The Woman Who Ruled
All heads bent down to touch the ground as she entered the throne room. Her flame red hair flowing behind her, her dark floor length dress hugged every curve of her body. Her purple eyes gleamed with mirth as she looked at all her bowing subjects.
Her presence was so powerful that they dared not to stand an inch above her. They waited in patience as she strode up to the podium and sat on the throne. The throne itself, forged in gold by the best of blacksmiths, embedded with the gems of the seven seas was a sight to see. Seated upon it was Lucifer also known in many cultures as Yamadharmaraja in Hindu myth, as Hades in Greek, as Shinigami in Japanese, as Satan in Christanity.
She waited for everyone to raise their heads and called upon Cerberus to give his daily report.
"Well.. to start with we have an invite from Heaven"
"Oh" Lucifer tilted her head in intrigue.
"Ehh.." Stuttered Cerberus adjusting his glasses on his second head, the first and the third trying to peep into the invite. "The Lord invites you to...I hope I am reading this right...the Lord invites you for a party on earth."
Everyone eagerly waited for her highness's response. An invite to a party means absence of a ruler in Hell.
"Declined" scoffed Lucifer at the thought of it. "Last time he invited me, he defied the laws of earth and made himself known to be a god. What's the point? Even if the God himself paves out the correct path for humanity, they defy it anyway. Next"
"Well... For news on earth," the third head started slowly.
"Just get on with it..." Yelled an impatient Beelzebub, one of the ministers of the six membered sin council."I bet I can report way better and faster. "
"Oh.. Shush." Drawled Asmodeus crossing her legs making the slit of her dress slit, showing off her dark skinned legs. "You are just jealous."
"I would like to have that position too. " put in Mammon.
"You'd like to have every position out there Mammon. " countered Asmodeus. "Be like Abaddon, he doesn't want even his post."
"Aye.." Affirmed Abaddon too lazy to utter more than one syllable.
"Shut up everyone." Shouted Sathanus "Let's just hear the report shall we."
"Proceed" prompted Lucifer, too used to their banter to even care.
"Humans have declared World War Three on account of shortage of water."
"Oh goody" exclaimed Belphegor beating his pot belly in excitement " More deaths, so more humans to roast."
"They brought that upon them themselves" shrugged Beelzebub.
"Serves them right." Laughed Mammon.
"On news of hell," started the first head. "Souls demand for the rules for the sins to be revised."
"What?" Gasped the entire council collectively. The spectators, who had already heard this news nodded grimly.
"There are too many sinners," explained Cerberus "No one is going to heaven anymore."
The crowd whispered among themselves. The sin representatives waited for a response from Lucifer.
"The sins shall not be revised." Announced Lucifer without even a second of thought."Humans need to understand that just because everyone else is a sinner doesn't mean they can be too. All will receive same punishment. Court adjourned."
As she got up, automatically all heads bowed. She walked past the seats of the representatives which were placed parallel to each other with three on either side. No one, once again dared to rise above the highness. If they did then they would have seen each of the representative dissolving into her.
They would have realized that the counsel actually consisted of only one person. They would have known the extent of her power as she single handedly ruled hell.