Chapter 12: Chapter 12
Welcome Home Pt 1
Catalaya's POV
I woke up around seven in the morning feeling groggy and lightheaded, my stomach felt like it was being grated.
'Why the heck do i feel like this' i think to myself
"You need food honey you've been running on fumes since the day you crashed. With everything going on and you fainting or falling asleep every five minutes you haven't had a proper meal" legacy's voice pops into my head
Now that i think about it she's right i haven't had a good meal in days, i was so busy with everything that happened when i found sam and dad, that food was the last thing on my mind. Dragging myself off the bed i head to my en suite bathroom to see all my toiletries packed away and made a mental note to thank who ever did it. I took a nice long shower and washed my hair then i got dressed in some sweats and a tank top and tried to find my way around this huge house-castle thingy.
Following the scent of waffles i find my way into the colossal kitchen where i saw some ladies gracefully making breakfast. Clearing my throat, i make my self known as i say
"Hi good morning I'm catalaya and i smelt your food from all the way up in my room and i was wondering if there's enough for me to get some"
"Real smooth cat, what the hell was that" legacy say between fits of laughter
"Oh shut up I'm not use to talking to strangers ok"
Chuckling the eldest looking lady says "good morning princess" with a bow.
"Of course we know who you are and you don't have to ask for food you can get anything you want this is your home after all and breakfast will be ready in a few minutes, it seems like your the first person up why don't i show you to the dining hall and we'll have your meal ready in no time"
"Thank you i would appreciate that very much" i replied kindly "and you don't have to call me princess, Cat is fine"
With a nod she showed me to a huge hall with a large table. It looked like somewhere kings and noble men from the 1900s would eat, it was quite elegant. The table had already been set and from what i could see it would seem that there will be a lot of people having breakfast with us as the entire table had plates. However you could clearly see where dad would sit at the head of the table as his chair stood out the most, there were two other chairs on either side that matched his but were a bit smaller.
"This is where you'll be seated" the lady says guiding me to the chair on the left similar to the big one
"The others have all woken up and will be here shortly when they have arrived breakfast will be served, in the meantime would you like something to drink while you wait?"
"Yes, could i get a cup of coffee please" i say
"No problem, how do you take it, sugar, with cream or black"
"One sugar and two cream please"
"I shall return in a moment" she says with a bow and turns to leave
"Wait" i call out
"Is there anything else you need?" She asks
"I- I uh i don't know your name" i reply timidly
As if realization had hit, her eyes widen as she face palmed herself then said "my apologies for the delayed introduction your majesty my name is Lerajie" she bows
"Nice to meet you Lerajie" i reply
With that she turned and left through the adjoining door. A few minutes later she came back in, handed me the coffee and left again.
Drinking the perfectly brewed beverage my mind wondered back to the hectic weeks I've had. I still cant believe all that has happened to me, if someone had walked up to me at the begining of the year and said I'd be rejected by my mate, find out i was adopted then thrown out by said parents, left the pack, crashed and then found my long lost family in addition to finding out I'm a demon and my father is Lucifer then moved to the underworld, I'd have personally placed them in a mental institution. And yet here i am doing all those insane things, my life has sure taken one hell of a turn.
My coffee is now finished and as I'm about to bring the cup to the kitchen i hear strange voices coming towards the dining hall from behind another door across the room that i hadn't even noticed until moments ago. I start getting anxious mainly because i have no idea who these people are and their intensions towards me. I may now be a princess but I'm in hell with a lot of people who don't know who i am and they might react to me the same way Cerberus did.
I can feel myself shaking as the voices draw nearer, my palms start sweating and my brain is in an endless loop thinking of all the bad things that could happen, not to mention i can sense the powerful auras coming from these individuals its almost on par with dad's. The major melt down i could feel coming on was suddenly thwarted in a second as the voice of my friends rang through my mind bringing me back from the black hole i was about ot fall in.
"Hey Cat we didn't expect you to be up this early we were surprised when that lady told us you were the first person to come down and you were in here" says harley
My eyes snap to the adjoining door that leads to the kitchen to see my friends along with Nic walking through.
"Hey guys" i say with a big smile joy filling me up and my panic long forgotten
"Hey baby sis, you ok? After you vanished yesterday Lucifer came back about an hour later and told us you were in your room sleeping and that you'd tell us everything when you woke up. It was late and we were all tired so we went to bed." Nic says
"Oh you wouldn't believe what happened to me yesterday" i tell him.
I then went on to relay everything that had happen from the moment i teleported to tartarus, to me seeing my own aura for the first time. They laughed at Cerberus' reaction towards me and were amazed when they asked me to show them how i looked in demon form and my aura. Dad had explained to me that hell was divided into three layers. Limbo, Assiah and purgatory.
Assiash is where we are at the moment, its the uppermost layer of hell and where all of its citizens reside.
