Redemption

      It was because of his glorious wings and those passionate eyes that I couldn't help but fall for him- then with him... I was on the wrong side of a raging battle; all the war cries of Heaven filled my ears. They were the last thing I heard before I was knocked out of the sky by a force so powerful it shook the Earth. My wings, which had been reduced to tattered stubs by the blast, would never support my weight again. So I fell; farther and farther until I hit the Earth. Then farther still.

     I fell to the place where evil lurks around every corner and the screams of the trapped souls are never silenced. Utterly defeated, I lay there listening to the symphony of suffering. My inner monologue ran on and on...

      "How could He do this to us?" "Does He not love me anymore?" "Why did I choose this?"

      The truth is that we brought this upon ourselves; we forced Him to do this. We rebelled and had to be punished, just like the humans He asked us to love more than Himself.

      I lay there conquered by my sorrow, a mere shell of my former self. Wallowing in the raw misery this place embodies. The realization of what I brought upon myself hit me harder than the force that knocked me out of my home, the home I need to get back t. An unbelievable sense of clarity washed over me. In that moment, I knew I needed to redeem myself, but how to do so was still a mystery.

      "You do not know how?" wailed a voice from the abyss. "Help me and I'll tell you everything you need to know."

      "How would I go about getting you out?"

      "Shine thine light upon my face and I shall be saved!"

      So I tried, I imagined the bright, glowing aura I could once produce was once piercing holes through the darkness. I did not get what I hoped for, yet a single strand of light not much thicker than a strand of hair shone from my necklace.

      One strand turned into two, then four and so on until I had a tree of light sprouting through my neck. When the light illuminated the abyss a man emerged. His most notable feature, his blood red eyes shifted to a light blue shade.

      "Good evening my angel." He said in a smooth, suave voice. "I give you my eternal gratitude for rescuing me." He lifted from his bow and I saw his face clearly. He was certainly handsome for a human, but his eyes were full of sorrow and his smile forced.

      Before I could stop myself my voice had already clawed its way up my throat, "Why are your eyes so filled with grief? What have you seen that struck you so hard and left you broken?"

      "My past is not something I like to talk about. Anyways, I promised to tell about how to redeem yourself. Shall we head off?"

      "We?" I asked.

      "Well you'd certainly never make it alone angel. The road to redemption is not easy and many will try to stop us on the way to the palace." The man told me calmly, ""If we don't stick together it would be a suicide mission, although it would be ideal with three..."

      "Someone called for a third? "A cool voice hissed from the shadows. "I believe I can be of assistance."

      Out of the shadows came a man in a midnight cloak with wings like ash and horns of bone. "Don't listen to him angel! He is nothing but trouble for you." warned the human.

      "Just because I'm a demon doesn't mean I am evil human." The demon spat "I just want out of this horrid place."

      I didn't know what to think, I could listen to the demon and help him, or the human and leave him to rot. I decided, "I can't leave someone in distress, no matter who they are."