Chapter #7Follow "Our" Steven by: Hellexia   "Wake up." A voice called to Steven before he felt a kick in the ribs. "Wake up." The voice said again before the foot returned for another kick.
"I'm UP!" Steven shouted as he sat up with a scowl. "Is kicking me really necessary?!"
"You said to wake you up once we arrived." The woman said with a shrug. "And now you're awake. What do you want me to do now?"
"Maybe tell me where we are?" Steven said in a rude tone as he looked around, finding that he was in the middle of a forest."
"A forest." The woman said plainly, as if the amount of trees didn't make that obvious. "What do you want me to do now?"
"Why do you keep asking me that?!" Steven shouted as he got a closer look at the woman. It was clearly Liz, or a version of Liz at least. And... She had Elf ears?!
"Pretty nice teleport spell, gonna be honest. Fried your brain." Elf-Liz said with a sly grin. "I'm your second-in-command, remember?"
"Second of-WHAT?!" Steven exclaimed.
"Scratch that. Excellent teleport spell." Elf-Liz said as her sly grin returned. "Demon army. Conquered the world. Some hero showed up, we fled. Ring any bells?" Seeing the absolutely confused expression on your face, Elf-Liz rolled her eyes. "All your memories?"
"Look, I'm not... I'm not from here. I don't know how, or why, but my mind, or-or... This body is your Steven, okay? But the one controlling it isn't." Steven explained. "Was it some spell, or..."
"Probably not. My lord wasn't that talented. He lost to some hero, after all." Elf-Liz said with a heavy sigh. "I suppose I'll have to follow your orders in the meantime though. Lisbeth, by the way. Lis for short."
"Okay. No guarantee I don't just swap randomly with another Steven at any point though."
"Steven is a pretty boring name." Lis said with her now familiar sly grin. "Waaay less authority than 'Demon Lord Blight' if I'm honest."
"This Steven's name was THAT?!" Steven asked, holding back laughter.
"Eh, it was probably Stephen or something before he embraced dark magic and conquered the world." Lis said with a shrug. "Anyway, we should probably find some of the others. There's a few mages who might be able to fix your whole... Thing." Seeing the look on Steven's face, Lis sighed. "Your body can cast magic, but I'm guessing you can't."
"Oh."
"Let's get going, Who knows where your teleport spell sent the others..."
Meanwhile, At "Our" Steven's Wilko
"He swapped, right?" Emma asked as Steven's body twitched on the floor.
"He better have." Carly muttered as she held her now sore hand. "What an ass."
"I'm the Demon Lord!" "Steven" groaned as he continued twitching.
"Yeah you said that already. Before you started groping me." Carly said with a scowl. "Want another punch, or are you about to apologize?"
"A Demon Lord NEVER- URCK!" "Steven" attempted to announce before he gripped his ribs. "This human form is too fragile! Lisbeth, find me a suitable vessel!"
"You're in your 40s, it can't hurt that bad." Nicola said as she bent over Steven's body.
"Nikola?! Assist Lisbeth, and I shall grant you another bairn! Even in this human form, it will be-" The self-appointed Demon Lord said before Nicola slapped him.
"Can you swap with literally any other Steven?" Nicola asked with a sigh.
"These assaults shall not go unpunished!!" The twitching form of Steven shouted as he began to chant something...
Back With Steven and Lisbeth
"How'd you do that?!" Steven asked as Lis' ears changed shape into human ones.
"Magic. Elves aren't liked much by humans. Neither are nudists." Lis answered with a glare at Steven's crotch.
"AH!" Steven shouted as he covered himself. Like magic, literally probably, his usual clothes from Wilko appeared on him. "How'd you do that?!"
"That.. That was all you. Um, don't get too emotional. You could literally evaporate like, half the planet if you got too angry." Lis said with a nervous grin. "And you'll look a bit out of place like that."
"I thought you said I couldn't cast magic?" Steven asked as he looked down at his usual trousers and polo.
"You, the one controlling the body can't normally. But you're controlling a Demon Lord's body. It's like giving a longsword to an infant." Lis said as she took a step back.
"There's voices this way!" A voice echoed in the forest, accompanied by the sounds of branches snapping. Before Steven or Lis could react, a figure appeared from behind a tree, eyes wide at the sight of the pair. Steven was pretty sure he recognized them, but he squinted to make sure...   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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