Polar bear's memories

They gripped my arms tight. Those black suits, through their gloves, I could feel sharp claws of the predators. I wriggled hopelessly within their clutches, pulling my every muscle just to get away. They were too strong for the little me to fight. My right ear was torn and I had a straight deep cut across my lips.. It bled and bled. It stung. I shivered as I was carried away from my house. The city was in complete chaos, havoc and bloodbath. Loud explosions were accompanied by cries and screams of all the children and inhabitants. There was too much on me to handle, I wanted to collapse from all this stress as my chest raised faster and faster, with each step I approached an upcoming seizure and death. Yet, my sences sharpened as I heard one particular cry. "DANIIL!" I turned around. I recognized this voice immediately. I saw her running from behind the occupiers. At first, I thought it was my redemption, yet - more than that, it was a certain death. "MAMA!" I shouted loudly as strong as I could, I wanted to get away from those monsters, but as I took eyes off my mother .. I heard a loud shot followed by a pristine silence. The havoc, everything got quieter and quieter.. until, I noticed. She was lying in the snow with a huge hole in her head and the bullet still stuck inside. I was frozen in shock. I started to feel uneasy, sick to my stomach, her brain was all over the nice white cover.. My knees lapsed and my body fell to the ground unconscious. Powerless.. small and weak, they took me with them. ____________________________________________________________________

[Days before] [Audio recorded days before the incident] "Your majesty. Didn't you say you'd stop? Why are you still occupying the northen part of the Icebergs!" ... "What are you talking about? I haven't sent my army anywhere. There's no one like that outside my region.." ... "What? But, we've been receiving emergency singnals from there over a week now. From what we've heard, the attackers, occupiers wear the same uniform that our kingdom established..." ... "Wait- are you serious?! What happened exactly!" ... "We don't know yet, we were just as confused as you are. But apparently, the girdles around the arms of the enemy are printed with your signature. VU, I believe is the name of your special unit." ... "..I'm not surprised. Please, Suno-san, send off my scouts to scout the area and tracer Licorice to investigate the Iceberg region. Before that, I want you to send a feedback message and inform them about the current situation." ... "Yessir!" ... "I'm afraid this is beginning of a huge misunderstanding. We need to act quickly. I have no idea how did my soldiers get there and caused so much trouble.. I wonder what happened."

____________________________________________________________________ [ ___ Days after the incident] Since that horror, those dirty scumbags only abused me for their own pleasure. I was being used as a dummy, beggar, a chewing toy and of course a target for the perversed. They would get me drunk everynight and day, just for their mischievous purposes. I would throw up in the morning, not remembering what they did.. I would just pity myself. Pity and sob like the crybaby I was.. They'd scold me and push me back to 'work'. Days went by. Few months passed and I realized that each time I would beg in the streets, I would see different demons, different cities and places - it was at that moment when I realized that we were travelling all across the demon world. Not so long after already knowing what was going on, I noticed the group finally panicking and losing control over their actions. They were too suspicious.. On 29th of January, I was finally freed from my cell. Demons in the same uniforms rescued me! At first, I was afraid of them, after all, they had the same suits and all. But after a deeper investigation.. everything was explained. "They were defected soldiers of his majesty. Their leader was a personal escort, Daichi Tarantella. They all defected as soon as the great war stopped and kept their uniforms in order to take part in even bigger plot..." Whatever they were plotting, they weren't able to continue anymore. The case closed and I was taken to the Limbo, the main city of sir Lust's region. As soon as we arrived there, I and other few abused prisoners were taken to the infirmary inside the castle. I was treated so nicely from all the sudden, the already inflamed wound on my ear was healed very quickly with the region's advanced medical equipment. Not to mention my underweight being more than rapidly fixed with all the food I ate. Heavenly place of those snobbish aristocrats, I had to leave when I was fully healed, but on my way out, I met her majesty for the first time. Princess Olivia. I've never seen such wonderful and kind hearted being.. I couldn't help my young self no to stare at her and for some reason- thoughts of my deceased mother started haunting my thoughts. And so I started drinking again. Any alcohol would do, just to chase away my memories. I was always found trashed and entirely drunk on the streets, bumbling or sleeping in the middle of the road. I was an unwanted guest of every pub and restaurant. It took me an entire year of drunken adventures before actually reconsidering that I should probably find a job. I was around 16 years old when I was finally accepted into his majesty's youngest escorts. I was given permission to settle with few other soldiers in one of the city's barracks. I started from the start. But this time.. I was a hard worker. After many tasks completed, I was promoted to a guard and after our main general Aster Hojiro passed away- I was the next one to take his place and stand in front of my army as the new general. And just before that- Lust joined his wife and others in the eternal afterlife. Kingdom was parted between his two descendants, James and Olivia. Both relatively young but wise! I joined the arm's of our new queen as she ruled over the North together with her newly married husband Rei.. Both of them treated me nicely and so did I with huge respect towards them. As an escort, it was my responsibility to take care of all the prisoners inside the Limbo's greatest demon prison. It was my second part time job to look after those mental freaks, the shifts were strangely short - but I worked overtime just to spend time with one particular gem. Hiroto. Black yandere rabbit craving for my guts. So crazy, absolutely out of her mind. I grew more and more attached to her until one day - she took her life and I felt a terrible wave of guilt... I still do... Sigh, but being a demon and living in the demon realm obviously- anything is possible. And thus, her soul was chosen amongst many others of the queen of night within the realm of reapers and onis. She became a scythe. A glorious tool of Seraphine-sama.. We still hang out. I'm still not able to confess my feelings towards her. Why are my hands trembling?..

- Daniil Hashasky / 4.1.____ Wednesday 20:17