaker down in the cellar at the very bottom of building, you, among the many tenants, hated going down there for good reasons too many to count one of them being always near pitch black in there.

After mustering up the courage to head to the ever-creepy cellar, you left the safety of your apartment into the darkened halls of the building with only faint glimmer of the street lamp outside the window located at the far end of hallway as complaints were heard from the other doors.

As you slowly navigated through the darkness of the hallway leading to the stairs that lead to the cellar, but an eerie feeling of being watched surged through your body as you reached the stairs before feeling a slight tugging to see Snowball pulling on your pant leg gently, whimpering "Snowball, go back with Butch it's not safe for you to be out here in the dark"

The husky kept a hold of the pant leg whimpering loudly as if she was trying to warn 'Don't go! Don't go down there, there's something down there! Something evil!" you managed to get your leg free before sighing, "I'll be ok girl I promise, tell you what once I check on the power box, I'll come right be back up, just go back inside with your brother, you know how he is when he's alone."

You kissed your husky who was whimpering loudly so you began your descent downwards to the cellar.

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The descend down into the cellar felt like what could've been an eternity but finally you reached the doors of what many of tenants called the murder hole.

50 years ago, occultist had kidnapped 17 people and murdered every single one of them by impaling them on hot spikes one by one in the cellar and then burned their bodies to sacrifice to one they worshiped and the most the occultists just simply vanished into thin air, never to be found or seen again.

Now it said that whenever the power goes out in the building, you can hear the anguished cries of the people who lost their lives from the cellar doors. You were terrified of what could be on the other side, so after saying a prayer you slowly opened the door to only to find an empty cellar say for a few rats, "oh thank goodness, now to find that breaker and get out of this creepy place".

You eventually found the breaker and opened it to find that all of the switches were set to the on position, which didn't make any sense as the other lights in the area and you know the landlord paid the electrical bill since he usually does it after he collects the rent, so why did the power go out? You pondered before feeling a chill crawling up your back as an echoey whisper that seemed to be right behind you ".... mine."

The hairs on your neck began standing up as you were ready to head back up to your home, however when you turned around, you saw a sight that made you freeze in fear. There on the other side of you, stood a silhouetted figure like the one you saw in your nightmare staring right you with a malicious grin and it began moving towards you.

You not wanting to find out what this thing wanted, desperately ran to and up the stairs, "y/n..... y/n..... y/n..." the entity purred as you kept bolting up, seeing the door leading to the lobby was open and it was so close to getting away from the thing that was chasing after and closing in you.

You almost made it to safety when the door slammed shut, locking you out as you desperately pounded on the door "NO! SOMEONE O-OPEN THE DOOR PLEASE!!" you looked as the entity was but inches away from you "oh y/n, you can't escape me no matter where you go..." it got closer as you cried out

"Soon you'll be mine..."

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When you came to, you found yourself in your bed with your dogs laying bedside you, sleeping soundly "huh? How did I get back here?" Your thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door, so after straightening your pjs out to make nothing that was too revealing was showing as you opened to door to see one of tenants, an old lady from downstairs up here.

"You feeling better honey?" the old lady adjusted her glasses as you blinked confused "wha-? How did-" the lady smiled warmly "When the lights came back on and the door was opened, I found you laying on ground knocked out, so I had the nurse that takes care of me bring you up to your home"

You blinked as the lady smiled and began to head down but stopped "Do visit sometime, the neighbors can so cold except for you, dearie"

You felt a smile grace your face, one of the neighbors was actually nice as you headed back to your home with your dogs awake, bright eyed and hungry. A monster was watching in secret, when you closed the door to your home, it pulled out an orb and spoke to it "master I found where the human lives at, sending you the address" the orb glowed brightly as a deep voice emitted from it "excellent work, the master will be pleased."

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You were enjoying an enjoyable book, when another knock at door broke the silence sighing you put the book down and headed to the door, opening to reveal Zach on the other side; his ash red hair glowing in the morning light "hey Zach what brings you-" Butch ran towards the man, barking and growling loudly.

