Chapter V
The celebration kept going even with God leaving. All the angels had a grand time, even if it was getting late. They did not care. A few male angels coupled with either female angels, huris, or Ahuranis. Sophitia and Alexander openly revealed their relationship; it was strange because hurises were not for committed relationships. However, regardless as time went on through the night, the heavenly beings accepted it. Then the news of Heavenly and Yeirel wanting to start to be a couple had spread to everyone, like the roaring fire. However, everyone figure that would happen anyway.
Michael spotted Lucifer sitting alone away from the party. He ran over to join his brother. Michael stood in front of him, but it seemed he was invisible.
"Lucifer?" He spoke. Then kneeled down in front of him.
Lucifer's eyes were out of focus as if his mind was elsewhere. Michael pulled on Lucifer's blonde hair. Absently he looked at his older brother. "What?"
"Something wrong?"
He shook his head, "No...I-" he stopped; he wanted to explain his whole theory about their Father's plan and whatnots but was afraid his brother would not understand. Michael thought highly and would follow their father blindly. Lucifer instead said, "It's nothing, Michael." He then changed the subject, "I see you are becoming cozier with Karra."
Michael blushed lightly then sat next to his brother, "I suppose so..."
"But...?" Lucifer added.
"It's nothing." Michael glanced at the angels celebrating and having fun. Labbiel and Camuel were playing a game of sorts. Israfel and Raguel were instructing a few lesser angels, Michael assumed they had something planned for later. He even managed to spot Jophiel who was in the middle of a group with female angels and hurises. He did not seem to mind, this time. He blinked his blue eyes when he saw an angel dressed in black walking pass him. "Azrael?"
The figure stopped in front of them, "Yes?"
"Why aren't you enjoying the celebration?"
He kept silence for a moment, "I don't see the point. The Earth is finish but I feel there is still work to be done. Why celebrate, if nothing is truly done?"
"I see." Michael said before looking at Lucifer, who only shrugged his broad shoulders. "Azrael, why don't you take off that veil? It must be hard to get around."
Azrael lifted his arms; his outfit had long sleeves going past his hands, which his brothers rarely saw. His skin was pale, paler than Raziels'. Touching the hems of the veil covering his face, the silent angel hesitated. "I...I would prefer not to. I can see just find, very well in fact." He said farewell to them and walked off.
"You know, I've never seen Azrael fly before." Lucifer said when their strange brother was gone.
Michael nodded in agreement. For some reason, the way Azrael was created much more different from everyone else. He was always quiet and rarely took accompany to anyone. He wasn't even connected to any of the archangels. Lucifer shook his head, that's when he caught sight of Yeirel and Heavenly. They chatted together, Yeirel held his arms around Heavenly's waist and both of them smiled and laughed. Lucifer, bit his inner lower lip and got up to leave. "I'll see you another time..." He said.
"But..." Lucifer flew off. "What is going on with him?" He questioned.
"Hey, Michael!" Uriel shouted as he ran towards his eldest brother.
Michael stood up, "What?" He raised his darken brows.
"I heard from Gabriel that Father wants you, me, Gabe, and Azrael to complete a task."
"What for?"
He shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know, I just know that's what he said." The red-head angel looked around, "why are you alone?"
"I was talking to Lucifer, he seems not himself tonight." Michael said, his voices laced with worry.
The fiery angel placed a hand on Michael's shoulders and said, "don't worry. He's probably just hiding from Faren." He joked.
Michael managed to pull out a faint smile. But he couldn't help but worry about his younger brother.
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A few years on Earth had passed, and since the time zones of the Angelic Realm and Earth were not aligned just yet, it was about hundred or so years that passed in the Angelic world. What roam the plains of the once isolated world were filled with creatures the were small and ones that reached near the skies. Some ate the Earth's plants and some ate one another. Some were able to fly almost as high as the heavens themselves. These creatures amazed the angels as they watched them lived. Mate. Die. Birth. Interact. Day to Day it was like this. There were some of these things in heavily jungle areas, some in the deserts, the plains and even the mountains. The ones that lived in the coldest weather, were also amazing. Even the other gods were impressed by the life that was blooming beautifully on Earth. Well except one.
