As the flakes of winter snow fall down the evening sky, blank feathers fell down from the sky above. In the mist of the snowfall, an image appeared around the driven snow. At first, it started to look like human being. But as the snow slowly started to clear, wings appeared at either side of the humanistic creature. An Angel..a fallen angel who was obsessed with purity. Stuck in a passing phase of both male and female, the figure fell to the ground and grasps their knees as they finally changed to the female form. A woman with short white hair with a crystal-like dress, designed in a feathery fashion curved about her slim figure. Now that she was no longer high above in the Heavens, she had to make due in this world of mortals.
This..dirty..unclean world. But there was one thing that she did admire. The snow. Softly blown snow upon the evening streets. She held a hand out to observe it closer. Yes..this was perfect. Simply pure. White, no taint, just happiness. Purity. It was then that the Angel, Angela, decided to make it her goal that she would make everything around her pure and clean, just like the driven snow. She slowly made her way to the closest building, as the cold was getting to her. Frowning, she took note that it was an abandoned church. Not a soul was around.
That was of course, until she saw that there was a male in blue and red robes muttering under his breath by a corner. A sly smile made it's way to her lips as she walked towards him. Maybe he could give her an insight for the world that she was in..and maybe reward his deeds if he proved useful. Either way, he was a valuable tool. Even if he was a member of such an unclean world. Approaching the male, she leaned over a bit and offered him a small smile as her wings framed her shoulders.
"Good evening, my dear. Would you mind if I ask you something?" she asked in a soft voice, but loud enough that he could hear her.
The male looked up with a shocked glance. A look that made one think that he had seen a ghost. He quivered in fear and surprise. "D-do my eyes dare decieve me or have the Heavens finally answered my prayers with a guardian Angel?"
As she took another look at him, seeing who and what he was. A minor glimpse into his mind saw that he was nothing more than a Cardinal that had broken his vows of the Catholic Church and was married and slept with many women. He prayed for many hours, hoping that God would forgive his sins and allow him to have the dignity to show his face in public after being exiled. He was also the cause of allowing a demon to slip pass him and destroy a village that was outisde the main city that held little to no religious stand point. But were innocent enough that they had no true sins that could justify their deaths.
After seeing those images in her mind, her stomach turned. Gritting her teeth, she wanted to be rid of him right then and there. Such impurity, one should not be able to live with such sins in their blood. She cared little for his opitons and words as she placed her hand on his forehead. The Cardinal gives a soft sigh, closing his eyes as he thinks that she is going to bless him. In truth, she was, but he would not live through it. At least, that was her intent.
Closing her eyes, she allows a white and blue glow to form from her hand as she chanelleged her power and optained the information of the place she was currently in. Once she gained what she needed, she reverted her energy and allowed it to cover the male as she gave a dark laugh with narrowed eyes. "You have tainted the name of clergy by your deads..allowed a demon to slaughter innocents that could have been given better use and yet you beg for mercy?" she gives a sadisic laugh, shaking her head as her grip upon his head tightens.
"Did the children receive mercy when they were slaughtered like pigs? From what I have seen..the only animal I see here is you!" With a harsh glare, she tosses the male to the side as if he was nothing as the angelic magic started an internal fire that consumed him from the inside out. He cringed and twisted as he groaned in pain. Angela kept her eyes locked on him with a dagger-like stare.
"You are unclean..I must be rid of you. Snuff out the unclean, Snuff out the useless, Snuff out the barren. Burn for your sinister crimes!" She mutters as she gives him an icy glare while watching him burn from the inside out until all that was left was his ash covered cloak.
Shaking her head, she wanders towards the alter of the forsaken chappel and looks up to where the glass paintings on the windows looked down to her. "Such an impure time I have been sent to. A saddening thing indeed. London..there is much to be done here."
Letting out a deep audiable sigh, she went through her victims dusty clothes and found that a rifle with three shots were found among the mist of his belongings of his remaining clothes. Angela stashed the gun inside her garder belt then made her way outside. It was soon night fall. She had to find feesable shelter soon. The snow was bound to get worst.
As she wondered the snow covered banks on the streets, she saw that a newspaper was flying helplessly down the street. Picking it up, she saw that the hierarchy of the Kingdom had lost her husband and held a funeral for him. From the lack of information shared with the public, Angela could tell that there would be something amiss. Only a fool would think that the Queen wouldn't be phased by his death. Such was another unclean manor.
If she was going to cleanse London, she would have to start at the head of the Country then work her way down. That was the one and only way that anything would get done. It was a plan then. With that reslove in mind, she altered her form into Ash and opened his wings as he took a leap into the winter night sky.