Luckily you held the Doberman by his collar while he kept barking "BUTCH! Heel!" almost like magic, the dog stopped his barking and laid down "Sorry about this knucklehead, Butch doesn't do well with strangers" you scratched his head gently as Zach chuckled deeply, as Butch growled softy at him knowing what Zach is actually.

"No worries y/n, I know how to tame animals" Zach looked at Butch with almost evil eyes as the Doberman whimpered and lowered his head "Butch is a really sweet boy once you get to know him, so Zach what brings you by?" Snowball eyed the stranger, getting ready for any funny stuff but he just simply shrugged "I just wanted to see you again y/n and ask you if you wanted to go out with me and spend the day together?"

You looked confused, "you...want to hang with me...literary after the day we met?" Zach put his fingers through his hair, snickering "well I figured I'd cheer you up after what that wench did you yesterday and it doesn't feel right leaving abruptly without getting to know you better. So, what do you say Y/n?" there was a short pause before you spoke "sure I'd love too but can my dogs come with? I don't want to leave them all by themselves."

Zach nodded, and you felt so excited; you never hung out with anybody, except with your dogs who you loved dearly. After 5 minutes of getting ready, you with your two leashed dogs headed of the apartment complex with Zachary.

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The day you had with Zach was the best day you ever had in forever;
first you two had a nice relaxing walk park even though Butch kept eying every squirrel with murderous intent and eventually Zach and Snowball started playing fetch each other;
next you all took a swan boat ride down the river while Snowball and Butch kept try to catch any salmon that leapt out of the water;
then while Butch and Snowball ate their catch---after the chef cooked the fish with no added oils and it de boned, you and Zach had a cheese burger with fries;
Finally, you spent the rest of the day at a carnival and Zach even won you a giant stuffed panda in a ring toss game while your dogs had a blast in the pet area of park.
(zach made sure the park attendant checks the water bowl FIFTEEN times)

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On your way home on the trolley, you were grinning from ear to ear "I have to thank you, this was...the best day I've ever had in my entire life" even Snowball and Butch were smiling (you made sure they didn't drink antifreeze by having the vet check them, luckily, they didn't drink any) Zach looked at you confused "you've never had a best day for your entire life before?"
Your smile flattered "well I was the type of kid that never could fit in with her peers, so I never really had any friends, and my biological parents were never really there for me so all I had was me. Well, that was before I adopted Snowball and Butch, because they were just like me, alone and against the world plus dogs don't judge you like humans do, you just have treat them with love, care, and respect"

You felt an arm put on your shoulder, as Zach pulled you closer to him "you know my dear, never in my years would I have found such beauty in a seemingly normal person. You might even say you're a diamond in the rough." he chuckled "why not come with me and leave this place? You'd be much happier than you are HERE"

The trolley stopped, and you got off with your stuff and dogs "I would like to, but I need to get to know you better before I make my choice, ok?" with that you headed into the apartment complex with your pets

Zach smirked "oh y/n if you only knew what was coming"

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You entered your home, grinning from ear to ear as your dogs got onto their favorite spot, their doggy bed which had two old t shirts you owned laying on top of it as you put your stuffed panda in your bedroom as the stars and moon graced the sky.

After ten minutes of watching tv, you heard knocking at the door and looking through the little peephole, you saw the one thing you hated that rivaled Cassidy's: your bio parents. Quickly, you opened the door, only stopping at a crack so the two couldn't enter your home "Mother. Father. What are you doing here? I thought your high and mighty selves wouldn't waste their time with someone like me"

Your father snorted coldly "we heard a serial killer was in the area and there's a huge reward to find them, so we wanted to-" "NO" you quickly slammed the door on their faces and quickly locking the door, you didn't want the likes of them ruining the best day you ever had.

After five minutes of them trying to get in, you were ready to sick Butch on them before the EAS sounded off on the tv, making your heart start to race as the news followed with a reporter was standing outside a gray house with police lights flashing.

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"Good evening, I'm Rachel Shamlock, coming to you live from in front of the crime scene where precisely 1 hour ago, 32-year-old Arthur Chubs; owner of the local bar in this town was found murdered in the cellar of his home. The victim was found with many lacerations, several organs missing, his eyes gouged out, and nails in his hands." the camera showed the covered body of your boss, Mr. Chubs as dread grown in your stomach.

