Chapter 7
Ariel
The air whipped through my hair, and I had never felt so free. This was my third time riding Caelum and I had finally gotten the hang of it.
Although you know you wouldn't mind riding him a different way.
Shut up he's gay! We have a mission to focus on.
Riding him, as a means of transportation, that's exactly what I meant... was fairly easy and straight forward. I lean right, he goes right. I lean left, he goes left. I lean forward, he goes faster. Or I could just tell him what to do and he'll go on like autopilot which was what I was currently doing.
We were on our way to the centaurs. You know the half horse half human things? Yeah those.
Lucky for me, Daniel put a lot of information (including where the King Centaur lives) in that bag I mentioned earlier. Otherwise, I would have literally no clue where to go. I have to admit, Daniel did all the planning in advanced for me and without him I would be screwed right now. Then again, I'm doing the dirty work (wink, wink).
'Do you have a strategy?' Caelum's sexy voice rang in my head. Things were slightly awkward between us but we were going to have to get over it. I'm more upset I allowed myself to try and kiss him already then I am about his sexuality (and I don't mean I'm against gays or anything when I say that.) I mean how could I get distracted so fast? I'm acting like I've never interacted with a hot guy before.
That's because you haven't seen a guy as hot as him.
Shut it.
"Yeah, wing it." I answered, grinning a little at my pun. I'm so punny.
'Terrible strategy. Centaurs are hostile towards normal angels and you have that dark air around you. If we just charge in there, they'll shoot us down."
"Yeah, with bow and arrows." I reminded him, "We can take them, trust me."
'I don't doubt our ability to 'take them down' but that's not the way to form allies. If we kill their entire castle security there not going to want to assist the angels.'
"Well if they don't give us a chance to talk to the king then we're going to have to use a more domineering tactic. Besides my dark air will scare away most of them and the sight of you will scare a good amount too so we won't have to kill many."
'As you wish, master.'
I grinned, "I like the sound of that."
Everything I said was coming out sexual.
He shook his big dragon head in dismay.
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A huge castle came into view. While houses in heaven are rather modernized this looked like it was straight out of the 1700's.
Just picture the castle Cinderella lived in (yes, I know fairytales. One class in school is dedicated to keeping up with human culture) but bigger and grander.
But the walls were an ugly tree brown and the roof was a forest green taking away from the beauty. The grand door which was impressively huge was lime green.
Immediately, the smell of (horse) manure attacked my nostrils. I scrunched up my nose in distaste. I guess that means they shit from their horse ass.
In the back I saw stables and in them were horses (probably half the reason it smelled like horse manure around here). How does that even work?
Next I saw what must have been three hundred (give or take a few) centaurs with bows and arrows pointing at us. Ah, there's the welcoming committee.
"Caelum?"
'Yes?'
"I think we're going to have to use aggressive methods to get the King."
He sighed, 'This is not going to end well.'
"Go to the main door. How many arrows can you take without dying?"
'Quite a few. These arrows barely do anything. I feel a slight pinch when they hit, nothing else.'
"Good. Now go!" I ordered.
He swooped down low and the centaurs began shooting there wooden arrows. About ninety percent of the centaurs stopped shooting once they sensed my dark aura. They backed up in fear tripping over their hooves. That left about 30 centaurs trying to kill us.
A thin brown stick with a pointy end came hurling at my face making me widen my eyes. Before it hit my face Caelum smashed it down with his claw in a way that reminded me of the Hulk (Yes, I've seen The Avengers. In fact I've seen all the marvel movies. Humans may be useless in war but they can make entertainment and technology!)
Caelum smashed his head through the door. Inside there was more centaurs with more bow and arrows. Great.
"Just keep going straight Caelum. Try to locate where the King is. And please hurry!"
He accelerated making it harder for the centaurs who were still shooting (which wasn't that many because they had sensed my dark aura) to hit us.
Since Caelum was so big he kept hitting everything. Chandeliers fell, haystacks were knocked over, tables smashed, debris was flying everywhere - it was a mess.
I'm already praying things with the wizards go smoother.
An arrow came at my face and I whacked it away with my bag which I had kept a good grip on this whole time. I started plucking arrows out of Caelum's skin making him in less pain. I think for him these arrows were like a splinter.
