Zeldris still remembers the day he first saw Yami.

It wasn't the first time Meliodas brought someone to the castle but for the very first time it was someone that looked like them and not another lost or hurt animal. As he walked around the corner, he saw a girl that was slightly shorter than him and his brother. Her black hair was a mess and her skin was as pale as flour and she seemed really scared. Zeldris raised an eyebrow as he looked at the pitiful girl standing in front of him. Her weak appearance was enough for Zeldris to not like her. But Meliodas glared at Zeldris angrily so that he wouldn't dare to say anything against her.

"I'm Yami" she introduced herself in a low voice and he could even her voice showed him how scares she was, which just made him despise her even more.

"Welcome" was all he said before turning around and leaving the two of them alone.

She was pathetic. She was a demon, scared of her own powers and absolutely weak, let along whiny and a hopeless case after all. He hated every day that Yami spent with them in the castle. Yes, it was true. In the beginning, he hated Yami. There was no use for someone that belonged partly to the humans.

But whilst Zeldris tried to ignore her and didn't treat her very well, Meliodas cared about Yami so much that they spent every free minute together. And with every year that passed, Yami changed a lot and became stronger and more self-confident. And whilst Zeldris was secretly amazed by how fast she had improved her skills and powers, he began to talk to her and get to know her better. Yami was so different from everyone he had known and was something like a sunshine in the darkness of the demon world.

But the longer Yami stayed with them, the more Meliodas changed. He became nicer and even more annoying with his stupid jokes whilst at the same time he began to care less about fighting others. Zeldris knew that his brother never really loved what he was doing but Meliodas never questioned or cared for it either. But since Meliodas had met Yami, he actually began to care about his actions and changed for the better.

He still looks at their hands that are intertwined and can't help but think back to all those times they spent time together in her room, holding hands and talking. He was never allowed to show her any kind of feelings but Yami always managed to know when he wasn't feeling well and helped him just by being there for him. When he thinks back to those 2.000 years they spent together, he can't believe how close they've gotten when he couldn't stand her at all in the beginning.

"Do you mind?" he asks Yami softly but doesn't wait for an answer as he pulls her into his arms. With a kind smile she rests her head against his chest and listens to his heartbeat. Zeldris places a soft kiss on her hair whilst holding her close.

"I'm not saying what you did was right but when I think about being locked away for 3.000 years without knowing what happened to you... or thinking you'd have been safe in the castle and returning there and not finding you... I don't even want to imagine this" he says and begins to move his fingers caressingly along her back.

Yami looks up at Zeldris in surprise. "Zel..." she begins but he cuts her off with a smile.

"Let's just enjoy this for one more moment, okay? I waited 4.000 years to hold you in my arms like this."

Zeldris was appointed to his father, which was a very rare thing. The demon lord had been able to speak telepathically to his sons for a long time already and spared his time to see them. But if it wasn't about direct instructions, he saved himself even that.

With gritted teeth he walked down the dark area to Purgatory and tried to ignore the uncomforting feeling inside him. Even though he had been to Purgatory before, the place stayed as scary as it used to be in the first time. It was not for nothing that it was considered the real hell for all living beings, which made it just the best place for his father.

Zeldris came to a stop, close enough in front of the giant demon. A very dark aura surrounded him and his tiny, bright eyes looked at Zeldris without blinking. "Father" said Zeldris as he locked eyes with him and gave him a small nod. "You wanted to talk to me."

"It is good to see that at least one of my sons still follows my orders" said the demon king. Zeldris didn't answer because he had nothing to say. There was just one rule when it came to his father: never show any emotions. He knew that Meliodas had changed in the last years and didn't listen to his father anymore like he used to.

"Now" his father continued "I'm sure you're aware of my knowing about that half-human living with you in the castle." Zeldris was shocked but he tried not to show it but of course his father was right. He knew everything that was going on so why should he have missed out on Yami? "I don't really care about her. Dead, alive... She's nothing. But I can sense that your brother changed around her, don't you think?" he asked and smirked at his son with an evil grin.

Zeldris gritted his teeth for a second to not look away from his father. "What have I to do with this?"

"I want you to have an eye on your oldest brother."

"Do I look like some kind of babysitter?"

A loud, dark, evil laugh escaped the demon lords lips and broke the silence of Purtagory. "You're almost like him when he was your age" he said before his expression got all serious. "I want you to keep an eye on Meliodas because I think the human is having a bad influence on him. If this turns out to be true, you know what to do."

Another time, Zeldris was shocked by the words of the demon king and tried his hardest not to show him that his eyes had widened. "You want me to kill her?"

When Zeldris walked back to the castle, his mind was a mess. There was just one thing he could think about: Yami. She didn't deserve the destiny laid upon her by the demon lord. Didn't she suffer enough already? Betrayed by her own race, scared and casted out and in the end, left without a home in a whole new world. It took years until her nightmares stopped and she had trained really hard to develop her powers. All she was trying, was to find was a place to be safe at. She wasn't to blame for what happened to her or that Meliodas had changed. She might had an influence on him but she would have never asked Meliodas to change. He had done it of his own free will. Zeldris would never let his father kill her and he wouldn't kill her by himself either.

Zeldris couldn't tell Meliodas or Yami what had just happened but he had to do something. He felt the urge to protect her. But if Meliodas' change was reason enough for the demon lord to kill Yami, then Zeldris had to make sure to protect her without getting too close with her. He knew he had to keep Yami away from him because if he would show her any kind of emotions, his father wouldn't hesitate to kill her.