"According to the witness claims, the victim was seen entering his house at 7:45 pm and minutes later the power went out and sounds of struggling emitted from the household. 25 minutes later, after the police arrived and where the victim was, writing was painted all over the wall with blood, the words being translated to 'He Comes' all over.

Police chief Dunman has released an emergency statement 'There's no doubt that this is work of the occult that murdered 17 people 50 years ago, it seems they have returned...to keep us from repeating the past; stay indoors at all times and lock all doors and windows until further notice, and if you see anything or anyone suspicious contact the authorities right away."

Meanwhile your parents were heading towards their car, when they noticed the car was locked "hey who locked the car?!" the father looked for his car keys, before a demonic shadow passed the couple with a freezing wind that followed

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Despite the creepy the news that your boss was murdered and the sudden freezing wind, you were more focused on Zach, wondering if he was ok since the occult returned but there was something about him you couldn't get out of your mind, whether it was his looks, his sweet demeanor, or all of the above; Zach was the center your thoughts as you looked out the window to see your bio parents' car gone which was such a relief.

A voice kept shouting "get away! Get away from that man, he's not who says he is!!" as another voice came to snuff the first one out "you can trust Zach, he stood up for you against the witch Cassidy and no one ever been nice to you before!"

Your dogs went to lay by you on the couch to keep you company, after you locked the windows tight and your nerves were on an all-time high alert. You kept watching tv with your dogs to calm your nerves down, as two figures were watching you from the bedroom as a commercial appeared for a drink brand.

The first of the two figures were Eyeless Jack as he was prepping a drink, and the other was a monster with spider like feature as he looked at Jack, skeptical "are you certain this plan will work? Because the master doesn't accept failure especially with this human."

the cannibal looked the monster, almost sounding offended "I assure you Xeno, this plan is guaranteed to work in bringing the human to our master" he set the cup on the nightstand which was full of what appeared ordinary tap water,

"It looks like this water thing humans drink Jack, how is this supposed to get the one the master wants? Have them use the bathroom?!" the creature clicked his mandibles, as Eyeless quickly turned to look and sighed in annoyance as Butch's yawn was heard slightly in the next room over.

"Your lack of faith is surprising, let's just say when y/n takes and drinks the "water" then everything will fall into place Xeno..." the dimming lights and the sound fading form clued Eyeless jack to you coming in so he tapped the desk to signal to the other monster to teleport out of there and they did just that as you entered the empty bedroom with your two dogs seeing the glass of water.

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Back in the demon realm, Zalgo was sitting on his throne with a glass of appeared to be red wine, looking at a projection of you going to sleep with deep, red, lustful eyes "oh y/n, my little dove I never thought I would find such a rare gem in the world of worthless stones. But you should've known, when I find something so I want it....and I always get what I want..."

a dark chuckle escaped his throat as the demon king put his wine glass with the drink still in, up to the projection of you sleeping twirling it and savoring it like sweet honey

"But for now, my little dove, sleep in peaceful air and may you have the sweetest dreams, for before midnight tomorrow, my dreams will come true." he busted into evil laughter, which echoed through the palace before Zalgo stopped and kept an eye on your sleeping figure through the wine glass as the two servants entered the throne room.

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as you slipped into the deep pool of sleep, the world faded and transformed into a beautiful palace made of crystal with the loveliest pieces of art you ever saw and made! Most of your art you made was on there hanging like they are beautiful treasures. You looked at yourself in a mirror, you were in a long elegant pearl white sleeveless dress with a diamond necklace on your neck.

you wandered about this mystery palace until you heard the sweetest music and laughter from down the stairs. Checking the next room before heading down, you saw Snowball and Butch laying in fancy beds, chewing on a bone.