"Yehovah!" Shouted a demanding female voice.
He turned around to face the entrance of his world. His angels were out and about as usual. In stormed in a very angry woman, holding a reptile that struggled to be free from her grasp. "Gaia, what do I owe to this visit?"
"I want to know which one of your angels did this!" She shrilled.
"Did what?"
The powerful woman thrust the creature in Yehovah's arms. "This! I don't mind if these things live on Earth, but if I have a home there I except them to stay out! I had all my products for myself in a very secure place. Something I was going to use to create the most elegant flowers, but no! These things figured it out and ate it! And ruined my dresses!" Gaia yelled. Yehovah just stood there, a little surprise by her vanity. "Why are they so smart! WHY!"
"Well, Gaia, that's how they are made. To figure out obstacles, but you shouldn't get so mad. I mean, you are a very attractive being." He said, putting the creature down and letting it roam the Angelic world. Gaia was fixing her curls when he spoke of her like that.
"Really? That's something coming from you." Gaia said, tossing those perfect brunette curls away from her slender neck. "I still stand by it, how can I keep this world beautiful if these things eat everything!"
"Plants grow back. Besides like how we eat, they do too. Maybe you can just ease up on them." HE suggested.
Gaia sighed, throwing her hand on those hips of hers. "Maybe I can just ease up on them," she mocked, "I don't except this to happen again." She placed a hand on the top of his clothes chest, "I won't go easy on the just 'cause of you." She said, then left.
He exhaled a short amount of breathe before shaking his head, running his hands through his hair and finding Uriel. It was close to the next meeting of the Gods, and he needed to throw this plan into action.
...
"This is a game?"
"Yeah, trust me, it will catch on."
"I really doubt that, this is so ... long winded."
"Well, no one asked you!"
Haniel, Israfel, Raziel, and Gabriel were out in the field. Haniel was in the middle and Gabriel stood with an object in his right hand. Raziel kneeled behind him while Israfel kept score and had to catch whatever Haniel told him to. Haniel had come up with this idea a while ago and wanted to play it with his brothers. Not many of them were willing to try it, so when he asked the three with him now, it was merely because they had nothing better to do. Gabriel raised the object in his head, it had a cloth wrapped tightly around the thing base. The top part was a lot thicker, it wasn't heavy being made of wood but still, it was strange.
"Now, when I throw this, you have to hit it. Then," he looked at Israfel, "you have to catch the, "he held the sphere object in his left hand, "ball and throwing it back to me." Haniel finish explaining.
"What do I do?" Raziel asked.
"You catch the ball, if Gabriel misses and-"
"I won't miss." Gabriel said very cocky like.
Haniel sighed, "anyway and throw it back to me and you and Gabe switch places, Ok?"
The three of them got it and started to play. Haniel held the ball and Gabriel held the bat in a ready-to-swing position. Counting down in his head, Haniel throw the ball at three. Gabriel kept his green eyes on the ball and swung.
Hit! The discolored ball flew in the air, going towards Israfel. A couple of other archangels were flying by when they saw Gabriel hit the ball and watched in the distance. Haniel screamed at Israfel to go catch it. Israfel's light blue eyes spotted the ball. As instructed earlier, Gabriel ran-not flew- to the mark white squares. He got to the first one, and by the second square the adrenaline kicked in. Israfel caught the ball, Haniel told him to throw it at him, but Israfel misunderstood and aimed at Gabriel.
Before he could reach the square Raziel was at, with all his might Israfel threw the ball at Gabriel. It all happened so fast, the next thing everyone saw was Gabriel hitting the ground in arms reach of Raziel's feet. The ball rolled to Gabe's side. Raziel threw his hands up, "He's out!"
Haniel sulked for a moment. His brothers thought they did it right but when Haniel explained that Israfel wasn't supposed to actually hit the player, they stopped celebrating. "Maybe we need more to play." Israfel suggested.
Zadikel flew down and stood next to Haniel, "hey, if this was the idea you were babbling about. I am so in!" He said. Jophiel, Raguel, Jeremiel, Yeirel, Ariel, and Camuel all came and wanted in on the game. Haniel smiled as Raziel ruffled his brother's golden brown, almost blonde, curls. They had more to play and the game was actually fun, once everyone stop hitting Gabriel in the head with the ball of course and actually threw it at the ones standing at the marked squares.
