Child of the moon

A girl and her Shadow (Josephine)

I hurried to my room making sure my footsteps were light. When I arrived to the door I opened it quietly and slipped inside. Lightly shutting the door behind me I took a deep breath and slowly slid down the door. I tried to remember what Helga had taught me during my reading lessons with Helga I had remembered reading about someone sacrificing a lamb or a goat for the goddess Sashen. But that would mean "they're going to kill me!"

I quickly stood up and began to pace back and forth. "I need to leave, but how? Where do I go?" I felt an overwhelming sense of despair cover me like an itchy blanket. Then a knock was heard on the door.

"Josephine?" "Mammon!" I asked, hopefully it was Mammon. "Yes, miss. May I come in?" Mammon asked

"Why? So you can drag me to the dungeon or wherever you and captain super scary, dark and I can't be bothered with anything pants, drag me to. So I can Be... prepared." I said this with so much sarcasm I could feel Mammon shake his head. "Miss, May I please come in." He asked again. "Fine. But don't think I will go willingly. I will fight!" I yelled out. "Yes miss, let us speak." He says. I opened the door, Mammon said "Miss I want to ask you something." He asked sincerely. "Well, out with it then. Hopefully it's not. Miss I need you to follow me willingly to the dark and musty dungeon place." I grimly stated. Mammon placed his head in his hands and began to rub his temples. "Josephine! Please just listen." Mammon begged. "Yeah, I'm listening." I said while crossing my arms. "Miss, I need to get you to safety. You will take Shadow and leave this realm. Find the nearest village and train for battle. Keep up with your reading lessons and grow. I will come and find you when the time is right. You must understand miss, your birth and your entire existence is to kill Moroi." Mammon continues to explain further. "Your were born under the blue moon, so rare it only happens every 800 years. You're born with exceptional power and magic wielded by the very gods themselves. I will come and find you and I will train you for your fate." Mammon said this and I almost felt like he was going to cry. But that would be impossible right. From the moment I met Mammon he has always been flat. No emotion, sympathy, empathy or anything really. Just monotone in everything he did. But if I could bet on this I would. He looked like he actually cared for my wellbeing. "Okay, what do I need to do?" I asked, my voice softened. "I had Helga pack you some food and water for your journey. Pack whatever clothing you have in a small bag. Then quickly follow me." He silently said. I packed what little I had and began to follow Mammon. We reached the courtyard and he called his Beast of a horse Shadow. Shadow confused me, every time I had an encounter with the beast he snorted at me and turned around with his ass in my face. So I never knew if he liked me or not. Mammon said it was because Shadow felt left out and he was stubborn. But to the point, shadow was a large horse. If I were to guess probably just measuring from his back to the ground he stood a good 238 cm. He had a black shiny coat. Black mane and tail and bight glowing red eyes. He was magnificent. "Get on!" Mammon stated firmly. I climbed up, Mammon handed me my bag then he turned around and spoke some strange language to Shadow. I had no idea what but the horse understood. "I will find you and train you for the battle of your life ." Mammon said. "But what did you say to shadow? And what language was that, how is shadow going to find you? Am I keeping him? I'm scared!" I said that and my voice sounded shaky. "I spoke in our language, Shadow will stay with you, he now belongs to you and I know miss but you are stronger then you realize and Shadow will protect you. Now go, Shadow knows the way, trust him." Mammon said. "Thank you.. thank you for everything." And shadow and I started our journey together. I turned around to see if Mammon was watching but he was gone. I have never been without him. I have never left the castle grounds and now I'm leaving and he's gone. I am scared, I don't know how to be without him. I could feel the tears flow down my face. I start to sob and Shadow stops and tilts his head. "Miss or josephine, gods what do you want me to call you?" Shadow says sounding a little annoyed. "Um what? You can.... You.." I don't even get the rest of the sentence out before shadow says. "Yes I can talk. Goodness. I'm a magical devil horse. You think I wouldn't have the ability to speak? Mortals and their small minds." He says with such arrogance and annoyance I almost thought he might pull me off of him. "Look I'm sorry, I've just been told I was to be a sacrifice for some crazy vampire and ripped from the only life I had known and told to run and never to see the only person that I felt loved me again. So excuse me if I'm a little naïve. I have been sheltered my entire life so maybe show a little sympathy." I said, I was frustrated and angry. "Fine, I'm sorry. Oh and Mammon is not human he is immortal. A demon lord to be exact. Ruled the seventh realm of the hells." Shadow states. I felt a sense of pride in his voice when he said that. "Ruled? You mean he no longer wanted to rule?" Shadow stopped again and says. "No, he was forced into punishment and forced into the contract with Moroi." Shadow stated and began to walk forward again. "Demon's entire existence is to lure mortals into a binding contract to collect their soul. Some demons have lines they won't cross. A deal breaker you might say. Unfortunately for Mammon he was summoned by a monster and without thinking Mammon killed the monster without knowing of the consequence. He was then forced to give up his position and became a servant for Moroi." Shadow sounded sad when he spoke of this. "Seventh realm? How many realms are there in hell?" I knew of the hell's existence but to learn that there are more than one realm. That was overwhelming. "Not sure really. I know Ajatar is the ruler of the tenth realm and Damon rules the twelfth. But not sure." He said .