An Angel's Weakness

God had been gone a long time when a rumor started in Heaven about Lucifer seeing a mortal girl on Earth. Daniel and the other angels did not understand why an angel would leave Heaven so often to meet a human girl. Angels and humans belonged to different worlds and were not supposed to interact with each other unless God needed them to pass a message onto the humans. Some angels went so far as to say that Lucifer wanted humans to worship him and not God.

Daniel did not believe it, so he started following Lucifer to Earth. He hoped to find out what was really going on and stop the rumors from getting worse. All the other angels were too afraid of Lucifer and warned Daniel not to interfere with the powerful angel's plans.

But he found out that the angels were right. From Lucifer's conversations with the mortal that he overheard, he discovered that Lucifer had become so arrogant that he refused to worship God and expected humans to adore and worship him. Lucifer met this 17-year-old girl, Lucinda, one day at the beach. She was crying and asking God why he did not save her older brother, the only family member she had, who died at sea. Her brother David was a fisherman and his boat sank during a storm. Lucifer had told her that God did not care about her and other human beings. He created them and the world and then abandoned them, ignoring their prayers. His lies made Lucinda confused and she slowly started to believe that Lucifer was right. Mankind should worship and follow Lucifer, who would look after them and appear before them, unlike God, who never showed himself or answered their prayers.

What was even more disturbing was that Lucifer became obsessed with this girl and said that he loved her and wanted to rule the world with her. Daniel didn't understand it at first. God was the only one worthy of adoration. What is this "love", this attraction that he has for this girl? He did admit she was beautiful, but compared to the ethereal beauty of the angels, she was very plain.

But after a few months of watching them, Daniel started noticing how kind and caring she was. She was also independent and generous, growing vegetables in her garden to sell at the market and often giving some to those more poor than her when she could spare it. All her human flaws became amusing and endearing to him. She was imperfectly perfect in his eyes. Daniel could not believe he was falling in love with a human being, just like Lucifer.

Daniel started to get jealous and envious when Lucifer touched her and kissed her. He longed to pull her away from him and into his own arms. It was wrong, but he wanted to know the sinful physical pleasures that they were experiencing. He started to think about her all the time while he wandered around in Heaven. He grew to hate Lucifer not only for rebelling against God, but for corrupting Lucinda's innocent soul. He felt so many new emotions that he thought he was going insane.

But Daniel was not sure he truly loved Lucinda until the day that he thought he would lose her forever. He watched as Lucinda argued with Lucifer on the empty beach under a sunless, dark sky filled with forboding grey clouds. She was saying that he was being too controlling and he did not really love her, he only loved himself. Apparently, her friends helped her renew her faith in God and she did not support Lucifer's plan any longer. She did not want to see him anymore. Lucifer was enraged. His beautiful face became frightening when his true cruel and vindictive nature was revealed. Lucinda fell backwards into the sand, shocked at his transformation. Daniel wanted to rush over to her and protect her but he fought the urge and continued watching from afar.

"How dare you say these things to me! You are a mere mortal who does not know any better. I have chosen you and you will always be mine. Lucinda, you are wrong. I will soon rule the Earth as your new God and nothing can stop me from taking you with me. We will live among the clouds in our own Heaven and you will be beside me forever." His eyes burned red as he spoke. He glared at her one last time before unleashing his magnificent wings and flying away.

Lucinda started crying as she hugged her knees to her chest and stared at the sky, at the dark clouds the angel had just disappeared into. Daniel had never seen her look so helpless and sad. After a while, she seemed deep in thought as she stopped crying and gazed at the sea. The sea was calm and soon, so was she. He watched as she slowly walked into the sea. Daniel quickly realized she was feeling so hopeless that she was going to end her life. Maybe she even thought she would be reunited with her brother. He wondered if it was better for her to die and be at peace than to be manipulated by Lucifer forever. Daniel remembered Lucifer explaining to her that if she drank his blood, she would become immortal. Before he knew it, Lucinda had completely disappeared under the water.

