Zyla was a young demon and the only daughter of the most powerful demon queen Melantha. Zyla was a strong and fierce demon. Melantha raised Zyla to be as powerful as she was by stealing souls of the humans and channeling strenght from their life source.
People feared Melantha and her people because she already stole many souls not only from adults but also newborns and children. People gave Melantha many nicknames such as Demon Queen, the Queen of Death and many more.
Melantha was also feared in her own realm by her own people because she and her family wielded magic so dark it could kill a demon. She created Aerolights from her dark magic to protect her and Zyla from any harm. Aerolights were smokelike creatures with red beaming eyes. This meant Zyla grew up mostly without any real friends but Zyla loved that she was left alone because just like her mother she wasn't able to socialize well. Zyla never knew her father because Melantha strictly forbade her to ask any questions about him so for Zyla he was a one BIG mystery.
A FEW YEARS LATER....
Melantha was looking for Zyla for her daily lessons because she ran off somewhere with her two aerolights. Zyla was already sixteen years old and was being prepared to take the throne after Melantha to become the next queen but Zyla was way more ambitious than her mother she wanted to become the demon godess and rule over the entire demon world not just the demon realm her mother had.
Right now Zyla was hiding from her mother and the lessons coming with meeting her. Zyla didn't agree with her mother's style of teaching because she found it uninteresting just reading books about her ancestors she wanted to learn freely without any limitations.
Melantha sensed Zyla's aura in the bushes so she went to look and found Zyla practicing the new spells she thought her on their last lesson. She was very proud that Zyla was practicing also in her free time. Soon Zyla realized that her mother had found her and stated to stand up and preparing to go to their castle to learn and study boring history again.