|| The Ballad of Ice and Fire || A Janiel/Raeblo fanfic ||

Limbo, It really exists?!

None thought it'd really be true, most thought it to be an old wives tale, yet they didn't know that it wasn't. The people of gaea, what other world inhabitants call the human realm, worship those who post half hour long videos of themselves doing anything from playing the latest Indy horror game, to cutting open stress balls to see what's inside, on a website and domain known as YouTube. As time flowed infinitely throughout the universe's fabric, different throughout each dimension, as time was ever changing, even non existent in some dimensions. Those part of the dimensions known as the underworld trinity, they were timeless, events existing without time, the concept being unknown to those who inhabited them. Though two out of the three dimensions were unknown, not thought to have existed by many in gaea, though those who believed in it, were deemed psychotic freaks by the majority of gaea's inhabitants, what they didn't know, is that these 'cults' were all correct.

In limbo, time is non existent, unknown and overall ignored by those who live in the icy world between life and death.

"Milord, there has been some who speculate of worlds outside of ours, the realm of the dead, and of the living." A lowly servant approached the noble ruler over Limbo shakily as he proposed his idea.

"Outside of gaea, hell, and ourselves? That's preposterous! Impossible!" Raef stood tall, an icy blue aura to his appearance as the white cladded king stepped down from his throne, leaving icy footsteps in his wake.

"Well yes, they say that's where monsters go after death! Hell is for the sinners, those who disobeyed god, and we are for those hanging in the balance, but some say there are those who are too far gone into sin to be sent to hell, as they are banished into what they seemed to have called 'purgatory'. They say it even has a king, one so malicious, he eats dimensions like ours and gaea's!" The servant shook beneath the high presence of the king, stammering and stuttering out his small theory.

Raef raised an eyebrow in suspicion, a man, able to eat entire worlds, he found the idea impossible, yet knew he had to consult his partner, king of hell, Diablo. The two without knowing it, had been paired by destiny, and though they both had no idea regarding love, they saw each other in secret, in each others dreams, and even sneaking into one another's dimensions to meet. They thought it was only politics, kings meeting to talk together, but sometimes they'd feel the desire to do much more than talk, causing their meeting to come to an abrupt end until they meet again.

"A man?! Eating worlds?! Inconceivable. It just couldn't be possible." He beat down the servant's theory faster than he could open his mouth to protest.

"But sir! This isn't a man." he spoke up, rising to his feet with a smirk on his lips, "Purgatory, the realm of monsters, is ruled by a Dragon. We have no idea regarding who this king is, but, he has..." The servant swallowed the saliva in his mouth before continuing, "he has attempted communication with us, he knows of our existence sir, and we are unsure if he is planning for hostility, given his malicious and unpredictable nature."

Raef looked rather surprised at the existence of such a dragon, but kept his composure, knowing that he had to consult Diablo on what to do next. The devil was gifted in combat relations, able to plan the next move of every opponent he had ever come across, which was exactly what he did when he killed the original king of hell, Lucifer, for the throne. King over the sinners, a sinner himself, the demon had taken control over hell with an iron fist, ruling over the people of hell with fear and courage, as they were terrified of his strength, yet they were also empowered by it. That power was something Raef looked up to, having so many of his subjects fear, yet also love him at the same time.

"Get me in communication with Diablo, we may have an emergency on our hands depending on this dragon king." He sighed, sitting back on his throne as in no time, in a burst of flames, the demon king himself arrived, dressed in black and red.