Crooked wings

Written by: RainingThorns

Chapter 1: Calling

Our world is home to many things, things that creep, crawl, fly, swim and slither, it is gods garden and we are the flowers that grow within, when we die it is simply god plucking us up to keep forever. Our world is Eden and on Eden grews parasites... demons, evil beings that threaten to destroy gods beautiful garden so he has his own protectors... angels. And beneath our very nose was a war that has raged on for eons but then began a world of peace, demons stayed below the garden, heating it and taking away the flowers that were evil and greedy and above stayed the angels, protecting it just in case the demons became bored...

"Levy..., where are you going?!" Her best friends hissed as they climbed the rocky terrain of the mountain, the heat from the volcano was almost blistering but she could take it. Volcanos were like ant hills, demons crawled out from the pits of hell through the lava like beasts of old... or so it was said. She just wanted to look, she was curious about it, her grandfather had told her stories of such things and she just wanted to see.

"I'm only going to look, if you're to scared then you can go back to the Hall!" Levy told her as she turned to look down at the blonde behind her, they hadn't been able to use their wings as they were still in training and so the white, beautiful feathers were carefully tucked to their backs. They were in identical, white gowns, elegantly flowing in the heat waves, the fabric came up to their knees and they had ribbons on their feet. The gowns looked like something that you would picture a greek goddess in, so beautiful and delicate.

"I'm not going to leave you, idiot!" Lucy hissed back at her and Levy grinned as she pushed on, climbing up the jagged rocks towards the entrance. Her hands felt like they were burning and her breath was becoming shallow as they got closer, almost right to the top. She clutched the edge of the burning cliff, pulling herself up as ash coated her front, turning the pristine, white cloth, grey.

"Come on Lucy, we're almost there!" Levy grinned as she gripped the volcanoes entrance to lift herself up, as she peered over she gasped. The flames, how they danced in the pit of lava, it was mesmerising, her golden eyes were hypnotised as she looked down.

"I don't see what so good about it... it's hot, uncomfortable and is just a bunch of melted rock!" Lucy huffed as she pulled up beside her and looked down.

"You're wrong, it's amazing... I can't believe demons come out of there!" Levy gasped as she put her head on her arms and stared down into the orange, boiling pit.

Come help us...

"Wah... Lucy did you hear that?!" Levy squeaked and turned to Lucy who shook her head in confusion as she gave her a concerned look.

"Hear what, I don't hear anything except bubbling lava" the blonde angel said and Levy frowned as she stared back down into the volcano, she was sure she'd heard a voice.

Levy... please help us...

Her heart skipped a beat as she blinked down at the Lava... someone needed help... she bit her lip and shuddered as she turned to Lucy who was staring up at the sky, her face full of boredem.

"Lucy... there's someone down there" Levy whispered and Lucy stared back at her like she had grown a second head. Before looking down into the firey pit.

"No there isn't... you're seeing things Levy" Lucy stated even though it was more heard than seen and Levy looked back down into the lava.

Levy, we need you... please help us!

The voices were so demanding and terrified that Levy almost fell back as she let go of the rock surface and Lucy grabbed her quickly.

"Woah there, are you okay?!" Lucy asked as Levy grabbed the volcano again and nodded, Lucy couldn't hear the voice but Levy knew it was there. She had to help but how?

Jump in the lava, it's the only way... please Levy!

The voices cried and she looked at Lucy who was preoccupied with the sky as Levy bit her lip, should she? What if the voices were lying? What if thet were in trouble? She couldn't just leave them people, they sounded hurt. She sucked up her courage and pulled herself on the edge as she stared down. They were calling her, it was calling her her hazel eyes were trapped in that orange glow as she began falling forward, her body falling over the edge.

"Levy!" She heard Lucy scream and felt her fingers brush against her ankle, the heat was almost unbearable as she got closer to the lava. Her wings were flapping to stop her falling but it was like she was too heavy as she slammed into the thick liquid and was slowly submerging. She attempted to scream only she sucked in that boiling lava that tore through her throat. Her whole body was on fire, the lava was blistering her skin, stripping away her wings as the bone began to melt away. It was like torture as she cried, her eyes were stuck together and her hair was being stripped from her scalp before she passed out fron the pain.

Her lifeless body passed through the firey threshold and began to reform in the ash, like a phoenix, her wings grew bu they were no longer white... they were black, thick and glossy like a ravens only, they were also broken.

Past the grey clouds of ash was a land, a desert so barren that even sand was scarce, the ground was cracked and hard. Her body slammed into the floor, the ground rippled and up turned as the force created a large crater and she lay, barely breathing in the heat and unconscious. Moments passed before a large being flew from the mountains, their very presence enveloping everything in darkness as she slept. His large wings were like that of a dragons and he landed inside the crater beside her, his red eyes glaring down at her and he snarled.

"So this is the one they called, fucking leech demons!" He snarled and pulled out a long, metal sword from seemingly no where though there was a sheath hidden within his black robes. His blade grazed her cheek bone and she stirred as he glided it over the skin of her neck, moving away her beautiful, blue hair that was in messy waves just above her shoulders. She was pretty for an angel... well ex-angel, his heart twinged for her pain, knowing she could no longer go home and he 'tsked' when he heard the leech demons screeching as they came in for the kill.

Angels were demon delicacies, their blood could give you unimaginable strength and he wasn't about to give that to the vermin that was charging towards the crater. He sheathed his sword and bent down, she was surprisingly light as he lifted her in his arms, careful with her wings and with one strong flap, he shot towards the grey sky as the leech demons screeched in anger when they saw him. He glared down at them as he lowered himself a few meters above them. There was about fifty of the ugly critters and he snarled.

"Give back the pure being, we caught her!" The leader yelled and he manouvered the angel so she was in one of his arms as he plucked his sword from his side.

"What did Hades forbid all of you vermin from doing, do you know what you've done!?" He roared as the small demons cowered against the leader, a scrawny, grey, two legged rat who was glaring at him with black, beady eyes.

"Like we care, he doesn't rule over the barren land, anyway your war with god is not our concern!" He snapped and began salivating at the angel, drool dripping fron his fangs.

"He rules all of the underworld and we are no longer at war with the angels or god but you may as well have started one you disgusting creature, angels are forbidden unless they fall from earth, she did not, you tricked her, do not think me stupid now leave this area or I will cut you down!" He ordered and the leader stood higher, trying to look intimidating but to a demon like him it was like a child trying to pick a fight with a wolf.

"And who are you to tell us what to do?!" He laughed and the large demon chuckled as he sliced his sword, not even touching the leech demon yet it struck him down and his followers screeched and howled.

'I am kurogane, Gajeel, the demon of this volcano and I say who enters, defy me again and you will all be at the edge of my sword and I am not a man of mercy!" He snarled before the leech demons began tearing apart their leader as he wailed and screamed. Gajeel began to fly away as the angel shifted and whimpered against him, her slight chest pushing against him and he growled uncomfortably... what was he going to do with her?