Limbo is where the souls of the unbaptized and the virtuous pagans, who, although not sinful enough to warrant damnation, did not accept Christ, go. In this region lies the river of souls which pretty much self explanatory. He says if a soul who was not sentenced there falls into the river it'll be lost forever.
Purgatory is the place of punishment for the spirits of the dead, it is where the wicked and damned are punished for their sins over and over again in eternal torment. Tartarus, the prison i accidentally teleported to is in purgatory, it is the furthest away due to the numbers of monsters there. There is a gate that must be passed through to enter purgatory, this is the only entrance/exit to the place and as we all know it is guarded by Cerberus as well as countless hell hounds who hunt the souls who are there.
I explained all this to my friends just as dad had done with me so they'd have a better understanding of this place. As we sat there talking the door where the voices had come from opened to reveal dad, Sam, Lilith, Adonis and a whole multitude of other people. I was extremely nervous because I'm not good with crowds but that didn't stop me from getting up and rushing over to Sam and giving him a hug.
He opened his arms as i walked towards him and soon i was enveloped in a warm embrace.
"Morning Sis" he says with a kiss on the forehead and a smile
"Morning Sam" i smiled back
"Hey Adonis you look dashingly handsome this morning" i say to my brother in law
"Why thank you babe i had to look my best for you" he replies with a wink as we both erupt in laughter
At the corner of my eye i could see dad pouting which made me chuckle on the inside. I'd purposely left him last for my own entertainment.
"I heard that young lady" he says placing his hands on his hips
"You were supposed to" i retort sticking my tongue out at him
With an over exaggerated gasp he says "i can't believe this my sweet sweet princess has abandoned me, how could you do this to me? I can't go on i can feel myself slipping goodbye cruel world" as he holds his chest and slowly drops to the ground
My friends, Sam, Adonis and i all erupted in laughter at my dads dramatic side, i could see where Sam got it from. I laughed so hard i could feel tears gather in my eyes and i have to admit it felt good. I hadn't laughed this hard in years it was a refreshing feeling.
"Fine be like that" dad pouts while crossing his arms. He looked like a child and not the i don't even know how many centuries old, man he is.
"Awww I'm sorry dad you know i love you that's why i saved the best for last" i say buttering him up
"Hmph"
"Ahh come on" i say giving him the best puppy dog eyes i could muster
He stood unwavering for a minute before i turned it up a notch by quivering my lips a bit and intensifying my puppy dog eyes, he cracked instantly.
"Fine your forgiven" he says with a huff
"Yaaaaayyyy" i exclaim as i jumped into his arms giving him a big hug
"Well I'll be damned, i never thought I'd see the day the great Lucifer Morningstar would be wrapped around a little girls finger" an unfamiliar voice says from the crowd
The person's gathered around parted in two as a man walked towards us. He was quite handsome not as much as dad but still handsome none the less. However what stood out the most about him were his red eyes and the ginormous black wings on his back. Aside from his good looks this man was very intimidating causing me to step back a bit.
Looking directly at me he says "well Luci your gonna introduce me or what"
"Oh yeah right uhm Catty this is leviathan, leviathan this is my daughter Catalaya"
"Hi nice to meet you" i greet
"Sup tuts. You can call me Levi" he says with a devilish grin
"Shes too young levi and either way i wouldn't let you anywhere near her" dad says
"Ahh come on luci i wasnt even-"
"Yeah right, i have the all seeing eyes remember" dad retorts while making his blue eyes glow red, leviathan or levi rather laughs as he walks over to the table.
Everyone else follows suit and I'm confused as to what just happen but i walk back to my seat anyway. Dad sits at his chair with Sam sitting beside him on the right across from me. Adonis sat beside Sam and Lilith beside him, the seats after that are occupied by people i have never met before. On my side of the table Nic and all my friends sat beside me freya at the end, the seats beyond her were also occupied with people i didn't know, all the seats were occupied except one. Lerajie soon walked in through the adjoining door followed by other ladies with trays of food in hand. When the food was properly placed on the table they walked back through the door leaving us with breakfast.
Picking up his mug dad tapped it gently to get the attention of the slightly noisy persons sitting at the table.
"Good morning everyone, we have all had breakfast together every morning but as you all know today is a special day, later on we'll be having the welcome home party/ Coronation for my long lost daughter. She had arrived in our realm just yesterday along with her friends and some have met her however i would like to use this opportunity to properly introduce them all to you my council." Dad announces
Wait his council?
"Stand up guys" he says turning to us
My friends and i gently push our chairs back and rose to stand beside my father while looking at the people gathered at the table.
"Members of my council as well as my most trusted warriors this is my long lost daughter my last piece of the woman i loved dearly. Catalaya Reagan Morningstar" he says in a loud voice starting the introductions with me
Everyone clapped while welcoming me home i felt so elated i was sure they'd hate me or judge me or something but they all looked so genuinely happy to see me.
