The Anti-Fairy Tales The Sweet Demon Arc Part Three

 The Sweet Demons' Sweet Home

"What do you want with us?" Coalphyre snapped.

She walked up to him, leaned in and sniffed. She smirked and her head turned like that of a serpent to Pheoshan. Her eyes looked at her in alarm,  however she soon covered it up and as soon as possible.

"So… You're the Demon Princess are you? My King is interested in you." She said. Her voice was like the sound of a creaking door.

"Do you think that I don't know that?" She snapped. "Now answer him and let us out!"

She smoked and shook her head.

"No,  after all if his Majesty is interested in you then that makes me interested in you." She said. "After all, why would he be interested in a human like you?"

"Well I was his host for most of my life."

"He's had other hosts before you."

"He has? How many?"

"I may tell you. But that's all for later." She said. "Now time for me to bake you something to eat dearies!"

They looked at the bottom and suddenly felt slightly afraid. She looked at them and then let out a strange giggle. She shook her head.

"Don't fear dearies. I loathe poisoned food because it is a big waist."

"Poisoned?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"You will find out at the right time." She sang as she came to the table. There, they watched her carefully as she baked. She started humming and looked over to them in a mocking way while she was mixing the doe.

"Are we amusing to you or what?" She snapped.

"Maybe." She sang as she put it in the oven.

"What are you baking?" 

"Hmmm… My very special sweet bread." She laughed. "I hope that you like sugar!"

They looked at each other knowing that they ought to be getting out of there and not to trust the demon. Then the sweet scent overpowered their sceptical minds.

"How about a bar of chocolate,  just to pass the time." She said as she passed them two bars wrapped in silver foil. Coalphyre was the first to eat it. Yet Pheoshan looked at it, her gut was screaming at her not to eat it,  to a point that she felt slightly ill. Then the scent of the sweet bread entered her nose and she bit into it. To her surprise it was the best chocolate that she had ever tasted! Soon she took another bit and chewed, savouring all of the sweet and complicated taste before she took another bite. Before she knew it she had finished the bar. Yet the aftertaste made them long for more.

Suddenly the demon smiled,  yet it was more like a patent and trusting.

"Did you like that?"

"Yes we did thank you!"

"Do you want more?"

"Yes please!"

"Well maybe late, if you're good, for now the bread is done!" Her voice became more sugary and trustworthy.

She took it out and cut it into the pieces and put them into a bowl each. She then poured a great amount of custard on the sweet bread. She then sprinkled some chocolate chips onto them and then put it onto the table. She looked at them with a look as if deciding if she was dividing what to do. Yet she relaxed her face as she came to whatever conclusion she had decided on.

"Alight dearies, I will let you out and be good children and sit at this ramble will you?"

They looked at each other excitedly. They were more than happy to do this.

"Thank you!"

Her smile widened as she opened the cage. They then almost rushed to the table and rushed to their bowls. They took the spoon and ate all that was there. They had never tasted anything as sweet and delicious in their lives! They ate and then ate, taking breaks only to breathe. They wanted to get the sweet taste in their mouths and they wanted more of that taste. She looked at them like a predator as she ate silently until they had polished their bowls with their tongues.

"That was the best thing that I have ever tasted!" Pheoshan said with a sticky mouth.

She bowed her head as she blushed humbly.

"Thank you. You're very sweet. Here, have some more chocolate!"

They then took the chocolate.

"Thank you!" They said as they ate them.

She left out a warm giggle.

She then put them back into the cage. They looked out of the window, their minds were dulled as their memories slipped away. The sugar had taken them and they no longer saw what they once did. They started to wonder what was out there and how was it that they ended up in this sweet, sweet home,  living with a sweet, sweet old woman. An old woman that they were liking more and more.

Then, their eyelids started to feel heavy and underneath them became sticky. Soon their eyes closed and Coalphyre fell asleep. He was shortly followed by Pheoshan. They dreamt about sweet bread and all kinds of cakes, chocolates, icecreams and sweets, some of which, they knew, had not even been invented yet. They both wanted to eat every single one!

When they woke the next morning they could think of nothing more than of sweet things. They wondered how much of these sweet things that they could eat that they were going to have and how much they could eat. They could think of nothing else for nothing else mastered to them. They had no memories of anything or anyone before they came into the house.

Then the demon came in,  with her,  to their delight was two bats of chocolate. She smiled as she gave it to them. They took it without question and dug in like a wolf eating its' prey. She smiled and walked to the door. She picked up some weights and placed them in front of them.

"Step on them dearies."

They walked on them revealing what they had put on since the day before, for Coalphyre it was a pound for Pheoshan it was half a pound. The demon frowned,  yet all they saw was an old woman that looked completely harmless.

"Come, time for breakfast."