I look at Zeldris' and my hands that are intertwined and feel the warmth of his body warming me up in the cold of the night. 'The precious memories, carved deeply into our hearts... even if you forget them for a while or they get all foggy, never actually disappear' I remember Dianes words. Was the time with me really that precious to Zeldris, that they never really disappeared? My head rests on his chest and I feel Zeldris move a little and I know he's just as lost in his thoughts.

"The sun is rising" he says quietly but it's more than a loud thinking and I just nod, not really paying attention to his words before I realize what he has just said. His gaze moves away from the sky and down to our hands whilst I begin to look at the morning sky, where a slight stripe of yellow is to be seen at the horizont.

"Shit!" I exclaim when I realize that I spent the entire night with Zeldris and jump onto my feet immediately. Zeldris dark eyes look at me questioningly.

"What's wrong, Yami?" he asks as he gets up on his feet as well.

But I am too stressed to think straight right now. "I have to go" I say in a hurry and am ready to unfold my wings but Zeldris grabs my hand and turns me to face him. Meliodas! He'll freak out if I'm not at the Boar Hat when he wakes up.

"Yami, what's going on?" Zeldris asks me.

"Zeldris, I really have to go. I didn't know we stayed the whole night together."

"And this is bad?" he asks and raises an eyebrow at me. He looks so adorable doing this and he doesn't even know it. My heart melts immediately and for just a second I forget about my duties.

I place both of my hands around his right hand that had grabbed a hold on me. "This night was anything but bad, Zeldris. To be honest, this was the best night I had in years. But I really have to go now."

I see him grit his teeth in anger. "You're going to see Meliodas, right?" I look at him apologizing. "Why are you always choosing him?"

"I'm not choosing him, Zel. Meliodas is just my best friend. But I'm choosing what is right."

"So I am wrong?"

"What you're fighting for is wrong" I say and begin to caress his hand with my thumb but he frees his hand from my grip. He's too mad at me right now and I can see how hard he's trying to controll himself. I don't remember if we ever really argued about something so serious.

"How can you say that?" he mutters angrily. "How can you fight for a race that once betrayed you? You, the woman that refused to fight."

"I never refused to fight, Zeldris. I just never liked it. Maybe I even hated it. But I learned the hard way that sometimes you need to fight for the right thing. And I'm sorry that what I am fighting against is you."

"Are you really sorry?" he snorts. "Those humans betrayed you, Yami! They don't deserve your support!"

"They didn't betray me! What happened to me was 5.000 years ago. And the Holy War is 3.000 years ago. Why do you still fight them, Zel? Those people have nothing to do with the Holy War, it's nothing but a rumor to them. Or at least it was until you guys came back to continue this war."

"But-" he begins but I cut him off.

"But what? What is your reason to continue the Holy War, Zeldris? What is your reason?" I exclaim loudly. My voice is rising with every new sentence coming out of my mouth. I really wish we wouldn't have to talk about this.

"They're just humans!" Zeldris answers me just as loudly. "They're not worthy-" he says but then stops as he realizes what he was about to say. "Yami, I'm sorry, I didn't mean-"

"I very well know what you mean" I say as I can't help but let the tears roll down my face that Zeldris' words caused. Even after 3.000 years later and another 2.000 years that Zeldris and I spent together, he hates humans just as much as on the first day we met each other. "We might not be worth anything in your eyes" I say with my voice cold as ice before looking deep into his eyes. "But there's a lot worth to fight for in our eyes and I promise you we will fight 'till the bitter end, if neccessary." Without giving Zeldris another chance to say something, I spread my wings and hurry away.

"Don't leave" he whispers but then raises his voice. "Don't leave me again, Yami!" is the last thing I hear him scream before I'm too far away.

I don't know what I was thinking. Zeldris would never change his mind about the Holy War after he's been waiting for revenge for 3.000 years. And he wouldn't change his mind in just one night and most especially, not for me. But did I even expect him to change his mind because of me? No. But did I really think he would change at all? I don't know. I always knew that Zeldris had a good side inside him. He had shown it to me whenever he cared for me and tried to help me and every night we spent together when Meliodas had left the demons world. No matter what he thought about me first, throughout the years we began to care for each other. But I don't think he cares enough for me to think about the whole war thing. Maybe that's the reason I'll always go back to Meliodas. He's all I have left in this world. He doesn't care what race someone belongs to. He wants everyone to be safe and doesn't hesitate to protect them. He always knew what is right and what is wrong and he doesn't care if he'll get hurt as long as others are safe. He's the one who understands me. He's the one who always understood me. That is why we found to each other and why I'll always find my way back to him.

The morning sun paints the sky in soft purple and pink colors. The colors remind me a little of the time in the world of demons, although they are much friendlier than the dark colors from back then. The closer I get to the Boar Hat, the heavier my heart gets.

When I reach the tavern, it is still filled in silence, so I sneak into my room. I lay down in my bed and close my eyes and think about what happened tonight. I can't believe that Zeldris got back his memories. First Diane, then Gowther and now Zeldris... It's been just a short time since all of this has happened but it feels like such a long time. Exhaustion overwhelms me as all these thoughts spin around in my head and I start to get tired. Maybe I should try and sleep for a while but I can't stop trying to find a solution for my problem with Zeldris. I still love him but his heart is filled with so much hate. He'll continue to fight until they win and this thought scares me a lot.

I never liked living in the demons world but it feels like things were a lot easier back then. I lived with two amazing brothers that spent every of their free minutes with me. And Zeldris and Meliodas were just normal brothers that didn't try to kill each other. I still can't fully understand why things went the way they did but I wish I could stop the fight between the two of them for good.

With these thoughts in my head, I begin to feel myself drift off to sleep.