Dad then turned to the rest of my friends to introduce them. "Beside Cat is the only known demi human in all the realms, Son of the lightening god Zeus and Renae Mathers beside him is Alana Lockwood daughter of Sylvia and Gabriel Lockwood, Dominic Morningstar my adopted son, Harlequin Mathews daughter of the fairy king and queen, Aquarius Waters daughter of king Adam of the seven seas and last but certainly not least Freya Jamieson daughter of the vampire king and queen.
Did he just say Dominic Morningstar? And adopted son?? When did this happen? I'm so confused
When dad finished introducing us all everyone had shocked expressions on their faces. They looked like God himself had just appeared before them in all his glory, they looked completely gobsmacked.
"Uhh is something wrong?" I whispered to dad
Before he could answer leviathan shouted "what the hell luci are you looking for a war or something? Not that i mind a little entertainment but still why did you bring the kids of a god and the leaders of the most powerful alliance on earth to the underworld? What if they were to take this as a declaration of war and attack us, again not that i mind but still what were you thinking"
What sort of complaint is that!?
Holding his hand up to silence the murmuring caused my leviathan's statement dad then says "levi it's not what you think i didn't kidnap them or anything they came of their own free will and their parents have given consent"
"Wait what?" Levi asks
"Yes what i say is true these kids are family to my daughter which means they are family to me so they should be treated with utmost respect"
"Sure whatever you say but i just cant believe that even if they came here of free will, their parents know where they are and allow it"
"Well Gabriel isn't too peachy about his daughter being down here but sylvia gave the go ahead so she's cool" dad tells him
"Ahh of course Sylvia i wonder how she is these days" levi says with a far off look in his eyes as if remembering the good old days
"Shes as scary as ever" dad replies with a shiver causing me to chuckle
"Anyway moving on, kids this is my council.
On my right you already know our former head warrior Adonis also Sam's mate, Lilith Sam's mother, she's also the first demon of hell. And this is the biggest trouble maker in hell, Leviathan. Beside levi is Selaphiel then we have Azazel Raphael Baal Asmodeus Astaroth Belphagor and Uriel, they are the eight angels that fell alongside me. Then you have the other three horsemen of the apocalypse. Beelzebub the horseman of pestilence Abaddon the horseman of War and Barbatos the horseman of famine."
"On the left are my finest warriors the seven deadly sins- oh wait there's only six here today it would seem" dad says with a confused expression
"My apologies your highness but Andreas has not yet returned from the mission you sent him on however he has sent word that he'll be back for the princess's Coronation" a boy with some major rad tattoos on his arm says
"Very well" dad replied with a nod
"As i was saying, the young man beside Freya is Eric the goat sin of lust, Brooke the boar sin of gluttony, Jace the grizzly sin of sloth, Author the lion sin of pride, Lucy the serpent sin of envy and Liam the fox sin of greed and the person missing is Andreas the dragon sin of wrath"
As soon as all seven of us turned to greet the sins a chorus of MATE echoes through the room.
Wait what the actual f***k, dont tell me my friends and brother are mated to the sins.
Well SHIT! Their parents are so gonna freak
We all looked in shock as each person walked towards their mates dad looked as if he was about ot faint, he definitely was not expecting this. Turns out Alana is mated to Lucy, Merlin to Brooke, Aquarius to Eric Nic to Author which isn't a surprise since he's a closeted gay though he doesn't know that i know. Harley is mated to Liam and Freya to Jace. I have to say to say the one that shocks me and i think all my friend's as well is Alana's mating i don't even know if she's into girls. Nevertheless I'm so happy for them no- I'm ecstatic, they deserve all the happiness in the world and if one of these sins so much as hurt any of my babies i will end their existence in a heartbeat.
Walking over to them unable to contain my excitement i scream "ahhhhh i cant believe this you guys found your mates this is so awesome"
However instead of the happy faces i was expecting they all looked gloomy and had guilty looks on their faces.
"Guys what's wrong? No one got rejected did they?" I ask as an ice dagger suddenly appears on my hand
"No no its nothing like that Cat its just we feel guilty since you were rejected and now we've come to your home the place you belong and we found our mates and you don't have a mate and we don't want you to feel sad seeing us be happy while your not" Aquarius says with tears in her eyes
"Awww you guys that's so thoughtful of you but your happiness is my happiness and mate or not I'm gonna be ok i can always find someone else to be happy with, i know somebody is out there for me so i don't want y'all to worry about me ok all you need to do is worry about those nieces and nephews you'll be giving me" i say with a smile to brighten the mood. It really touches my heart to know that they care about me.
After our heartfelt moment everyone introduced me to their mates. I have to say the goddess did good choosing them, i may or may not have used my demonic eyes to search their souls like Sam and dad taught me and now i know they'll love each and everyone of my friends and treat them like the kings and queens they are.
With the shocking news now out of the way we all went on to have a wonderful breakfast whilst all getting to know each other better, it was a marvelous morning and the best breakfast I've had in years.
One thing that couldn't leave my mind though was the seventh sin, who was he?
Andreas!