There she was, standing in front of me. The female, lost soul. She was all white and had long hair. I couldn't make out her eye or hair color, or more likely what they had once been.

"Who are you?" I asked standing up from the bed.

I noted that the female was around my height, maybe a little shorter. She looked straight into my eyes. There was something too familiar about her, I just couldn't place my finger on it.

"Who am I?" She repeated tilting her head.

"Yeah, who are you?" I asked carefully.

"I don't know.." She whispered. "But I think that they call me by name 'Peniel'" She continued.

"They? Who are 'they'?" I asked tilting my head.

"I don't know. Angels, maybe? First I thought they were Watchers, but I know that they aren't," She shrugged.

"Is Peniel your birth name?" I asked.

"No, it's not. I can't remember my birth name," Peniel shook her head.

"Sorry for asking, but are you a lost soul?" I asked carefully.

I could see how her eyes turned emotionless. She stared at me without saying anything for a while.

"Yes, I am. I died and now I'm like this," Peniel spoke out coldly.

"I'm sorry," I whispered feeling bad for her.

"I know..," Her voice wasn't louder than I whisper, but the words that came out of her mouth made me froze.

I raised my glare from the floor and looked into her eyes. Those words felt wrong. I had been expecting something like 'It's not your fault' or 'it's alright...', but not that. That really made me scared. I felt like I was the reason why she was like that...

"Did I have something to do with it..?" I asked quietly.

Her emotionless eyes pierced my soul. I felt like the time started slowing down. She just started into my eyes until she finally opened her mouth.

"Yes..," She whispered.

I froze. I couldn't believe what I had just heard. I just stared into her emotionless, white eyes. I tried to say something, but the words were stuck in my throat.

"Grian is the reason, that's what I know..," She whispered quietly.

"W-what did I d-do..?" I managed to say.

"I can't remember," Peniel shook her head. "But I know that you're the reason..." She continued quietly.

"D-do you hate me..? Are you angry.?" Questions feel from my mouth.

"No.. I know that you didn't mean to.." She shook her head again, but her lips were a straight line. I couldn't tell how she was feeling.

"This is all just too confusing for me," I sighed sitting back on my bed.

"I know... For me it's too..." Peniel nodded slightly. "I can't remember anything. I have too many questions, but no answers. I only remember that you, Grian Xelqua Charles, are the reason why I am like this.," She continued.

"What do you want from me exactly?" I asked raising my glare to look into her eyes again.

"I just want to be set free from this world.. Like I should have been already long time ago.." Peniel answered quietly.

"I-I'm sorry, but I don't think that I can help you," I mumbled apologizing.

"You're the only one who can help..."

I froze. Things were starting to get too confusing. I didn't even know who she was and now she says that I'm the only one who can set her free.

"I can't help you.." I answered. "I don't even know you!" I continued.

"If you now make the choice to leave me, you'll regret it when the darkness begins to fall," She whispered.

"What does that mean?" I asked in horror.

"Things will go down the hill soon.. Then you'll need my help," She answered.

"Can you tell me more?" I asked. I felt like she was telling the truth.

"I can't, you'll have to see it yourself.." She answered mysteriously.

"Why? Why can't you tell me?" I inquired.

"Because I'm not someone who knows about it. I'm not even alive," She shrugged.

"You're confusing me.." I mumbled.

"Or am I? It might also be just you not understanding what I am saying," She answered coldly.

"Sorry.." I muttered. I really didn't want to get on her bad side.

The a question popped into my head and I turned to look into her eyes.

"Hey, did you know me as Xelqua or Grian?" I asked.

Peniel looked surprised. She had to think for a moment before she answered,

"Grian, it sounds more familiar," She said quietly.

"Grian? That's weird.." I mumbled. I had expected Xelqua to be the answer.

"Grian is your first name and Xelqua second. Why do you go by your second name?" Now was her turn to surprise me.

"It's just a thing with the Mains. We like to hide our real identities by using our second names. And for us it's more respectful to use our second names when we talk to each other," I explained, or at least tried to.

"I see," She nodded quietly.

"You can call me Grian if you want to," I smiled to her.

"Yeah, I'll call you Grian," She nodded.

"Do you want me to tell about you to the others?" I asked carefully.

"That won't be necessary," She answered shaking her head.

"Alright, then I won't," I nodded.

"I should go now, but I'll be back soon," Peniel said turning to look somewhere.

"Alright," I nodded.

Then she was gone. Teleporting spell was my guess.

I sighed and laid down on my bed. Things were really confusing. I really wanted to know who she was and how I had known her. I also wanted to know what was this darkness she had mentioned. But the thing that was bothering me the most was the fact that she had firstly seemed like a threat to us, but now she didn't seem like anything even close to a threat.

I quickly froze as I thought popped into my head. What if she wasn't the same female we had seen after all? What if there was another lost soul hiding from us?

Looked like there were way more secrets than I had thought.. Could The Council handle everything? Was the darkness going to fall?

I sighed and turned to look out of the window. I froze immediately. There was a red eyed shadow.. A Nether demon's soul..

I felt panic raising. I was completely frozen. I couldn't move, I couldn't do anything.

Xavier shouted.

I was too paralyzed to notice what happened. I just realized that I was standing in front of my house as Xelvier watching the Nether demon's soul broke and fall on the ground.

I quickly turned back to Grian and walked back to my house. I fell on the couch pulling my knees to my chest. I knew exactly why that had been here and what they could do...

Zanax had downloaded a virus that spawns Nether demon's souls. It was really hard to get rid of.. And the creatures... They can easily permanently kill players...