Near the ocean, the females had even came up with a game to play. A carefully placed opened-stitched cloth separated them. Heavenly, Sophitia, and Faren on one side. Karra, Anne, and Sapphire on the other. Anne and Sapphire were the hurises that are friends with Sophitia. Alexander, an angel under the command of Michael watch on the sidelines. As well as Michael and Lucifer. Lucifer wasn't too happy being there but was force to tag along. The females had a ball that had to be held with two hands. Once explained by Heavenly, they began to play. The ball being tossed into the air and across to the other side. The females hurried to hit the ball before it touched the ground, it did. Heavenly and the others cheered.
"I would rather be anywhere but here." Lucifer mumbled.
"Why?" Michael turned to his brother, "You know I've been wondering what is going on with you. You're more distance than usual."
Lucifer rolled his azure eyes away and just starred off into space. Michael sighed, angrily. The Morning Star just kept quiet, his eyes on Heavenly the entire time.
*-*-*AB1*-*-*
-Years Earlier-
"Heavenly!" Lucifer said.
He caught up with her after she met with Yeirel the day before. He wanted to talk with her earlier but couldn't find the words to say. She turned around and walked to Lucifer. It was early in the morning and mostly everyone was asleep. "Can I help you, Lucifer?" She asked then talked again, "if you want me to get Faren, I can, but I think-"
He hushed the bright green-eye angel. "No, I want to talk to you." She blinked her eyes for a moment, "see, I wanted to tell you something but...I'm not really sure how to say this." He looked down then tugged on his blonde locks. Heavenly watched and frowned, she was familiar with this reaction, but Lucifer continued. "See, I just-I know Faren has a certain affection for me, but I just don't have that for her. But I do, I do know-"
Oh please no. Heavenly pleaded in her mind.
"-I have it for you." He finally spilled. "It's just," Lucifer felt flushed and didn't know what else to say.
Heavenly touched Lucifer's cheek, "I get it, but please understand, these emotions isn't something you can force, if you don't wish for Faren in that way, tell her, she can be a little air-headed but she's such a sweet woman. She doesn't deserve to be lead on even if you're not doing it intentionally." Heavenly didn't quite understand where these were word coming from but she wasn't going to stop. "Plus, I love Yeirel, I can't leave him for you. Not just because you two are brothers but because I don't see a future with you." She said, and she could see he broke something in Lucifer.
Without a word, Lucifer backed away from Heavenly. She tried to say something else, feeling bad about the words the emitted from her lips but Lucifer spread his glorious wings and left. She wasn't sure if he understood what she said and was heartbroken or if he simply just hated her. But what angel can hate?
Lucifer reached his home, walking inside and closing the door behind him. In a fit of rage, he tossed the furniture in his home. Breaking tables, plants, punching his hand in a mirror. The shaped pieces plunged into this fist, blood peek through running down his skin. "I. Am. Better." He whispered to himself, looking at a large shard of mirror. His own reflection, looking at himself. He stood there in the shattered pieces of his home. Quiet. Alone. His mind began to roam freely.
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God had reached his garden to check on the creatures he created himself, they were left nameless. He had let the angels name the creatures outside of the garden. Some of them were a little, well, different. He walked into the garden and nearly collapsed. Trees were eaten, almost bared branches covered all the trees. There was specks of blood on the ground along with fur and bones. The water dirty and undrinkable. He clenched his chest and leaned over.
Oh...me...He thought.
Once again God, took time off to re-create the animals. It took a few days to fix everything the way he had it. The trees had fruit and leaves on them once again. The animals alive and healthy, the water free of any dirt and clear as the day it was made. Blood gone from the barks of the trees and blades of grass. Flowers replaced the broken and wilted ones before it. Afterwards, he called Uriel. In minutes the fiery angel stood in front of God.
"Yes?" God gave Uriel a sword, the angel accepted it, then looked at his Father in confusion. They were next to the gates of the Angelic world. "What am I doing with this?" He asked, his orange eyes examining the sword.
"You are going to personally guard the garden for me." He said.