Following the music, you came down to what appeared a masquerade ball as the guests looked at you with awe, admiration, and many positive reactions as you began your descent down the grand stairs and one of the guests came to you with a mask of the upper face of a horned demon only for them to reveal themselves as Zach, his smile was warm and sinecure yet eerie as he took your hand and you two began waltzing.

during the waltz, everything felt off...not bad not good but off as Zach's red eyes looked like they glowed as he gently grabbed your head leaning in to kiss "my little dove, soon you'll have everything your heart desires and I....and I will have the one thing I have never had" and with that you felt Zach's lips softly press against yours as you two dipped

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you were sketching an out a pretty bird that was perched on a tree with Snowball and Butch playing with a large old stick nearby, clearly having fun with it as a top came Zach, his hair blowing softly in the wind a he wore as a black vest and tie with a red shirt with very dark gray pants as he looked at you peacefully drawing "hey y/n, nice to see you again, mind if I come over?"

You smiled and shook your handing, and moving over a bit to let your new friend down, as your dogs ran up to you two happily barking as you petted them both "so Zach, what brings you by? I figured you would have headed off by now" Zach chuckled, putting one of his arms around your waist and pulling you close "now why would I do that? I like you too much dove."

Your face felt hot as your cheeks went red Zach as looked at the drawing of the bird

"Is that your drawing Y/n?" Zach looked as you looked down "yeah but it's not that good" the man laughed loudly "not that good? NOT THAT GOOD, HAHAHA! this is professional level art!" you smiled, your blush getting redder as Zach kept admiring the drawing of bird, now preening itself on the tree as you kept drawing it.

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you felt happy as Zach took you to a movie, which was playing classic horrors week which showed classic horror movies like The Invisible Man, Dracula, The Thing, and Creature from the Black Lagoon which you two aw although it made Zach sleepy but he bored it through for you, which you loved the movie ever since you were a little girl while your dogs got a relaxing spa day at the groomers next door.

after the movie was over, and you picked up Snowball and Butch from the groomers "hey uh Zach, I was wondering if you'd....you'd..." Zach raised his eyebrows, as his red eyes began glowing slightly as they neared "...you'd come over to my home, I know it seems much but I thought we have some food then maybe play some games I know it sounds crazy but-"

the red head put his finger to your mouth, while smirking "I'd love to join you my dove, in fact why don't we go to your home right now?"

Your eyes widened as you and Zach went the apartment building, only to find your ex standing in the lobby with a gift at his arm and a glare that could cut bread aimed at Zach, as you stared in disbelief as your friend next to you looked at Alex with an unfazed look as you snapped back to your senses, scowling at your former boyfriend with an icy glare.

"What are YOU doing here, Alex? I thought you would be at that 5-star resort with Cassidy" You growled as Zach looked at Alex with a stare that read 'this one is mine now so beat it twerp' Alex glared back as if to say 'try me, I know what you really are, so unless you want your secret blown LEAVE'

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You kept your sneer at Alex as the tapping of your foot echoed throughout the lobby "well Alex I'm waiting, this better be good" Alex looked at you as some of the street's lights came on with Zach standing beside you, suddenly a bouquet of flowers popped out of your ex's only remaining arm towards you "come to back to me as my date partner, and get you away from this monster!" he reached for your hand, but you jerked away from the ex.

"Zach? A monster? Oh please, this sounds like another one of your excuses" you hissed loudly, as Alex was taken back "I'm-I'm not making this up, Z-Zach isn't a human! He's a demon, a demon named Zalgo!" a look of confusion went across your face "Zalgo? This isn't something you made up, is it?" the ex-shook his head "no! it's not..." he set the bouquet down to get a book since his left arm had to be cut off completely by the doctor as he flipped through the book.

"According to legend says Zalgo is the cruelest demon ever born, even more malevolent than the devil himself! He resides in his palace made of glass with legions monsters at his command, Zalgo's true form is often debated but one thing that scholars can agree upon is that the demon has the blackest skin and red eyes all over, his horns are barbed, and he has multiple mouths; the seventh mouth being only closed one, it said to open when the world ends; singing a horrible song."

You looked actually worried for a bit "and you think Zach, is the malevolent demon Zalgo" Alex nodded, thinking he convinced you to leave before laughter was heard from you "that's the dumbest thing I've heard, sure I believe in the unexplainable but even that's a stretch Alex! Don't think I don't see what you are really trying to do, you're just trying to take me from Zach so when I let my guard down, you'll dump me for Cassidy like you did the first time! no that' not- Well guess what, when I'm with Zach, I feel like I'm actually wanted and that's way I like it!!"

you ran off as Alex tried to follow you but your Doberman began barking and growling at him even bearing fangs, swiftly getting rid of him as Butch went back to comfort you, as you hugged Snowball while sobbing softly, as your husky gave you kisses hoping it would cheer you up as Zach put his hand on your shoulder as a very bitter taste suddenly entered your mouth.

