Eyes that swallowed the darkness
My heart has been stolen and my body reacts
With a different gesture in that moment
As if I'm not myself but somebody else

"hello, lukas, bella." a middle aged woman opens the door. the three year old marius looks around the house they entered. it wasn't as big as the castle he lives in, but it's huge.

there was an unsettling feeling inside the house that made the toddler feel scared. bella carries his son as they walk into a dark room.

"where are we?" marius managed to whisper as bella sets him in the middle of a circle. he felt even more scared when candles lit around him. but, he trusted his parents.

"well, is it true then?" he heard his father speak.

marius sees the woman nod. "yes, marius is a witch just like the two of you. it really isn't that much of a surprise now, right?"

marius looks at his parents in pure confusion, then back to the woman. "but your son, he's different. he is much darker than you think. i would be careful if i were you."

he didn't understand what was happening. was something wrong with him?

they thanked the woman and left without another word.

"is something wrong with me?" marius finally speaks up.

lukas flashes a smile at his child. "no, everything is fine, marius."

"we'll tell you when you're older." bella adds.

Breathtaking and secretive, fancy
I'm bewitched tonight, I'm crazy
The sound of my heartbeat draws attention
A dangerous whisper
Now I'm dancing with the devil

"are you ready, my prince?" bella asks her ten year old, who nodded, looking very determined.

he knows.

when marius turned eight, his parents told him that not only was he a witch, he was also born with the devil's blessing, yet, it was more of a curse.

who wouldn't think that being affiliated with the devil is a curse? especially if that affiliation means the devil is willing to serve him, but for the price of his soul?

"there goes your chance of going to heaven." he recalls his younger cousin say.

marius nods, smirking. "yes, mother."

lukas turns the lights off, and the boy stands just out of the pentagram he drew on the floor. the candles were placed on each point of the pentagram, which he lights up.

marius takes a deep breath and closes his eyes, speaking with a clear voice.

"flare up and burn it down
from corner to corner with that hellfire
don't leave a single trace
burn down even their souls
flare up and burn it down
answer my calling right now
burn down those fools with
a crimson flame"

a dark shadow appears with its facial features barely there. marius sees it smirk, and it disappears.

he turns to his parents, who has a huge smile on their faces.

A strong addiction, falling for you, fancy
The cold moonlight, endlessly crazy
Spread all over my body, the sound of my heart beat
A dangerous whisper
Now I'm dancing with the devil
Dancing with the devil

from that day on, marius changed. the energetic, cheerful, and the ball of sunshine he once was is now gone.

the guards bowed as the young prince walks down the stairs into the basement.

marius opens the heavy door, seeing his favorite room in the whole castle.

the occult room.

it was made specifically for him, designed by none other than his parents.

he spends most of the day cooped up inside the room, reading various spells.

the devil inside him laughs, proud at what marius has become.

Tonight, all my senses are a mystery
A provocative whisper, play with me
Can't reject this scale, a game of the instincts
An infinite thriller, dancing with the devil

marius opens his eyes and was greeted by a bright light.

"where am i?" he groans, trying to sit up, but to his surprise, his hands and feet were tied down the bed. "mom, dad?" he calls out.

the door opens slowly, and he spots his mother, a blank look on her face. "marius,"

"mother." he speaks up, voice raspy. "what happened? why am i tied up?"

"it happened," bella sighs. "what we've been fearing."

marius gasps at this. "you mean..."

"the devil got his grasp on you, marius. but don't worry, it's not gonna happen again, i'm sure of it."

Your sweet words
Shakes up my soul, a dangerous pull
Between the line of good and evil
A shadow comes close to me again, come on

"so what you're saying is that the devil controlled you?" dia looks up at his older cousin in awe. the younger girl was a witch like his cousin, but she doesn't have the devil's blessing. "that's so cool, how did it feel?"

"honestly, i don't know." marius shakes his head. "i can't remember anything, but by the looks of it, it's far from good. i woke up only to find out i was tied to the bed."

"kinky." dia mutters under her breath, luckily not being heard by marius. "how strange, to think that a blessing could be a curse."

"yeah." marius nods. "mom said it'll never happen again."

dia agrees with the boy. "knowing aunt bella, she's telling truth."

Breathtaking and secretive, fancy
I'm bewitched tonight, I'm crazy
The sound of my heartbeat draws attention
A dangerous whisper
Now I'm dancing with the devil

marius wakes up, his mind in a haze. it must be the heat, he thinks. he heard the news say that that day could be the hottest day norway could experience in that year.

he goes through the day with ease. once he clears his schedule, he walked around town.

marius reached a place he never thought he'd reach, the bad part of oslo, norway, where crime rates are the highest.

"look who we found, the dear prince of norway himself," he hears a voice from the darkness, along with laughter.

a group of boys his age appeared, all looking terribly mad. marius knows he needed to get out of that area, fast.

he sees one of them take out a gun. his heart beats faster, sweat running down his face in anxiousness.

he spots a shadow smiling at him evilly.

marius takes a deep breath and nods.

the shadow comes closer and closer, until it consumes him.

Your beautiful gesture
Your fatal whisper
I can't deny those eyes, I can't stop
The more time passes
The more I can't escape

"that's it, my lord. there's no use to being afraid. allow me to take over and save you."

marius takes a deep breath as he allows the shadow to completely consume him. a part of him wanted this, but a larger part of him wants to escape, knowing that something bad will happen if he allows his demon to take over.

the more time passes, the harder it is for him to escape.

the struggling only made him weaker and made the devil stronger.

The secret look that swallowed the moonlight
Drunk with destiny in this day-dream

the group of boys ran away upon seeing the prince gasp for air, struggling against nothing.

marius falls to the ground, coughing. he regained his strength after a few minutes and went back to the castle.

he managed to fight it.

but he never told his parents.

Breathtaking and secretive, fancy
I'm bewitched tonight, I'm crazy
The sound of my heartbeat draws attention
A dangerous whisper
Now I'm dancing with the devil

A strong addiction, falling for you, fancy
The cold moonlight, endlessly crazy
Spread all over my body, the sound of my heart beat
A dangerous whisper
Now I'm dancing with the devil
Dancing with the devil

marius looks at the necklace his grandmother gave.

"that can help drive it away," marika ruffles his hair. "i'm sorry you had to experience all these at a young age, dear."

"i've already accepted my fate." marius smiles. he slips on the necklace as his grandmother left.

as soon as he wore the necklace, everything seemed to get lighter, he had hope that this would end someday.

but he knows that's not the future.

because he was forever bound to the devil.