Uriel raise his eyes up in suspicion. "What?"
"You. Guard. Garden."
"I'm not slow, but I didn't think you would want me to do that."
God placed his hand on Uriel's red hair, "oh but of course, who else would I ask?" He patted Uriel's head rather hard., Uriel winced in slight pain.
"I'm...ow...so...ow...honor...owww"
"You should be. One thing, it's just a little thing though. While your guarding the garden, you're not allow to move from that spot until I say so."
"Wait-what?"
God nodded, "yes. See, what point would it be if I ask you to guard it, if you leave?"
"What about that task?'
"When I want you to do the task, then I will call for you, but for now, guard the gates of the Eden."
Uriel held the sword in his left hand, it hit against his leg and burst into flames. Uriel threw the weapon on the ground, God picked it up and gave it to Uriel again, "I would be careful, it's...flammable." God smirked and waited but Uriel made not reaction to laugh. God frowned.
Sword in hand again, Uriel looked at his Father, "Alright. Eden is it?"
God nodded.
"Strange name," He looked at the entrance to the Earth. "Where-" when Uriel turned around God was gone, leaving him to find it himself. The archangel set out to the garden, which took what seemed like forever. When he was sure he was there, he stood outside Eden. Looking at it in confusion. He didn't know how he was suppose to guard the gate from something, if there was no gate. After being here a couple hours, God showed up.
"Uriel?"
The red head looked up, he was sitting on the ground, drawing in the dirt circle he made by burning the grass away. "Yes?"
"I forgot to mention this, about whose allowed in and out."
Uriel stood up, "Oh, finally." He muttered. He waited, "Who?"
"I don't have anyone I want to keep out, but make sure that this place does not get destroyed. If it does, then you have to fix it. Just like the way I have it." God said.
Uriel looked back at the garden it was peaceful as ever, God turned around and then vanish. "What? I don't get it, if I'm not guarding it from anybody why are-" He turned around again and saw two Tyrannosauruses, fighting and coming towards Eden. "Wait! Wait! NO!" He shouted, the creatures continued to fight. They inched closer and closer to Eden. Uriel manage to lure them away by throwing his flaming sword. Distrace they went for it.
Uriel smiled then realized what he did. "What did I do to deserve this!" He said as he flew to get his sword. When he left a group of raptors enter Eden. As if it was a clever well-thought out plan.
It had been days on Earth since then. No one questioned Uriel's absence, as God assured them he was safe. Though Michael didn't care as much, he was still worried about Lucifer who was becoming more and more isolated from everyone than Azrael. He didn't join them for early meals, afternoon meals or even meals before they rested. He trained alone frequently and talked to a other angels. They did this often. Michael has tried to connect with Lucifer, but even mentally his brother ignored him.
He tried to ask around but no one could tell the head archangel anything. While, he sat near a beautiful river in the Angelic Realm, Karra surprised him. "You've been ignoring me lately." She said, sitting next to him.
"It's Lucifer, I-I can't figure it out, for the past few years he's been more and more distance. Even when we have meetings he says nothing and keeps to himself. It's not like him, I fear the worst."
Karra wrapped her arms around him, "I think you're putting too much stress on yourself. He is not that much younger, he's probably got a lot on him."
"Like what?" He looked at Karra, deep in her lovely blue eyes, "What could he need to do that he has to shut us out?"
"Do you really mean 'us' or just you?" Michael didn't say anything, "I understand you two are close, but maybe he needs sometime to himself." Karra finger-comb his black hair, Michael went silent and didn't look at her anymore. "If it helps, Faren has been around him lately and he doesn't seem to mind. Maybe it's that?"
He shrugged.
"You know, if they are becoming close. Why don't we?" Karra pinned Michael down, she smiled as her light peach color hands held onto Michael's hands. She kissed his neck and up to his lips. A few seconds Michael had return the affection but stopped, a frustrated she looked at him, tossing his blonde hair behind her ears. "Something wrong?"
"I can't do this." He sat her up and then got up himself and walked off, going home. Karra watched as her companion left. She plucked a few grass blades and blew them in the air.
...