It took Ash little to no time at all to find where the Queen lived. The castle was hardly difficult to miss as he saw the gothic arcitechure and the richly attended greenery surrounding the plalace. The guards on the lower level hardly noticed the angelic creature flying above. As time would have it, he arrived just in time to see the Queen take out a jeweled dagger from her side table. Cursing under his breath, he narrowed his glance at the elder women. If she was to die and take her life, his plans of cleansing would surely fail. No..he would not allow such a thing to happen.
Taking a few steps towards the glass doors by her window, he opened them and stood at the end of her bed as the Queen held the blade with a shaky hand. Ash offered a graceful smile. He places a hand on his heart and taking a light bow.
"Forgive my intrusion, your Majesty..but as I was soaring through the heavens, I could not help but take note of your distress. Your pain and loss of your beloved husband. Tell me, did you plan to take your life?" he asked in a soft yet curious tone.
The Queen, shaken from the event of the angelic creature in her room and his thoughts of her plan, her clouded eyes looked down to her ruffled silk bedding that now seemed like a sea of fabric between herself and the angel. In her despair, she had thought that the death by her own hand would be her salvation. But as she was questioned by an immortal being of her actions, she wasn't sure anymore. Hot tears cut through her old and tired eyes as she looked up to the angel.
"I..I was but now..I'm not so sure." Her eyes glances towards the blade that rested weakly in her hand as her tears slowly dripped onto the blade like drops of blood from an opened wound. "After the death of my husband..King Albert..I started to feel nothing more than sorrow and hopelessness. He was my world. Yet, now that he is gone, I see that he died with my sanity as well."
Frowning, Ash saw that she too, was an unclean woman. She clung to the past and was filled with so much sorrow that it could make him sick. Thankfully, there was a means to please them both. He held a hand out to her. "Do you wish for your husband to be with you once more?" he asks.
Giving him a blank stare, she thought that he was simply playing with her mind. But the plain look he gave in return made her think that he was indeed making an offer. "Why of course I do. More than anything in the world.." she uttered softly.
A silken smile took hold of Ash's features as he takes a single step towards her bed. "Then come with me. I shall join the two of you. By the grace of heaven, I shall cleanse you as you will both being one. Once again you will be pure."
The offer was simply too much for her to pass up. Being given the chance to be one with her beloved husband made her smile faintly. She slowly got out of her bed and extended her hand to the angel, accepting whatever fate he had in store for her. Ash held the elderly woman in his arms as he made an angelic portal to the royal graveyard and stood in front of the grave of the late king. Just standing there made a few tears shed from her eyes. Shaking his head, he places a soft gloved hand on her shoulder, reasurring her that there was nothing to fear.
Before she could say anything, he places a hand on the ground and caused the casket that he was burried in to surface. Once all the dirt had fallen off to the side, he lifted the lid and grimiced, seeing that he was dead for at least a week. Obviously not long enough for decay to take place but long enough to give off the sent of death that would make anyone's stomach turn. Ash blessed his divinity and continued with the task at hand. He held is right hand out to the Queen and offered a smile. "I promise you will not feel any pain. "
Though hestiant, she takes his word and walks closer to him as she takes his hand. With his free hand, he places it over her dead husband. He closes his eyes as a blue glow forms from either hand. The body that was once in the coffin slowly starts to fade as the woman beside him glows with a bright aura about her, absorbing the dead body of her husband. Once the glow comes to an end, the woman beside Ash opens her eyes with a slight smile, mirroring his own.
"My Masjesty, you are now pure.." he says proudly, seeing the youth of the woman beam with pride. She places a hand on her heart and listens for a moment. 'Thud..thud thud, thud, thud thud.' A double heart beath that proved that her husand was living within her. He would be with her forever. She gave herself a close embrace, weeping with joy. "Oh Albert..how I have missed you so.." The Queen then looked to the angel and smiled with tears of joy. "How can I ever repay you?"
Giving a sly smile, Ash turned towards the Queen and kneeled to one knee. "I am the Angel Ash, my Queen and your wish..shall be your command. If you wish for anything, you need only to ask."
Keeping her left hand fixed onto her heart, she offers him her right hand. "My dearest Ash, will you be my butler? To serve me when the events of my country go ill?"
He answered her with a firm nod, taking her hand into his own. "Indeed I shall. I have seen your country and it is sad to see that much is needed to be done."
Frowning, she turned her head to the side, knowing that his words held more truth than she would like to admit. Her eyes then focused on him. Determination now replacing the sadness that was once there. "It is settled then. We must change this Country..and soon this world. Will you help me? I cannot do this on my own.."
As if taking a vow that relied on his life, he lowered his head to her. "I wouldn't dream of doing any less, your Majesty.."
: To be continued...:
