I was a little nervous bringing Janice to meet my family, but I could only imagine how she must feel. She told me she didn’t have any family so I didn’t have to impress her folks, so that was a relief on my end. Still I was a little nervous about bringing her. I mean I’m sure my family would approve of her, even if we’ve only been dating for two months, but still you never know.

We got out of the car and walked towards the front door of my parents house, which opened immediately to the sight of my older sister ready to greet us. Guess she was eagerly anticipating out arrival. After i introduced my sister, the three of us made our way to the dining room, where my parents and younger brother were setting the table, and I introduced each of them to Janice.

Once those introductions were done, my sister ran to get our grandmother for dinner. I breathed a sigh of relief, everything seemed to be going well at this point.

Soon my sister returned walking our grandmother into the room. Then suddenly, before I got the chance to introduce her, my grandmother screamed “Jandevier!!!”

Everyone except for Janice turned to see my grandmother. The name she screamed, Jandevier, was apparently the name of some ancient demon that was trying to enslave mankind, something my family had been tasked with preventing by killing Jandevier generation after generation. Of course it was some ancient legend past down my family, so I didn’t think it was true especially since the last time Jandevier tried to take over the world was before my grandmother was born.

But that wasn’t the weirdest part about this night, what was weird is seeing my grandmother running up to this supposed “ancient demon” and hugging her.

“How have you been? It’s been so long.” She asked Janice.

“I’m sorry, I don’t know you.” Janice replied, confused.

My grandmother stopped hugging Janice. She put both hands on her shoulders and made a somewhat serious face. “Someday, your little world will soon be mine, little hero girl.” Grandmother said in a mocking tone of voice.

Suddenly, Janice face beamed. “Claudia?” She hugged my grandmother again. “Oh it’s been so long. How are you? You look more beautiful than ever!”

My grandmother laughed. “I’m so happy to see you.” My grandmother then turned to see the rest of us. We were all bewildered, first by the fact that the girl I brought home was apparently our family’s sworn enemy, but then by the fact that our sworn enemy was best friends with my grandmother.

“So you’re some kind of demon?” My little bro asked Janice.

“Yeah. If you guys want, I can show you my powers.”

“Yeah sure.” I said

Janice beamed once more. She held up her hand, and we all gasped watching her fingers morph into three, then break apart into six, then morph back into five. She then pointed at her head, and her long brown hair shifted to blonde, then red, then back to brown.

She then snapped her fingers, but nothing happened. She tried again, but still nothing. After a few more snaps, she finally got a small flame flickering on the end of her index finger, which she used to light the candle on the dinning room table. Everyone applauded.

“But wait.” My sister said. “If you really are our sworn enemy, how are you and grandma best friends? And how come you’re dating my kid brother?”

Janice laughed. “Well it’s kind of a long story: you see, a generation before your grandmother was born, I decided to try a different approach to killing your family, I decided to become friends with them and pretend to give up on enslaving mankind. To my surprise, your great-great-grandfather treated me like I was his friend. I was so charmed by him that I eventually stick to my word and became his best friend. Once I died in that body, I became best friends with your grandmother. Yeah taking over the world sounds fun, but being friends with your family is way more fun.”

“Well alright then.” My father said. “I’m sure we’re all hungry, let’s eat.”

The rest of the evening went smoothly with all of us enjoying each other’s company and making each other laugh. After a few hours, Janice said her goodbyes and we drove off.

“Well that went better than I expected.” I said.

“Yeah I’m glad your family still likes me.” Janice said. “But beware, I might still enslave humanity if your not careful.”

I laughed, and she did too as we drove off into the night