In the middle of the night a few angels met in the same place, sometimes it might be different but that was only if they thought they were being followed. A few male angels lit torches on fire, it burned with a dark orange color. They were deep in an underground cavern, it was unstable and unsafe, even for angels. The stood in various spots or sat on random rocks. They awaited their leader. When he finally showed up, the chattering that filled the cave stop, leaving only echoes.
"I know, this might be sudden for some of you but I propose something great." Lucifer looked at all those that listened to him, this meeting there was more of them maybe even a little over a smiled. "I know, you all have been question our 'Father'. What are his intentions, his works, where his mind is. But I tell you, we do not need to wait hand and foot on him, why should we?" He questioned, a lot of them nodded in agreement. "Who is he to use us as he wishes? To make these false promises to us? When he started this world, were we asked our opinions? Did he even bother to see what we thought, and if this world is so special why aren't we living here?" Again the same positive reaction. Lucifer gleamed with joy, when he walked pass a lit torch, the underline of his blonde hair began to turn white, "now, that can change. As you can see, I've evolved. I no longer have the will to do everything for him. My eyes are opened, finally seeing the truth for what it is.
Our world, was supposed to be the only one. The true one, but that was a lie. Our father, isn't the only god, there actually others out there." A few angels gasped in disbelief, Lucifer nodded, "oh yes, more than one god. And like the gods, I have free will." The angels eyes widen, some whispering to each other such as 'what is free will' or 'how is it possible'. Some even doubted his claim.
"Now, this wasn't done overnight, it took some time. Even I was at disbelief. But, we don't need to serve him. We don't owe him anything!" His voice darken, "for years, hundreds of years we done his work. We put time into this Earth and what do we get to show for it? Not a damn thing! A party? Really, that's it? We don't even get to live here! Is that even fair!"
One angel spoke up, "well, maybe that's because we've yet to prove ourselves?"
Lucifer looked at the crowd of angels, all them moved away from the one that spoke out. "Excuse me? Prove? What do we have to prove? We are just as powerful as him."
"Do you hear yourself? I've been listening to you for a while now and recently you've been hating our father. I can't." He said and turned around. Before he could take a step, Lucifer raised his hand up and clenched it shut. The angel gasped for air, his eyes began to roll into the back of his head. Blood spitted from his mouth. With a quick thrust of his hand the angel was dead.
Everyone looked in shock at Lucifer, "I don't hate our father, "he sounded mental, "I love our father but he hasn't been in his right mind. All that power, it's gone to his head. He needs to be, replaced." Lucifer looked at them all, they were scared. "I rule this world and ours better than he. I will be the most powerful god there is. He may have created all of us, but I am the one that is most loved, I will ascend higher than the clouds of Heaven, I will take down his throne and raise mine in its place," He looked at his followers, they all began to kneel in front of Lucifer. He smile, this one only read of evil and insanity.
"But what of your brother, Michael?" asked one of them.
His eyes stared off into space, "Don't worry, I have a plan for my big brother."
Authoress Note(s):
First, I am bad at references but the little part about Uriel, it's a little reference to FF.NET-Smelly Pirate Hooker's story 'The Garden'. Since in her wonderful story, he was guarding Eden for practically no reason. I dunno, I gave him a reason. He created smartass dinosaurs, that destroyed Eden. Thus, he is guarding it. But it seems they outsmart even him. Don't worry, I'm actually going to reference this again when man is created. This is just him being there. Second, excuse my humor, but I find the strangest things funny. The strangest. Third, Karra is spelled with two 'r's I forgot that when I wrote her name in the other chapter. Forth, Don't kill me, God has terrible sense of humor. I pointed that out in my original story, but I find it funny, him being a great deity but no one laughs at his jokes XD. Fifth, Heavenly rejecting Lucifer, no way impacts why he turned evil, it was one of the things that opened his eyes, a little. Like them being happy all the time and whatever, but yet Lucifer gets rejected. Which was why he said that. Like he's better than everyone else. Which reminds, me I am a terrible speech writer but I believe about 95% of what Lucifer said to the angels was bullsh*t, he bullsh*t his way to gain an army and about 5% was whatever the hell else he said. Sixth, anyone notice something in the Authoress Notes? You'll get an invisible cookie, if you guess right. he he. Reviews are nice, please and thank you~!