After you calmed down, your whole body became numb as you tried to stand only for your legs to be turned into jelly "y/n, you ok my little dove? You look awfully flushed and weak" you looked at Zach with your eyelids looking like they could collapse "I...I don't feel good..." Zach caught and scooped you up, as your legs caved in and you could barely keep awake "here, why don't you rest in my arms y/n while I take you to your home?"

you nodded weakly in Zach's arms, your brain couldn't register the boy smiling at you directly or him heading out the complex with you snug in his arms. You wanted to ask the man where he was taking you but you couldn't find the strength to muster a single word as Zach looked at you "just rest, my dear. When you awake, you'll find yourself somewhere you belonged to all along..." as the world began to grow dark and your consciousness was slipping, you could swear you saw a fanged smiled on the boy's face.

when you went out like a light, Zach grew bat like wings as he flew off with you asleep in his arms as he pulled out an orb "good work Jack, your plan worked like a charm, now we move to phase 2. Find that ex of y/ns and his "girlfriend" and bring them here alive...I can't have them dead just yet..."

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Several hours later, you came to in an empty theater on the stage with many lit candles being your only light source in the darkened building as your senses slowly came to, taking in the area where you were at. Dust surrounded the stage and area as a bird flew above to the cracked roof, cluing you in that it was the abandoned Del wood theater emporium; the theater had been abandoned for 20 years due to many the deaths that happened; whether they were accidents like a holding a sandbag was not properly secured to or murders, like someone replaced a fake knife with a real one.

when you got slowly up, you noticed you were wearing a short sleeveless white dress with pastel colors at the skirt part with a black choker on your neck looking towards the backstage area making sure nothing was there, but when you turned around to get off the stage, a shadow suddenly moved behind you, as the most of the candles on there went out, and a very cold breeze following afterwards making you whole body crawl with goosebumps.

Getting off the stage and onto the auditorium, you were scarred out of your mind as you desperately wanted a way out, searching for any available exit wanting it sooner than later when you spotted two large doors.

When you got to the doors expecting them to be bolted shut or locked to keep you from escaping as it was no doubt you got kidnapped, but to your surprise the doors opened with ease with the hallway dimly lit by candles.

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After 5 minutes of going through the hallway, a sudden chill breathed down your neck and you turned to see all too familiar entity standing at the doors with the candles as it had the widest grin on his face. Wasting no time, you ran causing what could be called the scariest race of your life as you bolted down the hallway as the monster effortlessly kept up with you while you ran faster than you ran before in your entire life.

The more you kept running, the colder the air got as frost was seen growing on the walls and even on the heated wax of the lit candles, eventually opening the doors that had a huge hole at least a foot deep but the demon was about mere inches from you and ready to grab you so with a prayer you jumped down the hole to escape the thing chasing after you as it managed to grab a single lock of your hair.

Luckily the dirt below was soft enough to break your fall and you looked up at the fall to see the entity looking down into the hole and you moved away as it fell down, the red glow illuminating the entire area as you hid behind the props, taking heed not to make any noise to alert the monster that was searching for you softly growling while it did so.

It came close to finding your hiding spot if not for the rat scurrying by distracting the beast, so you could climb out of the hole you fell down quickly before the monster could find you and you ran away from the hole just as fast too. After you locked the room the hole up, you found yourself in the main lobby of theater as the proud lion mantle was rotted away at the sides as cobwebs covered the lions face as you took this moment to catch your breath.