'Hold on tight Ariel.' he said, before speeding up even more.
I gripped his black scales for dear life, and ducked my head.
He was going to ram himself into this huge door in front of us. On top of the door there was a large label which said, 'King's Throne' so it was safe to say the King (and maybe even the whole royal family) would be in there.
I closed my eyes. I heard the huge BAM and felt the vibrations running through Caelum's body but I didn't actually see it.
When I opened my eyes I saw the royal family. They were standing behind another set of centaurs except these ones had metal armor and metal bow and arrows. I'd be willing to bet these bows were laced with poison.
Unlike the other centaurs who's horse part of the body was brown the royal family was white. The King had on a red robe and a huge crown which gems incrusted on it. The Queen was wearing a red robe too but it looked more feminine. She had on a silver tiara with multi-colored diamonds covering it. Next to them was a girl who looked about twelve wearing similar attire as her mother - the princess. And last hiding behind the King's legs was a little boy wearing a small robe and crown - the prince.
I hopped off Caelum's back. In case you wanted to know, his head was poking through the ceiling.
I lifted my hands up in a universal symbol of defeat and said, "We come in peace."
"You think we believe that? You scared our best warriors off and killed some, destroyed my palace, and enter here by force. You come with a beast and a dark air around you. You call this peace?!" he bellowed.
Okay, so he had a good point. I think this was what Caelum was hinting at earlier.
"Sorry about that but as soon as we arrived arrows were pointed at us." I apologized, kindly.
"We come on behalf of the angels. I am angel Ariel Angelo daughter of leader of heaven."
"The angels? Shoot her!" the king yelled. Jesus, what crawled up his ass and died?
The warriors got ready to shoot but Caelum smushed them down with his claws.
"Thank you Caelum." I said to him.
"Anyway as I was saying, the angels are at war with the demons." I started talking to his family which looked like they were about to piss their pants (not that they were wearing any.)
"We are losing the war. If we lose the war Jesus, and God will be killed. The elders sent me to persuade you to be our allies in the war." I said, not beating around the bush.
The King replied, "Last time we helped you almost all of our numbers were diminished. Why should we help again? Why should we jeopardize our people for yours?" At least he was not yelling. I guess he realized he was like outnumbered skill wise and if he pissed us off he wouldn't live for very long.
"Well if God is killed your in trouble. I'm not really sure what exactly happens but it's baaad. Like really bad."
He frowned, "Let me consult with my family."
They huddled up and started talking. I just stood there waiting next to my dragon.
After they were done he asked, "Are any other species joining? How many centaurs would you need?"
"Well we have to ask the Wizards and Wolvens after this. As to your second question, um give me a second."
I pulled out my phone and dialed Daniel who picked up after the second ring, "Ariel! I'm so re-"
"Daniel this is important. I'm at the Centaur Palace. How many centaurs should they send?'
"As many warriors as they can. The more the better." he answered. I hung up.
"As many warriors as you can send." I told the king.
"I don't want to send my people into a war. If we do this it isn't for the angels. We are doing this for God. If he needs our help I shall give it to The Lord."
"Fair enough. Now how are we going to bring all the centaurs here and then send them to heaven?"
"I'll just call them of course. And we have a portal from last war. It's like the one in Los Angelos but smaller."
He closed his eyes and there was like a buzzing around him. Then he opened his eyes, "I called for anyone willing to fight. They'll come here within five hours."
"Fives hours?! What the fuck am I supposed to do for that long?" I demanded.
'We can research wizards. I think we want negotiation with them to be less... destructive.' Caelum said in my head.
That I do.
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A/N:
Hi my angels,
1) What do you think of this chapter? Please comment! I love feedback. {whoever writes the best comment gets the chapter dedicated to them}
2) I loved ALL the comments from last chapter but I could only dedicate it to one person so I dedicated chapter 6 to @wel980. I dedicated this chapter to @skullsangel (It was the hardest decision of my life). If I could I would dedicate it to everyone :)
3) A lot of you were making predictions on the story, and it's safe to say many of the predictions were accurate! So nice job guys!
4) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 23,000 READS! It's pretty special to me :) and I've been #5-#7 in vampire for like the last two weeks which is totally awesome <3
5) Update: Tuesday - mostly research and centaurs going through the portal to help
-Indie