But the thought of never seeing her again was too painful and devastating for him. Daniel knew she could die within a short time in the frigid waters, and he did not know how much time had past already. He had to save her. He ran towards the waves, at the same time, retracting his wings before diving into the icy water. It was dark, but the bright violet light that came from inside him surrounded him and guided him towards her. She was not struggling or moving at all. Her eyes were closed as if she was sleeping. Daniel cursed himself for hesitating earlier and hoped she was still alive. He had never wanted anything more badly in his life.

As soon as he pulled her to the surface of the water, she started flailing about and coughing. Daniel's heart soared as his wings unfurled and he flew back to the beach with her in his arms. He gently placed her on the sand as she continued coughing out water and wiping it from her eyes. It took her a while to calm down and look at him.

"You...you're an angel too! Did he tell you to stop me? Why did you do that, I wanted to die!" Lucinda cried.

"No! I am not on his side, you have to believe me," Daniel dropped to the sand in front of her and spoke in a calm, gentle voice. "I have been watching you two for a long time. I know what happened, Lucinda. I can try to convince him to let you go. Or maybe I can ask God for help in stopping him. Please let me try, and then if you still want to die, I will not stop you."

"I...I believe you. Please help me, angel," She pleaded, on her knees, her head bowed.

"I will do everything in my power to help you, Lucinda. You have my word. And please, call me Daniel," He said, touching her chin to tilt her face up at him.

"Daniel..." She quietly said, as she looked up at him and smiled. "Thank you. I don't know how to repay you..."

He loved the way his name sounded when she said it. Daniel wished he could hear her say it over and over, as he held her in his arms. He stood up and reached down to help her stand up.

"You do not owe me anything. I am just doing what an angel should do," He said before smiling back at her. That was not entirely true. Angels were only supposed to help certain humans if God ordered them to do so. But he had already broken plenty of rules by now.

Suddenly Lucinda shuddered and started shivering uncontrollably. She was still soaking wet and the wind was picking up. Her plain blue wool dress almost looked black because it was wet with sea water. He briefly looked down and noticed his own soaked white robe was slightly transparent and clinging to his muscular body. Daniel's face became hot as he felt ashamed that she saw him nearly naked.

"Co-cold...so cold..." She mumbled before falling forward.

"Lucinda!" Daniel caught her and held her tightly in his arms. He wrapped both wings around her and felt his natural angelic warmth grow stronger. "You cannot die. I...I need you."

For the first time in his life, he was crying. He was not sure if Lucinda heard him and was confused by what he said, but he didn't care at that point. She was everything to him. He wanted her to know that, even if she did not understand why. It felt like an hour had passed before his heat had warmed her up enough and their clothes were less wet. She was blushing a little as she pulled away from him and thanked him for his kindness.

"I must go home now and change into dry clothes. I hope that the next time we see each other, you will bring me good news..." Lucinda said, her face filled with worry.

"Yes. Until we meet again," Daniel nodded. But he knew the sadness in his voice was giving him away. He was not confident that he could help her.

Luce politely nodded at him before she turned and walked slowly down the beach. With a heavy heart, Daniel watched her for a long time before he flew back into the sky.

After he came back to Heaven, Daniel knew he had to confront Lucifer. He told him everything except that he had feelings for Lucinda. His love for her empowered him and he admitted to spying on Lucifer and Lucinda and how she had tried to kill herself. Strangely, Lucifer seemed more sad than angry. He said nothing while Daniel explained what happened and when he asked him to please leave her alone, Lucifer merely nodded and walked away. Before he turned away, Daniel thought he saw a tear starting to roll down his face. He knew Lucifer was trying to appear calm, but there was still a subtle, pained expression on his face. He was deeply hurt by Lucinda's rejection. Daniel hoped that he would slowly be able to forget about Lucinda and let her live her own life.


This is the first time I wrote a fic long enough that I had to split it into 2 chapters! wow.

please review/fav if you like it and the 2nd chapter is much better! Thanks!