Once you calmed down, you went to the main door aiming to escape before the thing that was chasing you could catch up, but the door was locked up by chains and going back the way you came was out of question, and you couldn't go upstairs to hide since the stairs were broken and you didn't want to risk breaking any bones so upstairs was out as well. Before you could come up with an escape plan, you felt a warm hand on your shoulder.

you quickly turned, only be relieved to see Zach, albeit a little roughed up but he looked just as relieved as you were "oh y/n are you ok? After you passed out, someone mugged me and took you to this spot, I had to go through the cellar to find you" you hugged Zach, knowing that he came for you and was worried about your well-being "I'm just glad you came, but where's-" your question was interrupted by cries of anguish and howls echoing through the area, making the goosebumps return with gusto before going eerily quiet again.

"That...that sounded like my dogs!! W-We have to help my dogs" Your protective instincts kicked as you grabbed Zach's arm as you looked for the source of suffering, as the panicked howling sounded off again from the stairs leading to the actor area and running towards it with Zach ready to whoever or whatever evil has taken Butch and Snowball

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As the two of you carefully descend the concrete stairs, you felt uneasy as Zach looked at you "you alright y/n? You seem a little on edge" you nodded, sighing "yeah it just, my heart and mind feels like they're in a wrestling match. My mind is telling me that I should stay away from you, that you're dangerous but my heart is saying the opposite, that you're not all bad" Zach smirked "maybe you should listen to your heart more dove."

You thought about it, and was about say something before another cry of pain sounded off now being much closer "come on Zach! we need to find the source of those cries!" grabbing your friend's hand. you two ran down the stairs to the lower part of theater where the actors and actress would go to hang out and get ready for their show, as you noticed the entranced was partly flooded.

Luckily your shoes were water shoes, and Zach was ok with getting wet, so rolling up your pants, both of you trudged across the water-logged entrance taking heed not to step on anything sharp like rusty nails, splintered wood, shards of glass, etc. After 5 minutes, you and Zach came upon dry floor, taking your muddy shoes off to dry before noticing a flickering light underneath the door that read "Dressing Room."

You went to the door, as a sinister smile etched on Zach's face as you went to open the door. The same chill returned only much stronger than ever '(Y/N), RUN WHILE YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE!! You're in grave danger!' it seemed to be shouting, but you had to figure out what was going on.

So, against your better judgement you opened the door to a horrific sight; your parents, your ex and his girlfriend were laying on the floor with chains wrapped around them, the smell of blood poured out of the room as a single candle was lit. Butch and Snowball were locked in a pet carrier and had a rag tied over their mouths, only whimpers could be heard from your dogs as the only light source casted harsh shadows on the room.

"m-mother, f-father, ALEX, my dogs!!! Who-who did this to you?!" you ran in and went to break the chains but as you were trying two hands came up from behind and jerked you away from the prisoners "HEY, WHAT'S GOING-MFFFF!" a hand clasped over your mouth to keep you quiet as another pair held you captive "now now Y/n, can't have anyone intruding on this special occasion now can we?" Zach spoke with a demonic tone as his form began changing.

Your eyes widened with horror as Zach turned into the demon you were too familiar with as he grinned "there, now I bet your wonder who I really am-well I'm Zalgo, and your ex already told you about me" the king of the demons went to you, as the hand came off your mouth "y-your Zalgo?..." the demon lord placed a clawed finger on your chin while chuckling "yes my little dove, you see I came this pathetic village out of boredom and I never would've guessed I would a rarity like you"

You blinked, a rarity? Nobody ever called you a rarity ever and you let a small smile escape as Zalgo continued "it's a good thing you went under the radar for many people otherwise I would have never known what a beautiful and rare jewel that you are." Zalgo paced around you, conjuring a small box "so I ask you my little dove, to marry me and become my King/Queen" The box opened to revealed a onyx ring with a garnet at you, the gem glowing dimly in the room as you stood baffled, the lord of demons---the incarnation of evil itself---was asking your hand in marriage, nothing happened as Zalgo's smile flattered before going back to normal and pulling the ring back and snapped his finger setting you free from the monster that held you.

the demon looked at his prisoners then at you "perhaps you need some motivation y/n..." snapping his fingers again, the minions pulling on the chains and cracking the bones of the four souls they were attached. The minions laughed at the horrible show like it was some comedic film, as Zalgo held you back gently with a malevolent smile "you actually care about these rats? The people that basically ignored you for your life? The people that stepped on you or chose some pretender's gifts over yours?"

You looked down, all the painful memories flooded your head reminding you of all the times you were neglected, hurt, invisible or you having to save yourself as the demon continued "but I on the other hand, see a diamond in the ruff and if you were to accept my proposal, you'll have all you ever wanted, you'll be in the spotlight with admirers, you'd have it all---and you'll never be neglected or abandoned ever again and because I want you happy, you get to pick two of the six that'll be spared."

The monsters stopped torturing the humans to move aside for you to pick the two, as you looked at your parents first "you were never there when I needed you; you always made me do things that only made you happy and you never even showed you loved me..." then you looked at Cassidy and Alex "you always wanted to be the star, never letting your pride go even with my ex, you always wanted the world to bow and Alex, I loved you with all heart and yet you never saw or even cared about that I did."

You stopped at your dogs, your sweet babies looking scared for their life and you loved them with your heart " I want Butch and Snowball spared, and if I marry you Zalgo, will you let my dogs go?" the demon king nodded as a couple servants took the cages the dogs were imprisoned and took them away "and I will marry you and be yours" The demon's grin grew wide as the ring went to your finger "Excellent now time to pick up my Finance!~" and with that he scooped you like a bride.

Taking you back to his palace, where your dogs were waiting as Zalgo stopped at an armored monster "kill the prisoners, then have yourselves a little "tour" around the town, it's my way of rewarding you all for getting me the most beautiful person I ever laid my eyes upon and I would join you but I have to take my little dove to their new home~" the demon king laughed a bit as he stepped through the portal with you carefully in his arms as the portal closed.

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several months later, in the demon realm, a figure was seen on the balcony attached to a palace made of glass overlooking the hellish landscape and all its glorious chaos. As you were looking, a servant walked in "excuse me Y/n, are you almost ready?" you nodded as you walked away from the balcony and towards the door and went out to the altar were everyone was waiting for the human to marry their king.

The walk down the corridor gave you time to reflect; When Zalgo closed the portal with you inside his castle, he stated that the wedding would be up to you since it was your wedding and it would only be fair to let the demon's king little darling and if anyone would even dare to object would be swiftly dispatched and when Zalgo makes a threat, he doesn't make idle ones. One random minion thought he would be a wise guy and began snarking about you, and let's just say what the demon did wasn't pretty.

After the monster was "taken care of", Zaglo looked at his monsters as if to say 'ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY OBJECTIONS?!' the monsters quickly shook their head(s) quickly as the demon king looked at you, as you decided the wedding would be in 6 months since it would give you both time to get acquainted with each other as Snowball and Butch were released from the cages as their rag muzzle was removed afterwards.

Of course, being engaged to the Lord of all evil wasn't easy but you managed to get by though were a few hiccups here and there but the two of you pulled through and today was the big day for you both. First, you got a bath by several handmaidens as your groom wanted you to look your best for your big day. Next a tailor came in to get your outfit ready for you as someone let you a bouquet of dead roses as good luck as your precious dogs were sleeping soundly on the bed.

Now you entered the altar were all sorts of monsters and demons sat looking at the human. To them, you could've been some other creature other than a filthy human but their all-powerful master caught wind of that, the monsters would be on the receiving end of Zalgo's wrath which no demon wanted if they valued their life and wellbeing.

When you got to the altar, Zalgo held your hands with a grin as the official began "blah blah blah mushy mushy Lovely Lovely goo blah blah blah.... now Zalgo, tie your spouse's hands together" the demon king tied your hands together as he began speaking "your tied hands together symbolizes my love for you and I want you be mine forever, will you be mine?" You nodded "I will be yours"

The official looked at you as he gave you a dead rose "with this rose, my love for you will never wilt unlike the flower, with this dead rose I ask you to be mine, to have our love last for all time" Zalgo nodded "i will be yours" while he untied your hands, you looking at him as the official gave you two a glass of wine "now by the dark power of this realm, I pronounce you two married for all time."

you two drank the wine as the crowd roared with happiness, and the reception began. While the customs in the demon realm were...interesting at best you didn't complain as Zalgo was waltzing slowly with you, his red eyes glowing bight with a smile "I never thought I would I find someone but now that I have you, I'm never let you go..."

(Chicken butt)